CPA Comprehensive Exam Review: Auditing 1998-1999 (Vol 3)

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Helped me pass.......2001-08-07

This is a well written book with concrete examples and real, accurate questions. It helped me to pass the exam the first time I took it.

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This book provides a basic, introductory, text on the behavior of domestic animals, a subject that is now taught to a wide range of students. Key features include: Chapters on general issues such as behavior genetics, physiology and motivation, and social and reproductive behavior; separate chapters on the behavior of individual farm animal species and on dogs and cats, rabbits and rodents; and authoritative contributing authors from the UK, USA, Canada and Scandinavia.

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Working and Surviving in Organisations A Trainer's Guide to Developing Organisational Skills Sheila Dainow, London, UK At best, our jobs provide us with the opportunity for useful activity that helps to happily fulfil our lives, as well as providing an income. This book is aimed at trainers, counsellors and psychologists who work with managers and staff to help them be 'the best they can be'. It offers frameworks and resources which help people to understand and enjoy their work in its organisational context, to work effectively and avoid stress, and to relate their work to the rest of their lives. Sheila Dainow is an experienced trainer, counsellor and author. Her book provides
* Frameworks and structures for effective training programmes that increase well-being and efficiency at work
* Practical exercises, with trainer 'inputs' suggested and helpful hints and commentary based on successful experience
* Resources for training presented in a 'How to do it' way, which represent a recipe book for organisational training based on tried and tested material
Training specialists and managers will find this book a useful, interesting and practical tool in their task of counselling and developing people in effective, humane and modern organisations. "A straightforward, no-nonsense book . An excellent combination of theory and practical exercises." Stephen Palmer, PhD Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London, UK

Working-Class Organisations and Popular Tourism, 1840-1970 (Studies in Popular Culture)

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Working-Class Organisations and Popular Tourism, 1840-1970 (Studies in Popular Culture)
Susan Barton
Manufacturer: Manchester University Press
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ASIN: 0719065909
Release Date: 2005-04-28

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Today, many people take the idea of holidays for granted and regard the provision of paid time off as a right. This book argues that popular tourism has its roots in collective organisation and charts the development of the working class holiday over two centuries. This study recounts how short, unpaid and often unauthorised periods of leave from work became organised and legitimised through legislation, culminating with the Holidays with Pay Act of 1938. Moreover, this study finds that it was through collective activity by workers--through savings clubs, friendly societies and union activity--that the working class were originally able to take holidays, and it was as a result of collective bargaining and campaigning that paid holidays were eventually secured for all.

Working Below the Surface: The Emotional Life of Contemporary Organisations (The Tavistock Clinic Series)

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Working Below the Surface: The Emotional Life of Contemporary Organisations (The Tavistock Clinic Series)

Manufacturer: Karnac Books
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ASIN: 1855752948

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The chapters contributed to this book have been written by the staff and associates of The Tavistock Consultancy Service, whose distinctive competence is in the human dimension of enterprise and the dynamics of the workplace. From their own perspectives, they tell a story of the experience of working as consultants over the decade with individuals, teams and whole organizations. The intention is to identify and explore some of the key themes that have emerged and how these affect and influence the understanding of leadership and management in contemporary organizations. No attempt is made to reach a consensus, but rather to raise and map out a territory of continuing question and debate. The themes covered in the book are: the emotional world of the organisation and its significance for understanding, decision and action; different perspectives on the nature and exercise of leadership; the dynamics of resistance to change and of creativity; the impact of contextual change on re-shaping the concept of the organization; different ways organizations are responding to issues of personal challenge or vulnerability.

Contributors: David Armstrong, Andrew Cooper, Tim Dartington, William Halton, Sharon Horowitz, Linda Hoyle, Clare Huffington, Kim James, Anton Obholzer, Jane Pooley

Skill, Training and Human Resource Development: A Critical Text (Management, Work and Organisations)

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Skill, Training and Human Resource Development: A Critical Text (Management, Work and Organisations)
Irena Grugulis
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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ASIN: 140394802X
Release Date: 2007-02-06

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This book focuses on the way people are developed at work; the skills that are encouraged, the way they are controlled and the implications they have for the people who possess and exercise them. Taking a critical perspective, Skill, Training and Human Resource Development draws on a wide range of research and covers an array of organizational practices - from managing culture and emotional labour to job design and qualifications - and adeptly considers the implications of these for the people involved.

