Qualitative Research For The Information Professional: A Practical Handbook

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There is a long tradition of quantitative analysis in the information profession, but even the most seasoned professionals often find research design, execution, and evaluation intimidating. This companion volume to the authors' successful and highly-praised Qualitative Research for the Information Professional makes quantitative methods understandable and manageable. From research design to statistics, data evaluation to reporting, every phase of the process is covered. Additional chapters explore survey and experimental methodologies, the importance of relevant prior work, sample selection, adherence to method, and more. There is even guidance for studying data gathered from electronic resources. Each chapter includes focus questions, an introduction to the subject matter, clear explanations of complex issues, and relevant scenarios.

Qualitative Research for the Information Professional: A Practical Handbook. 2nd ed. [A book review from: Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services]

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Qualitative Research for the Information Professional: A Practical Handbook. 2nd ed. [A book review from: Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services]
N. McDowell
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Does the capacity to learn increase or decrease over time? How does the sense of self and identity change over the adult years? What are the educational implications of that change? And how can teachers acknowledge the experience their adult students bring to the classroom?
In this book, Mark C. Tennant and Philip Pogson draw on the field of developmental psychology to provide new insights into the critical connections between experience and learning in all areas of adult education and training. Integrating findings from both adult developmental psychology and adult teaching and learning, the authors examine how experience generates developmental change. They look at how the relationship between self and others changes across the lifespan and, in turn, affects the teacher-learner relationship. And they describe the processes that promote separateness, indepAndence, interdepAndence, and autonomy in adult learners.Learning and Change in the Adult Years thoroughly explores the role of development in adult learning, the investment of 'self' in learning, and the link between social development and personal development to give teachers and trainers both the concepts and tools for promoting autonomy and self-direction in learners.

MARK TENNANT is dean of faculty and professor of adult education in the Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney. He has published numerous articles in international journals on the theme of lifespan development and learning. His book Psychology and Adult Learning won the 1990 Cyril Houle Award for outstanding literature in adult education.
PHILIP POGSON is staff development manager at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has held a number of positions in education and training at both the university level and in vocational training for the long term disadvantaged unemployed.

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Sort of..........2006-12-16

Doesn't get quite critical enough. Required reading, for certain courses, but not the meat. I got tired of the equivocations. I'd skim it and resell it.

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Project Planning & Scheduling Using Primavera Contractor, Ver. 4.1, for the Construction Industry.......2007-07-19

This is a very good tutorial guide to the software. The book that comes with the software is very general and this is more project specific.

Project Planning and Scheduling Using Primavera Contractor Version 4.1: For the Construction Industry

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Project Planning and Scheduling Using Primavera Contractor Version 4.1: For the Construction Industry
Paul E Harris
Manufacturer: Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1921059044
Release Date: 2005-08-19

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The book is packed with screen shots, constructive tips and is available in paperback and A4 spiral bound, which lies flat on the desk and is suitable as a training course handout and for learning the software. The book contains workshops with solutions at the end of each chapter for the reader to practice the skills taught in the chapter. This book is may be used for learning Primavera Contractor Cersion 4.1 software as either: - A self teach book, or - A user guide, or - A training manual for a two day training course.

Project Scheduling for Construction Contractors (Advantage Contractor Business Success, Vol 3)

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Project Scheduling for Construction Contractors (Advantage Contractor Business Success, Vol 3)
Gene Fessenbecker
Manufacturer: Construction Contracting Press
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ASIN: 1888198176

Contractor's Guide to Microsoft Project (Getting From Project Management to Profit Management)

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Contractor's Guide to Microsoft Project (Getting From Project Management to Profit Management)
Kurt A. Schmidtke
Manufacturer: Integrin Publishing
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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A concise yet complete step by step guide to Microsoft Project, including 17 practice files for hands-on learning. Written from the construction manager's perspective, this book will show you: - How to REALLY use Microsoft Project, to make your job easier instead of harder. - How to create a project plan in 24 hours or less. - How to stay on budget, and on time, every time. - How to quickly troubleshoot your project plan. - How to minimize your expenses and maximize your profits.

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Software no-good

Discussions of how to plan and lunch a successful GIS system within a business environment

GIS for Managers, Not for Teckies

DO NOT ORDER THIS EDITION

exciting applications

Thinking About GIS: Geographic Information System Planning for Managers
Roger Tomlinson
Manufacturer: Esri Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1589481194

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Targeting those charged with launching or implementing a geographic information system for their organization, this book details a practical method for planning a GIS proven successful in public and private sector organizations.

