The Essential Gunnar Myrdal

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A comprehensive introduction to the world-renowned social scientist's political thought.

Nobel Prize winner Gunnar Myrdal is best known for his book An American Dilemma, a classic study of America's racial problems that was chosen as one of The Modern Library's top 100 nonfiction books of the twentieth century. The Essential Gunnar Myrdal covers the full range of Myrdal's writing, much of which has never been published in book form. It includes his early essays on economics, his thoughts on the population explosion, his discussions of the question of value in the social sciences, and excerpts from Asian Drama, his monumental study of the development of Asia.

The newest edition in The New Press's Essential series, the book includes extensive commentary by the editors as well as an introduction by Sissela Bok, who is Myrdal's daughter and author of the acclaimed Lying and Secrets.

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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts (Sample Acquisition Agreements with Tax and Legal Analysis, Volume 3)

Manufacturer: Panel Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1567068960

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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts Volume 3, May 2000, with Disk. (Sample Acquisition Agreements with Tax and Legal Analysis, Volume 3)
Jack S. Levin Martin D. Ginsburg
Manufacturer: Aspen Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0735515999

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A Panel Publication Book.

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts, Volume 4 (Chapters 21-26): Sample Acquisition Agreements with Tax and Legal Analysis

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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts, Volume 4 (Chapters 21-26): Sample Acquisition Agreements with Tax and Legal Analysis
Martin D. Ginsburg , Jack S. Levin , and Douglas C. Barnard
Manufacturer: Aspen Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0735538557

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts: Sample Agreements Volume

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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts: Sample Agreements Volume
Martin D. Ginsburg , and Jack S. Levin
Manufacturer: Aspen Law & Business Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Strategy & Competition | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0316312126

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"This certainly is a pioneering and original work . . . [that] in many ways stands alone. . . . The author's documentary and archival support base is massive. I find his arguments convincing and well based."

—Murdo J. MacLeod, Graduate Research Professor of History, University of Florida

The first century of Spanish colonization in Latin America witnessed the birth of cities that, while secondary to great metropolitan centers such as Mexico City and Lima, became important hubs for regional commerce. Santiago de Guatemala, the colonial capital of Central America, was one of these. A multiethnic and multicultural city from its beginning, Santiago grew into a vigorous trading center for agrarian goods such as cacao and cattle hides. With the wealth this commerce generated, Spaniards, natives, and African slaves built a city that any European of the period would have found familiar.

This book provides a more complete picture of society, culture, and economy in sixteenth-century Santiago de Guatemala than has ever before been drawn. Robinson Herrera uses previously unstudied primary sources, including testaments, promissory notes, and work contracts, to recreate the lives and economic activities of the non-elite sectors of society, including natives, African slaves, economically marginal Europeans, and people of mixed descent. His focus on these groups sheds light on the functioning of the economy at the lower levels and reveals how people of different ethnic groups formed alliances to create a vibrant local and regional economy based on credit. This portrait of Santiago also increases our understanding of how secondary Spanish American cities contributed vitally to the growth of the colonies.

Natives, Europeans, and Africans in Sixteenth-Century Santiago de Guatemala

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Natives, Europeans, and Africans in Sixteenth-Century Santiago de Guatemala
Robinson A. Herrera
Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORMRVO

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Undermines his own credibility

Tool saved my now-complete project

Simple and effective record of accountability and progress

to the point, easy to use

Excellent toolbox for experts and beginners.

The One-Page Project Manager: Communicate and Manage Any Project With a Single Sheet of Paper
Clark A. Campbell
Manufacturer: Wiley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0470052376

Book Description

The One-Page Project Manager shows you how to boil down any project into a simple, one-page document that can be used to communicate all essential details to upper management, other departments, suppliers, and audiences. This practical guide will save time and effort, helping you identify the vital parts of a project and communicate those parts and duties to other team members.

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Undermines his own credibility.......2007-10-05

I purchased this book due to the overwhelmingly positive responses... While the actual concept and some of the underlying principles are pretty solid, there are a few things that detract from this book.

First of all, the font is about 14pt Times New Roman, which adds to the sense of this book being fluffed. Contributing to this feeling, is the fact that the author continually attempts to provide credibility to himself by mentioning O.C. Tanner, and the "various" projects he's worked on (for which he uses the same five examples ad nauseam). Essentially, he continues to justify why he's qualified to be telling you anything, while dropping the occasional "teaser" about the form you'll be using for the first FOUR CHAPTERS.

The absolutely most irritating aspect of this book, however, is that he's continually trying to sell it to you. In chapter one, he introduces an acronym for "The One Page Project Manager," viz. OPPM. He then proceeds to NEVER use it. Then, he mentions "The One Page Project Manager," so much that if I hear it again, I might end up incarcerated. On page 29, even with 14pt font, he manages to use "The One Page Project Manager" SEVEN times. I'm sure that my few mentions of that heinous term have already provoked certain ire. And by not using the acronym, he ensures that the term is too lengthy to conveniently skip while reading.

