Oecd Investment Policy Reviews, Caribbean Rim: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Jamaica (OECD Investment Policy Reviews)

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`Wonderful, wonderful book. Elegant in its simplicity; resourceful in its elegance. It’s directed at teenage students, but its exercises and activities would be useful to people of any age, and not simply those with emotional or learning difficulties' - Joe Sincalair, Nuturing Potential

Another exciting resource in the Heart Masters series to promote resilience and emotional development. Based on the work of the late Dr Chris Madden whose research with teenagers found they had eight styles of coping with pressure ranging from positive strategies (self-care and problem-solving) to negative styles (denial and acting out).

The book focuses on three significant problems for teenagers: stress, behaviourand study.

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`Certainly worth reading in order to be reminded of some positive reasons for entering the teaching profession: to value the process of education as much as the content, to view children holistically and to consider schools as places of learning for all' - British Journal of Special Education

Behaviour difficulties in our schools will not go away, but they can be significantly reduced. This book makes available to practitioners and students the frameworks and ideas which will help them minimize behaviour difficulty in school.

The authors address three important levels: the school, the classroom and the individual. At each level, they show how to identify and analyze patterns of difficulty, and then identify methods for improvement.

Improving School Behaviour has been written in order to bring to readers useful approaches founded in a comprehensive range of useful international research, and in years of experience in working with schools. It is a mine of helpful ideas and practical approaches. This is not recipe book, or a source of quick fixes or favourite theories.

The authors:

· challenge simplified rhetoric about school behaviour

· help practitioners identify real areas and effective methods for improvement.

· identify the shortcomings of much conventional wisdom about improving behaviour,

· show how to implement practical, evidence-based alternatives which can lead to improved results.

Improving School Behaviour is an essential resource for all those who are not afraid to improve. It is suitable for use in settings for all age-ranges.

Improving Behaviour and Attendance at School

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Improving Behaviour and Attendance at School
Susan Hallam , and Lynne Rogers
Manufacturer: Open University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0335222412

Improving Classroom Behaviour : New Directions for Teachers and Pupils (Special Needs in Ordinary Schools Ser.)

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Improving Classroom Behaviour : New Directions for Teachers and Pupils (Special Needs in Ordinary Schools Ser.)
Denis Mongon and Susan Hart
Manufacturer: Cassell Academic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OS99BO

The role of the teacher in the classroom;: A manual for understanding and improving teacher classroom behaviour

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The role of the teacher in the classroom;: A manual for understanding and improving teacher classroom behaviour
Edmund J Amidon
Manufacturer: Association for Productive Teaching
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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A book of " Competitive intelligence" for entrepreneurs

Managing Competitive Intelligence Knowledge in a Global Economy
American Productivity & Quality Center
Manufacturer: Amer Productivity Center
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound

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Operations Research | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1928593089

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See how best-practice companies effectively manage competitive intelligence (CI) knowledge in Managing Competitive Intelligence Knowledge in a Global Economy, a Best-Practice Report based on a consortium benchmarking study by APQC. Discover that successful management of CI knowledge within an organization can be modeled in a five-step process: focus the CI knowledge management efforts, implement CI knowledge creation, institutionalize CI knowledge, change, and hone CI efforts. The report presents 11 key findings within this model.

Subject Matter Experts

John Prescott, professor of business administration, University of Pittsburgh's Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

Jan Herring, principal, Herring & Associates

Best-Practice Partners

American Express Company

Dow Chemical Company

Procter & Gamble

Sequent Computer Systems

Skandia Insurance

Strategic Decisions Group

Xerox PARC

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A book of " Competitive intelligence" for entrepreneurs.......2001-08-18

This is one of the best books about intelligence in a Global economy.

If you are a businessman ,researcher,economist or even a CIA agent you will find all what you need to know to become competitive and sure of your future steps in business.

The book provides tips and strategies for corporate businessmen looking to become competitive intelligence experts.

Competitive intelligence" for entrepreneurs is presented in this book that covers topics including electronic commerce, finance and venture capital, industry information , international news, law, marketing and more.

