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The Ultimate Book of Business Skills: The 100 Most Important Techniques for Being Successful in Business
ISBN: 978-1-84112-547-3
Paperback
320 pages
March 2004, Capstone
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1. Introduction.

What is the Essence of Management?

2. Strategy Skills.

Acquisitions Appraisal.

Acquisitions and Deal-making.

Alliances.

Competitor Awareness.

Divestment.

Economic Awareness (Macro).

Economic Awareness (Micro).

Global Awareness.

Helicopter Thinking.

Regulatory Awareness.

Risk and Uncertainty Analysis.

Storytelling.

Strategic Thinking.

3. Marketing Skills.

Brand Management.

Customer Awareness.

Life-cycle Management.

Market Awareness.

Market Development.

Market Research.

Product Development.

Selling.

4. Commercial Management Skills.

Business Cases.

Business Planning.

Contract Management.

Margin Management.

Market Segmentation.

Negotiating.

Performance Analysis.

Project Appraisal.

Targeting Goals.

Tendering.

5. Operations Skills.

Acquisition Integration.

Benchmarking.

Buying.

Controlling.

Information Collection.

IT Awareness.

Outsourcing.

Process Management.

Resource Management.

Technology Awareness.

6. Finance Skills.

Budgeting.

Cash-flow Management.

Cost Management.

Credit Control.

Financial Awareness.

Financial Planning.

Forecasting.

Turnaround.

Understanding Company Accounts.

Value Management.

7. Leadership Skills.

Chairing.

Change Management.

Coaching.

Direction Setting.

Empathizing.

Energizing.

Facilitation.

Listening.

Motivating.

Policy Setting.

Political Awareness.

Stakeholder Management.

Summarizing.

8. Organizational Skills.

Cross-cultural skills.

Delegation.

Influencing.

Interviewing.

Networking.

Organizational Design.

Organization and People Planning.

Performance Appraisal.

Recruiting.

Report Writing.

Teamworking.

Training.

9. Problem-solving Skills.

Alien Thinking.

Brainstorming.

Building.

Challenging.

Creativity.

Imagination.

Option Generation.

Problem Diagnosis.

Questioning.

10. Self-management Skills.

Action Planning.

Being Interviewed.

Drive.

E-mail Management.

Energy Management.

Learning.

Presentations (Making Them).

Prioritization.

Proactivity.

Self-awareness.

Self-development.

Stress Management.

Time Management.

11. Some Case Studies Linked to the 100 Business Skills.

12 Conclusion.

References.

Index.