wiley apr 2009 (108 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'If you have an interest in optimum mental health, this book belongs on your shelf!' --AMY WEINTRAUB, author of Yoga for Depression.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written in Irv Yalom s inimitable story telling style, Staring at the Sun is a profoundly encouraging approach to the universal issue of mortality. In this magisterial opus, capping a lifetime of work and personal experience, Dr. Yalom helps us recognize that the fear of death is at the heart of much of our anxiety. Such recognition is often catalyzed by an 'awakening experience' a dream, or loss (the death of a loved one, divorce, loss of a job or home), illness, trauma, or aging. Once we confront our own mortality, Dr. Yalom writes, we are inspired to rearrange our priorities, communicate more deeply with those we love, appreciate more keenly the beauty of life, and increase our willingness to take the risks necessary for personal fulfillment.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Sean is an amazing person with an important message.' --President Bill Clinton.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A detailed look at the worst M&A deals ever and the lessons learned from themIt's common knowledge that about half of all merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions destroy value for the buyer's shareholders, and about three-quarters fall short of the expectations prevailing at the time the deal is announced. In Deals from Hell, Robert Bruner, one of the foremost thinkers and educators in this field, uncovers the real reasons for these mishaps by taking a closer look at twelve specific instances of M&A failure. Through these real-world examples, he shows readers what went wrong and why, and converts these examples into cautionary tales for executives who need to know how they can successfully navigate their own M&A deals. These page-turning business narratives in M&A failure provide much-needed guidance in this area of business. By addressing the key factors to M&A success and failure, this comprehensive guide illustrates the best ways to analyze, design, and implement M&A deals. Filled with in-depth insights, expert advice, and valuable lessons gleaned from other M&A transactions, Deals from Hell helps readers avoid the common pitfalls associated with this field and presents them with a clear framework for thinking about how to make any M&A transaction a success.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Covers all the essential skills needed to improve academic performance, including speed-reading, note-taking and essay writing, for students at A-level through to university.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - PRAISE FOR THE NEW CHRISTIANS.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Carver Policy Governance Guide series includes six booklets that offer board members a description of John Carver's Policy Governance model of board leadership. Policy Governance enables a board to fulfill its accountability to its organization's 'owners,' whether the owners are association members, city residents, company shareholders, or a community of interest. Policy Governance addresses the board's engagement in financial, programmatic, and personnel matters; roles of officers and committees; reporting and evaluation; agendas; and other aspects of the board job.Evaluating CEO and Board Performance offers board members information on the importance of evaluation as part of a greater systematic view of governance. The guide includes principles for effectively and honestly evaluating CEO and board performance.The Policy Governance model is based on the functions rather than the structure of a governing board. It outlines commonsense principles about governing that fit together into an entire system. The practices of the Policy Governance board, which are consistent with the principles, allow it to control without meddling, focus on long-term organizational outputs, powerfully delegate to a CEO and staff, and discharge its fiduciary responsibility in a visionary, strategic manner. Because the model is a total system, the Carver Policy Governance Guide series offers boards a complete set of principles for fulfilling their various obligations.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The day this person left our company is considered an annual holiday!'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Evidence is something that all anthropologists must possess, and the collection of evidence in the field is still one of the main ingredients of what Bronislaw Malinowski once referred to as 'the ethnographer's magic'. And yet, despite this, the concept of evidence has received little sustained attention in print - especially when compared to related concepts, such as 'fieldwork', 'truth', 'facts', and 'knowledge'. All anthropologists use evidence, but precious few reflect on what it is - or isn't. This volume goes some way to correcting this state of affairs.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Carver Policy Governance Guide series includes six booklets that offer board members a description of John Carver's Policy Governance model of board leadership. Policy Governance enables a board to fulfill its accountability to its organization's 'owners,' whether the owners are association members, city residents, company shareholders, or a community of interest. Policy Governance addresses the board's engagement in financial, programmatic, and personnel matters; roles of officers and committees; reporting and evaluation; agendas; and other aspects of the board job.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Real Estate.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - AS LONG AS PEOPLE HAVE WORKED together, they have engaged in political games. Motivated by short-term gains--promotions, funding for a project, budget increases, status with the boss--people misuse their time and energy. Today, when many organizations are fighting for their lives and scarce resources there is increased stress and anxiety, and employees are engaging in games more intensely than ever before.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There's no doubt about it: every conflict in every relationship involves two people with two different perceptions, and every solution requires two partners to arrive at a single shared perception. You can't repair a damaged relationship by yourself, and you can't change your partner into someone else. Does that mean the situation is hopeless Absolutely not!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Carver Policy Governance Guide series includes six booklets that offer board members a description of John Carver's Policy Governance model of board leadership. Policy Governance enables a board to fulfill its accountability to its organization's 'owners,' whether the owners are association members, city residents, company shareholders, or a community of interest. Policy Governance addresses the board's engagement in financial, programmatic, and personnel matters; roles of officers and committees; reporting and evaluation; agendas; and other aspects of the board job.For boards pursuing, or wanting to pursue, the Policy Governance model, Adjacent Leadership Roles: CGO and CEO examines the leadership roles needed in the boardroom and the executive suite. This guide reveals the two important and separate functions that are key to enabling both governance and management to have the benefit of optimal leadership.The Policy Governance model is based on the functions rather than the structure of a governing board. It outlines commonsense principles about governing that fit together into an entire system. The practices of the Policy Governance board, which are consistent with the principles, allow it to control without meddling, focus on long-term organizational outputs, powerfully delegate to a CEO and staff, and discharge its fiduciary responsibility in a visionary, strategic manner. Because the model is a total system, the Carver Policy Governance Guide series offers boards a complete set of principles for fulfilling their various obligations.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Now updated -- your guide to becoming an expert grill master!

