Objective Based Safety Training or Capitalism and Modernity

Objective-Based Safety Training

Author: Kenneth L Miller

What are the four major areas always in the safety practitioner's mind? Preventing injuries - preventing catastrophic losses - protecting the organization from regulatory problems - and showing value to the organization. This book prepares the safety management practitioner for training in a diverse workforce while creating a program that meets the specific needs of a client or corporation. It evaluates the barriers that a trainer may encounter and offers techniques to overcome them. This book will assist the trainer to create a training program which is geared towards adult learning. Showing that training is hitting the mark through behavioral change supports the overall organization's goals.

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For safety training programs to be perceived as value-added assets, professionals must mesh safe workplace objectives with bottom-line organizational culture (Part one). In Part two, training expert Miller details how to assess the company's needs; match training methods with these needs, learning theory, and regulatory requirements; and empower employees through self- directed work teams. Part three focuses on evaluation, risk assessment, and "the good, bad, and the ugly" of the field. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Capitalism and Modernity: An Excursus on Marx and Weber

Author: Derek Sayer

The nature of modernity, and its connection with capitalism, are questions at the heart of contemporary sociological debate. In Capitalism and Modernity, Derek Sayer critically re-examines the answers given by two of the greatest social theorists of capitalism, Karl Marx and Max Weber. He provides a fresh reading of both men's work, and breaks new ground in showing the remarkable relevance of their thought to the modern condition. From behind the well-worn stereotypes of "the Marx-Weber debate" emerges a disturbing critique of modern sociality, subjectivity, and power which has lost none of its intellectual force or moral relevance.

Clearly and compellingly written, Capitalism and Modernity is a major work of original scholarship. As an authoritative yet accessible commentary on a debate central to modern sociology and politics, this work is likely to become a seminal text in social theory.

Table of Contents:

Preface: Introduction: Chapter 1 Mors immortalis; Chapter 2 Power and the subject; Chapter 3 The Ghost in the machine; Chapter 4 Without regard for persons; Suggestions for further reading: Bibliography

Preventing Corporate Embezzlement or Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany

Preventing Corporate Embezzlement

Author: Paul Shaw

Internal loss is one of the most costly forms of loss. Embezzlement is one of the least detected and prosecuted forms of internal theft. Preventing Corporate Embezzlement is a professional reference that offers solutions. Managers, auditors and others charged with protecting assets must achieve a heightened awareness of embezzlement. They need to recognize and understand the opportunities, methods, and varieties of embezzlement, as well as establish internal controls that will prevent and detect embezzlement.

Practical tool for detecting and combatting embezzlement: checklists, forms and evaluations Offers how-to advice on avoiding lawsuits by practicing preventive law Lists further resources, publications and directories on embezzlement, internal controls and security, risk management, insurance, auditors, and security services and equipment

Table of Contents:

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Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany: Comparisons and Contrasts

Author: Richard Bessel

Can Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany be compared? This collaborative volume explores the parallels and contrasts between the two regimes. Its ten essays examine the rise of the Fascist and Nazi movements; the relation of the regimes to workers, women, and war; and how the regimes may be viewed in a long-term perspective. The essays take stock of recent research, advance fresh theories about the histories of Nazism and Fascism, and provide a basis for informed comparison of two regimes central to twentieth-century history.

Integral Logistics Management or Operations Research Models and Methods

Integral Logistics Management: Planning and Control of Comprehensive Business Processes

Author: Paul Schonsleben

In today's global economy, small to medium-sized companies increasingly depend on computer-aided planning and control. And rightly so, for the large amounts of data these tasks involve cannot be handled quickly - and accurately - enough by other methods. The success of magic formulas, catchwords, and simplifying theories in logistics management depends upon the people using them.

An exhaustive understanding of logistics forms the basis of this book. It emphasizes integral analysis and design covering logistics networks through the entire production process to the end user and back again. The author examines business objectives and methods in detail. Along with the familiar concepts of production planning and control systems, he discusses the integration of planning and control in research and development.

Integral Logistics Management: Planning and Control of Comprehensive Business Processes provides a comprehensive understanding of logistics. The book handles both classical and novel approaches to nonrepetitive (one-of-a-kind) production.

You will find not only the most recent trends in supply chain management, virtual organizations, and agile companies, but also the concepts of Just-In-Time (JIT) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Materials Resource Planning II (MRP II).

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Operations Research Models and Methods

Author: Paul A Jensen

In a rapidly developing field like Operations Research, its easy to get overwhelmed by the variety of topics and analytic techniques. Paul Jensen and Jonathan Bard help you master the expensive field by focusing on the fundamental models and methodologies underlying the practice of Operations Research.

Bridging the gap between theory and practice, the authors presents the quantitative tools and models most important to understanding modern operations research. You'll come to appreciate the power of OR techniques in solving real-world problems and applications in your own field. You'll learn how to translate complex situations into mathematical models, solve models and turn models into solutions. A CD (included free, inside the cover) contains advanced topics, as well as robust, yet easy-to-use, Excel add-ins that support the methods discussed in the text.

Features*Divide each subject into methods and models, giving you greater flexibility in how you approach the material.
*Concise and focused presentation highlights central ideas. The first CD includes advanced topics and applications.
*Excel add-ins on the accompanying CD will help you solve almost all of the problems and exercises in the book.
*Many examples throughout the text will help you better understand mathematical material.
*Trial versions of software on the CD allow you to use some of the commercial tools available to OR practitioners. These include Premium Solver for Education from Frontline Systems, Inc., MPL Modeling System from Maximal Software, Inc., and the Extended Simulation System from Imagine That, Inc.
*A comprehensive website for the book offers step-by-step procedures for manyof the methods discussed in the book.

Table of Contents:

1	Problem Solving with Operations Research	1
2	Linear Programming Models	17
3	Linear Programming Methods	56
4	Sensitivity Analysis, Duality, and Interior Point Methods	111
5	Network Flow Programming Models	146
6	Network Flow Programming Methods	182
7	Integer Programming Models	223
8	Integer Programming Methods	266
9	Nonlinear Programming Models	315
10	Nonlinear Programming Methods	359
11	Models for Stochastic Processes	409
12	Discrete-Time Markov Chains	427
13	Mathematics of Discrete-Time Markov Chains	466
14	Continuous-Time Markov Chains	493
15	Mathematics of Continuous-Time Markov Chains	526
16	Queuing Models	550
17	Queuing Networks and Decision Models	586
18	Simulation	614
	Index	669

Mexican Politics or Economics of Buiness Policy

Mexican Politics: The Dynamics of Change

Author: Howard Handelman

MEXICAN POLITICS traces the historical development of Mexico's political system and analyzes U.S./Mexico relations, highlighting Mexico's importance to the U.S. Current events such as the NAFTA accord, the Chiapas uprising, the economic crisis of 1994, and the downfall of a former president are explored in context.

