Macroeconomics or Principles of Economics

Macroeconomics: Principles and Applications with Xtra! CD-ROM and InfoTrac

Author: Robert Hall

Macroeconomics: Principles and Applications provides a lively, rigorous introduction to basic economic theory and its applications. It has been carefully crafted in terms of both content and supporting pedagogy to keep readers focused on learning and applying the central ideas used in economic analysis. In-text Internet links and a dedicated Web site provide opportunities and exercises for readers to access and analyze additional real-world economic applications.

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This text/CD-ROM package stresses the unity of economics with a consistent methodology for looking at different types of markets, and a capstone chapter bringing together a variety of macro tools to study the relationship between the stock market and the macroeconomy. The companion CD-ROM contains a graphing workshop with tutorials, interactive tools, and exercises that teach how to interpret, reproduce, and explain graphs. The revised second edition contains material reflecting changes since the September 11th terrorist attacks, the recession of 2001, and the shift from high-tech boom to high-tech bust. Hall teaches economics at Stanford University. Lieberman teaches economics at New York University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

PART I: PRELIMINARIES. 1. What Is Economics? 2. Scarcity, Choice and Economic Systems. 3. Supply and Demand. PART II: MACROECONOMICS: BASIC CONCEPTS. 4. What Macroeconomics Tries to Explain. 5. Production, Income, and Employment. 6. The Monetary System, Prices and Inflation. PART III: LONG-RUN MACROECONOMICS. 7. The Classical Long-Run Model. 8. Economic Growth and Rising Living Standards. PART IV: SHORT-RUN MACROECONOMICS. 9. Economic Fluctuations. 10. The Short-Run Macro Model. PART V: MONEY, PRICES, AND THE MACROECONOMY. 11. The Banking System. 12. The Money Market and the Interest Rate. 13. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply. PART VI: MACROECONOMIC POLICY. 14. Inflation and Monetary Policy. 15. Fiscal Policy: Taxes, Spending, and the Federal Budget. 16. Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Policy. USING ALL THE THEORY: The Stock Market and the Macroeconomy.

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Principles of Economics

Author: Fred Gottheil

Bring the study of economics to life with Principles of Economics, 5th edition. Award-winning educator and author Fred Gottheil speaks directly to student experience through a conversational writing style and narrative that uses stories, familiar examples, engaging scenarios, and relevant examples from literature emphasizing that economic principles can be found in all aspects of modern life. The text focuses on the key questions and presents the basic concepts-developing economic analysis step-by-step. The result is a more interactive and enjoyable learning experience when compared to the pedantic approaches often found in texts. Each chapter in the fifth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the most relevant data and also emerging and critical issues such as the issues of Iraq, terrorism, Katrina, China, and more. We invite you to see for yourself how Fred Gottheil's approach will help to shorten the distance between students and the exciting study of economics.

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An introductory text/CD-ROM with explanatory narrative based on questions and detailed answers. Chapters are in section on basics of economic analysis, microeconomics and its applications to product and factor markets, employment and fiscal policy, banking and monetary policy, government and the macroeconomy, and the world economy. Learning aids include objectives, self-check questions, Internet exercises, graph-reading and interpretation exercises, activities placing students in the role of consultants, and boxes on how economic principles apply to real events. This third edition strengthens an interdisciplinary focus. The CD-ROM contains video clips, self-tests, and a graphing tutorial. The author teaches economics at the University of Illinois. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Interpreting the National Electrical Code or Investments

Interpreting the National Electrical Code

Author: Truman Surbrook

Extraordinarily comprehensive, this book is completely updated to the 2008 National Electrical Code and continues to offer valuable insight into the Code articles. Explanations are provided for each article in detail, with thorough discussions and practical examples that clearly illustrate how the Code and its most recent changes are applied. Discussions are logically organized into coherent subject groupings, allowing readers to navigate easily through 2008 NEC requirements as well as changes since the last edition. Through this approach, the book also integrates essential information into the 8th Edition that is not directly addressed in the NEC but is extremely useful to electricians.

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Investments

Author: Haim Levy

The chapters are very well written, and present even relatively difficult material in a concise and very clear way.

Thore Johnson, Norwegian

Schoolof Economics and Business Administration

 

To some people, security markets are like casinos in which investing is based on predicting security prices and speculating that those predictions will come true.  Investments is here to tell you otherwise. 

You could try to predict security prices by flipping a coin or reading a horoscope, but if you really want to become a better investor then you need a thorough understanding of securities, securities markets and investment strategies.  That is exactly what this book provides.

This topical introduction to investment in security markets discusses in detail the various ways in which you can minimise risk and maximise yields.  One of the basic insights that you will obtain from reading this book is that good investments generally do not require forecasting skills. Rather, in many cases, good investments require the matching of the investments with the objectives and constraints of the investor.

Key Features:

 
• Up-to-date coverage of investment practice and academic research
• Extensive coverage of e-commerce in investments
• Many real-life case studies taken from recent newspaper articles, in particular the Financial Times
• Extensive Review Questions and Answers, with additional questions and answers available online

Investments is suitable for use by intermediate to advanced undergraduate students taking courses in investments as part of accounting, finance, economics andbusiness studies degrees.  It is also suitable for postgraduate students on MBA and other programmes covering investments.

 

Professor Haim Levy, MA, PhD, is Myles Robinson Professor of Business Administration at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in The Jerusalem School of Business Administration.

Professor Thierry Post is an Associate Professor of Finance at Erasmus University, the Netherlands.

The book is well-presented and substantial, the terms are clearly explained, there are plenty of examples, and concepts are introduced gradually and thoroughly.

James Clunie, The Universityof Edinburgh

 

Table of Contents:

1	Introduction	1
2	Bonds, stocks and other securities	19
3	Security markets	53
4	Institutional investors	94
5	Security regulation and investment ethics	121
6	Rates of return	159
7	Fundamentals of portfolio analysis	203
8	Mean-variance analysis	234
9	Portfolio diversification	259
10	The capital asset-pricing model	289
11	The arbitrage pricing theory	340
12	Efficient markets : theory and evidence	374
13	Interest rates and bond valuation	413
14	Bonds : analysis and management	455
15	Stocks : valuation and selection	491
16	Financial statement analysis	536
17	Macroeconomic analysis	566
18	Technical analysis	594
19	Futures, options and other derivatives	623
20	Derivatives valuation	678
21	Risk management	727
22	Performance evaluation	761
App. A	Introduction to regression analysis	801
App. B	Excel spreadsheet applications	822

Human Resource Management or Principles of Business Economics

Human Resource Management: Key Concepts and Skills

Author: Phil B Beaumont

"The style of presentation of the book is unique since a good deal of the information has been presented in a tabular form. The text includes a number of examples drawn from interviews and discussions carried out in organizations which makes it interesting.... The book would be useful to students and practitioners." --Vikalpa Meeting the clear need for a substantial but accessible introduction to Human Resource Management (HRM), this major new textbook addresses the practice of HRM within the context of the key literature, research, and debates of the field. Human Resource Management focuses on what is most relevant and useful to line managers at the policy/strategic and day-to-day level; combines knowledge- and research-based material with an introduction to key skills and techniques; contains numerous discussion question appendices; and draws on international material to consider HRM development in Europe, America, and elsewhere. The first part of the book looks at the origins of HRM and what is meant by "strategic" HRM; HRM and personnel management; competitiveness and international differences in approaches to HRM; and organizational culture, change, and HRM. Succeeding chapters explore the implementation of an HRM approach in such areas as selection, appraisal, career management, and employee participation. The book concludes with a final overview of current key concerns and debates about HRM, and considers some of its likely future developments.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
1	Competitive Strategy and Human Resource Management	9
2	Organizational Culture and Change	34
3	The Selection Decision	56
4	Appraising Employees	74
5	Reward and Compensation Systems	102
6	Career Management and Development	129
7	Employee-Management Communications	155
8	Employee Participation, Small Group Activities and Team Working	176
9	Squaring the Circle?	203
	Appendix: Teaching Material	218
	Index	221

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Principles of Business Economics

Author: Joseph Nellis

Based on the successful book The Essence of Business Economics by the same authors, this new text provides a forum for detailed discussion of the core principles of microeconomics and shows how these concepts are implemented in business decisions.

