John wiley sons apr 2011 (86 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A do-it-yourself guide to investing like the renowned Harvard and Yale endowments.The Ivy Portfolio shows step-by-step how to track and mimic the investment strategies of the highly successful Harvard and Yale endowments. Using the endowment Policy Portfolios as a guide, the authors illustrate how an investor can develop a strategic asset allocation using an ETF-based investment approach.The Ivy Portfolio also reveals a novel method for investors to reduce their risk through a tactical asset allocation strategy to protect them from bear markets. The book will also showcase a method to follow the smart money and piggyback the top hedge funds and their stock-picking abilities. With readable, straightforward advice, The Ivy Portfolio will show investors exactly how this can be accomplished--and allow them to achieve an unparalleled level of investment success in the process.With all of the uncertainty in the markets today, The Ivy Portfolio helps the reader answer the most often asked question in investing today - 'What do I do'.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Paul Feyerabend is one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century and his book Against Method is an international bestseller. In this new book he masterfully weaves together the main elements of his mature philosophy into a gripping tale: the story of the rise of rationalism in Ancient Greece that eventually led to the entrenchment of a mythical 'scientific worldview'. In this wide-ranging and accessible book Feyerabend challenges some modern myths about science, including the myth that 'science is successful'. He argues that some very basic assumptions about science are simply false and that substantial parts of scientific ideology were created on the basis of superficial generalizations that led to absurd misconceptions about the nature of human life. Far from solving the pressing problems of our age, such as war and poverty, scientific theorizing glorifies ephemeral generalities, at the cost of confronting the real particulars that make life meaningful. Objectivity and generality are based on abstraction, and as such, they come at a high price. For abstraction drives a wedge between our thoughts and our experience, resulting in the degeneration of both. Theoreticians, as opposed to practitioners, tend to impose a tyranny on the concepts they use, abstracting away from the subjective experience that makes life meaningful. Feyerabend concludes by arguing that practical experience is a better guide to reality than any theory, by itself, ever could be, and he stresses that there is no tyranny that cannot be resisted, even if it is exerted with the best possible intentions. Provocative and iconoclastic, The Tyranny of Science is one of Feyerabend's last books and one of his best. It will be widely read by everyone interested in the role that science has played, and continues to play, in the shaping of the modern world.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The inside story of what really happened at Lehman Brothers and why it failedIn The Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers, investigative writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Vicky Ward takes readers inside Lehman's highly charged offices. What Ward uncovers is a much bigger story than Lehman losing at the risky game of collateralized debt obligations, swaps, and leverage.A can't put it down page turner that opens the world of Wall Street to view unlike any book since Bonfire of the Vanities, except that The Devil's Casino isn't fiction.\* Details what went on behind-the-scenes the weekend Lehman Brothers failed, as well as inside Lehman during the twenty years preceding it\* Describes the feudal culture that proved both Lehman's strength and its Achilles' heel\* Written by Vicky Ward, one of today's most connected business and finance writersOn Wall Street, Lehman Brothers was cheekily known as 'the cat with nine lives.' But as The Devil's Casino documents, this cat pushed its luck too far and died-the victim of men and women blinded by arrogance.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How to get a good sound, read music, and master a variety of styles-including classical, pop, jazz, and LatinListening to a trumpet trilla series of high notes during a military march or wail longingly during a blues rendition-is a pleasure second to none. And masters, including Wynton Marsalis and Louis Armstrong, have made the trumpet truly Gabriel's horn, one of the most eloquent voices in classical music and jazz. Yet even a virtuoso begins somewhere. This down-to-earth and user-friendly guide shows those new to the trumpet everything they need know to play the instrument-from basic technique (including getting a good sound), caring for a trumpet, and learning pieces from many musical genres.\* Demonstrates how to play classical, pop, jazz, and Latin-with audio samples on the enclosed CD-ROM\* Includes tips on how to buy or rent the best instrumentAn ideal guide for students just learning the trumpet, or students who need a little boost, or fans of the trumpet who've never got around to learning it, here is the complete guide to making one of the world's most popular-and beloved instruments-their own.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of Elektronisches Buch file.