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Peter Drucker has introduced us all to the knowledge era, where knowledge is the primary resource and intangibles (intellectual capital resources and assets) are now largely recognized as the most important sources of organizations' competitive advantage. With the recognition of the importance of Intangibles comes the problem of how to properly identify them and assign them a value within the corporation. This is an area of concern in 5 fields: 1) accounting and financial reporting, 2) performance measurement and management, 3) valuation in the finance field, 4) the Human Resources field in terms of management, strategy, and planning, and 5) Intellectual Capital. Over the past eight years, over 25 methods have been proposed for the valuation of intangibles coming out of these 5 fields.
In this book, Andriessen evaluates 25 existing methods of intangible valuation according to highly developed criteria. In performing his evaluations, Andriessen synthesizes the state of the art research from these fields based on extensive research. He then presents his own method for valuing intangibles, which he began developing and testing as a Senior Manager at KPMG Knowledge Advisory Services in The Netherlands. He relates six case studies in which this method was tested in actual companies, carefully reviews the results of his tests, and then concludes by offering a new and improved method for valuing intangibles in his Weightless Wealth Toolkit, a complete step-by-step process for identifying, valuing, and managing Intangibles to help managers operate successfully in the Intangible Economy.
-Contains the only comprehensive and academically sound review and evaluation of existing methods for valuing intangible resources
-Well-known author from KPMG in The Netherlands
-Includes a do-it-yourself toolkit for valuing intangible resources
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In recent years, the U.S. Army has been modified and modernized more extensively than almost any private business. Leading the charge on this front were General Gordon R. Sullivan, chief of staff from 1991-95, and one of his key strategic planners, Colonel Michael V. Harper. In
Hope Is Not a Method, these two explain just how an organization with 1.5 million employees and a $63-billion annual budget was successfully reengineered--and how those in the corporate world can learn from the experience.
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Since the end of the Cold War, the United States Army has been reengineered and downsized more thoroughly than any other business. In the early 1990s, General Sullivan, army chief of staff, and Colonel Harper, his key strategic planner, took the post-Cold War army into the Information Age. Faced with a 40 percent reduction in staff and funding, they focused on new peacetime missions, dismantled a cumbersome bureaucracy, reinvented procedures, and set the guidelines for achieving a vast array of new goals.
Hope Is Not a Method explains how they did it and shows how their experience is extremely relevant to today's businesses. From how to stay on top of long-range issues to how to maintain a productive work force during times of change, it offers invaluable lessons in leadership and provides proven tactics any business can implement.
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Military terrrible model for running a business.......2005-09-29
I have been an active duty army officer for twelve years, and all I can say is don't follow the advice in this book. Do you really want your organization run like the military? Sychophants placed in good postions, everyone scared to think outside the box, the inability to fire a screw-up, doctrinaire thinking? Sullivan didn't "re-engineer" the army. Nobody has. The only thing transformed in the military is it's PR machine. There has been a lot of the military tooting its own horn about its "post-Vietnam transformation." Don't believe it. This book will teach you nothing about leadership, and nothing about management. The army has an public image of being the forge for leadership. What people don't seem to realize is that in the army, people follow not because of leadership, but because they go to jail if they don't. This book demonstrates how clueless some of the people in the top slots are.
The book the press should have read.......2004-08-03
I know this is a business book, but it's more, it's a case study, and anyone who has been the defense industry or large government acquisitions - can relate. Budget, schedule, source selection, contract management, program & technology management... it seems at times--overwhelming. Managing projects of this scope are like juggling chainsaws, especially when wrapped so tightly with budget and schedule, or changing schedules as technology changes and emerges during the course of an acquisition. Then it's rework and modifications to contract, it's extreamly dynamic! Interconnectivity along the differing nodes (USN, USAF, USA, USMC, USCG, HQ, Pentagon...) was incredible. Defense contracting is HUGE, INNOVATIVE and it's NOT like running a sandwich shop or a gas station. Totally different realm. Just the technological advances from 1992 to 2000 were staggering, managing that aspect of the acquisition took strict attention to detail and a hand on the pulse of the industry. No sense fielding a system which needs a major technology upgrade 2 years after FRP.
