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Investors in People Maintained
Peter Taylor , and Bob Thackwray Manufacturer: Kogan Page ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0749429208 |
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Writing with Purpose and Passion: A Writer's Guide to Language and Style
Jeff Stalcup , and Michael Rovasio Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0134376099 |
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Written with a love for writing that transcends to its readers, this book helps users develop their writing skills and learn how to read even the most basic of forms by combining an overview of the five most commonly used modes of rhetoric with a similar overview of the most common elements of grammar, punctuation, style and usage. It includes many samples of student writing to demonstrate the rhetorical modes and principles of style and usage.Arranges chapters in a graded progression of easier to more difficult concepts, and stresses the inter-relatedness of all aspects of writing. Offers a thorough treatment of prewriting and editing and shows how writing is an ongoing and continuous process. Includes student essays to illustrate rhetorical mode writing styles of description, narration, comparison, persuasion, and causal analysis. Compliments lessons with extensive and varied readings, as well as related rhetorical and grammatical material, activities, exercises and integrated vocabulary words.For writers, aspiring writers, and teachers of English development.Customer Reviews:
Great book for beginning composition students.......2002-07-10
I would recommend this book to any instructor who has first year comp classes, ESL, or high school at-risk students who need a friendlier intro to the art of writing.
Very contrived in its message........1999-06-16
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Writing with Purpose and Passion: A Writer's Guide to Language and Style
Mike Rovasio, Michael Rovasio Jeff Stalcup Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OIN01E |
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Nuevos Paradigmas En LA Resolucion De Conflictos: Perspectivas Y Practicas
Dora Fried Schnitman Manufacturer: Ediciones Granica, S.A. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9506413029 |
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Quality Manager's Complete Guide to Iso 9000 2000 Supplement (Quality Manager's Complete Guide to ISO 9000 Supplement)
Richard Barrett Clements Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0130212423 |
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Quality Manager's Complete Guide to Iso 9000
Richard Barrett Clements Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Trade ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OHUO1Y |
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Quality Manager's Complete Guide to Iso 9000 : 1997 Cumulative Supplement
Richard Barrett Clements Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Trade ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0139563504 |
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Quality Manager's Complete Guide to Iso 9000: 1996 Cumulative Supplement
Richard Barrett Clements Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0132287358 |
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Quality Manager's Complete Guide to Iso 9000: 1997 Cumulative Supplement (Quality Manager's Complete Guide to ISO 9000 Supplement)
Richard Barrett Clements Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OITEQ4 |
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Quality Manager*s Complete Guide to ISO 9000 - 2000 Edition
Clements Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OHYMX0 |
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Partner Risk: Managing the Downside of Strategic Alliances
Warnock Davies Manufacturer: Purdue University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1557532109 |
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Partner Risk: Managing the Downside of Strategic Alliances.
Warnock Davies Manufacturer: Davies, Warnock. Partner Risk: Managing the Downside of Strategic Alliances. Purdue University Press, 2001. Hardcover. 209pp. Fine / Near fine dj. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000TACXZQ |
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Partner Risk: Managing the Downside of Strategic Alliances.
ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IBZCKO |
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1877: Year of Violence
Robert V. Bruce Manufacturer: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0929587057 |
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Not simply a story of a year from our past but a dramatic account of a social and political uprising that became a crisis in the course of American development. A spectacular story. --New York TimesCustomer Reviews:
A Harrowing Time.......2002-02-01
In the main, this book deals with the rise of big business (railroads, in particular) and the subsequent emergence of unionism and ultimately labor violence. That larger story is told through the specific events of the summer of 1877, when railroad workers reacted widely and violently - although not concertedly - to a wave of pay reductions by the major eastern trunk lines. In essence, the railroad executives had formed a quasi "union of capital," whereby each major trunk line agreed to lower wages by 15% one at a time throughout the summer and not to issue any rate wars in the interim while roads were putting down the inevitable strikes and walk-outs.
