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DK Essential Managers: Achieving High Performance is the visual guide that gives you all the know-how you need to be a more effective manager.Now newly updated with an all-new graphic approach to expl
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Although often loathed by supervisors and subordinates alike, appraisals are necessary precursors of performance improvement. This helpful collection examines the employee review process from many ang
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Collection of articles, including 3 seminal articles on the balanced scorecard by Kaplan & Norton, addresses the challenges of evaluating performance measures & aligning your coporate strategy accordi
To maintain router performance is a critical task for network managers. If routers dont function properly, then the network, e-mail and other significant applications experience trouble. This title fo
High Performance Loudspeakers, Sixth Edition is a fully revised and updated version of the highly successful guide to the design and specifications of high quality loudspeakers and loudspeaker systems
Boost individual and team performance with this indispensable guide! From one of the world s foremost game designers comes a?book that contains a collection of newly-designed and field-tested games.
Around the world, prescriptive building codes and fire safety standards are increasingly being replaced or supplemented by performance-based standards. This book discusses the implications in the indu
Your Oracle career starts here! Ideal for those new to Oracle technology, this officially authorized guide teaches new DBAs the essentials of keeping an Oracle database running at top performance. You
The most thorough, valid set of findings on global manufacturing and winning practices worldwideThis eye-opening resource sets a new standard for how manufacturing practices are viewed in today's busi
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The movement for Bangladesh was carried forward in the name of creating Sonar Bangla (Golden Bengal). Implicit in the idea of Sonar Bangla was the vision of a society economically prosperous, free of
The performance of companies is the major driving force behind the wealth of nations, yet it is a complex phenomenon to predict and understand. This concise and stimulating book examines how the exter
Going far beyond previous empirical work, John Kotter and James Heskett provide the first comprehensive critical analysis of how the "culture" of a corporation powerfully influences its economic perf
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The Results-Driven Manager series is designed to help time-pressed managers hone and polish the skills they need most. Concise, action-oriented, and packed with invaluable strategies and tools, these
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Shows how managers can structure their activities and investment base to obtain the highest possible ROI. * Examines essential concepts of ROI, including the advantages of using certain techniques and
This June 1999 conference brought together leading structural and materials engineers with the aim of promoting composite developments in design, materials integration and manufacturing, and state of
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The use of technical market indicators has long been a controversial subject, highly regarded by some and treated with great skepticism by others. Yet, the number of indicators-and the number of indiv
In addition to enumerating nearly every high performance polymeric material available, it provides detailed information on their methods of manufacture, properties and uses. Includes coverage of the n
A splendid introduction to the world of the European cabaret in the first period of its meteoric rise as a form of artistic creativity."--Harold Segel, author of Turn-of-the-Century Cabaret.
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Food and drink supply chains are complex, continually evolving systems, involving many participants and part and consequently, considerable challenges. This volume identifies six key challenges in man
This important new book provides operators of industrial gas turbines with a review of the principles of gas turbine operation and how they can be used to predict and improve turbine performance. The
Intended for managers, this book offer advice on conducting an employee appraisal interview, identifies the five requirements for an effective performance review program, and provides sample forms. Or
Acquisition and Performance of Sports Skills provides students with the theoretical and practical background that is necessary for an understanding of the basics of skill acquisition and performance.
Acquisition and Performance of Sports Skills provides students with the theoretical and practical background that is necessary for an understanding of the basics of skill acquisition and performance.
This book brings together contributions from scholars across the humanities.A wide-ranging exploration of the interface between performance and nature. Examines the use and usefulness of ideas of R
From the exclusive publishers of Oracle Press books comes a unique volume, packed with undocumented tips & techniques, for tuning and tailoring Oracle9i to perform at its peak. Author Rich Niemiec
In recent years there has been a wide interest in non-linear adaptive control using approximate models, either for tracking or regulation, and usually under the banner of neural network based control.
Written by a composer and a musician, The Contemporary Violin offers a unique menu of avant-garde musical possibilities that both performers and composers will enjoy exploring. Allen and Patricia Stra
This is one of four books resulting from the 13th international (35 countries represented) conference on engineering design (ICED 01). ICED covers engineering design from product development and innov
