Wiley mär 2014 (177 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A parent's guide to understanding the Common Core educational standards Designed to ensure a similar level of job and college preparedness for students from all backgrounds and regions, the Common Core standards have been adopted in 45 states from coast to coast. These new common standards are designed to bring many diverse state standards into alignment with each other in math and English to create a set of national educational standards. Common Core Standards For Parents For Dummies explains this new set of standards, what it means for students, and how parents can get their children prepared for the school year. - Explains what changes to expect in the classroom - Includes a grade-by-grade explanation of the new math and English standards - Provides tips and exercises for helping students succeed For parents who want to help their kids excel at school, Common Core Standards For Parents For Dummies is a handy, straightforward guide that explains everything they need to know.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Hedge fund managers who survived and profited through the 2008 financial crisis share their secretsIn light of the colossal losses and amidst the resulting confusion that still lingers, it is time to rethink money management in the broadest of terms. Drastic changes still need to be made, and managers who actually made money during 2008 make for a logical starting place.This updated and revised edition of The Invisible Hands provides investors and traders with the latest thinking from some of the best and the most successful players in money management, highlighting the specific risk and return objectives of each, and discussing the evolution of certain styles and beliefs in money management.\* Divulges how top financial professionals are looking forward by thinking clearly, managing risk, and seeking a new paradigm of profit making opportunities in the post-crisis world\* Outlines investments and strategies for the rocky road ahead\* Gives guidance on how traditional investors such as pensions, endowments, foundations and family offices should rethink how they approach asset allocation and portfolio construction\* Written by respected industry expert Steven DrobnyPage by page, the professionals found in this book reveal their own approaches to markets, risk, and the broader world in which we live, as well as their advice on how investors should be approaching money management in today's uncertain world.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Revealing the difference between great slides and great presentationsBased on a proven process from one of the world's most prominent presentation consultancy and design firms,The Presentation Lab challenges everything you thought you knew about creating and delivering engaging business presentations. Author Simon Morton shares his unique Presentation Optimization methodology and takes readers on a journey of evolution and revolution to discover what makes an effective presentation (and you may be surprised to know that great design is the last thing you need to worry about).Using practical tips and drawing on Simon's experiences working with companies around the globe, The Presentation Lab will help everyone who ever needs to present by revealing what works, what doesn't and, more importantly, why. The Presentation Lab tackles 'Death by PowerPoint' head on by dispelling presentation myths, examining the latest presentation innovations, exploring new concepts for audience engagement and delivery and challenging to status quo of today's business presentation landscape.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A practical, inspirational guide to managing your moods, improving your outlook, and beating stress and anxietyFeeling overwhelmed, overstressed, or just plain down about life This book is the cure for what ails you. Mood can affect every aspect of your life, from your performance at work to your personal relationships, and being able to take control of your moods, rather than have them control you, is something all the most successful people have in common. Combining techniques from two powerful, complementary therapeutic approaches-Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness-Feel Good is an everyday mood control book that can help you keep your spirits and your confidence high, and instill you with a more upbeat, positive, can-do attitude, come what may.\* A source of inspiration for world-weary nine-to-fivers and an expert guide to beating stress and anxiety\* Combines the latest research and proven techniques and practices from two powerful therapeutic approaches: CBT and Mindfulness\* Packed with practical information on how to start feeling happier and more positive about life, and optimize how you deal with people and situations in life and at work\* Designed for quick reference it lets you access practical information relevant to the mood you're in at the moment. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - NEVER COME SECOND PLACE AGAINIf you're not winning, you're losing. And you don't want to be a loser, do you Life is full of opportunities to win or lose on a daily basis. Want to win arguments, negotiate better and get your way in more discussions Want to pitch ideas that win support and plaudits Want to get yourself noticed and come out on top in the job market Discover how to triumph when it really counts. How can you gain the competitive advantage and come first more often Learn how to avoid that frustration of not succeeding - when your point isn't heard in an argument, or your hard fought pitch is rejected - and to achieve the results you know you deserve.THE SCIENCE OF WINNINGDrawing on the latest research and proven psychological principles, bestselling author and psychologist Dr Rob Yeung outlines practical success strategies and powerful scenarios that you can apply to all facets of your life.This is your strategy book for success at work and in life.Get the breaks, beat the others and take your life to a whole new level.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Your hands-on introduction to modern business and business educationWhether you're deciding on a course of study, headed to university, or settling down to your first year, Business Studies For Dummies provides you with a thorough overview of the subjects that form the foundation of a business studies degree.You'll get trusted, easy-to-follow coverage of all the topics you'll encounter: business start-up, accounting and finance, operations, human resources, management, analytics, business environment, and economics.\* Includes a clear, engaging, and concise overview of the key topics you'll encounter in your studies\* The perfect study companion for studentsWith Business Studies For Dummies, you'll be one step ahead of the competition--at university and on the job.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Robert Kelsey's What's Stopping You has become a self-help classic. His What's Stopping You books have helped thousands of people worldwide overcome their limiting beliefs and bash through their barriers to success. Now Robert is back to help us defeat the obstacles that stop us achieving more in our everyday lives. Many of us have the greatest of intentions but find ourselves procrastinating, which results in low attainment and frustrated ambitions. Grounded in solid psychological research Robert helps us examine why we might have these tendencies and how to overcome them in order to feel more together, in control and on-top of everything.\* Looks at the psychology behind why we procrastinate, in order to understand and change our behaviour, forming new, effective habits\* Provides practical solutions to help us 'get things done' in real life situations including meetings, on the phone, with e-mail, looking for a job and starting a business\* Includes techniques to improve focus and aid concentration\* Examines how disorganisation is not innate and how we can learn processes that will allow us to be more effective\* How to bring control to certain areas of your life and reduce stress and uncertaintyGet Things Done is emotional ergonomics for the organisationally-challenged individual - at home, at work, with themselves, and with others.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Take the easy road to higher earnings'There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.' --Warren Buffett, CEO, Berkshire HathawayPicking low-hanging fruit should be easy. Yet despite all the cost cutting and lean six-sigmaing, the branches of corporate trees are sagging from the weight of low-hanging fruit. Why not grab them and make things easy Too often managers blind themselves to solutions right in front of them and choose instead to suffer through long meetings, poor collaboration, politics, and bureaucracy. Throw in the challenge of getting agreement when everyone has their own opinion (often 'fact-free') and your low-hanging fruit just withers on the vine.'If only HP knew what HP knows, we'd be three times more productive.'--Lew Platt, former CEO, Hewlett PackardThose closest to the work (from the factory floor to the C-Suite) and those closest to the customer know great ways to improve productivity and profits. Don't buy into the myth that only some people have creative ideas. Everyone is creative when given the right opportunity. And when they work together as 'one company,' profits soar.For twenty-plus years, Jeremy Eden and Terri Long have helped companies of all sizes make millions by harvesting their low-hanging fruit. This book shows you how. You will improve your job satisfaction, your team's performance, and your company's earnings.Need to grow your company's earnings but don't know where to find the low-hanging fruit The answer is right in front of you but harvesting it takes skill. Eden and Long show you 77 clever ways to boost productivity and profits.Low-Hanging Fruit is your road map for turning the difficult back into the easy.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The body is a site of impassioned, fraught and complex debate in the West today. In one political moment, left-wingers, academics and feminists have defended powerful men accused of sex crimes, positioned topless pictures in the tabloids as empowering, and opposed them for sexualizing breasts and undermining their 'natural' function. At the same time they have been criticized by extreme-right groups for ignoring honour killings and other 'culture-based' forms of violence against women. How can we make sense of this varied terrain In this important and challenging new book, Alison Phipps constructs a political sociology of women's bodies around key debates: sexual violence, gender and Islam, sex work and motherhood. Her analysis uncovers dubious rhetorics and paradoxical allegiances, and contextualizes these within the powerful coalition of neoliberal and neoconservative frameworks. She explores how 'feminism' can be caricatured and vilified at both ends of the political spectrum, arguing that Western feminisms are now faced with complex problems of positioning in a world where gender often comes second to other political priorities.This book provides a welcome investigation into Western politics around women's bodies, and will be particularly useful to scholars and upper-level students of sociology, political science, gender studies and cultural studies, as well as to anyone interested in how bodies become politicized.