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Every consultant needs a clear and concise change model that can drive thesuccess of a wide range of change projects. Seven C's of Consulting, Second Editionoffers just such a model, Mick Cope's proven 7Cs--client, clarify, create,change, confirm, continue and close. This book offers both new andexperienced consultants a solid framework for managing any consultingassignment. Mick Cope shows how to use the 7Cs model to improve your professionalism, and deliver clearer and more measurable results to your clients andbring them back for more. This completely revised Second Edition includesextensive coverage of new models, as well as entirely new coverage of ethicalconsulting in the era after Arthur Andersen.
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Mick Cope rocks!.......2007-06-08
I have actually purchased a few copies of this book. This information is useful to new and experienced consultants alike. Mick provides insight to each phase of the process. It is also a useful tool if read in tandem with Peter Block's Flawless Consulting book.
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Ritz New York Restaurant Survey & Report, 2000 is the most comprehensive guide to New York restaurants available.
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No Questions about it - buy the book!.......2006-03-17
If you are going to spend any time in the country and want to tool around, you'd be a fool not to get a copy of this book for your backpack. I just got home and gave my friend a hug for grabbing this book out the the bargain bin at Borders for me. In several cities I was able to pick it up and quickly flip through to find a map and make my way through the town. Or simply discover something interesting within or nearby my location. It's an absolute must for anybody going into the country. Well put together and concise - 5 stars for sure!
as good as you'll find -- but they need to update it.......2004-02-01
This is really the only comprehensive guidebook to El Salvador that is widely available. The Lonely Planet and Let's Go and other books have chapters on El Sal in their books on Central America, but none of them go into real detail. In fact, I've noticed that most of the guidebooks don't recommend going to El Salvador, or skipping it if you're short on time.
Well, you should go. There is a lot to see and do but it's important to realize that it's different from the other Latin American countries. It's maybe a little less pretty and the people are a bit more hardened from the long guerra civil. This book does a good job providing sociopolitical background and anecdotes from important periods in history. Other than that, it's your basic guidebook, going region by region in the country, detailing sights, hotels, transportation, all that stuff. There are also several pages of decent color photos.
The one problem is that the book is now nearly ten years old. While most of the things are still accurate, a lot has changed. Things like prices and bus routes especially. There are also many different sights, museums, roads and enormous Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises that did not exist when the book was published. Likewise, some things no longer exist. The only way to find out, unfortunately, is to go and discover these things for yourself.
El Sal is not the most tourist-friendly nation in the sense that the infrastructure is not really there to support a heavy flow of tourists. The people are _wonderful_, don't get me wrong (don't think for a second that it's the people's fault), but to give one example, some of the bus routes to tourist sites make absolutely no sense and can be very frustrating to navigate. This is the fault of the government. Likewise, the El Sal government tourism agency could do themselves a big favor by publishing or funding an up-to-date guide.
But this book is as good as it gets.
A Great Help for a Native Absent for 20 Years.......2002-06-10
I found this book quite helpful. I'm a native from El Salvador who had been out of the country for 20 years. I found it a good supplement to other sources of information (e.g., local phone books in El Salvador, people and friends). Although some of the directory information may be dated, most of the facts and directions still hold. It's best to cross-reference the book with a local phone book for more accuracy. Yet, the book is a great trip planning tool. It allows you to pick and chose places and things to do at a pace that not even locals can keep up. It's clear that a lot of good work went into making the book. The level of detail is beyond what any local can know all by himself (e.g., bus routes, mores, festivals, local rituals, etc.). I found the hand-drawn maps most helpful and the history/background informaiton information least helpful. Advisories should apply to all locations outside the central city or popular foreign tourist attractions. Also, the book does not address which locations are most ideal to visit depending on the small universe weather conditions, e.g., heavy rains or dry, hot to extremely hot temperatures. I recommend this book. I've found no other books as helpful as this one but feel that the book and its contents could be much improved, e.g., day-trips, sports events, local festivity schedules, shopping information, entertainment options, ground and non-ground recreational activities, specific coverage and related-activities regarding aviation, boatin, sailing, surfing, fishing, golf, lakes, rivers and bodies of water, etc. (perhaps on future editions, beyond the 2nd). I currently own both of the first two editions. They're both pretty much worn out and it's because they go with me and take me places each time I visit there. I just wish the book were more expansive and provide material for all the other sites that one encounters while going from place to place, yet this would make it too thick and heavy. Also, if you ever go to El Teleferico, please say Hi to Mr. Moon (a local cartoonist) there for me!
