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NON FICTION >> Economy · Business
Katharina Münk:
DIE INSASSEN
dtv · München, 2010 · 220 pp
THE INMATES
A droll and quirky satire that takes the financial world's principle of "anything goes" to extremes.
Peter Firestein:
CRISIS OF CHARACTER · Building Corporate Reputation in the Age of Skepticism
Union Square Press · New York, 2009 · 304 pp
Reputation matters - more than ever. Public opinion in the wake of the financial meltdown has revealed the public’s abiding mistrust of corporations and the executives who run them.
Rudolf Wötzel:
ÜBER DIE BERGE ZU MIR SELBST
Integral · München, 2010 · 496 pp
OVER THE MONTAINS TO MY SELF · A Top Manager Drops Out to Start a New Life
Rudolf Wötzel is at the pinnacle of his career as a top banker when he becomes aware that he must get away. Away from the world in which success, power, and consumerism determine life. An unusual plan ripens: crossing the Alps, from east to west, from Salzburg to Nice.
Werner Schwanfelder:
DER KLEINE FAHRRADLADEN · Eine Geschichte von Selbstverantwortung und Motivation
Campus · Frankfurt | New York, 2008 · 93 pp
THE LITTLE BICYCLE SHOP · A Story of self-Responsibility and Motivation
Teams often face unexpected challenges, for example, the departure of a manager. How can a team cope with something like that? In this entertaining fable, Werner Schwanfelder shows how a group of employees can surmount challenges by presenting a united front.
Henrik Müller:
DIE SIEBEN KNAPPHEITEN
Campus · Frankfurt | New York, 2008 · 312 pp
THE SEVEN SHORTAGES · How They Jeopardize Our Future and What We Can Do about It
Globalization, climate change, and demographic trends are posing an entirely new set of challenges. Seven shortages threaten our future: labor, energy, land, water, time, intellect, and power.
Niccolo Machiavelli & Rob McMahon (Editor):
THE PRINCE · BOLD-FACED PRINCIPLES ON TACTICS, POWER, AND POLITICS
Sterling · New York, 2008 · 304 pp
Need to seize a country? Have enemies you must destroy? In this handbook for despots and tyrants, the Renaissance statesman Machiavelli sets forth how to accomplish this and more, while avoiding the awkwardness of becoming generally hated and despised.
Nina DiSesa:
SEDUCE THE BOYS CLUB · Uncensored Tactics from a Woman at the Top
Ballantine Books · New York, 2008 · 240 pp
Sold to Planeta-BrazilFrom the woman who became chairman of the flagship office of the largest advertising agency network in the world comes a wry reality check on how to get ahead and thrive in the testosterone-driven business arena.Nina DiSesa is a master communicator, a ceiling crasher, and one of the most successful women in the corporate world. She is also a big-time realist who has figured out that S&M–seduction and manipulation–is the secret to winning over (and surpassing) the big guys.
