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The text considers numerous key arguments surrounding monetary reform, including how the overall impact of the reform in the period was of greater importance than each of the individual procedures that were introduced. As a recent convert to the notion of monetary reform at the time of writing, the author presents a well-balanced account of monetary reform without bias. An authority on the orthodox monetary system, Paul Einzig, an economic and political writer and journalist draws upon his wealth of knowledge and expertise as he gives the reader an insight into the tendencies and spirit of the monetary reform movement. 

One of the most important aspects to be considered by the book is the view that monetary reform alone cannot achieve a desired end without considerable economic planning. The book suggests that monetary reform alone is not enough; instead he suggests the adoption of a broader perspective in order to obtain a compromise.

Although originally published in 1936, the subjects considered by the book remain as relevant as ever. For students and scholars of Economics and Finance, the theories presented in Monetary Reform in Theory and Practice, provide a beneficial insight into the economy at the time of writing, as well as now.

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Recognised by The Economist as one of the most influential thinkers of the business world, Tom Peters is the subject of this last title in the series edited by John Wood and Michael Wood. With wide appeal to those in the subject areas of Economics, Business, Management and Accounting, Tom Peters assembles the most valuable of the critical assessments on his work in one publication.

The collection is enhanced by the editor’s introduction and expert deliberation on the commended business thinker – setting the collated critical evaluations in both historical and social context. Both John Wood and Michael Wood can be seen as true experts in their field. Their work over the last eleven years has seen the formation of the acclaimed Critical Evaluations in Business and Management Series.

Within the series, you can find an array of titles on a number of prominent figures in the subject area:

Rosabeth M. Kanter – The two volumes in this collection concentrate upon the concept, introduced by Kanter, of ‘empowerment’ in management.

Henry Mintzberg – As one of the leading thinkers in management and strategic planning, this four volume collection brings together the best critical evaluations of his work.

John P. Kotter – As a leading authority on the subject of business leadership and change, this collection takes a critical approach towards his work, setting it in both historical and intellectual context.

Michael Porter – Porter is an influential thinker in the field of management theory and introduces the concept of language and economics into the subject. The collection gathers the best critical assessments of his work.

Chris Argyris – As a key figure in the Human Relations Movement, Argyris is widely recognised as the founding father of the learning organization, making significant contributions to the understanding of organizational learning, organizational behaviour, action research and experiential learning. This collection provides a thorough critical evaluation of Argyris’ work.

Alfred D. Chandler – This two volume collection brings together vital journal articles alongside other research on Chandler, who is seen as the founder of modern business history.

H. Igor Ansoff – The theories of Ansoff on strategic business management have been widely linked with long-term profitability. The collection provides an insightful critical approach to Ansoff’s contributions.

Herbert Simon – A founding figure in the field of artificial intelligence, this three volume collection is an invaluable research resource on this central figure.

Peter F Drucker – The collection gathers keys material on the work by Drucker, who published a number of influential books. Drucker took a humanist approach to management and made the argument that it is people who make business.

Joseph M. Juran - The teachings and writings of Joseph M. Juran have had a profound impact on the quality of the products we buy and use every day. This collection gathers together key material to enable students and researchers to explore the impact of Juran's ideas.

W.E. Deming- Deming is recognised as having put Japan on the road to leadership in international business and industry. Appearing on television in America, Deming reached a wide audience with his influential work. This collection combines key material on Deming’s ideas and their impact across the globe.

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Alfred P. Sloan – Sloan had a profound influence on management thinking in America and throughout the Western world. Sloan’s leadership and success led to a great number of writings on his management practice, which are examined here in this comprehensive collection.

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Henri Fayol – As one of the founders of ‘classical management’, Fayol was one of the first to attempt to analyse the different activities that constitute management. The collection places Fayol’s ideas in historical context and provides access to his key writings.

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"The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there."

               --L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between

Management is addicted to the idea of the new. We are bombarded by messages telling us that ‘the only constant is change’ and ‘the past is not a guide to future’. That last is true. Any historian will tell you that the past cannot be used as a guide to predicting the future. However, the past can be used as a guide to help explain both present and in future. And in our scramble to embrace change and shed old ideas in favour of new ones, we often forget that continuity as well as change can be a powerful force.

People have been managing businesses and other organisations for the past five thousands years – possibly even longer, but that is as far back as written records go. We know, often in surprising levels of detail, how these early organisations were managed. At the ancient Egyptian village known as the Place of Truth (the modern Deir al-Madina), records have been found that show how the workers who built the tombs of the pharaohs were organised and managed. The records tell us that the workers were organised in teams; that there was division of labour with each team made up of specialists assigned certain tasks; that there was competition between teams; that there were detailed accounts recording the use of manpower and tools and that junior managers were accountable to their bosses. We have records of sick notes by workers and a description of history’s first recorded strike. It all sounds entirely modern.

Do we really do business differently today? Peruse the immense archive left by the Italian merchant Francesco Datini in the late fourteenth century, with well over a hundred thousand letters, contracts and other documents, and it will seem not. Datini was worried about the same things we worry about today: market volatility, risk, price and exchange rate fluctuations, supply, labour. He knew, as good managers know today, that the key to successful management is information and knowledge. He knew too that
good relationships with suppliers and customers are essential.

