United States Army And World War II: European, Mediterranean, Middle East Theaters Of Operations

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Open and distance education is now widespread, not just in the open universities of the world, but in all education and training sectors, from traditional campus universities to corporate training centers.

With contributions from some of the world's leading practitioners in the field, this book draws together contemporary experience in the application of technology to distributed learning. It will be a valuable guide to all those implementing web-based learning. It provides a thought provoking appraisal of the strategies and processes for managing change in open and distance learning and offers a progressive vision for all those involved in this widespread discipline.

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Business modelling is a vast arena of research and practice, which is gaining increasing important in the rapid development of e-commerce, globalization, and in particular, the movement toward global e-business. The ability to utilize advanced computing technology to model, analyse and simulate various aspects of ever-changing businesses has made a significant impact on the way businesses are designed and run these days. With the current global e-business and e-commerce initiatives, it has become important that all businesses carefully validate their business objectives, requirements, and strategies through a careful process of formal business modelling. It is important for effective enterprise decision making to have clear, concise business models that allow the extraction of critical value from business processes and specify the rules to be globally enforced. Particularly in e-business specifications, the need to be unambiguous, accurate, and complete becomes even greater, because there may be no human mediator or agent to rely on in complex or unforeseen situations. Business Modelling: Multidisciplinary Approaches - Economics, Operational, and Information Systems Perspectives, arranged in three parts, brings scholarly perspectives from various disciplines to bear on some of the critical aspects of business modeling. The first part (chapters 1-8) focuses on business modelling fundamentals and starts with a series of economics and operations research perspectives. The second part (chapters 9-19) concentrates on modelling in electronic businesses and focuses on Management Information Systems and Decision Support Systems. The third part (chapters 20-22) centers on multidisciplinary business modelling progress, in particular on the seminal work of Professor Andrew B. Whinston.

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Environmental legislation and public expectations will have a dramatic effect on corporate priorties in the next decade and beyond. By emphasizing total quality management throughout, this unique manual provides clear, practical guidelines to implementing an effective corporate environmental program. Implementing an Environmental Audit: gives managers tools to help them lead their organizations to compliance with environmental regulations; shows how to integrate a total quality ``green strategy'' into the corporate culture; provides practical checklists and worksheets to assist implementation.

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Practical, real-life team leadership in a book!

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Leading High Impact Teams: The Coach Approach to Peak Performance
Cynder Niemela , and Rachael Lewis
Manufacturer: High Impact Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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In today's work world, a leader capable of galvanizing a team to produce superlative results is invaluable. This book shows new team leaders the way to avoid costly trial-and-error mistakes. It inspires seasoned team leaders to leverage the "Coach Approach" to make their team experiences lighter, more synergistic and infinitely more productive. Full of practical, step-by-step activities, real life stories and anecdotes to quickly apply, you'll learn what it takes to lead or coach a team to high impact.

When you read this book:

· You'll learn what it takes to build and lead a High Impact Team.

· You'll read real stories of how other team leaders developed their High Impact Teams.

· You'll get practical examples and activities for working through the normal ups and downs of team projects.

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Buyer Beware!!!!.......2003-12-05

I have not read this book yet. But I want to save everyone the surprise I received when I opened the package. This book appears to be out of print. It seems that as a result Amazon does not show the book's list price. I had heard good things about this book and thinking that the used price "must" be less then the list price I ordered a used one at $75. I received a copy of the book directly from the author herself. Much to my surprise and dismay the list price on the inside cover was $22.

Terrific book.......2001-12-20

This book that discusses characteristics of high impact teams, and what you can do to build a high impact team. Rachael and Cynder show how you can turn a team into a high impact team with specific examples and explanations. The book is fabulous in discussing the benefits of coaching and how you yourself can help coach your team to improve themselves. The book neatly ties together many themes of teams, coaching, and leadership, and points you to many helpful tools that can help build a high impact team. This is a book that you will continually want to reread and reference.

Great template for managers!.......2001-11-29

This is much more than an academic look at team-building. The authors have created a template that managers and team leaders in any organization would find practical and useful.

Practical, real-life team leadership in a book!.......2001-11-03

This book really delivers. Many books of this type offer general guidelines without easy-to-use, practical examples and tools. This book bridges the gap between concept and practice. The examples are inspiring AND illustrative. I have been building and leading teams for over 25 years, and there resounding truths from the trenches in the pages of this book, but there is more--this book brings new applications of sound ideas, and innovative ways to see, hear, and empower any team you'd like to turn into a high-impact team. Worth every penny and every minute; I return to its very well-organized pages again and again for ideas and inspiration.

Comprehensive and Practical.......2001-10-04

This is fantastic reading with invaluable insight for executive managers committed to generating results on their teams. Amidst the mirad of advice out there--this should be required reading for team members and executives leading teams. Top 10 High Impact Team Practices, team phase development and weathering storms are among the most practical "how to" examples in the book. There are sectors of information---"distinctions" and "inquiries" that are perfect to use in team meetings as catalysts for problem solving/solution creation. Brilliantly done, wonderfully concise and easily implementable.

