Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice or Smart Womans Guide to Resumes Job Hunting

Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice

Author: Dennis Tosh

Now in its sixth edition, this annual guide includes the 1999 changes! More importantly, it helps ensure your understanding of the guidelines by translating the jargon of the uniform standards into clear, comprehensible language. No other book puts that insight into your hands! Two nationally-known authors bring a wealth of practical insight to the material, going beyond introducing you to the entire USPAP. Applying the Standards is the only book that zeros in on the first three standards - the ones focusing on the specific requirements of real property appraisers!

Highlights

• Over 100 review and practice exam questions - with answers explained and referenced to the appropriate sections of the actual document - enable you to sharpen your test-taking skills.
• An extensive collection of case studies encourages you to apply what you've learned to the real-life problems and situations confronted by appraisers.
• A variety of beneficial resources includes reprinted portions of the actual USPAP document, a convenient list of appraisal-related Internet addresses, and contact information for all of the country's appraisal boards.
  
  
  

  New interesting textbook: Decisions with Multiple Objectives or Initial Public Offerings

  Smart Woman's Guide to Resumes & Job Hunting

  Author: King

  Master the job-search game, whether you're climbing the corporate ladder switching careers, or re-entering the workforce after years at home. This latest edition gathers the most up-to-date information, tips, secrets, and advice on resume writing, job seeking, interviewing, and salary negotiations and features updated sample resumes.

  
  
  

Health Care Science Technology or What Every New Manager Needs to Know

Health Care Science Technology: Career Foundations

Author: McGraw Hill

Develops the skills your students will need for a career in health care!

Health Care Science Technology: Career Foundations is written to address the National Health Care Skills Standards. It covers general skills such as teamwork and communication, as well as skills required for specific jobs with the career pathways. This text helps your students build a solid foundation for success, no matter which health care career they choose.

Table of Contents:

Unit 1 – Health Care FoundationsChapter 1 Health Career Clusters Chapter 2 Health Care Systems Chapter 3 Safety and Infection Control Practices Chapter 4 First Aid and CPR Chapter 5 Medical Terminology Chapter 6 Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 7 Human Growth and Development Chapter 8 Nutrition Chapter 9 Vital Signs Chapter 10 Pharmacology Chapter 11 Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Chapter 12 Employability Skills Unit 2 – Careers in Therapeutic Services Chapter 13 Emergency Medical Services Chapter 14 Nursing Chapter 15 Physician's Office Chapter 16 Mental Health Chapter 17 Pharmacy Chapter 18 Respiratory Chapter 19 Rehabilitation Chapter 20 Sports Medicine Chapter 21 Alternative Medicine Chapter 22 Dental Chapter 23 Animal Health Unit 3 – Careers in Diagnostic Services Chapter 24 Medical Laboratory Chapter 25 Medical Testing Chapter 26 Radiology Chapter 27 Ophthalmic Unit 4 – Careers in Health Informatics Chapter 28 Medical Office Chapter 29 Health Information (and more...)

Interesting book: Persian Girls or The Writer as Migrant

What Every New Manager Needs to Know: Making a Successful Transition to Management

Author: Gerard H Gaynor

Companies depend on the ability of managers to fulfill organizational vision and meet crucial objectives. But without a firm grasp of critical management competencies, new managers' own futures — as well as the company's — can be at serious risk.

What Every New Manager Needs to Know gives readers the skills they need to excel in their new responsibilities, such as managing the relationship between individual and team performance, making key people decisions like hiring, coaching and evaluating, developing budgets, and mastering the skills of project management. The book explores the key roles managers must take on in different situations, and answers fundamental questions like:

* What does it mean to be a manager?
* What work can be delegated to others?
* When is it — and isn't it — appropriate to take on an active leadership role?

Featuring examples and stories, What Every New Manager Needs to Know shows newly appointed managers how to think outside the cubicle and excel in their new roles.

About the Author:
Gerard H. (Gus) Gaynor (Minneapolis, MN) has more than 45 years' experience as a manager, including 24 years at 3M. He is the author of Innovation by Design.

Critical Marketing or Managing Risk

Critical Marketing: Issues in Contemporary Marketing

Author: Douglas Brownli

Focusing on a new and developing field, this text provides an overview of the development of marketing thought and the emergence of critical marketing. It covers a range of topics important to a critical marketing or contemporary issues in marketing course, including a number of topics (e.g. postcolonialism and marketing) previously not examined in detail in marketing.     

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1 Critical Marketing: A Limit Attitude Mark Tadajewski Tadajewski, Mark Douglas Brownlie Brownlie, Douglas 1

Ch. 2 Rethinking the Development of Marketing Mark Tadajewski Tadajewski, Mark Douglas Brownlie Brownlie, Douglas 19

Ch. 3 Prejudice V. Marketing? An Examination of some Historical Sources Donald F. Dixon Dixon, Donald F. 33

Ch. 4 Early Development of the Philosophy of Marketing Thought D. G. Brian Jones Jones, D. G. Brian David D. Monieson Monieson, David D. 45

Ch. 5 Consumer Sovereignty, Democracy, and the Marketing Concept: A Macromarketing Perspective Donald F. Dixon Dixon, Donald F. 67

Ch. 6 Critical Reflections on Consumer Research Mark Tadajewski Tadajewski, Mark Douglas Brownlie Brownlie, Douglas 85

Ch. 7 Remembering Motivation Research: Toward an Alternative Genealogy of Interpretive Consumer Research Mark Tadajewski Tadajewski, Mark 91

Ch. 8 Evolution, Biology and Consumer Research: What Darwin Knew that We've Forgotten Elizabeth C. Hirschman Hirschman, Elizabeth C. 131

Ch. 9 Ethnopsychology: A Return to Reason in Consumer Behaviour John O'Shaughnessy O'Shaughnessy, John 157

Ch. 10 Marketing and Society Mark Tadajewski Tadajewski, Mark Douglas Brownlie Brownlie, Douglas 183

Ch. 11 Marketing, the Consumer Society and Hedonism John O'Shaughnessy O'Shaughnessy, John Nicholas Jackson O'Shaughnessy O'Shaughnessy, Nicholas Jackson 187

Ch. 12 Antiglobal Challenges to Marketing in Developing Countries: Exploring the Ideological Divide Terrence H. Witkowski Witkowski, Terrence H. 211

Ch. 13 On Negotiating the Market? Mark Tadajewski Tadajewski, Mark Douglas Brownlie Brownlie, Douglas 245

Ch. 14 Sustainable Marketing Ynte K. vanDam van Dam, Ynte K. Paul A. C. Apeldoorn Apeldoorn, Paul A. C. 253

Ch. 15 An Ecofeminist Analysis of Environmentally Sensitive Women Using Qualitative Methodology: The Emancipatory Potential of an Ecological Life Susan Dobscha Dobscha, Susan Julie L. Ozanne Ozanne, Julie L. 271

Ch. 16 Past Postmodernism? Mark Tadajewski Tadajewski, Mark Douglas Brownlie Brownlie, Douglas 301

Ch. 17 Introspection as Critical Marketing Thought, Critical Marketing Thought as Introspection Stephen J. Gould Gould, Stephen J. 311

Ch. 18 The Function of Cultural Studies in Marketing: A New Administrative Science? Adam Arvidsson Arvidsson, Adam 329

Ch. 19 Thinking through Theory: Materialising the Oppositional Imagination Pauline Maclaran Maclaran, Pauline Lorna Stevens Stevens, Lorna 345

Ch. 20 Postcolonialism and Marketing Gavin Jack Jack, Gavin 363

Index 385

Interesting textbook: Eat A Bug Cookbook or Cod

Managing Risk: Methods for Software Systems Development

Author: Elaine M Hall

Risk is inherent in the development of any large software system. A common approach to risk in software development is to ignore it and hope that no serious problems occur. Leading software companies use quantitative risk management methods as a more useful approach to achieve success.

