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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - '.concise, easy-to-read, and filled with solid advice. An eveningspent reading Panic-Proof Investing could prove to be one of thebest investments the novice investor can make.' --Jack Schwager, author, The New Market Wizards Featured in Jack Schwager's bestselling The New MarketWizards, Tom Basso is one of the most popular and most quotedprofessional traders in the world. In a book rich with wit, wisdom,and a wealth of practical advice, Tom Basso, a.k.a. 'Mr. Serenity,'tells you how to center yourself for smart, balanced investmentchoices. Taking aim at internal roadblocks to success, Tom clearlyshows why the sine qua non of being a successful investor is to'know thyself.' Writing in a jargon-free, down-to-earth style, heprepares you for the investment process with tips on how to stayfocused; how to avoid and cope with common frustrations; and how toavoid psychological pitfalls that lead to poor decision-making anddisappointing returns. \* Witty, familiar, easy-to-read, and peppered with livelycartoons and illustrations \* Packed with real-life case studies and telling parables inwhich you'll recognize your own and your friends' experiences \* Features a handy 'Panic-Proof Investor Checklist' that sums upthe most important points covered in the book.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A nuts-and-bolts guide to conducting your own professional-qualitysurveys without paying professional fees. How can you gauge publicsupport for a cause or test the market for a product or service What are the best methods for validating opinions for use in apaper or dissertation A well-documented survey is the answer. Butwhat if you don't have thousands of dollars to commission one Noproblem. How to Conduct Your Own Survey gives you everything youneed to do it yourself! Without any prior training, you can learnexpert techniques for conducting accurate, low-cost surveys. Instep-by-step, down-to-earth language, Priscilla Salant and Don A.Dillman give you the tools you need to: \* Determine which type of survey is best for you \* Estimate the cost of your survey \* Conduct mail, telephone, and face-to-face surveys \* Draw accurate samples \* Write effective questionnaires \* Compile and report results \* Avoid common survey errors \* Find reliable outside assistance \* And much more.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A thoughtful, idea-filled book for educators confronting thechallenge of creating and using alternative assessment procedures.Drawing on years of work with mathematics teachers, Kulm turns thefocus on what really works in the classroom. A must read forteachers looking for practical suggestions and potential models asthey develop new assessment systems.' -- Thomas A. Romberg, director, National Center for Research inMathematical Sciences Education, University ofWisconsin-Madison Kulm offers hands-on guidelines for assessing student understandingof procedures, concepts, and problem-solving, including advice ondeveloping and interpreting assessment tasks, assessing individualand group mathematical activities, using scoring rubrics,developing student portfolios, and more.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is every manager's best friAnd when putting a teamtogether. The authors outline a step-by-step model to recruit,assess, build, and facilitate a high-performing team. Each chapterAnds with a 'Quick Review' that summarizes the conceptscovered.You'll improve your organization by: \* Recruiting members and forming a team that works \* Resolving conflict quickly \* Facilitating meetings effectively . . . and much more! Grasp the structure of an efficient, cohesive, productive team.Your organization will benefit from a distribution of skills andtasks that will cut the bottom line. Order one for every manager inyour organization today.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A nuts-and-bolts guide to conducting your own professional-qualitysurveys without paying professional fees. How can you gauge publicsupport for a cause or test the market for a product or service What are the best methods for validating opinions for use in apaper or dissertation A well-documented survey is the answer. Butwhat if you don't have thousands of dollars to commission one Noproblem. How to Conduct Your Own Survey gives you everything youneed to do it yourself! Without any prior training, you can learnexpert techniques for conducting accurate, low-cost surveys. Instep-by-step, down-to-earth language, Priscilla Salant and Don A.Dillman give you the tools you need to: \* Determine which type of survey is best for you \* Estimate the cost of your survey \* Conduct mail, telephone, and face-to-face surveys \* Draw accurate samples \* Write effective questionnaires \* Compile and report results \* Avoid common survey errors \* Find reliable outside assistance \* And much more.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - At last, a complete business plan guide just for independentconsultants! . . . And who better to write it than North America's#1 bestselling author on consulting Unlike most general business plan books that focus on raisingcapital and applying for loans, this unique do-it-yourself guideconcentrates on defining services and products. Written by HermanHoltz, the nation's leading expert on making it as an independentconsultant, it tells you everything you need to know to develop arealistic, workable business plan that prepares you for anycontingency and helps guide your day-to-day decision making as yourbusiness flourishes and grows. Numerous illustrations andworksheets guide your every step and save you the drudgery ofstarting from scratch. This book covers all business planningtopics of crucial concern to consultants, including: \* Defining your products or services \* Market research and sales strategies \* Rate structures and income projections \* Worksheets to help you create objectives and set goals \* Sample business plan Includes the Author's Disk to help you prepare your business plan,from defining your services and target market to estimatingstart-up costs, setting rates and consulting fees, and projectingincome. Boilerplate contracts and letters of agreement are alsoprovided.