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61. |  Supply Chain Transformation: Building and Executing an Integrated Supply Chain Strategy By: J.Paul Dittmann Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 26-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Supply Chain Transformation: Building and Executing an Integrated Supply Chain Strategy
STREAMLINE OPERATIONS AND DELIVER MORE VALUE THAN EVER WITH A STRONG SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY “Dittmann’s thoughtful approach and real-world examples make this book is an excellent resource for anyone in the supply chain field, whether a beginner or an executive seeking a better framework for the existing supply chain strategy.” -- Dave Clark, Vice President, Global Customer Fulfillment, Amazon “A practical approach for developing and implementing breakthrough customer-driven integrated supply chain strategies designed to generate best in class operating and financial performance for any...
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62. |  Emerging Markets Rule: Growth Strategies of the New Global Giants By: Mauro Guillen; Esteban Garcia-Canal Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 16-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Emerging Markets Rule: Growth Strategies of the New Global Giants
SEIZE THE ADVANTAGE IN THE GLOBAL WAR FOR MARKET SHARE The newest economic behemoth, China, is snatching market share from the U.S., Japan, and Europe at an alarming rate. But China isn’t alone. The world’slargest producers of biofuel, meat, consumer electronics, regional jets, baked goods, candy, and many other products are all emerging market multinationals (EMMs). And industries poised to be taken over by EMMs include personal computers, IT services, mining, wind turbines, and cement.The balance of power in the global economy is shifting.Are you in a position to compete with the most...
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63. |  Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services 2/E By: Tyler Graham Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 09-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services 2/E
Deploy and Maintain an Integrated MDS Architecture Harness your master data and grow revenue while reducing administrative costs. Thoroughly revised to cover the latest MDS features, Microsoft SQL Server 2012Master Data Services, Second Edition shows how to implement and manage a centralized, customer-focused MDS framework. See how to accurately model business processes, load and cleanse data, enforce business rules, eliminate redundancies, and publish data to external systems. Security, SOA and Web services, and legacy data integration are also covered in this practical guide.
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64. |  The Spirit of Kaizen: Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time By: Robert Maurer Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 11-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Spirit of Kaizen: Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time
Discover the power of KAIZEN to make lasting and powerful change in your organization“Maurer uses his knowledge of the brain and human psychology to show what I have promoted for the past three decades—that continuous improvement is built on the foundation of people courageously using their creativity. Kaizen is much more than a world-class management practice; it is a technique to remove fear from our mind’s mind, enabling us to take small steps to better things. The process of change starts with awareness and desire in our minds and then leads to action and change in the physical world....
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65. |  CompTIA A+ Certification Study Guide, Eighth Edition (Exams 220-801 & 220-802) By: Jane Holcombe; Charles Holcombe Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 23-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: CompTIA A+ Certification Study Guide, Eighth Edition (Exams 220-801 & 220-802)
This classroom-proven study guide is updated for the new 2012 CompTIA A+ exams and recognized as CompTIA Approved Quality Content. CompTIA A+ Certification Study Guide, Eighth Edition offers 100% coverage of the objectives for Exams 220-801 and 220-802, woven into an integrated study system based on proven pedagogy. Series features reinforce and teach practical skills: step-by-step exercises; exam watch and on-the-job elements; and chapter self-tests. The CD-ROM includes four practice exams, two for each exam, that mirror the multiple-choice portion of the actual exams in content, format,...
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66. |  The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything By: Matthew May Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 02-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything
The world is more overwhelming than ever before. Our work is deeper and more demanding than ever. Our businesses are more complicated and difficult to manage than ever. Our economy is more uncertain than ever. Our resources are scarcer than ever. There is endless choice and feature overkill in all but the best experiences. Everybody knows everything about us. The simple life is a thing of the past. Everywhere, there’s too much of the wrong stuff and not enough of the right. The noise is deafening, the signal weak. Everything is too complicated and time-sucking. Welcome to the age of excess...
