South Africa’s fiscal and governance challenges are not merely political—they’re structural. In The Bottom Line, Chartered Accountant and CFO Yusuf Bodiat applies a strategic finance mindset to the business of government, reframing South Africa as a case study in turnaround management. Using the same analytical tools that drive corporate recovery, Bodiat presents a CFO’s blueprint for stabilisation, credibility, and sustainable growth.

This is not another political commentary. It’s a financial playbook for rebuilding a nation, grounded in rigour, accountability, and execution. With practical frameworks, diagnostic tools, and case studies, the book bridges the gap between strategy and delivery—offering decision-makers in both public and private sectors a roadmap for reform.

No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisively as capitalism. It structures how we live and work, how we think about ourselves and others, how we organise our politics. Sven Beckert situates the story of capitalism within the largest conceivable geographical and historical framework in this fascinating new book.

Capitalism, argues Beckert, was born global. Emerging from merchant communities across Asia, Africa and Europe, capitalism’s radical recasting of economic life rooted itself only gradually. Then it burst onto the world scene, as European states and merchants built a powerful alliance that would propel them across the oceans. This epic drama corresponded at no point to an idealised dream of free markets. All along, state-backed institutions and imperial expansions shaped its dynamics.

Capitalism decentres the European perspective, highlighting agency, resistance, innovation and ruthless coercion around the world through to the present with the rise of Asian economies, particularly China. Sven Beckert doesn’t merely add up capitalism’s debits and credits in this monumental book, but allows us to think afresh about the past to help us re-imagine the future.

Gender quotas for company boards are becoming a totemic issue of gender diversity policy in today's labour market. Throughout the Western world many countries are experimenting with compulsory gender diversity measures for board rooms. The European Union as a whole is considering to make such quotas obligatory. This book analyses the EU proposal and brings together the experiences of countries that have, to various degrees, taken the road towards formalising gender balance in the board room. It offers a critical context to these evolutions by testing the presumptions of the quotas drive on two key fronts: their relation to corporate governance and their compatibility with non-discrimination law. As the gender composition of company boards is gaining widespread attention, this book offers a timely analysis and useful perspectives that will inform both proponents and opponents. Blending disciplines as well as countries, this book will appeal to anyone with a professional interest in the topic, in particular lawyers, management consultants, and policy makers.

THE MONEY SYNDROME lucidly describes mechanisms and processes in the circulation sphere of money and in the sphere of financing. It presents an inventory of effects that result from a basic flaw in the world monetary system. Understanding the root cause of quite a number of undesirable effects opens the prospect for solutions. The solution was first proposed almost a hundred years ago but it was not understood.We need this solution for our planet and for the sake of future generations.

Baie dinge het die afgelope paar eeue verander. Jy hoef nie meer ’n koninklike te wees om suksesvol te wees nie. En jy kan ondenkbare rykdom in ’n enkele leeftyd versamel. Die meeste mense weet eenvoudig nie hoe nie.”

Jy is waarskynlik reeds ’n entrepreneur. Of jy droom daarvan om een te wees. Jy wil jou eie onderneming besit en jou eie baas wees.

Daniel Strauss, die Strauss in die beleggingsonderneming Stocks & Strauss, is sy eie baas, maar dit was nie altyd die geval nie. Tydens sy grootwordjare was hy daarvan oortuig dat die rykes slimmer is of oor vaardighede of kennis beskik wat gewone mense nie kan bekom nie. Maar op ’n dag het ’n toevallige ontmoeting met ’n miljardêr-entrepreneur hom laat besef dat ‘die rykes’ eintlik ‘normale mense’ is, net soos hy. Die verskil is dat die geldloses wat skatryk word, weet hoe om bó die lyn te dink. Hulle het die ingesteldheid van ’n miljardêr.

In Dink soos ’n miljardêr verduidelik Daniel wat dit beteken om hierdie lewensveranderende nuwe ingesteldheid aan te neem. Hy deel sy geheime tot sukses, insluitend hoe om toegang tot kapitaal te verkry, waar om die regte mense te vind om jou te help om jou doelwitte te bereik, en hoe om jou gedagtes van selfopgelegde beperkings te bevry, sodat jy ook soos ’n miljardêr kan dink – en uiteindelik – een kan word.

