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The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Accounting provides clear, concise and highly informative definitions and explanations of the key concepts in accounting. Bringing together specially commissioned and carefully edited entries from an international team of the world's best known and respected accounting scholars and teachers, this will become the standard reference for students, researchers, academics and practitioners.The Dictionary has been designed to give both the expert and the newcomer overviews and succinct presentations of the most important issues in modern accounting. With entries ranging from extended explorations of major topics to short definitions of key terms, this major reference work gives the user:Authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the whole field of accounting.A fully indexed and cross-referenced research resource.Definitive entries ranging from auditing to management information issues in accounting.A completely international perspective and author base.
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Jae K. Shim
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Have it by your side.......2001-10-11
Being an engineer sometimes financial guys will come with their lingo to put you down. No more, have it by your side at your office and you'll be able to counterattack and show them the world recognized engineer superiority
Boring and unhelpful.......2001-01-27
this book lacked technical expertise, if I had to grade it i would give it an f+
Useful, but a bit outdated.......2000-04-02
The book has a clear lay-out and provides good information by key words. However, the book is a bit outdated and does not include many of the 'new-economy' words. Perhaps an update would be wellcome.
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True leadership is the most valuable commodity in the world- yet few really know how to attain it. This new edition of a much talked about executive and management self-development book offers a fresh approach to assessing and cultivating vital leadership skills in any organization. It is newly updated with creative self-assessment tools and an emphasis on leadership coaching and mentoring. It goes beyond the traditional to define the relationship between leadership performance and corporate performance optimization. Transforming Leadership introduces a new style of leadership-one that blends effective business practices with compassion and awareness-to help today's leaders develop and build what Anderson calls a "leadership organization" that will flourish in our ever-changing global marketplace. It shows you how to become a dynamic leader as well as prepares you to develop your colleagues' and employees leadership skills while you work with them. This is the kind of innovative, inside-out leadership that is sure to help any company meet the challenges that lie ahead.
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First choice for a textbook.......2000-02-22
Our seminary has chosen this book as the main textbook in the advanced class on leadership. We have been using this for four years and are very pleased with it. It replaces the older text on Spiritual Leadership by Sanders.
Australian Institute of Management Review.......1998-09-20
A Book Review from Management Today
A Publication of the Australian Institute of Management July, 1998 Transforming Leadership-Second Edition Authored by Terry D. Anderson, Ph.D.
Boldly re-entering a market presently congested with leadership tomes, this new edition of the definitive executive and management self-development book stands well above the majority. An examination of how leadership development has a truly profound effect on the morale and performance of individuals, teams and organizations, this book has been written both as a text for students and educators, and a reference for managers, consultants, executive coaches and mentors, and aspiring executives. It is perhaps the only book of its kind that provides an overarching model for leadership development; or a guide for developing curriculum that targets-specifically and simultaneously-the means for creating the strongest influence on organizational and personal effectiveness.
The author's innovative conceptual contribution to the literature of leadership is his focus on how it is necessary to build a leadership organization before-and to an extent while-you move ahead into building a "learning organization". In this second edition he tackles this issue squarely with an emphasis on the importance of the role of executive and leader.
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Let a highly successful business coach transform your work life Coaching Yourself to Leadership: 5 Key Strategies for Becoming an Integrated Leader Ginny OBrien What would happen if a respected business coach gave you a new model for leadership that could help you achieve the happiness, productivity and fulfillment at work you so desire? It would change your life. Thats exactly what author Ginny OBrien has done. Shes a certified business coach who draws on an approach shes used successfully for years in her practice to develop effective leaders. It integrates competencies from three domains of leadershipself, work and othersand emphasizes both masculine and feminine elements of strength. OBriens themesbe authentic, visionary, emotionally intelligent, an assertive communicator and connected to others through relationships and alliancesare covered in-depth in separate chapters. Exercises, tools and specific guidance are also provided to help you turn the information presented into everyday practices. The purpose of the book is not to help you become the next Jack Welchbeing a great leader doesnt mean you have to get to the top. Rather, it is to provide you with practices and techniques that will transform you into a more positive, authentic leader who can make work better for yourself and those you currently lead. Sample topics: Identifying values: Getting to the core of you The dilemma of defensive behaviors Leadership and parenting: The same skill set Dealing with people you dont respect Assertive vs aggressive Passive-aggressive communicators: The Alienators The art of asking powerful questions Managing your fear The problem with delegating perfection
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Coaching Yourself to Leadership.......2007-07-15
The basic philosophy of Coaching Yourself to Leadership: 5 Key Strategies for Becoming an Integrated Leader is that "leadership develops internally beginning with a deep understanding of the self, and blossoms externally from learning how to empathize, engage, and communicate with others".
As this phrase might suggest, this book looks at leadership from a "feminine" perspective. There are two main reasons for this particular focus. Firstly, females in leadership situations often try to emulate male role models often ignoring their own potential leadership strengths. Secondly, the benefits of such "feminine skills" is largely an untapped resource for both male and female leaders alike.
