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 | Business Ethics Product# 460544045 Selling for $70.67 "This book provides comprehensive, integrated coverage of the entire field of business ethics. It begins with an overview of today's business scene, then explores the basic tools and techniques of ethical analysis and moral reasoning and shows how they apply to a wide range of issues in all areas of business — including marketing, finance, management, strategic planning, computer systems, etc. Provides charts showing how to handle different ethical approaches and how to use the approaches in handling issues. Shows readers how to think through issues to conclusions -- presents both sides of an issue and shows how one can argue to a conclusion. Covers: MORAL REASONING IN BUSINESS: Conventional Morality and Ethical Relativism; Utility and Utilitarianism; Moral Duty, Rights, and Justice; Moral Responsibility, Virtue, and Moral Reasoning; MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS: Justice and Economic Systems; American Capitalism: Moral or Immoral?; Corporations and Morality; Safety, Risk, and Environmental Protection; Whistle Blowing; Marketing, Truth, and Advertising; Protecting Intellectual Property, Corporate Disclosure, and Insider Trading; Information Technology, Ethics, and Business; Workers, Rights: Employment, Wages, and Unions; Workers' Rights and Duties Within a Firm; Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and Reverse Discrimination; Accounting, Finance, Corporate Restructuring, and Ethical Investing; Professions in Business and Professions as Business; MORAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: The International Business System, Multinationals, and Morality; Corrupt Contexts, Cultural Diversity, and International Business; Famine, Natural Resources, and International Obligations. For anyone interested in domestic and international business ethics." |
 | The Big Book of Meeting Games Product# 460548225 Selling for $21.95 "Offers meeting leaders 75 short, challenging, and fun activities to accomplish specific meeting objectives. Break the ice with unfamiliar employees, engage and energize for more powerful, valuable input, and effectively solve problems and voice solutions. Softcover." |
 | Samba Essentials for Windows Administrators Product# 460549668 Selling for $39.99 "An explanation of Samba, for Windows administrators, walking readers step-by-step through Samba planning, deployment, configuration and management. Readers are able to choose a simple approach, or an advanced, customizable approach to Samba. Includes tutorials in everything from managing file services to fax services. Softcover. DLC: Client/Server computing." |
 | Administering IIS (5) Product# 460678992 Selling for $44.99 Explains exactly what you need to know to get IIS 5.0 right the first time regardless of your level of experience. Covers essential day-to-day maintenance and invaluable troubleshooting tips and tricks. Softcover. |
 | Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Legal Issues Product# 460679137 Selling for $28.8 "This updated eleventh edition of Taking Sides: Legal Issues is designed to introduce students to controversies in the law. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading legal scholars, judges, and legal commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and are staged as 'pro' and 'con' debates. Issues debated include the operation of legal institutions; law and social values; and law and crime.This title is supported by the student Web site, Dushkin online, at http: //www.dushkin.com/online" |
 | Learn Office XP Brief Product# 460679373 Selling for $93.33 "No experience needed. . . Jump right into Microsoft ® Office XP Get started NOW! Prepare for Microsoft ® Office XP Certification! Highly visual, step-by-step instruction makes LEARN ing Office XP easy! Each step has an accompanying screen so each task is illustrated for you to follow. Cautions, Quick Tips, and In-Depths show you where the pitfalls are and how to avoid them. 4 different levels of exercises in each chapter provide the ultimate practice experience. www.prenhall.com/preston Your on-line resource for learning Office XP • Interactive Study Guides! • Data Files! • On-line Exercises!" |
 | International Business Law Product# 460679513 Selling for $173.33 "Emphasizing practical application and theory of international business law, this book shows how firms doing business between the more than 185 countries of the world are governed and regulated. This book provides full coverage of all the main topics dealing with international business law including foreign investment, financing, banking, environmental regulation, multinational enterprises, sales, service, labor, transportation, intellectual property, and taxation. For practicing international lawyers book who need a complete, easy-to-use, and up-to-date reference." |
 | Exploring Microsoft Office 2003 Enhanced Edition Product# 460679609 Selling for $96 Presents an introduction to the features and function of Microsoft Office 2003. |
 | Exploring Microsoft Office 2003 , Volume 1 Product# 460679610 Selling for $112 "Provides information on the features and functions of Microsoft Office 2003, along with case studies and practice exercises." |
