Construction Contracts: Law and Management

Spon Press; 4 edition
November 28, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0415393698

432 pages | PDF | 2.29 MB

The fourth edition of this unparalleled text has been thoroughly revised to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the legislation, administration and management of construction contracts.
Introducing this topic at the core of construction law and management, this book provides students with a one-stop reference on construction contracts. Significant new material covers:
procurement
tendering
developments in dispute settlement
commentary on all key legislation, case law and contract amendments up to July 2007.
In line with new thinking in construction management research, this authoritative guide is essential reading for every construction undergraduate and an extremely useful source of reference for practitioners.

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Business Ethics For Dummies

Norman E. Bowie, Meg Schnieder,
W-y | 2011, ISBN: 0470600330

364 pages | PDF | 3.11 MB

The tools you need to deal with ethical dilemmas in business.

In today's world, it's increasingly important for all businesses and government agencies to implement ethical conduct in the workplace. Therefore, business ethics has become required coursework for most students in undergraduate and postgraduate business programs.

Mapping to a business ethics course, Business Ethics For Dummies examines ethical theory and discusses the moral issues facing corporate America. It covers topics such as conflicts of interest, trade secrets and insider trading, product safety and product liability, hiring, drug testing, sexual harassment, diversity, and much more.

• The basics of ethics and making ethical decisions
• How-tos on incorporating business ethics in the workplace
• A discussion of moral issues facing corporate America

Packed with easy-to-understand explanations and examples, Business Ethics For Dummies is a helpful resource for students, professors, business owners, managers, and CEOs who seek a clear understanding of the importance of ethics.

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Handbook on Business Information Systems

By Angappa Gunasekaran
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company

Number Of Pages: 960
Publication Date: 2010-04-27
ISBN-10 : 9812836055

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This handbook covers the vast field of business information systems, focusing particularly on developing information systems to capture and integrate information technology together with the people and their businesses.

Part I of the book, Health Care Information Systems , focuses on providing global leadership for the optimal use of health care information technology (IT). It provides knowledge about the best use of information systems for the betterment of health care services.

Part II, Business Process Information Systems , extends the previous theory in the area of process development by recognizing that improvements in intra-organizational business processes need to be complemented by corresponding improvements in inter-organizational processes.

Part III deals with Industrial Data and Management Systems and captures the main challenges faced by the industry, such as the changes in the operations paradigm of manufacturing and service organizations. Finally, Part IV, Evaluation of Business Information Systems , discusses the empirical investigation into the adoption of systems development methodologies and the security pattern of the business systems along with the mathematical models.

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Guide To Energy Management, 6th Edition

By Barney L. Capehart
Fairmont Press Date : 2009

ISBN: 0881736058
630 pages | PDFs | 57,3 MB

Manager's guide to the most important areas of energy cost cutting. Basic objectives of energy management are insightfully. Examines the most effective techniques and tools for achieving results. DLC: Energy conservation

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Managing Now

By Gary Dessler, Jean M. Phillips,
H..ton M,,flin C.mpany, 2008  ISBN: 0618741631

562 pages | PDF | 10 MB

New for 2008, Managing Now! addresses how Internet and intranet based technologies are transforming how managers run companies. The text program highlights new skills future managers will need for planning, organizing, and managing inter-unit relations.

Chapter objectives are introduced through the authors' unique behavioral learning model, Learn It, Practice It, and Apply It. Each objective is carried through these directives, providing a multi-step approach to learning that engages students and reinforces real-world application. Managing Now Includes a fully integrated technology program designed specifically for the text.

Managing Now LIVE is an Internet based simulation that reinforces and reviews key topics from each chapter. Organized according to the three learning objectives outlined in the text, the simulation prompts students to consider chapter concepts through topic reviews, quizzes, case-based questions, and scenario-based videos. Simulation Icons in the text direct students to related Managing Now LIVE content available online.

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Understanding Management, 6 edition

By Richard L. Daft, Dorothy Marcic,
S..th-W..rn C,..ge Pub | 2008 | ISBN: 032456838X

720 pages | PDF | 31,6 MB

UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT, Sixth Edition provides an engaging survey of modern management practice that seamlessly integrates classic and contemporary principles. Rather than concentrating on large global enterprises, the text focuses on dynamic small to mid-sized "local" businesses and entrepreneurial issues, giving students valuable real-world insights and practical skills they can readily apply when beginning or continuing their careers.

To help students deepen their understanding and hone their skills, numerous skill-building and application exercises appear in every chapter. UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT also features a streamlined format and impressive ancillary package that make it affordable, flexible, well-suited to any course, and effective for students of diverse backgrounds and interests.

