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    • Employee Ownership Through ESOPS

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • Joseph Raphael Blasi
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Employee Ownership Through ESOPs: Implications for the Public Corporation summarizes the large body of literature on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and the phenomenon of employee ownership. The author has discovered and reviewed over 700 articles on the subject in academic and professional journals of business, labor, law, and social science since 1973. The study is divided into four parts. The first part examines law, public policy, and regulation; the status of ESOPs in the publicly held corporation; corporate uses and labor-management roles; the impact of the ESOP on labor-management cooperation and the economic performance of firms; and the future of employee ownership. The second part presents selected case studies which illustrate the range of corporate uses and benefits to workers and the difficult issues these raise. The third part presents abstracts of articles or books that are central to understanding the major findings and implications of employee ownership and gaining an ordered introduction to the field. The fourth part includes references to these abstracted materials and to the subjects discussed in the first and second sections. This study emphasizes the significance of employee ownership to corporate officers, middle managers, union officials, and/or local labor representatives and employee leaders who are associated with a publicly held company.

    • Australian Official Publications

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • Howard Coxon
      • John E. Pemberton
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Australian Official Publications is a six-part book that begins with a separate chapter on the framework of Australian government. Part I then describes the main features of the commonwealth parliament. Part II details the commonwealth government departments and statutory authorities. Parts III and IV elucidate the distribution and availability of Australian official publications and the main forms of official publishing in each State of Australia. Part V discusses the internal territories of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The last part contains the bibliography of Australian official publications. This book will be helpful to general readers to understand the system of government which prevails and something of the working of its organs.

    • Managerial Communication

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • T. M. Lillico
      • English
      • eBook
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      Managerial Communication deals with communication problems in the organization and how they occur, as well as the importance of accurate communication to an individual manager's career. Focusing on the problems of business enterprise in the electronics industry, this book discusses personal factors affecting promotion, along with interpersonal and group communication. It also looks at approaches for improving organizational communication. This book is comprised of eight chapters and begins with an overview of communication concepts and limitations, including the concept of ""noise"" in the communication process; the growth of public interest in organizational communication; and some of the major problems affecting organizational communication. The next chapter examines the methods used to identify weak links in the communication process, especially highly structured questionnaires. A generalized profile of the electronics managers covered in this study is presented, including the factors affecting their career achievement as well as interpersonal and group communication. Some approaches to improve organizational communication are also described. This monograph is intended for people concerned with organizational communication and especially for those who are actively engaged in management or supervision.

    • Cost-Effective Pension Planning

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • Robert L. Clark
      • English
      • Paperback
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    • Society, Schools and Progress in England

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • G. Baron
      • E. J. King
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Society, Schools and Progress in England analyzes the changing trend in English education. The title tackles the contemporary issues and problems, along with the efforts to restructure the English education system to fit the needs of an industrial society. The text first examines the historical foundations, and then proceeds to tackling the social and economic foreground. Next, the selection talks about education and government. Chapter 4 discusses the changing schools, while Chapter 5 covers higher education and new needs. The text also deals with education and industry, along with opportunities for education. The book will be of great interest to educators, sociologists, political scientists, economists, and behavioral scientists.

    • People: An International Choice

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • Rafael M. Salas
      • English
      • Paperback
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      People: An International Choice: The Multilateral Approach to Population documents the experiences and thoughts of Rafael Salas in pioneering the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA). This book details the birth, principles, setting forth, and maintenance of this United Nations (UN) action program in population. All the faced risks and challenges are laid down, along with the successes and accomplishments in pioneering this UN program. This book will be invaluable to government and private sectors interested and concerned with the study of human population and its implications for development.

    • How to Get Jobs in Microcomputing

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • John F Charles
      • English
      • eBook
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      How to Get Jobs in Microcomputing provides a guide to getting jobs in microcomputing and an insight into the role and function of microcomputing. The book starts by giving a background and history of microcomputing, discussing the types of available jobs, together with the useful and necessary skills for success in the microcomputer industry, and describing the types of people working within microcomputing. The text tackles steps that should be followed in getting a job in microcomputing; sources of information in the job search; and promotion and career prospects. Methods of keeping up-to-date and the future of jobs within microcomputing are also considered. The book concludes by providing appendices and computer weekly publications for the readers’ reference. Those currently engaged within mainframe or minicomputing and who wish to learn more about careers within microcomputing, especially, computer engineers, will find the book useful.

    • Inside the Whale

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • Colin Bell + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Inside the Whale: Ten Personal Accounts of Social Research reflects on the preoccupations of social research. More specifically, this book challenges the ways in which social research is normally written up, published, and taught. It shows that social research is a social and political activity, rather than a set of techniques to be applied to the world "out there." It thus places greater emphasis on social and political concerns over techniques. This book consists of 10 chapters and begins by explaining the metaphor of the whale, coined by Henry Miller to denote withdrawal from society and used by George Orwell to imply that the whale is society, and that we should spy out the interior. It then considers the nature of science and sociology as well as the fundamental nature of society. The following chapters explore the issues raised by power, force, and violence; proposed reforms for some housing and banking processes in Australia; social research consultancies in the 1970s; research on women academics; and postgraduate research. Other chapters describe the ethos and the milieux of social research, including a fieldwork on Australian aborigines. This monograph will be of interest to sociologists, social scientists, and social researchers.

    • Models in Planning

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • C. Lee
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Models in Planning: An Introduction to the Use of Quantitative Models in Planning focuses on some of the techniques utilized for the construction of urban and regional models, with emphasis on the understanding of model structure rather than on rigorous mathematical analysis. Organized into eight chapters, this book begins by explaining the role of models in the planning process. Subsequent chapters elucidate the principles for the design and use of models, and the mathematical preliminaries involved. The different models, namely, linear, gravity, and Lowry models, are also described including their optimization. This material will be very useful for students and practicing planners with a limited numerate background. It will allow readers to follow up the extensive literature dealing with the more complex operational versions of the discussed models.

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