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"This book is an excellent overview of a very complex area. It is a useful guide to identifying and treating children with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD), and is particularly outstanding on topics related to the educational system and the numerous laws and policies surrounding the education of EBD children. This book will serve the field well."
Krista Kutash, Ph.D., Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
Tampa, FL

"This serves as a great resource for educators who want to know more about youth with emotional and behavioral disorders and the needs of their families. I know I will draw from it in the future to orient new staff working with emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth."
Mary F. Sinclair, Ph.D., Institute on Community Integration, College of Education and Human Development
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Finally! A straightforward, practical guide to help you identify, evaluate, and aid students with emotional and behavioral problems.

The authors take a complex, under-discussed topic and give teachers and administrators useful, basic guidelines they can put to use quickly in understanding, identifying, and helping this group of students.

This well-organized, easy-to-follow handbook features:

Definitions and causes of emotional and behavioral problems
Concrete examples of diagnostic and assessment methods
Detailed management programs for treating emotionally and behaviorally challenged students
Resource lists for both professionals and parents

In Part One, educators will find clear, invaluable information about recognizing the major types and causes of emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), evaluating students with EBD, as well effectively handling aggressive and violent behaviors in EBD students.

Part Two offers practical help in treating students, including chapters on school-based placement, the role of medications in treatment, and the joint roles the family and teacher must take to help the student

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As we head into the new millennium, we are witnessing a growing and heightened interest among organizational scholars on the topics of conflict and negotiation. New research questions are being identified, while new theory is being applied to "old" questions. The result is exciting research that has organizational and social relevance. The papers in this volume, which grew out of the eighth biannual Conference on Negotiation in Organizations, are representative of the provocative and "cutting edge" theory and research emerging in the area of conflict and negotiation.

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Now more than ever, a company's success -- indeed its survival -- depends on a firmwide effort to create the best products and bring them to market quicker than competitors. Going beyond the traditional focus on design and production exclusively, product development expert Philip H. Francis provides senior managers with the methods and tools to orchestrate the entire enterprise for creating a legacy of product excellence. For the first time, Francis presents a holistic view of product creation--not just the core elements of engineering and industrial design, but also design's interface with manufacturing, the customer's voice and quality commitments, and the essential functions of technology management and leadership.

From his unique vantage point as a former professor and researcher as well as a chief technology officer and director of advanced manufacturing technology, Francis presents the nine key business functions of new product development (NPD): manufacturing strategy, IT systems, issues of leadership and culture, customer satisfaction, quality, operations and measurement, intellectual property, the management of research and development, and technology. In immensely readable prose, Francis devotes a chapter to each function, explaining how managers can implement and manage each of these nine NPD functions. Francis enriches his arguments with real-world examples of triumphs and failures in a variety of industries, from consumer products such as furniture to business products such as networking software. He offers hands-on suggestions and strategies for every stage in the product development process, including "Ideas for Action" sections containing killer questions that can eliminate a product at any stage. Special sections of the book elaborate on the steps to take during key NPD processes.

Written for those trained in technology as well as business-oriented industrial managers, Product Creation will be timely and necessary reading for CEOs, engineers, designers, marketing managers, IT officers, as well as anyone concerned with product development from conception to market.

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Product Creation is the heart of the enterprise from engineering to e-commerce.......2006-02-21

In order for any organization to fuel its growth, it must excel at product development. How to do this? An organization must first approach development with new proposals from every corner of the organization. Evaluate these ideas rationally and systematically and then select the best ideas. The organization's goal is to create a portfolio of the best selected ideas to help the organization grow. An organization must then manage these projects in four stages: building case justification, concept feasibility, product development, and pilot and production startup.