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Pricing and Risk Management of Synthetic CDOs

Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3642156088
edition 2010, PDF | 300 pages | 3,4 mb

This book considers the one-factor copula model for credit portfolios that are used for pricing synthetic CDO structures as well as for risk management and measurement applications involving the generation of scenarios for the complete universe of risk factors and the inclusion of CDO structures in a portfolio context.

For this objective, it is especially important to have a computationally fast model that can also be used in a scenario simulation framework.

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International Handbook of Leadership for Learning

Tony Townsend, John MacBeath,
Springer Date Aug 28, 2011

ISBN: 9400713495 | 1359 pages | PDF | 10 MB

The International Handbook of Leadership for Learning brings together chapters by distinguished authors from thirty-one countries in nine different regions of the world. The handbook contains nine sections that provide regional overviews; a consideration of theoretical and contextual aspects; system and policy approaches that promote leadership for learning with a focus on educating school leaders for learning and the role of the leader in supporting learning. It also considers the challenge of educating current leaders for this new perspective, and how leaders themselves can develop leadership for learning in others and in their organisations, especially in diverse contexts and situations. The final chapter considers what we now know about leadership for learning and looks at ways this might be further improved in the future.

The book provides the reader with an understanding of the rich contextual nature of learning in schools and the role of school leaders and leadership development in promoting this. It concludes that the preposition ‘for’ between the two readily known and understood terms of ‘leadership’ and ‘learning’ changes everything as it foregrounds learning and complexifies, rather than simplifies, what that word may mean. Whereas common terms such as ‘instructional leadership’ reduce learning to ‘outcomes’, leadership for learning embraces a much wider, developmental view of learning.

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Developing Successful Leadership

By Brent Davies, Mark Brundrett
Publisher: Springer, Pages: 165

Date: 2010-07-29
ISBN-10 : 904819105X PDF 4 Mb

Research has shown that school leadership is second only to classroom teaching in its effect on pupil learning. As the demands on management teams become ever more complex, this volume offers a fresh and expansive view on the challenges to be met in developing a leadership career.

With contributions from some of the most accomplished commentators on school leadership and management from around the world, this book moves away from the simple ‘how to’ of becoming a principal, focusing instead on the wider issues of becoming a successful leader.

The central aim has been to assemble powerful statements from international authorities that encapsulate leading-edge thinking on a group of interconnected themes based on the notion of developing successful leadership in, and beyond, schools.

 In so doing the text examines strategies for existing leaders developing their full capacity as well as enhancing the skills of those new to, or aspiring to, a leadership role. The chapters contributed by a carefully selected group of leading educationalists present insights on a number of central themes, including: developing new skill sets in leadership, the ethical and moral dimensions of leading an organisation, Leadership for instructional and pedagogical success, developing leadership capacity and capability through strategic activity.

Rather than taking a technical approach of how to undertake the managerial or administrative tasks, the authors seek instead to develop critical leadership perspectives and skills, with chapters on vitally important topics such as strategies for maximizing the potential of the leadership team as a whole.

They draw not only upon the literature in the field of educational leadership but also a wider literature in the field of business and management. This diversity of perspective ensures this book’s appeal to a broad international readership.

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Global Product Development

By Alain Bernard
Sp..ger | 2011 | ISBN: 3642159729

763 pages | PDF | 58,6 MB

This book of proceedings is the synthesis of all the papers, including keynotes presented during the 20th CIRP Design conference. The book is structured with respect to several topics, in fact the main topics that serve at structuring the program. For each of them, high quality papers are provided. The main topic of the conference was Global Product Development.

This includes technical, organizational, informational, theoretical, environmental, performance evaluation, knowledge management, and collaborative aspects. Special sessions were related to innovation, in particular extraction of knowledge from patents.

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Life Insurance Risk Management Essentials (EAA Series)

By Michael Koller
Publisher: Springer | 2011

ISBN: 3642207200 | PDF
378 pages | 10.2 MB

The aim of the book is to provide an overview of risk management in life insurance companies. The focus is twofold: (1) to provide a broad view of the different topics needed for risk management and (2) to provide the necessary tools and techniques to concretely apply them in practice. Much emphasis has been put into the presentation of the book so that it presents the theory in a simple but sound manner. The first chapters deal with valuation concepts which are defined and analysed, the emphasis is on understanding the risks in corresponding assets and liabilities such as bonds, shares and also insurance liabilities. In the following chapters risk appetite and key insurance processes and their risks are presented and analysed. This more general treatment is followed by chapters describing asset risks, insurance risks and operational risks - the application of models and reporting of the corresponding risks is central. Next, the risks of insurance companies and of special insurance products are looked at. The aim is to show the intrinsic risks in some particular products and the way they can be analysed. The book finishes with emerging risks and risk management from a regulatory point of view, the standard model of Solvency II and the Swiss Solvency Test are analysed and explained. The book has several mathematical appendices which deal with the basic mathematical tools, e.g. probability theory, stochastic processes, Markov chains and a stochastic life insurance model based on Markov chains. Moreover, the appendices look at the mathematical formulation of abstract valuation concepts such as replicating portfolios, state space deflators, arbitrage free pricing and the valuation of unit linked products with guarantees. The various concepts in the book are supported by tables and figures.