User-friendly, jargon-free and comprehensive in its approach, it takes an in-depth look at the principles of business decision making, demonstrating how managers can apply economics in the workplace.

Key features
• Accessible approach -
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• technical jargon and mathematical treatment are kept to a minimum and discussion is supported by clear graphical analyses.

• Integrated applications in each chapter reinforce and test the reader's understanding of key concepts. 
• Topics for Discussion in each chapter stimulate thinking and encourage the practical application of the subject.

• A detailed glossary is included at the end of the book for easy reference.

• A downloadable web supplement is available for lecturers and students at www.booksites.net/nellisparker. This includes Guidance Notes on answering the Topics for Discussion in each chapter and a set of Overhead Transparency Masters, using PowerPoint, to support the book.Principles of Business Economics is an ideal foundation for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels studying economics on a wide range of degree and professional programmes, such as the Master of Business Administration (MBA), MSc in Management and Business Studies, Diploma in Management Studies (DMS) and BA Business Studies. In addition,the book is a useful resource for managers wishing to understand and react appropriately to the dynamics of their competitive environment. Joseph G. Nellis is Professor of International Management Economics at Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University. David Parker is Professor of Business Economics and Strategy at Aston Business School, Aston University.

Communication Skills or Advanced Capital Budgeting

Communication Skills: Preparing for Career Success

Author: Thomas Cheesebro

The 3rd edition of this text provides an excellent, easy-to-read explanation of the tools needed to be successful on the job. Organized into easily understood 3-part chapters, Job Talk provides ample coverage of standard communication topics, and addresses content essential for workers in today's competitive job market. Beginning with an overview of the communication process, it then addresses skills related to diversity, listening, interpersonal relationships, oral presentations, teamwork, job search, and customer service. Because of its ease of use this guide is invaluable to those who need to present information from all walks of life: from students to trainer-facilitators to CEOs. Adult learners who develop the skills presented in this book can expect to experience more satisfying work lives, improved interpersonal relationships, and increased self-confidence.

Table of Contents:

1. Communication.

2. Diversity.

3. Listening.

4. Interpersonal Skills.

5. Presentations.

6. Teamwork.

7. Job Search.

8. Written Communication.

9. Interviewing.

10. Customer Service.

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Advanced Capital Budgeting: Refinements in the Economic Analysis of Investment Projects

Author: Harold Bierman

This book is a companion volume to the author's classic The Capital Budgeting Decision and explores the complexities of capital budgeting as well as the opportunities to improve the decision process where risk and time are important elements.

There is a long list of contenders for the next breakthrough for making capital budgeting decisions and this book gives in-depth coverage to: Real options. The value of a project must take into consideration the flexibility that it provides management, acknowledging the option of making decisions in the future when more information is available. This book emphasizes the need to assign a value to this flexibility, and how option-pricing theory (also known as contingent claims analysis) sometimes provides a method for valuing flexibility. Decomposing cash flows. A project consists of many series of cash flows and each series deserves its own specific risk-adjusted discount rate. Decomposing the cash flows of an investment highlights the fact that while managers are generally aware that divisions and projects have different risks, too often they neglect the fact that cash flow components may also have different risks, with severe consequences on the quality of the decision-making.

Designed to assist business decisions at all levels, the emphasis is on the applications of capital budgeting techniques to a variety of issues. These include the hugely significant buy versus lease decision which costs corporations billions each year. Current business decisions also need to be made considering the cross-border implications, and global business aspects, identifying the specific aspects of international investment decisions, which appear throughout thebook.

About the Author:
Harold Bierman, Jr. is the Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of Business Administration at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University

About the Author:
Seymour Smidt is Professor Emeritus at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University

The Economics of Sport or On Time Technology Implementation

The Economics of Sport: An International Perspective

Author: Robert Sandy

This text, by three distinguished authors, applies the theories and techniques of economic analysis to sport and topics related to the business of sport. It builds on a basis of introductory microeconomics and continues the discussion, generally at an intermediate standard. The text has an international perspective, primarily the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, and contains relevant and entertaining case studies. The text suits both undergraduate and postgraduate students in that while it provides a clear progression of topics throughout, it also incorporates optional sections in each chapters of a higher and more challenging level.

Table of Contents:

	List of boxes, tables and figures
	Acknowledgements
	Preface
	List of abbreviations
1	Introduction	1
2	Club and league objectives : profit versus utility maximisation	10
3	Demand and pricing	28
4	The labor market for players	64
5	Discrimination in professional sports	104
6	The economic implications of sports broadcasting	127
7	Sports teams and leagues : from a business necessity to dominating cartels	155
8	Sports and economic development	186
9	Financing the facilities used by professional sports teams	215
10	Nonteam sports and incentives	241
11	College sports in the USA and the role of the NCAA	257
12	Government and sports policy	285
	Glossary of terms	305
	Bibliography	310
	Index	341

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On Time Technology Implementation: How to Achieve Implementation Success with Limited Time and Resources

Author: Bennet P Lientz

Technology implementation guidelines and lessons learned from over 30 years of successful, hands-on project experience.

• How to prevent the top 10 reasons for implementation failure
• Over 200 specific guidelines and lessons learned
• How to implement electronic commerce
• Five example companies from banking, insurance, transportation, government, and manufacturing
• How to use intranet and object oriented methods for maximum advantage
• How to cope with the burden of maintenance, enhancement, and production support
• How to implement knowledge management and data warehousing applications
• How to implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software
• How to develop and implement software on time and within budget
• How to effectively evaluate, select, and implement software packages
• How to control changing requirements and scope
• Critical success factors in system and business process implementation
• How to apply concurrent engineering to software development
• Experience and tips to develop intranet/Internet based applications

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Provides step-by-step methods for managing the implementation of a computer system, with an emphasis on establishing a business process plan and strategy as the first step. The authors suggest points to consider when implementing electronic commerce solutions, enterprise resource planning software, knowledge management, and data warehousing applications. They also address how to assess outsourcing, define requirements, transfer data into the new system, evaluate software packages, and negotiate contracts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Fireside Politics or Perspectives on Organizational Communication

Fireside Politics: Radio and Political Culture in the United States, 1920-1940

Author: Douglas B Craig

During the 1920s and 1930s, the rising popularity of radio prompted subtle but significant changes in how Americans conducted public business and conceived of their community. In Fireside Politics, Douglas B. Craig provides the first detailed and complete examination of the role of radio within political culture between 1920 and 1940--the golden age of radio, when it commanded huge national audiences without competition from television.

