Project Management, Planning and Control, Fifth Edition
Managing Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing Projects to PMI, APM and BSI Standards
by Albert Lester Qualifications: CEng FICE FIMech.E FIStruct.E FAPM
Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 5 edition (November 30, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 075066956X
ISBN-13: 978-0750669566
Review:
"It is an extremely well written and illustrated book that is easy to read. It will be bought and used by a wide range of engineers from students to the qualified, and by a wide range of professions." - ENGINEERING WORLD
"An excellent book... written with wit and clarity, it should be read eagerly by the managing director as well as the engineering trainee." - THE ENGINEER
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Project Management, Planning and Control, Fifth Edition
2009-03-26
Project Management: Planning and Control Techniques, 3rd Edition
Project Management: Planning and Control Techniques, 3rd Edition
By Rory Burke
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Number Of Pages: 356
Publication Date: 2001-05-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 047198762X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471987628
Product Description:
Project Management is designed to take you step-by-step through the latest planning and control techniques. This new edition of a bestseller has been updated and restructured in line with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Includes numerous worked examples and practical exercises, which introduce the reader to the latest planning and control techniques.
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2008-11-10
Cultural Intelligence: People Skills for Global Business
Cultural Intelligence: People Skills for Global Business
By David C Thomas, Kerr Inkson
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Number Of Pages: 222
Publication Date: 2004-05-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1576752569
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781576752562
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
Much more than simply a list of protocols, Cultural Intelligence helps readers develop a mind-set that can be applied to any number of countries, cultures, and business situations. It is a systematic way to approach the tremendous variety of interactions and challenges that business people must face around the world - much easier and more realistic than documenting every trait of every culture and preparing to cater to each. This book presents a three-stage process for becoming culturally intelligent. These steps involve learning the fundamental principles of cross-cultural interactions, such as what cultures are, how they might vary, and how they affect behavior; practicing mindfulness and paying attention in a reflective and creative way to cues; and developing a repertoire of behavioral skills that can be adapted to different situations. It takes time and effort to develop high cultural intelligence, but this book helps readers with the right attitude begin this rewarding experience.
2008-07-08
Toxic People: Decontaminate Difficult People at Work Without Using Weapons Or Duct Tape
Toxic People: Decontaminate Difficult People at Work Without Using Weapons Or Duct Tape
By Marsha Petrie Sue
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2007-09-21
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470147687
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470147689
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
Praise For Toxic People
"From corporate America to the smallest business owner, this book should be mandatory reading because it provides toxic relief that will put money in your pocket and calm in your personality. A dose of this reading would enhance the success of business school students and smooth out a few bumps in a rocky marriage."
Richard L. Labrum, Vice President, Wealth Management, Smith Barney
"If you're just sick to death of those people who zap the energy right out of you, Marsha has the cure! In no-nonsense terms, she gives us the prescription for dealing with toxic people. She mixes in the right dosage of personal experience, humor, and practical advice to create a compelling message that is highly relevant in our personal and professional lives. I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in cleaning up toxic behaviors!"
John Ryan, Vice President, American Express
"Marsha Petrie Sue is the Muhammad Ali of communicators. She can dance and look pretty, and she uses the entire ring, but she knows how and when to land a knockout punch. If you have bad relationships, you'll learn why. This is charm school with live ammunition!"
David Rawles, founder and President, Career Solutions, Inc.
"Marsha Petrie Sue's 'take the bull by the horns' approach to self-realization and, if so chosen, self-improvement, is the antidote to today's wimpy leadership malaise. She takes readers by their collars, looks them straight in the eyes, and tells them in no uncertain terms that their key to both personal and professional happiness is attainable only through critical self-evaluation and the will to transcend their current situations."Randy O'Neill, Senior Vice President, Lancer Insurance Company
"She has done it again! She gives us permission to 'sack the toxic people' who suck out our energy. Take Marsha's ticket to freedom: give yourself permission to send the toxic people on their not-so-merry way!"
Dr. Geoff Haw, Consultant, Sagacity Services, Australia
"Marsha always finds a way to deliver the most difficult messages in a humorous way (this book is one example). You will be able to apply this book in everyday life and anywhere you encounter people!"
Tina Aguirre, Senior IT Manager, oil and energy company
Accountants' Handbook, Financial Accounting and General Topics (Accountants' Handbook Vol. 1)
Accountants' Handbook, Financial Accounting and General Topics (Accountants' Handbook Vol. 1)
By D. R. Carmichael, O. Ray, CPA, PhD Whittington, Lynford Graham
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 1056
Publication Date: 2007-04-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471790389
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471790389
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
This highly regarded reference is relied on by a considerable part of the accounting profession in their day-to-day work. This handbook is the first place many accountants look to find answers to practice questions. Its comprehensive scope is widely recognized and relied on. It is designed as a single reference source that provides answers to all reasonable questions on accounting and financial reporting asked by accountants, auditors, bankers, lawyers, financial analysts, and other preparers and users of accounting information.
Explorations In Cultural History
Explorations In Cultural History
Publisher: Pluto Press
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0745315127
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780745315126
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
Cultural history has opened up innovative approaches to the research and writing of history. The central themes of this volume are that culture is historically conditioned and history culturally conditioned. The production of history is now clearly recognized as a cultural practice, an invention in the present, as much as a representation and interpretation of the past.
