Careers Serving Families and Consumers or Alternatives to Deforestation

Careers Serving Families and Consumers

Author: Elizabeth Kendall Sproles

This book provides coverage of many careers available to readers trained in human ecology, family and consumer sciences, and human services, including 38 Career Profiles that offer an in-depth look at the responsibilities of a variety of jobs in the field, their potential career growth, and the qualifications each demands. The start of career planning. Integrates the use of computer technology with job search information. Contains updated career projections and bibliographical materials. Anyone interest in a career serving families and consumers.

Table of Contents:

I. THE START OF CAREER PLANNING.

1. Careers for the 21st Century—Serving Families and Consumers.
2. The Growth of the Family and Consumers-Sciences Profession.
3. Beginning Your Career Plan.
4. The Career Market of Today—What to Expect.

II. PROFESSIONAL CAREERS SERVING FAMILIES AND CONSUMERS.

5. Careers in Human Services for Families.
6. Careers in Business and Consumer Services.
7. Careers in Education and Communications.
8. Careers in Design, the Arts, and Sciences.
9. Careers in Government and Public Services.
10. Developing an Innovative Career.

III. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAREERS.

11. Your Education and Professional Development.
12. Internships and Other Preprofessional Employment.
13. Developing Your Strategy for Job Seeking.
14. Your Professional Resume and Portfolio.
15. How to Find Potential Employers.
16. How to Obtain Interviews and Offers of Employment.

IV. CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING GRADUATION.

17. The Major Issues in Career Development.
18. Managing a Successful Career Day to Day.
19. Professional Associations and Organizations.
20. Future Directions for Family and Consumer-Oriented Professions.

Interesting book: The Future of Reputation or Essay on the Principle of Population

Alternatives to Deforestation: Steps Toward Sustainable Use of the Amazon Rain Forest

Author: A B Anderson

Alternatives to Deforestation explores some of the possible sustainable uses of the world's largest rain forest, the Amazon. The collection by scientists, policymakers, and foundations presents innovative approaches and technologies that will permit simultaneous use and conservation of the rain forest, and will benefit the population of Amazonia as a whole, rather than just a small rural minority. By presenting sustainable land-use alternatives that are both economically viable and ecologically sound, this book represents a valuable contribution in the effort to end the tragic consequences of tropical deforestation.

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Originally published (cloth) by Columbia U. Press in 1990. In papers presented at an international conference in Belem, Brazil, January 1988, scientists, policymakers, and foundations present innovative approaches and technologies that will permit simultaneous use and conservation of the rain forest, and will benefit the population of Amazonia as a whole, rather than just a small rural minority. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Short Term Financial Management or From Training to Performance Improvement

Short-Term Financial Management

Author: Terry S Maness

Most finance students will do short-term finance assignments when they go to work. In recent survey of CEO's, Controllers, and Treasurers that appeared in Financial Practice & Education, the question was asked which elective is the most important and 81% responded a short-term financial management course should be required. Both authors hold a Certified Cash Manager credential.Strengths include broader and better integrated coverage of treasury and working capital management, while using valuation and the cash flow timeline as integrating themes. Up to date presentations of developments in treasury management, banking deregulation, globalization of financial services delivery, electronic commerce, international cash management, and foreign exchange risk with a decision making emphasis throughout offers a complete view for students.

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From Training to Performance Improvement: Navigating the Transition

Author: Jim Fuller

Achieve measurable gains!

Organizations are spending millions of dollars every year training employees. Yet why are organizations sending their employees to training? They often don't know.

Training is a quick fix; many managers don't believe that it really works. But even if it isn't the appropriate solution to a problem, many organizations automatically implement training for lack of a more reasoned, thoughtful alternative.

Here's the approach you've waited for: performance improvement. Jim Fuller and Jeanne Farrington show you how to achieve measurable gains by implementing this cutting-edge technique at your organization.

"A practical guide for identifying and eliminating the root causes of business problems. Business leaders and human resource professionals responsible for turning around bottom-line results will find From Training to Performance Improvement well worth the read."
-- Kathleen Dalton, Procter & Gamble

"Clear, concise, and compelling. This book is a great asset for executives and management teams who are seeking ways to make changes that will count."
-- James J. Hill, manager of executive education, Sun Microsystems

"A must for human resource development professionals and managers interested in moving their organizations from training to a business-goal focused performance improvement system. Fuller and Farrington have 'been there.' They give the reader the benefit of their considerable experience on how to guide large and small organizations toward a human performance technology strategy. Unique, persuasive, and field-tested."
-- Richard E. Clark, professor and director, doctoral program in human performance atwork, University of Southern California

You'll learn how to:

• Explain and sell the notion of performance improvement to organizations
• Surmount obstacles that can prevent organizations from achieving their full potential
• Demonstrate the results of your efforts . . . and much more!