Table of Contents:

Preface. Map. 1. Mexico: The Ongoing Crisis. 2. The Origins of Modern Mexico. 3. The Structure of Government. 4. Elections and the Party System. 5. Interest Groups and Popular Protest. 6. Mexico's Changing Political Economy. 7. Mexico and the United States. 8. Prospects for the Future. Acronyms. Bibliography. Index.

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Economics of Buiness Policy

Author: Anindya Sen

This book using tools of industrial organization and business policy comprehensively examines how a firm can maximize short and long term gains for its stakeholders. This volume may be described as a book on industrial organization with a business policy perspective.

An Introduction to Writing for Electronic Media or Crisis of Argentine Capitalism

An Introduction to Writing for Electronic Media: Scriptwriting Essentials Across the Genres

Author: Robert B Musburger

"Wonderfully practical....just what every media writer needs."
Christopher H. Sterling George Washington University

* Learn what it takes to write for commercials, news, documentaries, corporate, educational, animation, games, the internet, and dramatic film & video productions

* Outlines the key skills needed for a successful media writing career

The demand for quality and knowledgeable multi-platform writing is always in high demand. An Introduction to Writing for Electronic Media presents a survey of the many types of electronic media you can write for, and explains how to do it.

Musburger focuses on the skills you need to write for animation versus radio or television news versus corporate training. Sample scripts help you learn by example while modeling your own scripts. Production files illustrate the integral role writers' play in the production process, and individual movie frames allow you compare these to the real scripts.

Armed with the skills developed in this book, a media writer can apply for a variety of positions in newsrooms, advertising firms, motion pictures or animation studios, as well as local and national cable operations.

Robert B. Musburger, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the School of Communication, University of Houston, USA. He has worked for 20 years in professional broadcasting, serving as camera operator, director, producer, and writer. Musburger has received numerous awards for his video work and teaching and he continues to work in electronic media with his Seattle, WA,. consulting firm, Musburger Media Services.

"[An] authoritative and clearly written description of theprocesses involved in writing for film, radio and television production."
Raymond Fielding, Dean Emeritus Florida State University

*Provides you with an overview of the different types of media they might write for
*Sample scripts illustrate the various approaches to conveying information
*Outlines the key skills needed for a successful media writing career

Table of Contents:

Preface     xiii
Acknowledgments     xv
Getting Started: Loading the Application and Sharpening the Pencil     1
Introduction     1
Background     1
Script Variations     11
Media Differences     11
Basic Writing Skills     13
Language of Discrimination     25
The Law and Censorship     27
The Audience and Distribution     30
Summary     32
Be Sure To...     32
Exercises     32
Additional Sources     33
Media Production for Writers     35
Introduction     35
Writer's Relationship with Production     36
What Is Production?     37
Why Production for Writers?     38
The Language of Production     39
Video Production Techniques     45
Audio Production Techniques     48
Digital and Web Production Techniques     49
Summary     50
Be Sure To...     50
Exercises     51
Additional Sources     51
Spots: Public Service Announcements, Program Promotions, and Commercials     53
Introduction     53
Background     54
Public Service Announcements     56
Promotional Announcements     57
Commercial Announcements     58
Audience Analysis     60
Ethics     64
The Law     66
Writing Spot Copy     74
Copywriting     77
Copy Formatting     81
Instructions for Dual-Column Format Using Microsoft Word     82
Instructions for Single-Column Format Using Microsoft Word     85
Production Values     89
Summary     90
Be Sure To...     91
Exercises     91
Additional Sources     92
News     93
Introduction     93
The Fourth Estate     94
Print Newswriting Basics     94
Electronic Newswriting Basics     98
Newswriting Guidelines     99
Interviewing     105
Know Your Stylebook-Objectivity and Fairness     106
Radio Newswriting     108
Television Newswriting     117
Internet Newswriting     130
Summary     134
Be Sure To...     136
Exercises      136
Additional Sources     137
Documentaries     139
Introduction     139
Background     140
Types of Documentaries     143
Script and Production Patterns     144
Sponsored Documentaries, Biographies, and Docudramas     146
Docudramas     147
Documentary Preproduction Process     148
Documentary Formats     149
Writing a Documentary     151
Summary     153
Be Sure To...     153
Exercises     154
Additional Sources     154
Informational Productions     157
Introduction     157
Background     158
Writing Corporate Media Scripts     161
Writing Educational Media Scripts     175
Summary     176
Be Sure To...     177
Exercises     177
Additional Sources     178
Animation     181
Introduction     181
Background     182
The Production Process     184
The Writing Process     187
Writing Techniques     194
Summary     199
Be Sure To...      200
Exercises     200
Additional Sources     201
Games     203
Introduction     203
Background     204
Types of Games     206
Writing Game Scripts     208
Script Formats     212
Developing Plot and Action Lines     213
Summary     215
Be Sure To...     216
Exercises     216
Additional Sources     216
Drama     219
Introduction     219
Background     220
Stages of Scriptwriting     223
Dramatic Script Formats     240
Summary     248
Be Sure To...     249
Exercises     249
Additional Sources     249
The Internet     251
Introduction     251
Background     251
Types of Internet Messages     254
E-Mail     254
World Wide Web     256
Types of Web Sites     257
E-Commerce     260
Streaming Media     260
Audio Streaming     261
Video Streaming     263
Writing for the Internet     264
E-Mail, Chat Lines, and Instant Messaging     265
Newsgroups and Blogs     266
Interactive Producing     268
Interactive Writing     270
Electronic Commerce     272
Internet Problems     274
Summary     275
Be Sure To...     276
Exercises     276
Additional Sources     277
Future     279
Introduction     279
The Search     280
Networking     281
Internship     283
Resume     284
Cover Letter     289
Portfolio     290
Interviewing     293
Freelancing     296
Representation     297
Summary     298
Be Sure To...     300
Exercises     300
Additional Sources     301
Appendix A     303
Appendix B     305
Appendix C     308
Glossary     313
Index     329

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Crisis of Argentine Capitalism

Author: Paul H Lewis

At the end of World War II, Argentina was the most industrialized nation in Latin America, with a highly urbanized, literate, and pluralistic society. But over the last four decades, Argentina has suffered both political and economic crises of increasing intensity that have stalled industrial growth, sharpened class conflict, and led to long periods of military rule. Paul Lewis explains how that shift happened.

