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Managing With Power: Politics and Influence in Organizations
Author Jeffrey Pfeffer
Although much as been written about how to make better decisions, a decision by itself changes nothing. The big problem facing managers and their organizations today is one of implementation--how to get things done in a timely and effective way. Problems of implemen....
Release Date 1993/11 -
Survival Analysis Using SAS®: A Practical Guide
Author Paul D. Allison
Biomedical and social science researchers who want to analyze survival data with SAS will find just what they need with this easy-to-read and comprehensive guide. Written for the reader with a modest statistical background and minimal knowledge of SAS software, this....
Release Date 1995/11 -
Perspectives on Dialogue: Making Talk Developmental for Individuals and Organizations
Author Nancy M. Dixon
There is a growing sense today that organizations and the people that make them up are, to repeat a figure of speech recently used by Robert Kegan, in over their heads. As diversity becomes the rule and change the sole constant, complexity is increasing. It is gene....
Release Date 1996/05 -
The Power of Servant-Leadership
Author Peter B. Vaill , Larry C. Spears , Robert K. Greenleaf
Based on the seminal work of Robert K. Greenleaf, a former AT&T executive who coined the term almost thirty years ago, servant-leadership emphasizes an emerging approach to leadership—one which puts serving others, including employees, customers, and community, ....
Release Date 1998/09 -
APPLIED MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS: WITH SAS® SOFTWARE
Author Dayanand N. Naik , Ravindra Khattree
Real-world problems and data sets are the backbone of Ravindra Khattree and Dayanand Naik's Applied Multivariate Statistics with SAS Software, Second Edition, which provides a unique approach to the topic, integrating statistical methods, data analysis, and applica....
Release Date 1999/02 -
Author Dana May Casperson
No-nonsense guidance to a crucial set of personal career skills. Can table manners make or break a megamerger? Can a faxing faux-pas derail a promising business relationship? Can an improper introduction cost you a client? Can manners (or lack of them) really....
Release Date 1999/03 -
Logistic Regression Using SAS®: Theory and Application
Author Paul D. Allison
If you are a researcher or student with experience in multiple linear regression and want to learn about logistic regression, this book is for you! Informal and nontechnical, this book both explains the theory behind logistic regression and looks at all the practica....
Release Date 1999/03 -
The Power of Positive Criticism
Author Hendrie Weisinger
Some people just can't take criticism. And some people just can't give it-not in a positive, motivating, mutually beneficial manner, anyway. That's too bad, because criticism is essential to many aspects of business, such as performance appraisals, quality con....
Release Date 1999/09 -
Author Harrison Owen
Forms and transforms in people, they become strong, focused, and vibrant-and wonderful things can happen. But when the spirit is down, nothing else seems to make a difference-because not too much happens. Many of us today find ourselves trapped in just such org....
Release Date 2000/01 -
Mind and Heart of the Negotiator, Second Edition, The
Author Leigh L. Thompson
At last, a negotiation book that provides an integrated, big-picture view of what to do and what to avoid at the bargaining table based on the latest research findings! Combining a strong applied flavor with straightforward and lively writing, The Mind and Heart of ....
Release Date 2000/10 -
Author Roger Dawson
Are you a power negotiator?Master negotiator Roger Dawson shows you how to make the most of all your negotiations in the new paperback edition of his classic Secrets of Power Negotiating.This Second Edition has been completely revised and updated to reflect the chan....
Release Date 2000/11 -
Illustrating Evolutionary Computation with Mathematica
Author Christian Jacob
An essential capacity of intelligence is the ability to learn. An artificially intelligent system that could learn would not have to be programmed for every eventuality; it could adapt to its changing environment and conditions just as biological systems do. Illustr....
Release Date 2001/02 -
Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills
Author Cynthia Gibas , Per Jambeck
Bioinformatics--the application of computational and analytical methods to biological problems--is a rapidly evolving scientific discipline. Genome sequencing projects are producing vast amounts of biological data for many different organisms, and, increasingly, st....
Release Date 2001/04 -
Author Liam E. Gumley
Increasingly, scientists and engineers must quickly and efficiently analyze and visualize extremely large sets of data. Interactive Data Language, IDL, was designed to address just this need. A popular data analysis and visualization programming environment, IDL is ....