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Leading High Impact Teams: The Coach Approach to Peak Performance
Cynder; Lewis, Rachael Niemela
Manufacturer: High Impact Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KXZLSS

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Reinterpreting the roots of twentieth-century American labor law and politics, Ruth O'Brien argues that it was not New Deal Democrats but rather Republicans of an earlier era who developed the fundamental principles underlying modern labor policy. By examining a series of judicial rulings from the first three decades of the century, she demonstrates that the emphasis on establishing the procedural rights of workers that is usually associated with the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 actually emerged over a decade earlier, in the Republican-formulated labor legislation of the 1920s.

O'Brien's findings underscore a paradox within the foundation of labor policy and the development of liberalism in the United States. The leaders of the liberal state created a strict regulatory framework for organized labor only after realizing that the mainstream labor movement's capacity for collective power threatened to undermine individualism and classlessness in American society. In other words, O'Brien argues, the individualism that accounts for the overall weakness of the liberal state also produced America's statist labor policy.

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Interesting new perspective on a familiar topic.......2000-08-11

O'Brien has written a well researched work that brings a new perspective to a familiar chapter in labor history. Her findings suggest that a paradox exists within the foundation of labor policy and the development of liberalism in this country, and that the principles of labor history associated with the National Relations Act of 1935 actually emerged over a decade earlier in the 1920s. This is a well written book that should be included in the library of anyone interested in labor history and the politics of the 1920s and 1930s.

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This joint World Bank-ILO study traces the experience of 19 countries in reforming their vocational education and training policies and summarizes the lessons learned, focusing on obstacles to implementing changes in response to changing labor markets and innovative approaches to overcoming these constraints. The four main messages emerging from the study are: that matching instrument to target group is vital; the role of governments as facilitators has often been overlooked; the assumed reluctance of private providers to enter the field is a myth; and lack of political will, not institutional capacity, is the main obstacle to comprehensive reform.

Vocational Education and Training Reform : Matching Skills to Markets and Budgets (A World Bank Publication)

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Vocational Education and Training Reform : Matching Skills to Markets and Budgets (A World Bank Publication)
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Manufacturer: A World Bank Publication
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Binding: Paperback
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Achieving Supply Chain Excellence Through Technology

Manufacturer: Montgomery Research, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0966641310

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Achieving Supply Chain Excellence through Technology (Volume 4)

Manufacturer: Montgomery Research, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0966641388

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In-depth review of the current and future trends in supply chain management

Achieving Supply Chain Excellence Through Technology Vol 2

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review of the current and future trends in supply chain management

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For the public sector, which is globally the largest employer of people and repository of information, managing information and knowledge is an extremely problematic area to address. The essence of both resources is that they are intangible, their impact and value cannot be measured through traditional accounting methods, yet they are also, paradoxically, where the greatest value and potential for improvement is located.

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Down-to-earth and taking into account the critically important characteristics unique to public services, this will be an illuminating text both for managers and policy makers already working in the public sector.

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The holistic guide to understanding how the brain acquires, processes, and interprets information.

This concise look at how the brain learns, remembers, and creates meaning will allow every teacher to prepare more effective lesson plans and to create reflective learning opportunities for students and to Topics include:

The cognitive system: mind, heart, and body
How visual learners, auditory learners, and kinesthetic learners acquire and process information
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This book offers the information you need to Reduce or eliminate the effects of wealth transfer taxes; protect your family's wealth from divorce settlements and malpractice suits; establish a trust in another country to protect your assets from future liens; insure adequate funds for future health care needs; guarantee that your assets and possessions will go to the beneficiaries of your cchoice; protect your children's inheritance from future estate taxes and creditors; and more. No matter what the size of your estate, this book can help you protect what you've already earned...plan for your later years...and provide for your family's future.

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Discusses several viable techniques to reduce estate tax.......1999-10-26

Good use of diagrams to illustrate how specific techniques would work out. A good conceptual overview of various techniques. Sufficient info on each technique to allow you to decide which ones are likely to work best for you. Prepares you for a more meaningful discussion of alternatives with your estate planner.

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Preserving Family Wealth Using Tax Magic: Strategies Worth Millions!
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HONEYCOMB The History and Magic of Honeycomb explores the application and use of honeycomb structure and design in such disparate fields as aerospace, clothing, glassware, housing construction, packaging, paper party goods, and textiles. Authors Jeannette Lasansky and Virginia Gunn trace the evolution of paper honeycomb from folk traditions in China and Japan to pop culture commercial goods marketed by American, Austrian, Danish, German, and Japanese firms; from a hand craft to a mechanized and patented process; from paper traditions that span centuries to current cutting-edge technologies in thermoplastics and metals.

