CIMA Learning System Fundamentals of Financial Accounting: New syllabus

Cima Learning Systems Certificate Level
By Henry Lunt
Publisher: CIMA Publishing
Number Of Pages: 736
Publication Date: 2006-10-02
ISBN-10: 0750680334
ZIPed PDF ebook, high quality, with bookmarks

Description:
CIMA's Official Learning System has been written by former CIMA examiners in conjunction with the CIMA faculty. They provide a clear logical route through the new syllabus to specifically prepare students to pass, first time.

CIMA Official Learning Systems include:
* Step-by-step coverage directly linked to the CIMA syllabus learning outcomes
* Chapter and topic summaries
* Extensive question practice
* Complete Revision section
* CBA style mock exam
* Two colour layout for easy navigation

The ring binder format allows you to add in your notes as you work through the system, and if attending classes, to just take the chapter you need.

CIMA Official Learning Systems are the only materials written and endorsed by the CIMA Faculty

* Re-engineered to meet the demands of the new CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting 2006 syllabus
* Complete integrated package incorporating syllabus guidance, full text, recommended articles, revision guides and extensive question practice
* CIMA Official Learning Systems are the only materials written and endorsed by the CIMA Faculty.

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PDF | Qualitative Research: Good Decision Making through Understanding People, Cultures and Markets (Market Research in Practice)

Title : Qualitative Research: Good Decision Making through Understanding People, Cultures and Markets
By Sheila Keegan
Publisher: Kogan Page
Pages: 272, Date: 2009-11-28
ISBN-10 : 0749454644
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Qualitative research is a powerful tool which plays a part in conducting marketing research into customer value analysis, branding and naming, new product launch, customer satisfaction and market segmentation, among other marketing areas.

Its techniques include all types of focus groups, in depth one-one-one interviews, intercept studies and observational research. Because of its importance in determining buyer attitudes and beliefs it has been growing exponentially.

Sheila Keegan, psychologist and market research practitioner, outlines the history of qualitative research, its purpose and role, its relationship to quantitative research, ethical issues it provokes, and how to analyze, interpret, and communicate research results. She presents different theoretical models within which qualitative research operates and uses case studies to show how these frameworks differ between the UK, Europe, the US and other countries.

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The Google Way: How One Company Is Revolutionizing Management as We Know It

By Bernard Girard
Publisher: No Starch Press
Pages: 256, Date: 2009-04-01
ISBN-10 : 1593271840, RAR-ed PDF 1.78 MB

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Shortly after World War I, Ford and GM created the large modern corporation, with its financial and statistical controls, mass production, and assembly lines. In the 1980s, Toyota stood out for combining quality with continuous refinement.

Today, Google is reinventing business yet again-the way we work, how organizations are controlled, and how employees are managed.

Management consultant Bernard Girard has been analyzing Google since its founding in 1998, and now in The Google Way, he explores Google's innovations in depth-many of which are far removed from the best practices taught at the top business schools.

As you read, you'll see how much of Google's success is due to its focus on users and automation. You'll also learn how eCommerce has profoundly changed the relationship between businesses and their customers, for the first time giving customers an important role to play in a major corporation's growth.

Finally, Girard speculates about the limits of Google's business model and discusses the challenges it will face as it continues to grow.

Google's culture is one of innovation. Why not make that spirit of innovation your own?

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Cambridge Handbooks Five-Minute Activities for Business English ( for Language Teachers)

By Paul Emmerson, Nick Hamilton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 122, Date: 2005-03-21
ISBN-10 : 0521547415, PDF, 495 KB, with cover, bookmarks and pagination

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This comprehensive resource book contains an easy-to-use set of short activities essential for anyone teaching Business English. Reflecting real-life business activities such as emails, noisy telephone conversations, making excuses, negotiating, handling customer complaints and cultural awareness, Five-Minute Activities for Business English helps teachers mirror the pacey feel of the work environment.

This book is also of interest to teachers of general English who are looking for stimulating skills-based activities in meaningful contexts and complements both tailored and coursebook-based materials. The four main areas covered are 'Business topics', 'Business communication skills', 'Language work' and 'Exploiting coursebooks'.

These areas feature activities on various topics such as money, finance, meetings, negotiations, telephoning, management, marketing, etc.