Written for busy professionals charged with delivering high-quality products on time and within budget, Managing Risk is a comprehensive guide that describes a success formula for managing software risk. The book is divided into five parts that describe a risk management road map designed to take you from crisis to control of your software project.

Highlights include: Six disciplines for managing product development. Steps to predictable risk-management process results. How to establish the infrastructure for a risk-aware culture. Methods for the implementation of a risk management plan. Case studies of people in crisis-and in control.

Booknews

Describes a success formula for managing software risk, allowing companies to more easily deliver high-quality software on time and within budget. Details six disciplines for managing product development, outlines steps to predictable risk management process results, and shows how to establish the infrastructure for a risk- aware corporate culture. Presents methods for the implementation of a risk management plan, and provides five case studies. Includes a glossary and chapter discussion questions.

Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Pigs Profits and Rural Communities or Federal Taxation

Pigs, Profits, and Rural Communities

Author: Kendall M Thu

This book illuminates the processes and consequences of agricultural industrialization, particularly within the swine production industry, for the social, economic, human, environmental, and political health of the rural United States. Contributors come from widely divergent backgrounds including a former U.S. senator, farmers, a veterinarian, a medical psychologist, an agricultural economist, a biological ecologist, a farm organization president, and anthropologists. Set within the theoretical framework of Walter Goldschmidt's research on the community consequences of industrialized food production, these contributions show that the increasing divergence of ownership has real human costs that continue to be ignored by economic developers and policymakers.

Booknews

Focuses on swine production to illuminate the processes of agricultural industrialization as a whole and its consequences for the social, economic, human, environmental, and political health of the rural US. Politicians, farmers, a veterinarian, a medical psychologist, an agricultural economist, a biological ecologist, a farm organization president, and anthropologists contribute their perspectives within the framework of Walter Goldschmidt's research on food production. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book about: Nobility and Civility or Degrees of Freedom

Federal Taxation: with TurboTax Basic and TurboTax Business

Author: James W Pratt

For over 20 years the Pratt & Kulsrud Taxation series has provided educators, students, and professionals alike with an engaging and clear presentation and examples of tax law. The series has consistently held to the principle that the key to learning taxation is an understanding of the underlying purpose for each and every rule. For this reason, the authors and editors have made a concerted effort to provide the background, both a conceptual and historical foundation, which they feel is essential to understanding. This edition continues the tradition of excellence with timely updates reflecting the latest in tax laws, integration of TurboTax®, and rich online resources for instructors. To offer maximum flexibility in your course, the text not only focuses on Federal income taxation of individuals, but also covers additional topics such as the income taxation of regular corporations and shareholders, Federal estate and gift taxation, and the income taxation of estates, trusts, and beneficiaries and the major aspects of family tax planning.

Table of Contents:

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO THE FEDERAL TAX SYSTEM 1. An Overview of Federal Taxation 2. Tax Practice and Research 3. Taxable Entities, Tax Formula, Introduction to Property Transactions Personal and Dependency Exemptions; Filing Status; Determination of 4. Tax for an Individual; Filing Requirements PART II: GROSS INCOME 5. Gross Income 6. Gross Income: Inclusions and Exclusions PART III: DEDUCTIONS AND LOSSES 7. Overview of Deductions and Losses 8. Employee Business Expenses 9. Capital Recovery: Depreciation, Amortization, and Depletion 10. Certain Business Deductions and Losses 11. Itemized Deductions 12. Deductions for Certain Investment Expenses and Losses PART IV: ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX AND TAX CREDITS 13. The Alternative Minimum Tax and Tax Credits PART V: PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS 14. Property Transactions: Basis Determination and Recognition of Gain or Loss 15. Nontaxable Exchanges 16. Property Transactions: Capital Gains and Losses 17. Property Transactions: Disposition of Trade or Business Property PART VI: EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND TAXATION OF BUSINESS FORMS 18. Employee Compensation and Retirement Plans PART VII: CORPORATE TAXATION 19. Corporations: Formation and Operation 20. Corporate Distributions, Redemptions, and Liquidations 21. Taxation of Corporate Accumulations PART VIII: FLOW-THROUGH ENTITIES 22. Taxation of Partnerships and Partners 23. S Corporations PART IX: FAMILY TAX PLANNING 24. The Federal Transfer Taxes 25. Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts 26. Family Tax Planning APPENDIX A. Tax Rate Schedules and Tables B. Tax Forms

Racial Identity Theory or Becoming a Public Relations Writer

Racial Identity Theory: Applications to Individual, Group, and Organizational Interventions

Author: Chalmer E E Thompson

This volume extends the theoretical work on Racial Identity Development to application in a variety of settings with both individuals and groups. For multiculturalists, counselors, and clinicians at all levels.

Read also Food in the Movies or Best of Bloodroot

Becoming a Public Relations Writer: A Writing Process Workbook for the Profession

Author: Ronald D Smith

Using no-nonsense language, realistic examples, easy-to-follow steps and practical exercises, this book guides students through various types of public relations writing. A focus on ethical and legal issues is woven throughout, with examples and exercises that deal with public relations as practiced by corporations, non-profit agencies, and other types of organizations large and small. In addition, the book addresses the most comprehensive list of public relations writing formats to be found anywhere--from old standbys like news releases to electronic mail and other opportunities in new technologies.

Laying the foundation for an integrated approach that touches on public relations advertising and direct mail, this second edition is divided into four parts. Part I deals with principles of effective writing useful in all disciplines. Part II focuses on news as the bridge an organization can build to its various publics. Part III takes you through a variety of writing formats and environments that provide an internal or controlled approach. Part IV is the wrap up that pulls together the various writing styles presented in this book as part of an integrated communication package.

Becoming a Public Relations Writer is a different kind of textbook for college and university students. It provides writing instruction for people preparing to enter the profession and guides students with models and step-by-step patterns designed to increase competence and build confidence in students on their way to becoming public relations writers.

The Mismatched Worker or Practical Guide to Experimental Design

The Mismatched Worker

Author: Arne Kalleberg

In this provocative new study of American workers, sociologist Arne Kalleberg examines the consequences of "mismatched" workers or the lack of fit between people and their jobs. Most people now expect their paid work to be broadly fulfilling and enable them to satisfy the need for challenging work, meaningful relationships, and financial success. Kalleberg shows how these expanding expectations of work are leading to a growing number of mismatches between employees and their jobs. Each chapter frames a different type of mismatch and describes how the poor fit between individuals and their employers have negative consequences for workers and their families. In addition to giving readers a fresh way to think about how people work, The Mismatched Worker also suggests social polices and strategies that might alleviate worker dissatisfaction and simultaneously make organizations more efficient.

Books about: Food Service Management by Checklist or Financial Accounting

Practical Guide to Experimental Design

Author: Normand L L Frigon

Over the last decade, Design of Experiments (DOE) has become established as a prime analytical and forecasting method with a vital role to play in product and process improvement. Now Practical Guide to Experimental Design lets you put this high-level statistical technique to work in your field, whether you are in the manufacturing or services sector.

This accessible book equips you with all of the basic technical and managerial skills you need to develop, execute, and evaluate designed experiments effectively. You will develop a solid grounding in the statistical underpinnings of DOE, including distributions, analysis of variance, and more. You will also gain a firm grasp of full and fractional factorial techniques, the use of DOE in fault isolation and failure analysis, and the application of individual DOE methods within an integrated system. Each procedure is clearly illustrated one step at a time with the help of simplified notation and easy-to-understand spreadsheets. The book's real-world approach is reinforced throughout by case studies, examples, and exercises taken from a broad cross section of business applications.

