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Everyone wishes for the perfect manager, but few have their wishes fulfilled. What would happen if a software system were developed to act as everyone's perfect manager? This dream becomes reality in this very funny book filled with lots of pitch-black comedy which features a software system that learns each employees needs and weaknesses, exploiting them to make each as effective as possible. If all you need is a reminder now and then, that's what you get. If, however, you need more, then watch out!
Corporate management is the use of humans as resources. So is vampirism. What would happen if a vampire were to take over a company and reorganize it? And if that vampire were to feed not only on fresh blood, but also on fresh ideas? This is the basis for Floyd Kemske's third corporate nightmare, a humorous but frightening look at corporate re-engineering. This is a case study you won't find in any textbook.
When Gene gets a big promotion, he finds himself with even bigger problems. Two women need Gene to carry through their plans at Growth Services, Inc., where an extreme policy of lifetime employment means the only way to get ahead is murder.
It is the near future and unions have been brought to their knees. One man is working to reverse that trend. Gregg Harsh, a young union organiser working for the International Brotherhood of Labor, wants to destroy as many small companies as he can, all by the same insidious method. Stillman Colby, long since retired as the master union basher in the government's Prevention and Decertification division, is brought back to help stop Harsh. In between the two men is Kathleen, an important employee at Harsh's target company, whose free spirit attracts both men's interest but also gets in the way of their efforts.
This third volume in Mike Ashley's four-volume study of the science-fiction magazines focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. It saw the end of the Apollo moon programme and the start of the ecology movement. This proved to be one of the most complicated periods for the science-fiction magazines. Not only were they struggling to survive within the economic climate, they also had to cope with the death of the father of modern science fiction, John W. Campbell, Jr., while facing new and potentially threatening opposition. The market for science fiction diversified as never before, with the growth in new anthologies, the emergence of semi-professional magazines, the explosion of science fiction in college, the start of role-playing gaming magazines, underground and adult comics and, with the success of Star Wars, media magazines. This volume explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this, from the
Since the current recession began in December 2007, the American economy has lost a staggering total of 6.5 million jobs. The unemployment rate is hovering near 10% for the first time in over a quarter-century. And still, each month, several hundred-thousand more people are losing their jobs. It seems as if words like “hope” and “opportunity” have gone the way of our economy. For many people, the very idea of unemployment (not to mention the reality of it) is a life-changing trauma at the top of their stress list, disrupting their lives and marriages, and even attacking their sense of self-worth. For others, this unenviable circumstance might well be a blessing in disguise—marking ...
A venture capitalist falls to his death during a Biotechnology Conference in Boston and investigative Reporter Addy McNeil gets a chance to regain her foundering career when the only suspect in Boston's hottest murder turns out to be her old boyfriend. Can she pull herself together and score the exclusive - and is she a match for a man who needs her good will to prove his innocence? Set in Boston's cash-strapped biotechnology industry in the early 1990s, Addy finds plenty of motives for murder, but there are certain truths she may not want to uncover. Named one of the Top Ten Mysteries of 2001 by the Drood Review of Mystery.
Upper Beacon Hill chronicles the drama and excitement of an intriguing and little-known community on top of Boston's Beacon Hill. Separated by the Massachusetts State House and Bowdoin Street from the hill's western residential area, the upper summit and its lower eastern slope formed a magnet for power and change in the century from 1850 to 1950. Period photographs from leading Boston institutions and museums uncover the community's celebrations, history, famous men and women, architecture, entertainment, and cultural and educational institutions. With its unique in-depth treatment of the area, Upper Beacon Hill has much to offer the reader. The classic architecture of Beacon Street's Bosto...
Fourth volume in Mike Ashley's acclaimed set on the history of science-fiction magazines. This volume looks at the 1980s.
The Delaware Air National Guard got its start when a group of World War II veterans formed a new National Guard unit composed of surplus airplanes, combat experience, a measure of hard work, camaraderie, and fun. Some called this assemblage a gentlemans flying club, but in a few short years, it was tested for the first time in the Korean War. Since then, the Delaware Air National Guard has flown and fought in almost every corner of the globe. It answered the call in Vietnam, the Middle East, the Balkans, and most recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. Celebrating 60 years of service, it has become a well-known local institution. The Blue Hen Air Force has evolved into a professional organization that shoulders a significant operational role for the U.S. Air Force and serves as a versatile emergency resource for the state of Delaware.