Fireside Politics builds upon a wide variety of sources: two major NBC manuscript collections, government documents, papers from the Republican and Democratic parties, broadcasters' memoirs, newspapers, magazines, and the writings of interwar radio enthusiasts, sociologists, and political scientists. Craig begins by covering the development of radio and its evolution into a commercialized, networked, and regulated industry. He then focuses on how the two major parties used the new medium in their national contests between 1924 and 1940, examining radio in political campaigns and debates from the perspectives of the networks, the parties, and listeners. Finally, Craig broadens the argument to encompass interwar notions of citizenship and good taste and their effect on radio broadcasting and its chief actors. He also compares the American experience of broadcasting and political culture with that of Australia, Britain, and Canada. Fireside Politics delivers a thoughtful account of the ways radio metamorphosed into a medium of political action -- a force that affected campaigning, governing, and even ideas of citizenship and civility.

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Craig (history, Australian National U.) explores radio's influence on how Americans conducted public business and conceived of their community during the golden age of radio. Using diverse sources, he traces the evolution of radio into a commercialized, networked, and regulated industry; describes how the two major parties used the new medium in national contests; explores interwar notions of citizenship and good taste and their effect on radio broadcasting; and compares the American experience with that of Australia, Britain, and Canada. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Perspectives on Organizational Communication

Author: Tom D Daniels

Now in its fourth edition, this text provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary issues in organizational communication. The author team is pleased to be joined by Michael Papa, whose years of experience as a consultant and widely published researcher in organizational communication adds a fresh perspective to the text.

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This survey text is divided into four sections covering foundations, themes, contexts, and applications. Coverage includes communication theory and organization theory; perspectives such as functionalism, interpretivism, and radical humanism; superior-subordinate communication; and leadership. This third edition includes information on Japanese management and the American response, systems theory, cultural change through increased diversity, and computer mediated communication systems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Unit I: Foundations1 An Orientation to Organizational Communication Studying Organizational Communication Development of the Field Status of the Field 2 Organization Theory: Prescriptions for Control Scientific and Classical Management Transitional Theories The Human Relations Movement Human Resource Development 3 Organization Theory: Metaphors of Biology A System Theory Equivocality Reduction Theory Evolutionary Psychology and Sociobiology 4 Organization Theory: New Millennium Thought Self-Managed Work Teams and Concertive Control Workplace Democracy Feminist Theories and Organizational Communication The Concept of Emancipation in Organizational Studies Part One Case Studies Unit II: Communication, Relationships, and Media 5 Communication and Its Functions Two Precautions Communication, Information, and Meaning Functions of Communication 6 Organizational Communication Structure Formal Communication Informal Communication Limitations of the Traditional View (and more...)

Knowledge Leadership or Housekeeping Management

Knowledge Leadership: The Art and Science of the Knowledge-Based Organization

Author: Steven A Cavaleri

Business/ Management

Knowledge Leadership
The Art and Science of the Knowledge-Based Organization
Steven Cavaleri and Sharon Seivert with Lee W. Lee


"Knowledge Leadership is a timely response to a widely felt need within the KM field. Practical, readable and with sound foundations, it is a valuable guide for leaders who want their companies to become part of the elite Knowledge-based Organizations…. If you lead, you must read."
— Javier Carrillo, Director, Center for Knowledge Systems, ITESM, Mexico.

"Cavaleri and Seivert help us to understand what knowledge leadership is and show us how to recognize, develop and become knowledge leaders. If more people in business, the professions, and public and voluntary organizations use this book …we will all benefit."
— Colin Coulson-Thomas, Chairman ASK-Europe, Adaptation Ltd, author of The Knowledge Entrepreneur

"Kudos to Cavaleri and Seivert for sharing this enlightening volume…. This book provides a gold mine of tools and it is an invaluable guide to managers…"
— Lynn S. Quinn, Manager, Retail Human Resources, Eileen Fisher, Inc.

"The authors of this well-researched and clearly written book stimulate reflection with intriguing images and practical tools, and they guide towards action with examples from private, public, and not-for profit organizations."
— Ariane Berthoin Antal, Social Science Research Center Berlin and co-editor of The Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge

"A refreshing scholarly perspective…. The authors offer an incisive analysis of how to develop and apply pragmatic knowledge in today's organizations. Realworld industry cases and scientific analyses of knowledge profiles support the conceptual and pragmatic framework while offering tools for bridging the knowing-doing divide."
— Yogesh Malhotra, Founding Chairman, BRINT Institute; Professor, Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management

In Knowledge Leadership, Cavaleri and Seivert describe the dawning of a new era in which individuals are "leading" rather than "managing" knowledge. In the past, many knowledge-based initiatives have failed because leaders underestimated the powerful link between knowledge and performance improvement — and also because they mistakenly thought that "information" was the same as knowledge. Cavaleri and Seivert claim that, while information is a necessary precursor to knowledge, it is not sufficient in itself for improving business performance.

The authors describe notable organizations that use the pragmatic knowledge strategies they describe to gain competitive advantage. Pragmatic knowledge is the result of individuals' developing a deeper understanding of how (and why) things work best in practice. The process of creating pragmatic knowledge transforms key lessons from systems thinking, total quality management, and organization learning into a powerful new business strategy.

To help readers apply the concepts and tools in this book, Cavaleri and Seivert draw on case examples and a decade of original cross-cultural research about knowledge leadership. They also invite readers to use The Knowledge Bias Profile to discover their knowledge leadership style. The book systematically outlines a user-friendly strategy for becoming a knowledge leader and for building high-performing, knowledge-based organizations.

Steven Cavaleri is Senior Executive Vice President of KMCI, Editor of The Learning Organization journal, and teaches at Central Connecticut State University.
Sharon Seivert is President of The Coreporation and Core Learning Services, and author of The Balancing Act and Working from Your Core.
Lee W. Lee is Professor of Management at Central Connecticut State University.

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Housekeeping Management

Author: Matt A Casado

An Invaluable Text to Prepare Tomorrow’s Executive Housekeepers for Today’s Hospitality Industry As downsizing practices in the hospitality industry usher in leaner management and fewer operational levels, the role of executive housekeeper is undergoing a dramatic change. Today, the ideal executive housekeeper must be prepared to be a first-line manager—capable of running a housekeeping department with little or no intervention from upper management. Housekeeping Management offers future industry professionals the tools they need to be competitive in this new era—the skills to manage resources, administer assets, and manage all of the technical operations of a busy housekeeping department. Using case studies culled from the author’s extensive experience in the hospitality industry, it demonstrates clearly how theoretical concepts apply to real-life situations. Illustrated with numerous photos and charts, this practical, easy-to-read text:

• Covers management concepts and responsibilities
• Details structural planning for large properties, including models for staffing patterns
• Examines inventory and equipment management, characteristics of materials and supplies, linen and laundry room management, and cleaning functions
• Discusses personnel administration, including employee motivation, turnover, satisfaction, absenteeism, and cultural diversity issues
• Focuses on productivity and cost control, risk management, topical environmental issues, and hotel safety and security

Ideal for two-year or four-year programs, Housekeeping Management is an invaluable resource to help tomorrow’s executive housekeepers acquire the proficiency inmanagement and administration they’ll need to succeed in the hospitality industry.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION TO HOUSEKEEPING MANAGEMENT.
Management of Lodging Operations.
The Executive Housekeeper as Department Manager.
ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSEKEEPING DEPARTMENT.
Structural Planning of the Housekeeping Department.
Housekeeping Staffing Patterns.
TECHNICAL SKILLS MANAGEMENT.
Management of Inventory and Equipment.
Characteristics of Housekeeping Equipment and Supplies.
Linen Management.
Laundry Room Management.
The Cleaning Function.
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.
Personnel Administration.
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS.
Controlling Operations.
Risk and Environmental Management.
Index.