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Increase your employees'--and your own--productivity at workIf you look out over today's workforce, you'll find millions of hard-working people who are overly tired, overly stressed, and less than enchanted with work. For organizations around the globe, this represents an incredible opportunity to improve productivity, talent retention, innovation, and overall profitability.The great paradox here is that when you take hard-working, responsible adults with a desire to succeed and a sense of responsibility and drop them into our demanding work culture, they tend to default to a way of life that sabotages their ability and best efforts to reach their goals. That's where author Andy Core comes in. Change Your Day, Not Your Life offers a proven strategy to help you become energized at work. This book is designed as a resource for work-life balance, a tool to help you increase productivity during the final two hours of work by up to 47 percent, content to fuel employee communication, and a curriculum that departments can use in weekly or monthly meetings to keep everyone working at their best.\* Author Andy Core is a credentialed, award-winning thought leader on increasing employee engagement, productivity, and wellness motivation; his talent lies in helping hard-working, conscientious adults thrive at work and in their personal livesTurn wasted hours into tasks accomplished by following the methods found in Change Your Day, Not Your Life.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The must-have companion guide to the Raspberry Pi User Guide! Raspberry Pi chose Python as its teaching language of choice to encourage a new generation of programmers to learn how to program. This approachable book serves as an ideal resource for anyone wanting to use Raspberry Pi to learn to program and helps you get started with the Python programming language. Aimed at first-time developers with no prior programming language assumed, this beginner book gets you up and running. - Covers variables, loops, and functions - Addresses 3D graphics programming - Walks you through programming Minecraft - Zeroes in on Python for scripting Learning Python with Raspberry Pi proves itself to be a fantastic introduction to coding.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A practical guide for inexperienced marketers who have to develop a marketing strategyWith technology being built into products of all kinds, many businesses are hiring scientists, engineers, and designers to fulfill strategic marketing and product management roles. The Accidental Marketer is a practical guide for employees who are now responsible for developing strategy. These marketers will be able to immediately and successfully apply the ten tools featured in the book to create powerful strategies that increase sales and profits for any product in any industry.\* Explains how great marketers uncover insights about customers that competitors miss and use new insights to create a range of strategic options for their marketing plans\* Shows how the best marketers execute their strategies through developing innovative branding and communication plans and value propositionsThe Accidental Marketer allows any inexperienced marketer to step into a new role and develop an effective strategy. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Achieve your dream of retiring abroad while on a budget The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget provides a detailed guide to one of the least-known but most effective retirement strategies in today's chaotic economic environment: retiring abroad. The premise is simple: Enjoy a happier, healthier, more fulfilling retirement than you could possibly afford in the U.S. or Canada by finding the right overseas retirement haven. The book reveals those affordable havens and the strategies for successfully making the move that could save your retirement. Aimed at retirees and near-retirees in the U.S. and Canada, this book's strategies apply just as well to younger people and people with families who are looking for ways to improve their quality of life while at the same time lowering their cost of living. It includes solutions for the challenges of continuing to work and earn money abroad, too. As long-time contributors to the acknowledged leader in the field, International Living, authors Suzan Haskins and DanPrescher have at their disposal more than thirty years of International Living experience and expertise in the topic. They've been writing about living overseas for more than 12 years and have created their own broad and deep body of work, including regular blogs on the topic for Huffington Post and AARP. The authors include information and strategies that can be successfully applied by anyone regardless of their political or economic opinions. For anyone who wants a happier, healthier, more affordable life, The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget shows you how to enjoy the romance and excitement of living abroad on an affordable budget.