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The HBR Guide to Better Business Writing: 15. Get Feedback on Your Drafts from Colleagues
Garner, Bryan A.Book Chapter HBS-7766BC-EThe HBR Guide to Better Business Writing is a 21-chapter book written by Bryan A. Garner and published in 2013 by the HBR Press. The author presents strategies for developing and communicating a clear message, a model for the writing process, guidance on specific writing skills, techniques to engage the reader, and various forms of business communication. Includes examples and detailed suggestions. Chapter 15, Get Feedback on Your Drafts from Col...Starting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Chapter 6, Reading a Balance of Payments Statement
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0018BC-EFinanceChapter 6, Reading a Balance of Payments Statement (15 pages), defines the essential information in a balance of payments (BOP) statement. The author explores how to read and analyze a BOP and explains how to look for indicators of economic health. The chapter concludes with a short essay on how accounting rules are evolving at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Starting at €8.20
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Know Your Tuning: How Do Your Default Responses to Environmental Factors Affect Your Ability to Lead Adaptive Change
Heifetz, Ronald; Grashow, Alexander; Linsky, MartyBook Chapter HBS-3286BC-ELeadership and People ManagementEach person is like a stringed instrument, tuned in a slightly different way from everyone else. Your tuning derives from many different things: your childhood experiences, genetic predispositions, cultural background, gender, and loyal identifications with various current and historic groups. Those strings vibrate continuously, communicating to those around you who you are, what is important to you, where your sensitivities lie, and how you migh...Starting at €8.20
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Reaching Across the Aisle: Innovations for Cross-Party Collaboration
Gerzon, MarkBook Chapter HBS-3799BC-EAlthough many Republicans and Democrats, as individuals, know how to play the role of bridge builders and mediators, the built-in polarization of the two-party system turns the aisle between the parties into a chasm. This partisan stronghold greatly inhibits bipartisan collaboration. But can partisan leaders work for bipartisan purposes? What are the obstacles and rewards for doing so? What are the trade-offs between working together across the a...Starting at €8.20
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A Contingency Theory of Leadership
Lorsch, Jay W.Book Chapter HBS-6145BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThe idea of a contingency theory of leadership is not new. In the 1960s several scholars, most notably Frederick Fiedler, argued that effective leadership style depended on situational contingencies, such as the nature of the task-specifically, how certain or uncertain it was. But agreement ended there, as researchers and scholars failed to reach a consensus on what leaders' primary tasks were or on which contingency factors influenced them most....Starting at €8.20
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How to Write a Case-Based Essay
Ellet, WilliamBook Chapter HBS-2451BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationWriting about a case is very different from talking about it. This chapter describes how to organize and write a logical, economical, and convincing case essay.Starting at €8.20
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How to Discuss a Case
Ellet, WilliamBook Chapter HBS-2450BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationCase discussions can be exciting and revelatory, or they can be aimless and seemingly pointless. This chapter provides some guidelines for students who are new to the case method for developing discussion skills.Starting at €8.20
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Chapter 7: How to Prepare and Discuss Cases
Ellet, WilliamBook Chapter HBS-1027BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationTwo important learning opportunities that case teaching gives students is the chance to participate in problem-solving with peers, and to shape class discussion. To get the most out of any case discussion, students should take case preparation seriously aStarting at €8.20
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Greenspan, an Enviable Record: Greenspan's Successes as Fed Chairman
Harris, Ethan S.Book Chapter HBS-7625BC-EFinanceIn the latter half of his Fed chairmanship, Greenspan was considered the rock star of the economic and financial world. This chapter looks at the successes that propelled him to iconic status. This chapter is excerpted from "Ben Bernanke's Fed: The Federal Reserve After Greenspan."Starting at €8.20
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Kemps LLC: Handling Product, Distribution, and Customer Variety
Kaplan, Robert S.; Anderson, Steven R.Book Chapter HBS-2230BC-EAccounting and ControlThis chapter illustrates comprehensive, enterprise-wide implementation of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing projects using the case of Kemps LLC. This chapter is excerpted from "Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits."Starting at €8.20