Monetary and Fiscal Policy Vol 2 or Ethics Organizations

Monetary and Fiscal Policy - Vol. 2: Politics

Author: Torsten Persson

How will the private sector react to different governmental policies? What policies will produce the most desirable outcomes? These two volumes bring together major contributions to a new theory of macroeconomic policy that analyzes which policies are credible or politically feasible, topics that are central to the practical policy debate but that traditional theory cannot address.

Instead of looking at policy as an end product, the contributors approach policy as an ongoing process of revised goals, changes in tactics, and political pressures. They consider what kinds of incentives, within different institutional settings, drive policymaking and the behavior of policymakers. This approach allows more informed answers to questions of which policies are credible and which are politically feasible. It explains why certain monetary and fiscal policies get implemented, and provides insights into situations that occur repeatedly in macroeconomic policy such as the bias toward government deficits, partisan competition, and central bank independence.

Volume 1 examines problems of policy credibility caused by incentives to deviate from announced policy. Volume 2 looks at feasibility problems caused by political pressures generated by the electoral process, the politics of the public debt, issues of the redistribution of wealth, and conflict over the need for economic reforms. Sections are arranged so that the first chapter introduces a topic while those that follow expand on it. The editors provide substantial introductions to each volume as well as short comments at the beginning of each section within the volumes.

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Ethics & Organizations

Author: Martin Parker

Ethics and Organizations provides a rich and valuable overview of an increasingly important issue for management and organizations in contemporary society. Debates about equal opportunities, environmental responsibility, consumer redress, and corporate governance have given ethics a prominent place in the study of organizations in their social and natural environments. Within the organization, new management styles that seek to energize employees by manipulating their beliefs have highlighted the moral-ethical principles at issue in contemporary management. At the same time, debates around postmodernism and relativism have moved ethics to a new centrality in contemporary social theory. This volume addresses the questions that these and other developments raise for the study of management and organizations, from a multidisciplinary perspective. Ethics and Organizations will be invaluable to advanced-level students and academics engaged in analyzing the moral, political, and ethical dimensions of organization theory and organizational practice.

Software Process Improvement or Building Business Spreadsheets with Excel

Software Process Improvement: Practical Guidelines for Business Success

Author: Sami Zahran

((Shelving Category)) Software EngineeringSOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTPractical Guidelines for Business SuccessSami Zahran'This is exactly the kind of book that is needed to spread awareness of the potential of Software Process Improvement and how to succeed in it. As well as presenting current models and methods it contains new ideas and approaches. It will interest and inform not only those who have prior knowledge of this critically important field, but also those who come new to it. It is to be warmly welcomed and recommended.'Colin TullyIndependent Consulting Software EngineerEvery year, software failure is responsible for huge losses both in financial and human terms. While businesses and individuals depend increasingly on their information systems, it is imperative that software is developed to be all the more reliable and robust.This book will help you to manage and control the quality of your organization's software products. Continually dealing with the problems caused by software defects can be both time-consuming and demanding but Sami Zahran's pragmatic approach will take you from reactive fire-fighting to a preventative culture of disciplined and continuous process improvement.This book will help you:· establish a process-focused software development organization· design and implement procedures for developing quality software in time and within budget· benchmark your organization against the industry standards for the software process, including the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), ISO 9001, the new standard ISO/IEC 15504 (originally known as SPICE) and Bootstrap.'In addition to talking about process improvement, Sami Zahran provides useful guidancefrom a practitioner's perspective. He clearly explains the purposes and methods of process improvement, and compares the leading methods, their principal features and characteristics. Most importantly, he discusses the issues which you, the user, will face as you pursue process improvement on your own.'Watts HumphreySoftware Engineering InstituteAbout the author:Dr. Sami Zahran is one of the chief advocates of software process improvement and its impact on organizations. He has over three decades of experience in the software industry assuming senior positions with large organizations including ICL (International Computers Limited), the United Nations, Digital Equipement Corporation, and currently with IBM. He was trained in Software Process Improvement at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr Zahran regularly teaches courses on the subject and is an invited speaker at numerous international conferences and workshops.

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Building Business Spreadsheets with Excel

Author: South Western Publishing

This text teaches readers how to build business spreadsheets like a pro. Problem-based learning is used to build students' skills as they complete real-life problems. In addition they learn Excel's best features for working accurately and efficiently, how to find and solve common errors, give spreadsheets a professional look, solve printing problems and structure spreadsheets to answer business's common "what-if" questions.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
Part 1	Foundation Skills
A.	Orientation	7
B.	Enter, Delete, Edit Data	11
	Test 1	18
C.	Menu Commands	21
	Test 2	26
D.	Formulas	29
	Test 3	41
E.	The COPY Command	43
	Test 4	47
F.	Moving Things Around	49
	Test 5	54
G.	Presentation	57
	Final Test, Part 1	68
Part 2	Problem Sets
A.	General Business Problems	71
Set 1	Basic Models	77
Set 2	Data Analysis	85
Set 3	Data Math	91
Set 4	Growth Calculations	99
B.	Financial Math Problems Using Excel Functions	107
Set 5	PV and FV	109
Set 6	NPV and IRR	117
C.	Financial Statement Forecasts	125
Set 7	Projection Prep	127
Set 8	Projection, One Sheet	135
Set 9	Multiple Sheets	145
Set 10	Multi-Sheet Projection	153
	Appendices
Appendix A	Efficiency	161
Appendix B	Common Business Formulas and Functions	165
Appendix C	Excel Troubleshooter	171
Appendix D	Guide to Formatting	175
Appendix E	Other Useful Commands and Features	185
Appendix F	Printing	195
Appendix G	The A-B-C-D of Spreadsheet Design	199
Appendix H	Standards and Checking	203
	Index
	Index	207

Understanding Infrastructure or The Immigrants Guide to the American Workplace

Understanding Infrastructure: Guide for Architects and Planners

Author: George Rainer

Urban Water Infrastructure Planning, Management, and Operations Neil S. Grigg "… discusses the factors that lead to effective management of water systems in urban areas." —Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation Unique in its orientation for managers, Urban Water Infrastructure focuses on the productive management of urban water systems by laying out its discussion in terms of the system as a whole, how a system’s component elements work together, how much they cost to build and operate, and the sociopolitical forces that guide the productive operation. This easily accessible reference is aimed at engineers, planners, and managers, teaching both the theoretical and practical aspects of urban water management. 1986 (0 471-82914-5) 328 pp. A Guide to Site and Environmental Planning Third Edition Harvey M. Rubenstein "Perhaps the strongest feature of the book is the inclusive, comprehensive, and logical analysis within each of the chapters … All in all, I can highly recommend this book to anyone engaged in site planning, or interested in site plans developed by others." —Landscape Planning This Third Edition incorporates pertinent research of the past decade and presents an approach to design based on factual information that enables creative talent to be used to its utmost advantage. Chapters follow phases used in the development of a site plan and include extensive information on: site selection, resource analysis, land use, storm drainage, alignment of horizontal and vertical curves, specifications, sports facilities and play-grounds, rooftop gardens, residential development concepts, and much more. 1987 (0 471-85033-0) 410 pp.Infrastructure Engineering and Management Neil Grigg Here is the first technical and management book to focus on solutions to complex, large-scale problems involving major infrastructure projects. The wide-ranging text covers such systems as roads and streets, water and wastewater, waste management, buildings and structures, and energy facilities. Infrastructure Engineering and Management gives an in-depth knowledge of several key subjects relating technology to management: planning, programming, and budgeting; finance, organization, and private sector involvement; operations and maintenance; project management; and research needs. 1988 (0 471-84974-X) 380 pp.

