Brower Literary & Management

The first comprehensive and systematic study of literary celebrity in the twentieth-century United States, Authors Inc. focuses on the autobiographical work of Mark Twain, Jack London, Gertrude Stein,

Finally — a reboot that fits like a glove. After ending the popular Evil Inc comic strip, webcomics pioneer Brad Guigar relaunches the series as a graphic novel. Familiar characters like Lightning Lad

Actionable, intelligent CFO training for the Chief Family Financial Officer Family Inc. is a roadmap to financial security for the family CFO. Too much personal wealth management advice essentially bo

Lin Shu, Inc. explores the dynamic interactions between literary translation, commercial publishing, and the politics of "traditional" Chinese culture in the late nineteenth and earl

Camelot, Inc.: Leadership and Management Insights from King Arthur and the Round Table traces Arthur's evolution from awkward youth to compassionate King to tired ruler, explaining how he learned, de

Management trends come and go, but only one system is constantly sustainable?the Earth?s biosphere By unraveling the rules of the biosphere, you can use them to guide your corporation toward sustain

Focusing specifically on the Bildungsroman and international human rights law, Slaughter (English and comparative literature, Columbia U.) analyzes the "legibility" of human rights, the literary, poli

The Air & Waste Management Association is a nonprofit technical and educational organization with 13,000 members worldwide. Founded in 1907, the Association attracts decision makers from government ag

Based on the best-selling American Management Association seminar, a latest edition outlines sustainable project initiatives for improving processes, streamlining productivity and cutting costs, in a

For Drucker, management was a moral force, not merely a tool at the service of the amoral market . . ."Maciariello and Linkletter provide a very thoughtful and challenging journey in understanding Dru

Previously unpublished talks from the Father of Modern Management Throughout his professional life, Peter F. Drucker inspired millions of business leaders not only through his famous writings but als

A NEW YORK TIMES GLOBETROTTING PICK!THE MILLIONS MOST ANTICIPATEDA woman reclaims her own story in this taut and wholly original literary tale from one of China's literary superstars.Hongmei is the pe

The essential hands-on guide that shows product managers everything they need to know to be successful in the fieldWritten by product management thought leader Steven Haines, this comprehensive guide

A trove of never-before-published images, papers, and letters of the 20th Century's greatest management theorist Leading Drucker authority Rick Wartzman has selected and provided detailed commentary o

Population ecology has matured to a sophisticated science with astonishing potential for contributing solutions to wildlife conservation and management challenges. And yet, much of the applied power o

Outperform the competition with Subir Chowdhury’s next-generation management system“Nobody knows quality like Subir Chowdhury, and The Power of LEO reveals the elegant new approach he has pioneered wi

An in-depth look at today’s most pressing business issues through the eyes of Peter Drucker—the father of modern management “Channeling Peter Drucker to tackle some of this century’s most difficult to

This is a complete guide to the pricing and risk management of convertible bond portfolios. Convertible bonds can be complex because they have both equity and debt like features and new

Winning in Service Markets: Success through People, Technology, and Strategy is the first practitioner book in the market to cover the key aspects of services marketing and management based on sound a

Your business success is now forever linked to the success of your customersCustomer Success is the groundbreaking guide to the exciting new model of customer management. Business relationships are fu

Why downsize when you can OPTIMIZE?"At McDonald’s our focus has always been on providing maximum value to customers through ‘optimal’ quality and tight cost management, which is why Optimization has b

Emerging technologies such as the Internet and biotechnology have the potential to create new industries and transform existing ones. Incumbent firms, despite their superior resources, often lose out to smaller rivals in developing emerging technologies. Why do these incumbents have so much difficulty with disruptive technologies? How can they anticipate and overcome their handicaps? Wharton on Managing Emerging Technologies presents insights, tools, and frameworks from leading busi-ness thinkers based on the research of Wharton's Emerging Technologies Management Research Program. This pioneering industry-academic partnership, established in 1994, is one of the longest and broadest initiatives on the management of emerging technologies. For the first time, this book distills the insights from the program into a single volume for managers, covering a wide range of issues related to the successful management of emerging technologies. The editors contend that managing emerging technologie

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of viewNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER • A LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE LAST 30 YEARSIn development as a feature film to be produced by Steven Spielberg • A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, LA Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Economist, TIME, and more."Genius"—The Atlantic • "A masterpiece that will help redefine one of the classics of American literature, while also being a major achievement on its own."—Chicago Tribune • "A provocative, enlightening literary work of art."—The Boston Globe • "Everett’s most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful."—The New York TimesWhen Jim over

A novel for your cat, written in its native language. The word "meow" repeated over 80,000 times, to rapturous effect. Publisher's description: "Meow meow meow meow meow, meow. Meow meow meow meow. Meow? Meow."So begins Sam Austen's searing debut novel: an expansive, stream-of-consciousness fusillade decipherable only by cats, which may very well be a raucous, cogent satire laying waste to the literary establishment and the concept of language itself.Or it may not.Here, the experts weigh in: "Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow. Meow meow meow meow meow meow, meow meow, meow. Meow meow."- Professor Beans, Unaltered Domestic Shorthair"Meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow! Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow. Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow."- Constable Stubbs, Breed Indeterminate"Meow meow, meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow. Meow, meow meow meow meow. Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow meow meow meow

