Crisp: Accounting Essentials: Managing by the Numbers (Crisp Fifty-Minute Series)

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To run a business, numbers must be taken into account and factored into everyday decision-making, both major and minor. Understanding the numbers associated with day-to-day operations is no longer just the domain of the finance and accounting departments--everyone from lower-level staff to senior managers should learn the fundamentals of the cost of the organization's product or service, the price strategies involved, and the impact that short- and long-term decisions have on the bottom line. ACCOUNTING ESSENTIALS is an introductory course that teaches the basics of finance, accounting, and economic strategies in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-understand format complete with glossaries, diagrams, and self-tests. A companion title to this book is THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE, another Crisp Series book by Jay Jacquet. This book was written especially for nonfinancial managers or new business owners, and can be used in an academic setting or for self-study. It is an indispensable primer for learning and understanding accounting fundamentals, such as cash and accrual accounting, basic recordkeeping, ledger and journal entries, and financial statement preparation.

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In this analysis of the global workforce, the Joint Learning Initiative, a consortium of more than 100 health leaders, proposes that mobilization and strengthening of human resources for health, neglected yet critical, is central to combating health crises in some of the world's poorest countries and for building sustainable health systems everywhere. Worker shortage, skill mix imbalance, maldistribution, negative work environments, and weak knowledge bases challenge nearly all countries. Especially in the poorest countries, the workforce is under assault by a triple threat of HIV/AIDS, out-migration, and inadequate investment. Effective country strategies should be launched and backed by international reinforcement. These include urgently mobilizing one million more health workers for Africa, and focusing efforts on the unremunerated community-level health workers, the majority of whom are women. Ultimately, the crisis in human resources is a shared problem requiring shared responsibility for cooperative action. Alliances for action are recommended to strengthen the performance of all actors while expanding space and energy for new ones.

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In an excellent synthesis of theory and measurement as they relate to agricultural prices, William G. Tomek and Kenneth L. Robinson set out principles for understanding the operation of markets for agricultural products. This heavily revised and updated edition of a classic in the field applies microeconomic theory to the operation of agricultural product markets, covering the distinctive features of their supply and demand and of the pricing institutions (such as auctions and futures markets) through which economic forces affect commodity prices.

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) was created as early as 1967 but ASEAN economic cooperation moved in a lackluster pace with few concrete accomplishments. To move the organization from its benign state of economic cooperation, the member states signed in 1992 the agreement on ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) which is to be fully realized by the year 2003. Although agricultural products were initially excluded from the agreement to protect a sensitive sector like agriculture from open regional competition, the member states decided to include them in AFTA in 1995. Through application of a spatial price equilibrium model, the effects of AFTA on demand, supply, prices and trade of selected agricultural products in ASEAN countries and their major trading partners were analyzed. The spatial characteristic of the model analysis facilitated simulation of trade flows and thus provided insights on the possible changes in intra- and extra-ASEAN trade.

Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America (Annual ECE/FAO Price Review)

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Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America (Annual ECE/FAO Price Review)
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Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America (Fao Price Review Ser .: No. 36 E.87.11.E.16)

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Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America (Fao Price Review Ser .: No. 36 E.87.11.E.16)

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ASIN: 9211163897

Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America 1990/91 (Annual ECE/FAO Price Review)

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Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America 1990/91 (Annual ECE/FAO Price Review)

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Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America, 1989-90/Sales No E.91.Ii.E.19 (Ece/Fao Price Review, No 40)

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Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America, 1989-90/Sales No E.91.Ii.E.19 (Ece/Fao Price Review, No 40)
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Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America, 1992-93/Sales No. E.94.2.E.21 (Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America)

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Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America, 1992-93/Sales No. E.94.2.E.21 (Prices of Agricultural Products and Selected Inputs in Europe and North America)
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ASIN: 9211165997

Prices, Products, and People: Analyzing Agricultural Markets in Developing Countries

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Prices, Products, and People: Analyzing Agricultural Markets in Developing Countries

