Product and Process Development in the Food Industry

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Innovation in new product development is a key factor in determining the success of a food company yet the area is fraught with risk, with failure rates in excess of 90% being common. Using a series of 12 European cases studies, this book examines the innovation process from agriculture through to retailer. Each example highlights a different aspect of innovation, and the lessons that can be learned from experience. It considers the important role that marketing as well as technical aspects play in the process.

Approach perishables proactively: to elevate the cold chain to a business-critical advantage, treat it as a process.(recent advances in cold chain management ) : An article from: Food Logistics

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Approach perishables proactively: to elevate the cold chain to a business-critical advantage, treat it as a process.(recent advances in cold chain management ) : An article from: Food Logistics
Rupert Schmidtberg
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This digital document is an article from Food Logistics, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1652 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Approach perishables proactively: to elevate the cold chain to a business-critical advantage, treat it as a process.(recent advances in cold chain management )
Author: Rupert Schmidtberg
Publication: Food Logistics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
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Cryogenic efficiencies at mechanical costs. (food freezing system) (Spotlight: Processing Technology and Automation) (Cover Story): An article from: Food Processing

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Cryogenic efficiencies at mechanical costs. (food freezing system) (Spotlight: Processing Technology and Automation) (Cover Story): An article from: Food Processing
Robert K. Swientek
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This digital document is an article from Food Processing, published by Putman Media, Inc. on July 1, 1992. The length of the article is 628 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: A unique freezing system has been created that yields the rapid freezing times of cryogenic systems at the cost of less-expensive mechanical refrigeration units. The system uses compression/expansion technology to generate super-cold air. The super-cold air, which has a temperature of minus 250 degrees Fahrenheit, is piped to a six-sided spiral freezer. The unit improves the appearance, taste, texture, and yield of the product since the super-cold air minimizes the time needed for freezing, thus reducing dehydration and the formation of ice crystals.

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Title: Cryogenic efficiencies at mechanical costs. (food freezing system) (Spotlight: Processing Technology and Automation) (Cover Story)
Author: Robert K. Swientek
Publication: Food Processing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1992
Publisher: Putman Media, Inc.
Volume: v53 Issue: n7 Page: p31(2)

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Cutting the fat with electric eyes.: An article from: Food Processing

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Cutting the fat with electric eyes.: An article from: Food Processing
Pan Demetrakakes
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This digital document is an article from Food Processing, published by Putman Media, Inc. on June 1, 1994. The length of the article is 528 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Electronic sensors may be used to guide cutting machines to slice and chop meat with greater accuracy, efficiency and speed. Automation at this level allows a meat processing plant to process 2,500 lbs. of meat per hour with a shift of eight workers. Computers are used to guide ultrafine jets of pressurized water around fat or in configurations with a specific weight or weight range. The trim leftover from the process may also be used in a variety of other products.

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Title: Cutting the fat with electric eyes.
Author: Pan Demetrakakes
Publication: Food Processing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 1994
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Volume: v55 Issue: n6 Page: p78(1)

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Defatted cocoa designed for low-fat foods: fat removal possible through supercritical CO2 extraction process.: An article from: Food Processing

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Defatted cocoa designed for low-fat foods: fat removal possible through supercritical CO2 extraction process.: An article from: Food Processing
Dean D. Duxbury
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This digital document is an article from Food Processing, published by Putman Media, Inc. on April 1, 1993. The length of the article is 614 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Food researchers have developed a de-fatted cocoa with 0.5% or less fat content. It can be used in dry mix mousses, cake mixes and other prepared foods. The cocoa butter is removed by supercritical CO2 extraction. Carbon dioxide is a gas at regular temperatures, but becomes a liquid under higher temperatures and pressures. At supercritical pressures and temperatures, it provides extraction capability which removes the cocoa butter.

