The liberated CEO : the 9-step program to running a better business so it doesn't run you by Leonard, Scott A., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3: Smart Sourcing: Hire the Best-Outsource the RestThe Hidden Costs of Full-Time Staff; Insource Customer Relationships; Competing on Knowledge; Managing the Experts for Accountable Results; Notes; Chapter 4: Give Your Crew Preflight Checklists; Automated Workflows; Set It and Forget It; Notes; Chapter 5: How to Build a Service Brand (It's Not About You); Hiring the Right People; Empowering People to Help; Embracing Disruption; Anticipating and Closing the Customer's Loops; Sweating the Small Stuff; Notes; Chapter 6: Break the Service Ceiling with Systematic Customization.…”
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Trillion dollar economists : how economists and their ideas have transformed business by Litan, Robert E., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Title; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction: Economists as Innovators; Organization of the Book; My Personal Interest (and Bias); Notes; Chapter 2: An Easy Introduction to Economics; Rationality; Markets; Market Failures; The Macro-Micro Distinction; Economic Growth in the Short and Long Run; The Equity-Efficiency Tradeoff; Innovation and Growth: The Role of Economists; The Bottom Line; Notes; Part I: The Power of Economic Ideas: Direct Use in Business; Chapter 3: The Price Is Right; The Bloomberg Way of Pricing; Auctions; Different Prices for Different Folks.…”
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Using consultants in libraries and information centers : a management handbook

Table of Contents: “…Painter -- When to call in a consultant and how to choose the right one / David Batty -- Seeking consensus for the employment of a consultant / Mary E. …”


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Emotion in language : theory - research - application

Table of Contents: “…The embodied self and the right hemisphere of the brain; References; Language and emotion in Merleau-Ponty; 1. …”
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Management mastery and practice series : everything you ever wanted to know about managing people but were afraid to ask by Rostron, Sunny Stout, Taylor, Michael (Managing director of Xponential (Pty) Ltd), Du Buisson-Narsai, Ingra

Table of Contents: “…Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation -- Motivation theory and practice -- Five major theories on motivation -- Key motivating questions for you as leader-manager and your team -- Working with intrinsic and extrinsic motivation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Managing people: Coaching, mentoring and goal setting -- Mentoring: a domain-specific expertise -- The business coaching process -- Setting SMART objectives -- Working with the GROW Model -- GROW Model coaching session -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Managing people: Delegation -- First steps -- hiring the right people…”
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System Modeling and Optimization 26th IFIP TC 7 Conference, CSMO 2013, Klagenfurt, Austria, September 9-13, 2013, Revised Selected Papers by Pötzsche, Christian

Table of Contents: “…Stochastic maximum principle for Hilbert space valued forward-backward doubly SDEs with Poisson jumps -- Effcient solvers for large-scale saddle point systems arising in feedback stabilization of multi-field flow problems -- Stochastic control of econometric models for Slovenia -- The optimal control of cellular communication enterprise development in competitive activity -- Simulation of acoustic wave propagation in anisotropic media using dynamic programming technique -- Efficient cardinality/mean-variance portfolios -- Two semi-Lagrangian fast methods for Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations -- Dynamic sampling schemes for optimal noise learning under multiple nonsmooth constraints -- Exponential convergence to equilibrium for nonlinear reaction-diffusion systems arising in reversible chemistry -- A high-order semi Lagrangian/finite volume scheme for Hamilton-Jacobi-Isaacs equations -- Simultaneous material and topology optimization based on topological derivatives -- Steady fluid-structure interaction using fictitious domain -- Sensitivity of the solution set to second order evolution inclusions -- Impulse control of standard Brownian motion: Long-term average criterion -- Impulse control of standard Brownian motion: Discounted criterion -- On target control synthesis under set-membership uncertainties using polyhedral techniques -- Application of the Fenchel theorem to the obstacle problem -- A penalization method for the elliptic bilateral obstacle problem -- Binary level set method for topology optimization of variational inequalities -- Nonlinear delay evolution inclusions on graphs -- Graphical Lasso Granger method with 2-levels-thresholding for recovering causality networks -- Right-hand side dependent bounds for GMRES applied to ill-posed problems -- PDE-driven shape optimization: Numerical investigation of different descent directions and projections using penalization and regularization -- Tomographic reconstruction of homogeneous 2d geometric model with unknown attenuation -- A control delay differential equations model of evolution of normal and leukemic cell populations under treatment -- More save optimal input signals for parameter estimization of linear systems described by ODE -- Exponential stability of compactly coupled wave equations with delay terms in the boundary feedback -- Model predictive control of temperature and humidity in heating,ventilating and air conditioning systems -- Regularization of linear-quadratic control problems with L1-control cost -- Deployment of sensors according to quasi-random and well distributed sequences for nonparametric estimation of spatial means of random fields -- On the diversity order of UW-OFDM -- Representation and analysis of piecewise linear functions in abs-normal form -- Efficient smoothers for all-at-once multigrid methods for Poisson and Stokes control problems -- Continuous-time local model network for a boost-pressure dynamics of a turbocharger.…”
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Deviance and Deviants : A Sociological Approach. by Gibbs, Jennifer C.