Practical Guide to Experimental Design is a valuable competitive asset for engineers, scientists, and decision-makers in many industries, as well as an important resource for researchers and advanced students.

This hands-on guide offers complete, down-to-earth coverage of Design of Experiments (DOE) basics, providing you with the technical and managerial tools you need to put this powerful technique into action to help you achieve your quality improvement objectives. Using a clear, step-by-step approach, Practical Guide toExperimental Design shows you how to develop, perform, and analyze designed experiments. The book features:
* Accessible coverage of statistical concepts, including data acquisition, reporting of results, sampling and other distributions, and more
* A complete range of analytical procedures - analysis of variance, full and fractional factorial DOE, and the role of DOE in fault isolation and failure analysis
* In-depth case studies, examples, and exercises covering a range of different uses of DOE
* Broad applications across manufacturing, service, administrative, and other business sectors

No matter what your field, Practical Guide to Experimental Design provides you with the "on-the-ground" assistance necessary to transform DOE theory into practice - the ideal guide for engineers, scientists, researchers, and advanced students.

Booknews

An accessible introduction to the basic technical and managerial skills needed to develop, execute, and evaluate designed experiments effectively using the Design of Experiments (DOE) model. Intended for engineers, scientists, and managers, the volume covers the theory, basic statistical concepts, statistical tests, analysis of variance, full factorial and fractional factorial experiments, nonparametric tests, fault isolation and failure analysis, DOE applications and industrial processes, and other DOE applications. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Introduction: Getting Started	1
2	Basic Concepts in Statistics	39
3	Statistical Tests	75
4	Analysis Of Variance	93
5	Full Factorial Experiments	137
6	Fractional Factorial Experiments	163
7	Nonparametric Tests	199
8	Fault Isolation and Failure Analysis	211
9	DOE Applications to Industrial Processes	237
10	Other DOE Applications	265
	App. A: Statistical Tables	281
	App. B: Statistical Software	327
	Bibliography	337
	Index	339

International Financial History in the Twentieth Century or Trade Warriors

International Financial History in the Twentieth Century: System and Anarchy

Author: Marc Flandreau

The essays in this book examine the long history of the international financial system in terms of the current debate about globalization and its limits. In the nineteenth century, international markets existed without international institutions. In the interwar years, attempts (largely unsuccessful) at designing a genuine international trade and monetary system were made at the same time (coincidentally) that the system collapsed. In the post-1945 era, the intended design effort was infinitely more successful. The development of large international capital markets since the 1960s, however, increasingly frustrated attempts at international control.

Table of Contents:

	Contributors
	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	Caveat Emptor: Coping with Sovereign Risk Under the International Gold Standard, 1871-1913	17
2	Conduits for Long-Term Foreign Investment in the Gold Standard Era	51
3	The Gold-Exchange Standard: A Reinterpretation	77
4	The Bank of France and the Gold Standard, 1914-1928	95
5	Keyne's Road to Bretton Woods: An Essay in Interpretation	125
6	Bretton Woods and the European Neutrals, 1944-1973	153
7	The 1948 Monetary Reform in Western Germany	169
8	The Burden of Power: Military Aspects of International Financial Relations During the Long 1950s	197
9	Denationalizing Money? Economic Liberalism and the "National Question" in Currency Affairs	213
10	International Financial Institutions and National Economic Governance: Aspects of the New Adjustment Agenda in Historical Perspective	239
	Index	265

Book about: Dont Try This at Home or Classic French Cooking

Trade Warriors: States, Firms, and Strategic-Trade Policy in High-Technology Competition

Author: Marc L Busch

In such areas as civil aircraft, semiconductors, high definition television, robotics, and superconductors, states are subsidizing their national champions and competing for market share in the "industries of tomorrow." This book explains why states intervene and (or) retaliate in some high technology industries, but not in others, and how these commercial rivalries are likely to unfold. Dr. Busch argues that states subsidize national champions in industries promising externalities for domestic industries, spend more on subsidies where these benefits do not escape national borders, and are more likely to bring these commercial rivalries back from the brink of a trade war where these subsidies leave both states worse off.

Consuming Motherhood or Dilemmas of International Trade

Consuming Motherhood

Author: Janelle S Ed Taylor

"An intellectually courageous, fresh, and timely collection of essays . . . .This cutting edge volume breathes new life into reproduction studies." -Lynn M. Morgan, Mount Holyoke College

"Brings together well-known and accomplished scholars to reveal and analyze the complexities of the collision between motherhood and consumption . . . . a well-integrated and surprisingly original volume." -Sarah Franklin, author of Embodied Progress: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception

Consuming Motherhood addresses the provocative question of how motherhood and consumption-as ideologies and as patterns of social action-mutually shape and constitute each other in contemporary North American and European social life. Ideologically, motherhood and consumption are often constructed in opposition to each other, with motherhood standing in as a naturalized social relation that is thought to be uniquely free of the calculating instrumentality that dominates commercial relations. Yet, in social life, motherhood and consumption are inseparable. Whether shopping for children's clothing or childbirth services, or making decisions about adopting children, becoming a mother (and maternal practice more generally) is deeply influenced by consumption. How can the relationship between motherhood and consumption be revealed, and critically analyzed? Consuming Motherhood brings together a group of sociologists, anthropologists, and religious studies scholars to address this question through carefully grounded ethnographic studies. This insightful book reveals how mothers negotiate the contradictory forces that position them as both immune from and the target of consumerist tendencies in contemporary globalsociety.

Janelle S. Taylor is an assistant professor at the University of Washington. Linda L. Layne is Hale Professor of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Danielle F. Wozniak is a research scientist and adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut.

Interesting book: The Opposable Mind or The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Dilemmas of International Trade, Vol. 2

Author: Bruce Moon

In the post–Cold War world, trade is the new arena for competition—between nations, between groups, between ethical and theoretical ideas. Political economist Bruce Moon puts contemporary trade events—NAFTA, United States–Japan controversies, the Uruguay Round of GATT, China’s Most Favored Nation status, the founding of the World Trade Organization—into historical and theoretical perspective with the British Corn Laws, the Great Depression, the Bretton Woods system, and the origins of the European Union. Economic theory, terms, and concepts are clearly explained and contextualized with those from international relations.Throughout the book, three central dilemmas are examined: the unequal distribution of income and wealth created by international trade, the tradeoff among competing values that trade requires, and the difficult interrelationship between economic and foreign policy goals within and among trading nations. Though internationally framed, each dilemma has ramifications at a variety of levels all the way down to the individual’s role in the global economy—as a consumer, as a citizen, and ultimately as a moral agent.