As director of learning at a Fortune 20 company, where he worked for eighteen years, Jim Fuller helped to lead his corporation to a performance breakthrough. In this hands-on resource, Fuller and seasoned consultant Jeanne Farrington show you how to make this transition at your organization.

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Business consultants explain how to identify and surmount obstacles that can prevent organizations from reaching their full growth potential, sell the notion of performance improvement to organizations, build an organizational groundwork to facilitate fast implementation, and demonstrate the results of efforts to improve performance. The practical and informal treatment discusses such aspects as driving the value of human capital, making the transition within a department, developing professionals within the organization, and managing performance technology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Figures and Exhibits
	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Discovering Human Performance Technology	1
2	Understanding Human Performance Technology	13
3	Driving the Value of Human Capital Within Your Organization	35
4	Preparing for Performance Technology	55
5	Demonstrating Results with HPT	67
6	Building Organizational Awareness for HPT	93
7	Analyzing and Addressing Organizational Barriers to HPT	111
8	Making the Transition to HPT Within Your Department	137
9	How to Develop HPT Professionals Within Your Organization	159
10	Becoming the Manager of Performance Technology for Your Organization	183
	References	201
	About the Authors	205
	Index	209

Economic Issuses and Policy with Economic Applications or Essentials of Economics

Economic Issuses and Policy with Economic Applications

Author: Jacqueline Brux

This book provides students with a grasp of basic economic tools through the analysis of important economic issues and their related policy perspectives. Economic theory is presented in a simple, market-oriented framework at a level of technicality that is deliberately appropriate for a basic first course in economics directed at non-majors. Complex topics more appropriate for a Principles of Economics course are left out or contained in appendices. In analyzing economic situations and the implications of policies, liberal and conservative viewpoints are effectively balanced -- the careful presentation of conservative and liberal viewpoints is one of the unique characteristics of this book.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction. 2. Crime and Drugs. 3. The Environment. 4. Education. 5. Discrimination. 6. U.S. Poverty. 7. World Poverty. 8. Market Power. 9. International Trade. 10. Housing. 11. Health Care. 12. Agriculture. 13. Social Security. 14. Unemployment and Inflation. 15. Government Macroeconomic Policy. 16. Taxes, Borrowing, and the National Debt. 17. Globally Free Markets for the Twenty-First Century?

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Essentials of Economics

Author: Bradley R Schiller

Contains Quick Review, Learning Objectives, Using Key terms, True or False, Multiple Choice, Problems and Applications, Common Errors.

Aris Business Process Frameworks or Games Businesses Play

ARIS - Business Process Frameworks

Author: August Wilhelm Scheer

ARIS (Architecture of Integrated Information Systems) is a unique and internationally renowned method for optimizing business processes and implementing application systems. This book enhances the proven ARIS concept by describing product flows and explaining how to classify modern software concepts. The importance of the link between business process organization and strategic management is stressed. Bridging the gap between the different approaches in business theory and information technology, the ARIS concept provides a full-circle approach - from the organizational design of business processes to IT implementation. Featuring SAP R/3 as well, real-world examples of various standard software solutions illustrate these concepts.

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Games Businesses Play: Cases and Models

Author: Pankaj Ghemawat

Game theory has come to dominate industrial organization economics, but business strategists continue to debate its usefulness. So far, empirical work on the application of game theory to business strategy has been too limited to force a consensus. As a (partial) remedy, Games Businesses Play uses detailed case studies of competitive interaction to explore the uses and limits of game theory as a tool for business strategists.

Because they are analytical rather than descriptive, the case studies are not typical teaching cases. The cases are paired with customized game-theoretic models that cover a wide range of commitment decisions, from short-run commitments such as price to longer-run commitments such as capacity expansion and reduction, product and process innovation, and battles for market share. A variety of quantitative and qualitative techniques are used to test the models' predictions on case data. In addition the book sheds light on a number of other issues important to strategic management, including the resource-based view of the firm and the emergent theory of dynamic capabilities.