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By focusing on the organization, development, and political activities of pressure groups rather than on parties or governmental institutions, Lewis (political science, Tulane U.) gets to the root causes of Argentina's instability and decline. His study is of the industrialist bourgeoisie and their relation to labor, government, the military, and foreign capital. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Introduction to Wireless Technology or Death Of The Guilds

Introduction to Wireless Technology

Author: Gary S Rogers

This text provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of wireless technology and networking. It covers the history of wireless communications, Wireless Application Protocol, Bluetooth, cellular telephony, public services, wireless LANs, satellite communications, and the Global Positioning System. Case studies are presented throughout to enhance the learning experience.

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Death Of The Guilds: Professions, States, and the Advance of Capitalism, 1930 to the Present

Author: Elliott A Kraus

In a uniquely wide-ranging analysis of modern professional group power, Elliott A. Krause looks at four traditional professions: medicine, law, university teaching, and engineering. His richly detailed comparison of the autonomy and leverage these professions wield in five countries - the United States, Britain, France, Italy, and Germany - reveals many differences among the countries and the professions. Yet in the past three decades each professional group in each country has experienced a marked decline in its powers in relation to the state and to capitalist institutions. With a shift toward capitalist control, Krause contends, the professions operate more on a for-profit basis, and increased rationing of services becomes more likely. For these professional groups, such powers as control over association and training for the profession, over the workplace, over the market for services, and over the group's relation to the state peaked by the late 1950s and early 1960s. After that, Krause's nation-by-nation social historical comparison shows, the actions of states, of capitalist employers of professionals, or of the two together have eroded professional group power. This loss of power, Krause cautions, will lead to fewer benefits for consumers of professional services as providers respond less to consumer needs and more to the priorities of capitalists who arrange the services and determine who will receive them. And, as the professions surrender noncapitalist values, they become no different from any other occupations.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Guild Power and the Theory of Professions	1
2	The United States: Capitalism Dominant, Professions Pressured	29
3	Britain: Class-Divided Professions and an Amateur State	79
4	France: Strong State, Cliental Professions	123
5	Italy: Partitocrazia and Politicized Professions	172
6	Germany: Corporatist System, Professions Included	214
7	Comparative and International Perspectives	252
8	Conclusions: Guild Power and Social Change	280
	References	287
	Index	303

Post Industrial Capitalism or Strategic Management in Tourism

Post-Industrial Capitalism: Exploring Economic Inequality in America

Author: Joel I Nelson

"The work is provocative and ambitious and the writing is clear." --Choice "It is a topic in need of systematic analysis. . . . Joel I. Nelson understands and, in fact, has mastered the issues. . . . It will undoubtedly be a major contribution. . . . His approach is fresh and refreshing. . . . He has the appropriate conceptual tools to complete his synthesis. . . . I believe not only scholars--sociologists, economists, political scientists, and historians, would find Post-Industrial Capitalism useful but policymakers might also find it of interest. . . . The book can also be used as a text in an advanced undergraduate class and in a graduate seminar. . . . Nelson's thesis is coherent and logically developed. . . . I imagine this book as a college text or on a desk in Washington, DC. . . . Nelson's last book Economic Inequality was a huge success. . . . Certainly the many who relied on it in their teaching and research will welcome and use Post-Industrial Capitalism." --Lionel L. Lewis, State University of New York at Buffalo "Too often authors focus only on the positive aspects or on the downside of postindustrialism. Joel I. Nelson is proposing something that fits neatly between the two camps. . . . Nelson's strategy of building a new explanation based on a synthesis of these older approaches is very attractive. . . . There are no other books that attempt this. . . . Post-Industrial Capitalism might also be used in an advanced undergraduate course on economic sociology or social change. . . . [It] will be also acquired by professionals in sociology, social work, political science, and economics. . . . The sequence of the topics are clear and concise. . . . Each chapter pullstogether arguments that--heretofore--have been scattered across numerous books and articles (and across disciplines for that matter)." --Charles M. Tolbert II, Professor of Sociology and Rural Sociology, Louisiana State University The social and economic well-being of many Americans is increasingly at risk. Disparities in earnings and wealth are escalating, reversing a century of declining inequality. Excesses of the free market are growing-and growing more difficult to contain. Politics are increasingly conservative across the ideological spectrum, with economic competitiveness considered more important than equality and humanitarian aid. Post-Industrial Capitalism offers an alternative to the dominant and unsuccessful Marxist and industrialist views by providing a framework for explaining the widening polarization within American society. This work demonstrates a more comprehensive explanation of inequality and locates its source in the transformation of American business. It provides a fresh illustration of Schumpeter's insistence on the ability of capitalism to develop by creatively destroying its past. It not only describes the shifts in corporate resources, illustrates their use by the corporate sector, and traces their implications for inequality across the institutional spectrum, but also demonstrates how these strategies have been used by companies to intensify competition, effect greater political control, and widen the economic gap in America. Scholars interested in the question of modernity and post-industrialization, theorists of multiple theoretical persuasions, and students interested in social stratification, inequality, and social change will find Postindustrial Capitalism to be extremely valuable.

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Nelson (sociology, U. of Minnesota) locates the source of inequality and polarization within American society in the transformation of American business, describing the shifts in corporate resources and their use by the corporate sector, and the implications for inequality across the institutional spectrum. He demonstrates how corporate strategies have been used to intensify competition, effect greater political control, and widen the economic gap in America. Paper edition (unseen), $21.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Strategic Management in Tourism

Author: Luiz Moutinho

This book contains coverage and analytical discussion of the three key areas of contemporary tourism management: evaluation of the most important global trends in tourism; analysis of the impact of crucial environmental issues and their implications; the major factors affecting international tourism management. The aim of this advanced textbook is to provide a vision of integrated management which will benefit students in their future careers.

