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Nice customer service .......2007-05-13
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Managing Change: Text and Cases, 2nd Edition, by Todd Jick and Maury Peiperl is a thoroughly revised version of a well-received volume on the scholarship of change in organizations. It is comprised of six modules that introduce common threads in the ensuing case studies and readings on organizational change. Of the 48 items in this book, 31 are new to this edition. The module introductions have been thoroughly revised; one modular introduction (Module 6, Continuous Change) is brand new.
Customer Reviews:
A great book -- and an unbelievable price!.......2001-03-01
Although slightly dated Managing Change has become a classic of the genre and a favourite of business schools. For good reason. The book comprises some of the most useful academic articles on change management published in academic journals in the 1980s and early 1990s as well as case studies. The latter are well selected and will help to generate furious debate in any group that studies them. Jick's own contributions provide balanced and thoughtful links between the pieces as well as several articles on issues like the role of vision statements and implementing change.
Any one interested in change management will need this book. Although there are no `formulas' for the right way to introduce change programs, a thoughtful reading of the material in this book can only improve one's ability to implement change and to understand how others react to it.
Why four stars rather than five? The price of the book is unbelievable and (I suspect) hard to justify given the large numbers which would have sold in business schools. It's sad that no paperback edition is available for students either. I understand an updated edition is being prepared.
One of the great books on time management........1999-10-20
Professor Todd Jick, one of the great people in a respected field of time management, produces a great source of needed information. It talks about honchos of GM, Motorola among others, and helps you also with sales and brunches and things that can really improve your life in drastic ways. Professor Jick should definetley writew a second, because this one has really helpedme grow in many ways. He has helped many because of this book. Read it!
If you have no time for change management, this is it........1999-02-18
Professor Todd developed the book for his students at Harvard, using the case study approach. And ,of course, it is an excellent text to be used in the class room. But the beauty is that it is an extremely readable book, not heavy, not your typical book by a professor.
It conveys the concepts in a series of simple and elegant reading materials and cases. And it feels great to read case-studies about the inside workings of many corparate titans like Bob Galvin (Motorola), John Reed (CITIGROUP), Jack Welch (GE) and many more.
The book is great, but more so for people who do not come from the behavioural sciences or organization development background, but just plane business background. It zeroes in on and enunciates the key concepts of leading and managing change. It walks you through a series of cases illustrating not only what to do , but what not to do. And the cases have a tremendous variety to them ranging from merger situations to executives being brought in from the outside to internal organizational programs.
If you have time for not even one book on change management, this is it.
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Managing Strategic Action: Mobilizing Change Concepts, Readings and Cases
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A major textbook, Managing Strategic Action outlines a framework for understanding strategic action, while key case studies and readings examine the issues involved in moving from strategic intent to realization. Part I highlights environmental analysis and strategic intent, the relations among strategy and structure, the impact of culture, and leadership and human resource management. Part II considers the central role of power and politics in mobilizing change, including the links between power and ethical action. The last part explores various strategic challenges, such as mergers and acquisitions, new product innovation, globalization, sustainable development, and collaboration. Interspersed throughout this exciting text are case studies on such companies as Apple Computer, Mrs. Fields's Cookies, ICI, General Motors, Electronic Data Systems, Montreal Trust, and Machco. With its focus on strategic action and implementation, Managing Strategic Action is the perfect text for scholars and students in management and organization studies, specifically courses in strategy, strategic management, and business policy. "A useful study for a wide range of programmes" --Long Range Planning
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Legal History in the Making: Proceedings of the Ninth British Legal History Conference
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Sky Publishing Sky Atlas 2000.0, 2nd Edition, Laminated Deluxe Versions
The standard against which all other star atlases are measured, this best-selling atlas has been completely revised and updated! Each version of Sky Atlas 2000.0 contains 26 charts covering the whole sky and showing 81,312 single, multiple, and variable stars of magnitude 8.5 and brighter and 2,700 deep-sky objects.
