Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Computers and Business

Since the 1980s, successive waves of 'economic reform' have radically changed the Australian economy. We have seen privatisation, deregulation, marketisation, and the contracting out of government services such as transport and education. For three decades, there has been a virtual consensus amon...

It wasn't even the long list of scandals exposed to a horrified nation -- charging fees to dead people, ignoring blatant conflicts of interest, and taking $1 billion from customers in fees that banks were never entitled to. What made it so fascinating, so heart-breaking, and so enraging was the p...

A practical and down-to-earth guide for new team leaders and for established leaders who want to increase their leadership capability. It is packed with wisdom and experience of some of the best thinkers in this field. The text is written in an easy-to-read style and jargon is minimized.

A no-nonsense guide for those new to the workforce, looking for a job, career-changers and career builders. Organized into five direct and digestible chapters, You, Incorporated, is the ultimate practical guide to career success that zeros in on the three essential concepts that job-seekers, care...

AI is everywhere. It powers the autocorrect function of your iPhone, helps Google Translate understand the complexity of language, and interprets your behaviour to decide which of your friends' Facebook posts you most want to see. In the coming years, it'll perform medical diagnoses and drive you...

If you're young, dumb, and broke - or at least, two of those - I'm writing with you in mind.Chances are, plenty of people have already said to you that money makes the world go round. I'll guess that you've also been told, pretty relentlessly, to work hard and get that bread. And to always make s...

You're a business owner. Ever feel there's never enough money, help, or time? And no way forward? You're not alone. You already know how to run your business. It is a big part of who you are, what you represent, and what you stand for. What you invariably lack is sufficient time to ensure your mo...

"Setting wages isn't an exact science, but we like to think that our workplace performance provides an objective basis for pay. You're Paid What You're Worth offers a bold theory to the contrary, arguing that pay is decided in contests over interests and ideals-that social conflicts, not economic...

Want to flourish in a creative industry such as entertainment, marketing, advertising, PR, design, photography, media or the arts? Would you love to score your dream job or start a business doing something you love and be earning a great income - but you aren't sure how to make that happen? Then ...

Trading is a stressful occupation, with mental and emotional traps on every side. Our instincts drive us to self-destruction: holding plummeting stocks in the hope of a sudden recovery, or obsessing over the minute-to-minute movements of our holdings. What if there were a trader who knew how to a...