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An introduction to the structure and function of such essential public works as water, power, sewage, communications, transportation, and recreation facilities. Discusses the environmental, legal, and economic aspects of both standard and innovative approaches to development and maintenance. Could be used as a textbook. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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The Immigrants Guide to the American Workplace: Making It In America

Author: Anna Graf Williams

This easy-to-read book helps people who want to be successful in the U.S. job market—targeting the needed life and professional skills and providing the “how to” for integrating into the American workforce. It gives concrete, prescriptive techniques for workplace success to immigrant populations and the people who mento them. Coverage includes hygiene and dress, finding and working with a mentor, dealing with culture shock, learning to understand and communicate with others, getting around, government services, housing, handling money, getting and keeping a job, on-the-job benefits, being professional, and becoming independent. For human resource managers, construction mangers, and managers and supervisors in the fields of business, technology, hotel restaurant management, hospital and home health care, career placement, childcare—and basically everything else.

Table of Contents:

1. Intro to the USA.
2. Getting Here—All about Immigration.
3. Learning the Language—How to Communicate.
4. Hygiene, Grooming, and Dress.
5. Government Services.
6. Cash and Credit.
7. Housing.
8. Transportation.
9. Shopping.
10. Dining In and Dining Out.
11. Out on Your Own.
12. Managing the Family.
13. Education.
14. Getting a Job and Keeping a Job.
15. On-the-Job Benefits.
16. Communication at Work.
17. Technology.
18. Media.
19. Mentoring.

The Marketing Research Guide or Socialization of Graduate and Professional Students in Higher Education

The Marketing Research Guide

Author: Robert E Stevens

The Marketing Research Guide carries readers step-by-step through the complete marketing research process, providing worksheets, sample proposals, questionnaires, and a copy of a final report to give insight into the tools and techniques of marketing research. It is ideal for managers who must negotiate, evaluate, and use marketing research as a part of the decision-making process; for individuals involved in the research process who need to review marketing research procedures or find examples of specific techniques; and as a college text for courses in marketing research, especially those that focus on conducting actual marketing research project. Worksheets at the end of each chapter help you develop outlines of your own marketing research projects, while the appendixes provide examples that help you visualize what your reports should look like. Another useful feature is the description of the major forecasting, sampling, and analysis techniques without the use of mathematical formulas - a quality sure to be appreciated by marketers and those ambivalent toward mathematics.

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Intended for use as a college-level textbook for courses in marketing research, as well as for managers using market research, this volume provides guidance through the marketing research process from design to execution. Includes worksheets at the end of each chapter, appendices providing an example of a final report, and ample proposals and questionnaires, as well as a description of the major forecasting, sampling, and analysis techniques without the use of mathematical formulas, for marketers and students ambivalent toward mathematics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Introduction to marketing research	1
Ch. 2	Research designs for management decisions	25
Ch. 3	Experimentation	49
Ch. 4	Measurement	73
Ch. 5	Introduction to data collection	89
Ch. 6	Designing the data-gathering instrument	133
Ch. 7	Fielding the data-gathering instrument	155
Ch. 8	Sampling methods and sample size	181
Ch. 9	Analyzing and interpreting data for decisions	197
Ch. 10	Advanced data analysis	225
Ch. 11	The research report	249
Ch. 12	Industrial and international market research	263
Ch. 13	Mail surveys	287
Ch. 14	Concept/product testing	299

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Socialization of Graduate and Professional Students in Higher Education, Vol. 3

Author: John Weidman

Weidman addresses both curricular and dispositional aspects of the graduate and professional students' experiences in higher education as well as processes through which individual students are socialized. This report provides historical background on the study of professional socialization, compares and contrasts models of professional preparation, and addresses implications for the organization and administration of graduate and professional education programs.

Economic Geographies or Study Guide for Modern Real Estate Practice

Economic Geographies: Circuits, Flows and Spaces

Author: Ray Hudson

'The social and political power of the verity that there are no such things as economies, only economic geographies demands an analysis of the complex flows and relations implied by it. At last, here is a book -- the book - which addresses the questions central to the critical understanding of economies and their formative geographies. This is a highly creative and transformative contribution'

Roger Lee, Professor of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London

How do we conceptualise the production and re-production of social life? What are the most appropriate ways to conceptualise capitalist economies and their geographies? Economic Geographies integrates ideas of structure, agency, and practice to provide:

· a detailed overview of recent key debates in economic geography: from political-economy and Marxism to post-structuralism

· an explanation of the of relations between production, retail and consumption, governance and regulation

· a discussion of the economy in terms of circuits, flows, and spaces that systematically relates the material to the cultural

Economic Geographies is a systematic audit of related developments in economic geography and the social sciences: these include consumption; economy and nature; and culture.

The text will be required reading for upper-level undergraduates on courses in economic geography.

Table of Contents:

1	Conceptualising economies and their geographies	1
2	Flows of value, circuits of capital and social reproduction	21
3	Flows of materials, transformations of nature	38
4	Flows of knowledge, circuits of meaning	57
5	Flows of people	78
6	Spaces of regulation and governance	96
7	Spaces of produciton	118
8	Spaces of sale	145
9	Spaces of consumption, meaning and identities	167
10	From spaces of pollution and waste to sustainable spaces?	189

New interesting book: In einer Prozession gehende Mineraltechnologie: Eine Einführung in die Praktischen Aspekte der Erzbehandlung und Mineralwiederherstellung

Study Guide for Modern Real Estate Practice

Author: Filmore W Galaty

This interactive workbook helps students sharpen skills and knowledge. Designed to work in tandem with Modern Real Estate Practice and Key Point Review Audio Tapes, this reference features exercises and quizzes, which reinforce key terms. For anyone preparing to go into the real estate field or take an exam, The Study Guide offers a valuable practice tool.

Since 1967, more than 450 writers and reviewers have contributed to Modern Real Estate Practice, The Study Guide, and its state-specific versions and state-specific supplements.

Kindred Strangers or The Portal to Lean Production

Kindred Strangers: The Uneasy Relationship between Politics and Business in America

Author: David Vogel

Notwithstanding the myriad forms of government assistance to American business, the relationship of business to politics in the United States remains a highly antagonistic one, characterized by substantial mutual distrust. This adversarial relationship is both reflected and reinforced not only in American business ideology, but also in America's unique legalistic and confrontational style of regulation, the political strategies of the public interest movement, the American approach to American industrial policy, and the distinctive way Americans think about the subject of business ethics. This volume brings together more than two decades of scholarship on business and politics by one of the leading authorities on this subject.

