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Alasdair White
Biography
Alasdair White is a consultant and university lecturer specializing in performance management, managing people and leadership. He is based near Brussels in Belgium and has an international practice with clients throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Far East. He is on the Faculty of the United Business Institutes in Brussels and of the European Management Development Institute. He was a visiting faculty lecturer at Lotus University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for five years until December 2010 and is a guest lecturer at the University of Winchester in the United Kingdom.
Alasdair White is the author of 'Managing for Performance' (1995), 'Continuous Quality Improvement' (1996) and 'The Essential Guide to Developing Your Staff' (1998), all published by Piatkus Books in London.
Educated at King Alfred’s College (now the University of Winchester), Winchester, England, where he studied education and physical science, Alasdair White spent time teaching in Spain before becoming a business journalist and newspaper editor in the UK. He became a management consultant in 1984 and moved to The Netherlands in 1987 and then to Belgium in 1993. He is a Fellow of the International Napoleonic Society and a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (UK).
Details of some of Alasdair White’s recent work can be found on his consultancy website at http://www.pm-solutions.com
Alasdair White is the author of 'Managing for Performance' (1995), 'Continuous Quality Improvement' (1996) and 'The Essential Guide to Developing Your Staff' (1998), all published by Piatkus Books in London.
Educated at King Alfred’s College (now the University of Winchester), Winchester, England, where he studied education and physical science, Alasdair White spent time teaching in Spain before becoming a business journalist and newspaper editor in the UK. He became a management consultant in 1984 and moved to The Netherlands in 1987 and then to Belgium in 1993. He is a Fellow of the International Napoleonic Society and a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (UK).
Details of some of Alasdair White’s recent work can be found on his consultancy website at http://www.pm-solutions.com
Where to find Alasdair White online
Website: http://www.pm-solutions.com
Twitter: @AlasdairWhite
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alasdairwhite
Blog: http://www.pm-solutions.com
Twitter: @AlasdairWhite
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alasdairwhite
Blog: http://www.pm-solutions.com
Where to buy in print
Books
Dancing in the Time of War
by Alasdair White
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 7,730.
Language:
English.
Published: July 20, 2015
by
White & MacLean Publishing.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » European » Europe / Western
Alasdair White looks at the social side of the Battle of Waterloo and tells us why there were so many expatriates in Brussels at the time, attending the numerous balls, dinners and picnics on offer to the social elite. The Duchess of Richmond’s Ball is famous the world over because this is where Wellington received confirmation that Napoleon and his army had entered the Province of Belgium.
The Road to Waterloo - a concise history of the 1815 campaign
by Alasdair White
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 26,960.
Language:
English.
Published: January 14, 2015
by
White & MacLean Publishing.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » Modern / 19th Century
From the disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 to his defeat on the battlefield of Waterloo three years later, Napoleon's fall has a certain inevitability about it. Alasdair White explores the events of 1815 and sets them in perspective, showing how close Napoleon came to an improbable victory despite his many failings.
Managing for Performance
by Alasdair White
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 50,720.
Language:
English.
Published: November 17, 2011
by
White & MacLean Publishing.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Management & human resources
Alasdair White's bestselling management book, 'Managing for Performance', has been reissued as an eBook, with a new up-to-date introduction by the author.
This books shows you how to get the best out of yourself and your team. Once mastered, it can maximise your performance in business, sports and leisure, and in every area of your life.
Managing Academic Performance
by Alasdair White
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 6,370.
Language:
English.
Published: August 22, 2011
by
White & MacLean Publishing.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Management & human resources
'Managing Academic Performance - Understanding development in an academic environment' is the application of performance management theory to the academic performance of students at tertiary or university level, written by one of the world's leading theorists on the subject.
From Comfort Zone to Performance Management
by Alasdair White
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 5,570.
Language:
English.
Published: August 11, 2011
by
White & MacLean Publishing.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Management & human resources
In this paper Alasdair White seeks to take the established behavioural models relating to comfort zones, group and individual development, and managing change, and use them to create a methodology for understanding and managing performance.
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