Remember Winter 2003? I couldn't believe the press questions during tactical updates... if they had read THIS book they would have completely understood the capability, innovation and the battlefield overview the ARMY possessed. Instead we get the usual uninformed prattle about how bad the losses were going to get, or how will our Army ever survive the onslaught of the RNG. The U.S. owned the night, had total control over every aspect associated with the dissemination of the opposing forces.
Example: in 1992 it took 10 minutes to acquire and put ordnance on a target. In 2003 it took 2 minutes, 45 seconds of which was the time the ordnance was in the air enroute to impact. That's impressive, that's technology at work, that's why this book is a must read for every business major or military professional or... the press.
Otherwise, you're just uninformed.
Hope is Not A Method.......2004-07-13
The reader would have to be the same age and gender, and possess the same beliefs, values and military experiences as the authors to stay awake while reading their book. I could not begin to relate to all the "war stories" coupled with the dry, tedious writing style, I found myself craving a wet martini.
I have read before on many topics I can not personally relate to; I just finished a fascinating story about a man being caught in an unexpected avalanche and trapped in its snow for an hour or so. The writing style literally picked me up and placed me in his journey. Unfortunately, all 260 pages in "Hope Is Not A Method" evoked a feeling like being stuck for all eternity in a dark snow bank. The authors' beliefs are so focused as to be beyond narrow-minded.
"We believe that by applying our ideas from the battlefield that we were able to effect ..." was a concept played over and over again. The authors boldly tried to transfer battlefield principles to the world of business. A fundamental flaw, as successful correlations were not made from the war room thinking the business boardroom, where profit is the goal. A perfect book for aspiring military leaders. Not useful for all others
Does not meet commander's intent. Lacks concept of operation.......1999-07-04
I'm an active duty soldier and business student. I have experience in the civilian business world, and will re-enter business upon completion of my term. Mr. Sullivan apparently has little experience outside of the military, and it shows. Although much can be learned from the military in terms of structure, team development, and decision making, it must be severely tempered with a dose of good business sense. The Army does not operate for profit, and therefore will never achieve the same level of pursuit of excellence that a highly motivated businessman can. Because the Army lacks both customers and shareholders, underperforming leaders routinely get away with murder in their progress reports, since much of what they do in peacetime is subjectively interpreted. In business, profit and loss are not easily concealed, and underperformers are shown the door. Change is painfully slow in the Army's layered bureacracy, and a modern business this sloth-like soon becomes lunch. The authors obscure any possible connections to civilain business practices by conspicuous absence of examples and analogies, instead substituting "there I was" war stories and abstracts that a civilian will not easily relate to or care about. The introductions to each chapter read more like West Point commencement addresses, and are about as interesting and as long. Overall, the book could be useful if more concise and relevant. However, since it's more likely to be read by Army officers rather than business people, it will still sell. For real business generalship, study Al Dunlap.
Should be required reading in every organization........1999-02-02
I cannot remember a book so well written, so full of business principles, and yet so easy to understand. I am a management consultant in the housing industry, and this book is required reading for every existing client, and I do not take on a new client until this book has been read by the management team. Sullivan and Harper, with pinpoint accuracy, identify the principles which make good companies great, and great companies, untouchable.
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This digital document is an article from Fund Raising Management, published by Hoke Communications, Inc. on July 1, 1993. The length of the article is 2903 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: A new cooperative marketing promotion aimed at raising $1 million for the City of Hope National Medical Center is conceptualized by the food manufacturers and retailers of Southern CA. Called the Savings of Hope, the program allows group manufacturers to advertise with all the region's retailers at a discounted rate. It also provides retailers with the incremental ad revenues from the manufacturers and allows the consumers to save money and receive charity benefit.