The Rise and Decline of the Male Breadwinner Family?: Studies in Gendered Patterns of Labour Division and Household Organisation (International Review of Social History Supplements)

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The Rise and Decline of the Male Breadwinner Family?: Studies in Gendered Patterns of Labour Division and Household Organisation (International Review of Social History Supplements)

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0521639662

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This collection of essays looks at the origins and expansion of different patterns of breadwinning in both western and non-western history. As a collection it provides new insights into the historical and cross-cultural development of the male breadwinner family and its determinants, and, as such, it provides an important contribution to the ongoing debate on patterns of breadwinning. An important range of factors previously undervalued in the debate are considered: the effects of local labour markets in interaction with family strategies and family values; employers’ strategies and the effects of capital accumulation and the rise of international commercial networks; the effects of egalitarian communist ideologies; and the differential ways in which modern welfare states were constructed. The volume calls for a renewed research effort in order to reconstruct the male breadwinner family as the norm and to work towards the integration of different explanatory models.

The Organisation of Employment: An International Perspective

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The Organisation of Employment: An International Perspective
Jill Rubery , and Damian Grimshaw
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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ASIN: 0333802365

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The Organization of Employment explores the diversity in the organization of employment among advanced industrial societies. In particular, it focuses on the implications of distinctive employment systems for international competitiveness, organizational performance, and social divisions and considers the impact of globalization on the sustainability of such diversity.

Harnessing Markets for Biodiversity: Towards Conservation and Sustainable Use

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Harnessing Markets for Biodiversity: Towards Conservation and Sustainable Use

Manufacturer: OECD
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Ageing populations: Economic effects and implications for public finance (Working papers / OECD, Dept. of Economics and Statistics)

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Ageing populations: Economic effects and implications for public finance (Working papers / OECD, Dept. of Economics and Statistics)
Robert P Hagemann
Manufacturer: OECD
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Aging and Working Capacity (Technical Reports)

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Aging and Working Capacity (Technical Reports)
World Health Organisation
Manufacturer: World Health Organization
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ASIN: 924120835X

Business and Finance for Working in Organisations

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Business and Finance for Working in Organisations
D. Needham , and R. Dransfield
Manufacturer: Heinemann Educational Secondary Division
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ASIN: 0435455230

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Although Boris Senior may not be well known outside Israel, he played an important, even vital, part in the formation of the Israel Air Force (IAF) and in the 1948 War of Independence. Those who are familiar with his efforts and dedication have an abiding respect and appreciation for this transplanted South African who nearly died when shot down on a mission in 1945 for the Royal Air Force.

Leaving the RAF after World War II, Senior dedicated himself to the formation of the state of Israel by joining the Irgun to fight British control of Palestine. Originally undertaking surreptitious operations to undermine the governing authority in Palestine, the onset of the 1948 War of Independence had him back in combat, this time against Israel’s Arab neighbors. He flew combat sorties in such widely differing aircraft as the Spitfire and, of all things, a Beechcraft Bonanza, a general-aviation type. Senior used his own money to buy supplies and aircraft, personally under-taking multiple dangerous missions to fly new acquisitions to Israel. His tireless work to form an air defense system for the newly formed State of Israel laid the groundwork for the modern-day Israel Air Force.

Through all his experiences, Senior has maintained an abiding understanding of the overall situation that still bedevils the Middle East, particularly Israel and its neighbors. Now, as a senior citizen, his fondest wish is to see the resolution of the age-old problems that result in so many Israelis and Arabs dying in attacks and counterattacks, more than fifty years after he helped launch the IAF.