Table of Contents: “…-- The absolutist position -- The statistical anomaly view -- Box 1.1: In their own words:Being deviant: a left-hander in a right-handed world -- The Sociological Perspective -- The Social Construction of Deviance -- Norms, social control, and a range of tolerance -- Importance of culture, time, place, and situation -- Importance of acts, actors, and audience…”
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The Bloomsbury handbook of Hip Hop pedagogy

Table of Contents: “…Foreword: field notes from the struggle: Hip Hop and the fugitive promise of education -- Session I: Roots and routes of Hip Hop pedagogy -- Side A interlude: the Hip Hop summer school -- Revolutionary youth culture: a brief history of Hip Hop for educators -- "The breaks, the archives and the OG algorithm": the DJ as the connective healer and curatorial cornerstone-a selected experience -- Aumente o volume: community pedagogies of rap music in Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti -- An overview of pedagogies and perspectives on Hip Hop education -- Session II: theories of Hip Hop pedagogy -- Side B interlude: the team is crucial, find your people -- "How you gon' win when you ain't right within?": Hip Hop pedagogy as racial healing -- Reading the world through Hip Hop and Black women and girls: our bodies and pedagogies of self knowledge -- "There's levels to this shit!"…”
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Lifestyle Entrepreneur : Live Your Dreams, Ignite Your Passions and Run Your Business From Anywhere in the World by Krieger, Jesse

Table of Contents: “…Starting the Business that's Right for You; Type 1: Online -- Custom; Type 2: Online -- Standard; Type 3: Offline -- Custom; Type 4: Offline -- Standard; Lifestyle Entrepreneur In-Focus: Jasper Ribbers; Operations Model; Start The Engine of Your Lifestyle Entrepreneur Business!…”
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Presumptive design : design provocations for innovation by Frishberg, Leo, Lambdin, Charles

Table of Contents: “…We're Going to Fail-It's a Question of When and by How MuchDesigning the Right Thing; There's Nothing Wrong About Being Wrong; We Seek Intelligent Failures; Risk Factors; Conclusion; Summary; Chapter 5 -- Create, Discover, Analyze; Overview; Begin at the End; The Artifact Provokes Discovery; Analyze What They Mean, Not Just What We Heard; Taking the Low Road; High-Fidelity Artifacts Look and Feel Like Finished Products; Low-Fidelity Artifacts Cost Less; Risk Factors; Effort; Reality, Timidity, and Incrementalism; Missing the Point; Focusing on the Small; Hiding in Plain Sight; Diminished Value.…”
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Leading the campaign : the President and fundraising in higher education by Worth, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…Campaign Management MetricsReferences; Chapter Seven The Art of Fundraising; Types of Gifts and Situations; Fundraising for Major Gifts; Getting in the Right Mind-. Set; The Nature of Fundraising and Giving; Framing Donor Relationships; Motivations of Major Donors; Seven Faces; Cajoling versus Inclination; Donor-Centered Approach; Balancing Donor Inclination and Institutional Priorities; Making the Ask; Solicitation Principles; Anatomy of the Solicitation Visit; Making the Appointment; Opening Small Talk; Transition to Substance; The Ask; Pause and Listen; The Follow-Up; Gift Planning.…”
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The the art of micro frontends : build websites using compositional UIs that grow naturally as your application scales by Rappl, Florian

Table of Contents: “…Hybrid solutions -- Scheduled releases -- Triggering on change -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Domain Decomposition -- Principles of DDD -- Modules -- Bounded context -- Context map -- Strategic domain design versus tactical design -- SoC -- Technical split -- Functional split -- Example decomposition -- Architectural boundaries -- Shared capabilities -- Choosing the right level of freedom -- Accessing the DOM -- Universality of microfrontends -- Summary -- Section 2: Dry Honey -- Implementing Microfrontend Architectures -- Chapter 5: Types of Micro frontend Architectures -- Technical requirements…”
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Effective software development for the enterprise beyond domain driven design, software architecture, and extreme programming by Tutisani, Tengiz