Table of Contents:

	Contributors
	Preface
Pt. 1	The Tourism Environment	1
1	Trends in Tourism	3
2	The Marketing Environment for Travel and Tourism	17
Pt. 2	Tourism Marketing Management	39
3	Consumer Behaviour	41
4	Tourism Marketing Research	79
5	Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning and Strategic Marketing	121
Pt. 3	Functional Management in Tourism	167
6	Human Resource Issues in Travel and Tourism	169
7	Financial Management in Tourism	187
8	Operations Management	211
9	Strategic Quality Management	239
Pt. 4	Strategic Planning in Tourism	257
10	Strategic Planning	259
11	The Marketing Planning Index: A Tool for Measuring Strategic Marketing Effectiveness in the Hospitality Sector	283
12	Demand Modelling and Forecasting	293
13	International Tourism Management	315
	Index	337

Sacred Trust or Marketing by Menu Creating Your Most Powerful Marketing Tool

Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church As an Economic Firm

Author: Robert B Ekelund

Without meaning to be irreverent, it is fair to say that in the Middle Ages, at the height of its political and economic power, the Roman Catholic Church functioned in part as a powerful and sophisticated corporation. The Church dealt in a "product" many consumers felt they had to have: the salvation of their immortal souls. The Pope served as its CEO, the College of Cardinals as its board of directors, bishoprics and monasteries as its franchises. And while the Church certainly had moral and social goals, this early antecedent to AT&T and General Motors had economic motives and methods as well, seeking to maximize profits by eliminating competitors and extending its markets.
In Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm, five highly respected economists advance the controversial argument that the story of the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages is in large part a story of supply and demand. Without denying the centrality--or sincerity--of religious motives, the authors employ the tools of modern economics to analyze how the Church's objectives went well beyond the realm of the spiritual. They explore the myriad sources of the Church's wealth, including tithes and land rents, donations and bequests, judicial services and monastic agricultural production. And they present an in-depth look at the ways in which Church principles on marriage, usury, and crusade were revised as necessary to meet--and in many ways to create--the needs of a vast body of consumers. Along the way, the book raises and answers many intriguing questions. The authors explore the reasons behind the great crusades against the Moslems, probing beyond motives of pure idealism to highlightthe Church's concern with revenues from tourism and the sale of relics threatened by Moslem encroachment in the holy lands. They examine the Church's involvement in the marriage market, revealing how the clergy filled their coffers by extracting fees for blessing or dissolving marital unions, for hearing marital disputes, and even for granting permission for blood relatives to wed. And they shed light on the concept of purgatory, showing how this
"product innovation" developed by the Church in the twelfth century--a form of "deferred payment"--opened the floodgates for a fresh market in post-mortem atonement through payments on behalf of the deceased. Finally, the authors show how the cumulative costs that the faithful were asked to bear eventually priced the Roman Catholic church out of the market, paving the way for Protestant reformers like Martin Luther.
A ground-breaking look at the growth and decline of the medieval Church, Sacred Trust demonstrates how economic reasoning can be used to cast light on the behavior of any complex historical institution. It offers rare insight into one of the great historical powers of Western civilization, in a analysis that will intrigue anyone interested in life in the Middle Ages, in church history, or in the influence of economic motives on historical events.

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Marketing by Menu: Creating Your Most Powerful Marketing Tool

Author: Nancy Loman Scanlon

Your most powerful marketing and management tool is a well-designed menu. Here is how to create one. A menu can make or break a restaurant. To be effective, it must be tailored to your business, help you make profit, and meet the expectations of your customers. This book tells you everything you need to develop a menu program that will ensure the profitability of your restaurant or other foodservice operation. Now in its third edition, Marketing by Menu takes you well into the twenty-first century, covering emerging new markets and the latest trends in home-food replacement services. Fully revised and updated, this edition shows you how to create daily and seasonal menus, catering menus, "healthy eating" programs, and other specialty menus directed at today’s widely diverse clientele. You will get precise, step-by-step guidelines to menu layout and design, content development, and profit considerations—including marketing surveys, food costing and pricing, and menu item selection. Complete with work pages to practice the concepts involved, as well as a wealth of real-world examples from restaurants, hotels, and other foodservice operations across the United States and abroad, Marketing by Menu is a one-of-a-kind resource for managers and professionals in the foodservice industry.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Introduction
Ch. 1	The Commercial Menu	3
Ch. 2	Planning for Profit	29
Ch. 3	Costing for Profit	41
Ch. 4	Pricing for Profit	51
Ch. 5	Menu Item Selection	81
Ch. 6	Setting Quality Standards	99
Ch. 7	Marketing with Menu Design	111
Ch. 8	Marketing with Copy	189
Ch. 9	Restaurant Concept and Cuisine Trends	217
Ch. 10	Specialty Menus	227
Ch. 11	The Changing Customer	241
	Glossary	245
	Bibliography	251
	Index	253

Communication System Design Using DSP Algorithms or Econometric Modelling of Financial Time Series

Communication System Design Using DSP Algorithms: With Laboratory Experiments for the Tms320c30

Author: Steven A Tretter

Designed for senior electrical engineering students, this textbook explores the theoretical concepts of digital signal processing and communication systems by presenting laboratory experiments using real-time DSP hardware. Each experiment begins with a presentation of the required theory and concludes with instructions for performing them. Engineering students gain experience in working with equipment commonly used in industry. This text features DSP-based algorithms for transmitter and receiver functions.

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A wire-bound laboratory text that explores the digital signal processing and communication systems theoretical concepts presented in typical senior elective courses by implementing them on actual hardware in real time. The primary focus is on communication systems. Approaches that are particularly useful for DSP implementations are presented. While the experiments, particularly the earlier ones, are described for the TMS320C30 Evaluation Module, they can be modified for any PC DSP board with an A/D and D/A converter. Disk included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Econometric Modelling of Financial Time Series

Author: Terence C Mills

Terence Mills' best-selling graduate textbook provides detailed coverage of the latest research techniques and findings relating to the empirical analysis of financial markets. In its previous editions it has become required reading for many graduate courses on the econometrics of financial modelling. The third edition, co-authored with Raphael Markellos, contains a wealth of new material reflecting the developments of the last decade. Particular attention is paid to the wide range of nonlinear models that are used to analyse financial data observed at high frequencies and to the long memory characteristics found in financial time series. The central material on unit root processes and the modelling of trends and structural breaks has been substantially expanded into a chapter of its own. There is also an extended discussion of the treatment of volatility, accompanied by a new chapter on nonlinearity and its testing.

