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Easy access to the essential knowledge and skills of a top-level M.B.A. program--without having to attend a lecture What the Best MBAs Know provides professionals who don't have the coveted M.B.A. designation with the skills and knowledge taught in today's finest programs. Professors from Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, and other influential programs contribute detailed chapters on broad-scope topics such as strategy, functional areas including accounting, and key disciplines from managerial economics to decision analysis. The resulting application-based book gives readers complete mastery over the most important concepts of an M.B.A. education, leveling the playing field between M.B.A. and non-M.B.A. professionals. Organized according to the subject matter of the core M.B.A. curriculum, this unique and valuable book features: Fascinating boxes discussing real-world situations and applications Companion website with interactive exercises, key links, and more Focused review questions and exercises for each chapter and area Contributors Charles P. Bonini, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Leslie K. Breitner, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington Richard J. Lutz, Warrington College of Business Administration at the University of Florida Steven L. McShane, Graduate School of Management at the University of Western Australia Steven Nahmias, Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University Stephen A. Ross, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Mary Ann Glinow, Florida International University Barton Weitz, Warrington College of Business Administration at the University of Florida Jeffrey F. Jaffe, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Randolph W. Westerfield, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

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This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The author, a Professor of Optometry with qualifications in law and experience in ethics, has written a unique book that gives the practitioner and student a solid foundation in the ethics of eye care practice. All optometrists need to be able to show an appropriate professional attitude to patients and colleagues, and to display an awareness of the legal, ethical and commercial constraints within which optometry operates, including legislation relating to the use and supply of ophthalmic drugs. This book will help you achieve those objectives. Each chapter contains many examples, both real and hypothetical cases, and exercises based on situations in which optometrists and eye care practitioners may find themselves during routine practice. A key focus is on developing both the knowledge and the skills of the student and practitioner to deal with these situations. Comprehensive, practical and illustrated with lively cartoons, Ethics for the Eye Care Professional will be the first port of call for both students and practitioners looking for a grounding in the ethical issues applying to practice.Provides a strong, relevant and up-to-date grounding in ethics as it applies to eyecare practiceHelps give students the skills they need to tackle the ethical issues they will encounter within their professional lifeFocussed on practical problem solving with many cases studies to help understandingReferences recent events and real life histories and experiencesDesigned to encourage the development of critical thinking and ethical skillsAuthoritative text by a Professor of Optometry with qualifications in and knowledge of law and ethicsLively and accessibly written, with cartoon illustrations throughout.

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Rejected from your top-choice MBA school?Uncertain about what step to take next? Cringing at the idea of having to go through all that work and expense again, perhaps only to meet rejection once more?Let Create a Better Sequel: How to Apply Right to Business School steer you in the right direction so that your efforts don't go to waste. Indeed, this concise, succinct e-book shows you how to use your previous application to inform your reapplication essays. Written by Linda Abraham, founder and president of Accepted.com, Create a Better Sequel teaches you how to:Improve your profile.Determine which schools are most appropriate for your reapplication effort.Evaluate the feedback you receive.Use your previous application to move you forward.Craft a compelling reapplication.Don't lose yourself in the maze of MBA reapplications. Use Create a Better Sequel to clarify the process and advance your application so you will never have to bother with reapplying again!

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Provides a detailed overview of the top MBA programs with sure-fire strategies for getting into the school of one's choice. Tells what business schools are looking for in their students and shows how applicants can improve their chances with grades, GMAT scores, and work experience. Softcover.

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Getting into graduate business school has become an increasingly competitive and complicated process. Each year approximately 100,000 applications are sent to top schools. Written by two current MBA students who successfully gained admission into multiple schools, Your MBA Game Plan provides a strategic framework for putting together winning applications. Your MBA Game Plan helps you navigate the application process by providing detailed analyses of every application component including: --GMAT --TOEFL --Essays --Recommendations --Interview --Data sheets --Transcript --Resume Essays and other application samples are provided to highlight strategies that successful applicants have employed to get into top schools. Your MBA Game Plan also demonstrates how to assemble a document that crystallizes your application strategy. Finally, this book shows you how to apply application strategy to 30 top schools. With Your MBA Game Plan in hand you will be well positioned to gain admission to the top business schools.

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To understand and profit from Total Quality Management, companies must pay particular attention to the first word in the phrase—total. The spectacular rewards enjoyed by top companies like 3M, FedEx, and Ben & Jerry's were earned through a total commitment to achieving superior quality and customer satisfaction across all company functions and processes.Total Quality Management, Second Edition gives you a completely up-to-date look at how 51 of the world's most successful companies put the total into TQM. Each of these companies, including 13 new additions and 23 Baldrige Award winners, is cited as a benchmark performer in a particular business function. Their examples help you set your sights on specific goals and learn a variety of ways to go about achieving each goal. Each chapter features the best practices of one manufacturing company, one service company, and one small business. Following the examples set by these overachievers, you'll discover how to: Lead the transition from traditional management to management by quality Identify customer needs and use that knowledge to drive the organization Integrate strategic quality and business planning into a single strategic process Communicate customer and company requirements throughout your organization Recognize and reward employee efforts and promote improved quality Establish uniform measurement systems and manage by fact, not fiction Borrow shamelessly from industry leaders to encourage breakthrough thinking Build strengths and eliminate weaknesses through an annual assessment process.Fully updated—the book that puts the total into.Total Quality Management.In this book, the former chairman of the Baldrige Award panel of judges teams up once again with a leading quality consultant to bring you a Baldrige-based TQM model that covers every aspect of your business. Built from the best practices of 51 companies (including 23 Baldrige Award winners) whose star performances have made them benchmark corporations, this book brings you: Best practices and TQM applications from small businesses, huge corporations, and everything in between TQM practices from retail stores, service companies, manufacturers, and more Hundreds of real-world examples, tested processes, and innovative techniques Proven ways to boost profits, inspire workers, and delight customers.Praise for the First Edition"Alive . . . vivid, entertaining, successful. . . . Even the most inexperienced can understand and implement TQM using this book."—Charles A. Aubrey Vice President, Juran Institute."If you read only one book about quality management, read this one . . . the definitive management handbook of the decade."—Lynn A. Moline Former Executive Director, Minnesota Council for Quality."A great book about a better way to run a company."—Bob G. Gower President and CEO, Lyondell Petrochemical Co."Packed with strategies that can be implemented in any organization . . . must reading for those interested in proven quality strategies."—Ellen Gaucher Senior Associate Director, University of Michigan Medical Center"Get it. This book is jammed full of practical case studies from a management and profitability perspective."—C. Jackson Grayson Jr. Chairman, American Productivity and Quality Center.Supplemented with an updated list of resources and a contact list for all profiled companies, Total Quality Management, Second Edition shows you how to lead your organization straight to the cutting edge of quality and keep it there.

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Please note that this is a 2nd edition book that is currently out of print. The current edition is titled Secrets to Getting into Business School: 100 Proven Admissions Strategies to Get You Accepted at the Business School of Your Dreams.