The New York Public Library Business Desk Reference

by New York Public Library and The New York Public Library

Book Overview

This reference brings together information and data from a wide range of sources, business almanacs, secretarial guides, resource directories, and practical guides, and should provide a comprehensive... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471144428
• ISBN13: 9780471144427
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 494 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.9" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

An Essential Reference in our small office.

I own a small geoscience company in the petroleum sector; Rocks make sense to us, not files, office procedures or office equipment. There are three of us in the company but nobody wanted to do the filing, bill-paying or book-keeping because none of us had experience with these things. Initially, we created our own system(s)of getting things done by giving it 2 or 3 seconds of thought. It worked fine until something changed, which it always does in this world. To straighten things up, I bought this book. It looked as useful as the much larger Desk Reference, which is a convenient source of information that would take hours or days to locate any other way. The Business Desk Reference has kept us out of trouble with its brevity and accuracy. We discovered that our office was a plain vanilla setup and all we needed were a few 'tried & true' procedures to keep us out areas where we don't know what we're doing and, instead, making money, which we do know how to do.

A must have reference!

I have been using this book in the reference section of the library. I am sure that all of my family members will want a copy for work after they browse through my purchase. After thirty years in education, I have found it to be my best source for career change information. The business etiquette, and employment law information has been most helpful. It is a refernce book that one can read for pleasure. It is hard to put down.