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Absenteeism, lack of commitment, lack of initiative, and use of drugs and alcohol leading to decreased productivity, poor quality of products and services, and compromised safety of workers and the public; these problems are serious and particularly dangerous to organizations operating in the unforgiving world of high technology, dangerous substances, and environmental risks. How can managers improve productivity and work performance against these odds? Lyman Ketchum, known worldwide for his innovative work design of the General Foods plant in Topeka, Kansas, and Eric Trist, founder member and later chairman of the renowned Tavistock Institute, bring their experience and insight to bear on this issue as they examine organizational change and ways that managers can improve productivity and work performance. The authors diagnose the current problems facing business, then go on to identify the aspects of "good work": team building, employee empowerment, open communications, and active innovation. Ketchum and Trist then propose their "center out" model for organizational change, and conclude with a wealth of case studies from their own experiences. A provocative look at how employee empowerment really works, All Teams Are Not Created Equal will be of great interest to managers and consultants, as well as to academics. "Reflects decades of hands-on concrete experience with every facet of systems change and work design. The value of working from 'the center out' cannot be overstressed. An antidote to quick fix programs." --Marvin Weisbord, Author, Productive Workplaces "This is a rich and rare book, as one would expect from Trist and Ketchum. Perhaps the subtitle might be 'The Complete Book of Organizations.' The authors declare their views about the nature of 'good' work. They then provide a view of organizations that makes our current dilemmas understandable in the context of history, and move us along in a way that gives access to actually designing workable work and work systems. The book blends the 'How to' with the critical (but in many books, either dominant or absent) underlying concepts. Leaders, managers, shop floor workers and others committed to their success will all benefit from this very practical look at modern work and organizations. For those committed to making their workplace more effective for both people and production, this book will 'source' their effort. All Teams Are Not Created Equal is a major contribution and is to be taken very seriously and USED, not merely read." --Layton S. Fisher, Consultant to Organizations, Alberta, Canada "All Teams Are Not Created Equal is a remarkable book written by two men who have helped to shape the new paradigm of work that will dominate management thinking in the twenty-first century. The new paradigm views employees as multifaceted problem-solvers rather than as performers of narrow tasks and encourages the design of organizations that foster this view. The book is an extraordinary collaboration between Trist who pioneered in articulating the new paradigm in the early 1950s and Ketchum who brought the paradigm to life in one of the earliest quality of working life experiments in North America. Innovations often take a long time to enter the mainstream of contemporary thought. The new paradigm of work is no exception. Yet, current economic and social conditions as well as accumulated research have accelerated the pace at which managers will recognize the fit between the new paradigm and the challenges they face. The wisdom of years of thoughtful practice is evident in every chapter of Ketchum and Trist's book. Every social scientist and practitioner who has ever tried to implement change in an organization will discover and appreciate that wisdom very quickly." --Gerald I. Susman, The Smeal College of Business Administration, The Pennsylvania State University "Through its authors, this book combines both outstanding scholarship and long-term practical experience in the complex area of organizational renewal of the firm. The book advocates the sociotechnical (re)designing of whole companies and is seemingly written from the point of view of a trainer/consultant. The result is not only highly concrete, but is also a remarkably complete execution of the subject matter. By successfully integrating both theory of content issues and aspects of implementation, the book is definitely very readable and useful as a guide by both managers and workers operating in an American context. For European readers, it especially delivers a perspective of contemporary American sociotechnical consultancy. A strong point of this book is the detailed attention paid to the actual transition process. A lot of attention is placed on the various aspects of the preparatory, start-up and post-start-up phases. . . . Due to its solidness, the overall opinion of this new book is definitely positive. Its subtitle: 'How employee empowerment really works' is both a good invitation and a striking summary statement to its note-worthy content." --Dr. Fans M. van Eijnatten, Eindhoven University of Technology

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Organization Design.......2000-04-09

This book is one of the most helpful references I have found on organizational design. The authors write from a perspective of "how to" and years of experience are gleaned from their writings.

Designing new plants and re-designing existing organizations are covered with detail. This book is more than how to design teams in an organization. This book is about designing organizations to maximize employee performance.

I would especially recommend this book for organization VP's, plant managers, human resouce specialists and line managers.

