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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A must-read for parents of children with heart defects.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Feminist approaches within the social sciences have expanded enormously since the 1960s. In addition, in recent years, geographic perspectives have become increasingly significant as feminist recognition of the differences between women, their diverse experiences in different parts of the world and the importance of location in the social construction of knowledge has placed varied geographies at the centre of contemporary feminist and postmodern debates.Gender, Identity and Place is an accessible and clearly written introduction to the wide field of issues that have been addressed by geographers and feminist scholars. It combines the careful definition and discussion of key concepts and theoretical approaches with a wealth of empirical detail from a wide-ranging selection of case studies and other empirical research. It is organized on the basis of spatial scale, examining the relationships between gender and place from the body to the nation, although the links between different spatial scales are also emphasized. The conceptual division and spatial separation between the public and private spheres and their association with men and women respectively has been a crucial part of the social construction of gendered differences and its establishment, maintenance and reshaping from industrial urbanization to the end of the millennium is a central linking theme in the eight substantive chapters. The book concludes with an assessment of the possibilities of doing feminist research.It will be essential reading for students in geography, feminist theory, women s studies, anthropology and sociology.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lachen Sie gern Und haben Sie schon erlebt, wie ein Lachen die Situation entspannen kann, wenn verschiedene Kulturen aufeinandertreffen 'Lachen heilt fast alle Wunden', meint der Autor dieses Buches, und beweist es Ihnen anhand vieler aufschlußreicher Anekdoten. Und so ganz nebenbei vermittelt er praktische Tips zur Etikette und zu Bräuchen der Geschäftswelt. Nicht nur mit viel Humor geschrieben, sondern auch nett illustriert - gute Unterhaltung! (12/98).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Forbes is a registered trademark of forbes Inc. Its use is pursuant to a license agreement with forbes Inc.WGBH/Boston and Unapix Entertainment, Inc. produced the public television series on which the book is based. The series is sponsored by Travelers Group.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A very practical, walk-away-with-dozens-of-new-ideas book fornonprofit managers who face the constant challenge of increasingincome and reducing expenses. The author not only encourages goodfiscal management, he motivates the reader and provides a road mapfor saving a lot of money. --John Pearson, CEO, Christian Management Association A straightforward, no-nonsense guide to streamlining expenseswithout sacrificing valuable programs and services. Even in a good national economy, nonprofit organizations can havetight financial constraints. And since most nonprofits are alreadyoperating close to the fiscal balance line, they feel the financialpinch sooner and more acutely than business or government when theeconomy takes a downward spin. This nuts-and-bolts resource will help you find ways to: --Effectively balance your budget --Minimize spending through thirty general money-saving principlesand opportunities --Maximize your organization's various assets --Save money on personnel costs without firing anyone --Reduce office equipment and supply costs --Negotiate the best possible price with vendors--Develop long- andshort-term strategies for expense reduction --Create an action plan as well as a cost-saving team The money-saving tips that Gregory Dabel presents in this usefulguide will benefit even those organizations whose revenues arethriving. Saving Money in Nonprofit Organizations is forprofessionals who are ready to take action and improve theirfinancial bottom lines.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For three decades, Angela Y. Davis has written on liberation theory and democratic praxis. Challenging the foundations of mainstream discourse, her analyses of culture, gender, capital, and race have profoundly influenced democratic theory, antiracist feminism, critical studies and political struggles.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Optionsscheine haben vielfach den Ruf einer riskanten Anlageform. Was viele Investoren nicht wahrhaben wollen ist, daß der Optionshandel auch Teil einer sehr konservativen Anlagestrategie sein kann. Der Autor zeigt hier, wie man Optionen strategisch zur Senkung des Risikos einsetzen kann. Ein neuer Standpunkt, dargestellt in klaren, präzisen Worten. (12/98).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Jarvis does a real service by introducing a new vision of research into the current debates over the nature and mission of the academy.'--'Continuing Higher Education Review'.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Guide For Managers Of Team-Based Organizations One of few books to address the management issues of team-based companies, this work shows how to build an organizational infrastructure conducive to superior team performance. The work dispenses with the usual one-model-fits-all approach to identify six distinct types of teams production, service, management, project, action, and advisory and explain in detail how to design, implement, and manage the unique systems, policies, and practices that support each. The contributors all leading consultants and researchers draw from important case studies to present the best management practices of team-based organizations. Covers every nuance from management structuring to team staffing to information systems. Even shows how to create a physical facility that's right for teams.