The most shocking aspect of Bruce's narrative is the level of violence committed on both sides and the extremely precarious state of the nation at that time, both economically and politically. President Rutherford B. Hayes had come to office at the beginning of the year in a widely disputed election where he had secured a one electoral point victory over his Democratic challenger, New York Governor Samuel Tilden, but lost the popular vote and was ultimately declared the winner by an extra-governmental committee (sound familiar?). Moreover, the nation was just beginning to recover from the Panic of 1873, the worst economic contraction in American history to the time, while the South still smoldered from Civil War and was on the verge of all-out racial warfare as Reconstructionist policies were imposed from Washington. In short, the crisis facing the country was severe and it is a testament to the remarkable resilience of our republic that it survived such a widespread spasm of violence so shortly after a civil war, in the midst of extreme economic hardship, and under the leadership of a new, disputed and largely uninspiring chief executive.
Bruce's writing style is crisp and direct, as one might expect to find in a book written by an academic in the 1950s. He avoids the showy dramatization common in contemporary popular history, but also steers clear of the dry, didactic prose of "more professional" histories. Those seeking a light, inspiring book to breeze through will likely be disappointed; however, those interested in getting a better understanding of a crucial, yet mostly forgotten epoch of American history will be satisfied and rewarded.
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1877 - Year Of Violence
Robert V. Bruce Manufacturer: Bobbs-merrill Company, Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IWCR7O |
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1877: Year of Violence
Robert V. Bruce Manufacturer: Quadrangle Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000TN8O3S |
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1877: Year of Violence
Robert V. Bruce Manufacturer: The Bobbs-Merrill Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000UFBGM6 |
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1877: Year of Violence
Robert V. Bruce Manufacturer: Quadrangle Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000TN8O7E |
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1877 Year of Violence
Robert V Bruce Manufacturer: QUADRANGLE BOOKS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000VUPSB0 |
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Yankee India: American Commercial and Cultural Encounters with India in the Age of Sail 1784-1860.(Book Review) : An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society
Leonard A. Gordon Manufacturer: American Oriental Society ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0009GSNZE Release Date: 2005-08-01 |
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This digital document is an article from The Journal of the American Oriental Society, published by American Oriental Society on October 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1550 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Yankee India: American Commercial and Cultural Encounters with India in the Age of Sail, 1784-1860
Susan S. Bean Manufacturer: Peabody Essex Museum ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 8185822832 |
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Marketing by Menu
Nancy Scanlon Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471253308 |
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Your most powerful marketing and management tool is a well-designed menu. Here is how to create one. A menu can make or break a restaurant. To be effective, it must be tailored to your business, help you make profit, and meet the expectations of your customers. This book tells you everything you need to develop a menu program that will ensure the profitability of your restaurant or other foodservice operation. Now in its third edition, Marketing by Menu takes you well into the twenty-first century, covering emerging new markets and the latest trends in home-food replacement services. Fully revised and updated, this edition shows you how to create daily and seasonal menus, catering menus, "healthy eating" programs, and other specialty menus directed at today's widely diverse clientele. You will get precise, step-by-step guidelines to menu layout and design, content development, and profit considerationsincluding marketing surveys, food costing and pricing, and menu item selection. Complete with work pages to practice the concepts involved, as well as a wealth of real-world examples from restaurants, hotels, and other foodservice operations across the United States and abroad, Marketing by Menu is a one-of-a-kind resource for managers and professionals in the foodservice industry.
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Menu Design: Merchandising and Marketing
Albin G. Seaberg Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471289833 |
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Here in a single, thoroughly updated volume, is everything you must know to develop a menu that will dramatically enhance a restaurant's image. The Fourth Edition addresses the full spectrum of restaurant establishments and the entire gamut of menu possibilities from the perspective of design.
