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In addition to facilitating active learning, Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices meets the needs of those instructors looking for a brief, paperback text for their OB course, who do not want to sacrifice content or pedagogy. This book provides lean and efficient coverage of topics such as diversity in organizations, ethics, and globalization, which are recommended by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Timely chapter-opening vignettes, interactive exercises integrated into each chapter, four-color presentation, lively writing style, captioned color photos, cartoons, and real-world in-text examples make Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices the right choice for today’s business/management student. The topical flow of this 16-chapter text goes from micro (individuals) to macro (groups, teams, and organizations). Mixing and matching chapters and topics within chapters in various combinations is possible and encouraged to create optimum teaching/learning experiences.
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Corporate finance principles play an important role in most management decisions from everyday choices to strategic determinations. Minor decisions do not exist in the financial arena. All decisions have major implications for an organization's success. Gain the working knowledge you need to make financially sound decisions. In straightforward terms, this book explains the six key principles critical to the effective financial management of healthcare organizations: Managing the capital cycle Creditworthiness
Integrated strategic and financial planning
Capital allocation
Strategic budgeting
Capital structure management
New in this edition The third edition includes new information about the factors that will influence credit ratings, as well as new approaches to determining your organization's debt capacity. It also discusses how to link financial planning with organizational strategy. A new chapter provides guidance on achieving the right capital structure. It explains what new debt vehicles are available to healthcare organizations and includes advice on how to select the most appropriate capital structure. Examples describe the experiences of actual healthcare organizations in implementing best practice credit analysis and financial planning, capital allocation, and budgeting. Use the lessons learned to jump-start the implementation of these approaches at your organization.
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This book is a tutorial on, and a guide to the deployment of, Public-Key Infrastructures. It covers a broad range of material related to PKIs, including certification, operational considerations and standardization efforts, as well as deployment issues and considerations. Emphasis is placed on explaining the interrelated fields within the topic area, to assist those who will be responsible for making deployment decisions and architecting a PKI within an organization.
Customer Reviews:
Clear explanation for system architects.......2007-03-16
This book details PKI architecture from a vendor-neutral perspective; perfect if you need to understand how PKI fits into your enterprise system design. I disagree with some of the other reviews that claim this book is for managers. The reviewers making these statements might be code hackers who don't care much about the overall technical structure. It is great for system architects. PKI is an infrastructure, not a programming language.
This book made a better sermon than a technical read.......2006-07-30
I've read many books on PKI and there are not many good ones out there. This one used to be the best among some very awful books, which wasn't saying much. It was excellent on covering the standards of PKI such as they exist, but otherwise said very little about installation, layout, protocols, and design, common problems, and real world solutions. Most of what they said was repeated multiple times throughout the book. Sometimes even on the very next paragraph. They took two/three pages just to say that the top down approach to PKI planning is better than slapping in a service just to support a single product. Stating the obvious didn't win any points with me. They discussed outdated or barely used protocols like SET, and didn't bother getting in depth at all with protocols that are in use like SSL. They discussed Single Sign On like a simple PKI install will solve all our problems, completely missing the outstanding problem of vendor interoperability. Active Directory and PKI are only mentioned in passing with no operational details. Get Klaus Schmeh's book or the Housley book instead.
Terrific explanation of PKI.......2006-01-16
This book does a terrific job of explaining how various applications can use PKI and what PKI requires from an infrastructure stapoint. Part III, Deployment COnsiderations, is exceptionally good at how can PKI can be used from a practical standpoint. Strikes just the right balance between theoretical and practical. Technical detail was totally sufficient for me and included everything up to but not including a discussion of the actual mathematics behind public key encyrption.
Highly recommended!!
Has value for Technical Architects / Security Analysts.......2004-05-08
I think there's some merit to people expecting a more hands on approach in a book like this. But those expectations seems unrealistic. The book is not titled "Implementing PKI," it's called "Understanding PKI."
There is value in a concepts book. For experienced technical professional trying to get a grip on the terminologies and concepts of security and PKI, this book is succinct and touches all the major points.
For those looking for screenshots of people right clicking icons, there's a thousand other books like that! Most of those so called "technical books" are not that technical. It's nice to have a book that's not product specific for a change.
This book does what it intends to do well. There is a need for more technical books but this book is valuable in it's present form. I have given several copies to peers.
I hope this review helps you balance out your opinions before deciding for or against this book.
Nearly worthless.......2003-03-23
I bought this book because of the excellent reviews it got. However upon reading this I can't see any justification for these reviews. First of all it is very high level; I mean appropriate for your manager's, manager's manager maybe. This book is all about fawning over Diffie Hellman and philosophizing about how pki should be used etc. There is no technical information in this book, no code, no flow charts, no diagrams, no data structures. It doesn't even explain how pki is applied, for example to ssl. All the real information in this book could have been condenced to a few pages. I really needed this book to be good and it was not. Look if you want to go to a cocktail party and impress someone with no technical exposure then maybe this is your book. Otherwise there must be better choices.
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This text is designed for introductory courses in communications in either electrical engineering or computer science programs. It can be used by undergraduate or first year graduate level programs. Addressing networks from a top-down approach, this text shows students the big picture of networks in general so that they may see how the various parts of the network fit in to the picture. The book is organized into six sections that progressively consider the networking functions in greater level of detail. The book presents a balanced view of all important elements of networking and is organized so that all relevant topics can be covered at some minimum level of detail.
Customer Reviews:
Full of Mistakes and Poorly Organized.......2002-12-09
After having taken a course, then later helped teach a course (University level) using this book I found that it is full of mistakes and difficult to read. Not recommended as an introductory text. The book may serve acceptably as an reference, but it is not a great teaching tool.
