CIMA Study System 05: Financial Accounting and Tax Principles, First Edition: For May and November 2005 Exams (Cima Study Systems Managerial Level 2005 S.)

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The 2005 edition of CIMA's Official Study Systems have been fully updated to reflect the new syllabus. Financial Accounting and Tax Principles has been written by the examiners to fully reflect what could be tested in the exam.

Updated to incorporate legislative and syllabus changes, the 2005 Study Systems provide complete study material for the May and November 2005 exams. The new edition maintains the popular loose-leaf format and contains:
* practice questions throughout
* complete revision section
* topic summaries
* recommended reading articles from a range of journals
* pilot paper

* The official study systems are the only study materials endorsed by CIMA
* Updated to reflect the new syllabus with key sections written by examiners
* Complete integrated package incorporating syllabus guidance, full text, recommended articles, revision guides and extensive question practice

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Great for giving new supervisors a much needed edge

A concise introduction to supervisory skills and techniques

good visual book for first time managers

Mostly commonsense, cliff note version of a real Mgmt. book

Supervising and Managing People (First Book for Business)
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Great for giving new supervisors a much needed edge.......2001-10-15

I rated this book higher than my fellow reviewers, and I think it's probably because I didn't have expectations as high as theirs seemed to be. In my opinion, it's more useful for a new front line supervisor, not a department manager. It's exactly what it presents itself to be, that is, a FIRST book for a new supervisor. Granted, a lot of room is devoted to colorful artwork, but I didn't find that to be a detriment. It's arranged in an extremely reader-friendly manner and is chock full of real life examples. While it doesn't go into great detail in any area, it does give enough of an overview of the supervisory role to make me feel it was well worth the price. I am sure I will want more comprehensive information as I progress in my new position, but I really feel that this book gave me a good headstart. It gave me some great tips on dealing with subordinates and I found the "Red Alert" tips to be especially helpful. All in all, it does a good job of calming some of the "new supervisor jitters", which alone made it worth the time I spent reading it.

A concise introduction to supervisory skills and techniques.......2000-10-13

This book is exactly what the back cover claims it is -- "an introduction . . . for readers with no time to waste." I agree with other reviewers that it provides more visual sophistication than in-depth content. My major complaint with the artwork and format is that large blocks of black text appear on dark blue, dark green, and purple backgrounds -- a real challenge to the eyes. Yet the book is well-organized, and the range of topics touched upon is more comprehensive than any product I have seen in this price range. I buy it in quantity and give it to participants in my "Leadership for New Supervisors and Managers" seminar. It's an affordable guidebook that provides a framework for the specific "how to" details I deliver myself.

good visual book for first time managers.......1999-08-23

I am a first time manager and I found this to have good short introduction to most of the topics for dealing with managing a team. Many of them are obvious but it is good to put it all in one place and in a visual fashion. It does have the problem of not pointing to other places to get more detailed information.

Mostly commonsense, cliff note version of a real Mgmt. book.......1998-01-09

This book covers the right topics but does not give you much if any information. Might be good as a high school business starter book. I think more effort went into the layout of clip art and photos than the content of the book. Each topic is covered in a page or two, consisting mostly of a paragraph or two of text woven around much artwork.

The Leadership Way: Management for the Nineties : How to Get Top Results in Managing and Supervising People

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Stress Free Management!

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Tuwanda Jenkinson is an innovator, the owner of two copyrights, and a child nutrition manager and trainer for one of the largest school systems in the Southeast. Ms. Jenkinson's goal in writing Supervising Solutions: Managing People Made Easy is to make the job of supervising people simpler and less stressful for key personnel, thus producing a peaceful, more efficient, and more productive workplace. Ms. Jenkinson has used the strategies outlined in Supervising Solutions for her entire management career. Implement the strategies in this book, be consistent, and enjoy the wonderful results that this will bring to your workplace environment.

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Stress Free Management!.......2007-03-28

Supervising Solutions, managing poeple made easy is a quick and easy to read little guide. Tuwanda Jenkinson shares insights with us on how we can effectively manage people while managing the stress that goes along with it, as well as creating a more productive and efficient workplace. Tuwanda shares what she herself has done to manage people in her career, giving us tried and true examples and techniques. If you want to manage people with less stress and have happy employees, pick up this book.

