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‘Business Development’ provides a readable and practical book for the growth and development of businesses. This is primarily a textbook for the NVQ4 Business Development qualification, the Institute of Management Certificate in Owner Management courses, and HND Small business modules, but the text is also an invaluable practical guide to owner-managers of small businesses.

All businesses pass through several stages of growth and it occurs for a number of r… More >>

Business Development: A Guide to Small Business Strategy

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Undergraduate and MBA courses in Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Business Development offered as a core or elective part of a business studies degree programme.Well organised and easy to read, this exciting new book provides an authoritative introduction to the establishment, development and managerial issues confronting the smaller enterprise. It is concerned with the kinds of actions and behaviour often labelled entrepreneurial that seem to characterise the … More >>

Small Business, Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development

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(Pearson Education) An integrated and comprehensive textbook on organizational development, presenting both conceptual and experimental approaches as it focuses on the real world. Complete and up-to-date coverage of open systems and contingencies, the learning organization, changing corporate culture, and much more. Softcover. DLC: Organizational change. … More >>

An Experiential Approach to Organization Development

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The new volume of an esteemed guide to best practices in new product development The Product Development & Management Association (PDMA), the leading professional organization for new product development (NPD), presents the second volume of its highly regarded reference on the tools for successful NPD. Complementing the first volume’s focus on NPD process tools, ToolBook 2 reflects the heightened interest in strategic and organizational development and understan… More >>

The PDMA ToolBook 2 for New Product Development

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This book focuses on nature of entrepreneurship through investigation of historical texts, theories and publications. It demonstrates how history has led to changes in Poland?s development with emphasis on entrepreneurship. A series of models identify essential elements/factors within a transitional economy. It suggests economic, cultural and societal histories should be known to enable governments and individuals to understand their origins. It advocates t… More >>

Entrepreneurial Development in the Economy of Poland: Entrepreneurial Developments

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Timeless, poetic and wise, the articles recaptured in this remarkable volume beg to be read again and again, a much for their spirit as for their practicality. This collection defines our roots, yet in its timelessness points the way to the road ahead for the theory and practice of organization development.
–Gary E. Jusela, Corporate Director of Organization Development, The Boeing CompanyFrom the very first issue to the present, the OD Practitioner has been the… More >>

Organization Development Classics

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Renowned software expert Steve McConnell helps software students transition to the role of software professionals. Significant developments are afoot that will impact the future careers of student programmers, including initiatives in education, professional development, certification, and licensing. Some of these developments are well thought out and positive; others are being forced and need to be improved before they are standardized. Software development is chan… More >>

Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers

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In their groundbreaking book Revolutionizing Product Development, Steven C. Wheelwright and Kim B. Clark demonstrated how project leaders for product development could apply new innovations to bring products to market at breakneck speed. Now, in their new work, they address the general manager’s role in leading product development efforts — at the functional, unit, group, and corporate levels. Up to now, senior managers have merely approved or rejected proposals at… More >>

Leading Product Development: The Senior Manager’s Guide to Creating and Shaping the Enterprise

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Written by the CEOs of Shell, DuPont, and Anova, Walking the Talk: The Business Case for Sustainable Development is the most important book about corporate responsibility and yet it is written by business for business. For the first time anywhere, leading industrialists show than an integration of sustainable development goals — economic growth, social justice and ecological balance — into corporate strategy will provide lasting shareholder value and immediate bot… More >>

Walking the Talk: The Business Case for Sustainable Development

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Until very recently, popular belief held that business skills were not needed at charitable organizations. No longer. Far from interfering with an organizations ability to provide needed services, techniques such as marketing, cash flow analysis, property management, and good use of technology all contribute to a charitable organizations mission capability. Unlike a not-for-profit that thinks of itself as a charity, the successful not-for-profit is really a mission-… More >>

Social Entrepreneurship : The Art of Mission-Based Venture Development