Becoming a great customer service manager requires a mastery of skills beyond those needed by frontline employees. Filled with the same accessible, step-by-step guidance as Customer Service Training 1

GET THE TOOLS AND KNOW-HOW THAT MAKE ROI MORE THAN JUST A NUMBER"Ron does such a great job answering the question that has baffl ed many learning professionals for years: How do we measure and demonstrate the value of training. Applying his methodology of ROI is inspiring in that the exercise helps to translate training activities into improved performance and, ultimately, tangible business outcomes, rather than mere calculation of numbers."— JUDY FENG, Director, Talent Management, Baxter Asia Pacific"Those who have criticized ROI will be pleased with Stone’s ROI Quality Analysis (RQA). HR directors and training managers will benefit from implementing this credible technique, and Stone's 'secret sauce ingredients' allow instructional designers to serve up a five-star training program."— STEPHANIE MOOSHEGIAN, Ph.D., Chair, Saint Louis University's Organizational Studies Program"Loaded with robust and practical methodologies, templates, and proven tools, The Real Value of Training master

RENEWAL. REINVENTION. REGROWTH.These are just a few of the timeless success strategies that companies around the world can learn from the Japanese.The world is changing--fast. If you want to succeed in today's global market, you need to reexamine your old strategies and face the new competition head on. But how? How can you rethink your management style, reorganize your company, and redefine your corporate goals for continued success and growth? The answer: Look at Japan.Why Japan? In spite of several economic downfalls and countless challenges, Japan is on the verge of a major economic revival. Time and again, the Japanese have managed to reinvent themselves and reestablish their role as world business leaders. Inspired by the ancient ways of the Samurai, they have altered their strategies and corporate cultures, set higher goals--and achieved bigger wins.Managers at all levels can take a lesson from Japan's leading companies. Japan's Business Renaissance details a powerful new approa

"Val and Don Feigenbaum's no nonsense, engineering-based approach to quality has allowed us to make a threshold reduction in failure costs with resulting improvement in customer satisfaction and botto

"Read it for no other reason than to learn Bob's Seven Immutable Laws of Business. . . . This is vintage Bob-contrarian, thoughtful, and he's really fun to read."—Forbes In this edition of Bob Lutz's bestselling account of the business philosophy with which he revolutionized Chrysler and much of the automotive industry, Lutz reveals his unique brand of creative management. Readers will learn many lessons herein, including why the key to success in any business is maintaining a positive tension between the creative minds and the buttoned-up financial minds, and how to attract, motivate, and strategically deploy each type throughout an organization. This book features a new introduction and an epilogue in which Lutz introduces an eighth law that helps today's business leaders put his famed Seven Immutable Laws of Business into sharper perspective. Robert A. Lutz (Scarsdale, NY) is General Motor's Vice Chairman of Product Development and Chairman of GM North America.

Teaching must-know literary elements is easy with this unique boxed set. It includes 48 books (6 copies of 8 48-page anthologies) for students plus a 96-page teaching guide. Literary elements covered:

因應快速變動的經營環境，「作業管理」已成為企業提升韌性、快速回應市場需求的核心能力。想要透過作業創造競爭優勢，必須理解作業功能是如何促進企業的競爭力。本書針對作業管理熱門的議題，諸如：「如何在降低供應鏈成本的同時能緩解營運中斷的風險、設計符合顧客需求的產品、協同整合供應鏈上下游的運作、應用資訊科技提升作業敏捷性、達成環境永續以降低產品與製程的長期成本」，提供了高品質的管理素材，幫助讀者了解上述議題的全貌與對今日企業的重要性。本書不僅要讓讀者認識當今企業在市場中創造競爭優勢的重要概念，也提供可以實際應用的作業管理技巧與工具。以各章的章首個案與學習目標、關鍵詞定義、章末的範例問題、問題討論、填充題與個案研討，循序引導讀者了解該章的議題與理論，並輔以「OSCM at Work」 專欄介紹企業實例，是非常適合學習作業管理的教材。此外，因應商業環境的改變，各章章首個案做了大幅的更新，增加更多國內企業的案例，以期能滿足國際視野與在地關懷的學習需求。章末的問題討論提高了量化分析與討論性問題的比重，以提升讀者創造性思考及數據分析的能力。另外，有鑑於人工智慧與企業電子化對產業的重大影響，第11章增加了智慧科技與數位化供應鏈整合議題的介紹。

New projects are the key to ensuring an organization’s growth—and as we enter an increasingly competitive global economy, companies of all stripes struggle to effectively govern the multiplicity of pr

A complete Oracle Press guide to Oracle Fusion Middleware 11gR1 Featuring best practices for deploying, securing, virtualizing, and managing enterprise-grade Oracle Fusion Middleware applications thro

Have a dream that inspires. Nurture your ability to embrace differences. Seek out challenges--scale one mountain after another. Face challenges that matter— learn to "fight with real swords."These and