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For the distance training provider, today's amazing array of advanced communications technologies poses many exciting possibilities. But it also makes for a daunting challenge. How can you employ these technologies-each with its inherent strengths and limitations-to implement the most effective distance and distributed learning And how can you use them to best meet your organization's strategic goals Through the use of sixteen lively case studies, Distance Training shows readers the innovative ways in which organizations have used various communications technologies to maximize employee learning and meet business objectives. Each study illustrates distance-training applications ranging from the dissemination of information to building skills in critical thinking and problem solving, to changing attitudes, and to shaping organizational culture. Taken from corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies, these studies also show how providers managed to overcome the many organizational and technical obstacles that stood between them and the successful realization of their learning events, programs, and designs. Readers will benefit from the best practices embedded in each case study, which are summarized at the end of the book. They will also gain from the set of guiding principles that provides a framework for discussing distance learning in organizations-principles that represent systems engineering strategies for the design, development, and implementation of distance training processes. Including a history of distance training and in-depth advice on instructional design, policy issues, organizational restructuring, and technical and electronic systems development, Distance Training gives practitioners and aspirants to the field a concrete, real-world look at how state-of-the-art distance learning can actually be achieved.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the next millennium, the already booming numbers of poor and minority children in our nation often labeled as children 'at risk' are projected to dramatically increase. Historically, these youngsters have frequently experienced failure in school.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Strategie ist die Kunst der Wertschöpfung. Sie liefert die intellektuellen Rahmenbedingungen, Konzeptmodelle und Leitgedanken, die es Managern erlaubt, Möglichkeiten zu erkennen, um Kunden diesen Wert nahezubringen und gleichermaßen diesen Wert in Gewinn umzusetzen. Geschrieben von führenden Experten auf diesem Gebiet, zeigt dieses Buch genau, wie aktueller globaler Wettbewerb, sich wandelnde Märkte und neue Technologien neue Möglichkeiten der Wertschöpfung eröffnen. Jetzt neu als Broschurausgabe: Dieser Titel wurde umfassend aktualisiert, mit vielen signifikanten Fallstudien, die verdeutlichen, daß nicht das Unternehmen im Mittelpunkt der strategischen Analyse stehen sollte, sondern das Wertschöpfungssystem. (09/98).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an account of the Egyptians from the first settlers in the Nile Valley through to the present day. Egypt has the longest, continuous, known history of any country in the world.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Since its original publication in 1970, this landmark book by William Perry has remained the cornerstone of much of the student development research that followed. Using research conducted with Harvard undergraduates over a fifteen-year period, Perry derived an enduring framework for characterizing student development - a scheme so accurate that it still informs and advances investigations into student development across genders and cultures. Drawing from firsthand accounts, Perry traces a path from students' adolescence into adulthood. His nine-stage model describes the steps that move students from a simplistic, categorical view of knowledge to a more complex, contextual view of the world and of themselves. Throughout this journey of cognitive development, Perry reveals, the most significant changes occur in forms in which people perceive their world rather than in the particulars of their attitudes and concerns. He shows ultimately that the nature of intellectual development is such that we should pay as much attention to the processes we use as to the content. In a new introduction to this classic work, Lee Knefelkamp - a close colleague of Perry's and a leading expert on college student development - evaluates the book's place in the literature of higher education. Knefelkamp explains how the Perry scheme has shaped current thinking about student development and discusses the most significant research that has since evolved from Perry's groundbreaking effort. Forms of Ethical and Intellectual Development in the College Years is a work that every current and future student services professional must have in their library.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In an increasingly collaborative business environment, continued success often depends on the ability of individuals, teams, and organizations with mutual interests to work smoothly together. But as any manager knows, things do not always go as planned. When the inevitable conflict arises, many companies resort to power plays, rush to litigation, or simply choose to ignore the problem-options that can cost a company dearly in more ways than one. Those costs can often be avoided, however, with the establishment of systems that promote collaboration and stop disagreements from becoming expensive disputes. Here, two experts offer four guiding principles for doing just that. Written for non-experts in jargon-free language, Controlling the Costs of Conflict shows readers how to build the kinds of policies, procedures, and practices that can cut up to 80 percent of related legal expenses, slow turnover, strengthen long-term business relationships, reduce stress, and promote the success of an organization's mission. Its clear and simple approach translates advanced concepts into practical how-tos, illustrating key points with real-world examples. From choosing the best resolution option to early intervention to fostering collaborative strength, the guidelines found here apply equally to businesses, public agencies, religious institutions, schools, neighborhood associations, even nations. These principles will help organizations diagnose the weaknesses in their existing systems or build from scratch new systems that have the power to reduce the monetary, strategic, and emotional costs of conflict.