Books for Business Professionals
All our free eBooks for business professionals are written exclusively for bookboon.com by experts within their fields. Delve into subjects such as accounting, self management, human resource management and job searching!
PowerPoint 2010 Advanced
This eBook will teach you how to use several interesting and exciting features from PowerPoint 2010.
Excel 2010 Advanced
This free Excel 2010 eBook should be used as a point of reference after following attendance of the advanced level Excel 2010 training course.
Effective Communication Skills
This textbook introduces the reader to what being an outstanding communicator is all about.
Excel 2010 Introduction: Part I
Excel 2010 is a powerful spreadsheet application that allows users to produce tables containing calculations and graphs.
Excel 2010 Introduction: Part II
In the second part of the Excel 2010 introduction series you will learn more about printing, names and sheets.
Managing through Change
This textbook introduces the reader to what managing change is all about. Change is the only constant so it’s important that you know how to manage and drive through change.
Emotional Intelligence
This textbook introduces the reader to what Emotional Intelligence is and how they can improve their own.
Word 2010 Advanced: Part I
Word 2010 is a powerful word processing application that allows users to produce typed documents.
Networking
Sound networking abilities are essential in a knowledge-based society. In consequence, people with broad and effective networks are usually both successful and in demand.
Word 2010 Introduction
Word 2010 is a powerful Word-processing application that allows users to create text documents containing; tables, graphics objects from other applications such as spreadsheets and PowerPoint slides.
Access 2010: Part I
Access 2010 is a powerful Database application that allows users to produce tables, forms, queries and reports within a database it can also contain calculations, graphs, pictures and files.
Word 2010 Advanced: Part II
Word 2010 is a powerful word processing application that allows users to produce typed documents.
Ignite Your Career
The information contained in this book is a tool providing you with inspiration and practical guidance to start your career.
Access 2010: Part II
Access 2010 is a powerful Database application that allows users to produce tables, forms, queries and reports within a database it can also contain calculations, graphs, pictures and files.
Personal Confidence & Motivation
Do you have the self belief and confidence to make a difference? Do you “just know” that you’ll succeed no matter what?
Outlook 2010: Part I
Outlook 2010 is a powerful Information management application that allows you to co-ordinate projects using a variety of different tools.
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Nothing is difficult once you have learned it. That applies to Microsoft Office Excel 2007 as well, and once you have learned it, you will be able to do things you never dreamed of!
Access 2010: Part III
Access 2010 is a powerful database application that allows users to produce tables, forms, queries and reports within a database it can also contain calculations, graphs, pictures and files.
Access 2010: Part IV
Access 2010 is a powerful database application that allows users to produce tables, forms, queries and reports within a database it can also contain calculations, graphs, pictures and files.
Intro to Computer Based Control Systems
Outlook 2010: Part II
Microsoft Outlook 2010 is a powerful Information management application that can be used for e-mailing, but as well as a calendar.
Hidden Communication Skills Revealed!
Project 2010 Advanced
Project 2010 is a powerful application that allows you to plan, resource, manage and report on a project no matter how large.
Project 2010 Introduction: Part I
Microsoft Project 2010 is a powerful application that allows you to plan, resource, manage and report on a project no matter how large.
How to Improve Motivation
Do you know what really motivates you? More importantly, do you know how to motivate others?
Outlook 2010: Part III
Microsoft Outlook 2010 is a powerful Information management application that can be used for e-mailing, but as well offers many other convenient tools.
Visio 2010
Project 2010 Introduction: Part II
Project 2010 is allows individuals, but as well teams to plan, manage and report on a project.
Publisher 2010: Part I
Publisher 2010: Part II
Write Like A Pro
Write Like A Pro is jam-packed with practical tips, tools and resources that help eliminate writing challenges for beginners as well as experienced writers.
Perfect Presentations
Mastering the art of presentation is not easy. True. Good presenters are natural presenters.
Project Management
Every project and as a consequence every project manager has to deal with different targets, different environments and, last but not least, with different people.
