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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An indispensable resource for every financial service professionals developing an IPSThe Investment Policy Statement (IPS) is one of the most critical documents fiduciaries must draft. For years, ERISA and other industry regulations have governed the guidelines all fiduciaries must comply with when drafting one. But the current climate of corporate scandal and the 2008 global banking crisis have led to increased scrutiny by regulators, prompting firms to take a closer look at the quality and integrity of their IPSs and to take steps to have a rigorous formal process in place for drafting them. Endorsed by the Foundation of Fiduciary Studies, this concise guide provides a rigorous framework and the expert insight, information and guidance you need to guarantee that your IPS is in complete compliance with all ERISA-directed requirements.\* Provides a step-by-step plan for creating a uniform IPS that every advisor in the office can follow\* Defines the duties and responsibilities of all parties involved, while clarifying diversification guidelines and providing methods for keeping costs under control\* Packed with ready-to-use templates, sample forms, letters and other documents, diagrams and other valuable tools, including sample Policy Statement downloadable at the companion website\* Designed to get you quickly up to speed on what you need to know to confidently serve your clients with the highest standards of care and protection.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The easy way to get a grip on inorganic chemistryInorganic chemistry can be an intimidating subject, but it doesn't have to be! Whether you're currently enrolled in an inorganic chemistry class or you have a background in chemistry and want to expand your knowledge, Inorganic Chemistry For Dummies is the approachable, hands-on guide you can trust for fast, easy learning.Inorganic Chemistry For Dummies features a thorough introduction to the study of the synthesis and behavior of inorganic and organometallic compounds. In plain English, it explains the principles of inorganic chemistry and includes worked-out problems to enhance your understanding of the key theories and concepts of the field.\* Presents information in an effective and straightforward manner\* Covers topics you'll encounter in a typical inorganic chemistry course\* Provides plain-English explanations of complicated conceptsIf you're pursuing a career as a nurse, doctor, or engineer or a lifelong learner looking to make sense of this fascinating subject, Inorganic Chemistry For Dummies is the quick and painless way to master inorganic chemistry.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Score your highest in econometrics Easy.Econometrics can prove challenging for many students unfamiliar with the terms and concepts discussed in a typical econometrics course. Econometrics For Dummies eliminates that confusion with easy-to-understand explanations of important topics in the study of economics.Econometrics For Dummies breaks down this complex subject and provides you with an easy-to-follow course supplement to further refine your understanding of how econometrics works and how it can be applied in real-world situations.\* An excellent resource for anyone participating in a college or graduate level econometrics course\* Provides you with an easy-to-follow introduction to the techniques and applications of econometrics\* Helps you score high on exam dayIf you're seeking a degree in economics and looking for a plain-English guide to this often-intimidating course, Econometrics For Dummies has you covered.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Are you a sugar addict Beating Sugar Addiction For Dummies provides you a safe and healthy path to overcome your addiction, eliminate stress eating, and upgrade your nutrition for a healthier lifestyle.Sugar addiction is a rapidly growing epidemic that can lead to obesity, chronic fatigue, diabetes, and a host of other medical and psychological problems. Beating Sugar Addiction For Dummies helps those who are affected by this commonly overlooked addiction to outsmart their sugar cravings and overcome their addiction. The tips in this book will help you:\* Learn to stop stress eating and perform a nutrition makeover that makes the low-sugar lifestyle easy!\* Stop the frustration of yo-yo dieting, and finally find an eating plan that works.\* Free yourself from the grip of sugar addiction and regain control over your life.Beating Sugar Addiction For Dummies contains everything you need to start your journey down the road to wellness:\* Four common types of sugar addicts - which one are you \* Finally understand carbs, protein, and fat with a simple nutrition system for weight loss and healthy eating, including what to choose and what to stay away from\* Detoxing from sugar and performing a kitchen makeover\* Eating mindfully - making purposeful decisions instead of stress eating\* How to survive holidays, restaurants, and special occasions\* Building a support system\* Exercise programs for energy and weight loss\* Speedy low-sugar recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and desserts\* Staying on track and breaking the cycle of failure - including a step-by-step list of exactly what to do when a sugar craving strikes!If you're one of the millions of people worldwide who relies too much on sugar for energy, comfort, or convenience, Beating Sugar Addiction For Dummies is your no-nonsense guide to decreasing your sugar intake, losing weight, and changing your life for the better!

