Hardball for Women: Winning at the Game of Business

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In Hardball for Women, Pat Heim shows women how to break patterns of behavior that have put them at a disadvantage in the business world of men. Whether the arena is a law firm, a medical group, a corporation, or any other work environment, Hardball for Women decodes the male business culture and gives readers strategies on how to use its rules to get ahead—and stay ahead. Readers will learn to:

• Be assertive without being obnoxious
• Display confidence
• Engage in smart self-promotion
• Lead both men and women—and recognize the differences between them
• Use “power talk” language to your advantage

Customer Reviews:

Hardball for Women.......2007-10-10

I first read this book in 1993. I was one of 3 team leads on a large project and we were just getting started. This is straight, no nonsense talk. Within 3 months, the other 2 team leads read it as well as the project lead, the project manager, our division administrative assistant and our pruchasing agent. Only 1 of these persons was a male. He got just as much out of it as the women.

My extremely well-worn copy gets perused at least once a year. This is a must read for both genders.

Excellent guide to communication, power, and perception in the workplace........2007-07-28

I enjoyed this book and have recommended it to my executive coaching clients-- both men and women who have also benefited from it. As a psychologist I appreciate the thorough research references and developmental lifespan approach (the authors discuss how difference communication and behavior patterns are formed based on how girls and boys play).

The only reason that I gave the book 4 instead of 5 stars is that it had a slight flavor of how to be more like men to be successful in the corporate world. I believe that it is important to be aware of cultural variables and how they impact the way you are perceived and your power in the workplace. However, there is a great body of research that shows that the way people are *most* successful is to capitalize on their natural strengths and talents.

My concern is that women may become focused on how to play hardball (i.e., act differently than how they have been socialized to act) and neglect to harness their true inherent or learned strengths. We as women need to focus more on how we can use our house and doll lessons to our advantage instead of always focusing on how to play hardball. That said, this is an excellent book that every business person needs to read.

A useful guide for men, too........2006-12-20

OK, so I'm pretty secure in my masculinity -- I eat woman-specific Luna Bars and think they're delicious! This book could equally be titled "How to Play Hardball," as the truly woman-specific sections on dress and biology are few and far between.

As someone coming into a management role from a male-dominated but "softball" field (engineering academia/research), I needed to understand what the game *was* and how to play it right. This book is especially worthwhile for men if you don't have a childhood background in competitive sports or you're a man more inclined towards collaboration than competition.

Insightful.......2005-12-31

This book points out a lot of things women might be aware of but don't really think about. It really changed my perspective and the whole office politic games. I bought this book are a couple of women friends in management and would recommend this to anyone in a supervisor position.

Learn to play hardball--woman style.......2004-08-15

This review is a collaborative writing project completed by a ENGL/227 class at DeVry University in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado.

This book teaches you how to be a team player as well as a leader. Playing hardball doesn't mean being ruthless or heartless. Highlights include using nonverbal cues to your advantage, using "power talk" to come across as confident, and making the most out of criticism. The only thing we would change is the book's cover design. It is very outdated. All in all we would recommend this book to all professionals, men and women. :)

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In the last decade, time-series econometrics has made extraordinary developments on unit roots and cointegration. However, this progress has taken divergent directions, and has been subjected to criticism from outside the field. In this book, Professor Hatanaka surveys the field, examines those portions that are useful for macroeconomics, and responds to the criticism. His survey of the literature covers not only econometric methods, but also the application of these methods to macroeconomic studies. The most vigorous criticism has been that unit roots to do not exist in macroeconomic variables, and thus that cointegration analysis is irrelevant to macroeconomics. The judgement of this book is that unit roots are present in macroeconomic variables when we consider periods of 20 to 40 years, but that the critics may be right when periods of 100 years are considered. Fortunately, most of the time series data used for macroeconomic studies cover fall within the shorter time span. Among the numerous methods for unit roots and cointegration, those useful from macroeconomic studies are examined and explained in detail, without overburdening the reader with unnecessary mathematics. Other, less applicable methods are dicussed briefly, and their weaknesses are exposed. Hatanaka has rigourously based his judgements about usefulness on whether the inference is appropriate for the length of the data sets available, and also on whether a proper inference can be made on the sort of propositions that macroeconomists wish to test. This book highlights the relations between cointegration and economic theories, and presents cointegrated regression as a revolution in econometric methods. Its analysis is of relevance to academic and professional or applied econometricians. Step-by-step explanations of concepts and techniques make the book a self-contained text for graduate students.

