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Perfect for new and seasoned early childhood educators and caregivers! Art is vital to learning experiences, and this book promotes the integration of art and children's literature. It helps improve student performance in other subject areas as well. It plays an important role in the curriculum .Often times talking with children about their ideas help to get them started on their own creative thought process. The activities in this book are directed which means that the activity is initiated by an adult, the materials are supplied and the topic is proposed. Each art lesson is combined with a children's book. The activities in this book guide children to a disciplined and discriminating approach to their art. Being exposed to art vocabulary will make it easier to find expression. The wide range of stimuli, materials and techniques presented will permit overall flexibility in a child's expressiveness. The primary goal is to focus on the process of creating. This book will aid in simplifying instruction and reducing the amount of preparation needed. Not only will it be extremely helpful to a new teacher, but it will also assist experienced teachers that are looking for novel approached to integrate art with other subjects.

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The only guide available to educate, inform, and help Pennsylvania residents better understand how to save time and money through estate planning.

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Assessing Business Excellence presents a strategic framework for business excellence and total quality management and shows how you can be actively involved in continuous improvement by systematically reviewing your business activities and results against holistic business excellence frameworks.

For all practitioners who seek to use total quality management to improve their organization's effectiveness, efficiency and responsiveness, this title is the essential route map to business excellence. From two leading expert authors comes a book where the most recognized quality award criteria are used to explore the concepts of business excellence and self-assessment.

This book:
* Introduces the major business excellence and total quality frameworks including The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the European Quality Award and ISO9000:2000
* Compares the frameworks and identifies their strengths and limitations
* Introduces the self-assessment process
* Explores the main approaches to self-assessment
* Illustrates the practical benefits of self-assessment through case examples

* Includes practical case examples
* Provides an explanation of the major excellence business models and frameworks from around the world * A regularly updated web site accompanies the text

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It is the right book for the right tool.......2000-04-22

The book helped me alot through my master thesis in self-assessment and also to practice the tool in my company. It helps every one who wants to know more about why organizations need the self-assessment tool, the various models available for assessment, and the different approaches for implementing self-assessment. The only negative is that it does not include case studies. Any way I did not expect that one book can contain every thing I want.... But the book supplies me with 90% of what I need to know about the subject.

Judging Exhibitions: A Framework for Assessing Excellence

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Judging Exhibitions: A Framework for Assessing Excellence
Beverly Serrell
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ASIN: 1598740326

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A multifaceted tool that can be used for communications, alignment, improvement, and control, the balanced scorecard--and its connection to business strategy--often is key to organizational success. Based on a study examining balanced scorecards and innovative measurement practices, Measure What Matters: Aligning Performance Measures with Business Strategy, an APQC Best-Practice Report, focuses on designing a performance measurement system, implementing and operating a performance measurement system, and communicating and driving behaviors.

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In this timely new book, one of America's most respected public administration analysts focuses her attention on how government tried and eventually succeeded in balancing the US federal budget in 1998. With characteristic insight and a lively narrative, Rubin describes the successive efforts of Congress and the administration over seventeen years to shape a process that would encourage balance and the reactions of federal agencies to the pressure. The story of the damage done to agencies as they dealt with reductions and how long it took to recover is told here for the first time. This book asks and answers such crucial questions such as: Did Washington prioritize wisely, trimming back programs in a rational and efficient manner, or did it cut what was easy to cut or what was politically attractive to the party in power? The true drama of politics on Capitol Hill is rendered more vividly by Rubin's own experience working in Washington, D.C., and her personal interviews with the players involved. Most important, the story that Rubin tells in this book is ongoing, as the Bush administration and Republicans face the consequences of their huge tax cuts while funding the war on terrorism and seeking to restore confidence in a shaken economy.

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Outdated? Think Again........2003-07-21

Just when it seems that the government is once more wallowing in huge budget deficits and that a balanced budget is a thing of the past, this book by noted organization and fiscal administration expert Irene Rubin only gains more significance for the insights it offers about current condition. While the book recounts the struggle to balance the budget, it also gives a glimpse of the real problems agencies have experienced and will continue to suffer from because of hollow government and the mismatch between agency mission and workforce reduction. Rubin's book speaks to those who care about government and its public and how the market -- of contractors and clientele groups of government programs -- have caught agencies in games of survival. The book carries one of the emerging paradoxes of public administration today: that while agencies are beaten by mismatched personnel cuts and growing missions, they become less able to resist Congressional mandates. They learn to obscure quality reductions because lower performance might invite more cuts; yet hiding the pain only seems to prove the existence of slack and that reduction was deserved in the first place. It's amazing for Rubin to have captured this picture of government bureaucracy at this moment in time.

