Resources Were Updated On: 09 Aug 2005

	Category: Title :	GLOBALIZATION-ECONOMIC ASPECTS THE NEXT GLOBAL STAGE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR BORDERLESS WORLD
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	KENICHI OHMAE WHARTON SCHOOL PUBLISHING A radically new world is taking shape from the ashes of yesterday's nation-based economic world. To succeed, you'll need to act on a global stage -- and master entirely new rules about the sources of economic power and the drivers of growth. In The Global Stage, legendary business strategist Kenichi Ohmae synthesizes today's emerging trends into the first coherent view of tomorrow's global economy, and its implications for politics, business, and personal success. Ohmae begins with a clear-eyed view of what's already happened: the triumph of globalization and the abject failure of traditional economists to make sense of it. Next, he explores the dynamics of the new regional state, rapidly emerging as tomorrow's most potent form of economic organization. He introduces the powerful concept of 'platforms' for economic progress, illuminating examples ranging from the use of English to Microsoft Windows. Next, Ohmae offers a blueprint for businesses, governments, and individuals who intend to thrive in this new environment: what they must change, and what can endure. Ohmae concludes with a detailed look at corporate strategy in an era where it's tougher to define competitors, companies, and customers than ever before. As important as Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations, as fascinating and relevant as Friedman's The Lexus and the Olive Tree, this book doesn't just explain what's happened: it prepares you for what will happen next.
	Category: Title :	DIRECTORS OF CORPORATION BOARD, DIRECTOR AND CEO EVALUATION
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	GEOFFREY KIEL, GAVIN NICHOLSON AND MARY ANNE BARCLAY MCGRAW-HILL Corporate governance demands an increased focus on the leadership role of the board, the CEO and the directors and the call for these to be more accountable for their own performance is a growing global trend. Board, Director and CEO Evaluation helps to implement the recommendations for evaluation that have been included in almost every recent major corporate governance review or report. This practical guide is based on the authors' extensive research and consulting experience and provides the information necessary to carry out board, director or CEO evaluations. The authors discuss current thinking in best practice corporate governance and outline the benefits of evaluation. They use diagrams, checklists and practical examples to illustrate key concepts and include questionnaires to evaluate the performance of boards, committees, directors and CEOs. As board, director and CEO performance is critical to today's organization, this book is an essential business tool.
	Category: Title :	STRATEGIC PLANNING WINNING
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	JACK WELCH AND SUZY WELCH COLLINS PUBLISHER Welch begins Winning with an introductory section called "Underneath It All," which describes his business philosophy. He explores the importance of values, candor, differentiation, and voice and dignity for all. The core of Winning is devoted to the real "stuff" of work. This main part of the book is split into three sections. The first looks inside the company, from leadership to picking winners to making change happen. The second section looks outside, at the competition, with chapters on strategy, mergers, and Six Sigma, to name just three. The next section of the book is about managing your career -- from finding the right job to achieving work-life balance.
	Category: Title :	LEADERSHIP ABDULLAH ADMINISTRATION: ABDULLAH AHMAD BADAWI & HIS GOVERNMENT FROM SUN TZU'S PERSPECTIVE
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	KHOO KHENG-HOR PELANDUK PUBLICATIONS (M) SDN BHD ABDULLAH ADMINISTRATION: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi & His Government From Sun Tzu's Perspective attempts to link the words and action of Malaysia's fifth Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to those of Sun Tzu. It focuses on the first hundred days of Abdullah's leadership after becoming Prime Minister on October 31, 2003 and offers suggestions from the ancient military strategist's 2,500-year-old Art of War on what more could be done to propel Malaysia to greater heights. Written in his characteristic breezy style which has already earned Khoo Kheng-Hor a following among those seeking to learn the limitless applications of Sun Tzu's strategies, this book will be most insightful for those wishing to understand Abdullah's style of governance.In this book, Khoo makes it clear that it is not his intention to glorify the new premier but hopes to analyse his words and action, and those of his merry men, with parallels to Khoo's life-long study of Sun Tzu's strategies to show where he thinks Malaysia is heading or should be heading. The fact that Khoo is not a member of any political party gives this book the credibility it deserves.
