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Finding Common Ground - Land, Equity & Agriculture: Wandile Sihlobo Finding Common Ground - Land, Equity & Agriculture
Wandile Sihlobo
R299 R234 Discovery Miles 2 340 Save R65 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

‘My hope is that people can grow to appreciate this sector – its challenges and opportunities, but most importantly, the role agriculture can play in improving South Africa’s rural economy, creating jobs and bringing about much-needed transformation (or inclusive growth).’
Wandile Sihlobo is perfectly positioned to provide a well-rounded, accessible view of agriculture in South Africa. He spent his school holidays in the rural Eastern Cape, studied agricultural economics at university, has worked in private-sector agriculture, consulting with farmers across the country, and has been an adviser to government as part of South African policymaking bodies.

Finding Common Ground is a selection of key articles from Sihlobo’s regular Business Day column, framed with insightful commentary and context. The book covers the broad themes that have marked current discussions and outlines the challenges and opportunities faced by South Africa’s agricultural sector, including:

  • The contentious and complex issue of land reform;
  • The potential for new leadership to revive the sector;
  • How agriculture can drive development and job creation;
  • Cannabis as an exportable commodity;
  • The urgent need for agricultural policy to address gender equity and youth involvement;
  • Technological developments and megatrends that are underpinning agricultural development;
  • The importance of trade in growing South Africa’s agriculture; and Key lessons that South Africa and other African countries can learn from one another.

Ultimately, Sihlobo is optimistic about the future of South Africa’s agricultural sector and shows us all – from policymakers to the general public – how much common ground we truly have.
Nuts & Bolts - Strengthening Africa's Innovation And Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (Paperback): McLean Sibanda Nuts & Bolts - Strengthening Africa's Innovation And Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (Paperback)
McLean Sibanda
R310 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Save R62 (20%) Ships in 9 - 14 working days

McLean Sibanda believes that Africa must be deliberate about its economic development and that change requires champions, and importantly, fertile enabling environments.

In Nuts & Bolts you will gain unique perspectives on challenges faced by leaders overseeing a turnaround in any organisation; and the thought processes behind innovation initiatives that yielded value. McLean provides practical insights on innovation and entrepreneurship for Africa’s development through a narrative of his seven years of repositioning Sub-Saharan Africa’s first internationally recognised Science and Technology Park, The Innovation Hub. Included, too, are reflections from entrepreneurs who have all gone on to build successful businesses which will be useful for anyone working on a start-up or innovation, particularly institutions set up to create new products or services. The musings of various successful entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders provide relevant context, inspiration and examples as to how best make use of support programmes provided by incubators and organisations similar to The Innovation Hub.

Nuts & Bolts is a book about hope; it is full of stories about real people and companies who are making a difference, with testimonies of entrepreneurs, experienced ecosystem builders and innovators. It captures deep insights from the considerable time McLean has spent with entrepreneurs and innovators, on the importance of inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship, and provides a mix of global experiences and entrepreneurship narratives that eloquently sketch out the ‘nuts and bolts’ for entrepreneurship and innovation.

It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism (Hardcover): Bernie Sanders It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism (Hardcover)
Bernie Sanders
R525 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R106 (20%) In Stock

It's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on the 1% and speaks blunt truths about a system that is fuelled by uncontrolled greed, and rigged against ordinary people. Where a handful of oligarchs have never had it so good, with more money than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes, and the vast majority struggle to survive. Where a decent standard of living for all seems like an impossible dream.

How can we accept an economic order that allows three billionaires to control more wealth than the bottom half of our society? How can we accept a political system that allows the super-rich to buy elections and politicians? How can we accept an energy system that rewards the fossil fuel corporations causing the climate crisis? How can we let it happen any longer? We must demand fundamental economic and political change. This is where the path forward begins.

It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism presents a vision of what would be possible if the political revolution took place. If we would finally recognize that economic rights are human rights, and work to create a society that provides them. This isn't some utopian fantasy; this is democracy as we should know it. Is it really too much to ask?

