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1) Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
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English
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It's been nearly 25 years since Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad first made waves in the Personal Finance arena.
It has since become the #1 Personal Finance book of all time... translated into dozens of languages and sold around the world.
Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped
Publisher
The Great Courses
Language
English
Description
Jump-start your creativity with a selection of fun exercises, including “What-If Moments” and “The First-Line Game.” Mr. Bell cites best-selling authors such as Alice Sebold and Mickey Spillane to demonstrate the importance of creating unique elements: a twist, a character, a setting, a relationship. Find out how to create the ever-important elevator pitch.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Look at some other sources of value that companies can get out of their transactions and start thinking more broadly about the sources of value a company should seek. The specific focus of this illuminating lecture is on three additional kinds of customer-related value: loyalty value, information value, and communication value..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Using a balance sheet from Intel as your case study, survey the significance of specific items that typically appear on balance sheets, including current assets and intangible assets. Also learn how to read balance sheets for clues about an organization’s financial stability, risk, and liquidity..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Dig into the unique opportunities—and challenges—of social media and word-of-mouth communications. From Facebook pages to viral videos, you’ll learn how to navigate today’s marketing innovations and tap into their power, reach, and low cost. You’ll also learn how to dodge common errors other companies make..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Passionate customers, tremendous profits, happy employees—the Trader Joe’s grocery chain is a powerful business success story. Discover how their secret for success lies in their use of trade-offs to make it hard for imitators and to mitigate the negative effects of the industry..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Bonjour! Begin your voyage with a global look at the French language and French-speaking countries around the world. Learning a new language is an active process, and language is deeply connected to the cultures where it is spoken. To begin, you will survey a few patterns and rules to jump-start your understanding of French.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When should you retire? And how do you save enough to ensure that you're financially covered for the future? Demystify the retirement savings process with continuing guidance from the life cycle theory of managing money. Explore the different investment options at your disposal - including 401(k)s, IRAs, and annuities - and build a strategy for retirement.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Ways to improve business processes are indispensable to success. Gain simple tools and methods for improving the processes that matter to your organization. Learn how to create and use powerful, yet simple tools called process maps..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What makes statements of cash flows the most important financial statements you’ll encounter? Professor Sussman explains the differences between revenues, profits, and cash flows; discusses the three separate sections of a statement of cash flows; and uses two intriguing anecdotes to highlight why analyzing these statements is so important..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
To keep people in an organization more focused, engaged, and productive, you need to recognize the importance not just of coaching, but of tailor-made coaching. Discover how it works with a step-by-step analysis of a successful coaching scenario and a look at four sets of employees in need of different types of coaching..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Mergers and acquisitions are part of daily life in the business world. Why do some bad deals get done, leaving the acquirer in a trouble spot? When can a hostile takeover be the right strategy to take, and how does one work? What happens if a bidding war occurs? What are some alternatives to merging?.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Why is power such a potent aspect of business? What do we mean by “power” in an organizational setting, and what are some of its work-related sources? How can you cultivate personal power within your organization? What strategies can you use to upwardly manage a relationship with your boss?.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Much of one’s success in an organization depends on how well one manages conflict with others. Professor Longenecker guides you through two primary types of conflict and three levels where they occur. Then, he offers ways to avoid or better handle conflict using a powerful management model involving cooperation and assertiveness..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Among the most pervasive developments in business organization over the past few decades is supply chain management. Learn how this discipline, a higher order of operations management, uses your network of suppliers and customers to achieve maximum effectiveness and help you better leverage your company’s supply chain..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Production operations are the greatest value-adding activity in all of business. Whether you’re making the product yourself or through others, explore the decisions involved in successful production operations, and get a glimpse at developments to look for in the future, including 3-D printing and reshoring..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
One of the core tenets of successful marketing is understanding your customer. But often times, you aren’t the customer you’re marketing to. What can you do instead? Find out in this introductory lecture on “Marketing 101”, which also explores four types of value consumers seek: functional, monetary, social, and psychological..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Turn now to service operations, the successful management of which takes into account the psychology of winning customers through great experiences. From the Service Quality Scale to the details of process improvement, find out how to seize the movement where services are increasingly dominating the 21st-century business landscape..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Cultivate stronger communication skills with this engaging lecture that covers three burning communication needs in an organization and introduces you to six critically important lessons every effective communicator should follow..
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