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Technological changes have displaced the hierarchical corporation as the model for business organization; the large corporations of the new century are decentralizing and externalizing, creating networks of "industry ecosystems" that will replace the top-down organizations of the last century. Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century reports on a five-year multidisciplinary research initiative conducted by MIT’s Sloan School of Management and sponsored by leading international corporations. The goal of the initiative was not only to understand the way we work now but to invent new ways of working and put them into practice.
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The Malay Art of Self-Defense: Silat Seni Gayong
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Silat Seni Gayong is an art of self-defense, a fighting art but one that also emphasizes the development of the self, becoming a better person, and serving humanity. Sometimes compared to a tiger ready to devour its prey, Gayong helps practitioners develop and increase physical fitness, flexibility, mental conditioning, and self-confidence. Author Sheikh Shamsuddin, who has studied Gayong for 25 years, introduces this little-known practice to Western readers in this first book on the subject in English. The most comprehensive study in any language on Gayong and its customs, The Malay Art of Self-Defense explores in depth the system, techniques, crucial elements, and philosophies involved. Also covered are the art’s history, profiles of the most notable practitioners, and an informative Q&A collected from various martial art practitioners to expand readers’ knowledge and appreciation. Included are photos of Gayong demonstrations, traditional training centers, customs, and events.
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Recommended reading.......2007-01-21
I really liked this book, aspecially since,to my knowledge, this is the only work of its kind on Malaysian silat, as opposed to Indonesian, which has been presented in the West trhoguh couple of books and several videos, though I'd like to see more written material on that as well. Book is done in a beautiful layout, and I also like the format. Author's presentation of techniques is good and the overview of the system is qute good, too. You may like the style itself or not, but there's no arguing that the books tiself is very well done.
My only concern, however, is that while pointing several times to the importance if inner practices in Sialt Gayong, Cikgu Sam has chosen to do just brief introduction on kebatinan practices. On the other hand he has a chapter on the Malasyan tourism several pages long, and would most certainly like to see the things reversed, since that would without doubt give a better picture of the subject of the book, i.e. Silat Gayong.
New look at an old art.......2005-12-31
reading this work it is immediately obvious that the writer is not only well versed in the martial art of Seni Gayong Silat- but that he has the capasity to produce a well written and concise book explaining the history, technical application, and philosophy of his art. I am impressed with the depth the author goes to in giving the reader a look into this Malaysian cultural art form, and system of combat. Though not as well known as some of the other more publicised martial arts, Seni Gayong Silat as shown by this book, is as rich and as profound as any of the more popular forms of Asian combat. Thank you for this great book!
thumbs up - The Malay Art of Self-Defense: Silat Seni Gayong.......2005-10-19
I highly recommend this book as an excellent reference work in the martial arts library of all people interested in Silat Seni Gayong. This book is well written with not only the technique aspect of the art; but it also provides good history, cultural background, and philosophy.
great addition to world of malay silat!.......2005-09-23
this book covers an incredible overview of Malay Silat with an emphasis on Silat Seni Gayong in particular. The techniques shown are a perfect start to anyone interested in this art that is rare in the western world. The author translates the real aspects of Malay Silat and the raw essence that makes it well known throughout southeast asia as one of the deadliest forms of combat and intricate forms of art and spiritual culture. a BIG congradulations to Cikgu Shamsuddin Salim for his contribution to the propogation of Silat Seni Gayong around the world as envisioned by the late Mahaguru Dato Meor Abdul Rahman.
This is REAL Silat with additional works on culture,and traditions that make for a well rounded knowledge rarely shared in the west.
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The best!.......2005-09-07
It's about time someone wrote a comprehensive book on this subject. If you're interested in both the history and how-to of silat or even simply self defense, then you need to buy this book. Wonderfully written, with a unique look into the culture of Malaysia and the history of silat. Insightful imagery and explanations of many techniques further clarify this instructional work of art.
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DISCOVER JUST HOW GOOD YOUR WRITING CAN BE
If you write, you know what it's like. Insight and creativity - the desire to push the boundaries of your writing - strike when you least expect it. And you're often in no position to act: in the shower, driving the kids to school...in the middle of the night.
