Wiley aug 2003 (37 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - You, too, can understand algebra-just ask Dr. Math ! Getting ready to take your first algebra class Don't panic. Making the leap from the concrete world of numbers and real objects to the abstract world of letters and symbols doesn't have to be as scary as it sounds. Dr. Math -the popular online math resource for students, parents, and teachers-is here to help! Students just like you have been turning to Dr. Math for years asking questions about math problems, and the math doctors at The Math Forum have helped them find the answers with lots of clear explanations and helpful hints. Now, with Dr. Math Gets You Ready for Algebra, you'll learn just what it takes to succeed in this subject. You'll find the answers to dozens of real questions from students who needed help understanding the basic math concepts in a typical pre-algebra class. You'll learn all about basic algebraic operations and their connections to the real world. Pretty soon, everything from integers to single-variable equations will make sense. Plus, you'll get plenty of tips for working with tricky problems. You won't find a better introduction to the world and language of algebra anywhere.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A fabulous collection of science projects, explorations,techniques, and ideas! Looking to wow the judges at the science fair this year Everyone'sfavorite science teacher is here to help. Janice VanCleave's A+Science Fair Projects has everything you need to put together awinning entry, with detailed advice on properly planning yourproject, from choosing a topic and collecting your facts todesigning experiments and presenting your findings. Featuring all-new experiments as well as time-tested projectscollected from Janice VanCleave's A+ series, this easy-to-followguide gives you an informative introduction to the science fairprocess. You get thirty-five complete starter projects on varioustopics in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, andphysics, including explorations of: \* The angular distance between celestial bodies \* The breathing rate of goldfish \* Interactions in an ecosystem \* Nutrient differences in soils \* Heat transfer in the atmosphere \* Magnetism from electricity \* And much more! You'll also find lots of helpful tips on how to develop your ownideas into unique projects. Janice VanCleave's A+ Science FairProjects is the ideal guide for any middle or high school studentwho wants to develop a stellar science fair entry.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Learn electricity at your own pace What makes a light bulb work What overloads a fuse How does a magnetic field differ from an electrical field With Electricity: A Self-Teaching Guide, you'll discover the answers to these questions and many more about this powerful, versatile force that everyone uses, yet most of us don't understand. Ralph Morrison demystifies electricity, taking you through the basics step by step. Significantly updated to cover the latest in electrical technology, this easy-to-use guide makes familiar the workings of voltage, current, resistance, power, and other circuit values. You'll discover where electricity comes from, how electric fields cause current to flow, how we harness its tremendous power, and how best to avoid the various pitfalls in many practical applications when the time comes for you to put your knowledge to work. The clearly structured format of Electricity makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview for everyone from the student to the engineer to the hobbyist. Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Electricity allows you to build gradually on what you have learned-at your own pace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for anyone who wants to improve his or her understanding of basic electricity.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Getting Entrepreneurial! is the definitive guide for would-be entrepreneurs, covering everything you need to know to put your financial future in your own hands. But far beyond reciting business school fundamentals, this book shows you how to create and innovate, turn your idea into a great business, and grow that business to maturity. Author Larry Farrell gives you the secrets of the world's greatest entrepreneurs, in an easy-to-follow format that covers: The four bedrock business fundamentals of the world's greatest entrepreneursSense of mission-the entrepreneurial way to identify and deliver product/market winnersCustomer/product vision-creating entrepreneurial passion to produce continuous growth.and more! Don't delay-order your copy today. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - New chapter by Soros on the secrets to his success along with a new Preface and Introduction.New Foreword by renowned economist Paul Volcker'An extraordinary . . . inside look into the decision-making process of the most successful money manager of our time. Fantastic.' -The Wall Street JournalGeorge Soros is unquestionably one of the most powerful and profitable investors in the world today. Dubbed by BusinessWeek as 'the Man who Moves Markets,' Soros made a fortune competing with the British pound and remains active today in the global financial community. Now, in this special edition of the classic investment book, The Alchemy of Finance, Soros presents a theoretical and practical account of current financial trends and a new paradigm by which to understand the financial market today. This edition's expanded and revised Introduction details Soros's innovative investment practices along with his views of the world and world order. He also describes a new paradigm for the 'theory of reflexivity' which underlies his unique investment strategies. Filled with expert advice and valuable business lessons, The Alchemy of Finance reveals the timeless principles of an investing legend.This special edition will feature a new chapter by Soros on the secrets of his success and a new Foreword by the Honorable Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve.George Soros (New York, NY) is President of Soros Fund Management and Chief Investment Advisor to Quantum Fund N.V., a $12 billion international investment fund. Besides his numerous ventures in finance, Soros is also extremely active in the worlds of education, culture, and economic aid and development through his Open Society Fund and the Soros Foundation. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This insightful book offers business advice that has endured for thousands of years. While business fads come and go, the ancient lessons of the Talmud are timeless, profound, ethical, and practical-and they're for everyone. Values, Prosperity, and the Talmud is a concise guide to this proven philosophy of business. Beyond basic money-related matters, it includes the Talmud's advice on complex issues of employer/employee relationships, partnerships, competition, and much more. Here, you will learn how to run a successful business, negotiate with style, earn the loyalty of your employees, sell products successfully, advertise effectively, and make higher profits, all within an ethical and moral framework. Buy it today.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This radical, provocative and inspiring book explores a tectonic shift at the very heart of business. A shift that's making the old bottom line of corporate profitability the servant of a new master: a new 'person-centric' bottom line of personal profitability or value 'in my life'.So what No bottom line No more profit Of course not! Every organization must cover its costs. Every business has to make a profit to survive. The authors of The New Global Line remarkably show that the necessary requirements for doing so are changing, and why this transformation - containing important elements of both evolution and revolution - is under way, how it's undermining the foundations of once-great businesses and brands, and how its throwing up huge new opportunities.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* Covers accessing and distilling PDF files; converting Microsoft Office documents; capturing paper documents and Web pages; printing, annotating, editing and securing PDF files; extracting text and graphics; cataloging and distributing PDF files; creating interactive forms; and building multimedia presentations.\* Readers can convert any document to this universal file format, preserving all the fonts, formatting, graphics, and color of the source document regardless of the application and platform used to create it.\* PDF files can be published and distributed anywhere: in print, attached to e-mail, on corporate servers, posted on Web sites, or on CD-ROM\* Adobe PDF is the emerging workflow standard in the $400 billion publishing industry and plays a key role in financial services, regulated industries, and government, with more than 155 agencies worldwide sharing Adobe PDF files.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Body of Truth, Dan Hill, PhD, explores the rational approach to marketing and market research, using the latest findings on human cognition and communication to help marketers tap into consumers' real needs and wants. Hill backs his argument with new technology such as biofeedback and facial coding to measure and record consumers' true sensory responses to products and advertisements, providing a framework for developing marketing initiatives that elicit the optimal emotional response.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Corrosive work relationships are like black holes that swallow upenergy that people need to do their jobs. In contrast, high-qualityrelationships generate and sustain energy, equipping people to dowork and do it well.Grounded in solid research, this book uses energy as ameasurement to describe the power of positive and negativeconnections in people s experience at work. Author Jane Duttonprovides three pathways for turning negative connections intopositive ones that create and sustain employee resilience andflexibility, facilitate the speed and quality of learning, andbuild individual commitment and cooperation.Through compelling and illustrative stories, Energize YourWorkplace offers managers, executives, and human resourceprofessionals the resources they need to build high-qualityconnections in the workplace.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The untold story of the world's premier bourbon and the family that made it #1 American Still Life tells the intertwined true stories of America's favorite whiskey and the family dynasty that produces it to this very day. Jim Beam is the world's top-selling bourbon whiskey, with sales of over five million cases per year. Not a day has passed in the 207 years of Jim Beam's existence when a Beam family member has not been master distiller. Dedicated to quality, and dedicated to the family legacy, the Beams have shepherded their particularly American spirit to the top of their industry. And they've done it in an industry beset by challenges, from government regulation and prohibition, to changing consumer tastes, to fierce new global competition. By creating a brand of unparalleled quality and consistency, and by tying the success of their product with the good name of the family, the Beams have established a lasting legacy as perhaps one of the greatest family business dynasties in American history. Not just a simple history of 'America's native spirit' (so named by an act of Congress in 1964) or a simple family history, American Still Life is a story of business success based on quality and attention to detail, constant innovation, revolutionary branding and advertising, and adaptation to the business environment. F. Paul Pacult (Walkill, NY) is recognized the world over as his generation's most accomplished and respected authority on beverage alcohol. He has written for many magazines, including Playboy, Wine and Spirits, Connoisseur, Whisky, Drink, Men's Journal, Cheers, Country Inns, Travel and Leisure, Bon Appetit, Decanter, and Food and Wine. Among his many accomplishments, he has hosted and coproduced two syndicated talk-radio programs and served as the primary expert on whiskey, beer, and wine for the History Channel documentary America Drinks: History in a Glass.; 'American Still Life' erzählt die Geschichte eines Familienunternehmens mit einer 200-jährigen Tradition: Jim Beam. Dieses Unternehmen hat es verstanden, den Herausforderungen der Zeit zu begegnen und sich ständig neu anzupassen - sei es an öffentliche Regulierung, an die geschmacklichen Vorlieben seinerKunden oder an die harte internationale Konkurrenz. Ausführlich erörtert werden auch Fragen zu Marketing und Markenbildung, Innovation, globaler Präsenz und Wettbewerb, öffentlicher Regulierung, Werbung und Akquisition. Jim Beam ist mit sagenhaften 5,1 Millionen Kisten weltweit der meist verkaufte Bourbon.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A cliche it may be but we are living in ever more turbulent times. Business decision-making has become more challenging and unpredictable than ever: we see unforeseen and often cataclysmic changes in consumer demand, both at home and in export markets; customers continue to demand more, more quickly and for less; new laws and regulations abound; competitors steal loyal customers; and, increasingly, the advice that once could be found from a 'Small Business Adviser' has been replaced by a call centre. Hand in hand with these challenges, the risks associated with expansion, or a new strategy, have grown significantly. In the context of a small business, where a manager has not necessarily had the breadth of experience of someone in a larger organization or formal management learning, they can seem extremely daunting. This book addresses the issues confronting managers/owners of SMEs by providing practical, jargon-free advice on which a SME can create a sound platform from which to prosper.