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Master time management and increase productivity
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing Parkinson's Law, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the three statements that Parkinson used to develop the law and assess whether they apply to your staff
• Use Parkinson's formula to calculate the growth rate of your organization and analyze...
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Develop strengths to decrease the weaknesses of your business
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the SWOT analysis, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of your business
• Distinguish the factors that affect the internal functioning and external environment of your business
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Boost quality and consistency in your business!
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Six Sigma method, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Follow the DMAIC methodology to successfully implement the Six Sigma method in your company
• Focus on the three most important factors: customers, employees and processes
• Form a strategy that...
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The key to portfolio management!
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the BCG growth-share matrix, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Analyze the activities in your business portfolio and identify the role they play in the business as a whole
• Sort these activities into the four categories of the matrix: stars, question marks, cash cows...
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Why specialisation is the key to success
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the theory of comparative advantage, providing you with essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Master the notions of absolute and relative advantage rapidly
• Specialise in producing goods or services for which you have the strongest, or least weak productivity compared to others.
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Get the best out of your employees!
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing Management by Objectives, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Work with employees to set clear objectives
• Motivate your employees to reach their objectives
• Boost performance and employee satisfaction in your company
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Understand Michael Porter's value chain in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this valuable business tool with this practical and accessible guide.
The Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter has dedicated much of his career to studying competitive advantage. One of his best-known concepts is the value chain, which is used to deliver a product or service to the market and has three key objectives: to improve services,...
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Make smart investment decisions to build a strong portfolio
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the capital asset pricing model, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the uses of the capital asset pricing model and how you can apply it to your own portfolio
• Analyze the components of your current portfolio and its level...
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Anticipate crises and adapt to a changing business world
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Greiner growth model, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Identify the five phases of growth that every company experiences during its lifetime: creativity, direction, delegation, coordination and collaboration.
• Recognize the crises that...
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Understand Kaizen in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this innovative concept with this practical and accessible guide.
In an increasingly competitive business world, companies must strive to constantly do better by boosting their productivity, optimising the quality of their products and services and eliminating waste and inefficiency. Kaizen, which was developed by the Japanese engineer Taiichi Ohno, widely considered to be the...
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Boost business performance, prepare for change and implement effective strategies
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the McKinsey 7S framework, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the 7 aspects of this dynamic model
• Realize how these aspects are interconnected and the impact this has on your business
• Use the 7S framework...
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Understand customer relationship management in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this powerful tool with this practical and accessible guide.
Customer relationship management is a valuable tool in an increasingly competitive business world. It allows companies to find out who their customers are and what they want, which enables them to tailor their communication and offers to their clients. No matter what your sector of activity,...
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Understand the fundamentals of economic productivity
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding diminishing returns, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the theory of diminishing returns and the effects caused by changes in the production process
• Analyze the recent interpretations and developments of the theory, and how they can be applied to the...
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Ready to take your business to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about the Business Model Canvas with this practical guide.
An increasing number of people are taking the plunge and creating their own businesses, choosing to be their own boss and create their own profits. Yet this is no mean feat, which is why it is essential to have a solid business plan. This guide will teach you all about the Business Model Canvas and how it...
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Plan your way to business success
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and creating a business plan checklist, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the 9 key steps you must follow when creating any business plan and what each step involves
• Use your business plan to guide your new business or products, predict turnover and anticipate future...
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Understand value stream mapping in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this powerful tool with this practical and accessible guide.
In an increasingly competitive business world, identifying the areas where your company is losing time and money can give you a vital edge. Value stream mapping is one of the most popular tools of lean management and is easy to apply to virtually any production process, allowing you to locate and eliminate...
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Prepare the best strategies in advance
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the PESTLE analysis, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the uses of the PESTLE analysis and how it can be useful for your business
• Categorize the macroeconomic variables of your business into the six different sections of the PESTLE analysis: Political,...
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Expand your business with the 80/20 rule!
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing Pareto's Principle, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand Pareto's Principle and how to identify the 80/20 ratio in any area of your life or business
• Identify the most important 20% and focus on the main factors that result in the majority of your...
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Find your niche and future-proof your business!
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the long tail theory, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the uses of the long tail theory in the digital product market and how you can use it to sell products and for search engine optimization
• Identify the products in your portfolio that...
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The fundamental stages behind every product
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and applying the concept of product lifecycle, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the theory of the product lifecycle and the features of each of the four phases: launch, growth, maturity and decline
• Learn how to make the right decisions according to...
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