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Over the last three decades there have been marked developments in the field of measurement in education and psychology. Advances in Measurement in Educational Research and Assessment presents the developments that have occurred and puts them into perspective. It discusses the continuing challenge to improve measurement both for research and for the assessment of student performance and learning in schools, and looks at the substantial advances that are likely to continue to occur in the future. The volume specifies procedures that have been developed to cover a wide range of situations in both research and the assessment of student learning. Although emphasis is placed on the use of the Rasch model, it is recognized that there is a range of different strategies that might be employed for successful measurement, that there are many unresolved issues, and that progress is still being made in this field.

Methodological Advances in Cross-National Surveys of Educational Achievement

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Methodological Advances in Cross-National Surveys of Educational Achievement
Board on International Comparative Studies in Education , and National Research Council
Manufacturer: National Academies Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0309083338

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Advances in Measurement in Educational Research and Assessment
J. P. Keeves
Manufacturer: Elsevier Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OGFCC6

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The text provides students a study of the processes involved in managing and controlling a variety of business operations from high-tech manufacturing to high touch services with a balanced treatment of the manufacturing and service aspects. Chase/Aquilano and Jacobs, 9/e (CAJ9) covers the latest and most important issues facing OM managers such as ERP, Supply Chain Management, E-Commerce, Process Analysis, and provides tools and techniques to effectively manage operations.

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A Good Operations Management Book.......2004-03-12

This is an excellent text for a graduate or advanced undergraduate course on operations management. The ninth edition is very comprehensive; however I recommend you get the most current (tenth) edition in which the authors have emphasized recent innovations in e-commerce and the internet. The text is well written, with less obfuscation than most books of this genre. The organization is quite good, with numerous graphs, charts and photos to illustrate the thrust of the subject matter.

I really like the excellent applicable case studies cited as examples in the text. These really helped with comprehension on the material. The CD has some expanded spreadsheets, presentations for the various chapters, and miscellaneous other items of interest. Candidly, I have really not used the CD much, but it is a nice resource to have.

Detractors for the book include the degree of statistical background and comprehension that students are presumed to have when they begin using the book (and the relatively poor mathematical explanations given for various formulas), the excessive price of the book, and the lack of clarity of some of the illustrations.

Overall, this is a good book, and I would recommend it, especially to a student with a strong mathematical background.

Operations Management for Competitive Advantage Review.......2002-07-12

This was my first exposure to operations management, as a senior MBA student; though I am familiar with many of the concepts from earlier coursework in statistics and accounting. I found the text to be well written and easy to understand. The sample problems within the chapters were straight forward and easy to follow. Having taking this class as a summer course, I was able to read the majority (75%) of the textbook within a 4-week period easily. The only drawback may be in how the actual theory pertains to real life models. I would recommend this text for anyone who is new to the field as the overview is excellent. A background in statistics and accounting (at least from coursework standpoint) would also be helpful in comprehending the material.

The Text Poorly Explains the Mathmatical Formulas.......2001-12-22

Let me say that I am an Mechanical Engineer with 15 years experience, and possess a MS.I work in quality engineering (test design). My exposure to this text was in a recent MBA class.

Positives: The text, in each chapter, does a respectable job describing how OM applies in the various workplace environments. Though it is more manufacturing oriented, the service sector is addressed. Also, many of the problems at the end of the chapters are quite good.

Negatives: First the book is written by college professors. What more needs to be said! Due to this fact, I believe the main problem of the book lies.This is not a subject which can be taught or written about unless you have some significant real-life experience. In the latter part of the book the chapters pertaining to forcasting,aggregate planning,inventory control,and material planning,the mathmatical models were poorly explained that study groups had to be formed and the professor, to his credit, devised some alternative approaches which were more realistic. The engineers and accountants in the study groups were a valuable asset to some students due to their math backgrounds. Most students in the class who came from various backgrounds; medical and business were lost/confused. The primary problem was not being able to understand how the models worked and applied to the material. Many of the students commented that they just gave up trying to understand the material, and mindlessly plugged values into the various formulas. Granted, many of these models are worked out on Excel programs in the business arena, but for one to understand their meaning, in an educational setting,you need to do the preliminary organization and calculations. I correlate this with a 3rd grade student "learning" their multiplication tables with a calculator.What have you really learned?

Excellent Read for a novice.......2001-03-12

As a novice in the field and a first year MBA student, I found it very easy to read, and even easier to understand. Great emphasis is placed on Case studies, which in my view gives the book a practical edge.