\* Uncomplicated and jargon free to appeal to the SME director or manager who has little time to read\* Can be used as a continuous read or a source of ides for dealing with the day-to-day problems of running and growing a small business\* Based on the practical experience of the authors with examples taken from consulting practice.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This reader uses an alternative approach to gender at work to provoke new thinking about traditional management topics, such as leadership and negotiation.Presents students with an alternative conceptual approach to gender in the workplace.Connects gender with other dimensions of difference such as race and class for a deeper understanding of diversity in organizations.Illustrates how traditional images of competence and the ideal worker result in narrow ways of thinking about work, limiting both opportunity and organizational effectiveness.Provokes new ways of thinking about leadership, human resource management, negotiation, globalization and organizational change.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written for those who work with parents, adolescents, and children in various family contexts, this book describes the practical process of assessment and intervention which can lead to empowering individual families and improving their quality of life.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Concise Companion to Feminist Theory introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the last 35 years.Introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the past 35 years.Guides students along the cutting edge of current feminist theory.Suitable for students and scholars of all fields touched by feminist thought.Covers an exceptionally broad range of disciplines, discourses and feminist positions.Organised around concepts rather than schools of feminism.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this book, the authors argue that too much has been made of customer satisfaction, and that this has come at the expense of hard-edged consumerism. Whether or not 'the customer is king,' the first rule of business is to make money. This pragmatic book destroys seven key myths about customer management that have gained almost folkloric status, and provides a step-by-step action plan for linking customer service with commercial goals.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a workbook for health professionals working with diabetic patients. It is based on the experiences of one group of health care workers in an inner city area. It illustrates how using individual patients' stories can inform and help health care workers to understand and manage their patients' difficulties better. In this way it has similar aims to the narrative based medicine books. It also provides the interactive learning element with suggested learning objectives, assignments and further reading in each unit.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'New Consumer Marketing' provides a practical framework for ensuring that marketers have the ability to rethink their marketing tools in a way that delivers sustainable competitive advantage. This book also offers an analysis of leading-edge management research and academic insight into current business-to-consumer practice.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Recent Events -from September 11, to the anti-globalization protests to the collapse of the high-tech boom have accentuated the sense that the global economy is moving into uncharted waters Bringing together the leading authorities on globalization and international business The Future of the Multinational Company looks ahead to the new challenges facing multinational firms and predicts what the multinational company will look like in ten years time.\* Brings together the leading authorities in the field of global / international busi-ness.\* Accademically rigourous but accessible \* Addresses a topic of concern to practitioners and academics alike.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - If you buy a new BMW you may be surprised as much by the owner s manual as by the car itself. Thin, personalized, and containing information only on the features you have selected in the language you speak, it is the result of a year s collaboration with Xerox that has radically improved the product and decimated costs. It is just one example of the new organizational structures and processes being developed at leading companies to serve the global marketplace. As firms realize that dealing with global customers is not simply an extension of key account management, their most common response is to launch a formal global account management initiative. Done well this is powerful and effective; however without proper planning it can spell disaster. Drawing on widely accepted key success factors for global account management as well as new elements revealed by their research, David Hennessy and Jean-Pierre Jeannet redefine the process global account management around the premise that sustainable value springs only from an expert understanding of the customer s industry, its structure and its strategy. The book covers all critical aspects of the topic (the planning process, account selection, team building, executive support, global IT requirements, compensation structures and more) and draws on interviews with top global account managers at leading companies including IBM, Cable and Wireless, Siemens, HP, Guinness, Cisco, and Procter & Gamble.…

