Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management or Financial Sector Transformation

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

Author: McGraw Hill

This program can help your students become successful in creating and running a small business. Its focus is on selecting a business, preparing a business plan, and managing an ongoing operation.

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Financial Sector Transformation: Lessons from Economies in Transition

Author: Mario I Blejer

While policy makers need to focus on achieving and sustaining basic macroeconomic stability in the transition of economies from a socialist to a market orientation, financial institutions and reforms play a particularly crucial role in this transformation. The essays in this collection offer overviews of issues in banking sector reform and capital markets as well as specific perspectives on the financial sectors in changing economies of Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Israel. Original versions of the essays were presented at the Second Dubrovnik Conference on Transition Economies organized by the National Bank of Croatia in June,
1996.

Law and Accounting or Jobsearchnet

Law and Accounting

Author: Lawrence A Cunningham

This book is both revolutionary and traditional, using primary materials rather than author narrative. By adopting this traditional approach for law and accounting, Cunningham's new book puts the subject on par with other law school courses.

This traditional cases and materials approach underscores how accounting standards bear earmarks of functional law. To facilitate analogical and critical engagement on par with other law school teaching books, pedagogical design follows the classic casebook method of arranging cases and materials in pairs of opposites and complements. This arrangement enables conceptualizing accounting as functional law as theoretical and analytical matters as well. This original content also illuminates transaction economics, factors associated with accounting irregularities and the lawyer's role in financial reporting.

New interesting textbook: Primer of Cooking and Housekeeping or Way Back in the Country Cookbook

Jobsearch.net: Presenting Your Skills In Cyberspace

Author: Carrie Straub

With the Web doubling in size each year, more employers are expected to use the Web to fill job openings.

The Theory of Environmental Policy or Financial System in Nineteenth Century Britain

The Theory of Environmental Policy

Author: William J Baumol

In this book, Professors Baumol and Oates provide a rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the economic theory of environmental policy. They present a formal, theoretical treatment of those factors infuencing the quality of life. By covering both the theory of externalities and its application to environmental policy, the authors have retained the basic structure and organization of the first edition, which has become a standard reference in the field. In this edition, however, they have updated their analysis to incorporate recent research in enviromental economics.

Interesting book: Healing Your Body Naturally or End of Life Care in Nephrology

Financial System in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Author: Mary Poovey

This unique collection reveals how England rose to a position of international financial supremacy and how writing about finance both monitored and supported that triumph. Featuring primary documents drawn from the period's periodical and business press, it provides an introduction to the most important features of the financial system in nineteenth-century England. Topics covered include currency and credit instruments; the national debt and the stock exchange; banks and the banking system; and the money market, company law, and financial fraud.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Chronology of the British Financial System
	Introduction	1
1	Currency and Credit Instruments	35
	Paper against Gold (1810)	39
	Substitution of Notes for Coins	48
	Distinction between Bills of Exchange and Paper Money (1832)	49
	Bills of Exchange (1885)	51
	A Biography of a Bad Shilling (1851)	60
	Gold and Social Politics (1863)	71
	What Is Money? (1879)	98
	The Rupee and the Ruin of India (1893)	111
2	The National Debt and the Stock Exchange	123
	Facts for Enquirers: The National Debt (1843)	125
	The National Debt and the Stock Exchange (1849)	127
	Stockbroking and the Stock Exchange (1876)	149
	Speculative Investments (1876)	173
	The Singularity of Indian Finance (1872)	201
	The Financial Condition of India (1878)	205
	The Genesis of the Industrial Capitalist (1867)	221
3	Banks and Banking	229
	Ten Minutes' Advice about Keeping a Banker (1839)	231
	Exposure of the Banking and Funding System (1841)	238
	The Bank Charter and Commercial Credit (1858)	242
	The Position of English Joint-Stock Banks (1878)	258
	Personal Credit (1885)	277
	The London Times: 13 December 1825, p. 2	282
	The London Times: 14 December 1825, p. 2	285
	The Administration of a Bank during Seasons of Pressure (1882)	288
4	The Money Market, Company Law, and Financial Fraud	301
	The State of the Money Market from a Fresh Point of View (1864)	305
	The Money Market, No. 1: What the Money Market Is and Why It Is So Changeable (1866)	310
	Whither Is Limited Liability Leading Us? (1864)	316
	The Panic (1866)	321
	The Autobiography of a Joint Stock Company (Limited) (1876)	327
	Glossary	357
	Contributors' Biographies	361
	Suggestions for Further Reading	365
	Index	373

Introductory Mathematical Economics or Sales Management

Introductory Mathematical Economics

Author: D Wade Hands

A strong relationship clearly exists between mathematics and modern economics; mathematics helps extend and formalize economic theory, and quantitative economic data influences the development and refinement of mathematical models. In Introductory Mathematical Economics, 2/e, author D. Wade Hands introduces students to a variety of new mathematical tools and explains how to apply those tools to a broad range of economic problems. The book begins with an overview of the necessary mathematical background, then presents a number of more advanced mathematical tools that allow students to expand their knowledge of economics. It offers a mix of classical and contemporary economic theory, covering the standard mathematical techniques such as optimization and comparative statics, as well as more specialized topics such as uncertainty, dynamics, nonlinear programming, and matrix theory.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition offers students a wide range of mathematical techniques and the associated economic theory. The new Chapter 0, a mathematical review covering all prerequisite mathematics, serves as both a precourse mathematics refresher and a handy reference. All end-of-chapter problems are economics problems; many are detailed and require a substantial amount of economic interpretation in addition to the technical analysis. These problems have been revised and expanded in this second edition. Boxes in each chapter provide economic examples of relevant mathematical concepts. Several boxes discuss recent developments in economic theory, while others present results that influenced the evolution of modern economics. Featuring a clear and concise presentation of mathematicaland economic concepts, Introductory Mathematical Economics, 2/e, is ideal for undergraduate courses in mathematical economics.