Both theoretical and practical in its approach, this book explores the development of cultural history, and its impact on current teaching. Part 1 examines the ways in which conceptions of historical meaning have been challenged, via developments in a range of disciplines (including literary and linguistic theory, history, sociology, anthropology, media and cultural studies). Part 2 looks at four case studies drawn from America and Britain: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the music of the Beatles, the social documentary of George Orwell, and the political polemics of nineteenth-century British radical women.
2008-03-03
Managing in Times of Change
Managing in Times of Change (The Mcgraw-Hill Professional Education Series)
By Michael Maginn
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: 2004-11-19
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071449116
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071449113
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
In this book, managers learn a three-step method to help their employees deal with change in the workplace. They will learn how to face change head-on and be honest with their employees about the current situation and offer desirable outcomes.
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Leading Change Training
Leading Change Training (Pergamon Flexible Learning Trainer's Workshop Series) (Pergamon Flexible Learning Trainer's Workshop Series)
By Jeffrey Russell
Publisher: Pergamon Open Learning
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2006-09-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750663650
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750663656
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
Need to create solid change programs within your organization? Leading change not only involves simply reducing resistance, but also creating an awareness of the challenges and responsibilities that each person (no matter their level in the organization) faces as a change initiative goes forward. Integrate leading-edge change leadership models and other theories into your program today with this hands-on-guide.
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2008-02-10
Aztec Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind
Aztec Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind (Civilization of the American Indian Series)
By Miguel Leon-Portilla
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 1990-08
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0806122951
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780806122953
Binding: Paperback
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Lost Discoveries : The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--from the Babylonians to the Maya
Lost Discoveries : The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--from the Babylonians to the Maya
By Dick Teresi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 2002-11-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0684837188
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780684837185
Binding: Hardcover
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Did Nicolas Copernicus steal his notion that the earth orbited the sun from an Islamic astronomer who lived three centuries earlier? "The jury is still out," writes Dick Teresi, whose intriguing survey of the non-Western roots of modern science offers several worthy arguments that Copernicus in fact ripped off Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. Common belief is that Westerners have been the mainspring of most scientific and technical achievement, but in Lost Discoveries Teresi shows that other cultures had arrived at much of the same knowledge at earlier dates. The Babylonians were using the Pythagorean theorem at least 15 centuries before Pythagoras drew his first triangle, and in A.D. 200 a Chinese mathematician calculated an incredibly accurate value for pi. The Mayans and other Mesoamericans were outstanding sky watchers and stargazers. The greatest advances occurred in math and astronomy, though Teresi also devotes chapters to physics, geology, chemistry, technology, and even cosmology. Sometimes he is a bit overeager to ascribe great thoughts to long-dead people (he casually suggests that "many ancient cultures had inklings of quantum theory"), but on the whole his book is a reliable and fascinating guide to the unexplored field of multicultural science. --John J. Miller
Book Description:
Lost Discoveries, Dick Teresi's innovative history of science, explores the unheralded scientific breakthroughs from peoples of the ancient world -- Babylonians, Egyptians, Indians, Africans, New World and Oceanic tribes, among others -- and the non-European medieval world. They left an enormous heritage in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, cosmology, physics, geology, chemistry, and technology.
The mathematical foundation of Western science is a gift from the Indians, Chinese, Arabs, Babylonians, and Maya. The ancient Egyptians developed the concept of the lowest common denominator, and they developed a fraction table that modern scholars estimate required 28,000 calculations to compile. The Babylonians developed the first written math and used a place-value number system. Our numerals, 0 through 9, were invented in ancient India; the Indians also boasted geometry, trigonometry, and a kind of calculus.
Planetary astronomy as well may have begun with the ancient Indians, who correctly identified the relative distances of the known planets from the sun, and knew the moon was nearer to the earth than the sun was. The Chinese observed, reported, dated, recorded, and interpreted eclipses between 1400 and 1200 b.c. Most of the names of our stars and constellations are Arabic. Arabs built the first observatories.
Five thousand years ago, the Sumerians said the earth was circular. In the sixth century, a Hindu astronomer taught that the daily rotation of the earth on its axis provided the rising and setting of the sun. Chinese and Arab scholars were the first to use fossils scientifically to trace earth's history.
Chinese alchemists realized that most physical substances were merely combinations of other substances, which could be mixed in different proportions. Islamic scholars are legendary for translating scientific texts of many languages into Arabic, a tradition that began with alchemical books. In the eleventh century, Avicenna of Persia divined that outward qualities of metals were of little value in classification, and he stressed internal structure, a notion anticipating Mendeleyev's periodic chart of elements.
Iron suspension bridges came from Kashmir, printing from India; papermaking was from China, Tibet, India, and Baghdad; movable type was invented by Pi Sheng in about 1041; the Quechuan Indians of Peru were the first to vulcanize rubber; Andean farmers were the first to freeze-dry potatoes. European explorers depended heavily on Indian and Filipino shipbuilders, and collected maps and sea charts from Javanese and Arab merchants.
The first comprehensive, authoritative, popularly written, multicultural history of science, Lost Discoveries fills a crucial gap in the history of science.
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