Business Technology

Essential Managers or Unwritten Laws of Engineering

2009-12-06T02:53:00.000-08:00

Essential Managers: Project Management

Author: Andy Bruc

Learn about quality control, communication, deadlines, budgeting, and planning risks.

From setting out objectives to compiling the close—down report, from choosing priorities to selecting the right team, Project Management shows you how to plan, run, and monitor a project, and explains what to do if things go wrong. It contains a wealth of straightforward, expert advice on scheduling and budgeting, managing and communicating information, planning activities, and developing leadership skills to ensure successful completion of all your projects.

The Essential Manager have sold more than 1.9 million copies worldwide! Experienced and novice managers alike can benefit from these compact guides that slip easily into a briefcase or a portfolio. The topics are relevant to every work environment, from large corporations to small businesses. Concise treatments of dozens of business techniques, skills, methods, and problems are presented with hundreds of photos, charts, and diagrams. It is the most exciting and accessible approach to business and self—improvement available.

New interesting book: Taste of America or Simply Scrumptious

Unwritten Laws of Engineering

Author: W J King

By James G. Skakoon and W.J. King

This fully revised and updated edition of the 1944 classic, serves as a crucial compilation of "house rules," or a professional code.

It addresses three areas: what the beginner needs to learn at once; "laws" relating chiefly to engineering executives; and purely personal considerations for engineers.

Packed with contemporary examples, this new volume is a must for those entering the engineering field or those interested in improving their professional effectiveness.

Toyota Talent or Closing the Innovation Gap

2009-12-05T01:12:00.000-08:00

Toyota Talent

Author: Jeffrey K Liker

Toyota credits its status as a global powerhouse to its people.

Now two of the leading authorities on the company give you the methods for developing an exceptional workforce the Toyota way.

Toyota has changed the economic and business landscape with its model for organizational excellence. Jeffrey K. Liker's international bestseller, The Toyota Way, summarized this management approach with his 4P model consisting of Philosophy, Process, People, and Problem Solving. The Shingo Prize-winning The Toyota Way Fieldbook went a step further showing how to apply the 4Ps to other companies.

Toyota Talent explores the critical importance of People in the Toyota model. Without an exceptional workforce, the other principles would be useless. Liker and Meier describe how the company develops high-performing individuals and an outstanding workforce. With illustrative examples, guidance, and proven techniques, this book also shows the best ways to grow talent from within.

Jeffrey K. Liker, Ph.D., author of the bestselling The Toyota Way, is Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and coowner of lean consulting firm Optiprise, Inc. His Shingo-Prize winning work has appeared in The Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, and other leading publications.

David P. Meier is coauthor (with Liker) of The Toyota Way Fieldbook, and is President of Lean Associates, Inc., a consulting company dedicated to supporting other organizations in their efforts to learn from the Toyota Way. David was a group leader for Toyota Motor Manufacturing for ten years.

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Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy

Author: Judy Estrin

One of the business world’s most highly regarded innovators offers her ideas on how to close the innovation gap

Is innovation magic, luck, or just another process to be managed? Are innovators born or taught?
Written by one of the technology industry’s most respected entrepreneurs and innovators, Closing the Innovation Gap answers those and other important questions for business leaders, entrepreneurs, public policy makers, academics, and anyone interested in America’s future.

Entrepreneur and former Cisco CTO Judy Estrin explores the evolution of science and technology after World War II to illustrate why innovation is so crucial to economic, social, and cultural development.
Without a thriving “innovation ecosystem,” says Estrin, the United States will not be able to leverage rapidly-changing conditions and prevail in the emerging global economy. She outlines the distinctive life-cycles of each area of this ecosystem-- research, development, and application--and goes on to describe the forces that are eroding it, explaining clearly how and why companies and countries lose their innovative edge. Then she offers practical advice and guidance on what business leaders,
policy makers, entrepreneurs, and educators can do to reignite the spark of scientific and technological creativity in organizations and the country.

Preface     ix
Introduction: Innovation Is Not Optional     1
The Capacity for Change     7
The Innovation Ecosystem     35
Inspirational Innovation     53
Narrowing Horizons     71
Losing Our Balance     93
Green-Thumb Leadership     103
Reviving the National Ecosystem     151
Next-Generation Innovators     199
Afterword: A Call to Action     231
Acknowledgments     235
List of Interviewees     239
Index     245

The Only Investment Guide Youll Ever Need or Be a Recruiting Superstar

2009-12-03T23:32:00.000-08:00

The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

Author: Andrew Tobias

For more than twenty-five years, The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need has been America's favorite finance guide, winning the allegiance of more than a million readers across the country. Now this indispensable book has been fully revised and updated-covering all the new tax laws-and reorganized with a new user-friendly design. Concise, witty, and truly understandable, Andrew Tobias shows you how to use your money to your best advantage-no matter how much or how little you have.
o How to spend smarter-and save $1,000 or more o When to invest in stocks, and how o The ins and outs of investing on the Internet o Tax strategies, from tuition to retirement o Whom-if anyone-you can trust to manage your money and much, much more

How to spend smarter--and save $1,000 or more When to invest in stocks, and how The ins and outs of investing on the Internet Tax strategies, from tuition to retirement The basics of life insurance Who--if anyone--you can trust to manage your money The inside skinny on annuities, real estate, and Social Security

and much, much more

Newsweek

Old Favorite: This book is back again...Tobias remains the funniest of financial writers.

New York Times Book Review

What Tobias has to say is as rational as a pocket calculator.

Library Journal

BookList

Irreverent (and sometimes flip) and entertaining, Tobias serves up his tips with iconoclastic common sense.

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Be a Recruiting Superstar: The Fast Track to Network Marketing Millions

Author: Mary Christensen

No matter how motivated and energetic you are-even if you're the greatest sales-person on the planet!-as a network marketer with limited time, there's only so much money you can make without great recruits to help you sell your products. Recruiting is the life force of any network marketing, multilevel marketing, or party plan business. It lifts the ceiling off your income and is the key that will allow you to keep checks rolling in above and beyond what you can do yourself. If you're ready to achieve real financial independence and live a life most people only dream about, recruiting must become your number-one priority.

Be a Recruiting Superstar takes the guesswork out of successful recruiting, letting you in on Mary Christensen's easy-to-master system for finding and training the right people to sell your product or services, and teaching them to do the same. You'll learn how to increase your income exponentially by: doing and saying the things that will turn prospects into partners, overcoming objections with confidence, attracting people who never considered network marketing, asking the kind of questions that will have your hottest prospects identifying themselves to you!

Packed with powerful, can't-miss insider tips, this inspiring guide will give you the know-how and confidence to become the network marketing superstar earner you've always wanted to be!

Financial Accounting or The Pocket Idiots Guide to Performance Appraisal Phrases

2009-12-02T21:51:00.000-08:00

Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

Author: Paul D Kimmel

Financial Accounting, 5^th Edition provides students with an understanding of fundamental concepts necessary to use accounting effectively. Starting with a “macro” view of accounting information, the authors present real financial statements. They establish how a financial statement communicates the financing, investing, and operating activities of a business to users of accounting information. Kimmel, Weygandt and Kieso motivate students by grounding the discussion in the real world, showing them the relevance of the topics covered to their future.

Ch. 1	Introduction to financial statements	2
Ch. 2	A further look at financial statements	46
Ch. 3	The accounting information system	98
Ch. 4	Accrual accounting concepts	156
Ch. 5	Merchandising operations and the multiple-step income statement	216
Ch. 6	Reporting and analyzing inventory	266
Ch. 7	Internal control and cash	314
Ch. 8	Reporting and analyzing receivables	370
Ch. 9	Reporting and analyzing long-lived assets	418
Ch. 10	Reporting and analyzing liabilities	472
Ch. 11	Reporting and analyzing stockholder's equity	532
Ch. 12	Statement of cash flows	564
Ch. 13	Financial analysis : the big picture	644
App. A	Specimen financial statements : tootsie roll industries, Inc
App. B	Specimen financial statements : hershey foods corporation
App. C	Time value of money
App. D	Reporting and analyzing investments

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Performance Appraisal Phrases

Author: Peter Gray

Performance reviews, minus the dread.

Nobody likes performance appraisals. To make the most of them, though, managers and supervisors can take advantage of this guide, complete with the phrases and words they need to confidently conduct clear, objective performance reviews. Phrases are given for common behavior and skill categories as well as for common functional areas—and they work, regardless of appraisal type.

Author Biography:
Peter Lawrence Gray is the CEO of Peter Gray Associates, an executive search firm. Gray has worked for a variety of Fortune 100 firms. He writes columns and articles on employment-related issues for newspapers and business journals, and is frequently featured on radio and television.
John H. Carroll has 34 years of experience in human resource management and organizational leadership development. He was senior associate at The Essex Group, a leadership, management, and organizational development consulting firm.

The 4 Hour Workweek or Plan B 30

2009-12-01T20:10:00.000-08:00

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Author: Timothy Ferriss

What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this
controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer:

“I race motorcycles in Europe.”
“I ski in the Andes.”
“I scuba dive in Panama.”
“I dance tango in Buenos Aires.”

He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the “deferred-life plan” and instead mastered the new currencies—time and mobility—to create luxury lifestyles in the here and now.

Whether you are an overworked employee or an entrepreneur trapped in your own business, this book is the compass for a new and revolutionary world. Join Tim Ferriss as he teaches you:

• How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want
• How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs
• How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist
• How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and freuent "mini-retirements"
• What the crucial difference is between absolute and relative income
• How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it’s beyond repair
• What automated cash-flow “muses” are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks
• How to cultivate selective ignorance—and create time—with a low-information diet
• What the management secrets of Remote ControlCEOs are
• How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50–80% off
• How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office

You can have it all—really.

What People Are Saying

"It's about time this book was written. It is a long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle, and Tim Ferriss is the ideal ambassador. This will be huge."
–Jack Canfield
Co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul®, 100+ million copies sold

"This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended."
–Dr. Stewart D. Friedman
Adviser to Jack Welch and Former Vice President Al Gore on Work/Family Issues
Director of the Work/Life Integration Project, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

"Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life,
it's all here. Whether you're a wage slave or a Fortune 500 CEO, this
book will change your life!"
–Phil Town
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Rule #1

"The 4-Hour Workweek is a new way of solving a very old problem: just how can we work to live and prevent our lives from being all about work? A world of infinite options awaits those who would read this book and be inspired by it!"
–Michael E. Gerber
Founder & Chairman of E-Myth Worldwide and the World's #1 Small Business Guru

“Timothy has packed more lives into his 29 years than Steve Jobs has in his 51.”
–Tom Foremski
Journalist and Publisher of SiliconValleyWatcher.com

“Thanks to Tim Ferriss, I have more time in my life to travel, spend time with family and write book blurbs. This is a dazzling and highly useful
work.”
–A.J. Jacobs
Editor-at-Large, Esquire Magazine, Author of The Know-It-All

"If you want to live life on your own terms, this is your blueprint."
–Mike Maples
Co-founder of Motive Communications (IPO to $260M market cap), Founding Executive of Tivoli (sold to IBM for $750M)

"Tim is Indiana Jones for the digital age. I've already used his advice to go spearfishing on remote islands and ski the best hidden slopes of Argentina. Simply put, do what he says and you can live like a millionaire."
–Albert Pope
Derivatives Trading, UBS World Headquarters

“This engaging book makes you ask the most important question that you will ever face: What exactly is it that you want out of work and life, and why? Tim Ferriss is a master of getting more for less, often with the help of people he doesn't even know, and here he gives away his secrets for fulfilling your dreams.”
–Bo Burlingham
Editor-at-Large, Inc. magazine
Author of Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big

"Reading this book is like putting a few zeros on your income. Tim brings lifestyle to a new level–listen to him!"
–Michael D. Kerlin
McKinsey & Company Consultant to Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund
J. William Fulbright Scholar

"Part scientist and part adventure hunter, Tim Ferriss has created a road map for an entirely new world. I devoured this book in one sitting–I have seen nothing like it."
–Charles L. Brock
Chairman and CEO, Brock Capital Group
Former CFO, COO, and General Counsel, Scholastic, Inc.
Former President, Harvard Law School Association

"Outsourcing is no longer just for Fortune 500 companies. Small and mid-sized firms, as well as busy professionals, can outsource their work to increase their productivity and free time for more important commitments. It's time for the world to take advantage of this revolution.”
–Vivek Kulkarni
CEO Brickwork India and former IT Secretary, Bangalore
Credited as the “techno-bureaucrat” who helped make Bangalore an IT destination in India

"Tim is the master! I should know. I followed his rags to riches path and watched him transform himself from competitive fighter to entrepreneur. He tears apart conventional assumptions until he finds a better way."
–Dan Partland
Emmy Award-Winning Producer; American High, Welcome to the Dollhouse

"The 4-Hour Workweek is an absolute necessity for those adventurous souls who want to live life to its fullest. Buy it and read it before you sacrifice any more!"
–John Lusk
Group Product Manager, Microsoft World Headquarters

"If you want to live your dreams now, and not in 20 or 30 years, buy this book!"
–Laura Roden
Chairman of the Silicon Valley Association of Start-up Entrepreneurs
Lecturer in Corporate Finance, San Jose State University

“With this kind of time management and focus on the important things in life, people should be able to get 15 times as much done in a normal work week.”
–Tim Draper
Founder, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Financiers to innovators including Hotmail, Skype, and Overture.com

"Tim Ferriss’s book is about gaining the courage to streamline your life
… But even more than that, it challenges the reader to seriously consider an essential–yet rarely asked–question: What do you really want from life?"
–Rolf Potts
Author of Vagabonding and Travel Columnist for Yahoo! News

"Tim has done what most people only dream of doing. I can't believe he is going to let his secrets out of the bag. This book is a must read!"
–Stephen Key
Top Inventor and Team Designer of Teddy Ruxpin, Lazer Tag
Consultant to “American Inventor”

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Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

Author: Lester R Brown

"How to build a more just world and save the planet....We should all heed Brown's advice."—Bill Clinton

In this updated edition of the landmark Plan B, Lester Brown outlines a survival strategy for our early twenty-first-century civilization. The world faces many environmental trends of disruption and decline, including rising temperatures and spreading water shortage. In addition to these looming threats, we face the peaking of oil, annual population growth of 70 million, a widening global economic divide, and a growing list of failing states. The scale and complexity of issues facing our fast-forward world have no precedent

With Plan A, business as usual, we have neglected these issues overly long. In Plan B 3.0, Lester R. Brown warns that the only effective response now is a World War II-type mobilization like that in the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Preface     xi
Entering a New World     3
A Massive Market Failure     6
Environment and Civilization     9
China: Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail     13
Mounting Stresses, Failing States     14
A Civilizational Tipping Point     18
Plan B-A Plan of Hope     20
A Civilization in Trouble
Deteriorating Oil and Food Security     27
The Coming Decline of Oil     29
The Oil Intensity of Food     34
The Changing Food Prospect     36
Cars and People Compete for Crops     38
The World Beyond Peak Oil     42
Food Insecurity and Failing States     45
Rising Temperatures and Rising Seas     48
Rising Temperature and Its Effects     49
The Crop Yield Effect     51
Reservoirs in the Sky     53
Melting Ice and Rising Seas     56
More-Destructive Storms     61
Cutting Carbon 80 Percent by 2020     64
Emerging Water Shortages     68
Water Tables Falling     69
Rivers Running Dry     75
Lakes Disappearing     77
Farmers Losing to Cities     78
ScarcityCrossing National Borders     81
Water Scarcity Yields Political Stresses     82
Natural Systems Under Stress     85
Shrinking Forests: The Many Costs     86
Losing Soil     90
From Grassland to Desert     93
Advancing Deserts     94
Collapsing Fisheries     97
Disappearing Plants and Animals     101
Early Signs of Decline     106
Our Socially Divided World     107
Health Challenge Growing     110
Throwaway Economy in Trouble     115
Population and Resource Conflicts     117
Environmental Refugees on the Rise     121
Mounting Stresses, Failing States     123
The Response-Plan B
Eradicating Poverty, Stabilizing Population     131
Universal Basic Education     133
Stabilizing Population     136
Better Health for All     140
Curbing the HIV Epidemic     144
Reducing Farm Subsidies and Debt     146
A Poverty Eradication Budget     149
Restoring the Earth     152
Protecting and Restoring Forests     153
Conserving and Rebuilding Soils     158
Regenerating Fisheries      162
Protecting Plant and Animal Diversity     164
Planting Trees to Sequester Carbon     165
The Earth Restoration Budget     169
Feeding Eight Billion Well     175
Rethinking Land Productivity     176
Raising Water Productivity     179
Producing Protein More Efficiently     183
Moving Down the Food Chain     188
Action on Many Fronts     189
Designing Cities for People     192
The Ecology of Cities     194
Redesigning Urban Transport     196
Reducing Urban Water Use     202
Farming in the City     205
Upgrading Squatter Settlements     208
Cities for People     209
Raising Energy Efficiency     213
Banning the Bulb     215
Energy-Efficient Appliances     218
More-Efficient Buildings     221
Restructuring the Transport System     225
A New Materials Economy     228
The Energy Savings Potential     235
Turning to Renewable Energy     237
Harnessing the Wind     239
Wind-Powered Plug-in Hybrid Cars     243
Solar Cells and Collectors      246
Energy from the Earth     252
Plant-Based Sources of Energy     255
River, Tidal, and Wave Power     258
The World Energy Economy of 2020     259
An Exciting New Option
The Great Mobilization     265
Shifting Taxes and Subsidies     267
Summing Up Climate Stabilization Measures     273
A Response to Failing States     276
A Wartime Mobilization     279
Mobilizing to Save Civilization     280
What You and I Can Do     285
Notes     289
Index     373
Acknowledgments     393
About the Author     399

The Ten Commandments for Business Failure or The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families

2009-11-30T18:30:00.000-08:00

The Ten Commandments for Business Failure

Author: Donald R Keough

The Ten Commandments for Business Failure is a cautionary bible for business leaders, from a widely admired elder statesman who has seen and heard it all.

Foreword   Warren Buffett     ix
Introduction     1
Top of the List: Quit Taking Risks     11
Be Inflexible     25
Isolate Yourself     45
Assume Infallibility     59
Play the Game Close to the Foul Line     67
Don't Take Time to Think     81
Put All Your Faith in Experts and Outside Consultants     97
Love Your Bureaucracy     115
Send Mixed Messages     133
Be Afraid of the Future     151
Lose Your Passion for Work-for Life     173
Acknowledgments     187

Books about: The Science of Sherlock Holmes or Id Rather Teach Peace

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families

Author: Stephen R Covey

In his first major work since The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven R. Covey presents a practical and philosophical guide to solving the problems--large and small, mundane and extraordinary--that confront all families and strong communities. By offering revealing anecdotes about ordinary people as well as helpful suggestions about changing everyday behavior, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families shows how and why to have family meetings, the importance of keeping promises, how to balance individual and family needs, and how to move from dependence to interdependence. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families is an invaluable guidebook to the welfare of families everywhere.

Human Resource Management or Leadership Pipeline

2009-11-29T16:49:00.000-08:00

Human Resource Management

Author: Robert L Mathis

Take the most current look at human resource management and its impact on the success of organizations today with the latest edition of HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT from Mathis/Jackson. Whether you are currently a practicing human resource management professional or plan to use HR knowledge in your career this comprehensive market-leading text has the information you need for ongoing professional success. This authoritative text offers a leading resource for preparation for professional HR certification by providing coverage of all major topics for the PHR and SPHR professional examinations given by the Human Resource Certification Institute (SHRM). This edition effectively blends theory and practice as it highlights the latest trends in human resource today, including strategic HR, employee retention, HR technology, talent management, total rewards, risk management, and workforce demographics changes. An updated research and academic approach with relevant examples demonstrates how HR is contributing to and impacting overall organizational success.. The book's application approach details how emerging trends in technology, globalization, and HR Metrics are driving changes in HR management today. Valuable learning features, from the latest HR headlines to HR Best Practices, add to your knowledge of how current events impact HR and shape success today. This edition's new integrated CengageNOW online learning system helps you efficiently manage and complete course requirements, with personalized study plans that maximize study time as you focus on the areas most challenging for you. The new HR BizFlix video clips from today's feature movies put HR principles in action. Find everything youneed to understand the latest transformations in HR today and how HR can contribute to your success, both individually and organizationally, success with Mathis/Jackson's HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 12E.

Booknews

A text/CD-ROM package, featuring chapter objectives, vignettes, summaries, key terms, review and discussion questions, and real life cases. This ninth edition contains the and a number of issues of the on a companion CD-ROM. Text content is keyed to sections on the CD-ROM. Also new to this edition are web sites, and Internet exercises. There is also new material on equal employment and affirmative action and performance management. Mathis teaches management at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company

Author: James Noel

Together, these authors have more first-hand experience in leadership development and succession planning than you're likely to find anywhere else. And here, they show companies how to create a pipeline of talent that will continuously fill their leadership needs-needs they may not even yet realize. The Leadership Pipeline delivers a proven framework for priming future leaders by planning for their development, coaching them, and measuring the results of those efforts. Moreover, the book presents a combination leadership-development/succession-planning program that ensures a steady line-up of leaders for every critical position within the company. It's an approach that bolsters the retention of intellectual capital as it eliminates the need to go outside for expensive "stars," who will probably jump ship before they reach their full potential anyway.

Booknews

Three business consultants explain how companies can develop leaders from their current pool of employees by developing a system that sorts out corporate roles, identifies potential, and plans development. They identify and explain six specific leadership levels that comprise their pipeline. They do not provide a bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
About the Authors.
Introduction.
Six Leadership Passages: An Overview.
From Managing Self to Managing Others.
From Managing Others to Managing Managers.
From Managing Mangers to Functional Manager.
From Functional Manager to Business Manager.
From Business Manager to Group Manager.
From Group Manager to Enterprise Manager.
Diagnostics: Identifying Pipeline Problems and Possibilities.
Performance Improvement: Clarifying Roles and Creating Performance Standards.
Succession Planning.
Identifying Potential Pipeline Failures.
The Functional Career Passage.
Coaching.
Benefits Up and Down the Line.
Index.

Salt or Financial Management

2009-11-28T15:08:00.000-08:00

Salt: A World History

Author: Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky, the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the World, here turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A substance so valuable it served as currency, salt has influenced the establishment of trade routes and cities, provoked and financed wars, secured empires, and inspired revolutions. Populated by colorful characters and filled with an unending series of fascinating details, Kurlansky's kaleidoscopic history is a supremely entertaining, multi-layered masterpiece.

Publishers Weekly

Only Mark Kurlansky, winner of the James Beard Award for Excellence in Food Writing for COD: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, could woo readers toward such an off-beat topic of SALT: A World History...Throughout his engaging, well-researched history, Kurlansky sprinkles witty asides and amusing anecdotes. A piquant blend of the historic, political, commercial, scientific and culinary, the book is sure to entertain as well as educate.

Library Journal

In his latest work, Kurlansky is in command of every facet of this topic, and he conveys his knowledge in a readable, easy style. Deftly leading readers around the world and across cultures and centuries, he takes an inexpensive, mundane item and shows how it has influenced and affected wars, cultures, governments, religions, societies, economies, cooking (there are a few recipes), and foodsЉAn entertaining, informative read, this is highly recommended.

Los Angeles Times - Rubin

In Salt: A World History, Kurlansky continues to prove himself remarkably adept at taking a most unlikely candidate and telling its tale with epic grandeur.

