This second edition of Rosemary Caffarella's classic book, Planning Programs for Adult Learners, offers a concrete how-to guide and resource book for planning educational and training programs for adults in a variety of settings, from the corporate sector to educational organizations. This thoroughly revised and expanded resource includes a wealth of new material and fresh examples including the significance of discerning the planning context, the importance of addressing power dynamics and ethical issues encountered in the planning process, and current information about incorporating technology into the development and practice of adult education and training programs.

Kessler, bestselling author of Running Money, made his fortune speculating on Silicon Valley. Now he turns his nose for new technology to medicine. Will the same advances that revolutionized computers ripple through hospitals, changing how health care works? Kessler interviews doctors, technicians, radiologists and the businessmen behind technology in medicine. Advances in radiology—which encompasses all the ways we peek inside our bodies, from X-rays to MRIs—are beginning to make our hospitals look like Star Trek. New scanners can provide a high-resolution, three-dimensional image of the heart and allow doctors to spot blockages. Computer-aided diagnostic software is slowly replacing radiologists in looking for cancer in mammograms. But HMOs, lawsuits and patients' desire for personal care may prevent these new techniques from ever being used. As Kessler asks, "What if the future was here with no one to pay for it?" Kessler has a raconteur's ability to entertain, and his outsider's view of medicine is fa

Use eye-popping visual tools to energize your people! Just as social networking has reclaimed the Internet for humaninteractivity and co-creation, the visual meetings movement isreclaiming creativity, productivity, and playful exchange forserious work in groups. Visual Meetings explains how anyone can implementpowerful visual tools, and how these tools are being used inSilicon Valley and elsewhere to facilitate both face-to-face andvirtual group work. This dynamic and richly illustrated resourcegives meeting leaders, presenters, and consultants a slew ofexciting tricks and tools, including Graphic recording, visual planning, story boarding, graphictemplates, idea mapping, etc. Creative ways to energize team building, sales presentations,staff meetings, strategy sessions, brainstorming, and more Getting beyond paper and whiteboards to engage new mediaplatforms Understanding emerging visual language for leading groups Unlocking formerly untapped creative resources for businesssuccess, Visual Mee

THE DREAM She is twenty, beautiful, dirt-poor, and hoping for a better lifefor her infant daughter when LuAnn Tyler is offered the gift of alifetime, a $100 million lottery jackpot. All she has to do ischange her identity and leave the U.S. forever. THE KILLER It's an offer she dares to refuse...until violence forces herhand and thrusts her into a harrowing game of high-stakes,big-money subterfuge. It's a price she won't fully pay...until shedoes the unthinkable and breaks the promise that made herrich. THE WINNER For if LuAnn Tyler comes home, she will be pitted against thedeadliest contestant of all: the chameleonlike financial mastermindwho changed her life. And who can take it away at will...

The bestselling author of Find It, Fix It, Flip It! returnswith the book you MUST read before you try to buy a home in Today'sMarket! Thinking of buying a home? Not sure what to do in Today's Market?Then you need to read Before You Buy!--before you buy! It's theessential, must-read survival guide for everyone thinking aboutpurchasing a house in today's real estate market. Before You Buy!is the no-hype, straight talking, indispensable step-by-step guideto understanding this market and purchasing a home ...safely,sanely and at a price you can afford. ?Why Now Is the Time to Buy ?How to Avoid the 10 Most Costly Buyers' Blunders ?How to Buy Safe, Smart and Secure in Today's Market ?10 things You Need to Know NOW ...Before You Buy! ?An Essential Step-by Step Guide that Will Save YouThousands ?How to Buy a House You Can Actually Afford Corbett is a nationally recognized real estate expert, bestselling author, and real estate commentator on NBC, CNN and LarryKin

It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person'sor government's control. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it wasthe decisions made by a small number of central bankers that werethe primary cause of that economic meltdown, the effects of whichset the stage for World War II and reverberated for decades. As yetanother period of economic turmoil makes headlines today, Lords ofFinance is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that thedecisions of central bankers can have, their fallibility, and theterrible human consequences that can result when they arewrong.

What would you be willing to do for the rest of your life...?It's a question most of us consider only hypothetically-optinginstead to "do what we have to do" to earn a living. But in thecritically acclaimed bestseller "The Monk and the Riddle",entrepreneurial sage Randy Komisar asks us to answer it for real.The book's timeless advice - to make work pay not just in cash, butin experience, satisfaction, and joy - will be embraced by anyonewho wants success to come not just from what they do, but from whothey are.At once a fictional tale of Komisar's encounters with awould-be entrepreneur and a personal account of how Komisar foundmeaning not in work's rewards but in work itself, the bookillustrates what's wrong with the mainstream thinking that weshould sacrifice our lives to make a living. Described byFortune.com as "part personal essay, part fictional narrative andpart meditation on the nature of work and life," "The Monk and theRiddle" is essential reading on the art of creating a life whilemaking a l