These essays also explore a number of critical contemporary issues, including the ongoing debate over the scope and extent of business power in America, the growth of shareholder protests and consumer boycotts, the changing politics of consumer and environmental regulation, and the emergence of both public and business interest in business ethics. In addition, they place the contemporary dynamics of American business-government relations in both an historical and comparative context. Finally these essays demonstrate e the importance of integrating the study of business by political scientists with the study of politics by students of management.

Interesting book: The Radio Broadcasting Industry or Fifty Years of the Deutsche Mark

The Portal to Lean Production: Principles and Practices for Doing More with Less (Series on Resource Management)

Author: John Nicholas

The Portal to Lean Production: Principles and Practices for Doing More with Less describes the steps, difficulties, and rewards of implementing lean production. The book moves beyond concepts to address practical matters. The authors provide enough information for you to begin implementing lean production within your organization. This book applies a model-the Portal to Lean Production-to illustrate principles and practices. The model reappears at the start of every chapter and serves to connect the concepts of each chapter with those in other chapters, and with basic lean production principles. This volume contains short vignettes that appear in every chapter of actual lean production implementations. Following these real-world examples, the text provides expanded coverage of topics to enable you to learn and apply concepts and principles. The authors enable you to see the context, application, and practical issues associated with lean production concepts and methods before learning details. The vignettes, based upon the work experience of co-author Avi Soni, help connect the concepts and tie them to practical examples.

Table of Contents:

1	Portal to lean production	1
2	Beginnings	15
3	First glimpse of a manufacturing cell	31
4	Gaining experience, broadening the concept	47
5	Applying the cell concept plantwide	69
6	Kanban	89
7	Total productive maintenance	113
8	Quick changeover	141
9	Standard work	161
10	Focused factories	177
11	Customer-focused quality	199
12	Employee involvement, workplace organization, kaizen	233
13	Supply-chain partnerships	251
14	The lean enterprise	271
15	Lean culture transformation	291

A Guide to Human Factors and Ergonomics or Engineered in Japan

A Guide to Human Factors and Ergonomics

Author: Martin Helander

Completely revised and updated, A Guide to Human Factors and Ergonomics, Second Edition presents a comprehensive introduction to the field. Building on the foundation of the first edition, titled Guide to Ergonomics of Manufacturing, the new title reflects the expanded range of coverage and applicability of the techniques you will find in the second edition. Each and every chapter contains new material and some have been entirely rewritten. Drawing on the author's experience in both teaching and industry, the book lays to rest the common myths and misconceptions that surround ergonomics.

Unlike most ergonomics and human factors books that emphasize the physical, this one gives a broad overview of cognitive as well as physical ergonomics. Written in an accessible style, it presents a systems approach to human factors and ergonomics that leads to complete understanding. The author demonstrates how to collect data on users and operators and how to convert the data to good design, and offers a practical guide to the design and analysis of systems. Design oriented, systems oriented, and results oriented, this text provides the tools needed to solve systems problems and develop adequate design solutions.

New interesting textbook: Visual QuickStart Guide or Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction

Engineered in Japan: Japanese Technology-Management Practices

Author: Jeffrey K Liker

Engineered in Japan presents a unique and comprehensive examination of technology management in the most successful Japanese companies: unique in that all chapters go beyond superficial descriptions of stylized practices to look in depth at particular issues, often contradicting or qualifying the conventional wisdom; comprehensive in that it covers the entire technology life cycle from basic R&D, to development engineering, to manufacturing processes, to learning from the Japanese.
Each chapter is based on original research by noted scholars in the field, and identifies technology management practices that have become a major source of competitive advantage for highly successful Japanese companies. Engineered in Japan documents the best practices from such companies as Toyota, Hitachi, Toshiba, and Nippondenso, and discusses how these technology management practices can be usefully adopted in other cultural contexts.
Going beyond past observations, the authors all delve below the surface of Japanese management approaches. They look more closely than has been done before at how particular methods are applied, and they identify some new practices that have not yet been highlighted in books on Japanese methods.
Presenting recent data that contradict some conventional thinking about U.S.-Japanese differences, they look at old techniques from a new perspective.
"U.S. managers can perhaps learn more from the process of creation in Japan and the organizational structures that support innovation," say the editors in their introduction, "than from the particular approaches, tools, and technologies created." A running theme throughout the book is that Japanese managers andengineers tend to think in terms of systems, focusing not just on the parts but on the connections between them. Engineered in Japan is must reading for technology managers and engineers, along with anyone interested in Japanese business, engineering, and management.

"The particular benefit of this book is that it distinguishes a technology life cycle and analyzes each of its stages: research and development, process and product development, manufacturing management and methods, technology deployment, and organizational learning."--Booklist

"In the end, the edited volume provides a smorgasbord for readers: some will try every offering, others will sample only those which are most appealing."--Journal of Product Innovation Management

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The particular genius of the Japanese has been their ability to adopt, adapt, and apply technology. In 1991, in an effort to learn from ways in which the Japanese manage technology successfully, Congress authorized $10 million for the Department of Defense to establish a cooperative program for U.S. and Japanese industry and technology management training. Part of the program required that the "best practices" in manufacturing and the management of technology be identified, and a number of universities were given grants to conduct studies. Each of this book's 17 chapters is based on original research done by the University of Michigan's Japan Technology Management Program from 1991 to 1993. The particular benefit of this book is that it distinguishes a technology life cycle and analyzes each of its stages: research and development, process and product development, manufacturing management and methods, technology deployment, and organizational learning. Offering a comprehensive overview, this book is recommended for technology and management collections.

Table of Contents:

	Contributors
1	Engineered in Japan: Introduction and Overview	3
2	Basic Research in Japanese Electronic Companies: An Attempt at Establishing New Organizational Routines	17
3	The Growth of R&D Investment and Organizational Changes by Japanese Pharmaceutical Firms, 1975-1993	40
4	Governance Structure and Technology Transfer Management in R&D Consortia in the United States and Japan	70
5	Governing United States - Japan High-Technology Alliances	93
6	Nippondenso Co. Ltd.: A Case Study of Strategic Product Design	115
7	Integrating Suppliers into Fast-Cycle Product Development	152
8	Toyota, Concurrent Engineering, and Set-Based Design	192
9	Competing in the Old-Fashioned Way: Localizing and Integrating Knowledge Resources in Fast-to-Market Competition	217
10	Producing a World-Class Automotive Body	237
11	Japan's Development of Scheduling Methods for Manufacturing Semiconductors	263
12	U.S.-Japanese Manufacturing Joint Ventures and Equity Relationships	278
13	Culture, Innovative Borrowing, and Technology Management	311
14	Does Culture Matter? Negotiating a Complementary Culture to Support Technological Innovation	321
15	Institutional Pressures and Organizational Learning: The Case of American-Owned Automotive-Parts Suppliers and Japanese Shop-Floor Production Methods	346
16	Reflections on Organizational Learning in U.S. and Japanese Industry	365
17	Managing Technology Systemically: Common Themes	380
	Index	400

Modernization from the Other Shore or Wealth and Freedom

Modernization from the Other Shore: American Intellectuals and the Romance of Russian Development

Author: David C Engerman

From the late nineteenth century to the eve of World War II, America's experts on Russia watched as Russia and the Soviet Union embarked on a course of rapid industrialization. Captivated by the idea of modernization, diplomats, journalists, and scholars across the political spectrum rationalized the enormous human cost of this path to progress. In a fascinating examination of this crucial era, David Engerman underscores the key role economic development played in America's understanding of Russia and explores its profound effects on U.S. policy.

