Designing Strategic Cost Systems: How to Unleash the Power of Cost Information

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Offering a multidisciplinary roadmap for the design, development, and implementation of a strategic cost system, this book shows how to design a cost system to become a more effective decision-making tool and a source of competitive advantage for the organisation. It describes how to structure a cost systems design project and discuss the issues that should be addressed upfront from a management, operations, and costing perspective.
Includes a URL site containing key terms and helpful Excel templates.
Highlights the logistics of putting together and managing the project team.
Addresses the technical and political issues that may arise as the project unfolds.

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Recognizes that one size doesn't fit all.......2006-07-07

Rather than recommend a 'one size fits all' costing solution, Designing Strategic Cost Systems provides tools for evaluating the costing needs of the organization and helps the user(s) select and design a system in light of the resources it has available for implementation and maintenance of the system. Additionally, the book provides strategies aimed not only at successful system implementation, but at obtaining the cost data that will enable the organization to make sound decisions to increase profitability and ensure long-term growth.

An Excellent Tool For Cost Accounting Instructors!!.......2004-07-16

"I am an undergraduate accounting professor, and I recommend this book as a complement to your cost accounting text book. It is my experience that most undergraduate students lack working experience that would help them link the "concepts" in the text books with the "real world." I found that it is very difficult for students to visualize the following: how costs flow through a service or manufacturing company; how those costs are captured in a company¹s cost accounting systems; and what are the sources of the data, where do the numbers used in the calculations of the costs of products or services come from? This book helps them to "see" the flow of the data. Chapter 5, How to Calculate Costs, wraps up the concepts of direct material, direct labor and overhead, and enables the students to become aware of how costs are calculated in a simple and systematic way. Even though this book is easy to read and to understand, I recommend it for students beyond their second year of college. It is written in a practical way, and, while I was reading it, I felt that I was there working in the company.

I think that this book is a necessary tool in cost accounting

A must for business professionals!.......2004-07-07

This book is outstanding because it describes the reality that many organizations are facing with their cost systems and provides the tools necessary to overcome them. The information is presented in a way that is simple, easy to understand and actionable by the reader. It also provides access to a supporting website where simulations, models, exercises, and key terms can be used by readers to adapt the concepts presented to their particular organizations.

This book is a must for those business professionals that are involved in the planning, design, or re-design of their organization's cost system. It provides a step-by-step approach from the detection of an obsolete cost system to the performance measurement after the system is implemented. It also describes the common errors that should be avoided in order to have a successful system implementation.

As highlighted by the author: "A cost system should not be focused on analyzing the past, but in making the critical link among operational measures, resource utilization and cost in order to impact the future". Without a doubt this book will significantly contribute to the knowledge base and expertise of any organization that uses it as a reference to evaluate the effectiveness of their cost system as a decision-making tool.

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The next level of breakthrough thinking in organizational learning, leadership, and change

Harvard professor Amy Edmondson shows how leaders can make organizational learning happen by building teams that learn. Based on years of research and case studies from Verizon, Bank of America, and Children's Hospital, Edmondson outlines the factors that typically prevent groups from learning, such as the fear of failure, groupthink, power structures, and information hording. She shows how leaders can control these factors by encouraging reflection, creating psychological safety, and overcoming defensive routines that inhibit the sharing of ideas, among others. Leaders can use practical management strategies to help organizations realize the benefits inherent in both success and failure.

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Doing Justice A Trial Judge at Work
Judge Robert with (Introduction by William Styron) Satter
Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J0LSAM

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Doing Justice: A Trial Judge At Work
Robert Satter
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Doing Justice A Trial Judge at Work
Judge Robert Satter
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DOING JUSTICE A TRIAL JUDGE AT WORK
William Styron
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Doing Justice: A Trial Judge At Work
Robert Satter
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This volume brings together results of studies from related disciplines of neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and psycholinguistics to explain some of the complex issues in understanding the processing of the Chinese language. Using current research findings and theories, chapters by leading researchers explore topics such as learning to read Chinese, word identification by readers of varying skill, and the development of Chinese vocabulary.

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Petrologic and Structural History of Tobago, West Indies: A Fragment of the Accreted, Mseozoic Oceanic Arc of the Southern Caribbean (Special Papers (Geological Society of America), 354.)
David W. Rowe , J. Douglas Yule , and Geoffrey Wadge
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When considering the interaction of resonant electromagnetic (EM) radiation in a gas medium, it is often sufficient to use pair collisions to approximate the interaction between atoms or molecules. When investigating the nonlinear interaction of EM fields of different polarizations within a gas medium, however, elastic depolarizing collisions, which lead to the redistribution of resonant atoms over the Zeeman sublevels, play an important role and cannot be neglected. This book provides a consistent theory of elastic depolarizing collisions, then uses this theory to investigate several nonlinear phenomena in a gas medium: Photon echoes: After in-depth discussions on the theory and nonlinear electrodynamics of the photon echo in a gas medium, the authors propose new experiments that may provide additional spectroscopic information. Double-mode lasing: Along with the theory of double-mode lasing in standing wave gas lasers, the authors show that elastic depolarizing collisions determine the minimum intermode separation that still provides stable double-mode lasing. Weak and strong EM wave interaction: The authors present results that demonstrate the considerable influence of elastic depolarizing collisions on the interactions of weak and strong EM waves passing through a gas medium.

