Systems & Planning Books - Page 5

Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes

Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton

Amazon Price: $26.37 List Price: $39.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Harvard Business School Press Amazon Marketplace: 65 new & used starting at $12.99

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> By Publisher -> Harvard Business School Press -> Finance
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> By Publisher -> Harvard Business School Press -> Management
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> By Publisher -> Harvard Business School Press -> Strategy Planning

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 28 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

The bible for strategic planning. 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

As a manager who has to establish the strategy for 2008, I found this book very useful. It took me some time to "get-it", as the book is arranged differently than my brain, but once I got it, I used it as the bilble for designing a Strategy and Strategy map as a DIY task.

A well-written source on mapping strategy 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This is a comprehensive book on the concept of strategy mapping. It deals with strategy maps as a tool for communicating an organization's vision enterprise-wide in order to enable its better implementation. The book covers the subject in a very detailed but well-organized manner. Theoretical and practical coverage is well balanced. I strongly recommend it as a clearly authoritative source on strategy communication and implementation.

Editorial Review:

"Strategy Maps" takes readers to the next level of precision in strategy implementation. "Strategy Maps" introduces a new tool that has evolved from Robert Kaplan and David Norton's ongoing research with hundreds of Balanced Scorecard adopters across the globe, and its premise is simple: if you can visually map your strategy, the people within your organization will better understand it and therefore be better able to execute it effectively. It offers a visual cause-and-effect explanation of what's working and what doesn't in a way that everyone in the company can understand. It helps get the entire organization involved in strategy.

The Complete Guide to Successful Event Planning : With Companion CD-ROM

Shannon Kilkenny

Amazon Price: $26.37 List Price: $39.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Atlantic Publishing Company (FL) Amazon Marketplace: 38 new & used starting at $19.97

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Industries & Professions -> Accounting -> General
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Industries & Professions -> Accounting -> General AAS
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Industries & Professions -> Hospitality, Travel & Tourism

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Gathering people together for a special event is always a challenge even for the experienced planner for each event is unique. This book is designed to empower any planner to meet all challenges that surround a production. Whether you find yourself in charge of one important event or you have chosen event planning as a career, you want your events to be incredibly successful and remembered for years to come. A memorable event is one that flows smoothly with every detail carefully orchestrated and produced meticulously with the participant in mind. Successful events do not just happen; they are the result of hard work, creativity, awareness, and careful attention to detail. Every detail! Successful Event Planning is the most thorough, concise, and easy to follow event planning book available. From the initial concept to ongoing management, this book has techniques to increase your chances of success and systems to avoid many common mistakes. It shows you dozens of ways to save time and money and introduces you to every facet of the planning process. This ultimate guidebook equips the reader with new ideas, support, and creative problem-solving skills. The chapters follow the dynamics of the actual event planning process and are supported by extensive checklists and timelines. As the reader undertakes the complexities of daily responsibilities and tasks, Successful Event Planning inspires efficiency and confidence and makes it possible to stay on track. Whether you are a professional or a novice, you will find this guidebook a must-have if you are planning the Academy Awards or your daughter's wedding. The information found in this book is suitable for creating any event for any theme, size, location, or budget. Two significant, timely, and relevant advantages this book offers that you will not find elsewhere are Environmental Friendly practices and the latest up-to-date technology applications and gadgets. **2007 Eric Hoffer Book Awards: Notable in Bus

Rich Dad's Advisors®: The ABC's of Writing Winning Business Plans: How to Prepare a Business Plan That Others Will Want to Read -- and Invest In (Rich Dad's Advisors)

Garrett Sutton

Amazon Price: $11.53 List Price: $16.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Business Plus Amazon Marketplace: 47 new & used starting at $6.78

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Investing -> General
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Investing -> General AAS
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Planning & Forecasting

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Learn how to prepare and utilise the most important document for any organisation - the business plan. Whether one is just starting out or is already in business and needs to refocus, this practical guide will clearly instruct how to prepare a winning business plan. This book will become a valued resource for any entrepreneurs and business owners on their path towards future success. There are as many outlines for business plans as there are business plans. But in ABCs WRITING WINNING BUSINESS PLANS, Rich Dad's Advisors author Garrett Sutton explains how the basics of writing a great business plan tend to fall into four main parts: The Business - all pertinent aspects of the business on every aspect of production from initial idea to service after the sale; The Marketing - thorough discussion of the industry and your business's place in it; The Financials - short- and long-term costs and revenues presented in ways that will help financial experts to determine the risk of your business idea; The Supporting Material - how to back up your proposal with the contents of the rest of your plan, which depends on the type of business you are planning.