American intellectuals from George Kennan to Samuel Harper to Calvin Hoover understood Russian events in terms of national character. Many of them used stereotypes of Russian passivity, backwardness, and fatalism to explain the need for—and the costs of—Soviet economic development. These costs included devastating famines that left millions starving while the government still exported grain.

This book is a stellar example of the new international history that seamlessly blends cultural and intellectual currents with policymaking and foreign relations. It offers valuable insights into the role of cultural differences and the shaping of economic policy for developing nations even today.

Foreign Affairs

This fascinating, full-blown account of how Russia was reflected in the American mind ranges from the late 1800s, across the 1917 Revolution, and into the harsh, hopeful, tragic assault of modernization in the 1930s. What began with the travel adventures of people such as the senior George Kennan by the turn of the century widened to include the founders of Russian studies in the United States, Archibald Cary Coolidge and Samuel Harper, as well as their students and wealthy well-connected patrons such as Charles Crane. They, the author argues, applied to the Russian autocracy and peasantry stereotypes of national character as surely as did their less expert forerunners and then exported these images into the Wilson, Coolidge, and Harding administrations. Their intellectual successors carried on, idealizing the modernizing model they expected the Soviet Union to be and closing their eyes to the human cost. Engerman digs deep into decades of published and unpublished writings by a broad spectrum of Russia experts and traces with skill their impact on government.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction: From the Other Shore	1
Pt. I	Autocratic Russia, Lethargic Russians
1	An Empire of Climate	17
2	Endurance without Limit	28
3	Studying Our Nearest Oriental Neighbor	54
Pt. II	Revolutionary Russia, Instinctual Russians
4	Little above the Brute	69
5	Sheep without a Shepherd	84
6	Feeding the Mute Millions of Muzhiks	103
Pt. III	Modernizing Russia, Backward Russians
7	New Society, New Scholars	127
8	The Romance of Economic Development	153
9	Starving Itself Great	194
10	Scratch a Soviet and You'll Find a Russian	244
	Epilogue: Russian Expertise in an Age of Social Science	273
	Sources	289
	Abbreviations	299
	Notes	303
	Acknowledgments	381
	Index	385

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Wealth and Freedom: An Introduction to Political Economy

Author: David P Levin

Wealth and Freedom provides a comprehensive introduction to political economy for the student or other interested nonspecialist. The book explores such key issues as: the place of our economy in the larger social system, the importance of market institutions for individual autonomy, private enterprise as a system of economic development, poverty and inequality in market economies, global inequality, the limits of the market and the role of government. The book is distinctive in employing a rights-based approach to understanding and evaluating economic institutions.

Globalization and The Poor or Practical Hydraulics Handbook

Globalization and The Poor

Author: Jay R Mandl

This book represents a new viewpoint of economic globalization. Until now, the debate has been polarized between those attacking globalization (such as the demonstrators at the WTO meetings), and its defenders (mostly in the U.S. business community). Jay Mandle argues that opponents fail to understand that broadly-based benefits for the poor are latent in the economic globalization process. Simultaneously, defenders have insufficiently acknowledged that it creates innocent victims who should be the object of ameliorative policies. Mandle describes effective policies to be adopted at the national and international levels to make globalization fair.

Book review: Realização de Êxito de Pós-fusão:o Guia do Depositário de dinheiro de apostas de Diligência Devida Cultural, Avaliação, e Integração

Practical Hydraulics Handbook

Author: Barbara Hauser

The Second Edition of the Practical Hydraulics Handbook is a mustfor all those who work with water utility systems. Presented in workbook format and emphasizing practical applications, this Handbook is perfect for hydraulic engineers, technicians, operating personnel, supervisors, managers, consultants, and students.

The exceptionally well-organized chapters include information on pressurized systems and open channel flow, principles of energy and force, flow calculations and measurement, pumps, and pumping applications.

This latest edition of the Practical Hydraulics Handbook includes new exercises at the end of each chapter and detailed solutions to selected exercises. The well-chosen exercises allow readers to practice applications of the theory and to test their knowledge of the material. The solutions provide guidance and problem-solving techniques that can be used both in the field and in the lab.

Reference tables are also provided for calculations of friction loss, velocity, pipe fullness, well drawdown, English/metric conversions, power, and metered flow. These tables make calculations easier and minimize the chance for error.

In this new edition of Practical Hydraulics Handbook, all of the major principles and calculations dealing with the hydraulics of water systems are covered, and new and expanded material has been added.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
Ch. 1	Mass, Density and Displacement	1
Ch. 2	Flow and Velocity	7
Ch. 3	Pressure	13
Ch. 4	Bernoulli's Theorem	27
Ch. 5	Pumping - Introduction	41
Ch. 6	Friction Loss	53
Ch. 7	Compound Pipes	63
Ch. 8	Minor Head Loss	71
Ch. 9	Open Channel Flow	79
Ch. 10	Flow Measurement I - Flow Rate Meters	91
Ch. 11	Flow Measurement II - Totalizer Meters	109
Ch. 12	Centrifugal Pumps I	121
Ch. 13	Centrifugal Pumps II	141
Ch. 14	Positive Displacement Pumps	159
	Appendix I Problem Solutions	169
	Appendix II Conversions	319
	Appendix III Important Formulas	321
	Appendix IV Formula Derivations	323
	Appendix V Numeric Tables	329
	Appendix VI Pump Troubleshooting	339
	Glossary	343
	Sources Consulted	353
	Index	357

Gift Giving in Japan or Labour Economics

Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash, Connections, Cosmologies

Author: Katherine Rupp

“[The author] displays not only acute observation of the content of gift-giving but also sensitivity to ambiguities of motives on the part of both giver and receiver.”—Asian Studies Review
“Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash, Connections, Cosmologies is superbly written and an inspiring work which I recommend for students, researchers, and anyone interested in understanding modern Japan and its people."—Journal of Japanese Studies

New interesting book: Maya for Games or Applied Security Visualization

Labour Economics

Author: Steven W Smith

In the six years since the appearance of the first edition of Stephen Smith's book, labour economics has become a more firmly entrenched subject on the curriculum. Previously regarded as a subsection within industrial economics, there are now very few universities that do not devote a course to it in its own right. The focus of topics covered within it has also altered - the notion of human capital has now become much more central and microeconomic considerations are now more widely studied than macroeconomic phenomena.
The 2nd edition will address these changes and give greater centrality to microeconomics to reflect current course teaching. This excellent new book is a must-see for all those involved in Labour Economics.

Table of Contents:

	Tables
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
1	Labour supply	6
2	Labour demand and productivity	40
3	Wage determination and inequality	71
4	Personnel economics	99
5	Human capital	119
6	Labour market flexibility	244
7	Trade unions and labour markets	202
8	Labour market flexibility	244
9	Job search and vacancy analysis	285
10	Unemployment	325
11	Trade, globalisation and labour markets	379
	Notes	406
	Bibliography	424
	Index	443

Culture Change and the New Technology or Reforming Financial Systems

Culture Change and the New Technology: An Archaeology of the Early American Industrial Era

Author: Paul A A Shackel

Harpers Ferry was one of America's earliest and most significant industrial communities - serving as an excellent example of the changing patterns of human relations that led to dramatic progress in work life and in domestic relations in modern times. In this well-illustrated book, Paul A. Shackel investigates the historical archaeology of Harpers Ferry, revealing the culture change and influence of new technology on workers and their families. He focuses on the contributions of laborers, craftsmen, and other subordinate groups to industrial progress, and examines ethnic and interracial development in an economy that was transformed from craft-based to industrial.

