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Welcome to the AccountingWEB Book Recommendation Page. Our recommended books are listed by the date they were featured on our site.

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Prepare for the Worst, Plan for the Best: Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for Small Businesses
by Donna R. Childs

We know, in our post–September 11/post-Katrina world, that disasters are increasingly catastrophic in impact. While major disasters cannot be prevented, you can equip your small business with the knowledge needed to mitigate your risks and recover quickly when they occur. Now in its second edition, Prepare for the Worst, Plan for the Best: Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for Small Businesses presents you with a structured, time-tested blueprint to help you evaluate your business in terms of its vulnerability and guide you through developing a cost-effective, individualized disaster and recovery plan.

The Zone of Insolvency: How Nonprofits Avoid Hidden Liabilities & Build Financial Strength
by Ron Mattocks

Would you know if your nonprofit is in the Zone of Insolvency and understand the related legal responsibilities and liabilities of operating in financial distress? Approximately one-third of nonprofits—more than 450,000 organizations—function perpetually in the Zone of Insolvency, i.e., in financial distress, and approximately seven percent are completely insolvent. What is the impact of hundreds of millions of dollars given to charitable organizations that operate in perpetual financial distress? Do board members have an inherent obligation to keep nonprofit organizations in operation regardless of their financial condition, or theirmission effectiveness?

Executive Compensation Best Practices
by Frederick D. Lipman, Steven E. Hall

Executive compensation practices are under enormous scrutiny from activist shareholders, corporate governance rating groups, the media, and lawmakers. This public controversy over executive pay has resulted from the failure of compensation committees to use "best practices" in establishing CEO compensation and in the failure to adequately explain to shareholders both the methodology used and the growing competition for executive talent with private equity funds.

IT Compliance and Controls: Best Practices for Implementation
by James J., IV DeLuccia

A considerable degree of attention has been placed on organizations to improve and disclose the state of Information Technology (IT) internal controls within the United States as a result of several regulations, most prominently, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 404. Whether the result of a newly induced government mandate, a recent court ruling, industry trade groups, or from concerned stakeholders in the organization, these regulations have the ability to disrupt business. But no matter what the source, organizations are being strongly encouraged to have IT internal controls and to disclose these to the requesting parties. Dispensing invaluable insight into the complex world of interweaving government and industry mandates from around the world, IT Compliance and Controls provides a road map to effectively answer the question, "How much is enough?"

Operational Risk Management: A Case Study Approach to Effective Planning and Response
by Mark D. Abkowitz

Operational Risk Management offers peace of mind to business and government leaders who want their organizations to be ready for any contingency, no matter how extreme. This invaluable book is designed to be used as both a preparatory resource for when times are good and an emergency reference when times are bad. Author Mark Abkowitz gets managers up to speed on what they should be prepared to deal with and offers real solutions for putting those business continuity plans in place. From natural and man-made disasters to terrorist attacks, Operational Risk Management is destined to become every risk manager's ultimate weapon to help their organization survive — no matter what.

IRS Audits of Tax-Exempt Organizations: Policies, Practices, and Procedures
by Bruce R. Hopkins

Until recently, in general, audits of tax-exempt organizations by the IRS were infrequent. The IRS was auditing colleges, universities, and hospitals, but examination activity of other exempt organizations was minimal. In the aftermath of the reorganization of the IRS (around 1999) and a substantial increase in congressional appropriations thereafter for tax law enforcement by the agency, this set of circumstances has been significantly altered. IRS audits of tax-exempt organizations have increased dramatically in recent years, the result in large part of the focus of the current Commissioner of Internal Revenue who continues to induce congressional appropriations for the hiring of examining revenue agents and whose penchant is for tax law enforcement. Not only has exempt organizations audit activity in general been on the increase; the IRS has been taking on entire nonprofit “industries” in an effort to revoke the tax-exempt status of all entities in the field. Examples of this are the massive audit efforts of credit counseling organizations and down payment assistance organizations.

Building a World-Class Compliance Program: Best Practices and Strategies for Success
by Martin T. Biegelman, Daniel R. Biegelman

If you want to ensure that your organization is doing everything possible to prevent misconduct and follow laws, rules, and regulations, this book is for you.

The devastating accounting scandals and corporate frauds at Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Adelphia, and numerous other companies reinforced the importance of compliance programs. Effective compliance programs prevent and detect misconduct and protect the interests of shareholders, employees, and the public.

Emerging Real Estate Markets: How to Find and Profit from Up-and-Coming Areas
by David Lindahl

How a Dirt-Poor Landscaper Crackedthe Code to Emerging Market Real Estate Investing—and Built a Financial Empire

While many real estate markets have cooled off, there are major hot spots throughout the country that are booming due to population growth and urban expansion. These emerging markets are where the next wave of big-time real estate profits will be found. In Emerging Real Estate Markets, David Lindahl shows you how to find these markets, get started investing with little of your own cash, and maximize your profits.

Grow Now
by Jim Welch, Bill Althaus

Jim Welch has built a powerful growth leadership model. It follows 8 well-defined steps that are independent and interlocking. "Grow Now: 8 Essential Steps to Flex Your Leadership Muscles" combines a dynamic, interactive, casual and fun writing style with Welch's personal insight and experience as THE Practical Growth Leader.