Kombiprodukt. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The essential resource for the successful option traderHigh Performance Options Trading offers a fresh perspective on trading options from a seasoned options trader programmer/engineer, Leonard Yates. Drawing on twenty-five years of experience as an options trader and software programmer, Yates has written this straightforward guide. First he provides readers with a solid foundation to trading options, including an introduction to basic options terminology, a thorough explanation on how options are traded, and specific trading strategies. Accompanied by the OptionVue Software CD, this hands-on guide to the options market is a thorough and essential resource for any trader looking to increase his or her practical knowledge of options.Leonard Yates, CTA (Chicago, IL), is the Founder/President and Chief Programmer of OptionVue Systems International, Inc., which specializes in developing and marketing options trading software and services.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an introductory statistics textbook for business and management students which uses the innovative approach of 'statistical thinking'. Statistics courses are essential for business students but traditional teaching methods are often seen as difficult and are therefore unpopular; this book aims to offer a new and more appealing way of learning to this market. 'An Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Business and Industry' presents a new and innovative introduction to statistics which trains students directly to address problems which commonly arise in business and industry. Having read and worked through the book and its accompanying manual, students should have the essential skills necessary to apply statistical thinking in business and be able to:-recognise statistical variation in processes,-apply a statistical problem-solving strategy for process improvement,-select and apply appropriate methods of statistical analysis.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Managing Risk in Organizations offers a proven framework for handling risks across all types of organizations. In this comprehensive resource, David Frame-- a leading expert in risk management-- examines the risks routinely encountered in business, offers prescriptions to assess the effects of various risks, and shows how to develop effective strategies to cope with risks. In addition, the book is filled with practical tools and techniques used by professional risk practitioners that can be readily applied by project managers, financial managers, and any manager or consultant who deals with risk within an organization. Managing Risk in Organizations is filled with illustrative case studies and\* Outlines the various types of risk: pure, operational, project, technical, business, and political\* Reveals what risk management can and cannot accomplish\* Shows how to organize risk management efforts to conduct risk assessments, manage crises, and recover from disasters\* Includes a systematic risk management process risk management planning, risk identification, qualitative impact analysis, quantitative impact analysis, risk response planning, and monitoring control\* Provides quantitative and qualitative tools to identify and handle risksThis much-needed book will enable organizations to take risk seriously and act proactively.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Anaerobic digestion is a biochemical degradation process that converts complex organic material, such as animal manure, into methane and other byproducts. Part of the author s Wastewater Microbiology series, Microbiology of Anareboic Digesters eschews technical jargon to deliver a practical, how-to guide for wastewater plant operators.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The author looks at how a combination of creatively structured aid from the public sector and talented private management brought new life to railroads. By 2002, American railroads carried five times the tonnage they hauled in their former heyday, with one-tenth of the number of employees.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There's no dearth of books on the logistics of event planning, but not much has been published to address the legal and business issues that concern the thousands of companies that make up this industry. This book covers all the legal and business issues that special events professionals need to understand -- from contractual considerations to little-known governmental regulations with heavy ramifications. Ignorance of the law can prove very costly in an industry in which expectations must be met the first time, and in our ever-more litigious society, the need for this niche title is clear.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the US there are over 425,000 baseball and softball fields. This book aims to bring baseball and softball field managers the knowledge and skills needed to create and maintain a flawless stadium and playing field.It covers a wide range of topics from stadium and field design from fences and drainage to amenities for spectators such as concession stands and public conveniences\* Contributors include Major League groundskeepers who share their own experiences in managing state-of-the art facilities\* Outlines the most commonly encountered problems for managers and designers of baseball and softball fields and provides techniques for overcoming these issues\* Divides the North American continent into the major three climatic zones and focuses on the specific areas of concern and consideration for each\* Uses practical, non-technical language that can be absorbed and used by professionals with no background in complex areas such as turf-management or soil science.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume focuses on recent scientific and technological developments in silicon-based (i.e., silicon nitride, SiAlONs, silicon carbide, silicon oxynitride) structural ceramics. Authors from academia and industry assess the current state of the art in slilicon-based structual ceramics. Industrial case studies are advocated to highlight the development and application of these materials in real engineering environments. Proceedings of the symposium held at the 104th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, April 28-May1, 2002 in Missouri; Ceramic Transactions, Volume 142.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness is a summary of current research in social-health psychology. The chapters, written by distinguished leaders in the field, provide brief surveys of classic developments in each area of study followed by extended discussion of the authors' research programs. - Includes state-of-the-art descriptions of new findings and theories concerning social aspects of physical health and illness. - Discusses virtually all of the major topics studied in the contemporary field of social-health psychology. - Contains chapters written by leading figures in the field that discuss their own research within the context of classic efforts.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Each topic starts with an explanation of the theoretical background necessary to allow full understanding of the technique and to facilitate future learning of more advanced or new methods and softwareExplanations are designed to assume as little background in mathematics and statistical theory as possible, except that some knowledge of calculus is necessary for certain parts.SAS commands are provided for applying the methods. (PROC REG, PROC MIXED, and PROC GENMOD)All sections contain real life examples, mostly from epidemiologic researchFirst chapter includes a SAS refresher.…