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67. |  By: Mike Lewis Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 22-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 |
Competing on the social web isn’t enough. You have to STAND OUT! Stand Out Social Marketing explains how today’s best-known brands draw attention that pays in the crowded space of social media--and how you can do the same for your brand! “Stand Out Social Marketing outlines the tools and tactics to develop more meaningful and effective social media strategies.” -- Brian Solis, bestselling author of The End of Business as Usual and Engage! “A stand-out must-read.”
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68. |  By: Norman W. Hoffmann Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 24-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 |
THE NEW M&A STRATEGY FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS IN TODAY’S VOLATILE MARKETS “Rich in examples and details, well-grounded in wisdom from years of experience, and blessedly practical . . . . engaging, well-written, and loaded with worthy insights. Study this book and prosper." -- DR. ROBERT B RUNER, Dean, University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, and author of Deals from Hell, The Panic of 1907, and Applied Mergers&Acquisitions."Drawing on his experience with more than 100 M&A transactions, Hoffmann has written a defi nitive ’how-to’ for acquiring companies in the below $50 million...
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69. |  By: Mark Bowden; Andrew Ford Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 06-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 |
Building on his classic guide Winning Body Language, master communications expert Mark Bowden reveals essential nonverbal strategies that help win salesWhether calling on a potential client for the first time, delivering a presentation, analyzing a client’s needs, or making a sale, how the message is delivered matters as much as—or more than—what’s being said. Winning Body Language for Sales Professionals unlocks the secrets of nonverbal communication to give sales specialists an unbeatable advantage. Mark Bowden has coached hundreds of clients how to communicate more effectively and...
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70. |  CISSP Practice Exams, Second Edition By: Shon Harris Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 23-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: CISSP Practice Exams, Second Edition
Written by the #1 name in IT security certification training, fully revised for the latest exam release, and featuring 750+ practice questions plus 24 hours of audio lectures CISSP Practice Exams, Second Edition is the ideal companion to Shon Harris’ bestselling CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide. Well-regarded for her engaging and informative style, Shon Harris is renowned as an IT security certification expert.Designed as an exam-focused study-self aid and resource, CISSP Practice Exams, Second Edition provides 100% coverage of the 10 exam domains for the 2012 exam. Organized by these domains,...
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71. |  The Crowdfunding Revolution: How to Raise Venture Capital Using Social Media By: Kevin Lawton; Dan Marom Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 07-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Crowdfunding Revolution: How to Raise Venture Capital Using Social Media
The Crowdfunding Revolution explains how the explosive growth of connectivity via physical and social technologies is obviating human-to-human networks and centralized planning of capital allocationand describes how crowdfunding can be used to tap into a collective intelligence for far superior results.
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72. |  The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality By: W.Edwards Deming; Joyce Orsini; Diana Deming Cahill Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 14-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality
The name W. Edwards Deming is synonymous with the most insightful views, ideas, and commentary on management and quality control. Referred to as "the high prophet of quality" by the New York Times, Deming was instrumental in the spectacular rise of Japanese industry after World War II and influenced many of the world’s most innovative managers in the ensuing decades. His original ideas led directly to the creation of relationships with suppliers and a plethora of quality initiatives.
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73. |  By: Don Brown; Bill Hawkins Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 18-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 |
Elevate Capacity AND Drive Growth Now Without Adding Headcount Management “As leaders, we like to think we control everything, and it’s just not true--externals now drive the business. Learn to let go, learn to bring out the best in every employee!” -- Jim Farley, Group VP Global Marketing, Sales&Service, Ford Motor Company"One of the things we’ll look back on 30 years from now is that this no-normal world has forced a higher quality of leadership than any other era in history. Bring Out the Best in Every Employee is the ultimate leader’s handbook to that higher ground!” -- Howard Morgan,...
