The Shorter MBA - Tapa dura

A succinct distillation of the skills that you need to be successful in business. Most people can't afford to give up two years to study for an MBA. This pithy, practical book presents all the essential theory, practiced and techniques taught to MBA students - ideal for the busy practising executive. It is divided into three parts:; Personal development; Management skills; Business development

Barrie Pearson is Executive Chairman of Livingstone Group Guarantee plc, based in London. He provides practical help and advice to clients ranging from multinational groups to private companies, in the areas of corporate strategy, acquisitions, disposals, buy-outs and corporate finance. Neil Thomas has written Keeping the Lid on to demonstrate how (before such matters were as much in the public arena as they now are) the desire for cover-ups in respected institutions could hide a multitude of sins. He is the author of many non-fiction works and also All Through the Night (a Welsh Western) set in the 1790s, showing how cowboys originated in Wales and not Wyoming!