Table of Contents:

List of figures

List of tables

1 Introduction 1

2 Univariate linear stochastic models: basic concepts 9

3 Univariate linear stochastic models: testing for unit roots and alternative trend specifications 65

4 Univariate linear stochastic models: further topics 111

5 Univariate non-linear stochastic models: martingales, random walks, and modelling volatility 151

6 Univariate non-linear stochastic models: further models and testing procedures 206

7 Modelling return distributions 247

8 Regression techniques for non-integrated financial time series 274

9 Regression techniques for integrated financial time series 329

10 Further topics in the analysis of integrated financial time series 388

Data appendix 411

References 412

Index 446

Training Design Guide for the Hospitality Industry or Computer Literacy for Health Care Professionals

Training Design Guide for the Hospitality Industry

Author: Christine Jaszay

This is an extremely practical ?how to design training? guide that hospitality managers can apply to your own property?s or facility?s training needs. From determining what the training needs actually are to determining the style and content of the program, you will learn by modeling a training design consultant step-by-step what you need to do to provide effective training for your staff. Many examples of training for various positions are highlighted throughout and may be easily modified for any line position in the hospitality industry.

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Computer Literacy for Health Care Professionals

Author: Sandra Anderson

ALSO AVAILABLE - INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALLCUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Manual ISBN: 0-8273-4172-5

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Ch. 1	An Introduction to Computer Literacy	1
Ch. 2	Fundamental Components of Computers and Computer Systems	12
Ch. 3	Data Processing	25
Ch. 4	Word Processing	37
Ch. 5	Spreadsheets	50
Ch. 6	Database Software and Information Management	60
Ch. 7	Communications and Networking	75
Ch. 8	Administrative Applications in Health Care	84
Ch. 9	Specialized Information Management Systems in Health Care	97
Ch. 10	Direct Patient Care and Treatment Applications	109
Ch. 11	Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems	122
Ch. 12	Diagnostics	134
Ch. 13	Confidentiality and Patient Rights	143
Ch. 14	Current Status and Future Directions	153
	Glossary	162
	Appendix A: Introduction to Disk Operating Systems	179
	Appendix B: Word Processing Exercises	191
	Appendix C: Spreadsheet and Database Exercises	207
	Appendix D: Programming Languages	213
	Index	215

The Move to Community Policing or The Business Case for Enterprise Class Wireless LANs

The Move to Community Policing: Making Change Happen

Author: Merry Morash

Community policing continues to be of great interest to policy makers, scholars and, of course, local police agencies. Successfully achieving the transformation from a traditional policing model to community policing can be difficult. This book aims to illuminate the path to make that change as easy as possible. Morash and Ford have produced a contributed anthology with original articles from a variety of well-known researchers, police trainers and leaders.

They focus on:

• Recent research for developing data systems to shape police reform
• Changing the police culture to implement community policing
• Creating partnership strategies within police organizations and between police and community groups for successful community policing
• Anticipating future challenges

 

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The Business Case for Enterprise-Class Wireless LANs

Author: Oisin Mac Alasdair

Understand wireless LAN business-case development, solutions, architecture, design, and deployment with this comprehensive guide

• Explains the business rationale behind deployment of wireless LANs, including ROI and TCO considerations
• Includes a clearly written technical overview of wireless LANs for managers, decision makers, business professionals
• Addresses WLAN deployment best practices with analysis of the business benefits
• Extensive case studies illustrate real-world implementations

The evolution of wireless LANs and the subsequent penetration into the enterprise market has moved at a faster rate than expected and is projected to accelerate further in the next couple years. IT executives need reference material that can help them establish a solid business case and form a financially sound implementation plan while appreciating the benefits, as well as the risks, of this technology. The Business Case for Enterprise-Class Wireless LANs takes a business approach to wireless networking. It focuses on the strategic and business justifications associated with WLAN deployment and less on the intricacies of the underlying technology. However, a baseline analysis of wireless LAN technologies is included, empowering the reader to understand complex decisions concerning the technology. Most books written on wireless LANs go into great technical detail and do not target the business audience; this book does not cover the technology to that degree and is written for a senior technical or management-level reader. The book provides advice to decision makers on issues they should consider; recommends strategies for dealing with importantissues; and provides specific advice, including templates, checklists and flowcharts covering how they should proceed. Throughout the book, reader friendly descriptions, quick reference sheets, diagrams and visual layouts aid to further explain all topics, and sidebar interviews provide authoritative business perspectives.

Diplomas and Thatch Houses or Role of Policymakers in Business Cycle Fluctuations

Diplomas and Thatch Houses: Asserting Tradition in a Changing Micronesia

Author: Juliana Flinn

Diplomas and Thatch Houses examines the people of Pulap, a tiny atoll just north of the Equator in the western Pacific. Pulapese consider themselves and are known to their neighbors as the most traditional islanders, a situation they regard as an asset and not as a sign of backwardness. Pulapese deliberately wear their lavalavas and loincloths and practice traditional dances and rituals. Rather than being just a remnant of the past, tradition for the Pulapese is created and displayed as a means of asserting cultural identity. Like other Micronesians, the Pulapese view a person less as an isolated, independent individual and more as a link in a network of relationships. Behavior, more than biology or descent, shapes identity. The Pulapese manipulate their "traditional" identity as a political tool--as an adaptive strategy to contend with the rapid changes wrought by a foreign administration. To the Pulapese, tradition is politically valuable; they fiercely contend that their customs and patterns of behavior entitle them to prestige and power in modern Micronesia. Diplomas and Thatch Houses is an important contribution to the literature on ethnicity, nationality, and cultural identity, as well as to Micronesian/Pacific studies.