Instructors take notice that the electronic solutions to the problem sets have many errors. There are also many errors not acknowledged in the book's errata. (Errata hasn't been updated for 1 year).
The worst book I have ever read.......2001-10-25
This is the worst book I have ever seen. This book is such a mess book.
a complete introductory on communication systems.......2000-06-08
This is the book that is used at the University of Toronto in the fundamental courses of communication systems. I would say, althought very hard to read the whole thing in one term, it is an amazing book, very good and concise.
It covers a broad range of topics some to details and some just a scratch. It is very easy to understand and that's where it gets boring!(too much story writing) however, you can be sure that you can understand a topic fully by reading that chapter. Almost no point is left unclear.
It is a very good encyclopedia for this field. I would suggest buying it if you would like introductory stuff plus a bit of technical details but not too gory!
A very good book , overall....:-)
Good introduction book for communications network.......2000-03-30
This book is good for electrical or computer engineering people as a good start. Actually this book is related to both computer networks and digital communications, like a good overview, also including new technology stuff, such as IEEE 802.11, DWDM.
Book Description
Governance is an easy-to read introduction to an increasingly important concept in political science. It provides a clear overview of how the concept has been used in the sub-fields of public administration and public policy, international relations, European studies and comparative politics. There is no universally accepted and agreed definition of 'governance'. It remains an elusive theory, defined and conceptualized in various ways. In this book, Anne Mette Kjaer guides the reader through the key theoretical debates which have given rise to distinct interpretations of governance. Drawing on a wide range of empirical examples to illustrate her arguments, the author explores how governance has been used in different ways to describe political changes in the modern world. She goes on to weigh up the pros and cons of governance as an analytical term, and concludes with a discussion of the World Bankrsquo;s role as an international organization which aims to promote lsquo;good governancersquo; in poor countries across the globe. This is the first textbook to offer a systematic assessment of current debates around the concept of governance. It will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of politics, international relations and public policy.
Customer Reviews:
MUST HAVE!!!!!!!!.......2007-03-09
Excellent reading material. Must have for everyone in the business or starting. A++++
"Revolutionary book...a must read for any wrestling fan!".......2003-03-19
Not only was this book educational, it was entertaining. This book clearly explains what goes on behind the scenes in the world of pro wrestling. I'd recommend this book to any pro wrestling or wrestling fan. In short, a fantastic read!
Great Book - Lots of Information.......2003-02-26
Perkins' book on legal issues in professional wrestling is well written. The format makes it easy to ferret out specific information.
Book Description
Project Management Fundamentals takes the mystery out of project management through a step-by-step, detailed approach. Filled with practical examples of project management methodology, tools, and techniques, this book will help you manage projects successfully, no matter the size or complexity. Apply basic project management concepts. Adapt the project management methodology to your project and organization. Learn how to implement project management tools and techniques effectively. Elevate your organization's project management maturity level to Level II or higher. PLUS — You'll further enhance your project management knowledge and skills with special sections about risk management, procurement management, maturity models, virtual teams, and IT projects — Project Management Fundamentals is your all-inclusive guidebook to implementing project management and achieving project success!
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Marketing in a Nutshell: Key concepts for non-specialists
Mike Meldrum , and
Malcolm McDonald
Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Marketing in a nutshell is an easy-to-use quick reference source for non-marketing specialists. Designed as a dip-in guide, this accessible book will be invaluable to general managers, non-qualified marketers and students taking a module in marketing alongside their other studies.
Marketing in a nutshell makes the authors marketing know-how and expert insights accessible to all.
*Dip-in reference format makes a comprehensive powerhouse of marketing knowledge available to every non-marketing manager at a moment's notice
*Concise, easy-to-read standalone summaries of key marketing principles, concepts, tools and techniques
*Credible and expert marketing insights from leading marketing consultants especially for non-specialists
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Socialism (Key Concepts in Critical Theory)
Manufacturer: Humanity Books
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This outstanding collection provides scholars and students alike with a sample of socialism's diverse meanings while showing both its continuing relevance and its vitality. While including some important classic texts by Karl Marx and Rosa Luxemburg, the majority of the articles reflect a contemporary assessment by scholars who are sympathetic to, yet not uncritical of, the socialist cause: specifically, what it has meant, what conclusions can be drawn from the failed experiments in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, what its future may be, and how it can be justified.
Among the topics considered are: models of market socialism versus nonmarket, participatory, planned socialism; the importance of feminism to socialism; socialism and ecology; the relationship of socialism to religion and culture; and much more. Michael Howard's introductory essay draws out the themes in and connections among the essays and situates them in the context of the history of socialism and current debates.
This versatile text is a valuable resource for the study of social justice, Marxism, political theory, critical theory, and comparative economic systems. Included are essays by Michael Albert, Frank Cunningham, Andrew Feenberg, Ann Ferguson, Andre Gorz, Roger S. Gottlieb, Robin Hahnel, Fredric Jameson, Steven Lukes, C.B. Macpherson, Manning Marable, David Miller, Alec Nove, James O'Connor, Adam Przeworski, David Schweickart, and Raymond Williams.
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This concise and comprehensive book presents the law of business organizations in an accessible, straight-forward manner. It uses relevant examples from the day-to-day practices of business lawyers and their paralegals. This book covers the four basic business organizations: sole proprietorship, partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies. It includes everything readers need to know to assist the reviewing attorney in assessing a client's most viable organizational options as well as how to prepare the necessary information and documentation. It includes all the information paralegals need to be successful in the workplace.
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- Quick Reference to HIPAA Compliance
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