Download or read book No Magic Bullet written by Joe Willmore and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chances are you've tried many of the latest management fads in the hope that they'll give you a quick fix for troubling performance issues in your organization. But there's a problem: those quick fixes don't bring effective long-term change. As emotionally appealing as the latest "magic bullet" theory may be, it's unlikely to address an important reality in most organizations: complexity. Change needs to be made in a logical, systemic way at different levels to be successful and sustainable. InNo Magic Bullet: Seven Steps to Better Performance, author Joe Willmore delivers seven steps to help you create serious performance improvements in your organization. His approach includes techniques and tips that help you understand why quick fixes don't work avoid "management fashion" fads figure out if your organization thinks systemically identify outstanding performers and start learning from them focus on what really matters.

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Download or read book Computer Mathematics for Programmers written by Darrell H. Abney and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-09 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer Mathematics for Programmers presents the Mathematics that is essential to the computer programmer. The book is comprised of 10 chapters. The first chapter introduces several computer number systems. Chapter 2 shows how to perform arithmetic operations using the number systems introduced in Chapter 1. The third chapter covers the way numbers are stored in computers, how the computer performs arithmetic on real numbers and integers, and how round-off errors are generated in computer programs. Chapter 4 details the use of algorithms and flowcharting as problem-solving tools for computer programming. Subsequent chapters focuses on specific mathematical topics such as algebra, sets, logic, Boolean algebra, matrices, graphing and linear programming, and statistics. Students of computer programming will find the text very useful.

Download or read book The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery written by Lucy Maud Montgomery and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-12-10 with total page 6532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition includes: Anne of Green Gables Series: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Anne of Windy Poplars Anne's House of Dreams Anne of Ingleside Rainbow Valley Rilla of Ingleside Emily Starr Trilogy: Emily of New Moon Emily Climbs Emily's Quest The Story Girl Series The Story Girl The Golden Road Pat of Silver Bush Series Pat of Silver Bush Mistress Pat Other Novels Kilmeny of the Orchard The Blue Castle Magic for Marigold A Tangled Web Jane of Lantern Hill Short Stories: Chronicles of Avonlea The Hurrying of Ludovic Old Lady Lloyd Each in His Own Tongue Little Joscelyn The Winning of Lucinda Old Man Shaw's Girl Aunt Olivia's Beau Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's Pa Sloane's Purchase The Courting of Prissy Strong The Miracle at Carmody The End of a Quarrel Further Chronicles of Avonlea Aunt Cynthia's Persian Cat The Materializing of Cecil Her Father's Daughter Jane's Baby The Dream-Child The Brother Who Failed The Return of Hester The Little Brown Book of Miss Emily Sara's Way The Son of his Mother The Education of Betty In Her Selfless Mood The Conscience Case of David Bell Only a Common Fellow Tannis of the Flats... Poetry Collected Letters Autobiography: The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels with Anne of Green Gables, an orphaned girl, mistakenly sent to a couple, who had intended to adopt a boy. Anne novels made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and she went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays.

Download or read book Short Stories written by L. M. Montgomery and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for creating the beloved character Anne Shirley in "Anne of Green Gables," also wrote numerous short stories that captivated readers with their charm and vivid portrayal of life in Prince Edward Island, Canada, where she lived. Montgomery's short stories often explore themes of love, nature, family, and the human experience. Many of her tales are set in rural or small-town settings, reflecting her own experiences growing up in the Canadian Maritimes. Her prose is characterized by its warmth, wit, and keen observation of human nature.

Download or read book Issues in Green Criminology written by Piers Beirne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the ways in which governments, transnational corporations, military apparatuses and ordinary people routinely harm environments, other animals and humanity.

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Download or read book Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories 1905 to 1906 written by Lucy Maud Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Download or read book Vexed written by Honey and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood isn't always thicker than water, especially in matters concerning love, lust, and passion. Family ties no longer bind the once close King siblings, Zach and Jay. Their desire for the same woman transforms them from loving brother and sister to bitter arch rivals. Jamaican beauty Jillian Bessette is Jay's lover, but Zach's uncontrollable yearning to have her overpowers him, causing him to commit the ultimate act of betrayal against his flesh and blood. For his sin, Jay orders a hit on her brother, but her plan for revenge backfires, and she is exposed. Her only way to avoid justice is to flee. In exile, Jay's hatred and resentment for Zach and Jill consumes her every waking moment. Their new life together includes a baby boy, the product of their forbidden affair, and adds more fuel to the growing fire of hatred growing inside Jay. While she longs for the day of vengeance against them, they bask in the beauty of love and happiness, but precious moments are cut short, overshadowed by the sins of their past. Zach is forced to send Jill and their son away to the one place he believes they'll be safe from Jay and her threats to settle the score. To the contrary, he unknowingly delivers Jill right into Jay's hands. The two former lovers come face to face, and Jill's nightmare begins. Helpless, Zach must place his faith in the heroics of others in a race against time to rescue Jill from the torturous clutches of a woman who is bitter and vexed!

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Download or read book Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics written by Andrew I. Cohen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in an updated edition with fresh perspectives on high-profile ethical issues such as torture and same-sex marriage, this collection pairs cogently argued essays by leading philosophers with opposing views on fault-line public concerns. Revised and updated new edition with six new pairs of essays on prominent contemporary issues including torture and same-sex marriage, and a survey of theories of ethics by Stephen Darwall Leading philosophers tackle colleagues with opposing views in contrasting essays on core issues in applied ethics An ideal semester-length course text certain to generate vigorous discussion

Download or read book Places by the Sea written by Jean Stone and published by Loveswept. This book was released on 2011-03-09 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are some places you must return to. In the bestselling tradition of Barbara Delinsky, Jean Stone weaves an enthralling, emotionally charged novel of friendship and betrayal, forgiveness and love. Jill McPhearson leads a charmed life—with a hugely successful TV show, two beautiful children, and a fiancé who just happens to be her sexy prime-time co-host. Just when all Jill’s dreams seem to be coming true, her past beckons her back to her childhood home on Martha’s Vineyard and to a life she wants only to forget. But returning to the island will also give this savvy reporter her biggest break—the chance to go after the story of a lifetime: her own. For a dark family secret is about to be revealed, one that could help Jill face painful memories or destroy everything she’s hoped to become.

Download or read book The Short Stories 1904 1906 written by Lucy Maud Montgomery and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, well known and famous for her Green Gables stories, has written a wealth of beautiful short stories, all set in the Canadian landscape of Ontario or Prince Edward Island. This edition contains the best of them and offers all stories from 1904 through 1906, including: A Fortunate Mistake An Unpremeditated Ceremony At the Bay Shore Farm Elizabeth's Child Freda's Adopted Grave How Don Was Saved Miss Madeline's Proposal Miss Sally's Company Mrs. March's Revenge Nan Natty of Blue Point ... and many more ...

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