Taking a new product from the basic idea to the product requires many steps that are connected in specific ways. An organization must rely on marketing intelligence, product definition, planning, research and development, process development, product launch, and after sales service. To be successful an organization must learn:

· Brainstorm new product ideas
· Coordinate the production and manufacturing processes
· Ensure an effective IT system is in place
· Lead the development instead of just managing
· Create loyal customers and keep them satisfied
· Create a quality product or service
· Measure and manage operations
· Manage the organization's intellectual property
· Manage the organization's liability
· Create effective Research and Development Systems
· Harness technology now and in the future

Covering All the Bases.......2001-04-09

Francis' book should be read - and heeded - by anyone interested in creating successful new products. It is particularly valuable because it provides a comprehensive view of the processes and problems of creating new products. He not only describes the core process from idea generation through product launch, but he also includes the often neglected issues of information systems support, accounting for the costs and benefits of R&D programs, and patents and other legal issues associated with intellectual property.

The scope of the work is broader than it first appears to be. Francis, a well-known expert in manufacturing, describes product creation processes and methodologies equally useful for manufactured products and for service "products".

The book is rich in checklists on important topics, such as metrics of R&D performance, computing your leadership quotient, and motivating workers. He ends each chapter with a section called "Ideas for Action". These are tips on what to do to move from his printed page to action in the reader's organization. They are very useful.

The most important message of the book is that successful product creation cannot be left to the R&D department; it requires the joint efforts of every organizational function. People from other departments who affect product creation will find this book very valuable, as will the R&D people themselves.

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Product Creation; the Heart of the Enterprise from Engineering to E-Commerce
Philip Francis
Manufacturer: Free Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000X6AYJS

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Private-Public Partnerships are the way forward for urban development in the South as well as in the North. This volume provides an immensely valuable, practical sourcebook on how such partnerships can be developed in ways that meet the needs of the poor and reduce social exclusion.

Focused on implementation rather than policy, Plummer lays out a strategic framework for building municipal capacity. It will be a vital resource for municipal authorities, development agencies, community groups and all those working on urban planning and poverty relief.

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Steven Kettell analyzes the development of exchange rate policymaking from a Marxist perspective. He examines and provides a new means of understanding three key policymaking episodes in Britain: the return to the gold standard in 1925, membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism from 1990-1992, and the possibility of joining the Single European Currency. The alternative means of understanding these policy episodes provides a basis for making wider generalizations about the political economy of exchange rate policymaking.

Steven Kettell: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy-Making: From the Gold Standard to the Euro.(Book Review) : An article from: Capital & Class

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Steven Kettell: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy-Making: From the Gold Standard to the Euro.(Book Review) : An article from: Capital & Class
David Gent
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000EWBHEM
Release Date: 2006-03-07

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This digital document is an article from Capital & Class, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2006. The length of the article is 1113 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: Steven Kettell: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy-Making: From the Gold Standard to the Euro.(Book Review)
Author: David Gent
Publication: Capital & Class (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 88 Page: 139(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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In the wake of the World Trade Organization Telecommunications Agreement, this book examines the key success factors for achieving sustainable competition in global telecommunications at the national, regional, and international level while accommodating legitimate social goals.

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the future of advertising.......2002-02-19

This is a very interesting book by its unique structure, which basically is a documentary recorder of an advertising conference. Instead of only one or two authors writing a book, The Future of Advertising is most likely written by a group of people who have been involved in the advertising industry for years. Richard Adler's research, the future of advertising on the attention economy, is the major documentary piece of this book, following by various opinions and afterthoughts from other advertising experts. To me, which reading this book, it felt like I was like actually attending a conference and listening to Adler¡¦s report and others¡¦ discussions from diverse perspectives.

According to Adler, in the future, the total amount of information given will keep increasing, but the actual amount of human attention is fixed because no one can absorb all the information that surrounds us. Advertisers have to create more innovative strategies and techniques to ensure their message is delivered efficiently to their consumers. One of his predictions ¡Vin fact, has already begun to happen ¡Vis that ¡§individuals will be able to exercise more control over the media content that they consume¡¨(p.43). In the future, not only our capacity to produce information increased extraordinarily, but our ability to distribute it is also expanding rapidly. Once the media content (or advertising content) becomes democratized, the distinction between consumers and media-content creators will diminish. To advertisers, a possible solution to overcome such challenge is to invent a ¡§new content¡¨, which the boundary between advertising and editorial information is ¡§nonexistent¡¨ or ¡§indistinct¡¨.