	Category: Title :	THOUGHT AND THINKING HOW TO MIND MAP
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	TONY BUZAN COLLINS PUBLISHER LIMITED 'How to Mind Map' is THE definitive guide to Mind Maps brought to you by their inventor Tony Buzan. This practical pocket guide explains everything you need to know about mind maps and shows how they make it easy to: Get started on and plan a project Think up brilliant ideas Remember things Save time
	Category: Title :	INFORMATION SOCIETY THE WORLD IS FLAT: ABRIEF HISTORY OF THE GLOBALIZED WORLD IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN PENGUIN GROUP Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the 21st century; what it means to countries, companies, communities and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt.
	Category: Title :	MARKETING BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY: HOW TO CREATE UNCONTESTED MARKET SPACE AND MAKE THE COMPETITION IRRELEVANT
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	W.CHAN KIM AND RENEE MOUBORGNE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS Blue Ocean Strategy presents a systematic approach to making the competition irrelevant and outlines principles and tools any company can use to create and capture blue oceans. A landmark work that upends traditional thinking about strategy, this book charts a bold new path to winning the future.
	Category: Title :	LEADERSHIP LIVING LEADERSHIP
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	GEORGE BINNEY, GERHARD WILKE & COLIN WILLIAMS PRENTICE HALL Living Leadership will help you to discover within yourself the means to make real connections with people and make things happen in the real world.
	Category: Title :	LEADERSHIP THE SERVANT LEADER
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	JAMES A. AUTRY THREE RIVERS PRESS A Practical Guide to Using the Principles of Servant Leadership. Leadership is a calling. And servant leadership_the idea that managing with respect, honesty, love, and spirituality empowers employees_helps individuals answer that calling. Bestselling author and former Fortune 500 executive James A. Autry reveals the servant leader's tools, a set of skills and ideals that will transform the way business is done. It helps leaders nurture the needs and goals of those who look to them for leadership. The result is a more productive, successful, and happier organization, and a more meaningful life for the leader.
	Category: Title :	OIL & GAS A VISION REALISED: THE TRANSFORMARTION OF A NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	PADDY BOWIE ORILLIA CORPORATION SDN BHD This book is a definitive work that will fulfill a long felt need. It is undoubtedly one of the best sources of information on PETRONAS and is recommended reading for academics, students of management and anyone interested in the development and transformation of the National Oil Corporation.
	Category: Title :	MARKETING RADICAL MARKETING: FROM HARVARD TO HARLEY, LESSON FROM TEN THAT BROKE THE RULES AND MADE IT BIG
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	SAM HILL & GLEN RIFKIN A HARPER BUSINESS BOOK How did the Grateful Dead use its fanatical following to build a $100 millionbrand that still thrives today? How did upstart Boston Beer Company--makers of Sam Adams--prevail over rival Anheuser-Busch without an advertising budget? And how did lams create the premium pet food market and leap from $16 million to $600 million in sales in just fifteen years, while charging twice the price of competitor Ralston-Purina? The answer: radical marketing. In this fresh, provocative book, Sam Hill and Glenn Rifkin identify the marketing strategies that have enabled ten innovative companies to emerge as industry leaders. What do these organizations have in common? Each is intune emotionally with its customer base, allowing them to glean superior marketing insight without spending millions of dollars. Each is more focused on the big picture--growth and expansion--rather than short-term profits. And, despite their current success, each started out with little more than a passion for their product. Engrossing, informative, and invaluable, Radical Marketing demonstrates how any company, large or small, can achieve unprecedented success through inventive and revolutionary tactics.