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This companion guide to the bestselling The Six Sigma Way focuses on the project improvement teams that do the real, in-the-trenches work of Six Sigma—measuring performance, improving quality and saving millions in the process.

The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook is a highly practical reference for team leaders and members, outlining both the methods that have made Six Sigma successful and the basic steps a team must follow in an improvement effort. Written by three veteran trainers of Six Sigma “Black Belts” and teams at GE, Sun Microsystems, and Sears, this hands-on guide helps teams obtain the skills they need to identify a product, service, or process that needs improvement or redesign; gather data on the process and the rate of defects; find ways to improve quality up to a Six Sigma level—just 3.4 defects per million; and much more.

* Includes dozens of data-gathering forms and Six Sigma tools and worksheets
* Describes key improvement methods in a concise “how-to” format with checklists and tips

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This companion guide to the bestselling The Six Sigma Way focuses on the project improvement teams that do the real, in-the-trenches work of Six Sigma-measuring performance, improving quality and saving millions in the process.

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Very Helpful resource!!!.......2007-10-05

This is a very helpful resource for me as a new blackbelt. The more I learn, the more this book makes sense!

Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook.......2007-03-24

An excellent resource for new Black Belts. Describes the DMAIC phases in plain english. A definite must for anyone training in the DMAIC methodology.

A priceless guide full of hundreds of templates and examples.......2006-11-12

As a Transactional Six Sigma Black Belt, this has been one of the most useful six sigma books I own. It contains a wealth of illustrations and tools that are priceless in terms of teaching process improvement teams basic six sigma methods. Using this book, people in process improvement can learn to apply many of the basic six sigma concepts.

I cannot stress enough, the number of useful illustrations and examples that are in every chapter in this book. Where most six sigma books tell you what six sigma is and how to analyze and measure, this one gives you the communication tools that are essential for getting and keeping an improvement project on-track.

Although many six sigma people would disagree with me on this point, I am a firm believer that Process Improvement & Management is the program to achieve business change success and six sigma is a tool to help accomplish and control the improvements.

A must read and a bargain-priced book. I recommended it to every process improvement team I lead and the feedback is always a "Wow - what a book!"

Looking for Cost Reduction, Increased Productivity, and Loyal Costumers - This is the practical implementation guide .......2006-07-17

Six sigma is a quality system that has helped world class companies save millions and gain costumer. It was brought into fame by the legendary Jack Welch during his years at General Electric.

This book is a practical implementation guide and the companion for "The sis sigma way: How GE, Motorola, and other top companies are honing their performance". Buy this book if you are already involved in a sis sigma initiative in your organization, either as a black belt, green belt, or champion. If you are looking for an introduction to fundamentals an systems implementation, you may do better with "The sis sigma way: How GE, Motorola, and other top companies are honing their performance", which is a comprehensive self-help guide to adapting and using the six sigma system under various conditions. Half of the book focuses on implementation through a detailed and flexible five-step "road map", filled with practical directions.

Either if you are looking to solve an specific process problem, or want to implement six sigma company wide, both books will help you develop a method that fits the specific needs of your company or organization.

Classroom training for Six Sigma costs what!.......2005-11-05

I began my journey to learn about Six Sigma around a year ago. At that time I investigated classroom training on Six Sigma. The cost for Six Sigma training was far too expensive for my management team to seriously consider. My most viable option was to train myself. I bought seven, yes seven, books on the topic of Six Sigma. This book was the best of the seven resources I purchased. This book is an inexpensive resource for training. I would also recommend an introduction to Six Sigma to supplement this book. My recommendation would be, "What is Six Sigma?" (another book by Pande). I have several years of quality experience so not every newcomer can just read a book. For most business process improvement efforts this book can give you the education to be dangerous against company waste and inefficiencies.