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Software no-good.......2007-03-11

The software that comes with this book is too old to register and use. The graduate class I needed it for required the use of the software. If this product is used for college studies, buy it brand new from the bookstore.

Discussions of how to plan and lunch a successful GIS system within a business environment.......2005-12-03

Roger Tomlinson's Thinking About GIS: Geographic Information System Planning For Managers has been revised and updated to provide practical details on how to implement a GIS system - and Tomlinson is known as the creator of GIS, so is in the perfect position to provide the methodology behind the practices. His background launching GIS systems around the world lends to discussions of how to plan and lunch a successful GIS system within a business environment.

GIS for Managers, Not for Teckies.......2005-10-13

This book starts off saying 'If you're holding his book, perhaps it's because you've been charged with launching or implementing a geographic information system a GIS for your organization.' That single sentence pretty well sums up the intent, the intended audience, and the direction that this book takes.

This is a new paperback edition that has been updated in response to customer input and with data updated to reflect happenings since the last edition. The bulk of the book hasn't changed that much, after all the basic concepts of what GIS can do for you and how to implement it haven't changed that much. To be sure the details of the available software have changed a bit, but the basic concepts have not.

This is not a technical book on doing GIS, this is a book for managers that will tell him what can be expected from a GIS system and gives the manager enough information that he won't be snowed by the teckies implementing the system.

DO NOT ORDER THIS EDITION.......2005-08-12

There is a revised, updated version of this text (that is less expensive) - and if you order this one, Amazon will ship it to you, charge you for it and not refund the sale. They claim that its not their fault that they'll ship you an outdated edition.

Check the publication date and get the updated softcover edition!

exciting applications.......2005-04-08

For a manager who might be considering a GIS implementation for the first time, this book can be useful. Tomlinson offers an overview of the main issues that you may have to deal with. These include designing the database and, very importantly, limiting the scope of the project. You should be careful not to attempt too much in a first GIS project. Rather, attention should be paid to devising explicitly the remit of the project, and what it will not attempt to do.

The examples in the book can be very useful in helping you do the above. Treat them as case studies that illustrate the manifold ways to intensively use geographic information.

The book also shows how GIS has invigorated geography. For decades, it was a relatively sleepy field. But the availability of massive amounts of geographic information and cheap computing has turned this field into an exciting place for the new century.

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Great Book

Classic quilt from the American Revolution

Burgoyne Surrounded: A Classic Quilt Plus Six Variations
Elizabeth Hamby Carlson
Manufacturer: Martingale and Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Burgoyne Surrounded Quilt

ASIN: 1564775232

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Take a classic pattern on a new quiltmaking adventure! Six variations on the traditional Burgoyne Surrounded quilt design--each with its own special twist--are strip pieced for easy assembly.

• Choose from a scrappy fat-quarter quilt, a Christmas quilt, and a Double Burgoyne variation

• Combine this favorite with other classic blocks, such as Grandmother's Flower Garden and Pinwheels • Get guaranteed stress-free stitching with strip piecing

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Great Book.......2006-03-24

Elizabeth Hamby Carlson is so creative and talented. She takes this classic pattern, breaks it down and then explodes it! Great book for your reference library and inspiration.

Classic quilt from the American Revolution.......2005-09-01

Burgoyne Surrounded is usually done in blue and white or red and white. This book shows the traditional style, a scrap variation (see cover), Christmas colors, and a few others styles. If you like this pattern (no half-square triangles!) this book is fabulous at explaining how to put it all together.

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Recent research in business strategy suggests that corporate reputations are a valuable strategic asset for every company. Good reputations have been shown to help firms attain and sustain superior financial performance in their industry. This book outlines how high-status companies become corporate super brands, and it presents managers with a framework to proactively enhance their corporations' desired reputation. While many books concentrate on advertising or corporate identity as the primary tools for reputation enhancement, this book provides a more expansive and realistic picture of what it takes to build a corporate super brand. One of its key contributions is that it emphasizes the roles of customer value and organizational culture in the reputation-building process and exposes the limitations of corporate advertising, sponsorships, and minor corporate identity change. Drawing on more than fifteen years of academic research, executive seminars, and consulting experience, Grahame Dowling suggests ways to improve the corporate reputations that different groups of stakeholders hold of your company. He also describes how to avoid many of the traps that catch unwary managers who try to improve their company's desired reputation.