Booknews

First published by the Siberian branch of Nauka in 1983, used as a standard textbook at the University of Novosibirsk, and here translated and revised from the 1995 second edition. A concise guide to some of the basic aspects of modern functional analysis, providing complete proofs for over 100 famous named theorems. The second edition includes new sections on the Schwartz spaces of distributions, Radon measures, and supplementary theoretical exercises and problems. Other topics include Banach and Hilbert spaces, multinormal and uniform spaces, and the Riesz-Dunford holomorphic functional calculus. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	List of Tables and Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	List of Acronyms
1	Trade and Trade Issues	1
2	The Theoretical and Historical Origins of Trade Issues	23
3	The Politics of Protectionism	53
4	The International Politics of Trade	71
5	Neomercantilism and Bilateral Trade Issues	93
6	Regional Integration	123
7	Looking Ahead	149
	Discussion Questions	159
	Notes	161
	Suggested Readings	175
	Glossary	177
	About the Book and Author	185
	Books in This Series	187
	Index	189

HIPAA Rx or English for Careers

HIPAA Rx

Author: LearnSomethingcom Staff

A complete pharmacy HIPAA training solution that combines expert, job-specific information, this CD-ROM offers customized organizational policies and procedures (P&Ps) and a mechanism that builds in proof of participation. The flexible online or CD-ROM format allows pharmacies to distribute and track training quickly across widespread audiences. The CD-ROM provides corporate branding, custom training, policies and procedures, automatic tracking of employee participation, and information about managing of turnover, new hires, and employee transfers. A valuable resource for pharmacists and technicians, cashiers, and managers and administrators.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Fouad N Ghannam, PharmD (Temple University School of Pharmacy)
Description: This CD-ROM offers in-depth information on the privacy rule, pharmacy responsibilities, corporate responsibilities, and employee responsibilities under HIPAA.
Purpose: The purpose of presenting the material in this format is to identify key concepts and highlight the basic information about the privacy rule in order to improve understanding of the process. These are worthy objectives because understanding the HIPAA rules is a critical path in protecting the patient's privacy. The CD-ROM meets its objectives and is a useful tool that helps in understanding the responsibilities attached to this act.
Audience: This program can be used by pharmacy students and professionals, healthcare providers, and corporations.
Features: The program covers the privacy rule, pharmacy responsibilities, corporate responsibilities, and employee responsibilities under HIPAA. This presentation is effective, informative, and focused. It invites readers to self check their comprehension level via a set of questions that reflect the main points and ideas of the privacy rule. The CD-ROM is easy to install and has good documentation. The program has a unique and effective delivery system that makes the complicated subject easy to deal with.
Assessment: This is a high quality product, and one that is necessary to protect patients' privacy, for healthcare providers and all individuals who are involved in patient care.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

New interesting book: Raw or Family Caregivers Guide

English for Careers: Business, Professional, and Technical

Author: Leila Smith

Designed to keep pace with current workplace needs and the emerging 21st century culture, this book offers a lively, accessible, and user-friendly alternative for the many (including those with poor English skills) who dread the thought of barebones traditional grammar and communication instruction and its overkill of rules.

Table of Contents:

	Dear Student	xi
	Pretest	xv
	About the Author	xvii
	Acknowledgments	xix
1	Tools of the Trade: Parts of Speech	1
1	Who or What	2
2	Doing, Having, Being, and Helping	7
3	The Modifiers	10
4	The Connectors	14
5	Versatile Tools	19
6	Dictionary Data	20
2	Secret Life of a Sentence Revealed: Fragments, Run-Ons, Comma Splices, Correct Sentences	26
7	Identity, Action, Independence	27
8	Fragments, Anyone?	31
9	Capital Punishment	34
10	Three Important Connections	36
11	Making More Connections	41
12	Full Stops Ahead	44
3	Ain't is in the Dictionary: Dictionary Use in the 21st Century	49
13	All Shapes and Sizes	51
14	Misspellers Anonymous	55
15	Cracking the Code	59
16	An Owner's Manual	62
4	Apples, Tigers, and Swahili: Plural, Compound, Proper, and Inclusive Nouns	70
17	Safety in Numbers	71
18	The Eccentric S	74
19	Plurals Out of Uniform	76
20	Compounds and Propers	78
21	Banishing Bias from Business English	82
22	Vocabulary Building	87
5	Be Kind to the Substitute Week: Pronouns	93
23	Just Between You and Me	94
24	Me, Myself, and I	98
25	A Tale of a Lizard's Tail	101
26	A Whodunit	102
27	Everybody Needs Milk	106
28	A Gaggle of Geese	110
6	Looking for the Action?: Then Find the Verbs!	117
29	Timely Tips	119
30	Delinquent Verbs	122
31	Dictionary Data	125
32	Identifying Subjects and Verbs	127
33	Making the Subject and Verb Agree	130
34	If I Were a Millionaire	134
35	A Swarm of Bees	135
7	Words That Describe: Adjectives and Adverbs	142
36	Pointers for Pointers	143
37	Three Little Words	145
38	I Don't Want No Broccoli	147
39	Good, Gooder, Goodest??	149
40	To Ly or Not To Ly, That Is the Question	152
41	More Shakespeare/More Comparisons	154
8	The Taming of the Apostrophe: Possessives and Other Apostrophe Usage	163
42	The Ubiquitous S	164
43	Before or After?	167
44	More Apostrophes	171
9	The Pause That Refreshes: , . ! ?	179
45	Wine, Women, and Song	180
46	For Adjectives Only	181
47	Independents' Day	183
48	Curtain Raisers	184
49	Four Easy Commas	187
50	A Comma Medley	189
51	To Comma or Not To Comma	191
52	Uncommon Commas	194
53	In Conclusion . ! ?	195
10	Punctuation Potpourri: (, . ! ? ; : " - ' -- __)	202
54	The Halfway Mark ;	203
55	An Easy Mark :	206
56	Plagiarism's Enemy "	208
57	Half a Dash -	210
58	Wild Apostrophes '	214
59	Good Marksmanship--()	216
11	A Business Dictionary: Specialized Business Vocabulary	222
60	Account Executive Through Byte	223
61	Certificate of Deposit Through Exchange Rate	225
62	Exemption Through Markup	227
63	Merit Rating Through Power of Attorney	229
64	Promissory Note Through WYSIWIG	231
65	Spelling and Pronunciation for Mavens	233
12	Weather or Knot: Homonyms, Prepositions, Pronunciation	241
66	Confusing Pears	242
67	An Apple Has a Peel	245
68	Lettuce Devise a Device	248
69	Bee Quite Quiet	251
70	Do's and Don'ts for Prepositions	253
71	Let's Talk Business	255
13	Sentence Power: Writing Great Sentences	262
72	Secret Review	263
73	TLC for Pronouns	268
74	Ladies with Concrete Heads and Parallel Parts	272
75	The Beeline	275
76	Don't Let Your Verbals Dangle in Public	278
14	Sincerely Yours: Workplace Writing	286
77	Looking Good	287
78	Choosing the Right Parts for the Right Places	291
79	Producing Written Communications	297
80	Sounding Good	306
81	Writing for Multimedia	310
	Appendixes
A	Pop Quizzes	317
B	Spelling and Vocabulary for Careers	343
C	Final Rehearsal	346
D	Mini Reference Manual--Read and Replay	350
E	Recap and Replay Answers	364
	Index	399

Globalization or Introduction to Private Security

Globalization: The Transformation of Social Worlds

Author: D Stanley Eitzen

This popular and thought-provoking reader collects 42 interesting and highly relevant articles that explore the process of globalization and how it shapes societies and groups. Particular focus is placed on the United States, its role in the globalization process, and whether the effects of globalization can be viewed as beneficial or harmful to society. The articles, which reflect a wide variety of concerns and perspectives, are drawn from both scholarly and popular sources.