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The Real Estate Investing Answer Book

By Denise Evans
Publisher: Sphinx Publishing
Pages: 272, Date: 2008-01-01
ISBN-10 : 1572486473, 1.1 MB rar pdf

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The Real Estate Investing Answer Book tackles the most important questions someone thinking about investing in real estate should have answered. Topics discussed include:

-How do I convince my friends/relatives this is the right investment for me?
-Financial requirements
-Can I make a profit?
-What's the best kind of property for investment
-Working with "partners"
-What people will I encounter in my investments?
-Finding property
-Can I tie up property while I think about buying it?
-How much should I pay?
-Preparing an offer
-Earnest money
-What do I do if the other side makes a counter-offer
-Contingencies-back doors to get out of a contract
-Due diligence-avoiding surprises
-Financing
-Being a landlord
-Flipping
-Development
-How can I protect my investments
-Can I sell property without paying any income taxes
-Record keeping
-Worst case scenario

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PDF For Touchdown!: Achieving Your Greatness on the Playing Field of Business (and Life)

By Kevin Elko
Publisher: FT Press
Pages: 192, Date: 2009-07-20
ISBN-10 : 0137019602

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"I've been there when Elko has given one of his famous talks and he really fires everyone up. I'll never let anyone else speak to my team." --Nick Saban, Former Head Coach, LSU, National Football Champions; current Head Coach, University of Alabama Crimson Tide "If I had one choice for someone to work with my firm, I would pick Kevin Elko.

He has a unique way to touch people to become the kind of person they were meant to be. When I need a plan for growth, Kevin is my first call." --Andy Kalbaugh, CEO, Mutual Services (LPL Financial) "Dr. Elko taught me 'You have to dream it to achieve it' and that before championships and pro bowls happen, in your mind they have already occurred.

From the moment I learned it I have not only played that way, I have led that way." --Ed Reed, All Pro Safety, Baltimore Ravens What's your vision? What's your passion? What do you want most? This book will help you find it, focus on it, and transform it into reality. Dr. Kevin Elko has spent 20+ years helping people do precisely that: Super Bowl and NCAA Champion athletes and coaches...winning salespeople and corporate executives...audiences who've responded with hundreds of standing ovations. His techniques and insights don't just supercharge performance...they change lives. Now, he's brought them all together in a single boo--and it may be the greatest motivational book ever written. Elko's lessons helped the University of Miami build its national championship football team...led Nick Saban to make Elko his team's only performance consultant...helped NFL all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith stay relentlessly focused in the face of any challenge. They got what they wanted. Whatever you want, Elko's message can help you get it, too! *Build your success brick by brick...until it happens, all of a sudden!*Seize your season, and become fully alive.*Gain the certain knowledge that your vision will come true.*Put aside distractions, identify the price of your vision, and go for it.*Don't just claim your success: enjoy it! From America's #1 Sports Performance Consultant Breakthrough success happens first in your mind, and then in the world. In this book, Dr. Kevin Elko shows how to build your success one brick at a time...so when it happens, it happens huge. As America's #1 performance consultant, Elko knows more about preparing for success than anyone. In this book, he shares everything he's learned working with legendary athletes such as Emmitt Smith, championship coaches like Nick Saban, and thousands of the world's top businesspeople. If you're good, he'll make you great. If you're great, he'll make you the best. It's your turn. It's your time. Learn what it takes. Do what it takes. Get this book, and make it happen. Forewords by Butch Davis and Jon Dorenbos Preface by Stewart Emery

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Great Minds in Management: The Process of Theory Development

By Ken G. Smith, Michael A. Hitt
Oxford University Press, USA | 2005
ISBN: 0199276811 | 616 pages | PDF | 2,3 MB

In Great Minds in Management, Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt have brought together some of the most influential and original thinkers in management. Their contributions to this volume not only outline their landmark contributions to management theory, but also reflect on the process of theory development, presenting their own personal accounts of the gestation of these theories.

The result is not only an ambitious and original panorama of the key ideas in management theory presented by their originators, but also a unique collection of reflections on the process of theory development, an area which to date little has been written about by those who have actually had experience of building theory. In their concluding chapter, Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt draw together some common themes about the development of management theory over the last half a century, and suggest some of the conclusions to be drawn about how theory comes into being.

