Project Management reviews the steps in organizing and managing projects, from how to build a realistic schedule to how to measure both success and failure. Project Management discusses team building, timing, the planning process, estimating project costs, managing project interfaces, risk management, and more. 作者简介： Gary R.Heerkens,P.M.P,C.B.M.,P.E.,is president of Management Solutions Group,Inc.,a provider projict management educational solutions and organi-zational support.He is also the author of Project Management in McGraw-Hill's Briefcase Books series.

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It's hard to think of a CEO that commands as much respect as Jack Welch。 Under his leadership， General Electric reinvented itself several times over by integrating new and innovative practices into its many lines of business。 In Jack: Straight from the Gut， Welch， with the help of Business Week journalist John Byrne， recounts his career and the style of management that helped to make GE one of the most successful companies of the last century。 Beginning with Welch's childhood in Salem， Massachusetts， the book quickly progresses from his first job in GE's plastics division to his ambitious rise up the GE corporate ladder，which culminated in 1981。 What comes across most in this autobiography is Welch's passion for business as well as his remarkable directness and intolerance of what he calls ”superficial congeniality”--a dislike that would help earn him the nickname ”Neutron Jack。” In spite of its 496 pages， Jack: Straight from the Gut is a quick read that any student or manage

Margaret and Patrick have been married just a few months whenthey set off on what they hope will be a great adventure-a yearliving in Kenya. Margaret quickly realizes there is a great dealshe doesn't know about the complex mores of her new home, and abouther own husband. A British couple invites the newlyweds to join on a climbingexpedition to Mount Kenya, and they eagerly agree. But during theirharrowing ascent, a horrific accident occurs. In the aftermath ofthe tragedy, Margaret struggles to understand what happened on themountain and how these events have transformed her and hermarriage, perhaps forever. A Change in Altitude illuminates the inner landscape of a couple,the irrevocable impact of tragedy, and the elusive nature offorgiveness. With stunning language and striking emotionalintensity, Anita Shreve transports us to the exotic panoramas ofAfrica and into the core of our most intimate relationships.

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An essential guide for any small group that must deliver teamperformance. With the demand for project-oriented work and faster, morenimble responses, successful small-group performance is morecrucial than ever. Katzenbach and Smith, authors of theinternational bestseller The Wisdom of Teams, have again joinedforces, revealing how to implement the disciplines, frameworks,tools, and techniques required for team- and small-groupperformance. Combining their insights and practical strategies,they offer concepts and pragmatic, doable exercises for teamleaders and team members to deliver results. Hot topics coveredinclude: why small-group performance demands expertise at twodisciplines, team level and leader level, instead of one; virtualteams; and global teams. This book combines practical exerciseswith cutting-edge insights, and both authors are authorities on thesubject. Attend a featured author workshop at the 13th InternationalConference on Work Teams: Collaborating for Competitive Advantage,Sept

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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...

As director of an inner-city woman's shelter, Dana Dupinskysafeguards many secrets. Some are new identities; some are newaddresses; and some are even hidden truths about herself.Passionately dedicated to Hanover House and the women she protects,Dana has always been reluctant to look for love. But now, just as acase puts her and a child in mortal danger, it seems that love hascome looking for her. Security expert Ethan Buchanan learned to stalk men in the Afghandesert. Now he vows to track down the ruthless woman who kidnappedhis godson-and falling for Dana is not in the plan. Yet her verypresence seems to chase away the ghosts that haunt him, and herskillful evasion of personal questions raises his huntinginstincts. For there's a deadly new secret at Hanover House. Abrutal killer is weaving a web of revenge with a stolen boy at itscenter. And Dana is the next victim on the list...

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