Hľadanie: Makroekonómia otvorenej ekonomiky
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Thinking in services
Perhaps, as customers, or as service providers, we don’t understand services as much as we think we do.
Services are such integral parts of the daily of individuals and organizations that a day without paying for or providing them is inconceivable. They come in so many different “shapes and sizes”, we have difficulty defining them. Many are so intangible, always and everywhere, we don’t even realize they’re there until they fail.
The universe of services is expanding faster than ever creating new problem new kinds of services, and along with it, new modes of failure exposing us to unexpected costs and risks. Even simple services are dynamic and complex in the way supply meets demand to fulfill a promise. Therefore, when services fail to meet expectations because their design is simplistic or superficial, we’re even more disappointed.
This book is about having new eyes and new perspectives for exploring the universe of services, grasping their realities, and deepening our understanding of them; what services really are, what they could be, and why they even exist. Narrowing down on the true nature of services, broadens the possibilities for design.
With simple drawings, symbols, and a few extraordinary words, this book introduces the basis of a design language for services. Anyone can learn this language, with a little bit of curiosity, imagination, and quiet time. You do not need a degree in economics, biology, or computer science.
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The Perils of Perception
Do you eat too much sugar? What proportion of your country are immigrants? What does it cost to raise a child? How much tax do the rich pay? Are we more ignorant than we used to be?Take a minute to answer these questions. No matter how educated you are, this book suggests you are likely to be very wrong indeed. Informed by exclusive research across 40 countries, conducted by global polling firm Ipsos, The Perils of Perception investigates why we don't know basic facts about the world around us.
Using the latest research into the media and decision science, Bobby Duffy asks how we can address our ignorance and why the populations of some countries seem better informed than others. Essential reading in the so-called 'post-truth' era, this book will transform the way you engage with the world.
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Egyperces menedzsment
Miként ösztönözhetjük önálló és hatékony munkavégzésre csapatunk tagjait?
Hogyan növelhetjük szervezetünk alkalmazkodóképességét?
Hogyan érjünk el kevesebb stresszel hamarabb sikereket?
Vezetőként kihívásokkal teli, felgyorsult világunkban sem feledkezhetünk meg a legfontosabb értékünkről: az embereinkről. Az Egyperces menedzsment naprakész technikáival hatékonyan fejleszthetjük munkatársaink problémamegoldó- és alkalmazkodóképességét.
Ken Blanchard és Spencer Johnson elismert menedzsmentszakértők egy olvasmányos, egyedi stílusban megírt történetben három gyakorlatias titkot fednek fel: az egyperces célkitűzést, dicséretet és iránymutatást. A viselkedéstudomány kutatásaira építő módszerüket könnyen alkalmazhatjuk saját vezetési gyakorlatunkban is.
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Design My Privacy
How can we protect our privacy in this digital era? Because of the emerging of ‘The internet of things’ this question becomes more and more relevant to designers. Technology becomes part of our daily used products. Watches, clothing, cars, houses are becoming ‘smart’, all being connected to the ‘cloud’. This book gives you guidance on how to design for privacy. This book is written to encourage designers to think about and to design for privacy issues. The technology behind the smart products and systems are so complex, that for the consumer it is difficult to understand what the consequences are for everyday life. Designers have to start thinking about transparency and accessibility in the design of privacy-sensitive products and services. This book offers the designer guidance, in the form of eight design principles, that help with designing products and services.
Rebel Talent
In Rebel Talent, award-winning Harvard Business School professor and behavioural scientist Francesca Gino shows us why the happiest and most successful among us are those who break the rules and how we can all do it more.
The world's best chef.
The pilot who landed his plane on a river.
The magician who made history.
The computer scientist who changed animated films forever.
What do they all have in common?
They are all rebels.
Francesca Gino has been studying rebellion and conformity for more than fifteen years. She has discovered that when we mindlessly follow rules and norms rather than constructively rebelling against them, we become less happy and less successful in every area of our lives. While rebels may seem disruptive, they are ultimately good for business: their passion, drive, curiosity and creativity can raise organizations to a new level.
When we break the rules, we fix our lives.
