The Operational Auditing Handbook: Auditing Business Processes (Operational Auditing Handbook)

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This book is not essentially a "how to audit" book, but rather it serves to raise the consciousness of the underlying issues, risk and objectives for a wide range of operations and activities. It stimulates creative thought about the business context of operational audit reviews.

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Not Worth the Price.......2004-01-30

This book is not worth the price. It is written by an author from the UK and his concept of operational or "operations" auditing may be different from yours. The whole book is devoted to internal control. Each chapter provides a checklist of internal control questions for each business "operation," what we in the US would call a system, i.e. purchasing, accounting, ect. Nothing new is presented in this book and the information it provides can be obtained from other sources at much less cost.

A very good auditing handbook.......2000-03-25

"The Operational Auditing Handbook" is a very good and practical manual on auditing. It's accompanying software is easy to customize. The audit checklists are very accurate and experienced based. I put it on the same level as "Operational Profitability; Conducting Management Audits."

This book is very overpriced........1999-09-13

The cost of this book greatly outweighs its value. For information on operational auditing, I would look somewhere else.

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This 10-page Executive Report written for lawyers and buyers in the hospitality and lodging industry pinpoints specific types of seller liabilities that a buyer should be aware of when negotiating the purchase of a hotel business. A leading lawyer in real estate acquisitions, the author guides the buyer from disclosure to acquisition with an emphasis on uncovering what the seller may still owe and what the buyer might be unknowingly responsible for upon a purchase. Provided with the knowledge to utilize agreements strategically and the right hospitality lawyer to guide the buyer through acquiring, financing, and operating a hotel, buyers can limit their exposure and protect themselves against unexpected liabilities. Other topics include the Agreement of Purchase and Sale, union or collective bargaining agreements, document clauses, taxes, contracts, trade payables, employees, and financial protection. This Executive Report is written by: Mark L. Morris, Chair, Real Estate Department, Fox Rothschild LLP About Executive Reports: Executive Reports offer focused, hard-hitting advice from the leaders of some of America's top companies, packaged in a concise, readable format. Each research report provides readers with 3 to 5 strategies that will have a direct financial impact on their business. While not meant as a comprehensive guide, each report includes quick-hit items that can immediately impact specific business strategies. Executive authors drill down to the central issues surrounding each topic area and dispense expert advice in concise, direct language. Executive Reports feature leading professionals selected by the Aspatore Editorial Board based on their experience, research, and standing within the professional community.

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With many other distinguished scholars, contributions would inevitably gather closely around a particular branch of the law. It is a mark of the range of Colin Tapper's scholarship that these essays span evidence, intellectual property, computer law and computer applications.

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For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost its significance today. Few episodes in the development of scientific theory show so clearly how the solution to a highly technical problem can alter our basic thought processes and attitudes. Understanding the processes which underlay the Revolution gives us a perspective, in this scientific age, from which to evaluate our own beliefs more intelligently. With a constant keen awareness of the inseparable mixture of its technical, philosophical, and humanistic elements, Mr. Kuhn displays the full scope of the Copernican Revolution as simultaneously an episode in the internal development of astronomy, a critical turning point in the evolution of scientific thought, and a crisis in Western man's concept of his relation to the universe and to God.

The book begins with a description of the first scientific cosmology developed by the Greeks. Mr. Kuhn thus prepares the way for a continuing analysis of the relation between theory and observation and belief. He describes the many functions--astronomical, scientific, and nonscientific--of the Greek concept of the universe, concentrating especially on the religious implications. He then treats the intellectual, social, and economic developments which nurtured Copernicus' break with traditional astronomy. Although many of these developments, including scholastic criticism of Aristotle's theory of motion and the Renaissance revival of Neoplatonism, lie entirely outside of astronomy, they increased the flexibility of the astronomer's imagination. That new flexibility is apparent in the work of Copernicus, whose DE REVOLUTIONIBUS ORBIUM CAELESTIUM is discussed in detail both for its own significance and as a representative scientific innovation.

With a final analysis of Copernicus' life work--its reception and its contribution to a new scientific concept of the universe--Mr. Kuhn illuminates both the researches that finally made the heliocentric arrangement work, and the achievements in physics and metaphysics that made the planetary earth an integral part of Newtonian science. These are the developments that once again provided man with a coherent and self-consistent conception of the universe and of his own place in it.

This is a book for any reader interested in the evolution of ideas and, in particular, in the curious interplay of hypothesis and experiment which is the essence of modern science. Says James B. Conont in his Foreword: "Professor Kuhn's handling of the subject merits attention, for... he points the way to the road which must be followed if science is to be assimilated into the culture of our times."