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A decade of swift and stunning change has profoundly affected the psychology of how, when, and why we shop and buy. In Decoding the New Consumer Mind, award-winning consumer psychologist Kit Yarrow shares surprising insights about the new motivations and behaviors of shoppers, taking marketers where they need to be today: into the deeply psychological and often unconscious relationships that people have with products, retailers, marketing communications, and brands.Drawing on hundreds of consumer interviews and shop-alongs, Yarrow reveals the trends that define our transformed behavior. For example, when we shop we show greater emotionality, hunting for more intense experiences and seeking relief and distraction online. A profound sense of isolation and individualism shapes the way we express ourselves and connect with brands and retailers. Neurological research even suggests that our brains are rewired, altering what we crave, how we think, and where our attention goes.Decoding the New Consumer Mind provides marketers with practical ways to tap into this new consumer psychology, and Yarrow shows how to combine technology and innovation to enhance brand image; win love and loyalty through authenticity and integrity; put the consumer's needs and preferences front and center; and deliver the most emotionally intense, yet uncomplicated, experience possible. Armed with Yarrow's strategies, marketers will be able to connect more effectively with consumers--driving profit and success across the organization.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - See the world differently through your new Nikon D5300Your new Nikon D5300 digital SLR camera represents something about you. It shows that you want something more than a point-and-shoot camera has to offer. You want to take better photos. You want more control. You don't want to rely on editing to make beautiful photographs. Well, there's good news-you now have the right tool to make that happen! Now you need to learn how to use it. The Nikon D5300 has more features and expanded capabilities, and offers you more options for shooting in different situations. Taking advantage of the full complement of controls and settings gives you the power to capture images in new and imaginative ways.Nikon D5300 For Dummies is your ultimate guide to using your new DSLR to its utmost capability. Author Julie Adair King brings her vast experience both as a veteran photographer and a photography teacher to you in this full-color, easy to follow Nikon D5300 guide. Nikon D5300 For Dummies contains more information that you would typically get in a basic photography course, plus information specific to the camera. Over 200 full-color images help illustrate concepts and apply them to the Nikon D5300, making this the ultimate reference for the beginning or veteran photographer.\* Master controls, basic photography principles, and shooting in auto\* Get creative with advanced settings and video functions\* Take charge with manual controls, and understand camera functionality\* Find tips on editing and sharing photosYou have an excellent camera. Don't be content with shooting in auto mode forever! Master your DSLR and learn your way around the settings for the most gorgeous photographs you've ever taken. Nikon D5300 For Dummies is your guide to making it all happen.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Anyone can start a business. But only leaders can succeed.Most entrepreneurs know the long odds: only a fraction of them will lead their enterprises through the rocky stages of growth to launch self-sustaining companies. Very few know how to outflank the failures that await them at every turn, including the most painful--being abandoned by key members of their team or getting pushed out by their board just as their business starts to generate real value.Derek Lidow is on a mission to improve these odds and change these outcomes. Throughout his long career--as CEO, innovator, and entrepreneur--he has tested virtually every aspect of launching a business. Lidow now argues that success is far less dependent upon a firm's idea or any grand strategy than it is upon something more personal: leadership. Emerging companies have specific leadership requirements, stage by fast-moving stage. Few founders have been able to leverage the tremendous power of this underrecognized reality--until now.Startup Leadership demonstrates how founders can adopt the skills that are required at each stage of their journey. Whether you are at the idea stage or managing a more mature enterprise, you can start to recognize the fundamental conflict: how to balance your selfish drives with the more selfless leadership required by the organization at any given time. The book shows you how to achieve this balance by:\* Assessing your unique motivations, traits, and skills\* Creating a personal leadership strategy that leverages your strengths and mitigates your weaknesses\* Mastering how to lead teams, including boards\* Understanding the five prerequisites for driving change\* Taking control of your inevitable crises, thereby strengthening your team and your leadershipWith Lidow's help, you will learn how to become the startup leader your business needs, and you'll move forward with your plans with greater confidence and success.