Book Description
This comprehensive overview of international business is divided into various business functions, making it clear and easy to understand. In every chapter “Culture Quest Insights” into culture, geography, and business lead readers to a multi-media experience of a certain country or region that provides useful information on the impact of culture on business. Cases specific to each region or country add to the total reading experience.
Topics covered include: the world's marketplaces, the international environment, managing international business and business operations.
For CEOs, managers, and other executives who need to understand the cultural mores of the global societies with which they do business.
Customer Reviews:
Griffen & Pustay are liers.......2007-06-19
The book is below average. However, I understand that everyone needs to make a buck--it's all politics !
The Author is such an ediot to the extent that he/she or whatever ediot editors helping them to issue this book, are saying that the Israelies won the war in October 1973; while that it is a fact that the egyptian army had them surrounded and was about 40 miles of their capital ready to make them a history,if it wasn't for the U.S stepping in; Israel would have been a history !
I wonder how much did the israely government paid you stupid to publish such lies ? I have no respect for you biast !
Worth reading.......2003-11-22
I took a course at my university requiring this book. What I found most useful is the numerous updated examples and cases that the author provided. In addition, the discussion is objective and thought-provoking.
Littletext.com switch.......2003-08-05
Ordered this book from Littletext.com as a new hard cover and recieved a softcover international addition. I wouldn't mind using international version since there is hardly any difference, but don't bait and switch on me I don't like it. I'd buy from someone else if the price was within a couple bucks. Got my book not from Chicago as advertised, but Thailand. However it was delivered in no time.
Too much self-reference.......1999-07-03
I had this book for one of my classes at my University this semester, and although the content of the book is concise and updated, nonetheless the authors rely too much on self-reference. The book is written too much from a "USA is superior" perspective. I also found some errors such as translations from other languages that were completely off. If you have to get this book for Intl. Business it is overall a good book, but if you can get a better one, do so.
Book Description
This best-selling book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of all the important functions of business. Each edition has introduced cutting-edge firsts while ensuring the underlying principles that guided its creation. This eighth edition focuses on the broad range of developments–economic, social, and political–re-shaping some long-established business practices.
A five-part organization covers the contemporary business environment, the dynamics of managing, the principles of marketing, managing operations and information, and understanding financial issues.
For individuals starting out - and continuing to compete - in the 21st century world of business.
Customer Reviews:
Better than most textbooks out there!.......2007-05-25
Business 8th Edition is more comprehensive than Business Essential by the same authors. This is the assigned text for our Intro. Business Class. Very readable and lots of illustrations and practical cases. A good textbook for beginning business major. Highly recommended.
Book Description
Organizational Behavior places core concepts of human behavior and industrial psychology in a real-world context. The text's applied approach and succinct coverage of topical issues helps prepare students to meet practical, day-to-day challenges. Strong end-of-chapter exercises, activities, plus an optional case and exercise book make this flexible text suitable for students at the undergraduate level. Likewise, the authors' emphasis on the latest organizational behavior research continues to attract graduate students.
In keeping with the emphasis on current content, the Seventh Edition includes an ongoing case featuring Enron that encourages students to consider how all OB topics tie together and practice applying key concepts by systematically working through the case and answering the accompanying questions. All boxes have been replaced or significantly updated to reflect recent changes in business—including Talking Technology, Mastering Change, The Business of Ethics, Working with Diversity, and World View features. Call-out quotes from managers appear at appropriate points throughout the text to highlight relevant, real-world examples. In addition, each chapter includes one cartoon with a content-based caption that highlights an interesting, and often humorous, aspect of organizational behavior.
- New! Building Managerial Skills exercises require students to consider different workplace situations from a manager's standpoint and determine a suitable course of action for each scenario.
- New! OB Online exercises, previously known as Developing OB Internet Skills, ask students to gather information from the Web and use it to answer critical-thinking questions.
- New! Self-Assessment exercises, previously known as Building OB Skills, give students the opportunity to complete brief self-assessment and diagnostic activities.
- Experiencing Organizational Behavior exercises reinforce the real-world application of chapter concepts and ask students to work through the activities together.
Customer Reviews:
Well Nice bookie.......2003-06-09
Nice treatment of management. I learned a lot from this book.