Statistical process control: A training manual and implementation guide

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Statistical process control: A training manual and implementation guide
Robert L O'Con
Manufacturer: Fabricators & Manufacturers Association
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Binding: Paperback

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In Pursuit of Leviathan traces the American whaling industry from its rise in the 1840s to its precipitous fall at the end of the nineteenth century. Using detailed and comprehensive data that describe more than four thousand whaling voyages from New Bedford, Massachusetts, the leading nineteenth-century whaling port, the authors explore the market for whale products, crew quality and labor contracts, and whale biology and distribution, and assess the productivity of the American fleet. They then examine new whaling techniques developed at the end of the nineteenth century, such as modified clippers and harpoons, and the introduction of darting guns. Despite the common belief that the whaling industry declined due to a fall in whale stocks, the authors argue that the industry's collapse was related to changes in technology and market conditions.

Providing a wealth of historical information, In Pursuit of Leviathan is a classic industry study that will provide intriguing reading for anyone interested in the history of whaling.

In Pursuit of Leviathan: Technology, Institutions, Productivity, and Profits in American Whaling, 1816-1906

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In Pursuit of Leviathan: Technology, Institutions, Productivity, and Profits in American Whaling, 1816-1906
Lance Edwin Davis
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPIVLG

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Whether you're an experienced trainer or a virtual novice, McGraw-Hill One-Day Workshops pack all the scripts, readings, exercises, slides, and other materials you need to train unlimited groups to 6 to 20 employees at your own pace, on your own schedule, and in the privacy of your own in-house facilities. Put them to work to teach: coaching and counseling skills: the know-how managers need to build employee skills, self-confidence, and performace.

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Examines the ways in which companies are more reliant than ever on information and knowledge. Knowledge is a corporate asset which needs to be identified, guarded and shared. This book shows the reader how to value the knowledge in their company and establish what is important to the company's success.

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Egocentric author who puts little value on Experts.......2001-08-10

I thought the author was high on herself and down on anybody with a little knowledge. She presents Knowledge Management with a "black and white" attitude. This is right and that is wrong. It's very simple minded conversation about an extremely complex subject matter. Also, she uses generic and vague statements like "Know who needs to know what in the Orgnaization." That's obvious, tell me how to do that. What tools, work processes? She doesn't give much details on this. In summary, the book provides very little insight to solving a very complex matter. It's merely a gather of vague, wonderful proverbs!

"Critical Knowledge Can be Transient".......2001-02-20

Annie Brooking writes, "In order to manage knowledge within the organization some decisions have to be made. What knowledge is important? Where do we start? Should we manage the knowledge of all employees or just a select few. Which select few? Should we get everyone to document what they know? Wait a minute...if they are documenting everything they know when do they have time to do their jobs? It's a conundrum, let's not even get into whether or not it's possible to document all the types of knowledge a company must be interested in. The solution is as usual to focus; to look at the types of knowledge which are essential to the company in order to enable it to achieve its corporate goals."

In this context, in Chapter 3, she shows some examples of types of knowledge which can be critical in a company as following:

1. Knowledge of a particular job such as how to remove the wings from an aircraft or how to clean out a boiler.

2. Knowledge of who knows what in a company.

3. Knowledge of how to get things done in a company-using the culture to maximum effect.

4. Knowledge of who is best to perform a particular job or task.

5. Knowledge of corporate history, why the company works the way it does.

6. Knowledge of a particular customer account.

7. Knowledge of a geography, country and its business customs.

8. Knowledge of how to put together a team that can achieve a particular task.

9. Knowledge of how to approach a particular problem which is difficult to solve.

Finally, she writes about critical knowledge that "it's important not to fall into a false sense of security when considering critical knowledge in the organization, as it may be the case that know-how which is important today, this month or this year is not important next year. Understanding the dynamics of the business is important in manipulating the organization to perform as best it can every day."

Highly recommended.

A great introduction and a great value.......1999-09-09

Brooking provides a concise description of the collection, organization, and management of corporate knowledge. This book is economical in its description, as well as its price. Good examples of the concepts throughout the text.

Technologies for knowledge management will come and go. This book focuses on the human element, understanding how we know what we know, and the processes needed to elicit, capture, and maintain knowledge.

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