The Successful Business Plan, 4th Edition: Secrets and Strategies (Successful Business Plan Secrets and Strategies)

Rhonda Abrams

Amazon Price: $19.77 List Price: $29.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: The Planning Shop Amazon Marketplace: 68 new & used starting at $10.97

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Industries & Professions -> Accounting -> General
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Industries & Professions -> Accounting -> General AAS
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Systems & Planning

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 32 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The secret to success is this book 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This book was purchase to provide further guidance in writing my business plan. It provides excellent examples. It also is filled with detailed worksheet that help track the cash flow in your business. It is easy to read, which makes it simple to understand the basic concepts. The author has shown that she took her time to research business plans, and it definitely shows in tiis detailed work. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in running there own business or who are starting to work on a business proposal. This book will allows anyone to fine tune there ideas to see if it is feasible.

The Successful Business Plan by Rhonda Abrams 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I really enjoyed this book. I actually used this book in my MBA capstone course in combination with a well, written sample business plan and it looks as if they followed the same book but it gave me so many ideas to write my part of the entire business plan which was the marketing part. I recommend this book to anyone needing help writing a business plan. It really lays all the information out for easy understanding.

Editorial Review:

Forbes calls The Successful Business Plan one of the best books for small businesses. This new edition offers advice on developing business plans that will succeed in today's business climate. Includes up-to-date information on what's being funded now.

Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes

Mark Penn, E. Kinney Zalesne

Amazon Price: $10.19 List Price: $14.99 Not yet published By: Twelve

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Systems & Planning
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> General
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 68 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Mark Penn argues that the biggest trends in America are the Microtrends, the smaller trends that go unnoticed or ignored. One million people can create new market for a business, spark a social movement, or effect political change. In 1996, a microtrend identified by Penn ("soccer moms") was crucial in re-electing President Clinton. With years of experience as one of world's most highly regarded pollsters, Mark Penn identifies the new microtrends sweeping the world:
*Single women by choice: More often than ever before, they aren't waiting for Mr. Right. They are raising children by themselves and buying their own homes.
*Splitters: A growing number of middle-class residents are shuttling between two homes, creating new communities and dynamics in the real estate market.
*Sun Haters: Environmentalists, skin cancer survivors, and parents concerned about the impact the sun is having on our health.
*Philo-semites: A growing number of people want to date Jewish men and women.
*Classical Music Dads: Older men who are fathers in their 40's and 50's and taking on a larger role in the nurturing of their children and becoming an important factor in consumer culture for kids.

Penn highlights everything from religion to politics, from leisure pursuits to relationships. MICROTRENDS will take the reader deep into the worlds of polling, targeting, and psychographic analysis, reaching tantalizing conclusions through engaging analysis.

Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes

Mark Penn, E. Kinney Zalesne

Amazon Price: $17.15 List Price: $25.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Twelve Amazon Marketplace: 136 new & used starting at $5.12

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Systems & Planning
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Marketing & Sales -> Advertising
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 68 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

"The ideas in his book will help you see the world in a new way."-Bill Clinton


"Mark Penn has a keen mind and a fascinating sense of what makes America tick, and you see it on every page of Microtrends."

-Bill Gates

In 1982, readers discovered Megatrends.

In 2000, The Tipping Point entered the lexicon.

Now, in Microtrends, one of the most respected and sought-after analysts in the world articulates a new way of understanding how we live.

Mark Penn, the man who identified "Soccer Moms" as a crucial constituency in President Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign, is known for his ability to detect relatively small patterns of behavior in our culture-microtrends that are wielding great influence on business, politics, and our personal lives. Only one percent of the public, or three million people, is enough to launch a business or social movement.

Relying on some of the best data available, Penn identifies more than 70 microtrends in religion, leisure, politics, and family life that are changing the way we live. Among them:

• People are retiring but continuing to work.
  
• Teens are turning to knitting.
  
• Geeks are becoming the most sociable people around.
  
• Women are driving technology.
  
• Dads are older than ever and spending more time with their kids than in the past.

You have to look at and interpret data to know what's going on, and that conventional wisdom is almost always wrong and outdated. The nation is no longer a melting pot. We are a collection of communities with many individual tastes and lifestyles. Those who recognize these emerging groups will prosper.

Penn shows readers how to identify the microtrends that can transform a business enterprise, tip an election, spark a movement, or change your life. In today's world, small groups can have the biggest impact.

Strategic Planning For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))

Erica Olsen

Amazon Price: $14.95 List Price: $21.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: For Dummies Amazon Marketplace: 63 new & used starting at $7.50

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Systems & Planning
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Small Business & Entrepreneurship -> New Business Enterprises
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

If you’re starting a new business or planning your business’s future, there are plenty of things you should take into account. Strategic Planning For Dummies covers everything you need to know to develop a plan for building and maintaining a competitive advantage — no matter what business you’re in.

