This documentary work on the cotton sharecroppers of Alabama began as an article for Fortune magazine but was rejected because Agee refused to adopt the sterile, objective voice of conventional journalism. The resulting book, published in 1941 with photos by Walker Evans, ultimately reveals as much about Agee as it did about his subjects. It also ...
This book covers basic concepts of business statistics, data analysis, and management science in a spreadsheet environment. Practical applications are emphasized throughout the book for business decision-making; a comprehensive database is developed, with marketing, financial, and production data already formatted on Excel worksheets. This shows ...
This all started with you, in your own classrooms and hallways. Through conversations, focus groups, surveys, and interviews, we asked you to tell us how you learn. When and where you study, anda] why? Some of your comments surprised us, while others didn't: "(the book is) too long" and "too expensive." Many of you said you didn't even buy books- ...
This exciting new textbook provides exceptional coverage of the essential topics taught in a modern operations management course. Its highly current coverage includes contemporary and relevant service theory and applications. Appropriate manufacturing applications and theory are included where relevant. The book's modern/strategic approach ...
The leading book in quality management, MANAGING FOR QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE, 8TH EDITION is built on the strength and experience of the author team. Experience as examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige Award allows both Evans and Lindsay to integrate the framework and essential content of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award ...
The text, chapters and content are heavily influenced by the framework and essential content of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria. The author believes the principles of total quality as reflected in the Baldrige Award provide the best overall synthesis of the concept of quality. The text provides a managerially-oriented, ...
This documentary work on the cotton sharecroppers of Alabama began as an article for Fortune magazine but was rejected because Agee refused to adopt the sterile, objective voice of conventional journalism. The resulting book, published in 1941 with photos by Walker Evans, ultimately reveals as much about Agee as it did about his subjects. It also ...
This book has three objectives: To familiarize students with the basic principles and methods associated with total quality and performance excellence; To show students how these principles and methods have been put into effect in a variety of organizations; and To illustrate the relationship between basic principles and the popular theories and ...
Raturi's Principles of Operations Management is an abbreviated operations management book aimed specifically at the 4 to 10 week long MBA-level OM course.
Beetles comprise the largest group of organisms known to science, with approximately 350,000 species. That's why Haldane wrote that "God had an inordiate fondness for beetles." This Introduction will be aimed at beginners and cover only the 50 most conspicuous and interesting beetles of California.
In this, the first full-scale black systematic theology in twenty years, James Evans emerges as a major and distinctive voice in American theology. Seeking to overcome the chasm between church practice and theological reflection, Evans situates theology squarely in the nexus of faith with freedom. There, with a sure touch, he uplifts revelatory ...
The study of Quantitative EEGs and Neurofeedback offer a window into brain physiology and function via computer and statistical analyses, suggesting innovative approaches to the improvement of attention, anxiety, mood and behavior. Resources for understanding what QEEG and Neurofeedback is, how they are used, and to what disorders and patients ...
The subject of this book is the Western astronomical tradition from ancient Babylonia to the European Renaissance, with special emphasis on the Greek period. Throughout the book two questions constantly recur: what evidence permits us to reconstruct the astronomy of the ancient past? How was astronony actually practised? The book is meticulously ...
This book has three objectives in mind for managers and business professionals: 1) to familiarize managers with the basic principles and methods associated with total quality management; 2) to show managers how these principles and methods have been put into effect in a variety of organizations; and, 3) to illustrate the relationship between TQM ...
With perhaps 8,000 different species, beetles are easily the largest group of animals in California and can be found virtually everywhere in the state. They grapple over flower heads, lurk in pantries, paddle through pristine mountain streams, amble over dunes, and buzz about porch lights on warm evenings. But until now, there was no single ...
This textbook discusses quality control and high-performance management practices, particularly those reflected in the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence. While the material is too comprehensive to be covered fully in one course, instructors may select certain chapters to design a course
James Roose-Evans, one of Britain's most experienced and innovative directors, and founder of the Hampstead Theatre (which celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1984), surveys the history of the avant-garde in the theatre. He traces its origins through such key figures as Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Craig, Appia, Copeau, Piscator, Brecht, ...
-- Features recipes and techniques for barbecuing and grillling, picnics, cooking on camping trips and in trailers In the health-conscious '90s, James Beard's characteristic focus on simplicity and freshness in meals holds more appeal than ever. This volume showcases the uniquely thorough and simple guidance of Beard and Helen Evans Brown on how ...
For upper-level undergraduate Simulation, Business Administration, and related disciplines and beginning graduate courses in business administration and related disciplines. Providing a hands-on, real-world introduction to the concepts, methodologies, and applications of simulation in business specifically, this soundly structured text uses ...
The MD Anderson Solid Tumor Oncology series presents the most cutting-edge surgical treatment and medical therapy for specific sites. Each year, more than 26,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, also called a "silent" disease because it does not usually exhibit symptoms early on. This volume, Pancreatic Cancer, defines the current ...
Transnational mining companies are key agents of corporate globalization. They are often larger than national economies, and dominate governments, local peoples and their environments. In response, affected communities and non-government organizations are creating new agendas for change and justice. In this text, contributors discuss strategies ...
Cliffs Notes gives you the basics on Tom Jones including such features as information about the author, social and historical backgrounds, structure and tradition of literary genres, facts about the characters, critical analyses, review questions, glossaries of unfamiliar terms, foreign phrases and literary allusions, maps, genealogies, and a ...
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