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sociology For Dummies helps you understand the complex field of sociology, serving as the ideal study guide both when you're deciding to take a class as well as when you are already participating in a course. Avoiding jargon, Sociology For Dummies will get you up to speed on this widely studied topic in no time.Sociology For Dummies, UK Edition:\* Provides a general overview of what sociology is as well as an in-depth look at some of the major concepts and theories.\* Offers examples of how sociology can be applied and its importance to everyday life\* Features an in-depth look at social movements and political sociology\* Helps you discover how to conduct sociological research\* Offers advice and tips for thinking about the world in an objective way.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The second edition of Consumer Culture brings this successful introductory textbook right up-to-date for students who are interested in the nature and role of consumption in modern societies. It introduces the importance of new object-based studies for consumer culture, as well as adding new chapters on branding and the rise of ethical consumption. Drawing on a wide range of studies, and using contemporary illustrations from the media and popular culture, the author examines the rise of consumer culture and the changing relations between the production and consumption of cultural goods. She argues that consumer culture has become increasingly stylized and now provides an important context for everyday creativity. The author explores the way an individual's position in social groups structured by class, gender, race and age affects the nature of his or her participation in consumer culture. She also argues that this has contributed to changes in the way in which individuals belong to these social groups. The powerful role consumption plays in our lives is thus revealed as consumer culture is seen to provide new ways of creating social and political identities.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Acclaim for Joel Greenblatt s New York Times bestsellerTHE LITTLE BOOK THAT BEATS THE MARKET 'One of the best, clearest guides to value investing out there.' -Wall Street Journal 'Simply perfect. One of the most important investment books of the last fifty years!'-Michael Price'A landmark book-a stunningly simple and low-risk way to significantly beat the market!'-Michael Steinhardt, the dean of Wall Street hedge-fund managers'The best book on the subject in years.' -Financial Times 'The best thing about this book-from which I intend to steal liberally for the next edition of The Only Investment Guide You ll Ever Need-is that most people won t believe it. . . . That s good, because the more people who know about a good thing, the more expensive that thing ordinarily becomes. . . .'-Andrew Tobias, author of The Only Investment Guide You ll Ever Need 'This book is the finest simple distillation of modern value investing principles ever written. It should be mandatory reading for all serious investors from the fourth grade on up.'-Professor Bruce Greenwald, director of the Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing, Columbia Business School.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - If you want to get to grips with the basics of economics and understand this often complex subject, then look no further than Economics For Dummies. This easy to understand guide takes you through the world of economics from understanding micro- and macroeconomics to looking at complex topics such as capitalism and recession. This updated edition walks you through the history, principles and theories of economics and breaks down all the complicated terminology, leaving you clued up on economics in no time.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Key skills to make sales managers better developers of salespeopleGet out of the firefighting business and into the business of developing the people who develop your profits. Successful salespeople rightfully become sales managers because of superior sales records. Yet too often these sales stars get stuck doing their old sales job while also trying to juggle their manager role, and too often companies neglect to train their sales managers how to excel as managers. That's the 'sales management trap,' and it's exactly what The Accidental Sales Manager addresses and solves.Full of helpful steps you can apply immediately-whether you're training a sales manager, or are one yourself-this practical guide reveals step-by-step methods sales managers can use to both learn their jobs and lead their teams.\* Get tactics to stop burning time and exhausting yourself, while taking effective actions to use time better as a leader\* Discover how to integrate learning into leading and make sales meetings an active conversation on what works and what doesn't\* Author has a previous bestseller, The Accidental SalespersonDon't get caught in the 'sales management trap' or, if you're in it, get the tools you need to escape it. Get The Accidental Sales Manager and lead your team to do what you do best: make sales, drive profits, and get winning results.