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Excellence in Innovation Management

By: Markus Sattler
publisher: Gabler Date : 2010 pages: 232

PDF 1.5 Mb

Innovation management is commonly understood as a central system and function of a firm's ability to keep up with developments in the market. Markus Sattler reviews the predictors of successful innovation management on firm level with a meta-analytic approach. His findings suggest that the role of knowledge management and an environment of learning are important success factors on which managers can have a substantial effect. Furthermore a clear managerial commitment to innovations and a sophisticated innovation process are further central predictors of a successful innovation management.

Common terms and phrases:
Competitor intelligence credibility interval explained variance meta-analysis random-effects models

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Progress in Management Engineering

by: Lucas P. Gragg, Jan M. Cassell
publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Date : 2009 pages: 336
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Management engineering is a new field, which is quickly becoming a specific branch of engineering that takes a comprehensive approach to management. The underlying assumption is that the organisation can be modelled as an interacting system, with cause-and-effect chains, feedback loops and other structures that behave like those in other systems.

Management engineering tools are used to make the system visible so that managers can understand it and guide it better. This book presents current research in this new field.

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Fundamentals of Project Management (Worksmart)

By James P. Lewis
Publisher: AMACOM

Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2002-02-08
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0814471323

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In today's time-based and cost-conscious global business environment, tight project deadlines and stringent expectations are the norm. This classic book provides businesspeople with an excellent introduction to project management, supplying sound, basic information (along with updated tools and techniques) to understand and master the complexities and nuances of project management.

Clear and down-to-earth, this step-by-step guide explains how to effectively spearhead every stage of a project--from developing the goals and objectives to managing the project team--and make project management work in any company. This updated second edition includes:

* New material on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) * Do's and don'ts of implementing scheduling software * Coverage of the PMP certification offered by the Project Management Institute * Updated information on developing problem statements and mission statements * Techniques for implementing today's project management technologies in any organization--in any industry.

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Project Management for Mere Mortals(R)

By Claudia M. Baca
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Pages: 528, Date: 2007-07-05
ISBN-10 : 0321423453

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Praise for Project Management for Mere Mortals®

“Project Management for Mere Mortals is a must read for all project managers with responsibilities for large or small projects, regardless of industry or product. Baca has cleverly taken the (sometimes) difficult lexicon of project management and distilled it into easy-to-read, understandable concepts. Her case study examples lead Project Managers from Project Initiation through Project Close–and those between–with ease. In today’s growing discipline of Project Management, we must understand the potential hurdles and where to capitalize on prior knowledge. Baca is a Project Management guru. No person involved with the execution of projects should be without this book…ever.”

–Lisa Marie Jacobsen, CAPM, Project Manager, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

“Project Management for Mere Mortals is an excellent book for the beginning as well as the experienced project manager. At the elementary level, the concepts are clearly explained, and at the advanced level, hints and tips are explained that give new insight to the concepts. I especially liked the case studies that applied each chapter’s lessons.”

–Kaaren A. Walsh, PMP

“This book is an excellent learning tool for beginning Project Managers and a terrific resource for experienced Project Managers.”

–Janene A. Luders, PMP

Project Management for Mere Mortals® strips away the myths and mysteries of effective project management, giving you the skills, tools, and insights to succeed with your next project–and every project after that.

Long-time project manager and trainer, Claudia Baca, walks you through all five process groups of project management: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Baca examines each process group from the perspectives of the working project manager and team member, highlighting the organizational issues most likely to arise and offering proven solutions. For each process group, she presents tools you can start using right now–and demonstrates those tools at work in a realistic running case study.

This guide takes you from the absolute basics through advanced techniques, such as measures of performance and change control. You’ll learn how to

• Accurately scope projects and build workable timetables

• Create trustworthy budgets and use them to manage your project

• Organize work assignments for maximum efficiency

• Build project teams, and keep them motivated

• Intelligently assess quality goals, and decide “how good it has to be”

• Identify and mitigate the real risks your project will encounter

• Control changes and stay on track, no matter what surprises occur

• Close projects successfully, and learn lessons for future projects

• Gain crucial skills you’ll need for PMI certification

This book has been crafted to support professionals who are new (or almost new) to project management, as well as experienced project managers who want to handle complex projects and organizational politics more effectively. Whatever your role or assignment, it’s your fastest route to deep project management mastery.

