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This book has two significant advantages relative to other books and software on the topic of valuation. First, the expository approach of the authors is very user-friendly, with a pedagogy designed to build confidence. They begin with a very simple, but complete example in the first couple of chapters that takes the reader through the valuation of a company. They repeat the analysis for a slightly more complicated company in chapters 3-4. A repeat of the analysis is then completed in chapters 5-8 for an even more complicated company. This iterative approach allows the reader to absorb “digestible” amounts of material before moving on to the next level of complication. The second pedagogic advantage is the structure of their spreadsheet valuation model. They show the reader how to get real world data, and how to cut-and-paste it into their spreadsheet. The spreadsheet simplifies the complex accounting found in most actual companies' financial statements and condenses it into a simplified set of standardized financial statements. This allows the user to concentrate on the fundamental economic forces that underlie a company's value.
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This revised and updated edition of Rahim's classic work on managing conflict in organizations presents new evidence that suggests, contrary to generally accepted views, that organizational conflict need not be minimized or avoided in all cases. Some conflicts are functional and others are dysfunctional. Substantive or task-related conflict is functional for nonroutine tasks, but affective conflicts are dysfunctional irrespective of the task conditions. Classifying conflicts as intrapersonal, interpersonal, intragroup, or intergroup, Rahim explains how to diagnose conflict, how to intervene effectively, and how to handle all the different types of conflict that typically arise in organizations. Rahim's systematic approach to conflict management identifies five styles of handling conflict (integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising). These styles may be used in the course of an intervention, a technique that enables managers to minimize affective conflict while attaining and maintaining a moderate amount of substantive conflict at the individual, group, and intergroup levels. Rahim's book will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners in management, organizational psychology, human resources management, and communication.
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The best book available on conflict management.......2001-07-06
Afzalur Rahim's recent release of the third edition of this management standard represents an intellectual tour de force. In this book Rahim has taken what many regard as a "soft issue" derived from psychology and the social sciences (note his heavy referencing of such pioneers as Katz & Kahn and Art Levin, for instance)-that is the conflict intervention and management aspects organizational development-and hammered these out in hard-core analytic and empirical terms. His ROC-I and II (chapter 3) represent critical advances in dealing with conflict management, and are useful org-development tools.
Yet the book is not strictly a quantitative-analytic work, but a hybrid of both humanistic management approaches and Rahim's trademark empirical analysis. For instance, Rahim advances a basic thesis, namely, that some conflict in an organization is good and enhances organizational effectiveness if managed properly. He contrasts his approach to the dominant mode of western management thought, which has been to treat all conflict as bad and in need of resolution. This tendency Rahim traces all the way back to western civilization's search for social cohesion and harmony in Plato's Republic, carrying his examination through to the twentieth century humanists, such as Elton Mayo, who shared Plato's perspective. Rahim shows that this model-the stable, harmonious organization-is a philosophic ideal, not a practical reality, and proceeds to focus on the practical aspects of managing conflict in organizations.
In this endeavor, his treatment is both encyclopedic and practical, theoretical and functional. Although the work is exhaustive in its treatment of theoretical foundations of conflict management, and its myriad aspects, elements and sub-aspects, Rahim fleshes out his exposition of conflict management with practical, real-world examples. The real challenge for the reader using this singular work is to be prepared to digest an immense amount of theoretically and functionally contextualized data, representing an active lifetime of reflection and study. A single reads will not suffice here. The only method I know of mastering such a wealth of material is to prepare it for a graduate level course, replete with lectures, slides and derivative exercises, using ROC-I and II, then to teach it regularly.
