Customer Reviews:
outrageous price.......2006-11-21
This is perhaps the most expensive book besides collectables. Judging from the size and amount of information, it probably worths $5 - but I had to buy it simply because the professor uses it as textbook.
Granted that this is a book for business management professionals or to-be's, but this does not mean the book should be this expensive. You'll know what I mean when you see the book. I think they they are taking advantage of that fact that most people buy this book get reimbursed - my self for one will get reimbursement from my company, but I resent the fact that I have to buy such an expensive book and waste my company's money only because I have to. This is robbery - it's not printing book, it's more like printing money.
Excellent book.......2006-08-01
This is a short and concise book . I used it in one of my graduate courses, and found it very helpful.
Essential Reading.......2006-02-25
I used a previous edition of Ms. Munter's book as a text in a graduate course in management communications. The latest edition adds some new subjects and is still one of the best books on the subject. If you could only have one book on this subject this would be a good choice. Even though this book covers a broad base of communication skills (strategy, written, verbal and non-verbal, typography, graphical and prepresentation skills), each subject is covered in considerable depth. This book should be on the office shelf of every manager who needs to communicate effectively.
Book Description
MODULE 5: MANAGING CONFLICT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONSHIPS shows you how to manage your own emotions, as well as those of others. Creative conflict, along with harmony and synchronicity in the workplace are issues too many of us have avoided because we simply didn't understand them or didn't know what to say. This practical textbook will help you understand conflict and how to deal with it.
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This brief, reader-friendly guide focuses on the kinds of persuasion employed by business people in their day-to-day work. It considers such factors as organizational relationships and culture, and the context of every persuasive act of communication.
KEY TOPICS Specific chapter topics cover developing your argument, checking your logic, analyzing your audience, motivating your audience, studying the organization, and considering the intercultural environment. For managers and assistant managers—and anyone responsible for a staff—who needs to communicate in a persuasive and compelling way.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Book.......2007-02-08
Excellent book! Quite possibly the best in the market on managerial persuasion and influence. A MUST read for every business person!
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"Communication in a Virtual Organization" by Sandra D. Collins, University of Notre Dame: This module explores Communication in a Virtual Organization. The conceptual framework brought to the discussion will help readers understand how time and distance compression have altered work habits and collaboration. With the help of corporate communication executive and consultant, Sixtus J. Oeschle, Professor Collins includes exciting, current examples of global companies and local groups that illustrate the ways in which our work and lives have permanently changed.
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This module addresses one of the most important functions a manager performs: putting together effective teams and creating the conditions for their success. This title describes the major theories of group formation and group functioning, and explains how to create, lead, and manage teams. A unique team communication model describes strengths and weaknesses in group and team organization, as well as the resources and strategies needed to achieve group success.
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- If you want to move into managerial problem solving quickly, involving group dynamics, this book is a right choice!
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Managerial Problem Solving (McGraw-Hill European series in management)
Charles J. Margerison
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill
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If you want to move into managerial problem solving quickly, involving group dynamics, this book is a right choice!.......2005-09-20
Appended below is my syntopic review of two classic books on problem solving:
1. Successful Problem Management, by Michael Sanderson;
2. Managerial Problem Solving, by Charles Margerison;
These two books have been my constant companions since the 70's when I first embarked on a managerial career in engineering & production operations. They were also my very first books on the subject.
What I like about the first book is the more than 1,200 checklist questions that have been formulated hierarchically in helping me to understand & build, in stages (the author prefers the term `strategic elements'), my problem solving model. The questions are also flexible enough to apply to a wide range of different problems & still be engineered to the details of specific applications.
Additionally, the book also presents some basic skeleton strategies for such situations as:
- diagnosis for problem definition;
- getting organized for a project;
- generating & developing a new idea;
- operating in an entrepreneurial situation;
In contrast to a lot of other problem solving books, I find that the second book focuses essentially on group interaction & interpersonal behaviour in managerial meetings. The author's fundamental premise is that a manager's working day is punctuated by meetings, formal or chance, to resolve problems (including identifying & exploiting opportunities).
This book, written in clear & simple language, provides expert guidance in how managers can improve results in such meetings. It is targeted primarily for the world of production, marketing, finance & other managerial functions, fully backed by well-designed case studies.
Very seldom does one come across such a problem solving book that draws such a fine distinction between problems, solutions & managerial actions.
I also find the last few chapters of the book very insightful. The chapter entitled `Getting Cornered' illustrates the pitfalls of the manager who is cornered by colleagues & subordinates who disagreed on a particular issue, whereas another chapter, entitled `Conversation Seduction', examines the problem in a meeting where the discussion is seemingly going nowhere.
Over the years, I have learnt a lot from the above two authors as I move on progressively to tackle varied problems & exploiting abundant opportunities in my managerial career path.
Even today, after having left the corporate world for more than two decades, I still make effort & time to `chat', from time to time, with the two authors through their wonderful work.
I would like to sum up my syntopic review in this manner:
- if you want to understand the fundamental principles of problem management, with an easy-to-use building block approach, start with the fist book;
- if you want to move into managerial problem solving involving group dynamics, the second book is the right book;
Why don't you get both books?