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - According to a study published in Chief Executive Magazine, the most valued skill in leaders today is strategic thinking. However, more than half of all companies say that strategic thinking is the skill their senior leaders most need to improve. Elevate provides leaders with a framework and toolkit for developing advanced strategic thinking capabilities. Unlike the majority of books that focus on strategy from a corporate perspective, Elevate gives the individual executive practical tools and techniques to help them become a truly strategic leader. The new framework that will enable leaders to finally integrate both strategy and innovation into a strategic approach that drives their profitable growth is the Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking:1. Coalesce: Fusing together insights to create an innovative business model.2. Compete: Creating a system of strategy to achieve competitive advantage.3. Champion: Leading others to think and act strategically to execute strategy.Every leader desperately wants to be strategic--their career depends on it. Elevate provides the roadmap to reach the strategic leadership summit.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Everything you need to know to take amazing photographs using your new DSLRThe Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know to take fantastic photos with your new Nikon. In full color, this portable guide covers all of the essential controls, features, and functions of the Nikon D5300, using step-by-step instructions and providing full-color images of each menu screen. Nikon users will love this comprehensive field guide--it's just the right size to fit into a camera bag, so you'll be able to take it wherever your photography adventures take you.The guide goes beyond camera settings, offering you a refresher course in digital photography principles, and covering the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure. This perfectly sized field guide features:\* Compact size, allowing photographers to carry it wherever they go\* Professional advice on everything from composing a variety of shots to choosing lenses\* Colorful example images, along with detailed instructions on how to get the most from each of the camera's featuresFilled with amazing examples, this handy guide offers a variety of tips and tricks. You'll learn how to capture portraits, take character-filled candid shots, frame sports action, document travel, work with macro photography, and much more.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Radical, creative, often extreme, and incredibly successful management techniques from a leading global entrepreneur Written from the point of view of someone achieving business success in today's turbulent economy, Forget Strategy. Get Results offers you a fresh way of thinking about successfully managing any sort of business, under any conditions. Controversial, thought-provoking, and entertaining, it delivers TelecityGroup founder and former CEO, Michael Tobin OBE's, unconventional approach to management and shares the lessons he's learned on his path to building one of the world's largest data center provider companies. Radical, creative, often extreme, the techniques it describes are the same ones Michael used every day at TelecityGroup, and with which he has achieved nothing short of awe-inspiring results. - Inspiration and practical tips for managers or business leaders who are stuck in a rut and in search of new ways to motivate their teams, make bolder decisions and handle change with more agility - Makes managers at all levels rethink and reassess the way they plan, manage, and deliver vision in their organizations - Identifies eleven fundamental rules that any manager or leader can adopt at any level in any organization - Identifies the core characteristics that underpin Michael Tobin's, OBE controversial management philosophy and illustrates how they have been applied with fascinating, often hilarious stories and vignettes.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Helping teachers prepare elementary students to master the common core math standardsWith the common core math curriculum being adopted by forty-three states, it is imperative that students learn to master those key math standards. Teaching the Common Core Math Standards with Hands-On Activities, Grades 3-5 is the only book currently available that provides activities directly correlated to the new core curriculum for math. This text assists teachers with instructing the material and allows students to practice the concepts through use of the grade-appropriate activities included.Students learn in different ways, and Teaching the Common Core Math Standards with Hands-On Activities, Grades 3-5 acknowledges that fact through the inclusion of suggestions for variations and extensions of each concept to be used for students with different abilities and learning styles. The activities and lessons are as diverse as the students in your classroom. Inside Teaching with Common Core Math Standards With Hands-On Activities Grades 3-5, you will find:\* Clear instructions to help you cover the skills and concepts for the new math core curriculum\* Engaging activities that enforce each core math standard for your students\* Various suggestions for ways to instruct the concepts to reach the diverse learning styles of your students\* Complete coverage of mathematical calculations, mathematical reasoning, and problem-solving strategies appropriate for grades 3-5Teaching the Common Core Math Standards with Hands-On Activities, Grades 3-5 prepares students to achieve success in the important area of mathematics. As your students gain an understanding of the common core standards, they will build confidence in their ability to grasp and manipulate mathematical concepts as they move forward to the next level.