| Herd |
HERD : How to change mass behaviour by understanding our true nature
Author: Mark Earls The central tenet of this book is based on challenging our assumption that 'the individual' is the starting point from which to understand human behaviour. By focusing on group behaviour, or 'the herd' rather than the individual, Mark Earls purports that we will have the key to a better understanding of human behaviour and better business and social policy initiatives to change it. The book provides suggestions on how to harnesses this new knowledge in marketing, through example and anecdote. Along the way, he shows why the rush to 1-2-1 communications and the obsession with individual opinions (and changing people's minds) are all nonsense. One of the core arguments to come out of Mark's research is that the most important metric for any business becomes the degree to which its customers influence each other positively. This idea has massive repercussions for the marketing manager in terms of thinking about their marketing strategy, and Mark provides the tools and metric for applying his thinking in a practical way. Importantly, cross-cultural studies reveal that the Western way of seeing humans and understanding human behaviour is the exception rather than the rule. This book uses non-Western sources (Asia and Africa) to undermine a Western mistake. (The idea behind the book was inspired by a visit to South Africa where 'Ubuntu' is very topical and widely understood. Ubuntu is the core idea that has enabled South Africa to migrate from minority to majority rule - the Peace and Reconciliation Commission is an attempt to recognize that 'we' have to forgive each other our pasts if we are to move forward.) ISBN-13: 9780470744598 | FORMAT: PAPERBACK | DATE: JUL 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R195.52 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| The Sustainable MBA |
 The Sustainable MBA: Toolkit for Business Students and Executives
Author: Giselle Weybrecht
Business enterprises at all levels are placing increasing emphasis on sustainability tools in their daily operations, yet there is considerable uncertainty over what they can or should be doing.
ISBN-13: 9780470741146 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: OCT 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R295.16 (incl.)
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| A Fine Line |
 A Fine Line: How Design Strategies Are Shaping the Future of Business
Author: Hartmut Esslinger
A guide to creative strategies for designing a better business. It illustrates how successful business leaders partner with designers in building a better and more profitable future.
"Hartmut's new approach to design is felt in every room in every house in every country and in every business around the world. He proved that thoughtful design is not only good for people but is good for business-and that both are interlinked. I have been fortunate to have observed first hand his impact at Sony, Apple, and HP?and have learned so much from him. He is an unsung hero of our times! A Fine Line is a must-read for designers and business people alike." -Satjiv Chahil, senior vice president, Hewlett-Packard ISBN-13: 9780470451021 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: JUL 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R338.40 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| Sticks and Stones |
 Sticks and Stones: How Digital Business Reputations Are Created Over Time and Lost in a Click
Author: Larry Weber
The new rules of online reputation building - from PR guru Larry Weber. In today's wired world, business reputations are built - and destroyed - online. Social networking, citizen journalism, and instant information have made the consequences of a bad reputation even more devastating than ever. Today, a good reputation online is a company's most valuable corporate asset. Sticks and Stones shows business leaders how to build and maintain reputation equity in the new online environment. Reputation equity is the sum total of the positive impressions that a company or product makes on customers, communities, and stakeholders. In Sticks and Stones, online marketing and PR guru Larry Weber explains how to build reputation equity through online publicity, organizational moral purpose, and strong business relationships. The stronger a company's reputation equity, the easier it will be for that company to overcome negative impressions online-whether they come from news sources, bloggers, or anyone else online.
ISBN-13: 9780470457382 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: JUL 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R295.16 (incl.)
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| Essential Tools for Organistaional Performance |
 Essential Tools for Organisational Performance: Tools, Models and Approaches for Managers and Consultants
Author: Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn, Malik Salameh
This book focuses on organizational development for increased business performance. The text and models cover process management, leading to change management and organizational development. Burtonshaw-Gunn and Salameh show that process implementation in any business depends on two key factors. First, the role of knowledge management in organizational and individual improvement is vital. Secondly, performance management for individual employees, and collaboration between organizations can bring about lasting change and development. Each chapter presents a balance between the organization's and individual performance commitment, and features helpful pointers to further sources of information.
ISBN-13: 9780470746653 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: JUL 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R266.96 (incl.)