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Heart of Healing is a comprehensive exploration of the essence of healing in human relationships--whether between a shaman and tribesmember, between clergy and parishoner, or a therapist and client--that pushes beyond traditional and limiting theoretical models toward a deeper, broader understanding of how to harness, enhance, and apply this powerful phenonmenon to achieve its fullest potential in diverse clinical settings. Drawing on cross-cultural and interdisciplinary empirical research and numerous revealing case studies from their own therapy practices, the authors present a variety of innovative models for understanding and fostering relationships with clients that engender constructive change--and that can be used regardless of theoretical orientation, cultural background, or clinical setting. Pulling together the essential threads that weave the intricate fabric of the client-therapist relationship, they examine through first-hand accounts how the personal relationships, characteristics, and cultural biases of both the client and therapist affect their interactions during the therapy process, as well as influence relationships in their personal lives. They describe the conceptual building blocks of a healing encounter--including authentic engagement, projected images, and interactional patterns--and show how each of these can promote or impede a healthy and effective relationship.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Leadership by Design identifies the ideals that are essential to successful leadership in colleges and universities. It explains how values shape a leader's realities and shows how leadership is a conceptual, moral, and performing art form built on ideas and ideals, as well as a solid philosophical and empirical foundation, and perfected in practice.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this important new work, Haack develops an original theory of empirical evidence or justification, and argues its appropriateness to the goals of inquiry. In so doing, Haack provides detailed critical case studies of Lewis's foundationalism; Davidson's and Bonjour's coherentism; Popper's 'epistemology without a knowing subject'; Quine's naturalism; Goldman's reliabilism; and Rorty's, Stich's, and the Churchlands' recent obituaries of epistemology.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book analyzes the federal health policies followed by Reagan, Bush, and Clinton and by the Democratic-controlled Congress. The book shows the connection between the crisis of health care and the correlation of class forces in America. - Addresses one of the key areas of contemporary public policy in the US, challenging complacent assumptions and demonstrating the enduring popularity of the welfare state - The author was part of the Clinton team responsible for health reform.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mohrman and Wohlstetter have written the most important volume onschool-based management to date. a significant contribution tothe school reform literature. Joseph Murphy, professor and chair, department of educationalleadership, Vanderbilt University.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ''Must' reading for professionals who work in residentialinstitutions.' --Alexander W. Astin, professor of higher education anddirector of the Higher Education Research Institute, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles This book offers an insightful and practical discussion of howthe outcomes of college education can be strengthened throughthoughtful, educationally rich programs that make residence halls amore integral part of the overall educational experience.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A how-to guide for consultants Here is the accumulation of 35 years of work of two men who havehelped shape the training and development field. Teachers,trainers, consultants, and continual learners themselves, theauthors share their repertoire of concepts, strategies, andtechniques. The function of consultants is part of the role and function of allthose who lead, direct, teach, or interact as friAnds and peerswith others. --Gordon and Ronald Lippitt, authors The authors identify the six phases of almost any consultant-clientworking relationship: \* Engaging in initial contact and entry \* Formulating a contract and establishing a helpingrelationship \* Identifying problems through diagnostic analysis \* Setting goals and planning for action \* Taking action and cycling feedback \* Completing the contract This book emphasizes the role of the consultant internal orexternal in an organizational setting. You'll learn to recognizethe most appropriate, effective, and credible route to solvingalmost any consulting conundrum. You'll use every chart, checklist,and reference in this work to improve your own jobperformance. Learn to: \* Recognize the phases in consulting \* Cope with ethical dilemmas \* Assess and evaluate your projects \* Consult in internation settings \* Facilitate change.and much more! You might call yourself a consultant. You might not. Regardless, you'll find yourself better equippedfor any business interaction when you have this book at yourside. Table of contents: \* Consultation: An Expanding Process \*\*Phases in Consulting\*\*Interventions: Making Decisions and Ensuring Quality \*\*ConsultantRoles \*\*Ethical Dilemmas and Value Guidelines \*\*DesigningParticipative Learning \*\*Diagnostic Analysis, Progress Assessment,and Evaluation \*\*Examples of Consultation in Action \*\*Guidelinesfor International Consulting \*\*Skills, Competencies, andProfessional Development \*\*The Consultant as Change Facilitator\*\*Implications for the Future of Consulting. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Why do people choose the careers they do What factors cause peopleto be satisfied with their work No single work did more to makeconcepts like motive, goal incentive, and attitude part of theworkplace vocabulary. This landmark work, originally published in 1964, integrates thework of hundreds of researchers in individual workplace behavior toexplain choice of work, job satisfaction, and job performance.Includes an extensive new introduction that highlights and updateshis model for current organization behavior educators and students,as well as professionals who must extract the highest levels ofproductivity from today's downsized workforces. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this major revision of The Life of Samuel Johnson, Robert DeMaria makes a compelling claim for the attention of a new generation of Johnson's readers and admirers.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - All religion and much philosophy has been concerned with the contrast between the ephemeral and the eternal. Human beings have always sought ways to overcome time, and to prove that death is not the end. This book consists then in an exploration of certain closely related ideas: personal identity, time, history and our commitment to the future, and the role of imagination in life.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Based on the experience of the restructuring of the MBA program atCase Western Reserve University, the book describes thetransformation of a program from one where student learning wasincidental to teaching and research into one where learning ispreeminent. Draws from ten years of curriculum change efforts totrace the entire process of program redesign, from initialdiscussion to implementation and evaluation. Examines strategicplanning within the professional school and describes in detail theManagerial Assessment Course--a key element of the new program anda driving force for self-directed learning. The book provides specific designs, methods, and procedures forconducting outcome assessment studies, including five typesparticularly relevant to professional schools: alumni studies,employer studies, faculty studies, student-change studies, andprofessional competency studies. Throughout the book, the authorsand contributors describe a wealth of useful, thought-provokingideas and learnings on management education and institutionalchange.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the earliest contributions of Native Americans in the colonial period to the workforce preparation crisis in the 1980s, this book explores the patterns, themes, and changing ideologies of learning and education in adulthood.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Margaret Thatcher's departure from office and the arrival of her successor, John Major, have had a profound impact on the way Britain is governed - and in this new edition of Consensus Politics, the authors examines the legacy of Thatcherite 'conviction politics' and assesses the state of consensus in Britain's government today. This chronicle of the rise and fall of the post-war consensus in five key policy areas - the mixed economy, full employment, trade unions, welfare and foreign policy - remains a superb introduction to one of the major debates of recent political history. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Hilary Putnam has been at the center of contemporary debates about the nature of the mind and of its access to the world, about language and its relation to reality, and many other metaphysical and epistemological issues. In this book he turns to pragmatism - and confronts the teachings of James, Peirce, Dewey, and Wittgenstein - not solely out of an interest in theoretical questions, but above all to respond to the questions of whether it is possible to find an alternative to corrosive moral skepticism, on the one hand, and to moral authoritarianism on the other.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Explores the practical lessons learned from internationally renowned companies to bring about lasting and fundamental organizational transformation, providing a useful set of field-tested concepts and techniques for anyone seeking to promote change. In-depth interviews with such key corporate change leaders as Bob Allen of AT&T and Jamie Houghton of Corning, Inc., provide valuable insight and firsthand advice on the role CEOs and leadership teams can play in organizational transformation.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Glenn Jordan and Chris Weedon look at the role of culture in reproducing and contesting social relations of class, gender and race. They focus on relationships between culture, subjectivity, and power, in what is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary cultural politics. \* Whose culture shall be the official one and whose shall be subordinated \* What cultures shall be regarded as worthy of display and which shall be hidden \* Whose history shall be remembered and whose forgotten \* What images of social life shall be projected and which shall be marginalized \* What voices shall be heard and which shall be silenced \* Who is representing whom and on what basis \* How can marginalized and oppressed people be empowered to change their social position \* What is cultural democracy and how can it be achieved These key questions are among the radical issues Cultural Politics addresses, through case studies from Britain, North America, Eastern Europe and Australia.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides a practical guide to the use of Metaphon therapy, the principled approach to phonological therapy, which takes full account of theories of learning and the linguistic nature of phonological disorder in children.The authors explore clearly the theoretical back-ground to Metaphon and translate it into clinical practice. For this second edition the book has been extensively revised and expanded to take account of current research and literature on phonological disorder and linguistic awareness and advances in the development of Metaphon.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Since it was first published in 1989, Suzanne Romaine s book has been recognized as the most authoritative introduction to the sociolinguistics of bilingualism. The new edition has been completely revised to incorporate recent work in this fast developing field.Throughout the book, bilingualism is seen as both a societal and cognitive phenomenon. Professor Romaine explores various aspects of bilingual behavior, such as code switching and language mixing, in terms of neurolinguistic organization in the individual speaker. The author also assesses the positive and negative claims made for the effects of bilingualism on children s cognitive, social and academic development, and examines the assumptions behind various language policies and programs for bilingual children. In all this, Professor Romaine draws on her own research with Punjabi /Engllish bilinguals in Britain, and Tok Pisin/ English bilingual children in Papua New Guinea.