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Good to read.......2001-09-18

This book is full the latest case like in the IBM, Exxon, Johnsons and Johnsons with a lot of models!That's great.

The 18 Immutable Laws of Corporate Reputation: Creating, Protecting, and Repairing Your Most Valuable Asset

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Good layout of a problem, but few solutions.
The Limits of Journalism
About time someone spoke about reputation!!!
Stategic Insight into Managing Corporate Reputation
A Textbook for Communications Professionals

The 18 Immutable Laws of Corporate Reputation: Creating, Protecting, and Repairing Your Most Valuable Asset
Ronald J. Alsop , and Ron Alsop
Manufacturer: Free Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 074323670X

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From Enron and WorldCom to the Catholic Church and Major League Baseball, reputation crises have never been more widespread. Now Ronald J. Alsop, a veteran Wall Street Journal authority on branding and reputation management, explains the dangers -- and gives organizations the eighteen crucial laws to follow in developing and protecting their reputations.

Consider this example of a simple decision made by a low-ranking employee: When rescue workers at the site of the World Trade Center disaster sought bottled water from a nearby Starbucks outlet, they complained that an employee charged them for it. In a matter of hours, the Internet had picked up the story and Starbucks' carefully cultivated worldwide reputation was quickly besmirched.

This is just one instance among many of how the business world, ever more global and competitive, has become increasingly difficult to navigate. Studies have demonstrated the powerful impact of reputation on profits and stock prices, and yet less than half of all companies have a formal system for measuring reputation. Clearly, companies in every industry -- from Dow Chemical to Disney to DaimlerChrystler -- have much more to learn.

It is still the rare company that realizes the full value of its reputation: how corporate reputation can enhance business in good times, become a protective halo in turbulent times, and be destroyed in an instant by people at the lowest or highest levels of the corporate ladder. Mr. Alsop provides eighteen thoroughly documented lessons based on years of experience covering every aspect of corporate reputation, with a clear distillation of the complex principles at the heart of a reputation. He explains:

• How to protect your reputation when the inevitable crisis hits
• How to cope with the many hazards in cyberspace
• How to create a reputation for vision and industry leadership
• How to establish a culture of ethical behavior
• How to measure and monitor your ever-changing public image
• How to make employees your reputation champions
• How to decide when it's time to change your name

The result is a book that is important not only for business executives, consultants, and advertising, public relations, and marketing professionals but also for anyone eager to learn more about the companies they work for, buy from, and invest in.

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Good layout of a problem, but few solutions........2005-02-11

This book is worth reading just to get a sense of the way the American public views business today. The stories of businesses told in this book are one-sided and even irrational, but without a doubt, they reflect the way American business is seen by the public right now.

The problem with the book is that it offers very few ideas on how a business can successfully navigate today's minefield of public perception. As a reader hoping to come away with ideas on how to nurture the public's perception of my business, I instead finished the book feeling that businesses are largely at the mercy of dumb luck and circumstance when it comes to perception. Further, the author admits that businesses are in a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation when attempting to let the public know about any acts of goodwill.

This book is well-timed to take advantage of today's anti-business climate, but not of much help for those seeking to find their way through it.

The Limits of Journalism.......2004-08-06

Ronald Alsop's book is pretty much the product of what one would expect from an author with a background as a newspaper journalist. The book reads like a collection of articles on the subject. Corporate reputation-building is, of course, a very important subject these days. So one would benefit from some original thinking and deep analysis on the subject. Not much of that here, however. You could get the level of treatment the book offers from a perusal of newspaper and magazine articles over the past couple of years.

What's amazing is that none of Alsop's sources are disclosed. There is no bibliography, no footnotes disclosing where often highly specific results of corporate rankings and opinion polls should be backed up with authorities. What about the question of the reputation of an author, and his publisher, for solid research and scholarship?

About time someone spoke about reputation!!!.......2004-06-09

Alsop is a senior reporter for the Wall Street Journal and I have read many of his stories over the years. I am glad that someone of his caliber has addressed the issue of corporate reputaion at a time when big business ranks about equal to politicians in public perception. Even the mafia is thought to be less sleazy!!

