J Michael: 2158 books

This book provides a complete overview of production systems and describes the best approaches to analyze their performance. Written by experts in the field, this work also presents numerous techniques that can be used to describe, model, and optimize the performance of various types of production...

Make the move up to senior management with lessons from world-renowned business school experts Based on themes from INSEAD's popular Transition to General Management programme, authors Kevin Kaiser, Michael Pich, and I.J. Schecter offer sound advice and practical insights for those looking...

Guides readers through the quantitative data analysis process including contextualizing data within a research situation, connecting data to the appropriate statistical tests, and drawing valid conclusions Introduction to Quantitative Data Analysis in the Behavioral and Social Sciences presents...

Exploring the relationship between postindustrial writing and developments in energy production, manufacturing, and agriculture, Michael J. Salvo shows how technological and industrial innovation relies on communicative and organizational suppleness. Through representative case studies, Salvo demonstrates...

Beginning with the fallacy of breakfast being the most important meal of the day, Had Enough Yet!? delves deep into the minefield of misinformation surrounding diet and nutrition that typically prevents us from either achieving our fitness goals or from simply being a healthier, slimmer version...

Anthropology as Cultural Critique helped redefine cultural anthropology in the 1980s. Now, with Emergent Forms of Life and the Anthropological Voice, pathbreaking scholar Michael M. J. Fischer moves the discussion to a consideration of the groundwork laid in the 1990s for engagements with the fast-changing...

Using cultural anthropology to analyze debates that reverberate throughout the human sciences, George E. Marcus and Michael M. J. Fischer look closely at cultural anthropology's past accomplishments, its current predicaments, its future direction, and the insights it has to offer other fields of study....

Over the past decade Iranian films have received enormous international attention, garnering both critical praise and popular success. Combining his extensive ethnographic experience in Iran and his broad command of critical theory, Michael M. J. Fischer argues that the widespread appeal of Iranian...

Every spring, the Nemasket River welcomes thousands of migratory river herring that thrash and leap as they fight their way upstream from Mount Hope Bay. Of all non-domesticated animals, the river herring--or alewife--has arguably had the greatest impact on the towns along the river in southeastern Massachusetts....

  The #1 Easy, Commonsense Guide to Database Design! Michael J. Hernandez’s best-selling Database Design for Mere Mortals® has earned worldwide respect as the clearest, simplest way to learn relational database design. Now, he’s made this hands-on, software-independent tutorial even easier,...

Aplicando el Proceso del Pensamiento Estratégico, esta Guía expone la forma más efectiva y rápida de implantar Diagnósticos Empresariales, facilitándole diseñar, estructurar y ejecutar sus diagnósticos en menos tiempo y con el menor esfuerzo. Además, desarrolla cómo transformar sus descubrimientos en verdaderos proyectos de mejoras.

Thirty Seconds is a look at the advertising industry by Michael J. Arlen.

Eleven tales of Seasonal Magic from your favorite Changeling authors. Merry Mate by B.J. McCall: Sierra doesn't believe in magic, but she's willing to give it a try and find her merry mate. Reindeer Sex Games by Lacey Savage: When a dead-ringer for Santa Claus barges into the room claiming...

The world is on the brink of a new Dark Age, and Hell is preparing to reap the harvest. But it won’t be all smooth sailing—with I.T. problems, labor issues, and a woefully unprepared new set of recruits, Hell has a way of tripping on its own feet. And, on top of that, the Board of Directors has...