Chapter 5 comprises the bulk of the book (being some 100 pages in length - a shocking dichotomy from the previous 12-20 page chapters). Presumably where the "meat" is, it's filled with stuffing in the form of multiple OPPM's, with only the slightest difference between any of them.

To his credit, the concept is good, I think it will work (that's why I purchased the book). But Mr. Clark Campbell needs to realize that he doesn't have to sell his book during the first four chapters, as I already bought it.

2 stars for utility. -3 stars for absolute aggravation.

Tool saved my now-complete project.......2007-09-25

I was tapped to manage a complex team consisting of writers and developers for an integrated product. I couldn't keep the 14 and more people, assignments, timelines, and critical path on a page I devised. So, I googled 'one page project manager' and this amazon link popped up. I bought the book, got an online copy all on Friday night. By Monday, I had my entire project on the form and by Tuesday, I sent it to the management team. They loved it. The project finished on time and within budget thanks to the tool. A critical path tool may have helped but the project was small enough that by plotting the assignments, I could see the critical path. Great Excel tool!

Simple and effective record of accountability and progress.......2007-08-06

This is one of those great books that delivers what it says it will. The OPPM tool will be useful to anyone who manages projects, and for executives who want to monitor performance without information overload.

I've been using the one-page format to record output from the executive team planning sessions I facilitate. It provides a straightforward summary with clear time-lines and accountability. It is very useful during the follow up sessions!

You can get a good idea of how the OPPM works by first visiting the resources page on the onepageprojectmanager.com website. Then buy the book to find out how to put your one-pager together.

to the point, easy to use.......2007-08-02

Modest book size but the information is suffecient to gain a good understanding of the tool. The one page project manager is all about communicating with seniior management.

Excellent toolbox for experts and beginners........2007-04-14

Easy to read, easy to understand, easy to start working with.
An extremely useful toolbox of concepts ready to be used immediately.
The book reads flawlessly.
It has helped us to design projects in a structured form and to follow them in a very simple way. We have saved time, but gained in precission.

Communicate for Success: How to Manage, Motivate and Lead Your People

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Communicate for Success: How to Manage, Motivate and Lead Your People
Eric W. Skopec
Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
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Helping Your Pupils to Communicate Effectively and Manage Conflict (Little Books of Life Skills)

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Helping Your Pupils to Communicate Effectively and Manage Conflict (Little Books of Life Skills)
Lyne Longaretti
Manufacturer: David Fulton Publish
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ASIN: 0415447291

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`Why can't you just get along?' This is a question children are commonly asked. But they will usually have a very `good' reason for their conflict - `Because he's always telling me what to do!'; `She stole my lunch!'. The fact is that any in social situation there is a potential for conflict. What children need are the skills to manage conflict when it does arise.

Helping your pupils to communicate effectively and manage conflict looks as the basics of effective communication and the essential skills for forming and sustaining productive relationships. Focusing on promoting a culture of fairness, respect, inclusiveness and cooperation in the classroom, this book shows teachers how they can help their pupils understand things from another's point of view and foster empathy, by learning specific skills (such as describing behaviours, checking one's perceptions, summarising ideas and feelings and giving and receiving feedback) and practicing specific activities (such as role play, structured controversy, problem-solving, simulation, discussion and reflection).

This book suggests ways to organise the classroom, provides teaching strategies and pupil activities and gives notes on assessment and record-keeping. It is complemented by several pages of proformas, which can be copied or amended for use in the classroom.

Managing to communicate, communicating to manage: How leading companies achieve effective employee communications (Working paper series / Boston University, School of Management)

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Managing to communicate, communicating to manage: How leading companies achieve effective employee communications (Working paper series / Boston University, School of Management)
Mary Bartlett Young
Manufacturer: Boston University, School of Management
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ASIN: B0006R72NA

The role of the secretary as a successful manager workbook: An intensive seminar for secretaries and administrative assistants designed to improve the ability to manage, communicate, and organize

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The role of the secretary as a successful manager workbook: An intensive seminar for secretaries and administrative assistants designed to improve the ability to manage, communicate, and organize
Jarold Abbott
Manufacturer: Center for Management Development
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Successful supervision for local road superintendents: A handbook to help you manage, motivate, communicate

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Successful supervision for local road superintendents: A handbook to help you manage, motivate, communicate
Donald W Huffmire
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Successful supervision for local road supervisors : a handbook to help you manage, motivate, communicate (SuDoc TD 2.8:SU 7/2)

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Successful supervision for local road supervisors : a handbook to help you manage, motivate, communicate (SuDoc TD 2.8:SU 7/2)
U.S. Dept of Transportation
Manufacturer: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00010912M

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The successful Ultimate formula now provides easy-to-use resources for business students
Ultimate books have become worldwide best-sellers because they give readers fast access to the business ideas that matter. Thousands of new books, reports, theories and consultancy products pour into the business market every year and Ultimate books have proved indispensable for hassled executives who need to know which ones actually work.
Now the time- (and money-) saving Ultimate formula is available as a solution for business students at all levels. Keeping on top of reading is increasingly difficult for students and Ultimate Student Guides give concise but comprehensive overviews of key business subjects. Each title contains a unique summary of the business books, articles and thinkers that have had the most significant impact on the subject together with an assessment of their impact and lasting value for today's business. The books also contain comprehensive glossaries and resource sections to guide students to useful further material.