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The Origins of Israel's Air Force.......2007-10-01

Judith Friedman Rosen, from CUNY's Graduate Center, tells us that Israel's air force and its advanced aero-technology helped define the country in recent decades, but in the years immediately prior to the country's birth and during its struggle for independence (1946-48), things were rather different. The emerging country was threatened by enemies from within and on all its proposed borders. Fledgling military forces smuggled in contraband armaments, breaking a British-imposed ban. Despite such efforts, the future looked bleak. Only air assaults could secure the national Jewish homeland, but there were no airplanes and no pilots.

Into this situation entered Senior, an experienced World War II fighter pilot for the British Royal Air Force with a Zionist orientation. His autobiography engagingly recounts how a young man from a well-to-do South African family, along with other overseas volunteers acquired a mix of aircraft, learned to pilot them, smuggled them to Palestine, and engaged in battle. Senior recalls his World War II sorties, his flying experiences, and a close brush with death. These events prepared him for the challenges he would face as a fighter pilot for the Yishuv (Jewish settlements in pre-state Israel) and as a builder and founder of what would become the Israel air force.

Senior recounts how his ragtag air force secured victory by personally purchasing aircraft and sneaking them across international borders, and how they risked their lives on unfamiliar and untested equipment. He reminds us of the ingenuity, determination, and resolve that he and the fighters had for the creation of Israel. He emphasizes that the U.S. government was not a friend of the fledgling nation, curtailing the pilots' ability to transfer airplanes to Palestine. In contrast, the Russians rescued the endangered Jewish fighting forces from destruction by permitting "Czechs to assist us (training in and procuring Messerschmitts)." In addition, "Russian diplomatic and political support in the United Nations during that period were instrumental in helping Israel survive." This directly contributed to the success of the war in the air, which, through the efforts of the Mahal overseas volunteers, brought final victory to the nation and led to Senior's ability to initiate and build the Israeli air force.

Great book from a modern day hero........2005-07-06

Boris Senior is a hero of democracy and this is his story.

Makes for great reading.

Captivating account of air battles in the 1940s.......2005-07-05

This book tells, first hand, of Boris Senior's experiences fighting both for and against the Royal Air Force. He tells of his growing up in South Africa and joining the air force there after World War Two broke out and France was defeated. And of his flying missions in Italy in World War Two as a South African member of the RAF. After luckily surviving this, he went on to become a member of the Irgun and then the Haganah (switching in large part because the Irgun had no air force). He became one of the first pilots in Israel's air force.

As Senior relates, the Israeli air force did not get off to an auspicious start. On May 15, 1948, when hostilities began, the entire Israeli air fleet was arranged in neatly parked rows on either side of the Sde Dov airport. They were hit by four waves of Egyptian Spitfires (two of the waves struck before most Israelis knew what hit them). Thus, the Israeli air force was badly damaged in the first hours of the war. Nevertheless, the Israelis rebounded from this terrible day. Perhaps its most glorious time came at the end of the war, on January 7, 1949, when the Israeli pilots shot down five RAF planes without any losses of their own.

I highly recommend this interesting book.

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Reality on the air war in WW II Europe.......2003-10-23

This book's greatest impact on me comes from the fact that it is as it happened when it happened. It is extracted directly from Col. Gaillard's writings done at that time. This is not a vanity piece glossed over by the years of telling and retelling a story. It is of special interest to me as a member of the 381st Bomb Group of course, but would be of interest to any student of the history of young Americans engaged in the big league of air war. A labor of love that deserves a Well Done!

S/Sgt. Robert B Gilbert, 533rd Bomb Sq., 381st Bomb Gp.

A must have for anyone interested in WW2.......2003-09-17

I have read a great many books on WW2 and only a select few have really fascinated me. This book numbers among those few. Upon first glance through the pages, it seems like simply a doctor's medical journal. But it grows on you as you learn about great stories one would be hard pressed to find anywhere else. The narrative grows from robotic to a very warm and colloquial tone which really gives a sense of personality that many WW2 books lack. The fact of how important the events described are seem to be an after thought to the microcosm that this book describes which is typically only available to a select few. I opted to give it 4 stars instead of 5 because it takes a bit of reading to really get into it. But once you do, you'll be hard pressed to put it down.

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