Successful Public Speaking
Strategic Management
This free textbook introduces the reader to the different approaches and schools within strategic thinking as well as the tools used to investigate the strategic environment surrounding a business.
Advanced Communication Skills
Are you looking to take your communication skills onto the next level? Do you want to be able to tap into other’s wavelengths be able to influence at will?
Interview Secrets Exposed
Stress measurement in less than one minute
Drawing on the scholarly writings of the late professor Richard S. Lazarus, the book presents the development of the Emotional Stress Reaction Questionnaire (ESRQ).
Successful Time Management
Do you make the most of your time or are you always chasing your tail? Do you use to-do lists?
Effective Discipline
This eBook will help the reader manage discipline confidently and successfully at work.
Thinking Skills
This eBook will cover all kinds of thinking skills and will make you see that your brain is the most powerful organ you possess.
Access 2007: Part I
Creating your CV as a self marketing tool
Whether you are just starting out on your career or are in employment, your job searching must have one tool before that journey starts and that is a professional CV.
The A to Z of Presentations
Career Secrets Exposed
Career Secrets Exposed has been written to provide a number of useful tips on managing your career. On average, based on a 40 hour week, we spend close to 2000 hours a year at work!
Access 2007: Part II
Access 2007: Part III
Windows 7 Install to Secure
Windows 7 – Install to Secure – was written for the average person. Easy to understand with step by step instructions on how to install and keep secure the operating system Windows 7.
International Financial Reporting
How to read an annual report under the ’International Financial Reporting Standards’ (IFRS) provisions?
Access 2003 Macros
Access 2003
Leadership Skills
This textbook introduces the reader to what being an effective leader is all about.
Managing Stress
I think all of us have to work under a lot more pressure nowadays that at anytime in history.
Microsoft Office Powerpoint
This free Microsoft Office Powerpoint book is not a point-for-point review of all PowerPoint’s functions.
Be A Better Writer
You may not be a professional writer. Yet no matter what type of profession you are in, chances are you will need to write something on a professional level at one time or another.
Assertiveness
Assertiveness is one of the most important skills you can learn today. It changes the way you communicate, deal with conflict, and your own relationship with yourself.
iWork - Pages
We all need to use productivity software for word processing, to reconcile budgets, or to make presentations.
Managing Your Career
Do you have a career path? Do you know exactly what you want in terms of your career?
Motivation Skills
So just what is motivation? Just how can you motivate yourself and others? In this textbook we’ll cover the main motivational theories and what they mean in the real world.
Policing Cyber Crime
Computer crime is an overwhelming problem worldwide.
Excel 2007 Advanced: Part I
Excel 2007 Advanced: Part I is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Microsoft Office Word
Microsoft Office Word is an ebook to download free of charge. In the world of word processing programs, there’s Microsoft Word, and everything else.
Excel 2007 Advanced: Part II
Excel 2007 Advanced: Part II is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
This is the first in a series of books on Adobe Photoshop. Together, they will give the reader a good foundation in some of the major features of this ground breaking and industry changing program.
Maximising Your Potential
This book will guide you on your own self-development through life.
Operations Management
Whether it is tangible or intangible production items the "Operations Management" book will guide you through concepts such as Supply Chain Management to LEAN, and much more.
The Art of Personal Effectiveness
In this collection, you’ll find around 500 quotes on the theme of Personal Effectiveness.
Management Basics
What does a manager really do? What is a manager supposed to do? What is the difference between a manager and a leader? This book outlines the challenging role of the manager.
Managing the Human Resource in the 21st century
This study guide provides an overview of the most important topics and current debates covered in Human Resource Management (HRM) field.
Excel 2007 Introduction: Part I
Excel 2007 Introduction: Part I is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Excel 2007 Introduction: Part II
Excel 2007 Introduction: Part II is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Project Leadership - Step by Step
This is Volume I of two books on how to master Small- and Medium-Sized Projects - SMPs.