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Title: Marketing co-op to benefit City of Hope. (City of Hope National Medical Center)
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Fund Raising Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1993
Publisher: Hoke Communications, Inc.
Volume: v24
Issue: n5
Page: p14(1)
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Title: Restoring hope by rebuilding cognitive skills: cognitive skills software is part of one agency's armamentarium for treating schizophrenia.(PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION)
Author: Abram Sterne
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Date: June 1, 2007
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Volume: 27
Issue: 6
Page: 35(3)
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This digital document is an article from Fairfield County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on March 7, 2005. The length of the article is 380 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Table talk: Stamford restaurateurs, nightclub owners create dinning guide.
Author: Hope Salley
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Date: March 7, 2005
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 44
Issue: 10
Page: 5(2)
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Amusing, moving, and memorable.......2004-02-27
This was my first exposure to Ferroll Sams and a couple of the stories will stick with you forever. You will have to figure this out for yourself. I recently listened to a recording of these stories and was surprised all over again just how wonderful they are.
Most of these incorporate Southern quirkiness. There is one very moving story in the form of a letter to the author from a young doctor who treats Sams. These are original and well-written stories and provide a sample of Dr. Sams' writing skill. His three autobiographical novels that followed these stories are worth looking for.
Keen observations--from hilarious to dark. Fascinating........1998-11-19
This is a brilliant observation of rural Southern life from dark to side-splitting; always affectionate and often surprising. It is infused with the compassion of a skilled but humble healer. It is an unusual juxtaposition of broad literary and poetic references and the unique rural, Southern witticisms and dialect.
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Mites to Mastodons: A Book of Animal Poems
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From as little as the snail to as big as the giraffe, from the thundering mastodon of long ago to the ordinary backyard squirrel of today, the animals in this book inspire our imagination. Here is a fascinating cornucopia that exudes a whimsical affection and respect for the creatures with whom we share our kingdom.
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This is a comprehensive textbook covering all aspects of entomology in the human environment. There is particular emphasis on control and biology of pests. The book provides students of entomology with a clear theoretical and practical foundation in household and structural insect pests.This book should be of interest to senior undergraduates and masters students in entomology; pest control workers; researchers in the pesticide industry.
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great information about insects .......2006-07-11
I love this book I am a pest control professional and this had info about insects and lice and different insects I deal with on a daily basis was great information I highly recommend this book to get a better understanding of the different insects or bugs not that common in buildings like the louse and mites has come in handy many times over
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If you want to get downright buggy, pick up this wonderful collection of insect tales from the "Bug Bowl" guru, Tom Turpin. After you're through, you'll know more about the six-legged kingdom and its occupants than any bookworm that you run across. How does insect suturing work? Which insect did the ancient Egyptians worship as a god? What did Ogden Nash have to say about termites? Which insect produces "Turkey Red" dye? What bug has survived for 300 million years? How does a horse fly manage to fly without its head? Each tale is easily accessible, provides fun and scientific facts, and is self-contained. Juveniles and adults alike will be fascinated with the world of Turpin's bugs. The nicely illustrated collection won't give you ants in your pants, but just might put a flea in your ear.
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A most enjoyable and educational browse for readers of all ages........2006-11-06
Written by Tom Turpin (Professor of Entomology in Purdue's College of Agriculture), Flies in the Face of Fashion, Mites Make Right, and Other Bugdacious Tales is jam-packed with fun facts about insects - from the bug that ancient Egyptians used to worship as a god to how horseflies can fly without a head to the inordinate contribution that humble fruit flies have made to science. Flies in the Face of Fashion is divided into two-page vignettes, each enlightening the reader to another eyebrow-raising fact about insects, and is especially recommended for school and community library collections, or as a giftbook for budding entymologists. A most enjoyable and educational browse for readers of all ages.