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Sales Management

Author: Douglas J Dalrympl

Through six editions, Sales Management has provided readers with a comprehensive, practical approach to sales management. Now the authors continue that tradition in a new edition that places special emphasis on current issues of managing strategic account relationships, team development, diversity in the work force, sales force automation, and ethical issues.

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A text on sales management for marketing students, focusing on the activities of first-line field sales managers. After material on how salespeople interact with customers and prospects, coverage includes developing the selling function, sales goals and structure, building a sales program, and leading the sales force. Special emphasis is placed on current issues of managing strategic account relationships, team development, workforce diversity, salesforce automation, and ethics. Learning aids include chapter summaries, key terms, review questions, problems, and brief and detailed case studies, plus boxed readings, in-class exercises, and discussions on getting a job in sales. The length of this sixth edition has been shortened to make it easier to use. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

1	Introduction to Selling and Sales Management	1
2	Strategy and Sales Program Planning	42
	Sales Management Resource: Estimating Potentials and Forecasting Sales	89
	Management Resource: Sales Force Investment and Budgeting	108
3	Sales Opportunity Management	120
4	Account Relationship Management	162
5	Customer Interaction Management	198
6	Sales Force Organization	239
	Management Resource: Territory Design	293
7	Recruiting and Selecting Personnel	314
8	Sales Training	354
9	Leadership	391
10	Ethical Leadership	426
11	Motivating Salespeople	456
12	Compensating Salespeople	497
13	Evaluating Performance	532
	References	565
	Credits	583
	Key Term and Subject Index	587
	Author Index	595
	Company Index	599
	Case Index	601

Human Resource Management or New Sources of Development Finance

Human Resource Management: An Introduction

Author: Trevor Bolton

From planning human resources through recruitment and selection, training and development, appraisal and reward management to welfare and redundancy, this introductory text follows the natural cycle of HRM activity in a way that is intuitive and accessible to the student. The international and European content gives a broader context for the student than any other text in the field, and makes it essential reading for those taking BA business studies, and other management degree programmes and profession Diploma and Certificate courses in peresonnel and human resource management.

Table of Contents:

	List Figures
	List of Tables
	Preface: How to Use This Book
	Acknowledgements
1	Introduction	1
2	Planning Human Resources	11
3	Recruitment: The Initial Stages	32
4	The Recruitment Media	45
5	Selection	59
6	Equal Opportunities	75
7	The New Employee	91
8	Training and Development: The United Kingdom Experience	103
9	Training and Development Methods	120
10	Job Evaluation	137
11	From Performance Appraisal to Performance Management	148
12	Reward Management	167
13	Restructuring the Workforce: Corporate Downsizing	186
14	Employee Welfare	200
15	The Influence of Europe: Implications for UK Human Resource Managers	218
16	The Management of Human Resources: Some European Comparisons - Germany and Spain	240
17	Training in Europe: A Brief Consideration	258
18	Conclusion	272
19	Appendix: The Influence of the European Union	276
	Index	289

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New Sources of Development Finance

Author: A B Atkinson

As their Millennium Development Goals, world leaders have pledged by 2015 to halve the number of people living in extreme poverty and hunger, to achieve universal primary education, to reduce child mortality, to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, and to halve the number of people without safe drinking water. Achieving these goals requires a large increase in the flow of financial resources to developing countries - double the present development assistance from abroad.
Examining innovative ways to secure these resources, this book sets out a framework for the economic analysis of different sources of funding, applying the tools of modern public economics to identify the key issues. It examines the role of new sources of overseas aid, considers the fiscal architecture and the lessons that can be learned from federal fiscal systems, asks how far increased transfers impose a burden on donors, and investigates how far one can separate raising resources from their use.
In turn, the book examines global environmental taxes (such as a carbon tax) the taxation of currency transactions (the Tobin tax), a development-focused allocation of Special Drawing Rights by the IMF, the UK Government proposal for an International Finance Facility, increased private donations for development purposes, a global lottery (or premium bond), and increased remittances by emigrants. In each case, it considers the feasibility of the proposal and the resources that it can realistically raise. In each case, it offers new perspectives and insights into these new and controversial proposals.

Sports Marketing or Blue Collar Bayou

Sports Marketing: Competitive Business Strategies for Sports

Author: Christine Brooks

Offering a hands-on approach to becoming an efficient sports marketing strategist, this guide shows readers how to develop their own idea for a sports product/event, create a strategic plan, and apply these ideas to a real-world business venture. KEY TOPICS: Exposing the day-to-day realities of putting together a sports business venture, the handbook begins with two case studies that introduce the overall situation facing sports managers as they attempt to make decisions regarding the correct direction to take their organization ... then walks readers step by step through the many different aspects that are part and parcel of a successful sports marketing plan, such as seeing and seizing an opportunity, understanding markets, the structure of the sport industry, sport publics, sport markets and sport products, the adult sport participant, conducting market research, sponsorship within the corporate marketing framework, designing sport packages, putting the sport sponsorship plan together, pricing sponsorship packages, sponsorship publicity, hospitality programs, analyzing competitive forces, image control, market share strategy, and writing a strategic plan. The guide also includes examples taken directly from the sports business world and highlights the vast scope of job opportunities available in the primary and secondary sport infrastructure.Ideal for both beginning and seasoned sports marketing professionals.