Employee sustainability and well-being have been increasingly important discussions in today's business world. Businesses may have difficulty implementing a successful long-term policy due to a lack of knowledge, limited resources, and a short-term focus; however, the effects have shown a potential strategic and growth advantage. Promoting employee sustainability is an important step towards greater competitive advantage, creation of added value to the business, and a greater identity among society and within the organization itself. Developing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies for Promoting Employee Sustainability and Well-Being analyzes the current state of employee sustainability policies, systematizes the factors that promote a more sustainable and healthier workplace, explores the implications of diversity and inclusion practices on the well-being of employees, and collects policy options aimed at finding solutions to enhance well-being. Covering topics such as emotional health, organizational behavior, and work satisfaction, this reference work is ideal for academicians, researchers, scholars, practitioners, policymakers, business owners, managers, government officials, instructors, and students.

Africa remains a mystery-enigma-attraction to investors, entrepreneurs and is growing on all fronts; without enough authoritative guides to the dynamics shaping the continent. Out of the top ten fastest growing economies of the world, no less than four are African – and yet the continent remains misunderstood.

There are many megatrends globally that warrant a special adaptation for the African continent, Africa Bounces Back uses case studies to show how these megatrends apply to the last economic growth frontier. The recent disruptions, including COVID-19, the changes in the US political landscape, human migration (including the surge of Africans moving to Europe), the rise of nationalism in developed countries, etc. all warrant attention in the context of what they mean for Africa as a destination of choice for investors, entrepreneurs and multinationals.

Victor Kgomoeswana has experience in two professional services firms (EY and Deloitte) – and at one of these he was instrumental in creating a knowledge resource centre for multinational clients who either had a presence in Africa and wanted to expand or those with no presence but interested in gaining insights before venturing.

He also has worked in the media since 1996 (all media, namely, print, radio, television and online) as anchor, specialist contributor, reporter, columnist, commentator – to date he still does an average of 3 interviews per week about the African continent, especially business and economic matters.

Local government has rapidly become both more important and more complex and the quality of municipal management is becoming more significant every day as local governments deal with a vast array of organizational and community challenges. The Role of Canadian City Managers brings together experienced city managers and municipal chief administrative officers (CAOs) across Canada to analyse the daily issues that they face. Each chapter deals with a particular issue or challenge, such as council/staff relations, collaborative initiatives, and crisis readiness. The book contributes to the literature on local government and public administration by providing insights from the "real time" lived experiences of city managers, spoken in their own words. The book also speculates about the contemporary leadership role of the city manager and the future of the city management profession. The Role of Canadian City Managers is a useful resource for scholars and students of local government and public administration, as well as public servants who work with or aspire to leadership roles within local government.

This is the most famous confidence-boosting book ever published; with sales of over 16 million copies worldwide Millions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie.

In How to Win Friends and Influence People , he offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. His advice has stood the test of time and will teach you how to make friends quickly and easily; increase your popularity; persuade people to follow your way of thinking; enable you to win new clients and customers; become a better speaker; and boost enthusiasm among your colleagues.

This classic book will turn your relationships around and improve your interactions with everyone in your life. Dale Carnegie, known as 'the arch-priest of the art of making friends', pioneered the development of personal business skills, self-confidence and motivational techniques. His books - most notably How to Win Friends and Influence People - have sold tens of millions worldwide and, even in today's changing climate, they remain as popular as ever.

By now everyone acknowledges that organizations and institutions have been profoundly affected by COVID-19 and will not be returning to normal. Therefore, they have started looking ahead to the new normal that is now being created. What are the practices, policies, technologies, and interactions that will define this new normal? What is the future of leadership, culture, and technology in a Post COVID world? This publication delves into how virtual technology has evolved to create remote office and remote teaming in health, education, engineering, and other business solutions. The chapters explore culture in business and how individuals may interface, communicate, and collaborate in past, current, and future business models. Technology and leadership have an impact on how the interface occurs and culture as a whole. Leadership is the number one driver of culture through agenda, work models, vision, purpose, and inspiration. The new models of business will force a change in how Leadership continues to impact culture and continuation of the business.

The World Economic Forum recognizes negotiation as one of the ten most important practical life skills. Books explaining negotiation tactics have been best sellers for many years, but most miss the dynamic interplay of tactics during an actual negotiation. Learning Negotiation Through Literature fills that gap in an engaging and entirely unique way, with line-by-line analysis of extracts from classic and contemporary literature. The book also addresses the ethics of negotiation tactics, and whether that changes with culture or topic. Author: David Churchman is Professor Emeritus, California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he originated an MA in conflict management teaching one course in conflict theory and one in negotiation. A three-time Fulbright Scholar (Cyprus, Ukraine, Norway) in conflict management he also was an army officer and National Science Foundation program officer. After an apprenticeship training animals, especially big cats and raptors for movies, he co-founded a nonprofit company, using injured non-releasable exotic animals kept in a licensed facility, for an educational program averaging 100,000 student contacts each year.