The nature of management changes according to the times we are in, and culture and environment are powerful shaping forces that affect management thinking. We can see this in our own time, and if we are dispassionate, when we sit down and examine the management methods we use today, we can see how they are affected by the world
around us. The belief in decentralised organisation and empowerment are the best ways to manage people have grown precisely in parallel with the beliefs in freedom and democracy in the world around us. This is not to say that this is either bad or good, only to make the point that society conditions and affects management thinking.
But the fundamentals of good management are the same today as they were five thousand years ago. And there is no reason to believe that they will not be the same five thousand years hence.

Morgen Witzel

Fellow, Centre for Leadership Studies

University of Exeter Business School

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Q & A:

1. A manuscript is a large undertaking, what was your vision upon starting and do you believe you have achieved your goals?

Within my doctoral dissertation were unanswered questions. Is there a way for leaders and lay leaders to understand uncertainty better so they can learn how to lead more effectively? What if leaders were able to succeed and achieve intended, instead of unintended consequences with different thinking and actions?

This would require a paradigm shift from their current heroic leadership style to one that is protean. After identifying seven paradoxes, knowing there are multitudes more, I interviewed successful leaders from a variety of organizations and types of leadership positions. What I found was as a shift to what I titled “dynamic thinking and conscious actions”. For leaders to understand themselves and their organizations differently, through the paradox lens, might the result be more intended consequences and more successful organizations and leaders.

Sara I believe this is what you are referring to as “goals”. Without business jargon and quite readable, I believe understanding “paradox” is one path to accomplish the above. Paradox is a riddle; not to be solved. There is no easy or pat answer.

The most valuable take away is to empower leaders to think differently about themselves and their organizations. Doing this they are better prepared to lead their organizations successfully, making them generative and sustainable. Less blindsided by their own current ways of thinking and actions, The Protean Leader approaches work in our 21st century complex uncertain times postured to succeed.

2. What do you hope resonates with the reader?

What you have here is a way for leaders to invest in uncertainty and uncertain times. The book shows the ineffable mystery of leadership is within every leader’s reach and grasp. Learning to adapt to circumstances, being resilient, versatile and flexible, the Protean Leader utilizes the lens of paradox and its power. The Protean Leadership Model provides a template, a starting point to succeed in uncertain times.

3. What makes this book different from similar titles on the market?

Leaders fail. The result is unintended consequences. What makes this book different from others is it shows paradoxical forces are at play in organizations. This is no reason to run or hide. To seek solace and direction in the midst of uncertainty, leaders need to wake up and approach leadership and uncertainty with the excitement of Sherlock Holmes telling Watson, “The game’s afoot!,” as he runs out the door into the maelstrom.

4. Who are the intended audience?

The intended audience is leaders and lay leaders. In addition, the book seeks to reach anyone aspiring to learn more about leadership and leading effectively at work or within academic programs and educational settings.

5. Can you sum up the book in a single sentence(s)?

The Power of Paradox: The Protean Leader and Leading in Uncertain Times identifies specific conscious actions and new ways to think. In the Protean Leadership Model, is a different approach to uncertainty. Leaders are better informed, having knowledge and skills learned from successful leaders experiences, shared, as each one addresses the seven paradoxes using the power of paradox.

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Collaborative Leadership

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Challenging the Innovation Paradigm

 
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WomenPreneurs: 21st Century Success Strategies, provides in depth research with case profiles of entrepreneurial women with real world applications for three groups of interested readers. The first consists of higher education faculty teaching courses in management, entrepreneurship and women’s studies and directors of professional development workshops interested in acquiring a supplemental readings book. The second consists of women in the workplace, those contemplating entry, parents who want to provide daughters with the best guidance as well as men and significant others who want those they love to have a safer journey navigating the rapid changes and twisting paths in advancing their careers. The third group includes women in all stages of career and entrepreneurial development, those inside an organization examining alternatives of private ownership as well as those seeking intrapreneurial alternatives. This includes the broad spectrum of women developing ventures, ranging from the nascents, through those identified in the “missing middle” to the more seasoned business owner.

The author, Dorothy Perrin Moore, is an Emeritus Professor of Business Administration at The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, where she held the title of Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship. She is the author of Careerpreneurs-Lessons from Leading Women Entrepreneurs on Building A Career Without Boundaries, which received the ForeWord Magazine Book-of-the-Year Gold Award in the field of Business and the coauthor of Women Entrepreneurs--Moving Beyond the Glass Ceiling.

Major themes in the book include the nature of the changing workplace, the challenges of organizational life, career strategies, entrepreneurship, home and family balance and tactics for navigating in a turbulent economic climate. The book includes micro-cases to further illustrate important concepts in each chapter.

Chapter 1, The New Work Landscape begins with an introductory profile of Gail K. Naughton, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Histogen, who is working on yet another medical breakthrough. The chapter which emphasizes the movement of women into the workforce, introduces Nikki Hardin, Founder and Publisher, Skirt!® Magazine, Denise L. Devine, Founder, CEO and President, Nutripharm, Inc. and Froose® Brands, LLC and Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden, General Manager, Catalyst, Europe AG.