Most helpful and insightful.......2002-09-28
The book is fairly comprehensive in terms of its scope. We are currently using the book at our Organizational Behavior class, and it's proved to be an excellent reference. The way it is structured (for the reader) makes in-depth reading or skimming through it (let's face it: this is the reality for most working MBA students!) equally effective. It has clearly distinguishable definitions on the margins, which can serve as a cue for the topic, along with the summaries at the end of every chapter. The intro and closing "cases" provided around the topic of the chapter are VERY insightful and on every other page or so, there are examples about the matter being discussed, which help with the understanding (I know that I, as an Engineer, appreciate examples to illustrate a point). Finally, the illustrations (graphs and charts) are one of the best things the book has! Remember that phrase that used to say "a picture is worth a thousand words"? Well, the authors epithomize it. The charts in the book do a great job at conveying entire pages of information at a time in a very efficient way. All in all, I like the book a lot, and it's been very helpful in complementing our in-class discussions about cases and topics of Organizational Behavior.
But this book ONLY if it is required!.......2000-12-10
I had to buy this book for a college management class. The material is painfully obvious. However, if you've lived you're entire life living in a dark, dank room eating Cheetos and watching MTV, then this book will be a watershed for you. If, on the otherhand, you are looking for some solid management theory, this book is not for you. If you have to buy this book for a course like I did, remember, you can always sell it to someone who hasn't read it yet.
Book Description
This best-selling book continues to present a
brief “no-nonsense ” approach to the fundamentals of business that spans the range of all functional areas— management, marketing, operations, accounting, information systems, finance, and legal studies.
Topics comprehensively covered include: the contemporary business environment; the business of managing; principles of marketing; managing information; people in organizations; and financial issues.
An excellent reference resource for business managers and executives; also appropriate for entrepreneurs and others involved in business relations.
Customer Reviews:
Business Essentials.......2007-04-03
This book came faster and in way better condition than I thought it would. Was very pleased with the item.
A Good text book.......2007-02-10
This book gives a good introduction to a person new to the business field. It has a good ammount of definitions and of business terms and passes the necessary information in a well organized way.
good text FOR SALE!.......2006-06-20
i have one for sale,brand new for $35!email heather_ellis84@yahoo.com if interested.
More of a reference book........2006-02-26
This book does not have a lot of depth to it - and it is somewhat dated (each year a bit more), but there are some handy examples that make it a worthwhile read... especially for the price.
An O-K text, with a few gems........2004-12-16
For your basic introductory business class, this book is good. It offers a lot of vocabulary, and I can see why a lot of people would say the book has no depth since most of the information can be drawn from simply living the real world. (Unless of course you live in a refrigerator.) So why bother grabbing the text if I can get the same exact knowledge from life?
Well, in the beginning, end and throughout each chapter, tons of real life examples are woven in to illustrate each of the "business essentials." On top of that, real quotes from millionares, successful CEOs and entrepreneurs, and trusted business executives allows the average student a valuable glance into what makes up a smart business mindset.
What's my point? To study business, you need to study the principles that real professionals swear by. Texts written by "just" business professors who don't actually participate in the business world really just don't cut the chase. They're probably broke anyway. Now textbooks with information from successful people, that's what's going to make a student of business really churn out a beautiful future.
So while the material is very, very basic. The real life examples are awesome. However, these lessons can be taught by even better books by great people like Stephen R. Covey and Dale Carnegie. But if you do need a book chock full o' business vocabulary and basics, this isn't a terrible pick. And it certainly does spell everything out.
Book Description
Popular quilting expert Ricky Tims presents an imaginative new piecing technique that quilters will adore! Convergence quilts feature two or more fabrics cut into strips, sewn together, then cut and pieced again. They may look complex but are fun and easy to make. Four projects walk you through the process, and Tims shows how to add appliqué, beadwork, and other decorative touches to achieve an infinite number of looks from one ingenious technique!
Customer Reviews:
Ricky Tim's Convergence Quilts.......2007-09-11
One look inside and I just couldn't wait to make won of these. Easier than they look. They can be so very pretty.
An easy technique that makes everyone say WOW!.......2007-08-25
Some quilting books show gorgeous quilts that you know you'll never make. The techniques are complex and time consuming, or the writing fails to give you confidence that you understand the steps involved. Perhaps it'd make sense if someone showed you just once... but the instructions are confusing.
Ricky Tims avoids these pitfalls, with a book that is *incredibly* well written -- and yields brilliant results.
Just how easy is this? I made my first convergence quilt top in two or three hours, while I was also watching a baseball game, using 4 fat quarters that I already had on hand. And I'm no quilting wiz.
Since then, I've made two additional convergence quilts, and I'm sure to make several more (the holidays are coming, after all). As a quilting instructor pointed out, these are like potato chips, in that you can't stop at one. I've loved every quilt I've made, and so has everyone who has seen these quilts.
Do note that the basic quilt is very small -- perfect for a wall quilt but not much more. I think you could create several of these as blocks to turn into a bed quilt, but you'd be on your own to do so. The quilt is so easy to make and I like the results so much that I am tempted to give it a try.