Improve Your Writing Skills
PowerPoint 2007: Part I
PowerPoint 2007: Part I is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
PowerPoint 2007: Part II
PowerPoint 2007: Part II is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Word 2007 Advanced: Part I
Word 2007 Introduction: Part I
Word 2007 Advanced: Part II
Project 2007
Microsoft Office Project 2007 is a tool to help you to plan projects, manage and update project information, and communicate the status once the project is under way.
The Smart Guide to Business Writing
THE SMART GUIDE TO BUSINESS WRITING is a hands-on, easy guide to writing all the different business materials that may be required in the course of a career.
Working Abroad
Traditionally, emigration was a lifelong commitment to settle in a land far away for a chance of a better life.
Overcoming Perfectionism
We live in a world where the pace of life is phenomenal. We have to work harder, faster, more efficiently, longer hours and with less job security than ever before.
Business Blogs
Word 2007 Introduction: Part II
Visio 2007
Outlook 2007: Part I
Outlook 2007: Part I is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Outlook 2007: Part II
Outlook 2007: Part II is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Management Briefs
This book is a collection of 500-word essays on a variety of management, leadership, and organizational topics.
Frontpage 2003
Frontpage 2003 is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Adobe Photoshop for Intermediate Users
Improve your skills in Photoshop with this free guide for intermediate users.
Excel 2003 Advanced
Excel 2003 Advanced is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Project 2003
Project 2003 is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Sports Development, Law And Commercialization
This book is ideal for sports managers, administrators and sports organisers running a sports club or institution.
Excel 2003 Introduction: Part I
Excel 2003 Introduction: Part I is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Visio 2003
Excel 2003 Introduction: Part II
Excel 2003 Introduction: Part II is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Resume Secrets Exposed
Welcome to Resume Secrets Exposed. This eBook has been written to provide you with as many tips and secrets to writing the perfect resume.
Outlook 2003: Part I
Outlook 2003: Part I is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Strategic Financial Management: Part I
Outlook 2003: Part II
Outlook 2003: Part II is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Working Abroad: European Perspectives
Traditionally, emigration was a lifelong commitment to settle in a land far away for a chance of a better life.
Word 2003 Advanced
Word 2003 Advanced is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Word 2003 Introduction
Word 2003 Introduction is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
PowerPoint 2003: Part I
PowerPoint 2003: Part I is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
PowerPoint 2003: Part II
PowerPoint 2003: Part II is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
Creating an Entrepreneurial Mindset
This book considers entrepreneurism as an essential component in all aspects of life rather than the narrow business definition.
Using Accounting Information
This book is the fifth of seven books which introduces the basic principles of accounting.
Self-Managed and Coach Led Stress Management
There are many books on stress and coaching. The unique feature of this one is that it: (a) rests on a solid theoretical ground and (b) presents a number of scientifically developed practical tools.
Corporate Governance and International Business
It is clearly accepted that good governance is fundamental to the successfully continuing operating of any organisation.
Strategic Financial Management: Part II
Strategic Financial Management: Part II is one of the great eBooks available to download from our website.
iWork – Keynote
We all need to use productivity software for word processing, to reconcile budgets, or to make presentations.
iWork - Numbers
We all need to use productivity software for word processing, to reconcile budgets, or to make presentations.
Liabilities and Equity
This book is the fourth of seven books which introduces the basic principles of accounting.
Influencing and Persuasion skills
Being able to influence and persuade others to get them to do what you want them to do is a key skill not only in business but in life as a whole!
Dealing with Conflict and Complaints
Not many people like to deal with conflict, do you? Perhaps it’s the difference of opinion or if someone is getting aggressive towards you, but it’s not a pleasant experience.
There’s no “I” in TEAM
Wherever you work, it's almost certain that you'll be part of a team. The ability to work as an effective team member is something all employers look for in their staff.
Managing Budgets
Managing a budget can be a very challenging activity! There are always pressures on expenditure and in today’s economic climate there is the need to “do more for less” in terms of costs are concerned.
