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How to succeed in work and life
Duncan contands the last thing we need amid life's inherent ibbalance is another attempt at a how-to formula for perfect balance--equal parts work and life. In fact, he argues that such a holy grail does not exist. Instead, he has issued a more pragmatic formula he calls purposeful imbalance: the process of purposefully learning toward work without sacrificing life and purposefully learning life without damaging your career. Author : Todd Duncan Publication year : 2010 |
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GREEN ENERGYGreen Energy: Sustainable Electricity Supply with Low Environmental Impact defines the future of the world’s electricity supply system, exploring the key issues associated with global warming and which energy systems are best suited to reducing it. This book is answering key questions, such as
This book details how current technologies particularly nuclear, combined cycle and hydro can be applied to satisfy the growing energy demands in the future. Author : ERIC JEFFS Publication year : 2010 |
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THE ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK FIELDBOOKIn this book, the authors draw on their network-building activities in organizations such as ConocoPhillips, 3M, and the United States Department of Defense in order to provide a compilation of highly practical approaches to help leaders shift their focus from formal organizational structures to a better understanding of flexible networks. Author : ROB CROSS, JEAN SINGER, SALLY ROB CROSS, JEAN SINGER, SALLY COLELLA AND ETC… AND ETC… Publication year : 2010 |
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LEADERSHIP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYAs the first book in the field of leadership studies to approach sustainability as a multi-faceted leadership challenge, Leadership for Environmental Sustainability will help to set the terms of the discussion on this topic among students, scholars, and practitioners of leadership for years to come. It explores the connection between leadership and sustainability from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, history, psychology, business, literature, communication, and the arts. With short chapters edited for readability, the book is aimed at scholars, practitioners, students, and educated lay readers interested in cutting-edge research and thinking on this topic. Author : BENJAMIN W. REDEKOP (EDITOR) Publication year : 2010 |
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The Power of Framing: Creating the Language of Leadership"The primary work of leadership involves managing meaning through framing. Fairhurst shows that the way leaders use language to frame people, situations, and events has important consequences for the way individuals make sense of the world and their actions. The Power of Framing is an accessible and inspirational read for leaders who want to shape their organizations in ethically responsible ways." "An ideal book for MBA students and business professionals who are interested in specific tools for constructing leadership in their professional worlds. By focusing on the language toolbox of leadership, the book empowers anyone to construct leadership through talk and interaction." "Building on her earlier acclaimed work, and written in a highly accessible style, Fairhurst's thoughtful study provides us with a practical and highly relevant analysis of the power of framing language from a leadership perspective. This is a must-have book." "Communication is the most important element of leadership, and framing of the subject and situation is one of the most powerful tools available to leaders. Gail Fairhurst has created the handbook to help leaders do this right. A must-read for anyone in a leadership capacity." "To be an effective global manager, there is nothing more critical than understanding how to frame an issue so that you are effectively communicating and motivating in a culturally sensitive manner. This book will tune you into these issues and show you how to make certain your communication is properly interpreted by your audience." Author : Gail T. Fairhurst Publication year : 2010 |
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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SEAWATER DESALINATION PLANTSSeawater desalination is a coastal-based industry. The growing number of desalination plants worldwide and the increasing size of single facilities emphasis the need for greener desalination technologies and more sustainable desalination projects. Two complementing approaches are the development and implementation of best available technology (BAT) standards and practice guidelines for environmental impact assessment (EIA) studies. While BAT is a technology-based approach, which favours state of the art technologies that reduce resource consumption and waste emissions, EIA aims at minimizing impacts at a site and project-specific level through environmental monitoring, evaluation of impacts and mitigation where necessary. This book contains a comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of the potential environmental impacts of desalination plants, with emphasis on the marine environment and aspects of energy use, followed by the development of strategies for impact mitigation. A concept for BAT for seawater desalination technologies is proposed, in combination with a methodological approach for the EIA of desalination projects. The scope of the EIA studies are outlined, including environmental monitoring, toxicity and hydrodynamic modeling studies and the usefulness of multi-criteria analysis as a decision support tool for EIAs is explored and used to compare different intake and pretreatment options for seawater reverse osmosis plants. Author : SABINE LATTEMANN Publication year : 2010 |