Publishers Weekly

Only Kurlansky, winner of the James Beard Award for Excellence in Food Writing for Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, could woo readers toward such an off-beat topic. Yet salt, Kurlansky asserts, has "shaped civilization." Although now taken for granted, these square crystals are not only of practical use, but over the ages have symbolized fertility (it is, after all, the root of the word "salacious") and lasting covenants, and have been used in magical charms. Called a "divine substance" by Homer, salt is an essential part of the human body, was one of the first international commodities and was often used as currency throughout the developing world. Kurlansky traces the history of salt's influences from prehistoric China and ancient Africa (in Egypt they made mummies using salt) to Europe (in 12th-century Provence, France, salt merchants built "a system of solar evaporation ponds") and the Americas, through chapters with intriguing titles like "A Discourse on Salt, Cadavers and Pungent Sauces." The book is populated with characters as diverse as frozen-food giant Clarence Birdseye; Gandhi, who broke the British salt law that forbade salt production in India because it outdid the British salt trade; and New York City's sturgeon king, Barney Greengrass. Throughout his engaging, well-researched history, Kurlansky sprinkles witty asides and amusing anecdotes. A piquant blend of the historic, political, commercial, scientific and culinary, the book is sure to entertain as well as educate. Pierre Laszlo's Salt: Grain of Life (Forecasts, Aug. 6) got to the finish line first but doesn't compare to this artful narrative. 15 recipes, 4o illus., 7 maps. (Jan.) Copyright 2001Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

In his latest work, Kurlansky (Cod, The Basque History of the World) is in command of every facet of his topic, and he conveys his knowledge in a readable, easy style. Deftly leading readers around the world and across cultures and centuries, he takes an inexpensive, mundane item and shows how it has influenced and affected wars, cultures, governments, religions, societies, economies, cooking (there are a few recipes), and foods. In addition, he provides information on the chemistry, geology, mining, refining, and production of salt, again across cultures, continents, and time periods. The 26 chapters flow in chronological order, and the cast of characters includes fishermen, kings, Native Americans, and even Gandhi. An entertaining, informative read, this is highly recommended for all collections. [For another book on the topic, see Pierre Laszlo's more esoteric Salt: Grain of Life, LJ 7/01; other recent micro-histories include Joseph Amato's Dust, Mort Rosenblum's Olive, and Tom Vanderbilt's The Sneaker Book. Ed.] Michael D. Cramer, Raleigh, NC Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A lively social history that does for salt what Kurlansky previously did for Cod (1997). Perhaps the author slightly oversells his subject by claiming it is far more important and interesting than the evolution of language or the harnessing of fire. But maybe he has a point: Without salt, Kurlansky states at the outset, there would be no life, let alone a nifty preservative for everything from herring to mummies. Salt keeps the muscles pumping, the blood flowing, the brain firing. Its importance has trailed endless strife. Salt enters written history (as so many things do) with the Chinese, who had the first known salt works, imposed the first known salt tax, and fought the first known salt war. They also used it to preserve the wondrous 1,000-year-old egg, which "takes about 100 days to make, and will keep for another 100 days"-give or take, evidently, 365,000 days. From there Kurlansky follows salt through its deployment by the Egyptians on to the Basques, who salted the cod that they chased all the way to North America a thousand years ago, and on through essentially all of history. In salt, politics and food mix continually, if uncomfortably. The Incans, Aztecs, and Mayans rose to power partly on the back of salt; control of it made and unmade royal houses in Europe and the Far East. There developed a whole semiotics of salt, and Kurlansky deconstructs it. A couple of curious errors, such as attributing the famous comment "Kill them all. God knows his own" to "an Albigensian leader" rather than to the Albigensian-slaughtering Pope Innocent III, are piddling in relation to the study's encyclopedic brilliance. Numerous old salt-specializing recipes are included. Enlightening anddelighting as he goes, Kurlansky is, like Jane Grigson before him, a peerless food historian. History Book Club/National Science Book Club/Quality Paperback Book Club alternate selection; author tour

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Anthony Bourdain
SALT is the fascinating, indispensable history of an indispensable ingredient. Like Kurlansky's earlier work, COD, it's a must-have book for any serious cook or foodie.
—author of the best-selling Kitchen Confidential

Anthony Bourdain
A must-have book for any serious cook or foodie.
— Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential

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Financial Management: Theory & Practice (with Thomson ONE - Business School

Author: Eugene F Brigham

Written for and praised by students just like you, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE gives you relevant, practical, and easy-to-understand information covering all of the financial management topics you need to succeed in this course. Underlying theory is presented first in an accessible style and then followed by the practical application.

Part One: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
1. An Overview of Financial Management and the Financial Environment. Web Extension 1A: A Closer Look at Markets: Securitization and Social Welfare. Web Extension 1B: An Overview of Derivatives. Web Extension 1C: A Closer Look at the Stock Markets.
2. Time Value of Money. Web Extension 2A: Continuous Compounding. Web Extension 2B: The Tabular Approach.
3. Financial Statements, Cash Flow, and Taxes. Web Extension 3A: The Federal Income Tax System for Individuals.
4. Analysis of Financial Statements.
Part Two: SECURITIES AND THEIR VALUATION.
5. Bonds, Bond Valuation, and Interest Rates. Web Extension 5A: A Closer Look at Zero Coupon Bonds. Web Extension 5B: A Closer Look at TIPS: Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. Web Extension 5C: A Closer Look at Bankruptcy and Reorganization. Web Extension 5D: A Closer Look at Bond Risk: Duration. Web Extension 5E: The Pure Expectations Theory and Estimation of Forward Rates.
6. Risk, Return, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Web Extension 6A: Continuous Probability Distributions. Web Extension 6B: Estimating Beta with a Financial Calculator.
7. Portfolio Theory and Other Asset Pricing Models.
8. Stocks, Stock Valuation, and Stock Market Equilibrium. Web Extension 8A: Derivation of Valuation Equations.
9. Financial Options and Applications in Corporate Finance. Web Extension 9A: The Binomial Approach.
Part Three: PROJECTS AND THEIR VALUATION.
10. The Cost of Capital. Web Extension 10A: The Divisional Cost of Capital. Web Extension 10B: EstimatingGrowth Rates. Web Extension 10C: The Cost of Equity in the Nonconstant Dividend Growth Model. Web Extension 10D: New Equity Issues and the Marginal WACC.
11. The Basics of Capital Budgeting: Evaluating Cash Flows. Web Extension 11A: The Accounting Rate of Return (ARR).
12. Cash Flow Estimation and Risk Analysis. Web Extension 12A: Replacement Project Analysis. Web Extension 12B: The Risk-Adjusted Project Cost of Capital.
13. Decision Trees, Real Options, and Other Capital Budgeting Topics. Web Extension 13A: The Abandonment Real Option. Web Extension 13B: Risk-Neutral Valuation.
Part Four: CORPORATE VALUATION AND GOVERNANCE.
14. Financial Planning and Forecasting Financial Statements. Web Extension 14A: Financing Feedbacks. Web Extension 14B: Advanced Techniques for Forecasting Financial Statement Accounts.
15. Corporate Valuation, Value-Based Management, and Corporate Governance.
Part Five: STRATEGIC FINANCING.
16. Capital Structure Decisions: The Basics. Web Extension 16A: Degree of Leverage.
17. Capital Structure Decisions: Extensions.
18. Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends and Repurchases.
Part Six: TACTICAL FINANCIAL DECISION.
19. Initial Public Offerings, Investment Banking, and Financial Restructuring. Web Extension 19A: Rights Offerings.
20. Lease Financing. Web Extension 20A: Percentage Cost Analysis. Web Extension 20B: Leasing Feedback. Web Extension 20C: Leveraged Leases.
21. Hybrid Financing: Preferred Stock, Warrants, and Convertibles. Web Extension 21A: Calling Convertible Issues.
Part Seven: SPECIAL TOPICS.
22. Working Capital Management. Web Extension 22A: Secured Short-Term Financing.
23. Derivatives and Risk Management. Web Extension 23A: Risk Management with Insurance. Web Extension 23B: Bond Portfolio Immunization.
24. Bankruptcy, Reorganization, and Liquidation. Web Extension 24A: Multiple Discriminant Analysis.
25. Mergers, LBOs, Divestitures, and Holding Companies. Web Extension 25A: Comparison of Alternative Valuation Models.
26. Multinational Financial Management. WEB CHAPTERS.
27. Providing and Obtaining Credit.
28. Advanced Issues in Cash Management and Inventory Control.
29. Pension Plan Management.
30. Financial Management in Not-for-Profit Businesses.

Understanding Management or Second Nature

2009-02-17T13:13:00.000-08:00

Understanding Management

Author: Stephen Linstead

This unique volume focuses on management as it is--a complex set of social and symbolic processes--often characterized by considerable ambiguity and paradox. In particular, Understanding Management contains a body of work concerned with building an experience-based grounded description and understanding of the processes of management and managing. The contributors to this volume explore and illuminate various themes including, the dynamics, subtleties, and complexities of managerial life; its informal, as well as formalized features and practices; and the significance of the cultural and symbolic in organizations. Concentrating on the meanings and relationship between managerial talk, thought, and action, the contributors examine issues like culture, myth, ritual, totem, and taboo. Drawing from both new and established anthropological concepts, this volume provides an in-depth analysis that enables the reader to understand the nature of managing. Understanding Management represents a fascinating and invaluable resource for all those studying, teaching, and researching management, and for those in organization theory, organization behavior, the sociology and psychology of organizations, and general management studies.

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Provides access to a wide range of federal statistics for development officials and others seeking information for competitive analysis, strategic planning, market research, and other types of economic and policy evaluation. National and state data, organized by four-digit SIC codes in all wholesale and retail trade categories, includes for each SIC code a description of the category, statistics on total sales and total employment, lists of leading companies, and graphics showing industry concentration and statistics broken down by state. A second section consists of statistical tables for 590 cities and metro areas, organized alphabetically. Thoroughly indexed by SIC, subject, company, occupation, and city. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Second Nature: Economic Origins of Human Evolution

Author: Haim Ofek

This book spans two million years of human evolution and explores the impact of economics on human evolution and natural history. The theory of evolution by natural selection has always relied in part on progress in areas of science outside of biology. By applying economic principles at the borderlines of biology, Haim Ofek shows how some of the outstanding issues in human evolution, such as the increase in human brain size and the expansion of the environmental niche humans occupied, can be answered. He identifies distinct economic forces at work, beginning with the transition from the feed-as-you-go strategy of primates, through hunter-gathering and the domestication of fire to the development of agriculture. This highly readable book will inform and intrigue general readers and those in fields such as evolutionary biology and psychology, economics, and anthropology.

	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	Bioeconomics
2	Exchange in human and nonhuman societies	9
	Adam Smith's zoological digression	9
	Symbiotic exchange	11
	Kin and nepotistic exchange	14
	Mercantile exchange	20
	Tentative conclusions	24
3	Classical economics and classical Darwinism	26
	Darwin and the Scottish economists: The first point of junction	26
	Darwin's principle of utility: The second point of junction	31
	Diversity of human nature: The third point of junction	35
4	Evolutionary implications of division of labor	44
	The capacity for specialization and differentiation	45
	The capacity to operate in grand-scale formations	55
5	The feeding ecology	62
	The incredible shrinking gut	62
	Runaway arms races in a vertical feeding ecology	74
6	The origins of nepotistic exchange	84
	Primordial exchange at the lowest levels of organization	84
	Convergent body structures	86
	Convergent social structures	95
	The primate connection	98
7	Baboon speciation versus human specialization	105
	Parallels in the feeding ecology	105
	Antipredator behavior	110
	Adaptive radiation in the baboons	114
	The "southern ape"	115
	Founder-effect speciation	117
	Trade and adaptive specialization	118
Pt. 2	Paleoeconomics
8	Departure from the feed-as-you-go strategy	125
	The physical environment	125
	Stone tool technology according to Darwin	128
	Exchange augmented foot-sharing	131
9	The origins of market exchange	138
	Bateman's syndrome	138
	The impetus to trade	142
	The nature of commodities and the structure of markets	143
	Fire: What's in a name?	151
10	Domestication of fire in relation to market exchange	153
	Nonhuman use of fire	153
	The question of fuel	155
	Incendiary skills	157
	Provision of fire in the absence of ignition technology	159
	Fire and occupation of caves	162
11	The Upper Paleolithic and other creative explosions	168
	The Upper Paleolithic toolkit	169
	Long-distance trade	172
	Economic and geographic expansions	173
	Monetarization of exchange in relation to symbolic behavior	179
12	Transition to agriculture: the limiting factor	190
	Five unexplained remarkable facts	190
	The history of the problem	192
	Agriculture versus hunting-gathering	194
	Climates on average	196
	Climates at variance: a clue in the ice caps	202
	The Fertile Crescent: a regional case study	207
13	Transition to agriculture: the facilitating factor	212
	The specialization-diversification dichotomy	212
	The question of autarky	212
	The caprine paradox	217
	Agrarian origins of ancient cities	222
	Agriculture: summary	226
	References	228
	Index	237

World Development Report 2002 or Strategic Public Diplomacy and American Foreign Policy

2009-02-16T11:32:00.000-08:00

World Development Report 2002: Building Institutions for Markets

Author: World Bank

This report is about building institutions that support markets which promote growth and reduce poverty. It analyzes the myriad of institutions--formal and informal, public and private--that people build and use to undertake activities that maximize returns and to manage risk in markets. These institutions range from unwritten customs and traditions to complex legal codes that regulate international commerce on the cutting edge of technology. Some developing countries have been able to harness such market-supporting institutions to improve the welfare of their people, but others have not yet achieved the same degree of success. Drawing on a wealth of research and experience from inside and outside the World Bank, this 23rd edition of the World Development Report moves toward a deeper understanding of market-supporting institutions and a better appreciation of how people can build such institutions.
Building Institutions for Markets takes a two-step approach to institutional development. First, it contends that what is critical is focusing on the functions that market-supporting institutions provide and how they provide it rather than on particular structures. Looking at institutions in terms of the functions they provide rather than in terms of their structures helps identify institutional gaps. Second, after identifying the institutional gap, the next step is to build the needed institution. The report goes beyond the recognition that one size does not fit all to develop an understanding of how to think about designing effective institutions in a particular context.
Building Institutions for Markets includes Selected World Development Indicators, an essential reference onrecent trends in development. Altogether, the report offers valuable insights and vital guidance for policymakers, researchers, and anyone with an interest in development.

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Strategic Public Diplomacy and American Foreign Policy: The Evolution of Influence

Author: Jarol B Manheim

Strategic public diplomacy, once commonly called propaganda, has existed since the twelfth century, when Richard I, crusading sovereign of England, plucked the eyes from his prisoners and returned them to his arch-rival Saladin--an unmistakable message intended to mold the image that Richard's foreign enemies had of him. Although their methods have grown more sophisticated and gentrified since the Middle Ages, the goal of governments employing strategic public diplomacy has remained essentially the same: to influence public or elite opinion in a foreign country for the purpose of turning the foreign policy of the target country to advantage.

The first systematic analysis of the growing foreign public relations industry in the U.S., this remarkable text traces the impact that the political "image management" of other nations has had on the American foreign policy agenda. Documenting the evolution of these campaigns in both scale and sophistication, this book includes an analysis of the Justice Department's foreign agent registration records, numerous interviews with journalists, consultants, and key government officials, and a systematic assessment of media content to gauge the effectiveness of these attempts at news management. The author presents and tests elements of a general model of agenda-related communication effects, presenting case studies that illustrate the extent to which the American media are saturated with foreign diplomatic messages, including the recent effort of the Kuwaiti government-in-exile to influence public opinion in the U.S. during the Gulf War, and concludes with an inventory and discussion of the issues raised by the "export" of the knowledge-base andskills underlying new, sophisticated communication strategies now being employed on behalf of foreign interests. Based on fifteen years of exhaustive research, this book is ideal for courses in foreign policy, media, and politics.

1	Propaganda in the Age of Strategic Communication	3
2	The New "Diplomats": A Growth Industry	14
3	Image Management: The Real "Smart Weapon" of the Gulf Conflict	39
4	Coming to America: Head-of-State Visits as Public Diplomacy	61
5	What's in a Word?: "Democracy" and U.S. Foreign Policy	83
6	Rites of Passage: Mega-Events as Public Diplomacy	102
7	Managing National Images	125
8	Agenda Dynamics and External Influence on U.S. Foreign Policymaking	148
9	The Evolution of Influence	158
	Appendix A: Selected Figures	173
	Appendix B: Controlling for Regression Toward the Mean	179
	Appendix C: Persons Interviewed	181
	Notes	185
	Bibliography	191
	Index	203

Workbook Contemporary Economics 2e or Intercultural Business Communication

2009-02-15T09:51:00.000-08:00

Workbook, Contemporary Economics, 2e

Author: William A McEachern

Review chapter material with this supplemental Workbook. Using the objective questions and activities, you can prepare for your class or review for quizzes and chapter tests.

National Content Standards in Economies     xxiv
Reading Skills     xxvi
Introduction to Economics     2
What Is Economics?     4
The Economic Problem     5
Economic Theory     10
Opportunity Cost and Choice     19
Chapter Assessment     28
Economic Systems and Economic Tools     32
Economic Questions and Economic Systems     33
Production Possibilities Frontier     41
Comparative Advantage     50
Chapter Assessment     56
U.S. Private and Public Sectors     60
The U.S. Private Sector     61
Regulating the Private Sector     68
Public Goods and Externalities     75
Providing a Safety Net     82
Chapter Assessment     90
The Market Economy     96
Demand     98
The Demand Curve     99
Elasticity of Demand     107
Changes in Demand     116
Chapter Assessment     124
Supply     128
The Supply Curve     129
Shifts of the Supply Curve     138
Production and Cost     145
Chapter Assessment     156
Market Forces     160
Price, Quantity, and Market Equilibrium     161
Shifts of Demand and Supply Curves     167
Market Efficiency and Gains from Exchange     176
Chapter Assessment     184
Market Structure     188
Perfect Competition and Monopoly     189
Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly     199
Antitrust, Economic Regulation, and Competition     206
Chapter Assessment     214
Market Institutions     218
Businesses     220
Entrepreneurs     221
Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships     229
Corporations and Other Organizations     237
Chapter Assessment     246
Labor Markets     250
Demand and Supply of Resources     251
Wage Determination     262
Labor Unions     269
Chapter Assessment     278
Financial Markets and Business Growth     282
Production, Consumption, and Time     283
Banks, Interest, and Corporate Finance     290
Business Growth     299
Chapter Assessment     308
The National Economy     312
Economic Performance     314
Estimating Gross Domestic Product (GDP)     315
Limitations of GDP Estimation     322
Business Cycles     329
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply     337
Chapter Assessment     346
Economic Growth     350
The PPF, Economic Growth, and Productivity     351
Living Standards and Labor Productivity Growth     360
Issues of Technological Change     368
Chapter Assessment     376
Economic Challenges     380
Unemployment     381
Inflation     391
Economic Instability     397
Poverty     406
Chapter Assessment     414
Public Policy and the National Economy     418
Government Spending, Revenue, and Public Choice     420
Public Goods and Taxation     421
Federal, State, and Local Budgets     429
Economics of Public Choice     439
Chapter Assessment     446
Fiscal Policy, Deficits, and Debt     450
The Evolution of Fiscal Policy     451
Fiscal Policy Reconsidered     460
Federal Deficits and Federal Debt     467
Chapter Assessment      476
Money and Banking     480
Origins of Money     481
Origins of Banking and the Federal Reserve System     488
Money, Near Money, and Credit Cards     497
Chapter Assessment     506
Money Creation, the Federal Reserve System, and Monetary Policy     510
How Banks Work     511
Monetary Policy in the Short Run     517
Monetary Policy in the Long Run     528
Chapter Assessment     536
The International Economy     540
International Trade and Finance     542
Benefits of Trade     543
Trade Restrictions and Free-Trade Agreements     549
Balance of Payments     557
Foreign Exchange Rates     564
Chapter Assessment     572
Economic Development     576
Developing Economies and Industrial Market Economies     577
Foreign Trade, Foreign Aid, and Economic Development     587
Rules of the Game, Transition Economies, and Convergence     593
Chapter Assessment     602
Personal Financial Literacy     606
Consumer Responsibilities and Protections     608
Consumer Choice     609
Using Credit Responsibly     617
Consumer Protection     627
Chapter Assessment     636
Managing Your Money     640
Saving     641
Investing     650
Insurance     660
Chapter Assessment     666
Economic Data     670
Glossary     680
Spanish Glossary     693
Index     708

Intercultural Business Communication

Author: Lillian H Chaney

This book prepares today's business people to compete and manage domestic and international diversity in an increasingly multinational business arena. Unique in the market, it uses research involving three Delphi panels of experts' perceptions of the importance of the topics covered as the basis for its contents. The authors have traveled or worked in a number of countries, therefore producing a work of firsthand knowledge of the topics covered. Topics comprehensively covered include: cultural shock; language, oral, and non-verbal communication patterns; written communication patterns; global etiquette; business and social customs; intercultural negotiation process and strategies; and laws affecting international business and travel. A good reference work for anyone who works internationally.

American Businesses in China or Problem Solving Handbook

2009-02-14T08:10:00.000-08:00

American Businesses in China: Balancing Culture and Communication

Author: Nancy Lynch Lynch Street

As more and more American businesses have set up operations in China, American business owners have had to concern themselves with respecting how Chinese values and beliefs and how China's changing economic and political climates relate to the business world.

American businesses that have been successful in China, such as General Electric, Children's Television Workshop, Holiday Inn, DaimlerChrysler and the Foxboro Company, to name just a few, know how important a consideration for Chinese culture is in business operations. Their efforts in China are profiled in this work to serve as case studies for others interested in doing business in China. This book also examines the Chinese worldview, a fusion of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and communism, and the effects of globalization on business ventures. It also considers the changing nature of Chinese consumerism, highlighting significant differences between urban and rural populations and a distinctive generational divide. It ends by offering some general conclusions as well as suggestions for those interested in doing business in China. Author Bio:
Nancy Lynch Street is a professor of speech communication at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Marilyn J. Matelski is assistant chair of the Department of Communication at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

	Acknowledgments
	Foreword
	Introduction	1
	Chronology	9
1	The Chinese Worldview	15
2	Issues in Globalization	45
3	The Changing Chinese Consumer	61
4	Case Study: Educational Programs and Exchanges in China	82
5	Case Study: Two Art Exhibitions Cross the Pacific	108
6	Case Study: General Electric and Sesame Street - A True Joint Venture	129
7	Case Study: The Holiday Inn Network in China - More Is Better	150
8	Case Study: DaimlerChrysler - Silence in China After the "Deal Heard 'Round the World"	169
9	Case Study: The Foxboro Company - Infrastructure's Hidden Jewel	182
10	Final Thoughts: Getting to Yes Between East and West	210
App. A	China Profile	229
App. B	Traditional Chinese Holidays and Festivals	232
App. C	Contrasting Cultures	234
App. D	Council on International Educational Exchange	240
	Glossary	243
	Notes	247
	Bibliography	270
	Index	287

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Problem-Solving Handbook

Author: Bob Sproull

With this informative book, shopfloor workers get the essential training they need to understand the root causes of manufacturing problems.

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Written for a manufacturing audience, this hands-on guide contains a methodology for discovering and dissecting the root causes of problems, in a format that encourages readers to participate in the learning process. Features numerous learning aids and problem-solving truths, plus cause and effect diagrams, tree diagrams, flow charts, case studies, and sample forms. Sproull works in the private sector. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Best Poor Mans Country or Europe Unites

2009-02-13T06:30:00.000-08:00

The Best Poor Man's Country: Early Southeastern Pennsylvania

Author: James T Lemon

In many respects early Pennsylvania was the prototype of North American development. Its conservative defense of liberal individualism, its population of mixed national and religious origins, its dispersed farms, county seats, and farm-service villages, and its mixed crop and livestock agriculture served as models for much of the rural Middle West. To many western Europeans in the eighteenth century, life in early Pennsylvania offered a veritable paradise and refuge from oppression. Some called it "the best poor man's country in the world."

The role of cultural backgrounds is important in this study of the development of early southeastern Pennsylvania, and as important is the interplay of people with the land. Lemon discusses the settlement of the land by western Europeans; the geographical and social mobility of the people; territorial organizations of farmlands, towns, and counties; and regional variations in land use, especially farming practices. Providing deeper access into the processes of social change, The Best Poor Man's Country remains a significant addition to the literature on colonial American historiography.

	List of Tables
	List of Figures
	Preface to the 2002 Edition
	Preface to the Original Edition
1	Society and Environment of Early Pennsylvania	1
2	Occupying the Land, 1681-1760	42
3	Movements of Pennsylvanians	71
4	Territorial Organization of Farms and Rural Institutions	98
5	Territorial Organization of Towns, Counties, and the Region	118
6	General Mixed Farming and Extensive Use of the Land	150
7	Regional Variations in the Use of the Land	184
8	The Development of Early Southeastern Pennsylvania	218
	Notes	229
	Bibliographical Note	280
	Sources for Figures	284
	Index	287

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Europe Unites: The EU's Eastern Enlargement

Author: Peter A Pool

The EU's eastern enlargement has coincided with a decade of rapid progress toward closer European integration. Poole argues that this enlargement, more than any previous one, is closely linked with major EU projects of integration, including justice and home affairs, monetary union, a common foreign and security policy, and the effort to create a constitutional treaty.

Verification and Validation for Quality of Uml 2 0 Models or Economics of Health and Medical Care

2009-02-12T04:49:00.000-08:00

Verification and Validation for Quality of UML 2. 0 Models

Author: Bhuvan Unhelkar

A practical approach to enhancing quality in software models using UML Version 2.0

"Despite its increasing usage, many companies are not taking the best advantage of UML and, occasionally, individuals have experienced frustration in applying its standards. Perhaps this is because they have not yet read this book!"
-From the Foreword by Prof. Brian Henderson-Sellers

This book presents a practical checklist approach to enhancing the quality of software models created with the Unified Modeling Language (UML) Version 2.0. The foundation for quality is set by the discussion on the nature and creation of UML models. This is followed by a demonstration of how to apply verification and validation checks to these models with three foci: syntactical correctness, semantic meaningfulness, and aesthetic symmetry. The quality work is carried out within three distinct yet related modeling spaces:
* Model of problem space (MOPS)
* Model of solution space (MOSS)
* Model of background space (MOBS)

Readers can then choose a specific quality approach according to their roles in their projects.