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No matter where gardeners live or how much land they have, they can all grow some kind of fruit or berry. In this full-color Taylor's Guide, experts introduce readers to the best varieties, explain how to grow them, and show in words and photographs how fruits and berries can be incorporated into any garden.

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Don't judge a book by its cover!.......2000-08-16

Well, when the book first arrived, all I could think of were the types of books that were 'field guides to. . .' I actually considered sending it back as I thought it would be of little value--I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE MISTAKEN! While the book gives the appearance that it is pure textbook in style and format it was at least for me VERY informational, AND put together in a very readable format. There is an absolute wealth of technical information on berries and fruits but the book is also written so that even the most berry-less person (myself) can easily use the information. The book contains a great section on the care of berries and fruits with several chapters on pruning. It also lists the berries and fruits individually with a chapter devoted to each. The chapters all contain the same type of topics: overview, selection, care, disease, suggested cultivars for your zone, and anything unique about the cultivar. It is also very well photographed AND the illustrations are very helpful. I found it to be a valuable addition to my growing gardening library with a great deal of very practical advice!

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Taylor's Guide to Fruits and Berries
Roger (editor) Homes
Manufacturer: Publisher Unknown
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VL98YW

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Better than no book, but in dire need of revision.......1999-08-02

This book is a better guide to fish identification than to fishing methods. Still, identifying certain fish is a challenge due to mismatched descriptions and illustrations. Under the Mediterranean spearfish, you find the right description but a photo of a gar. Under Atlantic sailfish, you find a photo of a juvenile fish recognizable only to marine biologists. Or try identifying a wahoo from the dim and distant silhouette provided. Discussions and illustrations of tackle are also full of errors: a flying gaff is pictured without its quick-release handle, and outriggers are described as "often fitted but seldom used," whereas the photo on p. 58 shows outriggers in use but describes them as "rod-holders directed outward." Better than no book at all, but in dire need of revision.

It was great it told alot to fishermen.......1999-04-11

This book is great. It is very good for the beginer fishermen. It shows alot of fish people should know about. If your a fishermen you will want this book.

BOOK HAS A LOT OF INTERESTING FEATURES.......1999-03-20

THE BOOK IS VERY WELL WRITTEN.IT GIVES A LOT OF VALUABLE INFO ON HOW TOO USE PROPER TERMINAL GEAR AND TROLLING TACTICS. IT COVERS A LOT OF DIFFERENT TACTICS FOR DIFFERENT SPIECES OF FISH. THE PICTURES OF THE DIFFERENT FISH ARE SUPERB. I WOULD RECCOMEND THIS BOOK FOR ANY AVID FISHERMAN.

Nice book for novice, bad for salted fishermen.......1998-10-02

If you go to the bookstore and flip through the pages quickly, you will find a lot of illustrations and interesting fishing words. Once you buy and read it at home, you reallize this book is the 'feature' type not for you. At least not for me and all my fishing buddies.

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Cucurbitaceae in Egypt (Publication. Foud I University. Faculty of Science)
Muḥammad Ḥasīb
Manufacturer: Noury & fils
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Botany | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B00089KXTG

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Cucurbitaceae in Egypt, (The Fouad I University. Faculty of Science. [Publication no. 3])
Mohammed Hassib
Manufacturer: Imp. F.E. Noury & Fils
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Plants | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B00087G70M

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It is possible, even easy, to carry everything needed in one suitcase, a carry-on and a purse or waist bag. A person can assemble over 30 outfits from the contents of the suitcase. All it takes is this book to help organize and plan travel.

Save time, save effort and decrease the chance of your luggage being lost or stolen when you have only one bag to keep track of. Don't waste vacation time hauling luggage, packing and unpacking, or trying to put together outfits from unplanned packing.

The book includes:
Detailed information about necessary travel documents
Insurance information
Health issues and health resources
Working with a travel agent
Home, travel, and personal safety
Travel with children
Resource section
Travel diary

Lists and tips give added value to the book.

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Jessica's at it again!

Jessica Wakefield has sworn never to allow Annie Whitman onto the Sweet Valley High cheering squad. Annie may have the beauty, talent, and spirit to be a cheerleader, but she also has the worst reputation in school. She goes out with a different boy every night, and all the kids call her "Easy Annie" behind her back. Jessica's pulling every devilish trick to keep Annie from ruining the cheerleaders' image.