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Investigates the rise of industry at Harper's Ferry, now in West Virginia, during the 19th century and its impact on working life and domestic relations. Examines the shift of the economy from craft-based to industry-based, the establishment of the national armory that was raided by abolitionist John Brown, and the contribution to economic development of laborers, craftsmen, and other subordinate groups. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Introduction. Industry and Interpreting the Past	1
Ch. 1	"At the Mercy of the Capitalist"	17
Ch. 2	"The Most Eligible Spot on the Whole River": Harpers Ferry - The Early Years	27
Ch. 3	"Under a Malign Influence": Factory Discipline, Political Factionalism, Corruption, and the New Technology	59
Ch. 4	"Their Little Gardens": Landscapes in an Armory Town	87
Ch. 5	"Customs and Habits Interwoven with the Very Fibers of Things": Consumerism among Armory Households	111
Ch. 6	"Oh! Let Oppression's Hand Be Stay'd": The Transformation from Craft to Wage Labor	147
Ch. 7	"Home ...! Refuge from Sadness"	163
App	Interviews with Armory Workers, 1842	177
	References	191
	Index	213

Interesting book: Star Grazing in Hollywood or Diet Life Expectancy and Chronic Disease

Reforming Financial Systems: Historical Implications for Policy

Author: Gerard Caprio

This volume summarizes the key lessons of financial history for emerging market and developing economies, mostly drawn from when OECD economies themselves were industrializing and did not possess the checks, balances, and supervisory capabilities they have today. The topics include the role of central banks, debates on how to make banking secure and sound, the relative efficiency of universal banking (compared with the Anglo-American commercial banking model), and the role of savings banks, nonbanks, and securities markets in development.

Broadcasting Cable the Internet and Beyond or Plain English at Work

Broadcasting, Cable, the Internet and Beyond: An Introduction to Modern Electronic Media

Author: Joseph R Dominick

This text surveys the field of modern electronic media and beyond. Beyond, more than a word in the title, refers to the new technologies, regulations, programming, and competition that affect our world and the broadcasting industry. The authors of Broadcasting, Cable, the Internet and Beyond have three main goals for every edition: 1) to convey the excitement of the industry, 2) to provide a survey of the industry, and 3) presenting a readable text that makes even the most difficult information understandable. With new information and innovations added to an already strong foundation, this edition achieves each of these goals, again.

Book about: Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine or Armchair James Beard

Plain English at Work: A Guide to Writing and Speaking

Author: Edward P Bailey

Everyday we write countless memos, letters, and reports without a second thought. Likewise, we give presentations, both formal and informal. Often this writing and speaking gets criticized for being jargon-ridden, obscure, or long-winded - in short, for not being in "plain English." But what is plain English, and how do we go about writing, and speaking it? In Plain English at Work, Edward Bailey gives the answer, with down-to-earth tips and practical advice. Bailey, an expert in business communications, gives us a simple model for writing. Drawing on two earlier and popular books, The Plain English Approach to Business Writing and A Practical Guide for Business Speaking, this new volume has been significantly updated. It includes up-to-the-minute information on using computers, computer graphics, and typography for your writing, and on using the same technology for designing your presentations. The result is an authoritative and comprehensive single volume that will be the essential guide for everyone wishing to communicate more easily and effectively at work.

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Offers tips on writing and speaking in both formal and informal situations, emphasizing using plain English rather jargon-ridden or bureaucratic language. Applies a simple model for writing based on style, organization, and layout to writing reports, memos, and speeches, and gives advice on public speaking, using visual aids, designing computer presentations, and handling questions and answers. Includes useful checklists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

1	What is plain English writing?	3
2	Style: writing a readable sentence	9
3	Organization: getting to the point	25
4	Layout: adding visual impact	31
5	A model for writing	39
6	Passive voice	47
7	Abstractness	54
8	Punctuation	60
9	Blueprint	69
10	Executive summary	73
11	Typefaces	81
12	Headings	94
13	Bullets	103
14	Graphics	110
15	The writing process	117
16	Supervising writers	122
17	Designing a successful presentation	131
18	Organizing your presentation	137
19	Using examples	152
20	Remembering what to say	158
21	Choosing visual aids	169
22	Designing visual aids	182
23	Designing visual aids - further tips	200
24	Designing computer presentations	211
25	Involving your audience and using humor	219
26	Rehearsing	228
27	Setting up the room	235
28	Using effective techniques of delivery	243
29	Presenting visual aids	250
30	Handling questions and answers	263
31	Helping others speak better	271
	Appendix A: Simpler words and phrases	277
	Appendix B: Checklist for speakers	281
	Appendix C: Checklist for setting up the room	283
	Index	285

Intermediate Accounting Chapters 15 25 Working Papers or Coven Peroni and Pughs Cases and Materials on Taxation of Business Enterprises

Intermediate Accounting, Chapters 15-25, Working Papers, Vol. 2

Author: Donald E E Kieso

Revised to reflect the latest pronouncements, this is an essential resource for professionals in accounting, banking and securities and investments.

Booknews

The new, enhanced edition of a standard text includes substantial new content and new pedagogical features. Coverage begins with a chapter on financial accounting and accounting standards and continues through 24 chapters covering such topics as income statement and related information; balance sheet and statement of cash flows; valuation of inventories; depreciations, impairments, and depletion; intangible assets; long-term liabilities; income taxes; and pensions and postretirement benefits; among other topics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

Financial Accounting and Accounting Standards.

Conceptual Framework Underlying Financial Accounting.

The Accounting Information System.

Income Statement and Related Information.

Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows.

Accounting and the Time Value of Money.

Cash and Receivables.

Valuation of Inventories: A Cost Basis Approach.

Inventories: Additional Valuation Issues.

Acquisition and Disposition of Property, Plant, and Equipment.

Depreciation, Impairments, and Depletion.

Intangible Assets.

Current Liabilities and Contingencies.

Long-Term Liabilities.

Stockholders' Equity: Contributed Capital.

Stockholders' Equity: Retained Earnings.

Dilutive Securities and Earnings per Share.

Investments.

Revenue Recognition.

Accounting for Income Taxes.

Accounting for Pensions and Postretirement Benefits.

Accounting for Leases.

Accounting Changes and Error Analysis.

Statement of Cash Flows.

Full Disclosure in Financial Reporting.

Appendix.

Index.

Official Accounting Pronouncements.

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Coven, Peroni and Pugh's Cases and Materials on Taxation of Business Enterprises

Author: Babette Barton

This law school casebook adopts the classic casebook approach to the study of C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, and limited-liability companies, while incorporating an expanded number of problem sets. As revised, the book is intended as a teaching tool adaptable to the newly emerging as well as more traditional law school and business school course offerings in partnership and corporate tax law. There is ample material for a three- or four-credit course on the taxation of C corporations and for a two-credit course focusing on corporate reorganizations.