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Title: Defatted cocoa designed for low-fat foods: fat removal possible through supercritical CO2 extraction process.
Author: Dean D. Duxbury
Publication: Food Processing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 1993
Publisher: Putman Media, Inc.
Volume: v54 Issue: n4 Page: p98(2)

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Drying capacity increased 50%. (Land O'Lakes Food Ingredients Division's spray dryer) (Spotlight: Processing Technology and Automation) (Cover Story): An article from: Food Processing

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Drying capacity increased 50%. (Land O'Lakes Food Ingredients Division's spray dryer) (Spotlight: Processing Technology and Automation) (Cover Story): An article from: Food Processing
Robert M. Sperber
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This digital document is an article from Food Processing, published by Putman Media, Inc. on July 1, 1992. The length of the article is 553 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Land O'Lakes Food Ingredients Div installed a spray dryer for its Pine Island, MN, cheese-processing plant. The dryer was installed in a $5 million 22,000 square foot expansion of the extant facility. The expansion increased the capacity for spray dried specialty cheeses by between 12 to 15 million pounds annually. The drying process begins with the slurry processing of cheese. The slurry is pumped through five spray nozzles at 10,000 psi. The facility currently is operating three days per week, and the company expects to extend production to five to six days per week.

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Title: Drying capacity increased 50%. (Land O'Lakes Food Ingredients Division's spray dryer) (Spotlight: Processing Technology and Automation) (Cover Story)
Author: Robert M. Sperber
Publication: Food Processing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1992
Publisher: Putman Media, Inc.
Volume: v53 Issue: n7 Page: p33(2)

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Enercon Industries Ltd.(Brief Article): An article from: Food Trade Review

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Enercon Industries Ltd.(Brief Article): An article from: Food Trade Review

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This digital document is an article from Food Trade Review, published by Food Trade Press Ltd. on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 339 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Enercon Industries Ltd.(Brief Article)
Publication: Food Trade Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2001
Publisher: Food Trade Press Ltd.
Volume: 71 Issue: 3 Page: 171

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French water process decaffeination. (process and advantages described of new decaffeination method) (Column): An article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal

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French water process decaffeination. (process and advantages described of new decaffeination method) (Column): An article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
Shea Sturdivant
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This digital document is an article from Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, published by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc. on September 1, 1992. The length of the article is 752 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: French water process decaffeination. (process and advantages described of new decaffeination method) (Column)
Author: Shea Sturdivant
Publication: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 1992
Publisher: Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc.
Volume: v164 Issue: n9 Page: p31(2)

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In the business of innovation.(Food Processing Solutions)(T and G Food Ingredient Services): An article from: Food Processing

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In the business of innovation.(Food Processing Solutions)(T and G Food Ingredient Services): An article from: Food Processing

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This digital document is an article from Food Processing, published by Putman Media, Inc. on August 1, 1999. The length of the article is 524 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: T and G Food Ingredient Services acts as an ad-hoc research and development laboratory for value-added ingredient firms that are planning to introduce products into the food processing industry. The company performs such functions as product evaluations, sensory testing, market research as well as studies on the best way of promoting the ingredient's features and benefits to the industry. T and G produces a detailed marketing plan explain how a firm's product can be used by the food processing industry.

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Title: In the business of innovation.(Food Processing Solutions)(T and G Food Ingredient Services)
Publication: Food Processing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 1999
Publisher: Putman Media, Inc.
Volume: 60 Issue: 8 Page: 71(1)

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It is an airborne death machine, capable of taking off backward, accelerating in a fraction of a second, making unbanked turns or even a somersault at full speed, and stopping on a dime in mid-air. It's able to lift double its own weight, and is capable of making up to 400 kills a day. No, it's not the Pentagon's newest high-tech helicopter, but a dragonfly.

This winged warrior is just one of the many battle-scarred creatures that fly, swim, and walk through the pages of Evolutionary Wars, an extensively illustrated guide to nature's most ingenious means of attack and defense. Here on the front lines of the war of natural selection, early warning systems, sonar, stealth technology, chemical agents, and deadly weapons clash in the ultimate Darwinian struggle for superiority and survival. Participants include whales that can blast ultrasonic sound intense enough to kill, frogs able to secret lethal toxins that attack the nervous system, lizards who distract predators by shedding a piece of tail that continues to wiggle, and, finally, the ultimate weapons system which no other species has been able to compete with-- the human brain.

