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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It's easy to identify rage in people who lose their temper at traffic jams, unruly children, unresponsive coworkers, and unrealistic bosses. But we may not recognize more subtle manifestations of anger, such as being uncomfortable with loose ends, acting impatiently, or being overly critical. That is anger, too. And, as is so often the case, angry folks don't seem to realize that the behavior causing them problems at home or at work actually stems from unrecognized and unresolved pain and emotional injuries from the past. Is all this negative emotion inevitable, or are there choices about how to respond, choices that can improve personal relationships as well as emotional health.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A new edition of the do-it-yourselfers guide to selling a home Yes, homeowners can sell their homes without paying a brokers fees. But its a tricky business. How to Sell Your Home Without a Broker, Fourth Edition, informs homeowners of all they need to know and walks them step-by-step through the entire selling process. This new edition is updated and revised to include new information on seller financing and second mortgages, as well as any and all recent tax law reforms. With worksheets, tax forms, sample contracts, and other valuable documents, as well as all the latest on using the Internet to sell a home, How to Sell Your Home Without a Broker is a reliable, comprehensive guide for homeowners who want to get the best deal possible. Bill Carey (Bedford, TX) has been a Realtor in both California and Texas, as well as a public speaker. Chantal Howell Carey (Bedford, TX) is a Texas real estate broker. Suzanne Kiffman (Fargo, FL) is a professional writer.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Leaders face numerous critical crossroads in their careers, moments that can either provide extraordinary learning and growth opportunities, or trap and prevent their further development. The good thing about these rites of passages is that they're predictable, and with proper preparation, leaders not only can weather them but also become more effective leaders as a result. This book lays out specific 'leadership passages' based on the authors' research, interviews, and coaching experiences in such well-known companies as Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Intel, GE, and Bank of America. For each passage, the authors describe what to expect, how the passage constitutes a choice point, and what effective leaders do to navigate and grow from the challenge. Some of these passages include: moving into a leadership role for the first time, dealing with failure or the loss of a job, losing faith in 'the system,' understanding the importance of family and friends, and the impact of personal upheavals such as divorce, illness, and death. The authors provide a wealth of practical tools and techniques to improve leadership skills, along with real-life examples from well-known leaders.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your Financial Action Plan outlines twelve simple steps that will improve your level of financial literacy as well as help you forge the financial future you desire.Today, financial knowledge means financial power, and in Your Financial Action Plan, you ll be introduced to the important personal financial issues that affect your life.With this book as your guide, you ll learn how to: Make the most of your mortgage Maintain a good credit rating Build your retirement savings Negotiate with your local bank to get the best deals Navigate the ins and outs of insurance Create a will Handle tax deductions and credits And much moreFilled with practical guidance and extensive expertise, Your Financial Action Plan will help you build the type of financial life you ve always wanted.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A twenty-first-century update to the modern business classic . . .For more than fifteen years, this handy guide has provided entrepreneurs and small business owners with a simple, step-by-step plan for buying or selling a business-without their own special team of lawyers and accountants. Written by leading business attorney Robert Klueger, this up-to-date guide now includes everything you need to know about recent tax law changes, as well as an entirely new chapter on limited liability companies. It answers all your critical questions, covering everything from the valuation of a business through the negotiation stages to closing the deal.Packed with the kind of real-world guidance you can only get from a professional, Buying & Selling a Business, Second Edition shows you how to: Choose a business that s right for you Evaluate the business, determine why the seller is selling, analyze the seller s operations, and analyze balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow Negotiate effectively-including negotiating for price, timing, stock and asset agreements, noncompetitive agreements, and more Buy a franchise-key considerations that make a franchise different Ensure a hassle-free closing with no surprises.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This practical, real-world guide gives investors all the tools they need to make wise decisions when weighing the value and potential of investment properties. Written for old pros as well as novice investors, this friendly, straightforward guide walks readers step by step through every stage of property analysis. Whether you're buying or selling, investing in big commercial properties or single-family rentals, you'll find expert guidance and handy resources on every aspect of real estate finance, including:

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The literature on narrative inquiry has been, until now, widely scattered and theoretically incomplete. Clandinin and Connelly have created a major tour de force. This book is lucid, fluid, beautifully argued, and rich in examples. Students will find a wealth of arguments to support their research, and teaching faculty will find everything they need to teach narrative inquiry theory and methods.'--Yvonna S. Lincoln, professor, Department of Educational Administration, Texas A&M UniversityUnderstanding experience as lived and told stories--also known as narrative inquiry--has gained popularity and credence in qualitative research. Unlike more traditional methods, narrative inquiry successfully captures personal and human dimensions that cannot be quantified into dry facts and numerical data.In this definitive guide, Jean Clandinin and Michael Connelly draw from more than twenty years of field experience to show how narrative inquiry can be used in educational and social science research. Tracing the origins of narrative inquiry in the social sciences, they offer new and practical ideas for conducting fieldwork, composing field notes, and conveying research results. Throughout the book, stories and examples reveal a wide range of narrative methods. Engaging and easy to read, Narrative Inquiry is a practical resource from experts who have long pioneered the use of narrative in qualitative research.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - With Support, Humor, and Perspective, This Provocative Book Outlines New Options for Businesswomen.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Boardroom Excellence, author Paul Brountas, a corporate attorney with more than forty years experience, discusses the qualities and components of effective boards in today's post-Enron environment. Written in a concise format, the book is filled with informative practical advice for board members of private, public, and nonprofit organizations. Boardroom Excellence contains an informed discussion of fundamental corporate governance issues, including the duties and responsibilities of directors and the proper interaction of the board with the CEO and management. Brountas reveals how board members can be most effective when they are independent, possess integrity, are well-informed and involved, and are proactive. Boardroom Excellence offers timely information about\* Establishing the values and qualities that board members should possess\* Developing an environment in the boardroom where skepticism and serious discussion are encouraged\* Understanding what the CEO expects of the board and what the board expects of the CEO\* Creating effective independent audit, compensation, nominating, and governance committees\* Formulating guidelines for periodic evaluation of the performance of the board and individual board members.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Most marketing and branding books fall into one of two camps: either they are about leaders or they assume that brands can be managed by process alone. The Pirate Inside is different. It forwards the idea that brands are about people, and Challenger Brands are driven by a certain kind of person in a certain kind of way. Challenger Brands don't rely on CEOs or founders, but on the people within the organization whose personal qualities and approach to what they do make the difference between whether the brand turns to gold or falls to dust.In line with this thinking, The Pirate Inside forwards two key questions: what does it take to be the driver or guardian of a successful Challenger Brand, and what are the demands made by this on character and corporate culture Building on his answers, Adam Morgan then explores the critical issue of whether big, multi-brand companies can create Challenger micro-climates within their companies, and the benefits that they might achieve by doing so.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The same critical information top business schools teachBased on Professor Stralser's popular seminar series, MBA in a Day is specifically designed for the busy professional (physician, attorney, architect, nonprofit executive, etc.) or entrepreneur/small business owner, who needs to know about the 'business-side' of their practice, organization or business. With comprehensive coverage of vital business topics, important concepts and proven strategies taught at top graduate schools, this handy book offers a complete business education without the hassle of enrolling in an MBA program. Divided into four sections covering management and policy; economics, finance, and accounting; marketing; and systems and processes; this straightforward guide is easy to navigate and simple to use. Packed with illustrative examples, helpful anecdotes, and real-world case studies, this commonsense guide covers everything busy professionals would learn at the very best business schools-if they only had the time.Steven Stralser, PhD (Phoenix, AZ), is Clinical Professor and Managing Director, The Global Entrepreneurship Center at Thunderbird: The American Graduate School of International Management and founder and CEO of The Center for Professional Development, Inc., an organization dedicated to post-graduate training and education of today's professionals.