Anthro-Vision - How Anthropology Can Explain Business And Life (Paperback): Gillian Tett Anthro-Vision - How Anthropology Can Explain Business And Life (Paperback)
Gillian Tett
R350 R277 Discovery Miles 2 770 Save R73 (21%) Ships in 3 - 5 working days

For over a century, anthropologists have immersed themselves in unfamiliar cultures, uncovering the hidden rituals that govern how people act. Now, a new generation of anthropologists are using these methods in a different context - to illuminate the behaviour of businesses and consumers around the globe.

In Anthro-Vision, Gillian Tett - bestselling author, Financial Times journalist, and anthropology PhD - reveals how anthropology can make sense of the corporate world. She outlines how anthropology helps explain consumer behaviour - revealing the 'webs of meaning' that underpin our shopping habits, and unpicking the subtle cultural shifts driving the rise of green business. She explores how anthropology can shed light on the workplace, identifying the hidden tribes within the office, and pinpointing which rituals are binding together a team. And she shows how we can all use anthropology in our own lives, too: helping us make better decisions, navigate risk - even work out what our peers are really thinking.

Along the way, Tett draws on stories from Tajik villages and Amazon warehouses, Japanese classrooms and Wall Street trading floors, all to reveal the power of anthropology in action.

The result is a wholly new way to understand human behaviour. In a shortsighted world, we can all learn to see clearly - using the power of Anthro-Vision.

How Confidence Works - The New Science Of Self-Belief, Why Some People Learn It And Others Don't (Paperback): Ian Robertson How Confidence Works - The New Science Of Self-Belief, Why Some People Learn It And Others Don't (Paperback)
Ian Robertson
R380 R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Save R83 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Why do boys instinctively bullsh*t more than girls? How do economic recessions shape a generation's confidence? Can we have too much confidence and, if so, what are the consequences?

Imagine we could discover something that could make us richer, healthier, longer-living, smarter, kinder, happier, more motivated and more innovative. Ridiculous, you might say... What is this elixir? Confidence. If you have it, it can empower you to reach heights you never thought possible. But if you don't, it can have a devastating effect on your future.

Confidence lies at the core of what makes things happen. Exploring the science and neuroscience behind confidence that has emerged over the last decade, clinical psychologist and neuroscientist Professor Ian Robertson tells us how confidence plays out in our minds, our brains and indeed our bodies. He explains where it comes from and how it spreads - with extraordinary economic and political consequences. And why it's not necessarily something you are born with, but something that can be learned.

Entrepreneurship And New Venture Management (Paperback, 7th Edition): Entrepreneurship And New Venture Management (Paperback, 7th Edition)
R599 R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Save R100 (17%) Ships in 6 - 10 working days

Entrepreneurship and New Venture Management provides comprehensive coverage of all facets of entrepreneurship, including marketing, finance, HR, and operations management. The book discusses various theoretical aspects to be considered when starting a new business venture and offers practical examples to show the real-life application of the theory.

This new edition has been streamlined to ensure all the relevant theoretical aspects to be considered when starting a new business venture are easily accessible to students. The theory is supported with example and case studies, including South Africa success stories. In particular, there is a focus on digital marketing and technology which can enable and support small businesses.

Using an applied approach and accessible language, the book is written for students in their second and third year of studies at universities and universities of technology.

Applied Questions On Auditing (Paperback, 8th Edition): B.M. Barnard, B. Marx, A. van der Watt, P.A. Lansdell Applied Questions On Auditing (Paperback, 8th Edition)
B.M. Barnard, B. Marx, A. van der Watt, P.A. Lansdell
R1,197 R1,065 Discovery Miles 10 650 Save R132 (11%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

The questions in this book are grouped according to the various topics covering the different stages of the audit process.

To enhance the value of the book and to make it more useful, it was decided to include answers to all the questions in the text.

Is Your Thinking Keeping You Poor? - 50 Ways the Rich Think Differently (Paperback): Douglas Kruger Is Your Thinking Keeping You Poor? - 50 Ways the Rich Think Differently (Paperback)
Douglas Kruger 4
R270 R211 Discovery Miles 2 110 Save R59 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Being rich is not normal: most people never achieve wealth in their lifetime. The very word ‘rich’ describes a state beyond the median, and therein lies an important lesson.

