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This authoritative sourcebook is a timely decision-making tool for companies making the transition to (or already using) e-learning. Featuring all-original contributions from high-profile practitioners and renowned theorists, the book reveals how top companies are implementing and using this crucial employee development tool. Topics include:

* analyzing organizational need * selling e-learning to the organization * learning management systems * synchronous collaboration * learning portals * repurposing materials * outsourcing and vendor relations.

Other chapters focus on motivation and retention, technological and software options, measuring ROI, and more.

Customer Reviews:

Useful, relevant and specific information!.......2005-10-14

If your organization is considering e-learning or if your management team thinks everyone needs to get on the e-learning bandwagon, you have been waiting for this book. Making the organizational transition to e-learning is a huge undertaking that affects almost every aspect of your company. This handbook, edited by George M. Piskurich, includes chapters by 30 experts in the field. It guides you through the process of establishing e-learning programs. It starts with needs analysis to see if e-learning is right for your business and then details a step-by-step approach for developing, implementing and maintaining an e-learning program. We highly recommend this volume; it is packed with useful, relevant, specific information, experience and guidance.

For any who want to incorporate an e-learning strategy.......2003-09-14

AMA Handbook of E-Learning features essays by the author and almost thirty world experts on workplace learning, addressing all questions and concerns that organizations may have on e-learning. Experts were asked over twenty questions chosen from a survey of practitioners who were asked about the concerns. Each expert answered several questions ranging from technical problems to expect in the e-learning environment to what the right blend of e-learning and software is. An essential guide for any who want to incorporate an e-learning strategy into their organization or education.

Hands-on, not just theory.......2003-07-08

I was particularly impressed with the hands-on information. We certainly get enough E-Learning theory, but this book does give some real advice, particularly in the actual production of e-learning modules. For example, the chapter on Webcasting by Michael Fink explains the ins and outs of what it actually takes to get this part of the process done. Excellent!

I'm still browsing, but I think the editor George Piskurich should be congratulated.

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Terrestrial Field Dissipation Studies: Purpose, Design, and Interpretation discusses the design, conduct, and interpretation of terrestrial field dissipation studies. Field studies provide information on the effects of agricultural chemicals in the environment. Field studies differ from laboratory studies because they study the effects of active ingredients in soil and/or water under actual field conditions as opposed to a controlled environment in the laboratory. Terrestrial Field Dissipation Studies: Purpose, Design, and Interpretation includes analytical method requirements, examples of modeling pesticide dissipation, and summaries of regulatory guidelines, such as the EPA/PMRA proposed guidance in 1998.

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Practical Problems in Math for Emergency Services is the only math related text specifically written for the emergency services field. Today, most certifications in the emergency services field require written exams which include related math problems. Designed for such exams, this book may be used as a preparation for certification and promotional exams, as well as a quick reference for the seasoned professional. It is written specifically to meet the standards of both the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Its step-by-step approach and use of industry specific examples will help users stay focused on the application of mathematical concepts to real-world emergency services problems.

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From 1938 to 1946, as the first Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces---the largest air armada ever assembled---Hap Arnold fought World War II in Congress, on the Army General Staff, in factories, and in universities. His vision of airpower as more than sophisticated aircraft not only established U.S. air supremacy during the war but also laid the foundations of today's air force.

This biography is the first to draw on all of Hap Arnold's personal papers as well as recently declassified military documents. It relates Arnold's efforts to step-up aircraft production, crew training, and airbase construction while pushing simultaneously for the Army Air Corps' adoption of the doctrine of long-range airstrikes instead of close-air support.

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Five Stars for a Five Starer.......2007-07-09

General of the Air Force Henry "Hap" Arnold is probably the least known of the great World War II leaders. Very few people outside of the U.S. Air Force have probably every heard of him. This lack of recognition is sad, because Arnold made important contributions to the outcome of the war as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

There are only two biographies of Arnold: this book and another by Thomas M. Coffey. Both are good, but Dik Alan Daso has written the better book. Daso, as a former USAF officer, has a better understanding of how the military works and offers a portrait that really develops the personality of the man. Arnold was an air pioneer--he was the second trained pilot in the U.S. Army, having learned to fly from the Wright brothers themselves--and he made enormous contributions to the outcome of the war in developing strategy and procuring supplies. This material is often less than sexy but it is of critical importance to the outcome of a conflict. Daso shows that Arnold poured himself into his job, putting in 12, 14, and 16 hour days. It is no surprise that he suffered four heart attacks during the war years and nearly destroyed his marriage.