From the earliest bacteria and viruses through parasites, plants, and fungi to all creatures great and small, Evolutionary Wars is the story of an arms race that's been raging in the air, on land, and at sea for the last three billion years. Full of fascinating facts and anecdotes, it is perfect reading for natural history buffs, science lovers, and armchair generals.

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The Gospel According to Natural Selection.......2005-09-23

In the beginning there were hydrothermal vents, and they said, "Let there be life," and life self-assembled itself, and it was good. But life was lonely, and said, "let there be mutations and genetic drift in our DNA, let the new genes provide recipes for new phenotypes and let the strongest genes survive," and so they did. But the new life forms smote so much of each other that it was akin to a great plague sweeping across the earth and seas. Those that survived this bottleneck began playing the arms race game of the Red Queen - their survival depending on finding and defending their niche. As many species died off, others thrived and proliferated, providing separation and new speciation. And so it went.

And it came to pass that new life begat more new life through the cloning of their DNA's, but this allowed parasites to gain dominance over them all; so in self-defense, life invented immunology and life invented sex. Life survived another bottleneck and many more, so that varied life forms thrived and the arms race escalated and flowed, without much ebb.

The virus's DNA hijacked the metabolism of its host's cells. The ant invented an acid venom, so the anteater developed an acid-resistant tongue. The clam secreted its own protective shell, so the snail evolved a drill to penetrate it. The dragonflies' special wings allowed it to outmaneuver any other insect, so the bat developed echolocution to find them anyway. The scorpion could tolerate scalding heat, remain under water for two days, be supercooled below freezing, not eat for a year and still survive. Thousands of species developed visual deceit to fool predators. Chemical warfare evolved in members of every plant and animal group, except birds. Eel-like fish invented electric fields, the wrasse fish developed a mucous to seal itself off at night, arthropods evolved spears, harpoons, stingers, smells, shields and boiling liquid, each tactic a Rube-Goldberg survival technique - and parasites continued to infest them all, and so it went.

And the creatures created pecking orders and hierarchies, each one trying to outwit, eat or have sex with the other. The peacock grew seemingly unnecessary featherages, the bower bird built elaborate seduction altars and one minor two-legged species (called "human") went to such ridiculous extremes as to evolve complex cognition in order to best the others. They became so bright, they figured many things out about the world, yet they were still outweighed in total biomass by one of the originals, the bacteria. The elegance of evolved naturally designed technologies still often surpass the advanced weapons artificially designed by the humans. And so it is.

And the creatures that multiply across the face of the earth continue to thrive. And the hydrothermal vents who observe all of the Red Queen games say, "it is good," and they don't rest.

Evolution and conflict between species.......2002-05-09

As a kid, I use to love watching insects. The ants impressed me the most, with their organization and ferocity. Sometimes I'd play a game to see how long I could hold my hand on the nest. Caterpillars were another curiosity, with their spines, toxic hairs, and camouflage. And what kid hasn't had the experience of picking up a lizard or snake, only to find it excreting its feces all over the place, to ward off potential predators?

When I saw Levy's book in the bookstore at the University of Washington it caught my attention immediately. Reading it was like going back in time, to the woods behind our house, where my fascination with animals and their modes of attack and self-defense originated. Levy's book is for all the kids (including the ones over 30) who find something intriguing about the microscopic kingdoms hidden under a log, or in a pond, and the ferocious battles that are wage there.

Evolution wouldn't exist without competition. The subtitle in Levy's book elaborates on the content: "A three-billion-year arms race." This is a book about plants and animals, and how they evolved to eat and escape from each other. The ones that are most effective in either evading or executing capture are the ones that propagate their DNA, and the result of this battle of pursuit and escape over the last 2 billion or so years has been some truly amazing life forms, employing some really interesting solutions.

