John wiley sons aug 2013 (62 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - THE TEN COMMITMENtS Of LEADERSHIP.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Easy-to-follow guidelines from a pro for simplifying your investments, protecting yourself from the investment sharks and achieving financial freedom Drawing on his years as an investor for leading banks in the U.S. and Asia, Philip Cheng delivers down-to-earth strategies guaranteed to make you 'shark-proof' while you optimize investment returns. Statistics show that only 20% of small investors ever come close to achieving their investment goals. The other 80% get eaten alive by 'investment sharks'-investment advisors, fund managers and other hucksters out to line their pockets with your hard-earned cash. Motivated by a sense of fair play, Cheng resolved to write an investor's survival guide in which he'd share everything he's learned in his years as a successful professional investor. The result is Taming the Money Sharks. The easy-to-follow guidelines you'll find in this book will help you navigate the shark-infested waters of the investment world, all the way to the financial freedom you dream of and deserve. - A must-have survival guide for novice investors, and a source of fresh thinking and innovative strategies for experienced investors - Features many illustrations, summaries, charts, real-world examples along with other powerful tools to help you avoid common mistakes and win at the investment game - Lays out 8 proven strategies for investing systematically and surviving and thriving in the shark-infested waters of the stock market.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Listen to David Hesmondhalgh discuss the arguments at the core of 'Why Music Matters' with Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed here.In what ways might music enrich the lives of people and of societies What prevents it from doing so Why Music Matters explores the role of music in our lives, and investigates the social and political significance of music in modern societies.\* First book of its kind to explore music through a variety of theories and approaches and unite these theories using one authoritative voice\* Combines a broad yet theoretically sophisticated approach to music and society with real clarity and accessibility\* A historically and sociologically informed understanding of music in relation to questions of social power and inequality\* By drawing on both popular and academic talk about a range of musical forms and practices, readers will engage with a wide musical terrain and a wealth of case studies.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A leading Australian trader shows you how to succeed on the sharemarket with proven charting techniques Now completely revised with the latest trading information, this revised edition of bestselling author Louise Bedford's Charting Secrets is the perfect guide for beginners and experienced traders and chartists alike. Unlike other books on trading, you'll find no get-rich-quick schemes here. Bedford believes that successful trading is a matter of study and hard work, just like any other job. With this in mind, Charting Secrets serves as a workbook that will have you practising what you read and mastering charting techniques as you go. The book begins with explanations of charting patterns and methods and includes sample charts for you to practise on, as well as step-by-step solutions that allow you to compare your results to hers. - Features practical charting advice and sample charts that let readers learn techniques as they read - Covers charting basics, as well as candlestick charting and system development, macro reversal and continuation patterns, trading psychology, and much more - Written by a bestselling author known as one of Australia's most compelling speakers on trading Whether you're new to the trading game or an experienced trader looking to polish your charting techniques, Charting Secrets will show you how to turn potential into profit.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In Teacher Leadership , Lieberman and Miller discuss current changes in the teacher s role, and make sense of the research on teacher leadership. They offer case studies of innovative programs - such as the National Writing Project - that provide teachers with opportunities to lead within a professional community. In addition, they tell stories of individual teachers - from Maine to California - who are able to lead in a variety of contexts. Teacher Leadership offers a new standard of teaching and community that recognizes all teachers as leaders. It shows how to develop learning communities that include rather than exclude, create knowledge rather than merely apply it, and that offer challenge and support to both new and experienced teachers.This book is a volume in the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education - a series designed to meet the demand for new ideas and insights about leadership in schools.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This essential text brings together in one place the inextricably linked concepts of professional development, reflective practice and decision-making. Fully updated and revised throughout, the new edition of this easy-to-follow, jargon-free title is targeted at nursing and healthcare practitioners and nursing students, providing clear guidance to help the reader think critically about their practice, work within professional boundaries, be accountable for their actions, and plan for their future.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This introduction to studying comics and graphic novels is a structured guide to a popular topic. It deploys new cognitive methods of textual analysis and features activities and exercises throughout. - Deploys novel cognitive approaches to analyze the importance of psychological and physical aspects of reader experience - Carefully structured to build a sequenced, rounded introduction to the subject - Includes study activities, writing exercises, and essay topics throughout - Dedicated chapters cover popular sub-genres such as autobiography and literary adaptation.