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Brannick and Levine provide students and professionals in management and I/O psychology with the methods and applications of job analysis.
Job Analysis covers a host of activities, all directed toward discovering, understanding, and describing what people do at work. It thus forms the basis for the solution of virtually every human resource problem. The authors describe several job analysis methods and then illustrate how to apply the results to problems arising in the management of people at work.
Customer Reviews:
Job Analysis.......2006-08-28
This book has a better description than what it has for its contents. If you are a neophyte at this topic then perhaps you will use can use this book. It assumes its reader is completely unaware of why job analyses must be done and unaware of what does not work. It can be safe to assume that buyers of the book are in the business of job analysis and want to know the latest techniques of job analysis. The last 3 are worth reading but having to purchase the book is,on the whole, a waste of your money.
an useful book.......2006-02-20
If one is interested in I/O Psychology, especially in Job Analysis, this book might be useful for him/her. And it is easy for reading and understanding.
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“This is a very important book. It is an essential text for any graduate program in applied industrial and organizational psychology. The First Edition is the best text on the market today, and the
Second Edition is a huge improvement. Nice work!”
– Bill Attenweiler, Northern Kentucky University
Thoroughly updated and revised, this
Second Edition is the only book currently on the market to present the most important and commonly used methods in human resource management in such detail. The authors clearly outline how organizations can create programs to improve hiring and training, make jobs safer, provide a satisfying work environment, and help employees to work smarter. Throughout, they provide practical tips on how to conduct a job analysis, often offering anecdotes from their own experiences.
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New co-author Frederick P. Morgeson’s background in business management brings a valuable new perspective and balance to the presentation of material..
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Expanded coverage is offered on O*NET, strategic job analysis, competencies and competency modeling, and inaccuracy in job analysis ratings.
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New text boxes provide bio sketches of famous names in job analysis to put a personal face on research.
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Additional examples and cases illustrate the “how-to” of job analysis in real-life settings.
Companion Website!
A companion website, http://jobandworkanalysis.com, offers instructors and students supplemental materials such as course syllabi, examples of data collected as part of a job analysis, task inventory data, the opportunity to practice data analysis, and much more!
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This best-selling text continues in its seventh edition to provide the most current and comprehensive coverage of business research. Its student-friendly design contains numerous examples illustrating real-world research in management, marketing, finance, accounting, and other business areas. Business Research Methods, 7e, is the ideal text for undergraduate and first year MBA courses in marketing, management, or quantitative studies.
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I'v been here!.......2006-06-15
Excellent work! Can't wait to read it between lines from cover to cover.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me.
Psalm 23:1-6
Didn't receive the book.......2005-10-01
I ordered three books and this is the only one I didn't receive. At first I thought the hurricane might have slowed the process up but I never did get it. I had to drop my class.
He can't even get his facts straight.......2005-09-20
Case Study #2 involves [...] aka Harvard Coop.
Students who become "members" of the coop own the place..
how is the Coop supposed to then make a profit?
Yet para2 line6 asks exactly this!
What kind of escapeees-from-business-reality do we
have out there writing our business textbooks?
A must have for those conducting surveys!.......2005-01-08
I've been doing online surveys and consulting for years and have found Vista surveys to be the best by far. This book really helps to enusure that I ask the right questions for my Fortune 500 clients! Highly recommend indeed!
An excellent text.......2002-03-01
i have been teaching Business Research to MBA classes for 5 years. I have gone through many text books and tried out several as recommended reading for my classes. None come even close to the readability and sheer ease of use of this book by Professor Zikmund. It is well organised, and gives comprehensive coverage to all aspects of research without getting bogged down in theory. The examples, end of chapter questions and cases are interesting and serve as excellent discussion points in class. I am happy to see a new edition is available and hope that it will contain some more up to date examples.
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This book provides a concise source of information on effective and practical methods for constructing simulation exercises for the assessment of psychological characteristics relevant to effectiveness in work organizations. Simulation exercises present the examinee with descriptions of complex situations that stimulate aspects of real-world settings and problems. Examinees are required to demonstrate overt behavior in handling the problems presented. The process and/or products of this behavior are observed by trained assessors who observe behavior, classify behaviors into relevant dimensions, and evaluate effectiveness. Simulations can provide assessments of abilities, skills, and competencies not readily measured by other testing techniques.
Developing Organizational Simulations provides practical guidance for defining the attributes to be assessed, constructing the stimulus material, and designing methods for administration and scoring. Several different situational exercises are presented,including business games, leaderless group discussions, in-baskets, one-on-one interaction simulations, and case studies/presentations. Steps to ensure the reliability, validity, and legal defensibility of assessments from simulations are described. In addition, the book presents the use of simulation exercises for the purposes of personnel selection, training, development, and certification. Professional standards and guidelines relevant to the construction of simulation exercises are also covered.
