Finance for IT Decision Makers: A Practical Handbook for Buyers, Sellers and Managers (Practitioner Series)

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The leader of today has a vision for tomorrow: a vision that is clear, achievable, motivating, and exciting. Managing by vision allows an organization to create its future. This book shows managers how to develop organizational vision, values, and mission to build team spirit and productivity.

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Finally: a practical book!.......2007-08-28

Unlike other books which are normally characterized by their theoretically-based approach,this book offers a step-by-step guide for vision building. Well organaized, understandable and is characterized by its practical orientation, offering an effective tool for organizational consultants, CEO and human resources managers.
Hillel Avihai (PhD)

A little too ungrounded.......2006-08-06

This book too fluffy for me. It seemed to contain more trite truisms then actual, valuable content.

Gives readers several keywords.......1998-10-18

This book gives readers several very important keywords like vision, values, and mission.

Small but Worthwhile Start on Developing Mission Statement.......1997-04-13

This is a small but worthwhile book. It is sold as a "atand-alone," but appears actually to be a workbook for a facilitated process for developing a corporate vision and mission statement called Visioning. The authors are the founders of a San Francisco (US) consulting firm that apparently conducts these "Visioning" retreats. It is nonetheless a worthwhile starting point on its own if you are developing a corporate vision and mission statement (as I am). I was disappointed that there was not a little more in the book, but it is well worth its modest $9.95 list price.

Leadership Legacy Moments: Visions and Values for Stewards of Collegiate Mission (ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education)

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Leadership Legacy Moments: Visions and Values for Stewards of Collegiate Mission (ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education)
E. Grady Bogue
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Written for college leaders at all levels as well as for trustees, this book engages the reader, via narrative and analysis, with the reflective and the practical knowledge essential to a constructive legacy. Leaders of colleges and universities hold in trust an enterprise of complex mission, governance, and outcome. Most will take office with accompanying media celebration of their past records and future promise. Each will exit with a legacy. A few will leave behind tragic legacies of defeated spirits, corrupted organizations, and shameful ethical records. We may hope for collegiate leaders who will leave behind faculty and staff talents of greater promise, worthy goals achieved in concert with faculty and staff, and value cultures that inspire curiosity, courage, and compassion. In Leadership Legacy Moments the author reflects upon the ideas, skills, and values that are essential to effective leadership. He illustrates how ideas and values are linked in the stewardship of one of our nation's premier organizational enterprises. The book is about constructing a leadership legacy that is both effective and ethical.

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Part II contains the texts of the Current Legal Problems lecture series and a number of other seminar papers presented at University College, London. Essays address the increased interest in the prison system, fraud, the appointment of judges, and European Community competition law, in
addition to many other papers which will draw much interest from a wide range of readers. Contributors include Robert Stevens, Martin Loughlin, Gillian Douglas, Roger Cotterrell, John Mesher, Richard O'Dair, Peter Stein, Valentine Korah, James Michael, Sir Louis Blom-Cooper, Stephen Guest, Elaine
Genders, Elaine Player, D.N. Hutchinson.

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White dwarves. Black dwarves. Red giants. Are these Disney characters? Actually, they are astronomical terms that are explained in 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Universe, the only source for a comprehensive and entertaining account of the stars and the sun, space exploration, and the Milky Way Galaxy.

Eminent astronomer Bill Gutsch takes the reader on a journey to explore the nebulous star clusters, probe the core of the nuclear furnace we call the sun, tour the distortions of time and space, and demystify 997 more amazing secrets of the cosmos. Readers gain insight into how the galaxy evolved, and search its very heart where many believe there may lurk a monstrous black hole.

Are there other beings that, like us, look up at the starry sky and wonder? 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Universe will ferret out the most likely places in space for life to exist, and reveal how scientists are actually trying to contact advanced extra-terrestrials.

These are a few of the subjects 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Universe will present in a fun, engaging and intelligent way.

From the Hardcover edition.

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2002.......2002-02-05

Not just a year, but probably the REAL number of interesting facts there are in this book!!! If you even have a passing interest in astronomy, or even science in general, you must get and read this book. When you're done... keep it near by, and occasionaly thumb through it just for an amazing tid-bit of info which is at times beyond comprehension.....

Informative Astronomy Book of Facts !.......2001-01-09

A very good book for mature ages down to early teens. I pick this book up every once in a while before I go to bed - even though I read it several times over just to wonder over the many interesting things in our universe. It is very well written by William A. Gutsch JR. (Ph.D) former Chairman of the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium New York, former President of the International Planetarium Society, Science Editor for WABC-TV and Special Science Correspondent for ABC's "Good Morning America". This man knows this subject and how to write about it in a way that will keep you reaching for the book time after time. Out of the many astronomy books I have in my collection, this one is among the tops for facts written very interestingly. Don't let a few "out of context" opinion writers steer you wrong about this book. Excellent book of facts reading for astronomy.