I highly recommend this book as a ready primer to those people who are interested in advertising, future forecasting, and advertising-and-society relationships. Several significant social issues, such as privacy, social ecology, cultural role and attention economy, are all addressed at this book. Perhaps, its brevity allows for expedient reading, yet does not provide ample sufficient discussions.

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Approaching management topics from a strategic and commercial perspective rather than from an operational and technical angle, Managing Airports, second edition, provides an innovative insight into the processes behind running a successful airport. It contains examples and case studies from airports all over the world to aid understanding of the key topic areas and to place them in a practical context.

The book:

* tackles the key airport management issues related to economic performance, marketing and service provision within the context of the industry's wider development
* systematically considers the impact that airports have on the surrounding community, from both an environmental and economic viewpoint
* analyses the contemporary trends towards privatization and globalization that are fundamentally changing the nature of the industry

Accessible and up-to-date, Managing Airports second edition, is ideal for students, lecturers and researchers of transport and tourism, and practitioners within the air transport industry. Airport case studies include those from BAA, Vienna, Aer Rianta, Amsterdam, Australia and the USA.

* Revised second edition which reflect huge changes in airports management today in the light of disasters such as 9/11
* Comprehensive text which considers all the key economic, marketing and planning issues related to airport management
* International case studies

Transport: An Economics and Management Perspective

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An excellent primer and starter book

Transport: An Economics and Management Perspective
David A. Hensher , and Ann M. Brewer
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0198776411

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Combining organizational logistics with a strong focus on economic performance, this is the ideal text for all students of transport economics and management. This unique approach ensures that the reader will be ideally positioned to study all aspects of the transport course. Within the broad context of the supply chain that serves the transport task, topics covered include; the environment, deregulation and competitive tendering, market demand, costs and prices, and strategic management. The roles of people, work, and organizations within the supply chain are emphasized throughout the book. The text is well balanced with coverage of both theoretical management and its practical application in the transportation sector. Up-to-date case studies illustrate key issues in an accessible manner, and each chapter ends with discussion questions relating to the key issues covered. These features result in a thorough and practical guide to the subject, providing students with an unsurpassed reference to all aspects of the transport sector.

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An excellent primer and starter book.......2004-01-27

Kept at an executive level, this book delves just deep enough for you to grasp the various concepts of transport planning, where costs occur and how to maximise benefits in both the public and the private transport sector. You will enjoy this book even more if you have some macro-economical background, nevertheless it never goes into complex formulas or calculations.

Analytical Transport Economics : An International Perspective (Transport Economics, Management and Policy series)

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Analytical Transport Economics : An International Perspective (Transport Economics, Management and Policy series)

Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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Analytical Transport Economics opens with a critical examination and overview of the scope of transport economics. Next, the production of transport, travel demand, transport externalities and transport markets are thoroughly analyzed. The distinguished group of contributors then examine transport policy, both regarding infrastructure and transport markets. Specific attention is paid to the role of government after deregulation and to the transport policy of the European Union. Transport infrastructure is also analyzed in view of its effects on the wider economy. Finally, the role of transport in a number of particular situations is considered, that is in an urban environment, in transitional economies and in developing economies.

This book is a considerably revised version of the well-received European Transport Economics (1993), described as 'A book every transport scientist should have in his possession' by Professor Eddy Van de Voorde, University of Antwerp, Belgium. There are a number of new chapters, those that had lost their usefulness have been omitted, and others have been thoroughly revised and updated.

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Sky rocketing turnover rates are a major barrier to the organizational success of today's truckload motor carriers. Now carriers can better understand the true nature of potential turnover causes and create superior responses with the help of this innovative guidebook. Real-life stories from current drivers provide valuable insight into their attitudes and behaviors regarding turnover. An awareness of differences in perspectives allows practitioners to generate effective responses and create a strong driver-carrier relationship. Featuring revealing thoughts and opinions from the field and a Driver Response Process with action-oriented suggestions, this book contains a creative way industry professionals can take on this broad phenomenon.