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Rationality Through Reasoning answers the question of how people are motivated to do what they believe they ought to do, built on a comprehensive account of normativity, rationality and reasoning that differs significantly from much existing philosophical thinking.\* Develops an original account of normativity, rationality and reasoning significantly different from the majority of existing philosophical thought\* Includes an account of theoretical and practical reasoning that explains how reasoning is something we ourselves do, rather than something that happens in us\* Gives an account of what reasons are and argues that the connection between rationality and reasons is much less close than many philosophers have thought\* Contains rigorous new accounts of oughts including owned oughts, agent-relative reasons, the logic of requirements, instrumental rationality, the role of normativity in reasoning, following a rule, the correctness of reasoning, the connections between intentions and beliefs, and much else.\* Offers a new answer to the 'motivation question' of how a normative belief motivates an action.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A timely update to the book on using the Market Profile method to trade Emerging over twenty years ago, Market Profile analysis continues to realize a strong following among active traders. The approach explains the underlying dynamics and structure of markets, identifies value areas, price rejection points, and measures the strength of buyers and sellers. Unlike more conventional forms of technical analysis, Market Profile is an all-encompassing approach, and Mind Over Markets,Updated Edition provides traders with a solid understanding of it. Since the first edition of Mind Over Markets-considered the best book on applying Market Profile analysis to trading-was published over a decade ago, much has changed in the worlds of finance and investing. That's why James Dalton, a pioneer in the popularization of Market Profile, has returned with a new edition of this essential guide. Written to reflect today's dynamic market conditions, Mind Over Markets,Updated Edition clearly puts this unique method of interpreting market behavior and identifying trading/investment opportunities in perspective. - Includes new chapters on Market Profile-based trading strategies, using Market Profile in connection with other market indicators, and much more - Explains how the Market Profile approach has evolved over the past twenty-five years and how it is used by contemporary traders - Written by a leading educator and authority on the Market Profile One of the key elements that has long separated successful traders from the rest is their intuitive understanding that time regulates all financial opportunities. The ability to record price information according to time has unleashed huge amounts of useful market information. Mind Over Markets,Updated Edition will show you how to profitably put this information to work for you. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This groundbreaking book offers educators a clear understanding of the concept of social justice and includes effective practices to help them promote social justice and address identity development on their campuses.In the first half of the book, the authors clarify the definition of social justice as an approach that examines and acknowledges the institutional and historical systems of power and privilege on individual identity and relationships. They provide important frameworks and foundational aspects of understanding social justice, and several chapters explore identity development using the critical lenses of history and context, concentrating on ways that oppression and privilege are manifest in the lived experiences of students.In the second half of the book, the authors supply educators with the conceptual tools and strategies needed to infuse a social justice approach into their work with students and within their institutions. They highlight important concepts to consider in designing and implementing effective social justice interventions and provide examples of effective social justice programs.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Dental Materials at a Glance, 2nd edition, is the latest title in the highly popular At a Glance series, providing a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with key facts accompanied by clear diagrams encapsulating essential information. Systematically organized and succinctly delivered, Dental Materials at a Glance covers: - Each major class of dental material and biomaterial - Basic chemical and physical properties - Clinical handling and application - Complications and adverse effects of materials Dental Materials at a Glance is the ideal companion for all students of dentistry, residents, and junior clinicians. In addition, the text will provide valuable insight for general dental practitioners wanting to update their materials knowledge and be of immediate application for dental hygienists, dental nurses, dental assistants, and technicians.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Open your next training session with a BANG! One of the hardest tasks you'll face as a trainer is pullingparticipants' thoughts away their daily duties long enough toengage them in your training. According to training master BobPike, two of the most important learning concepts are 'primacy' and'recency.' People don't remember middles; they remember beginnings('primacy') and ends ('recency'). That's why, if you want yourtraining to be a success, you have to gain their attention as soonas they walk in the door. Following up on the success of 50 Creative Training Closers, themost trusted and recognized names in training bring you 50 CreativeTraining Openers and Energizers. These lively, interactive sessionopeners, ice breakers, and attention grabbers are what you need toinspire continued application, learning, and skill development. Andyou don't have to be a professional trainer to use thiscollection--business presenters and educators of all kinds canimmediately incorporate these creative designs into their work.