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The late Theodore Sizer's vision for a truly democratic public high school systemOur current high schools are ill-designed and inefficient. We have inherited a program of studies that in its overall structure has not changed in over a century. The question is What's next Theodore Sizer, the founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools, was a passionate advocate for the American school system. In this, his last book, he offers a vision of what a future secondary education might look like. In a book that tells the story of his own odyssey, Sizer gives shape to a much-needed agenda for improving our high schools.\* Includes a vision for the future of our High Schools from one of America's greatest leaders of educational reform\* Written by Theodore Sizer founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools and author of landmark book Horace's CompromiseThis final book from the late Theodore Sizer reveals the man and his vision for our secondary education system.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A groundbreaking guide to facilitating online and blended coursesThis comprehensive resource offers teachers in grades K-12 a hands-on guide to the rapidly growing field of online and blended teaching. With clear examples and explanations, Kristin Kipp shows how to structure online and blended courses for student engagement, build relationships with online students, facilitate discussion boards, collaborate online, design online assessments, and much more.\* Shows how to create a successful online or blended classroom\* Illustrates the essential differences between face-to-face instruction and online teaching\* Foreword by Susan Patrick of the International Association for K-12 Online LearningThis is an essential handbook for learning how to teach online and improve student achievement.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Peter Cook has nailed the one thing that separates the highly successful from the average. Projects that matter. --MICHAEL PORT, author of Book Yourself Solid and Beyond Booked Solid.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A proven approach to revenue-generating marketing and client developmentProfessional Services Marketing is a fully field-tested and research-based approach to marketing and client development for professional services firms. The book, now in its Second Edition, covers five key areas that are critical for firms that want to grow and become more profitable: creating a marketing and growth strategy; establishing a brand and reputation; implementing a marketing communications program; executing lead generation strategies; and developing business by winning new clients. You will also read real-world case studies that illustrate major points, as well as quotes and stories from well-respected professionals in the industry.\* The Second Edition features new research and updates throughout, including new chapters on social media and online marketing, as well as new case studies and interviews\* Authors Mike Schultz and John E. Doerr are the coauthors of the Wall Street Journal and Inc. Magazine bestseller Rainmaking Conversations and Professional Services Marketing; Lee W. Frederiksen is coauthor of Online Marketing for Professional Services\* Will be widely promoted via multiple online routes and direct mail marketingFirms of any size can use this proven approach to marketing and client development to attract new clients and grow their professional service businesses.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Fast, accurate answers for common Windows Server questionsServing as a perfect companion to all Windows Server books, this reference provides you with quick and easily searchable solutions to day-to-day challenges of Microsoft's newest version of Windows Server. Using helpful design features such as thumb tabs, tables of contents, and special heading treatments, this resource boasts a smooth and seamless approach to finding information. Plus, quick-reference tables and lists provide additional on-the-spot answers.\* Covers such key topics as server roles and functionality, user and group maintenance, directory management and replication, and backup and recovery\* Addresses automating administrative tasks and managing server remote access\* Helps you with disk management and storage, folder security, and performance tuning\* Walks you through common troubleshooting issues as well as maintaining and controlling the centralized desktopMicrosoft Windows Server 2012 Administration Instant Reference is a must-have resource for finding quick answers quickly!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A must-have, full-color guide to the Nikon D7100The Nikon D7100 is an ideal camera for beginning photographers who may lack structured photography training but are still eager and determined to take great photos. And that's where this fun-and-friendly guide comes in handy! Packed with more than 300 full-color photos, this introductory guide begins by helping you get a feel for the camera, get comfortable shooting in auto mode, managing playback options, and handle basic troubleshooting strategies. Veteran author Julie Adair King walks you through the D7100's features and encourages you to take creative control so that you can start capturing stunning pictures immediately.\* Packs in more than 300 full-color photos that exemplify the basic photo skills needed to get great shots\* Shares a wealth of information from one of the most popular digital photography authors\* Walks you through adjusting manual settings to get better results from exposure, lighting, focus, and color\* Contains an entire chapter on video mode\* Explains how to send images to a computer for organizing, editing, and sharingNikon D7100 For Dummies helps you get a grasp on your camera's controls so you can start taking memorable photos today!

