Power of Performance Management: How Leading Companies Create Sustained Value

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A groundbreaking new approach to creating and delivering world-class shareholder value
Creating the right performance management framework is the key to delivering sustained, world-class value. Under increasing pressure from shareholders to create sustained wealth, CFOs, CEOs, and controllers are desperate for new business planning methods that will help them meet constantly growing expectations. This book provides the framework for developing a strategic plan to develop world-class performance management capabilities. Numerous case studies and best practice examples help identify the key issues companies face in their drive to deliver and create value as well as the new role management must play in order to maximize performance management capabilities. The book also explores the various information technologies that support performance management.

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The daily practice of Performance Management.......2001-08-22

This book provides an excellent framework needed to develop a world class performance management process. It is not a theoretical book but it is based on the experiences of prominent companies like Sara Lee, Philip Electronics, Emerson Electric, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, NEC, and Xerox who have all used the techniques described in this book. Every chapter starts with a description of a particular challenge which companies have to overcome in their performance management process. Then, several ideas are given to deal with the challenge. Finally, the ideas are illustrated by real-life cases. This set-up makes it very easy for the readers to understand and then apply these ideas at their own companies. This book gives an outstanding overview of the current state-of-the-art in this field!

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How to borrow money below prime
Nelson E Brestoff
Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
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Binding: Paperback

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How to Borrow Money Below Prime-
Nelson E. Brestoff-
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Publishers-
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Binding: Hardcover
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Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of Canada
J Walton Groves Plant Research Institute
Manufacturer: Research Branch Canada Dept of Ag.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KI8L0S

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Illustrated in color and black & white pictures of Canadian mushrooms.

Edible and poisonous mushrooms of Canada (Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Publication)

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Edible and poisonous mushrooms of Canada (Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Publication)
James Walton Groves
Manufacturer: Research Branch, Canada Dept. of Agriculture
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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Mushrooms and Toadstools. An Account of the More Common Edible and Poisonous Fungi of Canada.

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Mushrooms and Toadstools. An Account of the More Common Edible and Poisonous Fungi of Canada.
H.T. and Odell, W.S. Gussow
Manufacturer: Division of Botany
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NUKQOW

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Mushrooms and Toadstools: an Account of the More Common Edible and Poisonous Fungi of Canada
H. T. Gussow And W. S. Odell
Manufacturer: F. A. Acland
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Binding: Hardcover
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Mushrooms and Toadstools: an Account of the More Common Edible and Poisonous Fungi of Canada
Gussow & Odell
Manufacturer: Honourable W. R. Motherwell, Minister of Agriculture
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Binding: Hardcover
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Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of Canada

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Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of Canada
J. Walton Groves
Manufacturer: Canadian Government Pub Centre
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Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of Canada
J. Waltpn Groves Plant Research Institute
Manufacturer: `Canada Department of Agriculture.
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Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of Canada
J Walton Groves Plant Research Institute
Manufacturer: Research Branch Canada Dept of Ag.
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ASIN: B000KI8KEA

Mushroom collecting for beginners (Canada. Department of Agriculture. Publication)

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Mushroom collecting for beginners (Canada. Department of Agriculture. Publication)
James Walton Groves
Manufacturer: Canada Department of Agriculture
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MUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS, An Account of the More Common Edible and Poisonous Fungi of Canada
H.T. And ODELL, W.S. GUSSOW
Manufacturer: Ministry of Agriculture, Division of Botany.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N55WJ6

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Most scientists live in a "publish or perish" environment, but few would describe themselves as brilliant (or enthusiastic) writers. Coming to the aid of all those wishing to improve the quality of their scientific writing -- established researchers and aspiring students alike -- three experienced authors/scientists from differing backgrounds and cultures have compiled this classic guide.
This new edition has been completely revised to reflect dramatic changes in communication over the past 15 years. The primary emphasis is on writing techniques, accurate expression, adherence to accepted standards, and above all clarity, but the authors also venture into communication technology and organizational as well as ethical aspects of science. Numerous appendices and a particularly comprehensive index complete this highly useful book.