Like any good book, Levy begins at the beginning, describing a little about the competition that existed among the very first forms of life on earth. Throughout the book, Levy describes different dimensions of the conflict. Some dimensions lead to flight, others to eyes, some to incredible speed and agility, others to stealth, and still others to ears of great acuity. Many conflicts resulted in chemical defenses. And some of the most bizarre resulted in camouflage.

A common theme throughout Levy's book is the manner in which evolution, over hundreds of millions of years, has resulted in extraordinarily complicated and refined mechanisms for both defense and attack. The discussion about bats, for example, describes how these small mammals use their acoustic sonar to track flying insects with the sort of accuracy we (who, by comparison, hardly use our ears at all) can scarcely imagine. Reading the section on bats, I had to remind myself that, while they do some incredible things with sound, animals with eyes do equally impressive feats with their eyes. Bats can decipher an incredible amount of information in an unbelievably complex mix of acoustic signals. Animals with eyes, on the other hand, manage to make sense of a bewildering barrage of electromagnetic radiation, and even discern the tiger in the grass. It's just that the difference in the evolutionary paths our ancestors took is so incredible that I cannot imagine doing with my ears what comes naturally to those bats with their ears.

Levy frequently compares the evolutionarily designed characteristics of animals with what we see in modern war machines. The flying bat, for example, hones in on its prey with far greater efficiency and accuracy than any guided missile. The chemical sensors in the noses of many animals are sensitive to an extraordinary degree. Some fish bring down flying insects by spitting water at them. To make the kill, they have to account for relative motion, and parabolic flight of the water drops. Other fish (the Anableps dowi) spend a lot of time near the surface of the water. To search for objects in both the water and the air, they have to account for the difference in the index of refraction in the air, and under water. The solution? They have evolved two eyes: one for seeing above water, and one for seeing below.

Of the many features in this book, some of the best are the many excellent black-and-white line drawings. The book is full of them (they average about every other page). It's also well written, and has a generous index. The subject matter is what captured me, though. If you are someone who finds fascination in the incredible, but possibly little-known facts about animals, especially insects, then I think you will enjoy this book as much as I did. It certainly kept my attention. It's one of those books I had difficulty putting down.

Wasn't everything I expected........2000-07-19

The title should really be _Evolutionary Wars: The Billion Generation Battle.._. The book is a description of various defenses and offenses animals have developed through evolution to aid them in the great natural selection. However, he didn't go into as much detail as I'd hoped for about those specific defenses/offenses, and exactly what species they have possibly made obsolete. It was more of a listing it seemed. Snakes have venom. That is cool. Salamanders can change color. That is cool.

Evolutionary Wars.......2000-02-24

The author mixes dry science with enough pizzazz to evoke the kind of wonder a child has for small insects and other creatures featured in the book. I wouldn't say that I couldn't put this book down. I enjoyed it more by reading bits and pieces at my leisure.

fascinating and approachable, quite astounding!.......1999-11-01

having been virtually unable to put the book down i can almost feel my I.Q. increasing! (not hard!) The book describes in understandable terms the fascinating realm of survival in the wild, from microscopic organisms to the largest creatures ever to have lived. A good, insightful read crafted masterly. My only negative comment was a few repeats of data, although i think the intention was to remind rather than redundant insertion.All in all a brilliant read!!

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Atomic collisions offer some unique opportunities to study atomic structure and reaction mechanisms in experiment and theory, especially for projectiles of high atomic number provided by modern accelerators. The book is meant as an introduction into the field and provides some basic theoretical understanding of the atomic processes occurring when a projectile hits another atom. It also furnishes the tools for a mathematical description, however, without going deeper into the technical details, which can be found in the literature given. With this aim, the focus is on reactions, in which only a single active electron participates. Collisional excitation, ionization and charge transfer are discussed for collision velocities ranging from slow to comparable to the
speed of light. For the highest projectile velocities, energy can be converted into mass, so that electron-positron pairs are created. In addition to the systematic treatment, a theoretical section specializes on electron-electron
correlations and three chapters are devoted to selected highlights bordering to surface science and to physics with antiprotons.

