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Exclusive Assessment methods in recruitment selection and performance
  • 2005
  • Robert Edenborough
  • Kogan Page
A comprehensive guide for managers examining formal assessment methods used in both recruitment and performance management. The principles underpinning assessment methods are explored and practical applications provided. The use of assessment centres, psychometrics and structured interviews are examined, and practical advice on their use given.
Exclusive Audit and accountancy pitfalls
  • 2011
  • Emile Woolf, Moira Hindson
  • John Wiley and Sons
A casebook of professional negligence claims against auditors and accountants. Written as a practical reference for accountancy practitioners and their advisors, the authors provide a set of real life case studies showing the professional challenges facing all accountants and auditors. Practical guidance on how to manage these situations effectively is offered. Includes claims against auditors for failing to detect fraud, other claims against auditors, claims against accountants, tax related claims and disciplinary actions against accountants
Exclusive Boardroom realities: building leaders across your board
  • 2009
  • Jay A. Conger
  • Wiley
A guide to the key issues facing boards. Includes the latest trends in board leadership and performance as well as talent management for the board and the C-suite. Also includes a chapter on CEO succession and the challenges and opportunities this can present. Improving a board's performance and impact is also covered.
Exclusive Business process management and the balanced scorecard
  • 2007
  • Ralph F. Smith
  • Wiley
Shows managers how to optimally use the balanced scorecard to achieve strategic success. Uses a practical approach and real world examples to identify and target the processes that drive and detract from the strategic performance of a company. Designed for organisations that have either implemented or are considering the implementation of Balanced Scorecard or Six Sigma performance management systems.
Exclusive Change 2.0: beyond organisational transformation
  • 2008
  • Joachim Klewes, Ralf Langen
  • Springer
This collection explores the different approaches to employee participation from a practitioners' perspective. Consultants from Pleon, a leading communications agency, as well as managers and academics, share their experience with change communication and offer insights on what engagement, if tackled correctly, can do for organisations in terms of internal trust and external reputation.
Exclusive Changing your group structures
  • 2014
  • Gareth Miles, Paul Mudie, Nilufer von Bismarck
  • ICSA Publishing
Reorganisations are frequently undertaken by corporate groups in the United Kingdom. They can range from simple asset transfers to fundamental alterations of a group's capital, tax and business structures and so their scope and complexity varies. This eBook looks at the challenges involved in corporate restructuring, recapitalisation and large-scale change management.
Exclusive Competing in tough times: business lessons from L.L.Bean, Trader Joe's, Costco, and other world-class retailers
  • 2010
  • Barry Berman
  • Pearson
The book contains chapters on the future of global retail, low-cost business strategies for retail, product and service differentiation, human resources strategies, enhancing the service experience, and practical advice for change management. The book includes illustrative case studies of real life retailers.
Exclusive Daily Telegraph tax guide 2018, The: Understanding the tax system, completing your tax return and planning how to become more tax efficient
  • 2018
  • David B. Genders
  • Kogan Page
A comprehensive guide to completing a Self-Assessment tax return for 2017/18, with advice and worked examples. Chapters cover tax credits, tax allowances, employment, self-employment, VAT, national insurance, pensions, savings and retirement, residence and domicile, and capital gains tax.
Exclusive Employee share schemes
  • 2013
  • Karen Cooper
  • ICSA Publishing
Employee share ownership can help increase levels of employee engagement and lead to better business performance. This eBook provides guidance on the various employee share schemes and looks at issues such as accounting treatment, tax relief and reporting obligations.
Exclusive Employer's handbook 2017-18
  • 2017
  • Barry Cushway
  • Kogan Page
The Employer's Handbook gives guidance for all small- to medium-sized employers in the UK, clearly identifying the legal essentials and best-practice guidelines for effective people management. The handbook covers recruitment, contracts, benefits, performance management, maternity and paternity rights, personnel records and data protection, terminating employment, and ensuring the health, safety and welfare of employees and pension obligations.
