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In Raising Ducks for Beginners and Beyond, Kristine Ellis, the creator of @dunkin.ducks, provides an inspiring, informational guide for all things related to ducks and ducklings.
This book gives a taste of Montana women's imprint on agriculture and land conservation through edited and condensed excerpts from many of the original oral histories collected by the Montana Conservation Districts in the oral history project From the ground up: Montana women and agriculture.
"This book offers an examination of technology-based design, development, and collaborative tools for the classroom"--Provided by publisher.
A real revolution is taking place in the way in which we conceptualise and practise education and learning. This book sets out to explore the immense impact which digital technology is having on education around the world and the ways in which it is used by a wide range of individuals and communities. Contributors analyse changes in technology such as e-mail, the Internet, digital video and other media, but also the effect of this new technology on the way people live and learn around the world. Cultural changes taking place range from the blurring of boundaries between formal and informal learning to the development of new 'virtual communities' which revolve around particular social or cultural interests, and which serve as a crucial tool and source of identity for spatially displaced communities such as refugees. Digital technology is changing the way we all live, and this book is an authoritative study of these changes in all their diversity.
Manpower development and HR functions are now getting highly influenced by technological changes. Successful technological change requires HR support although such support areas differ from organization to organization. This book is an attempt to discuss all the aspects of manpower development issues in technological era. This book provides a comprehensive text for HR students. It addresses the organizations' requirement to practice the technology management issues, focusing more on human resource functions. Some key areas explained in this book are-training and development, Compensation, performance management, new skill development issues, management of change, etc. The book deals with some new- age tools like Balance Scorecard, HR Scorecard, Competency Mapping and Knowledge Management Areas which are commonly used in this new-age technology era, to track, measure and develop manpower to sustain in competition. In the absence of a customised textbook in this area of study, this book has been developed to understand intricate technological change issues, especially those which influence HR functions and manpower development aspects.
The Balanced Scorecard is the leading methodology for implementing performance management systems and improving efficiency. Focusing directly on the public and not-for-profit sectors, this book helps these organizations overcome the unique challenges they face when implementing a Balanced Scorecard. Guides government and nonprofit organizations through the implementation of a performance management system using the Balanced Scorecard. Authors bring a wealth of implementation knowledge and experience to this book, leading to hands-on, practical guidance and tips to that ensure success. Identifies and tackles head-on the serious obstacles unique to the world of government and nonprofits in implementing the balanced scorecard methodology. Includes action plans to walk the reader through specific implementation challenges.
The rapid development of information communication technologies (ICTs) is having a profound impact across numerous aspects of social, economic, and cultural activity worldwide, and keeping pace with the associated effects, implications, opportunities, and pitfalls has been challenging to researchers in diverse realms ranging from education to competitive intelligence.
And, as multinational corporations (MNCs) and Transnational Corporations (TNCs) spread their wings across nations with numerous employees of different nationalities, with their different cultures, different mores and different behaviours, organizations have to reconcile these differences and have to forge a unified organizational culture to achieve their mission, vision and objectives. This book eminently suits as a text to address these goals. Divided into 14 chapters, this comprehensive and well-organized text discusses in detail the many cultural issues facing organizations. Professor Bhattacharyya, with his expertise and wealth of experience, provides a masterly analysis of the subject, ...
Customers have radically changed the ways they interact with businesses, and today's organizations need to adapt Is your company prepared for the Gen D future, or is it heading toward life support? A lot of companies across the globe are going to die over the next few years, not because of macroeconomic stress, but because there is an emerging generation that is radically changing the rules of customer engagement. In Build For Change, Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler shows exactly what companies can do to turn the coming "customerpocalypse" into one of the biggest business opportunities of the decade. The newest generation of consumers is turning customer relationship management on its head. Bui...
The result of Thomas Cook's lifelong love of boats and his desire to help each one find the perfect home, this invaluable book guides readers through the selling process. An ideal choice for anyone who wants to sell his boat quickly, painlessly, and at a premium price. Covers preparing the boat, effective advertising, successful negotiation, and a variety of creative selling alternatives.