Grammar Connection 1 or The Clinicians Guide to Managed Behavioral Care

Grammar Connection 1: Structure Through Content

Author: Jill Korey OSullivan

The Grammar Connection series offers a basal program in Academic, Adult, and International programs. The skills it develops are useful for students planning to enroll in college-level courses, adults planning to return to college, or high school students in preparation for college.

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The Clinician's Guide to Managed Behavioral Care

Author: Norman Winegar

Managed care is a revolution impacting the practice of clinicians throughout America. The Clinician's Guide to Managed Behavioral Care, called "a survival kit" and "must reading," shows clinicians how to develop and market professional services attuned to the needs of managed care systems, how to best manage the utilization process, and how to reshape an office practice or hospital-based program to become more "managed care friendly." It is newly referenced and updated for clinicians to continue to advocate for their patients and clients.

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An introduction and guide to the managed mental health care environment, providing a thorough discussion of historical developments as well as present-day practices, including HMOs, PPOs, and networks. Other topics include contracting, legal issues, marketing, and critical issues in managed mental health. Includes some sample documents for practitioners. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	What is "Managed Care"?	5
Ch. 2	Managed Care Basics: Health Maintenance Organizations	19
Ch. 3	Preferred Provider Organizations and Mental Health Point-of-Service Networks	39
Ch. 4	Employee Assistance Programs and Managed Care	49
Ch. 5	Managed Behavioral Care Systems	71
Ch. 6	Contracting with Managed Care	115
Ch. 7	Managing the Utilization Management Process	121
Ch. 8	Legal Issues and Utilization Management	135
Ch. 9	Marketing to Managed Care	145
Ch. 10	Critical Issues	169
	Appendix A. Mental Health Provider Agreement	183
	Appendix B. Directory of America's Health Maintenance Organization	231
	Appendix C. Treatment Summary	297
	Appendix D. S.O.A.P. Process Note Recording Format	303
	Appendix E. Managed Care Directory, 1995	305
	Appendix F. Brief Therapy Reading List	311
	Appendix G. Managed Care Market Share Estimates, 1995	315
	Glossary	317
	Index	325

The Transplanted Executive or Justice in the WorkPlace

The Transplanted Executive: Why You Need to Understand How Workers in Other Countries See the World Differently

Author: P Christopher Earley

The Transplanted Executive provides a comprehensive resource for managers of any nationality striving to understand the diversity of workplace values and traditions - and how they can be used to maximize employee efficiency, morale, and the bottom line. Offering sensible solutions to everyday problems, this informative volume shows how employees with different cultural religious, and ethnic backgrounds respond to specific managerial techniques. Further, they describe why the same management practices used in the same country can generate success for some, but failure for others. Each chapter focuses on a different management problem - effective communication, motivation of workers, turning groups into teams, leadership skills, and quality management production - and following each chapter are quick reference charts that neatly summarize the text. The authors also include a table which provides cultural profiles of nearly 50 countries from major business centers around the world.

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Helps managers in any industry and of any nationality understand the diversity of worldviews and culture in workplaces and identify practices that seem obvious and natural but in fact are specific to a particular culture. Provides guidelines for effective communication, motivating workers, turning groups into teams, leadership skills, and quality management. Most of the examples come from Japan and Latin America. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Justice in the Workplace: From Theory to Practice, Vol. 2

Author: Russell Cropanzano

Justice in the Workplace acts as a central reference point for application of organizational justice and helps human resource managers relate the importance of justice to their work environments.

Forming much of this book's content, outcomes, processes, and interpersonal treatment are three powerful tools for building and maintaining workplace justice. In Part I these books are discussed at a theoretical level. Part II applies these theories to several issues important to both human resource management and society. And Part III looks at organizational justice in the years ahead.

Compared to the first volume, this book will appeal to practitioners and researchers in such applied areas as human resource management, industrial organizational psychology, and management.

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Discusses outcomes, processes, and interpersonal treatment for building and maintaining workplace justice. Early chapters trace the history of organizational justice, examine workplace stress, look at cognitive processes by which people decide if they are being treated unfairly, and explore cross-cultural research on justice. Later chapters apply theory to several issues important to both human resources management and society, discussing affirmative action policies, fairness in staffing decisions, and workplace revenge. Final chapters speculate on organizations of the future. The editor is affiliated with Colorado State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)