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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An essential resource for implementing and managing a cloud infrastructure in Azure Serving as a critical resource for anyone responsible for strategizing, architecting, implementing or managing a cloud infrastructure, this book helps you understand what is hybrid IT and how it's applicable (and inevitable) in today's world of emerging cloud. The team of authors focus on the Microsoft concept of a private/public cloud, deploying a private cloud fabric, deploying services, and building a private cloud, as well as integrating it with Microsoft's public cloud to create a cross-premises or public cloud. - Looks at why hybrid IT is important to a business and what benefits a business can expect by adopting hybrid cloud - Examines a cloud management platform and discusses why it is necessary - Walks you through the different kinds of solutions for IT problems that may arise - Places a focus on considerations for ensuring resiliency, availability, and scalability when designing hybrid solutions to prevent system failure and data loss - Covers optimizing the performance of the hybrid cloud as well as using tools that help you monitor and manage the performance of the hybrid cloud Windows Azure Hybrid Cloud helps you gain a better understanding of the hybrid IT environments, why those clouds should be implemented, and how they impact business.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Easy-to-follow guidelines from a pro for simplifying your investments, protecting yourself from the investment sharks and achieving financial freedom Drawing on his years as an investor for leading banks in the U.S. and Asia, Philip Cheng delivers down-to-earth strategies guaranteed to make you 'shark-proof' while you optimize investment returns. Statistics show that only 20% of small investors ever come close to achieving their investment goals. The other 80% get eaten alive by 'investment sharks'-investment advisors, fund managers and other hucksters out to line their pockets with your hard-earned cash. Motivated by a sense of fair play, Cheng resolved to write an investor's survival guide in which he'd share everything he's learned in his years as a successful professional investor. The result is Taming the Money Sharks. The easy-to-follow guidelines you'll find in this book will help you navigate the shark-infested waters of the investment world, all the way to the financial freedom you dream of and deserve. - A must-have survival guide for novice investors, and a source of fresh thinking and innovative strategies for experienced investors - Features many illustrations, summaries, charts, real-world examples along with other powerful tools to help you avoid common mistakes and win at the investment game - Lays out 8 proven strategies for investing systematically and surviving and thriving in the shark-infested waters of the stock market.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 31 Days to Millionaire Marketing Miracles is a breakthrough blueprint outlining the proven steps for successfully attracting more leads, getting more clients, and making more sales. Author Tracy Repchuk shows entrepreneurs, business owners, and opportunity-seekers what to do, when to do it, and the order in which it needs to be done to build an online marketing presence that is stable, predictable, and expandable. Whether you want to dominate your market globally or locally, this thirty-one-day guide allows you to take your product, service, or message, and turn it into a moneymaking machine.\* Best Selling Author Tracy Repchuk is recognized as the Top Woman Speaker in the World for Internet Marketing and an entrepreneur in the IT and internet industry since 1985\* Serves as a reference guide to newbies and entrepreneurs wanting to turn their passion into profits and accelerate business results31 Days to Millionaire Marketing Miracles guides you along a proven path to profits and shows you an Internet marketing formula that will attract more leads, get more clients, and make more sales.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - No passion, no conversation. No conversation, no word of mouth. No word of mouth, no successful business.If you think you are in the marketing business, think again. You're in the people business, and The Passion Conversation teaches you how to get people to fall passionately and madly in love with your organization or cause.The author's mash-up of the latest in wonky academic research with practical, real-world stories shows how any business can spark and sustain word of mouth marketing. Readers learn how loving your customers results in not just building a thriving community, but also driving meaningful conversations, ultimately impacting the financial success of a business.The Passion Conversation will change your perspective on marketing by:\* Explaining the three motivations for people to talk about businesses and causes\* Detailing how every marketing problem is a people problem in disguise\* Giving heartfelt evidence that marketing materials are now conversation tools\* Showing how customer communities sustain word of mouth while also sparking financial impact\* Helping your business apply these marketing lessons through a series of workbook exercises called 'Passion Explorations'The time is now for marketers and businesses to go beyond the product conversation to understanding, sparking and sustaining the passion conversation for why your business is in business.