John wiley sons nov 2010 (34 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - There's a lot of hot air in the world of business. Wouldn't it be nice just to hear some common sense That's exactly what John Timpson has got. After four decades running his family business and turning it into one of the high street's biggest success stories, he really knows what works and what doesn't. Upside Down Management shares with you all the wisdom he's accumulated in that time.From being the CEO to his trademark 'upside down management', and from breaking the rules to following your conscience, this book tells it like it is.Upside Down Management is a fantastic insider's view of what really makes a family business tick. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - For the last two centuries, nationalism has been a central feature of society and politics. Few ideologies can match its power and resonance, and no other political movement and symbolic language has such worldwide appeal and resilience. But nationalism is also a form of public culture and political religion, which draws on much older cultural and symbolic forms.Seeking to do justice to these different facets of nationalism, the second edition of this popular and respected overview has been revised and updated with contemporary developments and the latest scholarly work. It aims to provide a concise and accessible introduction to the core concepts and varieties of nationalist ideology; a clear analysis of the major competing paradigms and theories of nations and nationalism; a critical account of the often opposed histories and periodization of the nation and nationalism; and an assessment of the prospects of nationalism and its continued global power and persistence.Broad and comparative in scope, the book is strongly interdisciplinary, drawing on ideas and insights from history, political science, sociology and anthropology. The focus is theoretical, but it also includes a fresh examination of some of the main historical and contemporary empirical contributions to the literature on the subject. It will continue to be an invaluable resource for students of nationalism across the social sciences.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The first part of the book (part I & II) will be used to provide an overview of the NetSuite system and give the users an idea on how it can be used to improve business processes. The second part of the book (part III & IV) will provide specific instruction on how to use the various parts of the system, configure the application using the 'click, not code' capability and answer questions about how the system can be extended and integrated into other systems.Table of contents:Part I: NetSuite BasicsPart II: Tracking Money and ResourcesPart III: Marketing and Driving SalesPart IV: Taking Care of Your Partners and CustomersPart V: Selling OnlinePart VI: Dashboards, Searches, and AnalyticsPart VII: The Part of Tens.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An accessible guide to the essential issues of corporate financeWhile you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out.Value explores the core of corporate finance without getting bogged down in numbers and is intended to give managers an accessible guide to both the foundations and applications of corporate finance. Filled with in-depth insights from experts at McKinsey & Company, this reliable resource takes a much more qualitative approach to what the authors consider a lost art.\* Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance\* Effectively applies the theory of value creation to our economy\* Examines ways to maintain and grow value through mergers, acquisitions, and portfolio management\* Addresses how to ensure your company has the right governance, performance measurement, and internal discussions to encourage value-creating decisionsA perfect companion to the Fifth Edition of Valuation, this book will put the various issues associated with corporate finance in perspective.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Reveals the underlying story form of all great presentations that will not only create impact, but will move people to actionPresentations are meant to inform, inspire, and persuade audiences. So why then do so many audiences leave feeling like they've wasted their time All too often, presentations don't resonate with the audience and move them to transformative action.Just as the author's first book helped presenters become visual communicators, Resonate helps you make a strong connection with your audience and lead them to purposeful action. The author's approach is simple: building a presentation today is a bit like writing a documentary. Using this approach, you'll convey your content with passion, persuasion, and impact.\* Author has a proven track record, including having created the slides in Al Gore's Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth\* Focuses on content development methodologies that are not only fundamental but will move people to action\* Upends the usual paradigm by making the audience the hero and the presenter the mentor\* Shows how to use story techniques of conflict and resolutionPresentations don't have to be boring ordeals. You can make them fun, exciting, and full of meaning. Leave your audiences energized and ready to take action with Resonate.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The debate on the status and legality of cannabis continues to gain momentum. Here, personal anecdotes combined with academic and scientific reports combine to sharpen some of the fascinating philosophical issues associated with cannabis use.