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The Future of Decision Making
How Revolutionary Software Can Improve the Ability to Decide
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
We now possess the capability to make great business decisions in even the most difficult situations with the use of today's advanced software capability. The authors, who are experts in the field, explain the new science of decision-making and offer examples and advice that will enable readers put it to use in their organizations.
by Professor E. Scott Adler, Professor John D. Wilkerson
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
How do issues end up on the agenda? Why do lawmakers routinely invest in program oversight and broad policy development? What considerations drive legislative policy change? For many, Congress is an institution consumed by partisan bickering and gridlock. Yet the institution's long history of addressing...
The Nonprofit Almanac
The Essential Facts and Figures for Managers, Researchers, and Volunteers
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
The Nonprofit Almanac, Ninth Edition, completely updated to include the most recent data available,
assembles into one compact and well-organized volume an accessible and reader-friendly bible of data on America’s extraordinary and rapidly growing civic sector. In many cases, the data cover spans...
Movies in the Age of Obama
The Era of Post-Racial and Neo-Racist Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
The historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States had a significant impact on both America and the world at large. By voting an African American into the highest office, those who elected Obama did not necessarily look past race, but rather didn’t let race prevent them...
by A.H. Neilson, D. Mackay, S. Paterson
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interest in this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet about the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context
Learning from the Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2005
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches...
Rising Waters
The Causes and Consequences of Flooding in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans in 2005, this interdisciplinary book brings together five years of empirical research funded by the National Science Foundation. It explores the causes of flooding in the United States and the ways in which local communities can reduce...
A Lifelong Call to Learn
Continuing Education for Religious Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2009
A Lifelong Call to Learn is aimed at directors of lifelong learning and continuing education that serve both clergy and laity in Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish seminaries and conference and retreat centers. While proposing new approaches in continuing theological education, it also addresses the...
JIT Wireless Systems
2012 Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
WIRELESS SYSTEMS
This book is aimed at engineers, software developers, and sales professionals. You need a good understanding of wireless telecom systems/services, but don't want to wade through large amounts of mathematics, formulae or theoretical exercises. We...
by D.E. Gillaspie
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Is your anger according to God's design or Satan's? The Bible has many things to say on the topic. There is scriptural guidance and direction on this characteristic. Did you realize that God gets angry? Whatever you are angry about, it is probably not as silly as the king who replaced his queen because...
by Zimbell House Publishing, Akasya Benge, Andrea Hargrove
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
A Nymph's Tale is a delightful collection of nine whimsical fables for grown-ups, from some of today’s newest writers that gently remind us of what is important, and what is not.
Spectrum
SmartyPants Spectrum Series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
**You are an explorer in a galaxy of worlds... **
...with countless stories to delve into or even just try out.
Inside, you are the rescuer of the kitten who rescues you right back. You are the citizen making a life-or-death decision. You are the teenager experiencing her first...
by Elysia Moschos, William F. Griffith, Victor E. Beshay
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Gain a better understanding of the basic principles of gynecology presented in Williams Gynecology, Third Edition with this full-color study guide
Directly derived from the content of Williams Gynecology, Third Edition, this authoritative study guide is designed to assess your understanding...