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Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards
by Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, Barbara E. Taylor



Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2004-10-22
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471684201
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471684206
Binding: Hardcover


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Book Description:

A new framework for helping nonprofit organizations maximize the effectiveness of their boards.

Written by noted consultants and researchers attuned to the needs of practitioners, Governance as Leadership redefines nonprofit governance. It provides a powerful framework for a new covenant between trustees and executives: more macrogovernance in exchange for less micromanagement.

Informed by theories that have transformed the practice of organizational leadership, this book sheds new light on the traditional fiduciary and strategic work of the board and introduces a critical third dimension of effective trusteeship: generative governance. It serves boards as both a resource of fresh approaches to familiar territory and a lucid guide to important new territory, and provides a road map that leads nonprofit trustees and executives to governance as leadership.

Governance as Leadership was developed in collaboration with BoardSource, the premier resource for practical information, tools and best practices, training, and leadership development for board members of nonprofit organizations. Through its highly acclaimed programs and services, BoardSource enables organizations to fulfill their missions by helping build effective nonprofit boards and offering credible support in solving tough problems. For the latest in nonprofit governance, visit www.boardsource.org, or call us at 1-800-883-6262

Buckingham at 25: Freeing the Universities from State Control (Readings, 55)
by James Tooley (Editor)


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Harvard Business Review July/August 2007
by Harvard Business Review

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The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene, Joost Elffers


The 48 Laws of Power

Summary:"Learning the game of power requires a certain way of looking at the world, a shifting of perspective," writes Robert Greene. Mastery of one's emotions and the arts of deception and indirection are, he goes on to assert, essential. The 48 laws outlined in this book "have a simple premise: certain actions always increase one's power ... while others decrease it and even ruin us."
The laws cull their principles from many great schemers--and scheming instructors--throughout history, from Sun-Tzu to Talleyrand, from Casanova to con man Yellow Kid Weil. They are straightforward in their amoral simplicity: "Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit," or "Discover each man's thumbscrew." Each chapter provides examples of the consequences of observance or transgression of the law, along with "keys to power," potential "reversals" (where the converse of the law might also be useful), and a single paragraph cleverly laid out to suggest an image (such as the aforementioned thumbscrew); the margins are filled with illustrative quotations. Practitioners of one-upmanship have been given a new, comprehensive training manual, as up-to-date as it is timeless.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Law 1 Never Outshine the Master 1
Law 2 Never Put too much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies 8
Law 3 Conceal your Intentions 16
Law 4 Always say Less than Necessary 31
Law 5 So much Depends on Reputation - Guard it with your Life 37
Law 6 Court Attention at all Cost 44
Law 7 Get others to do the Work for you, but always Take the Credit 56
Law 8 Make other People Come to you - use Bait if Necessary 62
Law 9 Win Through your Actions, Never through Argument 69
Law 10 Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky 76
Law 11 Learn to Keep People Dependent on you 82
Law 12 Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim 89
Law 13 When Asking for Help, Appeal to People's Self-Interest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude 95
Law 14 Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy 101
Law 15 Crush your Enemy Totally 107
Law 16 Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor 115
Law 17 Keep others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability 123
Law 18 Do not Build Fortresses to Protect yourself - Isolation is Dangerous 130
Law 19 Know who you're Dealing with - do not Offend the Wrong Person 137
Law 20 Do not Commit to Anyone 145
Law 21 Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker - Seem Dumber than your Mark 156
Law 22 Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power 163
Law 23 Concentrate your Forces 171
Law 24 Play the Perfect Courtier 178
Law 25 Re-Create yourself 191
Law 26 Keep your Hands Clean 200
Law 27 Play on People's need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following 215
Law 28 Enter Action with Boldness 227
Law 29 Plan All the Way to the end 236
Law 30 Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless 245
Law 31 Control the Options: Get others to Play with the Cards you Deal 254
Law 32 Play to People's Fantasies 263
Law 33 Discover Each Man's Thumbscrew 271
Law 34 Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act Like a King to be Treated Like One 282
Law 35 Master the Art of Timing 291
Law 36 Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the Best Revenge 300
Law 37 Create Compelling Spectacles 309
Law 38 Think as you Like but Behave Like others 317
Law 39 Stir up Waters to Catch Fish 325
Law 40 Despise the Free Lunch 333
Law 41 Avoid Stepping into a Great Man's Shoes 347
Law 42 Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter 358
Law 43 Work on the Hearts and Minds of others 367
Law 44 Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect 376
Law 45 Preach the need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once 392
Law 46 Never Appear too Perfect 400
Law 47 Do not Go Past the Mark you Aimed for; in Victory, Learn when to Stop 410
Law 48 Assume Formlessness 419
Selected Bibliography 431
Index 433

Supervising The PhD
by Sara Delamont Paul Atkinson Odette Parry


Book Description:

* How can I get my students to produce good PhD theses on time?

* My last student failed: what could I have done to prevent it?

