This book provides a clear understanding of performance improvement opportunities and what is at stake if these opportunities are overlooked. It outlines a powerful and logical approach for assessing the state-of-play in any organization, and offers ways to estimate the specific opportunities related to implementing a change in strategy and practices. It also details a comprehensive framework for organizing the transformation plan across multiple dimensions, and gives advice on which areas to focus on first in order to build and ensure success.

Motivational speaker and corporate consultant Quinn McKay has distilled his lifetime investigation of business integrity into The Bottom Line of Integrity. McKay offers business people 12 keys to both help them recognize situations where they must protect their integrity and solve the dilemma many encounter when personal ethics and business ethics conflict. McKay's conversational style makes this a thorough, thought-provoking and must-read office manual.

Dubbed the "bible" by market analysts and traders since 1939, The CRB Commodity Yearbook provides indispensable information on over 100 domestic and international commodities. The Yearbook includes seasonal patterns and historical data, pricing and trading patterns on a monthly and annual basis, and more than 1,000 charts, tables, and graphs covering production/consumption, supply and demand patterns, and trading highlights. Gathered from government reports, private industry, and trade and industry associations, the data is compiled by the Commodity Research Bureau for this indispensible report. You?ll find: Worldwide supply/demand and production/consumption data for all the basic commodities and futures markets -- from A(luminum) to Z(inc), including all the major markets in interest rates, currencies, energy, and stock index futures. Over 900 tables, graphs, and price charts of historical data, many of which show price history dating back to 1900. A fact-filled CD-ROM featuring valuable commodity information in an easy-to-use electronic format. Concise introductory articles that describe the salient features of each commodity and help put the quantitative information in perspective. Articles by prominent professionals on key markets and important issues, including several by CRB Chief Economist, Richard W. Asplund: ?Major Commodity Bull Market Continues in 2004," "U.S. Economy in 2004 Shows Strong Growth," "World Economy in 2004 Shows Improvement," and "China Continues to Drive Global Commodity Prices." Order your copy today! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

The British Retail Consortium represents UK retailers of all sizes and sectors, and seeks to promote wider understanding of the industry's contribution to the UK economy. This yearbook provides information on the organisation, membership and activities, with a directory of membership. It contains an essay on the value of retailing within the economy as well as other perspectives on retailing, such as: corporate responsibility; emerging markets; falling margins and regional reviews.

A compendium of health facts and remedies covers a wide range of subjects, including heart disease, medications, vitamins, weight and fitness, herbal solutions, and more.

The Bottom Billion is an elegant and impassioned synthesis from one of the world's leading experts on Africa and poverty. It was hailed as "the best non-fiction book so far this year" by Nicholas Kristoff of The New York Times.