Download or read book Maximum Performance Financial for Everyday People written by Herman Barnes and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally a financial book that teaches you step by step that's easy and simple to understand. This book also goes straight and directly to the point. The information provided in this book never changes. Therefore this book will be a great gift for your loved ones. It will deeply enrich their lives. It's not how much you make, but what you do with the money you make that counts. The people that are successful are principally those who have a vision, passionate about what they are doing, have a plan and develop or create a system that works for them. There are going to be set backs in life but they know that determination and persistence will take them over every obstacle. This book also reveals the key to overcoming fear, procrastination, or any other negative thing that stops you from being successful.
Download or read book Putting a Song on Top of It written by David W. Samuels and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As in many Native American communities, people on the San Carlos Apache reservation in southeastern Arizona have for centuries been exposed to contradictory pressures. One set of expectations is about conversion and modernizationÑspiritual, linguistic, cultural, technological. Another is about steadfast perseverance in the face of this cultural onslaught. Within this contradictory context lies the question of what validates a sense of Apache identity. For many people on the San Carlos reservation, both the traditional calls of the Mountain Spirits and the hard edge of a country, rock, or reggae song can evoke the feeling of being Apache. Using insights gained from both linguistic and musical practices in the communityÑas well as from his own experience playing in an Apache country bandÑDavid Samuels explores the complex expressive lives of these people to offer new ways of thinking about cultural identity. Samuels analyzes how people on the reservation make productive use of popular culture forms to create and transform contemporary expressions of Apache cultural identity. As Samuels learned, some popular songsÑsuch as those by Bob MarleyÑare reminiscent of history and bring about an alignment of past and present for the Apache listener. Thinking about Geronimo, for instance, might mean one thing, but "putting a song on top of it" results in a richer meaning. He also proposes that the concept of the pun, as both a cultural practice and a means of analysis, helps us understand the ways in which San Carlos Apaches are able to make cultural symbols point in multiple directions at once. Through these punning, layered expressions, people on the reservation express identities that resonate with the complicated social and political history of the Apache community. This richly detailed study challenges essentialist notions of Native American tribal and ethnic identity by revealing the turbulent complexity of everyday life on the reservation. Samuels's work is a multifaceted exploration of the complexities of sound, of language, and of the process of constructing and articulating identity in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Best Practices of Catholic Pastoral and Finance Councils written by Charles Zech and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Catholic parish has a pastoral council and a finance council, but how many fulfill the mission they were set up to serve? These councils are among the most important but least understood structures in the Catholic Church. Mandated to exist, their roles have become increasingly critical as parishes--both large and small--are stretching personnel and financial resources further and further each year. Add in the need for internal financial controls and human resource management coupled with fewer and fewer parish priests, and the importance of these councils goes way beyond simply filling seats with warm-bodied volunteers. The function of these councils is to provide consultation to the pastor and to promote greater participation of the entire parish in the life and mission of the Church. But in reality, these terms are vague and leave too much room for individual interpretation. In an unprecedented research effort, author Charles Zech explores the very function of these councils in an effort to lay the groundwork for best practices at every parish. It systematically fills the void as both Church leaders and laity strive to better understand the structure and processes needed to improve their effectiveness. Zech's common-sense, straightforward writing style unpacks the extensive data to cover critical issues such as: Parish Leadership Education/Formation Programs Communication with Parish and Parish Staff Council Guideline Manuals Internal Controls Long-Term Planning Prayer and Faith-Sharing A must-read for every pastor, staff member, or committee volunteer, Best Practices of Catholic Pastoral and Finance Councils gives the guidance, support, and how-to that every parish needs--making it helpful for diocesan staff as well. Use it to stay on track, get back on track, or simply realize a track exists for these highly critical leadership councils.
Download or read book Close Your Wealth Gap written by Rob Luna and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple and accessible strategies to build personal wealth and improve your life In Close Your Wealth Gap: Financial Lessons to Upgrade Your Life, veteran wealth manager Rob Luna delivers a collection of actionable lessons you can implement immediately to ensure you make the most of the money you make and retire comfortably. You’ll learn everything you need to know about generating personal wealth, from how to understand balance sheets and cash flow statements to constructing a personal portfolio that effectively balances risk and potential reward. The author explains the basics of maximizing your income with side hustles and passive income while, at the same time, increasing the impact of every dollar you earn. You’ll also find: Action plans for every stage of your life, including ways to prepare your children for a lifetime of financial independence and security Explanations of the difference between qualified and non-qualified accounts Strategies for avoiding “bad debt” while intelligently incurring—when necessary—good debt Perfect for young professionals, people with new families, and anyone else with a desire to live well and retire rich, Close Your Wealth Gap is an indispensable recipe for financial security that belongs on the bookshelves of people everywhere.
