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      • Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2020

        Getting Promoted in Academia

        Practical Career Guidance for Ambitious Academics and Aspiring Leaders in Higher Education

        by Graeme G Wilkinson

        Getting Promoted in Academia: Practical Career Guidance for Ambitious Academics and Aspiring Leaders in Higher Education offers sensible and practical advice to academics on how to rise to the top in the highly competitive world of higher education.   Drawing on the author’s wealth of experience in international universities, the book is filled with valuable tips, tactics, and strategies for building a successful academic career and growing a strong personal brand as a leading and highly respected academic.   Part of the Sunway Shorts series, this book is essential reading for every academic who wants a high-flying career, be it as a top professor, academic manager, or university leader.   Click here for more information

      • Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2020

        Managing Effectively in Academia

        A Guide to Good Practice for Academic Managers and Leaders in Higher Education

        by Graeme G Wilkinson

        Managing Effectively in Academia: A Guide to Good Practice for Academic Managers and Leaders in Higher Education is a compact guide to good management practice in contemporary higher education aimed at academic managers at all levels.   It covers key topics in day-to-day academic management including managing academic staff, handling students as customers, thinking and acting entrepreneurially and strategically, and dealing with some of the most challenging issues faced by academic managers in 21st-century universities.   It is aimed at academic managers at all levels, from research group leaders and programme leaders to department heads and deans. It should be especially relevant to those who have been newly promoted into such roles. It will also be of value to those aiming ultimately for the most senior roles as provosts, presidents, and vice-chancellors.   Click here for more information

      • Management & management techniques

        How to Lose Friends and Infuriate Your Boss

        Employees who don’t understand corporate politics are like defence personnel who don’t understand combat.

        by Jonar Nader

        What’s more liberating than financial freedom, and more reassuring than job-security? It’s called career independence, whereby: what you don’t have, you can obtain; what you don’t know, you can learn; what you don’t own, you can access; and what you don’t want, you can discard. • If you are an employee, this book will help you to take control of your career so that you can live a zestful and enchanting life. • If you are the boss, this book will show you how to turn employees into superstars so that together, you’ll know what to do when the rules run out. • Jonar Nader says, ‘If you choose to be a success, you’ll be a success at whatever you choose, so long as you can follow your heart and watch your back.’

      • Business & management

        Your Perfect Career

        Discover Who You Are, Your Purpose in Life, and What Career Path Will Bring You Success and Happiness

        by Diana Polska

        Know Thyself and All Will Be Revealed There is a simple and highly effective system for discovering yourself and what career and life path will bring you success, happiness, and purpose in life. the system will also reveal latent talents and inherent abilities that will help you in your career.

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