	Category: Title :	INVESTMENT REAL OPTIONS: MANAGING STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	MARTHA AMRAN & NALIN KULATILAKA HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS Martha Amram and Nalin Kulatilaka suggest a smarter new way to think about strategic investments in terms of real options. By applying options thinking - the concept underlying the recent Nobel Prize-winning work on financial options - to the evaluation of nonfinancial assets, this innovative approach brings a financial market discipline to the evaluation of a company's opportunities. Using real options theory, managers can more effectively target crucial opportunities to redeploy, delay, modify, or even abandon capital-intensive projects as events unfold. Corporate executives in finance, investments, and project management should share this book with decision makers in information technology, strategic planning, corporate restructuring, venture capital, and law.
	Category: Title :	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THE NEW CIO LEADER: SETTING THE AGENDA AND DELIVERING RESULTS
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	MARIANNE BROADBENT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS Drawing from exclusive research conducted by Gartner, Inc., with thousands of companies and CIOs, Marianne Broadbent and Ellen Kitzis reveal exactly what CIOs must do now to solidify their credibility with the executive team and bridge the chasm that currently separates business and IT strategy. The New CIO Leader outlines the agenda CIOs need to integrate business and IT assets in a way that moves corporate strategy forward- whether a firm is floundering, successfully competing, or leading its industry. Mandatory reading for CIOs in every firm, The New CIO Leader spells out how information systems can deliver results that matter-and how CIOs can become the enterprise leaders they should be.
	Category: Title :	INVESTMENT REAL OPTIONS IN PRACTICE
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	MARION A. BRACH JOHN WILEY & SONS Real Options in Practice allows readers to view the world of real options from the vantage point of a corporate practitioner applying real option valuation techniques on a regular basis. Expert Marion Brach describes the challenges of implementing a real option framework in practice within a corporate setting. Touching on the real options most firms care about, Real Options in Practice identifies the classic types of real options-deferral, abandonment, switching, expansion, and compound-and explores the main concepts critical to understanding real option theory. Through Brach's own three-step real option valuation method readers will learn how the theory of real options is now being applied to drive better, more profitable corporate decision-making.
	Category: Title :	AGRICULTURE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE 6TH ED
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	PETER J.BARRY, C B. BAKER, PAUL N.ELLINGER & JOHN A. HOPKIN INTERSTATE PUBLISHERS, INC. This book develops and applies concepts, analytical methods, and descriptive information about agriculture finance. Financial Management in Agriculture includes six sections, which include the following: Section One- introduces the nature and scope of financial management and the major goals that motivate managerial performance Section Two- addresses financial statements, financial analysis and control, and financial planning Section Three- develops the concepts of financial leverage, risk, liquidity, lender-borrower relationships and analyzes their effects on business performance, and strategies for managing business and financial risks are considered Section Four- stresses the concepts and tools of asset valuation and long-term financial decision making Section Five- contains four chapters that describe and evaluate financial intermediaries serving agriculture and the related management and policy issues Section Six- considers legal aspects of finance, legal forms of business organization, the management of equity capital in agriculture, and the financing implications of the market structure of agriculture
	Category: Title :	PSYCHOLOGY THE 8TH HABIT: FROM EFFECTIVENESS TO GREATNESS
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	STEPHEN R. COVEY SIMON & SCHUSTER Covey's new book will transform the way we think about ourselves and our purpose in life, about our organizations, and about humankind. Just as The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People helped us focus on effectiveness, The 8th Habit shows us the way to greatness In today's challenging and complex world, being highly effective is the price of entry to the playing field. To thrive, innovate, excel, and lead in this new reality, we must reach beyond effectiveness toward fulfillment, contribution, and greatness. Research is showing, however, that the majority of people are not thriving. They are neither fulfilled nor excited.
	Category: Title :	EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT LEARNING TO FLY: PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FROM LEADING AND LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS.
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	CHRIS COLLISON & GEOFF PARCELL CAPSTONE PUBLISHING LIMITED This book is a practical, pragmatic workbook packed with hints and tips designed to help managers put knowledge management into action in their organizations. This edition includes new material on implementation and practice from many of the organizations which adopted the ideas of the original publication, as well as a CD-ROM with tools and exercises.