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Case Study of a Scientific Revolution.......2007-02-16

"The Copernican Revolution" tells the epochal story of how the earth-centered cosmology of Ptolemy was replaced by the sun-centered cosmology of Copernicus and Kepler. The book is a classic. Kuhn understood how ideas influence each other and hang together in a system. He could write with equal erudition about observational astronomy, medieval theology, astrology, and Aristotelian physics.

"The Copernican Revolution" is a trove of historical and intellectual insights. Perhaps the main lesson is that scientific progress is not a simple matter of theory being adapted to observation. Multiple theories can account for the same observations, theories have complex non-observational bases of support, and extra-theoretical assumptions provided by "common sense" (such as the immobility of the earth) can be highly contingent products of a culture. Scientific progress is never guaranteed. Erroneous theories -- such as the theory placing the earth at the center of the universe -- can hold sway for centuries and generate a vast body of supporting evidence, only to fall out of sync with new observations and a new climate of opinion -- at which point they can hang on tenaciously, or collapse "suddenly" over the course of a generation or two. It all comes down to history.

Kuhn's great contribution to thought was to situate the history of science within the history of ideas -- he treated scientific theories as the products of cultures, institutions, and sheer accidents, not as deliverances of pure logic. "The Copernican Revolution" is fantastic and should be ready by anyone who enjoyed and learned from "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions." It's become fashionable to bash Kuhn lately but his books have a secure place in the canon of history and philosophy of science. Six stars!

How a world-view changed.......2005-04-02

The Sun and the planets and all the stars revolve around the Earth, which is itself at the center of the universe. Beyond the sphere of the fixed stars is nothing; there is no void or matter or anything, as voids cannot exist in nature. All these celestial bodies that do exist revolve in nice perfect circles. All these statements were once common knowledge to anyone with a smattering of education, even though astronomers were known to make slight variations on the concepts of circular motion. But today every single one of these concepts is demolished, and only fools believe in the Earth centered universe. Why was there a change? It certainly wasn't because of a mass of new information. The old geocentric universe was rejected long before anyone put up satellites and space probes to go zipping around the solar system. Even the invention of the telescope only provided the final blow to the old system. It was a fundamental change in thinking that made up the subject of The Copernican Revolution, Thomas Kuhn's look at the break between ancient and modern thinking on the subject.

Copernicus himself made no observations. He worked only with acquired data and ancient texts. What system did he start out with? This is important, as we can't understand what changed without knowing what was. Kuhn traces the nature of the Ptolemaic system with diagrams but virtually no equations (until the technical appendix at the end) to give the reader an understanding of what sorts of phenomena caught the eyes of ancient astronomers. The Sun and Moon and stars move in their own peculiar manners, and the planets, the wandering stars, behaved in the most peculiar manner of all. The ancients developed rather sophisticated methods to track and predict these movements using their own location as a reasonable starting point. Yet Copernicus had the idea that this starting point was not properly speaking the actual center of the universe. He developed a Sun centered system that qualitatively explained many phenomena (such as retrograde motion of the planets, a notable improvement) without some of the mathematical oddities of the old system, but required so many of its own modifications for accuracy that the final system was no neater than the original.

Yet some astronomers preferred the new to the old. This was, all myth busting aside, still a dangerous idea to advocate in the midst of the Reformation. There was a subtle distinction between advocating a mathematical model and advocating a statement of physical reality. There were many reasons to reject Copernicus, and Kuhn covers them here. There are two main themes: the first is that ancient astronomy was bound up with ancient physics and with theology, and rejecting one introduced many awkward questions about the rest that intellectually honest scholars couldn't ignore. The second is political. Most people know something of the story of Galileo and his confrontations with the Inquisition. It didn't help him that he was arrogant, that he mocked powerful people he called friends, and that politically it was a bad time to make waves. This is also touched upon briefly in Kuhn, but the focus remains on the intellectual revolution, and there Galileo had much to contribute in his new observations. Ultimately, the revolution was as much about insight and vision as about calculations and observations.

Readers more familiar with Kuhn from his later The Structure of Scientific Revolutions will find some of his discussion taking a familiar tone. Indeed, the Copernican revolution fits well with that model; it was a revolutionary idea that marked a turning point in Western science, straddling both the ancient and modern viewpoints. For the reader who is willing to visualize the issues and absorb the history, Kuhn has provided the most succinct and clear explanation of Copernicus's contribution to the Western world likely to be found anywhere.