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REWIRE YOUR BRAINRewire Your Brain guides you through this breakthrough process, revealing how to minimize your anxiety and enhance your brain's longevity in order to live a vibrant life free of self-imposed limitations. Written by Dr. John Arden, a leader in the field of brain-based therapy, this accessible guide addresses the recent advances in neuroscience and explains exactly how to apply them to specific areas of your daily life. You'll discover how to:
Author : JOHN B. ARDEN Publication year : 2010 |
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THE LEADER'S GUIDE TO INFLUENCECreating effective working relationships is one of the most powerful ways to get things done at work. People skills are often described as 'soft skills', but there's nothing soft about the impact they can have on your business performance. As a manager or leader, using your influence positively, working with others and getting things done through other people is critical to delivering your business objectives. This book shows you how to step up your people skills to get the results you want. Author : MIKE BRENT AND FIONA ELSA DENT Publication year : 2010 |
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IT'S OKAY TO MANAGE YOUR BOSSGet what you need from your boss In this follow-up to the bestselling It's Okay to Be the Boss, Bruce Tulgan argues that as managers demand more and more from their employees, they are also providing them with less guidance than ever before. Since the number one factor in employee success is the relationship between employees and their immediate managers, employees need to take greater responsibility for getting the most out of that relationship. Drawing on years of experience training managers and employees, Tulgan reveals the four essential things employees should get from their bosses to guarantee success at work.
A novel approach to managing up, It's Okay to Manage Your Boss is an invaluable resource for employees who want to work more effectively with their managers. Author : Hardcover Publication year : 2010 |
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MASTERING THE 7 ESSENTIALS OF HIGH-GROWTH COMPANIESThis practical, actionable book:
This book provides you with a time-tested blueprint to grow your business. Author : DAVID G. THOMSON Publication year : 2010 |
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THE 2020 WORKPLACEIn The 2020 Workplace, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd share impressive research findings, tell compelling stories and offer thought-provoking ideas that will become the basis for preparing to live in a global, technological, changing and connected future. Author : JEANNE C. MEISTER AND KARIE WILLYERD Publication year : 2010 |
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PANDUAN PENGUCAPAN AWAM (EDISI KEDUA)Buku edisi kedua ini diterbitkan khusus untuk melatih dan membina keyakinan serta mendapatkan kemahiran untuk bercakap dan berucap di khalayak ramai. Beberapa panduan dan teknik telah ditambah dari buku edisi pertama bagi pembaca dan pengucap berucap dengan lebih berkesan. Author : ABDUL MUA’TI@ZAMRI AHMAD Publication year : 2010 |
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DISCOVERIES OF THE CENSUS OF MARINE LIFEThis book explains the rationale behind the Census and highlights some of its most important and dramatic findings, illustrated with full-color photographs throughout. It explores how new technologies and partnerships have contributed to greater knowledge of marine life, from unknown species and habitats, to migration routes and distribution patterns, and to a better appreciation of how the oceans are changing. Looking to the future, it identifies what needs to be done to close the remaining gaps in our knowledge, and provides information that will enable us to manage resources more effectively, conserve diversity, reverse habitat losses and respond to global climate change. Author : PAUL V. R. SNELGROVE Publication year : 2010 |
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THE WORLD OF ICTWith this collection of articles the editor hope to introduce dynamic and exciting topics to the readers as a foundation for new developments in the digital world. It acts as a supplementary text to courses such as special topics in computers, computer concepts, and computer applications and also communication courses for IT students and other students in general. It can be used as a reference to the general public in familiarizing with advances in ICT technology. Author : NORLIS OTHMAN (EDITOR) Publication year : 2009 |
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ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN A NUTSHELLThe information in Organizational Performance In A Nutshell provides a comprehensive framework for understanding questions like why does one organization thrive while another struggles for survival even though both are operating in the same industry, or how can some of the largest global organizations such as GM, FORD, Chrysler, Home Depot, Sears, Kmart, Airbus, Citigroup, Gateway and Dell perform so poorly after being such colossal leaders in their industry? A new way of thinking about organizational effectiveness will emerge from the information contained in this book. In sum, organizational performance in a nutshell will be revealed. Author : DANIEL M.WENTLAND Publication year : 2009 |