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Long-listed for the FT & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011The true story of how risk destroys, as told through the ongoing saga of AIGFrom the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, the subject of the financial crisis has been well covered. However, the story central to the crisis-that of AIG-has until now remained largely untold. Fatal Risk: A Cautionary Tale of AIG's Corporate Suicide tells the inside story of what really went on inside AIG that caused it to choke on risk and nearly brining down the entire economic system. The book\* Reveals inside information available nowhere else, including the personal notes and records of key players such as the former Chairman of AIG, Hank Greenberg\* Takes readers behind the scenes at the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York\* Details how an understanding of risk built AIG, but a disdain for government regulators led to a run-in with New York State Attorney General Eliot SpitzerFatal Risk is the comprehensive and compelling true story of the company at the center of the financial storm and how it nearly caused the entire economic system to collapse. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How to become an NLP practitioner-or supercharge your coaching skills with NLPOne of the most popular methods for helping people achieve their life aspirations-Neuro-Linguistic Programmming, or NLP, holds the key to remaking one's future. NLP encourages users to re-create the thought patterns common to those who excel, a process that helps gradually weed out negative or habitual thinking. Using the key elements of NLP-developing a coaching relationship, shedding light on patterns, managing emotional states, and shaping an agenda for change-this practical, inspiring guide offers the tools for helping your clients upgrade the quality of their personal or professional lives.\* Reveals ten powerful coaching questions, ten traps to avoid in coaching, and ten ways to enhance your coaching skills\* Offers tips on laying the foundation for success and quick win sessions\* Insights on how to tap into passion and purpose-and making goals come alive\* Methods for coaching yourself or your team and coaching through conflict\* Other books by Burton: NLP For Dummies, NLP Workbook For Dummies, and Building Self-Confidence For DummiesIdeal for those working towards becoming an NLP practitioner or master coach, Coaching with NLP For Dummies is a guidebook to life transformation-for both client and practitioner.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Carrying through Alina Wheeler's trademark of beautiful layout and design, the book takes you on a journey through just about every important element of branding you could think of, from passion to positioning.'--The Influential Marketing Blog (May 2011)A company's brand is its most valuable asset. Wheeler takes the most seminal tools used by a wide variety of thought leaders and practitioners and makes the information understandable, visible, relevant, exportable and applicable. With her best-selling debut book, Designing Brand Identity (Wall Street Journal, Best-Seller, Spotlight 1/23/2011), now in its third edition, Alina Wheeler reinvented the marketing textbook using a straightforward style to help demystify the branding process. This new offering from Wheeler, Brand Atlas, builds on this user-friendly approach to aggregate and simplify the science behind branding with a unique visual teaching method suited for time-crunched professionals.Brand Atlas follows the recent YouTube-iPhone-Pecha Kucha era trend toward fast-paced visual instruction by neglecting needless jargon and combining vivid, full-color images and easy-to-follow diagrams to break down branding principles into basic step-by-step concepts that can be immediately applied. This handy reference:\* Speaks to a broad range of stakeholders in the branding process--from CEOs to designers to brand managers\* Provides tools to integrate brand throughout the entire customer experience, build relationships based on brand, measure a brand's value, and define a brand strategy\* Contains essential information illustrated through the use of diagramsWith diagrams designed by Joel Katz, an internationally known information designer and a global authority on the visualization of complex information, Brand Atlas is a compact, no-nonsense guide that shows how tactical innovation in the design process is crucial to building brand assets.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Meet the black inventors who lived their dreams--from the early years to modern times Benjamin BannekerAndrew Jackson BeardGeorge E. Carruthers, Ph.D.George Washington CarverMichael Croslin, Ph.D.David Nelson Crosthwait Jr.Charles Richard Drew, M.D.Meredith Gourdine, Ph.D.Claude HarvardShirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.Frederick McKinley JonesPercy Lavon Julian, Ph.D.Ernest Everett Just, Ph.D.Lewis Howard LatimerJan Earnst MatzeligerElijah McCoyBenjamin MontgomeryJohn P. MoonGarrett Augustus MorganNorbert RillieuxEarl D. Shaw, Ph.D.Madame C. J. WalkerDaniel Hale Williams, M.D.Granville T. WoodsJane Cooke Wright, M.D. For more than three centuries, African American inventors have been coming up with ingenious ideas. In fact, it is impossible to really know American history without also learning about the contributions of black discoverers. This collection brings their stories to life. In every era, black inventors have made people's lives safer, more comfortable, more convenient, and more profitable. This inspiring, comprehensive collection shines history's spotlight