Depolarizing Collisions in Nonlinear Electrodynamics.

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Depolarizing Collisions in Nonlinear Electrodynamics.
Igor V. Et Al Yevseyev
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First-rate Wodehouse

An Entertaining Romp

Middling Wodehouse, But a Gem Nonetheless!

Imposters Find True Love!

Pure entertainment all the way.

A Pelican at Blandings (A Blandings Story)
P.G. Wodehouse
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
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First-rate Wodehouse.......2007-01-02

I do not agree with some of the other reviewers that "A Pelican at Blandings" is subpar for P.G. Wodehouse. It is true that it does not have one scene, as some of Wodehouse's novels have ("Leave it to Psmith," for example), in which everything comes together in inspired mayhem. But for a carefully worked-out, complicated plot, wonderful characters, and above all, Wodehouse's inspired comic writing, this novel is right up there. Wodehouse is the only writer I have read who consistently makes me laugh out loud. This one certainly did that.

The reading by the late Frederick Davidson (also known as David Case) is superb. Davidson was so good at all types of books, but had a wry manner ideal for Wodehouse. And as usual for him, he animated each character with a distinctive voice and accent. The opposite gender provides the greatest difficulty for most readers, but Davidson did women extremely well. His only weakness was Americans, and there are two in this novel. But that is a very minor blemish on an audio experience you are bound to enjoy if you are one of those lucky few whose funnybone is perfectly within the sights of P.G. Wodehouse.

An Entertaining Romp.......2005-10-03

Typical of the Castle Blandings series, Wodehouse serves up a dose of wacky mahem. The story this time centers around a painting purchased by the Duke of Dusntable and a troubled romance. In the beginning, Lord Emsworth is troubled by the news that his sister Connie, a dragon of a woman, is returning to Castle Blandings for a visit. The troubled Lord Emsworth calls on his brother Gallahad Threepwood, a member of the Pelican club and the Pelican mentioned in the title, to provide him moral support in the face of his sister. Before going to the castle, Gallahad finds out that his godson is engaged to the neice of the Duke of Dunstable, which his sister Connie has invited to the castle. However, the engagement goes bad, and Gallahad must think of a way to get his godson into the castle to mend the relationship. Pure Wodehouse.

This story is a good read, but not the best of the series. However, if you're a Wodehouse fan, you probably should pick this up.

Middling Wodehouse, But a Gem Nonetheless!.......2004-12-29

No, there are no fish-eating avians at Lord Emsworth's crenellated castle. There are, however, a plethora of plots involving two lovesick damsels and their beaux, a porcine pig-fancier, a walrus-mastachioed duke, the usual crocodilian sister, and, of course, the very obliging Galahad Treepwood. Oh, and there are numerous impostors, including a fake painting.

There are, in fact, so many subplots that the aging Wodehouse left a couple of them hanging. One character (the ferret-like Chesney) seemingly exists only to push the Duke of Dunstable and Johnny Halliday down the Earl's grand staircase. And there is the obligatory theft (actually two: one successful and one not). There's a chauffeur named Voules who tootles a harmonica -- but of all there is the Empress of Blandings, multiyear winner in the fat pig division of the Shropshire County Fair.

The story begins when the Empress, for the first time in recorded memory, refuses a potato proffered by the doting Earl. Before one knows it, Blandings Castle fills up with invited and quasi-invited guests and begins that delightfully Wodehousing grinding of the mill of the gods that leaves us all laughing, the crocodiles unsatisfied, and good to triumph over all.

There may be better Wodehouses, and there are probably worse, but even a middling Blandings story is far better, dash it all, than 99.9999% of the cripple-crapple to be found on bookshelves. And you will feel better reading it. Dead certain, in fact.

Imposters Find True Love!.......2004-11-23

Blandings Castle in Shropshire is known for two things. First, Clarence, the ninth earl of Emsworth, has a prize pig, the Empress of Blandings, upon whom he devotes all of his limited skills and attention. Second, imposters are always trying to sneak into Blandings Castle to further either their romantic adventures or their wallets. In both cases, Clarence's very proper sister, Constance (Connie to the family), is on the lookout to thwart both activities. Things usually sort themselves out, but that sorting out usually requires the skill and tact of Clarence's brother, the Honorable Galahad (Gally) Threepwood, who learned how to have fun and get the most out of life as a young man when he belonged to the old Pelican Club.

In A Pelican at Blandings, Clarence has been living peacefully with his pig for two years after Connie married an American and moved to New York. Suddenly, Connie is back and begins ordering Clarence around and filling Blandings Castle with her guests. Along the way, she plans a little matchmaking that goes awry. One of the guests has a niece who wants to marry Gally's God son while the uncle is opposed. Before the book ends, there are wedding bells and Clarence is able to go back to his pig.