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Instructs the reader on how to identify and research sports markets, analyze and interpret data, and design a plan for exploiting relevant markets. Provides a step-by-step method of developing sponsorship programs, emphasizing a hands-on approach to understanding both marketing principles and the sports industry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Ch. 1	Taking Control	1
Ch. 2	Understanding Markets	9
Ch. 3	The Structure of the Sports Industry	31
Ch. 4	Sports Publics	55
Ch. 5	Sports Products and Sports Markets	83
Ch. 6	The Adult Sports Participant	103
Ch. 7	Conducting Market Research	133
Ch. 8	Sponsorship within the Corporate Marketing Framework	159
Ch. 9	Designing Sponsorship Packages	183
Ch. 10	Putting a Sports Sponsorship Plan Together	211
Ch. 11	Pricing Sponsorship Packages	235
Ch. 12	Sponsorship Publicity	253
Ch. 13	Analyzing Competitive Forces	281
	Appendix A: Writing Your Strategic Plan	313
	Glossary	323
	Index	329

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Blue Collar Bayou: Louisiana Cajuns in the New Economy of Ethnicity

Author: Jacques M M Henry

Although the French language and the traditional rural way of life are disappearing among Louisiana Cajuns, identification with Cajun ethnicity is flourishing. Henry and Bankston draw on historical documents, ethnographic observations and interviews, and statistical sources to investigate and explain this phenomenon. They argue that while Cajun ethnicity developed from and consisted of the French-speaking, rural poor of the region, it has been transformed into a regional class with common interests and outlooks. This comprehensive structural analysis of Cajun ethnicity suggests a new emphasis on structural conditions in understanding ethnic phenomena and introduces the concept of an "economy of ethnicity."

Innovations in Computerized Assessment or Postsocialist Pathways

Innovations in Computerized Assessment

Author: Fritz Drasgow

This book presents the challenges & dilemmas faced by leading researchers as they created their new computerized assessments. It examines the potential for computerized assessment in the fields of psychometrics, I/O psychology, & educational measurement.

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Postsocialist Pathways: Transforming Politics and Property in East Central Europe

Author: David Stark

Is there a distinctly East European capitalism? This volume analyzes democratization and economic change in the postsocialist societies of East Central Europe. It demonstrates that the collapse of communism was not the same across the region and that the differences in how the pieces fell shaped the building blocks used for reconstructing political systems and restructuring economies in the region. Among the key concepts are the importance of social networks in the economies and of deliberative institutions in the polity that include the interests of subordinate groups in policymaking.

What People Are Saying

Janos Kornai
Originality, intellectual innovation, inspiration derived from sharp observation, and courageous theoretical generalizations—these are rare qualities in transition economics, and characteristic of Stark and Bruszt's book. Some of their propositions are certainly controversial, but that also helps to make Postsocialist Pathways exciting and thought-provoking reading.

Table of Contents:

	Preface and Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Extrication
Ch. 1	Remaking the Political Field: Strategic Interactions and Contingent Choices	15
Pt. II	Transformation
Ch. 2	The Privatization Debate: From Plan to Market or from Plan to Clan?	51
Ch. 3	Path Dependence and Privatization Strategies	80
Pt. III	Deliberative Association
Ch. 4	Markets, States, and Deliberative Associations	109
Ch. 5	Restructuring Networks in East European Capitalism	137
Ch. 6	Enabling Constraints: Institutional Sources of Policy Coherence	166
Ch. 7	Extended Accountability	188
	Notes	203
	References	253
	Index	273

Improving Health in the Community or Service Quality

Improving Health in the Community: A Role for Performance Monitoring

Author: Institute of Medicine Staff

"Improving Health in the Community" explains how population-based performance monitoring programs can help communities point their health efforts in the right direction. Offering a policy framework, the book applies a multidimensional model of the determinants of health and provides sets of prototype performance indicators for specific health issues.

Bernard J. Turnock

This book examines the status of community health planning and provides recommendations for enhancement of these processes through greater emphasis on linking key stakeholders to community health objectives through performance monitoring. A special committee of the Institute of Medicine developed this report after conducting a series of national workshops to inform their process. Several audiences will find this report of interest. Community health assessments and community action plans are increasing across the U.S., in terms of their number and comprehensiveness. In capturing the state-of-the-art and advancing recommendations for focused enhancements, this book will appeal mainly to public health professionals, health planners, and students. Other community partners involved in participatory community health planning processes will also find this book of interest. The key feature of this book is its thoughtful presentation of the current state of community health improvement processes and its recommendations for enhancements of these efforts. The book also has extensive information on the process undertaken by the panel developing this report and on prototypes of performance measures for several health outcomes. This book will be quite useful in advancing community health improvement efforts by placing the credibility of the Institute of Medicine behind them. The book does not greatly extend the state-of-the-art, but it nicely summarizes and documents a rational framework for these processes. As these efforts expand, this book will become more useful in its appeal to health professionals and other audiences.