	Category: Title :	PSYCHOLOGY BLINK
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	MALCOLM GLADWELL LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work - in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?
	Category: Title :	SOCIAL PROBLEM AND SERVICES PREDICTABLE SURPRISES
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	MAX H.BAZERMAN & MICHAEL D.WATKINS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS In this riveting book, Bazerman and Watkins, leading experts in managerial decision making, show that many disasters are preceded by clear warning signals that leaders either miss--or purposely ignore. They explain the cognitive, organizational, and political biases that make predictable surprises so common in business and society and outline six danger signals that suggest a predictable surprise may be imminent. They also provide a systematic framework that leaders can use to recognize and prioritize brewing disasters and mobilize their organizations to prevent them. Filled with vivid accounts of predictable surprises in business and society across public and private sectors, this book highlights a phenomenon that holds grave consequences--and challenges leaders to find the courage to act before it's too late.
	Category: Title :	MARKETING SELLING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	BERNARD KATZ GOWER PUBLISHING GROUP This book provide practical guidance on enterprising ways of managing important business activities. They describe methods and strategies which will work in most companies, regardless of size, industry or location. They are written by experts who work in the real world for managers who like to get things done.
	Category: Title :	CUSTOMER RELATIONS HOW TO TURN CUSTOMER SERVICE INTO CUSTOMER SALES
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	BERNARD KATZ GOWER PUBLISHING GROUP This book provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step procedures for all the necessities of a successful customer relations program: research, hiring, training, execution and follow-up. Entire chapters are devoted to the special skills of listening, telemarketing, face-to-face selling and handling objections.
	Category: Title :	MANAGEMENT MANAGING FOR THE FUTURE
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	PETER F.DRUCKER BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMAN LTD The author writes with penetrating insight about the critical issues facing managers in the 1990s: the worlds economic order; people at work; new trends in management and the governance of organizations.
	Category: Title :	MARKETING HOW BRANDS BECOME ICONS
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	DOUGLAS B.HOLT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS This book presents the first systematic model to explain how brands become icons. Douglas B. Holt shows how iconic brands create "identity myths" that, through powerful symbolism, soothe collective anxieties resulting from acute social change. Holt warns that icons can't be built through conventional branding strategies, which focus on benefits, brand personalities, and emotional relationships. Instead, he calls for a deeper cultural perspective on traditional marketing themes like targeting, positioning, brand equity, and brand loyalty--and outlines a distinctive set of "cultural branding" principles that will radically alter how companies approach everything from marketing strategy to market research to hiring and training managers. Until now, Holt shows, even the most successful iconic brands have emerged more by intuition and serendipity than by design. With How Brands Become Icons, managers can leverage the principles behind some of the most successful brands of the last half-century to build their own iconic brands.
	Category: Title :	MANAGEMENT CRISIS CONTROL: PREVENTING & MANAGING CORPORATE CRISES
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	ROSS CAMPBELL PENGUIN GROUP Crisis Control is aimed at anticipating and controlling crisis situations. It shows how to develop contingency plans in line with organisational policies and identifies methods of developing checklists and systems. Training, testing and maintenance of such a program is outlined as a strategic process. This book offers a wide range of responses for those managers who have to create a crisis action plan for a large number of stakeholders including employees, victims, financial markets, political leaders, bureaucrats, international affiliates, shareholders and, of course, the media.
	Category: Title :	FORECASTING SEEING WHAT'S NEXT : USING THE THEORY OF INNOVATION TO PREDICT INDUSTRY CHANGE.