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No Greater Discovery for the People of Planet Earth

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An unexpected dissapointment...

vital reading for earthlings

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No Greater Discovery for the People of Planet Earth.......2004-01-10

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This book tells us the fascinating history of the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI). In addition, this is a science book, explaining the science that's needed to undertake such a challenging task (a task similar to "hunting for a needle in a cosmic haystack"). Lastly, this is an autobiographical book that profiles the life of coauthor Dr. Frank Drake (born: 1930), the first person in human history to use a radio telescope to search for other civilizations in space and who is now known as "the father of SETI." (The other coauthor of this book is best-selling author Dava Sobel).

What struck me when reading this book (first published in 1992) was Drake's unyielding enthusiasm for the strong possibility of discovering signals from an extraterrestrial civilization. In fact, he states, "This discovery...I fully expect to witness before the year 2000." The fact that a signal has not been detected "simply mean[s] that we [have] not looked long enough or hard enough."

Here's just some of what you'll learn about when reading this book:

(1) Project Ozma (performed in 1960) which was "the first modern radio search for extraterrestrial signals of intelligent origin."
(2) The creation of the Drake Equation in 1961 which is a "formula for estimating the number of advanced intelligent civilizations" in the Galaxy.
(3) SETI and the Soviets.
(4) Interstellar travel versus interstellar radio communication.
(5) The intriguing WOW! signal which was detected in 1977 (a signal that has never been repeated and is the best evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence).
(6) A radio message sent out by Drake and others in 1974 to hopefully be detected by other intelligent civilizations.
(7) What will happen if signals are detected and the profound significance of such signals for the people of planet Earth.

In addition, this book has, what I call, a "SETI glossay". Here, you'll find a list of defined terms that are unique to SETI.

Also, there are three appendices. In these, you'll discover that there has been nearly sixty projects or searches (up to 1992) for signals since the first project of 1960. As well, I was amazed at how many respected scientists from many disciplines were/are connected directly or indirectly with SETI. Some names include Carl Sagan, Freeman Dyson, Francis Crick (Noble Prize winner), Stephen Hawking, Fred Hoyle, and Linus Pauling (two-time Nobel Prize winner). From seeing these names I thus have to agree with Drake when he says that "SETI is considered mainstream science."

There are thirty black-and-white photographs located near the center of the book. Many are photos of those people who have been or now are deeply involved with SETI.

Finally, the SETI Institute (located in Mountain View, California), as this book explains, was founded in late 1984. Its "mission is to explore, understand, and explain the origin, nature, prevalence, and distribution of life in the universe." As well, this institute has a website making it possible for people who have internet access to stay up-to-date with what's happening in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

In conclusion, if you can obtain a copy of this unique book, you will discover that "SETI is...the most technical of scientific subjects, and also the most human."

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Interesting reminiscences of a SETI pioneer.......2003-10-22

Forty-three years ago, astronomer Frank Drake was the first to conduct a search for radio signals that might be evidence of an alien civilization beyond our solar system. He has remained active in the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) ever since. Drake founded the non-profit SETI Institute, whose Project Phoenix is the most powerful of the current radio astronomy searches.

This accessible book, co-written with journalist Dava Sobel, is partly an autobiography and partly a non-technical survey of SETI. Drake tells both stories in an easily readable way. If you want a painless introduction to the radio astronomy search, this is as good as any.

An unexpected dissapointment..........2002-01-15

Buying this book, i was expecting to a) read about SETI b) be introduced into thinking about the possibility of extraterrestrial life in new ways, as this book, written by Frank Drake one of the men responsible for the establishment of SETI would be a great source..
Instead: i wound up reading an autobiography disguised under the title "Is there anybody out there", a title which also disguises the fact that Drake spends more time and pages writting about the problems he encountered setting up SETI than SETI itself. Not to mention that he uses all 300 pages of his book to praise himself in a way that makes you yawn once you become familiar with the mechanism it is written. Indeed for a book that tackles an otherwise super interesting and controversial issue the book is boring. It's totally devoid of any humor and any attempts at such are further contributions to boredom. What's even more interesting is that for an author who clearly believes there is intelligent life out there he uses but a mere 2-3 pages to dismiss any accounts of aliens having already visited earth, recently or not so recently..2-3 pages to dismiss that? Hmmm, makes you wonder...In the end, after having (thankfully) been through with it i wound up thinking more about the motives behind Drake having written it than the book itself. Buy something else on the subject. Blindly.

