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Making Common Sense: Leadership as Meaning-making in a Community of Practice
Author Charles J. Palus , Wilfred H. Drath
A prevalent way of viewing leadership is as a process of social influence. In this report, the authors offer an alternative perspective: seeing leadership as a process of social meaning-making. The practical and research implications of such a view are considered. ....
Release Date 1994/06 -
Video Camera Techniques, 2nd Edition
Author Gerald Millerson
Video Camera Techniques is an ideal starter guide for anyone owning a camcorder, newcomers to the field of broadcast or corporate video-making, or students who all wish to make videos to professional standards. Written in Gerald Millserson's easy to understan....
Release Date 1994/08 -
The New Science of Technical Analysis
Author Thomas R. DeMark
From the Foreword by John J. Murphy "DeMark's work as a consultant has been restricted to large institutions and many of the legendary traders in the world today. By sharing his creative ideas with us, as well as his passion for precision and improvement, Tom DeMar....
Release Date 1994/09 -
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Author John Vlissides , Ralph Johnson , Richard Helm , Erich Gamma
Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these 23 patterns allow designers to create mor....
Release Date 1994/10 -
Author Peter G. Neumann - SRI International
"This sobering description of many computer-related failures throughout our world deflates the hype and hubris of the industry. Peter Neumann analyzes the failure modes, recommends sequences for prevention and ends his unique book with some broadening reflections o....
Release Date 1994/10 -
Author Michael Talbot-Smith , Ken Angold-Stephens , Ed Boyce , Alan Bermingham
The recent demise of the independent television companies and the expansion of satellite and cable networks has led to an explosion in small, independent production facilities. In parallel with this development has been a steady increase in media training and....
Release Date 1994/10 -
Author Don Libes
Expect is quickly becoming a part of every UNIX user's toolbox. It allows you to automate Telnet, FTP, passwd, rlogin, and hundreds of other applications that normally require human interaction. Using Expect to automate these applications will allow you to speed ....
Release Date 1994/12 -
Author W. Richard Stevens , Gary R. Wright
TCP/IP Illustrated, an ongoing series covering the many facets of TCP/IP, brings a highly-effective visual approach to learning about this networking protocol suite.TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2 contains a thorough explanation of how TCP/IP protocols are implemented.....
Release Date 1995/01 -
Author Richard C. Dorf , John V. Oldfield
Timely, authoritative, application-oriented. an in-depth exploration of current and future uses of FPGAs in digital systems The development of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) may well be the most important breakthrough for the microelectronics industry since ....
Release Date 1995/01 -
Lessons in Estimation Theory for Signal Processing, Communications, and Control, Second Edition
Author Jerry M. Mendel - Department of Electrical Engineering , University of Southern C
Estimation theory is a product of need and technology. As a result, it is an integral part of many branches of science and engineering. To help readers differentiate among the rich collection of estimation methods and algorithms, this book describes in detail many o....
Release Date 1995/03 -
Availability Engineering and Management for Manufacturing Plant Performance
Author PE , CPA Richard G. Lamb
In today's manufacturing environment, the integration of commercial, production, maintenance, and engineering functions is a common and crucial goal. In this timely volume, Richard G. Lamb presents a new standard within the enterprise and plant design management. L....
Release Date 1995/03 -
Microsoft RPC Programming Guide
Author Ward Rosenberry , John Shirley
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is the glue that holds together MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, and Windows NT. It is a client-server technology -- a way of making programs on two different systems work together like one. The advantage of RPC over other distributing programming te....
Release Date 1995/03 -
WYNTK: UNIX System Admininistrator
Author Linda Mui
If you use UNIX, you know that it can be a technically challenging environment. And if you're like most users, you have a job to do aside from exploring your operating system -- like analyzing that hot new stock, running another experiment, or typesetting another ....
Release Date 1995/04 -
Panic! UNIX® System Crash Dump Analysis
Author Kimberley Brown , Chris Drake
Designed as an introduction to UNIX system crash dump analysis, this is the first book to discuss in detail UNIX system panics, crashes and hangs, their causes, what to do when they occur, how to collect information about them, how to analyze that information, and h....