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	CLAYTON M.CHRISTENSEN, SCOT D.ANTHONY & ERIK A.ROTH HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS Every day, individuals take action based on how they believe innovation will change industries. Yet these beliefs are largely based on guesswork and incomplete data, and lead to costly errors in judgment. Now, internationally renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen and his research partners Scott D. Anthony and Erik A. Roth present a groundbreaking framework for predicting outcomes in the evolution of any industry. Based on proven theories outlined in Christensen's landmark books The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution, Seeing What's Next offers a practical, three-part model that helps decision-makers spot the signals of industry change, determine the outcome of competitive battles, and assess whether a firm's actions will ensure or threaten future success. Through in-depth case studies of industries from aviation to health care, the authors illustrate the predictive power of innovation theory in action.
	Category: Title :	TOP MANAGEMENT INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS : PRINCIPLES & BEST PRACTICES
	Publisher : Synopsis :	MAICSA Is handy for independent directors to refer to as a guide, while discharging their duties and responsibilities. Provides a useful reference for chairmen, executive directors, investors, bankers, company secretaries, lawyers, accountants and other corporate advisers. Would be of special interest to executive directors and chairmen who will be working with independent directors in the boardroom. Contains principles and best practices to enhance implementation of good corporate governance in Malaysia.
	Category: Title :	BANKS & BANKING BANKING IN ASIA : THE END OF ENTITLEMENT.
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	DOMINIC CASSERLEY & GREG GIBB JOHN WILEY & SONS (ASIA) PTE LTD This book fills a critical void for commercial and investment bankers and others interested in understanding today's trends and challenges in Asian banking. It provides industry overviews as well as objective perspectives to help asses the options for expanding, refocusing, or exiting all types of banking businesses.
	Category: Title :	SOCIAL SCIENCES THE WISDOM OF CROWDS: WHY THE MANY ARE SMARTER THAN THE FEW AND HOW COLLECTIVE WISDOM SHAPES BUSINESS, ECONOMIES, SOCIETIES, AND NATIONS
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	JAMES SUROWIECKI LITTLE, BROWN This is a book that gives a fascinating new perspective on how the world really works. It is the biography of an idea that has profound implications for how we run our businesses, how we organize our society, how we structure our political system and how we think about the future. This is a truly eye-opening book for anyone interested in what makes things happen.
	Category: Title :	AIR TRANSPORTATION FLYING HIGH: HOW JETBLUE FOUNDER AND CEO DAVID NEELEMAN BEATS THE COMPETITION...EVEN IN THE WORLD'S MOST TURBULENT INDUSTRY
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	JAMES WYNBRANDT WILEY JOHM & SONS, INC. Flying High traces the incredible career of the founder and chairman of JetBlue, David Neeleman, from his teenage ventures and beginnings in the travel industry, to his short stint at Southwest Airlines and the ultimate launch of JetBlue. In a series of interviews with Neeleman's friends, associates, and high-ranking officials in both business and aviation, this book tells the store of Neeleman and explores the rules of success he both lives and builds his companies by.
	Category: Title :	GENERAL COLLECTIONS QUOTATIONS FOR SPEECHES.
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	JOHN DAINTITH BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING LIMITED This book offers a wealth of quotations from the great to the infamous, on a wide and imaginative range of subjects. There are more than 200 themes, ranging from apologies to wisdom, jealousy to perfection, and for the uninspired there is even a section on giving speeches. Whether you are at a business function, wedding reception or birthday party, speaking after dinner or just giving advice, Quotations for Speeches has the right quote for every occasion.
	Category: Title :	EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GOOD GOVERNANCE IN ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPANIES
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	DAUG MATHESON PROFILE BOOKS Researched by Doug Matheson over a number of years, this detailed but very practical `how to' guide is for any organisation governed by a `board of directors', `board of trustees', `council', `committee' or similar governance structure. It embraces not only companies (corporate governance) but also public sector organisations, not-for-profit and other voluntary organisations, membership organisations, sports organisations and trusts. Its aim is to provide a resource of practical use to all chairmen, directors and management. While the book provides practical guidance and method to those new to directing, trusteeship or senior management, it also provides up-to-date concepts and best practices for those with experience.