Download or read book The Social Justice Investor written by Andrea Longton and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2024 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Justice Investor is a step-by-step guide to personal finance for those interested in building wealth while also aligning their finance decisions with their values, intentions, and commitments to social justice. Whether you have $100 or $100 million in the bank, you have the power to change the world for the better.
Download or read book Everyday People Extraordinary Leadership written by James M. Kouzes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-01-20 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how you can tackle everyday leadership challenges regardless of your title, position, or authority with this insightful resource A book about leadership for people who are not in formal or hierarchical leadership positions, Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership provides readers with a comprehensive and practical approach to addressing leadership challenges, no matter the setting or circumstance. Esteemed scholars and sought-after consultants Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner adapt their trademark The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® framework to today’s more horizontal workplace, showing people that leadership is not about where you are in the organization; it’s about how you behave and what you do. Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership draws on the authors’ deep well of research and practical experience to cover key subjects: The essence of making a difference in any role, setting, or situation The difference between positions of authority and leadership The importance of self-development in leadership development This book is perfectly applicable and accessible for anyone who wants to improve their own leadership potential and who isn’t yet in an official leadership role. Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership offers authoritative new insights, original case studies and examples, and practical guidance for those individuals who want to make a difference. You supply the will, and this book will supply the way.
Download or read book Building the High Performance Finance Function written by de Waal, André and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The finance function can be regarded as the spider in the organizational web, as it has relations with every part of the organization and is also represented on the executive board. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that this function takes the lead by quickly transforming itself into a high-performance finance function (HPFF), serving as a role model for other functions in the organization. Building the High-Performance Finance Function describes the development of the high-performance finance function (HPFF) framework and explores the experiences, lessons learned, and results achieved by finance functions that have transformed themselves into “HPFFs,” or high-performance finance functions, using the HPFF framework. Covering a range of topics such as excellence in finance and high-performance organizations, it is ideal for industry professionals, teachers, researchers, academicians, practitioners, and students.
Download or read book Management Foundations and Applications Google eBook written by John R. Schermerhorn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managemet : Foundations and Applications, 1st Asia - Pacific edition is a more concise version of the popular text Management, 4th Asia - Pacific adition, which is also published by Wiley. The 15 chapters of this edition cover key topics typically taught in a 12- or 13- week teaching semester. Joining the autohr team and enhancing this editions's critical analysis of mamangement theory and applications are the best-selling authors from another of the Wiley's undergraduate introductory management texts - Management: Core Concepts and Applications, 2nd Australasian edition ( Davidson et al.). This text has a strong emphasis on the importance of the Asian region to contemporary Australian and New Zealand organistations, both during the crisis and in its aftermath. Of course, Management: Foundations and Applications, 1st Asia- Pacific edition also retains the features that make its larger 'parent' text so popular with students and lecturers: A balanced coverage of small to medium-sized enterprises and larger multinational corporations an emphasis on the need for business activities to be sustainable in the terms of preserving the wealfare of future generations the Career Readliness Workbook at the end of the book, which includes a range of individual and group activities to encourage the practical application of management theory. With its clear insights into the dynamics of management in the workplace of today and future, Management: Foundations and Apllications,1st Asia - Pacific edition provides a sound babsis for the contemporary undergraduate study of introductory management.
