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        December 2024

        Rural SME Business Management

        The Human Factor

        by Peter L Nuthall

        This book is about managerial ability and how it might be assessed and improved, and it focuses on rural Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Traditionally, business studies have seldom covered the manager as a person and a decision maker in any great depth. Personnel management, production economics, financing, operations analysis techniques, etc. tend to be emphasized but the personal attributes of the decision makers have as much influence on success as the rules of good decision making. This book aims to correct this imbalance. The human characteristics of managers that define how a manager operates are explored, as are their impact on managerial ability. The details of the competencies a manager must possess are also presented and discussed as well as potential detracting biases. The book concludes with methods and techniques covering personal characteristic changes and associated managerial improvement. The concepts and conclusions of this book are all based on a body of research, excerpts of which are quoted in the text, drawn from the rich sources available in the international literature. Case studies describing successful managers and management advisors are used throughout. · First book which specifically focuses on human factors and decision making for SME managers. · Introduces new research specifically on the quantification of intuition, the primary decision making method used in SMEs. · Contains essential material required by researchers of decision making processes, business studies teachers, and extension workers from the world of SME business.

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        Agriculture & related industries
        August 2010

        Farm Business Management

        The Core Skills

        by Peter L Nuthall, Michael L. Thompson, Patrick J. Skelly

        Based on research carried out within the farming community and academic studies, this book assesses and explains the core skills needed to become a successful farm manager. Observation, anticipation of plan outcomes, and risk management are identified as key requirements, and each of these categories is broken down into isolated skills such as problem definition and visual observation, which are in turn dissected and analysed. Practical methods for acquiring or improving each skill are covered in detail, with practice exercises to engage the reader in active participation. This book is an essential resource for farm managers and students.

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        January 2019

        Crashes and Collapses, Revised Edition

        by Thomas L. Bohan

        Praise for the previous edition: "...[an] interesting book...an ideal primer for teachers, aspiring forensic scientists and engineers, as well as members of the general public...valuable..."—Journal of Forensic Sciences "Anyone who is interested in forensic science would find this book to be a powerful reference about the application of the field."—NSTA Recommends Engineering scientists in motor vehicle crash investigations use forensic evidence to measure and analyze the variables involved in a car crash. Crashes and Collapses, Revised Edition examines forensic cases and investigative methods from the forensic engineering sciences, which include the physical sciences as well as all of the engineering fields. The engineering sciences dominate forensic investigations of events underlying civil disputes while also playing an important role in criminal investigations, especially in those in which a crime has been disguised as an accident. Crashes and Collapses, Revised Edition provides middle and high school students with a unique look at this area of forensic science. After providing a history of forensic engineering science, this compelling eBook goes on to introduce Newton's laws of motion, which underlie accident reconstruction; the critical-speed-scuff method for determining the speed of cars; the obstacles confronting forensic investigators; and more. The eBook also provides enlightening looks at specific cases of crashes and collapses, presenting both the facts and analyses. Chapters include: History and Guiding Principles of Forensic Engineering Science Accident Reconstruction: Getting Started Accident Reconstruction: Moving into High Gear Speed from Critical-Speed Scuffs A Double Murder Poorly Disguised as an Accident? The Crash of the Merchant Vessel Tamano Subway Stop Crane Collapse Scaffold Collapse Bringing It All Together: Lessons Conveyed.

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        January 1988

        Zur Dialektik von Religion und Gesellschaft

        Elemente einer soziologischen Theorie

        by Berger, Peter L

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        January 1983

        Für eine neue Soziologie

        Ein Essay über Methode und Profession

        by Berger, Peter L

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        1976

        Wir und die Gesellschaft

        Eine Einführung in die Soziologie - entwickelt an der Alltagserfahrung

        by Berger, Peter L; Berger, Brigitte

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        March 2008

        Die Welt ist flach

        Eine kurze Geschichte des 21. Jahrhunderts

        by Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Bayer, Hans Freundl, Ekkehard Knörer, Thomas Pfeiffer

        Der Weltbestseller im Taschenbuch, erweitert und aktualisiert: Thomas L. Friedmans kontrovers diskutierte Bestandsaufnahme der Gegenwart ist zugleich packende Reportage und prägnante Einführung in das, was die Welt von heute im Innersten antreibt. Globale Wertschöpfungsketten und Insourcing, RFID und Workflow: Friedman schildert die Hintergründe der Schlagworte, stellt uns Menschen vor, deren Visionen unsere Zukunft bestimmen, und führt hinter die Kulissen der Wirtschaftswelt, ob in Bangalore, Indien, wo der asiatische Boom kulminiert, oder in Bentonville, Arkansas, wo das Herz von Wal-Mart schlägt, dem größten Unternehmen der Erde. Er zeigt, welche Veränderungen auf jeden von uns zukommen – weder alarmistisch noch unreflektiert enthusiastisch. Vor allem aber: Friedman doziert nicht, Friedman erzählt.

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        Agronomy & crop production
        June 2008

        Onions and Other Vegetable Alliums

        by James L Brewster

        This fully revised, expanded and updated edition of the successful text, Onions and Other Vegetable Alliums, relates the production and utilization of these familiar and important vegetable crops to the many aspects of plant science underpinning their production and storage technologies. Chapters cover species and crop types, plant structure, genetics and breeding, physiology of growth and development as well as pests and diseases, production agronomy, storage after harvest and the biochemistry of flavour, storage carbohydrates and colour and how this relates to nutritional and health benefits. From this wide perspective it is possible to see many examples where underlying scientific knowledge illuminates, explains and can improve agronomic practice. The reader will get an insight into how molecular methods are revolutionizing the study of taxonomy, genetics, pathology and physiology and how these methods are being applied in the breeding of improved crops.

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        Biography & True Stories
        November 2018

        Silvio Berlusconi

        by James L. Newell

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2019

        Corruption in contemporary politics

        A new travel guide

        by James L. Newell

        Recognising that corruption is a serious problem in the globalised world of the early twenty-first century, the book takes the reader on a journey - beginning with what corruption is, why its study is important and how it can be measured. From there it moves on to explore corruption's causes, its consequences and how it can be tackled - before discovering how these things are playing out in the established liberal democracies, in the former communist regimes and in the newly industrialised and 'developing' world. On the way it takes a couple of detours - first, to explore corruption's mechanisms and dynamics and second to survey the scandals to which it may give rise. The book is therefore offered as an informative 'travel guide' of potential interest to journalists and policy makers as well as to students and academics.

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        December 2016

        Ecumenical and Confessional Writings

        Volume 1: The Coming Christ and Church Traditions/After the Council. Hg. Becker

        by Schlink, Edmund / Übersetzt von Becker, Matthew L.; Herausgegeben von Becker, Matthew L.

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        January 1980

        Der Zwang zur Häresie

        Religion in der pluralistischen Gesellschaft

        by Berger, Peter L / Englisch Köhler, Willi

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        July 2010

        Twin Screw Extrusion

        Technology and Principles

        by White, James L.; Kim, Eung Kyu

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        August 1995

        Rubber Processing

        Technology - Materials - Principles

        by White, James L.

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