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Achieve positive returns on your investments, in any marketWith Managing Your Investment Portfolio FD you can build and manage a portfolio of investments that's flexible enough to provide positive returns, no matter what the market is doing. Inside you'll find a wealth of strategies and techniques to help you take your investments to the next level. Lean to track and predict volatility; hedge your exposure by going long and short; use strategies like arbitrage, relative value and pairs trading; and dip into distressed assets, options, derivatives, spread betting and much more.Techniques and strategies covered include:\* Tracking and predicting volatility, and making short-term gains on very volatile markets\* Hedging exposure and going long and short\* Arbitrage (taking advantage of price differences between markets)\* Pairs trading\* Relative value strategies\* Distressed assets (things written off by the mainstream that may have long-term value)\* Earnings surprises (looking for companies delivering better earnings than predicted by analysts)\* Options and derivatives\* Macro trading (looking at key indicators for economic cycles).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Build your own blog, website, or portfolio with Squarespace Squarespace lets you create visually rich web pages with any configuration of text, images, or blocks you wish, just by dragging and dropping. Even if you've been using earlier versions of Squarespace, the features in version 6 will amaze you - and bring you straight to this must-have guide for practical information! If you're a do-it-yourself website builder, get up to speed fast on all the next-generation Squarespace tools, including cool new features for mobile sites, SEO, social networks, and more. - Brings you up to speed on Squarespace 6 and its revolutionary LayoutEngine tool for building visually-rich web pages - Deciphers the very latest features for page-building in today's markets, including mobile, social media, and using SEO - Delves into using auto-publish for social networks, using built-in mobile websites, syncing with social networks, gathering real-time statistics, managing your site from your smartphone or mobile device, and much more - Covers the essentials, such as using templates, drag-and-drop image uploads, image-editing with Aviary, and using Page Builder to create, share, and reblog content Build awesome, professional websites for your business in no time with Squarespace 6 For Dummies. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Listen to David Hesmondhalgh discuss the arguments at the core of 'Why Music Matters' with Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed here.In what ways might music enrich the lives of people and of societies What prevents it from doing so Why Music Matters explores the role of music in our lives, and investigates the social and political significance of music in modern societies.\* First book of its kind to explore music through a variety of theories and approaches and unite these theories using one authoritative voice\* Combines a broad yet theoretically sophisticated approach to music and society with real clarity and accessibility\* A historically and sociologically informed understanding of music in relation to questions of social power and inequality\* By drawing on both popular and academic talk about a range of musical forms and practices, readers will engage with a wide musical terrain and a wealth of case studies.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Personal tales of perseverance and beer making from the founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Beyond the Pale chronicles Ken Grossman's journey from hobbyist homebrewer to owner of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., one of the most successful craft breweries in the United States. From youthful adventures to pioneering craft brewer, Ken Grossman shares the trials and tribulations of building a brewery that produces more than 800,000 barrels of beer a year while maintaining its commitment to using the finest ingredients available. Since Grossman founded Sierra Nevada in 1980, part of a growing beer revolution in America, critics have proclaimed his beer to be 'among the best brewed anywhere in the world.' Beyond the Pale describes Grossman's unique approach to making and distributing one of America's best-loved brands of beer, while focusing on people, the planet and the product Explores the 'Sierra Nevada way,' as exemplified by founder Ken Grossman, which includes an emphasis on sustainability, nonconformity, following one's passion, and doing things the right way Details Grossman's start, home-brewing five-gallon batches of beer on his own, becoming a proficient home brewer, and later, building a small brewery in the town of Chico, California Beyond the Pale shows how with hard work, dedication, and focus, you can be successful following your dream.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - We need a bold new brand of teacher leadership that will create opportunities for teachers to practice, share, and grow their knowledge and expertise. This book is about 'teacherpreneurs'-highly accomplished classroom teachers who blur the lines of distinction between those who teach in schools and those who lead them.These teacherpreneursembody the concept that teachers can teachas well aslead the transformation of teaching and learning. It's about empowering expert teachers who can buoy the image of teaching and enforce standards among their ranks while all along making sure that their colleagues as well as education policymakers and the public know what works best for students. The book follows a small group of teacherpreneurs in their first year.Wejoin their journey towardbecoming teacher leaders whose work is not defined by administrative fiat, but by their knowledge of students and drive to influence policies that allow them and their colleagues to teach more effectively. The authors trace the teacherpreneurs'steps-and their own-in the effort to determine what it means to define and execute the concept of 'teacherpreneurism' in the face of tough demands and resistant organizational structures.