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Work in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Frank J. Landy , and Jeffrey M. Conte Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishing Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1405144343 |
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Work in the 21st Century is the highly regarded, and most current and engaging, text for the industrial and organizational psychology course. Combining leading research, consulting, and teaching expertise, Frank Landy and Jeff Conte provide students with up-to-date examples and cases that link current research and theory to practical issues in the workplace. Students will gain familiarity with I-O psychology concepts and become critical evaluators of contemporary issues and research, allowing their education to carry them well past the conclusion of the course.A number of themes recur throughout the text to underscore the multifaceted nature of work including the increase in cross-cultural and multinational work, the diversification of workforces, the increased importance of teams, and the increased complexity of the technical and organizational aspects of work.Key features:Modular approach: contains self-contained sections within chapters, for maximum teaching flexibilityCutting-edge topics and research coverage: includes the Five Factor Theory of Personality, the Big Eight theory of competencies, emotional intelligence, culture and emotions, genetics and job satisfaction, achieving balance between work and non-work, stress and violence, measuring motivation, integrity testing, entrepreneurship, computer-based assessment, male vs. female leaders, cross-cultural teams, bullying, and moreEmphasis on critical thinking: supplementary critical thinking questions present situations and ask students to apply the principles and concepts they have learned in that sectionCase studies and boxes: cases provide concrete examples of the issues involved in work and behavior in various applied settingsClear, articulate explanations: concise prose and interesting examples make the book accessible to a wide range of studentsAncillaries: these include Instructor 's Manual, Test Bank, Study Guide, PowerPoint slides, and a dedicated website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/landyconte2eCustomer Reviews:
Work in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Industrial & Organizational Psychology.......2007-05-13
21 Century an intro to industrial and organizational psychology.......2005-09-26
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Financial Management of Health Care Organizations: An Introduction to Fundamental Tools, Concepts, and Applications
William N. Zelman , Michael McCue , Alan Millikan , and Noah Glick Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishing Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 063123098X |
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This new edition of Financial Management of Health Care Organizations offers an introduction to the most-used tools and techniques of health care financial management, including health care accounting and financial statements; managing cash, billings and collections; making major capital investments; determining cost and using cost information in decision-making; budgeting and performance measurement; and pricing.Avoiding complicated formulas and using numerous spreadsheet examples, its pedagogy includes: more advanced information in chapter appendices for those who want to go beyond the basics; a detailed outline beginning each chapter; a summary concluding each chapter; and 'perspectives', real-world situations and events which illustrate concepts discussed in the chapters. Now completely updated, this book provides students with the practical, up-to-date tools they need to succeed in this dynamic field.New to the Second Edition:Key terms and key equations listed at the end of each chapter; each set of key terms now becomes the first question for each chapterExpanded use of marginal definitions and key pointsAdditional questions and problems for the chapters; where possible, problems are provided in pairs so that the first can be used as an example, and the second can become part of an assignmentUpdated perspectives throughout the textInstructor's Manual available on CD-ROM including all exhibits in PowerPoint and Excel, answers to all problems in PowerPoint and Excel, and working spreadsheet models of exhibits and selected problems for classroom useCustomer Reviews:
Highly recommended.......2005-03-28
Right to the point!.......2004-03-28
Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations.......2003-05-16
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Introduction to Governmental and Not-For-Profit Accounting (4th Edition)
Joseph Razek , Gordon Hosch , and Martin Ives Manufacturer: Pearson Education ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0139178732 |
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Covering the essentials of fund accounting, this flexible book introduces the reader to the basic accounting principles at work in both governmental and not-for-profit organizations. This brief book divides most of the chapters into independent sections, which may be covered as separate units. The information on state and local government financial reporting has been updated for coverage of the new financial reporting model, the reporting entity, and financial condition analysis. New examples have been added to more clearly describe the nature of lease accounting. The module on pension trust funds has been rewritten to reflect new GASB pronouncements in a simpler format. New material was added on the measurement of pension costs and other post-employment benefits. For accountants wishing to increase or refresh their knowledge of government and not-for-profit accounting or public budgeting.Customer Reviews:
Great Book.......2005-09-11
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Introduction to Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting.......2000-08-31
I would strongly recommend this book to those readers who have a basic understanding of governmental accounting.