Table of Contents:

1. INTRODUCTION, D. Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca Zinn. 2. DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION. Anthony Giddens, "Globalization." Thomas L. Friedman, "The World Is Flat". Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith, "Globalization and Its Specter". Susan F. Martin, "Heavy Traffic: International Migration in an Era of Globalization". D. Stanley Eitzen, "Dimensions of Globalization". 3. DEBATING GLOBALIZATION. Pankaj Ghemawat, "Why the World Isn't Flat". Murray Weidenbaum, "Globalization: Wonder Land or Waste Land?" Christian Weller and Adam Hersh, "Free Markets and Poverty". Jeff Faux, "Nafta at 10: Where Do We Go From Here". 4. ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION. Dollars & Sense Collective, "ABCs of the Global Economy". David Moberg, "Maytag Moves to Mexico". Jesse Gordon and Knickerbocker, "The Sweat Behind the Shirt". Anibel Ferus-Comelo, "Double Jeopardy: Gender and Migration in Electronics Manufacturing". William Robinson, "Globalization and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights in the United States". Joseph E. Stiglitz, "Making Globalization Work: The Multinational Corporation". 5. POLITICAL GLOBALIZATION. Joseph E. Stiglitz, "Globalism's Discontents". Peter Singer, "Navigating the Ethics of Globalization". Tina Rosenberg, "Why Mexico's Small Corn Farmers Go Hungry". Jonathan Fox, "Binational Citizens: Mexican Migrants are Challenging Old Ideas about Assimilation". 6. CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION. Manfred B. Steger, "Global Culture: Sameness or Difference?". Leon Fink, "The Place of Community in Globalization". Katharine Ainger, "Empires of the Senseless: The Media Don't Just Promote Globalization -- They're an Integral Part of the Process". 7. THE RESTRUCTURING OF SOCIALINSTITUTIONS AND SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTS: GENDER, FAMILIES, AND RELATIONSHIPS. Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild, "Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy". Rhacel Parrenas, "The Care Crisis in the Philippines: Children and Transnational Families in the New Global Economy". Saskia Sassen, "Global Cities and Survival Circuits". R. W. Connell, "Global Masculinities". 8. THE GLOBALIZATION OF TERROR. Amy Chua, "Globalizing Hate". Sajid Huq, "The Car-Bomb: Terror's Globalization". Edward S. Herman and David Peterson, "The Threat of Global State Terrorism". 9. THE GLOBALIZATION OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS. Ira Sager, Ben Elgin, Peter Elstrom, Faith Keenan, and Pallavi Gogoi, "The Underground Web: Drugs, Gambling, Terrorism, Child Pornography. How the Internet Makes Any Activity More Accessible than Ever". Mark Schapiro, "Big Tobacco: Uncovering the Industry's Multibillion-Dollar Global Smuggling Network". Lucy Komisar, "Explosive Revelations". Nicholas Stein, "No Way Out". Andrew Cockburn, "21st Century Slaves". Kit Batten, Kari Manlove, and Nat Gryll, "Climate Refugees: Global Warming Will Spur Migration". Dick Field, "Global Warming: Population Transfers Ignored". 10. CHANGING GLOBAL STRUCTURES: RESISTANCE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith, "Globalization from Below" and "The Power of Social Movements". Manning Marabel, "Globalization and Racialization". David Bacon, "Hunger on the Border: An Interview with Julia Quinones". Bhumika Muchhala, "Students Against Sweatshops". Brian Halwell, "The Rise of Food Democracy". Radhika Gajjala and Annapurna Mamidepudi, "Cyberfeminism Technology and International Development".

Books about: Betty Crocker PocketChef Appetizers or Candy Christmass Christmas Collection

Introduction to Private Security

Author: Karen M Hess

INTRODUCTION TO PRIVATE SECURITY, Fifth Edition, provides a comprehensive, accessible, state-of-the-art overview of private security, its principles, its legal authority, its growing role in the criminal justice system, and its impact on society. Newly updated with expanded coverage of important current issues such as IT security, terrorism, homeland security, and security management, this best-selling text has also been streamlined and redesigned with a more manageable, appealing, and flexible format. Hess's thoroughly engaging writing style and the clear, compelling organization of the text help make even complex course material interesting and accessible, while preparing you for success as a professional in a dynamic and exciting field.

Management Accounting or Marketing Strategy

Management Accounting

Author: Don R Hansen

Prepare your students to perform at their best with the latest streamlined and reorganized edition of this innovative managerial accounting text. Hansen/Mowen's MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING, 8E reflects the latest developments in managerial accounting today with a strong decision-making approach that integrates unmatched coverage of contemporary topics, such as strategic cost analysis, ABC, and quality cost management, with traditional coverage of issues such as job order and process costing. Unique, full chapters on environmental accounting and lean accounting further highlight cutting-edge concepts. A wealth of actual business examples throughout this edition include more service-oriented situations to mirror the shift toward the service industry in the economy today. A new emphasis on ethics prepares students for CPA and CMA exams. You'll find more variety and stronger end-of-chapter problems and exercises that correspond directly to AACSB and CMA standards to ensure student understanding in these important areas. A new, outcomes-driven ThomsonNOW? online teaching and learning system saves you time and offers the ultimate flexibility in planning, managing, and grading your course with personalized learning paths to ensure stronger student performance and ongoing satisfaction with your managerial accounting course.

Go to: Perfect Mix or Art of American Indian Cooking

Marketing Strategy

Author: O C Ferrell

Marketing Strategy is presented from a perspective that guides strategic marketing management in the social, economic, and technological arenas in which businesses function today. This text helps to develop a customer-oriented market strategy and market plan.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Marketing in the new economy	1
Ch. 2	Strategic marketing planning	22
Ch. 3	Situation analysis : collecting and analyzing marketing information	46
Ch. 4	SWOT analysis : a framework for developing marketing strategy	73
Ch. 5	Managing customer relationships	100
Ch. 6	Market segmentation, target marketing, and positioning	134
Ch. 7	Product strategy	160
Ch. 8	Pricing strategy	187
Ch. 9	Distribution and supply chain management	214
Ch. 10	Integrated marketing communications	234
Ch. 11	Marketing implementation and control	257
Ch. 12	Marketing ethics and social responsibility	292
App. A	Marketing plan worksheets	547
App. B	Example marketing plans	561
	Endnotes	597
	Company and brand index	609
	Name index	617
	Subject index	619

Evaluating Employee Performance or Cpr For Nonprofits

Evaluating Employee Performance: A Practical Guide to Assessing Performance

Author: Paul J J Jerom

Plan for optimum performance.

Table of Contents:

1	Introduction	1
	Why Read This Guidebook?
	Who Should Read This Guidebook?
	When And How To Use It
	Why A Second Edition?
2	The Big Picture	5
	The Performance Management Cycle
	The Real Purpose Of Performance Evaluation
	Types Of Performance Evaluation
	The Tremendous Benefits To Gain
	Forms (And Formalities)
	The Performance Evaluation Model
3	Collect And Select	21
	Gather Information From As Many Resources As Necessary
	Brainstorm Descriptions Of Performance
	Choose Substantive Data To Record
4	Describe And Document	37
	Describe Performance With "The Write Stuff"
	Connect Behaviors, Impacts, And Examples Following "The 2.5 Rule"
	Fit Descriptions Into Your Form
5	Develop And Review	59
	Identify Opportunities For Employee Growth
	Draft Employee Development Profiles To Enhance Performance
	Seek Support From Your Organization
6	Conduct And Summarize	77
	Create A Comfortable Environment
	Share Highlights To Build Understanding And Appreciation
	Finalize Commitments And Collaborate Toward Mutual Goals
7	Corrective Actions	91
	Administer Progressive Performance Counseling
	Consider A Standard Process For Corrective Action
8	Summary	103
Appendix	Reference Material And Reproducible Forms	105

Interesting book: Supervision and Training or Corporate Compliance in Home Health

Cpr For Nonprofits

Author: Reiss

In this innovative, practical guide, Alvin H. Reiss shows how dozens of organizations have developed creative strategies for tackling the real-life fundraising, marketing, and management challenges that nonprofits face every day.
In an easy-to-follow format, Reiss introduces a real Challenge faced by a nonprofit, guides readers through the steps the organization took in developing a Plan to meet the challenge, and then presents the Result of the organization's plan. The book offers accessible, adaptable strategies for dealing with a broad spectrum of nonprofit concerns, such as increasing attAndance at special events, stepping up board involvement in fundraising, and handling negative press. Throughout the book, Reiss poses the practical questions readers need to answer in order to apply the case study strategies to their own organizations' experience.

