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  • Auteur:
    Mandis, Steven G.
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    In What Happened to Goldman Sachs, Columbia Business School professor and former Sachs executive Steven Mandis charts the evolution of Goldman Sachs from an ethical standard to a legal one and uncovers the forces behind what he calls Goldman's "organizational drift." Drawing from his firsthand experience; sociological research; analysis of SEC, congressional, and other filings; and a wide array of interviews with former clients, detractors, and current and former partners, Mandis exposes the pressures that forced Goldman to slowly drift away from the very principles on which its reputation was built. Combining insightful analysis with engaging storytelling, Mandis has written an insider's history that offers invaluable perspectives to business leaders interested in understanding and managing organizational drift in their own firms.

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    Bolles, Richard Nelson
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    In today’s challenging job-market, as recent grads face a shifting economic landscape and seek work that pays and inspires, as workers are laid off mid-career, and as people search for an inspiring work-life change, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. This completely updated edition features the latest resources, strategies, and perspectives on today’s job market, revealing surprising advice on what works—and what doesn’t—so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results. This practical manual has been fully revised for 2021 by Vanderbilt University Career Center Director Katharine Brooks, EdD, with modern advice on the job hunt strategies that are working today, such as building an online resume, making the most of social media tools to network effectively, interviewing virtually with confidence, and negotiating the best salary possible. At its core is Richard N. Bolles’s famed Flower Exercise, a unique self-inventory that helps you design your career—and your life—around your key passions, transferable skills, traits, and more. With the unique and authoritative guidance of What Color Is Your Parachute?, job-hunters and career changers will have all the tools they need to discover—and land—their dream job.

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    Granville, Brigitte
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    As evidenced by the yellow vests protest movement that began in France in 2018, the state of the French nation inspires gloom among many of its citizens. Brigitte Granville views this malaise as a peculiarly French symptom of the difficulties experienced by many advanced industrial democracies in the face of globalization, technology, and mass immigration.Granville brings trenchant criticism to bear in this wide-ranging survey of the political economy of contemporary France, building her case for the prosecution on the self-reinforcing rigidity produced by a narrow Parisian oligarchy that is both entitled and intellectually hidebound. What Ails France?applies an economist's vision to the monetary and fiscal pathologies flowing from this ideologically motivated technocratic rule, reflected in Europe's flawed monetary union, runaway indebtedness, and chronically high structural unemployment. The author marshals academic research from a wide range of disciplines to fuel a provocative and at times contentious analysis, proposing various treatments for French ailments that would reinvigorate the republican value of libertéwith a new local slant.A refreshing, ideologically freewheeling discussion, What Ails France?provides a positive take on the innovations of our digital age, exploring their potential to bring about a more representative democracy and a fairer society.

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    Scorgie, Lesley-Anne
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    Financial analyst Lesley-Anne Scorgie lays out the roadmap for young women to be financially independent and debt-free. Whether you’re financially maxed out or rolling in hundred-dollar bills, if you want to be rich, Well-Heeled is for you! As a financially independent young woman, you will have the ability to determine the direction of your career and life path, allowing you to reach your full financial potential. So if you’re ready to make more money, live debt free, and build a nest egg that can support an awesome future – one that’s designed by you and includes the splash, the chic, and the fun – check out Well-Heeled. In it, you will learn how to: live frugally without sacrificing life’s little indulgences; set a budget that enables you to have guilt-free fun; get out, and stay out, of debt; fight for your income; increase your savings; make savvy investment decisions just like the pros; and be financially smart in relationships. This guide will pump up your bank account and empower you to do and be whatever you want in life. Don’t wait for success to come calling – start today!

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    Romolini, Jennifer
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    Jennifer Romolini started her career as an awkward twenty-seven-year-old misfit, navigated her way through New York media, and became a boss-an editor-in-chief, an editorial director, and a vice president, all within little more than a decade. She asserts that being outside-the-norm and achieving real, high-level success are not mutually exclusive, even if the perception of the business world often seems otherwise, even if it seems like only office-politicking extroverts are set up for reward.

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    Glasbeek, Harry
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    How is it that corporations are able to behave irresponsibly, criminally, and undemocratically? Wealth by Stealth is a scathing introduction to the operations of the modern corporation, written by a corporate lawyer. Many writers point to the growth of undemocratic corporate power. Glasbeek takes these observations further and outlines clearly how corporations become so powerful. He also shows how they are able to act without regard to the behaviour and laws governing citizens and other groups. Glasbeek is known by generations of students for his brilliant, funny lectures at Osgoode Hall Law School. With Wealth by Stealth his informative critique of corporate behaviour becomes available and accessible to all. How is it “The corporation makes them do it”?