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Transport: An Economics and Management Perspective
Ann M. Brewer David A. Hensher
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OLDQVA

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Thorough and clear -- good choice for a course textbook

Complete Systems Analysis: The Workbook, the Textbook, the Answers
James Robertson , and Suzanne Robertson
Manufacturer: Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0932633501

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In a fundamentally new approach, this innovative text -- now available in a single, softcover volume -- teaches all the techniques a modern analyst needs.

The authors explain all the methods, models, and techniques of analysis, and simulate an actual project executed for a British television company. The reader is guided through each step of the project by exercises and the authors' advice.

The book also brings systems analysis up to date, showing how analysis is used for object-oriented implementation, and how event-response data flow models and entity-relationship data models are complementary, not competing, models. A clever system of trail guides lets the readers model an extensive case study at their own pace, in a sequence based on their level of experience.

Complete Systems Analysis adapts to the reader's needs and provides an appropriate learning path for the beginner, with a more direct route for experienced analysts wanting to make better use of today's techniques.

Note: This softcover edition replaces the two-volume hardcover edition, ISBN: 0-932633-25-0.

Topics Include

* Analysis Models
* Data Flow Diagrams
* Data Viewpoint
* Data Models
* Leveled Data Flow Diagrams
* Current Physical Viewpoint
* Building the Data Dictionary
* Strategy: Focusing on the Essentials
* Identifying Events
* Modeling an Event Response
* Writing Mini Specifications
* CRUD Check
* Modeling New Requirements
* New Physical Viewpoint
* Object-Oriented Viewpoint
* Strategy: Toward Implementation

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Thorough and clear -- good choice for a course textbook.......1999-04-10

Unlike many books on systems analysis, the Robertsons' does not confuse analysis with "design". This book focuses on developing an unambiguous system specification which both the sponsoring end users and the developers can understand.

The examples are clear and well chosen, small enough to be understood, big enough not to be trivial. This is an excellent main textbook for a course in systems analysis.

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Excellent Bring You Up To Date Book.......1997-06-19

For persons needing a well written platform independent non-dogmatic textbook and workbook to bring them up to date on structured systems analysis, this book is excellent. Includes a brief explaination of how to transition to the design process (including Object Oriented Design (OOD) as well as old fashioned 3rd and 4th generation languages), but refers you to other books for design (and project estimation) details. Alas, has no recommendations for best CASE tools (even though they would be circa 1994). The book will take you at least 20-40 hours to go through the "Easiest" trail even without doing the work. I suggest that you read it 3 times: 1) Easiest (but don't do the work, 2) : Promenade, 3) Easiest again but doing the work and simultaneously creating mini-specifications and data dictionary of the analysis strategy (see chapter 1.18 before you start). Quite frankly, while the book implies you can do this with index cards and paper (you can for the case study), in real life you will need a good CASE tool (which is why no recommendations are disappointing). I have tried to cobble together my own "CASE toolkit" using commonly available workprocessing, project management, and flowcharting packages, and it is extremely cumbersome and impractical to use. Also useful would be more practical interview tips (which are short-changed in exchange for more empasis on how to properly analysize DFD and ERDs) such as 1) avoid tape recording users (it makes them nervous and is impractical), 2) listen to the user discribe his system, then when he has finished, then draw the DFD and ERD while repeating back what he said (writing/drawing while users are talking distracts you and the user), etc, etc, etc. Thus this book is a good book to bring an "old hand" up to date as well as a good first semester course book for Computer Science majors, which would need to be followed by a second semestor "live" internship. Together with its bibliography, this book will get you started in system analysis (again). I suggest you read this book first before attempting to read OOA (Object Oriented Analysis) books and implimenting OOA stratagy, especially if you are an "old hand" and are unfamiliar with C++ or JAVA

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