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has quickly become a treatment of choice for individuals with borderline personality disorder and other complicated psychiatric conditions. Becoming proficient in standard DBT requires intensive training and extensive supervised experience. However, there are many DBT principles and procedures that can be readily adapted for therapists conducting supportive, psychodynamic, and even other forms of cognitive behavioral treatments.Despite this, there is a dearth of easily accessible reading material for the busy clinician or novice. This new book provides a clinically oriented, user-friendly guide to understanding and utilizing the principles and techniques of DBT for non-DBT-trained mental health practitioners and is an ideal guide to DBT for clinicians at all levels of experience. Written by internationally recognized experts in suicide, self injury and borderline personality disorder, it features clinical vignettes, following patients through a series of chapters, clearly illustrating both the therapeutic principles and interventions.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sexual cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. - Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium, ancient prostitution, representations of women in Greece and Rome, and the public regulation of sexual behavior - Expanded coverage extends to the advent of Christianity, includes added illustrations, and offers student-friendly pedagogical features - Text boxes supply intriguing information about tangential topics - Gives a thorough overview of current literature while encouraging further reading and discussion - Conveys the complexity of ancient attitudes towards sexuality and gender and the modern debates they have engendered.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Document your efforts in terms management will understand Are your employee training efforts really paying off In thishands-on guide, two top human resources consultants present aresults-oriented, twelve-step approach that directly links trainingto specific organizational goals. Here is all the information andguidance you need to create a work environment that reinforces newskills and maximizes training results. You'll also learn todocument the effect your efforts have on the bottom line, tracksubtle but important changes in employee values and beliefs, anddemonstrate increased sales and productivity. It's THE definitivehandbook for tracking and cost justification of training anddevelopment efforts.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The cost manager/quantity surveyor plays a pivotal role in the financial and contract management of construction projects, although the exact nature of the service they provide depends on the project employer's terms of engagement. This can mean acting as consultant in a range of roles including cost and advisory services for budget setting to initiate a project, cost management through the design and construction phases, contract administration and acting as the client side project manager to oversee the entire building process. Cost Management of Construction Projects focusses on the cost manager/quantity surveyor engaged by the project client, and discusses key elements that help drive project success including measurement (based on the New Rules of Measurement published by RICS), procurement, cost planning, contract administration and project cost management. With examples, it provides a thorough guide to the role in the workplace and in the field, directly addressing the day to day situations faced by the cost manager/quantity surveyor. Donald Towey MRICS has extensive experience of the construction industry. His experience began as an estimator with a glass/glazing contractor in Manchester. Following a number of positions with UK contractors he relocated to Australia and has worked with a number of developers and main contractors, as well as doing freelance work. He is currently working in contracts management in Sydney.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This text offers an open-learning approach to Raman spectroscopy providing detail on instrumentation, applications and discussions questions throughout the book.It provides a valuable guide to assist with teaching Raman spectroscopy which is gaining attention in (analytical) chemistry, and as a consequence, teaching programs have followed. Today, education in Raman spectroscopy is often limited to theoretical aspects (e.g. selection rules), but practical aspects are usually disregarded. With these course notes, the author hopes to fill this gap and include information about Raman instrumentation and how it is interpreted.\* Provides a user-friendly text that tackles the theoretical background, and offers everyday tips for common practice\* Raman instrumentation and practical aspects, which are sometimes overlooked, are covered\* Appropriate for students, and includes summaries, text boxes, illustrating the ideas with examples from research literature or providing background information or links with other courses\* Written with an open-learning approach, this book will be ideal for use as a self-study guide or as the basis of a taught course with discussion and self-assessment questions throughout the text\* Includes a comprehensive bibliography to guide the reader to more specialized texts and sources.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What People Have Said About Human Competence'Human Competence stands not only as a tribute to Tom's genius, but also as the best single source of ideas about performance technology. It is a 'must have' for anyone serious about changing the performance of individuals or organizations.'--Dick Lincoln, Centers for Disease Control'Human Competence is the crowning achievement of a most remarkable man. But more than that, it is the performance technologist's foundation. Read it with zest, but read it with the intent of learning as much as you possibly can.'--Odin Westgaard, Hale Associates'Tom's work has given me the framework to help others in a powerful way--it is a big part of my message of respecting and valuing people at work.'--Elizabeth Guman, Performance Insights'Human Competence is a must read for anyone wishing to become a true performance improvement professional.'