* Simple access to the theory of collisions between ions and atoms
* Systematic treatment of basic features needed for an understanding
* Mathematical details are omitted and referred to references
* In order to bear out the essential ideas most clearly, a single active electron is assumed in most cases
* In selected examples, theoretical results are confronted with experiment
* Discussion supported by a large number of illustrations
* Selected highlights in borderline fields are presented

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Nine Ways to Ruin a Business: A Humorous Look at Bad Management
F.R. Melden
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In his book, Nine Ways to Ruin a Business, Melden looks at the tragedy of modern American business in a refreshingly honest and humorous read. Will Rogers said that the root of great humor is truth. Melden has found those dark truths and exposes them - Pincus Epstein, syndicated reviewer and columnist. While maintaining a humorous tone, the tips and examples given in the book are genuinely useful, and can help to avoid the most common pitfalls and oversights I highly recommend this book for anyone in charge of people or money in the workplace - Rabia Yeaman, former corporate trainer.

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Personally helpful.......2005-03-03

Reading this book gave me some insights into my own management style. All of us can use improvement, and this book has been a guide for helping me reflect on my decision-making methods. As someone fairly new to the world of business management, I found this book helpful and entertaining at the same time. It is a relatively easy read, with the exception of the "Afterword" and Appendix" chapters. The first is fairly profound, and forces the reader to think deeply about his/her business approach. The Appendix is largely mathematical, and was a bit difficult to follow, but in fact makes perfect sense.
In short, this is a useful and entertaining book for managers.

Interesting and helpful........2005-03-01

The approach here is unique: Categorize the mistakes managers and business owners make. Rather than a list of incorrect behaviors, this method produces some generalizations that are truly useful. I have read a lot of books that recommend specific actions to take, and a few that specify the actions to avoid, but none of them catagorized them as well as this book. I found I could take away the broad generalizations and apply them almost immediately to improve my management performance. Most other books bog the reader down with too many details that may not apply to a specific manager's situation.
It seemed to me that the specific behaviors listed within each category mostly served as illustrations and examples to be certain we would understand how to apply the categories. Also, there was humor to remind us that the first rule of management is to avoid taking ourselves too seriously.

Clever and funny.......2005-02-25

The method the author uses is imaginative. He does not tell us what we should do to be a good manager. As he correctly observes, most good management consists of avoiding mistakes, and not merely applying some special technique. If we could all avoid the rocks, our businesses would not run aground. From my own experience, I can say that most of the management failures I have observed have been caused by blatant mistakes, whereas most of the management successes have been less about brilliance than merely avoiding dumb decisions and bad behaviors. This is well stated in this book.
What I find remarkable is the method the author uses, which is to put the mistakes in the form of hypothetical examples - people with names. This takes the hard edge off the somewhat sarcastic tone of the criticisms. While I don't care for sarcasm, Melden makes it work here. What especially makes it work is the accuracy: A lot of the people depicted are like people I have actually encountered during my career.
Finally, I have to compliment the middle chapter with its list of business cliches. This chapter was hilarious, and by itself would be worth the price of the book.

Practical and useful.......2005-02-23

Nine Ways to Ruin a Business is written in a humorous tone, but provides some practical guidelines on the kinds of thinking and attitudes to avoid. By showing others' errors, it tells what kinds of actions we should stay clear of. Although I manage only a department, I believe the pointers in this book would be useful to managers of divisions, and even entire corporations. I have one suggestion for the reader. If you buy this book for a superior, tell him or her that you're sure they will find it hilarious. That should avoid damaging any egos.
A great book!

Informative AND funny.......2005-02-21

I had already read The 9 Ways of Working, and I assumed this would be similar. I couldn't have been more wrong. While I liked "Ways of Working", this was a much more useful book. It talks about actual behaviors, not just general ways of working. I am a bit embarrassed to admit it, but when I have been off my game, my management methods slightly resembled some of the persons depicted in this book. I can see more clearly now why some of my projects did not do as well as others. Another aspect of this book that I liked was the simple, straightforward description of bad method. It is a very sensible book, while remaining humorous.

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