J Michael: 2158 books
by Michael J. Arena
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Lack of Agility is the kiss of death. Position your company to succeed in world of change.
To edge out the competition in today’s disruptive environment, you need to ensure that your company is agile—that it can respond to change instantly and effectively. Because fast and furious change...
by Herbert J. Mattord, Ph.D, Nova Southeastern University
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Inthe Business Continuity State of the Industry Report, authorsHerbert Mattord and Michael Whitman provide a comprehensive overview of recent research and news related to business continuity programs. Using the most recent surveys, reports, and research data available, the authors provide an objective...
The Art of Connection
7 Relationship-Building Skills Every Leader Needs Now
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
These days, it’s often easier to avoid face-to-face contact in favor of technological shortcuts. But as Michael Gelb argues in this compelling, entertaining book, the meaningful relationships that come from real interaction are the key to creating innovative ideas and solving our most intractable...
by Jeremy Cioara, Michael J. Cavanaugh, Kris A. Krake
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2008
Master IIUC 640-460 exam topics with the official study guide Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes Review key concepts with Exam Preparation Tasks CCNA Voice Official Exam Certification Guide is a best of breed Cisco exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for...
Think Twice
Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
No matter your field, industry, or specialty, as a leader you make a series of crucial decisions every single day. And the harsh truth is that the majority of decisions—no matter how good the intentions behind them—are mismanaged, resulting in a huge toll on organizations, the people they employ,...
by Judith Blau, Michael Burawoy, Gerard Delanty
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2006
At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois, and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in American society, provided critiques and analyses of systems of oppression, and challenged sociologists to be responsible critics and constructive commentators. These giants...
The Success Equation
Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Much of what we experience in life results from a combination of skill and luck.” - From the Introduction
The trick, of course, is figuring out just how many of our successes (and failures) can be attributed to each-and how we can learn to tell the difference ahead of time.
In most...
by Melvin J. Hinich, Michael C. Munger
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
There is no unified theory that can explain both voter choice and where choices come from. Hinich and Munger fill that gap with their model of political communication based on ideology.
Rather than beginning with voters and diffuse, atomistic preferences, Hinich and Munger explore why large...
The Texas Right
The Radical Roots of Lone Star Conservatism
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
In The Texas Right: The Radical Roots of Lone Star Conservatism, some of our most accomplished and readable historians push the origins of present-day Texas conservatism back to the decade preceding the twentieth century. They illuminate the initial factors that began moving Texas to the far right,...
Communication of Complex Information
User Goals and Information Needs for Dynamic Web Information
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2004
The amount of information available for any realistic complex situation is likely to overwhelm most users, as well as stymie any designer tasked with presenting the information. Providing large amounts of information in a coherent and usable format remains an unresolved problem. Choosing, structuring,...
by Wendell Odom, Michael J. Cavanaugh
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2004
This is the eBook version of the print title. The eBook edition does not provide access to the CD content that accompanies the print book. Official self-study test preparation guide for the Cisco QOS 642-642 exam. The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the QOS exam,...
Oracle Database 12c Install, Configure & Maintain Like a Professional
Install, Configure & Maintain Like a Professional
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Master the Fundamentals of Oracle Database 12c
Filled with easy-to-follow tutorials, this Oracle Press guide provides detailed coverage of core database concepts, the role of the administrator, and enterprise database capabilities. Oracle Database 12c: Install, Configure & Maintain Like a Professional...
Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights
The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done to Fix It
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
Essays by Thomas Frank, Clay Shirky, David Simon, and others: “Anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book.” —Library Journal
The sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis...
The Treadmill of Crime
Political Economy and Green Criminology
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Drawing on the work of Allan Schnaiberg, this book returns political economy to green criminology and examines how the expansion of capitalism shapes environmental law, crime and justice. The book is organized around crimes of ecological withdrawals and ecological additions.
The Treadmill of...