The best Australian business writing 2012 / edited by Andrew Cornell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cornell, Andrew.

Series:

A NewSouth book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business writing--Australia.

Business writing.

Technical writing--Australia.

Technical writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : NewSouth Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Have Baby Boomers been forced back to work since the GFC? Why do we rely on the arbitrary and illusory numbers of double-entry book-keeping to direct our policies, institutions, economies and societies? Will pre-commitment cards for poker machines coerce the addicted gambler to think before he or she acts? Is airport security a waste of time and money? Not just a series of numbers and facts, good business writing is informative, provocative, funny, even moving. In this first edition of a new annual anthology showcasing the best of Australian business writing, editor Andrew Cornell shows just h

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""Advisory panel""; ""Contributors""; ""Foreword: Business is written into our lives""; ""Introduction: Humanity in a balance sheet and P&L""; ""Bobby Kennedy and the wealth of nations and corporations ""; ""Love for sale""; ""From the tyranny of distance to the power of proximity ""; ""Occupy's big no was a big yes to something else""; ""Gravity's revenge""; ""Time for radical bank reform""; ""The real cost of 'security'""; ""Port's pain isn't limited to the field""; ""Women should act more like men (and they are their own worst enemies)""; ""Hold your fire!""

""The great convergence""""Is this the man for the future?""; ""Who knew what when?""; ""Middle Kingdom just wants to be middle class""; ""Making sense of productivity""; ""Biz-bashing rewards Abbott""; ""The millionaire's malaise""; ""Turning dirt into soil: Killing two birds with one carbon stone ""; ""Curator superstar""; ""Clubs already have their own licence""; ""The dispossessed: The decline of a coastal Koori community ""; ""Big bash theory""; ""The Sun King""; ""Why GDP doesn't count""; ""Fair Share: Country and city in Australia""; ""Google world""; ""World Series Cricket: Set up""

""Eye on the money""""Back to work, baby boomers""; ""In search of a better death""; ""Tower of babble""; ""Acknowledgments""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781742241326

1742241328

9781742246208

1742246206

OCLC:

818818981