Exclusive Essentials of business ethics: creating an organisation of high integrity and superior performance
  • 2009
  • Denis Collins
  • John Wiley and Sons
The book contains chapters on the background of corporate ethics, hiring ethical people, codes of ethics and codes of conduct, ethical decision-making framework; business ethics training, and respecting employee diversity. It also covers best practice guidelines for sustaining strong business ethics, including reporting systems, performance appraisals, and social responsibility.
Exclusive Financial Times guide to saving and investing for retirement: the definitive handbook to securing your financial future.
  • 2016
  • Yoram Lustig
  • FT Publishing International
This title provides everything you need to know about how to save and invest so that you can successfully plan for your retirement. It contains information on taxes, ISAs, pensions, investing across different assets and buying property. contents include: saving for your future; investment outcomes, risk, constraints and strategy; residential property; investment vehicles; portfolio management; managing risks; your financial life plan.
Exclusive Good retirement guide 2020, The: everything you need to know about health, property, investment, leisure, work, pensions and tax
  • 2020
  • Jonquil Lowe
  • Kogan Page
This book is packed with information, suggestions and advice on every aspect of retirement and beyond. It aims to inspire you to do things you've never thought of, and help you to sort out the practicalities should you have not already explored the opportunities available. It is an invaluable resource book which will help you enjoy your retirement to the full.
Exclusive Handbook of model job descriptions
  • 2008
  • Barry Cushway
  • Kogan Page
Contains a set of model job descriptions organised by role and sector. Includes chapters on management of finance and budgets, project management, staff supervision, and human resources.
Exclusive How to pass technical selection tests
  • 2005
  • Mike Bryon | Sanjay Modha
  • Kogan Page
Aimed at candidates facing psychometric tests as part of the recruitment process. Includes sections on preparing for tests, common types of psychometric tests, and samples questions for different types of reasoning ability.
Exclusive ISO 27001 controls : a guide to implementing and auditing
  • 2019
  • Bridget Kenyon
  • IT Governance Publishing
This guide is designed to provide you with assistance in establishing, implementing and maintaining your ISMS to help you prepare for ISMS certification... [and] has been updated to reflect the publication of the latest versions of ISO/IEC 27001 and 27002. Contents of the book include implementing and auditing ISMS control objectives and controls (information security policies; organization of information security; human resource security; asset management; access control; cryptography; physical and environmental security; operations security; communications security; system acquisition, devel...
Exclusive Job evaluation: a guide to achieving equal pay
  • 2003
  • Michael Armstrong, Ann Cummins, Sue Hastings, Willie Wood
  • Kogan Page
Draws on the authors' experience in job evaluation to provide guidance to managers with particular consideration to equal pay. The chapters cover the fundamentals of job evaluation, equal pay for work of equal value, equal pay reviews, evaluation schemes, computer-based evaluation, grade and pay structure design, and implementing job evaluation in practice.
Exclusive Key performance indicators: developing, implementing and using winning KPIs
  • 2020
  • David Parmenter
  • Wiley
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) help define and measure the organizational goals which are fundamental to an organization's current and future success. Having solid KPIs is crucial for companies that are implementing performance management systems, such as balanced scorecards, six sigma, or activity-based management. In many organizations, KPIs are often too numerous, randomly assembled, and overly complex?essentially rendering them ineffectual, or at worse, counterproductive. [This book] provides a model for simplifying the complex areas of KPIs while helping organizations avoid common mist...
Exclusive Leading corporate turnaround: how leaders fix troubled companies
  • 2006
  • David Lovett, Laura Barlow
  • John Wiley and Sons
Focused on corporate recovery from a leadership point of view. Contains chapters on the turnaround framework, crisis management, implementing organisational change, and financial restructuring. Based on over 80 interviews with corporate recovery practitioners.
Exclusive Pareto's 80/20 rule for corporate accountants
  • 2007
  • David Parmenter
  • John Wiley and Sons
Aimed at corporate accountants. The chapters provide detailed advice on accounting, audit and assurance best practice. The book includes tips for implementing change to make business operations more efficient.