--Peter Dean, University of Tennessee at Knoxville'Among the ideas bulging from this classic work: performance exemplars, potential for improving performance, behavior-accomplishment distinction, performance matrix, ACORN troubleshooting test, performance audits, states, Worth = Value - Cost, knowledge maps, mediators, and job aids. The great accomplishments he left behind will continue to profit behavior analysis and performance improvement for a long, long time.'--Ogden Lindsley, Behavior Research Company'Human Competence is probably the most borrowed and least returned book in my library. It's good to have it in print once more, so that I can keep replacing it, and rereading it for new insights from the original master of HPT.'--Rob Foshay, TRO Learning, Inc.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The second edition of Medical Ethics deals accessibly with a broad range of significant issues in bioethics, and presents the reader with the latest developments. This new edition has been greatly revised and updated, with half of the sections written specifically for this new volume.\* An accessible introduction for beginners, offering a combination of important established essays and new essays commissioned especially for this volume\* Greatly revised - half of the selections are new to this edition, including two essays on genetic enhancement and a section on gender, race and culture\* Includes new material on ethical theory as a grounding for understanding the ethical dimensions of medicine and healthcare\* Now includes a short story on organ allocation, providing a vivid approach to the issue for readers\* Provides students with the tools to write their own case study essays\* An original section on health provides a theoretical context for the succeeding essays\* Presents a carefully selected set of readings designed to progressively move the reader to competency in subject comprehension and essay writing.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An updated new edition of the comprehensive guide to better business forecastingMany companies still look at quantitative forecasting methods with suspicion, but a new awareness is emerging across many industries as more businesses and professionals recognize the value of integrating demand data (point-of-sale and syndicated scanner data) into the forecasting process. Demand-Driven Forecasting equips you with solutions that can sense, shape, and predict future demand using highly sophisticated methods and tools. From a review of the most basic forecasting methods to the most advanced and innovative techniques in use today, this guide explains demand-driven forecasting, offering a fundamental understanding of the quantitative methods used to sense, shape, and predict future demand within a structured process. Offering a complete overview of the latest business forecasting concepts and applications, this revised Second Edition of Demand-Driven Forecasting is the perfect guide for professionals who need to improve the accuracy of their sales forecasts.\* Completely updated to include the very latest concepts and methods in forecasting\* Includes real case studies and examples, actual data, and graphical displays and tables to illustrate how effective implementation works\* Ideal for CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, vice presidents of supply chain, vice presidents of demand forecasting and planning, directors of demand forecasting and planning, supply chain managers, demand planning managers, marketing analysts, forecasting analysts, financial managers, and any other professional who produces or contributes to forecastsAccurate forecasting is vital to success in today's challenging business climate. Demand-Driven Forecasting offers proven and effective insight on making sure your forecasts are right on the money.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Put the most advanced training practices available today to work for your organization. In this guidebook, a number of researchers and practitioners combine the often unshared breakthroughs from a number of training disciplines into a single set of principles and guidelines that you can use to implement and maintain a state-of-the-art training program. Learn the best practices and most current developments in strategic planning and needs assessment, training design and media selection, training delivery, transfer of training and training evaluation, long-term maintenance of leading programs within organizations, and more.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Effective Public ManagerThoroughly revised and updated, the fifth edition of The Effective Public Manager offers public administrators and students a classic resource and a highly-accessible guide to the fundamentals of leading and managing public organizations. In this new edition the authors cover the key areas of the field and present in-depth analysis through the strategic use of fresh case studies and real-world examples. The book is designed to give real-world managers and aspiring managers the information and tools needed to meet the demands of their jobs directly rather than working around the constraints of government. The Effective Public Manager offers a proven approach to implementing efficient management tools in a dynamic political, organizational, economic, and technological context. New to this edition- Information on the transformation of media, both traditional and social - An analysis of the changing nature of work and privatization trends- An examination of national security and the current thinking regarding accountability, transparency, and crisis communication- An online instructor's guide, which includes discussion questions and updated PowerPoint slides.