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Jesus, Inc. The Visionary Path

An Entrepreneur's Guide to True Success

By Laurie Beth Jones

Publishers: Crown Business, New York

Price: Rs 652.

IN Jesus, Inc., Jones shows that there is no contradiction between earning a comfortable living even as you use your job to promote your deepest spiritual and personal beliefs. How exactly is this possible? Using timeless wisdom from the Bible and anecdo tes from her own life and consulting career, as well as tales from the best and worst work situations in today's rapidly changing business environment, she reveals how you can inspire yourself and your coworkers to use your highest gifts to benefit the b ottom line.

Rural Credit Markets

Financial Sector Reforms and the Informal Lenders

By Anita Gill

Publishers: Deep & Deep Publications, F-159, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi - 27.

Price: Rs 350.

THIS book is an in-depth study of informal rural credit markets. The study traces the reasons behind the pervasiveness of informal credit markets to interlinkages between credit market and other agrarian markets. The study has been carried out in Punjab. This study systematically examines the importance of these issues from the policy point of view. it provides a rich research agenda to evaluate the consequences of a variety of government interventions in the credit market, and suggestions for further r eforms in credit policy.

Creative Destruction

Why Companies that are Built to Last Underperform the Market -- and How to Successfully Transform Them

By Richard Foster and Sarah Kaplan

Publishers: Doubleday, New York

Price: Rs 984.

TURNING conventional wisdom on its head, a Senior Partner and an Innovation Specialist from McKinsey debunk the myth that high-octane, built-to-last companies can continue to excel year after year and reveal the dynamic strategies of discontinuity and cr eative destruction these corporations must adopt in order to maintain excellence and remain competitive. Proposing a radical new business paradigm, Foster and Kaplan argue that redesigning the corporation to change at the pace and scale of the capital ma rkets rather than merely operate well will require more than simple adjustments.

Resolving Conflict Sooner

The Powerfully Simple 4-Step Method for Reaching Better Agreements More Easily in Your Everyday Life

By Kare Anderson

Publishers: EastWest Books (Madras) Ltd, Chennai

Price: Rs 125.

KARE ANDERSON gives us four simple steps in Resolving Conflict Sooner, taking us on a round trip through conflict, coming back to ourselves after the conflict is resolved, and feeling pleased with results and relationships. Kare shows us how conflict can be an opportunity for people to come together, connect, and establish a deeper connection. Woven throughout the book are helpful tips to keep in mind as we practice the art of resolving conflicts in our day-to-day lives.

Courtesy: Fountainhead, Chennai.