The 3 A.M. Epiphany offers more than 200 intriguing writing exercises designed to help you think, write, and revise like never before, without having to wait for creative inspiration. Brian Kitely, noted author and director of the University of Denver's creative writing program, has crafted and refined these exercises through 15 years of teaching experience. You'll learn how to:
* Transform staid and stale writing patterns into exciting experiments in fiction * Shed the anxieties that keep you from reaching your full potential as a writer * Craft unique ideas by combining personal experience with unrestricted imagination * Examine and overcome all of your fiction writing concerns, from getting started to writer's block
Open the book, select an exercise, and give it a try. It's just what you need to craft refreshing new fiction, discover bold new insights, and explore what it means to be a writer.
IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START - NOT EVEN 3 A.M.
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Interesting Ideas.......2007-10-01
This book is filled with unusual writing prompts, most of which I doubt you've seen elsewhere. Not all the prompts are for all writers, but there is a large pool of ideas in this book to pull from so I'm sure everyone will find something to their liking.
Thankyou.......2007-07-25
Mr. Kiteley has produced a book for all writers which opens the mind and releases the creative energy within. (honestly)
As per the title: 3AM E: U.W.E. That Tranform Your Fiction - that is NOT a fancy title promising the world. It actually delivers - as long as you use it and not just look at the pretty cover.
Quite Simply: If you are a writer, YOU'D BE CRAZY NOT TO BUY THIS BOOK.
Good Ideas if You Want to Warm Over Someone Else's .......2007-03-17
I returned this book. It is possible that I rated this book a tad low because it didn't fit the artistic place I occupied by the time it arrived. The author should not be penalized for that; decide for yourself if Kiteley is a good writing coach for you. I have several other books of idea prompts, and I also journal. In the final analysis, if a person can't think of anything to write about, writing may not be the optimum medium of self-expression for him or her.
Every writer should *own* this book........2007-03-16
That's right, bibliophiles. Not borrow from the library. =Own=
This book is brimming with exercises that will sharpen your mind, and help you unlock your own inherent skills. It's amazing how similar our writing can be to others. Yet we're taught to seek out individuality. It is this disparity that often forces us to strive too hard to be unique.
In mimicing or embracing the style and work of others, our voices can still emerge. Mr. Kitely is very astute in recognizing this and the exercises encourage the adaptive reuse and combination of disparate styles and ideas. This book is both a teaching tool, and a mind opener. Some of the exercises are a bit more challenging than I might be up for at 3:00AM, but honestly, there's value in each and every one.
I feel like even after only a few exercises, I have a better understanding of my own limitations and thought processes, and have grown as a writer. Not to mention the fun. I've taken a few of these exercises and shared them with friends in our own mini-workshops, and it makes for some great storytelling and idea sharing. Give this a shot-- it will help you, even if only slightly. That alone justifies the 10 bucks it costs.
Kiteley's Epiphanies.......2006-07-18
Books of writing exercises mainly aim to inspire creativity in the writer. Usually the idea goes like this: by putting a constraint on the writer (a particular topic, a set of words to use, etc.) and often a word limit or time limit, the writer will come up with new material she wouldn't have thought of if she'd simply set pen to paper and said, "what comes next?" It can help to alleviate the terror of confronting the blank page that many writers face now and then.
Brian Kiteley's "The 3 A.M. Epiphany" is a little bit different, in several ways. For one, most of the books I've read use time limits, whereas this book uses word limits, pushing you to come up with small gems rather than reams of material to sift through.
The exercises also have an additional dimension to them that most don't. Each one is carefully constructed to help you explore a certain aspect of your writing. These aren't meant to be "merely" inspirational--they're designed to teach technique, as well, without reading like a dry instructional book.
There are types of exercises in here I really haven't seen anywhere else, particularly in the sections on "Internal Structure" and "Exercises for Stories in Progress", and I think you'll find them inspiring in ways that other books aren't. They'll make you think, work and write in whole new directions.
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The company is under-performing, its share price is trailing, and the CEO gets...a multi-million-dollar raise. This story is familiar, for good reason: as this book clearly demonstrates, structural flaws in corporate governance have produced widespread distortions in executive pay. Pay without Performance presents a disconcerting portrait of managers' influence over their own pay--and of a governance system that must fundamentally change if firms are to be managed in the interest of shareholders.
Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried demonstrate that corporate boards have persistently failed to negotiate at arm's length with the executives they are meant to oversee. They give a richly detailed account of how pay practices--from option plans to retirement benefits--have decoupled compensation from performance and have camouflaged both the amount and performance-insensitivity of pay. Executives' unwonted influence over their compensation has hurt shareholders by increasing pay levels and, even more importantly, by leading to practices that dilute and distort managers' incentives.
This book identifies basic problems with our current reliance on boards as guardians of shareholder interests. And the solution, the authors argue, is not merely to make these boards more independent of executives as recent reforms attempt to do. Rather, boards should also be made more dependent on shareholders by eliminating the arrangements that entrench directors and insulate them from their shareholders. A powerful critique of executive compensation and corporate governance, Pay without Performance points the way to restoring corporate integrity and improving corporate performance.
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Author an academic and not experienced in actual day to day compensation matters.......2007-09-24
Jesse Fried is a corporate compensation grandstander who seems to show up at every scandal (recently the backdating scandal). Unfortunately it is obvious he has no "real world" management experience!
On Mr. Frieds allegation that stock option expenses are "hidden" by CEOs, corporate types in order to increase their bonus targets:
- CEO compensation (bonus targets etc) are almost NEVER based on non cash expenses, such as stock options expenses. Bonus targets are typically cash flow based only (meaning it doesn't matter to CEO bonus targets if stock options expenses are high or not) and anyone writing a book on executive compensation should KNOW THIS!
On Mr. Frieds allegation that the only possible reason for stock option backdating (without expensing) is to HIDE expenses to the company, presumably to increase the mysterious "bonus targets" above:
- Stock option backdating is used to give a hiring bonus that is only redeemable in 4 years and only if the company continues to perform (reflected in the stock price). The "locked in" and vesting aspects of stock options backdating are the reason they are used, resulting in significant value to company that cash hiring bonuses do not provide. These are not used to hide expenses and anyone who had ever seen these used in a real world setting would know this.
In my opinion, Mr. Fried needs to hire a management consultant who has actually PERFORMED AS A MANAGER before he writes anymore assessments on the state of executive pay.
This Fascinating Read Will Leave You Thinking ..........2006-08-08
Other reviewers have made many excellent points. I'll try to avoid duplicating their comments here...
- This book is written by two law school professors. They carefully and precisely make their case. Even as they make their points, they consider possible counter-arguments, and then cite further evidence to answer these objections. They clearly and methodically make their case.
- They start from a somewhat unique set of premises.
--> Whereas many critiques of executive compensation approach the large amounts as an egregious breach of egalitarian values, the authors are indifferent about the size of exec compensation.
--> On the flip side, while many would excuse large compensation packages as necessary to obtain top talent in a tight market, the authors come from a perspective of "if shareholders, as the *owners* of the company, can pay a lot for exec talent, but not get good returns, what's wrong with the market for executive talent?" This book challenges long held assumptions price always equals quality when shopping for top management talent.
- For a book that cites hard economic facts as often as they do, it also does a great job of analyzing the human element of this market to provide insights that seem missing in public debate about executive pay.
- Even as someone who is an outsider both to corporate governance and executive compenation, I found this book accessible and an enjoyable read. As a shareholder of a number of companies, I intend to take opportunities to reform this clearly corrupt system.
Highly recommend this book for everyone who owns shares in a publicly traded company, or works for one.
Fantastic Resource on Corporate Culture Run Amok.......2006-06-20
Superb exposé on the appalling lack of ethical fortitude amongst our country's business elite--namely the chief executives, their officers, and sadly those given the responsibility for representing the shareholders' interests, the directors. The adage "no one looks after your money like you do" is well-remembered by the reader of "Pay without Performance."
Primarily due to a phenomenon know as "interlocking" executives cross-pollinate their respective boards with a surprisingly shallow gene pool leaving the ordinary shareholder hardly independently represented at all.
Bebchuk and Fried do well by illustrating the mockery known as "independent compensation committees" when these committees are typically hired under the corporation's own HR department usually by CEO referral. Tough to place credence in any recommendation so biased from the outset!