This work, then, functions on a number of levels. First, it provides an intellectual tour de force on the subject of conflict management. In this sense it is the most comprehensive, well-written and insightful work available on the subject. As Rahim notes repeatedly, western managers and management scholars focus on conflict resolution, not conflict management. Second, this book provides the teacher of management with a first-rate text, and one unequalled by any other, and one written on a theoretical foundation, but developed from a practical, empirical, organizational development basis. Third, Rahim's book comprises an encyclopedia on conflict management, including a thorough literature review on every single issue dealt with, and a painstaking and analytic breakdown of conflict and conflict management into every conceivable aspect. Fourth, Rahim advances and develops a critical thesis-that western management is fixated on conflict resolution, but would do better to concentrate on conflict management-that unifies the other levels of his writing.
Despite the depth and breadth of this ambitious and passionately as well as thoughtfully written and insightful book, Rahim keeps the material manageable through his won progressive, linear breakdown of the subject matter. Her, the author's organizational skills are at their peak, and he achieves his end with a fairly simple structure. Throughout, his approach is reasoned, sensible, practical and above all, realistic and applicable.
In sum, Managing Conflict in Organizations, 3rd Edition, is a work without parallel in the field of management. Only a few management works, in fact, afford the reader this level of encyclopedic mastery of a field, for instance, Harold Kerzner's massive standard, Project Management: A Systems Approach. The difference here is that Kerzner's work is over 800 pages, Rahim's just over 200, making the latter a fairly dense read. Finally, Rahim's book has the character of a seminal work: it not only lays out the field of conflict management, it offers real insight into the subject and develops these insights in terms of a critical and defensible thesis. I recommend it for every serious management library, personal and institutional.
Don Schley Director of Project Management Colorado Technical University
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CRC Handbook of Mariculture, Volume I: Crustacean Aquaculture, Second Edition (C R C Handbook of Mariculture)
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The Second Edition of the CRC Handbook of Mariculture provides an extensive comparison of marine shrimp culture techniques from around the world. This extensively revised and updated Second Edition focuses on growout systems that have contributed to the production success of shrimp farms and systems worldwide. Topics covered include methods for the culture and preparation of algae, rotifers, Artemia, and other foodstuffs for use in crustacean farms; recent developments on enriching larval food organisms to improve crustacean diets; conditioning and spawning penaeid shrimp; obtaining and manipulating shrimp eggs and sperm for controlled reproduction and use of intensive nursery raceways for juvenile shrimp production; and discussions of many types of marine shrimp growout systems. In addition, culture systems used in Hawaii, Ecuador, Taiwan, and Japan are described in detail. Significant new information from Japan on hormonal control of penaeid shrimp maturation and spawning is discussed. Marine shrimp and Macrobrachium shrimp diseases by the foremost authorities in the area are presented with detailed photographs and illustrations to help identify diseases. The book also includes an update on American lobster larval and juvenile culture.
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Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time.Though it was common for men of his profession to collect natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdambased pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665-1736) had a passion that led him far beyond the call of duty. His amazing, unprecedented collection of animals, plants and insects from all around the world gained international fame during his lifetime. In 1731, after decades of collecting, Seba commissioned illustrations of each and every specimen and arranged the publication of a four-volume catalog detailing his entire collection—from strange and exotic plants to snakes, frogs, crocodiles, shellfish, corals, insects, butterflies and more, as well as fantastic beasts, such as a hydra and a dragon. Seba's scenic illustrations, often mixing plants and animals in a single plate, were unusual even for the time. Many of the stranger and more peculiar creatures from Seba's collection, some of which are now extinct, were as curious to those in Seba's day as they are to us now.
This reproduction is taken from a rare, hand-colored original. The introduction offers background information about the fascinating tradition of the cabinet of curiosities to which Seba's curiosities belonged.
