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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A rich expose of twenty of the world's best team-based companies and a critical tool for anyone using teams as an integral part of reengineering initiatives. Each case history takes you behind the scenes for an in-depth look at the key practices used by such companies as Colgate-Palmolive, Miller Brewing Company, Texas Instruments, and Westinghouse Electric to successfully implement empowered teams--from gaining senior management support to designing team selection and training systems.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Math skills you can count on! In this eagerly awaited sequel to the popular Rapid Math Tricks andTips, Professor Ed Julius shows you how to master difficultproblems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and divisionquickly, easily and without a calculator. And have fun while doingit! By learning one to two tricks a day for thirty days, you'll beamazed at the increase in your number power. Discover how you canquickly subtract by oversubtracting. Speed up your calculating withplace-value multiplication. See how to add in seconds by breaking anumber apart. More Rapid Math Tricks and Tips includes: \* Step-by-step examples to explain each technique \* Over 1,400 sample problems and practice exercises \* Challenging 'brain builders' to keep you on your toes \* Weekly quizzes and a final exam so you can check your progress \* Fascinating mathematical curiosities and parlor tricks, such asthe Amazing Age-Divining Trick and the Phenomenal Fifth-Root Trick Whether calculating the total at the supermarket checkout,reconciling a bank statement, or figuring the sales tax on yourlatest purchase, More Rapid Math Tricks and Tips makes working withnumbers fast, fun, and easy. It's a must for math lovers, as wellas students, teachers, and anyone who works with numbers on aregular basis. 'Ed Julius has written another engaging book that will definitelyexcite the mind.' --Mick Horwitz, Founding Director Sierra CanyonCollege Preparatory School, 'The original Rapid Math Tricks and Tips has been a staple in myclassroom for the past four years. The sequel is definitely anotherwinner!' --Laurie Curtis-Abbe, Teacher Anacapa Middle School, aCalifornia/National School of Excellence a U.S. Department ofEducation Blue Ribbon Exemplary School. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Join the international community of scientists and explore theworld's most exciting discoveries . . . Build a simple machine like the ancient Egyptians might have usedto build the pyramids. Construct your own rocket thrusters tosimulate those used by U.S. astronauts. Make your own paper using a2,000-year-old recipe from China. These are just some of the exciting projects you'll find in Sciencearound the World, a fun and fact-filled book of experiments andactivities highlighting scientific discoveries from throughouthistory that shaped the way we live. Travel from England toAustralia, Germany to Japan, Mexico to Canada, as you explore someof history's most famous moments in physics, chemistry, biology,geology, and more. Each experiment includes a list of requiredmaterials, illustrations, and easy-to-follow, step-by-stepinstructions. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Bring the fun of a world-famous science museum into your own classroom or home! THE EXPLORATORIUM SCIENCE SNACKBOOK SERIES 'Clear, concise, and visual--the best assortment of wonder- filled ideas I have seen. A must-have.'--Paul Hewitt, author of Conceptual Physics 'Almost as much fun as exploring the Exploratorium, which, of course, is a googolplex of fun.'--Jearl Walker, author of The Flying Circus of Physics, with Answers Now you can do your own version of 23 Exploratorium experiments on force and motion. All you need is a little curiosity, a few simple materials . . . and this book. Each experiment is easy to do, fully illustrated, and loaded with advice, ideas, helpful hints, and electrifying discoveries. Build a pendulum that swings in intriguing patterns. Create a swirling, spiraling 'tornado' of water. Through these and other projects in The Spinning Blackboard, you can learn the science behind the principles of force and motion. Also available in The Exploratorium Science Snackbook Series: - The Cheshire Cat and Other Eye-Popping Experiments on How We See the World - The Magic Wand and Other Bright Experiments on Light and Color - The Cool Hot Rod and Other Electrifying Experiments on Energy and Matter.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Whether you're working at home, on the road, or in any othernontraditional work arrangement, here's what you'll need to set up,survive, and thrive in the virtual office. Alice Bredin, theleading authority on the virtual office, gives you expert adviceon: \* Getting there--choosing the right business idea, negotiating fortelecommuting, and selling your family on your new workstyle \* Organizing yourself--structuring your environment, setting up avirtual office in your home or car, dealing with a satellite officesituation, choosing and finding the best technology \* Maintaining your virtual office--staying in the loop when you'renot in an office, keeping in touch when you're on the road,generating business, finding free publicity, adopting the habits ofhighly successful virtual office workers, maintaining contact withthe office or customers, communicating effectively via technology \* Surviving--creating and maintaining work/life balance, working athome with kids, avoiding overwork, making sure your accomplishmentsare recognized, learning to take vacations, staying away from thefridge, being a good boss to yourself Whether you are contemplating this new work arrangement, activelyin transition, or firmly entrenched in this workplace revolution,this comprehensive guide is your key to success in your new workingenvironment. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Discover the best techniques to maximize your sales Here is a proven, detailed selling system that gives you the toolsyou need to improve your sales results. Written by Jim Porterfield,an experienced marketing consultant, this accessible andeasy-to-follow guide shows you how to grab your listener'sattention over the phone--and effectively close the deals youwant. Fully updated to reflect the latest research about what reallyworks for telesellers, Teleselling is packed with examples, tips,and exercises that will help you: \* Design your own successful selling plan based on your strengthsand abilities \* Establish a call strategy \* Capture--and keep--a customer's undivided attention \* Develop techniques to improve your listening skills \* Decide when and how to ask for the order \* Close the deal Covering the ABCs of selling by phone, Teleselling will put you onthe right path to better results and increased sales success.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A vision of what could (and probably should) be. . . . The reader may want to revisit some sections for further reflection.' --Educational Leadership 'An excellent book that offers much to the seasoned administrator and should be on the list of required reading for introductory administration classes.' --NASSP Bulletin Moral Leadership shows how creating a new leadership practice--one with a moral dimension built around purpose, values, and beliefs--can transform a school from an organization to a community and inspire the kinds of commitment, devotion, and service that can make our schools great. Sergiovanni explains the importance of legitimizing emotion and getting in touch with basic values and connections with others. He reveals how true collegiality, based on shared work and common goals, leads to a natural interdepAndence among teachers and shows how a public declaration of values and purpose can help turn schools into virtuous communities where teachers are self-managers and professionalism is considered an ideal.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - School Wars examines the Religious Right's challenge to public education--from concerns about sex education to attempts to restrict specific works of literature and textbooks. It takes an objective look at such subjects as the current conflict concerning the role of fundamentalism, the so-called religion of secular humanism, the state of public education, and global education and multiculturalism. Drawing on their combined backgrounds of religious study and practice, as well as years of experience working in the field of education, the authors present research in educational theory and practice, highlight important court cases, and draw on philosophical and religious studies to reveal a foundation for understanding world views at issue. School Wars offers educators, community leaders, and parents a better way to understand and respond to the differing world views that lie at the center of this ongoing debate.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Almost unimaginably immense, North America stretches from a fewdegrees short of the North Pole to a few degrees shy of theequator. Archaeologists are now racing to unravel the mysteriouspast of the forgotten peoples who once inhabited this sprawlingland. In Search of Ancient North America explores many of thesescientists' most fascinating findings as Heather Pringle chroniclesher journeys among the ancient sites of Canada and the UnitedStates. Her enthralling voyage of discovery uncovers the richnessof now-vanished cultures and illuminates the intriguing world ofarchaeology itself. Journeying from the mosquito-infested forests of the far north tothe bleak deserts of the American Southwest, Pringle accompaniesleading archaeologists and their crews into the field. At theBluefish Caves in the northern Yukon, Jacques Cinq-Mars chases downclues to an Ice Age mystery; at the 'immense geometric riddle' thatis Hopeton Earthworks, Mark Lynott scours the countryside forvestiges of ancient village life; in the thorny wilderness of theLower Pecos, Solveig Turpin deciphers the enigmatic rock artpainted more than 3,000 years ago. What emerges from Pringle's accounts are surprising portraits oflong-lost cultures--the rapacious mariners of southern Californiawho nearly wiped out one of the world's most productive ecosystems;the wealthy nobles of British Columbia who wore salmon-skin shoesand counted their wealth in bottles of salmon oil; the powerfullords of the Mississippi River who won the adoration of theirfollowers with a mysterious medicinal tonic. Equally intriguing arethe controversial new theories that the author presents on a hostof subjects, from the origins of art and hallucinogenic drugs tothe rise of private property, the identities of the earliest NewWorld migrants, and the astonishing extent of trade in prehistoricNorth America. Complemented by superb color and black-and-white photographs, InSearch of Ancient North America blends incisive science journalismwith evocative travel writing to bring the latest archaeologicalfindings and interpretations to light. Delving into the previouslyunmined saga of this vast continent's lost and extinct cultures,this captivating book is a thrilling invitation to endlessdiscovery. 