Customer Reviews:
Good, but a little bit hard to see.......2007-03-28
It's good to have every aspect of stars & galaxy
But it's not plotted for normal star observants.
Sky Atlas 2000.0, 2nd Deluxe Laminated .......2007-02-01
Perfect for the serious amateur astronomer. With this and star hopping one can find a lifetime of observing.
Laminated Sky Atlas.......2006-08-18
Great product for a beginner to help understand what they are looking at in the skies (and what's really there).
Very good but has some shortcomings.......2006-08-12
For years the Sky Atlas 2000.0 has been the most popular atlas step up from a 6th magnitude atlas. The 8th magnitude limit is deep enough to enable users to find Neptune and the brighter asteroids. The large charts, while they can be a bit awkward to handle, are great to view, as they show wide swaths of sky.
The Second Edition brought some significant improvements: a useful step up to magnitude 8.5, galaxy shapes which show size and orientation, better representation of star magnitude, detailed charts of the Orion region and Virgo Galaxy Cluster. If you are debating between a used First Edition and a new Second Edition, get the Second; it's worth the extra money.
A few shortcomings remain. The charts are arranged in ascending order of right ascension. This presents problems with editions which are bound on the left side. When users reach the right edge of the chart, they have to stifle the instinct to continue right to the next page, force themselves to reverse direction, and turn--of all places--to the previous page instead. The same with the left edge. Charts should be ordered in descending RA like Uranometria or Millennium. Ordering by ascending RA is a pointless tradition.
Some of the versions are bound at the top, which solves the problem of the chart sequence--and makes the book less floppy to handle--but makes it harder to search for charts. Since the chart number is at the top right, the user cannot see what page they have their fingers on until the book is completely open.
The pages of the laminated versions are very sturdy for field use but hard to grasp and separate, especially when moist with dew. This and the previous problem could be solved by adding numbered, graspable tabs to the bottom of each chart.
A badly-needed improvement to the atlas came in a subsequent printing of the second edition: around the edges of each chart are noted the numbers of the charts which adjoin it. This greatly simplifies navigation through the atlas. It would be good to take this measure a step further and, on each chart, mark adjacent chart borders as well to save guesswork as to where each one ends and the next begins.
The many virtues of this atlas have been amply documented by other reviewers. The space I have spent on the shortcomings is simply an attempt to round out the picture. The many improvements already made to this work speak well of the publisher's commitment to an excellent atlas. The Sky 2000.0 is now only a couple steps short.
So which atlas to choose for your observations? I would completely ignore the 6th magnitude atlases on the market. For a beginning to intermediate observer, the magnitude 7.6 Pocket Sky Atlas is very well designed and affordable. For intermediate observing, the Sky Atlas 2000.0 is an excellent choice. For advanced observers who frequently go deep, I would suggest skipping the Sky Atlas and bringing both the Pocket and the Millennium along on outings.
Good reference, not good as a field edition.......2002-03-20
With the new edition of the popular Sky Atlas 2000, Wil Tirion has increased the number of objects and stars (stars are now displayed down to mag 8.5), improved the "binning" of stars- that the sizes of the do not make quantum jumps from one magnitude to the next but are more continuously sized- and improved the overall clarity and sharpness of the objects and text. All of these things are positive changes.
However, this "Deluxe" laminated edition does not function well as a field edition because it is a black star on white background edition. Such editions are not favored by deep sky observers because the reflection of one's reading light off of the predominantly white page has adverse effect on one's dark adapation. Also, the galaxies are represented as red ovals and practially disappear under red light. (A similar problem occurs with Tirion's Cambridge Sky Atas which is similarly usless for field work). If this is the case, why offer a laminated editon of the "Deluxe" (white paper, black stars) in the first place?
I was unable to find a copy of the Lamiated "Field" edition on Amazon, and, asuming that the reason for this was that the company would not manufacture a lamiated edition that was not suitable for field work, I bought it.
It is a handsome desk reference, but if you're looking for something to use out under the stars, I'd search around for the "white stars on black paper" edition.
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