"The authors have a passion, not only for clarity and economy of style, but also for precision and consistency."
(Nature)

"A wealth of information contained in a single book of manageable proportions. Students reporting on a simple laboratory experiment and their teachers preparing a paper or lecture will both find this book a constant companion."
(European Science Editing)

"The book under review claims, 'we know of no book as broad in its coverage, as critical in its analysis of existing trends, and as international in its scope'. This claim is immodest but accurate."
(Trends in Pharmacological Sciences)

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Great Buy for Any Science Major.......2005-10-09

I got this book as a recommendation for my cell bio class in undergraduate. It has really helped me in writing successful lab reports and scientific papers on journal articles. I would highly suggest this for any science major - especially if you are interested in doing research or attending graduate school.

The Art of Scientific Writing.......2004-05-29

The newest edition of The Art of Scientific Writing is a terrific resource for scientific and other writers alike. It offers information on preparing scientific works, ie books, dissertations, journal articles and reports, in addition to providing writing techniques, offering layout and design suggestions. The authors thoroughly cover several topics to help readers develop a sense of scientific writing, including figures and tables to clarify text selections. The chapters are divided by subcategory, which makes it easy to navigate through the book to find a topic. Because there are significant new scientific developments almost daily, a chapter on collecting and citing literature is included. The authors make suggestions throughout the book, such as how to build one's own literature collection, why abstracts are pertinent to articles and dissertations, and how to correctly space formulas within a document. Chapters included are Reports, Dissertations, Journal Articles, Books, Writing Techniques, Formulas, Figures, Tables and Collecting and Citing the Literature. Appendices offer further information on Reference Formats, Selected Quantities, Units and Constants, The 20 Commandments of Electronic Manuscripts, and Conversion Tips. The Art of Scientific Writing has a complete index listing every topic in the book, which assists in finding a topic quickly. By HF Ebel, C Bliefert, WE Russey.

The Art of Scientific Writing: From Student Reports to Professional Publications in Chemistry and Related Fields.: An article from: Technical Communication

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The Art of Scientific Writing: From Student Reports to Professional Publications in Chemistry and Related Fields.: An article from: Technical Communication
Julie Kinyoun
Manufacturer: Society for Technical Communication
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Technical Communication, published by Society for Technical Communication on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 835 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Art of Scientific Writing: From Student Reports to Professional Publications in Chemistry and Related Fields.
Author: Julie Kinyoun
Publication: Technical Communication (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2005
Publisher: Society for Technical Communication
Volume: 52 Issue: 1 Page: 89(2)

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Outstanding !!!.......2004-05-02

Uses remotely sensed images, primarily from the Landsat 1, 2, & 3 series of spacecraft, to document, monitor, & study the glacierized regions of Europe. Images were acquired primarily during the middle to late 1970's. Covers the Austrian, Swiss, French & Italian Alps; the Pyrenees, Spain & France; Norway, & Sweden. The present areal distribution of glaciers was compared, where possible, with historical information about their past extent

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Newton's inverse-square law of gravitation has been one of the cornerstones of physics ever since it was proposed 300 years ago. One of its most well known features is the prediction that all objects fall in a gravitational field with the same acceleration. This observation, in the form of the Equivalence Principle, is a fundamental assumption of Einstein's General Relativity Theory. This book traces the history of attempts to test the predictions of Newtonian Gravity, and describes in detail recent experimental efforts to verify both the inverse-square law and the Equivalence Principle. Interest in these questions have increased in recent years, as it has become recognized that deviations from Newtonian gravity could be a signal for a new fundamental force in nature. This is the first book devoted entirely to this subject, and will be useful to both graduate students and researchers interested in this field. This book describes in detail the ideas that underlie searches for deviations from the predictions of Newtonian gravity, focusing on macroscopic tests, since the question of gravitational effects in quantum systems would warrant a separate work. A historical development is combined with detailed technical discussions of the theoretical ideas and experimental results. A comprehensive bibliography with approximately 450 entries is provided.