Release Date 1995/05 -
Improving Performance: How to Manage the White Space on the Organization Chart
Author Alan P. Brache , Geary A. Rummler
Streamline the processes vital to optimum performanceWith over 100,000 copies sold worldwide, Improving Performance is recognized as the book that launched the Process Improvement revolution. It was the first such approach to bridge the gap between organization stra....
Release Date 1995/05 -
Author F Hodgson , Brendan Hennessy
Using practical assignments, the authors take each area of journalism, and demonstrate the world which awaits journalists in the early years of their careers. Each of the assignments spins off a number of tasks which are presented to the reader in the form of....
Release Date 1995/05 -
Conducting a Mini Needs Assessment—Instructional Systems Development
Author Kavita Gupta Consultant
This issue defines a mini needs assessment as a process for identifying problems and solutions in a condensed period of time. It outlines a process model and guidelines for implementing the model and offers a mini need assessment stakeholders interview guide and sam....
Release Date 1995/06 -
Author Paul DuBois
If you use UNIX, you probably use csh to type commands even if you've never heard of it. It's the standard shell (command line) on most UNIX systems. tcsh is an enhanced version that's freely available and highly recommended.Using csh & tcsh describes from....
Release Date 1995/07 -
Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition
Author Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw fr....
Release Date 1995/08 -
Better Grammar in 30 Minutes a Day
Author Florence Sacks , Constance Immel
Here’s help for anyone who has something to say or write but has difficulty doing so. Better Grammar in 30 Minutes features thorough coverage of key grammar skills, clear explanations with a minimum of grammatical terms and an abundance of exercises and activities t....
Release Date 1995/08 -
Using an Art Technique to Facilitate Leadership Development
Author Cheryl De De Ciantis
As a part of the effort to find new ways to promote the development of leadership, trainers have begun to make use of artistic activities. One such activity is the touchstone exercise, in which people create sculptures that represent their vision and purpose as lea....
Release Date 1995/10 -
Evolving Leaders: A Model for Promoting Leadership Development in Programs
Author Wilfred H. Drath , Charles J. Palus
Although leadership development is widely acknowledged as important, our understanding of it is largely implicit. This has made programs that seek to promote it difficult to design and implement, and challenging to evaluate effectively. The model presented in this ....
Release Date 1995/10 -
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 -
Author Stephen L. Talbott
Many pundits tell you that the computer is ushering us toward a new Golden Age of Information. A few tell you that the computer is destroying everything worthwhile in our culture. But almost no one tells you what Stephen L. Talbott shows in this surprising book: the....
Release Date 1995/11 -
Author Scott Meyers
More than 150,000 copies in print! Praise for Scott Meyers’ first book, Effective C++: “I heartily recommend Effective C++ to anyone who aspires to mastery of C++ at the intermediate level or above.” – The C/C++ User’s Journal From the author of the indispensable....
Release Date 1995/12 -
Power & Politics in Project Management
Author Jeffrey K. Pinto
Power and Politics in Project Management offers you something that is immediately useful in your day-to-day business dealings-a better and more sensitive set of warning signals for spotting and reacting appropriately to unseemly political ploys. Pinto presents a co....
Release Date 1996/01 -
Op Amps: Design, Application, and Troubleshooting, 2nd Edition
Author David Terrell
OP Amps deliberately straddles that imaginary line between the technician and engineering worlds. Topics are carefully addressed on three levels: operational overview, numerical analysis, and design procedures. Troubleshooting techniques are presented that rely on t....
Release Date 1996/03 -
Author C. K. Prahalad , Gary Hamel
New competitive realities have ruptured industry boundaries, overthrown much of standard management practice, and rendered conventional models of strategy and growth obsolete. In their stead have come the powerful ideas and methodologies of Gary Hamel and C.K. Praha....
Release Date 1996/03 -
CGI Programming on the World Wide Web
Author Shishir Gundavaram
The World Wide Web is more than a place to put up clever documents and pretty pictures. With a little study and practice, you can offer interactive queries and serve instant information from databases, worked up into colorful graphics. That is what the Common Gatewa....
Release Date 1996/03 -
Object-Oriented Design Heuristics
Author Arthur J. Riel
Upon completion of an object-oriented design, you are faced with a troubling question: "Is it good, bad, or somewhere in between?" Seasoned experts often answer this question by subjecting the design to a subconscious list of guidelines based on their years of exper....
Release Date 1996/04