But in the meantime, there are the sorts of misunderstandings, plots and counterplots of the sort that make Wodehouse reading so enjoyable in their parlor comedy way. Unfortunately, this book pales in comparison with other books about Blandings Castle so I graded it down accordingly. If you only read one of these books, I recommend Pigs Have Wings instead.

I listened to the audio version by Frederick Davidson and enjoyed his reading. It was a five stars effort!

Pure entertainment all the way........2002-09-20

Blandings Castle, Shropshire, England, is the setting for many of Wodehouse's comic extravaganzas. Accommodated in many of its 52 bedrooms is a varied collection of dotty relatives of Clarence, ninth Earl of Emsworth. Clarence himself, dottier than any of them, dotes on the Empress of Blandings, an enormous prize-winning sow, and is usually to be seen, day or night, leaning over the wall of her sty. Nagged by his sister Connie, bewildered by his many American visitors and in-laws, and dazed by the complicated comings and goings of the many moon-faced young men and dizzy young damsels whom he encounters in the castle and its grounds, he is steered safely through life by a dedicated butler.

Of course it all means nothing at all, and the characters are no more than comic cartoon figures, but the quality of the writing is superb. Metaphors, similes, classical allusions, sparkling dialogue - you'll find every component of stylish writing on display here.

If you are lucky enough to be able to buy, beg, borrow or download Nigel Lambert's reading of the text in audio book form, you'll find every component of the art of book reading on display also. All this makes an ideal entrée into the world of P G Wodehouse, in particular to many entertaining hours at Blandings Castle.

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A PELICAN AT BLANDINGS
P G WODEHOUSE
Manufacturer: Jenkins
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQINSQ

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Meet Mr. Mulliner, Psmith in the City, Pelican at Blandings, Blandings Castle, Ukridge, Bachelors Anonymous, and Pearls, Girls & Monty Bodkin
P.G. Wodehouse
Manufacturer: Pennyfarthing
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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A PELICAN AT BLANDINGS
Wodehouse P.G.
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
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A Pelican at Blandings
P.G. Wodehouse
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A PELICAN AT BLANDINGS AUDIO B
P.G. Wodehouse
Manufacturer: Random House UK Distribution
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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Pelican at Blandings, A
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The US armed forces were responsible for many tactical innovations during the years 1941–45, but in no field was US mastery more complete than amphibious warfare. In the vast, almost empty battlefield of the Pacific the US Navy and Marine Corps were obliged to develop every aspect of the amphibious assault landing in painstaking detail, from the design of many new types of vessel, down to the tactics of the rifle platoon hitting the beach, and the logistic system without which they could not have fought their way inland. This fascinating study offers a clear, succinct explanation of every phase of these operations as they evolved during the war years, illustrated with detailed color plates and photographs.

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good enough, but don't expect anything spectacular.......2007-06-03

Basically an explanation of doctrine, organization, and equipment of amphibious operations, with precious few details of the actual operations themselves. The value of the book is in its description of the various ships and landing craft, and here the text is matched well with pictures.

One-stop shopping for WWII US Amphibious Operations.......2005-06-16

The detail of "boat teams," the task organization of the Marine rifle platoon for amphibious assault landing in amtrac-size elements, was worth the price of the book for me. This volume is concise and won't break the piggy bank, nor will it take up the entire weekend reading. Covering the development of landing ships and landing craft and detailing crews, passengers, armaments and cargo, this book is great for the scale model builder or the wargamer (I do both). In addition, the way the boats were lined up for landing on fortified islands and the various beach party operations were explained. I've been looking for the World War Two editions of what I learned in my amphibious warfare correspondence course while serving as a Marine in Hawaii for years--this is less expensive and easier to use than my other volumes. I did participate in one amphibious landing in 1979--in Norway, as part of a Marine Reserve rifle company--but my grunt's eye veiw of the practice landing and week-long exercise with the Norwegians and other NATO troops was quite myopic. This Osprey book took me through all levels from the Marines scrambling down the cargo nets to the planning staffs at the Navy Department. If you need a guide to American amphibious operations in the Pacific during World War Two, get this book first.

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Urquhart Castle is one of Scotland’s best-known sites, an instantly recognizable symbol of the Highlands: its shattered tower rises high over Loch Ness. It, and the Great Glen on which it stands, also played a large role in the country’s history. Using physical evidence found on the grounds, this colorful and comprehensive guide traces the development of castle and glen, from the Pictish occupation to the 19th century arrival of industry. There’s even information on the Loch’s famed monster!

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Woman in Science: With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind
H. J. Mozans
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Woman in Science: With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind
H. J. Mozans
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Woman in Science: With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind
John Augustine Zahm
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Woman In Science: With An Introductory Chapter On Woman's Long Struggle For Things Of The Mind. (Originally published 1913)
H. J. Mozans
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Woman in science;: With an introductory chapter on woman's long struggle for things of the mind,
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This report looks at the historical background and forest condition today, summarizes a recent botanical survey, and offers recommendations for a new management regime given the seriously threatened state of many forest reserves.

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