To become rich, your thinking has to be radically different from that of the people around you. Do you know what those specific differences may be?

Business and wealth guru Douglas Kruger strips away the feel-good hype and gets right down to the practical principles. He leads you through the types of thinking that hold individuals, families and businesses in generational cycles of poverty. He explores the dramatically different approaches of the self-made rich and super-rich, showing you which behaviours to begin practising and which behaviours are traitorous to your wealth potential.

Escape poverty. Raise your value. Change the trajectory of your story.

It all begins with the way you think.

Operations Management (Paperback, 4th Edition): Operations Management (Paperback, 4th Edition)
R589 R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Save R99 (17%) Ships in 6 - 10 working days

Operations Management is an undergraduate introductory text at universities and universities of technology on the managerial practices required in the manufacturing of products and provision of services.

Its purpose is to set out the cost-effective management of resources to achieve organizational goals and the focus is on systematic planning, operation, control, and improvement of the processes which produce goods and deliver services. Managing operations is vital to every type of organization, for it is only through effective and efficient utilization of resources that an organization can be successful in the long run.

This new edition has been thoroughly updated to address the implications of the fourth industrial revolution, changes to the global supply chain, the impact of evolving technologies, and the global emphasis on sustainability as per the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals. Examples and case studies have also been extensively updated.

Economics For South African Students (Paperback, 6th edition): Philip Mohr Economics For South African Students (Paperback, 6th edition)
Philip Mohr
R765 R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Save R62 (8%) In Stock

Like its predecessors, the sixth edition of Economics for South African students is a comprehensive introduction to economics in general, set against a contemporary South African background. The easy style and many practical examples make this publication extremely accessible.

The book covers all the material usually prescribed for introductory courses, and it lays a solid foundation for intermediate and advanced studies in economics. The sixth edition is a unique textbook. A number of experts have contributed short pieces under the collective title In the real world. We trust that these examples and case studies will be put to good use by lecturers (eg in discussion classes) while also providing students with more practical material to enhance their coursework.

Some of the topics covered by the In the real world pieces include:

  • #Fees must fall ... to zero?Does free higher education exist?
  • Land reform
  • Nationalisation of the SARB
  • What should the SARB target?
  • Are tax incentives a good idea?
Handle Black Tax Like A Pro (Paperback): Ndumi Hadebe Handle Black Tax Like A Pro (Paperback)
Ndumi Hadebe
R260 R208 Discovery Miles 2 080 Save R52 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Black tax is not so much about money as it is about boundaries: there is a mental and emotional price we pay when dealing with the complex issues relating to black tax and its effect on our relationships with our families and with money itself. Helping others is commendable, but where does one draw the line between healthy helping and standing in the way of the financial independence of those on the receiving end of black tax?

In ten relatable stories that range from absent fathers to siblings’ expectations, self-leadership coach Ndumi Hadebe explores the boundary issues that lead to financial and emotional burdens for those struggling with black tax, as well as the normalised behaviours, notions and societal constructs that will keep you spinning in the washing machine of black tax if you don’t explore solutions to it.

Drawing on particular themes in each story, Ndumi will show you how to tackle your black tax in a way that is peaceful and non-threatening to your relationships with loved ones. She also opens up about her own struggle with boundaries and reflects on the ways that this has impacted her life.

Handle Black Tax Like a Pro is a helpful guide that will provide you with a roadmap to stronger relatiovnships, better finances and overall well-being.

The Price Of Money - How To Prosper In A Financial World That's Rigged Against You (Paperback): Rob Dix The Price Of Money - How To Prosper In A Financial World That's Rigged Against You (Paperback)
Rob Dix
R350 R290 Discovery Miles 2 900 Save R60 (17%) In Stock

For centuries, working hard and saving up diligently would have set you up for financial security and a comfortable retirement. Not anymore.

Over the last 50 years, we've entered a new financial world - one where your savings lose value faster than you can build them, a global mountain of debt piles up ever higher, and most people slip backwards however hard they try.