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The challenge with most companies' talent intelligence is that it is just not that intelligent.Having good talent intelligence--an accurate understanding of the skills, expertise, and qualities of people--is essential for the people decisions that all businesses make. Yet despite its vital importance, most organizations appear to be failing at this critical task. The reason lies in talent measurement: how companies produce their talent intelligence and then use it.Written by Nik Kinley and Shlomo Ben-Hur--two experts in the field--this book draws on the latest research to show how businesses can transform the value and impact of their talent intelligence to make sure they get the right people in the right roles. When that happens, all their talent management and development activities are built on an accurate understanding of the talent available to them.Filled with illustrative examples, the book shows how to overcome the stumbling blocks that stand in the way of successful talent intelligence and reveals step-by-step what organizations need to measure, how they can best do so, and how they can successfully implement measurement and use the results. As the authors explain, knowing what methods and tools to use is just part of the challenge: the bigger issue for many firms is ensuring they know how to use them and make the best use of the intelligence they provide.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Write a business model Easy.Business Models For Dummies helps you write a solid business model to further define your company's goals and increase attractiveness to customers. Inside, you'll discover how to: make a value proposition; define a market segment; locate your company's position in the value chain; create a revenue generation statement; identify competitors, complementors, and other network effects; develop a competitive strategy; and much more.\* Shows you how to define the purpose of a business and its profitability to customers\* Serves as a thorough guide to business modeling techniques\* Helps to ensure that your business has the very best business model possibleIf you need to update a business model due to changes in the market or maturation of your company,Business Models For Dummies has you covered.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt, the most trusted online teaching experts, have completely updated and revised this classic to reflect changes in technology and advances in online teaching made in the last decade, in order to meet today's online learning challenges. The book continues to offer helpful suggestions for dealing with such critical issues as evaluating effective tools, working with online classroom dynamics, addressing the special needs of online students, making the transition to online teaching, and promoting the development of the learning community. Filled with numerous examples from actual online courses and insights from teachers and students, new topics include the open source movement, Web 2.0, Google groups, and topics for the K-12 sector.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A must-read leadership guide for CIOs and executives whose careers depend on creating value and growth through continuous innovationInnovation is the hot topic. Everyone's talking about it, but there seems to be a lot of misperceptions about getting it done. Innovating for Growth and Value is aimed at CIOs and other technology leaders in the modern enterprise. This insider's guide to innovation presents repeatable processes, detailed methodologies, and robust frameworks for innovation and continuous transformation in today's fast-paced business environments. It provides actionable programs for developing and successfully executing profitable and repeatable innovation strategies.\* Focuses on specific critical areas where innovation is imperative\* Features real-world stories and revealing anecdotes\* Presents interviews from international companies such as Netflix, IBM, Cisco, Boeing, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft, McKesson, Flextronics, and moreWithout innovation, your company cannot compete and cannot survive. So the real question isn't whether to innovate or not. The real question is how to innovate and make innovation strategies work in the modern enterprise. Thoughtfully written and carefully researched, Innovating for Growth and Value grasps the central truth about innovation with a wealth of information made truly valuable for IT leaders and CIOs.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Includes Sample Letters, Real World Examples, Style Tips, New Chapters on E-mail, Websites, Social Media, and More.Now in a completely revised third edition, this classic book shows how to create winning appeals that will realize the full potential of direct mail and online fundraising. Written by fundraising guru Mal Warwick, with assistance from Eric Overman, this comprehensive resource gives nonprofit fundraising staff the information needed to write compelling fundraising appeals for any medium. If you follow Warwick's guidelines, your direct mail and online fundraising campaigns will produce better results, year after year.Written in an easy-to-read style, the book is filled with practical techniques, proven approaches, and illustrative examples of both successful and unsuccessful appeals based on the authors' wealth of experience fundraising for hundreds of nonprofits. Step-by-step and appeal by appeal, the book shows how to navigate the fundraising appeal process with ease. To meet the demands of today's socially connected donors, this new edition explains how to mesh today's online technologies with direct mail to produce optimal fundraising results. You'll learn how to use e-mail, websites, Facebook, Twitter, and mobile technology to recruit more donors and raise more money. The book includes current research on timely topics such as online vs. offline behavior, online giving statistics, demographics, and best practices in integrated fundraising.If you're a nonprofit professional eager to master the latest methods in fundraising, or simply need to write direct mail appeals for your organization, How to Write Successful Fundraising Appeals will help you hone your skills and create appeals that will hit the mark every time.