 | Business Ethics Product# 460679696 Selling for $55 "In Business Ethics , Boylan presents a collection of readings that examine traditional issues within a pedagogical context of his worldview methodology." |
 | Business English at Work Product# 460680587 Selling for $117.15 "Written in a conversational tone, this 18-chapter, 4-color text takes a totally new learning approach to relating business English to the world of work. Telecommunications, customer service, online references, and a host of other real-world topics connect directly to activities and exercises in grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, word division, and sentence writing/revising." |
 | Small Business for Dummies Product# 460682561 Selling for $14.95 "An updated, beginner's handbook for would-be entrepreneurs offers helpful tips for interviewing and hiring candidates, providing benefits, and initiating a marketing plan, along with a review of common small business tax laws and case studies of small business successes and failures. Book available." |
 | Quick Tips for Better Business Writing Product# 460682929 Selling for $12.95 "A portable treasury of clear, persuasive business communication that takes the pain out of organizing and writing dozens of the most common business documents, from e-mail to fund-raising letters to technical reports. Includes easy-to-follow do; s and don'ts for each of the 28 different categories." |
 | Talk Your Way to the Top Product# 460683367 Selling for $14.95 "Field-proven presentation tips and communication skills, from two of today's top corporate coaches Every business situation is both a presentation and a chance to leave a positive impression. In 'Talk Your Way to the Top, corporate communications gurus Kevin Daley and Laura Daley-Caravella give readers the know-how to recognize and maximize the opportunities they face throughout the day. Each chapter represents a specific situation, from running a meeting to disagreeing with the boss, and outlines the steps needed to handle it with poise, skill, and success. Communication has a tremendous impact on how professionals are judged. 'Talk Your Way to the Top gives them the skills they need to: Know when and where to speak up--versus when to shut up Convey passion and make it contagious Connect with an audience on multiple levels" |
 | Madison & Vine Product# 460683485 Selling for $21.95 "From the sharp decline in CD sales to the fragmentation of network TV audiences, the business models of the entertainment and advertising industries are showing severe cracks. 'Advertising Age editor Scott Donaton-- who coined the term Madison & VineTM--lays out a case for why these industries will need to converge to survive, overcoming hurdles and creating business models based on content-commerce partnerships. 'Madison & Vine reveals how new technology is disrupting traditional business models, giving the consumer more control over the product. Donaton explains how these industries will need to overcome distrust, divergent agendas, and creative conflicts to form mutually beneficial alliances--or face the threat of extinction.Examines the factors that threaten business models of the advertising industry and nearly every entertainment industry sector Relates the glamorous inside stories of prominent Madison & Vine alliances" |
 | Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results Product# 460683506 Selling for $21.95 "An award-winning news anchor presents methods for better communication in any business environment During her 20 years in broadcasting, award-winning news anchor Suzanne Bates conducted more than 10,000 interviews, during which she witnessed business leaders, politicians, and celebrities at their best and worst. Now a top CEO communication coach, Bates is renowned for her uncanny ability to transform even the shyest oratorical mouse into a public-speaking lion. In 'Speak Like a CEO, Bates: Reveals the secrets for communicating in any situation Describes simple techniques for acing speeches, presentations, media interviews, Q&A sessions, business meetings, and more Outlines self-improvement plans that can easily be customized to your needs Shares secrets from top leaders, including Mario Cuomo's technique for overcoming stage fright and Colin Powell's secret for projecting authenticity" |
 | How to do Everything with Your BlackBerry Product# 460683583 Selling for $24.99 "Connect seamlessly with corporate email, sync with PCs, review and edit calendars, address books, task lists, and more. Discover for yourself why the BlackBerry is indispensable among business and home users who cherish the idea of communicating from anywhere to anyone--and learn how to do everything with it! Softcover." |
 | Mike's Bikes Advanced Product# 460683761 Selling for $38.61 "Mike's Bikes Advanced is a simulation suited for courses in strategy or where knowledge of other functions is warranted. This simulation can be used two ways, via a CD or through the Internet. This dynamic simulation allows students to make decisions regarding different functions like strategy, marketing, operations management, accounting, finance, product development, team dynamics, and economics." |