	Category: Title :	BUSINESS ENTERPRISES CONTROL YOUR DESTINY OR SOMEONE ELSE WILL
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	NOEL M.TICHY, STRATFORD SHERMAN HARPER BUSINESS The Best Analysis of Jack Welch's GE, Now Freshly Revised. A business classic -- now completely revised -- hailed as the unofficial GELeadership handbook. Completely revised, with two new chapters by the authors, an added chapter-length interview with Jack Welch, plus the complete set of Welch's GE annual letters to shareholders, this title remains the classic CASE STUDY of how Welch transformed GE from a corporate dinosaur into one of the nimblest, most successful corporations in the world, and provides a useful handbook for effecting change in your business and your life.
	Category: Title :	SOCIAL PROBLEM AND SERVICES MY PATH LEADS TO TIBET
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	SABRIYE TENBERKEN ARCADE PUBLISHING Defying everyone is advice, armed only with her rudimentary knowledge of Chinese and Tibetan, Sabriye Tenberken set out to do something about the appalling condition of the Tibetan blind, who she learned had been abandoned by society and left to die. Traveling on horseback throughout the country, she sought them out, devised a Braille alphabet in Tibetan, equipped her charges with canes for the first time, and set up a school for the blind. Her efforts were crowned with such success that hundreds of young blind Tibetans, instilled with a newfound pride and an education, have now become self-supporting. A tale that will leave no reader unmoved, it demonstrates anew the power of the positive spirit to overcome the most daunting odds. Defying everyone is advice, armed only with her rudimentary knowledge of Chinese and Tibetan, Sabriye Tenberken set out to do something about the appalling condition of the Tibetan blind, who she learned had been abandoned by society and left to die. Traveling on horseback throughout the country, she sought them out, devised a Braille alphabet in Tibetan, equipped her charges with canes for the first time, and set up a school for the blind. Her efforts were crowned with such success that hundreds of young blind Tibetans, instilled with a newfound pride and an education, have now become self-supporting. A tale that will leave no reader unmoved, it demonstrates anew the power of the positive spirit to overcome the most daunting odds.
	Category: Title :	HISTORY IMBASAN PERISTIWA-PERISTIWA SEBELUM KEMERDEKAAN MALAYA
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	MOHAMED ABID PELANDUK PUBLICATIONS This book is neither an academic exercise nor a comprehensive account of the country's political history. What it provides is an account of events that academia will not and cannot capture, events of a period that were never told nor recorded in print, events that only an eyewitness could provide into events that laid the cornerstone for an independent Malaya.
	Category: Title :	EDUCATION EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: UNIFYING OR DIVISIVE?
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	ABDUL RAZAK BAGINDA, PETER SCHIER (EDITED) MALAYSIAN STRATEGIC RESEARCH CENTRE Education, a contrivance to build nations and individual character, might also inadvertently erect barriers between peoples and cultures. While education in Malaysia has helped the nation a long way in producing a rapidly developing country, concerns about the state of racial polarisation in society and schools have emerged to provoke a renewal of debate about the state and objectives of education in this country. This publication, limited as it is, hopes, however, to bring additional perspectives to this continuing debate of national importance.
	Category: Title :	SOCIAL SCIENCE MENTAL REVOLUTION
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	SENU ABDUL RAHMAN PELANDUK PUBLICATIONS Malaysia today is going through change. One chapter, the struggle for independence and the development efforts to form the infrastructure and basis for future growth, is over. A new chapter has begun: national consolidation and national progress. This chapter will decide whether multiracial Malaysia will be able to defend its independence and sovereignty and attain the hoped for happiness and prosperity, or se these dashed by disunity. The lesson of May 13, 1969 are stern reminders to us that the pride and glory of independence and the ensuing progress are highly vulnerable.