Verification and validation checks are also organized according to these three modeling spaces, making it easier for the reader to focus on the appropriate diagrams and quality checks corresponding to their modeling space. In addition, a major element of this publication is the Strengths, Weaknesses, Objectives, and Traps (SWOT) analysis. This analysis is performed on each UML diagram, enabling readers to fully comprehend these diagrams, their advantages and limitations, and the way in which they can be used in practical projects for modeling.

A consistentcase study of the Lucky Insurance System is provided throughout the chapters to illustrate the creation of good quality UML diagrams, followed by application of quality checks to them. With its emphasis on quality in UML-based projects, this book is an essential resource for all quality professionals, including quality analysts, process consultants, quality managers, test designers, and testers.

1	The quality strategy for UML	1
2	Nature and basics of UML diagrams	27
3	Strengths, weaknesses, objectives and traps (SWOT) of UML diagrams	57
4	V&V of the quality of MOPS	85
5	V&V of the quality of MOSS	161
6	V&V of the quality of MOBS	193
7	Managing the V&V process	225
App. A	LUCKY insurance case study	231
App. B	UML CASE tools	237
App. C	Summary of checks for V&V of the quality of MOPS	241
App. D	Summary of checks for V&V of the quality of MOSS	251
App. E	Summary of checks for V&V of the quality of MOBS	257
App. F	Templates for actors, use cases and classes in MOPS	263

Economics of Health and Medical Care

Author: Philip Jacobs

This newly updated and expanded edition strikes the necessary balance of population-based health economics and the more traditional. market-oriented approach to health care economics.

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Reviewer: Malathi Srinivasan, MD (University of California Davis)
Description: The authors have written a concise, clear primer on healthcare economics. The book develops major themes in descriptive, explanatory, and evaluative economics and can be easily understood by the noneconomist. It highlights the objectives to be learned at the beginning of each chapter, reviews the material, and provides a series of questions at the end of each chapter to reinforce key points.
Purpose: This introductory book provides an economic approach to understanding healthcare issues affecting our population, using scarcity as a driver of healthcare needs. It focuses on how to do economics, and in thinking about healthcare economics in a systematic fashion. This book, now in its fifth edition, is a much-needed update in the instruction of healthcare economics for the noneconomist. It provides physicians and other healthcare providers a straightforward method of framing the complex economic issues surrounding healthcare delivery and healthcare outcomes.
Audience: This is a primer. Thus, the audience includes any noneconomist who is interested in understanding economic principles. As a physician and a health services researcher, I personally found the book useful, and logically laid out. It should be easy to incorporate elements of this book into a curriculum for medical students and residents. The authors did not provide any biographical data, other than their institutional affiliation:two pages on author identification would be useful in subsequent editions. However, these authors are known in the field of healthcare economics and are credible.
Features: The book covers three major domains of healthcare economics: descriptive, explanatory and evaluative methods. Much like the health services research models with input:> process:> output, this framework is recognizable and easy to follow. This book is useful for several reasons. It emphasizes an understanding of the concept for each section without excessive detail. Each chapter follows the classical educational technique of "foretelling, telling, then recapping." Learning objectives are clearly laid out. Questions/exercises at the end of the chapter track with the content of the chapter, and are illustrative. References are relevant. The diagrams are simple and there is minimal use of equations. This lack of mathematics/equations may offend economic purists, but the noneconomist is still able to see the relationships described based on the text description. The economic principles are described with clear examples, and a progressive disclosure method is used to build up increasingly complex models. There is always a tension in these introductory books between breadth and depth. However, for its stated purposes, there are no major shortcomings of this book.
Assessment: This book fills a unique niche as a healthcare economics primer for noneconomists. It is a standard textbook used in many institutions. This book is more readable than other, more technical books in the area, yet it does not oversimplify the material, nor does it talk down to the audience.

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The new edition of this text (dates of previous editions are not stated) continues its mission as an introduction that assumes no economics background. With the aim of teaching students how to think about economic problems in a systematic way, Jacobs (public health services, U. of Alberta, Canada) and Rapoport (economics, Mt. Holyoke College, Mass.) divide material into sections on descriptive, explanatory, and evaluative economics; and coverage includes the various tools used in economic analysis and evaluation. Among the new or expanded topics in this edition: the population-based approach, including international comparisons; agency theory and the applications of principal-agent analysis; the consumerism movement and its economic and policy implications; labor markets and health insurance markets; and cost effectiveness, cost utility, and cost-benefit analysis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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New edition of a solid textbook assuming only high school-level math and no previous economics study. For courses in public health, health care administration, and related topics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Certified Edition or The Therapeutic Relationship in Complementary Health Care

2009-02-11T03:08:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Certified Edition

Author: Tim Duffy

Before starting the keystrokes of a project, Duffy takes more time to explain the significance of what students are about to do and learn. This conceptual approach builds computer skills and encourages critical thinking. After completing the projects in these books, readers will be prepared to take the core Microsoft Certification exams for Word 2000, Excel 2000, Access 2000, PowerPoint 2000, Outlook 2000, and FrontPage 2000. Successful completion of these exams gives readers measurable, marketable skills. For anyone interested in learning Microsoft Office 2000.

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This reference prepares students to take the proficient level exams for Microsoft Office User Specialist. Duffy (computer instructor, Illinois State U.) presents the why and how of computing, and emphasizes the common features of Office 2000 applications along with hands-on exercises. After covering Windows 98 with an introduction, a more on Windows section, and chapters on manipulating documents and folders, he discusses Internet Explorer 5, Outlook and FrontPage 2000; building a web page, and Word, Excel, and Access 2000. Wire ring binding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Look this: Food in World History or Food Shelf Life Stability

The Therapeutic Relationship in Complementary Health Care

Author: Annie Mitchell

Research-based and clinically relevant, this patient centered text explores the crucial role of "non-specific" aspects of treatment: trust, care, positive expectations and understanding in the healing process. Explores how the important relationship between patient and therapist provides the context for healing through research evidence from placebo studies, psychotherapy outcome studies, and studies of doctor/patient communication.

Patricia Blagman

This book describes the complex aspects of the therapeutic relationship, in theory and practice, with concepts primarily drawn from the field of psychotherapy. The authors wish to help practitioners reflect more deeply on how best to use themselves to promote healing relationships with their clients. These are indeed important objectives, as clients are turning to complementary practitioners for better relationships with healthcare providers. The book provides a thorough presentation of the practice and research of the therapeutic relationship. This book is written for all healthcare practitioners, especially practitioners of complementary therapies. I agree with the authors that a caring, relationship-centered interaction increases healing. The authors are clinical psychologists involved in teaching and research at the University of Exeter in the U.K. A thorough discussion of major concepts for considering the therapeutic relationship for healthcare practitioners, both traditional and complementary, who need more knowledge and insight into this process, is provided. Within the context of holism, issues affecting the practitioner and client in relationship are explored. This book provides insights, research, and theory from clinical psychology on the therapeutic relationship that can be applied to all practitioners in the healing arts. It is, perhaps, misnamed, as it does not pertain to any healthcare modality, complementary or traditional. It is rather a work to help all practitioners deepen the personal, therapeutic aspects of their practices.

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Reviewer: Patricia Blagman, EdD, RN (Pace University)
Description: This book describes the complex aspects of the therapeutic relationship, in theory and practice, with concepts primarily drawn from the field of psychotherapy.
Purpose: The authors wish to help practitioners reflect more deeply on how best to use themselves to promote healing relationships with their clients. These are indeed important objectives, as clients are turning to complementary practitioners for better relationships with healthcare providers. The book provides a thorough presentation of the practice and research of the therapeutic relationship.
Audience: This book is written for all healthcare practitioners, especially practitioners of complementary therapies. I agree with the authors that a caring, relationship-centered interaction increases healing. The authors are clinical psychologists involved in teaching and research at the University of Exeter in the U.K.
Features: A thorough discussion of major concepts for considering the therapeutic relationship for healthcare practitioners, both traditional and complementary, who need more knowledge and insight into this process, is provided. Within the context of holism, issues affecting the practitioner and client in relationship are explored.
Assessment: This book provides insights, research, and theory from clinical psychology on the therapeutic relationship that can be applied to all practitioners in the healing arts. It is, perhaps, misnamed, as it does not pertain to any healthcare modality, complementary or traditional. It is rather a work to help all practitioners deepen the personal, therapeutic aspects of their practices.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

	Foreword
	Preface
1	Introduction: promoting self-healing through the therapeutic relationship	1
2	The nature of health and illness	17
3	Towards a model of treatment in health care	29
4	What do patients want?	43
5	Communication and illness: the meaning of illness for patients	59
6	What makes change happen in treatment?	77
7	Power in treatment	91
8	The process of treatment	107
9	The health of the practitioner	129
10	Conclusion: centrality of the therapeutic relationship	149
	Author index	161
	Subject index	167

Market Socialism or Marketing and Consumer Research in the Public Interest

2009-02-10T01:27:00.000-08:00

Market Socialism: Debate among Socialists

Author: Bertell Ollman

Aside from Post Modernism, probably the hottest topic today among socialist scholars world-wide is Market Socialism. In this book, four leading socialist scholars present both sides of the debate--two for, and two against--highlighting the different perspectives from which Market Socialism has been viewed.

Arguing in favor of Market Socialism are the philosophers David Schweickart and James Lawler. While opposing them and Market Socialism are the political economist Hillel Ticktin and the political theorist Bertell Ollman. The evidence and arguments found in this book will prove invaluable to readers interested in the future of socialism.

Marketing and Consumer Research in the Public Interest

Author: Ronald Paul Hill

"The articles are not a series of condemnations of past and current marketing practices; rather, they provide objective, heavily footnoted descriptions of marketing's actual impacts on these issues. . . . The book will be of most value to academicians researching ethical and public policy issues and those in nonprofit organizations with marketing responsibilities." --Choice How does personal crisis affect consumption? How do companies decide the appropriate way to market to a minority group? To what extent does social responsibility impact marketing? Marketing and Consumer Research in the Public Interest summarizes and extends the research on these types of issues in marketing and consumer behavior. Written by some of the leading social and public policy scholars in the field of marketing, the book discusses some essential consumption issues, marketing of controversial products, and the effectiveness of consumer safety and green buying campaigns. In addition, the volume examines two cutting-edge theoretical approaches to conducting consumer research in the public interest. It examines troublesome consumption issues such as substance abuse, grieving consumers, and marketing to the poor. It also explores media concerns such as portrayals of minority groups, target marketing, and the impact idealized images have on consumers' perceptions of their lives, particularly with respect to their material possessions. This volume concludes with an informative discussion of legislative and social marketing issues, including green buying practices, consumer rights, warning labels, and product safety. Researchers, scholars, and upper-level students in the areas of public relations, communications,ethics, healthcare and public policy will find this a valuable resource. Professionals who want a better understanding of the issues that are currently being investigated by scholars in the marketing and consumer behavior fields will appreciate the insights this volume offers as well.

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Social and public policy scholars in the field of marketing address the expansion of the field to encompass more complex social issues. Four sections examine controversial, cutting edge theoretical approaches such as feminist analysis and critical theory; the troublesome consumption issues of poverty, addiction, and grief; media issues such as target marketing, social comparison, and portrayals of minority groups; and legislative and social marketing issues, including the effectiveness of warning labels, product safety, and environmental practices. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Introduction
1	Uniting Critical Theory and Public Policy to Create the Reflexively Defiant Consumer	3
2	Exploring Simultaneous Oppressions: Toward the Development of Consumer Research in the Interest of Diverse Women	17
3	Professional, Personal, and Popular Culture Perspectives on Addiction	33
4	Social Support for Decision Making During Grief Due to Death	55
5	Marketing and the Poor	69
6	Social Criticisms of Target Marketing: Process or Product?	89
7	Materialism, Desire, and Discontent: Contributions of Idealized Advertising Images and Social Comparison	109
8	Portrayals of African, Hispanic, and Asian Americans in Magazine Advertising	133
9	Alcohol Warning Label Effects: Socialization, Addiction, and Public Policy Issues	153
10	Expanding the Perspective on Consumer Product Safety	177
11	Using Marketing and Advertising Principles to Encourage Pro-Environmental Behaviors	197
	Index	217
	About the Contributors	226

Communist Manifesto or International Assignments An Integration of Strategy Research and Practice

2009-02-08T23:46:00.000-08:00

Communist Manifesto

Author: Karl Marx

Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European revolutions, The Communist Manifesto is a condensed and incisive account of the worldview Marx and Engels developed during their hectic intellectual and political collaboration. Formulating the principles of dialectical materialism, they believed that labor creates wealth, hence capitalism is exploitive and antithetical to freedom.

This new edition includes an extensive introduction by Gareth Stedman Jones, Britain's leading expert on Marx and Marxism, providing a complete course for students of The Communist Manifesto, and demonstrating not only the historical importance of the text, but also its place in the world today.

New interesting textbook: Blood and Marrow Transplantation or Understanding Dietary Supplements

International Assignments An Integration of Strategy, Research, and Practice

Author: Linda K Stroh

Although firms have been sending employees on international assignments for decades, systematic understanding is sorely lacking. This volume looks at such critical aspects of the assignment process as the selection process, the training required, factors that affect adjustment, performance and commitment, and how to retain and capitalize on the international experience once employees return home.

This book is written for human resource managers and executives whose focus includes the global economy and the strategic role of people in achieving international competitiveness. It can be used as a textbook for courses in International Human Resource Management.

1	The strategic roles of international assignments in globalization	3
2	The process of cross-cultural adjustment	29
3	Selecting : identifying candidates with global leadership potential	49
4	Training : helping people learn to do the right things	80
5	Adjusting : developing new mental road maps and cultural skills	99
6	Integrating : balancing multiple allegiances	120
7	Appraising : determining if people are doing the right things	144
8	Rewarding : compensation and pay	171
9	Repatriating : helping people readjust and perform	189
10	Retaining : utilizing the experienced global manager	218
11	Managing the entire global assignment cycle : establishing best practices	235

Prentice Halls Federal Taxation 2007 or Connections

2009-02-07T22:06:00.000-08:00

Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation 2007: Individuals

Author: Thomas R Pop

For mainstream introductory courses in individual federal income tax concepts and applications at the undergraduate or MBA level. This series goes beyond simply being a definitive guide by being the only book in tax that provides a built-in study guide (throughout the margins) to break down concepts and assist students in learning tax concepts.

Connections: New Ways of Working in the Networked Organization

Author: Lee S S Sproull

Computer networking is changing the way people work and the way organizations function. Connections is an accessible guide to the promise and the pitfalls of this latest phase of the computer revolution.

Lee Sproull is Professor of Management at Boston University. Sara Kiesler is Professor of Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.

Work and Pay in Japan or Economic and Monetary Union in Europe

2009-02-06T20:25:00.000-08:00

Work and Pay in Japan

Author: Robert A Hart

Provides a detailed discussion of all aspects of employment (including recruitment, tenure, turnover, promotion, labor force participation, unemployment, and retirement) and labor payments (wages, bonus payments, non-wage costs) in the Japanese labor market. All topics are discussed in relation to comparable experience in the United States and Europe. A major theme concerns whether or not key features of Japanese labor market institutions and practices differ from competitor economies.

1. Setting the scene;
2. Labour market concepts;
3. Industrial relations;
4. Labour costs;
5. The bonus system;
6. Recruitment, training, promotion and retirement;
7. Employment, productivity and costs over the business cycle;
8. Small businesses, subcontracting and employment;
9. Schooling and earnings;
10. Work and pay in Japan and elsewhere.

Economic and Monetary Union in Europe: Moving beyond Maastricht

Author: Peter B B Kenen

This book provides a comprehensive account and analysis of the plan for European monetary union contained in the Maastricht Treaty. The provisions of the treaty itself are examined, showing how they evolved, what must be done to implement them, and some of the problems they will pose. Kenen goes far beyond the treaty, however, to survey and adapt recent research by economists on the benefits and costs of monetary unions, the conduct of monetary policy, and the consequences of large public deficits and debts.

ActiveBook Strategic Management or Majors Exploration

2009-02-05T18:44:00.000-08:00

ActiveBook Strategic Management

Author: Fred R R David

DON'T JUST READ. LEARN!

The activebook^™ experience is an interactive, online, digital book that integrates multimedia resources with the textbook to greatly enhance student learning. THE active book^™ EXPERIENCE:

Uses the Web for what it's good at!
An activebook^™ experience takes full advantage of the online environment. Gearing Up quizzes highlight the chapter's central concepts. Our Active Examples and Active Exercises help students explore the chapter's most important points through video, audio, and text. Our Active Concept Checks allow students to test their understanding of the material at the end of major sections, with links back to appropriate coverage. Chapter Wrap-Ups include a practice quiz, which gives students a chance to test their knowledge. Dynamic content is updated as often as needed.

Lets students learn the way they learn best!
The activebook^™ experience engages students of all learning styles through our online print, audio, and video resources. Students can annotate their activebookT11 experience and customize their view of the book's dynamic resources.

Gives students more for less!
The activebook^™ experience gives students multimedia and interactive content, and costs less than traditional textbooks. Even though the core text is retained in print, the print component is shorter than a traditional text. The boxed material, chapter summaries, exercises, and other content that can be made dynamic reside in the online component.

Service Companies. Internet Companies.
1. E-Trade, Inc.—2000, Phillip Lynn. *
2. E-Bay Inc.—2000, Stephen M. Giordano. *
3. Amazon.com, Inc.—2000, Phillip Bartlett and Fred David. *
Retailers.
4. The Limited, Inc.—2000, Jill Austin.
5. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.—2000, Amit Shah and Tyra Phipps.
6. Target Corporation—2000, Henry H. Beam.
Hotel and Gaming.
7. Mandalay Resort Group—2000, John Ross.
8. Harrahs Entertainment, Inc.—2000, Mary R. Dittman.
Banks.
9. First Union Corporation—2000, Brian E. Williamson. *
10. Wachovia Corporation—2000, Jule Eldridge III. *
Zoos and Clubs.
11. The Audubon Institute—2000, Caroline Fisher and Claire J. Anderson.
12. Riverbanks Zoological Park and Botanical Garden—2000, Carolyn R.Stokes and Eugene M. Bland.
13. The Classic Car Club of America—2000, Matthew C. Sonfield.
Hospitals.
14. M.D. Anderson Biomedical Services Department, Paul Reed, et. al.
15. Quorum Health Group, Inc.—2000, Teresa DeWitt Dullaghan. *
Travel.
16. Greyhound Lines, Inc.—2000, James Harbin.
17. Carnival Corporation—2000, Mike Keefe et al.
18. Southwest Airlines Co.—2000, Amit Shah and Charles R. Sterrett.
Churches.
19. Central United Methodist Church—2000, Robert T. Barrett.
20. Elkins Lake Baptist Church—2000, Paul Reed et al.
Railroad.
21. RailTex, Inc.—2000, Paul Reed et al.

Manufacturing Companies. Transportation.
22. Harley-Davidson, Inc.—2000, Ricky Cox.
23. Winnebago Industries, Inc.—2000, Eugene M. Bland and John G. Marcis.
Cosmetics.
24. Avon Products, Inc.—2000, James Camerius.
25. Revlon, Inc.—2000, M. Jill Austin.
Food.
26. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation- 2000, James L. Harbin.
27. H.J. Heinz Company—2000, Henry H. Beam.
28. Hershey Foods Corporation- 2000, Forest R. David.
Aerospace.
29. The Boeing Company—2000, Carolyn R. Stokes.
30. Lockheed Martin Corporation—2000, Wayne Chamblee. *
Computers.
31. Dell Computer Corporation—2000, Cindy R. Smith.
32. Apple Computer, Inc.—2000, David Stanton.
33. Compaq Computer Corporation—2000, Maria Margiotis. *
34. Research in Motion—2000, David Griffin. *
Medical.
35. Stryker Corporation—2000, Henry H. Beam.
36. Biomet, Inc.—2000, Satish P. Deshpande.
Magazines.
37. Playboy Enterprises, Inc.—2000, Kay W. Lawrimore and Fred R. David.
38. Readers Digest Association, Inc.—2000, Caroll Braddock. *
Footwear.
39. Nike, Inc.—2000, M. Jill Austin.
40. Reebok International, Ltd.—2000, Angela G. Page. *
Tobacco.
41. UST, Inc.—2000, Marilyn M. Helms and Fred R. David.

Interesting textbook: Quality Management Systems a Practical Guide for Improvement or Power and Influence in Organizations

Majors Exploration: A Search and Find Guide for College and Career Direction

Author: Mary Jane Bradbury

This resource takes the guesswork out of choosing a college major. It's a must for every student considering a college education as well as those who are uncertain about which major to pursue. The journal combines useful background information about a wide variety of college majors with an exciting array of practical application tools that allow readers to make informed decisions based on a personally relevant exploration process. The book also includes an interesting history and background information and a list of typical course requirements. Ideas about how the degree relates to the workplace and advice from experts in each field. For any readers/students needing guidance in choosing a college major or career direction.

Covering Violence or Women and Film

2009-02-04T17:04:00.000-08:00

Covering Violence: A Guide to Ethical Reporting About Victims and Trauma

Author: William Cot

Reporting on violence is one of the most problematic features of journalistic practice-the area most frequently criticized by the public and those on the receiving end of that coverage. Now in its second edition, Covering Violence remains a crucial guide for becoming a sensitive and responsible reporter. Discussing such topics as rape and the ethics of interviewing children, the book gives students and journalists a detailed understanding of what is happening "on the scene" of a violent event, including where a reporter can go safely and legally, how to obtain the most useful information, and how best to interview and photograph victims and witnesses. This second edition takes our turbulent postmillennium history into account and emphasizes the consequences of frequent exposure to traumatic events. It offers new chapters on 9/11 and terrorism, the Columbine school shootings, and the photographing of violent events, as well as additional profiles of Vietnamese American, Native American, and African American journalists.

More essential than ever, Covering Violence connects journalistic practices to the rapidly expanding body of literature on trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and secondary traumatic stress, and pays close attention to current medical and political debates concerning victims' rights.

Booknews

Simpson and Cot<'e> helped create media trauma training for journalism courses at their respective institutions, the U. of Washington and Michigan State U. Their work reflects the growing attention being paid to trauma issues, both for those being reported on and the journalists themselves. Journalist profiles are provided by a colleague who, as a rape victim, works to help focus the media spotlight precisely and sensitively to prevent further harm to victims. Lists winners of the Dart Award for excellence in such reporting since 1994. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Women and Film: Both Sides of the Camera

Author: E Ann Kaplan

"Written with unequivocal enthusiasm for film, feminism and theory, Women and Film is a welcome and useful guide to a complex area."--The Arts

This title available in eBook format. .

Financial Management for Public Health and Not for Profit Organizations or Economic Growth and Change

2009-02-03T15:23:00.000-08:00

Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for Profit Organizations

Author: Steven A A Finkler

This is one of the only books available that addresses financial and managerial accounting within the framework of the three major areas of the public sector. Clear and comprehensive, Finkler's unique and accessible text provides the fundamentals of financial management for those who lack a financial background so that readers can access and apply financial information more effectively. Details the many aspects of strategic and budgetary planning. Outlines the processes involved in implementing and controlling results. Features aspects of accounting unique for Health Care, not-for-profit organizations and state and local governments. Explains balance sheets, operating and cash flow statements. Provides basic foundation for financial analysis. For managers and policy-makers in public service organizations who want to make more efficient use of their organization's financial information.

Economic Growth and Change

Author: John Adams

The pursuit of economic growth is at the top of every nation's policy agenda at the end of the 20th century. This authoritative and comprehensive book goes beyond the narrowly based convergence model of economic growth by considering global, national and regional patterns of growth from a comparative perspective.

Booknews

Considers global, national, and regional (subnational) patterns of economic growth from a comparative perspective in 16 papers from a June 1997 conference in Cagliari, Italy. They include discussions of the economic rise and decline of nations; research and development, technology, and economic growth; how much convergence has taken place in the inequality in regional and state per-capita incomes in the US; whether allocation matters in human capital and growth in the European regions; growth and sectoral dynamics in the Italian regions; and regional integration and public investment in Spain. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Winning Ways or Cutting Edge Internal Auditing with CD ROM

2009-02-02T13:42:00.000-08:00

Winning Ways: The Funeral Profession's Guide to Human Relations

Author: Todd W Van Beck

Written for the funeral service industry by a funeral service professional, this unique book teaches effective methods of interacting with people.

Section I: Service Excellence.

1. This Thing Called Service.

2. Service.

3. What Price Mistakes?

4. Your Actions Reflect Your Thoughts.

5. Dependability.

6. The Funeral Home's Personality.

7. Clues to Serving The Family.

Section II: The Winning Professional Attitude.

1. Sell The Funeral Home.

2. Client Appreciation.

3. Enthusiasm.

4. So What?

5. Stand by Your Word.

6. Professional Arrogance.

7. The Funeral Professional Requires Tolerance.

8. Patience in the Selection Room.

9. The Funeral Home Gopher.

10. Approval.

11. Flattery.

Section III: Difficult Situations.