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Reviewer: Bernard J. Turnock, MD, MPH (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Description: This book examines the status of community health planning and provides recommendations for enhancement of these processes through greater emphasis on linking key stakeholders to community health objectives through performance monitoring.
Purpose: A special committee of the Institute of Medicine developed this report after conducting a series of national workshops to inform their process.
Audience: Several audiences will find this report of interest. Community health assessments and community action plans are increasing across the U.S., in terms of their number and comprehensiveness. In capturing the state-of-the-art and advancing recommendations for focused enhancements, this book will appeal mainly to public health professionals, health planners, and students. Other community partners involved in participatory community health planning processes will also find this book of interest.
Features: The key feature of this book is its thoughtful presentation of the current state of community health improvement processes and its recommendations for enhancements of these efforts. The book also has extensive information on the process undertaken by the panel developing this report and on prototypes of performance measures for several health outcomes.
Assessment: This book will be quite useful in advancing community health improvement efforts by placing the credibility of the Institute of Medicine behind them. The book does not greatly extend the state-of-the-art, but it nicely summarizes and documents a rational framework for these processes. As these efforts expand, this book will become more useful in its appeal to health professionals and other audiences.

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Outlines the elements of a continuing, community-based health improvement process that combines a collaborative approach with population-based performance monitoring as a tool for achieving accountability for action. Consider issues communities face in health assessment and addressing specific health concerns, offers guidance for selecting performance indicators, and illustrates the application of the approach with several prototype performance indicator sets for areas such as elder health, violence, and depression. For policymakers and community health administrators. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

Table of Contents:

	Executive Summary	1
1	Introduction	23
2	Understanding Health and Its Determinants	40
3	Managing a Shared Responsibility for the Health of a Community	59
4	A Community Health Improvement Process	77
5	Measurement Tools for a Community Health Improvement Process	126
6	Conclusions and Recommendations	166
App. A	Prototype Performance Indicator Sets	183
App. B	Methodological Issues in Developing Community Health Profiles and Performance Indicator Sets	360
App. C	Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health: Exploring the Issues (Workshop Summary)	374
App. D	Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health: Conceptual Framework and Community Experience (Workshop Summary)	416
App. E	Committee Biographies	452
	Acronyms	460
	Index	463

Book review: Study Guide to Accompany Fund of Corp Fin or Scenario Driven Planning

Service Quality: New Directions in Theory and Practice

Author: Roland T Rust

The importance of service and service quality has been growing in the world economy since the late 1970s. Establishing new levels of sophistication and rigor, as well as a broad set of approaches, Service Quality presents the latest research and theory in customer satisfaction and services marketing. Designed to advance the practice of delivering superior service, the field's leading scholars and practitioners present a wealth of ideas that include measuring the managerial impact of service quality improvement, new methods of assessing the various elements of service quality, and philosophies about the nature of customer value. Presenting diverse points of view and revealing a variety of emerging ideas, the editors conclude with a look toward the future of service quality. An exhilarating--and sometimes demanding--change of pace, Service Quality is essential for professionals, researchers, scholars, and students in marketing studies.

Modern Organizations or Optimisation and Stability Theory for Economic Analysis

Modern Organizations: Organization Studies in the Postmodern World, Vol. 1

Author: Stewart R Clegg

Stewart Clegg offers a panoramic and stimulating critical overview of the modern organization and, in the process, challenges the major schools of organization theory that contribute to our understanding of today's industrial enterprise. His wide-ranging analysis both explores current approaches to organization studies and relates the concepts of modernity and postmodernity to the realities of organizational structure and function. In surveying alternative perspectives on organizations in terms of ideal types, systems, contingencies, ecologies, cultures, markets, and efficiency, he vividly demonstrates that no single approach is adequate to deal with the real-world variety of organizations that exist today. Drawing upon unusual and revealing examples--the production of French bread, the Italian fashion industry, and post-Confucian Asian enterprises-- he argues that their success cannot simply be reduced to culture, but must incorporate a broader understanding of the ways in which organizations are constructed and reproduced. His analysis is then adapted to a detailed discussion on the debate over why Japanese organizations are so successful. As both a synthesis of current perspectives and an innovative argument based on a comprehensive international overview, Modern Organizations serves both as a text and important resource for all interested in organization and management studies. "The author gives a timely reminder of the influence of Weber, not only as a significant figure in the development of organization studies but also as an eminent (reforming) theorist of modernity. . . . In this book we encounter significant parallels with Harvey. . . "--Administrative Science Quarterly ". . . the (fifth) chapter on 'French Bread, Italian Fashion and Asian Enterprise' is one of the most interesting treatment of enterprise behavior I have read for some time. . . . The reading list is very full, with a most up-to-date coverage of the field, and there is a useful index. . . . The 'broad international sweep' . . is, of course, to be commended. . . " --Journal of General Management "Contributes to the major debates in organization theory from the perspective of a coherent, overarching framework, and is unmissable on that account alone. But the comprehensiveness of its survey of organizational theory qualifies it as a textbook as well, in a range of disciplines. This book promises the reader as smooth a ride as the terrain permits." --APROS Bulletin "With style and panache . . . Clegg breaks free of the standard format for organization theory books and establishes a new norm. The very freshness of the approach makes comparisons difficult. . . . His work is both broader and more insightful than other more recent works. Clegg's work either represents the initial breakthrough to a new organizational theory perspective or a perspective so far from the bulk of the mainstream that it will be challenged. It is certainly worth the attention of serious scholars in the field." --Choice "Stewart Clegg thrusts the study of organizations towards a truly world view in this tempered and scholarly work. United by its theme of the cultural relativity of organizational analysis, it uses intriguing material notably from Europe and from the nations of the Asian Pacific Rim to take a wide view of ideas and of international differences in organizing and managing." --David J. Hickson, University of Bradford, England "Professor Clegg's stylish, elegantly written work Modern Organisations: Organisation Studies in the Postmodern World is a rewarding blend of theoretical argument and discussion of concrete examples of organisations, which I am sure will be quickly seen as essential reading for students of organisation studies....his discuss of Weber is extrememly good, well read and accurate, as is his discussion of some of the theories of organisations developed since....the greatest value...to be found in this work is the discussion of what Professor Clegg calls "postmodern" organisations." --New Technology Work and Employment "...the (fifth) chapter on 'French Bread', Italian Fashion and Asian Enterprise' is one of the most interesting treatment of enterprise behaviour I have read for some time....The reading list is very full, with a most up-to-date coverage of the field, and there is a useful index....The 'broad international sweep'...is, of course, to be commended..." --Journal of General Management

