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`Financial Management - the CEO function` --------------------------------------- Management guru Colin Thompson focuses on five specific activities of the CEO. He outlines the need for control in bringing these together. "Perhaps the biggest mistake entrepreneurs make (after running out of cash) is thinking that financial management involves only looking at the past." `Negotiating Successful Business Deals`
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Review: 'Management Teams' by Meredith Belbin
Colin Thompson finds a book that lives up to the blurb on its jacket cover: "It should be read by all that have responsibility and authority for guiding organisations in their selection of management teams."
Published on the `Accounting Web` site
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Review: 'Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy'
With the life of Alexander the Great set to get the Hollywood treatment in the form of a blockbuster movie starring Brad Pitt,
Colin Thompson assesses a work that examines Alexander's leadership style and strategy. The big question is whether any of this has relevance to the 21st Century business world?
Published on the `Accounting Web` site
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Review - 'The Prudence of Mr Gordon Brown' Review - 'Non-Executive Directors` Colin Thompson, reviews 'Non-Executive Directors' published by Profile Books.
A non-executive director himself, Thompson believes this book "is a essential guide for anyone running a business who wants to make it grow and avoid the pitfalls, which bring so many companies down. If you have not already done so, it may be time to take on board a non-executive director to raise the `bottom-line`.
Review - 'The Phoenix Effect` -----------------------------
"In this unpredictable economy, 'The Phoenix Effect: 9 Revitalising Strategies No Business Can Do Without' provides practical, strategic options to improve a struggling business or to further strengthen a healthy business." High praise indeed.
Published on the `Accounting Web` site
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