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Introduction to the Team Software Process(sm) (The SEI Series in Software Engineering)
Watts S. Humphrey Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 020147719X |
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Aimed at the computer science student, Introduction to the Team Software Process provides a textbook-style introduction to the author's Team Software Process (TSP), a rigorous group-based design process that stresses planning, metrics, scripts, accountability, and ultimately, higher code quality. Although best suited for a semester- or two-semester-length course, this book provides a useful model for any team development effort.This textbook focuses squarely on the team-based nature of successful software development. The author, who also invented the Personal Software Process (PSP), outlines the steps for "staffing" a classroom-based software project with different multiple member roles, such as team leaders and development managers. The Team Software Process (TSP) outlined here stresses accountability through numerous scripts and metrics. (An appendix features over 80 pages of scripts and forms that would be used over the course of the semester.) Not only does the author provide a thorough guide to choosing the right team role that fits your personality and skills, but several sections offer some "motivational speaking" on the advantage of "discipline," both as a person and software engineer.
This book does a particularly good job of defining a team's role for each stage in the development process, beginning from the initial planning stages to requirements definition, implementation, testing, and postmortem followup. There are hints for dealing with missed deadlines, staffing, and design problems.
The reality is that teams are used throughout the software industry, but many computer science students do not get much experience working in successful teams. As a first encounter with team development, Introduction to the Team Software Process provides a model for serious implementation of a smart, rigorous software method that can put readers on the right track with group development. --Richard Dragan
Topics Covered: Team Software Process (TSP) basics and scripts, building production software teams, team goals, team roles, planning, risk management, quality plan, requirements, design principles, product implementation, integration and system testing, test planning, defect tracking, documentation, conducting postmortems, team leaders, development managers, planning managers, quality/process managers, support managers.
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Excellent Process for Software Devleopment.......2005-03-31
totalitarian control is not the answer.......2004-05-19
Outstanding Reference for Software Engineers.......2000-10-23
Good introduction to creating software in a team.......2000-08-30
The processes are written as scripts. These are very easy to follow and take the guesswork out of how to do each step in the lifecycle.
This is a process book therefore there is not a lot of technically-oriented information in the book. For example, the book tells you that you must design your software. It does not give many guidelines on what a good (object-oriented, client-server, real time, etc.) design might look like. In addition, some of the data bookkeeping is long and involved. A good tool would help with this.
Overall, this is a good tutorial and a good reference book. I used this book as a graduate student, and I continue to pull ideas out of it for use in my work.
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Introduction to the Law of Business Organizations: Cases, Notes, and Questions (American Casebook Series)
Stephen B. Presser Manufacturer: West Group Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0314154809 |
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This casebook is designed as a concise first course in business associations for both law students and management school students. It covers the fundamentals of agency, partnership, the limited liability company, corporations, fiduciary duty of officers and directors, insider trading, derivative lawsuits, Sarbanes/Oxley, and tender offers and takeovers. Additionally, it offers a review of relevant fundamental concepts from the law of property, contracts, and torts, and provides some consideration of intellectual property, employment law, and antitrust, all of which are relevant for managers and their lawyers. The casebook can be taught in a single quarter or a single semester. Law students will be well-prepared for further study of mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, and corporate finance; and future managers will be prepared to anticipate the legal problems that they will face throughout their careers.
