Handbook of Air Pollution Prevention and Control or The Practical Negotiator

Handbook of Air Pollution Prevention and Control

Author: Nicholas P Cheremisinoff

This Handbook provides a concise overview of the latest technologies for managing industrial air pollution in petrochemical, oil and gas, and allied industries. Detailed material on equipment selection, sizing, and troubleshooting operations is provided along with practical design methodology. Unique to this volume are discussions and information on energy-efficient technologies and approaches to implementing environmental cost accounting measures.

Included in the text are sidebar discussions, questions for thinking and discussing, recommended resources for the reader (including Web sites), and a comprehensive glossary.

The Handbook of Air Pollution Prevention and Control also includes free access to US EPA's air dispersion model SCREEN3. Detailed examples on the application of this important software to analyzing air dispersion from industrial processes and point sources are provided in the Handbook, along with approaches to applying this important tool in developing approaches to pollution prevention and in selecting control technologies. SCREEN3 can be downloaded from a Butterworth-Heinemann Web site.

By applying SCREEN3, along with the examples given in the Handbook, the user can: evaluate the impact of processes and operations to air quality, and apply the model to assess emergency scenarios to help in planning, to develop environmental impact assessments, to select pollution control technologies, and to develop strategies for pollution prevention.

Two companion books by Cheremisinoff are available:
Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies, and Handbook of Solid Waste Management and Waste Minimization Technologies.

Uniquelycombines prevention and control concepts while covering the practices and technologies that are applied to the prevention of air pollution in the chemicals manufacturing, oil and gas, iron and steel, and pharmaceutical industries, and to the cleaning and control of industrial air emissions.Provides a bridge for today's environmental manager by focusing on an integrated approach to managing air pollution problems within industrial operations.Shows you how to calculate financial returns from pollution prevention projects, and is linked to a free, downloadable EPA air dispersion model that can be used to predict and assist in evaluating the impact of pollutants on the environment and populated areas.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	About the Author
Ch. 1	Introduction to Air Quality	1
Ch. 2	Industrial Air Pollution Sources and Prevention	53
Ch. 3	Properties of Air Pollutants	148
Ch. 4	Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality Control	188
Ch. 5	Air Pollution Dispersion	281
Ch. 6	Prevention Versus Control	348
Ch. 7	Prevention and Control Hardware	389
Ch. 8	Environmental Cost Accounting	498
	Glossary	515
	Index	553

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The Practical Negotiator

Author: I William William Zartman

This guild is based largely on the recollections and advice of many who have conducted negotiator over the past half century.

Participation Programs in Work Organizations or Contemporary Strategic Management

Participation Programs in Work Organizations: Past, Present, and Scenarios for the Future

Author: Aviad Bar Haim

Employee participation programs have many faces, many definitions, many forms--and they change all the time. Bar-Haim, taking a historical approach, dissects these plans with readable, lucid scholarship, and makes sense of the various confusing experiences others have had with them. He analyzes the shapes and dimensions these plans take, using a variety of conceptual frames from the social and management sciences; suggests practical guidelines to operationalize them, then adds a number of highly plausible scenarios for what these plans could look like in the near and perhaps distant future. Students, scholars, researchers, and human resource executives will all find this an important, useful source of action-oriented information.

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Industrial democracy, employee involvement, autonomous work groups, and self-management are among the manifestations of participation work programs that Bar-Haim (management and economics, Open U. of Israel, Tel Aviv) examines. He looks at intellectual and pragmatic roots, the earlier indirect and later direct approaches since World War II, a general model, and the future of such programs as an organizational and social phenomenon. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Participation Programs: Mapping the Field
Ch. 1	Problem Areas and Definitions	5
Ch. 2	Indirect Representative Programs	21
Ch. 3	Direct Participation Programs	27
Ch. 4	Economic Participation Programs	43
Pt. II	Two Generations of Participation Programs
Ch. 5	Workers' Participation: The First Generation	53
Ch. 6	Major Players of Workers' Participation	57
Ch. 7	Employee Involvement: The Second Generation	71
Ch. 8	Major Players of Employee Involvement	81
Pt. III	A General Model of Participation Programs
Ch. 9	System Elements of Participation Programs	101
Ch. 10	A Core Model of Participation Programs	113
Ch. 11	Applying the Model to Specific Cases	127
Pt. IV	Future of Participation Programs
Ch. 12	Preparing the Ground for Constructing Scenarios	137
Ch. 13	Future Scenarios of Participation Programs	143
Ch. 14	Epilogue	151
App. A	Co-determination in German Coal, Iron, and Steel Industries	153
App. B	Data for Two Israeli Programs	155
App. C	"The Challenge of Mondragon"	157
	References	161
	Index	177

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Contemporary Strategic Management

Author: Richard Pettinger

This text identifies, outlines and develops the body of skills, knowledge and expertise that is needed by managers in all senior positions within public and private organizations. Covering analysis and choice, implementation and the development of strategic management from a managerial perspective, the text also includes a discussion of key contemporary issues in the topic. Written in Richard Pettinger's tried and tested accessible style, MBA and final year management students will appreciate the:
*Comprehensive subject coverage including chapters on strategic thinking, investment appraisal, ethics, management development and public services
*Over 150 'Contemporary Insights' providing examples of organizations and situations to illustrate strategy in practice
*Discussion of strategic failures as well as successes
*Emphasis on the need for strategic expert leadership within organizations
*Organizations and situations featured within the contemporary insights include:
Barbie, The Cancellation of Concorde, EasyJet, Glaxo SmithKline, McDonalds, Mitsubishi, Nestle, Rebuilding Iraq, Sony, Swatch and Unilever

Online instructor support includes:
· Guidance on building a course around the text
· Answers to questions
· Further discussion questions
· PowerPoint slides

Visit palgrave.com/business/pettinger/strategy for more information

Personal Selling or International Business

Personal Selling: Achieving Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty

Author: Rolph Anderson

In line with students' current career goals, Personal Selling focuses almost exclusively on professional business-to-business selling rather than retail selling. The authors' latest research on customer loyalty and relationship marketing further distinguishes Personal Selling from other titles which focus less on these pressing issues. Strategies for achieving long-term customer loyalty underscore how attracting, cultivating, and retaining satisfied customers leads to higher profitability. In addition, the authors address the use of technology tools and services that facilitate, as well as prevent, sales.

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International Business: Environments and Operations

Author: John D Daniels

This classic bestseller discusses the differences faced in international environments, the overall strategies companies can take, and practical alternatives for operating abroad. Its abundance of colorful maps, strong engaging and opening cases, and classic and contemporary examples provide a balanced approach to all functions of business. More than 15 new cases have been added to this edition, all of which engage the reader with hot topical issues; these include Cran Chik, Luikoil, Cisco Systems, Johnson & Johnson, and Global Sofware Piracy. It has excellent coverage of Latin America, and reviews the latest institutional actions, market trends, and company activities. It provides an extensive background section, a comparative environmental frameworks section, a section on theories and institutions (trade and investment), a section on the world financial environment, business-government relationships, operations and tactical alternatives, and a section on managing business internationally. For readers involved in international business, whether they are employees, managers, or owners/CEOs of such corporations. Also an excellent resource for individuals seeking to expand their current businesses to the international market.

Table of Contents:

1	Globalization and international business	2
2	The cultural environments facing business	44
3	The political and legal environments facing business	86
4	The economic environment	118
5	Globalization and society	160
6	International trade and factor mobility theory	200
7	Governmental influence on trade	238
8	Cross-national cooperation and agreements	266
9	Global foreign exchange and capital market	304
10	The determination of exchange rates	340