'Drawing on some of the latest archaeological research, Pringle'sbook is vivid, witty, and responsible in a field too often filledby cranks and bores. All who are curious about life in NorthAmerica before the European invasion will find the book astimulating introduction.' -- Ronald Wright author of StolenContinents 'In Search of Ancient North America brings the distant past muchcloser and its inhabitants almost become neighbors to us onceagain. A first-rate examination of the mystery and fascination ofmodern archaeological research in North America.' -- Farley Mowatauthor of The People of the Deer 'Captures the essence of what archaeologists are learning aboutNorth American prehistory. The book is a pleasure to read and willinspire a new awareness of the importance of the history of NorthAmerica prior to European contact.' -- Bruce Trigger author of TheChildren of Aataentsic.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Even the most carefully planned organizational changes can fail if individuals are not taken into consideration. The Human Side of Change is a step-by-step action plan for the change process that takes full advantage of an organization's greatest resource: its people. From planning to implementation to behavior change, Timothy J. Galpin shows how a well-orchestrated approach--one that pays attention to the soft side aspects of the process--can make the difference between change for the better and no change at all. Drawing on a decade of consulting experience with businesses and governments around the world, Timothy J. Galpin outlines a nine-step process for effectively combining the human and technical sides of change for successful mergers, downsizing, and restructuring. The Human Side of Change offers managers, frontline supervisors and human resource professionals valuable tools, techniques, and examples to help them gain support for change at all levels of an organization. With numerous charts, graphs, and a glossary of change-management terms, this book is both an ideal blueprint and an accessible quick reference for the implementation of stable and sustained transformation. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Build a thriving business while holding down a full-time job. Do you yearn to strike out on your own, take charge of yourdestiny, and create a better, more independent lifestyle foryourself Read this book and learn how to start your consultingbusiness while you still have the security of a regular job. Consulting on the Side is for the professional who longs forindependence but can't simply walk away from a steady paycheck andcompany health benefits. Successful consultant and business authorMary F. Cook shows you how to build a thriving consulting practicegradually, without leaving your full-time job. Drawing upon her ownexperiences and those of others who established successfulconsulting practices on the side, she covers all the bases andoffers sound, practical advice on everything from logistics tofinances, ethics to personal issues. You'll learn how to: \* Build a healthy client base while working a 9-to-5 job \* Market your services effectively without spending a fortune \* Respond to outside clients while staying productive at yourcurrent job \* Set fees and negotiate contracts \* Handle non-compete agreements and conflict-of-interest issues \* Develop an accounting/financial system that keeps your personaland business finances separate \* Set up and run a home office \* Learn to handle the stress of working two jobs \* Know when the time is right to quit your job and become afull-time consultant Consulting on the Side helps you realize your dreams of financialindependence without gambling with the job security you've workedso hard for.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'I do not know whether I dozed off or passed out, but the nextthing I remember is gradually becoming aware of a blunt objectstriking my body over and over. Just as I realized it was a bootkicking me in the side, I felt my arm being grabbed roughly, and Ireturned to full consciousness. 'One GI had hold of my right arm, and another had his rifle pointedat me, nearly touching me. ''Don't move. We're taking you prisoner,' the one with the riflesaid.' On January 25, 1945, Private Ooka Shohei of the Japanese ImperialArmy was captured by American forces in the Philippines. Near deathfrom starvation and acute malaria, he was nursed back to health byhis captors and shipped off to a POW camp. Taken Captive is hispowerful and poignant account of life as a prisoner of war. Longregarded as a literary classic in Japan, this extraordinary memoiris appearing in English for the first time. There are no epic battles or grand scale heroics. This is anintimate, gripping, and ultimately enlightening true story of asophisticated, middle-aged scholar thrown into a primitive strugglefor survival. It is filled with moments of sublimeordinariness--prisoners passing time by playing '20 Questions'--andheartstopping encounters--a lone soldier decides whether or not toshoot an unsuspecting enemy soldier. The harsh conditions, the daily routines that occupy a prisoner'stime, and above all, the psychological struggles and behavioralquirks of captives forced to live in close confinement are conveyedwith devastating simplicity and candor. Throughout, the authorconstantly probes his own conscience, questioning motivations anddecisions. What emerges is a multileveled portrait of an individualdetermined to retain his humanity in an uncivilizedenvironment. In Taken Captive, Ooka Shohei provides much more than anunprecedented look at the POW experience from a Japanese point ofview. His stirring account offers a penetrating exploration ofJapanese society, and its values, as embodied by the microcosm ofhis fellow POWs. Recalling his wartime experiences, Ooka Shohei hascreated a brilliant work of rare honesty, insight, and emotionalsubtlety.