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Role of Policymakers in Business Cycle Fluctuations

Author: Jim Granato

The book's central theme is that a policymaker's role is to enhance the public's ability to co-ordinate their price information, price expectations, and economic activities. This role is fulfilled when policymakers maintain inflation stability. Inflation persists less when an implicit or explicit inflation target is met. Granato and Wong argue that inflation persistence is reduced when the public substitutes the prespecified inflation target for past inflation. A by-product of this co-ordination process is greater economic stability. In particular, inflation stability contributes to greater economic output stability, including the potential for the simultaneous reduction of both inflation and output variability - inflation-output co-stabilization (IOCS). Granato and Wong use historical, formal, and applied statistical analysis of business-cycle performance in the United States for the 1960 to 2000 period. They find that during periods when policymakers emphasise inflation stability, inflation uncertainty and persistence were reduced.

Table of Contents:

Part I. The Interaction of Policy and Outcomes:

1. Coordinating price information;
2. Outcomes and policy: an illustration;
3. Policy evolution: 1960 to 2000;

Part II. The Role of Policymakers:
4. The theoretical model;
5. Policy and aggregate variability;
6. The optimal policymaker role;

Part III. Coordination Dynamics:
7. Coordinating inflation forecasts;
8. Inflation-stabilizing policy: robustness;
9. Conclusion and implications.

Everyday Public Speaking or Principles of Macroeconomics

Everyday Public Speaking (with MySpeechLab)

Author: Mark V Redmond

Public Speaking, 1^st Edition
Mark V. Redmond, Iowa State University
Denise Vrchota, Iowa State University

 

The authors’ unique approach to public speaking as an everyday communication event helps students learn to speak effectively to positive (supportive), neutral (indifferent or apathetic), and negative (hostile) audiences.

 

This unique approach to public speaking helps students learn to evaluate the speaking situation and then apply strategies for devising and delivering effective presentations.  The focus is on learning to speak effectively in the various types of situations that students will face every day in their college, personal, and professional lives.  Strategies are taught that will help students tailor their presentations to their audience based on the different needs of three audience types.  Speaking examples, many illustrated by video clips, illustrate the concepts.

 

Features

 

• Strong focus on everyday speaking situations.  The text includes examples from a variety of formal and informal speaking occasions, demonstrating the importance of public speaking skills in college life and beyond.  Students will be equipped to apply their public speaking skills to the presentations that are likely to occur in their lives. 

 

• Unique applied approach to audience analysis.  Since successful presentations depend on a strong connection between speaker and audience, the authors have made this an overarching focus in the text.  In Chapter 6 students learn how to analyze an audience.  In the remaining chapters they learn how to apply the information they’ve learned about the audience to every aspect of the speechmaking process.

 

• Unique strategic approach to speaking.  Because audience disposition toward the speaker is a key factor for determining the strategic plan, the authors provide different speaking strategies for the three major variations in audience disposition: positive (supportive), neutral (indifferent or apathetic), and negative (hostile) audiences.

 

• Early coverage of delivery.  Because of the importance of developing good delivery skills early on in the semester, the text presents a full chapter of delivery techniques in Chapter 4.

 

• Sample everyday speeches model the speaking concepts taught.  A range of types of sample speeches and speech excerpts illustrate the concepts including many in video format on MySpeechLab.  An application exercise at the end of each chapter, “Video Experience,” offers the opportunity for students to examine and analyze some of the speeches.

 

Praise for Public Speaking

 

Yes. Bravo! This is what being a competent communicator is all about.

 

~ Melinda S. Womack, Santiago Canyon College

 

I applaud the authors’ thinking. Basing organization on critical and analytical thinking is the most novel and valuable idea they have… . Even if this were the only novel concept the authors brought to the field of speech communication, this textbook would still be worthwhile.

 

~ Esin C. Turk, Mississippi Valley State University

Table of Contents:

I. GETTING STARTED

1. Understanding the Fundamentals of Everyday Presentations

I. Everyday Presentations Defined

III. Presentations as Communication

            A. Understanding Communication

            B. Presentations as Influence

            C. Presentations as Spoken Communication

IV. Four Guiding Presentational Principles

            A. Understand and Adapt to the Audience and the Situation/Context

            B. Think Strong to Speak Strong: Speaking Reflect Thinking

            C. Balance both Style and Content: Speak with Eloquence and Sincerity

            D. Maintain or Establish a Positive Relationship with the Audience.

V. An Introduction to Positive, Neutral, and Negative Audiences

            A. Positive Audiences

            B. Neutral Audiences

            C. Negative Audiences

            B. The Mixed Audience

VI. Getting to Work: The Process of Becoming a Presenter

VII. Summary

2. Planning Your First Presentation

I. Your First Presentation

II. Identify a Topic

            A. Expertise

            B. Experience

            C. Commitment

III. Know Your Audience

            A. Cultural Composition

            B. Demographic Characteristics

            C. Knowledge and Interests

IV. Formulate Your Speaking Goal

V. Identify Major Points

VI. Select Support Material

             A. Personal Experiences

            B. Other Sources

            C. Supporting Major Points with the Brain in Mind

VII. Organize Your Presentation

            A. From Most to Least Important Point

            B. From Least to Most Important Point

            C. In Chronological Order

            D. In Topical Order

VIII. Create an Ear-Catching Introduction

            A. Motivate Your Audience

            B. Introduce Your Thesis

            C. Preview Your Major Points

IX. Construct a Memorable Conclusion

            A. Reinforce a Point

            B. Establish Closure

X. Insert Transitions

XI. Practice and Prepare Notes

            A. Achieve “Prepared Conversation” Delivery

            B. Prepare Helpful Notes

            C. Practice Your Presentation

XII. Manage Speech Anxiety

            A. Be Yourself

            B. Breathe Smart

            C. Be Picky (PCCI)!

XIII. Getting to Work - Additional Tips for Speech Preparation

            A. As You Prepare Your Presentation

            B. On the Day of Your Presentation

            C. As You Give Your Presentation

            D. After Your Presentation

XIV. Chapter Summary

3. Speaking Ethically

I. Defining Ethics

II. Ethics and the First Amendment

III. The Role of Ethics in Presentations

IV. Presenting Yourself as an Ethical Speaker

            A. Preserve Your Initial Credibility

            B. Advocate Truthfulness

            C. Consider Intentionality

V. Preparing Your Speech Using Ethical Principles

            A. Present Information Clearly

            B. Choose Accurate Language

            C. Avoid Plagiarism

VI. Interacting With Your Audience Ethically

            A. Promote Freewill

            B. Eliminate Control

            C. Cultivate Inclusiveness

VII. Ethical Considerations in a Diverse Environment

VIII. Ethical Considerations for Audience Members

IX. Getting to Work

X. Chapter Summary

4. Connecting with Your Audience: Delivering Your Message

I. The Importance of Delivery

            A. Making Connections

            B. Creating Immediacy

            C. Establishing Credibility

II. The Relationship of Culture and Delivery

III. Elements of Delivery

            A. Proxemics: The Way You Manage Space

                        1. Managing Space in the Environment

                        2. Managing Space with the Your Listeners

            B. Kinesics: The Language of Your Body

                        1. Your Posture

                         2. Your Facial Expression

                        3. Your Gestures

                        4. Your Eye Contact

            C. Physical Appearance: The Way You Look

            D. Vocalics: The Sound of Your Voice

                        1. Fluency

                        2. Hesitations

                        3. Pitch

                        4. Volume

                        5. Clarity

                         6. Rate

                        7. Pronunciation

                        8. Pauses

IV. Ways to Present Your Message

            A. Impromptu Presentations

            B. Memorized Presentations

            C. Manuscript Presentations

            D. Extemporaneous Presentations

V. Getting to Work

VI. Chapter Summary

5. Listening: Being an Effective Audience Member

I. The Listening Process

            A. Perceiving

            B. Interpreting

            C. Evaluating

            D. Retaining and recalling

            E. Responding

II. Reasons for Listening

III. Improving Comprehensive Listening

            A. Prepare

            B. Take Notes

            C. Use the Difference between Thought Rate and Speech Rate

            D. Maintain Attention and Minimize Noise

            E. Become and Engaged, Connected, and Active Listener

III. Understanding Critical Listening

            A. Improving Critical Listening

            B. Major Logical Fallacies that Undermine Critical Listening

IV. Getting to Work

V. Summary

VI. Thinking Back and Thinking Ahead

II. BUILDING A PRESENTATION

6. Getting to Know Your Audience

I. Achieving Immediacy through Audience Analysis

II. Gathering Information about Your Listeners Before Your Speech

            A. Observing

            B. Asking

            C. Surveying

            D. Drawing Conclusions

III. How Listeners are Similar

            A. Attract the Attention of the Audience

            B. Personally Involve the Audience

            C. Provide Opportunities for the Audience to Process Your Information

            D. Show Your Audience the Relevance of Your Information

III. How Listeners Differ

            A. Demographic Characteristics of Your Listeners

            B. Motivational Characteristics

            C. Listeners’ Knowledge and Interests

             D. Listeners’ Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

            E. Cultural Composition

            F. Relating the Differences

IV. Gathering Information From Your Listeners During and After Your Speech

V. Getting to Work

VI. Summary

7. Researching and Outlining

I. Researching the Issue

            A. The Research Process and Refining the Topic

            B. Synonym Topic List

            C. Convergence and Divergence

            D. Targeted Searches

            E. Snowballing

            F. Boolean Logic

II. Using the Library

            A. Books

            B. Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers

            C. Librarians

III. The Internet as a Source of Information

IV. Interviewing

V. Outlining

            A. Preparing Full-Sentence and Key-Word Outlines

            B. Converting the Outline to Speaking Notes

            C. Conveying the Presentational Structure to the Audience

VI. Chapter Summary

8. Supporting Your Presentation: Language and Evidence

I. Support Materials Defined

II. Consider the Audience to Determine the Type of Support Material

III. Language Forms of Support

            A. Telling a Good Story

            B. Figurative Language: Imagery

            C. Figurative Language: Comparisons

            D. Figurative Language: Illustrations and Examples

IV. Derivation Forms of Support: Reasoning and Arguments

            A. Elaboration Likelihood Model

            B. Reasoning

            C. Arguments

V. Getting To Work

VI. Summary

VII. Thinking Back and Thinking Ahead

9. Supporting Your Presentation: Reasoning, Argument, and Strategies

I. Providing Evidence: Testimony and Statistics

            A. Making Evidence Effective

            B. The Use of Referenced Materials

            C. The Use of Numbers and Statistics

            D. Source Credibility

            F. Simplify and Limit Support Material

            G. Select Relevant Information

II. Using Support and Evidence Strategically

            A. Use Support and Evidence to Increase Your Credibility

            B. Select Evidence that is Appealing

            C. Connect Support to Audience Needs

            D. Appeal to the Audience’s Values and Motives

            E. Show the Impact through Visualization

III. Getting To Work

IV. Summary

V. Thinking Back and Thinking Ahead

10. Supporting Your Presentation: Visual Support

I. Defining Visual Support

II. Improving Your Presentation by Using Visual Support

            A. Positive Perceptions of the Presenter

            B. Increased Attention