Better Than The Universe Itself.......2000-09-29

My cousins gave me this book, and it took me a year to finally start reading it. When I did, it got me even more interesting in astromony that I already was. True, a few things are hard to understand. I mean who gets this: "Normally, atoms are said to be neutral because the number of positively charged protons in their nuclei are matched by the number of negatively charged electrons whirling about each nucleus."

But suppose you could understand that. This book is great. It is definitly NOT for children. Whoever wrote that must obviously a child themsevles because they have nothing better to say. (You can tell that by the length and words displayed in their review.) Don't let reviews stop you. Buy this book now if, espically if you have a strong interest in our universe and other ones out there. If you don't have an interest it will probably give you one, but then why would you buy it if you don't have an interest? Some of these facts include how we've sent signals into space to contact intelligent life, odd facts about the planets (such as how Mercury's day is longer than it year) and even things about Uranus's methane gas you thought you never knew! This is the best book alive. (Actually not.)

this book is for ages 5 to 10........2000-01-08

I thought an adult would find it interesting, but I was wrong. So I had to return it.

here is a sample tidbit : # XXX : "The sun is a very hot place".

well writen explanation of complex hard to understand knowle.......1999-10-04

this is one of the most books with explanations of the things which most people don't even consider

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Offers the latest synthetic methodology and characterization techniques used in organometallic chemistry. Describes specialized techniques for difficult synthesis, as well as handling and sampling techniques used by leading experimentalists worldwide. Provides timely, useful information for any scientist who handles or characterizes organometallic compounds.

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Charles Darwin remains the subject of continuing energetic debate in the fields of philosophy, history of science, biology and history of ideas. This volume offers a collection of newly commissioned essays from experts in their fields, and will provide a student readership with an accessible guide through Darwin's thought.

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The naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin (1809-82) ranks as one of the most influential scientific thinkers of all time. In the nineteenth century his ideas about the history and diversity of life - including the evolutionary origin of humankind - contributed to major changes in the sciences, philosophy, social thought and religious belief. This volume provides the reader with clear, lively and balanced introductions to the most recent scholarship on Darwin and his intellectual legacies. A distinguished team of contributors examines Darwin's main scientific ideas and their development; Darwin's science in the context of its times; the influence of Darwinian thought in recent philosophical, social and religious debate; and the importance of Darwinian thought for the future of naturalist philosophy. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Darwin currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Darwin.

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A must for your definitive collection of CD.......2007-10-01

If you're studying or researching Charles Darwin (CD), this is a must. It's enjoyable for all who ponder in these most crucial days. It also sheds light on aspects of CD's life that you can't get other places.

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The International Conference on Laser Physics and Quantum Optics was held in Shanghai from August 25 to August 28, 1999, to discuss many exciting new developments in laser physics and quantum optics. The international character of the conference was manifested by the fact that scientists from over 13 countries participated and lectured at the conference. There were four keynote lectures delivered by Nobel laureate Willis Lamb, Jr., Profs. H. Walther, A.E. Siegman and M.O. Scully. In addition, there were 34 invited lectures, 27 contributed oral presentations, and 59 poster papers. This volume contains many of the papers presented at the conference.

Frontiers of Quantum Optics and Laser Physics: Proceedings of the International Conference

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Frontiers of Quantum Optics and Laser Physics: Proceedings of the International Conference

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Since the advent of laser about forty years ago, the field of modern quantum optics has evolved into a major discipline. The early studies included the optical coherence theory and the semiclassical and quantum mechanical theories of laser. More recently, many new and interesting effects have been predicted. These include the role of coherent effects in lasing without inversion and electromagnetically induced transparency, atom optics, laser cooling and trapping, single-atom micromaser and its role in the quantum measurement theory, to name a few. These proceedings bring together the presentations delivered at the International Conference on Quantum Optics and Laser Physics, held January 3 - 6, 1997 in Hong Kong to discuss the many exciting developments in quantum optics, and attended by scientists from over 15 countries around the world. In addition to the 21 invited lectures, 35 contributed oral papers and 34 poster presentations, the volume contains the plenary lectures of Novel Laureates Willis Lamb, Jr. and Chin-Ning Yang. This book will serve as a useful update to the exciting new developments in Quantum Optics and Laser Physics research.

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a much-needed examination in detail

Chattanooga explained

Comprehensive but dry

Excellent Summary of the Chattanooga Campaign

Chattanooga Explained!

The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: THE BATTLES FOR CHATTANOOGA (Civil War Trilogy)
Peter Cozzens
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
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a much-needed examination in detail.......2005-08-04

This review could apply to all of Cozzin's Trilogy on important battles that have been largely overlooked ( Stone's River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga ). The author takes great care in describing the military and political movements that led up to the battles themselves as well as the aftermath. Consequently, there is a good flow from one book to the next. The reader can easily follow the progress of armies, corps, divisions, and brigades, along with their leaders, from Perryville to Missionary Ridge.