 | Basic Business Communication: Skills for Empowering the Internet Generation with Student CD-ROM/PowerWeb, and BComm Skill Booster Product# 460683778 Selling for $128.9 "Lesikar and Flatley's, Basic Business Communication (BBC): Skills for Empowering the Internet Generation, has long been known as a solid introductory business communication book that gets to the writing skills sooner than most other texts and gives students true 'how-to' skills in all areas of business communication. It has solid examples, and is both consumer-and service-oriented. Its strength has also been its use of margin notes, cartoons and photos that relate to the concepts and use of cases. Recent editions have established BBC as truly cutting edge; it was the first text in the market with PowerPoint as part of its package, the first to have an online chapter, and with the 9th Edition is now the first to offer writing tips and templates for PDAs (personal digital assistants).)." |
 | Business English at Work, Text Workbook (2nd Printing) Product# 460683855 Selling for $117.15 "Written in a conversational tone, Business English at Work 2e by Jaderstrom and Miller is a four-color text that takes a totally new learning approach to relating Business English to the workplace. Telecommunications, customer service, online references, and a host of other real-world topics connect directly to activities and exercises in grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, word division, and sentence writing/revising." |
 | CPA Review Guide Product# 460685453 Selling for $40 The CPA Review Guide covers all topics tested on the Business Law section of the CPA Exam. Code of Professional Conduct and CPA Responsibilities. Liability of CPAs to Clients and Third Parties. Defenses to the Enforcement of Contracts. Personal Property and Bailment. For Accountants studying for the CPA exam. |
| International Business Law Product# 460685645 Selling for $173.33 "Emphasizing practical application and theory of international business law, this book shows how firms doing business between the more than 185 countries of the world are governed and regulated. This book provides full coverage of all the main topics dealing with international business law including foreign investment, financing, banking, environmental regulation, multinational enterprises, sales, service, labor, transportation, intellectual property, and taxation. For practicing international lawyers book who need a complete, easy-to-use, and up-to-date reference." |
 | Plain Language Pleadings Product# 460685983 Selling for $37.4 "'Legal writing is a mess', says the author, and quotes from the leaders of the plain language for lawyers movement. From her 'Funeral for Legalese' through her 'Editing Checklist', Carol Ann Wilson convinces her readers that lawyers should rid their writing of legalese and that lawyers' assistants can help. 'The LA who can draft pleadings is valuable to the lawyer and to the legal profession'. And those pleadings should be 'concise, powerful, and communicative'." |
 | Manager's Survival Guide: How to Avoid the 750 Most Common Mistakes in Dealing With People Product# 460685992 Selling for $29.95 "Gives you the tips, tools, and techniques for avoiding 750 communication mistakes people make on the job every day. You'll see how to correct or avoid these mistakes with practical solutions successfully used by business people who learned them the hard way- though experience. Experience that can work for you." |
| Exploring Microsoft Office 2003 Enhanced Edition Product# 460685995 Selling for $96 Presents an introduction to the features and function of Microsoft Office 2003. |
| Exploring Microsoft Office 2003 , Volume 1 Product# 460685997 Selling for $112 "Provides information on the features and functions of Microsoft Office 2003, along with case studies and practice exercises." |
 | Financial Planning for the Entrepreneur Product# 460686099 Selling for $84.2 "Combination of teaching notes, business and industry profiles, and cases has attempted to draw together materials that are thought to be useful to the prospective entrepreneur or to one who is considering expanding his or her business. DLC: Small business - U.S. - Finance." |
| Business Ethics Product# 460686289 Selling for $55 "In Business Ethics , Boylan presents a collection of readings that examine traditional issues within a pedagogical context of his worldview methodology." |
 | The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders Product# 460686408 Selling for $16 "During the '80s, Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham created the corporate raiders. He was the billionaire Junk Bond King. But, in the corner stood the U.S. District Attorney waiting to file criminal and racketeering charges." |