* I am supposed to train the new supervisors in my faculty: where can I turn for help?

Supervising the PhD: A Guide to Success provides 'everything you ever wanted to know about PhD supervision but were afraid to ask'! It is a practical, no-nonsense handbook for both the novice and the experienced higher degree supervisor. The novice will find a developmental sequence of advice, guiding them through all the stages of supervision from the first meeting to the viva and beyond. The experienced supervisor will find fresh ideas to improve practice and solve problems. Based both upon research amongst laboratory scientists and social scientists and on many years of experience, the book also draws upon humanities examples and so is invaluable to academics in all disciplines. At a time when there is increasing pressure to ensure 'quality' provision, to improve the PhD completion rate, and to turn out employable graduates, the need for this practical guide is obvious. Supervising the PhD is an essential item for the academic's bookshelves.

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Personal Power II (Journal only)
by Anthony Robbins

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Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women
by Mahnaz Alkhami, Ann Eisenberg, Haleh Vaziri,


By Mahnaz Alkhami, Ann Eisenberg, Haleh Vaziri,

Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Number Of Pages: 150
Publication Date: 2003-01
Sales Rank: 1887138
ISBN / ASIN: 0971092206
EAN: 9780971092204
Binding: Spiral-bound
Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
Studio: Syracuse University Press
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A seminal work that will greatly impact the field of women's human rights and empowerment. It will help more than one generation of women to think of themselves as leaders within their own societies and cultures.

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Financing Secrets of a Millionaire Real Estate Investor
by William Bronchick

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Ship it! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects
by Jared Richardson William Gwaltney

The Executive Job Search: A Comprehensive Handbook for Seasoned Professionals 2003-03
by Orrin Wood

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Multicultural Manners: Essential Rules of Etiquette for the 21st Century
by Norine Dresser


Book Description:

Both highly informative and entertaining, Multicultural Manners gives readers the understanding they need, the perfect words to say, and the correct behavior to use in a wide range of cross-cultural situations. This incisive and award-winning guide to etiquette features completely updated etiquette guidelines with special emphasis on post–September 11 culture clashes as well as a brand-new section that demystifies unfamiliar cultures in the news. Norine Dresser identifies key cross-cultural hot spots and suggests methods that foster respect for diversity. Readers will discover the dos and don’ts of successful business and social interaction, detailed tips on avoiding embarrassment in a variety of social settings, amusing firsthand accounts of cultural gaffes, a breakdown of customs, religions, languages, and ethnicities for seventy different countries, and appropriate etiquette for innumerable settings.




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Date: 2006-03-08 Rating: 4
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The most important part is just being aware that there are differences

I wish that everyone would read this book, just to be aware that different cultures have different mores, and if someone is "foreign" to you, their manners may seem very odd. It is necessary not to jump to conclusions. Of course, since so much of communication is non-verbal, it's also difficult not to.

Obviously, one cannot adopt a single set of manners that would suit all people since people often have opposite customs. I worked with one group of people that hated to have money left on the counter, and another that preferred to have money left on the counter, and it was hard to remember to switch. Dresser notes that not all people from one country have the same customs, and as people live in the US for a few generations, they may forget ethnic customs. She tells a story on herself: visiting Hmong-Americans, she insists on removing her shoes, only to find out that the family has dropped that custom. Fortunately, I think most people appreciate the attempt to be polite, even if one stumbles from time to time.

The book is told mainly in the form of anecdotes about cultural miscommunications, with explanations of customs of various societies. After this is a section listing many, although not all individual countries. This is followed by an extensive bibliography and an index.

The index is one of the weakest points of the book. If one wants to use the book to learn customs for a specific group of people, the cross-indexing is erratic. If one is looking for Iranian customs, one also needs to look up Muslim and Middle-Easterners, but there are no cross references for this, although there are for some entries.

A useful book, if one is going to be interacting with a known group of people. Otherwise, at least a reminder that customs vary.

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The Knowledge Management Toolkit: Practical Techniques for Building a Knowledge Management System
by Amrit Tiwana


Book Info
Delivers hands-on techniques and tools for making Knowledge Management happen at your company. Presents KM case studies from leading companies worldwide, from Nortel to Rolls Royce. Softcover. DLC: Knowledge management.

From the Back Cover

The only "how-to" guide for building an enterprise knowledge management system!

Until now, implementing Knowledge Management (KM) has been like nailing jelly to the wall-but not anymore! The Knowledge Management Toolkit delivers hands-on techniques and tools for making KM happen at your company. You'll learn exactly how to use KM to make sure that every key decision is fully informed as you build on your existing intranet, data warehouse, and project management investments. Top researcher Amrit Tiwana walks you through the development of an enterprise KM system from start to finish, showing how every stage can serve as a foundation for later enhancements.
10-step roadmap for implementing KM successfully
Checklists help you focus on critical issues every step of the way
Interactive toolkit format guides your strategic design decisions
Identify your key intangibles-and audit the knowledge you already have
Staff your project team and manage it effectively
Build a foundation of KM infrastructure that can evolve through results-driven, incremental steps
Mobilize your organization's subtle, "tacit" knowledge
Calculate and maximize ROI in KM systems
www.kmtoolkit.com-stay informed with the author's dedicated Web site, which provides ongoing support and updates from the KM community!