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Menu Design: Restaurant Manager's Pocket Handbook Series (Nation's Restaurant News)
David V. Pavesic Manufacturer: Lebhar-Friedman Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0867307544 |
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Delivers key elements in menu design to create a more profitable restaurant. The menu is the one piece of printed advertising that the customer definitely reads.Customer Reviews:
really really basic.......2007-07-25
In depth and thought provoking........1999-10-19
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Menu Design 4: Marketing the Restaurant Through Graphics (The Library of applied design)
Judi Radice Manufacturer: Pbc Intl ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0866361286 |
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NRAEF ManageFirst: Menu Marketing and Management w/ On-line Testing Access Code Card (Nraef Managefirst)
NRA National Restaurant Assoc. Educational Foundation Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0131589059 |
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The NRAEF is introducing a new program as part of its strategic focus on recruitment and retention. This new management training certification program is based on a set of competencies defined by the restaurant, foodservice and hospitality industry as those needed for success. NRAEF ManageFirst Program leads to a new credential, ManageFirst Professional (MFP), which is part of our industry career ladder. This competency-based program includes 12 topics, each with a competency guide, exam, instructor resources and certificate. Students earn a certificate for each exam passed. The topics and exams are aligned to typical on-campus courses. For example, the Controlling Foodservice Costs Competency Guide is designed to align with a Cost Control or Operations Management course. Competency Guides and Textbooks: Most guides are 150-200 pages in length and are designed to be used with traditional textbooks for each course area. Each guide contains the essential content for that topic, learning activities, assessments, case studies, suggested field trips & research projects, professional profiles and testimonials. Instructor resources are available electronically and include competency guide content, notes indicating points to be emphasized, recommended activities and discussion questions, and answers to all activities and case studies. Exams: Exams accompany each topic covered in the competency guides. Pencil and paper and online exam formats are offered. They typically are proctored on campus at the end of a course by faculty. Certificates: The NRAEF provides a certificate to students upon successfully passing each exam. The certificates are endorsed by the NRAEF and feature the student’s name and the exam passed. The certificates are a lasting recognition of a student’s accomplishment and a signal to the industry that the student has mastered the competencies covered within a particular topic. Credential: Upon successful completion of five NRAEF ManageFirst Program exams (including three predefined core topics, one foundation topic, and ServSafe Food Safety) a student is awarded the NRAEF ManageFirst Professional (MFP) credential. There is no additional charge for the credential. The program is targeted at the academic community. The program is flexible for use at two-year or four-year restaurant, foodservice and hospitality programs, proprietary schools and technical/vocational career education schools.
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Menu design 2: Marketing the restaurant through graphics
Judi Radice Manufacturer: Distributor to the art trade in the U.S., Letraset USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0866360166 |
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The Alice Bradley Menu Cook Book: Menus, marketing lists and recipes - January, February, March
Alice Bradley Manufacturer: MacMillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Spiral-bound ASIN: B00086ETEO |
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The Alice Bradley Menu-Cook-Book: Menus, Marketing Lists and Recipes
Manufacturer: Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000FMLOPS |
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The Alice Bradley Menu-Cook-Book: Menus, Marketing lists and Recipes
Inc. The Principal of Miss Farmer's school of Cookery Manufacturer: The Macmillan Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000WNFHUS |
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Anuga serves up tasty menu of products rich in international frozen food fusion: show sees debut of Gazpacho Andaluz vegetable fitness drinks from Spain, ... from: Quick Frozen Foods International
John M. Saulnier Manufacturer: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000821XEW Release Date: 2005-07-31 |
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on January 1, 2004. The length of the article is 2497 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Fit, Failure & the Hall of Fame
Charles C. Snow , and Raymond E. Miles Manufacturer: Free Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0743233220 |
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"Fit is a simple concept but not a simple process.".......2000-04-24
In this context R. Miles and C. Snow :
* discuss concept of fit.
* describe the external fit between the firm and its environment, and the internal fit of organization structure, management systems, and managerial ideology to a chosen strategy.
* discuss the companies (such as Carnegie Steel, GM, Sears, Roebuck, HP, and TRW) that pioneered the major organizational forms that have appeared over the past hundred years or so.
* discuss today's successful companies (such as GE, Wal-Mart, and Rubbermaid).
* discuss organizational failure and its major causes, identifying two generic types of failure.
* introduce and explore in detail the network organization and its three main variations : the stable, dynamic, and internal network as the 21st century's organization model.
* discuss mechanisms by which required fit is achieved at all three levels of the network form : across the entire network organization, among network firms in activated organizations, and within each of the specific network firms (such as Nike, Dell, Novell, and ABB).
* identify the forces pushing managers toward a new philosophy of management (human investment model).