Outstanding Elucidation.......2003-09-30

This book, written before his Structures, is condensed, well written and, for me at any rate, highly entertaining. No one with a casual understanding of the history of astronomy can read this and not be surprised. Of special interest is the illumination of the fact that at the time Copernicus offered his Helio-centric cosmology there was no good, scientific reason for accepting it - it being a geometric inversion of the Ptolemaic system and thus inheriting exactly all of the Ptolemaic deficiencies. Kuhn explores the reason for the gradual shift to Copernicanism and the effects a moving earth had on other sciences.

Excellent discussion and detail.......2003-08-05

The author gives thorough discussion about what Copernican revolution really is, who were the key players and how each contributed to the overall progress. In addition, it provides many technical details about many systems that affect the revolution in one way or the other. However, I do not think that any necessary astronomical experience is necessary to read the book, but in order to understand the full picture it is necessary to understand the technical details. Overall, the book develops the idea very clearly and gives insights that give a good understanding of how scientific thought developed.

A fascinating book.......2001-01-04

This book is an excellent and entertaining book for a scientific reader and/or for a general reader who doesn't mind being challenged a bit by logical arguments. Don't let this discourage you, though, since the logical arguments are not too difficult and really need to be discussed for completeness sake. The historical background adds to the book in a way comparable to Carl Sagan's 'COSMOS' series or to 'The Mechanical Universe' series. This book should be required reading for all enlightened westerners. It's THAT good.

The Copernican Revolution - Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought

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The Copernican Revolution - Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
Thomas S. Kuhn
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Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
Thomas S. Kuhn
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THE COPERNICAN REVOLUTION: PLANETARY ASTRONOMY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN THOUGHT
Thomas S. Kuhn
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
Thomas S. Kuhn
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The copernican revolution: Planetary Astronomy in The development of western Thought

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The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought (A Harvard Paperback, HP 16)

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The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought (A Harvard Paperback, HP 16)

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The Introductory Chemistry: Interactive CD-ROM is designed specifically for the one-term introductory course taken by non-science majors or by science majors in preparation for a full-year general chemistry course. The CD-ROM includes animations, video clips, molecular models that rotate in three dimensions, an interactive periodic table, and algorithm-based problem sets that generate nearly limitless numbers of solutions to give students extra practice in problem-solving. The Classroom Management System CD enables instructors to create class rosters, create practice sessions and tests, and view individual students' performance on a practice session or test.

Study Guide Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation/Introductory Chemistry/Basic Chemistry

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Study Guide Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation/Introductory Chemistry/Basic Chemistry
Steven S. Zumdahl
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Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation
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Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation, Introductory Chemistry, Basic Chemistry, Fifth Study Guide Edition

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Study Guide for Introductory Chemistry : A Foundation/Introductory Chemistry/Basic Chemistry (College Division)

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Study Guide for Introductory Chemistry : A Foundation/Introductory Chemistry/Basic Chemistry (College Division)
Iris Stovall
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The seventh edition of this classic marine textbook is now available for the first time in paperback. This highly respected book instructs both students and sea-going engineers in the operation, care and maintenance of the auxiliary machinery and apparatus on board ship and is essential reading for marine engineers preparing for British Certificates of Competency examinations, US Licenses and similar qualifications elsewhere.

Designed for ease of use, the detailed treatment and practical orientation of the subject matter is presented in a very accessible manner. The inclusion of suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter is of particular use to students and all those interested in any related titles. Alongside this, there is also sufficient theoretical background to enable the reader to fully understand the principles involved. These various features allow the book to also serve as a useful reference work for engineers in the shipbuilding and equipment manufacturing industries, as well as all sea-going engineers.

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Marine Engineeering Knowledge.......2001-02-28

An excellent review of topics. The best for engineering examination preparation leading to Engineers Competency Certificates.This book covers a clear description of all relevant chapters. Modernisation in marine engineering and relevant rules and regulations are also dealt with in an orderly fashion. A must buy book for marine engineers.

Acceptable vibration of marine steam and heavy-duty gas-turbine main and auxiliary machinery plants

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Acceptable vibration of marine steam and heavy-duty gas-turbine main and auxiliary machinery plants
Editors
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Audel's new marine engineers' guide;: A practical treatise on marine engines, boilers and auxiliary machinery ... and breakdowns and repairs at sea,

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Audel's new marine engineers' guide;: A practical treatise on marine engines, boilers and auxiliary machinery ... and breakdowns and repairs at sea,
Theodore Lucas
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Audels New Marine Engineers Guide: A Practical Treatise on Marine Engines, Boilers and Auxiliary Machinery
Theo Et. Al. Lucas
Manufacturer: Theo. Audel & Co.
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Audels new marine engineers guide;: A practical treatise on marine engines, boilers and auxiliary machinery ... and breakdown and repairs at sea; also ... regulations regarding engineers' licenses,

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Audels new marine engineers guide;: A practical treatise on marine engines, boilers and auxiliary machinery ... and breakdown and repairs at sea; also ... regulations regarding engineers' licenses,
Theodore Lucas
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MARINE AUXILIARY MACHINERY
H. and Et Al. Hillier
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Marine Auxiliary Machinery
W.D. Smith
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Marine Auxiliary Machinery And Systems
M. Khetagurov
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Originally published in the Soviet Union, this book consists of three parts: Marine Fluid-Pressure Mechanisms, Specialized Auxiliary Machinery, and Shipboard Systems.

