This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.An assassin on a mission in an African country ... But will he kill the right man?Ben Gabriel is damaged. There is no nicer way of putting it.Discharged from the British Special Forces, he is now trying to pick up the pieces of a life that has fallen apart.And Ouagadougou, capital city of Burkina Faso, deep in the heart of Africa, is probably not the best place to do that.Because Gabriel ...

Businesses today need employees who can operate on a global stage, whether as international managers, technical specialists, expatriates or 'parachutists' who make occasional troubleshooting trips abroad. Yet cultural misunderstandings in the workplace can complicate even the simplest tasks. Something that sounds like a 'Yes' to a foreigner may actually be a polite way of saying 'No'. Fully updated and expanded for this second edition, Management Worldwide is essential for managers, studen...

Great Writers on Organizations presents succinctly each of the contributions made by 80 of the most prominent management thinkers to the understanding of organizational behaviour and managerial thinking. Among those included are early theorists such as Henri Fayol, Frederick W. Taylor and Max Weber, classical writers such as Alfred D. Chandler, Peter Drucker and Frederick Herzberg, through to modern thinkers such as Oliver Williamson, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Charles Handy. New writers in...

In the tapestry of life, marriage is a thread that weaves together hearts and destinies. "Stories of Successful Marriages" by Walter Besant unveils the secrets of enduring unions, offering a glimpse into the lives of couples who have navigated the complexities of love, commitment, and companionship. Through their triumphs and tribulations, these stories provide a roadmap for those seeking to build a fulfilling and lasting marriage.

Multicast narration featuring Hugh Fraser, Joan Hickson, David Suchet, and moreHercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Christie’s wildly unconventional investigator, Parker Pyne, all make appearances in The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories—a riveting collection of short stories featuring a host of murderous crimes of passion, pleasure, and profit.There's a body in a trunk; a dead girl's reflection is caught in a mirror; and one corpse is...

Multicast narration featuring Joan Hickson, David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, and moreAgatha Christie demonstrates her unparalleled mastery with Three Blind Mice and Other Stories—a classic compendium of mystery and suspense, crime and detection, whose title novella served as the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest running stage play in the history of the London theater.A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small p...

This volume contrasts the life and problems of organizations in many parts of the world and highlights the differences between those societies as reflected in their different institutional sectors such as manufacturing, commerce, social services and government administration. In so doing, the book contributes to the theoretical foundations of the sociology of organizations by revealing previously unseen relationships between societies and institutions, offering an original synthesis of ava...