1. Client Complaints.

2. The Cynic.

3. Coolness Under Fire.

4. Handling the Difficult Family.

5. Getting Back in Their Good Graces.

6. The Unreasonable Family.

7. The Silent Family.

Section IV: Funeral Director Skills.

1. Confidentiality.

2. The Power of Names.

3. The Value of Listening.

4. Confidence in Funeral Service.

5. Funeral Professionals Are Always Diplomats.

6. Tact.

7. What Impressions Do You Create?

8. Why Argue?

9. The Art of Persuasion.

10. Communication Blunders.

Section V: Communicating With Families.

1. Make It Easier For Families To Deal With You.

2. The Family Is No Mind Reader.

3. Through The Families' Eyes.

4. Put Yourself In The Other Person's Shoes.

5. The Timid Family.

6. Advice.

Section VI: Funeral Service Etiquette.

1. The Power of "Thank You".

2. Old-Fashioned Manners.

3. The Impression You Give.

4. Over Familiarity Breeds Resentment.

Section VII: Our Noble Profession(Inspirational Readings About Funeral Service).

1. The Funeral of The Unknown Soldier.

2. The Honorable Profession.

3. Code of Professional Ethics For The Funeral Service Practitioner.

4. A Winning Personality.

5. "The Undertaker".
Interesting textbook: The Healing Power of Herbs or Beating Prostate Cancer without Surgery

Cutting Edge Internal Auditing, with CD-ROM

Author: Jeffrey Ridley

Cutting Edge Internal Auditing provides guidance and knowledge for every internal auditor, encouraging each to pioneer new ground in the development of their professional practices in all risk management, control and governance processes.

Serving as an excellent reference guide that develops a pattern of internal auditing now and for the future, this book explores the concept of 'cutting edge' internal auditing as an imaginative adventure: demonstrating how this has influenced and will continue to influence the development of professionalism in internal auditing.

Built on the foundations of Jeffrey Ridley's extensive internal auditing experience across the public and private sectors, the author uses his articles and research to explore and develop the motivations, goals and categories of innovation in internal auditing today. It develops and brings up to date an imaginative internal auditing model, created and used by the author in the early 1980s, drawing on research and guidance by The Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., its Research Foundation and the Institute of Internal Auditors - UK and Ireland.

Each chapter stands alone by focusing on an individual internal auditing theme, considered from both the perspective of internal auditing and its customers to suggest an appropriate vision as a goal for every internal audit activity. Each chapter also includes self-assessment questions to challenge the readers understanding of its messages.

Accompanied by a CD ROM containing some of the author's training slides and seventy case studies, many written by leading internal audit practitioners, thisbook creates a vision for future cutting edge internal auditing.

Mental Health Outcome Evaluation or Measuring and Improving Organizational Productivity

2009-02-01T12:01:00.000-08:00

Mental Health Outcome Evaluation

Author: David C Speer

David Speer's valuable treatise offers mental health care professionals an alternative to the highly technical and statistical methods developed in the laboratory. Mental Health Outcome Evaluation bridges the gap between traditional research and evaluation methods and describes the service effectiveness of community health centers, clinics, and private practices. Speer keeps the goal of outcome evaluation of mental health services for adults in focus as he presents the general principles that lead to valid inferences, the basic concepts, and the methods for evaluating outcomes in primary mental health care delivery settings. Mental Health Outcome Evaluation presents the best argument available for descriptive outcome studies.

Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research - John S. Lyons

David Speer's book is a useful primer in the application of outcomes to the evaluation of service effectiveness...This book is a useful guide to individuals who wish to become involved in the evaluation of service effectiveness. It provides the basics in a readable, concise fashion. It provides a useful and informed discussion about issues with regard to sampling and design...I would recommend this book for clinicians and administrators who are becoming involved in the process of assessing service effectiveness.

What People Are Saying

Rudolf H. Moos
David Speer shows how evaluation methods can be used to assess the quality and effectiveness of mental health services. He concisely presents the rationale and key concepts underlying descriptive outcome studies. He anticipates reader's questions, offers clear and useful explanations, and provides both wisdom and practical advice.

Kenneth I. Howard
This book demystifies the world of empirical research and provides a comprehensive, user-friendly framework for understanding the clinical and policy implications of scientific evidence. At long last, it is possible to use relevant clinical information for evaluating the treatment of our patients and for guiding the delivery of mental health services.

Books about: Purba or Allergy Cuisine

Measuring and Improving Organizational Productivity: A Practical Guide

Author: Robert D D Pritchard

Productivity has become a national priority. Its effects are being felt on all levels--national, industrial, and individual. An organization must be able to measure productivity before effectively improving it. This volume is the first practical guide for developing productivity measurement systems. It describes the use of the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES), designed by its author and his colleagues. This detailed guide is a valuable source for organizational psychologists, management consultants, classes, and workshops.

Introduction
Background and Description of the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES)
The Importance of Productivity Measurement and Improvement
Understanding Organizational Productivity
Desirable Characteristics of a Productivity Measurement System
The ProMES Approach: An Overview
Comparison of ProMES to the Desirable Characteristics
Past Experiences with ProMES
Why ProMES Works
Developing ProMES in an Organization
Conditions Needed for Implementation
Developing the System: Preliminary Steps
Steps in Developing Products and Indicators
Steps in Developing the Contingencies
Developing the Feedback Report and Feedback Meetings
Aggregation Across Units
Issues in Implementing the System
Questions and Answers about ProMES
General Questions
Questions About Measurement
Questions About Feedback Reports and Meetings
Using ProMES with other Productivity Improvement Techniques
Other Interventions with ProMES
Designing Goal-Setting Systems
Designing Incentive Systems
Evaluating the Effects of a Productivity Improvement Program
How to Evaluate the Effects of a Productivity Improvement System
Conclusions
References
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index

Management Control Systems or Global Perspectives

2009-01-31T10:20:00.000-08:00

Management Control Systems: Using Adaptive Systems to Attain Control

Author: Joseph A Maciariello

This text has been designed to present a comprehensive treatment of the theory and practice of management control and of the design of management control systems. The practice of management control and the design of management control systems draws upon a number of academic disciplines.

	Preface
Pt. I	Management Control Systems and Managerial Controls
1	Introduction to Management Control Systems	1
2	Designing the Control Process and Managerial Controls	38
3	Key Success Variables and Performance Measures	77
Pt. II	Mutually Supportive Systems Model (MSSM) for the Design of Control Systems
4	Style and Culture and the Design of Control Systems	118
5	Infrastructure I: Organizing for Adaptive Control	144
6	Infrastructure II: Autonomy, Responsibility Centers, and Performance Measurement	185
7	Reward Systems	237
8	Communications and Integration	271
9	Strategic Planning and Programming	308
10	Capital Budgeting Methods	342
11	Operational Planning	383
12	Managerial Costing I: Traditional Systems	420
13	Managerial Costing II: Activity-Based Costing	453
14	Continuous Improvement Methods	489
Pt. III	Special Applications of Control Systems
15	Control of Complex Programs I: Program Planning	540
16	Control of Complex Programs II: Financial Planning, Resource Scheduling, Budgeting, and Reporting	557
17	Control of Multinational Operations	589
18	Control of Nonprofit Institutions	630
19	Management Control of the Ethical Dimension of Organizations	648
	Index	656

Global Perspectives: A Handbook for Understanding Global Issues

Author: Ann Kelleher

This book provides a multidisciplinary vocabulary for explaining general issues and trends facing the contemporary world involving cultural diversity, economic development, the natural environment, and international peace and violence. It affords equal time to the analysis of global issues using alternative perspectives.

Eight major case studies–one for each of the central issues explored–encourage the application of concepts and perspectives presented in the narrative. These perspectives include Ethnicity and Global Diversity, Economic Development, Human Ecological Sustainability, World Ecology, and Peace and War.

For individuals interested in an introduction to world issues–as they relate to anthropology, sociology, history, and political science.

Funding Effectiveness or Strategic Dynamics

2009-01-30T08:39:00.000-08:00

Funding Effectiveness: Lessons in Building Nonprofit Capacity

Author: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

From Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)--a community of grantmakers dedicated to building strong organizations--comes a guide to promising practices in capacity building. Written for leaders of both grantmaking and nonprofit organizations who are dedicated to improving the sector's effectiveness, Funding Effectiveness offers a compelling collection of essays from many of the most highly regarded practitioners in the field. Throughout the book these experts share their personal and their organizations' lessons learned in the area of organizational effectiveness, and they offer practical suggestions and action steps for implementation.

	Preface
	About the Authors
1	Investing in Nonprofit Capacity	1
2	Flexible Frameworks for Organizational Effectiveness	27
3	Setting Clear Goals with High Expectations	53
4	Better Results Through Supportive Engagement	79
5	Cultivating a Culture of Measurement	105
	Afterword: Funding Effectiveness for the Long Haul	143
	References	151
	Index	153

New interesting textbook: Essentiel de Direction Contemporaine

Strategic Dynamics: Concepts and Cases

Author: Robert A Burgelman

Strategic Dynamics: Concepts and Cases, by Burgelman, Grove, and Meza offers unique and valuable insight into strategy making for companies in information technology-driven industries. It is the product of over twelve years of teaching and research based on a unique combination of academic (Stanford's Robert Burgelman) and industry (Intel's Andy Grove) experience. The key themes and conceptual frameworks discussed in this book, along with its case studies and industry notes, provide instructors and students with a more complete viewpoint on the dynamic interactions of companies within industries and between industries than is typically found in books on strategy and technology strategy.

Politics and Society in the Developing World or Fundamentals of Labor Economics

2009-01-29T06:49:00.000-08:00

Politics and Society in the Developing World

Author: Mehran Kamrava

This book is a completely revised edition of the popular first edition, Politics & Society in the Third World. The author has bought the book in line with the major changes in global politics and social issues of the developing world.

Interesting book: The Golfers Book of Yoga or La revoluci n diab tica del Dr Atkins

Fundamentals of Labor Economics

Author: Thomas Hyclak

Fundamentals of Labor Economicsprovides a comprehensive treatment of the theory of labor market behavior, supported by a wealth of empirical evidence, Using labor data from around the world, the authors aim to help students understand the fundamental forces underlying the complex operation of modern labor markets.

1. The Study of Labor Economics
The Scope of Labor Economics
The Method of Labor Economics
The Plan of This Book
Appendix: Regression Analysis
2. The Demand for Labor
The Production Function
The Marginal Product of Labor
The Short-Run Demand for Labor
The Demand for Labor in the Long-Run
Appendix: Technological Change and Labor Demand
3. Topics in Labor Demand
Elasticities
How Elastic Is the Demand for Labor?
Extensions and Embellishments of Marginal Productivity Theory
Appendix: A Test of the Marginal Productivity Theory: A Cobb-Douglas Exercise
4. The Supply of Labor: Labor Force Participation
International Labor Force Participation
The Theory of Labor Force Participation for an Individual
The Theory of Labor Force Participation for Groups
Applications of the Theory
5. The Supply of Labor: Hours of Work
The History of Working Hours
Worker Preferences and Hours Worked
The Theory of Hours of Work for an Individual
Applications of the Theory
Variations on the Wage Line
Welfare Programs and Labor Supply
Some Extensions of the Individual Model
Empirical Evidence on Labor Supply Elasticities
6. Human Capital Analysis
Some Background
Education and Age-Earnings Profiles
Calculating the Returns to Education
The Evidence
Bias in Rate of Return Estimates
General Versus Specific Human Capital
Externalities, Equity, and Subsidies
Human Capital and Mobility
7. Labor Market Equilibrium
Equilibrium in a Single Labor Market
Equilibriumacross Different Labor Markets
Empirical Studies of Wage Differentials
International Trade and Relative Wages
8. Information and Job Search
The Fixed Sample Search Model
The Sequential Search Model
Matching Models
Equilibrium Search Models
The Duration of Unemployment and the Hazard Function
Labor Mobility
Job Search Methods and Results
9. Monopsony and Minimum Wages
Wage and Employment Determination under Conditions of Monopsony
Where Does Monopsony Exist?
Minimum Wages
Empirical Evidence on the Employment Effect of Minimum Wages
Other Effects of the Minimum Wage
10. Internal Labor Markets
The Characteristics of ILMs
The Evolution of ILMs in the United States
ILMs and Firm Efficiency
Implications of ILMs for Labor Analysis
11. Personnel Economics
Motivating Worker Effort
Work-Life Incentive Schemes
Other Wage Policy Models
12. Unions and Collective Bargaining
A Profile of Unionism in the United States
Unionism in Other Countries
Theories of Union Growth
Union Goals and Objectives
Union Monopoly Models
Union Bargaining Power and Strikes
The Effects of Unions
13. Labor Market Discrimination
The Many Faces of Labor Market Discrimination
Gender and Racial Differences in Labor Markets
Theories of Labor Market Discrimination
Measuring the Effect of Discrimination on Pay Gaps
What Does the Research Show?
Anti-Discrimination Policies
The Effects of Anti-Discrimination Policies
14. Unemployment
Measures of Unemployment
The Natural Rate of Unemployment
Fluctuations around the Natural Rate
A Model of the Aggregate Labor Market
Unemployment Policy: The OECD Jobs Strategy
15. Wage Inequality, Income Inequality and Poverty
Wage Inequality and Labor Market Performance
Measuring Inequality
Trends in Wage Inequality
Causes of Increased Wage Inequality
From Wage Inequality to Income Inequality
Poverty
Policy Options

The Post Bureaucratic Organization or Finite Mathematics

2009-01-28T05:08:00.000-08:00

The Post-Bureaucratic Organization: New Perspectives on Organizational Change

Author: Charles C Heckscher

"The book is well organized and well written. After reading the book, I am convinced that our organizations must change in the directions prescribed by the authors, if these organizations are to succeed in this postindustrial, global age." --Personnel Psychology What is wrong with bureaucracy? What does the post-bureaucratic organization offer in the way of improvement? These and other provocative questions are addressed in this well-integrated collection of articles by leading scholars in the field of organizational change. The far-reaching implications of the transformation of organizations from bureaucratic to post-bureaucratic are critically examined. This outstanding volume begins with a definition of the "ideal" post-bureaucratic organization. It then critiques some of the fundamental assumptions of bureaucratic organizations such as the ethic of individual merit, decision-making roles, and coordinated effort. The contributors analyze the change process from bureaucracy to post-bureaucracy and three alternative approaches to bureaucracy including the virtual organization, the team organization, and the quality organization. The Post-Bureaucratic Organization concludes with two case studies that illustrate both the strengths and weaknesses of post-bureaucratic organizations. Ideal for scholars of organizational behavior, sociology of organizations, organizational psychology, and for those who are interested in the latest developments in corporate reorganization.

1	Introduction	1
2	Defining the Post-Bureaucratic Type	14
3	Teams, Performance, and Rewards: Will the Post-Bureaucratic Organization Be a Post-Meritocratic Organization?	63
4	Cognitive Reapportionment: Rethinking the Location of Judgment in Managerial Decision Making	91
5	The Virtual Organization: Bureaucracy, Technology, and the Implosion of Control	108
6	Transformational Processes	129
7	The Paradox of Quality Management: Commitment, Ownership, and Control	178
8	Bureaucracy: Can We Do Better? We Can Do Worse	195
9	Constraints on the Interactive Organization as an Ideal Type	211
10	Allen-Bradley's ICCG Case Study: A Commentary	223
11	Lakeville Chemical Plant	253
	Index	274
	About the Authors	283

Finite Mathematics: An Applied Approach

Author: Abe Mizrahi

Work more effectively and check solutions along the way! This Student Solutions Manual contains worked-out solutions to all of the odd-numbered exercises in Sullivan’s Finite Mathematics: An Applied Approach, 9^th Edition.

Now in its 9^th Edition, Finite Mathematics: An Applied Approach once again lives up to its reputation as a clearly written, comprehensive finite mathematics book. In an engaging and accessible style, this book demonstrates how mathematics applies to various fields of study. The text is packed with real data and real-life applications to business, economics, social and life sciences. The new edition also features a new full color design and improved goal-oriented pedagogy to further facilitate understanding.

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A revised edition of Finite Mathematics with Applications for Business and Social Science (1992). A textbook that presents the mathematics required in business and the social sciences, with emphasis on real-world applications. This edition enlarges the range of applications to include those using a graphing calculator; adds new examples, applied problems, and technology exercises; and includes a new appendix which contains examples of solving linear programming problems using the LINDO software package. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Safety at Work or Effective Management

2009-01-27T03:27:00.000-08:00

Safety at Work

Author: John R Ridley

* Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of H&S management, updated to cover all the latest UK and EU regulations and directives
* Edited by two experienced and well-known H&S professionals, with contributions from leading experts in H&S research and practice
* Ideal reference for all students on degree level courses as well as for H&S and HR professionals

Safety at Work is widely accepted as the most authoritative guide to safety and health in the workplace. Its comprehensive coverage and academically rigorous approach make it essential reading for students on occupational safety and health courses at diploma, bachelor and master level, including the NEBOSH National Diploma. Health and safety professionals turn to it for detailed coverage of the fundamentals and background of the field.

The seventh edition has been revised to cover recent changes in UK legislation and practice, including:
* Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007
* Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
* Work at Height Regulations 2005
* Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
* Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005
* Waste regulations 2005, 2006
* ISO 12100 Safety of Machinery - Basic concepts and general principles

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Covers all aspects of safety management, with sections on the law, management of risk, occupational health and hygiene, and workplace safety. Material has been prepared in association with the UK's Institution of Occupational Safety and Health to cover their academic requirements for membership. This fifth edition reflects new laws, standards, and practices, and offers new chapters on influences on health and safety, safety management and behavioral techniques, and management of chemicals, ergonomics, and the environment. Also new to this edition is emphasis on the role of the manager, and recognition of the shift in employment from manufacturing to service industries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

	Foreword
	Preface to sixth edition
	Preface to first edition
	List of contributors
Pt. 1	Law
1.1	Explaining the law
1.2	Principal health and safety Acts
1.3	Influences on health and safety
1.4	Law of contract
1.5	Employment law
1.6	Consumer protection
1.7	Insurance cover the compensation
1.8	Civil liability
Pt. 2	The management of risk
2.1	An introduction to risk management
2.2	Principles of the management of risk
2.3	Risk management: organisation and administration for safety
2.4	Risk management: techniques and practices
2.5	The collection and use of accident and incident data
2.6	Practical safety management: systems and techniques
2.7	The individual and safety
2.8	Risk management and behaviour modification
Pt. 3	Occupational health and hygiene
3.1	The structure and functions of the human body
3.2	Occupational diseases
3.3	Occupational hygiene
3.4	Radiation
3.5	Noise and vibration
3.6	Workplace pollution, heat and ventilation
3.7	Lighting
3.8	Managing ergonomics
3.9	Applied ergonomics
Pt. 4	Workplace Safety
4.1	Science in engineering safety
4.2	Fire precautions
4.3	Safe use of machinery
4.4	Electricity
4.5	Statutory examination of plant and equipment
4.6	Safety on construction sites
4.7	Managing chemicals safety
Pt. 5	The Environment
5.1	The environment - issues, concepts and strategies
5.2	Environmental Management systems
5.3	Waste management
5.4	Chemicals and the environment
5.5	The environment at large
App. 1	The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
App. 2	Reading for Part I of the NEBOSH Diploma examination
	App. 3: List of abbreviations
	App. 4: Organisations providing safety information
	App. 5: List of Statutes, Regulations and Orders
	App. 6: List of Cases
	Index

Books about: Exploring Microeconomics or Unpopular Culture

Effective Management: A Multimedia Approach

Author: Chuck Williams

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT combines the solid academic presentation of a textbook with the most extensive multimedia learning package available. Williams presents management as it is practiced today through a unique story-telling approach and organization that explains management theory in terms any learner can understand. In addition, a rich electronic learning support package, called Effective Management Online, includes a MP3 audio lectures with cases, videos of the author giving additional insights into chapter topics, a rich self-test area, student PowerPoint slides, and InfoTrac College Edition.

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Providing "all kinds of resources for all kinds of minds," this text introduces management functions, environments, and responsibilities; how to make things happen; meeting the global competition innovatively; organizing people, projects, and processes; and leadership. Includes actual case examples and meta-analyses; chapter- end critical thinking video cases and exercises to develop management potential; color graphics; a glossary of terms; three online student support modules (a study guide audio CD, a video case on CD-ROM, and a CD-ROM multimedia version of the text); and a chart correlating these multimedia resources with text chapters. An instructor's resource CD- ROM is available. Williams teaches management at Texas Christian U. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Stress Management in Law Enforcement or Measuring up

2009-01-26T01:46:00.000-08:00

Stress Management in Law Enforcement

Author: Leonard Territo

The newly revised second edition of Stress Management in Law Enforcement by Dr. Leonard Territo and Dr. James Sewell is once again a carefully selected collection of the leading articles on stress and its consequences for police personnel. This edition, incorporating new and relevant material, comprises nine sections which cover the following topics: What is Stress All About?; What Does Stress Mean for Cops?; Are There Ways We Can Tell It's There?; What Are Some of the Bad Effects of Stress on Cops?; How Does Stress Impact a Cop's Family Life?; How Does the Worst of the Worst Affect Cops?; What Are the Tools That a Cop Can Use to Better Handle Stress?; What Support is Available for Cops? and How Can the Bosses Better Help Their Cops?

A brief summary precedes each section to assist the reader in readily identifying articles which might be of particular interest. Each article contains end-of-chapter discussion questions which are answered in detail in the instructor's manual. The sections are also accompanied by a glossary of terms and a list of additional recommended readings.

This book will specifically interest the criminal justice academic community as an adjunctive resource in police management courses or as the primary text in upper division seminars on the topic of police stress management. This book will also be of considerable interest to police administrators and officers who must deal on a daily basis with the negative side effects of stress. Stress Management in Law Enforcement is relevant for police administrators as well as police psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, social workers, and other mental health professionals who are called upon to provideguidance and assistance to police officers.

This new edition is accompanied by a 200's manual which provides the instructor with learning objectives; answers to the end-of-chapter discussion questions; a comprehensive list of videos dealing with police stress and how they can be purchased; and a list of recommended readings.

"It is a worthy addition to the library of any thoughtful student of police behavior and culture."
-Criminal Justice Review, on the first edition

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An anthology of articles and excerpts exploring the nature of stress, stress and the police officer, police suicide, the police family, the trauma of law enforcement, coping, psychological services, and management issues. A reference for police administrators, and suitable as an auxiliary text in a police management course or as the core of a graduate seminar focusing on the subject. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Measuring up: How Advertising Images Shape Gender Identity

Author: Vickie Rutledge Rutledge Shields

The mute gestures of advertising images are frozen for posterity by photographers and illustrators, gestures that, for better or worse, perpetuate a certain aesthetic and eventually become emblematic of a period. The images of today display the values of a society that has more interest in the body than the mind. They are technoenhanced labyrinths of unattainable appearances that leave women and men feeling horrified, estranged, and restricted by unrealistic, silent mandates. Measuring Up looks at advertising as more than just a way to extract money from unsuspecting people but as a vehicle for conveying the larger views of a confining, body-obsessed culture.

By weaving theoretical and textual insights from feminist and cultural studies with the voices of real women and men, Measuring Up offers a unique reception analysis of the effects of repetitious exposure to advertisements of perfect bodies in our everyday lives. Shields examines a particular, complex relationship between the idealized images of gender we see in advertising and our own thoughts, feelings, and behavior in relation to these images. The study is unique in presenting audience reception in terms of ethnographic data, not textual interpretations alone.

Measuring Up engages with and informs current theoretical debates within these sometimes complementary and sometimes contradictory literatures: feminist media studies, feminist film theory, critical social theory, cultural studies, and critical ethnography. This is an important work that explores the forms and channels of power used in one of the most insidious and overt means of mass influence in popular culture.