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Anbieter haben es immer schwerer, neue Marken und damit eine überzeugende Identität nachhaltig am Markt zu etablieren. Der Autor, ein erfahrener Consultant im internationalen Geschäft, zeigt dem Leser, wie er seine Marktanteile ausweitet und Wettbewerbsvorteile gewinnen kann: Die Formel heißt Aufwertung des Markennamens. Theorien sowie Hilfmittel und Techniken werden an zahlreichen Fallstudien erläutert. (8/98).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ihr Unternehmen platzt aus allen Nähten Nicht wenige Firmen müssen heutzutage aus einem eher seltsamen Grund aufgeben: Sie schaffen es nicht, mit dem Erfolg ihrer Produkte Schritt zu halten. Wie Sie solche Situationen vermeiden oder notfalls beheben können, zeigt Ihnen dieses hochaktuelle Buch. Besonders nützlich sind detaillierte Angaben zu Warnzeichen, die auf plötzliche Schwankungen der Verkaufszahlen hinweisen können. (12/98).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book combines the wonder and awe of human creativity with the complexity of its study. The authors advance the biopsychosocial' perspective as a model of the creative process. . . . This new perspective promises to further our understanding of the intricacies of the creative mind.' In the process of studying this book, readers may increase the probability of enhancing their own creativity. --Richard E. Ripple, professor, educational and developmental psychology, Cornell University In Understanding Creativity John S. Dacey and Kathleen H. Lennon offer a thorough examination of the three factors--biological, psychological, and social--that contribute to the creative process. This compelling book explores a breadth of topics on creativity including: how creative people operate as successful and imaginative problem solvers, the essential role self-control plays in realizing creative potential, and the most current discoveries about how the brain works on the neuronal and chemical levels. Most important, the book presents an innovative model that integrates the biological, psychological, and social elements and reflects the most significant advances in current creativity research. Understanding Creativity beautifully reveals the intricacies of the creative process and advances an innovative new view that can help anyone interested in the creative process to not only better understand it but to enhance it. Table of Contents Part One: Introduction 1. The Many Components of Creativity 2. A Brief History of the Concept of Creativity Part Two: Social Factors 3. The Role of the Family 4. The Role of the Social Context Part Three: Psychological Factors 5. Ten Traits that Contribute to the Creative Personality 6. The Special Contribution of Self-Control 7. The Formation of Creative Personality Traits 8. Creative Cognitive Processes 9. Creative Problem Solving Part Four: Biological Factors 10. The Brain at the Cellular Level 11. The Hemispheres of the Brain Part Five: Integration 12. A New Biopsychosocial Explanation of Creativity.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Planned Giving Simplified.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Edited by two leading general practitioners and with contributions from over 20 authors, this book covers a wide range of topics to do with narrative in medicine. It includes a wealth of real examples of patients narratives and addresses theoretical and practical issues including the use of narrative as a therapeutic tool, teaching narrative to students, philosophical issues, narrative in legal and ethical decisions, narrative in nursing, and the narrative medical record.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An up to date account of all that is known about the key methods used in health services research. It describes the uses and limitations of the principal methods based on the findings of the NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme. Each chapter makes suggestions for best practice.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Children s homes have cultures which vary from the benign to the malignant. Using a distinctive cross-institutional design, this study of 48 children s homes shows how some were characterised by widespread bullying, delinquency and low morale among both staff and residents whilst others were relatively peaceful and friendly. These differences are explained by the way these homes were resourced, managed and run, thus providing lessons for the future. This accessible text provides \* a much-needed insight into the management of children s homes and the impact on their residents \* perspectives from a large sample of children, parents, staff and social workers \* an examination of the effect on staff and residents of features such as the size of the home, staff ratios, the proportion of trained staff and the approach of the head Commissioned by the Department of Health, this study is essential reading for practitioners in the social and welfare services and others with an interest in the well-being of deprived, troubled or delinquent young people.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For Finance and Treasury professionals to effectively pitch, sell, and comprehend the true appeal and relevance of a particular security, there is nothing more important than knowing how the value of said security has been determined. While punching numbers into a computer may provide the information needed, it is nevertheless essential to have a firm grasp of the valuation concepts in order to make the best, most informed decisions. Offering a straightforward, accessible approach not found anywhere else, this comprehensive new book provides a clear-cut road map through the mathematical concepts associated with the investments sector of Treasury management.