Unfortunately it is very focussed on the American market. Yet it's information should be applicable even the markets of Developing Countries

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Is your organization looking back on its quality process and saying, "it failed"? Are you concerned that TQM is just another fad, only to be replaced by the next improvement movement? Don't jump ship just yet. Everyone experiences some failure in his or her quality improvement process. Successful organizations are different because they learn from their failures and do it right the second time.

The author takes you sequentially through the activities required to lead a lasting change from vision to final realization. More importantly, he stresses the balance between process improvement and people improvement.

Each brief chapter covers a specific topic in a framework, which leads you directly to the issues that concern your organization. Throughout the book are checklists, tables, questionnaires, and other helpful tools to support your quality implementation. In addition, Merrill supplies examples showing you what went wrong with other organizations and the successful course of corrections they made.

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A must read fro those persons that would long to reach for success. Discover the harmful effect of negative criticism and how to overcome it. Explore the power of belief, the dynamics of vision, the meaning of determination, the conviction of perseverance, the magic of inspiration and the joy of motivation. Learn from life's crossroad lessons.

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This volume takes a critical look at the current divide over immigration policies. It hopes to shed new light on the debate by bringing together papers that investigate the link between trade and factor mobility, particularly labor migration, from theoretical and empirical perspectives. The team of distinguished international contributors suggests far-reaching implications for business, policy making and scholarship. This is a significant addition to the literature on the economics of migration.

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Base your ideas and strategies for successful implementation of e-learning initiatives on what's worked at other organizations. Use this set of collected cases to implement best practices and models.

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best book I ever read.......1997-08-28

This book is, without doubt, the best book I ever read

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Industrial Policies after 2000 investigates industrial policy during a time of deregulation, privatization and a growing interest in small government. This book brings together scholarship from different countries, different institutional contexts, and different theoretical perspectives. That includes the neoclassical `market' approach, game theoretical models, and institutional economics.

Passenger Transport After 2000 AD (Technology in the Third Millennium)

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Passenger Transport After 2000 AD (Technology in the Third Millennium)
G. Feilden
Manufacturer: Routledge
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0419194703

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This book represents the Proceedings of one of a series of discussion meetings convened by The Royal Society with the aim of reviewing the ways in which human needs and national expectations can be served by technological developments in the 21st century. Passenger Transport After 2000AD provides an authoritative and stimulating account of the issues and problems facing transport planners in the 21st century. The contributors - leading authorities from North America and Europe put forward a wide range of viewpoints from which future technical developments and transport will be approached.

Industrial Policies After 2000. (Book Reviews). (book review): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues

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Industrial Policies After 2000. (Book Reviews). (book review): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues
Suzanne J. Konzelmann
Manufacturer: Association for Evolutionary Economics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008ILO40
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Economic Issues, published by Association for Evolutionary Economics on December 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1088 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: Industrial Policies After 2000. (Book Reviews). (book review)
Author: Suzanne J. Konzelmann
Publication: Journal of Economic Issues (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2001
Publisher: Association for Evolutionary Economics
Volume: 35 Issue: 4 Page: 1039(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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More than a jumpstart guide.......2004-12-11

I really didn't learn much more than I already know about jumpstart but the book contains some unexpected benefits.
John and Alex show you how to setup a semi elaborate test environment.
You are shown how to setup:
NIS server
NIS+ server
LDAP server
DHCP server (on Solaris)

In addition you are shown how to add a client to each environment and then test a jumpstart config for adding other clients.

Less Than Average.......2003-02-26

While documentation about JumpStart is extremely limited, this book just doesn't cut it. It is a conglomeration of documents that are available from Sun for free. Only, there is more documentation from Sun available than is accumulated in this book.

There is supposed to be a new edition out in a few months that's supposed to have much more information in. Save your money for this edition and download the documentation from Sun - check the next edition, maybe it'll be better.

Good coverage, but missing a few...pages.......2003-01-25

Seriously, check your book. Mine is missing pages 7-30, but in an attempt to counter this flaw, I did get 2 sets of pages 1-6. Or is there someone else out there missing pages 1-6 and has 2 sets of pages 7-30.

But overall, the book is good. I used some white papers from Sun's site and this book to get Jumpstart working.

A great users manual for the JumpStart technology........2002-04-21

Summary

A solid reference of implementation details and simple real
world scenarios of the JumpStart technology from Sun.