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The Death of Money
In The Death of Money, Rickards explores the future of the international monetary system. The international monetary system has collapsed three times in the past hundred years. Each collapse was followed by a period of war, civil unrest, or damage to the stability of the global economy. Now James Rickards explains why another collapse is rapidly approaching. The US dollar has been the global reserve currency since the end of the Second World War. If the dollar fails the entire international monetary system will fail with it. But Washington is gridlocked, and America's biggest competitors - China, Russia, and the Middle East - are doing everything possible to end US monetary hegemony. The potential results: Financial warfare. Deflation. Hyperinflation. Market collapse. Chaos. James Rickards offers a bracing analysis of the fundamental problem: money and wealth have become ever more detached. Money is transitory and ephemeral; wealth is permanent and tangible. While wealth has real value worldwide, money may soon be worthless. The world's big players - governments, banks, institutions - will muddle through by making up new rules, and the real victims of the next crisis will be small investors. Fortunately, it is not too late to prepare for the coming death of money. In this riveting book, James Rickards shows us how. 'A terrifically interesting and useful book...fascinating' Kenneth W. Dam, former deputy secretary of the Treasury and adviser to three presidents James Rickards is the author of Currency Wars, which has been translated into eight languages and won rave reviews from the Financial Times, Bloomberg, and Politico. He is a portfolio manager at West Shore Group and an adviser on international economics and financial threats to the Department of Defense and the U.S. intelligence community. He served as facilitator of the first-ever financial war games conducted by the Pentagon. He lives in Connecticut.
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Good Company
Inspired by the success of her latest book, In the Company of Women, Grace Bonney's &Company journal will provide motivation, inspiration, practical advice, and a vital sense of connection and community for women and non-binary creatives at every stage of life. Each issue of &Company focuses on one overarching theme, including Change, Fear, Community, Mentors, and much more.
Content includes first-person essays and pep talks from well-known creatives, studio visits and interviews, group discussions, and in-depth explorations of specific fields and niches, from designers in rural areas to the next generation of publishers providing platforms for marginalised voices and communities.
With its emphasis on the power of inclusivity, community, and embracing our differences, &Company provides an energetic, safe, and supportive place to connect, learn, grow, and work through the challenges that creative people experience in pursuing their passions and dreams.
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Whiplash
Today, not only is everything digital getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, we also have the Internet. When these two revolutions-one in technology and the other in communications-joined, an explosive force was unleaded that changed the very nature of innovation. And with any change, we have seen many strategic blunders and extraordinary learning curves along the way.
At last, in WHIPLASH, Joi Ito and Jeff Howe have distilled nine organizing principles for navigating and surviving this tumultuous period. These principles give us a roadmap on how to thrive no matter what industry we're in.
With WHIPLASH, two great thinkers tell us how to adapt and succeed in today's unpredictable marketplace.
Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
'The best business book I've ever read.' Bill Gates, Wall Street Journal 'The Michael Lewis of his day.' New York Times What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common? Each is an example of how an iconic company was defined by a particular moment of fame or notoriety. These notable and fascinating accounts are as relevant today to understanding the intricacies of corporate life as they were when the events happened. Stories about Wall Street are infused with drama and adventure and reveal the machinations and volatile nature of the world of finance. John Brooks's insightful reportage is so full of personality and critical detail that whether he is looking at the astounding market crash of 1962, the collapse of a well-known brokerage firm, or the bold attempt by American bankers to save the British pound, one gets the sense that history really does repeat itself. This business classic written by longtime New Yorker contributor John Brooks is an insightful and engaging look into corporate and financial life in America.
The Excellence Dividend
This year's winner of the Thinkers 50 Lifetime Achievement Award and the CEO Reads Lifetime Contribution to the Business Book Industry Award, Tom Peters' one of the world's most revered management gurus and global business thinkers. Tom co-authored the million copy selling IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE 35 years ago and has since been hailed as "the consultant, writer, columnist, seminar lecturer, and stage performer-whose energy, style, influence, and ideas have shaped new management thinking" in Movers and Shakers: The 100 Most Influential Figures in Modern Business.
Tom was ranked behind the Pope & Stephen Hawking, but ahead of Elon Musk, Eric Schmidt, George Soros and Michael Porter according to Thought Leaders 2014: The Most Influential Thinkers, by MIT and a Swiss Think Tank raking of influencers and creative minds.
Tom is a keen tweeter, voracious reader, and endlessly enthusiastic. Born in Baltimore, Tom earned an MBA and a Ph.D. in business at Stanford and he holds honorary doctorates from institutions that range from the University of San Francisco to the State University of Management in Moscow and has been honored by dozens of associations in content areas such as management, leadership, quality, human resources, customer service, innovation, marketing, and design. Tom served in the U.S. Navy and the White House before going on to work at McKinsey & Co, becoming partner and co-founding McKinsey's now gargantuan Organization Effectiveness practice. He is the most famous consultant McKinsey has ever produced. In 1981, Tom founded Skunkworks Inc. and The Tom Peters Company.