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ASIN: 1555876099

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This book presents a unique, in-depth examination of the effects that the popular approaches to management organizational change--downsizing, restructuring, and reengineering--had on a major American hospital. The Human Cost of a Management Failure shows what can happen when management insists on accomplishing its ends strictly by the numbers. The authors ask why top management so often, and with seemingly such a cavalier attitude, selects downsizing and similar methods when research indicates that they are all too often such poor choices. Based on a year-long longitudinal study, Allcorn, Baum, Diamond, and Stein report on their interviews with 23 senior and mid-level hospital administrators, then interpret their findings from a psychoanalytic perspective, to make clear that the human side of the workplace can only be ignored at great risk when change is contemplated and then implemented. This is essential reading not only for corporate management, but also for other professionals and academics throughout the social and behavioral sciences. Readers of The Human Cost of a Management Failure are oriented to the literature on downsizing, restructuring and reengineering, and to the context of the study. Case material follows, enabling readers to draw their own conclusions with regard to the nature of the organizational change and its effects upon the hospital's employees, and consultants offer their own viewpoints. An update of events at the hospital after the study was conducted is provided along with summaries by each author of his own interpretation and how he interprets the others' views. In this way, readers will get an unusual opportunity to evaluate their own viewpoints against those of the psychoanalytically trained researchers, and to decide for themselves whether there are, in fact, better ways to make an organization economically competitive in the marketplace.

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Overpriced.......2004-07-05

The book does address significant managerial errors in judgment. However, the book actually draws attention to ethical reasoning in psychoanalytic terms and concepts. Principals, precepts, and concepts are really old issues brought back from the 1990's into the here and now of 2004. These errors in judgment are perpetuated from generation to generation. Little has changed in the eight years since the book was published, especially in some medical institutions and in universities that host medical training programs. The ethical questions continue to be unaddressed and the consequential conflicts unresolved.

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Written by the co-founders of an agency that designs Web sites for major corporations, Electronic Selling: 23 Steps to E-Selling Profits provides an overview of the entire process for executives who don't have backgrounds in technology. Following a step-by-step action plan that moves from project conception through marketing assignments, it offers detailed information on critical topics like the actual mechanics of cyber sales and the issues surrounding online security. Numerous successful Web sales efforts also are profiled.

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At last: Sound strategies for E-selling success. Still waiting to be convinced your business can really make money on the Net? Pick up Electronic Selling: 23 Steps to E-Selling Profits, by Brian Jamison, Josh Gold and Warren Jamison, and get the action plan you need to handle everything from setting sales goals to choosing a payment system to attracting repeat Web business. Bursting with hands-on help for setting up and managing your own high-profit, 24/365, zero-commission, virtually unstaffed order operation, this plain-English primer steers you clear of dangerous Internet selling pitfalls... introduces you to Net cash payment service providers... shows you how to beat the security bugaboo for online transactions... serves up eye-opening success stories... guides you through organizing your Website for Net cash and credit card sales... and much, much more.

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Internet Sales and Security in a Nutshell.......1999-05-21

There is an old adage which says 'never judge a book by its cover'. Well, I don't know how a book with such an attractive cover could fall so short. Granted, the writing style is fluid, fast, and highly readable, and the organization is good; yet the content of Jamison and Gold's treatise on ecommerce seems to be missing something. Jamison and Gold do get to the point quickly in their text, but one has to wonder if there is something more to the internet and ecommerce than just sales and security as they boldly assert.