In The Price of Money, a leading investment expert explains what's changed - and what you should do now we're here. You'll learn why currencies the world over have lost 99 per cent of their value, and how to use future declines to your advantage. You'll understand how the government can produce hundreds of billions out of thin air, and which investments benefit when they do. Most importantly, you'll be shown what's coming next - and how to position yourself to gain rather than suffer.

You don't need even the slightest knowledge of economics to read this book - just a desire to understand why the world of money is working against you, and what to do about it.

Destroying Democracy - Neoliberal Capitalism And The Rise Of Authoritarian Politics (Paperback): Michelle Williams, Vishwas... Destroying Democracy - Neoliberal Capitalism And The Rise Of Authoritarian Politics (Paperback)
Michelle Williams, Vishwas Satgar; Jane Duncan, Linda Gordon, Gunnett Kaaf, …
R300 R234 Discovery Miles 2 340 Save R66 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Democracy is being destroyed. This is a crisis that expresses itself in the rising authoritarianism visible in divisive and exclusionary politics, populist political parties and movements, increased distrust in fact-based information and news, and the withering accountability of state institutions. What is less obvious is that the sources of the democratic rot are integral to the systemic crisis generated by neoliberal capitalism, which assigns economic metrics to all aspects of life. In other words, the crisis of democracy is the political crisis of neoliberal capitalism. Over the last four decades, democracy has radically shifted to a market democracy in which all aspects of human, non-human and planetary life are commodified, with corporations becoming more powerful than states and their citizens.

Volume six of the Democratic Marxism series focuses on how decades of neoliberal capitalism have eroded the global democratic project and how, in the process, authoritarian politics are gaining ground. Scholars and activists from the left focus on four country cases – India, Brazil, South Africa and the United States of America – in which the COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled and highlighted the pre-existing crisis. They interrogate issues of politics, ecology, state security, media, access to information and political parties, and affirm the need to reclaim and re-build an expansive and inclusive democracy.

Destroying Democracy is an invaluable resource for the general public, activists, scholars and students who are interested in understanding the threats to democracy and the rising tide of authoritarianism in the global global South and global North.

Koos Bekker's Billions (Paperback): T J Strydom Koos Bekker's Billions (Paperback)
T J Strydom
R300 R240 Discovery Miles 2 400 Save R60 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

With M-Net, Koos Bekker convinced the business world he had the magic touch. But it was only the start of an entrepreneurial journey that would bring him immense wealth.

Bekker swept in at Naspers, transforming an Afrikaans printer into a global technology giant, earning investors trillions and himself a good few billion. But how? What were the methods employed by this boerseun from Heidelberg?

Financial journalist TJ Strydom distils it down to 15 steps, each calculated and effective, sketching out the winning ways of the elusive media mogul. Bekker often gets the credit for the investment in China’s Tencent, a single punt that rivals South Africa’s entire mining sector in the wealth it created this century. But should he be the one lauded for this achievement?

Project Management For Engineering, Business And Technology (Paperback, 6th Edition): John M. Nicholas, Herman Steyn Project Management For Engineering, Business And Technology (Paperback, 6th Edition)
John M. Nicholas, Herman Steyn
R500 R472 Discovery Miles 4 720 Save R28 (6%) Ships in 9 - 14 working days

Project Management for Engineering, Business and Technology is a highly regarded textbook that addresses project management across all industries. First covering the essential background, from origins and philosophy to methodology, the bulk of the book is dedicated to concepts and techniques for practical application. Coverage includes project initiation and proposals, scope and task definition, scheduling, budgeting, risk analysis, control, project selection and portfolio management, program management, project organization, and all-important "people" aspects—project leadership, team building, conflict resolution, and stress management.

The systems development cycle is used as a framework to discuss project management in a variety of situations, making this the go-to book for managing virtually any kind of project, program, or task force. The authors focus on the ultimate purpose of project management—to unify and integrate the interests, resources and work efforts of many stakeholders, as well as the planning, scheduling, and budgeting needed to accomplish overall project goals.

This sixth edition features:

  • updates throughout to cover the latest developments in project management methodologies;
  • a new chapter on project procurement management and contracts;
  • an expansion of case study coverage throughout, including those on the topic of sustainability and climate change, as well as cases and examples from across the globe, including India, Africa, Asia, and Australia; and
  • extensive instructor support materials, including an instructor’s manual, PowerPoint slides, answers to chapter review questions and a test bank of questions.