The Best Book On El Salvador Travel Ever!.......2000-03-22
For years I looked for a book that would cover travel to El Salvador. I have been married to a Salvadorena for 16 years and have made five trips to the country since 1991. I love El Salvador, its beauty and its wonderful people. You can't travel there without this book! Buy it today!
This book is the best.......1999-07-21
I'm Salvadoran and I'm married to a Jewish-American woman. She bought this book for us to take a tour in El Salvador. Let me tell you, this is the best guide book I've ever read. It's so easy to use and it has ALL the information about this little beautiful country that you need. I even used some of the information on my website, of course with the permission from the authors. Thank you Jeff, Julian and Veronica for making this possible.
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This guide, based on the experiences of scores of successful B&B operators, reveals valuable secrets: finding the right location, buying property, licensing, setting pricing policies, promoting the business, and hiring good people.
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Mighty fine, with one medium-sized quibble.......2007-10-02
[reposted from a comment]
Apparently, the product description does this book a disservice. The authors recognize that most folks who dream of opening a B&B don't realize how much work it's going to be, which is why they remind the reader of this on **nearly every page.** There are fairly detailed worksheets for nearly every aspect of the business, outlining all the little things a B&B owner needs to think about. The realities of what running a B&B would entail comprise the majority of the book.
Most of all, the authors recommend not jumping straight in, but apprenticing oneself to an existing B&B for a few months to a year, to learn the business and see if you've got the temperament for it.
My only problem with this book is that the authors consistently refer back to the basic Entrepreneur Press How to Start a Business manual, rather than go into detail about some of processes not specific to running a B&B. I know they did it to keep this book shorter, but it felt like they were pushing you to buy that other book, where they could have made this one richer instead. If it weren't for this, I'd have given this book 5 stars.
For all the effervescently sunny and (a bit) cheesy tone, it's actually a very practical and helpful manual. I got this first edition from my public library (to see if it's worth buying), and now I'm waiting for the second edition to arrive so I can compare the two.
How much help can this book be?.......2006-07-14
I have not read this book or magazine and I don't want to either. Just from reading the description it doesn't seem like it is going to give you the real knowledge that you need to open a B & B. Its a lot of hard work and the description makes it sould like it will be fun and easy and you can just putter away the day in the garden.
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All the expertise you need to start your own lucrative food business
There are more than 900,000 restaurants in the United States—100,000 of those were started in the last five years. The second edition of the number-one-selling Startup (more than 27,000 sold) is fully updated to reflect today’s restaurant environment. It is the precise tool you need to start your own restaurant or food business.
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Eateries are among the top new business start ups each year.
Customer Reviews:
You don't need it.......2003-04-12
Interested in seeing what it takes to startup a restaurant, I bought this book. It was a compelte waste of [money]. If you have gone out to eat more than one time, you already know 90% of this book. The book seems to have little insight into the detailed aspects of starting and running a restaurant and seems to only brush the surface of important issues.
The most valuable information in this book gives you a guideline as to what percent of your income should go to various restaurant operations.
I suggest you check out The Restaurant Start-Up Guide. Its more detailed and is written above a 7th grade level.
Customer Reviews:
Good ''first step''.......2001-06-08
In a nutshell this book is very good for someone like me that knows nothing about the subject. It covers alot of ground without getting into to much detail (very easy reading). Some chapters can be skipped if you have any common sense and there's a bit to much filler. It did open my eyes with regards to the task at hand. . . there's alot to this business and if your not on top of everthing your not going to be successful.