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Very good step-by-step.......2000-04-30

Have read, sold/used and taught using a variety of resources, including Fischer, Ury, Nirenberg, Cohen. Found this to be excellent in providing simple, easy-to-follow tools. "Easy-to-follow" and "simple" are descriptive of his language and explanations. Uses excellent scenarios to illustrate the use of tools, tactics, planning, follow-up, curve of concessions, listing trade-offs, etc. These principles and tools will be effective, if used, in the most complex negotiations.

A Little Too Basic.......1999-05-30

If you have even one year of sales experience or if you have already developed a modicum of wisdom, you'll find this book way too basic. Probably good reading for a high school student.

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The Heart and Soul of Network Marketing

Lots of human interest---not much on substance

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Wonderful Stories of Success!

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Heart to Heart: The Real Power of Network Marketing
Scott Degarmo , and Louis A. Tartaglia
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Release Date: 1999-04-21

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The heart and soul of network marketing is the people: men and women just like you who have conquered their fears, discovered their full potential, and found success beyond their wildest dreams! Heart to Heart is a philosophy, a way of life, and a method of doing business that has propelled achievers from all walks of life—physicians, teachers, retail clerks, and waitresses—to live richly rewarding lives, both in dollars and in emotional fulfillment. Inside these pages, you'll meet:

• Collette Van Reusen, a grieving mother who used her newfound millions to become the world's number one contributor to research into cystic fibrosis, the disease that took away her child
• Ted Elias, who grew up in poverty, made two fortunes in Amway, and now heads a new network marketing company with a breakthrough product on the leading edge of nutrition
• Dr. Kathy Bliese, the physician-minister who fulfilled her lifelong goal of building hospitals, feeding the hungry, and broadcasting her message of hope and inspiration to millions around the world
• And many more!

Heart to Heart pinpoints the key attitudes and actions you need to succeed in network marketing.

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The Heart and Soul of Network Marketing.......2005-11-06

How many times have you haeard from someone that network marketing doesn't work? That is just an illegal pyramid scheme? That it is a total waste of time?

If your belief is a little low or if you are contemplating getting into network marketing, then read this great book by Scott DeGarmo and Dr. Louis Tartaglia, M.D.

To quote Dr. Denis Waitley:

"Offers fresh, visionary insights into the way we will earn our fortunes. A must read."

Network marketing is indeed the wave of the future and this great book by Scott DeGarmo and Dr. Tartaglia will show you why. Absolutely must reading.

Lots of human interest---not much on substance.......2000-09-25

If you want to read a feel good, emotional tale about the life stories and lifestyles of the recently wealthy---this book is for you. The authors do not point out that the few dozen or so of the successful people profiled in their book are represenatative of only an .0001% or less of those that pursue these careers. This book is sure to get Scott DeGarmo and Dr. Tartaglia more speaking engagements with industry croonies, but for the laymen, we'd much rather see an objective assessment of network marketing and an actionable guide to the "real power" behind this business model.

An Awesome Read!.......2000-03-18

Fabulous book with exciting and uplifting success stories of people who succeeded in this "new paradigm" of a business. In MLM, one succeeds by helping others succeed. Get this book and you'll see for yourself, then you'll want to be a part of this business. I love to sleep in ...

Wonderful Stories of Success!.......2000-03-18

This book provides stories of those people who have succeeded in this "new paradigm" of a business. It is exciting, energizing and uplifting to read. Creat a lifestyle you want by helping others succeed. Dream big, be your own boss and have fun. I love sleeping in...

YOU'LL CRY TEARS OF JOY.......2000-02-19

I laughed, I cried, I was inspired to go back out and work my business. This book proves it's worth it. It's about friends and family

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Kunkel combines research in economics, politics and history- including interviews with key policy-makers-to illuminate this important case study of American trade policy. His book offers theoretical insights and practical lessons on the forces shaping US trade policy at the start of the twenty-first century.

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St. Helena Business & Investment Opportunities Yearbook
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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This yearbook contains basic information on export-import, investment and business opportunities in the respected country. Provides information on government structure, economy, business climate, regulations, and more... Includes basic statistics, information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually. PUBEND

St. Helena Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook (World Investment and Business Guide Library)

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