 | MetaCapitalism: The e-Business Revolution and the Design of 21st-Century Companies and Markets Product# 460688002 Selling for $24.95 "Strategies to Realign?Çôand Win?Çôin Today?ÇÖs E-Business Battlefield Traditional global industrial powers?Çôbuilt on a base of tremendous physical capital and manufacturing strength?Çômust today face a stunning reality: the fast, lean e-business world may pass them by. Today?ÇÖs business-to-business e-business revolution, in which companies increasingly rely on brand ownership as they outsource physical capital activities, requires a dramatically different business process model with entirely new definitions of business processes. MetaCapitalism: The E-Business Revolution and the Design of 21st-Century Companies and Markets is the first book to outline the adaptations and innovations required to thrive in the new world of e-business. Original in thought and powerful in argument, MetaCapitalism draws on the combined expertise of two leading business strategists and the unmatched resources of PricewaterhouseCoopers to define this fundamentally changed environment and explain how managers can and must move?Çôand move quickly?Çôto reformulate their companies for success. Tremendous knowledge, imagination, and insight?Çônot to mention a small degree of faith?Çôwill be required to enter and succeed in this new world. Step inside MetaCapitalism: The E-Business Revolution and the Design of 21st-Century Companies and Markets to discover the fascinating and highly profitable rules, strategies, and practices of tomorrow?ÇÖs e-business?Çôfrom the leaders who are writing the rulebook today." |
 | Alan Shrugged: Alan Greenspan, the World's Most Powerful Banker Product# 460688030 Selling for $32.5 "This biography of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan uncovers his personal life, especially his early years, revealing the defining incidents of his life and the major influences on his thinking. This is the first biography to treat his whole life and to portray Greenspan's evolution from a shy, gawky musical prot??g?? to becoming one of the most powerful people in the world." |
 | Get Better or Get Beaten Product# 460765491 Selling for $22.95 "A guide to better sales techniques, from the Jack Welch, of General Electric. Offers chapters on Six Sigma, e-business, and GE's acquisition of Honeywell. Offers secrets for executives, proven leadership strategies that will take the reader on a path to success, in the footsteps of the CEO of General Electric. DLC: Leadership." |
 | Business Ethics: The Pragmatic Path Beyond Principles to Process Product# 460765677 Selling for $86.67 "The five parts cover: A contemporary conceptual framework for business ethics, The corporation in society, Business in its diverse moral contexts, Marketplace and workplace issues, and the Moral manager. Includes case studies. Paper. DLC: Business ethics." |
 | Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Product# 460765708 Selling for $15 "In fiction there was Bonfire of the Vanities; in reality, there is Liar's Poker -- the fascinating insider's account of what really happens on Wall Street. This irreverent and hilarious birds-eye view of Wall Street's heyday will appeal to anyone intrigued by the allure of million dollar deals." |
 | Say It With Charts: The Executive?ÇÖs Guide to Visual Communication Product# 460766712 Selling for $45 "Step-by-step guide to creating compelling, memorable presentations A chart that once took ten hours to prepare can now be produced by anyone with ten minutes and a computer keyboard. What hasn't changed, however, are the basics behind creating a powerful visual - what to say, why to say it, and how to say it for the most impact. In Say It With Charts, Fourth Edition --the latest, cutting-edge edition of his best-selling presentation guide -- Gene Zelazny reveals time-tested tips for preparing effective presentations. Then, this presentation guru shows you how to combine those tips with today's hottest technologies for sharper, stronger visuals. Look to this comprehensive presentation encyclopedia for information on: * How to prepare different types of charts -- pie, bar, column, line, or dot -- and when to use each * Lettering size, color choice, appropriate chart types, and more * Techniques for producing dramatic eVisuals using animation, scanned images, sound, video, and links to pertinent websites" |
| Get Better or Get Beaten Product# 460766715 Selling for $22.95 "A guide to better sales techniques, from the Jack Welch, of General Electric. Offers chapters on Six Sigma, e-business, and GE's acquisition of Honeywell. Offers secrets for executives, proven leadership strategies that will take the reader on a path to success, in the footsteps of the CEO of General Electric. DLC: Leadership." |
| Business Ethics: The Pragmatic Path Beyond Principles to Process Product# 460767499 Selling for $86.67 "The five parts cover: A contemporary conceptual framework for business ethics, The corporation in society, Business in its diverse moral contexts, Marketplace and workplace issues, and the Moral manager. Includes case studies. Paper. DLC: Business ethics." |
| Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Product# 460767572 Selling for $15 "In fiction there was Bonfire of the Vanities; in reality, there is Liar's Poker -- the fascinating insider's account of what really happens on Wall Street. This irreverent and hilarious birds-eye view of Wall Street's heyday will appeal to anyone intrigued by the allure of million dollar deals." |
 | Business Ethics; The State of the Art Product# 460768223 Selling for $34.95 "This singular collection of essays by the leading scholars in the field examines the emergence of business ethics an an important element of managerial practice and as an integral area of scholarship. Insightful, comprehensive and uniquely accessible, Business Ethics is essential reading for students of business and applied ethics, as well as for practicing managers." |