Best of
Business

1975

Believe!


Rich DeVos - 1975
    Discover how you can attain success and personal fulfillment through belief in...* Free Enterprise* Human Dignity* God and His Church* The American WayThe phenomenally successful president of Amway shares the motivating principles that have enabled thousands to realize their dreams.

Anatomy of a Merger: Strategies and Techniques for Negotiating Corporate Acquisitions


James C. Freund - 1975
    An indispensable desk book for acquisition lawyers." —Martin Lipton; Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz, New YorkAnatomy of a Merger: Strategies and Techniques for Negotiating Corporate Acquisitions is a unique guide to handling a corporate acquisition negotiation successfully. Some of its advice is geared towards effectuating workable compromises that satisfy the interests of all parties; some is aimed at getting a leg up on your adversaries. One of the book's principal points is how these twin, seemingly antithetical goals can and should be attained. At the outset, Mr. Freund explores the fencing for position that goes on during preliminary negotiations, when many of the basic issues vital to the deal are resolved. Later chapters analyze: the basic acquisition agreement; bargaining techniques applicable to substantive issues such as purchase price, representations and warranties, and indemnification; and employment contracts. The author also examines the period between signing and closing—a time when things can and do go wrong. Anatomy of a Merger: Strategies and Techniques for Negotiating Corporate Acquisitions suggests tactics to use—and tactics to guard against. It contains analysis so shrewd, so insightful, so skillfully written, that once you begin reading it, you'll find yourself reluctant to put it down. Book #10526; casebound, one volume, 559 pages; published in 1975. ISBN: 978-1-58852-000-5.

Platform for Change


Stafford Beer - 1975
    His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know." Dr Russell L Ackoff, The Institute for Interactive Management, Pennsylvania. USA. This is a highly original book both in content and format. It presents thirteen `arguments for change', these are linked by a personal commentary, and by a deeper, `metalinguistic', commentary. Platform for Change is completely self-contained, does not deal at all with the nature of viable systems, but is directed towards the hope that our planet may yet remain viable--and the human race survive.

The OK Boss


Muriel James - 1975
    

Scotty Philip, The Man Who Saved The Buffalo


Wayne C. Lee - 1975
    At 17, he was in the Black Hills illegally, looking for gold. Twice he was escorted out by the army. He returned in the big rush of 1876 but he found no gold. Then began a series of adventures as a teamster, cowboy, rancher, and freighter. He was scout for the army at Ft. Robinson during the Dull Knife outbreak. He married the daughter of a Sioux woman and a French voyageur whose Sioux blood gave her land right on the new Pine Ridge Reservation where Scotty moved his family and where he built a cattle empire. He was called back as army scout during the Ghost Dance craze that ended in the battle of Wounded Knee. He built a town by lost the fight for the county seat. Later he was elected to the South Dakota Senate.Seeing the vanishing buffalo and deploring the loss, he salvaged Pete Dupree's herd of buffalo when it appeared doomed. Building a buffalo-tight fence around thousands of leased acres near Fort Pierre, he allowed his buffalo herd to crow until he had nearly a thousand head when he died. He sold or gave many of his buffalo to National Parks, state parks and reserves, and after his death many more were distributed to areas where they would be protected. Most of the buffalo east of the Rockies today are descendants of Scotty's herd. He and Ed Lemmon were the first two men from South Dakota to be inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.

Succeeding in the World of Work


Grady Kimbrell - 1975
    This updated program integrates academic standards-based activities with real-world workplace connections. The ninth edition emphasizes workplace skills, technology, and understanding and working with cultural differences.This text includes Real-World Connections which provide a real-life anecdote or passage that deals with issues of work, including soft skills such as interpersonal communication.