Mastering Risk Volume 1: Concepts

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Comprehensive, thought provoking, readable.......2001-11-15

This book appears to be a compilation of the 10 issue Mastering Risk supplement to the Financial Times. It walks the reader through a broad range of risk issues, from the traditional insurance type risks through to high level financial risks.

Very readable - the chapters contain 3-5 articles each 4-6 pages long - ideal for reading when travelling by air.

Excellent reference book to turn to when you need a quick update on specific issues. May become dated as many examples are specific to events in 2000.

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A new paradigm in facility management

A unique, just-in-time resource from profession leader Eric Teicholz, Facility Design and Management Handbook empowers you to make your facility state of the art. Packed with tips from U.S. and international case studies from government, health care, retail, finance, manufacturing, and academia, this guide gives you access to the productivity tools, technologies, and stratagems that have revolutionized the field in the last five years, helping you to:
Find the best, most cost-effective solutions for issues from “greenness” and sustainability to disaster recovery and technology integration
Use new tools for space and asset allocation, project management, process coordination, and systems integration
Improve accuracy in financial forecasting, budgeting, architectural and interior design planning, and market research
Create cost-effective “smart” buildings with state-of-the art security, energy management, lighting strategies, and maintenance efficiency
Discover innovative solutions for human resources needs
Integrate the Internet into your management program
Automate nearly all your tasks for major productivity gains
Apply benchmarking standards and other measurements that demonstrate and assure facility management productivity

Accompanying time-saving, efficiency-boosting CD-ROM is loaded with sample documents—from budgets, schedules, plans to cost-benefit analyses, checklists, forms and audits; standards for communications and database, integration, building and construction, CAD conventions; Web links and other resources.

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Excellent FM handbook for 2001 and beyond.......2001-05-07

A very comprehensive manual (31 chapters, over 500 pages) for any level of facilty management professional. Each chapter is written by practicing professionals and "expert" consultants. Given that the field of FM covers so many areas, it is useful to have many different perspectives from professionals in the field formed into one big book. Chapters are grouped into phases of FM disciplines, i.e, planning, design, management, technology. There are high level topics such as Strategic Facility Planning, Sustainable Design, Portfolio Management and Business Transformation. Also very detailed, nuts & bolts for topics such as Financial Management for FM's, Energy Management, System Implementation for CMMS (Maintenance systems, Benchmarking, Condition Assessment, and case studies for CAFM technology. Brief chapter summaries are provided to assist reader with content coverage. There are lots of graphics/figures which help readability of this thick book, as well as a CD with websites and templates for RFP's, standards and process related functions.

Energy Management Handbook, Sixth Edition

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Energy Management Handbook, Sixth Edition
Wayne C. Turner , and Steve Doty
Manufacturer: Fairmont Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0849382343

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Newly revised and edited, this comprehensive handbook is the definitive stand-alone energy manager's desk reference, used by thousands of professionals throughout the industry. The sixth edition includes new chapters on ground-source heat pumps, sustainability, and high performance green buildings, plus an in-depth revision of sections on control systems. In this book, you will find detailed coverage of every component of effective energy management, including energy auditing, economic analysis, boilers, steam systems, cogeneration, waste-heat recovery, building envelope, HVAC systems, electric energy management, control systems, lighting, energy systems maintenance, industrial insulation, alternative energy, indoor air quality, utility rates, thermal energy storage, codes standards, natural gas purchasing, energy security, utility deregulation, financing, commissioning, as well as measurement and verification of energy savings. Detailed illustrations, tables, graphs, and many other helpful working aids are provided throughout.

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Outdated.......2007-05-25

I was expecting the new edition to have updated a few things, for example LEDs are still neglected in the lighting sections.
All in all it's still a good reference manual. The visual presentation of the material is disturbing; it's full of copy/pasted excel tables in low resolution.

The Health Care Manager's Human Resources Handbook

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The Health Care Manager's Human Resources Handbook
Charles R. McConnell
Manufacturer: Management Concepts Inc
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Binding: Paperback

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This unique book about HR management is written for health care department managers who must relate to and work with their HR departments and must manage their personnel.

McGraw-Hill Recycling Handbook, 2nd Edition

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McGraw-Hill Recycling Handbook, 2nd Edition
Herbert F. Lund
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Answers to hundreds of complex questions on developing a successful recycling program

Providing a bridge between recycling experts and the officials charged with developing and running recycling programs and operations, this practical reference offers an overview of recycling, including the current laws that govern recycling, the strategic goals of recycling programs, and the need to boost public awareness of the value of recycling.

The handbook examines a wide range of recyclable materials--from papers, plastics, and cans to construction and demolition materials and household wastes. For each material, it discusses collection and separation procedures, costs, the potential for re-use, the projected market, and problems and solutions. Numerous illustations highlight the technology used in creating an integrated system of waste management.

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In Recycling.......2000-09-13

Well this is a must have , book by all the liberies , because

the usefulnes of its contents, I've read older editions and

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Personnel Management in the Medical Practice offers key information on all personnel issues. It includes checklists, sample forms and vignettes to help readers understand the material and personalize it their practices. This is a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve employee relations and make the medical practice thrive. Highlights include:

-The process of hiring employees including legal aspects, recruiting and training

-Compensation, benefits and payroll

-Policies, procedures and safety

-Sexual harassment

-Employee theft

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-Motivating staff

-Communicating with staff

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Forgotten Men: The Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Allen Ermentrout
Manufacturer: Exposition Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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The Forgotten Boys of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Who Enlisted As Boys and Were Discharged As Men

Manufacturer: Rocky's Printing
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Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: B000BR6UEM

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Contains the author's detailed solutions of almost every one of the 267 problems contained in the second edition of this textbook.

Solutions Manual for Molecular Quantum Mechanics

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Solutions Manual for Molecular Quantum Mechanics
P. W. Atkins
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKYWJQ

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The presentation and representation of the environment can be found in every academic discipline and is a subject of increasing attention by the media. Scientists use implicit strict codes that need to be clearly understood by users of their findings. Their approach can and often does clash with alternative environmental information available from other sources that dwell on subjective aesthetic, emotional and personal sensitivities. Historical and literary accounts emphasize subjective responses to the environment, frequently eschewing measurable and measured facts provided by scientific investigation. It is vital to understand how these sources are filtered by users and applied selectively for various purposes in taking practical decisions about environmental action, in a political context and for education purposes. The chapters in this volume exemplify these important matters and demonstrate their significance in the fields of environmental action, in political contexts and for environmental education.

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Men's fiction, the second book of four: comic espionage. Of four men, two seek to create plots in order to betray them. One goes slowly mad from a drug administered by his wife and his own mother; one finds a dispassionate lover with whom to hide; all plans are blocked by the assassination of Kennedy.

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A great yarn.......2003-09-24

Brad Field has written an engrossing page-turner in the vein of Tom Clancy meets Tennessee Williams.

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