            C. Improved Comprehension

            D. Greater Agreement

             E. Better Retention

III. Advantages to the Presenter of Incorporating Visual Support

            A. Reduced Nervousness

            B. Increased Clarity of Explanations

            C. Reduced Dependence on Notes

            D. Greater Confidence

III. Types of Visual Support

            A. “Viewing” Visuals

            B. “Hands On” Visuals

            C. People as Visuals

IV. Design Basics for Visual Support

V. Do’s and Don’ts of Visual Support

VI. Getting to Work

VII. Summary

11. Organizing Presentations

I. Formulating Your Speech Purpose and Thesis

            A. Your Speech Purpose Statement

             B. Your Thesis Statement

II. Organizing Presentations for Positive Audiences

            A. Organizing to Inform: Presenting to the Open Audience

            B. Organizing to Inspire: Presenting to the Supportive Audience

III. Organizing Presentations for Neutral Audiences

            A. Organizing To Interest: Presenting to the Apathetic Audience

            B. Organizing To Interest and Inform: Presenting to the Detached Audience

            C. Organizing to Influence: Presenting to the Ambivalent Audience

IV. Organizing Presentations for Negative Audiences

            A. Organizing To Rekindle Interest: Presenting to the Passive Audience

            B. Organizing To Redirect Interest: Presenting to the Active Audience

V. Getting to Work

VI. Chapter Summary

12. Managing the Organization: Introductions, Conclusions, and Transitions

I. Introductions

            A. Why Does Your Presentation Need an Introduction?

            B. Components of the Introduction

            C. Developing Introductions for Positive, Negative, and Neutral Audiences

II. Conclusions

            A. Why Does Your Presentation Need a Conclusion?

            B. Components of the Conclusion

            C. Developing Conclusions for Positive, Negative, and Neutral Audiences

III. Transitions

            A. Why Does Your Presentation Need Transitions?

            B. Types of Transitions

            C. Developing Transitions for Positive, Negative, and Neutral Audiences

IV. Getting to Work

V. Summary

13. Responding to Audiences

I. Guidelines for Responding to Questions

II. Responding During the Presentation

            A. Taking Points Out of Order

            B. Discussing Unintended Issues

            C. Losing Listeners’ Attention

            D. Operating Within a Timeframe

III. Responding After the Presentation

            A. When You Know the Answer

            B. When You Don’t Know the Answer

            C. When No One Asks

IV. Responding to Challenges

            A. Challenging Questions

            B. Challenging Questioners

V. Getting to Work

VI. Chapter Summary

III. PRESENTING TO SPECIFIC AUDIENCES

14. Making Presentations to Positive Audiences: To Inspire and Inform

I. Positive Audiences: Supportive and Open

II. Goal Setting for Positive Audiences

III. Identifying Supportive and Open Audiences

IV. Strategies for Presenting to Positive Audiences

            A. Speaking to Inspire and Enhance Interest: Speaking to Supportive Audiences

            B. Speaking to Inform: Speaking to Open Audiences

            C. Speaking to Evoke a Positive Attitude

V. Getting to Work

15. Making Presentations to Neutral Audiences: To Interest and Inform

I. Neutral Audiences: Apathetic, Detached, and Ambivalent.

II. Goal Setting for Neutral Audiences

III. Identifying Apathetic, Detached, and Ambivalent Audiences

IV. Strategies for Dealing with Neutral Audiences

            A. Addressing the Lack of Interest (Detached and Apathetic Audiences)

            B. Adapting to the Lack of Knowledge (Detached Audiences)

             C. Addressing the Knowledgeable Neutral Audiences: Apathetic and Ambivalent

V. Getting To Work

VI. Chapter Summary

16. Making Presentations to Negative Audiences: To Placate and Persuade

I. Negative Audiences: Passive and Active

            A. Reasons Negative Audiences Attend Presentations

            B. Moving the Audience Along the Continuum of Resistance

II. Goal Setting for Negative Audiences

III. Strategies for Addressing Negative Audiences

            A. Foothold Strategies

            B. Psychological Strategies

            C. Support Strategies

            D. Organizational Strategies

IV. Getting to Work

V. Chapter Summary

VI. Thinking Back and Thinking Ahead

17. Making Presentations on Special Occasions: To Recognize and Remember

I. Principles of Special Occasion Speeches (Epideictic Rhetoric)

            A. Principle 1: Demonstrate Praise or Blame

            B. Principle 2: Amplification

            C. Principle 3: Celebrating the Present

            D. Principle 4: Role of the Audience

            E. Principle 5: Ceremony

II. Special Occasions

            A. Speeches of Welcome and Introduction

            B. Speaking to Honor and to Remember

            C. Speeches of Farewell

            D. Toasts

            E. Award Ceremonies

            F. Nominations

            G. Dinner Speeches

III. Getting to Work

IV. Summary

APPENDIXES

Appendix A: Working with Colleagues to Organize a Team Presentation

I. The Nature of Teams and Groups

            A. Issues of Structure

            B. Issues of Climate

            C. Issues of Product

            D. Issues of Process

II. Why Give a Team Presentation?

III. A Problem Solving Approach to Constructing Team Presentations

IV. Preparing a Team Presentation

IV. Other Formats for Team Presentations

            A. The Panel Discussion

            B. The Symposium

            C. The Forum

            D. The Colloquy

V. General Tips for Constructing and Presenting Team Presentations

VII. Getting to Work

VIII. Chapter Summary

Appendix B: Working with PowerPoint

 

Appendix C: The Classical Tradition to Rhetoric

 

Appendix D: Sample Speeches

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Principles of Macroeconomics

Author: N Gregory Mankiw

With its clear and engaging writing style, PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS, 5E, continues to be one of the most popular books on economics available today. Mankiw emphasizes material that you're likely to find interesting about the economy (particularly if you're studying economics for the first time), including real-life scenarios, useful facts, and the many ways economic concepts play a role in the decisions you make every day.

Power and Organization Development or Introduction to Private Security

Power and Organization Development: Mobilizing Power to Implement Change

Author: Larry E E Greiner

For too long, power and organization development has been juxtaposed as two opposing and contradictory approaches to management. Power and Organization Development argues that OD and power can and should be reconciled and integrated in the implementation of change.

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Introduction to Private Security

Author: Karen M Hess

INTRODUCTION TO PRIVATE SECURITY, Fifth Edition, provides a comprehensive, accessible, state-of-the-art overview of private security, its principles, its legal authority, its growing role in the criminal justice system, and its impact on society. Newly updated with expanded coverage of important current issues such as IT security, terrorism, homeland security, and security management, this best-selling text has also been streamlined and redesigned with a more manageable, appealing, and flexible format. Hess's thoroughly engaging writing style and the clear, compelling organization of the text help make even complex course material interesting and accessible, while preparing you for success as a professional in a dynamic and exciting field.

Table of Contents:

SECTION 1: AN OVERVIEW. 1. The Evolution of Private Security. 2. The Profession. 3. The Public/Private Interface. 4. Legal and Ethical Considerations. SECTION 2: BASIC GOALS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 5. Risk Management—The Core of Private Security. 6. Enhancing Security through Physical Controls. 7. Enhancing Security through Procedural Controls. 8. Preventing Losses from Accidents and Emergencies. 9. Preventing Losses from Criminal Actions. 10. When Prevention Fails: Investigating, Reporting and Testifying. SECTION 3: CHALLENGES FACING SECURITY. 11. Information Technology (IT) Security. 12. Drugs and Violence in the Workplace. 13. Homeland Security Responsibilities. SECTION 4: SECURITY SYSTEMS AT WORK. 14. Securing the Infrastructure. 15. Institutional Security. 16. Commercial Security. Appendixes. Glossary.