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Words. Beats. Life. Global Journal of Hip-Hop Culture ("The Golden Era of Rap Music: 1986-1995", Volume 2 Issue 1)
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After completing the first four issues of what has become a locally supported and internationally known academic journal of Hip-Hop culture, the second volume continues to push the envelope of what a global academic journal of Hip-Hop culture can be. We encourage you to utilize any of the issues from volume one as a required text or resource in your work. The WB&L Journal is actively working to cultivate relationships with universities, individual professors, teachers, student organizations, librarires, bookstore owners, Hip-Hop conferences and community activists. The WB&L Journal is funded through direct sales and patron underwriting. This is your opportunity to support the mission of the WB&L Journal to bring
Hip-Hop From the Street to the University.
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Balls of lightning moving through your window? Waves on the beach as tall as a two-story building? Volcanoes in your backyard? Getting a sunburn in only seven minutes? Is anything safe anymore?
A PARANOID'S ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE is just what you need to help you decide. This entertaining book discusses the hidden (and sometimes not-so-hidden) dangers of our world--from what's lurking at your next picnic or on a kitchen sponge to the dangers of asteroids whizzing close to Earth.
The authors do more than just list the possible dangers we all face both inside and outside our homes. They also help you judge the severity of these lurking threats and suggest remedies and solutions.
If you're feeling anxious, this book will show why you have good reason to, and it will teach you how to cope with the very real threats in your world.
Customer Reviews:
This book left me scratching my head .. . . .......2007-01-27
. . . and wondering how Reviewer mcHAIKU survived all the trauma of Wars & Pestilence and lived to be 80 without becoming paranoid. (?) My blithe attitude may have to make an about face with one granddaughter studying in the San Andreas Fault area, another beginning studies in the vicinity of the New Madrid Fault, plus a family living in Indiana's Tormado Alley.
This book may be referred to with unhappy frequency. For 'head-scratching' there is plenty to be learned on pages 208-214, some of it rather revolting. The authors are practiced information-gatherers & they also offer lots of remedies. That's to balance the scary parts. It helps to have a good index & plenty of references in the EndNotes, to which you can add by stuffing your copy with newspaper & magazine clippings.
This reader is careful now to heat water for ONLY two minutes in the microwave, and my eye will scan more carefully the labels of toilet cleaners. The fire-builder in the family will be quizzed about chances that our wood-burning stove is a potential threat for carbon monoxide poisoning. I do applaud the authors for their challenge to adults on page 252, to "TURN OFF THE TV & GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY!"
The book is formatted to encourage you to THOROUGHLY read all sections. In a race for time to get this re-mailed to the studious one in Santa Cruz, I admit to some skimming. I'll doubtless give up and order another copy. Who of us doesn't have a hang-up or two, anyway?
Blending humor with authentic hazards.......2002-12-05
Blending humor with authentic hazards, this tells how to cope with feelings of terror over everything from dust mites and meteorites to solar flares and poisoning. These are everyday hazards for the most part: the authors assess the severity of these threats and offer suggestions for overcoming them.
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Designed to meet the needs of undergraduate students,
Introduction to Biomechanics takes the fresh approach of combining the viewpoints of both a well-respected teacher and a successful student. With an eye toward practicality without loss of depth of instruction, this book seeks to explain the fundamental concepts of biomechanics. With the accompanying web site providing models, sample problems, review questions and more,
Introduction to Biomechanics provides students with the full range of instructional material for this complex and dynamic field.
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Definitely not an introduction!!!!!!!.......2004-02-14
The author is deeply oriented to biomechanics of fluids both in the first and second part of the book,despite the fact it is supposed to have different approaches. The first chapters are devoted to complex mathematical demonstrations of stress-strain models and materials engineering, topics that shouldn't be considered to be suitable for starting studying biomechanics.
Definitely not an introduction. Highly recommended for intermediate and advanced courses.
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