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Packed with fun-filled word scrambles, categorization tasks, and writing activities, 'Whats Up in Science will develop critical thinking and analytical skills in your students. While solutions are provided for the puzzle exercises, some of the problems are open-ended and have no definitive answers, showing that scientific inquiry generates tough questions and that knowledge changes as new evidence becomes available.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How companies turn value-added into real profitsThe Dollarization Discipline shows organizations and marketers how to effectively communicate the economic value created by their products and services. Too often, when companies compete using conventional sales and marketing approaches, they force customers to make financial decisions (how much to spend), based on non-financial arguments (product features and benefits). On this playing field, the company that can show true financial advantage in real dollars and cents wins every time. This book offers a step-by-step strategy for doing just that.Every day, good companies suffer because they create value for customers but aren't able to keep their fair share. This is because most marketers can't fully explain the value customers get from their products, and the argument falls to the lowest common denominator-price. The solution is an approach to sales and marketing that goes beyond articulating features and benefits, but calculates the monetary value a customer receives from a product or service. This enables the seller to price the product as a true reflection of its value-and also let's the seller prove it to the customer!With real case studies and detailed, step-by-step guidance on effective dollarization, The Dollarization Discipline finally offers a practical, straightforward way for marketers and business leaders to prove the value of their 'value-added.'Jeffrey J. Fox (Gilford, New Hampshire) is the founder and President of Fox & Company, Inc., a marketing consulting firm. Fox is also the author of the bestsellers How to Become a CEO, How to Become a Rainmaker, and How to Become a Great Boss. Richard C. Gregory (Farmington, Connecticut) is a Senior Consultant with Fox & Company.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Intelligence: A Brief History is a lively and accessible look at the origins of the field of intelligence. The book explores the nature and measurement of intelligence, examines approaches to teaching intelligence, and discusses individual and group differences in intelligence. Readers will receive an historical overview of the field as well as a good understanding of its major ideas.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* Shows film and video makers new to Final Cut Pro how to get down to work with this complicated, professional-level video editing software\* The Macintosh platform, which includes Final Cut Pro, owns 58 percent of the video editing software market\* Topics covered include working with new program features, organizing media, using advanced editing tools, harnessing audio and video filters, applying transitions, creating motion effects, compositing, rendering, and outputting to tape, CD, DVD, or the Web.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Get current costs for your location on projects like these: - Room additions, garages and sunrooms- Decks, patios, porches and pergolas- Landscaping, sprinkler systems and outdoor lighting- Fences, walls, driveways and walkways- New windows and doors- Roofing, siding and painting.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Master the Media to Attract Your Ideal Clients 'This book is a marketing masterpiece. It should be required reading for all financial professionals.' -Janine Wertheim, Chief Marketing Officer Securities America, Inc. 'Marketing is the lifeblood of any practice. The media is the most effective and cost-efficient way to market. Unfortunately, most practitioners only dream of media attention. No more-Derrick Kinney delivers on his promise to help you 'master the media.'' -Harold Evensky, CFP author, Wealth Management 'This fast-moving, practical book gives you a step-by-step process to multiply your results and dramatically increase your exposure and name recognition. A classic!' -Brian Tracy, President, Brian Tracy International author, Create Your Own Future 'Kinney offers an easy and effective 'how-to' approach for financial producers to gain recognition and credibility by becoming media sources. If you want to take your business to the next level, this book can help you get there.' -Gail S. Waisanen, CLU, Editor, Life Insurance Selling 'Derrick Kinney has built an effective marketing system that every advisor can use to help grow their business and attract more profitable clients.' -John J. Bowen Jr., CEO, CEG Worldwide, LLC columnist for Financial Planning.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Home wiring is serious business Thats why, especially if youre not an electrician, you need the clear, well-ordered guidance in this book-the same one you may have seen in your fathers toolbox. Now fully updated to cover home networking and other 21st century developments, this all-new edition gives you the guidelines, rules, and step-by-step instructions you need to do the job safely and with confidence.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Heres the real plumbers friend This fully revised guide gives you plumbing essentials, illustrations, tips, shortcuts -the lowdown on brazing, soldering, pipe fittings, commercial water coolers, automatic bathroom systems, and more. All this and much more.