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is one of the most comprehensive texts discussing the design, selection and adoption of expository textbooks.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Während die Abteilungserfolgsrechnung - eine Form der Kostenrechnung - sich auf die verschiedenen Aktivitäten eines Unternehmens im Geschäftsprozeß bezieht, geht Geschäftsprozeßmanagement einen Schritt weiter. Es gibt dem Management die Mittel an die Hand, unabhängige Aktivitäten in Geschäftsprozessen zu isolieren und zeigt gleichzeitig auf, wie Kosten und Leistung jeder einzelnen Aktivität gemessen und verwaltet werden können. So werden greifbare Erfolgsmaßstäbe aufgestellt und in Beziehung gesetzt zu Zeit, Wert, Qualtität der Dienstleistung, Flexibilität, Kosten und Ergebnisplanung. Mit Hilfe des Geschäftsprozeßmanagements sind Manager in der Lage, Problembereiche zu erkennen, ein höheres Leistungsniveau aufzustellen, Wettbewerbsvorteile zu erzielen und einen Prozeß kontinuierlicher Ergebnisverbesserung in Gang zu setzen.(y05/99).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Reviews from the First Edition 'Written with insight and sensitivity for people in all stages of grief and recovery, this book can be used as a resource for all caregivers, both professional and volunteer. It is essential reading for anyone engaged in bereavement counseling.' --Oncology Nursing Forum 'This book for caregivers provides a theoretical framework for understanding the process of bereavement and for stimulating further research.' --An Annotated Bibliography on Death and Dying 'The book offers clear descriptions of the grieving process, well-illustrated with case studies, and practical interventions for assisting the bereaved.' --Journal of Palliative Care.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Object-oriented programming increases software reusability, extensibility, interoperability, and reliability. Software testing is necessary to realize these benefits. Software testing aims to uncover as many programming errors as possible at a minimum cost. A major challenge to the software engineering community remains how to reduce the cost and improve the quality of software testing.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Driven by recent business trends, project management has grown beyond its roots in engineering and aerospace to transform the service, financial, computer, and general management sectors. Along the way, it has accumulated a standardized body of knowledge that can be used to handle large-scale development projects in any industry. Now, the world's premier organization for project management assembles that knowledge in one authoritative volume. With 35,000 members around the globe and its own certification program, the Project Management Institute serves as a clearinghouse for the most up-to-the-minute information in this burgeoning field. Its Project Management Handbook brings together more than twenty-five experts from academia, consulting, and private industry to take a critical look at the state of the art and suggest ways to improve it. In clear, accessible language these experts provide a comprehensive overview of the technical, organizational, administrative, and interpersonal elements of successful project management. They define the unique aspects of projects and the role they play in organizational success. They detail the essentials of project planning--from risk management to resource allocation to scheduling. They describe the team-building, motivational, and conflict-management challenges that project leaders face. And they delineate critical success factors as well as the major pitfalls to avoid. For beginners hoping to build their knowledge about project management principles, those in mid-career looking to update their understanding of best practices, and seasoned professionals striving to benchmark their progress against standards set by the experts, this essential reference provides practical information on every page.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a significant and timely book. The chapters are rich indescribing clinical considerations and approaches to the immigrantpatient in a broad range of disease areas. I recommAnd this book toall administrators and clinicians who serve or plan to serve thegrowing immigrant populations in the United States. --Henry Chung, medical director, Chinatown Health Clinic, New York,New York Immigrant Women's Health offers doctors, nurses, and administratorsthe knowledge and tools they need to meet the challenge to providequality care for one of the United States' most vulnerable patientpopulations immigrant women. Providing readers insights into the knowledge, attitudes, healthbeliefs, health care practices, and health care seeking behavior ofimmigrant women, the contributors offer effective strategies forproviding culturally-competent, high-quality, cost-effective careto migrant women. Health care planners, policy makers, andadministrators who seek a clear understanding of the issuessurrounding health services utilization by immigrants and thedevastating effects of recent changes to federal policies will findthis book a vital and practical reference.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ein Meilenstein in der Psychologie! 1962 veröffentlicht und 1982 überarbeitet, beschreibt dieses Werk Maslows Theorie der Selbstverwirklichung und die Bedürfnishierarchie. Maslows Denken wurde zum Eckpfeiler der Populärpsychologie und zur Grundlage für die Entwicklung humanistischer Modelle. Maslow postuliert, daß der Mensch erst dann wachsen und sich sozial verbessern kann, wenn seine primären Bedürfnisse wie Nahrung und Schutz befriedigt werden. Dieses Buch - ein Klassiker der Psychologieliteratur - ist das fundamentale Nachschlagewerk über menschliches Verhalten und Bedürfnisse. Noch immer steht es in den Fächern Psychologie und Wirtschaftswissenschaften auf den Lehrplänen der Universitäten und Fachhochschulen. Komplett neu organisiert, in zeitgemäßem Design, leicht verständlich aufbereitet und mit umfangreichen Kommentaren versehen für eine weitergefaßte Leserschaft. (10/98).