\* A frank, professionally informed and playful discussion of cannabis usage in relation to philosophical inquiry\* Considers the meaning of a 'high', the morality of smoking marijuana for pleasure, the slippery slope to more dangerous drugs, and the human drive to alter our consciousness\* Not only incorporates contributions from philosophers, psychologists, sociologists or legal, pharmacological, and medical experts, but also non-academics associated with the cultivation, distribution, and sale of cannabis\* Brings together an international team of writers from the United States, Canada, UK, Finland, Switzerland, South Africa, and New Zealand. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic presents a series of essays by leading ethicists and epistemologists who offer the latest thinking on the moral and intellectual virtues and vices, the structure of virtue theory, and the connections between virtue and emotion. - Cuts across two fields of philosophical inquiry by featuring a dual focus on ethics and epistemology - Features cutting-edge work on the moral and intellectual virtues and vices, the structure of virtue theory, and the connections between virtue and emotion - Presents a radical new moral theory that makes exemplars the foundation of ethics; and new theories of epistemic vices such as epistemic malevolence and epistemic self-indulgence - Represents one of the few collections to address both the moral virtues and the epistemic virtues - Explores a new approach in epistemology - virtue epistemology - which emphasizes the importance of intellectual character traits.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This transformational tool offers leaders a critical resource for better understanding their organizations and themselves, honing their skills to become accomplished long-range planners and strategic thinkers. By working through the Participant Workbook, leaders will gain the insight needed to plan for results, learn from customers and clients, and ascertain how to achieve extraordinary levels of performance. The Participant Workbook draws on Peter F. Drucker's The Five Most Important Questions and is grounded in his management philosophies that address the critical aspects that make organizations viable and valuable entities. When leaders answer these questions thoughtfully and address them with purpose, these questions take one down a path to organizational transformation and enlightenment. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The first comprehensive guide for mastering venture capitalEssentials of Venture Capital is your guide to understanding how venture capital and technology finance works from the inside out. Author Alexander Haislip easily explains the most complex concepts in venture capital and how the business is evolving to meet modern market needs. He illuminates the opaque industry that drives innovation in Silicon Valley and beyond.\* Learn how venture capital firms are organized and managed\* Develop techniques for fundraising and making high-growth investments\* Understand preferred stock provisions and startup valuation methods\* Navigate recent regulatory changes and evaluate investment returnsThe author draws on more than half a decade of experience and interviews with high-level investors in the U.S. and abroad. Whether you are contemplating a career in this industry, hoping to raise money for an entrepreneurial endeavor, or are already a seasoned veteran of venture finance, the book's insights and real-world examples will cement your understanding. Essentials of Venture Capital is the first comprehensive book to explain venture capital, how it is changing and what it will look like in the future.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Essential guidance for preventing fraud in the card-not-present (CNP) spaceThis book focuses on the prevention of fraud for the card-not-present transaction. The payment process, fraud schemes, and fraud techniques will all focus on these types of transactions ahead.\* Reveals the top 45 fraud prevention techniques\* Uniquely focuses on eCommerce fraud essentials\* Provides the basic concepts around CNP payments and the ways fraud is perpetratedIf you do business online, you know fraud is a part of doing business. Essentials of On-line Payment Security and Fraud Prevention equips you to prevent fraud in the CNP space.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A comprehensive primer for executives and managers on working capital managementWith limited access to credit and short term funding, it is increasingly important that companies focus on working capital management to free up funds and optimize liqidity. Written in the easy-to-follow Essentials Series style, Essentials of Working Capital Management covers the main components of working capital.\* Covers the latest trends around working capital\* Discusses a range of working capital topics, including cash management, banking relations, accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable, and foreign exchange\* Analyzes the efficient utilization of current assets and liabilities of a business through each phase of the operating cycle\* Examines the planning, monitoring, and management of the company's collections, disbursements and concentration banking\* Explores the gathering and management of information and forecast data to effectively use funds and identify riskFocused on how businesses can continue to be successful in these difficult times, specifically in relation to the limited credit available to businesses, this book puts practical guidance at your fingertips so you can put them to work right away. A comprehensive case introduces each major section of the book, and suggested solutions are included in a book appendix. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Urban trauma describes a condition where conflict or catastrophe has disrupted and damaged not only the physical environment and infrastructure of a city, but also the social and cultural networks. Cities experiencing trauma dominate the daily news. Images of blasted buildings, or events such as Hurricane Katrina exemplify the sense of 'immediate impact'. But how is this trauma to be understood in its aftermath, and in urban terms What is the response of the discipline to the post-traumatic condition On the one hand, one can try to restore and recover everything that has passed, or otherwise see the post-traumatic city as a resilient space poised on the cusp of new potentialities. While repair and reconstruction are automatic reflexes, the knowledge and practices of the disciplines need to be imbued with a deeper understanding of the effect of trauma on cities and their contingent realities. This issue will pursue this latter approach, using examples of post-traumatic urban conditions to rethink the agency of architecture and urbanism in the contemporary world. Post-traumatic urbanism demands of architects the mobilisation of skills, criticality and creativity in contexts in which they are not familiar. The post-traumatic is no longer the exception; it is the global condition.Contributors include:Andrew BenjaminOle BoumanTony ChakarMark FisherChristopher HightBrian MassumiTodd ReiszEyal WeizmanSlavojiekCounterpoint critics:Jayne MerkelCraig WhitakerEncompasses:Urban conflictReconstructionInfrastructureDevelopmentClimate changePublic relationsPopulation growthFilm.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - If there is an X PRIZE for collaborative thought leadership of the social ecosystem, this book would get it. Dr. Peter H. Diamandis Chairman and CEO, X PRIZE Foundation The World that Changes the World is thought leadership at its best-envisioning the future through reflection and analysis of past trends and contemporary challenges. Senator the Hon. Ursula Stephens Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector The multifaceted, multinational, multisectoral insights in this volume offer inspiration, ideas, and opportunity for action and impact. Dr. Melissa A. Berman President and CEO, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. This is a comprehensive primer representing the diversity of perspectives that comprises the evolving global social ecosystem. Dr. Pamela Hartigan Director, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Saïd Business School, Oxford University The World that Changes the World puts together the pieces of this puzzle by explaining how these varied actors of the social ecosystem function and interact with each other. Matthew Bishop Co-Author, Philanthrocapitalism: How giving can save the world A valuable one-stop resource for the many players in, and observers of, the social ecosystem. Doug Miller Honorary President, European Venture Philanthropy Association The World that Changes the World should become the pocket guide for changemakers of the world in the same way that The Lonely Planet is for travelers of the world. Gib Bulloch Founder and Executive Director, Accenture Development Partnerships.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An up-to-date, comprehensive guide to understanding and applying food science to the bakeshopThe essence of baking is chemistry, and anyone who wants to be a master pastry chef must understand the principles and science that make baking work. This book explains the whys and hows of every chemical reaction, essential ingredient, and technique, revealing the complex mysteries of bread loaves, pastries, and everything in between. Among other additions, How Baking Works, Third Edition includes an all-new chapter on baking for health and wellness, with detailed information on using whole grains, allergy-free baking, and reducing salt, sugar, and fat in a variety of baked goods. This detailed and informative guide features:\* An introduction to the major ingredient groups, including sweeteners, fats, milk, and leavening agents, and how each affects finished baked goods\* Practical exercises and experiments that vividly illustrate how different ingredients function\* Photographs and illustrations that show the science of baking at work\* End-of-chapter discussion and review questions that reinforce key concepts and test learningFor both practicing and future bakers and pastry chefs, How Baking Works, Third Edition offers an unrivaled hands-on learning experience.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Comprised of essays by top scholars in the field, this volume offers detailed overviews of philosophical issues raised by biology.\* Brings together a team of eminent scholars to explore the philosophical issues raised by biology\* Addresses traditional and emerging topics, spanning molecular biology and genetics, evolution, developmental biology, immunology, ecology, mind and behaviour, neuroscience, and experimentation\* Begins with a thorough introduction to the field\* Goes beyond previous treatments that focused only on evolution to give equal attention to other areas, such as molecular and developmental biology\* Represents both an authoritative guide to philosophy of biology, and an accessible reference work for anyone seeking to learn about this rapidly-changing field.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume examines the cognitive and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change, tracing the life history of these developments, from triggering events to driving forces and endpoints.\* Explores the major insights obtained by combining sociolinguistics with the results of dialect geography on a large scale\* Examines the cognitive and cultural influences responsible for linguistic change\* Demonstrates under what conditions dialects diverge from one another\* Establishes an essential distinction between transmission within the community and diffusion across communities\* Completes Labov's seminal Principles of Linguistic Change trilogy.