peacemaking systems approach to conflict management

Optimization and Dynamical Systems

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moore, John B. / Brockett, R. / Helmke, Uwe, PUBLISHER: Springer, This study addresses both classical and previously unsolved optimization tasks in linear algebra, linear systems theory, control theory and signal processing. Exploiting developments in Computation such as Parallel Computing and Neural Networks, it gives a dynamical systems approach for tackling a wide class of constrained optimization tasks. Optimization and Dynamical Systems will be of interest to engineers and mathematicians. Engineers will learn the mathematics and the technical approach necessary to solve a wide class of constrained optimization tasks. Mathematicians will see how techniques from global analysis and differential geometry can be developed to achieve useful construction procedures for optimization on manifolds.

Pain Management Handbook: An Interdisciplinary Approach

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salerno, Evelyn / Willens, Joyce S., PUBLISHER: Mosby Elsevier Health Science, "Pain Management Handbook" provides state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary approaches to the management of pain. The book reviews the current state of pain management, outlines factors that contribute to poor pain management, and provides a background in the pathophysiology and pharmacology of pain. Its three sections are each written by one or more specialists in the field, offering current, authoritative information as well as practical tips.

Electrical Motor Control Systems

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Patrick, Dale R. / Fardo, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher, A systematic overview of electrical motor control for industrial automation is presented in Electrical Motor Control Systems. This comprehensive text presents key concepts to students using a systems or "big picture" approach for effective learning. Throughout the book, real-world applications, procedures, and operations are stressed. A simplified approach to mathematical operations is used with problems solved through the use of basic operations. To reinforce the real-world orientation of the text, a practical laboratory activity is presented at the end of each chapter. More than 100 additional activities are contained in the accompanying Laboratory Manual. Beyond motor control, the text provides coverage of such supporting areas as electrical distribution systems, electronic control, and computer control systems.

A Practical Approach to Sales Management

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kujnish Vashisht, PUBLISHER: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, NA

Agronomy of Grassland Systems

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pearson, C. J., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Agronomy of Grassland Systems presents a broad overview of grasslands agronomy incorporating both grassland and animal productivity within the context of farming systems. The authors, both experienced in the field of agriculture, examine the generation, vegetative growth, flowering, and seed production of grasslands, as well as mineral nutrition, pasture quality, and animal intake. The management implications of forage-animal interactions are considered with respect to improving the efficiency of livestock production, together with a concluding chapter on grasslands management within the framework of farming systems.

Beyond Year Innovative Solutions for the Evolving

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mancini Newell, Lucy, PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, This issue explores how many healthcare organizations are meeting the challenge of bringing meaningful patient information to those who practice medicine. It features case studies describing new and innovative solutions to delivering patient information and it addresses the complex problem of consolidating information systems in a clinical laboratory setting. The contributors also examine integration issues related to linking radiology information to collected digitized images, education strategy, and the challenges of meeting compliance requirements.This is an issue of the "Journal for Healthcare Information Management," sponsored by the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society.

Database Management Systems

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ramakrishnan, Raghu / Gehrke, Johannes / Ramakrishnan Raghu, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, "Database Management Systems" provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the fundamentals of database systems. Coherent explanations and practical examples have made this one of the leading texts in the field. The third edition continues in this tradition, enhancing it with more practical material. The new edition has been reorganized to allow more flexibility in the way the course is taught. Now, instructors can easily choose whether they would like to teach a course which emphasizes database application development or a course that emphasizes database systems issues. New overview chapters at the beginning of parts make it possible to skip other chapters in the part if you don't want the detail. More applications and examples have been added throughout the book, including SQL and Oracle examples. The applied flavor is further enhanced by the two new database applications chapters.

The Executive Guide to Implementing Quality Systems Total

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mears, Peter / Mears / Voehl, Frank, PUBLISHER: CRC Press, Presenting an unusual and unique system for Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), this new book is geared for executives who want or need to support quality improvement in their organizations. It is the contributions made by CEO's and upper management that moves the quality process forward, and because of this structure, The Executive Guide to Implementing Quality focuses on the concepts, thinking, and systems necessary for management to operationalize the CQI philosophy. Because quality is not a management problem but rather a problem that involves and requires all people working together at all levels to participate and cooperate, management must engage the organization in the processes that will improve the quality of their goods or services. It is, however, management's job to lead, organize, structure, motivate, and involve the organization in those strategies and systems that will ensure quality improvement. This book explains how to do that. Readers are given a series of exercises and explanations that will help them master the skills and understanding required to identify the management systems they need to support their quality improvement. After reading about a concept, they are asked to contribute to exercises designed to inspire creative and innovative thinking and the exploration of multi-functional options. And because it is the job of management to initiate the quality movement, this book shows how to change defensive thoughts like that won't work for me into what is there that will work here. In addition to showing management how to take the lead in installing CQI in their organization, it also shows how to install the concepts through leadership teams, how to bring out the best in people, how to get top performance from employees and become a world-class organization, and how to reinforce the behaviors necessary to achieve the visions and goals of the organization. This workbook is an easy-and-quick-to-use guide that shows how to identify the support systems that generate desirable outcomes and reinforces them through positive actions.

Management of Countertransference with Borderline Patients

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gabbard, Glen O. / Wilkinson, Sallye M., PUBLISHER: Jason Aronson, Management of Countertransference with Borderline Patients is an open and detailed discussion of the emotional reactions that clinicians experience when treating borderline patients. This book provides a systematic approach to managing countertransference that legitimizes the therapist's reactions and shows ways to use them therapeutically with the patient.

