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Best Practices for Small Business Survival in a Recession
By: Robert Papes
Published January 2010
Best practices which are vital to every small business to help them survive the current recession because "hope" of better times is not a viable strategy. This book is all meat and potatoes with no filler. Softcover, 182 pages, ISBN 978-1-55270-384-7; Canadian: $29.95. MORE INFO
Quick Fixes for Business Writing: An Eight-Step Editing Process to Find and Correct Common Readability Problems By: Jim Taylor Breaks down the editorial process into a series of tasks which are designed to improve the readability of the final product. It will be invaluable to you; regardless of whether you are a novice or a proficient editor. Author, Jim Taylor, has taught Eight-Step Editing for 18 years and clients for his workshops include the Editor’s Association of Canada and the Ontario Cabinet office. 156 pages; ISBN 978-1-55270-252-9; Softcover: Canadian $24.95 MORE INFO
of Fundraising for Non-Profits: Fifteen Essential Ingredients for Success By: ArLyne Diamond, Ph.D. This book will show you how to successfully raise funds for non-profits; whether you are a member of a national organization, or a small community association. The author, Dr. ArLyne Diamond has many years of experience with non-profits. 126 pages; ISBN 978-1-55270-261-1; Softcover: Canadian $24.95 MORE INFO
Smart Steps for Every Woman's Success in Running Her Own Business By: Shelley Peever and Layla Didmon A functional business guide specifically geared toward women in small and medium sized businesses. Each chapter is an integral part of an overall guide that will assist women in gathering information to apply to businesses of their own. 124 pages; ISBN 978-1-55270-262-8; Softcover: Canadian $24.95 MORE INFO
Global Wolves are at the Door: Be the Future or be History By: James Bowen, Ph.D. In order to keep ahead of the global competition we need to thrive not just survive. This means we need metrics to evaluate our organization's capability. We need to have a framework that shows us what our organization's current ability is and how to improve it. 184 pages; ISBN 978-1-55270-254-3; Softcover: Canadian $48.95 MORE INFO
Seven-Step Innovation Process to Meet the Challenges of Globalization By: Richard Sussman Sc.D. A manual for small and medium sized manufacturing companies to produce new products and processes that can enhance their competitive position. The unique Process starts with the creation of a strategic innovation plan and then provides a system to evaluate the capabilities of a company. .242 pages; ISBN 978-1-55270-253-6; Softcover: Canadian $49.95 MORE INFO
The Six Sigma Toolbox: 54 Improvement Tools and When to Use Them By: Jerry W. Wishes Jerry Wishes says: "In this book I provide fifty-four improvement tools. They are focused around two concepts. First, Variation is Evil. Every process has variation but the secret is to restrict it to natural causes and then use improvement tools to 'manage' the variation. Second, use of the tools is not optional. Once you embrace them, you do so forever." 306 pages; ISBN 978-1-55270-258-1; Softcover: Canadian $48.95 MORE INFO
Quality in the 21st Century: What You Have to Change to Stay in Business By: Jerry W. Wishes Jerry Wishes says: "If you don't 'get it' soon and start doing things differently, you'll be in a down-cycle and never understand why. My hope is that this book will give you some insight and a direction you can use to conquer the challenges ahead." 202 pages; ISBN 978-1-55270-259-8; Softcover: Canadian $39.95. MORE INFO
The Pursuit of Perfection By: Jerry W. Wishes This book makes the case, through the use of a fictional business story, for the rejection of mediocrity in the corporate world. The acceptance of 'things just go wrong' is replaced with the need to raise the bar on expectations. The story takes place at a high-technology start-up. 240 pages; ISBN 978-1-55270-260-4; Softcover: Canadian $42.95 MORE INFO
Training Your Board of Directors: A Manual for the CEOs, Board Members, Administrators and Executives of Corporations, Associations, Non-Profit and Religious Organizations By: ArLyne Diamond, Ph.D. The role of the Board of Directors is critical to the health and growth of both for profit and not-for-profit organizations. This manual is designed for Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Board Chairs, Board Directors, Administrators, Executive Directors and those contemplating serving on boards in the future. .338 pages; ISBN 978-1-55270-207-9; Softcover: Canadian $39.95 MORE INFO