on these courageous inventors and discoverers. One by one, they persevered, despite prejudice and obstacles to education and training. These stories show you how: - Benjamin Montgomery, born a slave, invented a propeller that improved steamboat navigation. - Jan Earnst Matzeliger, the son of a Dutch engineer, invented a machine that revolutionized the shoe manufacturing industry. - Madame C. J. Walker, born two years after the Civil War emancipated her parents, invented a product that helped make her a millionaire. - Dr. George E. Carruthers, an astrophysicist, invented the lunar surface ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for Apollo 16. Dr. Jane Cooke Wright, a third-generation physician and pioneer in the field of cancer research discovered a method for testing which drugs to use to fight specific cancers. Dr. Wright became the first woman elected president of the New York Cancer Society and the first African American woman to serve as dean of a medical college. This outstanding collection brings to light these and dozens of other exciting and surprising tales of inventors and discoverers who lived their dreams.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cult Cinema: an Introduction presents the first in-depth academic examination of all aspects of the field of cult cinema, including audiences, genres, and theoretical perspectives.\* Represents the first exhaustive introduction to cult cinema\* Offers a scholarly treatment of a hotly contested topic at the center of current academic debate\* Covers audience reactions, aesthetics, genres, theories of cult cinema, as well as historical insights into the topic.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The handy problem-solver with helpful information for today's busy bookkeepers Bookkeeping Essentials: How to Succeed as a Bookkeeper is the handy problem-solver that gives today's busy bookkeepers and accountants the helpful information they need in a quick-reference format. Whether in public practice or private industry, professionals will always have this reliable reference tool at their fingertips. - Packed with practical techniques and rules of thumb for analyzing, evaluating, and solving the day-to-day problems every accountant faces - Helps bookkeepers and accountants quickly pinpoint what to look for, what to watch out for, what to do, and how to do it - Offers hundreds of explanations supported by a multitude of examples, tables, charts, and ratios Filled with dozens of accounting best practices, Bookkeeping Essentials is a powerful companion for the ever-changing world of today's accountant and bookkeeper.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A just-in-time guide for revamping distressed companiesDrawn from the author's decades of experience advising, purchasing, and reviving distressed companies across industries, geographies, and sizes, Reversing the Slide is designed to help executives, managers, and employees revitalize downtrodden companies. It shows how to: select the tactics appropriate for each stage of distress; understand the use of entrepreneurial concepts; avoid pitfalls common to turnarounds; determine the legal, financial, strategic, and operational steps in the process; discover why the principal of 'ready, fire, aim' should guide the decision-making process in situations with time pressure and significant uncertainty; and uncover the secrets of effective leadership and governance.\* Contains step-by-step instructions for helping troubled organizations bounce back with vigor\* Often quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the author is an authority on restructuring and downsizing\* Offers a handbook for implementing a successful corporate turnaroundJames Shein's Reversing the Slide is full of insightful advice on what works, what does not, and why it will prove invaluable to executives, managers, and employees in helping troubled companies before it's too late.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A truly comprehensive, teacher- and parent-friendly guide to creating clear and effective IEPs With the skyrocketing diagnoses of ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and related conditions in U.S. schools, there is a growing need for information on creating effective IEPs for exceptional students. The IEP From A to Z is a step-by-step guide showing teachers and parents how to get the right education plan in place for students with ADHD, Autism/Asperger's, Emotional/Behavioral Disturbance, and related conditions. - Provides easy-to-understand explanations of the special education process along with a wealth of sample effective IEPs - Explains what is most important for educators and parents to keep in mind during IEP development - Provides content area-specific sample goal and objective templates, general teaching tips for maintaining the IEP, and useful resources From nationally recognized experts in the special education field, this book guides readers through the process of writing thoughtful, intelligent Individualized Education Plans that deliver high-quality, need-based educational programming to exceptional students.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Last Caudillo presents a brief biography of the life and times of General Alvaro Obregón, along with new insights into the Mexican Revolution and authoritarian rule in Latin America.