Alsop starts with a basic, uncontestable premise: A corporation's reputation is one of its most valuable assets. This determines how much slack a cynical public will cut it when things start to go wrong. Other assets - such as those that show up on the balance sheet - are carefully measured, tracked and managed. Reputations are not. Not even by so-called excellently managed companies.

Next Alsop lays out various 'laws' to help a company manage its reputation. The first two just talk about how important it is and how important it is to measure it. Then he becomes much more interesting as he starts laying out what a company should do build and maintain a sterling reputation.

He stresses how important it is for a company to 'live' its values and ethics and why being defensive is actually offensive. These could be bromides. What gives them value are Alsop's anecdotes drawn from a lifetime of reporting on business. These well selected stories not only illustrate his points, they also show the reader how to implement his ideas in their own situation. And there are hundreds os such stories.

For example, Alsop talks about how being socially responsible can be an important component of a sterling reputation. And he relates how Timberland does it with a range of initiatives from monitoring labor practices at its contractors' overseas factories to giving its employess the opportunity to do community service on company time. And he doesn't stop there. He tells what dozens of other companies do from Johnson & Johnson to Paul Newman's food company.

These stories and examples are, by far, the best part of the book. This is where the value resides and it is not at all difficult to take each of these examples and suitably modify it to use in your situation.

An excellent book. My one quibble is a philosophical one. I think Alsop is too easy on companies like Altria - the former Phillip Morris. Does having an exemplary ethics code with lots of employee input compensate for the fact that its core product kills when used as intended? You make up your mind on that one. Alsop shows how Altria does a lot of things right in terms of global cultural sensitivity but I would simply not have used such an example.

Stategic Insight into Managing Corporate Reputation.......2004-06-03

"The 18 Immutable Laws of Corporate Reputation" (18 Laws) draws an up-to-date roadmap for (1)establishing a good corporate reputation, (2)maintaining that reputation and (3)repairing a damaged corporate reputation. Starting with the premise that a good reputation is a corporation's most priceless asset, writer Ronald Alsop presents mini case-studies of "lessons learned" from the crises faced by companies and organizations such as Johnson & Johnson, Merrill Lynch, Philip Morris (Altria), and the Roman Catholic Church to explore the benefits of a good reputation, the consequences of a bad reputation and ways to protect good reputations and fix bad ones.

While sticking mostly to the main highways of stategy development and avoiding the gritty back roads of tactical decision making, 18 Laws provides important insights into key principles and strategies for building, maintaining, and fixing corporate reputations. Though it lacks turn-by-turn directions and employs clichés with surprising frequency, this well-researched, well-organized and clearly-written business book is a worthwhile addition to the personal, corporate or PR agency library. C-level executives and corporate communications professionals can benefit in perusing the 18 laws in preparation for the next inevitable corporate crisis or as a strategic reference manual for use as the crisis unfolds.

A Textbook for Communications Professionals.......2004-05-03

I found this book highly readable, balanced and full of useful information. It should become a textbook for people in the communications field and for senior executives.

The book is structured so well, with the best practices of companies clearly explained. The author is feisty in his assessment of reputation blunders and shortcomings, but he always turns them into instructive lessons.

Mr. Alsop vividly illustrates each law with detailed examples. I especially enjoyed learning about companies' tactics for dealing with Internet rumors, Merrill Lynch's crisis-management strategies, and the inside story of Philip Morris's name change.

There are also many rankings of companies with the best and worst reputations. And the author has written entertaining short pieces for some of the chapters about famous corporate apologies, the IBM Hall of Shame, and a corporate name change quiz.

Given the state of corporate America's reputation, this book should have a long shelf life.

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Creating Corporate Reputations: Identity, Image, and Performance
Grahame Dowling
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OL0EEM

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Creating Corporate Reputations: Identity, Image, and Performance
Grahame R. Dowling
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press(UK)
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OL0GMM

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One of the most important tasks faced by decision-makers in business and government is that of selection. Selection problems are challenging in that they require the balancing of multiple, often conflicting, criteria. In recent years, a number of interesting decision aids have become available to assist in such decisions. The aim of this book is to provide a comparative survey of many of the decision aids currently available. The first chapters present general ideas which underpin the methodologies used to design these aids. Subsequent chapters then focus on specific decision aids and demonstrate some of the software which implement these ideas. A final chapter provides a comparative analysis of their strengths and weaknesses.

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Decision Aids for Selection Problems
David L Olson
Manufacturer: SPRINGER @ NY INC
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N79ZCY

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