Corporate Management, Governance, and Ethics Best Practices
by S. Rao Vallabhaneni

Best practices are the processes, practices, and systems identified in public and private organizations that performed exceptionally well and are widely recognized as improving an organization's performance and efficiency in specific areas. Successfully identifying and applying best practices can improve business processes and increase organizational effectiveness. Based on author S. Rao Vallabhaneni's decades of management experience, Corporate Management, Governance, and Ethics Best Practices provides a one-stop, comprehensive reference guide to the best-of-the-best practices for corporate business practitioners and government employees worldwide.

At the Crossroads: The Remarkable CPA Firm that Nearly Crashed, then Soared
by Gale Crosley CPA, Debbie Stover

Joe Abriola has a problem—a big problem. Managing partner of a prosperous Minneapolis CPA firm, Joe has just learned that his partners are on the vergeof mutiny. Why are they so upset? It's him!—or, rather, it's the way he's let their practice slide intocomplacency. Why are other CPA firms growing so fast when theirs isn't?

The partners want answers—fast. If not, Joe may find himself out in the cold . . . and it gets awfully cold in Minneapolis in the winter. What will he do?

Five Future Strategies You Need Right Now
by George Stalk, John Butman

Author George Stalk has often been called a guru of business strategy. In the 1980s, before anyone else saw its importance, he and his colleagues at The Boston Consulting Group developed the concept of time-based competition: how meeting the needs of your customers faster than your competitors can give you an unassailable advantage.

In this Memo to the CEO, Stalk discusses five strategies that have not yet become widely practiced but are nonetheless worthy of your attention now. He offers advice on how to identify and manage them while they still present opportunities to jump ahead of the competition.

Executive's Guide to Fair Value:
Profiting from the New Valuation Rules
by Alfred M. King

With today's unpredictable market conditions, the FASB increasingly requires U.S. corporations to mark more balance sheet items according to their "fair value," and in turn executives are required to become more "fluent" in the FASB's rulings on the use of fair values in financial reporting. As a result, investors need to know what an asset is currently worth, rather than what it was worth when it was acquired. But what exactly does fair value mean and what are its implications?

Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions: A Tactical Playbook for Managers and Executives
by Keith Rosen

Technology has not only changed the way companies sell but the way managers build and develop their team. With a savvy, younger generation to manage and fewer resources to do so, managers have less face time with their staff. As more companies transition to a virtual team environment, it's essential for managers to learn how to quickly and efficiently coach, develop, motivate and retain their top performers at a distance; over the telephone and via the internet.

Fair Lending Compliance: Intelligence and Implications for Credit Risk Management
by C. R. Abrahams, Mingyuan Zhang

Millions of Americans are unable to borrow from lending institutions largely because lenders do not have the proper credit information to prove an individual's willingness and ability to pay bills. An understanding of this fine line between credit access and credit risk is key to developing a new generation of models and processes that preserve safe and sound lending while promoting inclusiveness in the credit market.

Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use
by Orit Gadiesh, Hugh Macarthur

Private equity firms are snapping up brand-name companies and assembling portfolios that make them immense global conglomerates. They're often able to maximize investor value far more successfully than traditional public companies.

How do PE firms become such powerhouses? Learn how, in Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use. Bain chairman Orit Gadiesh and partner Hugh MacArthur use the concise, actionable format of a memo to lay out the five disciplines that PE firms use to attain their edge:

Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve
by William Fleckenstein, Fred Sheehan

According to MSN Money columnist William A. Fleckenstein, Greenspan's nearly 19-year career as Federal Reserve Chairman is even worse than anyone imagined. Labeled “Mr. Bubble” by the New York Times, Greenspan was nothing less than a serial bubble blower with a long history of bad decision-making. His famous “Greenspan Put” fueled the perception of a Goldilocks economy-but, as this explosive exposé reveals, the bear has finally caught up with Goldilocks.

Mergers and Acquisitions: A Step-by-Step Legal and Practical Guide
by Edwin L., Jr. Miller

Getting a mergers and acquisitions transaction successfully completed requires an understanding of the legal framework, negotiating points, and practical aspects of each stage of the deal. Mergers and Acquisitions: A Step-by-Step Legal and Practical Guide provides management participating in a merger or acquisition with an in-depth integrated discussion of the key issues that come up at each stage. It provides unique insights and advice into how to use this information to be a winner at each stage.

Healthcare Fraud: Auditing and Detection Guide
by Rebecca S. Busch

According to private and public estimates, approximately $24 million is lost per hour to healthcare waste, fraud, and abuse. A must-have reference for auditors, fraud investigators, and healthcare managers, Healthcare Fraud: Auditing and Detection Guide provides tips and techniques to help you spot—and prevent—the "red flags" of fraudulent activity within your organization. Eminently readable, it is your “go-to” resource, equipping you with the necessary skills to look for and deal with potential fraudulent situations.

