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Proactive Intelligence

The Successful Executive's Guide to Intelligence

By: John J. McGonagle,Carolyn M. Vella

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Proactive Intelligence

The Successful Executive's Guide to Intelligence

By: John J. McGonagle,Carolyn M. Vella

Traditionally, tapping into the power of competitive intelligence (CI) meant investing in the development of an internal CI unit or hiring outside consultants who specialized in CI. Proactive Intelligence: The Successful Executive's Guide to Intelligence offers an alternative: learn how to do it yourself and how to effectively manage the parts you cannot. The tools and techniques that will enable you to produce your own CI for your consumption are out there, and have been honed by decades of work. But, you cannot just adopt them – you have to adapt them. Why? Because, when you finish reading this book, you will be the data collector, the analyst, and the end-user. Traditional CI is premised on a reactive, two part relationship – a CI professional responding to what an end-user identifies as a need; by doing this yourself you can turn CI from being reactive to being proactive. As the decision-maker, you can get what CI you need, when you need it, and then use it almost seamlessly. Written by two of the foremost experts on CI, Proactive Intelligence: The Successful Executive's Guide to Intelligence: shows where and how CI can help you and your firm, provides practical guidance on how to identify what CI you need, how to find the data you need, and how to analyze it, and discusses how to apply CI to develop competitive- and career- advantages. Each chapter is supported by important references as well as by an additional list of resources to support and supplement your knowledge. Proactive Intelligence: The Successful Executive's Guide to Intelligence teaches you how to generate proactive intelligence and use it to advance your business and your career- making it an essential resource for managers and executives, as well as everyone who wishes to integrate CI into their daily work routine.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1447127420

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The Manager's Guide to Competitive Intelligence

By: John J. McGonagle,Carolyn M. Vella

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The Manager's Guide to Competitive Intelligence

By: John J. McGonagle,Carolyn M. Vella

There is very little material available that provides practical, hands-on assistance for the CI professional who is providing CI to one client—his or her employer—and who constitutes the largest single group of CI practitioners in existence. This book meets that need by serving as a desk reference for CI managers to help them understand their own circumstances and determine what works best for them. Competitive intelligence (CI) is now becoming a mature profession. With that maturation comes the need to develop and understand the how's and why's of managing CI, as distinguished from understanding how CI works. There is very little material available that provides practical, hands-on assistance for the CI professional who is providing CI to one client—his or her employer—and who constitutes the largest single group of CI practitioners in existence. This book meets that need by serving as a desk reference for CI managers to help them understand their own circumstances and determine what works best for them. In addition to providing hints on diagnosing individual situations, many forms and checklists that the manager can use immediately are included.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313017409

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9780313017407

Competitive Intelligence Rescue

Getting It Right

By: Carolyn M. Vella,John J. McGonagle

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Competitive Intelligence Rescue

Getting It Right

By: Carolyn M. Vella,John J. McGonagle

A powerful "how-to-do-it-better" book, this is the first guidebook on competitive intelligence that uses case studies to provide behind-the-scenes insights into how professionals improve competitive intelligence processes. All organizations need to stay competitive in their respective fields to ensure success. Competitive intelligence (CI) is an established discipline that focuses on giving businesses and nonprofit organizations the advantage of staying fully informed about what their competitors are doing, are capable of doing, and will likely do. CI is a particularly valuable and powerful tool that supports everything from strategic planning to marketing and new business development to human resources—if it's executed properly. This groundbreaking book uses real-world case studies to expose common CI challenges and present a simple methodology for spotting problems, understanding how to rectify each problem, educating others in order to bring about improvements in a process, and testing and validating that the changes are working. Competitive Intelligence Rescue: Getting It Right provides invaluable insights from Carolyn M. Vella and John J. McGonagle, two of the most prolific authors, recognized experts, and in-demand speakers on the topic of competitive intelligence worldwide. Any manager, executive, or owner of any organization—including medium-sized and large enterprises such as businesses, law firms, hospitals, nonprofits, and universities—as well as anyone inside or outside of a firm who provides competitive intelligence to managers or executives will benefit from reading this book, regardless of previous experience with or knowledge about CI.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440851611

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9781440851612

How to Use a Consultant in Your Company

A Managers' and Executives' Guide

By: John J. McGonagle,Carolyn M. Vella

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How to Use a Consultant in Your Company

A Managers' and Executives' Guide

By: John J. McGonagle,Carolyn M. Vella

Obtain the Best Consulting Services for Your Business In this chaotic age of new technologies, downsizing, andreengineering, managers and executives are relying more and more onthe consultant. Hiring the right consultants for your company andmaking effective use of them is a vital skill, and yet there hasbeen a lack of guidance on this topic-until now. How to Use a Consultant in Your Company delivers expert advice andpractical guidelines on how to successfully create and manage theclient/consultant relationship-to your advantage. John McGonagleand Carolyn Vella provide up-to-the-minute information on: * Defining your consulting needs * Finding and selecting the right consultants * Managing the paper trail-corporate policies, contractingissues * Working with an individual consultant or an entire firm * Handling disputes, lawsuits, and complaints * Evaluating consultants Including forms and other materials for help in developing formalpolicies, billing procedures, and more that you can adapt to fityour own situation, How to Use a Consultant in Your Company is theone-book-fits-all solution for anyone responsible for getting themost out of their company's consultant.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471201383

