Wiley jun 1997 (24 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Misaligned companies, like cars out of alignment, can develop serious problems if not corrected quickly. They are hard to steer and don't respond well to changes in direction. This groundbreaking book shows you how to get -and keep -all the vital elements of your organization aligned and headed in the same direction at the same time.Managers must now keep their people centered in the midst of change, deemphasize hierarchy, and distribute leadership by distributing authority, information, knowledge, and customer data throughout their organization. Alignment is a response to the new business reality where customer requirements are in flux, where competitive forces are turbulent, and where the bond of loyalty between an organization and its people has been weakened. The old linear approach to management has given way to one of simultaneity -to alignment.As pioneers of the alignment concept, the authors have developed this unique approach based on their work with leading companies throughout the world. The Power of Alignment is packed with war stories and the firsthand perspectives of industry leaders. You'll learn how world-class organizations, including Federal Express, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Columbia/HCA Healthcare, Citizens Utilities, AirTouch, and UNUM achieved extraordinary business results. Now, through the authors' expertise, you'll see how alignment can work for your organization.In essence, alignment links the five key elements of an organization -people, process, customers, business strategies, and, of course, leadership -to obtain breakthrough results, chief among them, sustained growth and profit, loyal customers, and a high-performing work force. The Power of Alignment:\* Offers a clear framework for aligning and linking the crucial elements that build and sustain a company's success\* Provides self-assessment tools as well as benchmarking measures for evaluating an organization's critical competencies\* Enables managers to create a work force where each employee can relate his or her activities to the goals and strategic objectives of the company\* Helps a company determine when and where it is out of alignment, and gives descriptions of such common company pathologies as 'The Phantom Limb Syndrome,' 'Strategy Interruptus,' and 'Dead Man Walking'\* Prescribes specific steps for getting an organization back on track toward a single, shared vision of its goalsEssential reading for all managers and executives, The Power of Alignment offers a new way to reestablish focus and sustained energy, and is a dynamic approach for staying balanced and achieving extraordinary levels of performance.'This book is savvy, detailed, timely, and clearly written. I highly recommend it for any leader facing the challenges posed by global business today.' - Dana Mead Chairman and CEO, Tenneco Former Chairman National Association of Manufacturers'It's not only the stars that have to be in alignment to reach your destination, it's all the internal processes, rewards, and drivers. Read The Power of Alignment, and while you may not unlock the secrets of the universe, you will overcome the barriers to corporate success.' - William L. Boyan President and COO John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.'This important book goes beyond TQM and reengineering by creating a new approach called Alignment. The authors show that great companies manage to link strategy and people and integrate customer needs with continuous improvement processes.' - Peter Augustsson President and Group Chief Executive AB SKF.'The Power of Alignment gets to the heart of a critical element of organizational leadership, namely focus. Every leader who reads it will undoubtedly do some serious soul-searching about the consistency of corporate vision, goals, management systems, and incentive mechanisms.' - Louis E. Lataif Dean Boston University.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Focusing on African and European women and men, five articles explore generational conflict, connections between representation and violence, the incorporation of gendered power into state formation, memory and forgetting, and consumption and commodity cultures.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Presentation of 12 case studies that allow the reader to apply medical knowledge to the diagnosis and treatment of disease. By the author of the companion text.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Der Traum vom eigenen Unternehmen - wie kann man ihn verwirklichen Anhand zahlreicher Fallstudien zeigt dieses Lehrbuch, wie man Anfangsschwierigkeiten meistert, ein Geschäftskonzept entwickelt und den Geschäftsverlauf analysiert.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - IT solutions from the leading edge Information technology promises much but, as many businesses arefinding, it often fails to deliver. Representing the new wave ofthinking about I.T., this thought-provoking collection assemblesleading researchers from four continents, including Dan Robey,Robert Zmud, Claudio Ciborra and Robert Benjamin. Writing with deepknowledge of both I.T. and business, they persuasively argue forthe integration of the core business unit and the I.T. function,advocate a new role for I.T. professionals, stress the importanceof managing outcomes rather than process, and provide practicalguidelines for turning new ideas into new management practices. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Profusely illustrated, Physiology and Pharmacology of the Heart contains lucid descriptions of the following topics: anatomy of the heart; foetal circulation; congenital malformations; mechanical events in the normal heart; electrical excitations of the heart; mechanical properties of cardiac muscle and its control; measurement of cardiac output; coronary circulation; ischaemic heart disease and its therapy; and cardiac failure and its therapy. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Choosing the most appropriate treatment A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current ClinicalTechnique This key resource offers guidelines and specific models forintervention in the treatment of numerous types and subtypes ofdepression. Will assist you in deciding if it is appropriate toprescribe medication, if psychotherapy is the proper course ofaction, or if it is best to use a combination of medication andpsychotherapy. This book is a superlative overview of the key treatmentinterventions available today to relieve the suffering ofdepression. John P. Docherty, M.D., professor of clinical psychology anddirector of clinical services, Cornell University School ofMedicine.