* discuss companies that are struggling to redesign themselves-cutting costs, downsizing, bringing in new management teams, and so on.
* describe how total redesign may grow more costly in today's fast-paced world.
* illustrate that fit is no longer an idealistic "ought" but an economic "must"-not only within the firm but throughout the network form and the total global economy.
Detailed discussion of the concepts like technological change, cellular units, networks, network of alliances, interorganizational teamwork, spherical organization, shared knowledge see also William Halal's "The Infinite Resource (1998)", and "The New Management (1998)".
I highly recommend this "must" reading study.
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Fit, Failure & the Hall of Fame
Raymond E. Miles Manufacturer: Free Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000O8Z4IG |
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Fit, Failure & the Hall of Fame, How Companies Succeed Or Fail
Manufacturer: Free Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000HFJ57M |
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A Practical Guide to Information Systems Strategic Planning
Anita Cassidy Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1574441337 |
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Today's technological advances are directly affecting the success of business tomorrow. With recent-- and continual--improvements in technology, many organizations are finding their information systems obsolete, and are having to take a close look at their current Information Systems and answer some tough questions, including:oHow well are our current Information Systems applications meeting the business needs today? How well can they meet the needs of our business tomorrow?oAre we obtaining true value from the investments made in Information Systems?oAre we integrating the Information Systems projects that provide the most value to business?oWhat Information Systems mission, objectives, and strategies are necessary to successfully meet the business challenges of the future?A Practical Guide to Information Systems Strategic Planning helps take the "guess work" out of evaluating current and future Information Systems, and provides the necessary tools for maximizing the investment made in new technology. This invaluable guide shows readers how to take advantage of the latest technology available in Information Systems planning, and how to develop a solid Information Systems plan that is directly linked to their business' goals.In an easy-to-follow, hands-on format, this complete reference describes a process for facilitating communication between business management and the Information Systems functions. Both Information Systems Executives and general business executives will find the information they need to develop a successful, value-added Information Systems plan. Readers will find a step-by-step approach to the process of developing an Information Systems plan that helps them gain a competitive edge well into the future.Customer Reviews:
Easy Reading.......2006-03-25
Proven approach and a detailed roadmap.......2002-08-26
Her approach is focused on business needs and linked to the overriding imperatives and strategies of that domain. She begins by discussing the business drivers and why strategic planning is necessary, then provides a phased approach to the strategic planning process itself. This approach captures the business and technical "as-is" and "to-be" pictures, performs a gap analysis, and a plan for going from "as-is" to "to-be". On the surface this appears to be common sense, but the devil is in the details, and she provides the details. That is what makes this book so valuable. More importantly, it's obvious that she has extensive experience in strategic planning because all of the subtle issues are addressed, and her advice is on the mark every step of the way.
Of course, one of the big issues in strategic planning is the question of what capital investments to make in software, either as an upgrade or entire replacement of company-critical systems, that align to the slected strategy. This book shows how to select the best fit to meet strategic plans, and how to capture the true costs and support requirements as a matter of due diligence.
This book is, in my opinion, one of the better ones on the topic, and is only exceeded by her most recent book titled "A Practical Guide to Planning for E-Business Success: How to E-enable Your Enterprise". That book contains substantially the same approach as this one, but is aligned to e-business. Regardless of which book you choose, you'll find Ms. Cassidy's approach to reflect best practices, and the advice interspersed throughout the book to be invaluable.
The glass is half full.......2002-03-29
Simple, Thorough, Comprehensive.......2000-07-25
We turned to Anita Cassidy's book and found it amazingly helpful. We found ourselves referring to it many times during the planning and implementation stages of the project.
Her book provides an authoritative reference which allowed us to cut total project time by 25%. We didn't need to argue about process, methodology, or research strategy. We went with Cassidy's suggestions and we were more than pleased with the results.
Cassidy's simple, straightforward approach is easy to follow, meaningful, and very applicable. If you have the task of assembling an IS Strategic Plan, then this book will give you the step-by-step methodology to do so.
Nice job Anita!
Right on Target! Great Examples for Constructing an IS Plan!.......1999-06-06
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