Victims of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 suffered horrifying effects, including bleeding from the ears and nose, and they usually died. It killed more people in a year than the plagues of the Middle Ages did in a century. In the United States, where there weren't enough coffins to house the increasing numbers of bodies, nearly seven times ...
Historian John M. Barry dramatically reconstructs a key chapter in American history as he recalls the devastating 1927 flood that caused widespread destruction in Louisiana and Mississippi and throughout the region. In April of that year, after weeks of rain, the Mississippi River overflowed its banks. Over a million people were affected as homes ...
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, by Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart and Wright is specifically written to provide a complete introduction to human resource management. While it doesn't cover the depths of human resource management theory, the book is rich with examples and engages students through application. Fundamentals differs from the ...
Today, a manager cannot be effective without negotiation skills. This guide offers a practical psychological exploration of the major concepts and theories of bargaining and negotiation and the dynamics of interpersonal and intergroup conflict and its resolution. Relevant to a wide range of managers - not only those involved in human resource or ...
As competitors strive to win the war for talent, effective human resource management is necessary to gain true competitive advantage in the marketplace. Three challenges companies face are sustainability, technology, and globalization. "Human Resource Management, 6th Edition" brings these challenges to life by highlighting real-world examples ...
Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge is a faith-based companion to the best-selling leadership book of all time The Leadership Challenge. Grounded in Jim and Barry's time-tested research, Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge describes their Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, ...
This is a short derivative from the main "Negotiation" text. It explores the major concepts and theories of the psychology of bargaining and negotiation, and the dynamics of interpersonal and intergroup conflict and its resolution. In this revision, the organization more closely follows both "Negotiation" and "Negotiation: Readings, Cases, and ...
Appropriate for junior- senior-level Simulation courses in departments of Engineering, Management and Computer Science; or a second course in Simulation. This text provides a basic treatment of discrete-event simulation, one of the most widely used operations research and management science tools for dealing with system design in the presence of ...
Using original sources, this unique book focuses on the Deaf community during the nineteenth century. Largely through schools for the deaf, deaf people began to develop a common language and a sense of community. A Place of Their Own brings the perspective of history to bear on the reality of deafness and provides fresh and important insight into ...
Former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders recalls his years on and off the field, and shares anecdotes of games, players, and coaches. He tells of his Kansas upbringing, his college years at Oklahoma State, and his successes in the NFL. He also discusses the importance of his family and his surprising decision to retire from the sport.
Emphasizes building the most appropriate model possible from the available data. Major focus is on analysis and communication of results to management. Teaches readers how to conduct a management science study, analyze different situations, break down the steps of problem-solving, write a business report, and effectively communicate study results ...
Aggression Replacement Training (ART) offers a comprehensive intervention program designed to teach adolescents to understand and replace aggression and antisocial behavior with positive alternatives. ART provides a coordinated, three-part training approach: -- Prosocial Skills -- Anger Control -- Moral Reasoning This revision is designed to be ...
In the mid 1970s following the colossal success of Conan the Barbarian, Roy Thomas helped expand the universe of Conan to showcase further stories and the talents of some of the comics industry's best with the equally popular âÂÂSavage Sword of Conanâ magazine. Now, for the first time in over thirty years, these primal tales, featuring Robert ...
At the peak of his career, Speaker of the House Jim Wright exercised more power than any other member of Congress in this century. Then, he became the first Speaker of the House to be forced from office. Here, Barry traces the polit ical and legal maneuvering, the deals, personal grudges, and professional "favors" through which our public policy ...
Do you know someone who has trouble being close to others? Acts self-centered and egotistical? Never asks for help, even when needed? Has to look good at all times? Works long hours but never gets finished? Expects perfection in self and others? Is seldom vulnerable or weak? Has difficulty relaxing? If so, this person may suffer from ...
Well known in the West, Clyde Butcher's successful landscape portraits of Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Badlands provided him with money and acclaim. But, in something of a midlife crisis, he moved to Florida's Gulf Coast--and lost himself in the Everglades. These stunning photos present a wonderful keepsake record of Butcher's time in this ...
All societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked. Most societies, which we call natural states, limit violence by political manipulation of ...
Movie fans eagerly await each new edition of "Screen World", the definitive record of the cinema since 1949. "Volume 59" provides an illustrated listing of every significant American and foreign film released in the United States in 2007, documented with more than 1,000 color and black-and-white photographs.This new edition of "Screen World" ...
Whether readers are old hands at pirating or hopeless landlubbers, the PirateGuys will have them pirate-savvy in no time with surefire pirate pickup linesand help determining a pirate moniker.
One of the nation's leading surgeons tells the compelling story of his headline-making experiments--scientific breakthroughs that may revolutionize the treatment of cancer. Haunted by the question "Can the body rid itself of cancer?" Dr. Rosenberg seized upon immunotherapy as the most promising path toward curing the disease and has since achieved ...
The framework used in this revised edition of the best-selling "Breaking Free from the Codependency Trap" differs radically from the prevailing medical definition of codependency as a permanent, progressive and incurable addiction. Rather, the authors identify it as a "developmental fragment" remaining from incomplete developmental tasks during ...
PLEASE PROVIDE COURSE INFORMATION This book develops and applies concepts, analytical methods, and descriptive information about agricultural finance. It focuses on planning, analyzing, and controlling business performance in agriculture and related financial markets. This edition includes new chapters on the management environment for financial ...
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