Praise for Tom Peter's previous book The Little Big Things:
"The single best management book I've ever read."-Warren Bennis
"He says that effective management is management that delivers more value to customers and more opportunity for service, creativity, and growth for workers. He is saying that the decent thing to do is also the smart thing. it's a wonderful message."-Paul Weaver, the Wall Street Journal
We live in a Tom Peters world."-Fortune
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Unsafe Thinking
A Financial Times Business Book of the Month*
`An array of fresh insights on creativity, motivation and staying in "flow".' Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and To Sell Is Human
Safe thinking is everywhere. It defines our everyday routines, work habits and ideas. There's just one problem with it: in a world of constant change, it ultimately lets us down.
In Unsafe Thinking, creativity guru Jonah Sachs demonstrates that the most remarkable and trail-blazing individuals - from the maverick Google programmer who came up with Gmail, to the Colombian mayor who employed mime artists to transform his city's traffic problem - are those who reject the lure of what they already know. He draws on cutting-edge psychology and neuroscience to uncover the mental processes that lead to successful innovation. And he reveals how you too can learn to adopt the boldly innovative mindset that will help you thrive in life and in business.
`An enchanting book about how to question the conventional, challenge the status quo, and unlock the creative solutions right under your nose.' Adam Grant, author of Originals
`A blazingly original book . . . Destined to become a classic.' Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club
`Practical and truly entertaining . . . A must-read for anyone facing a changing world.' Jonah Berger, author of Contagious
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The Art of Business
When we look at Chinese history for a guide to business, we commonly reach for Sun Tzu's The Art of War, but that is a military text. It focuses on an enemy, not a trading partner, and it certainly doesn't mention customers and their role in strategy.To come to terms with Chinese commerce, we don't need to know the Art of War. We need to know the art of business. This book explains Chinese business in history: its practices, values and achievements. As we explore business through time, we discover the strategies which enabled Chinese merchants to become rich and gain insights into how Chinese business evolved, and continues to evolve. The Art of Business goes beyond the Silk Road, Marco Polo and the opium trade to examine how the many different Chinese businesses made money. It asks how merchants mastered the spatial and temporal dimensions of the market and built substantial wealth in doing so. It explores the commercial revolutions that occurred in the Tang and Song dynasties and the late Ming, and reveals business practices carried into the Ching dynasty. It explores salt merchants, the porcelain industry, Huizhou and Shanxi merchant groups, and Howqua, who became the world's richest man. The evolving nature of world commerce will place new demands on tomorrow's businesses. By examining the past, we can better understand the future in which China will once again stand like a giant.
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The Innovators Dilemma
Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors A Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Clay Christensen's work continues to underpin today's most innovative leaders and organizations. The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller--one of the most influential business books of all time--innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right--yet still lose market leadership. Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices.
Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator's Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation. Sharp, cogent, and provocative--and consistently noted as one of the most valuable business ideas of all time--The Innovator's Dilemma is the book no manager, leader, or entrepreneur should be without.
Positive Discipline Parenting Tools
Do you wish there was a way to raise well-behaved children without punishment? Are you afraid the only alternative is being overly indulgent? With Positive Discipline, an encouragement model based on both kindness and firmness, you don't have to choose between these two extremes. Using these 49 Positive Discipline tools, honed and perfected after years of real-world research and feedback, you'll be able to work with your children instead of against them. The goal isn't perfection but providing you with the techniques you need to help your children develop the life and social skills you hope for them, such as respect for self and others, problem-solving ability, and self-regulation. The tenets of Positive Discipline consistently foster mutual respect so that any child--from a three-year-old toddler to a rebellious teenager--can learn creative cooperation and self-discipline without losing his or her dignity. In this new parenting guidebook, you'll find day-to-day exercises for parents to improve their parenting skills, along with success stories from parents worldwide who have benefited from the Positive Discipline philosophy. With training tools and personal examples from the authors, you will learn: - The "hidden belief" behind a child's misbehavior, and how to respond accordingly
- The best way to focus on solutions instead of dwelling on the negative
- How to encourage your child without pampering or praising
- How to teach your child to make mistakes and follow through on agreements
- How to foster creative thinking
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Start Me Up
Little brand, big effect: in the age of startups and a new generation of entrepreneurs, corporate design is being redefined through distinctive visual creativity. Never before has there been more enthusiasm surrounding entrepreneurship. Today, young entrepreneurs across the globe are relentlessly developing innovative products and services. Fresh businesses and social initiatives are appearing in industries ranging from fashion to farming, from high-tech to creative handcraft. These companies are run by passionate professionals who are well aware that following their vision is just as important as continuously communicating their vision's brand. Corporate branding works as an extension of a business by visually expressing its concept, so it is no surprise that new stories require a new visual language. Start Me Up! presents a wide range of original examples for inspiration. The designs created striking corporate identities through humorous business cards, quality stationary, graphic T-shirts, and on-point packaging. This work allows for the brands to distinguish themselves from the rest and attract their targed audience's attention. More than ever before, businesses are defining themselves through carefully coordinated communications. Start Me Up! is a comprehensive compendium of innovative corporate design for a new generation. The book follows up on Gestalten's widely successful Introducing: Visual Identities for Small Businesses and showcases projects from various industries with a focus on newly established ventures and niche business initiatives. It proves that success in business heavily depends on the company's ability to promote its individuality and creativity through its corporate image, and that the right set of communications can not only insprire the right investors but also attract the right public. Welcome to the golden age of young entrepreneurship.