Coffey's book is thicker and fuller of more stories, but he seems primarily interested in telling a good story. Daso gives his readers a full account of his subject's life and shows how this rather simple man ended up leading, managing, and administering the millions that made up the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Highly recommended.

Excellent, but incomplete........2001-11-23

Dik Alan Daso's "Hap Arnold and the Evolution of American Air Power" of the Smithsonian History of Aviation Series is an incomplete, if interesting and well-written volume about a unique and visionary man.

Daso's book is an intimate look at General of the Army Henry Arnold from birth up until about 1939. At that point the work becomes distinctly sketchy and leaves out a number of incidents documented in other works, or treats them very lightly. These include several controversies that involved Arnold.

It may be that Daso considered the story delineated in his sub-title did not require treatment of these topics, or that he is too close to his subject. A review by Overy describes the volume as a "sympathetic biography" and one is led to wonder if, out of admiration, Daso tread a little bit lightly around a few issues.

With respect to his treatment of Arnold outside the years of 1939-1945, Daso's is an excellent and readable biography that provides such human detail as to make Hap Arnold live again for the reader. Through Daso's writing Arnold becomes someone you might know and sympathize with, and admire. There is little to criticize in this portion of the effort.

Unfortunately, the gross lack of detail during the period of World War II greatly diminishes the value of this volume as anything more than a personal biography. Daso's failure to treat this period in detail leaves gaping voids for any to evaluate where Hap Arnold really stood on a number of the great controversies surrounding the air war. Other than a few sentences here and there which seem to treat these matters as foregone conclusions worthy of little or no attention, they go unremarked upon.

Thus there is little examination of Arnold's interaction with the other members of the Army Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Combined Chiefs of Staff, Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, Secretary of War Henry Stimson and Harry Hopkins. Daso describes a number of actions that have implications about how Arnold felt about "precision daylight bombing" but the issue is never clearly examined in its military or moral facets. It is mentioned that Arnold opposed the use of the atomic bomb, but not why. The dispute over the Lend-Lease contracts for Britain depleting stocks for the Army Air Force which landed Arnold in hot water with Roosevelt is treated so lightly as to almost constitute a whitewash.

Daso also fails to shine where his appreciation of certain strategic issues of World War II shows through, particularly regarding the Battle of the Atlantic. From Daso's writing it would seem that this was won offhandedly and primarily by the Army Air Force and due to Arnold's inititative. This highly slanted image is far from accurate. It is also unsurprising, as Daso is a United States Air Force officer and a fighter pilot and not primarily interested in naval matters.

His grasp of the relationship Arnold enjoyed with scientists is, however, exceptional and entirely expected given that he is also the author of "Architects of American Air Supremacy: General Hap Arnold and Dr. Theodore von Karman." Details of Arnold's dealings with academia and industry explain a great many minor mysteries in the development of aircraft as weapons and the air industry as a whole. Just one is that a relatively minor company like Bell should have been the one to produce the first U.S. jet. When one knows the project was personally handed to Larry Bell by Hap Arnold, it explains much. Also interesting is the role Arnold played in the birth of the thinktank Rand Corporation.

Overall, this is an excellent book recommended for anyone interested in learning about who Hap Arnold was, and how the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces came to be the man he was. But it is not recommended for anyone looking to examine high command issues and interactions in World War II. A work that provides a brief synopsis of that period is an eight page entry in D. Clayton James' "A Time for Giants: The Politics of the American High Command in World War II."

the best by default.......2000-11-07

Hap Arnold was the most important American airman of the 20th century, since it was he who created the gigantic war machine of the USAAF that flattened Germany and Japan. How curious that he has never before had a real biography--just kid stuff, really.