The Complete CFO Handbook: From Accounting to Accountability
by Frank J. Fabozzi, Pamela Peterson Drake, Ralph S. Polimeni

What follows is an eye-opening experience in which, along with our hero, you will witness the pitfalls, triumphs, and lessons learned in the process of implementing and growing a shared services organization. Through Dennis's experience, you will find out why shared services is a proven method to deliver value in the support services field.

Shared Services: A Manager's Journey
by Frank J. Fabozzi, Pamela Peterson Drake, Ralph S. Polimeni

The role of the CFO in business has expanded significantly in recent years as companies become more accountable to their stakeholders and regulators and as the sophistication of technology, risk management, financial analysis, and financial records processing has increased. Filled with numerous examples, The Complete CFO Handbook lives up to its name.

Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big
by Bo Burlingham

It’s an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals. Goals like being great at what they do . . . creating a great place to work . . . providing great customer service . . . making great contributions to their communities . . . and finding great ways to lead their lives.

Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
by Cynthia Cooper

In Extraordinary Circumstances, Cynthia Cooper—formerly the Vice President of Internal Audit for WorldCom—recounts for the first time her journey from her close family upbringing in a small Mississippi town, to working motherhood, to the pressures of becoming a whistleblower, to being named one of Time's 2002 Persons of the Year. She offers a rare insider's glimpse into the spectacular rise and fall of WorldCom, a telecom titan, the darling of Wall Street, and a Cinderella story for Mississippi.

International GAAP 2008 2 Volume Set
by Ernst & Young LLP

IFRSs, the standards set by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), are complex and sometimes obscure. Understanding their implications and applying them appropriately requires something special....and that is why International GAAP® 2008 is the essential tool for anyone applying, auditing, interpreting, regulating, studying and teaching international financial reporting. It provides expert interpretation and practical guidance for busy professionals, and includes, in every chapter, detailed analysis of how complex financial reporting problems can be resolved appropriately and effectively.

Mind Over Matter: Why Intellectual Capital is the Chief Source of Wealth
by Ronald J. Baker

America's economy has been transformed from a twentieth-century materials-based economy to the Age of the Conceptual-Based Economy—and the currency of this realm is ideas and knowledge. Today's corporations must prepare to seize the advantages of this new age, or watch as others that are more ready and willing to do so replace them.

Valuation for Financial Reporting : Fair Value Measurements and Reporting, Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Impairment
by Michael J. Mard, James R. Hitchner, Steven D. Hyden

Trusted specialists Michael Mard, James Hitchner, and Steven Hyden present reliable and thorough guidelines, case studies, implementation aids, and sample reports for managers, auditors, and valuators who must comply with the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 141, Business Combinations; 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets; 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets; and the new 157, Fair Value Measurements.

Business Valuation: An Integrated Theory
by Z. Christopher Mercer, Travis W. Harms

The first book to show why business appraisers do what they do and how valuation concepts are interrelated, Business Valuation: An Integrated Theory, Second Edition provides a concise discussion of the most widely debated valuation topics. Fully revised and updated, it defines and explains valuation in the context of the discounted cash flow and Gordon models, providing the most unified and comprehensive framework for thinking about the sources of valuation premiums and discounts.

Strategy and the Fat Smoker; Doing What's Obvious But Not Easy
by David Maister

We often (or even usually) know what we should be doing in both personal and professional life. We also know why we should be doing it and (often) how to do it. Figuring all that out is not too difficult. What is very hard is actually doing what you know to be good for you in the long-run, in spite of short-run temptations. The same is true for organizations. What is noteworthy is how similar (if not identical) most firms' strategies really are: provide outstanding client service, act like team players, provide a good place to work, invest in your future. No sensible firm (or person) would enunciate a strategy that advocated anything else. However, just because something is obvious does not make it easy. Real strategy lies not in figuring out what to do, but in devising ways to ensure that, compared to others, we actually do more of what everybody knows they should do. This simple insight, if accepted, has profound implications for 1. how organizations should think about strategy 2. how they should think about clients, marketing and selling and 3. how they should think about management. In 18 chapters, Maister explores the fat smoker syndrome and how individuals, managers and organizations can overcome the temptations of the short-term and actually do what they already know is good for them.

Wiley GAAP 2008: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
by Barry J. Epstein, Ralph Nach, Steven M. Bragg

Wiley GAAP 2008 delivers the most recent professional standards developments, in addition to detailed analysis of all generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), explaining the original, highly technical pronouncements in easy-to-understand terms and providing battle-tested, real-world examples and implementation guidance. Wiley GAAP 2008 contains a host of completely updated examples.

Snapshot
by Ryan O'Reilly

GEN-X QUITS AND HITS THE ROAD. What made him do it? Was it the stifling, dead-end corporate job or the unfaithful fiancée? Whatever the reason, one fed-up, twenty-something decides to kiss the rat-race good-bye and take to the road to find himself and his dreams. As he rides on his motorcycle on a journey of self-discovery, the traveler becomes a nomadic vagabond seeking enlightenment and finding it in a series of remarkable encounters, a modern counterculture and a fellow wanderer. Through friendship, death and the freedoms found outside of middle-American values, the traveler learns life's most important lesson: It s not the destination that is important, but what happens along the way.