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    Kwarteng, Kwasi
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    The world was wild for gold. After discovering the Americas, and under pressure to defend their vast dominion, the Habsburgs of Spain promoted gold and silver exploration in the New World with ruthless urgency. But, the great influx of wealth brought home by plundering conquistadors couldn't compensate for the Spanish government's extraordinary military spending, which would eventually bankrupt the country multiple times over and lead to the demise of the great empire. Gold became synonymous with financial dependability, and following the devastating chaos of World War I, the gold standard came to express the order of the free market system. Warfare in pursuit of wealth required borrowing - a quickly compulsive dependency for many governments. And when people lost confidence in the promissory notes and paper currencies issued during wartime, governments again turned to gold. In this captivating historical study, Kwarteng exposes a pattern of war-waging and financial debt - bedmates like April and taxes that go back hundreds of years, from the French Revolution to the emergence of modern-day China. His evidence is as rich and colorful as it is sweeping. And it starts and ends with gold.

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    Reynolds, Marcia
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    2011 Axiom Award Gold Medal winner in the category of Women in Business There’s a new generation of high-achieving women today—confident, ambitious, accomplished, driven. And yet, as master coach Marcia Reynolds discovered, many of them are also anxious, discontented, and frustrated. They’re constantly questioning their purpose, juggling multiple roles, and reevaluating their goals. As a result they’re restless—they move from job to job, from challenge to challenge, almost on impulse. They’re wander women. Existing personal growth books, so focused on empowerment and encouragement, can’t help these women. They don’t need to find their voice—they know how to roar. They don’t expect balance in their lives—but they long to find peace in the chaos. They aren’t necessarily focused on gaining a seat in the boardroom—they want projects that mean something or businesses they run on their own. Reynolds helps wander women understand the roots of their restlessness and make their wandering a conscious strategy, not a reaction. Drawing on extensive research and interviews she illuminates the needs that drive their decisions and the core assumptions that lock them into rigid perfectionist patterns. She offers a wealth of exercises and practices that will enable wander women to reset their mental programming, discover new ways of finding direction, and thoughtfully choose and plan their futures, whether they climb the corporate ladder, find satisfaction below the glass ceiling, or set out on their own. For every woman plagued by frustration and self-doubt—“Will what I’ve done ever feel good enough?”—Wander Woman sets the stage to uncover the answers to life’s tough questions about meaning and purpose, significance and value, and the legacy you can leave from a life lived well.

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    Meunier, Hugo
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    In 2012, journalist Hugo Meunier went undercover as a Walmart employee for three months in St. Leonard, Quebec, just north of Montreal. In great detail, Meunier charts the daily life of an impoverished Walmart worker, referring to his shifts at the box store giant as "somewhere between the army and Walt Disney." Each shift began with a daily chant before bowing to customer demands and the constant pressure to sell. Meanwhile Meunier and his fellow workers could not afford to shop anywhere else but Walmart, further indenturing them to the multi-billion-dollar corporation. Beyond his time on the shop floor, Meunier documents the extraordinary efforts that Walmart exerts to block unionization campaigns, including their 2005 decision to close their outlet in Jonquiere, QC, where the United Food and Commercial Workers union had successfully gained certification rights. A decade later he charts the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that exposed the dubious legal ground on which Walmart stood in invoking closure and throwing workers out on the street. In Walmart: Diary of an Associate, Meunier reveals the truths behind Walmart's low prices. It will make you think twice before shopping there.

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    Rand, Tom
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    An accessible discussion of ways to achieve a sustainable future

    Venture capitalist, entrepreneur, engineer, and philosopher Tom Rand explains why climate disruption might just be our very own pot of hot water. Are we the frog paralyzed in our inaction? In a highly readable account, Rand looks to contemporary psychology, economics, business, and finance to explain our stasis in the face of one of the most fundamental problems of our time. Rand’s account doesn’t just point fingers at the bad guys, but goes deeper — to our motivations, institutional lethargy, and deeply buried assumptions about market economics.

    Waking the Frog is as much about solutions as it is an account of our present paralysis. Our ingenuity, technology, capital, and policy can work together to turn down the heat and at the same time enable the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century.

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    Navarro, Peter
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    In this course, University of California at Irvine business professor Peter Navarro dissects the coming China wars and their implications for all mankind. China's rapid economic growth has serious implications for issues ranging from oil prices and energy security to global warming and environmental pollution, and from U.S. political independence and financial market stability to hot-war military conflict.

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    Partnoy, Frank
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    Frank Partnoy demonstrates that decisions of all kinds benefit from being made at the last possible moment. The art of knowing how long you can afford to delay before committing is at the heart of many a great decision-whether in a corporate takeover or a marriage proposal. 

