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Mary Masi, Lauren B. Starkey, Mary Mary

With the latest salary and benefit information, the most up-to-date career prospects, and detailed job descriptions, Real Estate Career Starter gives readers the information they need to begin an exciting career in real estate. The book also contains comprehensive information about education and training programs, financial aid, and finding a job. The second edition is packed with useful resourcesuaddresses, phone numbers, and websites for numerous professional associations, employers, and sources of information about education and training.

Lorraine Korman, Felice Primeau Devine

Cosmetology Career Starter, 2E is extremely helpful to anyone who is interested in embarking on a career in the beauty industry. The new edition has been thoroughly updated with a complete directory of cosmetology programs, more practical information that every candidate needs to know, a step-by-step guide through the certification process, comprehensive exploration of career paths and new trends, and a greatly expanded resource section with emphasis on online resources.

John P. Kotter

Widely acknowledged as the world's foremost authority on leadership, John Kotter has devoted his remarkable career to studying organizations and those who run them, and his bestselling books and essays have guided and inspired leaders at all levels. Here, in this collection of his acclaimed Harvard Business Review an ides, is an astute assessment of the real work of leaders, as only John Kotter can offer. To complement these articles, Kotter also contributes a new introduction, a thoughtful reflection on the themes that have developed throughout his work.

Marshall Meyer

Performance measurement remains a vexing problem for business firms and other kinds of organizations. The "balanced scorecard", widely touted as a solution to problems of performance measurement and strategic planning, has no strong basis in theory. Moreover, implementation of the "balanced scorecard" may create many more problems than it solves. This text returns to the fundamentals by asking what is the performance of the firm, can this performance be measured, and what are reasonable second-best measures if the first-best measures we would like to have are not available.

John R. Schermerhorn

This package brings together a core text, skill-building workbook, a comprehensive Web site with additional interactive case studies, skills assessments, career tools, and teaching resources drawn from the author's award winning classroom. Together, the book and the assets that surround it show students how to "Get Connected" as they discover the dynamics of management in the context of a challenging and new work environment. They will learn about the responsibilities of a manager and what this means fortheir future career through many practical examples that are interwoven with core concepts and theories. They will appreciate the clear, concise, and engaging writing style that has made this text successful year after year. And, they will benefit from the solid foundation of research covered, as well as the high quality of examples presented.

William C. Byham, Jeff Cox

"I hate Mondays." "They say I'm responsible, but my boss makes all the decisions." "We're supposed to work as a team, but everybody's out for themselves." Sound familiar? You don't have to take it anymore! In HeroZ, you'll actually have fun learning how to survive and even thrive in today's work world. Step-by-step techniques--proven by thousands of companies around the globe--show you how to make meaningful decisions, measure your progress, and work efficiently in teams. By the time you finish reading HeroZ, you'll feel that you control your job, not that your job controls you. Millions of leaders have been energized by its bestselling predecessor, Zapp!: The Lightning of Empowerment. The Wall Street Journal declared that "Zapp! helped redefine the genre" of business books. Fortune magazine's reviewer raved, "I couldn't put it down." Now, with HeroZ, you can restore meaning and purpose to your work life and make a real difference--no matter where you fall on the...

Brigit Dermott

Robert F. Hartley

This is a successful casebook that presents contrasting cases of management mistakes and successes, providing insights into the art of managerial decision-making. * Covers the importance of public image, the need for focused growth, the power of judicious imitation, and prudent crisis management.

Peter J. Frost, Walter R Nord, Linda A Krefting

HRM Reality provides readers with a reality based perspective on the practice of human resource management. The readings within provide current and classic reports of applications of HR in the workplace. Focuses on such topics as Developing Effectiveness in HR, Creating a Productive Work Environment, Fostering Employee-Management Relations, Implementing Compensation and Benefits, and Dealing with Diversity and Discrimination. For line managers and human resources professionals.

Bob Betts

Book DescriptionCut costs and control inventory an adaptive business network This book introduces the adaptive business network, a new method of business interaction that offers the ability to respond swiftly to changing market conditions, increaserevenue growth, and lower overall cost. In Adapt or Die, the experts from SAP provide a thought-provoking road map to a new business world in which companies are linked together by uniform business processes and standardized software (uniform business processes and standardized software leaves me the impression of being rigid and inflexible, which is contrary to what were trying to say in the book). An adaptive business network allows companies to more precisely control inventory, quickly add or drop trading partners, and produce products and services that mirror actual customer demand. Adapt or Die explores all the vital aspects of the adaptive business network, including: * The benefits for your business * Ways to...