This would be a great book for someone who is fairly new to quilting. I wouldn't suggest it as your very first book (you should do at least a few small traditional projects first), but the forgiving nature of the techique is sure to give you a quilt to be proud of. It's all straight lines, and despite the appearance of the quilt it has no complex piecing. What fun! Highly recommended.
Convergence Quilting.......2007-06-07
This book is a fantastic starting point to creating your own convergence quilt. The step-by-step instructions are very clear and the examples so varied and intriguing that you are inspired to step outside your comfort zone and create something totally unique and different. If you're ready to try a new and exciting technique, this book is for you!
Simple but spectacular.......2007-04-05
What a fun concept this technique is for both beginning and experienced quilters. It is basic strip piecing and takes advantage of some of the fabulous batiks and hand-dyed fabrics available today. Most of my quilting friends who've used this book took their basic Convergence pieced quilt top and embellished/appliqued them to the nth degree. It is a contemporary look to say the least.
This Book is FUN!!.......2007-03-06
Once again I will sing the praises of Ricky Tims and his "think outside of the box" tips & techniques. He understands we are not all degreed artists, and some us are a bit more creatively challenged than others. He, once again, shows some simple, yet at times a bit daring, techniques that will yield results to impress even the best artists. (I know because I was able to WOW a couple of pros with Masters Degrees in Graphic Art.) Anyone can do this, even children. You just need to be able to bring yourself to sew it together then cut it apart, a phobia you will quickly get over. Ricky actually shows you how to "break the rules" and live with yourself for doing so, because the results are amazing & totally unique every time! These techniques work with any fabric or color choice. (I intentionally put together 3 fabrics that normally would not work with each other- purple, orange, and green- just to see, and had fantastic results!) You can't go wrong, no matter what choices you make, and best of all, you don't waste fabric! It takes only a little to "test" your idea, and even that becomes a work of art all on its own. I HIGHLY recommend this book... It is FUN!!!!!
Book Description
The Third Edition combines a focused overview of recent scholarship with a practical approach to key functional areas (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling). To promote active skill-building throughout, the text features new opening incidents, boxed inserts, and closing cases. In addition, the text's brief format gives instructors the flexibility to assign case studies, exercises, and projects from outside sources without sacrificing thorough coverage of the fundamentals in the text.
- Marginal icons refer students to the Knowledgebank on the Real Deal UpGrade CD-ROM for additional discussion of in-text topics such as motivational techniques, strategies for reducing workplace stress, and ethics.
- Management Infotech boxes highlight technology in the context of real-world management issues.
- New! An exceptional suite of multimedia supplements includes the Real Deal UpGrade CD-ROM for students, the HM ClassPrep CD-ROM for instructors, an expanded set of videos designed to spark class discussion, and distance learning support through Blackboard and WebCT.
Customer Reviews:
Very nice book.......2007-06-29
This is a very good book on managment. I read this book and enjoyed it.
The only reason I rated it 3 and not 5 is because I'm not very interested in managment. I don't want my recommendations to full of manamgent books.
I'm studying computer science and this was the text for a required class. It is a very good book though.
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- "Best Pocket Guide Ever Written on Maintenance Repair"
- A book for all maintenace professionals
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Book Description
Industrial Machinery Repair provides a practical reference for practicing plant engineers, maintenance supervisors, physical plant supervisors and mechanical maintenance technicians. It focuses on the skills needed to select, install and maintain electro-mechanical equipment in a typical industrial plant or facility.
The authors focuses on "Best Maintenance Repair Practices" necessary for maintenance personnel to keep equipment operating at peak reliability and companies functioning more profitably through reduced maintenance costs and increased productivity and capacity.
A number of surveys conducted in industries throughout the United States have found that 70% of equipment failures are self-induced. If the principles and techniques in this book are followed, it will result in a serious reduction in "self induced failures".
In the pocketbook format, this reference material can be directly used on the plant floor to aid in effectively performing day-to-day duties. Data is presented in a concise, easily understandable format to facilitate use in the adverse conditions associated with the plant floor. Each subject is reduced to it simplest terms so that it will be suitable for the broadest range of users. Since this book is not specific to any one type of industrial plant and is useful in any type of facility.
·The new standard reference book for industrial and mechanical trades
·Accessible pocketbook format facilitates on-the-job use
·Suitable for all types of plant facilities
Customer Reviews:
"Best Pocket Guide Ever Written on Maintenance Repair".......2003-11-06
"Industrial Machinery Repair is a must reading for all maintenance personnel and management. It clearly shows how to improve equipment reliability and performance. Ricky Smith does a wonderful job at making the complicated day-to-day maintenance issues very plain and simple. If you are serious about maintenance in your organization, then you must read Industrial Machinery Repair."