Table of Contents: “…Social Aspect of Engineering -- Complexity as Job Safety -- Team Spirit -- Keep It Fun -- Recruitment -- Supporting Role of Recruitment -- Hire Best -- Quickly, Fancy, Right -- Corrective vs. Preventive -- Summary -- Chapter 3: From Customer Insights to Internal Requirements -- Understanding Customers' Needs -- Partnership and Customer Focus -- Interview Customers -- Knowledge Exploration Exercises -- Stage #1: Casual Discussions -- Stage #2: Free-Formed Sketches -- Stage #3: Charting the Landscape -- Organization's Response to Customers' Needs…”
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Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation and Resynchronization a Clinical Approach. by Hayes, David L.

Table of Contents: “…Mechanisms underlying the benefits of left ventricular and biventricular pacingLeft ventricular diastolic function; AV optimization in cardiac resynchronization therapy; Ventricular timing optimization (V-V optimization); Optimizing site of pacing (LV and/or RV); Electrical parameters for V-V optimization; QRS vector fusion; Echocardiography for ventricular timing optimization; Clinical approaches to V-V optimization; Other end-points for optimization; Right ventricular function; Cardiac contractility modulation pacing; Ventricular rate regulation.…”
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Endurance sports medicine : a clinical guide

Table of Contents: “…Dedication; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Medical Conditions; 1: Cardiovascular Evaluation and Treatment of the Endurance Athlete; Introduction; Overview of Normal Physiological Adaptations to Endurance Training; Left Ventricular Adaptations to Endurance Exercise; Right Ventricular Adaptations to Endurance Exercise; Atrial Adaptation to Endurance Exercise; Variability of Exercise-Induced Cardiac Remodeling; Clinical Implications of Remodeling; Electrical Remodeling; Evaluation of the Symptomatic Endurance Athlete; Chest Pain; Syncope; Palpitations; Atrial Arrhythmias…”
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Health Psychology The Basics. by Cook, Erica

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The fundamentals of labour administration. by Office, International Labor

Table of Contents: “…The importance of labour legislation for labouradministrationThe scope of labour legislation; Labour law and the informal economy; Security of employment; Employment equity and elimination of discrimination; Discrimination against workers with HIV/AIDS; Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; Law enforcement and the rule of law; 4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; Introduction; Convention No. 150 and industrial relations; Industrial relations departments and their functions; Collective bargaining; Industrial relations departments and gender equality.…”
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Mediated Millennials by Schulz, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Cover; FM; Half Title; Series Page; EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS; Title Page; Copy right Page; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction to Volume 19: "Millennials and Media"; Millennials and Media; The Millennial Social Self; Visual Culture and Creation of the Self; Millennials, News, and the Digital Public Sphere; Un-Mediated Millennials and Inequalities; Chapter 1: Millennials Usher A Postdigital: Theorizing How Generation Y Engages With Digital Media; Study Objectives and Research Method; Defining the Millennials' (Generation Y) Demographic Cohort…”
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Routledge International Handbook on Electoral Debates by Juárez-Gámiz, Julio

Table of Contents: “…Descriptive Features of Presidential Debates -- A Right not an Obligation: The Rules on Presidential Debates -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7 Electoral Debates in Peru, 2001-2016 -- Introduction -- The Peruvian Context -- The 2001 Elections -- The 2006 Elections -- The 2011 Elections -- The 2016 Elections -- Cross-Sectional Analysis -- References -- 8 Chile: Presidential Debates: From Dictatorship to Democracy -- Notes -- References -- 9 Presidential Debates in Argentina -- Introduction -- Characteristics of the Argentine Political System -- The Background of the Debates…”
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Hard Time A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison. by Johnson, Robert

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Hard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Crime, Prison, and the Case for Corrections -- A Predilection for Prisons -- Prison America -- Incarcerating men and women of color -- No escaping prison -- The goals of prison punishment -- A Case for Decent Prisons -- Decent prisons and mature coping -- General dynamics of adjustment -- Decent prisons as a human right -- Notes -- References -- 2 Modern Prisons in Historical Context -- American Prisons before the Penitentiary -- Penitentiaries…”
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