	Preface
1	Theory and Method	1
2	Stereotypes and Body Parts: Advertising Content	13
3	What Do Ads Teach Us About Gender?	35
4	Signs of the Times: A Semiotics of Gender Ads	63
5	Weighing In and Measuring Up	88
6	Elizabeth's Story	107
7	Differences Within Gender: Manufacturing Distance	130
8	Interventions and Changes	152
9	Final Thoughts	177
	References	187
	Index	197
	Acknowledgments	205

Participatory Communication or Competitive Equilibrium

2009-01-24T23:57:00.000-08:00

Participatory Communication: Working for Change and Development

Author: Shirley A Ed Whit

This pioneering and thought-provoking volume explores the strengths, weaknesses, and complex nature of participation in many diverse settings while pinpointing important related concepts such as power and control, conscientization, and empowerment and self-reliance. Two central themes run throughout Participatory Communication: development communication must be dialogic and transactional; and development communicators must play a critical role in offering new philosophies, concepts, and models which facilitate participation at all stages of the development process. With its judicious blend of theoretical models and case studies and its refreshing ability to challenge received wisdom concerning participation, development, and communication processes, Participatory Communication will interest a wide range of academics and professionals as well as voluntary agencies. "This book comes close to being unrivalled for its scope . . . and reflects the sincerity and concern of the contributors for the toiling marginalised muted millions." -Economic and Political Weekly "As a professor of development communication myself, I intend to read the book again and again. It fulfills the voracious requirements of the duty to profess to students. It is a virtual encyclopedia on development communication, what with its 21 chapters dedicated to one or the other aspect of the philosophies, theories, models, practices, and history of that field, particularly the concept of participation . . . All in all, the book celebrates a philosophy that 'has influenced a generation' of practitioners, students, and scholars of development and communication." -Media Asia

	List of Tables and Figures	7
	Acknowledgements	9
	Foreword	12
	Introduction - The Concept of Participation: Transforming Rhetoric to Reality	15
1	Participative Communication as a Part of Building the Participative Society	35
2	Participatory Development Communication: Philosophical Premises	49
3	Modernization and Post-Modernization Approaches to Participatory Communication for Development	60
4	Communication Approaches to Participation and Development: Challenging the Assumptions and Perspectives	76
5	Participatory Development Communication as a Social-Cultural Process	95
6	Participatory Development Communication as a Dialogical Process	117
7	Participatory Development Communication as Cultural Renewal	138
8	A Community-based Learning Approach: Beyond Social Marketing	194
9	Power and Conflict: Hidden Dimensions of Communication, Participative Planning, and Action	229
10	Participatory Decision Making: A Parable	247
11	Participatory Decision Making in Third World Development	259
12	Diffusion Theory and Participatory Decision Making	295
13	Operational Impasses in Knowledge Sharing: Case Study Examples	314
14	Facilitating Communication Within Rural and Marginal Communities: A Model for Development Support	329
15	Participatory Message Development: A Conceptual Framework	345
16	Participatory Message Making with Video: Revelations from Studies in India and the USA	359
17	Kheda: An Experiment in Participatory Communication	387
18	Participatory Rural Newspapers as Agents of Development: A Reciprocal Agenda-Setting Model	400
19	Media Production and the Process of Becoming in the Context of Community Building	420
20	Participatory Communication for Development: How Can We Achieve It?	446
	Notes on Contributors	462
	Index	464

Book review: Das Bauen & das Führen eines Erfolgreichen Forschungsgeschäftes: Ein Guide für den Unabhängigen Fachmann

Competitive Equilibrium: Theory and Applications

Author: Bryan Ellickson

The development of general equilibrium theory represents one of the greatest advances in economic analysis in the latter half of the twentieth century. This book, intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, provides a broad introduction to competitive equilibrium analysis with an emphasis on concrete applications. The coverage is exceptionally broad, including existence of equilibrium, models with a continuum of players, economies with individual commodities, computation of equilibrium, and infinite dimensional space. Well-designed and interesting applications help to make potentially abstract material more accessible.

What Is an Exchange or Exchange Rates under the East Asian Dollar Standard

2009-01-23T22:16:00.000-08:00

What Is an Exchange?: The Automation, Management, and Regulation of Financial Markets

Author: Ruben Le

The existence and nature of exchanges used not to be controversial; they were easily identified and characterized. New technology, however, has led to the development of new exchanges and trading systems, posing problems for those concerned with the regulation of trading markets. Ruben Lee examines the question of what an exchange is, using arguments from both financial economics and law, and sets out a view of how exchanges might be regulated.

What People Are Saying

Robin Fox
An intellectual tour de force of the various issues surrounding the business,and regulation, of financial markets and professionals.
—Brandon Becker, Georgetown University Law Center and Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering

	List of Abbreviations
1	Introduction	1
2	Governance	8
3	Governance: Case Studies	34
4	Competition and Cooperation	49
5	Cooperation: Case Studies	67
6	Information	97
7	Classification and Market Structure: Law and Regulation	117
8	Information: Law and Regulation	140
9	Governance: Law and Regulation	190
10	Information: Economics	215
11	Information and Competition: Policy	250
12	Classification and Governance: Policy	279
App. 1	Trading Systems	317
	App. 2: Definitions	322
	Notes	324
	Authorities	356
	Cases	358
	References	361
	Index	395

Go to: Die Sechs Disziplinen des Durchbruchs, der Erfährt: Wie man das Lernen und die Entwicklung in Geschäftsergebnisse verwandelt

Exchange Rates under the East Asian Dollar Standard: Living with Conflicted Virtue

Author: Ronald I McKinnon

The increasingly integrated economies of East Asia--China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand--face the dilemma of how to achieve exchange-rate security in the absence of a unifying "Asian euro." The US dollar has become the region's dominant intraregional trading currency as well as the monetary anchor to which East Asian economies informally peg their currencies. In this timely and original analysis of the benefits and risks of an East Asian dollar standard, Ronald McKinnon takes issue with the conventional view that urges flexible exchange rates on financially fragile economies. He argues instead that East Asian countries should coordinate their policies to keep their exchange rates stable against the dollar.

McKinnon develops a conceptual framework to show where the conventional wisdom on exchange rates has gone wrong. Pressure on the "virtuous" high-saving dollar-creditor East Asian nations to appreciate their currencies leads to a "conflicted" choice between a possible deflationary slump if they do appreciate and threatened trade sanctions if they do not. Analyzing interactions among the East Asian economies, McKinnon explains the rationale, and the need, for greater exchange-rate security in the region, pointing to the soft-dollar pegs adopted by these nations as steps in the right direction. He suggests that the dollar standard in East Asia could be rationalized through collective action by national governments and considers the effect of American monetary and trade policies on the East Asian economy.

Diagnosis for Organizational Change or Mandarins of the Future

2009-01-22T20:35:00.000-08:00

Diagnosis for Organizational Change: Methods and Models

Author: Ann Howard

Organizational diagnosis produces the road maps that guide and direct organizational change interventions. To generate better understanding and appreciation of the diagnostic process, this unique volume illustrates methods and models used by prominent behavioral science practitioners; demonstrates the breadth and complexity of the process, initiated from individual, group, and organizational levels; and explores a more integrated approach to diagnosis suited to an era of sweeping organizational change. The book approaches organizational diagnosis from three different perspectives: (1) macro views of organizations, (2) contributions of individuals, and (3) management and motivation in the high-involvement workplace. The practitioner as diagnostic instrument looks down from the pinnacles of leadership, while the personnel-centered diagnostician views groups of individuals as mirrors of the organization's nature and style. Diagnostic models for organization development and emerging organizational firms set the stage for diagnosing cultures for realignment and designing effective reward systems. The broadening focus of training needs assessment and strategic methods for addressing future staff requirements place the spotlight on human talent, while diagnostic issues for work teams emphasize the growing importance of groups. The assembled authors - all experienced, sophisticated human resources practitioners - describe actual experiences of both the process and content of organizational diagnosis and illustrate their accounts with practical case examples. In the conclusion of the volume, the authors collaborate to consider how behavioral science practitioners can advance toward the integration of organizational diagnosis. This volume is an essential resource and guide for all human resources professionals, as well as for students in organizational and industrial psychology, organizational behavior, human resources management, and related fields, and for managers see

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Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America

Author: Nils Gilman

Because it provided the dominant framework for "development" of poor, postcolonial countries, modernization theory ranks among the most important constructs of twentieth-century social science. In Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America Nils Gilman offers the first intellectual history of a movement that has had far-reaching and often unintended consequences.

After a survey of the theory's origins and its role in forming America's postwar sense of global mission, Gilman offers a close analysis of the people who did the most to promote it in the United States and the academic institutions they came to dominate. He first explains how Talcott Parsons at Harvard constructed a social theory that challenged the prevailing economics-centered understanding of the modernization process, then describes the work of Edward Shils and Gabriel Almond in helping Parsonsian ideas triumph over other alternative conceptions of the development process, and finally discusses the role of Walt Rostow and his colleagues at M.I.T. in promoting modernization theory during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. By connecting modernization theory to the welfare state liberalism programs of the New Deal order, Gilman not only provides a new intellectual context for America's Third World during the Cold War, but also connects the optimism of the Great Society to the notion that American power and good intentions could stop the postcolonial world from embracing communism.

	Acknowledgments
1	Modernization Theory and American Modernism	1
2	From the European Past to the American Present	24
3	The Harvard Department of Social Relations and the Intellectual Origins of Modernization Theory	72
4	The Rise of Modernization Theory in Political Science: The SSRC's Committee on Comparative Politics	113
5	Modernization Theory as a Foreign Policy Doctrine: The MIT Center for International Studies	155
6	The Collapse of Modernization Theory	203
7	The Postmodern Turn and the Aftermath of Modernization Theory	241
	Notes	277
	Essay on Sources	313
	Index	321

BusinessToday or Information Systems Solutions

2009-01-21T18:54:00.000-08:00

Business.Today

Author: Stephen P Robbins

Stephen P. Robbins is a best selling author of management and organizational behavior texts. In his new integrative, innovative introduction to business text, business.today, he adopts a reader-friendly conversational writing style. This new text is already receiving praise for its integrated emphasis on careers, e-business, technology, ethics, globalization, and other evolving issues. Robbins offers comprehensive coverage of traditional functions of business--marketing, management, accounting, finance, --but with a fresh real world format, covering the functions where it makes sense, just as a business person would encounter them. The innovative approach of business today reflects the immense changes that have occurred in business practices. Robbins demonstrates that the new world of business is about identifying opportunities, creating viable strategies, building relationships, and providing quality goods and services.

Part I. Introduction
1.Welcome to Business.Today
2.Contemporary Business Challenges and Opportunities
3.Keeping Business in Perspective. Part II. Acquiring and Using Information
4.Monitoring the External Environment
5.Internal Information Systems and Decision Making. Part III. Building Relationships
6.Customers
7.Employees
8.Suppliers
9.Financial Sources
10.Other Stakeholders. Part IV. Providing Quality Goods and Services
11.Management and Coordination
12.Marketing Activities
13.Efficient Use of Financial Resources
14.Production and Operations
15.Creating and Managing an E-Business. Part V. Building Your Business Career Portfolio.

Interesting book: Acadian Plantation Country Cookbook or Rice Spice and All Things Nice

Information Systems Solutions: A Project Approach

Author: Richard L Van Horn

The development, implementation and maintenance of computer-based information system solutions require innovative thinking, research and communication skills, extensive documentation, and the ability to effectively apply proposed solutions. Information System Solutions: A Project Approach integrates basic information systems knowledge with these requirements, culminating in their combined application in a project-based real-world scenario. Three different project models, an SDLC-based chapter organization and an emphasis on teamwork make this text easily adaptable to your teaching needs. Successfully tested in the classroom and approved by thousands of students, Information System Solutions: A Project Approach prepares your students to be active, effective contributors to the professional field of information systems.

The text includes:
• Attention to various areas of interest, including general IS concepts and environmental, client-specific factors (strategy, marketing, and organizational behavior).
• A chapter organization that follows the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Coverage of three project models-case, passive live, and active live-for classroom use that enrich and enliven students' learning experience through "Learning by Doing.

Reward Recognition Process in Total Quality Management or Inequality Democracy and Economic Development

2009-01-20T17:13:00.000-08:00

Reward Recognition Process in Total Quality Management

Author: Stephen B B Knous

Author Stephen B. Knouse does not consider reward and recognition to be a static set of principles, but rather a continually evolving process. This process diversifies into new areas, such as motivation, leadership, group dynamics, and other areas of behavior. In this way, TQM can be responsive to both its internal and external customers. Knouse also explains how to integrate the characteristics of the reward and recognition process with TQM. TQM emphasizes important psychological concepts, such as cultural change, leadership, and teamwork. However, very little has been written about the psychological theory behind these concepts. This book provides psychological frameworks for understanding the reward and recognition process. As a result, the idea of motivation and its importance to reward and recognition becomes clearer. Employee motivation within any organization must also be managed carefully in order to achieve optimal effectiveness. Various motivation principles used within the TQM organization are detailed to provide a thorough understanding of these key practices. Motivational theories are illustrated and explained in basic terms, so the importance of these critical issues shows why reward and recognition will work in a quality environment. Many organizational examples of reward and recognition within the manufacturing, service, public, and international sectors are also presented to further demonstrate the motivational techniques as they relate to what other successful TQM organizations are doing. Companies share effective reward and recognition techniques. Effective performance evaluation is behind any reward and recognition program. A performance evaluation system for TQM requires that performance criteria be established that support the quality and customer orientation of the organization. This book shows how to create and maintain those criteria. It also presents some of the unique pitfalls of performance evaluations and offers specific and success

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Examines the reward and recognition process, an important factor in the implementation of total quality management (TQM), and discusses the psychological theory behind TQM concepts such as cultural change, leadership, and teamwork. Details various motivation principles used within the TQM organization, gives case examples of reward and recognition in the manufacturing, public, and international sectors, and shows how to create and maintain performance criteria. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Inequality, Democracy, and Economic Development

Author: Manus I Midlarsky

The relationship between inequality and democracy is a compelling one for the contemporary social scientist. This book addresses questions raised as early as the time of Aristotle, and continue through Marx to the present day. Theories of inequality in relation to democracy are explored, and the book focuses on the sources of democracy, the relationship between economic development and thresholds of democracy, and finally responses to democratization. As the gap between rich and poor widens within and between nations, the subject of this book becomes increasingly important worldwide.

	List of contributors
	Introduction	1
1	Democracy before Athens	13
2	Environmental influences on democracy: aridity, warfare, and land inequality	45
3	Democracy and proto-modernity: technoecological influences on the growth of political and civil rights	80
4	Inequality and democracy in the anthropological record	110
5	Economic determinants of democracy	133
6	Informational inequality and democracy in the new world order	156
7	Modernization and thresholds of democracy: evidence for a common path and process	177
8	Markets and inequality in the transition from state socialism	202
9	Democracy and inequality: tracking welfare spending in Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea	227
10	Political regimes and industrial wages: a cross-national analysis	244
11	Social responses to neoliberal reforms in Eastern Europe in the 1990s	269
12	Market, state, and citizenship in new democracies	290
	Conclusion: Paradoxes of democracy	319
	References	327
	Index	356

Tax Funded Politics or Marketing Management

2009-01-14T18:30:00.000-08:00

Tax-Funded Politics

Author: James Bennett

In Tax-Funded Politics, James Bennett argues that governmental agencies, rather than combating abuses, aid and abet them in order to increase their own size and scope. Drawing on a broad range of examples, Bennett shows how the ideals of the nation's Founding Fathers have been subverted by molding and manipulating the will of the people through government-orchestrated propaganda.

1	Introduction : stuck in the lobby	1
2	Uncle Sam : sugar daddy to the feminists	13
3	Workers (and teachers) of the world! : apply for grants!	53
4	Greens scramble for the green	85
5	Heart, lungs, and the big c : the big three take aim at your wallets and your liberty	109
6	The black, the brown, and the old	139
7	Gravy train conservatives	161
8	Conclusion : as I told the subcommittee...	193

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Marketing Management: Knowledge and Skills

Author: J Paul Peter

Marketing Management: Knowledge and Skills, 7/e, by Peter and Donnelly, serves an overview for critical issues in marketing management. The text strives to enhance knowledge of marketing management and advance student skills so they can develop and maintain successful marketing strategies. The text does this through comprehensive text chapters that analyze that marketing process and gives students the foundation needed for success in marketing management and through 45 cases (16 of them new, many others updated) that go beyond traditional marketing principles and focus on the role of marketing in cross-functional business and organization strategies.

Microeconomics or Black Unemployment

2009-01-14T09:49:00.000-08:00

Microeconomics (Study Guide)

Author: Robert S Pindyck

This well-received book is a market leader in the field of Microeconomics, and demonstrates how microeconomics can be used as a tool for both managerial and public-policy decision making. Clear writing style and graphs compliment the integrated use of current, real world industry examples throughout the book. It emphasizes relevance and application to cover modern topics—such as Game Theory and economics of information—and examples—such as United States v. Microsoft, pricing cellular phone service, and Internet auctions. Coverage of other up-to-date issues includes supply and demand, cost, consumer behavior, individual and market demand, market failure, and the role of government. For individuals with an interest in economics, microeconomic theory, and price theory.

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A textbook adaptable to several types of courses, including a one-quarter or one-semester course covering the core material, a longer course that includes such topics as uncertainty and market failure, or a course emphasizing specific topics such as modern pricing theory or business strategy. Assuming a potential readership from diverse backgrounds, uses no calculus and marks the more advanced sections with warning asterisks. Incorporates changes in the field over the past few years, including the new importance given to game theory and the strategic interaction of firms. First published in 1989 and most recently in 1995. Answers are provided for selected problems. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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New edition (first was 1989) of a solid textbook. Pindyck is a widely respected economics writer represented by three titles in BCL3 (we reckon this work will appear there in future). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Black Unemployment: Part of Unskilled Unemployment, Vol. 50

Author: David Schwartzman

In the post-World War II era, the U.S. government's full employment policy led to rapid mechanization of production by reducing the cost of financing investment. The mechanization of production displaced more blacks than whites because blacks were disproportionately unskilled. In addition, the growth in the import of manufactured goods further reduced the demand for unskilled labor. The author argues that the government should fill the gap with government employment and should discourage imports from developing countries.

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Relates black unemployment to the fate of unskilled workers, and suggests that the government undertake a public employment program for unskilled workers and restrict the market for products of unskilled workers from other countries. Provides a historical explanation for the large proportion of blacks who are unskilled, discusses the effects of monetary policy since the 1930s, looks at past and current policies in wages, labor, and education, and critiques assorted explanations for black unemployment. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	Tables
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Black Unemployment	1
2	Capital Goods and Technology	31
3	Substitution of Skilled for Unskilled Labor	67
4	The Substitution of Foreign for Domestic Unskilled Labor	93
5	IQ, Welfare, and the Poverty Culture	123
6	Race and Politics	141
7	Current Public Policy	151
8	Policy Recommendations	171
	Index	195

National Environmental Accounting or How Advertising Works

2009-01-14T03:08:00.000-08:00

National Environmental Accounting: Bridging the Gap Between Ecology and Economy

Author: Joy E Hecht

This book presents national environmental, or "green" accounting as it has developed in Europe and other parts of the world. It introduces the most recent methods developed through the United Nations Statistical Department and other international organizations, but bridges the gap between the superficial treatment of environmental accounting in economics textbooks and environmental literature, on the one hand, and the highly technical manuals of international organizations, on the other.

Joy Hecht begins with a history and introduction to national income accounting. The first part of her book explains how the environmental accounts build on the structure of the 1993 System of National Accounts. She then shows the UN approach to accountingapplied to pollution, recycling, and the management of natural resources such as forests, minerals,and fisheries. The third section discusses how the accounts approach green GDP and other macroeconomic indicators. The book concludes by going beyond the UN structures to discuss other adjusted macroeconomic measures and how accounting data can be used to build them.

National Environmental Accounting is a non-technical introduction to an increasingly important field. It is a must-read for anyone interested in how environmental accounts can help society move towards greater sustainability.

1	National environmental accounts	1
2	Concepts of conventional national income accounting	16
3	Structure of the conventional income accounts	33
4	Overview of the revised SEEA	53
5	Pollution accounting : the physical side	76
6	Pollution accounting : what are we spending now?	90
7	Pollution accounting : policy questions	102
8	Resource accounting	120
9	Forest accounts	136
10	Subsoil asset accounts	153
11	Fisheries, land, and water accounts	169
12	Macroeconomic indicators in the SEEA	196
13	Macroeconomic measures outside the SEEA	209

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How Advertising Works: The Role of Research

Author: John Philip Jones

John Philip Jones, best-selling author of What's in a Name?, Advertising and the Concept of Brands, and When Ads Work: New Proof That Advertising Triggers Sales, has edited an authoritative handbook of research procedures that determine effective advertising. All participants in the advertising processùclients, media, and agenciesùare fully represented in How Advertising Works. Chapter authors reflect a global mix of academic and professional backgrounds and include Leo Bogart, Andrew Ehrenberg, Simon Broadbent, Herbert Krugman, and John Philip Jones himself. Most chapters have been specifically written for this volume and are complemented by a few adaptations of classic articles. The result is a single "knowledge bank" of theory and practice for advertising students and professionals. Future handbooks, also edited by John Philip Jones, will address key topics of advertising agency operation, brand building, and multinational advertising. How Advertising Works will be of interest to students and professionals in advertising, marketing, and communication

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A broad handbook of research procedures designed to determine the effectiveness of advertising, taking into account the clients, media, and agencies. Contributors from both academia and the advertising industry offer information about both the theory and practice of such research. They cover markets and advertising, research before and after the advertising runs, and the effects of advertising. Most of the 29 chapters were written for the anthology, but a few were adapted from earlier efforts. Inaugurates a five-volume series of practical guides for advertising professionals. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Information Systems and Technology for the Noninformation Executive or Public Communication

2009-01-13T17:28:00.000-08:00

Information Systems and Technology for the Noninformation Executive: An Integrated Resource Management Guide for the 21st Century

Author: Jae K Shim

Thirty years ago, computers seemed more science fiction than business fact. Today we have e-commerce, e-marketing, computerized scheduling, manufacturing, and a whole new field called information technology. Computers now have applications for every facet of your business. Information Systems and Technology for the Non-Information Systems Executive explores the practical and efficient use of computer technology-both software and hardware-for all types of business applications. In a simple and reader friendly style Shim presents information on data bases, networking, and telecommunications. He explains popular accounting, tax, finance, management, manufacturing, and marketing software-making them easy to understand and use. In addition, he provides real-life examples that illustrate the applications of decision support systems, executive information systems, and artificial intelligence systems such as financial modeling, budgeting, strategic planning and control, forecasting, data analysis, inventory planning, and optimization software. You do not need to know programming to understand your information systems. Written for business managers and entrepreneurs who may not have extensive computer experience, Information Systems and Technology for the Non-Information Systems Executive: An Integrated Resource Management Guide for the 21st Century covers information systems in all phases and functional areas of business to help you make the best decisions. It provides a wealth of current and essential information for managers and executives of all types of organizations. Your success depends on keeping abreast of the latest applications and thinking in information technology. This bookgives you the competitive edge.

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Shim (business administration, California State U.) explains software and hardware technologies for the inexperienced business manager. He discusses the importance of databases, networking, and telecommunications; explains popular accounting, finance, management, manufacturing, and marketing software applications; and, through real life examples, covers decision support systems, executive information systems, artificial intelligence (including financial modeling, budgeting, strategic planning, and optimization software. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Public Communication

Author: Scott Titsworth

This is a new, brief, economical text that stresses the importance of public communication in contemporary life. Through its numerous examples and excellent companion collection of sample speeches, the book and its media program integrate vital themes of our time and invite students to make the connection between their basic public speaking class and such important issues as ethics, religious identity, diversity, health, medicine, education, and the environment.

Targeting Development or Public Relations Critical Debates and Contemporary Problems

2009-01-13T10:47:00.000-08:00

Targeting Development

Author: Richard Black

A new global consensus has emerged that stresses that the objective of development is to end global poverty. This consensus is accompanied by a bold new set of targetsglobal poverty to be halved by 2015, along with universal primary education, the removal of gender disparities in schooling, universal access to reproductive health care, specific reductions in infant, child and maternal mortality rates, and a reversal in the loss of environmental resources. These 'International Development Targets' were first adopted by the OECD in 1996, and have been succeeded by the yet more widely endorsed 'Millennium Development Goals' following from the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000.
The aim of this book is to provide a critical appraisal of these targets, and the progress so far towards meeting them. The book consists of six introductory chapters on how and why the International Development Targets and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have become incorporated into development policy, and what theiroverall value is. Each chapter in the second part analyzes whether current trends suggest the target can be reached. Contributors assess the main constraints that exist to achieving each of these targets and the resulting implications for policy.

	List of illustrations
	Notes on contributors
	Foreword
	Preface
	List of abbreviations
1	Millennium Development Goals: a drop in the ocean?	1
2	Heaven or hubris: reflections on the new 'New Poverty Agenda'	25
3	Using development goals and targets for donor agency performance measurement	47
4	Using development goals to design country strategies	77
5	Monitoring progress towards the Millennium Development Goals at country level	96
6	Are the Millennium Development Goals feasible?	124
7	Halving world poverty	145
8	Towards universal primary education	166
9	Promoting gender equality	184
10	Reducing infant and child death	209
11	Towards reproductive health for all?	235
12	The global challenge of HIV/AIDS	256
13	Clean water for all	273
14	Achieving sustainability in Africa	292
15	Building a global partnership for development?	307
16	Aid, trade and debt: how equal is the global partnership?	323
	Index	354

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Public Relations Critical Debates and Contemporary Problems

Author: Jacquie LEtang

This new text for students and practitioners in public relations has been built on the acclaimed Critical Perspectives in Public Relations, also edited by Jacquie L'Etang and Magda Pieczka, which is no longer in print. Many of the liveliest minds on the public relations scene have contributed fresh ideas and diverse perspectives: their locations on the margins, either geographically or intellectually, or both, allowed them to present a variety of compelling critiques. Contributors from Germany, Sweden, Spain, and Scotland join those from New Zealand and Australia in providing historical and political perspectives. Topics such as propaganda, religion, publics, expertise, transparency, and discourse are tackled in new and imaginative ways.