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| The Essential Bennis |
 The Essential Bennis
Author: Warren Bennis
Warren Bennis is one of the world's leading experts on leadership. This work brings together in one volume Bennis' groundbreaking ideas and writings that have been previously published. The book will be a compilation of his best writing as recognized by his peers including On Becoming a Leader, Organizing Genius, Judgment, Leading for a Lifetime, and his many Harvard Business Review articles. Written for anyone who is a fan of Bennis' work or wants a comprehensive introduction to him.
ISBN-13: 9780470432396 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: AUG 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R394.80 (incl.)
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| Socailnomics |
 Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business
Author: Erik Qualman
A fascinating, research-based look at the impact of social media on businesses and consumers around the world, and what's in store for the future Social Media. You've heard the term, even if you don't use the tools. But just how big has social media become? Social media has officially surpassed pornography as the top activity on the Internet. People would rather give up their e-mail than their social network. It is so powerful that it is causing a macro shift in the way we live and conduct business. Brands can now be strengthened or destroyed by the use of social media. Online networking sites are being used as giant, free focus groups. Advertising is less effective at influencing consumers than the opinions of their peers. If you aren't using social media in your business strategy, you are already behind your competition. Explores how the concept of "Socialnomics" is changing the way businesses produce, market, and sell, eliminating inefficient marketing and middlemen, and making products easier and cheaper for consumers to obtain Learn how successful businesses are connecting with consumers like never before via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and other social media sites.
Socialnomics is essential book for anyone who wants to understand the implications of social media, and how businesses can tap the power of social media to increase their sales, cut their marketing costs, and reach consumers directly.
ISBN-13: 9780470477236 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: SEP 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R295.16 (incl.)
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| No More Consultants |
 No More Consultants: We know more than we think
Author: Chris Collison, Geoff Parcell
No More Consultants' gives the reader the tools to tap into the capabilities of the organization that already exist but are as yet, inaccessible. The book shows the business managers and leaders how to drill deep inside the organization to:
Make maximum use and accessibility of existing knowledge by implementing a successful tool, 'The River Diagram' (coined by the authors and extracted and developed from 'Learning to Fly'), that allows the management and leaders to see where their strengths and weaknesses lie in order to resolve an internal problem.
Implement this tool and create a strategy that will guide the leaders and management towards saving both time and money, illustrated using an exciting range of case studies including BP, Oracle, UNAIDS, the NHS and Nationwide Building Society. The structure of the book guides the reader in an entertaining and informative way from the issues that arise when employing an outside consultant to resolve internal issues, through the author's unique and accessible tool, onto how to gain your objectives through assessment and implementation. The visual metaphor 'The River Diagram', is a tool designed and created in-house at BP's Knowledge Management Team headed up by the authors some 15 years ago that saved the company £2billion in total. The authors use this as part of their consultancy and have had continued success- see reviews below.
ISBN-13: 9780470746035 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: AUG 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R309.26 (incl.)
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| Guilt Trip |
 Guilt Trip : From Fear to Guilt on the Green Bandwagon
Author: Alex Hesz, Bambos Neophytou
Our reaction to all those photographs of collapsing ice shelves has changed. Once, faced with nightmarish predictions of whole continents slipping underwater and shimmering air too toxic to breathe, we ran around screaming 'Oh God, what are we going to do?', scattering the tiny boxes at B&Q for the energy efficient light bulbs that were to be our salvation. That, however, has begun to change. A new generation no longer asks 'what are we going to do?', consumed by blind panic, but instead has begun to react in a powerfully different way. More quietly, with an unprecedented amount of information at their disposal, they have realised that the old question misses the point entirely. Instead, they mutter 'Oh God. What have we done?' This shift from fear to guilt is of profound importance and universal relevance. From Politics to Marketing to Science, it is changing the way we communicate, and undermining the effectiveness and dominance of traditional models of motivating people through media and messaging. While fear can be created and removed by a third party, triggered by words or pictures or even an injection, guilt is fundamentally different. Fear is in the blood, in the heart. Fear is a physical reflex, and under its influence we have always been willing to do almost anything to escape it.
Guilt, though, is different. It is cerebral, social, rational. Nobody can force anyone to feel guilty, and nobody can vicariously relieve anyone from their responsibility. People, at least to an extent, need to do that for themselves. From political campaigning to advertising, from scientific research to the products we buy, this simple difference is posing huge new challenges, and causing consumers and voters alike to ask fundamental new questions. Guilt Trip tells the story of our journey from Fear to Guilt. Talking to leading marketers and advertising agency heads, politicians and consumers, doctors and historians, it explores the pivotal role played by the Green phenomenon within that journey. Going further, it asks how companies, politicians and individuals will react to this emerging change, and what will be the fate of those who react too slowly, or ignore it altogether.
