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J K Lasser Pro Survival Skills in Financial Services
Julian Lowenthal
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The financial services industry is constantly changing and you need to respond
Change is a constant in the financial services industry (FSI). The question is, "What should you do to survive?" Whether you work in or sell to the industry, you'll benefit from the in-depth insight, professional knowledge, and practical tools found in J.K. Lasser Pro Survival Skills in Financial Services.
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"The challenges of surviving and succeeding in the financial services industry have never been greater. . . . J.K. Lasser Pro Survival Skills in Financial Services provides a practical guide to dealing with the tough realities of change. The result is an enjoyable, down-to-earth, and interactive resource that provides the knowledge, skills, and human understanding to deal with the forces of change."
-Keith T. Darcy, Executive Vice President, IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company
"This book will help my staff work through the most difficult transition in the financial services industry. . . . Julian speaks in a nontechnical, light-handed style to every member of my staff. . . . He draws on his relationships with some of our industry's most important leaders to reinforce his logical and practical views on how to get through the day, the year, and the decades ahead. His book is crisp, easy reading from cover to cover. But his section titled `Survival Skills Greatest Hits' must be committed to memory. It will be the core of my survival strategy for the rest of my career. I can't wait to put this book in the hands of my whole staff."
-John Adams Vaccaro, CFP, CLU, President, Westport Resources Investment Services, Inc.
Don't get left behind in the whirlwind of change impacting the financial services industry. Pick up J.K. Lasser Pro Survival Skills in Financial Services and take control of your professional life within this dynamic and challenging business environment.
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This handbook invites readers who are interested in mediation, negotiation, and conflict resolution to share the perspectives of experts in the field. Contributors include scholars, mediators, trainers, and negotiators, all of whom are passionate about their work.The handbook takes an interdisciplinary approach to mediation, emphasizing both internal and external factors as important sources of influence when negotiating conflicts. It explores the cultural and institutional frameworks that have shaped intervention processes, and it considers which intervention techniques might work - when, how, and why. Particular topics covered include: understanding variation in mediation programs; the dynamics of power in child custody mediation; pre-mediation strategies for dealing with strong emotions; and developing a conflict-positive organization.The Blackwell Handbook of Mediation affirms that the study of mediation, negotiation, and conflict resolution has moved beyond experimental research and descriptive analyses into a more sophisticated domain.
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In this classic work, John Steinbruner argues that the time is ripe for exploration of a new theoretical perspective on the decision-making process in government. He suggests that the cybernetic theory of decision as developed in such diverse fields as information theory, mathematical logic, and behavioral psychology generates a systematic but non-rational analysis that seems to explain quite naturally decisions that are puzzling when viewed from the rational perspective. When combined with the basic understanding of human mental operations developed in cognitive psychology, the cybernetic theory of decision presents a striking picture of how decision makers deal with the intense uncertainty and fundamental value conflicts that arise in bureaucratic politics. To illustrate the advantages of using cybernetic theory, Steinbruner analyzes the issue of sharing nuclear weapons among the NATO allies.
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Agir en politique: Decision morale et pluralisme politique (Recherches morales ; 5)
Paul Valadier
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La decision de majorite (Cahiers de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques ; no 205)
Pierre Favre
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Mythes, savoirs et decisions politiques (Sociologies)
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Processus Politique: Environnements, Prise De Decision Et Pouvoir
Sylvie Arend
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Rush to Policy: Analytic Techniques in Public Sector Decisions
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How to Use a Computerized Telescope describes how to get a computerized telescope up-and-running, and how to embark on a program of observation. Michael Covington explains in detail how the sky moves, how a telescope tracks it, and how to get the most out of any computerized telescope. Packed full of practical advice and tips for troubleshooting, his book gives detailed instructions for three popular telescopes: the Meade® LX200, Celestron^DCC NexStar 5 and 8, and Meade® Autostar^DTM (ETX and LX90). Michael A. Covington is an associate research scientist at the University of Georgia. He is a computational linguist trained in the computer processing of human language and the computer modeling of human logical reasoning, and a widely recognized expert on the Prolog programming language. He is the author of nine books including Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms, Seventh Edition (Barron's, 2000), Astrophotography for the Amateur (Cambridge, 1999), PROLOG Programming in Depth (Simon & Schuster, 1996), Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide (1993), and Syntactic Theory in the High Middle Ages (Cambridge, 1985). A senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Covington is a Contributing Editor to, and former "Q&A" columnist of, Poptronics magazine.