CPA's Guide to Effective Engagement Letters
by Ron Klein, Ric Rosario, Suzanne M. Holl

Provides the tools you need to compose effective engagement letters. Intended as a practical hands-on device that can sit on your desk for ready access. Written primarily for CPA practitioners in public practice and private industry.

Best Websites for Financial Professionals, Business Appraisers, and Accountants, Second Edition
by Eva M. Lang, Jan Davis Tudor

A no-nonsense guide to quickly finding and evaluating the quality and usefulness of a site. Written by two of the industry's leading researchers, this book helps professionals evaluate, target, and locate the best financial and business Web sites. The authors reveal tips and traps and recommend favorite sites, including a comprehensive review of the most important financial sites on the Internet.

Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual: A Blueprint for Running an Effective and Efficient Department
by Steven M. Bragg

Now in a fifth edition, Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual: A Blueprint for Running an Effective and Efficient Department is a how-to guide on creating an effective and efficient accounting department policies and procedures manual.

All Your Money Won't Another Minute Buy: Valuing Time as a Business Resource
by Curt Finch

This book covers the many reasons why time tracking, preferably through a Software-as-a-Service platform, is a must for companies of all sizes. It discusses the benefits available through effective key performance indicators and project management, payroll and billing practices, and federal regulation compliance, as well as guides the reader through the buying process. It also discusses numerous pertinent technological advances such as SOA, Telecom and the Internet, and Web2.0.

Management Accounting Best Practices: A Guide for the Professional Accountant
by Steven M. Bragg

Now, when members of your management team come calling with questions, you'll have the answers at your fingertips, in Management Accounting Best Practices. It's the easy-to-use, daily reference manual for every accountant in a management position.

Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life
by H. Jackson Brown

Life's Little Instruction Book has sold more than ten million copies, spent more than two years atop the New York Times bestseller list, and has been translated into 33 languages. Though originally written as a gift from a father to a son, its simple message has been enjoyed by men and women of all ages.

Corporate Fraud: A Manager's Journey
by K. H. Spencer Pickett

It's not a secret that corporate fraud and scandal are real threats to business today, from which no organization is immune. Fraud losses are devastating-but they are also highly avoidable.

Fraud Casebook: Lessons from the Bad Side of Business
by Joseph T. Wells

Fraud is a serious problem that goes beyond monetary losses. It costs jobs, corporate reputations, and individual dignity. Fraud Casebook: Lessons from the Bad Side of Business is the most comprehensive book ever compiled on fraud case studies, presenting the collected insights of some of the most experienced fraud examiners around the world. With revealing case studies handpicked and edited by Joseph T. Wells, the founder and Chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFESM)—the world's leading anti-fraud organization—this collection sheds light into the dark corners of government and commerce through professional investigations.

Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace With Today's Nontraditional Workforce
by Cathleen Benko, Anne Weisberg

Far-reaching changes in attitudes and family structures have been redefining the workforce for more than two decades—yet the workplace has remained much the same. During this time, many companies have learned that personalizing the customer experience is good for business. In Mass Career Customization, the authors argue convincingly to extend this popular and profitable concept to the workplace.

The Little Book Of Happiness
by Patricia Whiteside, Patrick Whiteside

Small in size, but big in purpose, The Little Book of Happiness is a guide to realizing and achieving true joy in one's life. Full of heartfelt wisdom communicated in a mantra-like style, this little take-along volume gives a lift wherever it's needed: at work, at home, or in a quiet moment. It offers readers such tender tidbits as . . . Be forgiving, forgiving of yourself . . .. Tell no lies, and remember, leaving important things out counts as telling a lie. . . . If you want to be happy, always tell the whole truth. . . .Happiness is not far away.

Business Management in the Local Church
by David Pollock

Even though the local church isn't in 'business' per se, it is still a business-- the Lord's business. This valuable church reference is divided into four sections: law, finance, facilities, and personnel.

Leadership Skills for Managers
by Marlene Caroselli

Leadership Skills for Managers is an in-depth exploration of the abilities and qualities of a leader (as opposed to just a manager). Leadership attributes such as problem-solving, team-building, and communication are analyzed. Tools, techniques, and real-life examples help the reader develop a plan of action for transforming a vision of leadership into an implementable reality.

Corporate Governance Post-Sarbanes-Oxley: Regulations, Requirements, and Integrated Processes
by Zabihollah Rezaee

Corporate Governance Post Sarbanes-Oxley introduces a corporate governance structure consisting of seven interrelated mechanisms of oversight: managerial, compliance, audit, advisory, assurance, and monitoring. The book begins with a discussion of the new requirements for corporate governance and financial reporting brought about by Sarbanes-Oxley and then shows how a well-balanced functioning of the seven mechanisms produces a responsible corporate governance structure that ensures quality financial reporting and credible audit services. Each chapter includes checklists, real-world case studies, and best practice tips.

The First-time Manager
by Loren B. Belker, Gary S. Topchik

This book should be required reading for all new managers, for all managers who were poorly trained or not trained at all, and for senior managers who think they don't need to go back to the basics, at least once every five years.

Harvard Business Review on Crisis Management
by Norman R. Augustine (others, see full description)

From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series delivers the fundamental information today's professionals need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world.

