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Major topics addressed include the global competitive challenge, human resource strategies, information systems and automation, productivity, quality, manufacturing technologies, and managerial strategy.

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Productivity and Value takes a critical look at the generic concepts of productivity as they are used in most of the conventional literature. In this compelling book, the author challenges the concept of total-factor productivity as a valid indicator of successes or failures in economic policy and in the economy generally.

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In their new book, Jack Triplett and Barry Bosworth analyze services sector productivity, demonstrating that fundamental changes have taken place in this sector of the U.S. economy.

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The concern of this work is how to structure work so that people can and will want to maximize their productivity using a special approach to measurement and improvement of organizational productivity defined by the author - ProMES (Productivity Measurement and Enchancement System).

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Many professionals today, in a wide variety of fields, find themselves in need of the knowledge and skills that will permit them to build and maintain a successful practice.

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Simple and easiest way to move up your corporate ladder and get paid more without quitting your job and going back to school to get a degree.

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How Britain lost its early dominance in computing by systematically discriminating against its most qualified workers: women.

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Development is necessary in all countries, not only the so called `underdeveloped' or `developed' countries.

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The digital divide is one of the most pressing issues facing America todayand Ro Khanna, the widely respected Congressperson of Silicon Valley, is leading the charge to close it.

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The project management secrets that experts and top professionals use.

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A practical book that brings together all the writing tools a small business needs. Learn how to write effective marketing brochures, newsletters, press releases and advertisements for your business.

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Taking a broad scope, the book considers ways of integrating wellness into workplace policies: of employers working collaboratively with employees to create working environments that promote health for all, and address the impact of the workplace's practices on the wider community.

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Experts from inside and outside the USAID program evaluate the effectiveness of governmental intervention aimed at ensuring adequate agricultural production and food security in Third-World nations.

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In this volume, Eric Soares offers a lively and comprehensive treatment of promotional feats--publicity efforts that generate positive and extensive media exposure and thereby enhance sales.

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This comprehensive and multicultural book explores, analyzes, informs, and provokes discussions about propaganda, war, media, information, misinformation, and disinformation. Twenty-six prominent media scholars discuss contemporary and historical issues from global perspectives to give both students and scholars a valuable resource for study.

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Toby Ditz explores the relationship among inheritance, kinship, and the commercialization of agriculture. Comparing four upland communities with a Connecticut River Valley town, she finds that inheritance practices in the late colonial era heavily favored some male heirs and created shared rights in property. These customs continued into the early

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Nine world-class experts on the African economy share their knowledge regarding the potential for real improvement and growth in food production and the development of grassroots economies that will benefit citizens as well as governments.