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Proven strategies and innovative solutions for developing and retaining successful leaders Many organizations today are facing a crisis of leadership. As the Baby Boomer generation exits the workforce, companies are struggling to find qualified leaders to fill critical roles. Accelerating Leadership Development offers solutions for leadership development, management, and retention from award-winning development firm Global Knowledge. Accelerating Leadership Development provides a proven model to help companies develop high-potential employees with the competencies and knowledge capital to assume critical roles successfully. It includes practical and rigorous tools that enable organizations to identify targets and predict those targets' success with six measurable factors. With this proven development system, companies can develop a pipeline of ready leaders with high levels of engagement and retention. - Features actionable, effective principles and strategies for leadership development using a results-oriented framework - Chapters address communication and delegation strategies, effective feedback models, shifting of responsibility and accountability to direct reports, and contemporary coaching and development approaches - Based on in-depth research and client interactions from one of the most prominent names in workforce development For any business that experiences a leadership failure or a lack of qualified leaders for vital positions, the consequences can be devastating. This practical and effective guide to leadership development offers real solutions for long-term excellence.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Get up to speed on your Canon SL1/100D and enter the world of dSLR photography! Canon's EOS Rebel SL1/100D is for photographers who prefer a smaller, lightweight camera that still offers heavyweight features. This full-color guide explains how to get better photos from an SL1. Written by professional photographer Doug Sahlin, this book explains the camera s controls and shooting modes. It also shows how to take creative control by moving out of auto mode. You'll also learn how to manage and edit your images, shoot video, use autofocus, and get troubleshooting advice. - Features a full-color format that shows you the camera controls and menus, explaining what each is for and how to use them all - Demonstrates how to use the new autofocus feature, manage playback options, and shoot video - Helps you graduate to manual mode and learn to control exposure, lighting, focus, and color - Covers downloading, organizing, editing, and sharing photos Canon EOS Rebel SL1/100D For Dummies gives you the knowledge and confidence to make the move to dSLR photography using the Canon EOS Rebel SL1/100D, which is perfect for photographers who've been waiting for a smaller dSLR with big features.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This updated bestseller from Linux guru Chris Negus is packed with an array of new and revised materialAs a longstanding bestseller, Ubuntu Linux Toolbox has taught you how to get the most out Ubuntu, the world's most popular Linux distribution. With this anticipated new edition, Christopher Negus returns with a host of new and expanded coverage on tools for managing file systems, ways to connect to networks, techniques for securing Ubuntu systems, and a look at the latest Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu, all aimed at getting you up and running with Ubuntu Linux quickly.\* Covers installation, configuration, shell primer, the desktop, administrations, servers, and security\* Delves into coverage of popular applications for the web, productivity suites, and e-mail\* Highlights setting up a server (Apache, Samba, CUPS)\* Boasts a handy trim size so that you can take it with you on the goUbuntu Linux Toolbox, Second Edition prepares you with a host of updated tools for today's environment, as well as expanded coverage on everything you know to confidently start using Ubuntu today.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A leading Australian trader shows you how to succeed on the sharemarket with proven charting techniques Now completely revised with the latest trading information, this revised edition of bestselling author Louise Bedford's Charting Secrets is the perfect guide for beginners and experienced traders and chartists alike. Unlike other books on trading, you'll find no get-rich-quick schemes here. Bedford believes that successful trading is a matter of study and hard work, just like any other job. With this in mind, Charting Secrets serves as a workbook that will have you practising what you read and mastering charting techniques as you go. The book begins with explanations of charting patterns and methods and includes sample charts for you to practise on, as well as step-by-step solutions that allow you to compare your results to hers. - Features practical charting advice and sample charts that let readers learn techniques as they read - Covers charting basics, as well as candlestick charting and system development, macro reversal and continuation patterns, trading psychology, and much more - Written by a bestselling author known as one of Australia's most compelling speakers on trading Whether you're new to the trading game or an experienced trader looking to polish your charting techniques, Charting Secrets will show you how to turn potential into profit.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Teacher Leadership , Lieberman and Miller discuss current changes in the teacher s role, and make sense of the research on teacher leadership. They offer case studies of innovative programs - such as the National Writing Project - that provide teachers with opportunities to lead within a professional community. In addition, they tell stories of individual teachers - from Maine to California - who are able to lead in a variety of contexts. Teacher Leadership offers a new standard of teaching and community that recognizes all teachers as leaders. It shows how to develop learning communities that include rather than exclude, create knowledge rather than merely apply it, and that offer challenge and support to both new and experienced teachers.This book is a volume in the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education - a series designed to meet the demand for new ideas and insights about leadership in schools.