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74. |  Currencies After the Crash: The Uncertain Future of the Global Paper-Based Currency System By: Sara Eisen Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 02-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Currencies After the Crash: The Uncertain Future of the Global Paper-Based Currency System
From the brightest minds in the field—a revealinglook at how countries use their currencies toachieve prosperity . . . and the coming repercussions Bloomberg Television’s Sara Eisen sheds light on the complex global financial system through this illuminating collection of essays. She hand selected the crème de la crème of authors from the world’s most prestigious academic institutions and esteemed professional organizations to share for the first time in print their observations and deductions on the topics that matter most to you and your future wealth, including: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN...
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75. |  By: Nicholas Nissing Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 05-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 |
A true original—the first practical guide to patents written specifically for corporate scientists, engineers, and product developersPatents and Strategic Inventing spells out exactly what a typical corporate inventor needs to know about patents and patent strategy, as well as how these topics can be used to guide the creation of new products. It explains in clear, easy-to-understand language how to secure patents that deliver the most possible value to the organization and build legal protections into properties from the outset.Nicholas Nissing was an inventor at Procter&Gamble, founded...
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76. |  The Forex Trading Manual: The Rules-Based Approach to Making Money Trading Currencies By: Javier Paz Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 09-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Forex Trading Manual: The Rules-Based Approach to Making Money Trading Currencies
How to get your share of the $4.5 trillion Forex marketForex trading and driving a car are both risky endeavors. Each requires the ability to manage multiple factors at once, be vigilant of the changing environment, and adapt when necessary. And both activities get much easier with time—if you follow the right set of rules. In The Forex Trading Manual, Javier Paz draws the parallel between driving and trading, illustrating how success in the forex market is simpler to achieve than you think. The key to becoming a proficient trader requires starting the process with the right basic...
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77. |  CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, 6th Edition By: Shon Harris Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 18-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, 6th Edition
A complete, up-to-date revision of the leading CISSP training resource from the #1 name in IT security certification and training, Shon Harris. Well regarded for its engaging and informative style, CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Sixth Edition provides 100% complete coverage of the exam objectives for the Certified Information Security Specialist credentialing exam from (ISC)2. Updated to ensure total coverage of the latest body of knowledge and domains from (ISC)2, this new edition also provides references for government employees and contractors subject to new requirements.Exam tips...
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78. |  How Women Lead: The 8 Essential Strategies Successful Women Know By: Sharon Hadary; Laura Henderson Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 14-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How Women Lead: The 8 Essential Strategies Successful Women Know
LEAD LIKE A WOMAN “Rich with proven, practical knowledge and insights from highly successful women that you can put into action immediately to create your executive presence, be viewed as ‘leadership material,’ and maximize your opportunities.” —Nina McLemore, Founder and CEO, Nina McLemore, Inc.; founder and former President, Liz Claiborne Accessories; former member Executive Committee, Liz Claiborne, Inc. “A fabulously insightful and powerful book for women who aspire to business leadership. Relying on decades of experience and research, the authors reveal key insights and successful...
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79. |  Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power View By: Brian Larson; Mark Davis; Dan English; Paul Purington Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 31-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power View
Create and Distribute High-impact Microsoft Power View ReportsExplore data in insightful new ways and transform the way your enterprise uses BI with help from this expert guide. Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power View shows how to effectively analyze and communicate complex information through elegant interactive reports. Discover how to create and populate tables, connect to databases, build multi-view reports in real-time, and publish your results to end-users. BI Semantic Model development and administration are also covered in this comprehensive volume.
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80. |  Drucker on Marketing: Lessons from the World’s Most Influential Business Thinker By: William Cohen Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 26-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Drucker on Marketing: Lessons from the World’s Most Influential Business Thinker
THE ESSENTIAL MARKETING WISDOM OF PETER DRUCKER “Bill Cohen has done us a wonderful service by faithfully combing through Peter Drucker’s vast writings and weaving together Peter’s thoughts on marketing. This has never been done before.” -- Philip Kotler, from the ForewordConsidered the single most important thought leader in the world of management, Peter Drucker had an equally significant influence on the discipline of marketing. Although he didn’t approach marketing with the same systematic rigor he reserved for management, Drucker addressed the topic in detail in his well known...
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