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Důvěřuj sobě
Světová ekonomická krize inspirovala autora k úvahám nad rolí krize v různých etapách života. Krizi chápe jako okamžik zlomu nebo obratu, který může být klíčový pro další existenci (krize puberty, krize identity, krize středního věku, krize v nezaměstnanosti, v nemoci, při úspěchu nebo ve vztahu k blízkému člověku). Za slovem krize je třeba vidět vždy také slovo šance, možnost k něčemu novému. Autor vychází z moudrosti církevních otců, velkých myslitelů a mystiků minulosti i současnosti.
Anselm Grün je benediktinský mnich. Žije a pracuje v německém opatství Münsterschwarzach, kde píše a vydává knihy, vede poradenskou službu a je ekonomem kláštera. Jeho knihy dosáhly ve světě už milionových nákladů. V Portálu vyšly Deprese jako šance, Život je teď, Vánoční rozjímání, Co živí lásku.
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Tři inkarnace
Významný arktický ekolog a profesor torontské univerzity Josef Svoboda byl v roce 1949 jako devatenáctiletý student brněnské Masarykovy univerzity zatčen a nezákonně odsouzen k jedenácti letům. Komunistický kriminál se mu přitom paradoxně stal skuteč
nou školou, ve které potkal elitu národa vězněné básníky, historiky, teology, biskupy, generály, politiky. Ve svých vzpomínkách Svoboda prochází celým svým životem (od Kralup přes Leopoldov až po Kanadu, od skautování až po práci v zoo či výzkum v
Arktidě) a obhlíží jednotlivé vrstvy svého dramatického životního příběhu. Jeden život, a přece jako by se do něho vešly nejméně tři pohnuté osudy tři inkarnace. Kniha vznikla na základě autorova desetidílného vyprávění, které v rozhlasovém cyklu O
sudy na stanici Český rozhlas 3 Vltava připravil Miloš Doležal.
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Úvod do politologie
Politologie patří k nejmladším vědním disciplínám, navzdory tomu si již vydobyla významnou pozici v rámci humanitních a společen-skovědních oborů. Politologie se zabývá záležitostmi, které postihují běžný život všech lidí, neboť politika, která je hlavním předmětem zkoumání politologie, se dotýká většiny sfér každodenního rozhodování občanů. Součástí politiky totiž nejsou jenom předvolební kampaně, soutěž politických stran, projevy v parlamentu či jednání vlády. Politická činnost utváří celková pravidla organizace společnosti.
Kniha Úvod do politologie je určena nejen studentům této vědní disciplíny, jimž poslouží jako základní příručka pro vhled od studia zvoleného oboru, ale i posluchačům příbuzných společenskovědních směrů. Využít ji mohou například studenti sociologie, práv, ekonomie, pedagogických fakult či žurnalistiky. Poslouží i čtenářům z řad široké veřejnosti se zájmem o politologii, politiku a společenské dění.
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Deprese jako šance
Deprese, smutek, zádumčivost jsou průvodními znaky životního stylu moderního zaměstnaného a uspěchaného člověka. V tunelu práce a rychlého odpočinku jako by aktivní člověk nedovedl nalézt potřebné světlo a útěchu, kterých je mu tolik zapotřebí. Příz
naky deprese jsou autorovi znameními, která je třeba umět dešifrovat a správně číst. Kniha uvádí do spirituálních úskalí duševních stavů, které mohou vést k depresi, jakési temné noci duše. Nenabízí snadné návody, ale hluboké zamyšlení a analýzu, k
teré mohou být východiskem k překonání krátkodobých depresivních period, nebo i závažné nemoci.
Anselm Grün je jedním z nejúspěšnějších spirituálních autorů dneška. Jako benediktinský mnich žije a pracuje v německém opatství Münsterschwarzach, kde píše a vydává knihy, vede poradenskou službu a je ekonomem kláštera. Jeho knihy dosáhly ve světě u
ž milionových nákladů.
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