Table of Contents:

Theoretical Contrasts and International Contexts Organizations and the Modernization of the World Why and Where did Bureaucracy Triumph? Contingencies, Markets and Hierarchies Ecologies, Institutions and Power in the Analysis of Organizations French Bread, Italian Fashions and Asian Enterprise
The Embeddedness of Organizational Diversities Organizational Diversities and Rationalities Modernist and Postmodernist Organization Postmodern Skill Formation and Postmodern Capital Formation?

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Optimisation and Stability Theory for Economic Analysis

Author: Brian Beavis

This text presents a coherent and systematic exposition of the mathematical theory of the problems of optimization and stability, both of which are central to economic analysis. Through extensive use of economic examples, the authors provide the economist with a feel for the kinds of mathematical techniques most useful for dealing with particular economic problems. Although the text deals with fairly advanced material, the mathematical prerequisites are minimized by the inclusion of an integrated mathematical review designed to make the text self-contained and accessible to the reader with only an elementary knowledge of calculus and linear algebra.

Basic Telecommunications or Medical Practice in the Current Health Care Environment

Basic Telecommunications: The Physical Layer

Author: Gary J Mullett

Part of Delmar Learning's new National Center for Telecommunications Technologies Series, this book introduces wireline, wireless, and fiber optic concepts, focusing on physical layer implementation of system hardware. Industry regulations and background on filters, and test equipment is provided. Readers then launch into study of multiplexing and modulation schemes, with opportunities to compare digital and traditional techniques. Presentation is guided by the needs of technicians tasked with evaluating system operation and reconfiguring programmable hardware. DC/AC theory and digital electronics knowledge is assumed.

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Medical Practice in the Current Health Care Environment: A Handbook for Residents and Medical Students

Author: Janine C Edwards

"Residents and medical students," writes Janine C. Edwards, "need to know the economics of health care delivery and current patterns of delivery, especially managed care." In Medical Practice in the Current Health Care Environment, a distinguished group of contributors explain the settings in which medical care is currently being delivered, with the aim of helping both residents and medical students make an informed career choice. The authors look at the basic economics of health care, including HMOs, PPOs, private practice (solo and group), and Medicare and Medicaid. The concluding chapter presents issues to consider in making career decisions, including personality, geography, income, and lifestyle. A glossary defines the technical terms of health care administration.

Isaac Kleinman

This is a collection of seven short chapters, each by a different author, on financial dynamics of health care, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid, solo and group practice, making a career choice, and medical care reform. There is appended a short primer of basic economic concepts and a glossary. The purpose is to acquaint young physicians with ""the principles of economics and the applications of the principles to the dynamics of health care and physician reimbursement"" and to familiarize them with the career options available and ""the information needed to chose a career path among the options."" It is aimed at young physicians, medical students, and residents. There are no illustrations beyond a small number of graphs and tables. The authors are mainly academics at St Louis University and Washington University School of Medicine. I could not find papers from any of the contributors listed in any of the various chapter bibliographies. There is a lack of current references. This is an important weakness in a text on medical/economic matters that for some time have been undergoing very rapid change. The newest reference, for example, in the chapter on medical care reform was 1982. In most of the chapters the references are four to five years old and older. Although one might quarrel with the biases that show through in many of these chapters, this book is useful as an introduction to the various ways health care delivery is being organized in this country and as a brief history of the development of health care legislation at the national level. It falls far short, however, as a guide or manual for making a career choice in medicine.

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Reviewer: Isaac Kleinman, MD (Baylor College of Medicine)
Description: This is a collection of seven short chapters, each by a different author, on financial dynamics of health care, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid, solo and group practice, making a career choice, and medical care reform. There is appended a short primer of basic economic concepts and a glossary.
Purpose: The purpose is to acquaint young physicians with "the principles of economics and the applications of the principles to the dynamics of health care and physician reimbursement" and to familiarize them with the career options available and "the information needed to chose a career path among the options."
Audience: It is aimed at young physicians, medical students, and residents.
Features: There are no illustrations beyond a small number of graphs and tables. The authors are mainly academics at St Louis University and Washington University School of Medicine. I could not find papers from any of the contributors listed in any of the various chapter bibliographies. There is a lack of current references. This is an important weakness in a text on medical/economic matters that for some time have been undergoing very rapid change. The newest reference, for example, in the chapter on medical care reform was 1982. In most of the chapters the references are four to five years old and older.
Assessment: Although one might quarrel with the biases that show through in many of these chapters, this book is useful as an introduction to the various ways health care delivery is being organized in this country and as a brief history of the development of health care legislation at the national level. It falls far short, however, as a guide or manual for making a career choice in medicine.