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A fabulous visual treat.......2007-07-26
I'm not a biologist or scientist of any kind. But I am a fan of Taschen's publications and admire his goal of publishing high-quality photo/art books at reasonable prices. I happened to come across this book while browsing in the bookshop, was attracted by the Taschen name on the cover, took a peek inside and bought it on the spot. It was only afterwards that I discovered the history and historical significance of this collection. It's a beautiful book, filled with brilliantly colored illustrations of reptiles, butterflies, plants and animals. Great stuff and a real education for a layman like me.
lots and lots of drawings of snakes.......2007-07-10
snakes, bugs, plants, birds and all manner of living creatures. It is really an overwhelming collection. Worth getting a larger coffee table.
quality artwork from a time gone by.......2006-11-11
The old prints are just beautiful. Before photographs, books like these had hand painted reproductions of the animals. The detail is amazing. One can only imagine how long it must have taken to prepare these works.And collect the specimens.Check out the 7 headed hydra! And cheers to Taschen for another beautiful art book.
Science and Art.......2006-11-06
As a biologist, this book is for me the the marriage between science and art. A great collection of specimens drawn into a catalog from so long ago, it's a beautiful thing that it was saved and published. Just be warned, this book is BIG.
Beautiful Edition of Cabinet of Natural Curiosities.......2006-08-09
Beautiful book...I'd been waiting for a more palatable ($) edition of this book for quite awhile and was happily surprised at the quality.
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What is in the book?.......2007-03-14
I have not seen this book but I have seen the smaller companion volume consisting of the plates. Does the larger book contain the plates and the text (in Latin?). When I first checked the price on Amazon it was $200, the next time it was $121, and the last few times it was $126. I am not sure if the price varies with the person looking at the info; I have found that BN typically increases the prices when I go back for a second look. If this large volume is complete then there is no reason to buy the companion book of plates. I gave it one star simply because I could not see the inside of the book. Does any one have more information about this book? After I find out more about the book then I may buy it.
My most cherished book.......2006-11-28
This book is an outstanding bargain. It is beautiful and breathtaking. I hadn't read the dimensions of the book before ordering and was really surprised when this 16 pound book arrived in its own cardboard case. The pictures are so gorgeous and some poster sized prints are included -- unfortunately, the images selected for the posters are not the most attractive of Seba's work. Before ordering, I had planned to cut out some of the prints for framing, but I can't bring myself to do that now --this book is just so amazing.
Impresive.......2006-11-06
The book is more than I expected. It will be proudly display at my store Sol Interios. I know it will get lots of attention.
The MOST amazing book ever............2006-07-28
You have to see this book in person to really appreciate how beautiful it really is. Every single page is filled with excellent drawings of hundreds of animals, plants, seashells, etc. It is absolutly outstanding. Every book lover, or nature lover should add this book to their collection. The price seems expensive but when you see the book it will be the best 140 dollars you have spent in a long time.
Coffee table? Oh yeah right........2005-12-10
This is a beautiful book, but I've had to factor in the cost of a dictionary stand or console table to display it. It's giant! and it looked silly on my average-sized coffee table.
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From the dust jacket: Albertus Seba's ''Cabinet of Natural Curiosities'' is one of the 18th century's greates natural-history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural-history books of all time. Though it was common for me of his profession to collect natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665-1736) had a passion that led hmi far beyond the call of duty. His amazing, unprecedented collection of animals, plants and insects from all around the world gained international fame during his lifetime. In 1731, after decades of collecting, he commissioned illustrations of each and every specimen and arranged the publication of a four-volume catalogue detailing his entire collection - from strange and exotic plants to snakes, frogs, crocodiles, shellfish, corals, insects, butterflies and more, as well as fantastic beasts such as a seven-headed hydra. The beautiful illustrations transport these creatures from the scientific world of specimens into extremely aesthetic and vivid scenes, where plants and animals intermingle. It is this narrative element that continues to lend the book much of its special fascination. This magnificent reporduction of all 449 of the original plates is taken from a rare, hand-coloured copy at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague. The introduction provides background information on the intriguing tradition of the cabinet of curiosities to which Seba's collection belonged, while an additional annex written by contemporary scientists provides descriptions of the specimens. A journey into the past and at the same time a road to rediscovering the wonders of Nature, which remain as vital as ever. OVERSIZED BOOK approx. 9''x15''x2'', weight 6.5 lbs., English, Latin.
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