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Is great book about the science!!!.......2005-12-22

My comrade Vladimir say to me about this book. Is wonderful! My laboratory is awaiting with expectation for next book by Fischbach! Perhaps next subject is terrible secrets of space! Fischbach is great American physicist brotherhood.

Excellent work for all those facinated with phisics.......1999-05-13

This book was really, really good. I especially liked the pictures that showed balls bouncing against each other and flying back into the air doing that stuff. I think that physics is great.

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Love in the city is a different kind of crazy

Unattached and independent, a free spirit flying high uptown, Leslie is black, beautiful, twenty-one. . .and still a virgin. Not that there's any lack of interested males in this level-headed young sista's world. But she's got too much self -respect--and too much going on--to take a wrong step that just might trip her up but good. So why is her one weakness a hardworking chocolate dream named Benjamin--who's much older than she is (thirty-four!). . .and just happens to be living with another woman and their teenage son?

Of course, Leslie could have her cousin Rachelle's problems, A divorced mother of three, Rachelle could easily bask in the steady, loving--if penniless--devotion of Anthony, who is fine. . .and twelve years her junior. But of course, it's Eustace--married Eustace--who makes her knees buckle.

It's a city full of hard choices--some good, some bad. . .some crazy--and each one has its consequences. So what else can a girlfriend do except try to keep her head while she follows her heart. . .all in the name of love?

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great debut.......2004-05-21

Please, don't be fooled by the negative reviews. This was a great book!

Enjoyed very much.......2004-04-22

I thought this was a really good book with the exception of some editing errors. The book is about independant Leslie who is in school, and eager to get her career off the ground. She falls for a much older man with some major baggage is trying to figure out what she should do. Her "cuz" Rachelle is a single mother of three trying to juggle two men, and her life. The book is an easy read, and will hold your interest.

Again my only complaint is the editing. In one chapter Rachelle is driving a white toyota, then in another chapter it's a blue Toyota. Then she is driving a blue Plymouth, that turns into a blue Mazda. I hope Hunter Hayes got a much better editor with the next book.

Expected Better.......2002-10-29

Sometimes with a little more thought and editing an OK novel can turn into a better novel. I expected better. Leslie, the central character was not developed enough for you to appreciate the situations she encountered, especially dealing with Benjamin, the fine & sexy Construction worker. She meets him, briefly plays strong Sista, hard to get but looses it somewhere along the line when she becomes a tad to comfortable with his reasoning of why he lives his life the way he does.

Then there's Rachelle, who does the 180% of Leslie and instead of opening herself up to men decides to finally leave all of that alone and to devote time to herself and God. In turn, she winds up meeting a very Special man without even trying. I personally was more attracted to Rachelle's plight and bootstrapping rise to happiness.

I only hope that the author has new insight into devolping her characters in her sophomore attempt. And that maybe she adds a little suspense or mystery to the already exhasted "girl meets boy" theme.

good first one.......2002-01-31

Leslie is a 21 year old virgin, just tryin to find the right man. She meet's Ben a much older guy, who she think might be the one, but has a lot of extra baggage. Rachelle who is Leslie's cousin is also looking for a good man, but she can't seem to get over her ex, plus the much younger guy who's in love with her. I throught the book was funny, and a fast good read about women tryin to find the right one.

good first one.......2002-01-31

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Shoe's on the Otha' Foot
Hunter Hayes
Manufacturer: HarperTorch
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEXSB0

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Shoes's On The Otha' Foot

Manufacturer: Harper-Torch
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Literature & Fiction | Large Print | Formats | Books
ASIN: 0739413759

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Shoe's on the Otha' Foot
Hunter; Green, Brandi C. (editor) Hayes
Manufacturer: Stone Edge Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HMH7ZW

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Shoes on Da Otha Foot
Hunter Hayes
Manufacturer: Perennial
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Contemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0380814846

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