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An inside look at leadership practices that enabled the world's leading shipping company to outthink and outperform its competitionUsing firsthand accounts from top leaders at FedEx, FedEx Delivers explains how the company became an international powerhouse and one of the most trusted global brands by using leadership practices that tapped into the creativity and commitment of its employees.Both a compelling business story and a prescription for business success, FedEx Delivers presents a model to show how these practices created and sustained an innovation culture. Readers will learn how to apply this model to their organizations for developing a culture of innovation that evolves with the times and offers fresh solutions to new challenges.Innovative thinking and disciplined execution are what made FedEx a market leader, and they can help any business in any industry do the same. Each chapter covers a different aspect of innovation with real-life stories that highlight its effectiveness, and offers valuable ideas that lead managers through the process of implementing those practices.By breaking innovation down to its three simplest steps-generation, acceptance, and implementation of ideas-and offering proven leadership practices that really work, FedEx Delivers offers unique insight and invaluable advice on building an organization that can adapt to any challenge and meet any goal in today's highly competitive global economy.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This essential text brings together in one place the inextricably linked concepts of professional development, reflective practice and decision-making. Fully updated and revised throughout, the new edition of this easy-to-follow, jargon-free title is targeted at nursing and healthcare practitioners and nursing students, providing clear guidance to help the reader think critically about their practice, work within professional boundaries, be accountable for their actions, and plan for their future.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How are women transforming the practice of leadership in the 21st century Enlightened Power is a first-of-a-kind book that answers this question--and forever changes the traditional notions involving women in leadership.The book features the accumulated wisdom of 40 influential men and women who represent the most compelling voices in the field, including: - Dynamic business leaders such as Eileen Fisher (founder, Eileen Fisher, Inc.), Barbara Corcoran (founder and chairman, The Corcoran Group), and Pat Mitchell (president and CEO, PBS) - Trailblazing women from other arenas such as politics (Ambassador Swanee Hunt), the military (Rear Admiral Deborah A. Loewer, USN), and sports (U.S. Olympian Marilyn King) - Renowned thought leaders such as Riane Eisler, Rayona Sharpnack, Sally Helgesen, Peggy Klaus, Bruce Patton, Nancy J. Adler, and Gail Evans - Leading-edge academics, activists, executives, entrepreneurs, and practitioners.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Rationality Through Reasoning answers the question of how people are motivated to do what they believe they ought to do, built on a comprehensive account of normativity, rationality and reasoning that differs significantly from much existing philosophical thinking.\* Develops an original account of normativity, rationality and reasoning significantly different from the majority of existing philosophical thought\* Includes an account of theoretical and practical reasoning that explains how reasoning is something we ourselves do, rather than something that happens in us\* Gives an account of what reasons are and argues that the connection between rationality and reasons is much less close than many philosophers have thought\* Contains rigorous new accounts of oughts including owned oughts, agent-relative reasons, the logic of requirements, instrumental rationality, the role of normativity in reasoning, following a rule, the correctness of reasoning, the connections between intentions and beliefs, and much else.\* Offers a new answer to the 'motivation question' of how a normative belief motivates an action.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sexual cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. - Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium, ancient prostitution, representations of women in Greece and Rome, and the public regulation of sexual behavior - Expanded coverage extends to the advent of Christianity, includes added illustrations, and offers student-friendly pedagogical features - Text boxes supply intriguing information about tangential topics - Gives a thorough overview of current literature while encouraging further reading and discussion - Conveys the complexity of ancient attitudes towards sexuality and gender and the modern debates they have engendered. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A timely update to the book on using the Market Profile method to trade Emerging over twenty years ago, Market Profile analysis continues to realize a strong following among active traders. The approach explains the underlying dynamics and structure of markets, identifies value areas, price rejection points, and measures the strength of buyers and sellers. Unlike more conventional forms of technical analysis, Market Profile is an all-encompassing approach, and Mind Over Markets,Updated Edition provides traders with a solid understanding of it. Since the first edition of Mind Over Markets-considered the best book on applying Market Profile analysis to trading-was published over a decade ago, much has changed in the worlds of finance and investing. That's why James Dalton, a pioneer in the popularization of Market Profile, has returned with a new edition of this