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A straightforward guide to the evolution, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II Providing a guide to the evolution, practice, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II,Executive¿s Guide to Solvency IIdeftly covers this major European regulation which ensures that insurers can meet their risk-based liabilities over a one-year period to a 99.5% certainty. Part of the Wiley and SAS Business series, this book will guide you through Solvency II, especially if you need to understand the subtleties of Solvency II and risk-based capital in basic business language. Among the topics covered in this essential book are: - Background to Solvency II - Learning from the Basel Approach - The Economic Balance Sheet - Internal Models - People, Process, and Technology - Business Benefits of Solvency II Executive¿s Guide to Solvency II has as its aim an explanation for executives, practitioners, consultants, and others interested in the Solvency II process and the implications thereof, to understand how and why the directive originated, what its goals are, and what some of the complexities are. There is an emphasis on what in practice should be leveraged upon to achieve implementation, specifically data, processes, and systems, as well as recognition of the close alignment demanded between actuaries, the risk department, IT, and the business itself.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world's first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world's first think-tank activist and message man. - Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics - Offers accessible discussions of Plato's philosophy of language and political theory - Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011. …

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What are primary health care sciences In this state-of-the-art synthesis of current knowledge, the phrase broadly encompasses the discovery, creation, accumulation and refinement of knowledge pertinent to primary health care. Jane Sims has brought together representatives from the various professions to give their unique perspectives on the current trends in primary health care in a discourse which will provide stimulating reading for all those who wish to improve their understanding of contemporary issues in this field. A number of themes run through the book. The first two chapters review the historical background of primary care and the organisational changes that have occurred in the last two decades. The following four chapters deal more closely with professional and service issues arising from the various policy changes. The next three chapters discuss a number of novel approaches to the promotion of efficient care giving, and how the patient is increasingly an active partner in, rather than a passive recipient of, such innovations. Taking up an issue arising from earlier chapters, the concluding chapter considers the impact of a changing health service on the educational needs of primary health care professionals, using GP education as an exemplar.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Virtually all organizations gauge spending in terms of return on investment, and information technology (IT) tops the investment list as both the largest and most frustrating for senior executives. This essential book is a practical guide for the seasoned IT executive, providing real-world examples of CIOs who have succeeded in mastering the blend of business and technology responsibilities. CIOs, CFOs, and IT business managers will benefit from the new edition's material on outsourcing, managing the environmental impact of technology, Cloud and SOA platforms, and managing technology in the public sector.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This third edition of the Leader to Leader Institute's Self-Assessment Tool is designed to help organizations discover their potential by honing their goals and objectives to their mission. Building on the success of earlier editions, the assessment offers all organizations (in business, government and the social sector) an accessible model for achieving results. It combines long-range planning and strategic thinking with a passion for leadership and allows organizations to plan for results, to learn from its clients, and helps to achieve excellent levels of performance.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The presence of Christianity in Asia is as old as Christianity itself, and yet despite its ancient roots, its following in this continent has taken many divergent paths. Christianity in Asia brings together a truly international team of contributors to explore the history and development of Christianity across the world's largest and most populous continent.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Are you getting the most learning value from visuals Thoroughly revised and updated, Graphics for Learning is the second edition of the bestselling book that summarizes the guidelines for the best use of graphics for instructional materials, including multimedia, texts, working aids, and slides. The guidelines are based on the most current empirical scientific research and are illustrated with a wealth of examples from diverse training materials. The authors show how to plan illustrations for various types of content, including facts, concepts, processes, procedures, and principles. The book also discusses technical and environmental factors that will influence how instructional professionals can apply the guidelines to their training projects. Praise for the First Edition 'For years I've been looking for a book that links cognitive research on learning to graphics and instructional design. Here it is! Ruth Clark and Chopeta Lyons not only explain how to make graphics work-they've created a very interesting read, full of useful guidelines and examples.' -Lynn Kearny, CPT, instructional designer and graphic communicator, Graphic Tools for Thinking and Learning 'Finally! A book that integrates visual design into the larger context of instructional design and development.' -Linda Lohr, Ed.D., author, Creating Graphics for Learning and assistant professor, University of Northern Colorado.