ISBN-13: 9780470746226 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: SEP 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R266.96 (incl.)
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| Reflections on Leadership and Career Development |
 Reflections on Leadership and Career Development: On the Couch with Manfred Kets de Vries
Author: Manfred Kets de Vries
Reflections on Leadership and Career Development is the second of the three books in the Manfred kets de Vries on the Couch series. Here, kets de Vries takes an in-depth look at the way basic psychological processes operate on individual and corporate performance and analyses these in the context of case studies of leaders and organizations, including a lengthy study of Vladimir Putin, as "CEO of Russia, Inc.". The third part of the book examines the career life cycle and how executives cope (or fail to cope) with rites de passage like succession and retirement. The chapters in this book take different perspectives on the intimate connection between individuals' personality or "inner theatre" and the organizational context in which they work, - how different personality types, in positions of leadership or as members of management teams, affect the functioning and success of organizations.
ISBN-13: 9780470742464 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: OCT 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R338.40 (incl.)
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| Onboarding |
 Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time
Author: George B. Bradt
"Onboarding," a growing trend in the business community, is a focused methodology that gets people in new roles up to speed quickly and efficiently. This book guides you through a process that enables you to recruit, orient, and enable your new employees to get the job done. Learn how to inspire and encourage your new employees to deliver better results faster. George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut's Onboarding helps ensure that your new employees are productive and efficient from day one. You'll learn how to help them assimilate into your corporate culture and accelerate their learning. For business leaders and managers who want well-trained, responsive, efficient, and effective employees, Onboarding helps you get the best from your new employees.
ISBN-13: 9780470485811 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: SEP 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R323.36 (incl.)
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| Day One Trader |
 Day One Trader: A Liffe Story
Author: John Sussex, Joe Morgan
Day One Trader is the exclusive story of John Sussex on his journey from son of a Basildon factory worker, leaving school at 16, to successful City financier and member of the Liffe board. Providing a unique insight to this competitive and often brutal industry, readers will discover the tactics used by dealers to survive the jungle of the pits in a story that chronicles the floor banter and characters that made Liffe a global derivatives powerhouse. Packed full of exclusive - until now unreported - stories, Day One Trader sheds new light on what motivated characters such as Nick Leeson, and provides insight to Liffe floors star traders. Financial experts and novices alike will be gripped by Sussex's account of the highs and lows of a career that spanned almost three decades in the history of the financial markets.
ISBN-13: 9780470741733 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: JUL 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R295.16 (incl.)
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| The Little Book of Main Street Money |
 The Little Book of Main Street Money: 21 Simple Truths that Help Real People Make Real Money
Author: Jonathan Clements, William J. Bernstein (Foreword by)
In a financial world gone mad, you still need to manage your money, put your kids through college, and save for retirement. To the rescue comes Jonathan Clements with 21 easy-to-follow rules to help you secure your financial future. Clements has spent a quarter century demystifying Wall Street for ordinary, real people on Main Street, including more than thirteen years as the Wall Street Journal's hugely popular personal-finance columnist. In The Little Book of Main Street Money, Clements brings us back to basics, with commonsense suggestions for intelligent money management. Chock-full of financial guidance that will stand up in any market, the book also reflects a financial philosophy that Clements has developed over a lifetime of watching Wall Street and writing about money-and that is even more important in the current volatile market. From the big picture (home, retirement, financial happiness) to the micro (taxes, inflation, investment costs), he offers clear-cut advice for taking control of your financial life, detailing the strategies needed to thrive in today's tough economic times.
The 21 truths outlined throughout this book are a guiding light for everyone, young and old, whether starting out or soon retiring. Each chapter reads like a Clements column-clear, pithy, and feisty. From the obvious to the counterintuitive, the truths will bolster your returns, cut your costs, and give you financial peace of mind. Collectively, the 21 truths show you how to think about your entire financial life-not just stocks and bonds, but your home, your debts, your financial promises to your children, your income-earning ability, and so much more. They will help you not only survive today's treacherous financial terrain, but also prepare you for success tomorrow. Renowned for his spirited writing and shrewd investment guidance, Clements is the sane voice investors need to stay grounded in the midst of so much financial insanity.