vital reading for earthlings.......2001-02-05

i was surprised when i found this book in a second-hand book store. I had heard about it and wanted to read it, but knew it was out of print. Being a SETI enthusiast (running the seti@home screensaver 24/7), this book elegantly took me through the step by step advances in the field, told by the man himself, Frank Drake. What really got me hooked was the Sagan-like simplicity of the book. I urge anyone and everyone to read "Is Anyone Out There?". Highly insightful and very objective. (made me even go out and buy an amateur telescope!)

Great Introduction to SETI.......2000-04-27

This book explains SETI to the average person very nicely. The fact that is written by Frank Drake, the person to conduct the first search for extraterrestrial life in the universe is a great bonus, because you know it written by a person who understands the subject, inside and out.

Frank Drake is the person that the Drake Equation is named for. The Drake Equation a simple formula for calculating the change that other intelligence life in the Universe Exists. How you decide to plug numbers into the equation is where all the debate on this subject is conducted.

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This is a book that is written for anyone that is not completely happy and content or is that is not feeling fulfilled in their current relationship with their significant other, parents, children, or employer.

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Regardless of your age, if you have questioned what direction to take, if your life seems to be missing some small detail such as happiness or fulfillment in your current job, if your spouse just won't behave the way you desire, your kids won't behave the way you want, you can't seem to find the right partner, your current partner doesn't understand you, you don't fully understand your parents, you wonder at times what life is really about - the solution is contained within these pages . . .

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Saw your sofa in half. Blow up your TV. Celebrate your creativity, because the old rules no longer apply. These are the driving concepts behind the intriguing new movement called punk shui. Here, anti-traditional designer Josh Amatore Hughes explains how our boring lives—especially the dull and obvious ways we arrange our living spaces—stifle creativity. To really break out of our rut, and to really rock, we need to introduce some chaos into our homes. So grab a chainsaw, turn up your stereo, and reinvent your idea of how to live.

Punk shui has no confines—it allows you to go in any direction that strikes a chord. Here are a few suggestions:

• Block your windows. As a wise man once said, “You can only see light from darkness.”

• Find things that don’t belong on a wall, and hang them. Whether it’s a broken guitar or a three-legged chair, hanging it up makes it art.

• Take down the shower curtain. There’s something freeing about being out in the open, naked, splashing water on the floor.

• Don’t spend a dime. Slash the chains of consumerism!

Whether you look at punk shui as a design concept, a way of life, or just a temporary jolt to your creativity, it’s sure to evict you from your comfort zone—and that’s not a bad thing. Change your design, change your life.

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Interior Decorating for Art Majors.......2007-01-07

I found this an entertaining read.My brother-in-law bought us "Interior Decorating for Dummies" a few years back, perhaps because we have no discernable style to our home decor and wanted to help. Now, we know what our esthetic is: Punk shui!
My former art teacher used to teach us alot of concepts that Josh does in this book, such as finding stuff in the street to decorate your home, breaking things and rebuilding them into your own artsy sculptures, etc.The basic message of this book is to find your own unique sense of style, don't buy stuff at Ikea, Pottery Barn or whatever. Be creative and enjoy personalizing your own space, as the punk ethic says: DIY!

Misguided.......2006-07-04

Saw your sofa in half and - well, you have stuffing coming out of each side every time someone sits on it. Throw out your shower curtain - and you have water on the floor that will destroy the tiles, grow mildew, etc. (The shower curtain is not only there for looks - it has a function - to prevent a mess). Turn your kitchen table on its side and hang your pots and pans on it - now your kitchen has an obstacle course and no room to sit in. Take a nice home and make it look like crack addicts have been trashing it for three months. None of these ideas really work. If you want your home to look like this, you obviously don't need an orderly, neat, tranquil space to rest in after a day at work. Yes, many homes tend to look alike and there is far too much buying at "rooms to go." But just because we could use a bit more creativity doesn't mean the only option is to turn our homes into unliveable dumpsters. This isn't daring; it's stupid.

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