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Introduction to Industrial Organization
Luis M. B. Cabral Manufacturer: The MIT Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0262032864 |
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Over the past twenty years, the study of industrial organization--the analysis of imperfectly competitive markets--has grown from a niche area of microeconomics to a key component of economics and of related disciplines such as finance, strategy, and marketing. This book provides an issue-driven introduction to industrial organization. It includes a vast array of examples, from both within and outside the United States. While formal in its approach, the book is written in a way that requires only basic mathematical training. Supplemental materials posted on the Web make more extensive use of algebra and calculus.Customer Reviews:
Found it good but short.........2006-04-02
Outstanding........2000-12-13
A clearly superior text.......2000-10-30
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Training Games For The Learning Organization: 48 Experiential Learning Activities
James Kirk , and Lynne D. Kirk Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Ring-bound Similar Items: ASIN: 0070349231 |
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48 games to stimulate learning. Now there's whole range of fun, innovative, and concrete ways to dramatically improve the learning environment of any company. /ITraining Games for the Learning Organization, by James J. Kirk and Lynne D. Kirk, gives you 48 exciting games to helpo employees learn in teams./#./#.put aside old ways of thinking./#./#.become more open with one another./#./#.and better grasp how their company really operates. Filled with popular games such as Motivation Bingo, Smart Acts, Teaching Machine, Bewitching Behaviors, Logo Vision, and Archetypes, this dynamic training tool helps you: Facilitate team learning; Development a Favorable leaarning environment; Expose and change the way employees see the world; Involve everyone in the organization; Demonstrate how to learn; Focused
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Managing and Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice
Stewart Clegg , Martin Kornberger , and Tyrone Pitsis Manufacturer: Sage Publications Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0761943897 |
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"It is an outstanding piece of work: no ordinary text, but a book bursting with attitude, that presents a compelling state-of-the-art overview of the big issues that confront managers today"
—Charles Harvey,
Professor of Business History and Management
“Clegg, Kornberger and Pitsis have significantly raised the bar for designing introductory management textbooks from the learner’s perspective. These are clearly passionate teachers who wish to help students flourish in organizational surroundings and master the craft of management. For students beginning the management career trek, I’m confident that this book will become a trusted, well-worn text."
—David A.Whetten,
Brigham Young University
“I intend on adopting this book for my courses and recommending it to my colleagues.
Managing and Organizations is an important book that, in my judgment, is an exemplar of integrative thinking that should be required reading for all students of management, whether they pursue scholarship, pedagogy, or practice.”
—James Bailey,
George Washington University & London Business School, U.K.
Managing and Organizations is a comprehensive, engaging, and accessible textbook that brings the most recent theoretical developments to bear on management practice, while explaining organizational and management issues from a practical standpoint. Vignettes from a variety of material, including films, novels, and newspapers illustrate key themes related to contemporary organizations and organization theory.
Key Features
• Offers a broad coverage of general management issues
• Provides an accessible introduction into core theories
• Describes the history of a topic as well as the current state of the art
• Offers further reading suggestions and learning checklists
• Utilizes maps, charts, images, and boxes as tools for learning and examining the material.
• Encourages students to critique and engage
The text is also supported by an instructor’s manual and an interactive website that provides additional material for teachers and students, including more cases, quick quizzes, short movies from renowned experts introducing students to main themes, as well as a free online reader of key journal articles that relate to the topics discussed.
Managing and Organizations will inspire, motivate, and encourage students of management, organizational behavior, and organization studies to learn and explore their subject of study with a keen interest.
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Managing in the era of Globalization.......2005-03-30
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The Trust Factor: Liberating Profits & Restoring Corporate Vitality
John O. Whitney Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0070700176 |
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Mistrust, argues John O. Whitney, forments meddling corporate bureaucracies that police even the most trivial transactions--squelching innovation and dragging down revenues with crippling administrative overhead. It discourages sales from talking to marketing, marketing to manufacturing, or manufacturing to design. (Or any of them talking to customers of suppliers.) And it provokes harassed managers to endlessly massage their budget and forecast numbers. . .and their superiors to doubt the results they submit.Customer Reviews:
Great insight and sharp wit.......1998-07-10
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Total Improvement Management: The Next Generation in Performance Improvement
H. James Harrington , and James S. Harrington Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0070267707 |
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Readers will get spectacular results by following Harrington's basic principles and step-by-step plan for achieving total improvement management. First, he shows how to integrate the four competing methodologies of total technology management, total quality management, total productivity management, and total cost management. Balancing each of these factors results in solid business decisions on where to spend limited resources to ensure long-term results. Next, he puts his total improvement management (TIM) pyramid into action in 15 steps that illustrate how to: Obtain upper management commitment and participation; Construct a strong business plan; Develop a customized 3-year improvement plan out of a clear vision statement; Establish process improvement teams; Upgrade systems to prevent problems before they occur; Motivate through employee recognition programs; And more! Armed with these tools, managers will be able to coordinate the many, often conflicting, improvement efforts going on in today's organizations--thereby achieving total improvement management and renewed customer loyalty. It's a goal that American business can't afford to miss, especially in today's highly competitive global marketplace.Customer Reviews:
One of the best overall business improvement book ever.......2007-08-22
Making Sense out of Improvement Initiatives.......2000-09-10
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