Only Elizabeth, Jessica's twin, knows what Annie's really like. But can she change her sister's mind before Jessica shatters Annie's dreams?

Customer Reviews:

awesome.......2005-05-04

I really enjoyed reading this book because it was so realistic. Annie Whitman is the best candidate at the Sweet Valley High School cheerleader try-outs,but she has the worst reputation at school.Co-captain,Jessica Wakefield,will do anything she can to make sure "Easy Annie" doesn't get picked for the squad. Will Annie live out her dream as a cheerleader, or will Jessica's closed mind get in the way? Find out in Sweet Valley HIgh:Wrong Kind of Girl.

Average Sweet Valley book...........2002-05-27

Annie has a bunch of boyfriends and has a bad reputation. Jessica Wakefield has probably had twice as many boyfriends and is the most popular girl in school. While reading this book I could not understand the difference between those two characters and why Jessica would hate Annie so much when they are just alike. Jessica has a wake-up call at the end, thank God.

yawn.......2001-08-03

Many early Sweet Valley High books were mega-boring,some more than others.This is pretty blah too.Not to mention Jessica was so much snobbier back then.She and the other cheerleaders refuse to let Annie,who sleeps with all the boys at school,into their prestigious squad!!!Annie is so upset,she tries to hurt herself and the guilt of that is unbearable for Jessica.

This is NOT a trashy book.......2001-04-25

I strongly disagree with the reader who said this book was trashy. It really taught me something about how our actions have consequences. Jessica made a horrible mistake with her actions, and then had to suffer through her guilt of what happened next. The whole 'Easy Annie' thing was just another way to teach us that we can turn our lives around when they seem to be at their worst. And further more, Francine Pascal is my favorite author and nothing that she writes is trashy.

I Love! Love! Love! this book.......2000-08-02

I absolutely loved this book. Its the best one in the series. I've read it at least 10 times. Annie Whitman wants to join the cheerleading squad but beautiful ruthless Jessica Wakefield is determined to stop her. Annie has a bad reputation and Jessica is afraid it will affect the whole squad. But only Jess's twin sister Elizabeth knows how special Annie really is. Does Jessica succeed in keeping off the squad or does her plan backfire? You'll just have to read the book to find out.

WRONG KIND/GIRL#10 (Sweet Valley High (Numbered Paperback))

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WRONG KIND/GIRL#10 (Sweet Valley High (Numbered Paperback))
Francine Pascal
Manufacturer: Bantam
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

General | Literature & Fiction | Teens | Subjects | Books

8 Titles in Sweet Valley High Series - 2 Secrets - 3 Playing with Fire - 4 Power Play - 5 All Night Long - 6 Dangerous Love - 8 Heart Breaker - 10 Wrong Kind of Girl - 11 Too Good to Be True

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8 Titles in Sweet Valley High Series - 2 Secrets - 3 Playing with Fire - 4 Power Play - 5 All Night Long - 6 Dangerous Love - 8 Heart Breaker - 10 Wrong Kind of Girl - 11 Too Good to Be True
Francine Pascal
Manufacturer: various
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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8 Titles in Sweet Valley High Series - 2 Secrets - 3 Playing with Fire - 4 Power Play - 5 All Night Long - 6 Dangerous Love - 8 Heart Breaker - 10 Wrong Kind of Girl - 11 Too Good to Be True

Sweet Valley High #10 Wrong Kind of Girl

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Sweet Valley High #10 Wrong Kind of Girl
Francine Pascal
Manufacturer: Bantam
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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After decades of egalitarian, restricted consumption, residents of China's cities are surrounded by a level of material comfort and commercial hype unimaginable just ten years ago. In this first in-depth treatment of the consumer revolution in China, fourteen leading scholars of Chinese culture and society explore the interpersonal consequences of rapid commercialization.
In the early 1980s, Beijing's communist leadership advocated decollectivization, foreign trade, and private entrepreneurship to jump-start a stagnant economy, while explicitly rejecting any notion that economic reforms would promote political change. However, by the early 1990s the reforms in the marketplace not only produced double-digit growth but also enabled ordinary citizens to nurture dreams and social networks that challenged official discourse and conventions through millions of daily commercial transactions. Using participant observation, contributors to this book describe and analyze a wide range of these changing consumer practices: luxury housing, white wedding gowns, greeting cards, McDonald's, discos, premium cigarettes, bowling, and more.