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The Book your looking for!.......2007-05-17
If your looking for a clearly written, very informative, get you going in the right direction book, this is the one!
How to Use a Computerized Telescope.......2007-01-19
This is a very clearly-written book and excellent for beginners. It breaks down the various topics of using a computerized telescope into manageable chapters.
Very helpful book.......2006-03-07
I recently purchased a Celestron StarSeeker telescope (basically a NexStar80) so wanted to read more about computerized telescopes. Michael Covington's book is very good. He starts by saying "Welcome to amateur astronomy". The first part of the book then goes on to discuss telescopes in general, such as the different types (ie, refractors, reflectors and catadioptric) and much very helpful general information about observational astronomy. Things like celestial coordinates, how a telescope works, etc. Too much to put in this review but I found the information extremely helpful. The second section is about astrophotography including simple ways to do astrophotography without a lot of expensive equipment. This author also has a book on Astrophotography which I haven't read. He refers to it several times in this section of this book. The last section describes in quite a bit of detail the operation of 3 computerized telescopes, the Meade LX200, Celestron NexStar 5 and 8 and two Meade telescopes with Autostar, the ETX 90 and the LX 90. All of these telescopes are now outdated as both Meade and Celestron have newer models. However, what is said in this section would apply to the newer models to a large extent. Overall I enjoyed reading this book and obtained a lot of useful information and recommendations to start my budding career in amateur photography. One further note; there is another book by Michael Swanson that deals with just the Celestron NexStar telescopes. I have this book also but haven't finished reading it. If you are just interested in computerized telescopes in general, I would recommend the one in this review. If you have or are interested in a Celestron, then I would suggest the Michael Swanson book; actually I would recommend both.
Very useful.......2005-08-02
I found this book to be very useful and informative. I am a beginner to astronomy and need something to orient me to what a electronic telescope was all about. A must reqad if you are considering a computerized telescope and are a beginner who has never used one.
What you need to know to use a "Go To" telescope.......2003-01-09
Covington's "Astrophotography for the Amateur" is one of the two must reads for beginning to intermiediate astrophotographers. "How to Use a Computerized Telescope" fits in the same category for beginner and intermediate amatuer astronomers who have or are thinking of aquiring a computerized telescope. The book is divided into two sections. The first covers basic topics on the use, care and feeding of telescopes in general. The second looks at three classic "Go To" telescope families. If you are looking to buy a computerized telescope, or already own one and want to get more out of it, then this is a good place to start.
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PART I - Telescopes in general
1. Welcome to amatuer astronomy
2. How the sky moves
3. How telescopes track the stars
4. Using equatorial mounts and wedges
5. Telescope optics
6. Eyepieces and optical accessories
7. Astrophotography
8. Troubleshooting
PART II - Three classic telescopes
9. Three that led the revolution
10. Meade LX200
11. Celestron NexStar 5 and 8
12. Meade Autostar (ETX and LX90)
Though the models described in detail in the book are no longer the latest models, the foundations will allow one to get a better understanding of how computerized telescopes work, and how to get more out of their use.
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- Insightful, detailed and very helpful
- Some fair explanation but lacks some of that grey matter
- geared towards profesional telescope installations
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Telescope Control
Mark Trueblood , and
Russell Genet
Manufacturer: Willmann-Bell
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Insightful, detailed and very helpful.......1999-04-30
I found this book to be insightful, detailed and very helpful. It is the only book I've found that completely and competently addresses the subject of telescope control by computer. Its figures, tables and mathematical formulae are useful, as are the instructions for system configurations.