This book is an absolute necessity........2000-11-07
I am in the process of opening a restaurant and was loaned this book by the local Small Business Administration office. I have found it very helpful in how to handle every facet of the operation, from how to hire,train and motivate employees to how to handle all of the financial aspects and everything in between. I have to give this copy back, so I turned to Amazon to purchase my own copy. Another book that I have found very useful (also purchased from Amazon) is Restaurant Management: Customers, Operations and Employees by Robert Christie Mill.
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$25 and Under 1998: Your Guide to the Best Inexpensive Restaurants in New York
Eric Asimov
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With this completely updated 4th edition of his definitive guide, New York Times food critic Eric Asimov proves time and again that when it comes to dining out in New York, the best isn't necessarily the most expensive.
Appearing every Friday in the New York Times , Eric Asimov's "$25 and Under" column is a beacon, guiding financially challenged gastronomes to the very best the Big Apple has to offer. With this book, Asimov fills a void, providing in one volume 150 answers to the timeless question posed of New Yorkers and New York visitors alike: "Do you know a good place for dinner that's not too expensive?"
New features include the best steaks, Chinese, French, sushi, pizza and delivery food; eating cheaply in the fanciest restaurants; and the best food in each neighorhood. From the ubiquitous to the uncommon, Eric Asimov shows the way and has all the answers. $25 and Under 1998 includes tips, advice and strategies not found in any other New York restaurant guide.
Customer Reviews:
There is not more sincere love than the love for the food!.......2005-11-24
This ineffable statement of Georges Bernard Shaw would seem to be availed for this useful text of. Eric Asimov.
With more than 10.000 restaurants, New York offers an unparalleled opportunity to taste the cooking of the world. So in this order of ideas, you have the chance to win or let down, because there are many hidden gastronomic treasures of remarkable actuality, but besides there are a great number of bad restaurants; so the trick is to avoid them.
Through his personal and very engaging style, Asimov proposes us a true tour de force, classifying them by nationalities; simultaneously, he suggests us the best dishes of every local.
If you do not want to risk yourself and besides lack of enough time to enjoy of one the most gratifying and fascinating pleasures of the life, this book may become an excellent reference guide to discover unexpected places that you would never have found unless you have a sybarite fridn in this city.
Go for this; you have nothing to loose and much to win.
Help for Impoverished Newcomers or Curious Local.......2000-03-29
Upon deplaning in JFK I was hungry and lost. This book introduced me to the myriad good-eating opportunities in New York and the thrill of hunting down the best Roast Beef Sandwich or plate of barbecue. Though some of the places reviewed in 1998 have since closed, that state of flux and sense of serendipity is part of the exploratory experience in New York. This is an alternative (or quirkier supplement) to the ubiquitous Zagat guide. Asimov's book is as well-suited for a recently arrived student as for an experienced diner looking for pleasure in Manhattan's nooks.
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Eat Your Way Through New York - A Kosher Dining Guide
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Foodservice New Zealand 2003: Inside the Kitchen: How to grow your business in the restaurant and café sector
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The Foodservice market is easily the most interesting of the New Zealand FMCG industry. With a turnover of $4.6 billion it is half the size of the supermarket sector. Despite its size there is limited information available in this highly fragmented and difficult to serve market. Many manufacturers feel they are underperforming in sales and profit in this sector but don’t have the information needed to analyse their sector. This report fills the gap in knowledge by providing comprehensive information. The report looks at the size and structure of the market. The reports breaks this industry into Demand (Households, Tourists, Businesses, Non-commercial & Institutional) and Supply (Non-commercial, Institutional, Accommodation, Bars/pubs/clubs, QSR/takeaway, Restaurant/café). The report also cover industry trends and develop a cost to serve model. By interviewing chefs throughout New Zealand we are able to look inside the mind of the chef and owner operator of independently owned restaurants and cafes to get an understanding of what is really important to them in the kitchen. The report looks at their six main day to day roles and segment the chefs in five personality types. The report develops strategies for growth looking at how to successfully supply the correct product at the right price, with efficient processes and friendly efficient people. To really extend beyond the basics however you must develop strong relationships with your customers so you exceed their expectations and drive innovation in the kitchen.
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