The book challenges conventions but also provides essential empirical detail and careful argument. Practical relevance is also present through interdisciplinary discussion of public relations problems in sport, health, science, tourism, and documentary film. This important volume will stimulate debate about the boundaries, definitions, functions, and effects of public relations.

The Limits of Globalization or What Is Sexual Harassment

2009-01-13T02:06:00.000-08:00

The Limits of Globalization: Cases and Arguments

Author: Alan Scott

IThe Limits of Globalization criticizes the idea that globalization is an unstoppable historical force in the face of which politics are helpless and calls for a renewal of political projects which can defend society against markets. The limitations of the globalizing forces operating in the world today can best be understood through an analysis of their concrete manifestations. Using examples from the people's art of Potsdammer Platz to the ways in which Western cultural icons are reinterpreted in Asian magazines, this collection of essays unpicks the rhetoric of globalization in political analysis, cultural theory and urban and economic sociology and exposes the myth of the global society as in many cases a dangerous exaggeration.

	List of figures
	List of tables
	Notes on contributors
	Acknowledgements
1	Introduction - Globalization: Social Process or Political Rhetoric?	1
2	The Futures of Berlin's Potsdamer Platz	25
3	The Global Common: The Global, Local and Personal; Dynamics of the Women's Peace Movement in the 1980s	55
4	'Across the Universe': The Limits of Global Popular Culture	75
5	An Asian Orientalism? Libas and the Textures of Postcolonialism	90
6	Elvis in Zanzibar	116
7	Chinese Entrepreneurship: Culture and Economic Actors	143
8	Globalization, Urban Change and Urban Policies in Britain and France	181
9	Air Transport and Globalization: A Sceptical View	202
10	Globalization, the Company and the Workplace: Some Interim Evidence from the Auto Industry in Britain	223
11	Nationalism and the Fall of the USSR	238
12	Globalization as an Emergent Concept	257
13	Wider Horizons with Larger Details: Subjectivity, Ethnicity and Globalization	284
14	The World Market Unbound	306
	Bibliography	327
	Index	350

What Is Sexual Harassment?: From Capitol Hill to the Sorbonne

Author: Abigail Cope Saguy

In France, a common notion is that the shared interests of graduate students and their professors could lead to intimate sexual relations, and that regulations curtailing those relationships would be both futile and counterproductive. By contrast, many universities and corporations in the United States prohibit sexual relationships across hierarchical lines and sometimes among coworkers, arguing that these liaisons should have no place in the workplace. In this age of globalization, how do cultural and legal nuances translate? And when they differ, how are their subtleties and complexities understood? In comparing how sexual harassment--a concept that first emerged in 1975--has been defined differently in France and the United States, Abigail Saguy explores not only the social problem of sexual harassment but also the broader cultural concerns of cross-national differences and similarities.

Stormwater Management or Monetary Policy and Politics

2009-01-12T18:24:00.000-08:00

Stormwater Management

Author: Martin P Wanielista

Designed for both students and practicing professionals, it addresses critical issues of water quality, focusing on the illustration and application of both hydrologic and economic water management techniques. Stresses applications using worked examples, case studies and problems. Software is included to assist in solving more complex problems and to apply demonstrated techniques.

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The subject is multidisciplinary, and interest in all facets has been spurred by new regulations mandating and governing stormwater management. Underlying philosophies and water quality issues are covered in this text along with hydrologic and hydraulic techniques, enhanced by optimization and fiscal procedures. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
1	Introduction	1
1.1	Organization of Book and Related Disciplines	1
1.2	Magnitude of Stormwater Problems	2
1.3	Hydrologic Cycle	4
1.4	Stormwater Management Objectives and Limitations	8
1.5	Stormwater Management Policies	10
1.6	Feasibility Considerations	11
1.7	Stormwater Mathematical Models	13
1.8	Computation Aids and Computer Programs	19
2	Probability and Statistical Methods for Hydrologic Events	24
2.2	Assumptions for Statistical Analysis	27
2.3	Regression Formulas	30
2.4	Theoretical Frequency Distributions	34
3	Hydrographs	65
3.1	Synthetic Hydrographs	65
3.2	Rainfall Excess	66
3.3	Hydrograph Procedures	72
3.4	Hydrograph Attenuation	78
4	Management Models for Flow Rate and Volume Control	90
4.1	Reasons for Models	90
4.2	Some Existing Models	91
4.3	Basic Concepts	92
4.4	Application of HEC-1	96
4.5	Application of SMADA	96
5	Stormwater Quality	108
5.1	Water Quality Parameters	110
5.2	Dustfall and Quality of Precipitation	112
5.3	Stormwater Sampling Event Mean Concentration, and Loading	116
5.4	Rural Nonpoint Sources	120
5.5	Urban Nonpoint Sources	123
5.6	Runoff Water Quality	127
5.7	Mass Loadings	135
5.8	Mathematical Modeling	140
6	Receiving Water Quality	159
6.1	Water Quality Assessment	159
6.2	Separating Point from Nonpoint Sources	163
6.3	Combined Sewers and Comparison to Separate Sewers	166
6.4	Toxicity	169
6.5	Dissolved Oxygen Impacts	176
6.6	Sediment Accumulation	188
6.7	Eutrophication and Trophic Analysis	190
6.8	Mathematical Modeling for Receiving Waters	195
7	Stormwater Management Alternatives for Water Quality Improvement	216
7.1	Philosophies for Stormwater Quality Management	216
7.2	Alternative Stormwater Quality Management Practices	218
7.3	Fundamental Efficiency Considerations	220
7.4	Off-Line Retention (Diversion) Systems	225
7.5	Sedimentation	231
7.6	Removal of Dissolved Contaminants in Stormwater	237
7.7	Swales	240
8	Wet-Retention / Detention Ponds	262
8.1	Design Considerations	264
8.2	Modeling Concepts for Wet-Detention Ponds	266
8.3	Wet-Detention Pond as a Holding Tank and a Reuse Pond	292
9	Economic and Fiscal Feasibility	313
9.1	Comprehensive Stormwater Management	313
9.2	Economic Measures	315
9.3	Fiscal Responsibility and Financial Planning	321
9.4	Uncertainty and Risk	328
10	Optimization	343
10.2	Linear Programming	346
10.3	Multiobjective Programming	357
10.4	Other Optimization Techniques	359
10.5	Cost-Effectiveness	371
10.6	Optimization of Stormwater Management Practices	381
11	Rural Area Stormwater Management	397
11.1	Erosion and Sedimentation	397
11.2	Universal Soil Loss Equation	399
11.3	Water Yield Model	410
11.4	Solids Disposal	414
	Appendix A Notation	423
	Appendix B Metric Units With English Equivalents	430
	Appendix C Nondimensional Rainfall and Frequency-Intensity-Duration Curves	435
	Appendix D Statistical Tables	443
	Appendix E Computer Programs, Descriptions, and Example Outputs	464
	Appendix F Selected Hydrologic Soil Classifications and Curve Numbers	504
	Appendix G Description of Common Stormwater Management Practices	528
	Appendix H Solutions to Selected Case Studies	536
	Index	573

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Monetary Policy and Politics: Rules vs. Discretion

Author: George Macesich

Macesich argues that the poor performance of monetary policy can be attributed to the ease with which "money" slips into the political arena. Discretionary authority facilitates monetary manipulation for political ends, thereby increasing uncertainty and casting doubt on money, the monetary system, and indeed the monetary authority itself. The author traces the evolution of the debate over rules versus discretionary authority and discusses various methods that economists have proposed for constraining the monetary authority. He concludes that if monetary policy is to be credible and thus successful, the hands of monetary policy makers are better tied than left free.

Working the Shadow Side or Hospitality Management Strategies

2009-01-12T11:44:00.000-08:00

Working the Shadow Side: A Guide to Positive Behind-the-Scenes Management

Author: Gerard Egan

Offers managers, consultants, and employees alike a practical starter kit that reveals how to identify, manage, and gain value from the below-the surface activities in an organization. Drawing on his worldwide consulting, teaching, and research experience, Gerard Egan shows how to create opportunity and competitive advantage by learning how to manage shadow-side realities. He identifies five interactive categories of behavior that affect both productivity and quality of work life in today's organizations--covert culture, the idiosyncrasies of individuals, the interactions of the organization's social system, institutional politics, and the hidden organization--and details specific skills and strategies for mining economic value from each one.
Harness the covert aspects of your organization -- covert culture, individual idiosyncrasies, institutional politics -- for competitive advantage. World-renown consultant, teacher and researcher Gerard Egan identifies five shadow side work behaviors, and details specifics for mining the economic value of each.

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A Loyola University of Chicago professor of organization development and psychology, Egan argues persuasively that an organization's "hidden culture" can add to its value. The shadow side of the institution--the unspoken, unacknowledged, behind-the-scenes stuff--is usually assumed to be negative and to get in the way of organizational efficiency and effectiveness. But managers who can develop a set of strategies and day-to-day skills for handling the shadow side can bring on positive change in today's fast-paced business environment. The author explains and gives advise on what goes on in the shadows and how to mine value from the shadow side, illustrating how managers who gain the skills necessary to deal with the hidden culture and hehind-the-scenes events can reduce the negative financial implications and turn shadow-side realities into competitive advantages. Highly recommended for all levels of managers in today's organizations; scholars, consultants, and advanced students of business and organizational studies will also find it useful.

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Hospitality Management Strategies

Author: Ronald Nykiel

An indispensable guide to understanding successful management
strategies in the hospitality industry!

Dr. Nykiel brings 30 years of hospitality industry experience that provides an understanding of managerial strategies and how they are successfully applied in the hospitality industry. This author provides an easy-to-read and extremely practical text. Students and experienced managers alike will find within this textbook a wealth of knowledge, which provides a strong foundation for managerial strategies and decision-making support. Features
• Covers all management strategy disciplines such as brand strategy, business development, finance, human resources, leadership, marketing, technology, and more
• Multiple case examples for each management discipline delineated Management strategy tools and applications
• Leadership examples and techniques
• Numerous easy-to-scan strategy exhibits
• Ethics and technology implication highlights in each chapter
• Extensive glossary and discussion questions
• Real-life examples and personal insights based on the author's own experiences

	List of cases
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Discover the supplements accompanying this book
	About the author
Pt. 1	Understanding strategy, forces, selection, and positioning	1
Ch. 1	Hospitality management strategies in perspective	3
Ch. 2	External and internal driving forces	15
Ch. 3	Strategy selecting and positioning	36
Pt. 2	The growth strategies of development, financial options, and brand strategy	51
Ch. 4	Business development strategies	53
Ch. 5	Financial strategies	81
Ch. 6	Brand strategy and management	103
Pt. 3	The offensive (revenue development) strategies of marketing, sales, and customer retention	121
Ch. 7	Marketing strategies	123
Ch. 8	Sales strategies	168
Ch. 9	Customer service and quality strategies	198
Pt. 4	The functional strategies of human resources, technology, and purchasing	237
Ch. 10	Human resource management strategies	239
Ch. 11	Technology management and applications	257
Ch. 12	Purchasing concepts	272
Pt. 5	The defensive (business preservation) strategies of risk management, crisis management, and communications	289
Ch. 13	Risk management	291
Ch. 14	Crisis management	309
Ch. 15	Communications and public relations	328
Pt. 6	The implementation of strategic planning, organizational and operational concepts, and leadership	349
Ch. 16	The strategic planning process	351
Ch. 17	Organizational and operational concepts	384
Ch. 18	Leadership profiles	407
	Glossary	439
	Bibliography	449
	Index	453

US Manufacturing or Cross Cultural Consumption

2009-01-12T02:03:00.000-08:00

U.S. Manufacturing: The Engine for Growth in a Global Economy

Author: Thomas James James Duesterberg

Evolving rapidly from a mass-produced product orientation to a flexible, solutions-oriented model, the changing manufacturing sector is poised to lead a global economic recovery. Truly an insider's guide to the future of this critical sector, this book provides policy recommendations based on a wealth of information.

	Illustrations
	Foreword
	Preface
Ch. 1	Introduction and Principal Conclusions	1
Ch. 2	The Transformation of U.S. Manufacturing: A Broad Analytic Framework	17
Ch. 3	The Changing Structure of U.S. Manufacturing and Its Labor Force	35
Ch. 4	The Central Role of New Technology Development and Application	67
Ch. 5	Broadening Value Added to Include "Solutions," Customized Products, and Related Services	95
Ch. 6	New Paradigms for 21st Century Manufacturing and Their Impacts on Automation	121
Ch. 7	The Rapid Globalization of Markets for U.S. Manufacturing	145
Ch. 8	The Changing Nature of the Firm	177
Ch. 9	The Engine for Growth in a Global Economy: An Integrated Policy Response	197
	Endnotes	221
	Bibliography	233
	Index	239
	About the Editors and Contributors	247

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Cross-Cultural Consumption: Global Markets, Local Realities

Author: David Howes

Goods are imbued with meanings and uses by their producers. When they are exported, they can act as a means of communication or domination. However, there is no guarantee that the intentions of the producer will be recognized, much less respected, by the consumer from another culture.

Cross-Cultural Consumption is a fascinating guide to the cultural implications of the globalization of a consumer society. The chapters address topics ranging from the clothing of colonial subjects in South Africa and the rise of the "hypermarket" in Argentina, to the presentation of culture in international tourist hotels.

Through their examination of cultural imperialism and cultural appropriation of the representation of "otherness" and identity, Howes and his contributors show how the increasingly global flow of goods and images challenges the very idea of the "cultural border" and creates new spaces for cultural invention.

The Protestant Ethic Turns 100 or Financial Statements Present and Future Scope

2009-01-11T18:22:00.000-08:00

The Protestant Ethic Turns 100: Essays on the Centenary of the Weber Thesis

Author: William H Swatos Jr

Marking the centennial anniversary of the first publication of Max Weber's "Protestant Ethic" essays, a group of internationally recognized Weber scholars review the significance of Weber's essays by addressing their original context, historical reception, and ongoing relevance. Lawrence Scaff, Hartmut Lehmann, Philip Gorski, Stephen Kalberg, Martin Riesebrodt, Donald Nielsen, Peter Kivisto, and the editors offer original perspectives that engage Weber's indelible work so as to inform current issues central to sociology, history, religious studies, political science, economics, and cultural studies.

	Foreword - 1905 : Weber in the year of miracles
	Introduction - the centenary of Weber's Protestant ethic essay
Ch. 1	Friends and foes : the formation and consolidation of the Protestant ethic thesis	1
Ch. 2	Dimensions of the Protestant ethic	23
Ch. 3	The Protestant ethic and the "spirit" of capitalism as grand narrative : Max Weber's philosophy of history	53
Ch. 4	Remnants of Romanticism : Max Weber in Oklahoma and Indian Territory	77
Ch. 5	The contexts of the publication and reception of the Protestant ethic	111
Ch. 6	Rational capitalism, traditionalism, and adventure capitalism : new research on the Weber thesis	139
Ch. 7	The little divergence : the Protestant Reformation and economic hegemony in early modern Europe	165
Ch. 8	Utilizing Max Weber's "iron cage" to define the past, present, and future of the American political culture	191

Interesting book: Grace Coolidge or Utilization Focused Evaluation

Financial Statements -- Present and Future Scope

Author: Ahmed Riahi Belkaoui

The commonly used financial statements--balance sheet, income statement, and statement of changes in cash flows-- focus on a firm's financial structure and performance over a defined period of time. Although they may conform to generally accepted accounting standards they still fail to provide other information that is equally important to achieving true full disclosure. Riahi-Belkaoui proposes remedies for this neglect by taking a close look at other types of statements: the inflation, value added, employee, social performance, and human asset reports. His book is a concise, easily accessed summary of all types of reports, for practitioners, and especially useful as a text or review for students in graduate level courses in financial management and accounting.

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First Riahi-Belkaoui (accounting, U. of Illinois-Chicago) explicates the theories, methods, strengths, and weaknesses underlying conventional accounting statements in chapters on the balance sheet, the income statement, and the statement of changes in cash flows. Then he explores more advanced structures described in literature and sometimes put into practice to report on such matters as inflation, value added, employees, social performance, and human assets. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Health Economics or Power Politics and Organizational Change

2009-01-11T09:41:00.000-08:00

Health Economics: Fundamentals and Flow of Funds

Author: Thomas E Getzen

A practical primer to the dynamic field of health economics. Written by Thomas Getzen, a leading academic and practitioner, and currently Director of the International Health Economics Association, this complete, accessible text introduces students to the economic analysis of medical markets and the production of health.
Updated and revised with new cases and the latest developments in the field, the new Second Edition traces the economic rationale and development of the medical care organization. It thoroughly introduces students to the principles and concepts of health economics without requiring prolonged preparatory work or extensive mathematical manipulation.
* Cases illustrate practical uses of economic theory in each chapter.
* More streamlined presentation of macro and historical materials.
* Covers the relationship of marketing to marginal cost.

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An introduction to the economic analysis of medical markets and the production of health, primarily for students of medicine, public health, or administration who have little or no background in economics, but also for beginning economics students. Describes the incentives and organizational structure of the health care industry with a Flow of Funds approach, outlines the ongoing evolution of managed care in the US, and macroeconomic perspectives the dynamics of change and determinants of national health spending. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

New interesting textbook: Family Style Soul Food Diabetes Cookbook or John Barleycorn

Power, Politics, and Organizational Change: Winning the Turf Game

Author: Richard Badham

This book offers a theoretical and practical guide to the politics of change, which is an aspect of organizational life that plays a more significant role than is commonly admitted. The focus lies with the internal change agent, rather than with external consultants, as change is now a key element in the roles of most managers. A fresh perspective is developed, emphasizing the context in which the change agent operates, explicit and tacit warrants for particular actions, and skills in accounting for one's political behavior.

Management and Supervision for Working Professionals or Hospitality Cost Control

2009-01-11T03:00:00.000-08:00

Management and Supervision for Working Professionals, Vol. 2

Author: Herman Koren

With this book, you can earn credits toward managementcertification programs. Credits are approved by various state and national accreditation groups from all over the United States, from Alaska to New York.

Call 1-800-234-1639 for more information! The practical set of methods and tools contained in the two volumes of Management and Supervision for Working Professionals provides the reader with the knowledge and means to become an effective manager or supervisor. Volume I emphasizes organizational structure, planning, and leadership, while Volume II emphasizes communication, instruction, and daily management responsibilities such as performance ratings, unions, and health and safety.

Hospitality Cost Control: A Practical Approach

Author: Allen Asch

KEY BENEFIT: Written from a chefs’ perspective, this hands-on, practical book includes the formulas for success and profitability that every restaurateur should know. KEY TOPICS: This book provides an overview of cost controlling, and discusses the technology available for controlling costs. It covers controls in purchasing, receiving, production, forecasts in sales, and controls in sales and revenue. MARKET: For restaurateurs and restaurant managers.

Wireless Information Networks or Transforming the Dream

2009-01-10T17:19:00.000-08:00

Wireless Information Networks

Author: Allen H Levesqu

Towards location aware mobile ad hoc sensors

A Systems Engineering Approach to Wireless Information Networks

The Second Edition of this internationally respected textbook brings readers fully up to date with the myriad of developments in wireless communications. When first published in 1995, wireless communications was synonymous with cellular telephones. Now wireless information networks are the most important technology in all branches of telecommunications. Readers can learn about the latest applications in such areas as ad hoc sensor networks, home networking, and wireless positioning.

Wireless Information Networks takes a systems engineering approach: technical topics are presented in the context of how they fit into the ongoing development of new systems and services, as well as the recent developments in national and international spectrum allocations and standards. The authors have organized the myriad of current and emerging wireless technologies into logical categories:
* Introduction to Wireless Networks presents an up-to-the-moment discussion of the evolution of the cellular industry from analog cellular technology to 2G, 3G, and 4G, as well as the emergence of WLAN and WPAN as broadband ad hoc networks
* Characteristics of Radio Propagation includes new coverage of channel modeling for space-time, MIMO, and UWB communications and wireless geolocation networks
* Modem Design offers new descriptions of space-time coding, MIMO antenna systems, UWB communications, and multi-user detection and interference cancellation techniques used in CDMA networks
* Network Access and System Aspects incorporates new chapters on UWB systems and RFgeolocations, with a thorough revision of wireless access techniques and wireless systems and standards

Exercises that focus on real-world problems are provided at the end of each chapter. The mix of assignments, which includes computer projects and questionnaires in addition to traditional problem sets, helps readers focus on key issues and develop the skills they need to solve actual engineering problems. A separate Instructor's Manual is available that includes a solution book and supporting material for preparing class presentations. Extensive references are provided for those readers who would like to explore particular topics in greater depth.

With its emphasis on knowledge-building to solve problems, this is an excellent graduate-level textbook. Like the previous edition, this latest edition will also be a standard reference for the telecommunications industry.

An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.

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Warning that today's mobile and portable telephones and wireless data services are just the beginning of a new surge of wireless communication, provides a technical introduction for practicing engineers, scientists, managers, and students. Describes such factors as the characteristics of radio propagation, the analysis of various transmission techniques, network access and architecture, and overviews of the status and potential of cordless and cellular telephones, personal communication services, mobile data networks, wireless local area networks, and indoor wireless communication. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Transforming the Dream: Ecologism and the Shaping of an Alternative American Vision

Author: Charles Bednar

Transforming the Dream challenges American mainstream culture's obsession with unlimited economic and industrial growth. Drawing on works by Roy Morrison, Murray Bookchin, Daniel C. Maguire, Paul Taylor, C. A. Bowers, and others, Bednar critiques the ideological status quo, offering an alternative ecological economics, political economy, ethics, and pedagogy. This new outlook on humankind's relationship to the environment is, he argues, better positioned to address critical issues of the twenty-first century, including the ecological and social limits of economic growth, the social and economic requisites for authentic democracy, the ethics of human interaction with the natural environment, and the educational curricula and practices required to promote ecological literacy. Bednar's perspective provides the opportunity to develop economic and political institutions that permit a sustainable relationship with the environment and offers a socially richer and more fulfilling life for the individual than the "American Dream" promised by the current system.

Women in Mass Communication or Statistics for Business and Economics

2009-01-10T10:38:00.000-08:00

Women in Mass Communication

Author: Pamela J J Creedon

The significance of feminist contributions to the field of mass communication is more important now than ever before. In its second edition, Women in Mass Communication has been greatly expanded and updated to cover the most urgent issues of today. New to this edition are chapters on the professional perspective of a network news station, the climate for women in higher education, the construction of gender in textbooks, and the status of research on visual images of women in the media. Chapters on gender, color, culture, career outlook, advertising, media law, and curriculum reform have been extensively expanded and updated. With a particular emphasis on race and culture, leading scholars in the field provide compelling analyses on the ways in which feminist theory and feminist perspectives have been incorporated into mass communication. The most comprehensive text on women and mass communication, Women in Mass Communication, Second Edition is required reading for all mass communication scholars, professionals, and students. Also, this landmark volume provides excellent insights for anyone interested in women's roles and progress in mass communication.

Books about: God and Race in American Politics or To Be a Crime Scene Investigator

Statistics for Business and Economics (with Student CD-ROM, iPod Key Term, and InfoTrac)

Author: David R Anderson

This market leading book offers a proven, comprehensive, applications-oriented approach. Written by authors who are highly regarded in the field, the text provides sound methodological development. The discussion and development of each technique is presented in an application setting, with the statistical results providing insights to decisions and solutions to problems.

1. Data and Statistics. 2. Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Presentations. 3. Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures. 4. Introduction to Probability. 5. Discrete Probability Distributions. 6. Continuous Probability Distributions. 7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions. 8. Interval Estimation. 9. Hypothesis Testing. 10. Statistical Inference about Means and Proportions with Two Populations. 11. Inferences about Population Variances. 12. Tests of Goodness of Fit and Independence. 13. Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design. 14. Simple Linear Regression. 15. Multiple Regression. 16. Regression Analysis: Model Building. 17. Index Numbers. 18. Forecasting. 19. Nonparametric Methods. 20. Statistical Methods for Quality Control. 21. Decision Analysis. 22. Sample Survey (on CD). Appendix A: References and Bibliography. Appendix B: Tables. Appendix C: Summation Notation. Appendix D: Self-Test Solutions and Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises. Index.

Cognition Education and Communication Technology or Pacific Asia

2009-01-10T01:57:00.000-08:00

Cognition, Education, and Communication Technology

Author: Peter G rdenfors

Cognition, Education, and Communication Technology presents some of the recent theoretical developments in the cognitive and educational sciences and implications for the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the organization of school and university education. Internationally renowned researchers present theoretical perspectives with proposals for and evaluations of educational practices. Each chapter discusses different aspects of the use of ICT in education, including:

*the role of perceptual processes in learning;
*external cognition as support for interactive learning;
*the role of meta-cognition;
*simulation learning environments as cognitive tools;
*the role of science controversy for knowledge integration;
*the use of ICT in the development of educators; and
*the role of narratives in education.