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - \* Combines the areas of computer audit, computer control, and computer security in one book.\* Offers step-by-step guidance on auditing, control, and security.\* Provides numberous control objectives.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Numerical solutions of electromagnetic field problems is an area of paramount interest in academia, industry and government. This book provides a compendium of solution techniques dealing with integral equations arising in electromagnetic field problems in time and frequency domains. Written by leading researchers in the field, it documents the authors' unique space/time separation approach using Laguerre polynomials. Numerous examples that illustrate the various methodologies and user-friendly computer codes make this volume highly accessible for engineers, researchers, and scientists.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This proposal constitutes an algorithm of design applying the design for six sigma thinking, tools, and philosophy to software design. The algorithm will also include conceptual design frameworks, mathematical derivation for Six Sigma capability upfront to enable design teams to disregard concepts that are not capable upfront, learning the software development cycle and saving development costs. The uniqueness of this book lies in bringing all those methodologies under the umbrella of design and provide detailed description about how these methods, QFD, DOE, the robust method, FMEA, Design for X, Axiomatic Design, TRIZ can be utilized to help quality improvement in software development, what kinds of different roles those methods play in various stages of design and how to combine those methods to form a comprehensive strategy, a design algorithm, to tackle any quality issues in the design stage.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The goal of this book is to improve the readers' knowledge of metabolite elucidation in drug metabolism by exposing them to in depth coverage of the biotransformation of xenobiotics, strategies for identifying and characterizing metabolites, FDA guidelines, and case studies on how to improve the decision-making process in structural modification of drug candidates to reduce toxicity. The book consists of 8 chapters; it first provides an introduction on biotransformation of xenobiotics, and then presents modern approaches and strategies for dealing with metabolite characterization, using tools such as LC-MS, H-D exchange, stable isotopes LC-MS-NMR, and radiolabeled compounds. Also, strategies for dealing with reactive intermediates in drug discovery and development are presented as well as case studies on improving the decision-making process in the structural modification of drug candidates. The last chapter discusses the regulatory perspectives of safety testing of drug metabolites and why, how, and when to test their safety.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An invaluable tool in Bioinformatics, this unique volume provides both theoretical and experimental results, and describes basic principles of computational intelligence and pattern analysis while deepening the reader's understanding of the ways in which these principles can be used for analyzing biological data in an efficient manner. This book synthesizes current research in the integration of computational intelligence and pattern analysis techniques, either individually or in a hybridized manner. The purpose is to analyze biological data and enable extraction of more meaningful information and insight from it. Biological data for analysis include sequence data, secondary and tertiary structure data, and microarray data. These data types are complex and advanced methods are required, including the use of domain-specific knowledge for reducing search space, dealing with uncertainty, partial truth and imprecision, efficient linear and/or sub-linear scalability, incremental approaches to knowledge discovery, and increased level and intelligence of interactivity with human experts and decision makers - Chapters authored by leading researchers in CI in biology informatics. - Covers highly relevant topics: rational drug design; analysis of microRNAs and their involvement in human diseases. - Supplementary material included: program code and relevant data sets correspond to chapters.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Modern interpersonal psychology is now at a point where recent advances need to be organized so that researchers, practitioners, and students can understand what is new, different, and state-of-the art. This field-defining volume examines the history of interpersonal psychology and explores influential theories of normal-abnormal behaviors, widely-used assessment measures, recent methodological advances, and current interpersonal strategies for changing problematic behaviors. Featuring original contributions from field luminaries including Aaron Pincus, John Clarkin, David Buss, Louis Castonguay, and Theodore Millon, this cutting-edge volume will appeal to academicians, professionals, and students interested in the study of normal and abnormal interpersonal behavior.…