I highly recommend this book.
Some fair explanation but lacks some of that grey matter.......1999-01-22
A nice try but it does seem to elaborate more on professional installations. It would be more benefical to explain more about half stepping and micro-stepping since most amateur's probably are doing there own automation with a somewhat limited budget. Servo's are nice but they should be for a several thousand dollars. Bottom line is if you envision this book to show you how to make your telescope automatic forget it. Look on the web there's plenty of cutting edge technology to engulf on.
geared towards profesional telescope installations.......1998-04-29
I have recently purchased this book. I found it more geared towards the professional telescope design. It should have been written with the amatuer astronomer/telescope builder in mind. I did find some of the information useful, especially the software hardcopies. The book was somewhat lacking in showing how to remote operate telescopes via phone line, internet, or packet radio such as that found at the Bradford telescope, Apache Point Observatory, and various other systems. I thought the original edition that came out quite a few years ago was better. I highly recommend that the original edition be acquired via library loan to get the most out of this book. The book can further be improved by including more automation systems and circuit designs such as an automatic dome rotation to track your telescope and reviews of the modern automated telescopes for the amatuer such as the LX-200. I think that I will have to write my own book showing the things that I have planned for my small observatory.
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Advanced Telescope and Instrumentation Control Software: 29-30 March 2000, Munich, Germany (Proceedings of Spie--the International Society for Optical Engineering, V. 4009.)
Manufacturer: Society of Photo Optical
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Read it in just 2 hours! Establish customer-defined quality to escalate performance and profitsIn order for your organization to achieve optimum success, you must understand how customers define a quality version of your product or service. Customer-Inspired Quality will help you do just that, plus establish quantifiable ways to improve processes so that you meet?and exceed?customer expectations at all times.
Step by step, discover how to:
- Analyze work processes from the perspective of primary, secondary, and internal customers
- Establish measurements that reflect the customers' definitions
- Qualify a process for a six-level process improvement model
- Conduct regular process improvement reviews
- Use process qualification to achieve early measurable results
- Identify which quality and operational performance measures should be tracked according to customer needs
Customer-Inspired Quality will help you improve quality and customer satisfaction cost-effectively and in ways that will help your organization compete. Put your customers in the driver's seat and watch your profits take off!
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A great first look at what it means to be "Cutomer Focused".......2002-07-25
"Process improvement is the only known way to make real, long lasting changes in an organization that will increase its chances of survival and prosperity," writes Jim Shaw, consultant and examiner for the Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award. This book discusses the importance of looking at your business through the eyes of your customer, and sets out a series of steps for doing so.
With simple explanations, and well structured chapters, this book is a quick read (1-2 hours), but is elementary for anyone already involved in six sigma (or any other customer focused improvement effort.) If being "customer inspired" is something that you aspire to, but aren't entirely sure how to do it, this book gives an invaluable perspective.
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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A654133. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: From 1980 to 1992, the United States spent over 6 billion dollars to combat insurgency and bolster democracy in El Salvador, a nation of only 5.3 million people. In fact, El Salvador was the site of the United States' most prolonged - and until the Persian Gulf War - the most costly military endeavor since Vietnam. While United States assistance did help the Salvadoran government combat the insurgents, this aid by most accounts acted to undermine rather than bolster the democratic stability of the country. The thesis examines the democratic experience of El Salvador, as a representative case study of a nation experiencing insurgency, to determine what changes are required in the formation of US foreign policy to help bolster democratic stability in countries challenged by insurgency. The thesis makes four key assertions: First, it is in the United States' self-interest to aid in the consolidation of democracy in El Salvador. Second, El Salvador is a nascent democracy, even after the Peace Accords of 1992 were signed, lacking democratic experience or stability, thus requiring US assistance. Third, despite oligarchic resistance, the United States has the ability to successfully influence democratic reform. Fourth, the best way to define United States' priorities for democratic assistance to El Salvador must be through a comprehensive, empirically-based assessment of causal factors.
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Microcomputer Control of Telescopes
Mark Trueblood
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