However, enterprise class design issues such as high availability, scaling and resource requirements are not covered in detail.

Details

This book provides thorough coverage of the JumpStart boot process and installing and configuring a JumpStart server.

Boot process details examined include supported boot protocols ( NFS, DHCP, NIS+, NIS ), the systems used during a JumpStart boot, and an illustrated guide of the boot sequence.

In depth explanations of configuration options will help advanced administrators make the most of their JumpStart deployment. Rules file, profiles file and sysidcfg files are reviewed. Begin and finish scripts are covered.

Post installation customizations are demonstrated with examples in it's own chapter.

Other issues such as system recovery, web flash, security and cloning are briefly covered.

Advice on JumpStart deployment issues such as bandwidth, scaling or high availability are not included in the scope of this book.

It was extremely interesting to learn the process on building a bootable JumpStart CD.

Personally, I thought this book provided value because it is a great single point of reference for a lot of expert advice on installing and configuring the Jumpstart technology. This book is well organized to help administrators setup and configure a JumpStart server.

Must have for jumpstart deployments.......2002-03-24

This book is a must-have for administrators that want to deploy jumpstart effectively. The book comes with a CD that has scripts that are referenced in the book chapters. This is a huge time saver, since you don't have to start from scratch for different deployments.
Sun's online documentation and man pages for jumpstart aren't that great. This book fills the gap, for the most part. If you read through this quickly, you will understand jumpstart fairly well. I give it 3 stars because the book is lacking a complete, succinct description of how to quickly "just set it up". Some of the commands are vague as to exactly on which system they should be run, or what syntax might blow up an installation. There is a lot of information, but it isn't organized that well. Better organization and a chapter on the entire jumpstart system and which files are essential on which servers would make this a 5 star book.

Jumpstart is still not for the faint of heart, but this book at least offers more detail on the subject, and a solid sysadmin will get everything they need from this book and a little time troubleshooting any issues.

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No-nonsense, practical advice for identifying and deterring cheating!

Who cheats and why? How do they cheat? What are the consequences? What are the ways of stopping it before it starts? These critical questions and more are comprehensively answered by esteemed researcher Gregory J. Cizek in this user-friendly, authoritative guide. By offering invaluable insight and straightforward strategies on how to deal with, detect, and discourage cheating, this practical resource will help you achieve more accurate assessments, which are so important in the current accountability-driven educational climate.

Detecting and Preventing Classroom Cheating is a one-stop resource for everything educators need to know about this ever-present detriment to learning and assessment—from what constitutes cheating, to future steps on how it can be eradicated.

Highlights of the book include:

High-tech sources that aid students in cheating and plagiarizing, or aid educators in combating the problem
Sample forms, school policies, and honor codes
Characteristics of students and classrooms associated with cheating
Simple classroom changes that can prevent cheating
Specific techniques for responding to cheating
Questions for Further Discussion in each chapter

K-12 teachers, principals, school board members, and policy makers alike will benefit from the practical suggestions and no-nonsense approach offered in this definitive source on cheating.

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Organization Structure: Cybernetic Systems Foundation utilizes a cybernetic systems framework for the study of organizations using GST (General Systems Theory) and presents a comprehensive formal view of organizations assessing regulation, coordination and adaptation managements. The use of GST in this book is in sharp contrast to previous attempts. It addresses structural problems totally based on qualitative, non-numerical mathematics. The book lays a framework for initial efforts to investigate the potential of using formal GST to address organizational dilemmas. The text has been tested in several graduate courses. It can serve as an excellent textbook or reference for graduate level research in this field, as well as a reference for researchers in related fields.

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Organization Structure Cybernetic Systems Foundation
Yasuhiko/ Mesarovic, Mihajlo D. Takahara
Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OST5YA

Organization Structure: Cybernetic Systems Foundation (IFSR International Series on Systems Science and Engineering)

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Organization Structure: Cybernetic Systems Foundation (IFSR International Series on Systems Science and Engineering)
Yasuhiko Takahara
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MUBVDI

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Accountability Through Measurement: A Global Healthcare Imperative looks at the need for healthcare organizations to become more accountable for their performance. The book discusses the necessary mindset, structures, tools, and communication modes needed for healthcare to be accountable to itself, as well as to external audiences, about its own performance. At the heart of this is the need for a greater degree of disclosure, which in turn requires rigorous methods of measurement. This book places the requirement of disclosure at the center of the accountability mandate and presents concrete ways in which performance can be measured, analyzed, communicated, and used toward performance improvement. This unique approach does not place the responsibility of accountability on the providers only but makes it a joint effort between the providers and recipients.