The aftereffects of a balanced federal budget.(Balancing the Federal Budget: Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn?)(Book Review): An article from: Government Finance Review

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The aftereffects of a balanced federal budget.(Balancing the Federal Budget: Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn?)(Book Review): An article from: Government Finance Review
Elyse Goldman
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This digital document is an article from Government Finance Review, published by Government Finance Officers Association on October 1, 2003. The length of the article is 971 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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Title: The aftereffects of a balanced federal budget.(Balancing the Federal Budget: Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn?)(Book Review)
Author: Elyse Goldman
Publication: Government Finance Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2003
Publisher: Government Finance Officers Association
Volume: 19 Issue: 5 Page: 63(2)

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Cutting fat or low carb?(Balancing the Federal Budget: Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn?)(Book Review): An article from: The Public Manager

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Cutting fat or low carb?(Balancing the Federal Budget: Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn?)(Book Review): An article from: The Public Manager
David Allen Hines
Manufacturer: Bureaucrat, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from The Public Manager, published by Bureaucrat, Inc. on March 22, 2004. The length of the article is 859 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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Title: Cutting fat or low carb?(Balancing the Federal Budget: Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn?)(Book Review)
Author: David Allen Hines
Publication: The Public Manager (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2004
Publisher: Bureaucrat, Inc.
Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Page: 64(1)

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Managing a federal deficit: here we go again.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

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Managing a federal deficit: here we go again.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
David Sitrin
Manufacturer: University of Kansas
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, published by University of Kansas on April 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1394 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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Title: Managing a federal deficit: here we go again.(Book Review)
Author: David Sitrin
Publication: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2004
Publisher: University of Kansas
Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Page: 263(3)

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Be the Brand: How to Find a Powerful Identity and Use It to Drive Sales
David N. Martin
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Romancing the Brand: The Power of Advertising and How to Use It

ASIN: 0966409817

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Whatís a brand name worth that clearly projects a positive identity? A premium price, of course. What are the best techniques to create a brand name and marketing strategy? The author of this book, founder of one of America's top marketing and advertising firms, The Martin Agency, is an expert at branding strategy who explains in this book the techniques he uses. If you're looking for a positive identity to help sell your product or to attract more customers to your company, look no further. Martin explains techniques you, too, can use to cut through the mumbo jumbo so that what your company or product stands for can be expressed not just in a paragraph, not just in a sentence, but in a single word. That's what creates a powerful brand. That's what leads to a positive identity and smart marketing strategy. For example, Volvo has come to stand for "Safety." At Perdue, "Freshness" is synonymous is with quality. These are only two of many examples that show how a focused identity can become an unassailable marketing advantage. In case history after case history, the reader is taken behind the scenes to join in a fascinating search for identity. Be The Brand often reads like a good novel, but the reader will find a usable technique for developing marketing and branding strategy on practically every page.

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Large type and large ideas.......2005-11-09

Hey, I appreciated the larger type on this book - less eye strain - but I also appreciated all the great ideas - I review it from time to time - a good read -
Simon
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Shows how a brand or company identify is formed.......2001-03-13

The author started his own two-person ad agency which became the hottest in the country, then applied what he learned to other business ventures. Be the Brand teaches David Martin's strategies, showing how a brand or company identify is formed with a blend of visions and connections to modern trends. An eye-opening guide.

Branded!.......2001-03-06

David Martin shows why he is considered by many to be the "Godfather" of Branding. He shares with the reader his definition of branding,the efficiency of having and promoting a defined brand, and the process he has used successfully many times to uncover a company's or organization's core identity and brand. Ever the wordsmith, he conveys his formula and the "how-to" in a fast-paced, concise and entertaining format.

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The construction industry is faced with a host of new management techniques developed to improve quality and control cost. This book brings together the main new techniques in a single volume, with detailed guidance on further reading.

Subject Access to Visual Resources Collections: A Model for the Computer Construction of Thematic Catalogs (New Directions in Information Management)

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Subject Access to Visual Resources Collections: A Model for the Computer Construction of Thematic Catalogs (New Directions in Information Management)
Karen Markey
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
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ASIN: 0313240310

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Searching through a resource collection for a particular type of visual image yields little more than frustration if the user lacks the knowledge of the specialized concepts that are the key to the collection's system of classification. With Karen Markey's innovative approach to subject searching, however, users will be able to translate an inquiry for a particular type of visual image into the appropriate symbolic theme or concept and will easily access any type of visual resource collection. Based on Erwin Panofsky's work on meaning in the visual arts and the author's study of users of iconographical research collections, this volume offers a step-by-step method of describing subject content in visual images. Markey's model will enable museums, libraries, and art galleries to upgrade their services significantly.

New direction: Smarthome focuses on new Insteon technology, research and development, and joint-venture products.(Home automation software industry): An article from: Builder

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Steve Zurier
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New directions at GSA. (General Service Administration's Federal Protective Service's new head Clarence Edwards): An article from: Security Management

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Manufacturer: American Society for Industrial Security
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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on September 1, 1997. The length of the article is 469 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.

From the supplier: The new head of the General Services Administration's Federal Protective Service, Clarence Edwards plans to promote cooperation among employees, visitors and security staff to maintain security in federal buildings. He also vows to address the needs of tenants in government buildings, make them aware of the importance of protection and ensure the implementation the Dept. of Justice's recommendations for beefing up security in federal buildings following the Oklahoma City bombing.