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Title: Communication in a Virtual Organization (Managerial Communication Series, 3).(Book Review)
Author: Carolyn Gardner
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Business Communication Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2004
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Volume: 67
Issue: 2
Page: 245(3)
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Dynamics of managerial leadership (Auerbach management and communication series)
George T Vardaman
Manufacturer: Auerbach Publishers
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Managerial communication (The Goodyear series in administration and business management)
Brian L Hawkins
Manufacturer: Goodyear Pub. Co
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ASIN: 0830254579 |
Book Description
Updated with the latest research, this guide is essential for people who are in the process of choosing a career and finding a job. By teaching how to better understand one’s interests, aptitudes, personality, and goals, practical tips are provided on how to find a job in a chosen field—where to search for available jobs, the best ways to prepare a resume, how to write a cover letter, and how to make the best impression during a job interview. Filled with personal stories of people who have found work they love despite potentially overwhelming challenges, this book is a road map to finding the perfect career.
Customer Reviews:
My clients love this book!.......2007-02-16
Wilma Fellman, a highly skilled, knowledgeable and experienced professional helps us simplify and demystify a subject that is often very daunting and overwhelming to say the least. Aside from a myriad of amazing strategies and useful suggestions, she offers us the greatest gift of all which is hope. My clients have gotten great rewards from reading and using this book. It is well worth the investment.
Trust the Process.......2007-02-11
In this book, Wilma guides you through a decision-making process that
is not complicated. For those readers who are sincere about making career
changes in their lives, Wilma offers a process that takes you there. Just
trust the process!
The Absolute Best Career Guide Out There.......2007-02-01
Ms. Fellman takes you gently by the hand and walks you through the often frustrating and confusing maze of career and job choices. What I love about this book is the empathy and warmth but also the concrete suggestions the author shares from her experience of working as a career counselor.
Reading about other people's journeys and how they overcame personal challenges is extremely uplifting and inspiring. This book is a gem and will be helpful to people of all ages, of all walks of life, whether they are fresh out of school or embarking on a second (or third, fourth...) career.
I recommend this book not only to those seeking support and information on this journey, but also to those who work with such individuals. Two thumbs up!
A Must-Read for All Job/Career Seekers.......2007-02-01
This truly step-by-step guide is not only thorough, it also demonstrates, through inspiring and uplifting stories of real people--some of whom have overcome incredible challenges--that finding a meaningful career is achievable for anyone who takes the time and makes the effort. Wilma Fellman expertly and deftly shows the way. Bravo.
great book! very helpful.......2007-01-25
I found "Finding A Career That Works For You" to be very informative and helpful. I would recommend it to anyone!
Book Description
Kiplinger's Practical Guide to Your Money covers every one of life's financial milestones in detail-from renting or buying a home, purchasing life insurance, and sizing up banks and credit unions, to marrying, paying for a child's education, and planning for retirement-making this the most exhaustive handbook on the market. What's more, Kiplinger's Web site, www.kiplinger.com, complements the guide by providing all the latest tax code information. When it comes to money, the editors of Kiplinger's Personal Finance contend that people should be able to keep more of it, make it grow, enjoy it, protect it, and pass it on. Equipped with their sound advice, readers will assume responsibility for their financial futures, so that they can gain and maintain greater financial independence.
Book Description
Whatever their financial stage of life, readers will find useful, real-world advice in this comprehensive guide from the company that pioneered personal finance journalism.
Customer Reviews:
Great Overview of Everything Money.......2003-08-21
This book is a great overview of all the big topics concerning money (savings, investments, real estate, wills, car buying, home buying, etc). The information is presented in an understandable way and gives examples on the topics that are more difficult. I learned a lot in this book, and it gave me more confidence in how to handle money. Excellent read!
About this book.......2000-03-20
I've checked out many books on basic financial advice and this is the best - from college savings and IRA's to advice on making a will.
The best of the bunch.......1999-03-23
For anyone looking for a readable, reliable guide to everything they want to know about their money, I'd say this is the book. I've checked out many, many of them and feel that this is the best of the bunch.
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The Laces of Ipswich: The Art and Economics of an Early American Industry, 1750-1840
Marta Cotterell Raffel
Manufacturer: UPNE
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In its lace making heyday in the late eighteenth century, Ipswich, Massachusetts boasted 600 lace makers in a town of only 601 households. George Washington himself, a lace afficionado, paid a visit to Ipswich in 1789 to support its extraordinary domestic textile industry.
While most research on lace making concentrates on its cottage origins in the seventeenth century, Marta Cotterell Raffel places the Ipswich industry squarely within the wider context of eighteenth-century manufacture, economics, and culture. Identifying what differentiates Ipswich lace from other American or European lace, she explores how lace makers learned their skills, and how they combined a traditional lace making education with attention to market-driven changes in style. Showing how the shawls, bonnets, and capes created by the lace makers often designated the social position or political affiliation of the wearer, she offers a unique and fascinating guide to our material past.
With extensive research based on hundreds of previously unseen artifacts and documents, Raffel shows how this preindustrial labor and craft--absolutely central to the economic health of Ipswich--created and sustained forms of early American culture and shaped an entire community for several generations.
Useful appendixes include a glossary of terms; a list of contemporary sources for supplies, lace organizations, and textile museums with lace collections; and two sample patterns with pricking and instructions.
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- Health Implications of Acrylamide in Food
- High Efficiency Selling: How Superior Salespeople Get That Way (Second Edition)
- How to Conduct Productive Meetings: Strategies, Tips and Tools to Ensure Your Next Meeting Is Well Planned and Effective
- How to Give an Effective Seminar
- How to Lie With Charts
- How to Make Effective Business Presentations--And Win!: A Practical A-To-Z Guide
- How to Say It At Work: Putting Yourself Across with Power Words, Phrases, Body Language, and Communication Secrets
- How to Say It At Work: Putting Yourself Across with Power Words, Phrases, Body Language, and Communication Secrets
- How to Use Power Phrases to Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say, & Get What You Want
- How to Win an Argument, 2nd Edition
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