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This superlative Companion provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the discipline of Sociology. Written by an international team of leading academics and teachers, many of whose names will be familiar to the reader, this volume provides succinct summaries of the state of knowledge in each of the subfields. The volume is divided into parts broadly characterizable as: approaches, subject matter, methods, current debates, resources (books, journals and archives) and opportunities (intellectual, research-based and career). Taken in total, the chapters convey the tremendous dynamism and diversity of the field. The Companion sets out to realize several objectives: - To stimulate interest in sociology by emphasizing the discipline's engagement with the 'real world'. - To help orient students within a complex and varied discipline. - To enthuse the reader with the possibilities for sociological engagements with contemporary problems and issues. - To introduce the full range of approaches within the discipline. - To encourage the development of transferable skills. The Student's Companion to Sociology is an essential resource for all students of sociology.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Wie leistungsfähig ist der Mensch Durch technologische Revolutionen und soziale Entwicklungen wurden die Grenzen im Laufe der Geschichte immer wieder neu gesteckt. Der Autor versucht vorauszusagen, wie wirtschaftliche und soziale Organisationen der Zukunft aussehen müssen, angepaßt an die sich verändernde Realität.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A contributed handbook on the complexities of portfolio management that includes the most up-to-date findings from leading practitioners in the fixed income securities market.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Goffman Reader aims to bring the most complete collection of Erving Goffman s (1922-1982) writing and thinking as a sociologist. Among the most inventive, unique and individualistic of thinkers in American sociology, his works first appeared in the early 1950 s at a time when a more formal, traditional sociology dominated the scene. In this collection, Goffman s work is arranged into four categories: the production of self, the confined self, the nature of social life, and the framing of experience. Through this arrangement, readers will not only be presented with Goffman s thinking in chronological order, but also with a framework of analysis that clearly introduces the social theoretical ideas by which Goffman shaped the direction of sociological thought through the late twentieth century.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The bond market is one of the largest and most important financial markets in the world. For professional investors, building and managing a portfolio of bonds to achieve above-market returns is a continual challenge. In Selected Topics in Bond Portfolio Management, leading experts discuss state-of-the-art strategies for managing indexed, corporate, high-yield, municipal, and global bond portfolios. Each chapter includes questions and answers to enhance the reader's understanding.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Nonlinear and Optimal Control Systems offers a self-contained introduction to analysis techniques used in the design of nonlinear and optimal feedback control systems, with a solid emphasis on the fundamental topics of stability, controllability, optimality, and the corresponding geometry. The book develops and presents these key subjects in a unified fashion. An integrated approach is used to develop stability theory, function minimizing feedback controls, optimal controls, and differential game theory.Starting with a background on differential equations, this accessible text examines nonlinear dynamical systems and nonlinear control systems, including basic results in nonlinear parameter optimization and parametric two-player games. Lyapunov stability theory and control system design are discussed in detail, followed by in-depth coverage of the controllability minimum principle and other important controllability concepts. The optimal control (Pontryagin's) minimum principle is developed and then applied to optimal control problems and the design of optimal controllers.Nonlinear and Optimal Control Systems features examples and exercises taken from a wide range of disciplines and contexts--from engineering control designs to biological, economic, and other systems. Numerical algorithms are provided for solving problems in optimization and control, as well as simulation of systems using nonlinear differential equations. Readers may choose to develop their own code from these algorithms or solve problems with the help of commercial software programs.Providing readers with a sturdy foundation in nonlinear and optimal control system design and application, this new resource is a valuable asset to advanced students and professional engineers in many different fields.An integrated approach to the fundamentals of nonlinear and optimal control systems. This self-contained text provides a solid introduction to the analysis techniques used in the design of nonlinear and optimal feedback control systems. Building on thorough coverage of the basic concepts of stability, controllability, and optimality, the book develops highly effective feedback controllers for stability, function minimizing control, optimal control, and two-player differential games.Concepts are illustrated throughout with examples that represent a range of disciplines and design contexts, bridging theory and application for advanced students and practicing engineers in many different fields.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dieses anspruchsvolle und trotzdem gut lesbare Buch vereinigt Gruppentheorie und Theorie der Charaktere. Der in sich geschlossene Text wird durch eine Vielzahl von Übungsaufgaben abgerundet, und ein spezielles Kapitel widmet sich wichtigen, ausführlich erklärten Beispielen.