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9780471201380

Bottom Line Competitive Intelligence

By: John J. McGonagle,Carolyn M. Vella

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Bottom Line Competitive Intelligence

By: John J. McGonagle,Carolyn M. Vella

Almost two decades after it emerged as an essential business tool, competitive intelligence is still finding its way. Despite its recognized importance, companies struggle to acquire the kind of intelligence they need and measure its effectiveness and value. This book provides essential tools for selecting the right kind of CI and assessing its contributions to a company's financial performance. The authors identify three fundamental, intertwined mistakes a company can make, showing how to evaluate them and repair the damage they may have done. McGonagle and Vella dissect the current state of CI, survey its evolution into five distinct yet overlapping types, develop a framework for determining which types fit special needs, and evaluate means of communicating CI up and down the line. They discuss the most common raw data source categories—the bases of support for all CI analyses—and the workings of metrics in general. CI professionals and related end users are provided with a process they can employ immediately, right out of the box, which will not only help them select the right metric but will prove invaluable as they seek to evaluate the future metrics that are sure to come.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

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1567205054

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The Internet Age of Competitive Intelligence

By: John J. McGonagle,Carolyn M. Vella

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The Internet Age of Competitive Intelligence

By: John J. McGonagle,Carolyn M. Vella

Two of the most prolific and challenging authorities on the topic of competitive intelligence (CI) reflect on and respond to the changes in the field over the last decade. The authors point out that CI users have to change what they are doing, show why they are doing it, and provide ways of doing it. Their book reviews the problems in the development of CI since the 1980s, discusses the impact of the Internet and the rise in use of other secondary sources, and draws from and provides access to the growing body of CI information, knowledge, and literature. Combining a scholarly approach with hands-on advice, McGonagle and Vella have written the first work to guide CI professionals through the emerging literature of their field. Among the important changes in the field the authors cover are: the radical changes in on line database searching and ways in which the Internet has fundamentally modified how we think of accessing data. Their book explores and reports the major body of work from the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, now that more businesses worldwide are using competitive intelligence and either writing about their experiences with it, or joining in new benchmarking studies. The result is newer information on what really works, what doesn't work, and who is doing what with it. The book is thus a starting point for people new to the field of CI as well as a resource to help experienced professionals do their jobs better.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313001626

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9780313001628

Homilies on Genesis

By: Saint John Chrysostom

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Homilies on Genesis

By: Saint John Chrysostom

V. 1. Homilies 1-17.- v. 2. Homilies 18-45.

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CUA Press

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0813210879

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9780813210872

In the Spotlight

A Guide to Showing Pedigreed and Household Pet Cats

By: Carolyn M. Vella,John J. McGonagle

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In the Spotlight

A Guide to Showing Pedigreed and Household Pet Cats

By: Carolyn M. Vella,John J. McGonagle

In the Spotlight presents cat shows and the animals and people involved in them for the fullest enjoyment and understanding of every reader. The text guides current and prospective observers through all the intricacies of cat showing. Photographs bring the subject to exciting life.

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Howell Books

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0876058381

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9780876058381

Burmese Cats

By: Carolyn M. Vella,John J. McGonagle

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Burmese Cats

By: Carolyn M. Vella,John J. McGonagle

Traces the history of the breed and explains the special care requirements of a Burmese cat.

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B.E.S. Publishing

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0812091582

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Multiple-Cat Households

By: Carolyn M. Vella,John J. McGonagle

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Multiple-Cat Households

By: Carolyn M. Vella,John J. McGonagle

For many cat-loving families, there's always room for one more furry friend in the house. In fact, more than 50 percent of households that own cats have more than one. But how many is too many? How should a cat owner introduce a newcomer to the other cats? What can be done about cat fights and kitty cliques? Multiple-Cat households answers all of these questions. This book also discusses other topics that are vital to the multiple-cat household, including finding the perfect vet, record-keeping and preparing for emergencies, saving money by stocking up on cat supplies, choosing a cat-sitter, and more.

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TFH Publications

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0793830958

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9780793830954

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Clinical Practice

By: Jennifer G. Treleaven,A. John Barrett

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Clinical Practice

By: Jennifer G. Treleaven,A. John Barrett

A guide to the practice of stem cell transplantation, its status in the treatment of various disorders and the problems that arise after transplantation, aimed at the whole transplant team. - An up to date guide to best practice in the use of stem cell transplantation, covering current status in the treatment of malignant and non-malignant conditions, practical aspects and problems such as infection and graft versus host disease. - Has a practical, accessible approach with free use of algorithms, list tables. - Aimed at the whole transplant team - this is an interdisciplinary field. - International contributor team with editors in the UK and USA. - Illustrated in colour throughout.

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0702033537

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Book's by John J. McGonagle

Proactive Intelligence

Proactive Intelligence

The Manager's Guide to Competitive Intelligence

The Manager's Guide to Competitive Intelligence

Competitive Intelligence Rescue

Competitive Intelligence Rescue

How to Use a Consultant in Your Company

How to Use a Consultant in Your Company

Bottom Line Competitive Intelligence

Bottom Line Competitive Intelligence

The Internet Age of Competitive Intelligence

The Internet Age of Competitive Intelligence

Homilies on Genesis

Homilies on Genesis

In the Spotlight

In the Spotlight

Burmese Cats

Burmese Cats

Multiple-Cat Households

Multiple-Cat Households

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Clinical Practice

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Clinical Practice

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