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Both timely and critical for recovery-oriented practice, this book provides practitioners with the focused, essential knowledge and skills to be truly person-centered and recovery-oriented when supporting an individual's recovery journey. Dulmus and Nisbet have provided the field with an overdue practical resource. Making the recovery planner's best practice individual recovery plan format available on CD-ROM is brilliant, and every agency will want to incorporate it into its EMR.'-Linda Rosenberg, President/CEO National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Washington, D.C.'This is a practical and useful tool for case managers and community support workers who are assisting people with serious mental illness toward recovery. Working in a person-centered fashion is what our consumers want and expect, but to date, there have been few published tools with practical value for frontline staff. This resource is timely and relevant.'-Michael F. Hogan, PhD, Hogan Health Solutions, Delmar, New York; former NYS Commissioner of Mental Health and Chair of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2002-2003Proven guidance for creating effective person-centered plans that facilitate the recovery process for individuals with serious mental illnessRecent national and international mental health policy is promoting service delivery models that incorporate person-centered and recovery-oriented approaches, in which individuals are in the lead role, defining their own goals for their individualized recovery plans. Person-Centered Recovery Planner for Adults with Serious Mental Illness provides mental health practitioners with a useful resource to implement person-centered planning within a recovery framework when working with individuals with a serious mental illness.Providing a succinct overview of the historical roots, philosophy, and practice of person-centered recovery, Person-Centered Recovery Planner for Adults with Serious Mental Illness is organized around the three stages of recovery-Beginnings, Moving Forward, and Leaving Your Practitioner Behind-yet still allows both the individual and practitioner to revisit any of the three stages during the ebb and flow of an individual's recovery journey.Sample recovery plans are included, covering the individual's status, personal priorities, short-term objectives, and recovery steps, and are organized around common recovery goals including:\* Self-advocacy\* Family relationships\* Health and wellness\* Community involvement\* Stress management\* Relapse prevention\* Personal crisis planning\* Transportation\* Social relationships\* Meaningful activities\* Life skillsA companion CD-ROM provides all of the plans found in the book in an easily customizable word-processing format. Person-Centered Recovery Planner for Adults with Serious Mental Illness assists practitioners in becoming effective person-centered facilitators and advocates for recovery that meaningfully supports individuals in achieving their hopes and dreams.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Learn to combine security theory and code to produce secure systemsSecurity is clearly a crucial issue to consider during the design and implementation of any distributed software architecture. Security patterns are increasingly being used by developers who take security into serious consideration from the creation of their work. Written by the authority on security patterns, this unique book examines the structure and purpose of security patterns, illustrating their use with the help of detailed implementation advice, numerous code samples, and descriptions in UML.\* Provides an extensive, up-to-date catalog of security patterns\* Shares real-world case studies so you can see when and how to use security patterns in practice\* Details how to incorporate security from the conceptual stage\* Highlights tips on authentication, authorization, role-based access control, firewalls, wireless networks, middleware, VoIP, web services security, and more\* Author is well known and highly respected in the field of security and an expert on security patternsSecurity Patterns in Practice shows you how to confidently develop a secure system step by step.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Supporting a Physiologic Approach to Pregnancy and Birth: A Practical Guide provides an overview of current evidence and a range of practical suggestions to promote physiologic birth within the United States healthcare system. Presenting the latest evidence available on practical approaches and minimal interventions, this book looks into clinic exam rooms and hospital labor units to investigate the possibilities for improving the pregnancy and labor experience. Contributors discuss recent research and other published information and present a range of ideas, tools, and solutions for maternity care clinicians, including midwives, nurses, physicians, and other members of the perinatal team.