Now only two years after the publication of this book, and several studies cited therein, the SEC has launched a sweeping probe into options timing--in particular boards who allowed their executives to cherry-pick the grant dates of options to take advantage of inside information to profit at the expense of shareholders at large. Criminal, yet condoned by far too many corporate "leaders."
Ultimately the question arises--Is the solution for shareholders to vote via increased legislation or with their wallet by only investing in corporations fully aligned with their interests? The authors make an excellent case for instituting a performance-based compensation system as well as supporting the role of making directors truly independent and not pawns of the CEO. Fantastic resource on corporate culture run amok--the elusive 5 Stars!
Excellent. The authors deliver a strong performance........2005-05-09
This is an excellent book. The authors have done extensive research from both a legal and economic standpoint to support their hypothesis that companies with better Board governance, more accountable CEOs, better structured CEO compensation packages perform much better than the others. They show better operating performance resulting in superior shareholder value creation over the long term.
Their diagnostic of what ales executive compensations are so well grounded they have become common knowledge for any readers of the financial press over the past couple of decades. Compensation of CEOs and other top officers has become insane. The structure of equity compensation has become so tilted in the CEOs favor that as the authors indicate they really don't have to perform. If they perform poorly they make a boatload of money. If their performance is about average they make an astronomical amount of money. What kind of pay-for-performance is this?
Other reviewers have had surprisingly strong reactions to the authors' proposals to redress the effectiveness of executive compensation. I found that surprising given that the authors' proposals are not that radical to begin with. They boil down to restructuring equity compensation so they reflect targets and vesting periods that make economic sense and align the economic interest of the executive with the long-term interest of shareholders. Their proposals also entails a massive shift of power from entrenched Board members plagued with serious conflict of interest to the shareholders of the companies who are the ones bearing the full brunt of the equity risk. In the days of the Enron, Tyco International, Arthur Andersen recent scandals, I find the authors recommendations rather sound. I do think a shift from Board to shareholder power would do a good deal to restore the integrity of certain executives, the transparency and the quality of accounting and financial disclosure.
Thus, I really think you will enjoy and learn a lot from this book. In a similar fashion, if you want to educate yourself regarding how movie stars are paid, and why just like CEOs they may be grossly overpaid I strongly recommend the recently released book "The Big Picture" by Edward Jay Epstein. This is another fascinating point that touches on the sensitive topic of a privilege group that earns a staggering amount of money hardly justifiable on any grounds.
Great analysis; flawed reform proposals.......2004-12-25
I have been reading Pay Without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation by (Harvard law professor) Lucian Bebchuk and (Boalt law prof) Jesse Fried. Bebchuk and Fried take issue with the standard academic account of executive compensation, which goes something like this: Executive compensation is a classic agency cost problem. Although CEOs and other executives are agents of the corporation and its shareholders, they have incentives to shirk. Indeed, they have incentives to behave opportunistically - i.e., to maximize their own wealth and perks at the expense of their shareholder principals. Accordingly, executive compensation schemes must be designed in ways that constrain shirking and opportunism; in other words, executive compensation schemes should strive to align executives' interests with those of the shareholders. In the literature, this usually leads to a recommendation of some sort of performance-based pay scheme, typically entailing the use of stock options.
Bebchuk and Fried do a good job of explaining why executive compensation schemes fail adequately to align managerial and shareholder interests. In brief, they make the very sensible point that managerial influence over the board of directors taints the process by which executive compensation is set. In other words, the system by which agency costs are to be checked is itself tainted by an agency cost problem.
I get off the boat, however, when it comes to the solution. Bebchuk and Fried want to displace the time-tested corporate governance system of director primacy with an untested new system based on shareholder primacy. As regular readers of my academic work know, this is anathema in my book. (I'm writing a review of their book for the Texas Law Review, which will focus on this point, and which should be available on www.ssrn.com in a month or two.)
Having said that, however, Bebchuk and Fried are to be praised for having written a book that makes highly technical doctrinal and economic analysis accessible to the educated lay reader, while not dumbing down some very sophisticated analysis. As a result, the book remains useful to the specialist as well. It is definitely a book that anyone interested in corporate governance and executive compensation ought to own.
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