Coaching Yourself to Leadership: 5 Key Strategies for Becoming an Integrated Leader is unique as it encourages leaders to understand their own values, motives, and vision for success in any given act. This strategy reduces a good deal of frustration, clutter, and waste that normally occurs when leaders try to create a particular vision while unknowingly moving in the wrong direction and unconsciously fighting against themselves and their fellow workers. Definitely worth a read.
Inspiring and practical! ...not just for leaders!.......2006-08-30
This book is not just for leaders: anyone will benefit from learning how to coach him/herself to success using the 5 key strategies.
I especially liked the self-assessment exercises: identifying skills, clarifying core values and vision, and determining one's level of emotional intelligence (EQ).
Ginny's book is easy to read: succinct and practical, with helpful models to support her strategies. It's also inspiring to read the client (and personal) success stories.
As a life coach, I highly recommend this book to many of my clients since I think the book gets at the basic strategies someone needs to create a successful, happy life. The many powerful questions, a key coaching skill, are are also very helpful.
Excellent practical advice! .......2006-03-06
Packed with practical and useful strategies, I am a career coach who recommends this book to all of my career clients. It helps me to help them understand themselves as individuals, as employees, and as potential leaders. The Five Strategies offer ideas, techniques, and exercises that everyone can practice to improve their skills at communicating, setting goals, and building strategic relationships. Every person who is interested in developing themselves and performing their best needs this book!
Great guide to help you become a better leader.......2006-02-23
I found this to be a very insightful and helpful guide. The author provides key strategies that are effective, very pertinent and can be easily adopted. This book does not only provide advice to help building successful relationships with work colleagues, it also has advice that is relevant to all aspects of your life. It is an easy, enjoyable read - I highly recommend to anyone who has to manage a team.
Coaching Yourself to Leadership.......2006-02-13
I found this book terrific. It enabled me to quickly target some key areas that had been challenges for me. Asking myself the questions at the end of each chapter helped me focus on exactly what I needed to do. Ginny O'Brien's knowledge about situations we encounter in the business world is evident, and I found her guidance to be practical and right on the money.
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The appointments of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito made this a momentous year for the Supreme Court. Now, speculation is rife about the impact these justices will have on our constitutional rights. In its first term, the new Roberts Court has tackled controversial cases involving assisted suicide, wetlands, campaign finance, free speech, and privacy rights--providing, in the process, important hints about the direction the new Court will chart. In this annual review from the Cato Institute, edited by Mark Moller, leading legal scholars analyze these and other far-reaching cases of the 2005-2006 Supreme Court term. More necessary than ever, the Cato Supreme Court Review is unique and timely reading, critiquing the Court's decisions and emerging directions with authenticity, insight, and clarity.
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In this annual review, leading consitutional scholars offer a timely analysis of the most important cases from Supreme Court's 2004-2005 term from classical Madisonian perspective.
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Outstanding analysis with the classical liberal perspective.......2006-11-30
This is my second Cato Review book, and it is mostly exceptional from beginning to end. I am neither a politician nor an attorney, just someone highly interested in constitutional issues and libertarian thought. The authors found a reasonable balance between scholarly essays (loaded with footnotes) and accessible, in-depth reviews of cases and the relevant concepts.
The erudition of the authors and their quality of writing is quite impressive, at least to this layman. None of the essays comes across with even a hint of mere casual thought. Rather, the authors review history, drill into the arguments from various perspectives, and speculate on future implications. For those of you who think Cato might just reflect conservative or libertarian bias, obviously a regular theme is the expansion of federal power at the expense of property rights and other classical liberal throught. Even so, the authors are not polemicists ranting from one page to another, and no justice is spared. One can predict the befuddlement over some decisions by the usual big-government suspects, yet Justice Scalia and Thomas also take their lumps.
This year's book has some particularly attractive cases that caught the public's eye. My favorite chapter was on Granholm, the case on wine and favoritism for in-state producers. Author Stuart Banner (a name unfamiliar to me) covered extensive background on key points from the old days through Prohibition and beyond, much of which was new to me, and quite fascinating. Perhaps the topic was aided by its accessibility, as opposed to the finer points of some esoteric debate.
The infamous Kelo case was combined with other decisions into another excellent essay on the decline of property rights. "The long history of judicial solicitude for the rights of property owners is simply discarded as unwanted baggage from our constitutional past.... Unless the Supreme Court breaks free of statist thinking about property, there is little prospect that property rights of individuals will be restored."
A third widely-known decision was the Grokster case on file sharing, as the Court has struggled to refine "fair use" and copyright guidelines, mostly starting with the Betamax case. The author clearly explains why the Court has not seen the last of these cases.
The book begins with a fine introductory summary of the Court's term, and a lecture by Richard Epstein on how the Progressives of the 1930s (and thereabouts) shifted constitutional thought from its original bearings to the legacy we see today. His focus is on the rise of federal power, especially through the near-limitless Commerce clause, and the decline of individual rights, with examples from labor law.