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Buyer behavior has changed the marketplace, and sellers must adapt to survive The Collaborative Sale: Solution Selling in Today's Customer-Driven World is the definitive guide to the new reality of sales. The roles of buyers, sellers, and technology have changed, and collaboration is now the key to success on all sides. The Collaborative Sale guides sales professionals toward alignment with buyers, by helping them overcome their problems and challenges, and creating value. From building a robust opportunity pipeline and predicting future revenues to mastering the nuances of buyer conversations, the book contains the information sales professionals need to remain relevant in today's sales environment. Buyers have become more informed and more empowered. As a result, most sellers now enter the buying process at a much later stage than the traditional norm. The rise of information access has given buyers more control over their purchases than ever before, and sellers must adapt to survive. The Collaborative Sale provides a roadmap for adapting through sales collaboration, detailing the foundations, personae, and reality of the new marketplace. The book provides insight into the new buyer thought processes, the new sales personae required for dealing with the new buyers, and how to establish and implement a dynamic sales process. Topics include: Selling in times of economic uncertainty, broad information access, and new buyer behavior Why collaboration is so important to the new buyers The emergence of new sales personae - Micro-marketer, Visualizer, and Value Driver Buyer alignment, risk mitigation, and the myth of control Situational fluency, and the role of technology Focused sales enablement, and buyer-aligned learning and development Implementation and establishment of a dynamic sales process The book describes the essential competencies for collaborative selling, and provides indispensable supplemental tools for implementation. Written by recognized authorities with insights into global markets, The Collaborative Sale: Solution Selling in Today's Customer-Driven World is the essential resource for today's sales professional.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - When she was five, the author was placed in an oral deaf school. There, she was trained to communicate only in spoken English. Her determination led to achievements that caused many to identify her as a 'deaf girl that had made good.' This book tells her story.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - An invaluable compendium of 75 creative art projects for art educators and classroom teachers This authoritative, practical, and comprehensive guide offers everything teachers need to know to conduct an effective arts instruction and appreciation program. It meets secondary art teacher's unique needs for creating art lessons that cover everything from the fundamentals to digital media careers for aspiring artists. The book includes ten chapters that provide detailed instructions for both teachers and students, along with creative lesson plans and practical tools such as reproducible handouts, illustrations, and photographs. - Includes 75 fun and creative art projects - Fully updated to reflect the latest changes in secondary art instruction, including digital media and digital photography - Heavily illustrated with photographs and drawings For art teachers, secondary classroom teachers, and homeschoolers, this is the ideal hands-on guide to art instruction for middle school and high school students.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - #1 Amazon Bestseller in Lean Management Discover the methods of lean startups that can revolutionize large organizations and their products Even in a tough economic climate, the startup business community has found a way to create innovative, game-changing products in shockingly short timeframes. So why should larger, more established companies take notice Because they have everything to gain when they examine and adopt the strategies, tools, and attitudes of these smaller competitors. The Lean Enterprise presents a groundbreaking design for revolutionizing larger organizations, one that draws on the ingenious tenets and practices espoused by the startup community. The guidelines in this book will help companies shake the lethargy, bureaucracy, and power struggles that plague large organizations and hold them back from true innovation. At the heart of this resource is a comprehensive, practical approach based on methods, timetables, compensation, financial investment, and case