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Corporate clients are demanding more value from their external advisors, and consolidating their business around a smaller number of firms. These trends are forcing a variety of service providers--from consulting firms to large banks--to confront a series of difficult challenges:\* How do we create an 'all-for-one, one-for-all' culture in which the whole is greater than the sum-of-the-parts and we succeed in leveraging our global network to deliver value to clients '\* How do we mobilize the right people, resources, and ideas--across a multitude of organizational and geographic boundaries--into each and every client relationship '\* How do we evolve from a trusted advisor to a trusted partner and build multi-year, institutional relationships All for One answers these questions with an innovative and comprehensive model for developing enduring, institutional client relationships--what Andrew Sobel refers to as Level 6 Trusted Client Partnerships. It offers readers ten specific strategies that are thoroughly supported by case studies, best practices from leading firms, and implementation tools. The individual professional is principally responsible for five of these strategies, while the firm--the institution--must support and drive the other five. When you successfully execute against all ten of these building blocks, you develop long-term, professional-client partnerships that provide great value to the client and high levels of personal satisfaction and profitability for the service provider.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Insightful, fun, and transformative, Kimberly Douglas weaves practice and analogy into chapters that will spark the creativity of individuals, leaders, teams, and their organizations!' Marshall Goldsmith, NYT and WSJ #1 bestselling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is designed to help leaders apply whole leadership lessons to the fundamental leadership dilemmas that keep leaders awake at night. The book explores how leaders developed their capacities for leadership and what they believe will be the key ways to prepare other leaders to meet these challenges in the future. Each section describes the challenges and includes specific tips for managing the challenges based on the interviews and research. The models are based on the authors' personal observations of the executives they have taught and coached over the last three years through Oliver Wyman's Delta Executive Learning Center, in addition to interviews with 20 current CEOs including William Weldon, CEO of Johnson & Johnson; Gregg Steinhoffe, CEO of Target; Mark Parker, CEO of Nike, and many others.David L. Dotlich (Eastsound, WA) is President of the Oliver Wyman Delta Executive Learning Center and a partner at Oliver Wyman Consulting, the world's leading executive development firm. Peter C. Cairo (New York, NY) is a partner at Oliver Wyman Consulting and is former chairman of the Department of Counseling and Organizational Psychology at Columbia University. Stephen H. Rhinesmith (Chatham, MA) is a partner at Oliver Wyman Consulting and former president of Holland America Line.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Carver Policy Governance Guide series includes six booklets that offer board members a description of John Carver's Policy Governance model of board leadership. Policy Governance enables a board to fulfill its accountability to its organization's 'owners,' whether the owners are association members, city residents, company shareholders, or a community of interest. Policy Governance addresses the board's engagement in financial, programmatic, and personnel matters; roles of officers and committees; reporting and evaluation; agendas; and other aspects of the board job.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Joyful Reading.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There is no doubt that innovation is an important topic, but it is a topic where boundaries have shifted in recent years. Companies need to understand the changes that have taken place, and how to keep pace with these changes so that innovation remains relevant and of value to their business.Innovation is one of the least well-managed areas in most companies. It is not, however, the amount of effort that companies put into innovation that decides success - instead it is how firms go about doing innovation that decides success or failure. In particular, how well the various parts of the organization collaborate on key tasks.The Innovation Manual is about identifying the key tasks and showing how organizations can collaborate on these tasks better. The author suggests frameworks and tools that can promote the right collaboration at the right time. Surprisingly, organizations will learn that most of the knowledge on how to innovate successfully exists - the real challenge is not to learn more but to bring this knowledge to bear more effectively.The unique approach taken in this book empowers the reader with a sharper and more usable understanding of knowledge on successful value innovation, as well as the tools to enable them to apply this knowledge in their company.