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What Every Manager Should Know About Training: An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Money's Worth From Training.
Robert F. Mager
Manufacturer: CEP Press
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If you use training services, especially if you have to pay for them out of your own budget, this book will help you:

- Determine why your employees' performance isn't meeting your expectations, and what to do about it
- Ensure that your employees possess the job-relevant skills they need
- Get training done in the least amount of time and at the least cost, whether training is obtained internally or from vendors
- Leverage training as a true competitive advantage

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Childish.......2006-01-10

I was expecting to learn stuff like the most effective way to train people, how to structure training programs, how people learn etc. Instead, this book covers stuff that's very elementary and anyone who's a manager and got a grain of sense should know. It has a condecending tone towards managers--as in, your people need training because you're a moron. For example, "there probably isn't one worker in a thousand who can clearly describe the results (or accomplishments) they are expected to achieve." or "It's not uncommon for people to be expected to do things that they haven't been given permission to do." I only got to about page 50 and the tone and quality were consistant with these quotes.

Look elsewhere if you have a brain.

Good book. Typical Mager - easy to read, lots of good stuff.......1999-07-29

Valuable book, well worth the reading time. Good for Managers, Training Managers and developers.

Get results, save money: apply this book........1999-06-15

In his typical clear, jargon-free style, Bob Mager explains what training is, and what it's not. "Training" won't fix a problem unless the problem stems from a lack of skill or knowledge.

Mager explains why you can't train your way out of badly designed jobs, or idiotic incentive systems, or a lack of resources. He also shows ways to deal with those barriers to accomplishment.

And that's the heart of the matter. In the world of training and development, we talk about performance improvement -- focusing first on the results you want to get, and then examining possible reasons why you're not getting those results. Mager's book demystifies that focus and that examination.

Skeptical? I've been in the training business for over 20 years. For people who want a quick, cogent, useful understanding of both training and performance improvement, there's no better place to start than with "What Every Manager Should Know."

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French Law Constitution and Selective Legislation (Parker School Studies in Foreign and Comparative Law, Columb)
Henry P. Devries , Nina M. Galston , and Regina Loening
Manufacturer: Juris Publishing, Inc.
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ASIN: 0929179005

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This is a night by night account of the stars. For every night of the year Sir Patrick Moore gives the reader details of interesting objects that can be seen from earth. It is a book for people with a wide interest in astronomy, those who may not have specialised in a specific area of astronomy and wish to expand their knowledge in all areas. This second edition is updated for astronomical events through until 2010.

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Should be "The Naked-Eye and Binocular Observer's Year".......2003-01-23

This is not the book to get if you have a telescope - the entries for each day of the year are oriented to naked-eye or binocular observing. The selections for each day of the year are a bit strange - e.g. lunar features are scattered throughout the book and tied to specific days but what you can see on the Moon will depend on the Moon's phase which will vary from year to year for each day of the year. This is likely to confuse beginners if they think they will see the lunar features he describes on any particular day. Better for Moore to have chosen from the long list of wonderful deep-sky objects whose visibility is certain for any day of the year.

Patrick Moore is the "grandfather" of British observing books and was knighted for his contribution (some 70 books) to amateur astronomy. But he was 75 years old when he wrote this book and he spends a lot of time conveying his opinions rather than simply presenting objects for beginners to view. Two of many examples are: he throws in irrelevant diatribes against astrology (a subject on which I strongly suspect he is ignorant), and he states that telescope users must only observe the Sun by projecting its image on a screen, which will certainly surprise the thousands of telescope owners who regularly and safely use solar filters on their scopes for direct solar viewing. To his credit he does discuss objects to view from the southern hemisphere but he only discusses this with respect to Australia and New Zealand, ignoring the possibility that there might be amateur astronomers in South America or Africa.

Moore does include interesting historical notes on many of his selections. But there are much better observing books around, and also much better books on the history of astronomy.

I was disappointed in this book.

A great gift for the practical observer........1998-09-22

The Observer's Year is a fascinating potpourri of sky observing delights; a book destined to serve many an astronomy buff as tattered-ear reference for years. With succeeding nights of the year as context, Patrick Moore opens a treasure chest of astronomy. Specific stars, galaxies, the Moon, planets, meteor showers, nebulae and clusters are described and discussed with a casual randomness not often seen in books of science. The author often pays homage to famous, and not so famous, heroes of astronomy, to great accomplishments or to noteworthy events. He marks many dates by describing an "anniversary" or "future point of interest" in margin notes. Tables and charts accompany many of the stories, and simple star maps are included for each month. Most welcome, this book is designed for those viewing the sky with naked eye, binoculars or small telescope, but the armchair astronomer will read and reread this book as well. The index is weak and, considering the randomized placement of the stories, makes finding specific items difficult. Also, the lack of photographs is often disappointing. But, all in all, this book is a good companion to any introductory astronomy text, and a great gift for the practical observer.

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Creative Defense
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Knowledge is the basic output of the defense technology establishment in the United States; it is what enables the development of weapon systems. From this premise, this volume explores the process of knowledge production in defense technology from the beginnings of the Cold War to the present time. Produced through the process of research and development (R&D), technical knowledge for defense is an economic commodity. It is "fundable" in the sense of having future value. Like other commodities in the futures market, it is purchased before it is produced. But unlike those other commodities, this knowledge is typically produced through the joint efforts of the customer and the vendor.

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Title: Avoiding the `misuse' defense in products cases: manufacturers often cite product `misuse' to blame consumers for their injuries. Plaintiff attorneys can thwart this effort to avoid liability by using careful discovery and creative pleading.
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Date: October 1, 2000
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