In these absorbing interviews with star performers in the financial markets, Schwager ( Market Wizards ) humanizes the mechanics and psychology behind billion-dollar daily world trading in such sophisticated instruments as currencies, stock options, commodity futures, and mutual-fund accounts by individuals, investment firms and group-trading computerized "money machines." One trader focuses on market response to news events, another calculates mathematical probabilities--one even cocks an ear to the noise level on the exchange floor. All rank assiduous research, self-confidence, a specific plan and the courage to cut losses among essentials to success. Few consider their work gambling, but Schwager entertainingly argues that a successful trader needs many of the qualities of a good poker player. Though the subject matter is esoteric, there is much here to attract the general reader, and Schwager appends a "primer" of technical basics. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an o

If you’re enrolled in an executive education or MBA program, you’ve probably encountered a powerful learning tool: the business case. But if you’re like many people, you may find analyzing cases and writing about them challenging or frustrating. That’s not surprising—cases are not simple narratives, and good ones are typically nonlinear and can even be purposefully misleading. Apply the conventional approach to understanding business cases, and you may waste time (at best) and arrive at weak or meager conclusions (at worst). The Case Study Handbook presents a powerful new approach for analyzing, discussing, and writing about cases. By using sample Harvard Business School cases, you’ll master a number of useful topics, including: How to recognize case situations and apply appropriate tools to solve problems, make decisions, or develop evaluations How to quickly establish a base of knowledge about a case How to write persuasive case-based essays How to talk about c

-Worth magazine "The most entertaining book written on investing isReminiscences of a Stock Operator, by Edwin Lefèvre, firstpublished in 1923." -The Seattle Times "After twenty years and many re-reads, Reminiscences is stillone of my all-time favorites." -Kenneth L. Fisher, Forbes "A must-read classic for all investors, whether brand-new orexperienced." -William O'Neil, founder and Chairman, Investor's BusinessDaily "Whilst stock market tomes have come and gone, this remainspopular and in print eighty years on." -GQ magazine First published in 1923, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator isthe most widely read, highly recommended investment book ever.Generations of readers have found that it has more to teach themabout markets and people than years of experience. This is atimeless tale that will enrich your life-and your portfolio.

Donald Trump is the world's most famous real estate billionaire. Now, George Ross, Trump's closest advisor for twenty-five years (and co-star of The Apprentice), reveals the core real estate investing strategies that made Trump so successful. More important, Ross shows how the average real estate investor, can use the same creative techniques to dramatically boost profits--even on a fixer-upper or a single-family house. 作者简介：George H. Ross is co-star of the hit TV show the Apprentice and executive vice president and senior counsel for the Trump Organization. Previously, he was a real estate attorney, private investor, and senior partner at a major law firm. He has served as business advisor, legal counsel, and negotiator for leading real estate owners and developers in New York City for 50 years. He confounded a radio station business in New York City for 50 Years. He confounded a radio station business that he sold for millions of dollars. Ross also teaches negotiation at NYU's School of

"One of the best baseball—and management—books out....Deserves aplace in the Baseball Hall of Fame."—Forbes Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball.Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-lifegeneral manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateurbaseball enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only "thesingle most influential baseball book ever" (Rob Neyer, Slate) butalso what "may be the best book ever written on business" (WeeklyStandard). I wrote this book because I fell in love with a story. The storyconcerned a small group of undervalued professional baseballplayers and executives, many of whom had been rejected as unfit forthe big leagues, who had turned themselves into one of the mostsuccessful franchises in Major League Baseball. But the idea forthe book came well before I had good reason to write it—before Ihad a story to fall in love with. It began, really, with aninnocent question: how did one of the poorest teams in baseball,the Oa

The number one guide to corporate valuation is back and betterthan ever Thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect business conditions intoday's volatile global economy, Valuation, Fifth Edition continuesthe tradition of its bestselling predecessors by providingup-to-date insights and practical advice on how to create, manage,and measure the value of an organization. Along with all new case studies that illustrate how valuationtechniques and principles are applied in real-world situations,this comprehensive guide has been updated to reflect newdevelopments in corporate finance, changes in accounting rules, andan enhanced global perspective. Valuation, Fifth Edition is filledwith expert guidance that managers at all levels, investors, andstudents can use to enhance their understanding of this importantdiscipline. * Contains strategies for multi-business valuation and valuationfor corporate restructuring, mergers, and acquisitions * Addresses how you can interpret the results of a

There’s never been a career guide like THE ADVENTURES OFJOHNNY BUNKO: THE LAST CAREER GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED . Told inmanga – the Japanese comic book format that’s an internationalsensation – it’s the fully illustrated story of a young Everymanjust out of college who lands his first job. Johnny Bunko is new to the Boggs Corp., and he stumbles through hisearly months as a working stiff until a crisis prompts him torethink his approach. Step by step he builds a career, illustratingas he does the six core lessons of finding, keeping, andflourishing in satisfying work. A groundbreaking guide to survivingand flourishing in any career, THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNYBUNKO is smart, engaging and insightful, and offers practicaladvice for anyone looking for a life of rewarding work.

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