Download or read book Management Google eBook written by John R. Schermerhorn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of this popular text has been throughly updated, continuing its strong emphasis on the importance of the Asian region to contemporary Australian and New Zealand organistations. Many Asian case examples are featured to illustrate key management concepts. Joining the author team for this edition and enhancing this edition's critical analysis of management theory and applications are the best-selling authors from another of Wiley's undergraduate introductory management texts - Management: Core Concepts and Applications, 2nd Australasian edition (Davidson et al.). This new edition also discusses the impact of recent events such as the global financial crisis on the management of organisations, both during the crisis and in its aftermath. Of course, Management, 4th Asia- Pacific edition also retains the features that made it so popular with students and lecturers in the earlier editions: a balanced coverage of small to medium-sized enterprises and larger multinational corporations an emphasis on the need for business activities to be sustainable in terms of preserving the welfare of future generations the Career Readiness Workbook at the end of the book, which includes a range of indiviual and group activities to encourage the practical applications of management theory. Wtih its clear insights into dynamics of management in the workplace of today and the future, Mangement, 4th Asia-Pacific edition provides a sound basis for the contemporary undergraduate study of introductory management.
Download or read book Your Everyday Guide To Behavioural Finance written by Prakash Praharaj and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the start of the 20th century, India’s GDP has been growing at an average of 6-7 per cent and the World Bank predicts India to become one of the fastest growing major economies in the world. The lack of social security benefits for the common citizen coupled with favourable factors like structural reforms, young population, high rates of savings and consumption, and waves of digitalisation and financialisation are driving both domestic and global investors to the Indian capital market in pursuit of higher risk-adjusted return. But with the increasing globalisation and rising volatility, the common investors often fall prey to their personal biases (fear, greed, overconfidence, loss aversion, etc.). This behaviour is at variance with traditional finance which holds that the investors are rational and markets are efficient. The overload of investment tips flowing from television, print, social media, conferences, and investment gurus further adds to investor confusion. Prakash Praharaj and Nirakar Pradhan, two well-known investment advisors, have come together to document their decades-long learnings and practical experience into a very useful, comprehensive volume. Your Everyday Guide to Behavioural Finance sheds light on the theory of behavioural finance and nineteen dominant behavioural biases in an accessible and easy-to-understand manner. It offers a framework for identifying, assessing, and managing one’s own behavioural traits (biases) to enhance investment success. The book also recommends Behaviourally Modified Asset Allocation (BMAA), a tool to synchronise the investment portfolio with the life cycle of the investors. So, whether you are a financial advisor, portfolio manager, or an individual investor yourself, Your Everyday Guide to Behavioural Finance will provide you with an integrated perspective to craft efficient and effective investment strategies irrespective of external market noises.
Download or read book The Routledge Critical Companion to Leadership Studies written by David Knights and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-24 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Critical Companion to Leadership Studies offers a rich and insightful overview of critical leadership studies for students, teachers, researchers, and practitioners. The volume draws together 35 chapters from 56 authors who represent the vibrant diversity of the critical leadership community. It includes chapters from emerging and preeminent scholars who share an interest in directing leadership theorizing, development and practice toward the aims of liberation, justice, and equity. The Companion is organized into six themes: (1) philosophical perspectives on leadership; (2) processes, practices, and power dynamics in leadership; (3) diversity and leadership; (4) leadership education and development; (5) lessons from the dark side of leadership; and (6) reimagining leadership and leadership studies. The book has been curated to serve as a "go to" resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, academic staff, and researchers seeking to understand the current state of play on a given topic, as well as inspiration for how they might contribute to its development. Each chapter provides a comprehensive yet succinct review of contemporary literature and offers the reader avenues for future research. Leadership practitioners will also find provocative ideas among these pages to help them interrogate and transform the ways they lead.
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Download or read book Cases Materials and Text on Contract Law written by Hugh Beale and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 1515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third edition of the widely acclaimed and successful casebook on contract in the Ius Commune series, developed to be used throughout Europe and beyond by anyone who teaches, learns or practises law with a comparative or European perspective. The book contains leading cases, legislation and other materials from English, French and German law as the main representatives of the legal traditions within Europe, as well as EU legislation and case law and extracts from the Principles of European Contract Law. Comparisons are also made to other international restatements such as the Vienna Sales Convention, the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, the Draft Common Frame of Reference and so on. Materials are chosen and ordered so as to foster comparative study, complemented with annotations and comparative overviews prepared by a multinational team. The third edition includes many new developments at the EU level (including the ill-fated proposal for a Common European Sales Law and further developments linked to the digital single market) and in national laws, in particular the major reform of the French Code civil in 2016 and 2018, the UK's Consumer Rights Act 2015 and new cases. The principal subjects covered in this book include: An overview of EU legislation and of soft law principles, and their interrelation with national law The distinctions between contract and property, tort and restitution Formation and pre-contractual liability Validity, including duties of disclosure Interpretation and contents; performance and non-performance Remedies Supervening events Third parties.