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Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1997
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
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That intrapreneurial spirit: boost your bottom line and send your company in profitable new directions by turning employees into in-house entrepreneurs. (management).: An article from: Pool & Spa News

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That intrapreneurial spirit: boost your bottom line and send your company in profitable new directions by turning employees into in-house entrepreneurs. (management).: An article from: Pool & Spa News
Rhonda J. Wilson
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Proceedings of a workshop for the development of new research directions in computerized applications to construction engineering and management studies (Civil engineering studies)

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Proceedings of a workshop for the development of new research directions in computerized applications to construction engineering and management studies (Civil engineering studies)
C. William Ibbs
Manufacturer: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dept. of Civil Engineering]
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OLAP enables users to access information from multidimensional data warehouses almost instantly, to view information in any way they like, and to cleanly specify and carry out sophisticated calculations. Although many commercial OLAP tools and products are now available, OLAP is still a difficult and complex technology to master.

Substantially updated with expanded coverage of implementation methods for data storage, access, and calculation; also, new chapters added to combine OLAP with data warehouse, mining, and decision support tools
Teaches the best practices for building OLAP models that improve business and organizational decision-making, completely independent of commercial tools, using revised case studies
Companion Web site provides updates on OLAP standards and tools, code examples, and links to valuable resources

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Unclear and wordy.......2007-06-04

I had high hopes for this book since I am a data miner who senses the need for alternatives to the slow tools commonly used to assemble large data sets for analysis. Unfortunately, I found this book to be overlong and I did not emerge with a clear picture of what distinguished OLAP tools from the alternatives.....

Time is valuable. This book is not worth a developers time........2006-11-01

I have never written a book review, but I felt compelled to write about this book because there are not many good books on OLAP - and this one really misses the mark from a developer's perspective. If you want a book with good examples to get you going with Microsoft's Analysis Service I can highly recommend "MDX Solutions".

I can only give the book two stars because
a.) I don't want to seem schrill.
b.) There may be people out there willing to devote a large amount of time reading a defensively written tome about generic concepts that don't translate into real world products - which in 2006 are way ahead of this book.

Fundamental Olap principles.......2003-03-31

I was impressed by the quality of this book; this is probably the most complete book on OLAP theory and is a fundamental reading for professionals involved in the design of olap systems. In most cases it gives all the details and information needed to master this technology. It also contains some practical examples that are very useful to see how the theory can be applied in the real world.
I didn't read the first edition, but the second edition contains new sections and many updates, like a description of SQL-99 OLAP extensions.
The author chose to be vendor-independent, so all practical examples are based on a multidimensional language that he created, called Located Contents (LC). However, when I read it I had already used a couple of OLAP tools (Microsoft Analysis Services and Microstrategy), and I think that this helped me understand many of the concepts contained in the book.

Good OLAP Methodology.......2002-12-02

OLAP is a somewhat arcane corner of the IT universe and this book is a good guide to it for information and business professionals. It covers the basics well and provides decent exaples to get you going.

Of course, the hardest part of OLAP is making the conceptual leap from relational databases and transactional processing to the world of analytical processing, but finance experts and accountants will appreciate OLAP and its ability to summarize data in a way that is hard to do in most ERP and legacy systems.

A must read for anybody involved in Olap design.......2002-09-05

A book which gives you a comprehensive theoretical foundation together with useful, pratical techniques to design Olap solutions.
In the first half of the book the author explains you all you need to think clearly in N dimensions, in the second half he guides you through the design of a rather complex application, stepping into the purchasing process, the material inventory analysis, sales & marketing, and activity-based management. He teaches you using maieutics, Socrates' way of teaching, via a dialogue between two designers. This way, a lot of questions that usually arise during real-life development are examined and solved.
Whilst the examples in the first edition of this book were based on TM1, in this second edition they are written using a vendor-independent language, called LC (Located contents), which provides you with a solid, logically based foundation to multidimensional design.
The vendor languages, like those used by Microsoft Analysis Services (MDX), Applix TM1, Oracle Express and Hyperion Essbase, are kind of Plato's shadows in the cavern of this ideal language (which is sort of a tautology for MS Plato...), so if you start thinking in LC, you'll be able to work with all of these products.
Ideal complements to this book, if you use Microsoft Analysis Server, are "MDX Solutions" by George Spofford, and "Microsoft Olap Solutions", by Thomsen (again!), Spofford and Chase.

Multidimensional Databases: Problems and Solutions

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A valuable compendium
good book

Multidimensional Databases: Problems and Solutions
Maurizio Rafanelli
Manufacturer: IGI Global
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A valuable compendium.......2003-12-09

A comprehensive overview of the database concepts underlying modern
decision support technology. Rafanelli and his co-authors have done
an excellent job of extracting the most important results from the
literature and synthesizing them for the reader.

good book.......2003-09-26

this is very good book for anyone want to know more about multidimensional database..

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