Profit Is Not a Four-Letter Word: The Real Truth About What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Improves the Quality of Life for Everyone

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PROFIT IS NOT A FOUR-LETTER WORD The real truth about what it is * where it comes from * how it improves the quality of life for everyone

Some people worship it. Others rage against it. But John Stieber would like to set the record straight. Profit is neither inherently good nor inherently evil. What it IS is a powerful catalyst for producing every good and service that makes our lives easier -- from a leak-proof roof to the Concorde jet.

And the pursuit of profit is not just the driving force for creating new and wondrous things. As the economic and environmental devastation left over from most of the profit-suppressed Communist-bloc nations will attest, profit is the best incentive to use our scarce resources efficiently.

Profit Is Not a Four-Letter Word is a wonderfully succinct and incredibly lively primer on the topic. With a breezy style, delightful illustrations, enlightening parables, and bulls-eye explanations, the book is designed so that business professionals of every stripe can grasp the key economic ideas about profit in one quick read.

Though brief and concise, this book takes readers far beyond the simplistic formula of 'what's left over after you pay the bills.' It brilliantly illuminates the crucial concepts of fixed, variable, and opportunity costs * the difference between accounting and economic profit * the human endeavors required to make a profit * and why making profit is good for companies and for society.

JOHN A. STIEBER (Dallas, TX) has taught economics and finance at the Edwin L. Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, for more than 30 years. His students include undergraduates, middle managers, and senior executives. The winner of numerous awards for outstanding teaching, he is also active as a consultant and speaker.

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Performance-Based Certification : How to Design a Valid, Defensible, and Cost Effective Program
Judith Hale
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Are your employees qualified?

Looking for qualified people to do competent work? How do you ensure that the people you hire can do the job right? An ever-increasing number of organizations are asking the same questions.

Certification planning is the answer and Performance-Based Certification is the key. This is the only book on the market that addresses the growing need to monitor the qualifications of employees. You'll be able to quickly customize the certification tests and other job aids provided on the accompanying disk.

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Excellent book.......2006-10-24

I only read the table of contents and skimmed the first few chapters. Based on that, though, I can say that anyone who is considering leading a certification program should read this book. The checklist at the end of Chapter 1 is itself worth the price of the book. Outlines four simple things that have to happen at the beginning of a good certification program.

Must read.......2004-03-17

Having worked with certification for a number of years, I have found this to be the best and most comprehensive book on the subject. We use it as a corporate reference book. It is filled with practical advice.

A very valuable tool for anyone in certification.......2000-09-06

Judith Hale did a great job mapping out how to build a Certification program. In a step by step process, she guides you the process and points out how to avoid the pitfalls.

This book is logical, easy to follow and can be applied to many fields.

If you are thinking of certification, I highly recommend this book.

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This text presents numerous illustrations of the observed variability of cataclysmic variable stars. It provides a clear explanation and thorough up-to-date overview of this phenomena at a level accessible to the advanced amateur or undergraduate student.

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nearly perfect.......2002-04-05

"Cataclysmic Variable Stars: How and Why They Vary" by Coel Hellier is
one of those rare books that successfully toes the line between being a
scientific and a popular book. This book is so popular with AAVSO HQ staff that it
frequently is taken home and has to be tracked down when someone needs it!
It works as both a reference and a straight-through read. As a reference,
one can confidentally refer to it when coming across any type of unfamiliar
CV. As a straight-through read, it is clearly structured and written in a
lively style that makes it easy to go from start to finish.
The majority of the book is broken up into sections about the different
types of CVs. Each section is well illustrated with light curves (many coming
from AAVSO observations from observers like you), historical background, a
breakdown of the system with easy-to-read diagrams, theory, and more. When
mathematics is introduced it is always in a sidebar or appendix which allows
those interested to get involved but does not require an understanding of the
equations for those who wish to avoid math.
The book is not simply an encyclopedia of CVs, though. It covers everything
from basic visual and CCD observing techniques to how to derive a stellar mass
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This is a book that every CV lover should own along with anyone who is
interested in learning more about these enigmatic objects. The layout,
illustrations, structure, and writing have all come together to create what is
almost the perfect book on CVs. I hope the team that put together this book
continues to work together on future endevours. If so, the future of variable
star publications looks not variable at all, but bright and steady.