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An updated roadmap for those about to embark on a career as a physician. The seven essays cover the finances of the US health care system, health-maintenance and preferred-provider organizations, the changing Medicare and Medicaid programs, solo or group practice, career choices, and medical care reform. Paper edition (unseen), $15. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rating

2 Stars from Doody

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Contributors
1	The Financial Dynamics of the U.S. Health Care System	1
2	Health Maintenance Organizations	20
3	Preferred Provider Organizations	42
4	The Changing Face of Medicare and Medicaid	59
5	Private Practice: Solo or Group	87
6	Making a Career Choice	104
7	Medical Care Reform	115
	Appendix: Basic Economic Concepts	133
	Glossary	143
	Index	149

Environmental Crime or How to Make Effective Presentations

Environmental Crime

Author: Mary Clifford

This valuable addition to environmental crime literature provides a compilation of interdisciplinary research while exploring the enforcement of environmental protection legislation. Ten leading contributors to the text present the history of environmental protection efforts; one of the first comprehensive discussions on the criminal justice system's response to this unique type of crime; and illustrative case studies on the most controversial environmental issues.

Booknews

This interdisciplinary text explores the enforcement of environmental protection legislation. Fifteen chapters discuss the definition of environmental crime, a history of the U.S. environmental movement, economics and politics, a social understanding of the natural sciences, federal legislation, an interagency approach, and identifying essential connections. Concludes with five case studies that exemplify many of the themes presented in the text--activism, politics, economics, legislation, hazardous waste, government involvement, and international issues. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

Contents: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME * Defining "Environmental Crime" * A History of the U.S. Environmental Movement * Economics, Politics, and Environmental Protection * A Social Understanding of the Natural Sciences * A Review of Federal Environmental Legislation * ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION: AN INTERAGENCY APPROACH * The Federal Environmental Regulatory Structure * State and Local Environmental Enforcement * Policing the Environment * Environmental Crime Prosecution at the County Level * Sentencing the Environmental Criminal * IDENTIFYING ESSENTIAL CONNECTIONS * Five Types of Environmental Criminals * Environmental Ethics, Criminal Law, and Environmental Crime * Mystification of Environmental Images: Identifying Environmental Crime * International Environmental Issues * Environmental Crime Research: Where We Have Been, Where We Should Go * CASE STUDIES * Case Study 1--Community Opposition to Hazardous Waste Incineration: The Case of ENSCO * Case Study 2--Hazardous Waste Regulation: Legacies of the Past and Projections for the Future * Case Study 3--Rocky Flats: A Plea Bargain in Public View * Case Study 4--Controversy Amid Controversy: Reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act * Case Study 5--Environmental Crimes at the U.S.-Mexico Border * Comments in Closing * Appendixes * Index

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How to Make Effective Presentations, Vol. 16

Author: Elizabeth P Tierney

"How To Make Effective Presentations, true to its down-to-earth title, takes you through practicalities of the gestation process of a presentation . . . . tips make the book a useful companion."

--The Financial Express

You're a teacher or student about to make a presentation but you don't know where to begin. How do you plan your presentation? How do you incorporate visual aids and handouts? How much should you practice your speech? How do you handle questions? How do you calm your nerves? Everyone in academia makes presentations and faces similar questions and concerns. Elizabeth P. Tierney, a skilled speaker and consultant, offers advice and suggestions on how to make an effective presentation. From planning your presentation to stepping in front of an audience and delivering your speech, the author takes you step-by-step through the entire process.

If you're a teacher or student faced with giving a presentation, this is the book for you.

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For teachers and students who, when they are required to make a presentation, find themselves the night before either gnawing themselves raw with worry or re-labelling all the spice jars with great concentration. Provides suggestions on planning, incorporating visual aids and handouts, how much to practice, how to handle questions, how to stay calm, and other aspects. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Case Studies in Building Design and Construction or Human Rights and International Political Economy in Third World Nations

Case Studies in Building Design and Construction

Author: Robert W Dorsey

This unique book uses case studies and real-life experiences to present the optimum project delivery systems in terms of contractual arrangements for a variety of building projects. This is designed to allow the reader to become aware of the evolving conditions in the practice of architecture and construction. KEY TOPICS: A critical hands-on guide, this book provides practical, real-world perspective using the authorÕs professional experience as designer, constructor, and owner for a variety of buildings with a total value of over $100 million and presents case studies based on the authorÕs actual experiences in those three areas. And it includes several case studies that focus on leadership capabilities and the skills necessary for success in building design and construction. It also provides references to sources needed to help solve the case studies in the book, such as other reference books, contract forms, public agencies, private practitioners, and many more. Most important, it discusses the skills needed to successfully address regulatory issues and to deal with government agencies.An essential reference for every professional who designs, builds, or owns major buildings.

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Asserting that the emerging academic construction discipline should be considered equal of architecture or engineering, architect Dorsey (U. of Cincinnati) guides participants in navigating its increasing complexity, glories, and problems though the case study method. The author covers the profession's organization, contractual relations, construction and program management, public and private sector work needing solutions, risk distribution and dispute resolution, government regulation, and leadership. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Human Rights and International Political Economy in Third World Nations: Multinational Corporations, Foreign Aid, and Repression

Author: William H Meyer

Meyer examines the effects that American foreign aid, investment, and multinational corporations have on human rights in Third World countries. A quantitative analyses employing a sample of more than 50 developing nations specifies the international linkages between human rights, MNC investment, and US economic and military aid. In addition case studies detail particular human rights abuses by specific MNCs.

