In this text, Martin Broadwell offers new managers a comprehensive primer to the essentials of effective management - delegation, problem-solving, motivation, time management, communication, and performance appraisal.
"A century ago, the living body, like most of the material world, was opaque. Then Wilhelm Roentgen captured and X-ray image of his wife's finger--her wedding ring "floating" around a white bone--and our"
"With the increased pressures on business today, the workplace can be rampant with resentment, subpar performance, and inflexibility. So how does a manager address the issue of employee and coworker ne"
This is the history and inner workings of DNA, a tiny molecule that holds within it the deepest mysteries of life. The author predicts that DNA will shape our future, as we call upon it to convict criminals, clone creatures, and ultimately, cure cancer.
This text is designed to provide managers and technical experts with what they need to ensure that their messages come across clearly and confidently. It teaches readers six steps for planning any presentation, from defining one's goals to rehearsal. Audio-visual aids and software are discussed.
"As a supervisor, manager, engineer, or technical expert, you may often be asked to pass on your important knowledge and skill to other people in your organization. This convenient handbook provides ev"
From one of the world's foremost Islamic scholars, a revised edition of a classic and groundbreaking book on Islam
Definitive advice for African American business owners looking for better answers and new ideas.
"Kurt Godel was an intellectual giant. His Incompleteness Theorem turned not only mathematics but also the whole world of science and philosophy on its head. Shattering hopes that logic would, in the e"
How Asia's great civilization spread when its traveling merchants, scholars, and holy men brought their shining civilization to Europe's Dark Ages
"Are we still evolving? Scientists have grappled with this question since the time of Darwin. Now, in this provocative book, biologist Christopher Wills argues that we are not only continuing to evolve"
"The Manufactured Crisis debunks the myths that test scores in America's schools are falling, that illiteracy is rising, and that better funding has no benefit. It shares the good news about public ed"
Words at Work gives you quick-and-easy recipes for the most important letters, reports, and proposals. It steers you around the potholes of punctuation, usage, and grammar. Soon all your business documents, from press releases to e-mail, will reflect your best work--and leave you enough time to do that work!
A thoughtful exploration of the current state of political campaigning and how it is ruining American politics.
A fresh and clear-eyed look at how venture capital really works." -James Swartz, Founding Partner, Accel Partners
A provocative new explanation for why we dream and what our dreams mean.
"High-Tech Ventures is for those who design, build, and market innovative products--people who are creating the high-tech world of the future. More specifically it is for all engineers, engineering man"
From award-winning science writer Barry Parker, the only book to consider chaos theory in all areas of astronomy.
In the spirit of Lewis Thomas's Lives of a Cell or the many works of Stephen Jay Gould, zoologist Martin Wells takes us on a journey to explore the wonders of marine life.
Reflections on science, culture, and society, by the acclaimed author of The Woods Hole Cantata and The Doctor with Two Heads
Edwin Land built a tiny basement enterprise into an "invention factory", turning out not only polarizers and the first instant cameras, but also high-speed and x-ray film, 3D and instant movies, and military devices for night vision and aerial reconnaissance. This is his biography.
Tells the incredible story of the Kindertransport operation, which took 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied countries to England by train and ferry
"George Poinar began collecting amber specimins over thirty years ago, but it was only recently that he, Roberta Poinar, and the rest of his research team astounded the scientific community with the ne"
What every businessperson needs to know about employment law--and how to apply it.
For professionals and students alike, the first-ever guide to newspaper copy editing and headline writing
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