Demystifying Case Interviews
Many candidates are nervous about case interviews. Because the specific case cannot be prepared in advance -you don't know what the case will be-.
Long-Term Assets
This book is the third of seven books which introduces the basic principles of accounting.
Project Leadership - Step by Step
This is Volume II of two books on how to master Small- and Medium-Sized Projects - SMPs.
Time to get hired
‘Time to get hired’ is a step-by-step booklet that helps you to understand what it takes to land a new job through alternative channels that applying as a response to a job ad.
Company Valuation and Share Price
This free book provides a guide to company share valuation in today’s volatile markets using asset values, earnings, dividend policy, cash flow analysis and behavioural theory.
Understanding Personality Types
After reading this eBook, you will have the means to totally change the way you manage others.
Icebreakers
Originally, an icebreaker was used at the start of a training course to “break the ice” between people who were out of their normal workplace environment and perhaps feeling nervous and apprehensive.
Business Briefs
This book is a collection of 500-word essays on a variety of business and management topics and is a companion to "Management Briefs: Management and Leadership Theory Made Simple.
Graduate Employment
There are at least two reasons to download this book of tips. One is to find practical and encouraging advice on how to find graduate employment.
High-impact interpersonal skills
Understanding Social Media
Social Media is the buzz about town. Almost everyone with internet access is using social media in some form or the other.
Company Valuation and Takeover
Your Assertive Development Journey
The Art of Leadership
In this collection, you’ll find around 500 quotes on the theme of Leadership.
Social Media And Business Intelligence
Social Media is already very well known and widely used, but there is still a great deal of misunderstanding as to how it can be used effectively by business organizations.
Coaching and Mentoring
This textbook introduces the reader to what being an outstanding coach is all about.
Counselling Skills
This eBook introduces you to the “counselling approach”, which is a managerial way of counselling staff.
Administration Skills
Effective modern administration requires the development of multiple skills which should enable an administrator to lead a high-performance team.
Dealing With Difficult People
Change Management
The successful completion of a change project is an indicator for the professionalism of a company.
Presenting an Effective Message
Time to be productive
In this digital age of speed, technology offers challenges as well as benefits.
The fastest way to the job interview
‘The fastest way to the job interview’ is a step-by-step booklet that helps you to understand what it takes to land a job interview which ultimately will give you a job.
Internet Marketing
Internet Marketing can look a little daunting with all of its many components. SEO, PPC, Social Media, Blogs, plus much more!
Stress and Work/Life Balance
My guiding aim in writing this book was to make it readable, down to earth and useful.
The Power of Coaching
When global leaders like Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google, states getting a coach was "The best advice I ever got", you know coaching isn't going away any time soon.
Thinking Strategically
Strategic management is a widely studied field because it is through strategy that organizations attempt to reach their goals and out-think the competition.
The “Managing You” Workbook
Cool It!
Do you: · Have to manage emotional and volatile staff? · Have to deal with angry customers?
IT Management
This book is based on the experiences of a large number of successful IT managers.
Essential job searching tools
Having the right tools when starting to job search is an essential part of the process.
Making the Business Case
Do you have an idea for a business? This book will help you to determine how to go about turning your idea into reality and cash.
Conducting Transatlantic Business
The Styles, Models & Philosophy of Leadership
"The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already". John Buchan When you think of leaders and leadership, what comes to mind?
Planning for new opportunities
‘Planning for new opportunities’ is a step-by-step booklet that helps you to understand what it takes to land a new job.
Presenting at Conferences
“According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right?
Recruitment and Selection
In this eBook, you’ll discover a wide range of skills and techniques that will help you master the selection process.
Performance Management
Whether you are a manager yourself or a member of staff being managed you will no doubt come face to face with the performance management process!
Working as an Independent Contractor
Personal Finance in Today’s Complex World
The Seven Deadly Sins of Employment
This book is a useful guide for those who are new to HR or managing teams.
Top Ten Leadership Skills – Book 1
What makes a great leader?
Risk Management Made Easy
Managing Projects
All throughout your life, whether at work, rest or play, you’ll need to organise and manage projects.