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An annual publication of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, volume 23 of To Improve the Academy is a collection of articles that explore the emerging climate of change is providing a backdrop for the concerns and constituents of higher education. In particular, the authors focus on promoting excellence in teaching and learning through faculty renewal. To Improve the Academy, Volume 23, describes the ways in which faculty development is changing and offers insight on how to manage these changes. It is divided into three sections - Section I, Faculty Development in a Climate of Change: addresses the environment for scholarship and learning, how to lead change in the culture of assessment, and explains the role of teaching and learning centers - Section II, Quality of Work Life for Faculty and Faculty Developers: investigates strategies for creating vital and equitable work environments for faculty - Section III, Best Practices for Faculty Development: explores various approaches to faculty development, including the use of data, cultivating community, service-learning, and integrating junior faculty, graduate students, and part-time faculty into the institution This book offers an essential resource for improvement in higher education to faculty and instructional development staff, department chairs, deans, student services staff, chief academic officers, and educational consultants.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Corporate Governance is the hot topic of the new millennium. Gone are the days when CEOs set agendas and earned 500 times more than average employees. Now, transparency rules. Corporations must establish new systems of accountability, and encourage long-term participation in decision-making by both shareholders and staff. Those that succeed will be better equipped to create wealth, solve complex problems, and compete in global markets.The role of the directorate and the need to ensure an effective framework for its accountability to owners is paramount to success. In line with this thinking, Mastering Global Corporate Governance argues that one of the key responsibilities of the Board is leadership, and that the root of good corporate governance lies in the strength of a corporate leader. In particular, it focuses on two 'burning issues' for senior executives: how can the boards of global companies best lead their companies through the fundamental dilemmas that face all boards ; and how can Boards, entrusted with ultimate responsibility for the way a company exercises leadership, provide that leadership.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Extending the scenario method beyond interface design, this important book shows developers how to design more effective systems by soliciting, analyzing, and elaborating stories from end-users Contributions from leading industry consultants and opinion-makers present a range of scenario techniques, from the light, sketchy, and agile to the careful and systematic Includes real-world case studies from Philips, DaimlerChrysler, and Nokia, and covers systems ranging from custom software to embedded hardware-software systems.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Traditional forms of collaboration are not sufficient for competing effectively in the more complex and dynamic environment of today's business world. Face-to-face meetings between people of similar backgrounds have given way to increasingly complex working relationships. Organizations must be able to gain rapid access to knowledgeable people to meet constantly changing conditions and demands. More fluid, flexible, and easily reconfigurable collaborative relationships are necessary to produce the innovations that can make or break organizations3/4even entire industries3/4 and provide the opportunities that attract the talented and motivated employees who will make the difference between success and failure.Business Without Boundaries helps managers address these challenges. The authors explore a number of wide-ranging, real-world cases to identify hands-on principles for successful collaboration. They offer managers and executives practical steps and tools for creating, facilitating, and supporting complex collaborations throughout their organizations. And they explain how to 'team' across boundaries in the new global economy. The recommendations are specific enough to apply to particular forms of complex collaboration (for example supply chains, global product development teams, interorganizational alliances) but general enough to apply to new forms that have yet to emerge.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume presents fresh approaches to classic Victorian fiction from 1830-1900.Opens up for the reader the cultural world in which the Victorian novel was written and read.Crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries.Provides fresh perspectives on how Victorian fiction relates to different contexts, such as class, sexuality, empire, psychology, law and biology.