Educating in Ethics for the Professions: A Compendium of Research, Theory, Practice, and an Agenda for the Future offers a state-of-the-art discussion on the part of applied ("professional") ethics educators who describe the teaching of ethics for their professions and who collectively represent a wide-ranging array of professions. The volume begins with an overview of the topics, contested ideas, and challenges confronting applied ethics educators, across the generations, providing a foundation from which the concept of ethics education as an integral formation frames each contributor's historical overview identifying how research, theory, and practice have evolved in each profession to this day. These discussions then turn to the topics, contested ideas, and challenges emerging in contemporary discourse. Each discussion culminates with suggestions regarding what ethics educators must consider for the future. The volume closes with a synthesis of the commonalities among and differences between the discussions representing diverse professional perspectives, yet framing this history as well as identifying an agenda for teaching applied ethics in the future.

A master at telling football's greatest ever stories... Breathtaking. Wilson's eye for detail and his elegant writing brings the World Cup to life like no other book on the topic I have ever read' ELIS JAMES

'Epic in scope, awesomely rich in detail, and compulsively entertaining' TOM HOLLAND

The football World Cup is the most watched sporting event on the planet. It has become a global obsession: 211 nations initially entered the 2022 edition. It has been running for almost a century. Yet there is no comprehensive history of the tournament: based on fresh interviews and meticulously researched this book will change that.

By 1930, football had outgrown the Olympic Games. A new competition, run by Fifa, would take international football to the next level. After a shambolic start to the first cup in Uruguay - an incomplete stadium, shoddy refereeing and physios accidentally injuring players - the thrilling final saw Uruguay take on Argentina, beating them 4-2.

From those chaotic beginnings grew the modern World Cup, a cultural phenomenon that draws the world together like nothing else, and that gives it a profound importance. Ask a random person on a random street to name a moment in the history of Senegal and they may well say Pape Bouba Diop's winner against France in the 2002 World Cup, a goal not only against the defending champions but against the former colonial masters.

The World Cup has political significance. West Germany's success in 1954 was a moment of reintegration into global society. Progress to the semi-finals in 1998 gave a huge boost to Croatia's sense of national self. But football is an unpredictable sport. In the so-called Soccer War of 1969 tensions between El Salvador and Honduras were ignited by a World Cup qualifier. More recently, the focus for governments seeking to political gain has been hosting the tournament, with the World Cups in Russia and Qatar clear examples of sportswashing, staging a tournament to project an image of a thriving society.

There has never been a comprehensive history of the World Cup that has considered not only the matches and goals, the players and coaches, the tales of scandal and genius, the haggling and skulduggery of the bidding process, but has also placed the tournaments within a socio-political framework. The story of the World Cup is also the story of the world; this book tells its definitive history.

New small business owners are constantly pressured to play a major role in the economic growth of their respected nation. However, revitalizing how individuals think, research, teach, and implement performance strategies to improve the operations of these small businesses is critical to entrepreneurial success. Reshaping Entrepreneurship Education With Strategy and Innovation is an essential reference source that discusses strategies to overcome performance barriers as well as implementation of effective entrepreneurial processes based on a wide range of global issues. Featuring research on topics such as authentic leadership, business ethics, and social entrepreneurship, this book is ideally designed for entrepreneurs, business professionals, scholars, researchers, students, and practitioners seeking coverage on innovative performance operations of small businesses.

Intelligence Isn’t Enough will empower Black professionals, entering the workforce or already at work, teaching them to survive and thrive in the corporate environment.

Anderson, with vast experience at top companies as a professional development manager and coach, shares her knowledge. Insider status has given her access to revelatory industry trends and insights on the harsh realities of corporates. Often, Black professionals struggle the most and become demotivated early on in their professional lives as they lack the necessary skills, most of which aren’t taught at university.

This book will help Black professionals strategically perform in their careers. The author uses her own experience as a mentor, teacher and researcher, as well as the advice and personal anecdotes from 30 successful Black leaders to guide the reader.

By mastering the balance between working on versus working in your career you can start making more strategic decisions critical to your success and advancement in the workplace.