studies that reveal the startup mentality. Respected thought leaders in lean startup methodologies, the authors cover successful enterprise development, development innovation labs, corporate venture arms, and acquisition and integration of startups. - Essential reading for entrepreneurs, product managers, executives and directors in Forbes 2000 organizations, and board members - Presents the tools and methodologies large businesses need to compete with a new generation of highly-empowered entrepreneurs - Covers lean startup culture and principles and identifies the behaviors that arestunting growth at large enterprises - Offers a comprehensive, practical approach for developing exciting products and services and opening vast new markets Don't be mystified by the success of startups. Master the methods of this new generation of entrepreneurs and compete on a level playing field.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Demonstrating the intellectual excitement that is the practice of history at its best, Paul Conkin's The New Deal is still one of the best known titles in the very popular American History Series, edited by John Hope Franklin and A.S. Eisenstadt.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Tools and techniques from the trailblazers in data-based education reformOver a period of several years, Amanda Datnow and Vicki Park visited public schools with a reputation for being ahead of the pack in data-driven decision making. The results of this pioneering study reveal how education leaders can make data work for students and teachers, rather than against them.This book is an essential guide to meeting the challenges of high-stakes accountability, building performance-based schools, and improving student outcomes. By following the advice in this book, you'll be able to transform data overload into a data-positive school culture. You'll learn the difference between 'data-driven leadership' and 'data-informed leadership,' and how to use distributed leadership to inspire collaboration and guided analysis.Incorporating narrative reflections drawn from real educators and administrators, the authors refine their observations and interviews into practical conclusions that leaders can put to use immediately. This book empowers leaders to support inquiry, build trust in data-based initiatives, establish goals for evidence use, and provide educators with the skills they need to mobilize data for the good of all stakeholders.'Datnow and Park's ideas are easily accessible and grounded in clear examples, and their seven 'calls' about what needs to be done nail the problem and the solutions. Use this book as your action guide and you'll be rewarded with better results in student learning.'--Michael Fullan, professor emeritus, University of Toronto'Datnow and Park uncover, at last, what it means to use data to inform leadership. Documenting the four P's (people, policies, practices, and patterns) in schools, we learn about the organization and dynamics of reform informed by data. A must read!'--Ann Lieberman, senior scholar, Stanford University.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A step-by-step guide to successfully transforming any organizationIt is well recognized that succeeding at innovation is fundamental in today's hyper-competitive global marketplace. It is the only way to outperform current and emerging competitors sustainably. But what we call 'innovation' is messy and difficult and too often lacks the rigor and discipline of other management processes. The Innovator's Field Guide: Market Tested Methods and Frameworks to Help You Meet Your Innovation Challenges changes that. It is a practical guide that moves beyond the 'why' to the 'how' of making innovation happen, for leaders and practitioners inside organizations of all sizes.Written by two pioneers in the field of embedding innovation in organization, The Innovator's Field Guide focuses on the most pressing innovation problems and specific challenges innovation leaders will face and offers concrete solutions, tools, and methods to overcome them.\* Each chapter describes a specific innovation challenge and details proven ways to address that challenge\* Includes practical ideas, techniques, and leading practices\* Describes common obstacles and offers practical solutionsAny leader or professional who needs concrete solutions--right now--to the critical challenges of innovation will find invaluable aid in the practical, easy-to-understand, and market-tested approaches of The Innovator's Field Guide. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A Global History of Sexuality provides a provocative, wide-ranging introduction to the history of sexuality from the late eighteenth century to the present day.\* Explores what sexuality has meant in the everyday lives of individuals over the last 200 years\* Organized around four major themes: the formation of sexual identity, the regulation of sexuality by societal norms, the regulation of sexuality by institutions, and the intersection of sexuality with globalization\* Examines the topic from a comparative, global perspective, with well-chosen case studies to illuminate the broader themes\* Includes interdisciplinary contributions from prominent historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and sexuality studies scholars\* Introduces important theoretical concepts in a clear, accessible way. …