ISBN-13: 9780470473238 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: JUN 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R252.86 (incl.)
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| Frequently Asked Questions in Quantitative Finance |
 Frequently Asked Questions in Quantitative Finance, Second Edition
Author: Dr Paul P. Wilmott
This new edition of the bestselling Frequently Asked Questions is fully revised and updated to include new developments in Quantitative finance and bringing it up-to-date with the events of the current financial crisis. The new edition will include all the old material (updated where necessary), 10 extra FAQ's including 12 different ways to define Black Scholes and 5 extra brainteasers. It will also include a new section on where Quants went wrong, and a manifesto (written by Derman and Wilmott) for better, more responsible modelling and some short essays from Paul on improving mathematical models and finance.
Quantitative finance is the most fascinating and rewarding real-world application of mathematics. It is fascinating because of the speed at which the subject develops the new products and the new models which we have to understand. And it is rewarding because anyone can make a fundamental breakthrough. Having worked in this field for many years, Paul appreciates the importance of getting the right balance between mathematics and intuition.
This FAQs book covers some of the most important aspects of financial engineering, and considers them from both theoretical and practical points of view. It explains some of the common questions of Quantitative Finance and gives a short quick answer to the topic first, then a longer explanation afterwards.
ISBN-13: 9780470748756 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: AUG 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R480.34 (incl.)
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| Extreme Value Hedging |
 Extreme Value Hedging: How Activist Hedge Fund Managers Are Taking on the World
Author: Ronald D. Orol
An inside look at an innovative group of hedge fund managers who are shaking up the corporate establishment. Activist hedge fund managers are small in numbers in the trillion-dollar hedge fund industry, but their approach has caused a stir in the investment community because their unconventional investments pay off in a big way in both strong and weak economies. Extreme Value Hedging tells the story of their rise to power in the US and how they are spreading their influential gospel around the globe. Author Ronald Orol has a unique understanding of this world, and he shares his unparalleled insights on everything from activist efforts to break up clubby corporate boardrooms to their pressure tactics and courtroom battles.
ISBN-13: 9780470450246 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: OCT 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R223.72 (incl.)
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| And Then the Roof Caved In |
 And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees
Author: David Faber
CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse. And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed, and whose defining failure is the complicity of the U.S. government in letting that greed rule the day. Written by CNBC's David Faber, this book painstakingly details the truth of what really happened with compelling characters who offer their first-hand accounts of what they did and why they did it.
Page by page, Faber explains the events of the previous seven years that planted the seeds for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. He begins in 2001, when the Federal Reserve embarked on an unprecedented effort to help the economy recover from the attacks of 9/11 by sending interest rates to all time lows. Faber also gives you an up-close look at where the crisis was incubated and unleashed upon the world-Wall Street-and introduces you to insiders from investment banks and mortgage lenders to ratings agencies, that unwittingly conspired to insure lending standards were abandoned in the head long rush for profits. Based on two years of research, this book provides deep background into the current credit crisis.
ISBN-13: 9780470474235 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: JUL 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R309.26 (incl.)
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| Crash Proof 2.0 |
 Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse, 2nd Edition
Author: Peter D. Schiff, John Downes
A fully updated follow-up to Peter Schiff's bestselling financial survival guide-Crash Proof, which described the U.S. economy as a house of cards on the verge of collapse
The economic and monetary disaster which seasoned Wall Street prognosticator Peter Schiff predicted is no longer hypothetical-it is here today. And nobody understands what to do in this situation better than the man who saw it coming. For more than a decade, Schiff has not only observed the U.S. economy, but also helped his clients restructure their portfolios to reflect his outlook. What he sees today is a nation facing an economic storm brought on by growing federal, personal, and corporate debt; too little savings; and a declining dollar.
Crash Proof 2.0 picks up right where the first edition-a bestselling book that predicted the current market mayhem-left off. This timely guide takes into account the dramatic economic shifts that are reshaping America and provides you with the insights and information to navigate the dangerous terrain. Throughout the book, Schiff explains the factors that will affect your future financial stability and offers a specific three step plan to battle the current economic downturn.
ISBN-13: 9780470474532 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: SEP 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: FORTHCOMING | RED PEPPER PRICE: R323.36 (incl.)
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