ICT has great potential for revolutionizing education. Large investments of resources are being made, often withouta strong understanding of how ICT will or should be implemented. The expectation is that students will show immediate improvements in terms of their motivation to learn and their learning achievements, but reality is different. Progress of ICT in education requires more than just computers in the classroom. It demands an understanding of the complex processes contributing to human learning and how they interact with new technologies. This text provides theoretical perspectives on the learning processes that can be used as a foundation for constructing pedagogically valuable tools based on ICT.

The combination of results--from cognitive science and pedagogy, with more practically oriented suggestions forhow ICT can be used in various forms of education--makes this book suitable for researchers and students in the cognitive and educational sciences, as well as for practitioners and planners of education.

1	Introduction to cognition, education, and communication technology	1
2	Designs for knowledge evolution : towards a prescriptive theory for integrating first- and second-hand knowledge	21
3	Getting the story straight : the role of narrative in teaching and learning with interactive media	55
4	Technology and the new culture of learning : tools for education professionals	77
5	Modeling the perceptual component of conceptual learning - a coordination perspective	109
6	Metacognition, distributed cognition, and visual design	147
7	External cognition, innovative technologies, and effective learning	181
8	Seeing through the screen : human reasoning and the development of representational technologies	203
9	WISE design for lifelong learning - pivotal cases	223
10	Determinants of discovery learning in a complex simulation learning environment	257

New interesting book: Originalism or Century of Genocide

Pacific Asia

Author: Peter Preston

This introduction will serve as a 'first stop' for those interested in Japan, its role in the Pacific Asian region and, in turn, that region's role in the evolving global system. In this volume, P. W. Preston critically analyses the political economy, social institutions and culture of Pacific Asia. The analysis focuses on Japan , it's relations with the inner periphery of Southeast Asia, and its developing linkages with the reforming socialist countries of China and Indo-China
The critical perspective, awareness of cultural and ethnic trends and a sophisticated grasp of social patterns makes this volume an essential introduction to the region.

Information Systems Management Practices in Action or Performance Measurement and Control Systems for Implementing Strategy Text and Cases

2009-01-09T18:16:00.000-08:00

Information Systems: Management Practices in Action

Author: Robert K Wysocki

Designed as a supplement to the text Information Systems: Management Principles in Action, this collection of real-world vignettes provides students with challenging applications based on the actual problems faced by information systems managers. The vignettes illustrate complex management problems at the corporate, functional, and end-user levels, most of which center around the evaluation of alternative decisions the information systems manager might make and the consequences of those decisions. Topics include information technology as a competitive weapon, strategic information systems planning, the organizational placement of the information systems department, corporate issues and opportunities, specific duties of the information systems department, organizing the information systems department, and much more.

OVERVIEW OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT.
Scope and Role of Information Systems Management.
Foundation of Information Systems Management.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AS A CORPORATE ENTITY.
The Role of Information Systems as a Corporate Entity.
Information Technology as a Competitive Weapon.
The Organizational Placement of the Information Systems Department.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AS A FUNCTIONAL ENTITY.
Duties of the Information Systems Department.
Functional Challenges and the Information Systems Manager.
Organizing the Information Systems Department.
Information Systems Personnel Management.
Information Systems as a Functional Entity: Issues and Opportunities.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AS A USER SUPPORT ENTITY.
The Role of Information Systems as a User Support Entity.
End-User Applications Development.
Organizing Information Systems to Support End-User Computing.
Information Sytems as a User Support Entity: Issues and Opportunities.
THE FUTURE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT.
Quality of Work.
Quality of Life.

Interesting textbook: Civil Service Arithmetic Vocabulary or Nolos Guide to Social Security Disability

Performance Measurement and Control Systems for Implementing Strategy Text and Cases

Author: Robert Simons

Provides and integrated, action-oriented roadmap to all the control system tools and techniques that are needed to manage a business effectively. New accounting techniques including profit wheel analysis, and Strategic profitability analysis. Provides the most comprehensive presentation of the Balances scorecard approach by one of its originators. A carefully integrated structure. For managers and MBAs who are interested in learning more about Management Control Systems.

The Transition from Communism to Capitalism or Integrated Value Management

2009-01-09T11:35:00.000-08:00

The Transition from Communism to Capitalism: Ruling Elites from Gorbachev to Yeltsin

Author: David Lan

Crucial to the understanding of breakdown and transition are analyses of changes within the internal relations of national elites. In this book, the authors define and detail the political elites under state socialism, showing how the elites under Gorbachev were profoundly fragmented. They further reveal how, with the maturation of state socialism, new class interests arose which were cultivated by, and in turn influenced, the Gorbachev leadership. The authors put forth the argument that these class interests are strongly represented in today’s political "settlement" in Russia. They consider various interpretations of what has led to Russia’s current condition, including the idea that "executive" capital is more important than political capital and has been reproduced in the transition from communism.

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Lane (sociology, Cambridge U.) and Ross (politics, U. of Dundee) define and detail the Russian political elites under state socialism, showing how, under Gorbachev, the elites were profoundly fragmented. They also reveal how new class interests arose that were cultivated by, and in turn influenced, the Gorbachev leadership. The work concludes with a detailed explanation of why the elite structure in the transition to capitalism is different from the incumbent elites in the former Soviet Union. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	Figures, Tables, Graphs, and Appendices
	Acknowledgements
1	Soviet Society: Institutional Polyarchy	3
2	The CPSU Ruling Elite, 1966-1991	25
3	The Central Committee Apparat, 1981-1991	47
4	The Government Bureaucracy	59
5	The Supreme Soviet of the USSR: From Fusion to Fission	73
6	The Political Elite under Gorbachev: Cohesion and Division	89
7	The Ascendant Elite: Yeltsin and the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation, 1990-1993	127
8	Mutation: the Political Elite, 1991-1995. Reproduction or Circulation?	143
9	The Economic Elite, 1991-1996: Reproduction or Circulation?	167
10	Transition under Yeltsin: Elite Values	183
11	Conclusions	199
App. 1	Biographies of Soviet and Russian Political and Economic Leaders	206
	Notes	223
	Index	255

Look this: Head First Object Oriented Analysis and Design or Final Fantasy III Official Strategy Guide

Integrated Value Management

Author: Peter Gomez

This book is one of the first to deal with raising the value of a company by exploiting all its internal and external potentials. Integrated Value Management takes a holistic approach to corporate strategy. This is unusual in management books, which tend to bias themselves towards one particular paradigm or field of management. It deliberately presents a European perspective against the more commonly found American approach to management, and backs this up through the selection of case studies which illustrate the theories. The book exemplifies theory through easily understood practical examples emphasising application.

Dictionary of Accounting or Currency Crises Monetary Union and the Conduct of Monetary Policy

2009-01-09T01:55:00.000-08:00

Dictionary of Accounting

Author: Ralph Estes

Over 200 new terms have been added to this second edition, bringing the total to over 1,300 definitions. Many of the original entries have been revised, and comprehensive coverage is provided for financial accounting, management accounting, taxation, auditing, social accounting, information systems, computers, financial analysis, reporting standards, and statistical methods. Among the new terms are accelerated cost recovery system (ACRS), "carve-out" accounting, debt defeasance, deep discount bonds, flat rate tax, Governmental Accounting Standards Board, junior stock, "push down" accounting, shelf registration, single audit concept, stripped bond, tax equity and fiscal responsibility act, and windfall profits tax, to name a few.

Ralph Estes is Professor of Accountancy at Wichita State University.

New interesting textbook: Podcasting For Dummies or XML In A Nutshell

Currency Crises, Monetary Union and the Conduct of Monetary Policy: A Debate Among Leading Economists

Author: Paul J Zak

Currency Crises, Monetary Union and the Conduct of Monetary Policy is a book of debate and analysis by some of the world's most eminent economists on 'unsolved' problems relating to the international monetary system, economic growth and monetary policy. This volume will be of interest to specialists in international monetary economics, and to undergraduate and graduate students, and members of the general public who seek a clearer understanding of current economic issues and solutions to economic problems.

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Presents debate and analysis on problems relating to the international monetary system, economic growth, and monetary policy. Features contributions from prominent scholars, including four Nobel laureates in economics, and discussions on the impact of monetary policy on economic growth, unemployment, and inflation in both developing and developed countries. Other subjects of these vigorous debates are the effects of European Monetary Union on the international monetary system, and conditions that lead to currency crises. Material originated at a March 1997 conference. Zak is assistant professor of economics at Claremont Graduate University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	List of contributors and participants
	Acknowledgments
	Foreword
1	Introduction	1
2	Problems of the US Economy	4
3	Taxation, Employment and the Federal Reserve	21
4	European Monetary Union, the Dollar and the International Monetary System	32
5	The Outlook for Economic Growth in the Developed World	52
6	The Monetary Crisis in Mexico	76
7	Policies to Combat Monetary Crises in Developing Countries	94
8	A Poll and Closing Remarks	113
9	The Lord Robbins Memorial Lecture: European Monetary Union: What can we Learn from the United States?	114
	Index	133

Dictionary of Strategy or CIW E Commerce Designer Certification Bible

2009-01-08T18:14:00.000-08:00

Dictionary of Strategy: Strategic Management A-Z

Author: Louise Kelly

The Dictionary of Strategy: Strategic Management A-Z is a lively, contemporary sourcebook that will help illuminate major debates, issues, and scholarship in strategic management. The dictionary is a teaching tool that introduces the reader to the major terms in the field, giving them a general framework of strategic management. The book presents a unique, existential view of strategy that emphasizes strategic debate of the big issues, strategic thinking at all levels of the organization, and the idea that that one can start at many different points and gain information about the environment and constraints necessary to form an appropriate strategy.

Truly student oriented, the Dictionary of Strategy was compiled based on author Louise Kelly's MBA classes and presents over 550 important strategic management terms and concepts. The entries present a historical context showing how views have changed and evolved, and invite the reader to think more deeply about the issues raised. Over 20% of the terms and concepts reflect very recent material from magazines, academic journals, and conferences, offering the latest cutting edge research and debates. It also contains multinational and multicultural examples and is not solely focused on US companies and business situations.

The dictionary will be an essential reference to practitioners, managers, academics and students in management and strategic management classes at the undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral level.

Go to: Applications Code Markup or An Embedded Software Primer

CIW E-Commerce Designer Certification Bible

Author: Chris Minnick

This is the very first work on the Certified Internet Webmaster E-Commerce exam, in our dependable Certification Bible format, to appeal to motivated test-takers as well as those responsible for implementing e-commerce on the job.

CIW E-Commerce Designer Certification Bible closely follows Prosoft Training's curriculum and their objectives for the CIW E-Commerce exam. Throughout the chapters and exercises, the authors use a mock Web site, created to be used as a case-study for all phases of design and development. Topics include legal issues, marketing to the web, online promotion techniques, building a web site, attracting e-customers, supporting business-to-business activities, using online storefront packages, working with IIS, working with Site Server (Commerce Edition), customization, transaction security, and management.

Covers: Exam 1D0 425

Cases in the Environment of Business or Germany since 1945

2009-01-08T09:33:00.000-08:00

Cases in the Environment of Business: International Perspectives

Author: David W Conklin

The Ivey Casebooks Series is a co-publishing partnership between SAGE Publications and the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario. Due to their popularity in more than 60 countries, approximately 200 new cases are added to the Ivey School of Business library each year. Each of the casebooks comes equipped with instructor's resources on CD-ROM. These affordable collections will not only help students connect to real-world situations, but will benefit corporations seeking continued education in the field as well.

Broadening the scope of environmental forces to a global rather than a domestic context leads to cross-country comparisons that add complexity to the subject matter, enrich analytical theories, and heighten the interest of students. Students gain an appreciation for the many ways in which environmental forces interact, creating a set of risks and opportunities that is unique in each country and that must be evaluated in formulating trade and investment decisions.

Cases in the Environment of Business offers an outstanding collection of relevant, classroom-tested cases. In discussing the cases, students will participate in managerial decisions in an international context. Most cases deal with a variety of environmental forces, but generally a single set of forces plays a predominant role. The instructor's resources on CD-ROM includes detailed 6-10 page casenotes for each case, preparation questions for students to review before class, discussion questions, and suggested further readings.

Cases in the Environment of Businessaddresses the following five sets of environmental forces:

Industry Structure Responses to strategies of customers, suppliers, and competitors, ; dependence of profitability on unique value-added attributesand the shift of certain activities to low-wage countries
Macroeconomic Variables Income levels and growth rates, foreign exchange rates, inflation rates, interest rates, and unemployment rates
Political Variables Regulations, financial incentives, taxation, foreign investment restrictions, and international trade and investment agreements
Societal Variables Labor and environmental practices, ethics, corporate social responsibility, boards of directors, and demographics
Technological Variables Technological infrastructure and the pace and direction of technological changes, including, in particular, the Internet and e-business.

The IVEY Casebook Series
Cases in Business Ethics Cases in Entrepreneurship Cases in Gender & Diversity in Organizations Cases in Operations Management Cases in Organizational Behavior Cases in the Environment of Business Cases in Alliance Management
Mergers and Acquisitions: Text and Cases

	Introduction to the Ivey casebook series
1	The dependence of profitability on industry structure	1
2	Understanding and managing macroeconomic risks	117
3	Managing within alternative government structures	249
4	Responding to societal forces	389
5	Investment decisions in the context of technological changes	465
6	Integrative cases	559

Interesting book: Volkswirtschaft und die Theorie von Spielen

Germany since 1945

Author: Lothar Kettenacker

Defeat and unconditional surrender were the foundations on which postwar Germany was built. The overall impact, however, was not apathy, but a mentality which was down to earth, pragmatic, and forward-looking. Crucial structures survived which contributed to West Germany's phenomenal recovery, while the East was forced to submit to a ruthless Soviet leadership. Kettenacker's book offers a fascinating survey of the fortunes and features of East and West Germany--how the two states drifted apart; the differences between their economies, politics, and cultures; and the problems and events surrounding their recent unification.

New European Community or European Monetary Union

2009-01-08T02:52:00.000-08:00

New European Community: Decisionmaking and Institutional Change

Author: Robert O Keohan

The New European Community is the first systematic, book-length discussion of the major political institutions of the European Community (EC) after the transformation of the 1987 Single European Act, itself a surprise and a mystery whose effects are unraveled here.Professors Keohane and Hoffmann open the volume by placing the evolution of the new European Community into broad, theoretical perspective. Their expert contributors—including highly regarded international scholars, a judge of the European Court of Justice, and a long-term British politician—present engaging overviews of the process at work in major EC events and institutions. The centerpiece of the volume, Peter Ludlow’s chapter on the European Commission, lays out all of the systems and actors in the emerging EC and shows their direct connection with problems of Community development and integration.Filled with examples, illustrations, anecdotes, and valuable data, The New European Community will be indispensable for all students and scholars of international relations and European studies as well as for those in business and government who want to understand the European Community before and beyond 1992.

New interesting book: Mindful Economics or Master of the Senate

European Monetary Union: Progress and Prospects

Author: Homa Motamen Scobi

Analyzing the effects of a unified European currency and assessing the pressures of fixed exchange rates, this text combines extensive essays on monetary union with detailed case-studies of particular countries.

	List of figures
	List of tables
1	The Changeover to a Unified European Currency: Why a 'Big Bang' Approach is Necessary	1
2	Fiscal Transfer Payments: Implications of US Structure for the European Monetary Union	23
3	European Monetary Union: Single Currency Feasible without the ERM	31
4	The Single Currency	40
5	EMU: The Obstacle Race to Success	53
6	The United Kingdom and Europe	60
7	Some Thoughts on the Monetary Framework in EMU	80
8	Finland on the Way to the EMU	89
9	The International Competitiveness of European Manufacturing: Evidence from Cost and Price Measures	94
10	Austria on the Way to EMU	118
11	Adhering to the Convergence Criteria: The Case of Portugal	124
	Index	129

Financial Accounting or Behind East Asian Growth

2009-01-07T17:10:00.000-08:00

Financial Accounting

Author: Jan Williams

While many texts characterize themselves as having either a “user” approach or a “preparer” approach, Williams’ Financial Accounting is written for faculty who want to strike a balance between these approaches. Business majors will find relevance in the “Ethics, Fraud & Corporate Governance,” “Your Turn” and “Case in Point” boxes throughout the chapters while accounting majors will receive a firm grounding in accounting basics that will prepare them for their intermediate course. A unique feature is the multimedia companion, My Mentor. This text-specific technology resource (available free on the book’s website) uses video clips, animated graphics, PowerPoints and Excel templates to demonstrate accounting concepts visually. This allows students to link concepts and numbers together in an interactive rather than print environment.

New interesting book: Biko or Wrong on Race

Behind East Asian Growth: The Political and Social Foundations of Prosperity

Author: Henry S Rowan

East Asian countries have adopted remarkably good policies to ensure sustained economic growth, but how did they come to adopt such policies in the first place? This book produces a more thorough explanation than has previously been advnced drawing on several disciplines including contributions from anthropologists, economists, political scientists, technologists, demographers, historians and psychologists. Several contributors have also held high positions in Asian governments. Four broad themes are identified: effective governance; achieving and learning societies; growth with equity; and external influences. This is the most comprehensive account of the foundations of East Asia's rise. Its distinctiveness lies in the range of comparisons across countries and in the wide array of contributing disciplines.

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Brings together experts in fields including anthropology, economics, political science, and psychology, as well as government officials, to uncover the reasons for East Asia's rise in economic power. Material is organized in sections according to four key factors identified: effective governance, achieving and learning societies, growth with equality, and external influences. Specific topics include education, poverty reduction, national security, and political foundations of the economic miracle. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	List of figures
	List of tables
	List of contributors
	Editor's foreword
1	The political and social foundations of the rise of East Asia: an overview	1
2	Constructing the political foundations of an economic miracle	39
3	Distinctive institutions in the rise of industrial Asia	60
4	Business, politics and policy in East and Southeast Asia	78
5	Singapore's model of development: is it transferable?	105
6	Economic reform in Indonesia: the transition from resource dependence to industrial competitiveness	126
7	Human capital: how the East excels	147
8	Education in Korea and Malaysia	165
9	Science and technology policy and its influence on economic development in Taiwan	185
10	Poverty reduction in Indonesia	209
11	Demographic transition, education and economic growth in East Asian countries	234
12	How many models of Japanese growth do we want or need?	265
13	Japan's influence on the East Asian economies	297
14	National security and the rise of the developmental state in South Korea and Taiwan	319
15	What are the lessons from East Asia?	341
	Index	348

Macroeconomics or Sing Whisper Shout Pray

2009-01-07T10:29:00.000-08:00

Macroeconomics: Principles and Policy, 2004 Update

Author: William Baumol

This text remains a proven leader in the world of economics. Since introducing the aggregate supply/ aggregate demand model as a fundamental tool for learning economics over two decades ago, in this edition William J. Baumol and Alan S. Blinder continue their long tradition of equipping students with the knowledge and tools they need to apply modern economics to their world. Hallmark features include one of the strongest policy treatments on the market and a careful and in-depth focus on the most important economic tools students should retain after the course is over.

PART I. GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH ECONOMICS. 1. What Is Economics? 2. Scarcity and Choice: The Economic Problem. 3. Supply and Demand: An Initial Look. PART II. THE MACROECONOMY: AGGREGATE SUPPLY AND DEMAND. 4. The Realm of Macroeconomics. 5. The Goals of Macroeconomic Policy. 6. Economic Growth: Theory and Policy. 7. Aggregate Demand and the Powerful Consumer. 8. Demand-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment or Inflation? 9. Supply-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment and Inflation? PART III. FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICY. 10. Managing Aggregate Demand: Fiscal Policy. 11. Money and the Banking System. 12. Monetary Policy and the National Economy. 13. The Debate Over Monetary and Fiscal Policy. 14. Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, and Growth. 15. Inflation and Growth: The Phillips Curve. PART IV. THE UNITED STATES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY. 16. International Trade and Comparative Advantage. 17. The International Monetary System. Order or Disorder? 18. Exchange Rates and the Macroeconomy.

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Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray!: Feminist Visions for a Just World

Author: M Jacqui Alexander

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray! is an indispensable guide to the progressive politics of race, class, and gender in the new millennium from leading feminist writers of our time. Collecting essential writings of the last two decades right through the events of September 2001, the anthology provides a definitive reference work for academics and activists committed to deep and unflinching inquiry into the mechanisms of global justice in the post-Cold War world. This timely volume offers uncompromising examinations of the exploitation of Third World women under NAFTA; the real costs of the Colombian drug war; the inner dynamics of white supremacy; Zionism and anti-Semitism; ecological racism; indigenous sovereignty struggles in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico; and much more. Contributors include Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, Edwidge Danticat, Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua, Angela Y. Davis, Winona LaDuke, and vital, new voices from an emerging activist culture.

Business Law and the Legal Environment for a New Century or Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan

2009-01-07T01:48:00.000-08:00

Business Law and the Legal Environment for a New Century

Author: Jeffery Beatty

No other text conveys such a passion for this exciting and profoundly important discipline. This comprehensive text meets all AACSB curriculum standards, while providing excellent CPA exam preparation. A focus on human conflict makes the book sparkle. Innovative, story-telling pedagogy; fascinating cases; and business applications create student interest, while cases are summarized in the authors' own words. The result is a business law text that is authoritative and accurate, yet a pleasure to read.

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This text provides coverage of the complex field of business law, including rapidly evolving issues such as cyberlaw, international law, UCC revisions, and other current topics. Beatty and Samuelson of Boston U. present 50 chapters that discuss the legal environment, contracts, commercial transactions, agency and employment law, business organizations, government regulation, and property and cyberlaw. Each chapter begins with a story to illustrate and provide context for the issues under discussion, followed by "nuts and bolts" information. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

UNIT I: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT. 1. Introduction to Law. 2. Dispute Resolution. 3. Common Law, Statutory Law, and Administrative Law. 4. Constitutional Law. 5. Intentional Torts and Business Torts. 6. Negligence and Strict Liability. 7. Crime. 8. International Law. 9. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility. UNIT II: CONTRACTS. 10. Introduction to Contracts. 11. Agreement. 12. Consideration. 13. Legality. 14. Capacity and Consent. 15. Written Contracts. 16. Third Parties. 17. Performance and Discharge. 18. Remedies. UNIT III: COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 19. Introduction to Sales. 20. Ownership and Risk. 21. Warranties and Product Liability. 22. Performance and Remedies. 23. Creating a Negotiable Instrument. 24. Liability for Negotiable Instruments. 25. Liability for Negotiable Instruments: Banks and Their Customers. 26. Secured Transactions. 27. Bankruptcy. UNIT IV: AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT LAW. 28. Agency: The Inside Relationship. 29. Agency: The Outside Relationship. 30. Employment Law. 31. Labor Law. UNIT V: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS. 32. Starting a Business. 33. Life and Death of a Partnership. 34. Partnership in Operation. 35. Life and Death of a Corporation. 36. Corporate Management. 37. Shareholders. 38. Securities Regulation. 39. Accountants: Liability and Professional Responsibility. UNIT VI: GOVERNMENT REGULATION. 40. Antitrust: Law and Competitive Strategy, Part I. 41. Antitrust: Law and Competitive Strategy, Part II. 42. Consumer Law. 43. Environmental Law. UNIT VII: PROPERTY. 44. Intellectual Property. 45. Real Property. 46. Landlord-Tenant. 47. Personal Property. 48. Estate Planning. 49. Insurance. APPENDICES: A. TheConstitution of The United States. B. Uniform Commercial Code. GLOSSARY. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE TESTS. TABLE OF CASES. INDEX.

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Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan

Author: Magnus Blomstrom

As Japan's decade-long economic stagnation continues, there has been much analysis of the immediate macroeconomic problems that confront the Japanese economy. This book looks past the short-run challenges to the future of Japan and highlights the intermediate and longer-term issues that country faces.
In this, the first book-length academic treatment of this important issue, a team of notable contributors present nine papers, offering a comprehensive assessment of those economic difficulties and addressing a range of specific issues, from financial restructuring and the impact of the aging Japanese population to corporate behavior, public lending, employment practices, and innovative capacity. In each paper, contributors clearly identify and outline problems and concerns, carefully pose provocative questions, and in many instances present concrete suggestions for improvement.
The resulting volume is a timely and important examination of critical issues for Japan's stalling economy, packed with both telling data and expert analysis and offering valuable perspectives on Japan's current obstacles.

The American Military in the Twenty First Century or European Integration Revisited

2009-01-06T18:08:00.000-08:00

The American Military in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Barry m M Blechman

The American Military in the Twenty-First Century assesses the likely roles of U.S. military forces in the changed international environment of the twenty-first century and how military roles and missions might best be allocated among the armed services to create a flexible, cost-effective force able to support U.S. national interests. It focuses on the basic functions of the armed forces (for example, defence of the homeland, projection of power abroad, and peacekeeping and humanitarian operations) and shows, with an illustrative force posture, how military capabilities might best be adjusted to meet the country's defence and foreign policy needs in the decades ahead.

