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Do you cringe at the mention of feedback, dreading the awkwardness or potential conflict it may bring? Or perhaps, as a manager or leader, you stru...

Over the course of time, more and more longitudinal and cross sectional data on work values and work ethics has been gathered by researchers and in...

Are the Chinese really so inscrutable? China Hand Fred Schneiter delves into the lighter side of Chinese psychology, and in doing so demystifies on...

Written specifically for owners of small businesses, Getting Down to Business provides everything you need to know to grow your business with confi...

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Management comprises directing and controlling a group of one or more people or entities for the purpose of co-ordinating and harmonising that grou...

This book provides an overview of some of the fundamentals of global operations functions in an organisation. Key issues affecting the global indus...

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Maximising the board’s potential is critical to maximising the value of any company, but in most public companies today, the board is an undervalue...

The number of international schools has grown exponentially and many have become highly complex multi-million euro/yen/dollar organisations. This d...

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Colin Flahive explores China’s rural-urban migration against the backdrop of his own transition from Colorado to southwest China. There, in Yunnan ...