Colleges and universities may have different systems, but the basic principles for planning research are the same. This book aims to provide a guide to ways of producing a dissertation with minimum stress and frustration. It covers subject selection, planning, research methods and presentation.

An autobiography of iconic entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson that features his take on his business ventures, personal achievements and intrepid adventures. It presents insights into this very public figure's personal life as well as his business successes and the lessons he's learned along the way.

Life isn't fair--here's why: Since 1500, Europeans have, for better and worse, called the tune that the world has danced to. In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond explains the reasons why things worked out that way. It is an elemental question, and Diamond is certainly not the first to ask it. However, he performs a singular service by relying on scientific fact rather than specious theories of European genetic superiority. Diamond, a professor of physiology at UCLA, suggests that the geography of Eurasia was best suited to farming, the domestication of animals and the free flow of information. The more populous cultures that developed as a result had more complex forms of government and communication--and increased resistance to disease. Finally, fragmented Europe harnessed the power of competitive innovation in ways that China did not. (For example, the Europeans used the Chinese invention of gunpowder to create guns and subjugate the New World.) Diamond's book is complex and a bit overwhelming. But the thesis he methodically puts forth--examining the"positive feedback loop" of farming, then domestication, then population density, then innovation, and on and on--makes sense. Written without bias, Guns, Germs, and Steel is good global history.

Presents a project management method - the principles, processes and techniques that enable individuals and organisations to successfully deliver their projects within time, cost and quality constraints. This handbook explains the principles that underpin PRINCE2. It describes the PRINCE2 processes in their entirety.

Few of us are armed with the powerful negotiation skills that prevent stubborn haggling and ensure mutual problem-solving. This title presents a few easily remembered principles that will guide readers to success, no matter what the other side does or whatever dirty tricks they resort to.

A simple fable with profound lessons for working and living in an ever changing world.

This practical book provides a basic introduction to the most commonly used theories and methods in social work practice.

This is a pocket bible for the talented and timid to help make the unthinkable thinkable and the impossible possible. Top advertising guru Paul Arden offers his wisdom on issues as diverse as problem solving, responding to a brief, communicating, playing your cards right, and making mistakes.

Offers a framework for transition acceleration that will help leaders diagnose their situations, craft winning transition strategies, and take charge quickly. This book shows how to learn about new organizations, build teams, create coalitions, secure early wins, and lay the foundation for longer-term success.

They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too big to fail. This book gives an account of the most powerful men and women at the eye of the financial storm - from Lehman Brothers CEO Dick the gorilla Fuld, to AIG's Joseph Cassano, dubbed 'The Man Who Crashed the World'.