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Including case studies of sweat shops in India, Chile, and Mexico, this text explores the impact of the economic activity of multinational corporations (MNCs) and foreign aid on relative levels of human rights abuses in less developed countries. While finding that certain MNCs, such as Nike and Wal-Mart, have been implicated in serious and systemic human rights abuses, the author claims that, on a general international level, MNC activity and foreign development aid have a beneficial effect on human rights over time. Conversely, he finds that military aid has a deleterious effect on human rights. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
1	Universal Human Rights in a Cross-Cultural Context	5
2	Foreign Policy and Human Rights	37
3	Human Rights and Multinational Corporations: Investing in Repression?	83
4	Human Rights and Foreign Aid	113
5	Case Studies of Multinational Corporations and Human Rights	141
6	Conclusion	197
	Selected Bibliography	221
	Index	233

Pattern Classification or Organizing Change

Pattern Classification: A Unified View of Statistical and Neural Approaches

Author: Jurgen Schurmann

PATTERN CLASSIFICATION

a unified view of statistical and neural approaches

The product of years of research and practical experience in pattern classification, this book offers a theory-based engineering perspective on neural networks and statistical pattern classification. Pattern Classification sheds new light on the relationship between seemingly unrelated approaches to pattern recognition, including statistical methods, polynomial regression, multilayer perceptron, and radial basis functions. Important topics such as feature selection, reject criteria, classifier performance measurement, and classifier combinations are fully covered, as well as material on techniques that, until now, would have required an extensive literature search to locate. A full program of illustrations, graphs, and examples helps make the operations and general properties of different classification approaches intuitively understandable.

Offering a lucid presentation of complex applications and their algorithms, Pattern Classification is an invaluable resource for researchers, engineers, and graduate students in this rapidly developing field.

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Offers a theory-based engineering perspective on neural networks and statistical pattern classification. On the way, sheds light on the relationship between apparently unrelated approaches to pattern recognition, including statistical methods, polynomial regression, multilayer perceptron, and radial basis functions. Also discusses such topics as feature selection, reject criteria, classifier performance measurement, and classifier combinations. Most of the examples and applications relate to character recognition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Organizing Change: An Inclusive, Systemic Approach to Maintain Productivity and Achieve Results

Author: Karl J Krayer

Learn how to harness change and use it as a competitive advantage! Organizing Change shows you how to organize and activate a team process to accomplish a successful change initiative throughout your organization. Using the process outlined in this book, your organization will be able to respond quickly yet methodically to your organization's needs while your company maintains, and even increases, productivity and results throughout the change process.

"In Organizing Change Lee and Krayer have taken what most executives regard as consultant candy and transformed it into a science . . . a doable science."
--Joseph F. Carlisle, senior consultant, Training Consulting Softek, Denton, Texas

Written for organizational development consultants, human resources professionals, managers at all levels, and organizational change agents, this important resource is a valuable asset that contains a wealth of tools, ideas, as well as a wide variety of checklists, worksheets, templates, and forms that you can use to assist you in organizing change initiatives.

Table of Contents:

	List of Figures, Exhibits, and Tables
	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	Change and the Growth and Complexity of Organizations	15
2	Introduction to the Model	21
3	Change Agents	29
4	Choosing Committee Members	39
5	Analyzing and Improving Committee Interaction	45
6	Planning	59
7	Assessment	89
8	Analysis	107
9	Design	137
10	Development	159
11	Implementation	171
12	Evaluation	181
13	Gathering Information	203
14	Disseminating Information	225
	Conclusion	235
	References	241
	About the Authors	245
	Index	249
	How to Use the CD-ROM	255

Precedence and Arrow Networking Techniques for Construction or Applications and Computational Elements of Industrial Hygiene

Precedence and Arrow Networking Techniques for Construction

Author: Robert B Harris

Two important scheduling techniques for modern construction management—the precedence technique and the arrow technique—are developed and analyzed. The parallel treatment of these two applications presents a basis of theory and practice for the civil engineering student and the practicing project manager. Introduces the concept of the scheduling plan as a design process. Shows the steps for developing the list of activities as the basis for any networking technique. Gives computations for arrow and precedence diagrams. Covers practical techniques for making time-cost adjustments to early start schedules. Concludes with discussion of applications of techniques in the context of real-life projects.

Table of Contents:

Introduction.
Project Breakdown.
Basic Arrow Diagraming.
Basic Precedence Diagraming.
Establishing Activity Durations.
Scheduling Computations for Arrow Networks.
Scheduling Computations for Precedence Networks.
Communicating the Schedule.
Project Control.
Time-Cost Adjustments.
Resource Leveling.
Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT).
Overlapping Networks.
Index.