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StrengthsFinder 2.0 By Tom Rath

By Tom Rath
Publisher: Gallup Press; 1 edition (February 1, 2007)

Language: English | ISBN-10: 159562015X
EPUB | 192 pages | 206 kb + 264 kb

How Full Is Your Bucket? (Gallup Press, 2004, Strengths Based Leadership (Gallup Press, 2009), and Wellbeing (Gallup Press, 2010) a book that features the new Wellbeing Finder assessment.

Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Chances are, you don't. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.

To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in 2001 which ignited a global conversation and helped millions to discover their top five talents. In its latest national bestseller, StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular assessment, language of 34 themes, and much more (see below for details). While you can read this book in one sitting, you'll use it as a reference for decades.

Loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, this new book and accompanying website will change the way you look at yourself -- and the world around you -- forever.

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The Owner's Role in Project Risk Management

By Committee for Oversight and Assessment of
U.S.Department of Energy Project Management, National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press
Pages: 102, Date: 2005-03-10
ISBN-10 : 0309095182
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Description:
Effective risk management is essential for the success of large projects built and operated by the Department of Energy (DOE), particularly for the one-of-a-kind projects that characterize much of its mission. To enhance DOE's risk management efforts, the department asked the NRC to prepare a summary of the most effective practices used by leading owner organizations. The study's primary objective was to provide DOE project managers with a basic understanding of both the project owner's risk management role and effective oversight of those risk management activities delegated to contractors.

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Project Management Professional (PMP) Role Delineation Study

By Project Management Institute
Publisher: Project Management Institute

Pages: 61, Date: 2000-10-01
ISBN-10 : 188041029X
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In 1999, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) conducted a role delineation study for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Examination. In addition to being used to establish the test specifications for the examination, the study describes the tasks (competencies) PMPs perform and the project management knowledge and skills PMPs use to complete each task. Each of the study’s tasks is linked to a performance domain (e.g., Planning the Project, etc.).

Each task has three components to it: what the task is, why the task is performed, and how the task is completed. The Project Management Professional (PMP) Role Delineation Study is an excellent resource for educators, trainers, administrators, practitioners, and individuals interested in pursuing PMP certification.

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Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary

By Joel Kurtzman
Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2010-03-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470490098
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From one of the most respected names in business and leadership, a rare look at the specifics of how great leaders achieve "common purpose" and success within their organizations.

What is common purpose? It is that rare, almost-palpable experience that happens when a leader coalesces a group, team or community into a creative, dynamic, brave and nearly invincible we. It happens the moment the organization's values, tools, objectives and hopes are internalized in a way that enables people to work tirelessly toward a goal. Common purpose is rarely achieved. But Kurtzman has observed that when a leader is able to bring it about, the results are outsized, measurable and inspiring.

* Based on Kurtzman's all-new interviews with more than 50 leaders, including Ron Sargent, Ilene Lang, Micky Arison, Simon Cooper, Joel Klein, Janet Field, Steve Wynn, Shivan Subramaniam, Michael Dell, Richard Boyatzis, Tom Kelley, Michael Milken, and Warren Bennis
* Contains research on leadership Kurtzman has conducted during his years at The New York Times, the Harvard Business Review, Booz & Company, as well as with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mercer, and Korn/Ferry

Based on all new interviews with some of the most dynamic, successful, and enduring leaders, Common Purpose sheds new light on the meaning of leadership, the crucial qualities of leaders, and most importantly, how to lead.

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The Executor's Handbook 3rd Edition

By Theodore E. Hughes
Publisher: Facts on File

Pages: 256, Date: 2007-06-30
ISBN-10 : 0816066671
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"The Executor's Handbook, Third Edition" is a step-by-step guide to settling an estate for personal representatives, administrators, and beneficiaries. This informative volume provides all the information needed to understand the role of executor, to determine if you are the right person for the job, as well as how to carry out the various functions.

It explains everything from the provisions of a will to key legal terms to liquidating assets. Because laws change on a regular basis, this new edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to cover the latest rules and procedures.

Updates include the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 - which revised federal gift and estate tax law - as well as all state law tables. Updated coverage includes: Executor's fees and liabilities; 401(k) and other retirement accounts; Long-term care insurance and Medicaid; New funeral and burial regulations; Transfer of family businesses; Transfer-on-death registrations and deeds; and much more.

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