Business/Management/Nonprofits

Business/Management/Nonprofits

Brinkerhoff, Peter C., Faith-Based Management: Leading Organizations That Are Based On More Than Just Mission (John Wiley, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1999). ISBN 0-471-31544-3. First-of-of-its-kind guide to managing in the environments that make faith organizations different from the average nonprofit. Hardcover unclipped dust jacket, very good condition, autographed. HBB price: $50.

Jeanblanc, Yor and Chesney, Mathematical Models for Financial Markets (Springer, 1st ed., 2009). ISBN 978-1-85233-376-8. Bits and bobs on how those hedge fund boffins do their magic. Hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Fine condition. Octavo, 732 pp. HBB price: $40.

Kersten, E.L., Ph.D., The Art of Demotivation (Despair Ink, Executive Ed., 2005, 1st ed.). ISBN 1-892503-341-7. Leather bound with a brass smiley face in the center of the cover, and a brass clasp at the center of the fore edge. A guide to employee motivation “so dangerous they had to put a lock on it.” Hardcover, leather binding, octavo, 243 pp. Illustrated by Kevin Sprouls, the famed Wall Street Journal portraitist. An unusual and thought-provoking book. HBB price: $50.

Levine, Dennis B., with William Hoffer, Inside Out: An Insider’s Account of Wall Street (Putnam, 1st ed, 1st printing, 1991). ISBN 0-399-13655-X. Dennis Levine, one of the 1980s Masters of the Universe on Wall Street, penned this memoir of the quaint days, now long forgotten, when one could go to jail for a tenth of the greed and manipulation of the last decade. Hardcover unclipped dust jacket, fine condition. HBB price: $20.

Oakland, John and Marosszeky, Marton, Total Quality in the Construction Supply Chain (Butterworth/Heinemann, stated 1st ed. 1st printing, 2006). Thoroughgoing consideration of the areas that bedevil the construction process: Quality management- meeting customer expectations better; supply chain management- getting the right stuff to the right place at the right time and price; and knowledge management- seeing how others do it better, and earning from what one sees. 9.24” x 7”, softcover, very good condition 2 copies in stock. HBB price: $50.

Peters, Tom, Re-imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age (Dorling Kindersley, 1st ed., 1st printing, 2003). ISBN 0-7894-9647-X.  Former McKinsey consultant Peters, whose 1982 book In Search of Excellence set publishing records, has made a remarkable career explaining how things change so fast you need to disregard his last book and get the current one- until things change again and the next one comes along. Hardcover, quarto, unclipped dust jacket, autographed by Peters on the front end pages. HBB price: $24.99.