A book for all maintenace professionals.......2003-10-25
We have recommended this book to all our maintenance personnel in the US and Europe as a "must have" in their locker.
The New Standard for Industrial Machinery Repair Guides.......2003-10-01
I keep pouring over my new copy of Industrial Machinery Repair - Best Maintenance Practices Pocket Guide as each chapter is better than the last. This handbook is a must have for anyone involved in industrial maintenance and machinery repair. Ricky Smith and Keith Mobley speak in human voices that we can all understand and they offer information that can be put to immediate use. In addition, the handbook includes a very comprehensive maintenance skills assessment that is worth the the entire price. Buy a copy for every maintenance person at your plant. Terrence O'Hanlon, Reliabilityweb.com
Book Description
In this pithy and hilarious book, Karl Pilkington is in conversation with (the often bewildered) Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the writers and stars of The Office and Extras, unwittingly outwitting even those comedy Goliaths as he struggles in vain to make sense of the world around him.
Unencumbered by erudition and impervious to logic, Karl ambles down a heuristic path to enlightenment under the edifying influence of Ricky and Steve. His pronouncements on such diverse and contentious topics as population control, simian affairs within human society, the sartorial deliberations of solitary spacemen and how long you can stay alive with your head chopped off, are matched in the vehemence with which they are proposed only by the degree to which they are ill-conceived.
Featuring Karl's original illustrations, imaginative scribblings and the best conversations of the world record-breaking Podcasts, The Ricky Gervais Show, this is a unique trip into the world of one of our most innovative thinkers, visionaries and prophets, or as Gervais knows him, "the funniest man I've ever met."
Customer Reviews:
Ignorance makes comedy.......2007-10-02
This book is a written display into the world of Karl Pilkington, quite literally. I bought this book after listening to the podcasts and their XFM show, alot of the material is adapted from those shows. They have done a great job with this book and even though I have heard the jokes / stories, it's different when you read it.. somehow it's funneir in pictures and words. Great Buy!
So amazingly funny.......2007-09-20
Not much to say here except the first two pages had me laughing in the store. I paid $20 retail for it in the book store b/cit was just making me laugh so hard. Wish I had found it here first for $8.99 lol but, even at $20, I've gotten my money's worth.
Surprisingly good artwork, minor material additions.......2007-09-06
If I weren't so enarmored w/ Karl Pilkington I'd give this three stars, but the material is still golden, it's just re-tread. There are some significant additions, some of which are very funny, such as Karl's fable about an old dog and a puppy. Ha. His artwork is surprisingly well done. My main problem is that part of the podcasts' attraction to me is Ricky's infectious laugh. Not having that in written form, I didn't laugh out loud as much as w/ the audio versions. It's a good way to spread the word, though. The word of Karl Pilkington that is.
I hate books, but this is great........2007-08-23
Very funny. If you're familiar with the radio show, most of this won't be new, but it's still funny, and the illustrations are great.
Pretty Good.......2007-04-30
It's pretty much a trascript of the podcasts, but it's still worth getting if you are a Ricky/Steve/Karl fan.
The perfect throne room book.
Book Description
A new video program features a video segment for each chapter, illustrating the concepts under review through real world cases that initiate class discussion. Supplementary teaching materials can be found in the Instructor's Resource Manual.
Customer Reviews:
Thumbs up from Nantucket.......2007-05-12
Unique take on cuisine, this book is easy for anyone to follow. It is refreshing to see a cookbook that contains menus for everyone in the house. We are a family of vegetarians as well as carnivores so this cookbook was thumbs up for us. As a cookbook collector I am glad to say this book not only is a beautiful addition to my collection but it has taken center stage on the must use recipe shelf. The photos have capture the eyes of several house guest but the recipes made them order a copy for their own home. Thanks Ricky!
Double RL Ranch by Ricky Lauren.......2007-01-17
I thought that this book though very nice would have more photos from the region instead of so many recipes. My dad lives in the area, so I was interested in photographs of the area.
Decorative and useful.......2007-01-12
I really enjoyed the beautiful photos and the receipes- was greatly received as a gift
Great cookbook.......2007-01-11
I love this cookbook. I ended up putting it in my kitchen on a book stand. Beautiful cover and easy to follow recipes.
where are the pictures?.......2007-01-11
I thought I would see more pictures of the double RL ranch and more pictures about the cuisine...but if you love to cook you will find some great new ideas
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