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ManagementFINANCIAL INTELLIGENCEBy Karen Berman and Joe Knight2006 (November 2005)ISBN-13: 978-1-59139-764-9 / MHID: 1-59139-764-2A Professional Reference TitleCompanies expect managers to use financial data to allocateresources and run their departments. But many managers can’tread a balance sheet, wouldn’t recognize a liquidity ratio, anddon’t know how to calculate return on investment. Worse,they don’t have any idea where the numbers come from orhow reliable they really are. In Financial Intelligence, KarenBerman and Joe Knight teach the basics of finance—but with atwist. Financial reporting, they argue, is as much art as science.Since nobody can quantify everything, accountants always relyon estimates, assumptions, and judgment calls. Savvy managersneed to know how those sources of possible bias can affect thefinancials—and they need to know that sometimes the numberscan be challenged. While providing the foundation for a deepunderstanding of the financial side of business, the book alsoarms managers with practical strategies for improving their companies’performance—strategies such as “managing the balancesheet” that are well understood by financial professionals butrarely shared with their nonfinancial colleagues. Accessible,jargon-free, and filled with entertaining stories of real companies,Financial Intelligence will help nonfinancial managers besmarter and more confident in their everyday work.CLASSIC DRUCKERBy Peter Drucker2006 (March 2006) / 240 pagesISBN-13: 978-1-4221-0168-1 / MHID: 1-4221-0168-1A Professional Reference TitleThis book gathers together Peter Drucker’s articles from HarvardBusiness Review and frames them with a thoughtful introductionfrom the Review’s Editor Tom Stewart. One of this century’smost highly regarded students of management, Drucker hassought out, identified, and examined the most important issuesconfronting managers, from corporate strategy to managementstyle to social change. Through his unique lens, this volumegives us the rare opportunity to trace the evolution of the greatshifts in our workplaces, and to understand more clearly the roleof managers. This book gathers together Drucker’s articles fromHarvard Business Review and frames them with a thoughtfulintroduction from the review’s editor Thomas A. Stewart.International EditionGEMBA KAIZENA Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to ManagementBy Masaaki Imai1997 / 384 pagesISBN-13: 978-0-07-031446-7 / MHID: 0-07-031446-2ISBN-13: 978-0-07-118908-8 / MHID: 0-07-118908-4 [IE]A Professional Reference Title(International Edition is not for sale in Japan.)CONTENTS1 What is Gemba? House of Gemba. 2 Managers’ Roles in Gemba. 3Foundations of Gemba Kaizen. 4 How to Implement Gemba Kaizen. 5Major Activities to Promote Gemba Kaizen. 6 What Comes After GembaKaizen. 7 Human Aspects of Gemba Kaizen.International EditionTHE WISDOM OF TEAMSBy Jon R Katzenbach, and Douglas K Smith1994 / 304 pagesISBN-13: 978-0-875-84367-4 / MHID: 0-875-84367-0ISBN-13: 978-0-07-113439-2 / MHID: 0-07-113439-5[IE] - Out of PrintA Harvard Business School Press Title(International Edition is not for sale in Japan)CONTENTSAcknowledgements / Prologue / Part 1: Understanding Teams Chapter 1.Why Teams? Chapter 2. One Team: A Story of Performance Chapter 3.Team Basics: A Working Definition and Discipline Chapter 4. High-PerformanceTeams: Very Useful Models Part 2: Becoming a Team Chapter5. The Team Performance Curve Chapter 6. Moving up the Curve: FromIndividual to Team Performance Chapter 7. Team Leaders Chapter 8.Teams, Obstacles, and Endings: Getting Unstuck Part 3: Exploiting thePotential Chapter 9. Teams and Performance: The Reinforcing CycleChapter 10. Teams and Major Change: An Inevitable CombinationChapter 11. Teams at the Top: A Difficult Choice Chapter 12. TopManagement’s Role: Leading to the High-Performance Organization /Epilogue / Appendix / Selected Readings / IndexInternational EditionASSERTIVENESS AT WORKA Practical Guide to Handling Awkward Situation,3rd EditionBy Ken Back and Kate Back2005ISBN-13: 978-0-07-711428-2 / MHID: 0-07-711428-0McGraw-Hill UK TitleA Professional Reference Title(Details unavailable at press time)KAIZENThe Key to Japan’s Competitive SuccessBy Masaaki Imai1986 / 260 pagesISBN-13: 978-0-07-554332-9 / MHID: 0-07-554332-XISBN-13: 978-0-07-112647-2 / MHID: 0-07-112647-3 [IE]A Professional Reference Title(International Edition is not for sale in Japan.)CONTENTS1. Kaizen, The Concept 2. Improvement East and West 3. Kaizen byTotal Quality Control 4. Kaizen - The Practice 5. Kaizen Management6. The Kaizen Approach to Problem Solving 7. Changing the CorporateCulture / Appendixes / Index122HED 2007 Management.indd 12210/5/2006 1:24:33 PM