	Category: Title :	GOODS AND SERVICES LEXUS: THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	CHESTER DAWSON JOHN WILEY & SONS A fascinating insight into how Toyota conceived, developed and launched its own luxury car brand Lexus. This remarkable success story will explain how the Japanese giant went from zero to 25% share of the luxury car market in the space of only ten years.
	Category: Title :	COMMUNICATION THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	MALCOLM GLADWELL LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY It's a book about change. In particular, it's a book that presents a new way of understanding why change so often happens as quickly and as unexpectedly as it does. For example, why did crime drop so dramatically in New York City in the mid-1990's? How does a novel written by an unknown author end up as national bestseller? Why do teens smoke in greater and greater numbers, when every single person in the country knows that cigarettes kill? Why is word-of-mouth so powerful? What makes TV shows like Sesame Street so good at teaching kids how to read? I think the answer to all those questions is the same. It's that ideas and behavior and messages and products sometimes behave just like outbreaks of infectious disease. They are social epidemics. The Tipping Point is an examination of the social epidemics that surround us.
	Category: Title :	MACROECONOMICS THE FORTUNE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	C.K. PRAHALAD WHARTON SCHOOL PUBLISHING Management Today Magazine heralds C.K. Prahalad's vision as "simple yet immensely powerful insight" and a book that "challenges his readers to reconsider the prejudice (and ignorance) which may have deterred them from doing business in poorer parts of the world.
	Category: Title :	HISTORY HITLER 1889-1936: HUBRIS
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	IAN KERSHAW PENGUIN BOOK Ian Kershaw's Hitler allows us to come closer than ever before to a serious understanding of the man and of the catastrophic sequence of events which allowed a bizarre misfit to climb from a Viennese doss-house to leadership of one of Europe's most sophisticated countries.
	Category: Title :	HISTORY ELIZABETH I CEO: STRATEGIC LESSONS FROM THE LEADER WHO BUILT AN EMPIRE
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	ALAN AXELROD PRENTICE HALL PRESS Elizabeth I, CEO: Strategic Lessons in Leadership from the Woman Who Built an Empire reveals how the embattled monarch overcame daunting obstacles to win intense loyalty and lead England to greatness. Elizabeth I, CEO will attract the leaders of today, the builders of contemporary empires, as well as history-lovers. The life of Elizabeth has much to say to those beginning their climb up the corporate ladder as well those who, having attained the top rung, do not want to slip from it. The queen's long reign offers lessons on: developing a leadership attitude and image, enhanced by personal dynamism; becoming an effective coach and mentor, skilled at nurturing creativity; manipulating others, subtly and ethically; knowing and anticipating the "enemy;" setting clear goals and motivating others to work to achieve them; most of all, the career of Elizabeth I is an example of vision, of creating vision, of communicating vision, and of realizing vision. Not only did she create loyalty among those nearest her, she met headlong an array of the most daunting challenges any leader has ever faced.
	Category: Title :	SPEECHES 50 HIGH-IMPACT SPEECHES AND REMARKS
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	JOHN KADOR MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES 50 High-Impact Speeches and Remarks is a sourcebook of proven speeches successful business leaders have used to rally their troops at a sales conference, carefully announce a major change or restructuring, or celebrate an important achievement. Each speech has been edited to make it easy to adapt and customize to suit any organization. Leaders will find the powerful, inspiring, and diplomatic words they need to: Challenge people to do their best work Congratulate the workforce after a successful quarter or year Announce a round of layoffs Inspire the organization with a new direction or strategy Ask employees to cut costs Deliver congratulations for a retirement
	Category: Title :	BUSINESS ETHICS WHAT IS TRANSPARENCY
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	RICHARD W.OLIVER MC GRAW-HILL COMPANIES What Is Transparency? defines the concept of openness in every area of business, explaining its role in our global economy and revealing how transparency can be leveraged to give companies a competitive edge. Advantages include: Giving shareholders confidence in their companys profits Open, accessible leaders who promote loyalty and productivity Clearly defined policies, and goals that make a department run smoothly
	Category: Title :	PSYCHOLOGY THE WINNING ATTITUDE
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	JOHN C. MAXWELL THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS In The Winning Attitude John Maxwell shares insights from real life experiences showing how to recognize and attain the winning attitude to overcome life's difficulties, win people over, and turn problems into opportunities. Developing the Leaders Around You takes personal leadership one step further by showing you how to identify and train potential leaders and foster a productive team spirit. Whatever your vocation or aspiration, you can increase your impact on others by Becoming a Person of Influence. Learn simple insightful ways to interact more positively with others, and watch you personal and organizational success go off the charts. With influence, you can achieve success at home, work, and in every other area of life.