Exclusive Payroll best practices
  • 2005
  • Steven M. Bragg
  • John Wiley and Sons
Details a large number of payroll best practices. Provides guidance on implementing changes to work them into an existing payroll system.
Exclusive Practical risk assessment handbook
  • 2006
  • Mike Bateman
  • Elsevier
Concerned with risk assessment in the workplace, with a special emphasis on health and safety issues. It includes information on the relevant safety regulations, hazardous substances, and guidance for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Exclusive Rattiner's secrets of financial planning : from running your practice to optimizing your client's experience
  • 2020
  • Jeffrey H. Rattiner
  • Wiley
Financial planning involves everything from determining the client's financial position, cash flow, and investment strategies, to income tax planning, risk management, insurance, and retirement and estate planning. Financial planners and advisors are responsible for recommendations and decisions that help people define and achieve their financial goals. The book gives industry professionals the opportunity to hear and learn from 'the best of the best' in the field. This comprehensive resource includes templates based on what the best CFPs use in their practices for work programs, data quanti...
Exclusive Reward management
  • 2014
  • Michael Rose
  • Kogan Page
A practical overview of how to implement effective reward strategies. Tailored to the needs of practitioners, it uses a combination of practical tools, scenarios and case studies to cover key areas including pay grades and structure, job evaluation, pay reviews, bonus plans, non-cash reward, benefits, tax issues and much more.
Exclusive Routledge dictionary of business management, The
  • 2004
  • David A. Statt
  • Routledge
Covers the essential topics, issues and terms of business management. This includes including business economics, consumer behaviour, corporate strategy, financial management, human resource management, information technology, management accounting, marketing, and organizational behaviour and work psychology.
Exclusive Strategic human resource management: a guide to action
  • 2006
  • Michael Armstrong
  • Kogan Page
Practical advice for incorporating human resource management into a larger business strategy. Includes case studies, checklists, and practical examples.
Exclusive Taxation of small businesses, 2017/18
  • 2017
  • Malcolm James
  • Spiramus
A handy reference guide to all aspects of direct taxation of a small business. The tenth edition has been updated to incorporate changes as a result of the Finance Act 2017 and recent case law on the 'gig economy'. Major topics include taxation of business profits, taxation of employment, corporation tax, NIC, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, pensions, and entrepreneurs relief.
Exclusive Taxation of small businesses, 2018/19
  • 2018
  • Malcolm James
  • Spiramus
A handy reference guide to all aspects of direct taxation of a small business. The eleventh edition has been updated to incorporate changes as a result of the Finance Act 2018 and recent case law on the 'gig economy'. Major topics include taxation of business profits, taxation of employment, corporation tax, NIC, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, pensions, and entrepreneurs relief.
Exclusive Ultimate aptitude tests: assess your potential with aptitude, motivational and personality tests
  • 2008
  • Jim Barrett
  • Kogan Page
Designed to be useful for anyone taking aptitude tests from secondary school upwards. Includes a wide range of tests. Covers visual, numeric and verbal reasoning, IQ, physical tests, and spatial awareness.
Exclusive Vest pocket guide to IFRS, The
  • 2010
  • Steven M. Bragg
  • John Wiley and Sons
Question-and-answer guide to common problems related to international financial reporting standards (IFRS). Divided into four parts covering financial statements, assets and liabilities, revenue and expenses, and special transactions (e.g. foreign exchange rates, financial instruments, insurance contracts and retirement plans).
Exclusive Work well from home: how to run a successful home office
  • 2005
  • A & C Black
  • Bloomsbury
Considers the essential aspects of working from home, including personal productivity, maintaining relationships with colleagues, and flexible working.
Exclusive Tax planning 2021-22
  • 2021
  • Mark McLaughlin
  • Bloomsbury Professional
Annual guide for professional advisers, covering legitimate planning opportunities to minimise their clients’ tax liabilities. The latest edition has been updated throughout for the Finance Act 2021, as well as adding noteworthy new tax case decisions relevant to mixed partnership rules, private residence relief and high income child benefit charge.
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