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A study of the changed international environment and how military roles and missions might best be allocated among the armed forces to create a flexible, cost-effective military able to support American national interests. It focuses on the basic functions of the armed forces (e.g., defense of the homeland, projection of power abroad, and peacekeeping and humanitarian operations), and shows how military capabilities might be best adjusted to meet the country's defense and foreign policy needs in the decades ahead. Published in association with the Henry L. Stimson Center. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Acronyms
	Acknowledgements
	Preface
1	Leaving Key West: The Struggle to Rationalize Roles and Missions	1
2	US Interests and Military Power	55
3	Boundaries of Choice: Domestic Constraints on Decisions Affecting the Armed Forces	105
4	Military Technology Options for the Future	143
5	Protecting the Homeland	197
6	Future Needs for US Contingency Forces	267
7	Hedging against Future Threats: Planning for a Need to Reconstitute Larger Forces	343
8	Forces for Peacekeeping, Peace Enforcement, and Humanitarian Missions	397
9	Conclusion	431
	Bibliography	469
	Index	489
	About the Authors	497

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European Integration Revisited: Progress, Prospects, and U.S. Interests

Author: Michael Calingaert

In this fresh and timely account, Michael Calingaert explores the successes and failures of European economic and political integration, analyzes the factors that will determine its future course, and outlines the directions the European Union is moving in as it approaches the 21st century. Assessing U.S. interests affected by European integration, Calingaert recommends policies for the United States to consider in the face of an increasingly consolidated Europe. With its broad coverage and readable synthesis of a wealth of detailed information, this book will be of interest to students, scholars, and policymakers alike.

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An objective presentation of how the Earth's resources are generated, extracted, and how human activities impact the environment. Prepared for first year undergraduates in geology and environmental courses, the text examines minerals, fossil fuels, metals, building materials, water and soil resources, and environmental concerns and alternatives. This new edition increases its emphasis on topical discussions of resource management, and has also added 50 new color photographs and over 100 more illustrations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Digital Transmission Engineering or Kinship and Capitalism

2009-01-06T11:27:00.000-08:00

Digital Transmission Engineering (IEEE Series on Digital and Mobile Communication)

Author: John B Anderson

This introduction to digital data transmission, modulation, and error-correction coding, together with the underlying communication and information theory is an all-inclusive text suitable for all those connected with Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science. Equal emphasis is given to underlying mathematical theory and engineering practice. Not meant to be an encyclopedic treatise, the book offers strong, accessible pedagogy.

This Second Edition presents enhanced explanations of key ideas as well as additional examples and problems. It also provides greatly expanded coverage of wireless communication, which has seen exponential growth since the release of the first edition.

• A pedagogocal approach aimed at the 5th year EE student

• A balance of theory with engineering and design

• Integration of important topics such as synchronization, radio channels, and wireless communication, which are left out of competing books, or lost in more lengthy formats.

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A textbook for the first-year graduate introduction to digital communication. Anderson (electrical engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) covers pulse and carrier modulation, interference and distortion, synchronization up to the network level, the engineering details of channels, antennas and propagation, error control coding, and mobile channels. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740

Author: Richard Grassby

This uncompromisingly empirical study reconstructs the public and private lives of urban business families during the period of England's emergence as a world economic power. Using a broad cross-section of archival, rather than literary, sources, it tests the orthodox view that the family as an institution was transformed by capitalism and individualism. The overall conclusion is that none of the abstract models invented to explain the historical development of the family withstand empirical scrutiny and that familial capitalism, not possessive individualism, was the motor of economic growth.

	Tables
	Abbreviations
	Explanatory Notes
	Preface
	Introduction: Models and Myths	1
Pt. I	Marriage
1	Making a Match	37
2	Husbands and Wives	85
3	Widowers and Widows	117
Pt. II	The Business Family
4	Parents and Children	155
5	Adulthood and Old Age	189
6	Kin and Community	217
Pt. III	The Family Business
7	Men in Business	269
8	Women in Business	312
9	Inheritance and Advancement	341
	Conclusion: Capitalism and the Life Cycle	387
	App. A. Sources for the Database	419
	App. B. Criteria for Coding Inputs	441
	Sources	455
	Index	469

The Evolution of Monetary Policy Strategies in Europe or A Piece of the Pie

2009-01-06T01:46:00.000-08:00

The Evolution of Monetary Policy Strategies in Europe

Author: Aerdt C C Houben

The Evolution of Monetary Policy Strategies in Europe provides a comprehensive review of the advances in European monetary policy-making over the past decades. This book examines the considerations that determine a central bank's monetary strategy and explains how these considerations have featured in recent European monetary history. In so doing, it establishes what European monetary policy-makers have learned (or should have learned) and how they learned it. At the same time, Aerdt Houben maps out the rich monetary traditions that now flow together in the new-born Eurosystem and provides important insight into a prime influence on the system's decision-making, that is, the participating countries' past experiences.
The book's distinctiveness lies in its sweeping coverage of policy developments in the individual central banks of the European Union, its penetrating analysis of the country-specific learning curves and its balanced assessment of the viability of alternative monetary policy strategies, including the strategy recently adopted by the Eurosystem. It combines theoretical insights with an in-depth empirical study of monetary policy design in Europe, highlighting the specific features that have contributed to policy success or failure. While the subject of monetary policy strategy (especially that of the Eurosystem) is currently very topical, the book's detailed information on how monetary policy has actually been implemented in each of the 15 European Union countries makes it a useful reference work with a long life-span.

A Piece of the Pie: Blacks and White Immigrants since 1880

Author: Stanley Lieberson

There is little question that the descendants of the new European immigrant groups from Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe have done very well in the United States, reaching levels of achievement far above blacks. Yet the new Europeans began to migrate to the United States in 1880, a time when blacks were no longer slaves. Why have the new immigrants fared better than the blacks? This volume focuses on the historical origins of the current differences between the groups.
Professor Lieberson scoured early U. S. censuses and used a variety of offbeat information sources to develop data that would throw light on this question, as well as provide new information on occupations at the turn of the century, finding remarkable parallels between the black position in the urban South and the urban North. He examines and compares progress in education and in politics between the new Europeans and the blacks. What were the effects of segregation? Why did labor unions discriminate more severely against blacks than against the new immigrant groups? This book will generate a fresh interpretation of the origins of black-new European differences, one which explains why other nonwhite groups, such as the Chinese and Japanese, have done relatively well.

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. The Problem: Black-New European Differences

Part I: Structural Background
2. The Initial Conditions
3. Government: Black Participation and Power
4. Government: The New European Groups
5. Legal and Political Issues

Part II: Socioeconomic Conditions
6. Education
7. Education in the North
8. Further Analyses of Education in the North
9. Residential Segregation
10. Earning a Living: 1900
11. Occupational Trends Earlier in this Century

Part III: Conclusions
12. Conclusions

References
Index

Professional Communication Series or Production and Operations Management

2009-01-05T18:05:00.000-08:00

Professional Communication Series: Public Speaking, Student Edition

Author: McGraw Hill Irwin

The Professional Communication Series 1e—PUBLIC SPEAKING, Interviewing, Technical Communications, Multimedia Presentation Skills, and Managing Information in the Workplace are flexible modules that cover the important communication skills students will need for their careers. Each module consists of 192 pages presented in 10 chapters. Each includes the following features: Workplace Tips, Communication @ Work, self-assessment activities, chapter summaries, key terms, Ethics in Action, Technology Tips, Global Notes, Quotable Quips, and application exercises and checklists.Components of each module are Student Edition, Student Edition with CD-ROM, Instructor Resource Manual with CD-ROM (including ExamView Pro and PowerPoint), Distance Education through PageOut, and a Web site.

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Production and Operations Management: An Applied Modern Approach

Author: Joseph S Martinich

In this new text, the author blends accessible coverage of quantitative methods with engaging qualitative topics. Meaningful examples clearly illustrate the logic and analytical thought process of modeling, and behavioral analysis is included in the use and implementation of analytical models. With a unique chapter of plant tours early in the book, students get a real-world, practical orientation throughout the text.
* "On the Job" boxes- profiles of people in professions outside of operations who use operations management concepts daily- demonstrate the importance of Operations management to non-majors.
* Quantitative and qualitative issues are fully integrated. Extended examples and real-world cases show students the range of analysis needed to manage, and how these tools are complementary rather than mutually exclusive.
* Four different Plant Tours- including both manufacturing and service operations- show students real production systems in action.
* "In Good Company" boxes demonstrate the importance of operations management in real companies.
* The coverage is state-of-the-art throughout, including Lean Production. Just-in-time production, EDI, concurrent engineering and cellular production. Sections on ecological implications are included in several chapters.

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A text for an operations management course for nonmajors, focusing on real production systems in manufacturing and service, the strategic role of operations in organizations, and the rationale of various approaches in coverage of quantitative material. Features personnel and organization profiles, cases, chapter summaries, key formulas, worked examples, discussion and review questions, and problems and answers. For use in undergraduate and graduate business courses and in senior-level engineering management courses. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Ch. 1	Production Systems and Operations Management	5
Ch. 2	Operations Strategy	34
Ch. 3	Tours of Operations	71
Ch. 4	Forecasting	101
Ch. 5	Product Design and Operations	211
Ch. 6	Capacity Planning and Facility Location	250
Ch. 7	Selecting the Process Structure and Technology	325
Ch. 8	Process Design and Facility Layout	369
Ch. 9	Waiting Lines	426
Ch. 10	Job Design, Work Methods, and Organization	508
Ch. 11	The Quality Management System	560
Ch. 12	Aggregate Planning	622
Ch. 13	Inventory Planning and Managing Materials with Independent Demands	658
Ch. 14	Managing Materials with Dependent Demands	715
Ch. 15	Just-in-Time, Lean, and Synchronous Production Systems	750
Ch. 16	Operations and Personnel Scheduling	797
Ch. 17	Project Planning and Scheduling	838
Appendix A	Standard Normal Distribution	A1
Appendix B	Answers to Selected Problems	A2
	Photo Credits	PC-1
	Company Index	CI-1
	Name Index	NI-1
	Subject Index	SI-1

Contemporary Taiwan or Profiles of Excellence

2009-01-05T09:25:00.000-08:00

Contemporary Taiwan

Author: David Shambaugh

The most comprehensive and up-to-date study presently available of the dynamic island republic of Taiwan. Drawing on a broad range of documentary sources and on-site research, a group of writers including many of the world's leading specialists on Taiwanese affairs provide in-depth and expert analysis.

	Notes on Contributors
	Exploring the Complexities of Contemporary Taiwan	1
	The Enduring Influence of the Republic of China on Taiwan Today	10
	A New Chinese Civilization: The Evolution of the Republic of China on Taiwan	28
	Taiwan Society at the Fin de Siecle	47
	Cultural Identity and the Politics of Recognition in Contemporary Taiwan	71
	Building Democracy in Taiwan	97
	The Taiwan Economy: The Transition to Maturity and the Political Economy of its Changing International Status	127
	Charting Taiwan's Technological Future: The Impact of Globalization and Regionalization	152
	Taiwan's Environment Today	180
	Taiwan's Mainland Policy: Normalization, Yes; Reunification, Later	216
	Taiwan's Security: Maintaining Deterrence amid Political Accountability	240
	The International Standing of the Republic of China on Taiwan	275
	America in Taiwan's Post Cold War Foreign Relations	296
	Index	319

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Profiles of Excellence: Achieving Success in the Nonprofit Sector

Author: E B Burt Knauft

A Publication of INDEPENDENT SECTOR

Detailed case studies reveal how nonprofits can achieve excellence by applying basic qualities of outstanding leadership: a clearly articulated sense of mission, a dynamic leader, and involved and committed governing board, and the ability to raise funds and motivate volunteers.

Library Journal

Drawing upon numerous current examples, the authors describe the four characteristics that enable nonprofit organizations to achieve excellence. These are a clearly articulated mission statement, leadership that is attentive to culture, an involved and committed governing board, and the ability to attract volunteers and financial resources. Ten case studies illustrate how these traits have been applied in nonprofit organizations such as historical societies, economic development centers, and human services agencies. The final part of the book focuses on how any nonprofit organization can utilize the four principles of excellence to build a stronger organization. Like Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman's In Search of Excellence ( LJ 2/15/83), this is a valuable resource that is well written and easy to understand. Highly recommended for all types of libraries.-- Jane M. Kathman, Coll. of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn.

Trade Industrialization and Integration in Twentieth Century Central America or International Trade and Human Rights

2009-01-05T02:43:00.000-08:00

Trade, Industrialization, and Integration in Twentieth-Century Central America

Author: Irma T De Alonso

The book expresses the views of the contributors about the present and future of Central America. Only by becoming more efficient in productivity, or by exporting non-traditional products, can this region meet the challenge ahead. Central American countries are accepting the challenge by diversifying their economies and accepting the advice of the world in terms of privatization, freedom of trade, capital, and free movement of labor. Central America needs a market for all of its products, and understanding for its new economic structure.

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In 13 papers, most originally presented in March 1993 at a conference held at Florida International University, this volume examines the viability for Central America of trade expansion, diversification, and integration in the current world market by evaluating the region's past performance in these areas. Part I provides a detailed macroeconomic overview of the region from the 1960s to the present. Part II focuses on the performance and structure of trade and its contribution to the industrialization process. Part III discusses industrialization and integration issues. And Part IV focuses on recent economic adjustments and structural forms within the region and examines how these have impacted trade and monetary and development policies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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International Trade and Human Rights: Foundations and Conceptual Issues (World Trade Forum, Volume 5)

Author: Christine Breining Kaufmann

The World Trade Forum 2001 on Trade and Human Rights addressed some of the most controversial and challenging issues in the ongoing public debate on globalization: the relationship between institutions and norms regulating global economic activity and institutions and norms promoting and protecting human rights. Presenting a selection of the papers discussed at the Forum, this volume focuses on a significant, developing area of international law certain to become increasingly important in the years to come, as both scholarship and jurisprudence continue to explore the boundaries of the intersection of the two fields. With a diverse array of contributors, International Trade and Human Rights addresses the relationship between human rights and international trade from a unique and important interdisciplinary perspective.
The missing link between the international trade regime and human rights has become one of the key concerns of critics of the WTO. The World Trade Forum 2001 at the World Trade Institute in Berne provided a unique framework for considering the manifold issues relevant to this topic. This book goes beyond listing the different arguments in favor of or against globalization and offers recommendations to the international community for possible reforms so as to better account for the human rights interests affected by the process of globalization.
Frederick M. Abbott is the Edward Ball Eminent Scholar Professor of International Law at Florida State University College of Law. He is the editor of China in the World Trading System: Defining the Principles of Engagement (1998) and author of The International Intellectual Property System:Commentary and Materials (with Thomas Cottier and Francis Gurry, 1999).
Christine Breining-Kaufmann is Professor of Law at the University of Zurich and Senior Research Fellow as well as a member of the Board of the World Trade Institute in Berne. Her publications include Hunger als Rechtsproblem: Völkerrechtliche Aspekte eines Rechtes auf Nahrung (1991) and Globalization and Labour Rights: The Conflicting Relationship between Core Labour Rights and International Economic Institutions (2006).
Thomas Cottier is Managing Director of the World Trade Institute and Professor of Law at the University of Berne. He has co-edited the previous four volumes of the World Trade Forum series.

1	Introduction	3
2	Reflections on the possible research agenda for exploring the relationship between human rights norms and international trade rules	19
3	Human rights, markets and economic welfare : constitutional functions of the emerging UN human rights constitution	29
4	International trade and human rights : an economic perspective	69
5	Governance, trade and human rights	93
6	Safeguarding the legitimacy of the multilateral trading system : the role of human rights law	121
7	Functional distinction or bilingualism? : human rights and trade : the UN human rights system	133
8	TRIPS and human rights : preliminary reflections	145
9	A human rights approach to the WTO's TRIPS agreement	171
10	The WTO dispute settlement and human rights	181
11	Trade and human rights in European Union law : linkages in the case-law of the European court of justice	261
12	Comments on the European Union : transparency and human rights	285
13	Trade and the European Convention on Human Rights	289
14	The use of trade instruments in the pursuit of human rights : European foreign policy	305
15	International trade and human rights in Africa : a comment on conceptual linkages	321
16	Integrating trade and human rights in the Americas	329
17	Unilateralism and multilateralism in U.S. human rights laws affecting international trade	357

Introduction to Marketing or The Economics of Law and the Legal Structure of Economics

2009-01-04T17:02:00.000-08:00

Introduction to Marketing

Author: Alexander Hiam

You can get there

Where do you want to go? You might already be working in a business setting. You may be looking to expand your skills. Or, you might be setting out on a new career path.

Wherever you want to go, Marketing will help you get there. Easy-to-read, practical, and up-to-date, this text not only helps you learn fundamental marketing concepts; it also helps you master the core competencies and skills you need to succeed in the classroom and beyond. The book's brief, modular format and variety of built-in learning resources enable you to learn at your own pace and focus your studies.

With this book, you will be able to:
* Develop an effective marketing plan designed to reach your target audience.
* Assess buying factors and estimate marketing effectiveness in buying situations.
* Learn how to segment and target markets.
* Conduct market research, including primary and secondary research methods, and quantitative and qualitative methods.
* Develop and manage products, and learn how to use product packaging and labeling to your advantage.
* Make the most of marketing channels.
* Implement merchandising and direct marketing strategies.
* Understand the factors to consider when setting prices.
* Pump up marketing communications with great visuals, writing, and attention-getting strategies.
* Choose the best possible advertising options for your marketing plan.
* Learn how to handle public relations tasks, prepare reasonable impact scenarios, and use press releases to tell a story.
* Use the internet to market your products.

Wiley Pathways helps you achieve your goals

When it comes to learning aboutbusiness, not everyone is on the same path. But everyone wants to succeed. The new Wiley Pathways series in Business helps you achieve your goals with its brief, inviting format, clear language, and focus on core competencies and skills.

The books in this series--Business Communication, Finance, Marketing, Business Math, and Real Estate--offer a coordinated curriculum for learning business. Learn more at wiley.com/go/pathways.

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The Economics of Law and the Legal Structure of Economics

Author: Daniel H Col

Describing and explaining the interrelations of law and economics, this useful reference guide is authored by an economist and a law professor; mathematics is kept to a minimum and the analysis language is clear and jargon-free. Sufficient explanations of concepts, principles, and arguments enable all readers to follow along without great difficulty—allowing them to possess a basic understanding of fundamental economic principles, the structure of the U.S. legal system, and the importance of combining legal and economic analyses. Common-law topics, such as property, contracts, torts, and crime are comprehensively covered. Those involved in law and economics will find this a useful reference for basic concepts and analyses.

Ch. 1	Economic concepts and institutions	1
Ch. 2	An introduction to the American legal system	24
Ch. 3	Putting law and economics together : frameworks, history, and perspectives	44
Ch. 4	"The problem of social cost" and modern law and economics	72
Ch. 5	Property I : acquisition	90
Ch. 6	Property II : protection	115
Ch. 7	Property III : limits	136
Ch. 8	Contracts I : formation and enforcement	156
Ch. 9	Contracts II : remedies	182
Ch. 10	Torts I : negligence	205
Ch. 11	Torts II : strict liability	228
Ch. 12	Torts III : reform	247
Ch. 13	Crime and punishment	272
Ch. 14	Antitrust and regulated industries	290
Ch. 15	Environmental protection	313

Global Issues or Business of Fashion

2009-01-04T10:21:00.000-08:00

Global Issues: An Introduction

Author: John L Seitz

Global Issues, Third Edition is an introduction to many of the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern life.

Offers a unified perspective on a complex range of global issues in a variety of societies, both developed and developing
Includes new sections on foreign aid and development assistance, terrorism, the relationship between geography and wealth and poverty, food and the overweight, and the Millennium Development Goals
Features an updated and expanded section on climate change, as well as a new glossary
Illustrates key topics and issues with diagrams and photographs
Provides guides to further reading, media, and internet resources, and suggestions for discussing and studying the material

	Preface	xi
1	The Wealth and Poverty of Nations	1
	The Orthodox Approach	2
	The Radical Approach	5
	The Growth-with-Equity Approach	8
	Conclusions	12
	Notes	15
2	Population and Development	17
	The Changing Population of the World	17
	Causes of the Population Explosion	24
	Population Growth Affects Development	26
	Development Affects Population Growth	30
	Governmental Population Policies	34
	The Future	39
	Conclusions	43
	Notes	44
3	Food and Development	46
	Food Production	46
	How Many Are Hungry?	47
	Causes of World Hunger	48
	Food Affects Development	51
	Development Affects Food	53
	The Green Revolution	62
	Governmental Food Policies	63
	Future Food Supplies	66
	Conclusions	71
	Notes	72
4	Energy and Development	76
	The Energy Crisis	76
	Responses by Governments to the Energy Crisis	80
	The Effect of the Energy Crisis on Third World Development Plans	84
	The Relationship Between Energy Use and Development	86
	The Greenhouse Effect	91
	The Energy Transition	94
	Nuclear Power: A Case Study	103
	Conclusions	111
	Notes	113
5	The Environment and Development	117
	The Awakening	117
	The Air	119
	The Water	123
	The Land	126
	The Workplace and the Home	132
	The Use of Natural Resources	135
	The Extinction of Species	139
	Environmental Politics	142
	Conclusions	144
	Notes	146
6	Technology and Development	149
	Benefits of Technology	149
	Short-term versus Long-term Benefits	150
	Unanticipated Consequences of the Use of Technology	153
	Inappropriate Uses of Technology	156
	Limits to the "Technological Fix"	158
	The Threat of Nuclear War: A Case Study	160
	Conclusions	166
	Notes	167
7	Alternative Futures	170
	Doom	171
	Growth	175
	Steady State	177
	Conclusions	179
	Notes	181
	Selected Bibliography	183
	Index	189

Look this: Everything Tapas and Small Plates Cookbook or The Farmers Wife Comfort Food Cookbook

Business of Fashion: Designing, Manufacturing, and Marketing

Author: Leslie Davis Burns

This comprehensive, up-to-date, and well-researched introduction to the business of fashion guides the reader through each step in the process of creating and marketing apparel. The authors examine every facet of the apparel industry, tracing the path from research and forecasting to textiles and apparel design to preproduction and sourcing decisions to marketing, distribution, and retailing. With over 250 illustrations, figures, and tables, no other single volume provides a more complete introduction to the business of fashion.

Business Technology

Essential Managers or Unwritten Laws of Engineering

Essential Managers: Project Management

Unwritten Laws of Engineering

Toyota Talent or Closing the Innovation Gap

Toyota Talent

Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy

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The Only Investment Guide Youll Ever Need or Be a Recruiting Superstar

The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

Newsweek

New York Times Book Review

Library Journal

BookList

Be a Recruiting Superstar: The Fast Track to Network Marketing Millions

Table of Contents:

Financial Accounting or The Pocket Idiots Guide to Performance Appraisal Phrases

Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

Table of Contents:

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Performance Appraisal Phrases

The 4 Hour Workweek or Plan B 30

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

What People Are Saying

Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

Table of Contents:

The Ten Commandments for Business Failure or The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families

The Ten Commandments for Business Failure

Table of Contents:

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families

Human Resource Management or Leadership Pipeline

Human Resource Management

Booknews

Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company

Booknews

Table of Contents:

Salt or Financial Management

Salt: A World History

Publishers Weekly

Library Journal

Los Angeles Times - Rubin

Publishers Weekly

Library Journal

Kirkus Reviews

What People Are Saying

Financial Management: Theory & Practice (with Thomson ONE - Business School

Table of Contents:

Understanding Management or Second Nature

Understanding Management

Booknews

Second Nature: Economic Origins of Human Evolution

Table of Contents:

World Development Report 2002 or Strategic Public Diplomacy and American Foreign Policy

World Development Report 2002: Building Institutions for Markets

Strategic Public Diplomacy and American Foreign Policy: The Evolution of Influence

Table of Contents:

Workbook Contemporary Economics 2e or Intercultural Business Communication

Workbook, Contemporary Economics, 2e

Table of Contents:

Intercultural Business Communication

American Businesses in China or Problem Solving Handbook

American Businesses in China: Balancing Culture and Communication

Table of Contents:

Problem-Solving Handbook

Booknews

The Best Poor Mans Country or Europe Unites

The Best Poor Man's Country: Early Southeastern Pennsylvania

Table of Contents:

Europe Unites: The EU's Eastern Enlargement

Verification and Validation for Quality of Uml 2 0 Models or Economics of Health and Medical Care

Verification and Validation for Quality of UML 2. 0 Models

Table of Contents:

Economics of Health and Medical Care

Doody Review Services

Booknews

Booknews

Rating

Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Certified Edition or The Therapeutic Relationship in Complementary Health Care

Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Certified Edition

Booknews

The Therapeutic Relationship in Complementary Health Care