Chapter 2, Organizations: Leadership and Management begins by introducing Rebecca Smith, Founder and President, A.D. Morgan Corporation, one of the largest women owned construction companies in the Southeast U.S.A., profiles Maria L. Maccecchini, Ph.D., President and CEO, QR Pharma, Inc., who is developing a cure of alzheimers, Shabnam Rezaei, President, Big Bad Boo, who has developed a T.V. show to enhance the understanding of children of other cultures and Judith V. Moore, Founder and CEO, Charleston Cookie Company, LLC.

Chapter 3, which focuses on Work, Life and Career Strategies, introduces Ruth Ann Menutis, Founder, The Grove and Branded Works, often referred to as the entrepreneur with airport fever who owns many of the Hudson News Stands, profiles Suzy Spafford, Founder and CEO, Suzy's Zoo, who illustrates how artistic talent and business savvy are great partners, Aliza Sherman, Founder, Cybergrrl, Conversify and Mediaegg , who has created a new meaning for Technopreneurs through the development of the power of a “Chain of Daisies,” and Kay Koplovitz, Founder and CEO, Koplovitz & Company, NY, appointed by President Bill Clinton to chair the Women’s Business Council, an advisory group for women-owned businesses.

Chapter 4, On the Road to Entrepreneurship profiles Deborah Szekely, Founder, The Golden Door and Co-Founder (with Edmond Szekely) of Rancho La Puerta. Iintrapreneurial spirit and action is introduced in the profile of Jennet Robinson Alterman, Executive Director, Center for Women. The incubator effect is illustrated by Carol E. Farren, Founder and President, Facility Management Worldwide, Ltd. The Development of Women Entrepreneurs Globally is illustrated by the profile of Julie R. Weeks, Founder, President and CEO, Womenable, Chair, Board of the Association of Women’s Business Centers.

Chapter 5 offers solutions for Preparing for the Future features Anita Zucker, Chairman and CEO, The InterTech Group. Negotiating Strategies for Career Success highlights Diane Harris, Founder and CEO, Hypotenuse Enterprises, Inc., previously a top negotiator for Bausch & Lombe. An introduction to some of the challenges of family business ownership is profiled by Anne Shybunko-Moore, Owner and President, GSE Dynamics, Inc.

WomenPreneurs illustrates how healthy work climates and challenging work assignments in global and diverse environments are vital to success. It is a salute and embracement of men and women in organizations who understand the value added dimensions of cultivating truly diverse work environments and valuing all contributions whether made by women or men.

The Heart, spirit and value of WomenPreneurs is the acknowledging of the accomplishments of those women who have made it irrespective of the roadblocks along the way. It is a celebration of the 21st Century Success of Women. And for women not yet in the workforce it provides a map to interpret the territory and paths to building the savvy to avoid the potholes. Even the darkest moments along the way ultimately give way for those who stand up to a brighter future.

In the next century there will be new challenges—but by whetting the tools offered in this book and through the inspiration shared by successful women the new paths will be easier.

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Book Endorsements by Scholars in Entrepreneurship, Gender and Diversity, Career and Human Resource Management and Center for Women’s Business Research include: Jerome Katz, Coleman Professor of Entrepreneurship, Saint Louis University, Sharon Hadary, Founding and former Executive Director, Center for Women's Business Research, USA; Ethné Swartz, Chair, Marketing & Entrepreneurial Studies, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Ronald J. Burke, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada; Mary C. Mattis, Chair, Institutional Review Board, Research & Policy Support Group, NYC Department of Education, Former Director of Information Center and Vice President of Research and Advisory Services, Catalyst, USA and G. Dale Meyer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Founding Director, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship University of Colorado – Boulder, USA.

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The Power of Accounting: What the Numbers Mean and How to Use Them

Managers routinely make decisions on the basis of accounting information. Furthermore, their performance is very likely to be evaluated on the basis of accounting information. (Did they meet their budget? Are overhead costs under control? What was the return on investment?) Understanding what accounting numbers mean, what they don’t mean and how they can be used is often vital to one’s success.

The Power of Accounting: What the Numbers Mean and How to Use Them explores the role of accounting in business and other organizations. It is not a book on how to ‘do’ accounting. Rather it is about understanding and using the information that accounting systems provide and which you as a manager need in order to be successful.
The book is highly readable and avoids technical language whenever possible. It provides an overview of the accounting process, discusses different concepts of costs and cost-volume-profit analysis, decision- making, planning and control. It also discusses and explores issues involving THE accounting problem – allocation and its very arbitrary nature. The book’s final chapter covers financial statement analysis, that is, how to read and understand the information financial statements provide.
 

It is written for managers and students with a limited knowledge of accounting who would like to understand how accounting information can be used to prepare budgets, control costs, make informed decisions and direct ongoing operations. In addition to being a clear and concise stand-alone text, The Power of Accounting can also be used in an executive training course or as a supplementary text in university management, operations and policy courses where students need to have an understanding of accounting information.
 

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