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In today's complex, dynamic competitive landscape, management of technology can mean the difference between success and failure. Managers and researchers alike need effective ways to conceptualize and develop technology strategies. Richard Goodman and Michael Lawless provide tools needed to integrate firms' technology capabilities with their competitive direction. Technology and Strategy presents models that help put technology and its market impacts into perspective. It addresses the broad questions of how technology and markets evolve, how technology can re-order the "rules" of competition, and how it can shift the balance of individual firms' competitive advantage. It also blends topics currently capturing attention in business circles--such as Total Quality Management and the resource-based view of the firm--into a clear view of technology management programs. Technology and Strategy also describes methods to develop specific strategies to cope with challenges facing executives--like evaluating promising, but untried, new technologies. Using actual case studies from the electronics and bio-tech industries, Goodman and Lawless demonstrate the use of new techniques to formulate strategy, including Technology Mapping and the Innovation Audit. Both were created to help executives choose the approach to technology best suited to their firms' particular capabilities. Offering clear, practical guidance through a complex, fast-changing world of competition, this new analysis of technology and strategy is a valuable guide for general managers, RandD and manufacturing managers, strategic planners, and academics.

Technology and Strategy Conceptual Models and Diagnostics

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Technology and Strategy Conceptual Models and Diagnostics
Michael W. Lawless Goodman Richard A.
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UINGYO

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Economic Behavior and Institutions: Principles of Neoinstitutional Economics (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature)
Thrainn Eggertsson
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The Economic Institutions of Capitalism

The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities

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Understanding the Process of Economic Change (Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

ASIN: 0521348919

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An important new research program has developed in economics that extends neoclassical economic theory in order to examine the effects of institutions on economic behavior. The body of work emerging from this new line of inquiry includes contributions from the various branches of economic theory, such as the economics of property rights, the theory of the firm, cliometrics and law and economics. This book is the first comprehensive survey of this research program, which the author terms "neoinstitutional economics." The author proposes a unified approach to this research, integrating the work of various contributors and emphasizing the common principles of inquiry that tie the work together. The theoretical discussion is accomplished by empirical studies dealing with a whole range of institutions and economic systems.

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American Railroad Problem, a Study in War and Reconstruction

Manufacturer: NY: Century, 1921
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GZDB50

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The American Railroad Problem: A Study In War And Reconstruction
Isaiah Leo Sharfman
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1432658824

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

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Understanding Consumer Decision Making: The Means-end Approach To Marketing and Advertising Strategy

Manufacturer: Lawrence Erlbaum
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 080581731X

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The goal of this book is to help business managers and academic researchers understand the means-end perspective and the methods by which it is used, and to demonstrate how to use the means-end approach to develop better marketing and advertising strategy. The authors discuss methodological issues regarding interviewing and coding, present applications of the means-end approach to marketing and advertising problems, and describe the conceptual foundations of the means-end approach.

This book is of interest to academic researchers in marketing and related fields, graduate students in business, marketing research professionals, and business managers. It is intended as a reference book containing ideas about the means-end approach and its applications.

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Since the celebration of the bicentenary of The Wealth of Nations, the last twenty years have seen a burgeoning interest in Adam Smith's contribution to economics. Jan Peil's book aims to provide a new model for interpreting Smith's contribution to economic science.

This model elucidates Smith's vision of the free market economy by placing it in the historical circumstances of the time. In the first part of the book the author discusses how we should read Smith and outlines the new hermeneutical model of interpretation of his economic thought. For example, in reviewing The Wealth of Nations, the author places Smith's work firmly in the context of moral philosophy and the debate on the sense and meaning of the emerging commercial society which was taking place in the 18th century. In discussing Smith's economics, the author clearly focuses on the question: why should we re-read Smith and according to which model of interpretation? Finally, he discusses the relevance of reinterpreting Smith's economics as part of moral philosophy for today's debate on the principles of economics.

This innovative book will be of great interest to historians of economic thought and political economy, scholars and students of the philosophy and methodology of economics and all those interested in Adam Smith and his relevance for economics today.

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All investors--and financial institutions in particular--face an ever growing degree of risk in their financial transactions. This accessible guide, which is filled with easy-to-follow examples, shows you how to evaluate and model those risks and adapt a strategy to create the best possible outcome.

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