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cornelius Castoriadis is presently Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is a philosopher, social critic, professional economist, practicing psychoanalyst and one of Europe's foremost thinkers. The Castoriadis Reader provides for the first time an overview of the author's work and encompasses every aspect of his thought.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this book, the world's leading spacial theorists provide new accounts of the central questions and issues in social-spacial theory with critical perspectives on the post-modern condition.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book explains and illustrates key concepts of programming by taking a breadth approach to programming languages. It uses C++ as the primary language throughout, demonstrating imperative, functional and object-oriented language concepts.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This manual provides basic background information necessary to perform investigative and remedial activities at hazardous waste sites within a safe and efficient framework. It is the basic text for the standard 40-hour HAZWOPER course. While the topics and structure focus toward OSHA training courses, it could serve as the basic text for a similar course in Canada and for any related safety and hazardous materials courses. The organization and thoroughness of the information along with the many illustrations make it a stand-alone reference as well as a text. It provides the best available current information from various federal agencies including the EPA, OSHA, NIOSH, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard, and the Department of Transportation.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gedruckte Antennen, die sich durch ihre Kompatibilität zu integrierten Schaltkreisen und ihre Anpaßbarkeit an Oberflächen jeder denkbaren Gestalt auszeichnen, finden nicht nur militärische, sondern auch kommerzielle Anwendung - in Satellitenkommunikation, Global-Positioning-Systemen, Hypothermie und anderen. Dieses Buch diskutiert Fortschritte auf konventionellen Gebieten wie auch Neuerungen, beispielsweise den Einsatz von Hochtemperatur-Supraleitern. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In view of the extensive development of CCS 7 and fast-paced growth of ISDN in telecommunication networks throughout the world, this valuable resource serves as a timely reference and guide. Practical and up-to-date, Engineering Networks for Synchronization, CCS 7, and ISDN provides in-depth instruction on three important and closely related elements of the modern digital network: network synchronization, CCITT Common Channel Signaling System No. 7 (CCS 7), and Narrowband ISDN.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The use of quantum chemistry for the quantitative prediction of molecular properties has long been frustrated by the technical difficulty of carrying out the needed computations. In the last decade there have been substantial advances in the formalism and computer hardware needed to carry out accurate calculations of molecular properties efficiently. These advances have been sufficient to make quantum chemical calculations a reliable tool for the quantitative interpretation of chemical phenomena and a guide to laboratory experiments. However, the success of these recent developments is not well known outside the community of practitioners. In order to make the larger community of chemical physicists aware of the current state of the subject, this self-contained volume of Advances in Chemical Physics surveys a number of the recent accomplishments in computational quantum chemistry. Supplemented with more than 150 illustrations, this volume provides evaluations of a broad range of methods, including: - Quantum Monte Carlo methods in chemistry - Monte Carlo methods for real-time path integration - The Redfield equation in condensed-phase quantum dynamics - Multiconfigurational perturbation theory-applications in electronic spectroscopy - Electronic structure calculations for molecules containing transition metals - And more.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Energy is a sector where there has always been a serious modelling tradition, but with the worldwide trend away from planned economies to new market structures, the risk, uncertainties and competitive aspects which need to be incorporated pose new challenges to analyse strategic as well as economic behaviour. Systems Modelling for Energy Policy addresses the strong and apparently countervailing themes dominating energy policy in the current decade: - concerns about global warming have stimulated an intense and methodologically diverse level of analytical activity aimed ultimately at greater international co-ordination in policy and planning - simultaneously we are witnessing a worldwide trend away from planned national energy policies to new market structures To accommodate these shifts in focus, more comprehensive analytical procedures are needed to address technical challenges in handling large models whilst smaller, policy-specific behavioural models may give greater insight to the strategic challenges involved in maintaining focus on key industry restructuring issues for which past data is not available. This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date reference to the range of issues and modelling alternatives that a systems perspective gives to the analysis of energy policy. Practitioners, analysts and researchers will find new studies and comparative modelling insights in this book which are not easily accessed elsewhere.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Auswahl und Bewertung von Personal, Karriereplanung und Weiterbildung: In diesem Buch finden Sie die neuesten Entwicklungen und Ideen der 90er Jahre auf dem Gebiet der 'Human Resources'. Politisch-ökonomische und psychologische Aspekte werden gleichermaßen angesprochen.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Organometallverbindungen sind von immenser, ständig wachsender Bedeutung als Katalysatoren und Reagenzien im wissenschaftlichen Labor und in der Industrie. Das Buch wendet sich besonders an Studenten, die von dieser klaren, gut strukturierten, nach den einzelnen Metallen geordneten Einführung in wichtige Techniken der Organometallchemie profitieren werden.…