Organized into eight light and readable chapters, the book takes the reader on an in-depth tour of sales and security on the internet while at the same time introducing other vital areas such as website creation, maintainance, and promotion. The first five chapters, each roughly twenty pages long, are devoted to a skim tour of website development, marketing and promotion. By the end of the first chapter, the reader is thoroughly indoctrinated in all of the obligatory hype and marketing spin the internet is infamous for, and is encouraged by all means to jump on the modern incarnation of the American Goldrush. The second chapter outlines the internet selling process in twenty three steps, while chapters three, four and five are devoted to the various processes, strategies, and tools necessary to implement these twenty three steps. Chapters six and seven deal with the real meat of the book, sales and security issues respectively. Chapter eight profiles what Jamison and Gold believe to be ecommerce success stories; bear in mind that more than a few of these companies have yet to show a profit even after several years of operation. Four appendices containing useful information, such as a glossary of key terms, companies that are eager to get other companies on the eselling bandwagon, online transaction processing companies, and contact information for Jamison-Gold, round out the book.

On the plus side, the book did contain a very good overview of security related issues on the net, some of them even new to me, in a very understandable and non-technical fashion. The book was definitely written with an eye for the non-technical executive who is not very tech savvy, yet has money to spend.

On the minus side, on top of the usual marketing spin to be found in any internet book, the authors also include several shameless promotional plugs (some of it quite informative, but most of it annoying) for a variety of software companies. In more than a few cases, the authors merely grafted the marketing hype, advertising and promotional literature of the software companies featured in the book liberally throughout the text.

Finally, though the book is dated, and the terrain has changed drastically in the last two years, it does serve as a good introduction to and reference on sales and security issues related to ecommerce for those executives who are not in tune with the potential usefulness of the web in business. Bear in mind that the potential uses of the web and the internet are not solely limited to increasing sales, revenues, and ultimately profits, but also encompass increased productivity, efficiency, and faster communication and turn-around time in business- four significant and vital areas the authors failed to cover completely. A better book in the same category with well-rounded information is Phaedra Hise's Growing Your Business Online.

It is not that great book.......1999-04-19

It is not that great book. There are other great books out ther

Excellent guide to getting your business on the Web!.......1997-03-29

If you're business is not yet on the Internet, this book is an excellent resource to provide you with the tools to get you started with a Web site. It guides you through a simple 23 step to get you started. Very informative. No overly-technical gibberish. A must read for any business, large or small, interested in making money on the Net

Electronic Selling: Twenty-Three Steps to E-Selling Profits

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Electronic Selling: Twenty-Three Steps to E-Selling Profits
Josh Gold, Warren Jamison Brian Jamison
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OFDTSG

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A fascinating study of the first modern war and its effect on American Culture.

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Acclaimed nature photographer Tony Sweet helps us to see a familiar subject through new eyes in this astonishing collection of flower photography. Ranging from the elegiac to the experimental, these pictures offer a kaleidoscopic survey of innovative photographic techniques--including multiple exposures and "slide sandwiching"--along with instructions for creating similar effects in your own photography. Perfectly balancing grace and spontaneity, Fine Art Flower Photography ensures that none of us will look at (or photograph) flowers the same way again.

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Too stylized.......2007-08-28

The pictures in this book are very beautiful, but I was hoping for more discussion of the basics of outdoor nature/flower photography, like lighting and composition. This book spends a great deal of time with mutliple images and zooming and "special effects" which are interesting but not really helpful if you are trying to take better pictures of flowers. Also, it seemed sort of repetetive at times.

WOW....LOVE IT.......2007-06-08

Cool...abstract photography. Clear pictures, great as a table book or as a useful 'textbook.' Pleasure to look at; pleasure to read. Well worth it!

Dont learn to photograph flowers here........2007-03-25

Don't think that you will learn to photograph flowers with this book.
If you want to learn this, it is not for you.
If you want a beautifull book to look at, with good photos, it is for you.

Tony Sweet delivers .......2007-03-16

Excellant. Has helped me to better understanding of technique, and I am already producing better results with my photograghy

An Impressive Portfolio.......2007-03-10

Tony Sweet is an accomplished nature photographer.

This is a colorful and inspiring collection of close up photographs.

Sweet uses medium to long lenses with warming filters to produce delicately focused images with silky smooth bokeh.

You'll never look at your garden in the same way - a real gem of a book.

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