Taking a technical yet accessible approach, this book is an ideal resource and reference for all advanced undergraduate and graduate students in project management courses, as well as for practicing project managers across all industry sectors.

Managing Business Projects - The Essentials (Paperback): Frank Einhorn Managing Business Projects - The Essentials (Paperback)
Frank Einhorn
R495 R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Save R27 (5%) Ships in 9 - 14 working days

Managing Business Projects: The Essentials differs from many other project management textbooks. Foremost, it is about business projects as opposed to construction or engineering projects. Although many techniques, like schedule management, apply to both, they are usually applied differently. As its title conveys, the book explains the essential techniques and perspectives needed for business projects to be successful. The focus is on small- and medium-sized projects, up to $20 million, but often below $1 million. Some literature favors large and mega-projects, but for every mega-project, there are many thousands of smaller projects that are vital to the organization and could involve considerable complexity and risk. Nevertheless, the techniques outlined here also apply to mega-projects and their many subprojects; they even apply to some aspects of construction or engineering projects.

This book does not aim to cover all project management techniques. In real life there is simply no time for sophisticated ‘should-dos.' Rather, it covers the essentials that apply to almost all business projects; these are unlikely to change in the future even as technology and methodologies advance. The driving idea, which is stated repeatedly, is to do the essentials and to do them consistently and well.

Strong emphasis is placed on things that happen before, around, and after the project itself. So, while the basic disciplines like engaging with stakeholders, managing scope, schedules, costs, risks, issues, changes, and communication, are thoroughly explained, other important aspects are covered. These include: governance of a project and of a portfolio of projects, project selection with its financial and non-financial aspects, effective use of the business case through to benefits realization, procurement, outsourcing and partnership, and also the agile mindset that is valuable beyond Agile projects.

Besides project managers and sponsors, this book is intended for people who are working in business or government, at any level, or for MBA students. It offers perspectives that enable them to learn more from their everyday experience. It is not aimed at undergraduate students, although many would benefit from the contents.

Economic Indicators (Paperback, 4th Edition): Phillip Mohr Economic Indicators (Paperback, 4th Edition)
Phillip Mohr
R420 R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 11 - 14 working days

The fourth edition of Economic Indicators is fundamentally revised, updated, and expanded. It covers the most recent comprehensive revisions of the national accounts in South Africa, the consumer price index, the producer price index, various labor market surveys, and government finance statistics.

Each chapter contains more information than before, for example, on business cycles, money, credit and interest rates, budget deficits, foreign debt, units of measurement, as well as various technical aspects, such as the previous-year comparison error, data revisions, and the calculation of growth rates. A new section examines the impact of economic indicators on the financial markets, and a number of political and politico-economic indicators have been added. New segments include one on important international economic indicators, another on the indicators that are examined by the South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee when deciding on interest rates, another on the Baltic Dry Index, and even one to prove that the experts can also sometimes get it wrong. All the data that are used to illustrate and explain the various indicators have been updated and, as always, a wealth of data on the South African economy is provided.

The book is an indispensable reference source for a variety of professionals, including economists, financial analysts, accountants, lawyers, industrial relations specialists, brokers, dealers, political scientists, and development specialists. Last, but by no means least, the book is informative and accessible to interested lay people.

A Taste For Life - How The Spur Legend Was Born (Paperback): Allen Ambor A Taste For Life - How The Spur Legend Was Born (Paperback)
Allen Ambor
R315 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R44 (14%) Ships in 8 - 12 working days

"If there’s one sure thing I have learned from half a century in the restaurant business, it’s that patience isn’t a virtue when you’re hungry. Service is the virtue."

Join Allen Ambor on a rock ’n roll ride through the restaurant business and pioneering days of franchising in South Africa.

Ambor’s exuberance for life and exacting management style shine through on every page of this biography of the man who went from being a hippy waiter to opening the first Spur in 1967 and growing it into an empire that included more than 500 franchises under the Spur, Panarottis, John Dory’s and RocoMamas brands.

