Nonprofit Boards and Leadership: Cases on Governance, Change, and Board-Staff Dynamics (Jossey Bass Nonprofit & Public Management Series): Miriam M. Wood

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Offers detailed case studies that demonstrate the crucial strategic issues facing nonprofit governing boards and offers board members new methods for dealing with them.
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Nonprofit Boards and Leadership is a provocative book that provides a rare behind-the-scenes view of the inner workings [...]

Balanced Sourcing: Cooperation and Competition in Supplier Relationships: Timothy M. Laseter

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“In an era when more foolishness than fact is burbled about managing the supply base, it’s refreshing to read Balanced Sourcing. This book explores an average company’s least-used resource: its supply base. In a step-by-step approach, the book explains how companies can develop a dynamic strategy [...]

Human Safety and Risk Management, Second Edition: A. Ian Glendon, Sharon G. Clarke, Eugene F. McKenna

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This book offers an unusually rich blend of psychology and safety science. Should be required reading for those who strive to maintain evidence-based practice in safety management. We will be adopting it as a core text for our Psychology of Risk and Safety course." [...]

The Business Playbook: Leadership Lessons From the World of Sports: Brandon Steiner

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The CEO of Steiner Sports Marketing has rubbed elbows with some of the biggest names in sports. Here he advises readers to use these superstars’ strategies to achieve success in the business world. He offers 10 principles of leadership, strategy, planning, and success: start with [...]

Managing Crises Before They Happen: What Every Executive Needs to Know About Crisis Management: Ian I. Mitroff, Gus Anagnos

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“Any professional or company with a reputation worth preserving should read Managing Crises Before They Happen.” — The Futurist
From tragic accidents to public relations fiascos, we live in an increasingly crisis-ridden society. In fact, half of the major industrial accidents [...]

Building the Awesome Organization: Six Essential Components that Drive Business Growth: Katherine Catlin, Jana B. Matthews, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

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Building the Awesome Organization discusses the eight components of an awesome organization. This book will help you to realize the core competencies for growth. It describes the processes, policies and systems that support growth. Find out how to attract and retain awesome peoplea and develop an environment that motivates and empowers people [...]

Nonprofit Marketing: Marketing Management for Charitable and Nongovernmental Organizations: Walter Wymer, Patricia A. Knowles, Roger Gomes

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Nonprofit Marketing: Marketing Management for Charitable and Nongovernmental Organizations is a conceptually strong text that gives students marketing strategies for nonprofit, charitable, and nongovernmental organizations, while providing them with a broad treatment of marketing basics. Written in an easy-to-follow style, marketing concepts are clearly presented and supported with real-world examples.   
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Reputation: Realizing Value from the Corporate Image: Charles J. Fombrun

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Management professor Fombrun beckons us inside many of the most admired companies in the U.S. to scrutinize the workings of the most intangible asset of all: corporate reputation. Much of what he says has appeared in highly specialized publications; in fact, his book represents the [...]