Contributors: Chris Argyris, Albert Bandura, Jay B. Barney, Lee R. Beach, Kim Cameron, Michael R. Darby, Robert Folger, R. Edward Freeman, Michael Frese, J. Richard Hackman, Donald C. Hambrick, Michael A. Hitt, Anne S. Huff, Gary P. Latham, Edwin A. Locke, Henry Mintzberg, Terrence R. Mitchell, Richard T. Mowday, Ikujiro Nonaka, Greg R. Oldham, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Lyman W. Porter, Denise M. Rousseau, W. Richard Scott, Ken G. Smith, Barry M. Staw, Richard M. Steers, Victor H. Vroom, Karl E. Weick, Oliver E. Williamson, Sidney G. Winter, and Lynn Zucker

"This volume should be read by all aspiring scholars and is well worth inclusion in management doctoral seminars. The personal stories presented in this volume will make readers realize how theory development is not analogous to treading a lonely path, "a bolt of lightening", or even a combination of the two. It is a much more complex social dynamic process fueled by personal insight, commitment, and energy, as well as stimulation by colleagues in the scholarly and managerial communities. We thoroughly enjoyed reading the book and we believe you will too."
-- Academy of Management Review

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Project Management for Mere Mortals

By Claudia M. Baca
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Pages: 528, Date: 2007-07-05
ISBN-10 : 0321423453

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Praise for Project Management for Mere Mortals®
“Project Management for Mere Mortals is a must read for all project managers with responsibilities for large or small projects, regardless of industry or product. Baca has cleverly taken the (sometimes) difficult lexicon of project management and distilled it into easy-to-read, understandable concepts.

Her case study examples lead Project Managers from Project Initiation through Project Close–and those between–with ease. In today’s growing discipline of Project Management, we must understand the potential hurdles and where to capitalize on prior knowledge. Baca is a Project Management guru. No person involved with the execution of projects should be without this book…ever.”

–Lisa Marie Jacobsen, CAPM, Project Manager, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

“Project Management for Mere Mortals is an excellent book for the beginning as well as the experienced project manager. At the elementary level, the concepts are clearly explained, and at the advanced level, hints and tips are explained that give new insight to the concepts. I especially liked the case studies that applied each chapter’s lessons.”

–Kaaren A. Walsh, PMP

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PMP Certification, A Beginner's Guide (Certification Press)

By George Angel
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Pages: 464, Date: 2009-09-21
ISBN-10 : 0071633707, Rar'd PDF ~ 2.9 MB's Bookmarked


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Essential Project Management Skills--Made Easy!
This accessible guide bridges the gap between being a project manager and becoming a globally recognized Project Management Professional (PMP). Covering the latest PMP exam content from the Project Management Institute (PMI), the book explains PMI's worldwide standard methods, nine knowledge areas, and 42 processes.

You'll learn proven strategies for improving project efficiency and effectiveness, balancing constraints, communicating timely and accurate project status, and successfully bringing a project to completion. A real-world case study that's followed throughout the book provides helpful examples, checklists, and proven project results.

Designed for Easy Learning:
*Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
*Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
*Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
*Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered
* Tips--Helpful reminders to help you prepare for the PMP exam

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Project Management Case Studies Second Edition

By Harold Kerzner Ph.D.
Publisher: Wiley
Pages: 672, Date: 2006-01-03
ISBN-10 : 0471751677. 6 mb rar pdf scan

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The revised edition of the single-best source of project management case studies
Project Management Case Studies, Second Edition presents the most comprehensive collection of project management case studies available today. Compiled by Harold Kerzner, the leading authority on project management, it offers more than ninety case studies that illustrate both successful implementation of project management by actual companies and pitfalls to avoid in a variety of real-world situations.

Now with twenty-five new case studies, this new edition:
* Represents a wide range of industries, including medical and pharmaceutical, aerospace, manufacturing, automotive, finance and banking, and telecommunications
* Covers cutting-edge areas of construction and international project management
* Presents best practices and pitfalls of project management implementation in the real world
* Follows and supports preparation for the Project Management Professional (PMP(r)) Certification Exam

Whether used with the latest edition of Harold Kerzner's landmark reference, Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, or on its own, Project Management Case Studies, Second Edition is a valuable resource for students, as well as practicing engineers and managers.

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101 American English Idioms: Understanding and Speaking English Like an American, Book with Audio

By : Harry Collis
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Date: February 9, 1987
Pages: 135 Size: 62.6 Mb Format: PDF + MP3
Quality: Adequate, readable, 44kHz/128kbps

101 American English Idioms takes the mystery out of these common U.S. expressions and explains their meanings in context. On the audio CD, native speakers read each of the 101 idioms, so you can hear how American English sounds and practice what you have learned.