Discover the best ways to align KM with business strategy, avoid key KM pitfalls such as excessive formalization and overreliance on technology, master prototyping, and understand the new role of the Chief Knowledge Officer. Tiwana also presents KM case studies from leading companies worldwide, from Nortel to Rolls Royce. If you're ready to transform KM from business-school theory to real-world competitive advantage, start right here!

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jay abraham-what I learned in 30 years about copywriting
by jay abraham
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Bottled for Business: The Less Gassy Guide to Entrepreneurship
by Karan Bilimoria

Current Issues in School Leadership (Topics in Educational Leadership)
by Larry W. Hughes

The Leader As Story Teller (from Harvard Business Review Jan/Feb 1996)
by Warren Bennis
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Trabalho em Equipe [Portuguese]
by Alison Hardingham


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I Should Have Known Better: A Life in Pop Management--The Beatles, Brian Epstein and Elton John [Music / Songbook]
by Geoffrey Ellis


2005-11-25
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E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance
by Petter Gottschalk

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E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance is based on the premise that it is difficult, if not impossible, to manage a modern business or public organization without at least some knowledge of the planning, use, control and benefits of information technology. Managers need to have an understanding of strategy development for IS/IT that covers e-business strategy, sourcing of service, and governance of IS/IT decision rights. E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance presents emerging perspectives that influence IS/IT strategy work, such as new e-business models, the growing number of sourcing options and revised models for governance of IS/IT.


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Managing Successful IT Outsourcing Relationships
by Petter Gottschalk, Hans Solli-saether,


Book Description:

Managing Successful IT Outsourcing Relationships is a comprehensive guide on all the aspects of IT outsourcing, and is highly commendable for practitioners, researchers, policy makers and consultants alike. This book uses well-known theoretical perspectives and experiences learned from several business cases to develop models and guidelines for the complex IT outsourcing process and emerging relationships. It focuses on the important issues of strategy, structure, and management of IT outsourcing relationships and answers the what, where, when and how to outsource and manage outsourcing contracts

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Outsourcing Management Information Systems
by Marc J. Schniederjans (Editor), Ashlyn M. Schniederjans (Editor), Dara G. Schniederjans (Editor
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Publisher: Idea Group Publishing
Number Of Pages: 383
Publication Date: 2006-08-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1599041960
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781599041964
Binding: Paperback


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Outsourcing is currently one of the hottest topics in business practices and in particular in the field of management information systems (MIS) education. Outsourcing Management Information Systems focuses on concepts, processes, and methodologies for firms who are planning to undertake, or are currently involved in, outsourcing decisions in the field of management information systems. Outsourcing Management Information Systems helps MIS managers to manage outsourcing projects by establishing performance metrics, including: appropriate risk factor considerations, structuring a centralized architecture that best suits the organization, and avoiding the case study pitfalls reported in the literature.

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Corporate Boards that Create Value 2002-08
by John Carver Caroline Oliver



Corporate Boards that Create Value
By: John Carver Caroline Oliver
ISBN: 0787961140
Publisher: Jossey-Bass - 2002-08-15
Hardcover | 1st Edition | 175 Pages | List Price: $27.95 (USD) | Sales Rank: 579899
Product Dimensions: 9.18 x 6.22 x 0.85 inches

This book applies John Carver's highly successful Policy Governance® model to corporate boards. Carver and boardroom consultant Caroline Oliver explain the world's only conceptually coherent operating system for boards. This simple yet profound system clarifies roles, empowers directors and senior management alike, and makes accountability feasible to a previously unattainable degree. The authors suggest a redefinition and elevation of the value that boards should create and show how to apply the Policy Governance design to commanding company performance. Corporate Boards That Create Value gives corporate directors and all who care about governance a powerful tool for success.
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Integrating Instruments of Power and Influence in National Security: Starting the Dialogue
by Robert E. Hunter


Book Description:

The RAND Corporation, in cooperation with the American Academy of Diplomacy, is conducting a 15-month project on Integrating Instruments of Power and Influence in National Security. This report summarizes the main results of a conference held as part of that project at which panels of senior military officials and diplomats offered their distinct perspectives

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Water: Local-Level Management (In Focus)
by David B. Brooks

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Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation
by Poole & Van de Ven (eds.)

Book Description:

In a world of organizations that are in constant change scholars have long sought to understand and explain how they change. This book introduces research methods that are specifically designed to support the development and evaluation of organizational process theories. The authors are a group of highly regarded experts who have been doing collaborative research on change and development for many years.

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