Managing Professionals and Other Smart People by Dermot Duff takes the most up-to-date theories and research about leadership, motivation, organisational strategy and applies them to real situations in professional firms & companies, explaining how to manage professionals with specialised skills.

For many organisations cost reduction has been a priority for sometime. Unfortunately, it can sometimes be undertaken carelessly, or performed so persistently that it can lead to acorporate 'death by a thousand cuts'. This publication fits effective cost reduction into a wider strategic framework: the challenge being to radically reduce costs, while still surviving and prospering. Drawing on helpful theoretical insights, and complemented by New Zealand and overseas case studies and examples, it will be of value to anyone serious about cost reduction in their organisation.

This title will help to develop all of the key skills within project management. It is presented in an easy-to-read style where the learning is most accessible.