What Americans really mean when they say . . .
• Drive someone up a wall--annoy someone greatly
• Raise a stink--protest strongly
• Pull someone's leg--fool someone
• All thumbs--clumsy
• Shoot the breeze--chat informally
• Feel like a million dollars--feel wonderful
• Duck soup--easy, effortless

Review
"I am a Bostonian who heard the recording from one of my English students. Dressed to the teeth is an expression I readily recognize, but I am more likely to read it than to hear it in everyday, modern conversation. Some of the expressions are probably regional, perhaps most from Northeastern section of the country. Of course the term American is often misused, and foreign visitors should be careful buying books claiming to teach American words or phrases."
An American woman (Arlington, MA USA)

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PDF For Case Study Research: Theory, Methods and Practice

By Arch Woodside
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Pages: 455, Date: 2010-06-23
ISBN-10 : 1849509220 5.2 MB's | PDF

"Case Study Research: Theory, Methods and Practice" looks at the research processes involved in conducting methods including participant observation, fuzzy set social science, system dynamics, decision systems analysis, forced metaphor elicitation technique, ethnographic decision tree modelling, mapping strategic thinking, the historical method, storytelling research and conversational analysis.
The book reviews and applies the best literature on case study methods from several disciplines providing strong rationales for adopting case study research methods alone or in mixed-methods.

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Ebooks For The Portable MBA, 5th Edition

By Kenneth M. Eades, Timothy M. Laseter, Ian Skurnik, Peter L. Rodriguez, Lynn A. Isabella, Paul J. Simko
Publisher: Wiley, Pages: 358
Publication Date: 2010-05-03
ISBN-10: 0470481293, PDF 5.4 MB's Full

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A totally revised new edition of the bestselling guide to business school basics
The bestselling book that invented the "MBA in a book" category, The Portable MBA Fifth Edition is a reliable and information-packed guide to the business school curriculum and experience.

For years, professionals who need MBA-level information and insight-but don't need the hassle of business school-have turned to the Portable MBA series for the very best, most up-to-date coverage of the business basics.
This new revised and expanded edition continues that long tradition with practical, real-world business insight from faculty members from the prestigious Darden School at the University of Virginia.

With 50 percent new material, including new chapters on such topics as emerging economies, enterprise risk management, consumer behavior, managing teams, and up-to-date career advice, this is the best Portable MBA ever.

* Covers all the core topics you'd learn in business school, including finance, accounting, marketing, economics, ethics, operations management, management and leadership, and strategy.
* Every chapter is totally updated and seven new chapters have been added on vital business topics
* Includes case studies and interactive web-based examples

Whether you own your own small business or work in a major corporate office, The Portable MBA gives you the comprehensive information and rich understanding of the business world that you need.

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Introduction to e-Business: Management and Strategy

By Colin Combe
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Pages: 320, Date: 2006-04-05
ISBN-10 : 0750667311, zip'd pdf with cover: 1.12 MB

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An Introduction to e-Business provides the contemporary knowledge of the key issues affecting the modern e-business environment and links theory and practice of management strategies relating to e-business.

This book brings together the most cogent themes for an introduction to e-business and constitutes a valuable contribution to formalising common themes for teaching the subject in higher education.

It brings together theoretical perspectives based on academic research and the application of e-business strategies. These concepts are further explored in the six case studies that follow the set chapters.

This new textbook integrates the main themes to provide a complete picture of the key elements relevant to an introductory text in e-business. To fully appreciate the e-business environment it is necessary to understand the links between the different disciplines that come together to form

* Integrates business, management, strategic management, technology, marketing and economics within the context of e- business
* Provides practical insight by including a selection of in depth case studies on high profile companies, such as Amazon.com, e-Bay and Google

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Essentials of Marketing Research

By Tony Proctor
Publisher: Financal Times Management
Pages: 616, Date: 2005-07-10
ISBN-10 : 0273694944, 15MB rared pdf, high quality, bookamarks

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Tony Proctor's Essentials of Marketing Research 4th edition offers a streamlined, traditional introduction to all the major concepts in the field of marketing research. He also discusses new developments, particularly in the areas of qualitative data analysis and marketing decisions support systems.

Ideal for undergraduates studying marketing research for the first time, MBA students, as well as anyone who seeks a basic understanding of the topic.