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the 'Father of Candlesticks'--penetrating new Japanese techniques for forecasting and tracking market prices and improving market timing Steve Nison has done it again. The man who revolutionized technical analysis by introducing Japanese candlestick charting techniques to Western traders is back--this time with a quartet of powerful Japanese techniques never before published or used in the West. Stunningly effective on their own, these new techniques pack an even greater wallop when teamed up with traditional trading, investing, or hedging strategies, and Steve Nison shows you how to do it. Beyond Candlesticks provides step-by-step instructions, detailed charts and graphs, and clear-cut guidance on tracking and analyzing results--everything you need to pick up these sharp new tools and take your place at the cutting edge of technical analysis. Critical praise for Steve Nison's first book . '. destined to become the classic reference on the subject.' --Charles Lebeau and David Lucas Technical Trader's Bulletin 'I believe Steve Nison's new candlestick book is destined to become one of the truly great books for this time period. Whether you trade futures, commodities, or equities, day trade or hold positions overnight, this book is a must.' --Lee Siegfried Investor's Library, Data Broadcasting Corp. 'It is hard to be too effusive about the quality of NiSon's work . this is clearly one of the best investment books ever written in terms of covering a subject with pedagogical ability and writing skill. The organization is impeccable . reading it was a pleasure.' --Commodity Traders Consumer Report.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Multiculturalism: A Critical Reader delineates the prevailing concerns and considerations, principles and practices, concepts and categories that fall under the rubric of 'multiculturalism'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Business Process Reengineering BreakPoint Strategies for MarketDominance Business Process Reengineering shows you how to take thevital next step to attain market dominance and become a worldleader \* A team of internationally recognized Coopers & Lybrandmanufacturing consultants explain why they believe the businessworld needs to move beyond continuous improvement and TQM conceptsto Business Process Reengineering (BPR). \* BPR involves a dramatic redesign of business processes,organization structures and use of technology, to achieve'breakthroughs' in business competitiveness. \* The book is based on the authors experience of extensiveinternational work with leading corporations including AT&T,Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Allied-Signal, and Coca-Cola &Schweppes (CC&SB). \* Focusing on the effectiveness of BPR, the book shows howcompanies can streamline operations, and inevitably cut costs, onthe way to creating process excellence in all key aspects of theorganization. Reengineering goes beyond continuous improvement 'Continuousimprovement is exactly the right idea if you are the world leaderit is probably a disastrous idea if you are far behind in the worldstandard we need rapid, quantum-leap improvement. We cannot besatisfied to lay out a plan that will move us towards the existingworld standard over some protracted period of time if we acceptsuch a plan; we will never be the world leader.' Paul O Neill,Chairman ALCOA. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -From the 'Father of Candlesticks'--penetrating new Japanese techniques for forecasting and tracking market prices and improving market timing Steve Nison has done it again. The man who revolutionized technical analysis by introducing Japanese candlestick charting techniques to Western traders is back--this time with a quartet of powerful Japanese techniques never before published or used in the West. Stunningly effective on their own, these new techniques pack an even greater wallop when teamed up with traditional trading, investing, or hedging strategies, and Steve Nison shows you how to do it. Beyond Candlesticks provides step-by-step instructions, detailed charts and graphs, and clear-cut guidance on tracking and analyzing results--everything you need to pick up these sharp new tools and take your place at the cutting edge of technical analysis. Critical praise for Steve Nison's first book . '. destined to become the classic reference on the subject.' --Charles Lebeau and David Lucas Technical Trader's Bulletin 'I believe Steve Nison's new candlestick book is destined to become one of the truly great books for this time period. Whether you trade futures, commodities, or equities, day trade or hold positions overnight, this book is a must.' --Lee Siegfried Investor's Library, Data Broadcasting Corp. 'It is hard to be too effusive about the quality of NiSon's work . this is clearly one of the best investment books ever written in terms of covering a subject with pedagogical ability and writing skill. The organization is impeccable . reading it was a pleasure.' --Commodity Traders Consumer ReportWiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstraße 12, 69469 Weinheim 304 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The general practitioner is required to make hundreds of decisions every day and each must be tailored to the specific needs of the individual patient. This first book on decision making in general practice is an invaluable reference for all concerned with providing quality care. Using over 200 real life cases, it analyses the difficulties arising in: Diagnosis, investigation, management, follow up, outcome, prevention, practice organization. A body of rules that can be applied to these wide ranging issues provides a framework to improve decision making skills in ways that are ethical, cost-effective, safe, and acceptable for GPs, trainees, trainers and medical students. Here is an essential guide to understanding this critical element of general practice.…