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Develop standard-setting customer service! Based on the best-selling book Fabled Service by BetsySanders! This program will help you develop exceptional customer servicethat puts your organization above your competition. InspiringFabled Service helps you assess your needs and select activities toimprove weak areas in your current customer service. Teach others vital customer service skills, such as how to: \* Positively represent the organization \* Satisfy customers so they will buy the product or service \* Encourage customers to return \* Understand what motivates people and initiates action \* Solve problems immediately and effectively. and more! Simply written, this program includes all necessary materials tocreate results-oriented, customized customer service training. ATrainer's Guide includes specific direction for administering theCustomer Service Survey, which assesses individual strengths andweaknesses in three learning areas: understanding him or herselfand others; planning for results; and product/service knowledge.The Guide also includes 12 prepared activities that correspond withthe three learning areas. Using results from the survey, you chooseactivities that will help your group improve in its weaker areas.Each activity specifies goals, materials needed, time required,physical setting, and process (including questions to help youreview what was learned and help people understand what can beapplied to every day situations). You will need to order a Participant Workbook for each personinvolved in the training. The Workbook includes a copy of thesurvey and participant materials for each activity. Create great service that gets customers talking.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Toledano-New Orleans-144045 The Definitive Guide to the Architectural and Cultural Treasures ofOne of North America's Most Beloved Cities The National Trust Guide to New Orleans is an indispensableresource for tourists, armchair travelers, architects, and anyoneconcerned with the preservation of one of the world's mostfascinating cities. From the cast iron ornamentation in the FrenchQuarter to the stately Greek Revival residences of the GardenDistrict, this lavishly illustrated guide takes you on aneighborhood-by-neighborhood journey through the architectural andcultural treasures of the 'Big Easy.' Providing a cross section of types and styles of architecture foreach neighborhood covered, the guide pays special attention toarchitecturally important buildings once inhabited by notablepersons. Photographs, drawings, engravings, etchings, maps, andother images created by earlier building watchers, show you thesites through the eyes of other generations. You'll findfascinating historical details about the buildings' architects,builders, and residents; up-to-date information on food, lodgings,and entertainment; and discussions of preservation issues thatpertain to many of the sites.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Architectural Follies in America More than mere curiosities, all of the architectural folliesdescribed in this illustrated guide are masterpieces in their ownright. Each is the incarnation of its creator's singular passion,vanity, or idee fixe, from the home of the future to the storybookcastle, the palace of love to the monument of spite, the house ofdevotion to the pleasure garden. Architectural Follies in America offers readers an unparalleledopportunity to become acquainted with some of the most outstandingexamples of this class of architectural marvel. With Gwyn Headleyas our guide, we travel the length and breadth of the UnitedStates--from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Niles, Illinois, to ahouse made of glass bottles in Death Valley; from the floating TajMahal in Sausalito, to the grotto of Lourdes in Emmitsburg,Maryland. In a narrative rich with historical erudition, choicetidbits of gossip, and no small measure of sparkling wit, Headleydescribes more than 130 structures in loving detail. He tells thefull story behind each folly, what is known about its creator, thecircumstances surrounding its construction, and its prospects forthe future. 'Follies stem from passion, obsession, and suspicion. They alsocome from happiness, grief, and confusion. They can take any form,any style. A folly is a state of mind, not an architectural style.Follies can even have a use or purpose, whether that was in thecreator's mind or not.' -- Gwyn Headley.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Managing for Accountability is an invaluable guide for organizations struggling with issues of accountability and for managers who want to maintain their outstanding record in serving the public trust. Shows how to take a proactive approach to accountability and offers a range of practical, proven strategic management approaches, advice on implementing strategic tools, illustrative examples, useful checklists, and diagnostic tools. Helps identify the strategic issues related to accountability and outlines effective tools and methods for implementing standards of responsibility and accountability.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This creative and pioneering book adapts and extAnds the transformation theory of adult learning to the professional development of adult educators. Well written and easy to read, with many examples, this volume is highly recommAnded. Jack Mezirow, emeritus professor of adult education, Teachers College, Columbia University.