New Payment World: A Manager's Guide to Creating an Efficient Payment Process
by Mary S. Schaeffer

As increasingly more vendors are requiring their customers to pay electronically, corporations will be seeking guidance on the alternatives that are available to them. Written by industry expert Mary Schaeffer, New Payment World provides guidance on creating an electronic payments process for the modern corporation.

Optimizing Corporate Portfolio Management: Aligning Investment Proposals with Organizational Strategy
by Anand Sanwal, Gary Crittenden

If where an organization allocates its resources determines its strategy, why is it that so few companies actively manage the resource allocation process? "Optimizing Corporate Portfolio Management: Aligning Investment Proposals with Organizational Strategy" goes beyond platitudes about why you should use corporate portfolio management (CPM) by offering a practical methodology to bring this powerful discipline to your organization.

Lean Accounting: Best Practices for Sustainable Integration
by Joe Stenzel

Why are some established lean enterprises so durably successful while so many others fail miserably? Because many companies attempt to adopt lean production techniques piecemeal, without fully understanding the company-wide implications of lean production methods. In Lean Accounting: Best Practices for Sustainable Integration, the field's most innovative thinkers prepare CFOs and accounting/finance staff to alter their traditional accounting practices to fully meet the demands of lean production principles.

The Fundraising Feasibility Study: It's Not About the Money
by Martin L., CFRE Novom

In-depth preparation is the key to achieving a successful capital campaign. Seasoned professionals and trustees know the important role a fundraising feasibility study plays in campaign preparation. Until now, consultants closely held virtually all information about feasibility studies. The Fundraising Feasibility Study: It's Not About the Money draws back the curtain and provides, for the first time, a complete description of the feasibility study process. This is presented by senior fundraising professionals from around the United States and Canada with experience in virtually every section of the nonprofit sector. They are: William Carlton, Betty Ann Copley Harris, Simone Joyaux, Linda Lysakowski, Tony Myers, Martin Novom, Elliott Oshry, Anne Peyton, Eugene Scanlan, and Sanae Tokumura.

Auditor's Guide to Information Systems Auditing by Richard E. Cascarino

It has become impossible for today's enterprises of any size and in any market sector to exist without computers to assist with their fundamental business operations. The modern auditor, therefore, requires significantly more knowledge of computers and computer auditing than did auditors of earlier years. In order for organizations to take full advantage of the opportunities that computers can offer, their systems must be controlled and dependable.

Accounting Best Practices by Steven M. Bragg

With price-cutting measures and tough competitive tactics a fact of business life, companies are often faced with a difficult dilemma—how to cut accounting department operating costs without cutting back on services to the company. Many financial and accounting managers do not realize that corporations can drastically cut expenses in all areas of their accounting department—without hiring an expensive outside consultant—by implementing the techniques known as "best practices."

Sarbanes-Oxley Ongoing Compliance Guide: Key Processes and Summary Checklists by Anne M. Marchetti

For most companies, achieving compliance to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) has proven to be more challenging, and more costly, than initially anticipated. In many cases, initial and second-year compliance efforts were found to have strained company resources, causing a shift of focus away from such areas as internal audit in order to meet SOX requirements.

Computer Forensics: An Essential Guide for Accountants, Lawyers, and Managers by Michael Sheetz

As the sophistication of computer technology has grown, so has the rate of computer-related criminal activity. Subsequently, American corporations now lose billions of dollars a year to hacking, identity theft, and other computer attacks. More than ever, businesses and professionals responsible for the critical data of countless customers and employees need to anticipate and safeguard against computer intruders and attacks.

Seduced by Success: How the Best Companies Survive the 9 Traps of Winning by Robert J. Herbold

In Seduced by Success, Robert J. Herbold, the former Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft, shows you how to avoid the nine traps of success-the “legacy practices” that almost felled such giants as General Motors, Kodak and Sony. Herbold, a 26-year-veteran of Procter & Gamble who lived through each trap, gives you proven tactics for preventing arrogance, bloat, and neglect while capitalizing on your accomplishments, sustaining your momentum, and retaining your position in the marketplace.

Directory of Global Professional Accounting and Business Certifications by Lal Balkaran

In a globalized world, employers are confronted by a bewildering variety of professional qualifications, some valid, some less weighty and some spurious and fraudulent. This excellent compilation enables the reader to touch base with such organizations and explore their true credentials through access to their whereabouts including Web sites. It is additionally pleasing that updates will be provided via the publisher's own Web site.

Crash Course in Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis by Matan Feldman, Arkady Libman

Seamlessly bridging academic accounting with real-life applications, Crash Course in Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis, Second Edition is the perfect guide to a complete understanding of accounting and financial statement analysis for those with no prior accounting background and those who seek a refresher.

Travel and Entertainment Best Practices by Mary S. Schaeffer

Highly accessible and applicable, Travel and Entertainment Best Practices provides you with a comprehensive view of T&E procedures with authoritative tips, techniques, and advice from Mary Schaeffer, America’s most accomplished accounts payable expert.

Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management: From Data to Decisionsby David A. J. Axson

If you are looking to significantly upgrade your management practices to better meet the needs of todayÂ’s increasingly volatile, complex, competitive, and global markets, look no further. Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management Reporting, Second Edition provides you with an accessible framework to help any business unite its reporting and budgeting functions to achieve its strategic objectives.

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Dieby Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to make their ideas “stick.”

Change or Die: The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Lifeby Alan Deutschman

"CHANGE OR DIE. What if you were given that choice? We're talking actual life and death now. Your own life and death. What if a well-informed, trusted authority figure said you had to make difficult and enduring changes in the way you think, feel, and act? If you didn't, your time would end soon—a lot sooner than it had to. Could you change when change mattered most?"

Corporate Culture: Illuminating the Black Hole
by Jerome Want

No subject is more important to the success of today's business organization than Corporate Culture. After so many years of failed fads and fix-its, such as business-process reengineering, outsourcing, downsizing, flawed go-for-growth strategies, and outrageous cases of corporate lawlessness, Dr. Jerry Want brings clarity and direction to the one subject that is most critical to the success and very survival of today's corporation- corporate culture.

The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their Employees, Retain Talent, and Drive Performanceby Adrian Gostick, Chester Elton

Got carrotphobia? Do you think that recognizing your employees will distract you and your team from more serious business, create jealousy, or make you look soft? Think again.The Carrot Principle reveals the groundbreaking results of one of the most in-depth management studies ever undertaken, showing definitively that the central characteristic of the most successful managers is that they provide their employees with frequent and effective recognition. With independent research from The Jackson Organization and analysis by bestselling leadership experts Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, this breakthrough study of 200,000 people over ten years found dramatically greater business results when managers offered constructive praise and meaningful rewards in ways that powerfully motivated employees to excel.

Business Process Management and the Balanced Scorecard : Focusing Processes on Strategic Drivers
by Ralph F. Smith

Business Process Management and the Balanced Scorecard shows managers how to optimally use the balanced scorecard to achieve and sustain strategic success even as the business environment changes. It exceptionally fills the gap between theory and application to facilitate the use of processes as a strategic weapon to deliver world-class performance.

Financial Valuation: Applications and Modelsby James R. Hitchner

In Financial Valuation, Second Edition, 30 leading experts present their consensus view on the most appropriate ways to prepare and present business valuations, with a strong emphasis on applications and models. This edition features new chapters that cover tax-affecting S corporations and the latest FASB requirements. It includes detailed discussions and techniques for valuing businesses in various industries, and also discusses and compares the Standard & Poor's Equity Risk Premium Study to the Ibbotson Risk Premiums. Financial Valuation has been adopted by the AICPA for its six-day Business Valuation Essentials courses and NACVA for its Advanced Business Valuation course.

Controller and CFO's Guide to Accounts Payableby Mary S. Schaeffer

Refreshingly candid and witty in tone, Controller and CFO's Guide to Accounts Payable is required reading for any professional wanting to understand more about their organization's AP operations. It declares that AP is no longer a back-office function and underscores the reality that proper attention must be paid to this crucial department in order to run a leading edge and competitive company.

Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation for Non-Expertsby Howard Silverstone, Michael Sheetz

A must-have reference for every business professional, Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation for Non-Experts, Second Edition is a necessary tool for those interested in understanding how financial fraud occurs and what to do when you find or suspect it within your organization. With comprehensive coverage, it provides insightful advice on where an organization is most susceptible to fraud.

Strategic Business Tax Planning, Second Editionby John E. Karayan, Charles W. Swenson

Strategic Business Tax Planning, Second Edition is the definitive handbook on business tax planning, skipping the unnecessary and minute taxation details and focusing instead on the big picture in taxes. Organized around business processes, this reader-friendly guide shows you how to optimally put tax management principles to work in your business.

Business Continuity Strategies: Protecting Against Unplanned Disastersby Kenneth N. Myers

Business leaders in today's post-9/11, post-Katrina world know very well that natural catastrophes, workplace violence, and terrorist attacks can happen. While some level of protection is prudent, trying to anticipate every possible scenario is both costly and impractical. The first step in protecting against unplanned disasters is management's endorsement of a contingency program policy and strategy that restrains development costs while providing reasonable protection for vital facilities and critical operations.

The Accounting Game : Basic Accounting Fresh from the Lemonade Standby Darrell Mullis, Judith Handler Orloff, Educational Discoveries

The world of accounting can be intimidating. But, more often than not, there's no way to avoid it - even non-financial jobs venture into financial jargon and concepts. For those trying to get more done at the office, organize the dollars and cents in a small business, or just in need of a refresher, there's no reason to turn to the average number-crunching class again.

The Accounting Game presents financial information in a format so simple and so unlike a common accounting textbook, you may forget youre learning key skills that will help you get ahead!

Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companiesby Nikos Mourkogiannis, Roger Fisher

In Purpose, world-renowned thought leader Nikos Mourkogiannis turns the entire idea of leadership on its head and shows that the choice between values and success is no choice at all. Mourkogiannis argues that companies must satisfy the need for purpose--a set of values that defines an organization and inspires and motivates its employees. Rather than organization and structure, ideas are what cause companies to go from good to great. Drawing on examples from across multiple industries, Mourkogiannis demonstrates how a strong purpose is the essential first step toward lasting success.

Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideasby Seth Godin

As one of todayÂ’s most influential business thinkers, Seth Godin helps his army of fans stay focused, stay connected, and stay dissatisfied with the status quo, the ordinary, the boring. His books, blog posts, magazine articles, and speeches have inspired countless entrepreneurs, marketing people, innovators, and managers around the world.

Now, for the first time, Godin has collected the most provocative short pieces from his pioneering blog—ranked #70 by Feedster (out of millions published) in worldwide readership. This book also includes his most popular columns from Fast Company magazine, and several of the short e-books he has written in the last few years.

Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step: Maximizing Performance and Maintaining Resultsby Paul R. Niven

Organizations worldwide have employed the Balanced Scorecard and yielded swift benefits—including increased financial returns, greater employee alignment with overall goals, improved collaboration, and an unrelenting focus on strategy, to name just a few—from this revolutionary methodology. Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step, Second Edition enables your organization to reap these rewards with a strategy-focused plan including steps on: determining your guiding rationale for using the scorecard; testing your mission; building a strategy map; developing measures and targets; placing the scorecard at the center of your management system; and sustaining your success.

Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accountingby Tommie Singleton, Aaron Singleton, G. Jack Bologna, Robert J. Lindquist

With the responsibility of detecting and preventing fraud placed directly on the accounting profession, you are responsible for recognizing fraud and learning the tools and strategies necessary to stop it. Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting, Third Edition shows you how to develop an investigative eye toward both internal and external fraud and provides crucial information on how to deal with it when discovered.

More Than a Numbers Game: A Brief History of Accountingby Thomas A. King

The world certainly suffers no shortage of accounting texts. The many out there help readers prepare, audit, interpret and explain corporate financial statements. What has been missing is a book offering context and discussion for divisive issues such as taxes, debt, options, and earnings volatility. King addresses the why of accounting instead of the how, providing practitioners and students with a highly readable history of U.S. corporate accounting. More Than a Numbers Game: A Brief History of Accounting was inspired by Arthur Levitt's landmark 1998 speech delivered at New York University. The Securities and Exchange Commission chairman described the too-little challenged custom of earnings management and presaged the breakdown in the US corporate accounting three years later.

The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World With Kindnessby Daniel H. Pink

Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval have moved to the top of the advertising industry by following a simple but powerful philosophy: it pays to be nice. Where so many companies encourage a dog eat dog mentality, the Kaplan Thaler Group has succeeded through chocolate and flowers. In The Power of Nice, through their own experiences and the stories of other people and businesses, they demonstrate why, contrary to conventional wisdom, nice people finish first.

Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourselfby Daniel H. Pink

Not all "free agents" are highly paid athletes whose main skills are dunking a basketball or hitting a baseball. In fact, as Pink (contributing editor, Fast Company) reveals, over 25 million Americans are now self-employed, and fewer than one in ten works for a Fortune 500 company. This excellent work synthesizes the seismic shift in attitudes about and patterns of work in the economy from the early 1950s era of William Whyte's The Organization Man to today's independent worker, the free agent. Pink astutely summarizes what this major shift in the definition of employment now means to millions of Americans and explains the various types of free agents (including soloists, temps, and those involved in their own microbusiness). Other chapters cover examples of how self-sufficiency works so well for numerous life situations, while in many cases free-agency employment does not work well at all. This work may not be rooted in empirical research, but Pink's thorough review of the literature and his extensive roadwork interviewing hundreds of independent workers successfully merges psychosocial data with pragmatic reality. This major contribution to better understanding the trend toward independent contract work is highly recommended for all university libraries and larger public libraries. Dale Farris, Groves, TX

How to Win Friends & Influence Peopleby Dale Carnegie

You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you! For over 50 years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives.

Now this phenomenal book has been revised and updated to help readers achieve their maximum potential in the complex and competitive 90s!

Learn:
- The six ways to make people like you
- The twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking
- The nine ways to change people without arousing
resentment and much, much more!

The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Streetby Jonathan A. Knee

Jonathan A. Knee had a ringside seat during the go-go, boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century, at the two most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street--Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In this candid and irreverent insider's account of an industry in free fall, Knee captures an exhilarating era of fabulous deal-making in a free-wheeling Internet economy--and the catastrophe that followed when the bubble burst.

Bubble Man: Alan Greenspan and the Missing 7 Trillion Dollars
by Peter Hartcher

Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's famous 1996 pronouncement that an "irrational exuberance" had gripped the American stock market was premature; the markets continued to climb, reaching an exceptional peak in March 2000 before sliding into a $7.8 trillion collapse. Hartcher (author of The Ministry and an editor at the Sydney Morning Herald) turns his attention to the culprits behind "the madness that was the Great American Bubble"—what was in purely monetary terms, the single costliest event in American history.

Financial Accounting: A Mercifully Brief Introductionby Jeremy Willis (Illustrator), Michael Sack Elmaleh (Author)

A concise, readable and irreverent introduction to financial accounting. The book uses easy to understand examples that gives the reader the "why" behind accounting principles...not just the "how". The reader is alerted to the limitations of accounting as well as its strengths. The book describes some of the most common forms of accounting frauds.

