The Feminine in Management Consulting: Power, Emotion and Values in Consulting Interactions

 

 

The Feminine in Management Consulting: Power, Emotion and Values in Consulting Interactions
Palgrave Macmillan | January-6-2009 | ISBN: 0230207162 | 272 pages | PDF | 1MB

Through live material from consulting practice and an historical review of advice-giving to pre-modern leaders, this book uncovers a distinctive feminine discourse of management consulting. This new lens challenges current literature on management consulting that relies on established (masculine) images.


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Performance Measurement of New Product Development Teams: A Case of the High-Tech Sector

 

Performance Measurement of New Product Development Teams: A Case of the High-Tech Sector
Palgrave Macmillan | March-31-2009 | ISBN: 0230573843 | 272 pages | PDF | 1.6MB

Using the example of four Taiwanese brand-name multinational companies, this study seeks to unpack the relationship between project team performance measurement systems and new product success/failure. It examines the use of performance measurement results and the resulting impact on team-member behaviour and functional departments.


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Perception and Organization: Art, Music, Media

 

 

Perception and Organization: Art, Music, Media
Palgrave Macmillan | October-28-2008 | ISBN: 0230516157 | 272 pages | PDF | 1.5MB

Drawing on a heterogeneous body of literature including art, music and media theory, as well as philosophical and historical studies of perception, this book demonstrates that everyday work in organizations is strongly shaped by and embedded in human perception.

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The 8 Biggest Mistakes People Make With Their Finances Before and After Retirement

The 8 Biggest Mistakes People Make With Their Finances Before and After Retirement By Terence L. Reed
Publisher: Dearborn Trade 2001 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 0793149061 | PDF | 27 MB

According to financial expert and author Terrence L. Reed, there are eight mistakes that he has seen with painful regularity in his years of practice as a financial advisor. These are: #1 Not investing for the long term #2 Taking on financial risk #3 Failing to do dignity planning #4 Not having good long-term care coverage #5 Not properly planning for estate transfer #6 Paying too much in taxes #7 Using the wrong investment strategies #8 Having the wrong type of life insurance
To fix these eight mistakes, follow the proven, commonsense strategies outlined in The 8 Biggest Mistakes People Make with Their Finances Before & After Retirement. Guiding readers how to live comfortably in retirement, the author suggests course corrections. He explains and illustrates how to protect retirement funds, safeguard financial security, provide for loved ones, use the best retirement funds distribution options, avoid excessive risk, minimize tax exposure, select low-cost investments with the highest potential returns, and invest for the future.

About the Author
Terrence L. Reed, CFP, is a director of the Center for Wealth Preservation and operates as a registered investment advisor through Sigma Planning Corporation. In private practice with more than 350 clients in the Detroit area, Reed is a popular seminar presenter and speaker. His extensive background in financial education includes designations from Denver’s College of Financial Planning, the Institute of Business and Finance, and the Life Underwriters Training Council. He is a member of the International Association of Registered Financial Consultants and teaches for the Financial Education Network. A popular financial radio host in the greater Detroit area, he hosted Let’s Talk Money on two Detroit stations for more than a decade.

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Basic Electrical Installation Work, 5 Edition

Trevor Linsley, "Basic Electrical Installation Work, 5 Edition"
Newnes 2008 | ISBN-10: 0750687517 | 408 Pages | PDF | 9,3 MB

Trevor Linsley's textbooks have helped thousands of students to gain their electrical installation qualifications. In a concise and practical way, Basic Electrical Installation Work supports the City & Guilds 2330 Level 2 Certificate in Electrotechnical Technology.

Units covered:

* Unit 1 Working effectively and safely in the electrotechnical environment

* Unit 2 Principles of electrotechnology

* Unit 3 Application of health and safety and electrical principles

* Unit 4 Installation (Buildings & Structures)


The fifth edition has been updated in line with the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations so that students can be sure to work to the latest regulations. The structure of the book has been overhauled and it now covers each learning outcome in a dedicated chapter. Learning features, such as key facts, definitions, safety tips and end of chapter questions with answers help students to check their understanding and revise for the exams. The text is highly illustrated and the book is now in full colour.

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Advanced Electrical Installation Work, 5th Edition

Trevor Linsley, "Advanced Electrical Installation Work, 5th Edition"
Newnes 2008 | ISBN-10: 0750687525 | 411 Pages | PDF | 6,9 MB

Trevor Linsley's textbooks have helped thousands of students to gain their electrical installation qualifications. In a concise and practical way, Advanced Electrical Installation Work supports the City & Guilds 2330 Level 3 Certificate in Electrotechnical Technology and the 2356 Level 3 NVQ in Electrotechnical Services.

Units covered:
• Unit 1 Application of health and safety and electrical principles
• Unit 2 Installation (Buildings and Structures): inspection, testing and commissioning
• Unit 3 Installation (Buildings and Structures): fault diagnosis and rectification

The 5th edition has been updated in line with the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations so that students can be sure to work to the latest regulations.
The structure of the book has been overhauled and it now covers each learning outcome in a dedicated chapter. Learning features, such as key facts, definitions, safety tips and end of chapter questions with answers help students to check their understanding and revise for the exams. The text is highly illustrated and the book is now in full colour.

* Fully up-to-date with the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations
* Directly matched to the C&G Level 3 syllabus with one chapter for each learning outcome for all core units
* Tried and trusted content now with improved page design and in full colour

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Engineering Materials 2, Third Edition: An Introduction to Microstructures, Processing and Design

Michael F. Ashby, D R H Jones - Engineering Materials 2, Third Edition: An Introduction to Microstructures, Processing and Design
Butterworth-Heinemann | ISBN: 0750663812 | 2005-12-17 | PDF | 352 pages | 4.80 Mb

Engineering Materials 2 is a best-selling stand-alone text in its own right for more advanced students of materials science and mechanical engineering, and is the follow-up to its renowned companion text, Engineering Materials 1: An Introduction to Properties, Applications & Design . This book develops a detailed understanding of the fundamental properties of engineering materials, how they are controlled by processing, formed, joined and finished, and how all of these factors influence the selection and design of materials in real-world engineering applications.

- One of the best-selling materials properties texts; companion text to Ashby & Jones' 'Engineering Materials 1: An Introduction to their Properties and Applications' book
- New student friendly format, with enhanced pedagogy including more case studies, worked examples, student questions and a full instructor's manual
- World-renowned author team

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