Collection: Professional Readings

¿́¿This book makes evident the former Prime Minister¿́¿s powerful mind; trenchant decisiveness and unique experience at home and abroad since Singapore started to go it alone as a nation in 1965. Character sketches personal asides and succinct observations illuminate the discussion of national an...

¿́¿In these vivid memoirs, Minister Mentor Lee recounts the events that led to Singapore¿́¿s independence and its struggle for success. His memoirs spanned the period from British colonial rule through Japanese occupation in World War II, and to union and separation with Malaysia. His fascinatin...

¿́¿Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude to the job every day. Imagine an environment in which people are truly connected to their work, to their colleagues, and to their customers. In this engrossing parable, a fictional manager is charged w...

The revised and expanded Third Edition of the Budgeting and Financial Management Handbook for Not-for-Profit Organizations describes a system of budgeting that is easy to implement, easy to monitor, will significantly reduce staff time spent on budgeting, and will ensure true fiscal accountabilit...

¿́¿What does it take to get a job done? How do you get the men of your unit to do what you say? To follow you into battle and shoot to kill? How do you build the confidence that spurs men on to do their job, to stand by their leader and each other? Colonel Malone answers these questions in forthr...

¿́¿What does it take to get a job done? How do you get the men of your unit to do what you say? To follow you into battle and shoot to kill? How do you build the confidence that spurs men on to do their job, to stand by their leader and each other? Colonel Malone answers these questions in forthr...

¿́¿This book proposed that military actions should be employed through effects-based operations (EBO). The authors have developed an extended explanation of EBO methodology and further codified the EBO way of thinking. They identified two major areas of challenge, namely, the need to modify Servi...

¿́¿This publication provides an excellent account of the realities of war and the challenges of leading troops in the battlefield, covering many of the problems faced during military operations and examining historical situations for Australian troops.¿́¿ -- SAF Professional Reading Programme, 4t...

¿́¿Written in an accessible, journalistic style, Jihad in Paradise focuses on Southeast Asia¿́¿s struggle to deal with Islamic extremists and terrorism at the hands of Jemaah Islamiyah, al Qaeda¿́¿s Southeast Asian arm. Although the book gives particular attention to Singapore¿́¿s attempts to dea...