Written by Erica Olsen, founder and President of a business development firm that helps entrepreneurial-minded businesses plan for a successful future, this handy guide covers all the basics, including:

• How a strategic plan is different than a business plan
• Establishing a step-based planning process
• Planning for and encouraging growth
• Taking a long-view of your organization
• Evaluating past performance
• Defining and refining your mission, values, and vision
• Sizing up your current situation
• Examining your industry landscape
• Setting your strategic priorities
• Planning for unknown contingencies

If you’re in business, you have to plan for everything — especially if you intend your business to grow. Whether you’re planning for a small business, large conglomerate, nonprofit, or even a government agency, this book has the planning specifics you need for your organization. Step-by-step, you’ll learn how to lay the foundations for a plan, understand how your plan will affect your business, form planning teams, discover what your strengths are, see where you are, and, finally, plan where you’re going. And there’s much more:

• Learn to analyze business trends that will determine your business’s future
• Set measurable, realistic goals that you can plan for and achieve
• Make strategic planning a habitual part of the organization
• Prioritize multiple strategies that you can implement simultaneously
• Set a defining vision for the organization that guides all your planning and strategy

This friendly, simple guide puts the power of strategic planning in the palm of your hand. For small businesses that can’t afford to hire strategic planning consultants, it’s even more imperative. Careful, constant planning is the only way to handle an uncertain business future. With this book, you’ll have all the step-by-step guidance you need to ensure you’re ready for anything that comes.

Executing Your Strategy: How to Break It Down and Get It Done

William A. Malek, Mark Morgan, Raymond Elliot Levitt

Amazon Price: $19.77 List Price: $29.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Harvard Business School Press Amazon Marketplace: 36 new & used starting at $18.31

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> By Publisher -> Harvard Business School Press -> Management
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> By Publisher -> Harvard Business School Press -> Strategy Planning
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Management

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Why do businesses consistently fail to execute their competitive strategies? Because leaders don't identify and invest in the full range of projects and programs required to align the organization with its strategy. Moreover, even when strategy makers do break their plans down into doable chunks, they seldom work with project leaders to prioritize strategic investments and assure that needed resources are applied in priority order. And they often neglect to revise the strategic portfolio to fit the demands of a dynamic environment, or to stay connected to strategic projects through completion, as new products, services, skills and capabilities are transferred into operations.

In Executing Your Strategy, Mark Morgan, Raymond Levitt, and William Malek present six imperatives that enable you to do the right strategic projects--and do those projects right. And it is no accident that the six imperatives combine to create the acronym INVEST:

Ideation: Clarify and communicate Purpose, Identity and Long Range Intention

Nature: Develop alignment between Strategy, Structure and Culture based on Ideation

Vision: Create clear Goals and Metrics aligned to Strategy and guided by Ideation

Engagement: Do the right projects based on the Strategy through Portfolio management

Synthesis: Do Projects and Programs right, in alignment with Portfolio

Transition: Move the Project and Program outputs into Operations where benefit is realized

Full of intriguing company examples and practical advice, this crucial new resource shows you how to make strategy happen in your organization

Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement, 3rd Edition

John M. Bryson

Amazon Price: $36.03 List Price: $52.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Jossey-Bass Amazon Marketplace: 67 new & used starting at $29.99

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Industries & Professions -> Nonprofit Organizations & Charities
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Management
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Systems & Planning

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

When it was first published more than sixteen years ago, John Bryson's Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations introduced a new and thoughtful strategic planning model. Since then it has become the standard reference in the field. In this completely revised third edition, Bryson updates his perennial bestseller to help today’s leaders enhance organizational effectiveness. This new edition:

• Features the Strategy Change Cycle—a proven planning process used by a large number of organizations
• Offers detailed guidance on implementing the planning process and includes specific tools and techniques to make the process work in any organization
• Introduces new material on creating public value, stakeholder analysis, strategy mapping, balanced scorecards, collaboration, and more
• Includes information about the organizational designs that will encourage strategic thought and action throughout the entire organization
• Contains a wealth of updated examples and cases

Managerial Economics And Business Strategy

Michael Baye

Amazon Price: $123.38 Usually ships in 24 hours By: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Amazon Marketplace: 102 new & used starting at $79.95

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Economics -> Economic History
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Economics -> Microeconomics
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Economics -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great Service!! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I ordered the book and requested to receive it on the next day. I recieved it the next day!! It doesn't get any better than that!! Thanks Amazon!

Editorial Review:

Baye�s Managerial Economics and Business Strategy remains the best-selling managerial economics textbook. It was the first textbook to provide students with the tools from intermediate microeconomics, game theory, and industrial organization to make sound managerial decisions. Baye is known for his real-world examples, frontier research, inclusion of modern topics not found in other managerial books, as well as balanced coverage of traditional and modern microeconomic tools. The Sixth Edition retains all of these signature features, and it includes a number of new class-tested features. These include enhanced pedagogical features such as learning objectives, new and updated business applications, additional end-of-chapter problems, better prose, and updated data. Additionally, the Time Warner Case, introduced last edition, is strengthened in the Sixth Edition with detailed teaching notes and nine additional end-of-case problems..