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This handbook addresses problems facing the engineer when preparing to build, both during the contract bidding phase and after a contract has been concluded.It offers clear guidelines for planning the resources and machinery on site, as well as the safe positioning of roads, cranes, storage and temporary buildings. Site planning activities are presented here in logical sequence, offering an efficient and safe design of the construction site and of the temporary works.The book describes the process of engineering preparation of on-site construction works in all phases of the construction life-cycle, from the design phase - preparing the financial plan and procurement scheme for the owner before tendering the contract; the tendering phase; and after bid completion. A list of procedures is presented for planning the construction site in order to simplify the engineer's work of site and temporary works planning.The Engineer's Manual of Construction Site Planning is for all those involved in the planning of construction sites, construction managers, construction engineers and quantity surveyors, as well as for students in civil engineering and construction.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Explores regular structures in graphs and contingency tables by spectral theory and statistical methodsThis book bridges the gap between graph theory and statistics by giving answers to the demanding questions which arise when statisticians are confronted with large weighted graphs or rectangular arrays. Classical and modern statistical methods applicable to biological, social, communication networks, or microarrays are presented together with the theoretical background and proofs.This book is suitable for a one-semester course for graduate students in data mining, multivariate statistics, or applied graph theory; but by skipping the proofs, the algorithms can also be used by specialists who just want to retrieve information from their data when analysing communication, social, or biological networks.Spectral Clustering and Biclustering:\* Provides a unified treatment for edge-weighted graphs and contingency tables via methods of multivariate statistical analysis (factoring, clustering, and biclustering).\* Uses spectral embedding and relaxation to estimate multiway cuts of edge-weighted graphs and bicuts of contingency tables.\* Goes beyond the expanders by describing the structure of dense graphs with a small spectral gap via the structural eigenvalues and eigen-subspaces of the normalized modularity matrix.\* Treats graphs like statistical data by combining methods of graph theory and statistics.\* Establishes a common outline structure for the contents of each algorithm, applicable to networks and microarrays, with unified notions and principles.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Detailed tools and techniques for developing efficiency and effectiveness in forensic accountingUsing Analytics to Detect Possible Fraud: Tools and Techniques is a practical overview of the first stage of forensic accounting, providing a common source of analytical techniques used for both efficiency and effectiveness in forensic accounting investigations. The book is written clearly so that those who do not have advanced mathematical skills will be able to understand the analytical tests and use the tests in a forensic accounting setting. It also includes case studies and visual techniques providing practical application of the analytical tests discussed.\* Shows how to develop both efficiency and effectiveness in forensic accounting\* Provides information in such a way that non-practitioners can easily understand\* Written in plain language: advanced mathematical skills are not required\* Features actual case studies using analytical testsEssential reading for every investor who wants to prevent financial fraud, Using Analytics to Detect Possible Fraud allows practitioners to focus on areas that require further investigative techniques and to unearth deceptive financial reporting before it's too late.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The first edition of International Negotiation became a best-selling classic in the field of global conflict resolution. This second edition has been substantially revised and updated to meet the challenges of today s complex international community. Developed under the direction of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, this important resource contains contributions from some of the world s leading experts in international negotiation, representing a wide range of nations and disciplines. They offer a synthesis of contemporary negotiation theory, perspectives for understanding negotiation dynamics, and strategies for producing mutually satisfactory and enduring agreements that is particularly relevant in these times.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological evidence, Peter Bellwood traces the journeys of the earliest hunter-gatherer and agriculturalist migrants as critical elements in the evolution of human lifeways. - The first volume to chart global human migration and population dispersal throughout the whole of human prehistory, in all regions of the world - An archaeological odyssey that details the initial spread of early humans out of Africa approximately two million years ago, through the Ice Ages, and down to the continental and island migrations of agricultural populations within the past 10,000 years - Employs archaeological, linguistic and biological evidence to demonstrate how migration has always been a vital and complex element in explaining the evolution of the human species - Outlines how significant migrations have affected population diversity in every region of the world - Clarifies the importance of the development of agriculture as a migratory imperative in later prehistory - Fully referenced with detailed maps throughout.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A comprehensive survey of how religions understand death, dying, and the afterlife, drawing on examples from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Shamanic perspectives. - Considers shared and differing views of death across the world's major religions, including on the nature of death itself, the reasons for it, the identity of those who die, religious rituals, and on how the living should respond to death - Places emphasis on the varying concepts of the 'self' or soul - Uses a thematic structure to facilitate a broader comparative understanding - Written in an accessible style to appeal to an undergraduate audience, it fills major gap in current textbook literature.…

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