Oak Tree Press imprint: 82 books

Updated for 2019, STARTING A BUSINESS IN IRELAND is THE book that would-be entrepreneurs are advised to read before setting out on their entrepreneurial journey. It takes readers through all the stages in starting a business – including Getting Started; Researching Your Market; Writing a Business...

The term ‘resilience’ is often used in a business context, but also in the context of personal development, community development or indeed climate change. Other words used are adaptability and flexibility, the ability to adjust to changing circumstances. In this ebook, Ron Immink takes you through...

Supposedly, it was Drucker who said he used the word ‘guru’, because he didn’t know how to spell ‘charlatan’. His point was that most management theories we believe in are wrong. The same may be true with social media. Anyone claiming to be an expert is wrong. You only need to follow the...

‘Sense-making’ is not about making sense about the exponential development in technology, as that is now a given, but about the impact and implications of technology on business and humanity. Here are the books: The Fourth Age: A book about how humanity has evolved and progressed - with some...

Since Carol Tallon wrote the first edition of the Irish Property Buyers’ Handbook back in 2011, the property market in Ireland has changed. More importantly, the world has changed, particularly in how information is consumed. Property buyers need access to the most up-to-date, reliable and immediate...

The purpose of this book is to introduce a concept that, if management execute it capably and sensibly: (1) will cost very little, except time; (2) is virtually guaranteed to improve significantly every single aspect of a business’s performance quickly; (3) has a very low risk of failure; and (4)...

The primary objective of this book is to introduce students to the concepts underlying qualitative research and how this kind of research can be conducted in a practical manner. Thus, it discusses various approaches to qualitative research and provides examples of these approaches being carried out...

QUICK WIN MEDIA LAW IRELAND is aimed at those who work in the media industry seeking quick and practical answers to legal questions they encounter day-to-day. Written for non-lawyers, it will be useful to public relations, advertising, publishing and digital media professionals faced with legal queries...

The Good Practice Guide to Regional Innovation Ecosystems is based on research performed by the eDIGIREGION project team to establish core attributes that shape and enable a region to be classified as a leading innovation ecosystem. For over 50 regions considered, the project team selected eight...

CHERISHING ALL THE CHILDREN EQUALLY? CHILDREN IN IRELAND 100 YEARS ON FROM THE EASTER RISING brings together contributions from a range of disciplines to shed light on the processes of child development and to investigate how that development is influenced by a variety of demographic, familial and...

This updated second edition of SHOW TIME! describes the key factors that make up a successful presentation. Advice is offered on: overcoming the various barriers to communication; using relaxation techniques to handle your nerves; understanding your audience; recognizing the impact of non-verbal language;...

Owen O’Brien studied business at university and so has three letters – DBA – after his name. Much more importantly, before that he spent more than 20 years running businesses out in the great wide world – with some success. He learnt a lot and wants you to know what he learned. Hence this...

Owen O’Brien studied business at university and so has three letters – DBA – after his name. Much more importantly, before that he spent more than 20 years running businesses out in the great wide world – with some success. He learnt a lot and wants you to know what he learned. Hence this...

LEARNING ON THE JOB: PARENTING IN MODERN IRELAND is a reflection on general parenting issues in Ireland and parenting for a variety of ‘new’ emerging parent groups. It examines and explores the everyday practices and concerns of different parenting forms in modern Ireland. Part 1: The Social...