Email Marketing
This eBook will focus exclusively on email marketing and the strategies used to implement it.
Developing an Internet Marketing Strategy
With the introduction of the Internet, there came many changes to the way a company might carry out a particular marketing strategy.
Essential Communication Secrets!
- Are you a Manager who is sometimes lost for words? - Are there times when you actually say the wrong thing and make a difficult situation worse?
Supportive Leadership
Leadership in the 21st Century needs a paradigm change!
Internal Communication Management
Why is internal communication important and what are the advantages that it can determine for an organization?
The Secrets to Workshop Success
The Secrets of Workshop Success eBook is a must read for everyone who is considering presenting a workshop, seminar or training.
Financial Decision-making & Investor Behaviour
Cost Analysis
This book is the ninth of fifteen books which introduces the basic principles of accounting.
Introduction to Managerial Accounting
This book is the eighth of fifteen books which introduces the basic principles of accounting.
Procrastination
The Village That Could
This entertaining story could change your life. You could just read it for fun, but there’s more to it than you might expect.
Budgeting: Planning for Success
This book is the twelfth of fifteen books which introduces the basic principles of accounting.
Working Capital Management
This free book critically evaluates the traditional accounting concepts of working capital within the context of strategic financial management underpinned by wealth maximisation criteria.
Analytics for Managerial Decision Making
This book is the last of fifteen books which introduces the basic principles of accounting.
Corporate Governance and Risk Management
It is clearly accepted that good governance is fundamental to the successfully continuing operating of any organisation.
Current Assets: Part I
This book is the third of fifteen books which introduces the basic principles of accounting, focusing primarily on liquid assets.
IT Management
The Art of Communicating
In this collection, you’ll find around 500 quotes on the theme of Communications.
Current Assets: Part II
This book is the fourth of fifteen books which introduces the basic principles of accounting, focusing primarily on liquid assets.
Commercial Awareness for Managers
The term “Commercial Awareness” can sometimes be used as a substitute for business knowledge.
How to Employ Your First Employee
The Art of Managing People
We all love a good quote. A good quote can do many things. It can sum up in just a few words what it takes a whole day to learn.
Human Resource Management
Enterprise Risk Management
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is as an enterprise-wide, integrated (holistic) approach to corporate management.
Delegation and Empowerment
In this book, we’ll show you why the old industrial ways of managing no longer work.
Introduction to Game Theory
This free textbook provides an overview of the field of game theory which analyses decision situations that have the character of games.
Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis
This book evaluates the origins of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) as a guide for further study.
Training Skills
Training skills are essential in the modern business organisation. Instead of seeing training as a reward or punishment, today’s savvy businesses know that training is an absolutely vital function.
Contract Lifecycle Management
This book takes the lifecycle of a purchase from initial concept to final end of contract and places each stage in relation to the strategic and operational choices offered to managers.
Leading By Example
Project Management for the accidental manager
Project management has been emerging globally as an essential and strategic function for organizations of all types and sectors.
The Two Most Crucial People Skills
Teambuilding
Teambuilding means shaping your people into a productive force.
IT-Business Alignment: Part I
This book deals with the issues of linking and aligning your IT application systems and services with your business in a more effective and efficient way.
Profit From Six Sigma
Six Sigma has become perhaps the defining management initiative of the past 10 years, and many books and papers describe the basic approach and the associated tools.
Managing Quality in The 21st Century
This study guide is designed to give a coherent view of the underlying principles quality management, and how these relate to practical application.
From Reactive to Proactive
HR departments are being asked to "be more strategic" and help contribute to the bottom-line more than ever before. What does "being strategic" mean?
The Capital Asset Pricing Model
This book evaluates the development of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) based on the Sharpe CAPM and Ross four-factor APT, underpinned by Modigliani and Miller’s “law of one price”.
IT-Business Alignment: Part II
This book deals with the issues of linking and aligning your IT application systems and services with your business in a more effective and efficient way.