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    André Blanchard
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    Quitte à travailler durement dans la vie alors, aussi bien devenir riche... le plus rapidement possible ! Découvrez, grâce à ce livre, les rudiments de la profession de "réseauteur". Vous apprendrez : Comment développer une mentalité d'entrepreneur ; L'importance de se créer un levier financier ; La magie du temps partiel ; Un commerce à la maison signifie avantages fiscaux.

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    Olejniczak, Stephen P.
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    So you’re in charge of implementing a VoIP phone system for your organization? VoIP Deployment For Dummies is a crash course in Voice over Internet Protocol implementation! Here’s how to analyze your network and implement a VoIP phone system, manage and maintain it, keep it secure, and troubleshoot problems. You’ll learn how to plan the rollout, work with Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), handle fax issues, and keep your users happy. * Understand how VoIP works, common misconceptions about it, and the pros and cons for your organization * Compare and comprehend hardware and software choices * Discover the options for touch tones and faxing via VoIP systems * Analyze network devices, IP addresses, connections to remote sites, and other aspects that will affect VoIP implementation * Draw up a test plan, check out both voice and fax transmission, get a report, and schedule the installation * Investigate SIP call generation, identify the elements, understand cancelled calls, and re-INVITE calls * Troubleshoot your system, identify call variables, trace the source of a problem, manage trouble tickets, and resolve failures * Manage latency, jitter, and flap, and take advantage of Wireshark * Find out what to expect when your system goes live Written by an expert with extensive real-world experience in VoIP implementation and management, VoIP Deployment For Dummies provides the know-how you need. You’ll be able to implement your system and manage any issues proactively, which is sure to look good to your boss!

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    D'Angelo, Gordon
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    Vision: Your Pathway to Victory is deeply intelligent, yet simplistically easy guide that exhibits how to obtain specific results. Using a unique process known as Strategic Visionary Planning, readers will become the author of their destiny. The content is inspirational, and reads like a recipe that arranges the reader’s hopes and dreams into an abnormally gratifying reality.

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    Daum, Kevin, Scott, Matt, Hein, Bettina, Goeldi, Andreas
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    This book features savvy advice for adding video to your marketing plan. Video marketing is rapidly gaining popularity in online marketing, and this fun-but-practical guide presents you with all aspects of video marketing, from planning to production to distribution. You'll learn how to create a video strategy, produce an effective video, put it online and get your video to the right consumers so that you can help your business succeed. The author team has vast experience in video creation and marketing, and explores 10 video campaigns so you can learn from their successes and challenges. This book: *Offers an overview of the video marketing process, how to build it into an existing marketing plan and create a video outline *Covers the necessary steps for creating the video, from scripting to shooting to editing *Walks you through the process of sharing video on a company site, social site or other hosts and then draw the right audience *Details the new frontiers of video marketing including mobile video and measuring results Featuring invaluable advice for creating an effective video marketing campaign, Video Marketing For Dummies is essential reading on this marketing trend.

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    Hutchinson, Marlène
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    Il est essentiel de nous questionner sur notre mode de vie et ses effets sur notre santé, notre famille et l’environnement.

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    Thompson, George J., Jenkins, Jerry B.
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    Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation.

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    Gauthier, Lucie
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    Bien plus qu'un livre sur la vente, Vendre oui, c'est facile! est une porte grande ouverte sur la réalité du plein potentiel humain et des trésors qui s'y cachent. Avez-vous déjà constaté que les objections nourrissent la peur? Vous apprendrez qu'en appliquant certains principes vraiment puissants, nous n'avons plus d'objections. Cette lecture vous dévoilera l'arrière-scène de la vente qui vous permettra de vendre avec aisance. Découvrez également quelle est votre relation avec l'argent afin de mieux négocier, et apprenez comment gagner du temps avec la vidéoconférence et le téléphone. Si vous voulez apprendre à vendre avec facilité, ce livre est pour vous. Que vous soyez dirigeant d'entreprise, conseiller, entrepreneur ou travailleur autonome, vous trouverez de l'information très pertinente pour favoriser votre succès.

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    Jacob, Dee
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    Dee Jacob, Suzan Bergland, and Jeff Cox-author of The Goal-reveal how to achieve outstanding bottom-line results by integrating the three most powerful continuous improvement disciplines: Lean, Six Sigma, and Goldratt's Theory of Constraints. In a business novel that's both entertaining and edifying, corporate superiors order Amy Cieolara to appease a key customer by utilizing Lean Six Sigma. As pressure mounts, Amy discovers and implements the VELOCITY approach. But will her superiors and customer be pleased?

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