VBA for Modelers or Practical Management Science

VBA for Modelers: Developing Decision Support Systems Using Microsoft Excel

Author: S Christian Albright

This handbook helps students learn to use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA - a programming environment within Microsoft® Office) as a means to automate methods and models and create special applications. With VBA, sophisticated management science techniques work behind a simple and nice interface. Gaining valuable experience, students will develop applications that are user friendly and tailored to a specific problem while the "number crunching" takes place behind the scenes of Microsoft® Excel.
This book is for professional models or to complement a course in Management Science, or Operations Research thta includes survey of optimization, decision analysis, simulation, and other mathematical methods applied to business.

Booknews

This book/CD-ROM package shows professionals and students how to develop customized decision support systems for business problems using Microsoft Excel's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Early chapters cover basics of VBA, including general programing concepts, building dialog boxes, and debugging. Later chapters explain how VBA and Excel can be used to create specific decision support applications for problems in employee scheduling, transportation logistics, capital budgeting, pricing American and European options, and portfolio optimization. The CD-ROM contains exercise files. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Pt. I	VBA Fundamentals	1
1	Introduction to VBA Development in Excel	3
2	The Excel Object Model	7
3	The Visual Basic Editor	13
4	Getting Started with VBA	27
5	Recording Macros	49
6	Working with Ranges	63
7	Control Logic and Loops	81
8	Working with Other Excel Objects	107
9	Arrays	125
10	More on Variables and Subroutines	147
11	Working with the Solver Add-In in VBA	171
12	User Forms	187
13	Debugging and Error Handling	213
Pt. II	VBA Applications for Management Science	227
14	Basic Ideas for Application Development with VBA	229
15	A Blending Application	253
16	A Product Mix Application	271
17	An Employee Scheduling Application	291
18	A Production Scheduling Application	307
19	A Minimum-Cost Network Flow Application	333
20	A Stock Trading Simulation	353
21	A Capital Budgeting Application	367
22	An Application for Estimating the Relationship Between Two Variables	381
23	An Exponential Utility Application	395
24	Simulation of a Multiserver Queue	409
25	An Application for Pricing European and American Options	427
26	An Application for Finding Betas of Stocks	447
27	A Portfolio Optimization Application	465
28	A Data Envelopment Analysis Application	489
29	An AHP Application for Choosing a Job	509
30	A Poker Simulation	533
	Index	545

New interesting textbook: Food for Life or Reiki Energy Medicine Bringing the Healing Touch into Home Hospital and Hospice

Practical Management Science: Spreadsheet Modeling and Applications

Author: Wayne L Winston

Practical Management Science by Wayne Winston and Chris Albright teaches you by example to formulate and solve real problems from finance, marketing, and operations with a spreadsheet. This new spreadsheet modeling approach gives you a powerful set of analytical thinking tools that you can apply not only to your major area of study but ultimately to your professional career. Spreadsheet modeling and management science provide you with the ability to quantify complex problems and clearly illustrate optimum business decisions. Mastering the concepts introduced in this book will give you deeper insights into your field of study and key advantages in the workplace.

Booknews

The textbook provides a spreadsheet-based, example-driven approach to management science that integrates modeling with finance, marketing and operations management. The second edition adds an introductory chapter on the basics of Excel modeling. The CD-ROM contains Premium Solver, SolverTable, and the DecisionTools Suite. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Capitalism vs Capitalism or Quantum Investing

Capitalism vs. Capitalism: How America's Obsession with Individual Achievement and Short-Term Profit Has Led It to the Brink of Collapse

Author: Michel Albert

The author believes two approaches are currently used in defining the economic policy of a nation: a Rhine model which emphasizes collective achievement and public consensus, and a supply-side model based on individual achievement and short-term profits. Favoring the Rhine approach, he urges the adoption of specific policy changes by the US and other governments, which he believes will lead to a more balanced economy and society.

Library Journal

In the new world order, where capitalism reigns supreme, who will reign over capitalism: the United States? Germany? Japan? French businessman Albert identifies two variants of capitalism now at odds with each other. The Anglo-American model is characterized by individual gain and laissez-faire government. The Rhine model (followed by Germany and, in some respects, Japan) is a kinder, gentler capitalism in which long-term success of the entire society is paramount. Originally published in France in 1991, this book cannot take into account recent shake-ups in each system, but Albert's case is still significant. This topic will be debated in academia and industry into the next century. Recommended for business collections.-- Kris Swank, American Graduate Sch. of International Management Lib., Glendale, Ariz.

New interesting book: Flexible Work Arrangements or Handheld Computers for Chefs

Quantum Investing: Quantum Physics, Nanotechnology, and the Future of the Stock Market

Author: Stephen Wait

Quantum Investing is a book about today's ascendant quantum-physics-based industries, such as communications, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. Author Stephen Waite makes clear why these areas are the most important investment opportunities today and how these industries will have a profound impact on our economy. "Waite nails the big ideas that will create the next revolution. Don't leave the 20th Century without it."—Christopher Meyer, Director, The Cap Gemini Center for Business Innovation

Table of Contents:

Foreword Preface Introduction 1.The Ascending Quantum Economy 2.The Fifth Wave 3.Convergence Ahead 4.Fast Forward 5.Invisible Wealth 6.Pagels' Prophesy 7.Nature's Patterns Conclusion Afterword
Appendix: Quantum Science and Technology Milestones
Appendix B: Glossary References Index

Risk Communication and Public Health or The Antitrust Revolution

Risk Communication and Public Health

Author: Peter Bennett

Controversies about risk to public health regularly hit the news, whether about food safety, environmental issues, medical interventions, or "lifestyle" risks such as drinking. To those trying to manage or regulate risks, public reactions sometimes seem bizarre. To the public, the behaviour of those supposedly "in charge" can seem no less odd. Trust is currently at a premium. This new paperback edition of Risk Communication and Public Health brings together a wide variety of perspectives on risk communication, from the health professions, academia, campaigning organizations, government and its advisory committees, and independent consultancies and think tanks. It should be of interest not only to those involved in risk assessment or communication but to anyone interested in the role of science and the media in the political process, and how one bit of "the system" is responding to demands for greater openness and participation. While each chapter is self-contained, the discussion moves progressively through: an introduction to risk communication as a topic of research; studies of prominent cases and the lessons to be drawn from them; contributions to the wider debate about procedures, power, and institutions; and proposals for promoting "good practice" in risk communication, in Government, the Health Service and elsewhere.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	List of contributors
	Biographical notes
Pt. 1	Research perspectives: what do we know and where are the frontiers?
1	Understanding responses to risk: some basic findings	3
2	Public risk perceptions and risk communication	20
3	Public reactions to risk: social structures, images of science, and the role of trust	33
4	Public and professional perceptions of environmental and health risks	51
5	Public health communication and the social amplification of risks: present knowledge and future prospects	65
Pt. 2	Lessons from prominent cases
6	The media and trust: E. coli and other cases	81
7	The British Government's handling of risk: some reflections on the BSE/CJD crisis	95
8	Experiences in risk communication	108
9	Benchmarking in government: case studies and principles	117
Pt. 3	Institutional issues: some perspectives
10	Perception of risk - is the public probably right?	133
11	The recent excitement over genetically-modified foods	140
12	Political risk culture: not just a communication failure	152
13	Consumers and risk	170
14	Negotiating risks to public health: models for participation	183
15	The identification and management of risk: opening up the process	195
Pt. 4	Pulling the threads together
16	Risk communication as a decision process	207
17	Risk communication in government and the private sector: wider observations	222
18	The relationships between the media, public beliefs, and policy-making	229
19	Improving risk communication: scenario-based workshops	241
20	Learning from experience: the need for systematic evaluation methods	254
	Index	267