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5 provides practising engineers and specialist contractors with comprehensive, detailed information and in-depth guidance on the design of timber structures based on the common rules and rules for buildings in Eurocode 5 - Part 1-1. It will also be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil and structural engineering.It provides a step-by-step approach to the design of all of the commonly used timber elements and connections using solid timber, glued laminated timber or wood based structural products, and incorporates the requirements of the UK National Annex. It covers:\* strength and stiffness properties of timber and its reconstituted and engineered products\* key requirements of Eurocode 0, Eurocode 1 and Eurocode 5 - Part 1-1\* design of beams and columns of solid timber, glued laminated, composite and thin-webbed sections\* lateral stability requirements of timber structures\* design of mechanical connections subjected to lateral and/or axial forces\* design of moment resisting rigid and semi-rigid connections\* racking design of multi-storey platform framed wallsFeaturing numerous detailed worked examples, the second edition has been thoroughly updated and includes information on the consequences of amendments and revisions to EC5 published since the first edition, and the significant additional requirements of BSI non contradictory, complimentary information document (PD 6693-1-1) relating to EC5. The new edition also includes a new section on axial stress conditions in composite sections, covering combined axial and bending stress conditions and reference to the major revisions to the design procedure for glued laminated timber.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This Companion offers an extensive examination of how new technologies are changing the nature of literary studies, from scholarly editing and literary criticism, to interactive fiction and immersive environments.\* A complete overview exploring the application of computing in literary studies\* Includes the seminal writings from the field\* Focuses on methods and perspectives, new genres, formatting issues, and best practices for digital preservation\* Explores the new genres of hypertext literature, installations, gaming, and web blogs\* The Appendix serves as an annotated bibliography.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - With the latest insights from the world of communication studies into the nature of corporate reputation, this new addition to Wiley-Blackwell's series of handbooks on communication and media reflects the growing visibility of large businesses' ethical profiles, and tracks the benefits that positive public attitudes can bring.\* Serves as the definitive research collection for a fast-growing field featuring contributions by key international scholars\* Brings together state-of-the-art communication studies insights on corporate reputation\* Identifies and addresses the lacunae in the research literature\* Applies new theoretical frameworks to corporate reputation.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture reflects the changes that have taken place in cultural theory and literary criticism since the latter part of the twentieth century.Written by more than thirty experts in cultural theory, literary history, and literary criticism, this authoritative and up-to-date reference places major authors in the complex cultural and historical contexts that have compelled their distinctive fiction, essays, and poetry. This allows the reader to more accurately interpret the esteemed but demanding literature of authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Mario Vargas Llosa, Octavio Paz, and Diamela Eltit. Key authors whose work has defined a period, or defied borders, as in the cases of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, César Vallejo, and Gabriel García Márquez, are also discussed in historical and theoretical context. Additional essays engage the reader with in-depth discussions of forms and genres, and discussions of architecture, music, and film.This text provides the historical background to help the reader understand the people and culture that have defined Latin American literature and its reception. Each chapter also includes short selected bibliographic guides and recommendations for further reading.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Credit is essential in the modern world and creates wealth, provided it is used wisely. The Global Credit Crisis during 2008/2009 has shown that sound understanding of underlying credit risk is crucial. If credit freezes, almost every activity in the economy is affected. The best way to utilize credit and get results is to understand credit risk.Advanced Credit Risk Analysis and Management helps the reader to understand the various nuances of credit risk. It discusses various techniques to measure, analyze and manage credit risk for both lenders and borrowers. The book begins by defining what credit is and its advantages and disadvantages, the causes of credit risk, a brief historical overview of credit risk analysis and the strategic importance of credit risk in institutions that rely on claims or debtors. The book then details various techniques to study the entity level credit risks, including portfolio level credit risks.Authored by a credit expert with two decades of experience in corporate finance and corporate credit risk, the book discusses the macroeconomic, industry and financial analysis for the study of credit risk. It covers credit risk grading and explains concepts including PD, EAD and LGD. It also highlights the distinction with equity risks and touches on credit risk pricing and the importance of credit risk in Basel Accords I, II and III. The two most common credit risks, project finance credit risk and working capital credit risk, are covered in detail with illustrations. The role of diversification and credit derivatives in credit portfolio management is considered. It also reflects on how the credit crisis develops in an economy by referring to the bubble formation. The book links with the 2008/2009 credit crisis and carries out an interesting discussion on how the credit crisis may have been avoided by following the fundamentals or principles of credit risk analysis and management.The book is essential for both lenders and borrowers. Containing case studies adapted from real life examples and exercises, this important text is practical, topical and challenging. It is useful for a wide spectrum of academics and practitioners in credit risk and anyone interested in commercial and corporate credit and related products.

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