Customer Reviews:

If you're interested in Chinese studies..........2006-12-19

There are some definite highs and lows in Deborah Davis' book (lows being the very first chapter on housing developments and an entire chapter devoted to greeting cards), but the book gives a very in-depth analysis of the effects rapid consumption in urban areas has had on the daily life of urban Chinese citizens. Davis selects essays that show changes in culture, like the essays regarding McDonald's, discos, and bowling. Davis even shows us consumption patterns in the more marginal cultures of China. For instance, there is an essay devoted to the Hui (an Islamic minority in China) wedding tradition. Since rapid consumption has happened in China, these Hui women are starting to wear more Western-style wedding dresses. These dresses greatly resemble the dresses we see everywhere in America, with the exception that the Hui women's dresses are brighter in color (coral, pink, red).

Davis also devotes much of the book to showing changes in eating traditions. One chapter on outdoor food markets explains the shady side of economics in China. Food vendors will cheat Chinese so much that some Chinese will bring their own scales to weigh the food. Also, in the chapter dealing with the influx of McDonald's into urban China, we can see that the push for modernity can sometimes win over Chinese tradition. For instance, some people will go into McDonald's and just sit by the window so they can have a sense of superiority over the people walking by on the street. Many Chinese people don't even like the food at McDonald's, but feel the need to go to express their modernity.

Davis' book shows us many different effects of the consumer revolution, both good and bad. I recommend this book for anyone interested in studying China. Just don't get discouraged when you come across a dry chapter!

An insight into the sociology of consumption in China.......2001-07-11

The consumer revolution in China is a relatively recent phenomena with the former state controlled society slowly moving to a capitalist market where the individual is beginning to exercise choice in his/her consumption decisions. Chinese consumer behaviour is therefore a relatively unchartered area and this collection of studies by 14 authors provides a socio-political context for a range of consumer practices. The studies range from a semiotic analysis of advertising for luxury housing in Shanghai to an analysis of the social impications of the emerging trends of adopting Western bridal wear, purchasing greeting cards, and visiting discos. The book helps the reader get under the skin of an otherwise impenetrable consuming society with anecdotes and insights not available anywhere else. It makes for highly absorbing reading and I would recommend it to anyone interested in gaining an understanding of consumers in this unique market

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This well-crafted history chronicles the lives and fortunes of the Chiricahua Apache, an Arizona warrior band removed from its lands in 1886 after Geronimo's famous uprising. Treated as prisoners of war, even though most were noncombatants, the Chiricahuas were forcibly moved to Florida and later to Oklahoma. They were then officially merged with the Mescalero Apache band and given a small reservation in New Mexico. Seemingly consigned to oblivion as a distinct people, the Chiricahua were restored in some measure in the late 1940s, when President Harry Truman ordered the creation of a commission to consider Native American claims to lost lands. After years of legal wrangling, in the late 1970s the federal government settled with the Chiricahuas, paying, the authors maintain, far less than the Indians deserved after decades of imposed hardship. Lieder and Page tell the story well, offering an important contribution to recent Native American history.

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In the long, anguished history of the American Indian, the events comprising the resistance of the Chiricahua Apaches against European encroachment and their subsequent punishment at the hands of the United States were the most heroic, violent, expensive . . . and tragic. As settlers swarmed into the Southwest, the Apaches were forced oV their ancestral lands. Led by the infamous warrior Geronimo and outnumbered by five hundred to one, a small group of renegade Apaches waged a fierce rebellion against the U.S. Army for more than a year. Finally surrendering in 1886, Geronimo and the rest of the Chiricahuas--including those who didn't participate in the insurrection and even those who actively assisted the Army--were held as prisoners of war for twenty-three years in far-off Florida, Alabama, and, later, Oklahoma.

After World War II, Congress felt obliged to establish a forum specifically to hear and remedy the complaints of Indian tribes against the United States, and, in 1947, Harry S. Truman signed into law the Indian Claims Commission. Focusing on the unique claims of the Chiricahua Apaches, Wild Justice examines the personalities involved in and decisions made by this extraordinary tribunal--the first time any national government established a court to redress grievances of its native people--and the efforts made by hundreds of other tribes to gain restitution.