The End Of Reality - How 4 Billionaires Are Selling A Fantasy Future Of The Metaverse, Mars And Crypto (Paperback): Jonathan... The End Of Reality - How 4 Billionaires Are Selling A Fantasy Future Of The Metaverse, Mars And Crypto (Paperback)
Jonathan Taplin
R420 R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Save R92 (22%) In Stock

A brilliant takedown and exposé of the great con job of the twenty-first century—the metaverse, crypto, space travel, transhumanism—being sold by four billionaires (Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreesen, Elon Musk), leading to the degeneration and bankruptcy of our society.

At a time when the crises of income inequality, climate, and democracy are compounding to create epic wealth disparity and the prospect of a second American civil war, four billionaires are hyping schemes that are designed to divert our attention away from issues that really matter. Each scheme—the metaverse, cryptocurrency, space travel, and transhumanism—is an existential threat in moral, political, and economic terms.

In The End of Reality¸ Jonathan Taplin provides perceptive insight into the personal backgrounds and cultural power of these billionaires—Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Marc Andreesen (“The Four”) —and shows how their tech monopolies have brought middle-class wage stagnation, the hollowing out of many American towns, a radical increase in income inequality, and unbounded public acrimony. Meanwhile, the enormous amount of taxpayer money to be funneled into the dystopian ventures of "The Four," the benefits of which will accrue to billionaires, exacerbate these disturbing trends.

The End of Reality is both scathing critique and reform agenda that replaces the warped worldview of "The Four" with a vision of regenerative economics that seeks to build a sustainable society with healthy growth and full employment.

Time For Socialism - Dispatches From A World On Fire, 2016-2021 (Hardcover): Thomas Piketty Time For Socialism - Dispatches From A World On Fire, 2016-2021 (Hardcover)
Thomas Piketty
R575 R460 Discovery Miles 4 600 Save R115 (20%) Ships in 9 - 14 working days

A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

As a correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty has documented the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Emmanuel Macron's ascendance to the French presidency, the unfolding of a global pandemic, and much else besides, always from the perspective of his fight for a more equitable world. This collection brings together those articles and is prefaced by an extended introductory essay, in which Piketty argues that the time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as a counterweight against the hypercapitalism that defines our current economic ideology.

These essays offer a first draft of history from one of the world's leading economists and public figures, detailing the struggle against inequalities and tax evasion, in favor of a federalist Europe and a globalization more respectful of work and the environment.

Employee Engagement In A South African Context (Paperback): Hester Nienaber, Nico Martins Employee Engagement In A South African Context (Paperback)
Hester Nienaber, Nico Martins
R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 In Stock

Employee engagement is at the forefront of business agendas as it facilitates organisational performance. Engaged employees result in delighted customers, which in turn contribute to improved financial results.

The book address the following issues:

  • What is “employee engagement” – different levels i.e. organisational, department/team, individual?
  • Why is employee engagement important?
  • Measuring employee engagement; the different instruments available; the different national and international approaches in measuring employee engagement; why is it important to account for context in measuring?
  • High level overview of the Nienaber and Martins employee engagement framework and measurement instrument (including trust)
  • The current state of employee engagement in SA
  • Engagement and related human resource concepts/constructs (eg. organisational culture, commitment, citizen behaviour).
Genius - How To Take Smart Ideas Global (Paperback): Bruce Whitfield Genius - How To Take Smart Ideas Global (Paperback)
Bruce Whitfield 1
R350 R301 Discovery Miles 3 010 Save R49 (14%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

South Africa and its fraught political economy provide a fascinating case study into how it takes a particular brand of genius to thrive in a difficult domestic environment and to take the ideas and the businesses that deliver them from local to global. Genius tells the stories of some of the extraordinary individuals, companies and industries whose ideas, products and raw materials solve problems and add value across the globe.

Greatness comes from acting on purpose, and there is a generation of South Africans solving problems for the future. Learn how Pratley beat Armstrong to the moon, how a former Eskom quantity surveyor capitalised on Britain’s obsession with meerkats to create the UK’s most visible price comparison website, how to take a Mediterranean-style food concept to the Mediterranean, and how a device designed to beat diamond smuggling made it from the set of a popular US hospital drama into emergency rooms and pathology labs across the US.