Each part deals with the principles and fundamentals of the theory, design, and operation of a definite group of auxiliary machinery.

The theory involved is presented on a level which enables the reader to understand the operation of the machines, to evaluate their operational characteristics, to make verifying calculations and select machinery for specific cases, and also to properly analyze new designs and master their operation. The author regards the theoretical, design and reference material presented as the basis for carrying out normal operation and maintenance of auxiliary machinery, but not as a source providing information on their design or complete calculation.

The first part of the book is concerned with reciprocating, rotary, centrifugal, propeller and jet pumps, fans and fluid drives.

The second part considers only specialized auxiliary machinery.

The third part contains all necessary information on shipboard systems and the special systems of ice-breakers and tankers.

Naval reciprocating engines and auxiliary machinery;: Textbook for the instruction of midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy,
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Naval reciprocating engines and auxiliary machinery;: Textbook for the instruction of midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy,
John Kennedy Barton
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This workshop was the first one in this series held since the announcement of the formation of cold anti-hydrogen by the ATHENA and ATRAP experiments.

Research presented includes transport, collective modes, and the interplay between the two from both a particle and fluid perspective. This work is carried out in different geometries including cylindrical traps and toroidal systems. Research on cold anti-hydrogen is also represented, since accumulation of large numbers of antiprotons and positrons is a necessary precursor to recombination. Finally, several papers describing experiments on the physics of beams widens the scope to include beams and accelerators.

The Workshop on Non-Neutral Plasma Physics brings together investigators from diverse areas whose research has the common feature of involving plasmas that have constituent particles with the same sign of charge.

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Stanley and Roscoe rejoin Jasper and Boddie to rescue Beau Vue, Arkansas, while scamming mid-level corporate crooks and going into the prison business. JB_E, Esq., and Moanika leave the Caribbean to configure a Capitol con. Rhodenta visits downstate where the story of The Stag unfolds.

Storylines join together in an Icky fashion for an ending that rocks the world.

If you liked Hog Lick, AR, you’ll love Cozenage!

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The Adventure Continues.......2003-01-04

I enjoyed the characters, plots and sub-plots of "Hog Lick, AR" and looked forward eagerly to Mike's next book. He has produced a real winner. The characters from Hog Lick have grown in stature and breadth (and are more mischievous).

Once you pick up this book, it is difficult to put down. Mike Marsh has woven a fine tapestry with this effort. He keeps you involved at all times. The ending is especially wild!

If you enjoy the offbeat, you'll love "Cozenage: Beware the Scam".

Contemporary Comic Adventure.......2003-01-04

If Tim Dorsey honked the political satire horn a little harder, this might be something like he would do it, provided that he could get his tongue that far back in his cheek.

Zany, whacked-out characters, carried over from the author's first book, the irreverent Hog Lick, AR, are rejoined to connive creative con games, scams and schemes over a myriad of unsuspecting but generally deserving folk.

The irrepressible Stanley and his odiferous brother, Roscoe, catch up with Boddie, the questionable lawman, and Jasper, the curmudgeon, to build a scam preying upon outbound corporate crooks and eventually wind up with a whole town to accommodate some already convicted as well. Tinky, aka JB_E, conjoins with Moanika, the devil with the blue dress, to scam some hard-drinking Canadians and refugee executives before moving on to the Capitol to fry some much bigger fish.

Meanwhile, Cousin Rhodenta visits Lulu downstate in the sometimes serious tale of the Stag Bar. Aubrey, Cisco and the Humpster are but a few of the eccentric denizens thereabouts betwixt the Atomic Plant and the new prison.

Stanley provides economics lessons to the geezers of Beau Vue while lovely Sister Mary Lamb furnishes solace to Roscoe and other in-need elders there.

The unpredictable finale flourishes to international deception involving ex-Senator Ichabod Muskrat and his new sidekick, Packy, the failed but now converted terrorist.

Admittedly, this is 'literature-lite', perhaps less filling than a heavier tome, but still tasty and delicious, peppered with humor and seasoned with the spices of life. Full of earthy, humorous, down-home cynicism. If you are prone to grin at the politically incorrect, then this one just might be for you.

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