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Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide), 4 edition

By Project Management Institute
Publisher: Project Management Institute
Pages: 459, Date: 2008-12-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1933890517, RAR-ed PDF 31.4 MB

Besides all the criticism, I find this book very useful and a must for every project manager. However, if you are a beginner to the discipline of proejct management, first go through a basic book on project management such as 90 Days to Success as a Project Manager;the only book (for now) that is compatible with this (4th) edition of the PMBOK Guide.

I am asking my students to read this book (40 days...) before reading the PMBOK Guide and after reading the PMBOK Guide. It is a well known fact that Standards in any field tend to be dry. Otherwise with the help of other books such as the one mentioned above, it can be a great entry into the discipline of project management.

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The MBA Handbook: Skills for Mastering Management

By Sheila CameronPublisher: Financial Times Management
Pages: 481Date: 2008-02-27
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 013613873X, PDF, 10.1 MB

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The MBA Handbook is a solid support guide for students studying for their MBA, providing advice about the whole MBA process, including choosing a course and examining post-MBA job opportunities.

It can be used either to support a specific study skills unit on the course or as student reference and support beyond the classroom - it therefore has a lot of value for distance-learning students.

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The 48 Laws of Power

File PDF size 25 Mb

"Learning the game of power requires a certain way of looking at the world, a shifting of perspective," writes Robert Greene. Mastery of one's emotions and the arts of deception and indirection are, he goes on to assert, essential. The 48 laws outlined in this book "have a simple premise: certain actions always increase one's power ... while others decrease it and even ruin us."

The laws cull their principles from many great schemers--and scheming instructors--throughout history, from Sun-Tzu to Talleyrand, from Casanova to con man Yellow Kid Weil. They are straightforward in their amoral simplicity: "Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit," or "Discover each man's thumbscrew.

" Each chapter provides examples of the consequences of observance or transgression of the law, along with "keys to power," potential "reversals" (where the converse of the law might also be useful), and a single paragraph cleverly laid out to suggest an image (such as the aforementioned thumbscrew); the margins are filled with illustrative quotations. Practitioners of one-upmanship have been given a new, comprehensive training manual, as up-to-date as it is timeless.

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Finding the Best Business School for You: Looking Past the Rankings

 By Everette E. Dennis, Sharon P. Smith
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Pages: 224, Date: 2006-06-30
ISBN-10 : 0275988201
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Every year, more than 250,000 people take the Graduate Management Administration Test (GMAT) in preparation for applying to MBA programs. While many will seek admission to the top-ranked schools, only a small percentage will end up at one of these "elite" programs. Everette Dennis and Sharon Smith argue that those who think only in these narrow terms, assuming that "only the best" warrant their consideration, are shortchanging themselves in at least two ways: they may miss the mark and decide to forgo an MBA altoghter, or they may look past the best programs for themselves.

The truth is that, in response to changes in the global business environment, many schools are redesigning their curricula, forging closer ties with businesses, and giving students more freedom to customize their degrees. Some of the most innovative programs are being designed at public universities and other institutions out of the spotlight.

Ultimately, finding the best and most appropriate business school requires more than following trends and assessing rankings. Dennis and Smith offer an approach that is designed to help prospective MBA students cast the net more widely, thinking more expansively, creatively, and strategically, with both short- and long-term implications in mind.

Discussing the pros and cons of a formal business education (in the context of evolving attitudes toward management and the role of the MBA in developing successful leaders), the authors help readers identify their underlying motivations for pursuing an MBA, learn how to read between the lines of the popular rankings, and utilize the concept of return on investment (ROI) to evaluate programs on the basis of their contribution to long-term professional and personal goals. At a time when one-fourth of all master's degrees conferred are in business, Finding the Best Business School for You offers practical insights for making wise decisions and getting the most out of the MBA experience.

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Perfect Phrases for Business School Acceptance (Perfect Phrases Series)

By Paul Bodine
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Pages: 272, Date: 2008-10-13
ISBN-10 : 0071598200, PDF ~ 733 KB's Bookmarked

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The Right Phrase for the Right Situation--Every Time. .
You've taken the GMAT, your transcript is in order, and you're ready to apply to business schools. Your personal statement and the interview are your major opportunity to distinguish yourself from the pack and demonstrate your full potential. Perfect Phrases for Business School Acceptance gives you the phrases, statements, and approaches that will help you write a compelling essay, succeed at the interview, and stand out from your competition.

* Provides precise and effective language
for applications, essays, interviews.
* Covers a wide range of potential answers to difficult questions .
* Guides you through the stages of the interview process .

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