\* Features a succinct biography of the life and times of a fascinating figure in Mexico's revolutionary past\* Represents the most analytical and up-to-date study of caudillo/military strongman rule\* Sheds new light on the networks and discourse practices that support rulers such as the Castros in Cuba and Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and the emergence of modern Mexico\* Offers new insights into the role of leadership, the nature of revolution, and the complex forces that helped shape modern Mexico.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Focusing on writing for publication, The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing discusses the components of a manuscript, types of manuscripts, and the submission process. It shows how to craft scholarly papers and other writing suitable for submission to academic journals. The handbook covers how to develop writing skills by offering guidance on becoming an excellent manuscript reviewer and outlining what makes a good review, and includes advice on follow-through with editors, rejection, and rewrites and re-submittals.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Christopher Mee presents an extensive examination of the material culture of the Greek world from its Neolithic roots in 7000 B.C. to the close of the Hellenistic period in 146 B.C.\* Features a unique thematic approach to the study of Greek archaeology\* Includes extensive use of illustrations, many of which are not commonly featured\* Allows for the study of a particular period of time by its chronological arrangement within each chapter. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Since the first edition was published in 1980, Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear has become established as the standard work on this subject and has proved invaluable as both a textbook for students and a reference source for the practising designer. In this fifth edition, the chapter on computer aided design now has full colour illustrations and reflects the growing importance of CAD to the industry and as a part of fashion and design courses. The rest of the book has been updated where necessary: in particular, new blocks for tailored shirts, new details on how to adapt men's blocks for women's wear, and a revision of sizing and labelling information. Colour is now used to differentiate the main groups of patterns and with its tried and tested layout with clear text and diagrams, Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear is an essential purchase for students of fashion and design.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This comprehensive survey of Spain's history looks at the major political, social, and economic changes that took place from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the twenty-first century.\* A thorough introduction to post-Civil War Spain, from its development under Franco and subsequent transition to democracy up to the present day\* Tusell was a celebrated public figure and historian. During his lifetime he negotiated the return to Spain of Picasso's Guernica, was elected UCD councillor for Madrid, and became a respected media commentator before his untimely death in 2005\* Includes a biography and political assessment of Francisco Franco\* Covers a number of pertinent topics, including fascism, isolationism, political opposition, economic development, decolonization, terrorism, foreign policy, and democracy\* Provides a context for understanding the continuing tensions between democracy and terrorism, including the effects of the 2004 Madrid Bombings.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Strong customer-focused companies have a clear, relevant promise which they obsessively deliver day-in, day-out. At the same time, they relentlessly drive the market by evolving the offer in the face of market developments and opportunities. Because they meet customer needs better than the competition, again and again, they are able to generate sustainable, profitable, market-leading organic growth. The problem the book addresses is how to achieve this. The authors identify five key steps using their framework for success:\* Offer a clear, relevant customer promise\* Build customer trust by reliably delivering that promise\* Continuously improve the promise, while still reliably delivering it\* Drive the market by innovating beyond the familiar\* Support all this with an open organization that promotes frank discussion based on clear facts and market feedback.Above all the book runs counter to the fashionable claim that the starting-point for business success should be to find a 'blue-sky', 'out-of-the-box' breakthrough innovation. Barwise and Meehan use many compelling cases to illustrate how managers can find ways within their existing network and organization to achieve long term growth.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The third edition of Traumatic Dental Injuries: A Manual builds on the widespread success of the previous two editions. The ultimate guide to dental trauma, the manual preserves its uniquely usable and reader-friendly format, demonstrating step-by-step treatment protocols for commonly occurring traumatic injuries. Several new sections have been added to expand the number of clinical scenarios, describing soft tissue injuries associated with dental trauma, showing how decoronation of ankylosed anterior teeth in adolescents can preserve the alveolar process for later implant placement, and identifying predictors for pulpal and periodontal ligament healing complications as well as for tooth loss.A unique feature of the new edition is the accompanying DVD which presents computer animations of all trauma scenarios, as well as links to the internet-based interactive Dental Trauma Guide to predict healing complication for individual trauma scenarios.