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Project Leadership: From Theory to Practice
Author Michele Govekar , Todd Palmer , Jeffrey Trailer , Peg Thomas , Jeffrey K. Pinto
This provocative book combines theory and practice and is the first of its kind to develop a complete model of the project leader function in modern corporations. It addresses such diverse, but equally important, roles of project leader as visionary, strategic mana....
Release Date 1998/01 -
The Role of the Performance Intervention Specialist—Performance
Author Madelyn R. Callahan
This is the second in a series of four Info-lines looking at the roles involved in the Human Performance Improvement Process. This issue describes the six competencies of the intervention specialist, the types of performance interventions and how to design and devel....
Release Date 1997/12 -
The New Darkroom Handbook, 2nd Edition
Author Roberta Worth , Dennis Curtin , Joe DeMaio
The Darkroom Handbook, Second Edition, is a completely revised and updated version of a classic guide to the best design, construction, and equipment to use when setting up a darkroom. This book features ideas and money-saving tips on how to put a darkroom almost an....
Release Date 1997/11 -
Author Hazel Henderson
In Building a Win-Win World , world-renowned futurist Hazel Henderson extends her twenty-five years of work in economics to examine the havoc the current economic system is creating at the global level. Markets are now spreading worldwide-a spread which is ofte....
Release Date 1997/10 -
Paradoxes of Group Life: Understanding Conflict, Paralysis, and Movement in Group Dynamics
Author David N. Berg , Kenwyn K. Smith
During the past decade, leaders have increasingly relied on self-managing work groups, multifunctional teams, and cross-national executive groups to create the organization of the future. Yet groups are not a panacea for organizational problems; conflicts between in....
Release Date 1997/09 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Assertiveness
Author Jeff Davidson
You're no idiot, of course. You excel at your job, raise great kids, and even participate in local organizations. But when it comes to asserting yourself in tricky situations, you feel like hiding under your desk. Stand up and be heard! The 'Complete Idiot's Gui....
Release Date 1997/09 -
Author Harrison H. Owen
Open Space Technology (OST) is an effective, economical, fast, and easily repeatable strategy for organizing meetings of between 5 and 1,000 participants. First developed in 1984, it has now been used around the world with all types of organizations including c....
Release Date 1997/09 -
On-the-Job Training—Managing the Training Function
Author Charles I. Levine , Ph.D.
Most training, whether intentional or not, is on the job training. But how do you use the power of this ancient form of training to enhance performance? This Infoline covers the essentials of on-the-job training (OJT) with ideas for using both structured and unstruc....
Release Date 1997/08 -
Practical Newspaper Reporting, 3rd Edition
Author Geoffrey Harris , David Spark
This guide to all aspects of the reporter's job, has been extensively revised and updated for a third edition. It considers:What is news?How the modern newsroom operatesHow facts are gathered and checkedThe reporter and picture ideasDistrict reportingTechniq....
Release Date 1997/08 -
Author Robert H. Jacobs
The most successful organizations of the future will be those that are capable of rapidly and effectively bringing about fundamental, lasting, system-wide changes.In response to this challenge, Real Time Strategic Change advocates a fundamental redesign of the ....
Release Date 1997/08 -
How to Create a Good Learning Environment—Training Basics
Author Cat Sharpe
Why does even the most expertly designed and deployed training sometimes fail to produce the desired results? Could a poor learning environment be the answer? This issue presents a comprehensive discussion of why and how adults learn. It discusses various instructio....
Release Date 1997/05 -
How to Conduct a Cost-Benefit Analysis
Author Cat Sharpe
This issue provides a detailed approach to calculating a cost-benefit analysis. It includes a four-step model to calculate costs: personnel, material, delivery, and total expenditures. It also presents practice case studies to explain the process.
Release Date 1997/05 -
From Training to Performance Consulting
Author Madelyn Callahan
Reinventing your training department into a performance consulting department requires a roadmap. This Infoline is your quick and dirty guide. Not only does the issue give you the basics of performance consulting, but it provides detailed descriptions of the respons....
Release Date 1997/02 -
Inside View: A Leader's Observations on Leadership
Author Walter F. Ulmer Jr.
With thirty-seven years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a three-star general, and nine years as the president and CEO of the Center for Creative Leadership, Walter F. Ulmer, Jr., has a wealth of leadership experience. He is also an exceptionally thoughtful person co....
Release Date 1997/02 -
The Manager's Pocket Guide to Performance Management
Author Sharon G. Fisher
Every company wants and needs productive, skilled employees. Investing in a work force that can help your business keep pace with the competition may be the most important strategic decision you make. The Manager's Pocket Guide to Performance Management clearly spe....
Release Date 1997/01 -
The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management
Author Michael Greer
If you want a concise distillation of all the essential tasks an effective project manager should be executing, The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management is the book for you. The author presents a performance support system based on the Project Management In....
Release Date 1997/01 -
Beyond Leadership: Balancing Economics, Ethics and Ecology, Revised Edition
Author Ronnie Lessem , Jagdish Parikh , Warren Bennis
Beyond Leadership has been written to enable practitioners and students of leadership to manage uncertainty, diversity, conflict, and complexity. Its lead authors are American, Asian and Afro-European, and this range of perspective is reflected in the individual cha....
Release Date 1997/01 -
Four Essential Ways that Coaching Can Help Executives
Author Randall P. White , Robert Witherspoon
Some executives use coaching to learn specific skills, others to improve performance on the job or to prepare for career moves in business or professional life. Still others see coaching as a way to support broader purposes such as an agenda for major organizationa....
Release Date 1997/01 -
Author Jennifer Fulton
The 10 Minute Guide to Excel 97 offers simple, practical help for busy people who need fast results. Through goal-oriented, 10-minute lessons, you'll learn all the essential tasks for creating powerful worksheets. 10 minutes is all you'll need to create and custom....
Release Date 1996/12