A Complete Guide to Help You Plan, Direct and Control the Purchase, Production, Storage and Distribution of Goods in Today’s Competitive Business Environment..... Essentials of Supply Chain Management 2nd EDITION By: Paula Mackie Materials management is the process in which you plan, direct and control all phases of the acquisition of goods and services; from introduction to disposal, from suppliers to end users. 398 pages, ISBN 978-1-55270-257-4 softcover, Canadian $74.95. MORE INFO
in the Restaurant Business By: Matthew Lallo You could have called this book "What they don’t teach you at The Culinary Institute". Competition is fierce and costs keep rising. This great book offers you with unorthodox (but proven) advice on the subtle art of survival. The material is arranged alphabetically. .241 pages, ISBN 978-1-55270-144-7 softcover, Canadian $29.95. MORE INFO
Conventional and "Outside the Box" Approaches to Developing Solutions to Today's Business Challenges By: James Briggs James Briggs brought his pioneering experience creating new markets for IBM, to mentor decision-makers in Silicon Valley - working with start-ups as well as established companies. Large organizations have used this decision-making approach to capitalize on opportunities and to address challenges around the world. 234 pages, ISBN: 978-1-55270-116-4 Softcover Canadian $48.95. MORE INFO
Welcome Opportunity or Awesome Burden? By: Robert G. Edwards This concise, how-to, self-help guide will help both aspiring and practicing project managers. Its content was developed during the author's forty-four years in professional engineering and project management. The principles and practices that he describes are based on his personal experience and can easily be applied to most simple or complex projects. 170 pages, ISBN: 978-1-55270-086-0 Softcover Canadian $26.95. MORE INFO
Confederation College Entrepreneurship Series The success of any business hinges on the effective management of three critical categories of business relationships: with its customers, with its employees, and with the individuals and organizations that supply it with essential goods and services. This book outlines the nature and role of each type of relationship, and identifies a variety of best practices and operating tools to be employed in their successful development and maintenance. 78 pages, ISBN: 978-1-55270-093-8, Softcover, Canadian $19.95. MORE INFO
52 Ways to Set Yourself Apart as a Dynamic Manager
By: Jeff Jernigan
This book cuts to the underbelly of leadership in the modern organization. Divided into 52 "Ways" so that you can select one topic each week of the year for group discussion with your management and supervisory associates. Poses hard hitting questions for consideration. 180 pg., Softcover; ISBN 978-1-55270-081-5: Canadian $29.95. MORE INFO
Interpersonal Skills that Will Help You Earn the Respect and Commitment of Employees
By: Dave Day Ph.D.
Ten key interpersonal skills for the manager... from choosing a leadership style to the day of completing annual performance evaluations. Contains practical suggestions to increase the productivity and commitment of all employees. 182 pages, ISBN 978-1-896210-99-5; softcover, Canadian $27.95. MORE INFO
Cooperative Time Management
Get more done and have more fun!
By: Chance Massaro & Katheryn Allen-Katz
LEAN PRODUCTION FOR THE OFFICE
Common Sense Ideas To Help Your Office Continuously Improve
By: Jim Thompson
More ideas for everyone who works in an office: be idea-driven, reduce frustration, add value, let others benchmark you 136 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-1-55270-025-9; Canadian $24.95. MORE INFO
How to Use Just-in-Time Techniques to Streamline Your Office
How to foster and nurture employee involvement and put excitement back into continuous improvement. Get the tools needed to improve office productivity. Reduce employee stress and frustration, while improving productivity. Find out how this happens with employees, not to employees! 138 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-1-896210-41-4; Canadian $24.95. MORE INFO
How to Use the Highly Effective Japanese Concept of Kaizen to Improve Your Efficiency
By: Jim Thompson
A Novel of One Charter School's Experiences Implementing Lean Education
By: J. K. Thompson A Novel of One Charter School's Experiences Implementing Lean Education is about more learning for less money. How to remove the waste from education using lean production business concepts. This book weaves the tale of successes and failures in establishing a unique charter school. 206 pages; ISBN 978-1-896210-91-9; softcover: Canadian $29.95
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