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Since the first edition was published in 1980, Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear has become established as the standard work on this subject and has proved invaluable as both a textbook for students and a reference source for the practising designer. In this fifth edition, the chapter on computer aided design now has full colour illustrations and reflects the growing importance of CAD to the industry and as a part of fashion and design courses. The rest of the book has been updated where necessary: in particular, new blocks for tailored shirts, new details on how to adapt men's blocks for women's wear, and a revision of sizing and labelling information. Colour is now used to differentiate the main groups of patterns and with its tried and tested layout with clear text and diagrams, Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear is an essential purchase for students of fashion and design.Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstraße 12, 69469 Weinheim 198 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The financial industry's leading independent research firm's forward-looking assessment into high frequency trading Once regarded as a United States-focused trend, today, high frequency trading is gaining momentum around the world. Yet, while high frequency trading continues to be one of the hottest trends in the markets, due to the highly proprietary nature of the computer transactions, financial firms and institutions have made very little available in terms of information or 'how-to' techniques. That's all changed with The High Frequency Game Changer: How Automated Trading Strategies Have Revolutionized the Markets. In the book, Zubulake and Lee present an overview of how high frequency trading is changing the face of the market. The book - Explains how we got here and what it means to traders and investors - Details how to build a high frequency trading firm, including the relevant tools, strategies, and trading talent - Defines key components common to HFT such as algorithms, low latency trading infrastructure, collocation etc. The High Frequency Game Changer takes a highly controversial and extremely complicated subject and makes it accessible to anyone with an interest or stake in financial markets.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mindfulness-integrated CBT: Principles and Practice represents the first set of general principles and practical guidelines for the integration of mindfulness meditation with well-documented and newly developed CBT techniques to address a broad range of psychological dysfunctions.\* The first book to provide a strong rationale and general guidelines for the implementation of mindfulness meditation integrated with CBT for a wide range of psychological difficulties\* Incorporates ancient Buddhist concepts of how the mind works, while remaining firmly grounded in well-documented cognitive and behavioural principles\* Provides new insights into established understanding of conditioning principles\* Includes a comprehensive list of frequently asked questions, week-by-week instructions for professionals to facilitate application of the therapy, along with case examples and the inspiring stories of former clients.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Often business executives serve (or are asked to serve) as board members of nonprofit organizations. However, without a clear understanding of how nonprofits work, service on a board can be a frustrating experience. Joining a Nonprofit Board offers an important guide to the roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit board member. Marc J. Epstein and F. Warren McFarlan provide a step-by-step guide to how board members can work with a nonprofit organization to achieve the organization's overarching mission, attain financial sustainability, and develop and execute the systems needed to accomplish both. Based on more than 10 years of research from Rice University and Harvard Business School and filled with illustrative examples, Joining a Nonprofit Board explores the basic structure of a nonprofit, explains how to build and monitor a nonprofit's mission, and identifies how the board performs an effective assessment of a non-profit. The book also explores the challenges posed by the duality of leadership between the unpaid volunteer non-executive chairman of the board and the CEO. Joining a Nonprofit Board includes a helpful explanation of a 'board member's life cycle.' The authors start with the decision to join a board and explain how to prepare for the first meeting. The book explores how to serve effectively the first two years and reveals what it takes to develop your ongoing role as a trustee. Finally the book describes how to transition off the board to other forms of service with the organization. Joining a Nonprofit Board is a comprehensive resource for anyone who wants to take their experience in the business world and serve a nonprofit with passion and clarity.…