essential guide. Written to reflect today's dynamic market conditions, Mind Over Markets,Updated Edition clearly puts this unique method of interpreting market behavior and identifying trading/investment opportunities in perspective. - Includes new chapters on Market Profile-based trading strategies, using Market Profile in connection with other market indicators, and much more - Explains how the Market Profile approach has evolved over the past twenty-five years and how it is used by contemporary traders - Written by a leading educator and authority on the Market Profile One of the key elements that has long separated successful traders from the rest is their intuitive understanding that time regulates all financial opportunities. The ability to record price information according to time has unleashed huge amounts of useful market information. Mind Over Markets,Updated Edition will show you how to profitably put this information to work for you. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This introduction to studying comics and graphic novels is a structured guide to a popular topic. It deploys new cognitive methods of textual analysis and features activities and exercises throughout. - Deploys novel cognitive approaches to analyze the importance of psychological and physical aspects of reader experience - Carefully structured to build a sequenced, rounded introduction to the subject - Includes study activities, writing exercises, and essay topics throughout - Dedicated chapters cover popular sub-genres such as autobiography and literary adaptation.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This groundbreaking book offers educators a clear understanding of the concept of social justice and includes effective practices to help them promote social justice and address identity development on their campuses.In the first half of the book, the authors clarify the definition of social justice as an approach that examines and acknowledges the institutional and historical systems of power and privilege on individual identity and relationships. They provide important frameworks and foundational aspects of understanding social justice, and several chapters explore identity development using the critical lenses of history and context, concentrating on ways that oppression and privilege are manifest in the lived experiences of students.In the second half of the book, the authors supply educators with the conceptual tools and strategies needed to infuse a social justice approach into their work with students and within their institutions. They highlight important concepts to consider in designing and implementing effective social justice interventions and provide examples of effective social justice programs.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dental Materials at a Glance, 2nd edition, is the latest title in the highly popular At a Glance series, providing a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with key facts accompanied by clear diagrams encapsulating essential information. Systematically organized and succinctly delivered, Dental Materials at a Glance covers: - Each major class of dental material and biomaterial - Basic chemical and physical properties - Clinical handling and application - Complications and adverse effects of materials Dental Materials at a Glance is the ideal companion for all students of dentistry, residents, and junior clinicians. In addition, the text will provide valuable insight for general dental practitioners wanting to update their materials knowledge and be of immediate application for dental hygienists, dental nurses, dental assistants, and technicians.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Open your next training session with a BANG! One of the hardest tasks you'll face as a trainer is pullingparticipants' thoughts away their daily duties long enough toengage them in your training. According to training master BobPike, two of the most important learning concepts are 'primacy' and'recency.' People don't remember middles; they remember beginnings('primacy') and ends ('recency'). That's why, if you want yourtraining to be a success, you have to gain their attention as soonas they walk in the door. Following up on the success of 50 Creative Training Closers, themost trusted and recognized names in training bring you 50 CreativeTraining Openers and Energizers. These lively, interactive sessionopeners, ice breakers, and attention grabbers are what you need toinspire continued application, learning, and skill development. Andyou don't have to be a professional trainer to use thiscollection--business presenters and educators of all kinds canimmediately incorporate these creative designs into their work.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This text offers an open-learning approach to Raman spectroscopy providing detail on instrumentation, applications and discussions questions throughout the book.It provides a valuable guide to assist with teaching Raman spectroscopy which is gaining attention in (analytical) chemistry, and as a consequence, teaching programs have followed. Today, education in Raman spectroscopy is often limited to theoretical aspects (e.g. selection rules), but practical aspects are usually disregarded. With these course notes, the author hopes to fill this gap and include information about Raman instrumentation and how it is interpreted.\* Provides a user-friendly text that tackles the theoretical background, and offers everyday tips for common practice\* Raman instrumentation and practical aspects, which are sometimes overlooked, are covered\* Appropriate for students, and includes summaries, text boxes, illustrating the ideas with examples from research literature or providing background information or links with other courses\* Written with an open-learning approach, this book will be ideal for use as a self-study guide or as the basis of a taught course with discussion and self-assessment questions throughout the text\* Includes a comprehensive bibliography to guide the reader to more specialized texts and sources.