The other chapters include:
* Commerce power as demonstrated by the Raich marijuana case
* Whether enforcement of a restraining order is a right or a benefit (Castle Rock vs. Gonzales)
* Commercial speech as secondary to political speech, as demonstrated by mandatory payments to government-sponsored marketing programs
* Establishment clause cases, such as the display of the Ten Commandments
* The Arthur Andersen case and the responsibilities (and liabilities) of companies for the actions of their employees
* Booker and mandatory sentencing, with an interesting spin on the decline of jury trials
* The relevance of international court decisions to American courts.
The book concludes with a look toward the 2005-06 term. As that term has already completed, the assessment can be compared with reality, and Jonathan Adler was spot on in many predictions.
Essential Reading.......2005-12-30
There are a few books I buy with every new publication: World Almanac, The Best American Essays, Cato Handbook on Policy, Statistical Abstract of the United States, and the Cato Supreme Court Review. The one I look most forward to is the Supreme Court Review. Some people may think this book is too much a glimpse into the sausage factory, and maybe it is too esoteric for some. However, if you have any interest in the way one third of our government works then this is must read material. The Cato folks do a nice job digging into decisions made in the prior year that impact our liberty and freedom with respect to our Constitution.
While all three publications have been very well done, this publication was one I was really looking forward to in light of the devastating eminent domain decision made earlier this year with Kelo v City of New London (a major blow to individual liberty and property rights). Balanced, well researched, and cited almost to a fault, this book can be easily utilized by a law student but it is written with the laymen in mind. The format is logical for each case with an introduction, background, summary of the court's opinion, analysis, and conclusion.
In the 2004 - 2005 issue, the Cato Institute addresses some very important decisions: property rights, enumerated powers, the first amendment, the establishment clause, crime and punishment, regulatory issues, executive power and foreign affairs. It may seem trivial to some, even progressive, that major decisions have been made that violate our basic liberties with which the founders so clearly concerned themselves. But, I think that regardless of your political stance this is an important read. Heck, it may even stimulate you into action to take back your country.
I'll admit that one can hardly be expected to take in the whole book in one sitting, but for a stimulating read even in small sections this is a great addition to any library or bookshelf. Thanks Cato Institute. Keep up the fight for individual freedom and liberty --no one in government is.
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The Supreme Court Review, 2005 (Supreme Court Review)
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For forty-five years The Supreme Court Review has been lauded for providing authoritative discussion of the Court’s most significant decisions. Recent volumes have considered issues such as the 2000 presidential election, cross-burning, federalism and state sovereignty, the United States v. American Library Association case, and numerous First and Fourth amendment cases. Distinguished participants analyze current and previous concerns and attitudes and discuss the implications of court decisions.
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Title: Defining the office: John Marshall as Chief Justice.(2005-2006 Symposium: The Chief Justice and the Institutional Judiciary)
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Title: In the beginning: the first three Chief Justices.(2005-2006 Symposium: The Chief Justice and the Institutional Judiciary)
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Title: Strategy and constraints on Supreme Court opinion assignment.(2005-2006 Symposium: The Chief Justice and the Institutional Judiciary)
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The Big Bang, the birth of the universe, was a singular event. All of the matter of the universe was concentrated at a single point, with temperatures so high that even the familiar protons and neutrons of atoms did not yet exist, but rather were replaced by a swirling maelstrom of energy, matter and antimatter. Exotic quarks and leptons flickered briefly into existence, before merging back into the energy sea.
This book explains the fascinating world of quarks and leptons and the forces that govern their behavior. Told from an experimental physicist's perspective, it forgoes mathematical complexity, using instead particularly accessible figures and apt analogies. In addition to the story of quarks and leptons, which are regarded as well-accepted fact, the author who is a leading researcher at the world's highest energy particle physics laboratory also discusses mysteries on both the experimental and theoretical frontier, before tying it all together with the exciting field of cosmology and indeed the birth of the universe itself.
The text spans the tiny world of the quark to the depths of the universe with exceptional clarity. The casual student of science will appreciate the careful distinction between what is known (quarks, leptons and antimatter), what is suspected (Higgs bosons, neutrino oscillations and the reason why the universe has so little antimatter) and what is merely dreamed (supersymmetry, superstrings and extra dimensions). Included is an unprecedented chapter explaining the accelerators and detectors of modern particle physics experiments. The chapter discussing the hunt for the Higgs boson, currently consuming the efforts of nearly 1000 physicists, lends drama that only big-stakes science can give. Understanding the Universe leaves the reader with a deep appreciation of the fascinating particle realm and just how much it determines the rich beauty of our universe.
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A fascinating and informative introduction.......2004-12-13
Knowledgably written Don Lincoln (an experimental physicist and staff member of the world's premier particle physics laboratory), Understanding The Universe From Quarks To The Cosmos provides the nonspecialist general reader with a fascinating and informative introduction to the complex world of quarks, leptons, and the forces that govern particle physics. Written especially to introduce lay readers to subatomic mysteries, Understanding The Universe From Quarks To The Cosmos discusses the Big Bang, known and proven theories, suspected hypothesese that have yet to be firmly established, cutting-edge discussions of modern particle physics experiments, and much more. Black-and-white diagrams help illustrate the amazing ideas presented with a minimum of mathematics and a maximum of awe.
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