Throughput Accounting: A Guide To Constraint Managementby Steven M. Bragg

Not reviewed, however the author is known for sound material. This item has not yet been released. You may order it now and have it shipped to you when it arrives.

The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works-And How It's Transforming the American Economyby Charles Fishman, Alan Sklar

Fishman shops at Wal-Mart and has obvious affection for its price-cutting, hard-nosed ethos. He also understands that the story of Wal-Mart is really the story of the transformation of the American economy over the past 20 years. He's careful to present the consumer benefits of Wal-Mart's staggering growth and to place Wal-Mart in the larger context of globalization and the rise of mega-corporations. But he also presents the case against Wal-Mart in arresting detail, and his carefully balanced approach only makes the downside of Wal-Mart's market dominance more vivid. Through interviews with former Wal-Mart insiders and current suppliers, Fishman puts readers inside the company's penny-pinching mindset and shows how Wal-Mart's mania to reduce prices has driven suppliers into bankruptcy and sent factory jobs overseas. He surveys the research on Wal-Mart's effects on local retailers, details the environmental impact of its farm-raised salmon and exposes the abuse of workers in a supplier's Bangladesh factory. In Fishman's view, the "Wal-Mart effect" is double-edged: consumers benefit from lower prices, even if they don't shop at Wal-Mart, but Wal-Mart has the power of life and death over its suppliers. Wal-Mart, he suggests, is too big to be subject to market forces or traditional rules. In the end, Fishman sees Wal-Mart as neither good nor evil, but simply a fact of modern life that can barely be comprehended, let alone controlled.

Audit Planning: A Risk-Based Approachby K. H. Spencer Pickett

More now than ever before, auditing is in the spotlight; legislators, regulators, and top executives in all types of businesses realize the importance of auditors in the governance and performance equation. Previously routine and formulaic, internal auditing is now high-profile and high-pressure! Being an auditor in today's complex, highly regulated business environment involves more than crunching the numbers and balancing the books-it requires ensuring that appropriate checks and balances are in place to manage risk throughout the organization.

Designed to help auditors in any type of business develop the essential understanding, capabilities, and tools needed to prepare credible, defensible audit plans, Audit Planning: A Risk-Based Approach helps auditors plan the audit process so that it makes a dynamic contribution to better governance, robust risk management, and more reliable controls.

Invaluable to internal auditors facing new demands in the workplace, this book is also a "hands-on" reference for external auditors, compliance teams, financial controllers, consultants, executives, small business owners, and others charged with reviewing and validating corporate governance, risk management, and controls.

The second book in the new Practical Auditor Series, which helps auditors get down to business, Audit Planning: A Risk-Based Approach gives new auditors principles and methodologies they can apply effectively and helps experienced auditors enhance their skills for success in the rapidly changing business world.

Accounting Control Best Practices (Wiley Best Practices)by Steven M. Bragg

In today's environment of increased scrutiny to corporate governance matters, every employee in an organization has a stake in the control process, especially those responsible for accounting policies and procedures. Whether your company is in start-up mode, installing new systems, or simply dissatisfied with existing controls due to fraudulent losses, Accounting Control Best Practices is an easy-to-use handbook that will show you how to develop an effective system of accounting and operational controls.

Author and renowned accounting expert Steven Bragg offers the best practices with pragmatic insights. His proactive strategies show organizations how to protect against further substantial losses of assets and reputation that occur from financial dishonesty.

The New American Workplaceby James O'Toole, Edward E. Lawler, Susan R. Meisinger

Thirty years ago, the bestselling letter to the government Work in America was published to national acclaim, including front-page coverage in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Since then, the workplace has undergone massive changes: Womens roles in the workplace have gone from secretarial work to CEO Outsourcing used to be just an idea; today it has rendered jobs obsolete There was a unified workplacetoday there are either Big Losers or Big Winners. In this groundbreaking work based on thirty years of research, these hot-button issues and many others are revealed, redefining the state of the workplace today. A must-have for every manager and jobholder today.

Remote Control: A Practitioner's Guide to Managing Virtual Teamsby Gerald Falkowski & Stephen Troutman

Remote Control: A Practitioner's Guide to Virtual Teams by Gerald Falkowski and Stephen Troutman takes the best from their IHRIM Journal columns and provides step-by-step guidance in achieving and sustaining opertaional excellence from any company's virtual team(s) based on the authors' 60+ years of combined experience working with virtual teams from IBM and IBM clients. While this book is appropriate for people in global businesses, it is equally applicable to individuals that need to work together virtually with others for any reason -- even if only across town.

Manager's Guide to Compliance: Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO, ERM, COBIT, IFRS, BASEL II, OMB A-123, ASX 10, OECD Principles, Turnbull Guidance, Best Practicesby Anthony Tarantino

This timely resource consolidates critical compliance guidance in an easy-to-access format, placing U.S. and global regulatory information at your fingertips. Adding value beyond a reference, Dr. Tarantino includes best practice tools and real-world case studies so managers can see how compliance can be achieved at maximum value to their organization.