	Category: Title :	LEADERSHIP THE LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF COLIN POWELL
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	OREN HARARI MC GRAW-HILL Colin Powell has established an entirely new paradigm for leadership excellence. Through four U.S. presidents and countless world crises_including the current high-stakes campaign against global terror_the blunt-spoken four-star general has grown to become one of the world's most effective, bottom-line leaders.
	Category: Title :	STANDARD SUBDIVISIONS MY AMERICAN JOURNEY
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	COLLIN POWER, JOSEPH E.PERSICO THE RANDOM HOUSE BALLANTINE The book provides us with a great study of leadership, while it also is a good study of military history and politics. "My American Journey" is an excellent story and example that shows us what possessing a strong motivation and integrity can lead to. You certainly do not need to be an American to appreciate the positive attitudes and the message that Powell sends through his book.
	Category: Title :	EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT OUTSOURCING FOR RADICAL CHANGE: A BOLD APPROACH TO ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	JANE C.LINDER AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (AMACOM) This groundbreaking book looks at the handful of companies that have led enterprise-wide strategic change efforts using transformational outsourcing. Executives have used it to start up new companies, drive growth, consolidate mature companies, and execute stunning strategic turnaround_swiftly and successfully in the vast majority of cases. Find out if your company can benefit from this potent new tool!
	Category: Title :	LEADERSHIP REFLECTIONS ON LEADERSHIP: HOW ROBERT K.GREENLEAF'S THEORY OF SERVANT-LEADERSHIP INFLUENCED TODAY'S TOP MANAGEMENT THINKERS.
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	LARRY C.SPEARS (EDITED) JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Reflections on Leadership is a first class book demonstrating the influence of Robert K. Greenleaf's Servant Leadership philosophy on top management thinkers. The book begins by sharing how Greenleaf developed his philosophy. Part two is a bit of a sales pitch for why and how servant leadership has benefited leaders. The truly valuable portions of the book are Part Three which shows how to put servant leadership into action in today's tough business world, and Part Four which tells some stories of people putting it into action. It is written by people who seem to be followers of Greenleaf, and have bought into his servant leadership. The book did deal with some of the tough questions about Greenleaf's philosophy, but would have been improved had it actually quoted some critics and responded to their criticisms.
	Category: Title :	BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN CARVER ON BOARD LEADERSHIP
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	JOHN CARVER JOSSEY-BASS This one-stop board leadership resource, offers you a broad range of material including the best articles from the Board Leadership newsletter, articles from various publications, and previously unpublished short works. Each chapter has been carefully selected and arranged to provide you with a distillation of John Carver's revolutionary Policy Governance model.
	Category: Title :	LEADERSHIP 5 MEN & IDEAS: BUILDING NATIONAL IDENTITY
	Author(s) : Publisher : Synopsis :	HNG HUNG YONG PELANDUK PUBLICATION Each leader responded differently to the challenge of his time. Objectively, their representation constitute a corpus of identity assertions that help it answer questions like "Who is a Malaysian?" or " What is a Malaysian?' The formation of national identity is a dynamic process and will depend to a larger extent on how the different races accommodate each other. One principle which has guided these five leaders in their nation building work is to keep faith with the spirit of moderation, accommodation, tolerance and consensus. It is an ethos that should continue to instruct the search for a national identity and the building of a common nationhood.