Reader's Feast - Business & Finance

Executricks
Price: AUD 29.99 Author: Stanley Bing

Described (no doubt by the author himself) as "the most precious of resources for those who work hard but would rather be hardly working" this slim volume is full of witticisms about the world of work. However, behind the giggles, there is a core truth about how to work in a way that fulfils all your ambitions and generates the best work environment for you and your colleagues.

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The Age Of Heretics
Price: AUD 39.95 Author: Art Kleiner

Revisiting his book of the mid-1990s, Art Kleiner challenges corporations and the people who lead them to adopt what might be considered the heretical actions of some of their peers. The result, he argues, will be a corporate world ready and willing to take on the challenges of this young century.

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How Toyota Became Number One: Leadership Lessons from the World's Greatest Car Company
Price: AUD 29.95 Author: David Magee

Magee interviewed many of Toyota's senior executives and found that the success is built on several factors, including a particularly interesting and innovative management ethos.

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Rupert's Adventures in China
Price: AUD 32.95 Author: Bruce Dover

Bruce Dover was Rupert Murdoch's man in China as the media mogul turned his eyes to this new prize. This book outlines the initial introductions of China and Murdoch to each other, the lessons that had to be learned, and the ultimate outcome for both parties.

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The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers
Price: AUD 29.95 Author: Keith McFarland

Five years of research and analysis of over 7000 companies resulted in this study of nine organisations. McFarland identifies the strategies they endorsed to ensure their long-term success.

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Fooled by Randomness
Price: AUD 26.95 Author: Nassim Taleb

It is the belief of the author that we have to recognise randomness. In the author's own words, 'I am not capable of avoiding being the fool of randomness; what I can do is confine it to where it brings some aesthetic gratification'. An original and inter

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The Change Function
Price: AUD 45.00 Author: Pip Coburn

After years of studying countless winners and losers, Coburn has come up with a simple idea that explains why some technologies become huge hits while others vanish. His idea is that people are only willing to change when the 'pain' of their current situa

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What Do You Do For a Living?: A Bold New Vision For Leaders
Price: AUD 34.95 Author: Stephen Johnston

Johnston, Managing Director of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, realised that he did not have a clear insight into his own sense of purpose when he struggled to answer the question: 'What do you do for a living?'. This led him to interview more than 4

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National Market, National Interest
Price: AUD 60.00 Author: Edna Carew

A history of the Australian Stock Exchange, and the unification of Australia's security markets. This is a story of how a band of dedicated men worked to persuade the majority to turn their backs on centuries-old traditions and privileges, and embrace a n

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The Economics of Climate Change
Price: AUD 89.95 Author: Nicholas Stern

There is now clear scientific evidence that emissions from economic activity are causing changes to the Earth's climate. This is an independent analysis of the economic aspects of climate change. Stern is a former Chief Economist of the World Bank.

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Our Iceberg is Melting
Price: AUD 32.95 Author: John Kotter & Holger Rathgeber

This story about a penguin colony in Antarctica illustrates key truths about how to deal with the issue of change: handle the challenge well and you can prosper greatly; handle it poorly and you put yourself at risk.

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I, Woz
Price: AUD 35.00 Author: Steve Wozniak

of avoiding the public eye, Steve Wozniak breaks his silence and tells the full story of the Apple computer, from its conception to his views on the iconic cult status it enjoys today. But for Steve’s dream to build himself a computer, Appl

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The Perfect Thing
Price: AUD 45.00 Author: Steven Levy

Essentially it's just a little collection of microchips in a plastic case, but in a few short years the iPod has become the quintessential accessory for music fans everywhere. Levy traces the history and cultural effects of the iPod to understand how a li

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