Jake Page, who has written extensively on the South-west Indians, and Michael Lieder, a legal scholar, bring to light this little-known saga in American history. The Chiricahua were represented by an unlikely pair of lawyers: Israel Weissbrodt, born to illiterate Jewish emigrants from Poland, educated at Columbia University, and trained by William O. Douglas; and David Cobb, a Mayflower descendant and Harvard graduate. When the government misdated the taking of the Apache lands and left an opening for legal wrangling, this odd couple pounced. The result was a $22 million settlement, forty times what the tribe had asked for--a spectacular sum in total, but, divided among several thousand Apaches, it proved slim atonement, and it was at best a bittersweet victory.

Rather than negotiating the Indian claims and considering present needs, the United States insisted on battling over ancient grievances in the inherently adversarial Anglo-American legal system, which was incapable of grasping the Indians' way of life. The very concept of land ownership was foreign to the Indians, but payment to the tribes for loss of acreage was all the legal system could muster in recompense for decades of injustice. The destruction of religion, tribal sovereignty, and whole cultures remained unaddressed, and these issues plague U.S./Indian affairs to this day.

If "our treatment of Indians reflects the rise and fall of our democratic faith," Wild Justice is the remarkable history of that failure and the unbridgeable legal and cultural chasm at its heart.

Customer Reviews:

History as current as today's headlines.......1999-03-11

On February 22, 1999, just a few days after I finished reading this thorough and thoroughly enjoyable history of the Indian Claims Commission, Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in DC found Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin in civil contempt for failure to produce government records in a lawsuit involving oversight of Indian trust accounts. According to the New York Times: "Legal historians say that it is the first time two Cabinet officers have been held in contempt simultaneously." As a general reader who is neither a lawyer nor an historian, I was impressed with the clear presentation of very complex legal issues. The authors also provide lessons in social and cultural anthropology and respect for the environment. But most of all, I appreciated the discussion and analysis of the ethical issues related to racism, genocide, and avarice---and the limitations and inadequacies of litigation and legislation when seeking remedies for inhumane treatment of our fellow human beings. This history truly is as contemporary and universal as today's news from Rwanda, Bosnia, the Middle East, Uganda, or Jasper, Texas.

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The Money Mandarins: The Making of a Supranational Economic Order
Howard M. Wachtel
Manufacturer: M.E. Sharpe
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
International | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Contemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0873327047

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The Money Mandarins: The Making of a Supranational Economic Order
Howard M. Wachtel
Manufacturer: Pantheon
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PU39HG

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book.......2007-09-02

MY daughter loves bugs/nature and this is a great book to help her learn a little more about them.

Magic School Bus Books.......2006-11-10

These are a great addition to any home library. Just having them available is a great Science curriculum. The kids don't even know they are learning.

Science in the Deep Ocean.......2006-08-25

My 5 year old son loves the Magic School Bus. We were not disappointed with this book about the Coral Reefs. The Magic School makes learning about the environment and the ocean fun for all ages.

The kids work together for a natural treasure.......2006-07-09

My five year old son and three year old daughter have been enjoying this book for over a year. The older child finds the story exciting and gains satisfaction from better understanding the world around him. The younger child enjoys how the characters she's come to know so well morf into creatures she's familiar with from visits to the aquarium and the fishmonger.

The story opens with Mrs. Frizzle showing the children a map from her pirate ancestor. The possibility of finding pirate treasure and the threats facing the kids during their search for it motivates them to work together in the manner of coral reef creatures. The kids find the treasure chest in an area of the reef that looks sickly and learn that the metal fittings on the chest have been poisoning the coral.

Magic School Bus Takes a Dive is a worthwhile purchase. The kids also enjoy a related title, Magic School Bus Gets Eaten, which has the class in the ocean again learning about food chains.

The Magic School Bus Takes A Dive.......2003-10-03

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip to the depths of the ocean to observe the coral reefs up close and learn life that found in reefs. The book, like all the other Magic School Bus books, teaches a lot, and has a moral. In this story the reader can learn a lot about the coral reefs of the sea, and what kind of creatures live there. The moral of this story is to work together to achieve your goals. Children between the ages of 4 and 6 would probably enjoy this book.

The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive: A Book About Coral Reefs

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The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive: A Book About Coral Reefs
Nancy; Cole, Joanna; Scholastic Productions White
Manufacturer: Scholastic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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