Sally Bibb

Trust in business is at an all-time low, but more people than ever claim that working for an ethical company matters to them. Something has to change. But in a everyday working environment, ethics often seem abstract and hard to grasp. The Right Thing is here to help, as leading business consultant Sally Bibb gives you simple steps to make sure that you’re working ethically. The book features: Simple explanations of big ethical ideas Case studies to bring ethics to life, and show how bad it can be when ethics go wrong Tips on everything from ethical leadership to creating an ethical culture Checklists – so you can make sure you’re doing the right thing

An Everyday Guide to Ethics in Business

The Right Thing

Russell Lincoln Ackoff

Herbert J. Addison

Management f-LAWS: How Organizations Really Work brings together a collection of Professor Russell Ackoff's subversive insights into the world of business. Russell Ackoff is one of the world's leading business thinkers and one of the founding fathers of Systems Thinking. His Management f-Laws (a term coined by Ackoff) expose the conventions and laws of management - the hierarchies and power struggles, the ineptitudes and time-wasting, the prejudices and careless thinking - as flaws of management: all of which hinder successful strategies for organizational change and development.

Management F-Laws

Hard hitting and focused in its attack, this warning shot of a book stands out with its message that those companies that refuse to change their basic, long-held operating strategies will not survive in the rapidly changing world of work. The business hierarchy that seeks to monitor and control workers' methods and output is outmoded, the text claims, and must be changed even at the risk of hurting those who have always benefited from hierarchical arrangements: the executives and managers. The book further argues that current managing techniques stifle the ability of people and organizations to grow. There is a solution, however, and the chapters offer ways to keep talented employees, serve shareholders, and base business practices in growth rather than efficiency and control. A detailed case study puts a real-life spin on the theories and choices explained within the pages, strongly making the case that only companies willing to re-envision themselves now will have a place in tomorrow's business landscape.

Why the Companies We Work for are Dying and how They Can be Saved

The Stone Age Company

It's human nature to focus more on our weaknesses because we are programmed to be alert to risks in our environment. We end up focusing on what isn't working, often overshadowing all the positives. But what if you focused on and played to your strengths instead? This practical and succinct book aims to revolutionize your life by helping you to identify what exactly makes you happy so that you will make the right choices; decide whether a job, activity, or course is right for you; and understand why things seem to flow with some activities and some people, and not others. Knowing these things about yourself, and spending more time on what really energies and fulfils you--your strengths--will ultimately lead to a happier and more successful life.

Discover How to Be Fulfilled in Your Work and in Life

The Strengths Book

Russell L. Ackoff

The 13 f-LAWS featured in this little red book are an introduction to Ackoff's thinking about management. Russell Ackoff, who died in 2009, was one of the world's leading business thinkers and one of the founding fathers of Systems Thinking. His Management f-Laws (a term coined by Ackoff) expose the conventions and laws of management the hierarchies and power struggles, the ineptitudes and time-wasting, the prejudices and careless thinking as flaws of management: all of which hinder successful strategies for organizational change and development.

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