Daso has filled the gap with a thorough-going biography combined with a history of the development of US airpower during the first half of the century. Personally, I don't find Arnold a sympathetic figure. He was an indifferent student and even an indifferent aviator. However, he got along with men of power, including President Roosevelt and General George Marshall, and he was a logistical genius.

Daso tells the yarn of Arnold getting his advisers together in 1940 and asking them how many planes they needed over the new few years. "Be bold!" he urged them. They came up with a total of about 100. "To hell with you," Arnold replied, and asked for 100,000. He not only got the planes but the men to fly them, and for that the world owes him a debt it can never repay.

This isn't an exciting book, but it's a valuable one.

Great book about a (close realtive of mine! ).......2000-07-14

Well, you learn alot of new things about your family you never knew before, but finding them in a book is a different experience!

This book is a very historical and personal informational insight into the man who founded the United States Air Force! It was interesting to know that my ancestor did so much and was even trained by the inventorst of the airplane Orville & Wilbur Wright to fly. This book even has pictures given to the author by my great-uncle Robert Arnold, which show a more personal side to the general. It was also interesting to note he was one of only thirteen 5-star generals in US military history. The book not only was interesting but did what no book has ever done before, take an inside look at part of my direct family line and ancestry!

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Hap Arnold and the Evolution of American Airpower
Dik Alan Daso
Manufacturer: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OJK9MG

Customer Reviews:

This is toilet paper.......2004-10-12

I found myself laughing at what amounts to a surgical resident with a godzilla ego. I can't believe that someone who is entrusted with protecting and saving lives can make such fun of the very people he is charged with helping. If I were one of these patients and read this scrambled mess, I would hire an attorney for slander and malpractice. I only hope that he never passed his boards and if he did, practices in a state far from mine....you're the type of ass that gives doctors a bad name.

Some clarification continues.......2003-04-30

I thought the writting was accurate, but, could have used some better editing. As a close to finishing Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow myself, I enjoyed the premise, theme, and characterizations. But, as others have stated, UAB is not among the best General Surgery Residencies, and Emory is not among the best or busiest Cardiothoracic Surgery Residencies. Perhaps each is among the most "malignant."
This is not a good book for those considering a career in medicine...This IS a good book for those considering a career in surgery. CT surgeons are a very minute population, and it wouldn't be wise to take Murrah's experiences as generalities when a far greater majority of medical society has a different mindset, and different training philosophy.

this ain't good writing.......2002-04-11

If you work went to school or work at Bayview General (as I do) then it is a definite buy and read. His description of the characters is amusing. After you read it you will certainly have a new perception of arrogance at its highest level. There are a lot of people in a lot of specialties who work hard and try to put the patient first. Tell us once and get on with the story. If you are not familiar with Bayview I don't think you would enjoy it nearly as much, and remember, this is one person's (very biased) view.

There is no need to read this book.......2002-03-01

This book has multiple problems. First and foremost, the writing is poor. Second, Murrah beats the reader over the head with his premise that this story is more "true" and "real" than other books on the same topic, because he supposedly wrote it as he went along in training. Unfortunately, those episodes are presented in brief passages he drew from his notes. The majority of the book is retrospective commentary on what he was thinking at the time- something for which he criticizes other authors. Further, his arrogance grows tiresome early- just because you're a liberal doesn't make you better than everyone else, Murrah. Also, UAB is not a good surgery program, Emory is not the best CV program around, and your wife is not "hot" as you mention several times. I get the feeling throughout that Murrah has to keep telling himself these things to justify his choices in life. In the end, Murrah is just another one of the 140 + residents who complete cardiothoracic training in this country each year. There is nothing of value in the pages he has put forth here.

The book's ok, but "Bayview" ain't that great..........2001-05-07

If this were to be a truly honest account - as it claims to be - then it should have commented on the atrociously poor reputation that "Bayview's" surgery residency has across the nation. As a former surgery resident, I can comment with confidence on this point. To say that "Bayview" has one of the best surgery programs in the country is absolute fantasy! Teaching is poor and resident morale is abysmal. Murrah's success is probably mostly due to his personal strengths in spite of "Bayview" rather than because of it. True, "Bayview" surgery has a rich heritage, but its luster has faded in recent years. Other than these falsehoods, I found the book largely enjoyable.

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