Time-Series-Based Econometrics: Unit Roots and CO-Integrations

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Time-Series-Based Econometrics: Unit Roots and CO-Integrations
Michio Hatanaka
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press(UK)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OL07KS

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While the decline of U.S. economic growth has been widely recognized and debated by professional economists, no one has until now offered a comprehensive description and explanation. Professor Bjork does so, and he explains the growth slowdown as a natural consequence of economic maturity. In addition, Bjork explains how productivity growth occurs within industries and the economy as a whole and how accounting conventions fail to account for growth in expanding sectors of the economy such as services and government. He quantifies the effects of structural change in slowing the rate of growth, and he demonstrates why taxes and transfer payments for the education of the young and the maintenance and health care of the retired population necessarily increase with economic growth and maturity. This is an important synthesis for professional economists and policy makers as well as students and the concerned public. _

Customer Reviews:

Adam Smith for the 21st century.......2000-06-22

Unlike most contemporary economists, Bjork does not present a theory and then attempt to find evidence that supports it. Rather he has examined and presented historical data which show the inevitability of economic slowdown all on thier own. His clear analysis is easy to read and comprehend. The implications of this book, both implicit and explicit, cross the lines of economics, public policy, and philosophy. This is an important book to everyone in the younger generation.

The Way It Worked And Why It Won*t : Structural Change And The Slowdown Of U.s. Economic Growth

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The Way It Worked And Why It Won*t : Structural Change And The Slowdown Of U.s. Economic Growth
Gordon C. Bjork
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORBEEU

The Way It Worked And Why It Won*t: Structural Change And The Slowdown Of U.s. Economic Growth (paperback)

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The Way It Worked And Why It Won*t: Structural Change And The Slowdown Of U.s. Economic Growth (paperback)
Gordon C. Bjork
Manufacturer: Praeger Paperback
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORBELI

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This delightful book contains hundreds of funny kid stories from the author's award-winning newspaper column. With 20 full-page, full-color watercolor illustrations and slightly over-size type, this book makes a nice gift for new parents, grandparents, educators, childcare providers and nursing home residents. The 20 chapters have titles such as: Kids and Their Creater, Kids and Groan Ups, Kids and Dollars and Sense, Kids and the Birds and the Bees, etc. It's a gift that keeps on giving... a smile. (Excerpt included below)

Book Description

Hundreds of funny stories in more than 20 chapters such as "Kids and Their Creator," "Missed Manners," "Bedtime Blues," "Kids and the Birds and the Bees," "Bathroom Humor," "Kids and Sports" and "Kids and Christmas" will delight readers from ages 9 to 99! The last chapter called "Our Family Stories" provides blank pages for families to write in their own stories and create a keepsake volume that will grow in sentimental value over the years. Twenty full-color watercolors by award-winning artist Debbie Rittenhouse make the book "coffee table quality."

Customer Reviews:

Delightful!.......2000-02-12

"Funny Things Kids Say" is a wonderful reminder of real life with children. It is humorous yet so true. Children will interpret words and situations in the most ridiculous ways. And "Funny Things Kids Say" is an excellent look at the brighter side of childhood. Once you start it, you won't put it down! Highly recommended for parents, teachers and others who deal daily with our fascinating children.

Parents' Choice Award.......1999-01-20

The Parents' Choice Foundation, the only nonprofit consumer guide of its kind, has selected "The Funny Things Kids Say, Vol. 3" for honors as an approved book for parents and children. The Foundation said the book is "an amazing accomplishment."

TAKE A BREAK AND GET READY TO GIGGLE!.......1998-10-07

As a bonified rat in the rat race of the current modern day world - my breaks - like millions of others - are often over looked. But when I get really bogged down - The Funny Things Kids Say Vol. 3 comes off of the book shelf. Hi, my name is Jodie Lynn and I am a parenting columnist. I don't profess to be an expert - but kids are one thing I know - as does my good friend - Grace Housholder - the author of this book. Any time of any day when you feel like you are going to explode from "overscheduling," go for the gusto and open up this delightful and wonderful book. Kids really do say the funniest things and it is captured uniquely on every page. Just remember these words - TAKE A BREAK AND GET READY TO GIGGLE! :)

This will keep you laughing for years........1998-10-07

This book is a family-friendly, inspirational book, making it ideal for your personal, school or church library. Grace Housholder's collection of "one-liners" by kids will keep you laughing for many years.

For parents, grandparents & children -- a treasure!.......1997-05-07

The afternoon I placed Housholder's books on my coffeetable in my living room was the last I saw of them for weeks. They turned up on my nine year old daughter's nightstand -- where they've been cherished ever since! With three younger brothers, my daughter gets a kick out of being "in the know" -- I recommend this book not only for parents, grandparents and anyone else who LOVES children, but for children themselves! It's fun, "family-friendly" reading for all

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Triad Power for Guitar
Mark Hanson
Manufacturer: Accent on Music
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0936799226

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Floyd: "That Opie is a fine boy."

Goober: "Yeah, nice relationship between Andy and Opie."

Floyd: "Yeah, father and son."