Read also Reiki the Ultimate Guide Learn Reiki Healing with Chakras Plus New Reiki Healing Attunements for All Levels or The Lemon Juice Diet

The Antitrust Revolution: Economics, Competition, and Policy

Author: John E Kwoka

The Antitrust Revolution: Economics, Competition, and Policy, 4/e, examines the critical role of economic analysis in recent antitrust case decisions and policy. The book consists of economic studies of twenty of the most significant antitrust cases of recent years, fourteen of them new to this edition and six updated from the third edition. These cases include alleged anticompetitive practices by Microsoft, Intel, and American Airlines; mergers-proposed or consummated-by AOL and TimeWarner, GE and Honeywell, MCI WorldCom and Sprint, and BP Amoco and ARCO; and other competitive issues such as bid rigging on school milk contracts, professional sports league practices, prescription drug pricing, and vertical restraints by manufacturers in regard to distributors. New overview essays precede the four sections of the book: Horizontal Structure, Horizontal Practices, Vertical and Related Market Issues, and Network Issues.
Commissioned and edited by John E. Kwoka and Lawrence J. White, the case studies are written by prominent economists who participated in the proceedings. These economists were responsible for helping to formulate the economic issues, undertake the necessary economic research, and offer the economic arguments in court. As a result, they are uniquely qualified to describe and analyze the cases. Fully updated with the most current examples, this volume provides detailed and comprehensive insight into the central role that is now played and will continue to be played by economics and economists in the antitrust process. The Antitrust Revolution, 4/e, is ideal for undergraduate and graduate classes in industrial organization, government policy, andantitrust/regulation law and economics. It is also a useful reference book for lawyers and economists--both academics and practitioners--who are interested in the types of economic analyses that have been applied in recent antitrust cases.
A companion website is now available at oup.com/antitrustrevolution. New to the fourth edition, the site features cases from the previous three editions.

Public Speaking Guidebook or Theories of Career Development

Public Speaking Guidebook

Author: Suzanne Osborn

Designed to help readers become successful speakers in the classroom and the workplace, the Public Speaking Guidebook presents the essentials of public speaking through a step-by-step, hands-on approach. An adaptation of Public Speaking 7e, the Guidebook follows the same format as its predecessor and retains a strong emphasis on ethics and a healthy respect for diversity. Centered on three core objectives–preparing the reader for life beyond the classroom, respecting the diversity of the audience and sensitizing the reader to the ethical impact of their own words–the Public Speaking Guidebook provides practical advice and an understanding of why such advice works.

Table of Contents:

Preface

To Our Students

 

Part I: Foundations of Public Speaking

 

Chapter 1: The Practical Arts of Speaking and Listening

Benefits of Public Speaking

Public Speaking as Expanded Conversation

Understanding the Dynamic Public Speaking Process

Developing Effective Listening Skills

Developing Critical Listening Skills

Evaluating Speeches

The Ethics of Public Speaking

 

Chapter 2: Managing Your Fear of Speaking

Understanding Communication Anxiety

Why Public Speaking Can Be Frightening

Managing Communication Anxiety

 

Chapter 3: Your First Speech: An Overview of Speech Preparation

Finding and Focusing Your Topic

Developing Your Ideas

Structuring Your Speech

Outlining Your Speech

Practicing Your Presentation

Manage the Impressions You Make

Introducing Yourself or a Classmate

Sample Self-Introductory Speech  “Three Photographs,” by Ashley Smith

 

Part Two: Preparation for Public Speaking

 

Chapter 4: Adapting to Your Audience and Situation

Understanding Audience Demographics

Understanding Audience Dynamics

Gathering Audience Information

Meeting the Challenges of Audience Diversity

Adjusting to the Communication Situation

 

Chapter 5: Finding Your Topic

What Is a Good Topic?

Discovering Your Topic

Exploring Your Topic

Selecting Your Topic

Refining Your Topic

Thesis StatementPresenting a Topic Briefing

Sample Topic Briefing Speech  “Fast Food Nation,” by Hannah Johnston

           

Chapter 6: Researching Your Topic

Acquiring Responsible Knowledge

Drawing on Personal Knowledge and Experience

Doing Library Research

Conducting Internet Research

Evaluating Research Materials    

Interviewing for Information

Developing a Research Strategy

Take Notes on Your Research

 

Chapter 7: Supporting Your Ideas

Facts and Statistics

Testimony

Examples

Narratives

Techniques for Using Supporting Materials

Evaluating Supporting Materials

Selecting Supporting Materials

 

Chapter 8: Structuring Your Speech

Principles for Organizing a Speech

Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Using Transitions

Introducing Your Message

Developing an Effective Conclusion

           

Chapter 9: Outlining Your Speech

Developing a Working Outline

Preparing a Formal Outline

Developing a Key-Word Outline

MLA and APA Citation Styles

 

Part Three: Developing Presentation Skills

 

Chapter 10: Using Presentation Aids

The Pros and Cons of Presentation Aids

Types of Presentation Aids

Presentation Media

Preparing Presentation Aids

Using Presentation Aids

Preparing Basic PowerPoint Materials

 

Chapter 11: Using Language Effectively

Why Language is So Important

The Power of the Spoken Word

Oral Language Style

The Six C’s of Effective Language Use

Magnifying the Power of Language

 

 

Chapter 12: Presenting Your Speech

Aim for an Integrated Presentation

Developing Your Voice

Improving Your Body Language

Methods of Presentation

Practicing Your Presentation

 

Part Four: Types of Public Speaking

 

Chapter 13: Informative Speaking

The Challenge of Informative Speaking

The Functions of Informative Speaking

Types of Informative Speeches

Helping Listeners Learn

Designing an Informative Speech

Sample Informative Speech: “What Friends Are All About,” by Marie D’Aniello

 

Chapter 14: Understanding Persuasion and Reasoning

The Importance of Persuasion

The Ethical Imperative of Persuasion

Understanding the Process of Persuasion

Providing Evidence

Using Appeals to Motivate Listeners

Developing Sound Reasoning

Avoiding Defective Persuasion

 

Chapter 15: Developing Persuasive Speeches

How Persuasive Speaking Differs from Informative Speaking

Meeting the Challenge of Persuasive Speaking

The Work of Persuasive Speeches

Designing a Persuasive Speech

Sample Persuasive Speech: “We Don’t Have to Live in Slums,” by Anna Aley

 

Chapter 16: Ceremonial Speaking

The Importance of Ceremonial Speaking

Techniques for Ceremonial Speaking

Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Using the Narrative Design

Sample Ceremonial Speeches “Eulogy for Jesse Owens,” by Congressman Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. and “The Meaning of the Olympic Games,” by Jesse Owens

           

Appendix: Sample Speeches

Self-Introductory Speeches

“My Three Cultures” by Sandra Baltz

“Lady with a Gun” by Beth Tidmore

Informative Speeches

“The ‘Monument’ at Wounded Knee” by Cecile Larson

“Fast Foods” by Hannah Johnston

Persuasive Speeches

“School of the Americas” by Amanda Miller

“The Special Olympic Experience” by Beth Tidmore

Ceremonial Speeches

“A Man for the New Age: A Tribute to Tiger Woods” by Leslie Eason

“Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy for Us” by Tommie Albright

 

Glossary

Index

Author Index

Subject Index

Read also Absolute Beginners Guide to Computer Basics or Access 2007 For Dummies

Theories of Career Development

Author: Samuel H Osipow

Considered to be a classic in the field. The most comprehensive survey and evaluation of the major theories dealing with how an individual's career develops.

