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by Catherine Tuck Parrish, Larry S. Mitchell, V. Eugene Miller
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
When the local government manager's position becomes vacant, someone is bound to be tapped to serve in an "acting" or interim capacity. Often the acting manager is selected from within the organization, and he or she is suddenly faced with an unfamiliar set of roles, responsibilities, and...
by Roy J. Meidinger
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2015
The Truth About The Healthcare Industry, is it is an Oligopoly, an Industry, with very high costs and low quality of service. The book looks at the last 30 years and explains how this industry has stolen $21 trillion, through false billings, accounting fraud, kickbacks and restrained trade by using economic...
Plan to Succeed
A Guide to Strategic Planning
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
According to a Foundation for Community Association Research report, “Strategic planning is the cornerstone of every common-interest community.” Strategic planning enables your business or organization to define and reach its goals. In this book, author Steven C. Stryker offers an accessible guide...
by Charles I. Budd PMP, Charlene M. Budd PhD, CPA
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
The Best Resource on Earned Value Management Just Got Better!
This completely revised and updated guide to earned value (EV) project management is the go-to choice for both corporate and government professionals. A Practical Guide to Earned Value Project Management, Second Edition, first offers a...
by Jonathan Weinstein PMP, Timothy Jacques PMP
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
This realistic cross-section of the project management discipline in the federal arena will help anyone leading, working on, or affecting the direction of a project team. It covers the entire scope of project management from organization to methodology, technology to leadership. This volume focuses...
Pricing Lives
Guideposts for a Safer Society
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
How society’s undervaluing of life puts all of us at risk—and the groundbreaking economic measure that can fix it
Like it or not, sometimes we need to put a monetary value on people's lives. In the past, government agencies used the financial "cost of death" to monetize the mortality...
by Christian Bason
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Design for Policy is the first publication to chart the emergence of collaborative design approaches to innovation in public policy. Drawing on contributions from a range of the world’s leading academics, design practitioners and public managers, it provides a rich, detailed analysis of design as...
Mastering Business Administration in Education and African Politics (The Sierra Leone Chapter)
A Student Assignment Approach Revised & Improved Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Mastering Business Administration in Education and African Politics (the Sierra Leone Chapter) This is a revised and improved edition of your book, and as I have already been told, it is quite up-to-date with far more relevant information that address education, educational business, and political...
Governing to Win
Enhancing National Competitiveness Through New Policy and Operating Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Charles Prow has brought together an impressive lineup of businessmen and women, reporters, and experts to show how the United States can be more competitive in the global economy. This book shows not only what is wrong with the current federal spending plan, but ways to fix it. Business professionals...
by Steven C. Stryker
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Many consultants are forced to learn the basic principles and techniques of consulting on the job. Even though this lack of preparation can lead to several problems that could be avoided, there are few practical resources available to guide the new consulting professional to an understanding of what...
Foundations of Managing Sporting Events
Organising the 1966 FIFA World Cup
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, hosted in England. Unlike previous literature, which has tended to focus activities on the field, this book brings an institutional level approach to organizing the 1966 FIFA World Cup and examines the management process in the buildup and...
A Better Politics
How Government Can Make Us Happier
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2016
The aim of this book is to inspire a better politics: one that will enable future generations to be happier. Greater well-being and better health should be the goals, rather than wealth maximization. We need to value healthcare more than hedge funds, caring above careers, relationships more than real...
The Storm Before the Calm
America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2020
The master geopolitical forecaster and New York Times bestselling author of The Next 100 Years focuses on the United States, predicting how the 2020s will bring dramatic upheaval and reshaping of American government, foreign policy, economics, and culture.
In his riveting new book, noted forecaster...
Disinherited
How Washington Is Betraying America's Young
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Tens of millions of Americans are between the ages of 18 and 30. These Americans, known as millennials, are, or soon will be, entering the workforce. For them, achieving success will be more difficult than it was for young people in the past.
This is not because they are less intelligent, they...