The battles themselves are presented in great detail, down to the regimental and sometimes company level. In the first two battles especially, Cozzins emphasizes the fact that many tactical decisions were made at levels far below the high command. While this added much to the confused fighting on both sides, it also demonstrates the difference that a skilled commander like General Grant can make in an army's success. After reading many other books on the Chatanooga campaign, I was never clear on the exact route of the "Cracker Line" or the movement of Hooker's and Sherman's troops to the field of battle. This book leaves no doubt. I agree with the legion of other readers in their criticism of the quality and quantity of maps. I found myself hunting through the books to find maps which displayed the movements and stages of battle described in text and was often left disappointed.

Thumbnail bios on the major participants are provided in what seem to be the most appropriate spots in the books without distracting the reader from the overall flow. Cozzins is highly critical of Bragg, Rosecrans, Longstreet, Hooker, and (deservedly) the Confederacy's Jefferson Davis. It's no wonder that both sides simply wasted men and materials in accomplishing nothing until Grant and Sherman appeared on the scene, although the stabilizing influence of George Thomas - the "Rock of Chickamauga" - deserves to be cast in a more favorable light. Personalities and even personality conflicts, notably that which existed between Grant and Thomas and between Bragg and everybody, are emphasized. The reader is left with an awareness of how individuals' traits can affect the outcome of war.

It is small wonder that the first two, essentially drawn, battles have escaped the scrutiny of most authors, but Chattanooga was one of the major turning points of the war. It lifted the depression in the North which followed the fiasco at Chickamauga and, as the title implies, cost the Confederacy its last hope of survival. The battle elevated Grant to supreme command after Lincoln could no longer ignore the fact that his finest general was the quiet man in the West. And the concentration of Union forces at Chattanooga provided the makings of Sherman's well-documented triumphs in Georgia and beyond.

All in all, an essential trilogy for understanding the campaign in eastern Tennessee.

Chattanooga explained.......2004-04-23

A good read and a great overview if this battle and the personalities, factors and forces involved. Certainly not one of Grant's or Sherman's Finest hours though.

Comprehensive but dry.......2004-01-30

Cozzen has produced the comprehensive tome on the battle of Chattanooga. All the information you need to understand the flow of battle as well as the political intriguing that helped to shape the results is here. What is mostly lacking is a spark of life, or a sense of being there. With a few exceptions, Cozzen's battle descriptions have more of the feel of a wargame played out on a map than the chaotic, life and death struggle that it surely was. For those who have an interest in the battle, you should have this book, for reference, if for nothing else. Be aware that it is dry, and more of a book that you must work at to get to its virtues than a thrilling read. I would only recommend this book to those with a serious interest in the battle of Chattanooga, but for them, it is a must have.

Theo Logos

Excellent Summary of the Chattanooga Campaign.......2003-07-29

Cozzens' book on an overlooked battle contains excellent descriptions of the battle and how the campaign contributed to the end of the Civil War.

Cozzens does a good job of describing the battle from the point of view of both officers and the common soldier - the reader can sense the desperation of both sides as the Union Army fights starvation while the Rebel Army suffers from strained relationships between its generals.

The reasons I did not give the book a 5-star was because of the lack of maps and pictures. While I had no problem reading through the details of the battle and campaign, I would like to have seen more maps (the ones in the book are well-drawn, but too few) and illustrations (having more pictures would add a more personal touch to a well-written book).

Complaints aside, I recommend the book as the best summary of the Chattanooga Campaign!

Chattanooga Explained!.......2002-08-08

Finally someone has explained, accessably, why the Chattanooga siege lasted so long. A brilliant cap to Peter's Middle Tennessee series. I hope he can concentrate now on Tullahoma.

The Shipwreck of Their Hopes The Battles for Chattanooga

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The Shipwreck of Their Hopes The Battles for Chattanooga
Peter Cozzens
Manufacturer: Illinois, 1996
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The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga
Peter Cozzens
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The Shipwreck of Their Hopes The Battles of Chattanooga

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The Shipwreck of Their Hopes The Battles of Chattanooga
Cozzens Peter
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THE SHIPWRECK OF THEIR HOPES: THE BATTLES FOR CHATTANOOGA
PETER COZZENS
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
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The sack of Rome shocked the Christian world. Following the battle of Pavia, Pope Clement VII joined the French-led League of Cognac to resist the threatened Habsburg domination of Europe. Emperor Charles V appealed to the German diet for support and raised an army, which entered Italy in 1527 and joined the imperial forces from Milan, commanded by the duke of Bourbon. This army marched on Rome, hoping to detach the pope from the league. The many Lutherans in its ranks boasted that they came with hemp halters to hang the cardinals and a silk one for the pope. Rome fell on 6 May 1527, Bourbon being killed in the first assault. Discipline collapsed, and the city was savagely pillaged for a week before some control was restored. Judith Hook's book is a classic narrative history of these events and one of the first to appear in English.

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