G Scott: 160 books
Policing Immigrants
Local Law Enforcement on the Front Lines
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
The United States deported nearly two million illegal immigrants during the first five years of the Obama presidency—more than during any previous administration. President Obama stands accused by activists of being “deporter in chief.” Yet despite efforts to rebuild what many see as a broken...
by Scott G. Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
This book was written to give people a healthy outlook on death and eternity and alleviate the fear of death. I have addressed five reasons why people are afraid to die. There is a beautiful physical description of heaven and what awaits us, as well as a step-by-step plan to know where you will spend...
Intellectual Property Strategies for the 21st Century Corporation
A Shift in Strategic and Financial Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
A practical approach to the modern management of intellectual property
The world has changed significantly in the past decade, resulting in new behavior and practice related to the ownership and management of intellectual property. This book helps executives, attorneys, accountants, managers,...
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds
The Role of Teachers and Teacher Educators, Part I
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes...
A Big Apple for Educators: New York City's Experiment with Schoolwide Performance Bonuses
Final Evaluation Report
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
For three school years, from 2007 to 2010, about 200 high-needs New York City public schools participated in the Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program, whose broad objective was to improve student performance through school-based financial incentives. An independent analysis of test scores, surveys,...
Sport Public Relations
Managing Stakeholder Communication
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Sport Public Relations: Managing Organizational Communication, Second Edition, takes a comprehensive, businesslike approach to the practice of public relations in sport. Rather than address public relations only as a means of supporting the marketing function or leveraging the media’s interest in...
Rapid Climate Change
Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
The book reviews the science of climate change and explains why it is one of the most difficult problems humanity has ever tackled. Climate change is a "wicked" problem bound up with problems of population growth, environmental degradation, and world problems of growing social and economic...
Design Thinking
New Product Development Essentials from the PDMA
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Develop a more systematic, human-centered, results-oriented thought process
Design Thinking is the Product Development and Management Association's (PDMA) guide to better problem solving and decision-making in product development and beyond. The second in the New Product Development Essentials...
by Charles Wolf, Jr., Brian G. Chow
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
The authors evaluate the risks and benefits of increased Chinese foreign investment, aiming to improve understanding of its investment patterns and strategy. They consider how U.S. national security might be compromised as well as how the United States and China can benefit from such investment, providing...
The Problem of Social Inequality
Why It Destroys Democracy, Threatens the Planet, and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Within and among nations, rising levels of social inequality threaten our collective future. Currently, upwards of 80% of people’s life chances are determined by factors over which they have absolutely no control. Social inequality threatens the democratic project because it destroys the trust on...
Finding, Preparing, and Supporting School Leaders
Critical Issues, Useful Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
With dwindling funds and resources, tougher state and federal standards, and fatigue from more regulations and testing, many school administrators are giving up _or 'crashing' and leaving their posts. This book examines the process of preparing, encouraging, and retaining quality leaders at the school...
by Scott E. Donaldson, Stanley G. Siegel
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2000
A systematic approach to consistently successful software development.
In the age of the Internet, where software is more mission-critical than ever, it's no longer enough for your development projects to succeed some of the time. You need to deliver excellence, consistently—and you must...
by Dr. Stefan Gössling, Prof. C. Michael Hall, Dr. Daniel Scott
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
This book provides a systematic and comprehensive guide to the current state of knowledge on tourism and water. It is the first book to thoroughly examine the interrelationships of tourism and water use based on global, regional and business perspectives. Its assessment of tourism’s global impact...
The Police Manager
8th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
The Police Manager, 8th Edition, is a major update, with a completely fresh chapter on school resource officers, based on a new case study, and a new chapter on managing high-profile events. Every police agency today faces the possibility of controversy, and the need to train managers to deal appropriately...