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good book and bad service.......2007-01-08
this is a wonderful textbook for learning
but the shipment of amazon is bad, until I pay it for higher price, or it will delay and delay
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Diversity Consciousness: Opening Our Minds to People, Cultures, and Opportunities, Second Edition
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Promoting self-directed learning by creating an attitude and emotional readiness to learn, this text shows users how to develop qualities of emotional intelligence, increase critical thinking skills, and integrate personal goals into their decision making process. It delivers powerful concepts designed to create the receptivity, focus, and integrity necessary to master life long learning.
KEY TOPICS Specific chapter topics cover values and goals, choices, attention: comprehension and focus, energy: mental and physical well being, emotional intelligence: self mastery, integrity: motivation and accountability, and integration: time and receptivity. For college students and students of life.
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History: Fiction or Science? is the most explosive tractate on history ever written - however, every theory it contains, no matter how unorthodox, is backed by solid scientific data. The book is well-illustrated, contains over 446 graphs and illustrations, copies of ancient manuscripts, and countless facts attesting to the falsity of the chronology used nowadays, which never cease to amaze the reader. Eminent mathematician proves that: Jesus Christ was born in 1153 and crucified in 1186 The Old Testament refers to mediaeval events. Apocalypse was written after 1486. Does this sound uncanny? This version of events is substantiated by hard facts and logic - validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources - to a greater extent than everything you may have read and heard about history before. The dominating historical discourse in its current state was essentially crafted in the XVI century from a rather contradictory jumble of sources such as innumerable copies of ancient Latin and Greek manuscripts whose originals had vanished in the Dark Ages and the allegedly irrefutable proof offered by late mediaeval astronomers, resting upon the power of ecclesial authorities. Nearly all of its components are blatantly untrue! For some of us, it shall possibly be quite disturbing to see the magnificent edifice of classical history to turn into an ominous simulacrum brooding over the snake pit of mediaeval politics. Twice so, in fact: the first seeing the legendary millenarian dust on the ancient marble turn into a mere layer of dirt - one that meticulous unprejudiced research can eventually remove. The second, and greater, attack of unease comes with the awareness of just how many areas of human knowledge still trust the three elephants of the consensual chronology to support them. Nothing can remedy that except for an individual chronological revolution happening in the minds of a large enough number of people.
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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03
Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.
Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19
Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.
Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09
There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.
For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.
Very Interesting.......2007-03-07
It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.
History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10
Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.
I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.
Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.
Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.
I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.
This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.
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The Creation and Analysis of Employer-Employee Matched Data (Contributions to Economic Analysis)
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This book consists of a selected subset of papers presented at the International Symposium of Linked Employer-Employee Data, held in Washington DC, in May 1998 - to address the creation and analysis of such matched data in an environment that safeguards respondent confidentiality. The conference brought together a wide range of social scientists and statisticians from more than 20 countries.
Three broad themes are highlighted:
(1) The analysis of linked employer-employee data.
The basic finding of this and the next section is that the firm matters a good deal in explaining the differences in earnings, productivity, and work experiences of individual workers. Linked data allow the researcher to disentangle the firm effects from the worker effects.
(2) Econometric issues involved with the analysis of such data.
Creating and analyzing employer-employee matched data sets presents a number of new econometric problems that are not present in standard micro-data sets containing just workers or just employers. However, these data also offer us a unique opportunity to examine the effects of some of the econometric problems involved in using the other data sources. The chapters in this section address both of these issues. The first two chapters examine new econometric issues involved in the creation and use of matched data sets, while the second two chapters use matched data to examine possible problems with cross-sectional or panel data on workers. The results from each of these chapters will be valuable to all empirical researchers, regardless of whether they are using employer-employee matched data or more standard cross-sectional or panel data sets.
(3) Ongoing efforts aimed at creating large-scale linked employer-employee data.
The last section of this book describes four recent efforts at creating linked employer-employee data through surveys of firms and individuals. The first two chapters describe an "employers first" methodology of creating linked employer-employee data, and the last two chapters describe an "employees first" methodology. The two "employees first" surveys described here are, as far as known, the only two large-scale surveys in production that follow this design. Each of the four chapters in this section describes details about the design and field operation of the survey that will be indispensable to others who might want to create or analyze linked employer-employee survey data.
The 23 chapters in this book provide a glimpse into the future of labor economics and industrial organization. It can be said that labor economics and public policy around the world has been dominated over the past several decades by quantitative analyses based upon public-use US micro-data. In the future, it is very likely that economics and social policy in the United States and elsewhere will depend on quantitative analysis based on linked employer-employee micro-data currently residing in all continents of the world.
