New Releases by Antony JAY

''We have had diaries from other Cabinet Ministers, but none I think which have been quite so illuminating... It is a fascinating diary... It is shorter than Barbara Castle''s... and although it is rather more accurate than Dick Crossman''s, it is distinctly funnier'' - Lord Allen of Abbeydale (formerly Permanent Secretary at the Home Office) in The Times ''It has an entertainment and educational value which is unique. It is uproariously funny and passes the acid test of becoming more amusing at every subsequent reading... I will go so far as to claim that in the characters of Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby, Messrs Lynn and Jay have created something as immortal as P.G. Wodehouse''s Bertie Wooster and Jeeves'' - Brian Walden in The Standard

Yes, Minister, and the equally successful sequel Yes, Prime Minister captured a niche in the political consciousness of the nation. First broadcast thirty years ago, the original writers of these classic series have reunited to create a bang up to date Yes, Prime Minister for the stage. Spin, blackberries, sexed-up dossiers, sleaze, global warming and a country on the brink of financial meltdown form the backdrop to mayhem at Chequers as the Foreign Minister of Kumranistan makes a seriously compromising offer of salvation. Prime Minister Jim Hacker remains in power with his coterie of close advisors including Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby and Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley, but for how long? They govern a whole new world. Yes, Prime Minister premiered in the Festival Theatre, Chichester, in May 2010.

What makes for a great meeting? As a leader, how can you keep discussions on point and productive? In How to Run a Meeting, Antony Jay argues that too many leaders fail to plan adequately for meetings. In this bestselling article, he defines the characteristics that contribute to success, from keeping formal minutes to acknowledging junior staff first. These guidelines will help you get demonstrably better results from every meeting you run. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.

''The Yes Minister Miscellany'' is a treasure trove of quotes, anecdotes & stories from one of Britain''s best loved TV comedies. Tracing the careers of Jim Hacker, Sir Humphrey Appleby & his loyal sidekick Bernard, this amusing, illustrated book will appeal to everyone who remembers the series with affection.

This book sets out the strategies which work when fighting decisions by councils and big business which disrupt the community, from school closures and new bypasses to telephone masts and green field developments. It shows how to create a well organised civil protest to overturn these decisions and save the neighbourhood.

Does standing up in front of a room of people to make a presentation fill you with terror? Do your words come out jumbled, or so quietly that your audience can''t hear you and worse still, they''re not listening? Effective Presentation is a practical, step-by-step guide to help you improve on every aspect of making presentations. It includes tricks and tips from world-renowned experts and trainers in presentation and communication skills. This guide will help you to clarify what you want to say, what order to say it in and what words to say it with. There are great tips on visual aids, and the authors show you how to plan your presentation, how to stage it and project to your audience.

Con el paso de los años hemos recopilado un gran conocimiento acerca de las empresas: datos, cifras, libros, estadísticas, así como estudios de los sistemas de la dirección de empresas. Sin embargo, nuestra comprensión no ha aumentado a la par que nuestra información. Pero es preciso para ello mirar a las empresas de una nueva manera, no con el punto de vista del contable, del analista, del matemático, o del economista, sino con el del historiador y del especialista en ciencia política. En este libro se ha tomado precisamente este camino. Este libro no intenta proporcionar más información sobre las empresas. Su objetivo es dar sentido a la gran masa de información que ya tenemos para dirigir con excelencia.

John Cleese features in this video which looks at what determines a product''s profitability. Examines cost, price and volume, individually as well as in relation to each other.

An animated cartoon illustrating the basic elements of the computer and its functions.