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An exceptional job of refocusing the middle manager's role a mustread for practitioners and educators alike. --Jack Viega, editor, The Academy of Management Executives In their quest to become leaner, flatter, and reengineered,organizations have systematically cut out the very positions thatonce made them successful mid-level managers. In The StrategicMiddle Manager,management experts Steven Floyd and Bill Wooldridgedraw on a decade of research involving over 250 middle managers todemonstrate that the success of future organizations restsdecisively on strong middle management. The authors present the tools managers need to: \* Redefine their roles \* Increase their strategic value \* Secure their futures \* Identify the top performers in the ranks.and much more! Far from lacking perspective, middle managers have a unique,pivotal perspective that places them at the forefront oforganizational change. They can play the role of champion,synthesizer, facilitator, and implementer--and this book gives theadvice needed to energize management. A must-read for trainingprofessionals, managers, and top executives, Floyd and Wooldridge'swork will radically redesign--and drastically improve--yourorganization's effectiveness.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As a parent and teacher Jean Augur learned to cope positively with dyslexia for over 20 years. This book records the stages in the development of the awareness of dyslexia both at home and in the classroom. It concludes by setting out the ways and means to help dyslexics to help themselves.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - By melding policy analysis and up-close observation, the authorsilluminate the really hard issues in improving instruction. Thisbook will shape educational research and reform for many years tocome. David Tyack, Vida Jacks Professor of Education and History,Stanford University.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Equity Equation deals candidly, thoroughly, and objectively with issues for women in science, engineering, and mathematics This much-needed study not only investigates the institutional causes of gAnder inequity, but lays out the research, policy, and programs needed to change the status quo.' -- James Duderstadt, president, University of Michigan and former member, National Science Board.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Offers a thoughtful critique of the roots of management education and argues that institutions of higher learning must teach managers how to integrate the discipline of learning into their very being. Such learning must be marked by strong self-direction, willingness to take risks, and integration of the learning that life teaches outside the classroom.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written specifically with beginning undergraduates with little or no previous knowledge of the subject in mind, this is a distinctive and thoughtful introduction to the main problems of philosophy structured around a philosophical argument which is clearly and carefully developed throughout the book.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Think Before You Speak Think Before You Speak takes you through the entire negotiation process in all its variations and contexts, both in business and everyday life. By preparing you to think clearly and strategically, this invaluable guide gives you an edge that will help you to achieve success while maintaining the best possible relations with those opposing you. Here's an outline of how Think Before You Speak leads you through the strategic negotiation process: CHAPTER & TOPIC\* Overview/Plan\* Assess Your Position\* Assess Other Party\* Analyze Context\* Selecting a Strategy\* Competition\* Collaboration\* Other Strategies\* Building Collaboration\* Resolving Conflict\* Third Party Help\* Communicating\* Legal/Ethical Issues\* Multiple Parties\* Global Negotiation\* Improving NegotiationSTEP IN PROCESS\* ANALYZE STRATEGIC ISSUES\* SELECT A STRATEGY\* INITIATE THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS\* MANAGE THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS\* OBTAIN OUTCOMES AND LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE Practical, authoritative, and comprehensive, Think Before You Speak gives you the tools to handle any negotiation with confidence.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a substantially updated edition of the established guide to this key debate in modern political philosophy.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'There are so few 'must read' books about superintAndents that I would recommAnd to policymakers, researchers, and novices. Add Leading to Change to the list. This insightful chapters on political and managerial leadership alone are worth the price of the book.' -- Larry Cuban, professor of education, Stanford University. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Marshal support throughout your organization Develop a communications strategy that works for -- not against -- you. Based on years of battle-tested principles and case-examples, Roger D'Aprix tells managers how they can avoid the communications breakdowns that sabotage attempts at change, and cause employees to lose faith in their leaders and the system itself. Instead, he shows how communications can be used strategically to connect an organization's vision, mission and business goals to the forces and opportunities in the marketplace -- the driving force behind all change. Includes D'Arpix's market-based strategic communications model for integrating and aligning communications at all levels.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Language Crimes tells the story of some of the remarkable criminal court cases in which Roger Shuy has served as a consultant or expert witness. These intriguing cases show how linguistic analysis can help the courts unravel the ambiguities of taped conversations used in evidence.…