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Blue's Clues Fantastic Value 2-Pack!
$29.99
Blue's teacher Miss Marigold has a whole checklist of places for you to visit ��� the Grocery, Present and Music Stores, the Bakery and the Library ��� to show that learning does not stop outside of school! Each place has something special for Blue and you to bring back to Circle Time in Blue's Clues Preschool. Periwinkle is nervous about going to school and to help him overcome his fears, Blue and Joe transform Blue's house into a pretend kindergarten classroom where the games are all about science, telling time, rhyming, art, creativity, math and more in Blue's Clues Kindergarten.

How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business
$45.00
If you want to know "what's in this book", read the Editorial review - it is spot on.

If you want to know "what can this book do for me?", give me just a moment:

I serve in an organization that has been attempting to quantify what has been previously considered an "intangible." Disagreement as to whether these so-called intangibles could be measured or even should be measured has kept us from attempting to "nail jello to the wall."

Mr. Hubbard's book immediately paid for itself in the very first reading! His methods helped me to ask the right questions to begin identifying what we do know; in turn, that began the process of uncovering areas of where these so-called intangibles had impact on our organization - and then to begin actually measuring the effect of those impacts.

By the time I reached the end of his book, I was able to provide to our organization initial measurements of effectiveness as well as the financial value they represent! His extremely well-written and practical how-to book has measurably changed our thinking from the worn-out: "we are so unique, our impact cannot be measured" to a new: "here's how we can measure the impact we make and the value it has to our organization."

I am not a statistician, an accountant, nor a numbers-guy; but I have easily understood his formulas and methods. After my third reading, I can tell say I glean more each time I read it.

I have looked but have not found any other book that is specifically written to measure what is considered an intangible. His accompanying website provides forum discussions and downloads which has added to my learning experience. I most highly commend this book to your reading.

Creating Value, Second Edition: Successful Business Strategies
$51.95
I have had the privilege of having Shiv Mathur as my professor of Strategy during my MBA at CASS Business Schools. Actually we have been an small number of privileged students who had this privilege over the years...

The standing joke from new minted MBAs to freshmen like me was "How, well, and Shiv is also writing his book". He had been for the best of 20 years... So we were all surprised when it eventually happened. Not because of its content - we knew better. But simply because Shiv actually thought one day that he had thought enough about the whole strategy field to actually finish it and share these thoughts with the rest of the world...

One of the first marketing and strategy thought leaders to argue that cinemas where competing with restaurants as well as cafes [8-10pm slot], he also broke most of the marketing worlds' rule, pushing all of us to think not in terms of processes [4/5Ps], but in terms of pure strategy. In direct line with Porter and Omae, his thoughts are unique and totally about strategic positioning offerings [as they contain a service as well as a product elements] so that they are perceived as valuable in the eyes of an organisation's customers...

But the beauty of this book is not just that... It is also linking inputs to outputs, arguing effortlessly that any organisation is only the custodian of its assets, which it should forever look at divesting should a better owner be identified... In other words, thanks to Alfred Kenyon's rigorous financial input, linking marketing strategy to financial stewardship... Marketing becoming an extension of the financial rigour expected from any manager these days, as opposed to being a self centred void shell based upon loose and unleashed creativity of sorts... What a novel idea!

The bottom line? Almost all of us who understood and followed Shiv's teachings and spirit have been unordinary successful in whichever field we decided to evolve in. And all of us grateful for his unique contribution. In today's hyper competitive world, our own competitive advantage has been Shiv's teaching. So, according to Shiv's own thinking, I/we should be protecting jealously that know how in order to generate inordinate profits, above and beyond the cost of capital. Yet, that would be a shame: Shiv's gave me so much that I feel it is time to give back... So, buy the book, read it many times, grasp the theory, apply it daily and you will beat your competitors hands down...

Value Driven Management: How to Create and Maximize Value Over Time for Organizational Success
$24.95
I cannot rave enough about Pohlman's VALUE DRIVEN MANAGEMENT book. I purchased this book as a requirement for both my first class in the MBA program and as a fundamental requirement of the premise of NSU's business style. The book is filled with theory, the reason behind them and examples to understand their significance. Essentially, the fundamental factor is value. Determining the value drivers of your team to lead them to achieve, adding value to the organization, its customers, and other shareholders. This book does an excellent job of outlining the important elements of a management style that incorporates value at every step. This book is unlike other business books that just rattle off theories and throw in an example or two to reinforce the point. Rather, this book explains the theory, the underlying motivation behind the reasons why they are effective (the value drivers) and provides many examples offering different perspectives on the same theory. This helps the reader understand the concept and truly appreciate the need for this type of management. This should be on every manager's reference list.