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SERVICE SCIENCEThis book aims to change the situation by addressing the following questions: What is the big story about service? What are the main research problems in service? What does “ a connected world” mean? Does service require a different kind of design science? What will be the next waves of the Web? How to support universal value co-creation? How to unite Cyberspace wilt physical space? Is it feasible to connect information resources everywhere? To answer these questions, the book presents and substantiates a digital connections scaling (DCS) model, complete with a population-oriented design paradigm and a new class of microeconomic production functions to explain the paths of transformation into the future one of the most original results today. Next the book analyzes new business designs on the Web and characterizes a service-led revolution for the Knowledge Economy. Thirdly, it develops systems planning and design methods to help implement the DCS model at the level of Information and Database Systems, Business Strategy and Digitization Engineering, thereby enhancing these fields. Finally, certain intriguing new applications, especially “smart highways” and information supply chains, are discussed. Author : CHENG HSU Publication year : 2009 |
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PEOPLE SKILLS THIRD EDITIONThe book is divided into three parts. Part I stresses the importance of personal effectiveness skills, while Part II concentrates on the skills involved in personal interactions. Part III has as its focus the skills of intervention agreeing what needs to be done and taking the necessary steps to make it happen. A central feature of the book is its emphasis on the need for issues of equality and diversity to be integrated into all aspects of practice. This thoroughly revised edition includes six entirely new chapters on:
It is essential reading for everyone working, or training to work, with people and their problems and will be invaluable in such diverse fields as health care; social work and social care; community and youth work; criminal justice; counselling, pastoral care and advice work; as well as management, supervision and human resources. Author : NEIL THOMPSON Publication year : 2009 |
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LEADERSHIP TEAMSLeadership Teams identifies six critical stages to developing high-performing teams. The actions of effective leaders turning dysfunctional groups into world class teams are clearly identified. Being innovative, being decisive, managing conflict effectively are all necessary attributes to having teams and individuals fully engaged to realizing the vision of the organization. The research behind Leadership Teamsis extensive and is captured as a serialized case study. Based on a true-life transformational experience, the case of the Traditional Turbine Company is interwoven into each chapter to outline the challenges and steps to take to convert a group into a high-performing team. The wisdom underlying this book is of great benefit for managers who are stretched by the scale and complexity of their organization but who are equally tasked to succeed, irrespective of their circumstances. Leadership Teams spells out what it takes to release the immense power from shared ways of working. Author : GEOFF SHEARD, ANDREW KAKABADSE & NADA KAKABADSE Publication year : 2009 |
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY REFORMThis state of the art study argues that reforms to intellectual property (IP) should be based on the ways IP is interacting with new technologies, business models, work patterns and social mores. It identifies emerging IP reform proposals and experiments, indicating first how more rigor and independence can be built into the granting of IP rights so that genuine innovations are recognized. The original contributions illustrate how IP rights can be utilized, through open source licensing systems and private transfers, to disseminate knowledge. Reforms are recommended. The discussion takes in patents, copyright, trade secrets and relational obligations, considering the design of legislative directives, default principles, administrative practices, contractual terms and license specifications. Providing contemporary empirical studies and covering public administration, collective and open approaches and regulation of private transactions, this book will prove a stimulating read for academics and students of law, business and management and development studies, government policymakers and regulators as well as IP managers and advocates. Author : CHRISTOPHER ARUP & WILLIAM VAN CAENEGEM Publication year : 2009 |
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MALAYSIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: COPYRIGHTThis book provides a practical and concise overview of the essential aspects of copyright law in Malaysia. Written in an easy to understand manner, readers will be able to understand and obtain a good grasp of what is meant by "originality" in works, the doctrine of "fair use", rights of copyright owners, defences and remedies in copyright infringement and the penalties for infringement. Reference is widely made to the Copyright Act 1987 as well as case law in Malaysia, Australia and the UK. Author : CHEW KHERK YING Publication year : 2009 |