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- ...very well-written...has engaging, applicable techniques for student achievement!
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Study Wise: A Program for Maximizing Your Learning Potential
Lawrence J. Greene
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This multi-faceted instructional program gives readers the essential tools they require to learn productively and succeed academically. In addition to providing highly effective study and test preparation skills, the book also trains users to think analytically, critically, and strategically. It systematically offers a range of specific, easy-to-learn and -use methods for identifying, understanding, and solving the day-to-day problems individuals are likely to encounter in college and in life.
KEY TOPICS A three-part organization covers maximizing your learning potential: figuring out how to win in school; developing a school success system: learning how to study more productively; and applying strategic intelligence: getting what you want, need, and deserve. For anyone entering college or the real-world.
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...very well-written...has engaging, applicable techniques for student achievement!.......2005-09-11
(This is a syntopic review of:
1. `Winning the Study Game: Learning to Succeed in School' (Resource Specialist Guide & Student Workbook);
2. `Study Max: Improving Study Skills';
3. `Study Wise: A Program for Maximising Your Learning Potential';
All written by the same author.)
Because of my deep passion for books on study skills among other subjects, & also in the light of my consultancy work in the schools, & success coaching with kids/teens/adults, this wonderful book naturally caught my eye.
In essence, & for the purpose of completion, this Resource Specialist Guide is part of a systemic package that also includes the Consumable Student Workbook (or edition). You may also need to access the Reproducible Student Workbook (or edition) or the Reproducible Student Edition in the form of a CD-Rom.
The entire package is targeted primarily at teachers (as well as parents who yearn to become learning facilitators at home) in "special education" from grades 6 to 11 (middle school to high school). In this context, here lies its strength, although the stuff inside is suitable for those in general education.
In reality, the resource guide provides an incisive overview of the educational issues (or the instructional components) addressed in the student workbook. It has a primary focus on helping struggling students in meeting the demands of the mainstream curriculum.
Content-wise, from the perspective of study & thinking skills, this book is similar to `Study Max: Improving Study Skills', also by the same author, but the latter is targeted at students in grades 9-12 (high school). This book is structured in such a way that both teacher & student can make use of the book.
From the organizational standpoint, the chapters in this books are systematically arranged as follows:
Part 1: Learning styles & preferences (1 chapter);
Part 2: Getting organized (4 chapters);
Part 3: Turbo charging reading & studying (5 chapters);
There is another book, `Study Wise: A Program for Maximising Your Learning Potential', also by the same author, which is targeted at college students. In this particular book, & with a slight twist, there is a greater emphasis on developing critical thinking skills in the content areas & in the real world!.
From the organizational standpoint, the chapters in this books are systematically arranged as follows:
Part 1: Maximising your learning potential: figuring how to win in school (4 chapters);
Part 2: Developing school success system: learning how to study productively (5 chapters);
Part 3: Applying strategic intelligence: getting what you want, need & deserve (5 chapters);
Strategy-wise, all three books share a common thread: they help students acquire the basic & advanced study & thinking skills that will allow them to develop their full academic & vocational capabilities. They also provide step by step procedures for functioning more productively not only in school, but also in life.
In each case, students learn how to study efficiently & effectively, & they learn how to handle real- world challenges, deal with setbacks, solve problems, and avoid miscalculations that could be potentially life altering. In effect, they learn to think strategically, act smart, and study wise.
The author strongly believes in one fundamental premise in writing the books, which I fully concur: the difference between successful students & struggling students usually boils down to one basic thing:
`effectiveness & efficiency in their learning & studying strategies'.
Judging from his credentials, the author has apparently an impeccable track record with a field experience of more than 30 years. With a stable of 18 books, he certainly has an in-depth knowledge about learning as well as learning difficulties.
For the teacher as well as parent, I would also recommend you to read another of the author's books:
`Roadblocks to Learning: Understanding the obstacles that can sabotage your child's academic success'
This book, just like the above three books, has also been very well-written.
To sum up, each of the earlier three books has engaging, applicable techniques for student achievement, as well as hundreds of realistic activities & practical exercises, plus case studies, for immediate application.
I personally like Study Max over the other two, in terms of reader friendliness & action-packed learning. However, I rate 5 for all of them.
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Odyssey is an action-packed interactive book that introduces the reader to critical thinking about real-life issues related to success. Written in an engaging, conversational style, this book asks the reader to look inside the lives, actions, challenges, and trials of ordinary people in extraordinary situations. Forty-two real-life cases address the topics of change, sex, drugs, academic success, information resources, communication, relationships, diversity, technology, safety, personal responsibility, and careers. For readers who need to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills regarding issues facing us today.
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