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the second edition of their award-winning book, W. Timothy Coombs and Sherry J. Holladay provide a broad and thorough look at the field of public relations in the world today and assess its positive and negative impact on society's values, knowledge, and perceptions.\* Uses a range of global, contemporary examples, from multi-national corporations through to the non-profit sector\* Updated to include discussion of new issues, such as the role and limitations of social media; the emergence of Issues Management; how private politics is shaping corporate behavior; and the rise of global activism and the complications of working in a global world\* Covers the search within the profession for a definition of PR, including the Melbourne Mandate and Barcelona Principles\* Balanced, well organized, and clearly written by two leading scholars.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What People Have Said About Human Competence'Human Competence stands not only as a tribute to Tom's genius, but also as the best single source of ideas about performance technology. It is a 'must have' for anyone serious about changing the performance of individuals or organizations.'--Dick Lincoln, Centers for Disease Control'Human Competence is the crowning achievement of a most remarkable man. But more than that, it is the performance technologist's foundation. Read it with zest, but read it with the intent of learning as much as you possibly can.'--Odin Westgaard, Hale Associates'Tom's work has given me the framework to help others in a powerful way--it is a big part of my message of respecting and valuing people at work.'--Elizabeth Guman, Performance Insights'Human Competence is a must read for anyone wishing to become a true performance improvement professional.'--Peter Dean, University of Tennessee at Knoxville'Among the ideas bulging from this classic work: performance exemplars, potential for improving performance, behavior-accomplishment distinction, performance matrix, ACORN troubleshooting test, performance audits, states, Worth = Value - Cost, knowledge maps, mediators, and job aids. The great accomplishments he left behind will continue to profit behavior analysis and performance improvement for a long, long time.'--Ogden Lindsley, Behavior Research Company'Human Competence is probably the most borrowed and least returned book in my library. It's good to have it in print once more, so that I can keep replacing it, and rereading it for new insights from the original master of HPT.'--Rob Foshay, TRO Learning, Inc.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The cost manager/quantity surveyor plays a pivotal role in the financial and contract management of construction projects, although the exact nature of the service they provide depends on the project employer's terms of engagement. This can mean acting as consultant in a range of roles including cost and advisory services for budget setting to initiate a project, cost management through the design and construction phases, contract administration and acting as the client side project manager to oversee the entire building process. Cost Management of Construction Projects focusses on the cost manager/quantity surveyor engaged by the project client, and discusses key elements that help drive project success including measurement (based on the New Rules of Measurement published by RICS), procurement, cost planning, contract administration and project cost management. With examples, it provides a thorough guide to the role in the workplace and in the field, directly addressing the day to day situations faced by the cost manager/quantity surveyor. Donald Towey MRICS has extensive experience of the construction industry. His experience began as an estimator with a glass/glazing contractor in Manchester. Following a number of positions with UK contractors he relocated to Australia and has worked with a number of developers and main contractors, as well as doing freelance work. He is currently working in contracts management in Sydney.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Document your efforts in terms management will understand Are your employee training efforts really paying off In thishands-on guide, two top human resources consultants present aresults-oriented, twelve-step approach that directly links trainingto specific organizational goals. Here is all the information andguidance you need to create a work environment that reinforces newskills and maximizes training results. You'll also learn todocument the effect your efforts have on the bottom line, tracksubtle but important changes in employee values and beliefs, anddemonstrate increased sales and productivity. It's THE definitivehandbook for tracking and cost justification of training anddevelopment efforts.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has quickly become a treatment of choice for individuals with borderline personality disorder and other complicated psychiatric conditions. Becoming proficient in standard DBT requires intensive training and extensive supervised experience. However, there are many DBT principles and procedures that can be readily adapted for therapists conducting supportive, psychodynamic, and even other forms of cognitive behavioral treatments.Despite this, there is a dearth of easily accessible reading material for the busy clinician or novice.This new book provides a clinically oriented, user-friendly guide to understanding and utilizing the principles and techniques of DBT for non-DBT-trained mental health practitioners and is an ideal guide to DBT for clinicians at all levels of experience.Written by internationally recognized experts in suicide, self injury and borderline personality disorder, it features clinical vignettes, following patients through a series of chapters, clearly illustrating both the therapeutic principles and interventions.…