Download or read book Machine Learning for Finance written by Jannes Klaas and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to advances in machine learning for financial professionals, with working Python code Key FeaturesExplore advances in machine learning and how to put them to work in financial industriesClear explanation and expert discussion of how machine learning works, with an emphasis on financial applicationsDeep coverage of advanced machine learning approaches including neural networks, GANs, and reinforcement learningBook Description Machine Learning for Finance explores new advances in machine learning and shows how they can be applied across the financial sector, including in insurance, transactions, and lending. It explains the concepts and algorithms behind the main machine learning techniques and provides example Python code for implementing the models yourself. The book is based on Jannes Klaas’ experience of running machine learning training courses for financial professionals. Rather than providing ready-made financial algorithms, the book focuses on the advanced ML concepts and ideas that can be applied in a wide variety of ways. The book shows how machine learning works on structured data, text, images, and time series. It includes coverage of generative adversarial learning, reinforcement learning, debugging, and launching machine learning products. It discusses how to fight bias in machine learning and ends with an exploration of Bayesian inference and probabilistic programming. What you will learnApply machine learning to structured data, natural language, photographs, and written textHow machine learning can detect fraud, forecast financial trends, analyze customer sentiments, and moreImplement heuristic baselines, time series, generative models, and reinforcement learning in Python, scikit-learn, Keras, and TensorFlowDig deep into neural networks, examine uses of GANs and reinforcement learningDebug machine learning applications and prepare them for launchAddress bias and privacy concerns in machine learningWho this book is for This book is ideal for readers who understand math and Python, and want to adopt machine learning in financial applications. The book assumes college-level knowledge of math and statistics.
Download or read book Managing Development in a Globalized World written by Habib Zafarullah and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, development has been rooted in ideologies and assumptions prevalent in the developed world and in practices and strategies adopted by leading industrial nations. However, historically, eclectic ideas and approaches often clash with existing long-established notions of progress and modes of realizing social and economic change. Managing Development in a Globalized World: Concepts, Processes, Institutions explores this topic by incorporating ideas and interpretations that have previously been neglected or given inadequate attention in the discourse on developing countries. It underscores development as a continuous process that must be supported by sound policies and efficient management, supplying a wider understanding of the field. The authors argue that the application of innovative development techniques and best practices is essential for obtaining optimum results in meeting the needs of society. They examine the style of managing development with a new perspective that links the phenomenon with changing demands and the interplay of internal/external actors and a host of stakeholders. An exploration of key sectors in development provides clear comprehension of problems and solutions. A careful synthesis of theoretical/conceptual and empirical literature, the book assesses real-world situations and provides insight into the operational dynamics of development policies, programs, and institutions. It focuses on goals, values, and dynamics of development management that are undergoing rapid changes and continue to be enhanced to alleviate poverty and improve living standards in an era of globalization and inter-regional and inter-institutional synergies. It highlights best practices essential for the efficient and effective delivery of human development services that are designed and put in place to obtain optimum results in meeting the needs of society.
Download or read book The Impact of Electricity written by Tanja Winther and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does everyday life change when electricity becomes available to a group of people for the first time? Why do some groups tend to embrace this icon of development while other groups actively fight against it? This book examines the effects of electricity’s arrival in an African, rural community. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Zanzibar at different points in time, the author provides a compelling account of the social implications in question. The rhythm of life changes and life is speeding up. Sexuality and marriage patterns are affected. And a range of social relations, e.g. between generations and genders, as well as relations between human beings and spirits, become modified. Despite men and women’s general appreciation of the new services electricity provides, new dilemmas emerge. By using electricity as a guide through the social landscape, the particularities of social and cultural life in this region emerge. Simultaneously, the book invites readers to understand the ways that electricity affects and becomes implicated in our everyday life.
Download or read book Sourcebook on Contract Law written by Oughton and published by Cavendish Publishing. This book was released on 2000-10-17 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the role and function of the law of contract, comparing it with other aspects of the law of obligations. It also covers the issues of contract formation such as the enforcement of promises, agreement and good faith; the construction and context of contracts; adjustments in long term relationships; the control of contract power and remedies for breach of contract