A Students Quick Guide to Understanding and Calculating Time Value of Mone or Real Estate Law

A Student's Quick Guide to Understanding and Calculating Time Value of Mone

Author: Speros Margetis

A STUDENT'S QUICK GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND CALCULATING TIME VALUE OF MONEY AND ITS APPLICATIONS will help you understand Time Value of Money Concepts as well as the underlying principles at work in the macroeconomy.

Go to:

Real Estate Law

Author: George Siedel

Understanding the past and present of real estate is the key to understanding its future. REAL ESTATE LAW is written in a clear and concise style that delivers the latest information on private and public law transactions, as well as e-commerce developments, so you'll be prepared for the next era in real estate law. Because of its unique approach, this real estate law textbook is especially practical an ideal for majors and non-majors alike.

A Framework for Human Resource Management or France in Crisis

A Framework for Human Resource Management

Author: Gary Dessler

Dessler’s book is written with the general manager in mind who wants to understand fundamental HR practices, methods, topics and relevant legal findings that would be helpful in making future HR decisions and solving multi-faceted problems.

Topics include personnel planning and recruitment, training and developing employees, performance management and appraisal, compensation, and corporate ethics.

Intended for practicing human resource and line managers who want to update their HR skills.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Managing human resources today	1
Ch. 2	Managing equal opportunity and diversity	25
Ch. 3	Personnel planning and recruiting	60
Ch. 4	Testing and selecting employees	111
Ch. 5	Training and developing employees	150
Ch. 6	Performance management and appraisal	182
Ch. 7	Compensating employees	213
Ch. 8	Ethics and fair treatment in human resource management	249
Ch. 9	Managing labor relations and collective bargaining	282
Ch. 10	Protecting safety and health	315
Module A	Managing HR globally	346

Look this:

France in Crisis: Welfare, Inequality and Globalization since 1980

Author: Timothy B Smith

Timothy Smith argues that the French economic and social model is imploding on itself despite good intentions. Bad policies and vested interests that exploit the rhetoric of "solidarity" and the specter of globalization have prevented necessary changes from being effected. Making frequent comparisons with the U.S., U.K., Canada, Scandinavia, Germany and the Netherlands, Smith argues that change need not follow the inegalitarian U.S. or British paths in order to lead to a more balanced French society.

Economic Development or In the Field

Economic Development: The History of an Idea

Author: H W Arndt

"Economic Development makes an important contribution of the literature on economic development, especially as it incorporates ideas on a theme that informs our concern for social justice, individual and social freedom, identify, and community."--Winston E. Langley, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Booknews

Well received when first published in 1987, Arndt's elegant summary should find an even larger readership in its attractively priced reprint edition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

New interesting book:

In the Field: A Real-Life Survival Guide for the Social Work Internship

Author: William Danowski

This practical, down-to-earth practice-based book helps students move from the world of the classroom, textbook, and theory to the world of real practice.

Highlights

• Case examples taken from actual client and student encounters prepare students for potential situations and provide insight into how others have handled them.
• Includes feedback from former field students who have completed their first field placement that provides students with behind-the-scenes coaching, making them aware of potentially competing political agendas when working with agencies and clients.

Don't Miss These Special Value Pack Options

Garthwait, The Social Work Practicum: A Guide and Workbook for Students, 3e
(0-205-40802-8)
A unique workbook designed to facilitate the integration of social work theory and practice during the student's field practicum.
Package this workbook with Danowski's In the Field and receive a 10% discount on each title when you give your bookstore this special ordering code 0-205-44526-8.

Research Navigator™
Research Navigator™ can be a student's best friend when they're facing a large research project. Especially helpful with the toughest challenge-getting started-Research Navigator™ offers a comprehensive, step-by-step walk-through of the research process, along with access to some of the most respected source databases available. Access to Research Navigator™—a $15 value—is FREE when packaged with a new Allyn & Bacon Social Work textbook! If this text did not come packaged withResearch Navigator™, look for it in your bookstore or visit researchnavigator.com today to purchase immediate access.

The Career Center
Do your students need help transitioning from being a student to becoming a professional? With The Career Center, they can register to receive eight 30-minute career counseling sessions—a total of four hours of career consultant time! The Career Center is designed to address the wide range of preparation and life stages of individuals who are attempting to develop their careers. Qualified career specialists advise students as they establish, or reestablish, themselves in today's competitive global economy. The Career Center—a $25 value—is FREE to your students when you order it packaged with any new Allyn & Bacon Social Work textbook. Visit ablongman.com/careercenter for more information

Contact your local Allyn & Bacon representative and request special packaging codes to take advantage of these great offers.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Before you embark on your journey	1
Ch. 2	Making the leap from theory to real life	17
Ch. 3	Beginning at the beginning	29
Ch. 4	Staying the course	47
Ch. 5	Navigating the hazards	73
Ch. 6	Termination	91

Design for Six Sigma in Technology and Product Development or Fire Service Leadership

Design for Six Sigma in Technology and Product Development

Author: David Antis

• Implementing DFSS at the critical early stages of technology development and product design
• Linking DFSS to best-practice tools and project management practices
• Leveraging Critical Parameter Management, a breakthrough in the management of complex product development
• Step-by-step techniques, detailed flow diagrams, scorecards, and checklists

Build Six Sigma quality into the critical early stages of technology development and product design.

Technology companies can only achieve the full benefits of Six Sigma if they implement it proactively, starting with the earliest stages of technology development and product design. To succeed, they must tightly link Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) to the phases and gates of a well-structured product development process, and carefully manage it through a rigorous project management discipline. Design for Six Sigma in Technology and Product Development is the first book to show them how. Coverage includes:

• Proven techniques for integrating DFSS with program and cycle-time management, technology development, product design, system architecture, and system engineering processes
• Comprehensive coverage of Critical Parameter Management (CPM), the breakthrough technique for managing complexity in product development
• Step-by-step techniques and flow diagrams for integrating DFSS tools and best practices into development and design
• Practical scorecards and checklists for applying DFSS concepts in modern Phase-Gate processes
• Crucial leadership, financial, and value management issues associated with successful DFSS deployment

Designin Technology and Product Development is a serious text for serious practitioners-and an essential resource for anyone committed to maximizing quality in technology and product development.

Process Improvement Series

Foreword by Frank McDonald, Motorola University

Interesting book:

Fire Service Leadership: A Symbol is a Promise

Author: Randy R Bruegman

Is a Chief Fire Officer’s job the right one for you?  In this text, Chief Randy Bruegman explores the many facets of what it takes to effectively serve in a senior leadership position within the fire service, both professionally and personally.  From the preparations a new Officer will need to make to transition to command in a new organization to the adjustments a family will need to make in the event of relocation, Chief Bruegman uses his own experience gained on the job to help current and aspiring Officers develop and achieve a plan for success.

 

Features include:

• An overview of the history and heritage of the fire service, featuring an explanation of the importance of the role of the Chief within the organization as well as in the community.
• An explanation of the recruiting process, including information on determining the type of candidate for which an organization is looking and the steps to take once a position is accepted.
• Tips on understanding the political dynamics of an organization and developing a framework to make ethical decisions within those dynamics.
• Advice on building an effective team and leading in times of rapid change.

Table of Contents:

1. Pride, Service, Commitment.

2. Is a Fire Chief's Job the Right Job for You?

3. Developing Your Game Plan for Success.

4. The Blessed Process.

5. The Transition to Command.

6. Ethics, Politics, and Leadership.

7. Leading in Times of Rapid Change.

8. Building Your Team.