Genius examines what it takes to thrive in an increasingly complex, fast-paced and divisive global environment. These are lessons for anyone looking to succeed anywhere against the odds.

Exploring The Core Content Of Socio-Economic Rights - South African And International Perspectives (Paperback): Danie Brand,... Exploring The Core Content Of Socio-Economic Rights - South African And International Perspectives (Paperback)
Danie Brand, Sage Russell
R20 Discovery Miles 200 In Stock

This book brings together a series of papers and responses to papers presented at a conference on the minimum core content of socio-economic rights in Pretoria, South Africa, during August 2000.

The papers describe, first from an international law perspective and then from a South African perspective, these socio-economic rights. In the process, the normative content of rights concerned is given flesh: the authors identify particular obligations that can be said to form the core of rights, such as the right to housing, the right to food, rights to education and social security and assistance. At the same time, the concept of a minimum core obligations of economic and social rights is problematised and the difficulties of using concepts, developed within the general and abstract realm of international law, in the more particular and concrete context of domestic rights adjudication are explored.

As a result, this book contains a great deal of practical information and is useful for human rights practitioners, both legal and non-legal. It also provides some critical reflection on the conceptual framework from which it is derived.

Business Management - A Contemporary Approach (Paperback, 4th Edition): Andreas de Beer, Jessica Nel Business Management - A Contemporary Approach (Paperback, 4th Edition)
Andreas de Beer, Jessica Nel
R482 R425 Discovery Miles 4 250 Save R57 (12%) In Stock

No business exists in a vacuum – it is impacted on by a constantly evolving world, which presents new challenges and opportunities every day. To cope with these, a business should be proactive and adaptive, not just at an operational level, but at a functional and strategic level as well. There are 12 chapters in Business Management: A Contemporary Approach focuses specifically on the functions of the business organisation and how to respond to changes in the micro-, and macro-environment, and in the market.

An introduction to the field of business management orients the reader, followed by general management principles applicable to any business manager. The book goes on to cover the various functions of the business organisation: financial management; credit management; information management; public relations; operations management; marketing management; human resource management; and purchasing management in supply chain management. It also covers contemporary issues like corporate citizenship and trends and changes in internationalisation.

The fourth edition of Business Management: A Contemporary Approach includes new features and updated content, such as:

  • New case studies applying theory to practical situations
  • Experiential exercises and multiple-choice questions
  • Up-to-date theory on the functions of the business organization
  • In-depth analysis of the relevant issues of corporate citizenship, globalisation and international trade

This book will equip readers with a general understanding of the divergent internal functions of the business organisation and the interrelationships between and among these functions. The readers will also be equipped with the necessary competencies (knowledge, skills and values) to perform the tasks and roles of a manager in any functional area of a business. At the end of each chapter, there are questions for self-assessment. By answering these questions, you will get an idea of whether you have mastered the chapters.

The Governance Of China: Volume 3 (Hardcover): Xi Jinping The Governance Of China: Volume 3 (Hardcover)
Xi Jinping
R399 R361 Discovery Miles 3 610 Save R38 (10%) In Stock

The first and second volumes of Xi Jinping's The Governance of China have received an enthusiastic response from China and other parts of the world.

Since the 19th CPC National Congress, Xi Jinping has put forward many original ideas drawn from his experiences in state governance in the new era, charting the course in line with the times and further enriching the theoretical base of the Party. To help officials and the public understand and apply Xi Jinping's thoughts on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, to strengthen their commitment to the Four Consciousnesses, the Four-sphere Confidence and the Two Upholds, and also to help the international community gain a full appreciation of the thought and the reasons for the success of the CPC, Marxism and Chinese socialism, the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council Information Office, with the support of the Research Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee and China International Publishing Group, have compiled a third volume of The Governance of China.

This volume contains a compilation of 92 of Xi Jinping's spoken and written works from October 18, 2017 to January 13, 2020, along with 41 photographs. It is divided into 19 sections by topic, with the articles in each section arranged in chronological order.

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