Hallmark Cards of Kansas City, Missouri, and the Beistle Company of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, were among the leaders in the development and production of paper honeycomb. In paper goods in particular, honeycomb has transformed the ordinary into the magical. Meshed-tissue honeycomb garlands, centerpieces, and cards have been embraced by the American public since the early twentieth century as fashionable, inexpensive, easy to use, and delightful to one's senses.

Hexel Corp. of Dublin, California, has revolutionized design features of aircraft, trains, cars, and ships by using honeycomb components made of a wide variety of metals, resins, and advanced composites. Tenneco Packaging/Hexacomb Corp. of Lincolnshire, Illinois, and Belcomb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, have been in the forefront of making and using structural building panels with honeycomb cores.

Whether found in nineteenth-century garlands and valentines or late-twentieth century athletic shoes and airplanes, honeycomb never ceases to amaze.

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Understanding Marketing A European Casebook Understanding Marketing has been written by marketing lecturers drawn from leading universities and business schools throughout Europe. This collection of case studies covers a broad range of marketing issues, including: strategic marketing; new products; branding; marketing communication and promotion; business-to-business marketing; and product pricing and distribution.
* Includes 20 cases written by lecturers from universities in 14 different European countries belonging to the CEMS network
* The cases cover a wide range of products: brewing, soft drinks, mobile telephones, banking,textiles, skin products and office furniture being only a selection of the products included
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Asbestos was once known as the 'magic mineral' because of its ability to withstand flames. Yet since the 1970s, it has become a notorious and feared 'killer dust' that is responsible for thousands of deaths and an epidemic that continues into the new millennium. This is the first comprehensive account of the UK asbestos health problem, which provides an in-depth look at the occupational health experience of one of the world's leading asbestos companies-British asbestos giant, Turner and Newall. Based on a vast company archive recently released in American litigation, 'Magic Mineral to Killer Dust' gives an unprecedented insight into all aspects of the asbestos hazard - dust control, workmen's compensation, government regulation, and the development of medical knowledge. In particular, it looks at the role of industrialists, doctors, factory inspectors, and trades unionists, highlighting the failures in regulation that allowed the commercial development of a material that was known to be lethal since at least 1900.

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Magic Mineral to Killer Dust.......2000-10-31

Well written and researched. I found the book to be quick read and very informative.

Magic Mineral to Killer Dust : Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard

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Magic Mineral to Killer Dust : Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard
Geoffrey Tweedale
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press(UK)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OL8UNE

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Magic Mineral to Killer Dust : Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard
Geoffrey Tweedale
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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An analytical assessment of the phenomena of ASP. Introduces frameworks for customer ASP economics, ASP services definitions, ASP technologies, ASP architectures, ASP ecosystems, ASP value propositions, ASP investment decision processes, and others. Softcover.

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Packed with information for a wide range of readers.......2002-08-26

This book is essential reading for all stakeholders in an ASP scenario: providers, clients, and investors/venture capitalists. The reasons for this bold statement are:

- PROVIDERS: Chapters 3 (Understanding ASP), 5 (Network Computing and ASP Architectures), 8 (ASP Security Services), and 10 (ASP Enabling: Requirements and Fulfillment) cover the critical success factors that the ASP needs to ensure, as well as gives a good overview of what it takes to frame a value proposition to potential clients.

- CLIENTS: Chapters 2 (Why Companies Outsource), 3 (Understanding ASP), 6 (ASP Types and Services), and 7 (Managing ASPs) show what to expect from an ASP, how to determine if outsourcing to one makes business sense, and how to effectively manage an ASP after the contract is signed.

- INVESTORS/VCs: Chapters 1 (The History and Evolution of Outsourcing and ASP), 2 (Why Companies Outsource), 4 (Taxonomy for ASP Economies), 9 (Strategic Analysis of ASP Types), and 11 (The Future of ASP) make a compelling case in favor of investing in an ASP, and how to properly evaluate proposed business models.

To be sure there is a lot of overlap of material that will be of interest between and among the stakeholders cited above, but the chapters I cited will be the ones that each should read first. What makes this book so valuable is the panoramic view of the ASP industry, and the level of detail that each topic is given. The author knows his stuff, and, more importantly, knows how to clearly communicate it.

If you are among the stakeholder groups cited above this is the single most informative book on the topic to date.

Excellent book on hosted applications.......2002-01-12

Well structured and excellent all round book on hosted applications covering: the motivations for outsourcing; what application service providers (ASPs) are all about; ASP types, services and techologies used. Also good sections on ASP security and strategic analysis of ASP types. Writing quality is good. The author knows his subject and text is well edited. Overall, a very useful guide to what the ASPs are all about and a comprehensive introduction into the challenging world of the ASPs.

ASP's best communicator!.......2001-10-15

A wonderfully thorough examination on one of the most important themes facing tech-companies today! This book has it all; economics, strategic marketing processes, lucid observations and an incredibly learned analysis. I am stunned. Factor is hands down the world leader in ASP knowledge and a prophet in sizing up its future importance in the tech world. Read it!

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Analyzing Application Service Providers
Alexander L. Factor Alexander Factor
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
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Binding: Paperback
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