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SOLVING EVERYDAY PROBLEMS WITH THE SCIENTIFIC METHODThis book describes how one can use The Scientific Method to solve everyday problems including medical ailments, health issues, money management, travelling, shopping, cooking, household chores, etc. It illustrates how to exploit the information collected from our five senses, how to solve problems when no information is available for the present problem situation, how to increase our chances of success by redefining a problem, and how to extrapolate our capabilities by seing relationship among herefore unrelated concepts. Author : DON K MAK, ANGELA T MAK, ANTHONY B MAK Publication year : 2009 |
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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT BASICSKnowledge Management Basics presents a five step process that will enable you, the learning professional, to define your role in a knowledge management initiative and prepare to lead that effort:
Author : CHRISTEE GABOUR ATWOOD Publication year : 2009 |
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PEOPLE STYLES AT WORKPeople Styles at Work And Beyond reveals the strengths and weaknesses of each style, includes a self-assessment for determining which style you are, and presents a proven approach you can use to:
Now including all new material on personal relationships, parenting and more, this is the ultimate guide that has helped hundreds of thousands of people make their most difficult relationships much more productive and pleasant. Author : ROBERT BOLTON & DOROTHY GROVER BOLTON Publication year : 2009 |
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Driving Innovation: Intellectual Property Strategies for a Dynamic WorldDriving Innovation reveals the dynamics of intellectual property (IP) as it drives the innovation cycle and shapes global society. The book presents fundamental IP concepts and practical legal and business strategies that apply broadly to all innovation communities, including industry, nonprofit institutions, and developing countries. Topics include biotechnology, information technology, and entertainment. The book gives general readers and practitioners a global perspective on how the IP system balances exclusivity and public access to innovations, how it changes over time, and how it encourages, channels, and sometimes stifles innovation. Author : Michael A. Gollin Publication year : 2008 |
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Daripada Baik kepada Hebat: 30 Cara Berfikir untuk Menjadi Eksekutif Cemerlang
Penulis mengulas dan memberikan tips dan cadangan dalam membina jati diri bagi menjadi seorang yang hebat. Author : Samsudin Wahab Publication year : 2008 |
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Biotechnology Valuation: An Introductory Guide
Looks at the various companies which make up the biotech industry (therapeutic; life sciences; and the medical technology company) and gives tools for the investor to properly evaluate them Author : Karl Keegan Publication year : 2008 |
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100 WAYS TO MOTIVATE OTHERS (REVISED EDITION)100 Ways To Motivate Others is the culmination of many years of successful leadership coaching and training by best-selling author Steve Chandler and attorney Scott Richardson and the natural follow-up to Chandler’s two previous best-sellers 100 ways to motivate yourself and reinventing yourself. This vital, user friendly, inspirational guide is for executives, managers, and professionals as well as those aspiring to reach their level. This book inspires extremely tough-minded leadership that gives the gift of clarity and vision to every person following the leader. Author : STEVE CHANDLER & SCOTT RICHARDSON Publication year : 2008 |
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MANAGEMENT SCIENCE IN PRACTICEManagement Science In Practice takes a fundamental look at what management science is and how it can be practiced in today’s management environment. In doing so, Terry Williams:
Management Science in Practice is a valuable resource for management Science and Operational Research students. It is also intended for practitioners who seek to make analytical interventions in business management or those undertaking continuous professional development. Author : TERRY WILLIAMS Publication year : 2008 |
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5 MINDS FOR THE FUTUREWe live in a time of relentless change. The only thing that’s certain is that new challenges and opportunities will emerge that are virtually unimaginable today. How can we know which skills will be required to succeed?
Without these "minds," we risk being overwhelmed by information, unable to succeed in the workplace, and incapable of the judgement needed to thrive both personally and professionally. Complete with a substantial new introduction, Five Minds for the Future provides valuable tools for those looking ahead to the next generation of leaders - and for all of us striving to excel in a complex world. Howard Gardner cited by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the one hundred most influential public intellectuals in the world, and a MacArthur Fellowship recipient is the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Author : HOWARD GARDNER Publication year : 2008 |
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CONFIDENT PRESENTINGThis book gives all you need know to make winning presentations¿ fearlessly and painlessly. It also includes;
Author : JAMES O'ROURKE Publication year : 2008 |