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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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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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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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Cutback management is a way of life for most public and private sector organisations today. This book explores the cutback management environment that policy and decision makers face, and lays out effective approaches to deal with this environment at both state and local level.

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A practical guide for managers for implementing effective performance management systems in the workplace.

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Quality is an important competitive issue as customers demanding quality make it imperative to businesses to take it into serious consideration. This book, with an accounting perspective, examines how to define quality concepts as they relate to the specific activities of particular companies.

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This simple, easy-to-use book gives managers, supervisors, and team leaders activities to help their teams overcome emotional obstacles and become more effective. This practical, effective collection of proven exercises will elicit the best from any team.

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A final chapter draws conclusions and lessons from the examples, and three appendixes detail antitrust laws applicable to cooperative ventures, Japanese and European microelectronic and computer ventures, and cooperative ventures under NCRA.

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Covering field research in over 50 companies, this text addresses practical problems and tactical issues faced by executives and managers. Topics discussed include: supply chain management; integrated order entry systems; process capability; and global strategic sourcing.

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As most managers know, you need a vision to motivate employees to achieve goals. Called Grounded Visioning, and based on a concept called appreciative inquiry, the process allows groups to come up with a revitalizing vision that everyone buys into in half a day or less.

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We are in the middle of a museum paradigm shift and a new type of museum volunteer is emerging from the community. Non-profit volunteers are looking for unique and satisfying ways to engage in their communities and museums are primed to offer just the experiences these volunte...

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We are in the middle of a museum paradigm shift and a new type of museum volunteer is emerging from the community. Non-profit volunteers are looking for unique and satisfying ways to engage in their communities and museums are primed to offer just the experiences these volunte...

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Techniques described in the book can help any company enhance its ability to recruit, retain and improve its employee relations.

A synthesis of effective recruiting techniques is explained including a review of Merck's Interview Skills workshop, Hewlett-Packard's Behavioral Interviewing and Marriott's recruitment programs.

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A study of the financial performance of well-known firms over the past 25 years which compares the performance of these supposedly "excellent" firms with the financial performance and market valuation of a control sample from Fortune 500.

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Reports the results of a study examining empirically the use of a self-management training programme to increase employee attendance. It describes how this training process can be of value in reducing employee absenteeism and addresses other applications of self-management in the workplace.

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Five appendixes provide additional information including a guide to hiring and keeping good employees, a study of employee theft by Virginia's Crime Prevention Manual Task Force, an examination of what motivates employees, an internal controls checklist, and a list of dos and don'ts in dealing with employee theft.

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Examines the management technique of job redesign. The authors discuss the attempts of four companies to diffuse job redesign throughout their organizations and the reasons for their success or failure. The steps taken by personnel to facilitate the diffusion are also included.

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A clear, comprehensive examination of the world's newly emerging markets and the opportunities they hold for U.S. marketeers, as well as a cogent discussion of how to enter and benefit from them.

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Rocked by a flurry of high-profile sex discrimination lawsuits in the 1990s, Wall Street was supposed to have cleaned up its act. It hasn't. Selling Women Short is a powerful new indictment of how America's financial capital has swept enduring discriminatory practices under the rug. Wall Street is supposed to be a citadel of pure economics, paying

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Subsequent chapters examine the cost of the program to the SBA, the social goals of the program and how well it fulfills them, and the changes made in the program during the 1980s to improve its management efficiency.