Release Date 2001/07 -
Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics
Author James Tisdall
With its highly developed capacity to detect patterns in data, Perlhas become one of the most popular languages for biological dataanalysis. But if you're a biologist with little or no programmingexperience, starting out in Perl can be a challenge. Manybiologists h....
Release Date 2001/10 -
Industrial Power Engineering Handbook
Author KC Agrawal
Never before has so much ground been covered in a single volume reference source. This five-part work is sure to be of great value to students, technicians and practicing engineers as well as equipment designers and manufacturers, and should become their one-s....
Release Date 2001/10 -
Author EdD Ron Cody
Working with longitudinal data introduces a unique set of challenges. Once you've mastered the art of performing calculations within a single observation of a data set, you're faced with the task of performing calculations or making comparisons between observation....
Release Date 2001/10 -
Curves and Surfaces for CAGD, 5th Edition
Author Gerald Farin
This fifth edition has been fully updated to cover the many advances made in CAGD and curve and surface theory since 1997, when the fourth edition appeared. Material has been restructured into theory and applications chapters. The theory material has been streamline....
Release Date 2001/11 -
Author Charles C. Manz
The fear of failure is enough to stop many people in their tracks and lead them to give up without even trying. But bestselling author Charles Manz shows that failure is an essential component of personal and professional success. Using real-life examples and s....
Release Date 2002/04 -
Author David Casstevens , Gary Mack
Praise for Mind Gym"Believing in yourself is paramount to success for any athlete. Gary's lessons and David's writing provide examples of the importance of the mental game." --Ben Crenshaw, two-time Masters champion and former Ryder Cup captain"Mind Gym hits a ho....
Release Date 2002/06 -
Author Judith Katz , Frederick Miller
Constant, continuing, and cataclysmic change is causing a major crisis within business organizations today. Faced with constantly advancing technology, unpredictable market shifts, intense global competition, and an increasingly independent "free agent" workfor....
Release Date 2002/06 -
Leadership in Action: Face to Face - Presence of Mind - A Conversation with Tony Buzan
Author Editor Stephen Rush
Tony Buzan is a leading authority on the brain and techniques of thinking and learning. More than forty years ago he developed Mind Maps®, a powerful graphical and visualization tool designed to unlock the brain's potential.
Release Date 2002/08 -
Author Bryan Bergeron
The complete, practical guide to bioinformatics for molecular biologists and life scientistsGives an overview of bioinformatics from a computer science perspectiveMakes the computer science aspects of bioinformatics more understandable for life scientists.Presents a....
Release Date 2002/11 -
Inside the Security Mind: Making the Tough Decisions
Author Kevin Day
"This is a really good book ... it spells out the motherhood and apple pie of information security in a highly readable way." —Warwick Ford, CTO, VeriSign, Inc. "An excellent security read! Breaks down a complex concept into a simple and easy-to-understand concept.....
Release Date 2003/02 -
Author Jacob Needleman
In Time and the Soul Jacob Needleman uses stories-of a middle-aged psychiatrist going back in time to encounter his younger self; of a mysterious meeting in the Central Asian desert; of the mystic master Hermes Trimegistus; as well as stories from the Bhagavad-Gita,....
Release Date 2003/05 -
CIO Wisdom: Best Practices from Silicon Valley's Leading IT Experts
Author Dean Lane
What it takes to be a truly great CIO... from the IT leaders who know bestWhat does it take to get to the top in IT today, stay there, and thrive? How do you realign IT to maximize business value, and become a full strategic partner in the organization's most cruci....
Release Date 2003/07 -
Author Joseph Bedell , Mark Yandell , Ian Korf
Sequence similarity is a powerful tool for discovering biological function. Just as the ancient Greeks used comparative anatomy to understand the human body and linguists used the Rosetta stone to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs, today we can use comparative sequence....
Release Date 2003/07 -
Author David Loshin
Business Intelligence describes the basic architectural components of a business intelligence environment, ranging from traditional topics such as business process modeling, data modeling, and more modern topics such as business rule systems, data profiling, i....
Release Date 2003/07 -
Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics
Author James Tisdall
Historically, programming hasn't been considered a critical skill for biologists. But now, with access to vast amounts of biological data contained in public databases, programming skills are increasingly in strong demand in biology research and development. Perl, ....
Release Date 2003/09