Thanks, Coel, for writing this book.......2001-06-26

Thanks, Coel, this book has made my job of involving undergraduates in my research (on CVs, of course) much easier. It is suitable for amateurs, too, being self-contained with its chapter on CCD photometry. It's also nicely produced, and yet the price is quite reasonable...: I have no qualms with telling them to go out and buy their own copies, necessary since both my copies are already in the hands of students.

"Absolutely Astonishing".......2001-06-07

Gives the reader a full understanding of why these cataclysmic variable stars are so important to understanding the cosmos. Amateur astronomers will love this. Don't be surprised to find yourself gazing at a variable star next trip to the backyard.

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A comprehensive approach to heterocyclic chemistry, based on the concept of PI [ ] -excessive and PI [ ] -deficient ring systems. Introduces the categorical similarities and differences among the varied heterocyclic systems. Explains the logical consistency of the numerous systhesis and relative reactivities of heterocyclic compounds, as demonstrated not only by their chemical reactions, but by their spectroscopic properties as well. Also provides highly useful tabulation of nuclear magnetic resonance data for proton, carbon and nitrogen, mass spectral fragmentation, and the results of unified molecular orbital calculations.

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Contemporary Heterocyclic Chemistry: Syntheses, Reactions and Applications
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...Inspirational and compelling bite-size quotes illustrated by motivational stories on two key competitive advantages of the future--service and leadership.

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great read, a must for service industry employers/ees.......2002-10-15

Learn from others mistakes and accomplishments in the service industry by simply reading the very relevant examples Peter has accumulated over the years. Whether you are a frustrated employee, or a "successful" CEO, rating yourself and your company with these universal principles and qualities will be sure to give you some surprises. If you or your company can score a 10 on 10 on each topic; I'm sure you're having lots of relative success, no matter what the economic situation.

GET A GRIP ON LEADERSHIP.......2000-05-20

I've been in the hospitality industry for over 20 years, and this is by far the most useful book for both the manager and the front line employee. Burwash states that "we are all leaders" and that is absolutely true.

I strongly recommend that team leaders, HR leaders, and front line associates read this, and USE it. It will make a definite impact on the quality of your professional and personal life!

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The Key to Great Leadership: Rediscovering the Principles of Outstanding Service Lessons from the Front Lines of the World's Best Service Companies
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The late J. D. Bernal's lectures given to first-year students in physics at Birkbeck College, University of London, are presented here in their entirety, tracing the history of physics up to the end of the classical era at the end of 19th century, just before the discoveries of the subatom and relatively were made. In view of the prestige and profundity of the newer discoveries, Bernal felt that the classical era was being largely forgotten. In this book, he attributes a greater relevance to the work of men from the distant past than is usually given. For instance, the idea of "atom" not only retains the language of the Greek, Democritus, who first postulated it, but there is also an absolutely unbroken connection between the atom of the Greek and that of the modern physicist. Bernal felt that the historical method would be a suitable introduction to the fundamental concepts of physics, and it is hoped that the readers of the book will be able to see something of the interplay between the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject.

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Extensions of Quantum Physics

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Papers presented at a workshop on Extensions of Quantum Physics held in Krakow, Poland, October 12-15, 2000. The workshop was devoted to controversial new experimental results in quantum tunnelling and their theoretical interpretation, including such topics as superluminal signal velocities and the locality problem, localization of photons in tunneling, preferred reference systems in Maxwell electrodynamics, and tunnelling through many-barrier and many-layer systems.

Nonlinear Extensions of the Schrodinger Equation

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The Extension of Man: A History of Physics before the Quantum
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Saving pieces of prairie (The Nature Conservancy news)
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