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The subprime mortgage crisis caught many financial service giants unaware, and reached far beyond trading desks all the way to their boardrooms. Indeed, despite their best efforts to govern properly, boards of directors throughout almost an entire industry missed a critical issue, and compounded that problem by not having robust succession planning to stem the crisis. Can boards do better Owning Up author Ram Charan answers with an emphatic, 'Yes!' Some boards are already doing all the right things. Leadership guru Charan describes the best emerging practices for boards--with real examples of how some of the best in the business solve today's thorniest boardroom problems--and helps readers determine whether their boards are owning up to governance by asking the most vital questions.Ram Charan (Dallas, TX) is coauthor (with Larry Bossidy) of 2002's runaway bestseller Execution (978-0-609-61057-2) and author of The Leadership Pipeline (978-0-7879-5172-6) and Boards That Deliver (978-0-7879-7139-7). Charan is also a highly sought-after advisor to corporations, boards, CEOs, and senior executives.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Performance Management presents an end-to-end practical model of effective performance management that shows how to develop and implement performance management systems that yield bottom line results.\* Practical step by step guidance and examples\* Realities associated with implementing best practices and avoiding common pitfalls\* Jobs and circumstances where common practices will and will not work well\* Proven approaches from leading organizations\* Insights for everyone involved in performance management through senior leadership.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Investors are increasingly turning to LEAPS (Long-Term Equity AnticiPation Securities) to combine the advantages of options trading with the benefits and security of a longer time frame. Here, Marty Kearney of the Options Institute at the Chicago Board Options Exchange examines the wide range of practical and effective strategies for managing LEAPS, and shows you how to match these strategies to your own risk profile.Learn how to tailor your options program using LEAPS and devise key strategies to improve profitability, protect paper profits, and avoid losses in long stock positions.\* Use LEAPS to produce monthly income\* Identify key elements in determining LEAPS prices\* Master LEAPS symbols and expiration cycles\* Insure your portfolio against market pullbacks\* Manage year-end tax consequences\* Establish security positions with little riskKearney walks you through the inner workings of LEAPS and shows you compelling strategies for incorporating them into your overall approach to market. With instant access to the online video, you'll have everything you need to begin profiting with LEAPS.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Science Fiction Handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible survey of one of the literary world's most fascinating genres.\* Includes separate historical surveys of key subgenres including time-travel narratives, post-apocalyptic and post-disaster narratives and works of utopian and dystopian science fiction\* Each subgenre survey includes an extensive list of relevant critical readings, recommended novels in the subgenre, and recommended films relevant to the subgenre\* Features entries on a number of key science fiction authors and extensive discussion of major science fiction novels or sequences\* Writers and works include Isaac Asimov; Margaret Atwood; George Orwell; Ursula K. Le Guin; The War of the Worlds (1898); Starship Troopers (1959); Mars Trilogy (1993-6); and many more\* A 'Science Fiction Glossary' completes this indispensable Handbook.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In a lively, non-technical, and up-to-date account, this book addresses the core questions that surround the issues of agricultural subsidies.\* Explores these questions: Why do we have subsidies How did they evolve What is the present and possible future of subsidies What is their impact on a typical African farmer \* Written for the general public, this book will also be useful for courses in Agricultural Policy\* Provides a detailed examination of subsidy histories and the current policies of the United States, various European countries, Australia and New Zealand, and Korea and Japan\* Includes a discussion of how these policies affect developing countries--examining, in particular, their impact on many African farmers.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What is Meaning Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field's key ideas about how language works.\* Explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory\* Combines foundational discussion with simplified analyses of complex phenomena to provide readers with a sense of the fascination to be found in the details of the human language\* Includes exercises and thought-provoking questions to facilitate learning.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The fifth edition of this bestselling text instructs students on the basic styles, principles, and techniques of radio and TV newswriting. It makes an ideal supplement to basic newswriting texts or radio and TV industry texts.\* Offers clear instruction, examples and exercises to guide beginning students in correct radio and TV news style\* Fully updated and with even more examples, exercises and tests\* The author has extensive radio and TV news experience, both on-the-air and behind the scenes as a producer, news writer, videographer, newscaster, sportscaster, host and reporter.