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A powerful look at the risks inherent in the trend toward making higher education a market rather than a regulated public sector, The Future of Higher Education reveals the findings of an extensive four-year investigation into the major forces that are transforming our American system of higher education. The book explores the challenges of intensified competition among institutions, globalization of colleges and universities, the expansion of the new for-profit and virtual institutions, and the influence of technology on learning. This important resource offers college and university leaders and policy makers an analysis of the impact of these forces of change and includes suggestions for creating an effective higher education market as well as a call for a renewed focus on the public purposes of higher education.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - American society thrives on innovation, which is advanced by the quality and productivity of research from higher education faculty. It is therefore typical for the responsibility of nurturing and sustaining faculty research to fall upon department chairs and deans at postsecondary schools. In The Research-Productive Department, the authors recognize the importance of this task, and share tested strategies for facilitating quality faculty research and promoting an institution's overall vitality. Many such books written for department chairs and deans have chosen to address the full range of leadership and management tasks that typically occupy this readership. However, few have narrowed their scope-as this book does-to the important leadership tasks that influence the overall success of academic departments in one critical area: research. This book features the experiences of nearly 40 leaders from well-respected research institutions from across the country. It offers specific, useful recommendations for academic leaders seeking to promote high levels of research productivity, including insight on: recruitment practices, mentoring programs, reward systems, culture-building activities, and the distribution of fiscal as well as human resources. An eminently practical book, The Research-Productive Department provides readers with two essential tool sets: a user-friendly summary of over 40 years of literature on the characteristics of research-productive organizations, plus a wealth of descriptive examples of how these characteristics are actually manifest in a large number of research-productive academic departments and schools. This book is an engaging exposition of best practices that readers can adapt as befits their own institutional settings.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Medieval Lyric is a colourful collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of them. - A lively and engaging collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written in between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of them. - Introduces readers to the rich variety of Middle English poetry. - Presents poems of mourning and of celebration, poems dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and to Christ, poems inviting or disparaging love, poems about sex, and more. - Reader-friendly - uses modernized letter forms, punctuation and capitalization, and side glosses explaining difficult words. - Opens with a substantial introduction by the editor to the medieval lyric as a genre, and features short introductions to each section and poem. - Also includes an annotated bibliography, glossary, index of first lines, and list of manuscripts cited.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities: An Anthropological Reader demonstrates the centrality of the complicated relationship of sex, gender, and sexuality to theories of human behaviors and practices. Although heterosexuality has been interrogated and demystified, it retains normative dominance. By drawing on the multiple fresh and illuminating perspectives of anthropology, this landmark collection moves beyond other lesbian and gay studies readers by presenting a broader view of the significance of studying same-sex cultures and sexualities by presenting the lives of a range of individuals across cultural and temporal domains.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Intercultural Discourse and Communication: The Essential Readings is a collection of articles from the field of intercultural discourse and intercultural communication. It consists of four sections, which provide readings on major theoretical approaches, case studies of cultural and sub-cultural contact from around the globe, issues of identity in 'bicultural' individuals, and the 'real-world' implications of intercultural contact, and conflict, in two cases.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Throughout chemistry, computational techniques are becoming increasingly important. Problem solving and modelling is quickly achievable but as the power of computers increases so does the complexity of the tasks and the speed at which they are solved.A basic understanding of the theory and concepts underpinning computational chemistry is therefore essential to all chemical science students, and Essentials of Computational Chemistry: Theory and Models delivers a thorough insight in a readable and approachable manner.- Accessible as a text to advanced undergraduate students as well as graduate students- Emphasises the basic concepts and applications rather than theory and mathematics- Firmly places the subject in context, including many examples and applications- Includes coverage and examples from inorganic, organic and biological chemistry and covers quantum mechanical and classical mechanical models- Includes case histories that serve as an ideal basis for classroom di scussion- Delivers information in a readable and approachable manner.