Act Like Somebody is a gift book containing meaningful quotations and carefully chosen pictures from The Andy Griffith Show that celebrate parenting. Andy Taylor's homespun wisdom, patience, love, and care are all shown in quotations and pictures from the time Opie was barely entering school when The Andy Griffith Show began, to the time when he was an early teenager in the show's last season eight years later.

Also included are other Mayberry families such as the Darlings and Spragues as well as parenting observations by Barney Fife and Malcolm Merriweather.

Act Like Somebody can be given to a mother or father in appreciation of their love and wisdom.

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Though most programmers use two or more languages, they usually have a mastery of one. Although Microsoft has advertised that the .NET runtime is language agnostic and that C# and Visual Basic .NET are so close that switching between the two is really quite easy, that?s only true up to a point. Some of the differences are obvious, but others are very subtle. C# & VB.NET Conversion Pocket Reference helps you easily make the switch from one language to another. The differences occur in three main areas: syntax, object-oriented principles, and the Visual Studio .NET IDE. Syntax concerns the statements and language elements. Object oriented differences are less obvious, and concern differences in implementation and feature sets between the two languages. IDE differences include things like compiler settings or attributes. There is also a fourth area of difference: language features that are present in one language but have no equivalent in the other. These unique language features are also covered in this book. C# & VB.NET Conversion Pocket Reference is a perfect companion for documents and books that don?t have examples using your mastered language. Author Jose Mojica expects that you know one of the two languages, but does not make an assumption about which one. He presents the information in a language-neutral point of view so that programmers from either background can read a section and feel that it is targeted to them.

Customer Reviews:

Great for experienced VB.NET Programmers.......2005-06-01

This is a great book to start programming in C#. I have been programming in VB.NET for over three years and this book has been very helpful while making the transition from VB to C# and every time I am going from one language to the other. It is nicely organized and you can quickly find the information and exmaples you need to start working.I definitely recommend this book. I got it (...)at my local bookstore and it is worth alot more than that.

Excellent Reference and Useful for Learning Both Languages.......2005-01-19

There are at least two advantages to knowing both languages.
- Understanding sample code and examples.
- Flexibility on multi-language projects.

I'm from a C++ background in the bad old days before .NET, but now I'm equally comfortable in either C# or VB.NET, largely due to this book.

Exclusive of conversion between the two langauges, it's also the best quick reference I have for either. Many times I've continued to search for my copy rather than turn to another source. Now I also subscribe to it on Safari, and when my hardcopy falls apart I'll probably buy another one.

It would be nice if it had an index, but I'm still giving it five stars since as far as I know there is no adequate substitute.

Great Pocket Reference.......2005-01-08

This is a great pocket reference for those of us who go back and forth between C# and VB.NET. It is also good for those who do not have to do that, but want to know the differences.

Granted, much of the .NET platform allows almost line-for-line conversion between languages, but there are many syntax differences. This book covers those for these two languages, as well as a special section of significant differences between the languages (in addition to the item-by-item coverage).

This is a handy little book, but because it is little, it sometimes slides to the back of the bookshelf (between two larger books). Still, well worth the price and peace of mind.

Good book.......2004-06-30

This book has been a lot of help for me. I came from an all C# programming background and took a job as a VB.NET programmer. With what I already knew, and this book as a reference I was programming VB.NET almost as well as I had programmed C# the very first day.

This book is a very handy tool for anyone to have especially for the price. My one compliant is that there is no index but you can quickly get use to thumbing though to find what you need in a hurry.

Very good book!.......2003-07-30

I picked up this book on a fling... but I am amazed at how useful I've found it. Most book authors today are gauged (by the publishing houses) according to the number of pages they turn in. This book on the other hand tries to squeeze a lot of good solid information into a small space without beating the topic to death.

It goes over some of the core differences of VB.NET and C# making not just a valuable reference in conversion between the two, but amazing for learning both languages if you're coming from a high level language (I'm a very strong VB programmer). Within a few minutes I learned how to build classes in both C# and VB.NET from this book. About 10 minutes later I had basic Overloading and Inheritance down. Granted, this book won't teach you what Inheritance is, but if you already know it your only problem is to learn the syntax and this book gives you the syntax quickly.

Another cool thing about this book is that it quickly also shows you what's WRONG with the languages at the IL level and will give you a quick bit of info about things that can cause problems (i.e., case sensitivity in C# which allows you to write functions that would result in ambiguous interpretation in VB.NET)

Remember: this book won't tell you what object oriented design is and won't tell you how to build an n-tier app in .Net, but it will teach you how to write a class in C# and VB.NET in about 1 minute :-) Its just as helpful to learn the basics, such as loops, indexing, calling conventions, etc...

If you are already good in high level languages and have gotten dropped head first into .NET, get this book and keep it nearby.

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