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Applications and Computational Elements of Industrial Hygiene

Author: Martin B Stern

Presenting the only textbook available today that covers all of the critical elements of industrial hygiene ó conceptual information, computational coverage, case studies, and sample problems and exercises ó in one volume. Organized around the basic rubrics of industrial hygiene, this book helps students to think like industrial hygienists while offering the latest techniques for practicing professionals. Applications and Computational Elements of Industrial Hygiene is the most complete reference available on IH, and is also an ideal study aid for exam preparation. This is the first and only textbook that includes all critical computations for each concept covered. Each chapter discusses a different hazard and how to recognize, evaluate, and control it. The advantage of this approach is clear; technical issues, instrumental techniques, engineering control procedures ó relevant issues from A to Z ó are discussed for each hazard. Chapters conclude with case studies that offer critical insight into the practical aspects of the field. The book also covers emerging issues that will affect industrial hygienists in the future. The book includes real-life situations and experiences to demonstrate practical applications of concepts presented in the text. For students, Applications and Computational Elements of Industrial Hygiene offers critical material formerly scattered across multiple sources. For seasoned industrial hygienists, this is an essential problem-solving tool and state-of-the-art reference that consolidates and updates previously scattered information.

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A dozen contributors offer assistance for certification to industrial hygienists, in their detective work of ferreting out circumstances surrounding an employee's exposure to a toxic environment, and developing recommendations to protect workers from future exposure events. With case studies, equations, and graphics, textbook chapters cover: general principles, toxicology, air sampling and pollution, analytical chemistry, engineering controls, noise, radiation, temperature extremes, personal protective equipment, ergonomics, management, construction, and emerging issues (e.g. indoor air quality, metrics). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Business Communication Updated or 100 Methods for Total Quality Management

Business Communication, Updated (Custom)

Author: Deborah C Andrews

This introductory business communication text is organized the way the course really unfolds--from basics of communication, to direct messages, then to reports, oral presentations, on to indirect messages, job resumes, letters, and interviews. The book ends with coverage of interpersonal communication, organizational communication, and managerial and supervisory communication.

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100 Methods for Total Quality Management

Author: Gopal K Kanji

Ranging from brainstorming to the Deming Wheel, from force field analysis to "zero defects," 100 Methods for Total Quality Management meets the need for a short, accessible reference to the 100 most frequently adopted methods for implementing total quality management (TQM). Central to the this book is a broad interpretation of TQM. The methods addressed are relevant to all those interested in using explicit tools (qualitative and quantitative) to assist with problem solving, analysis, and evaluation in the management process. An introduction briefly outlines the basic principles of TQM. The bulk of the book provides clear, concise outlines of the 100 methods, describing their purpose, application, and benefits. 100 Methods for Total Quality Management is an invaluable resource for practitioners, academics, and students working in the areas of TQM, management science, teamwork and problem solving in organizations, and general management and decision making.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Understanding Total Quality Management	1
	The Role of TQM Methods	8
	List of Methods (By Category)	10
	Purpose of Methods (Alphabetical List)	13
	Management Methods	20
	Analytical Methods	79
	Idea Generation	123
	Data Collection, Analysis and Display	154
	References	234
	Index	236

Hospitality Sales or Battling Big Business

Hospitality Sales: A Marketing Approach

Author: Margaret Shaw

What It Takes to be a Leader in Hospitality Sales-Principles and Techniques for Success What's the key to success in today's competitive hospitality industry? Sales-the art and science of telling potential customers that you have the product they need, when they need it, and where, at a price that's right for them. Hospitality Sales: A Marketing Approach provides in-depth instruction based on the strategies of leading hospitality organizations. This comprehensive book introduces crucial sales and marketing concepts and describes how they apply to hospitality businesses and customers. An unparalleled teaching resource, this book:
* Presents selling as the vital link between marketing and operations
* Explains concepts and practices with clear, real-world examples
* Explores sales management technology, from office automation and yield management technology to point-of-sale systems and guest service technology
* Provides summaries and discussion questions at the end of each chapter
* Features a quick-reference glossary of important terms
Hospitality Sales: A Marketing Approach introduces students in any undergraduate program to the real world of hospitality sales and gives them the solid grounding they will need to embark on a successful career in hospitality sales.

Table of Contents:

SETTING THE STAGE.
Introduction to Sales and Marketing.
The Marketing Communication Mix.
THE PLAYERS.
Hospitality Customers: The Buyers.
Hospitality Businesses: The Suppliers.
Hospitality Businesses: More Suppliers.
PERSONAL SELLING AND SALES MANAGEMENT.
Personal Selling: The Sales Process.
Personal Selling: The Delivery.
Sales Management.
Sales and Technology: Part A Management and Operations.
Sales and Technology: Part B The Hospitality Customer.
INTERMEDIARIES AND PARTNERSHIPS.
Intermediaries.
Hospitality Partnerships.
Glossary.
Index.

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Battling Big Business: Countering Greenwash, Front Groups and Other Forms of Corporate Deception

Author: Eveline Lubbers

After big business suffered several spectacular media defeats, from the Mclibel suit where McDonalds won the suit but lost the war, to Monsanto's underestimation of resistance to genetically modified organisms, corporations are fighting back. Hard. From surveillance to legal suits, from lobbyists crafting laws to PR groups' greenwashing crimes Battling Big Business reveals how corporate giants attempt to control their "enemies"-and how groups and individuals can fight back.

Contributors include Naomi Klein, George Monbiot, Sharon Beder, Andy Rowell and Eveline Lubbers.

Eveline Lubbers is an investigative reporter and activist living in Amsterdam. She co-founded the Jansen & Janssen Bureau to monitor police and secret services. She has produced books on corporate intelligence and PR strategies of multinationals against their critics, subjects mainly in Dutch. Her works can be found at Evel's Writing www.evel.nl, and the work of the Bureau at www.burojansen.nl.