Managing Interpersonal Conflict

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Donohue, William A. / Kolt, Robert, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Managing Interpersonal Conflict helps readers better understand and ultimately manage their routine interpersonal conflicts. Specifically, the book walks readers through the conflict process--from the initial decision of whether or not to confront differences to how to plan the actual confrontation. Donohue deals extensively with the negotiation process and, if negotiation proves unsuccessful, with third-party dispute resolution. The book emphasizes keeping conflicts under control and keeping focused on the issues. The key to managing conflict is to address differences collaboratively so parties can create better solutions and, ultimately, strengthen their relationships. Managing Interpersonal Conflict prepares and encourages the reader to stop avoiding their conflicts and start confronting them. Designed for college and university undergraduates, Donohue's text and the Interpersonal Commtext series will also interest students and professionals in management studies, sociology, organization studies, and social psychology. "They provide a very useful look at a somewhat broader than usual range of conflict issues.... Where the decision is to confront, it offers useful approaches to allowing face saving and to issue structuring that will allow the conflict, in many cases, to be readily resolved.... The second section... provides a useful and easily worked with framework for negotiating, and deals most effectively with the use of and responses to the exercise of power in the negotiation context.... The book is exceptionally readable and effective in its presentation of approaches to conflict. While it is not a traditional academic text, periodic references to the conflictliterature are used to allow the reader to examine the issues presented in more depth. The book will serve as an outstanding text for a training program in conflict management and can also be used by an individual effectively to learn these techniques." --The Alternative Newsletter

Risk Management: Concepts and Guidance, Third Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pritchard Carl L, PUBLISHER: Esi International, An encyclopedia of risk management tools, this third edition covers the latest perspectives on risk. It focuses on a systematic approach to risk management and highlights specific techniques that enhance organizational risk identification, assessment, and management. Providing a blueprint for assessing and mitigating risk, the book addresses risk processes and practices as well as specific risk management techniques. It includes four appendices that contain information on contractor risk management, list of risk sources, basic probability concepts, quantifying expert judgement, and special notes on software risk. The book concludes with a glossary of terms.

Creative Management

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Goodman, Malcolm, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall PTR, KEY BENEFIT"This innovative volume in creative management is carefully structured to take the student from familiar territory, traditional and historical management responses to external stimuli, through to less familiar territory i.e. creative management responses, required during turbulent times of change and to maintain competitive advantage. Uses a wide variety of exercises to encourage the practice of creative thinking and action. Concentrates on the application and harnessing of creativity in an organization. MBA students and undergraduate students in departments of management, engineering, computer science, etc. Those taking courses in creative management. Will also appeal to general managers working in a changing environment.

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Creating and Sustaining a Superior Customer Service

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Poisant, Jim / Poisant, James, PUBLISHER: Praeger, Poisant reveals the "secrets" of superior customer service organizations. He redefines the role of management and organizations, taking the reader on a journey and discovering the true nature of superior managers and organizations. Those in management positions who seek to understand how to better motivate their employees and better serve their customers will find the answers they are searching for in these pages. Managers will relearn nearly everything they have been taught about the profession of management. Redefining the criteria of power and success, Poisant supplies a blueprint for survival in a competitive environment. Anyone charged with the management of others will find the approach valuable, as will students and scholars of management.

Performance in Water Distribution: A Systems Approach

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Coelho, Sergio Teixeira / Coelho, S. T. U., PUBLISHER: Research Studies Press, Rigorous application of the method to different performance fields of water networks, illustrated by various case studies. Detailed analysis of key areas of water networks' behaviour, including advances in the analysis and modelling procedures that are currently available, e.g. in water quality modelling and reliability analysis. Applicable to a range of engineering problems in water distribution. Performance analysis is becoming a key issue in the engineering approach to the control of water supply and distribution systems, both as a natural process of evolution of the modelling and design methods available, and as a consequence of an ever increasing awareness of the quality of the service provided within the water industry today. This book presents a systematic approach to the analysis of technical performance of water networks by creating a framework in which a variety of concepts and criteria can be included. The system presented provides a shift in the way engineering problems are formulated in water supply, allowing greater control of analysis objectives and improved sensitivity.

Defense and the Environment: Effective Scientific

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mahutova, Katarina / Barish, John J. / Kreizenbeck, Ronald A., PUBLISHER: Springer, The rate of adoption and the quality of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) at military facilities requires support and leadership from the highest levels of management, adequate resources to both develop and implement EMS, and an acknowledgement by the military commanders that personnel involved in EMS are an integral, important part of facilities and operations management. Future success will depend on the responsiveness and robustness of the initial systems as well as their enthusiastic acceptance by facility and operations managers. The unifying, universal theme of this book is the effective communication of scientific results in a rapidly changing environment. Specific environmental issues related to operations at military facilities include encroachment on training ranges, implementation of effective EMS, pollution prevention in the military sector, and public participation, especially as this relates to the unique requirements of national security.

Video Systems in an It Environment: The Essentials of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kovalick, Al, PUBLISHER: Focal Press, Audio/Video (AV) systems and Information Technology (IT) are colliding. Broadcasters and other AV professionals are impacted by the transition to IT components and techniques. This is the first book to focus on the intersection of AV and IT concepts. It includes technology reviews and the tools to understand and evaluate key aspects of hybrid AV systems. Twelve chapters encompass a broad range of information including: IT integration, AV networking, storage systems, file and metadata formats, software platforms, reliability, element management, security, workflow improvement, AV technology, transition issues, and real-world case studies. Each chapter weaves together IT and AV techniques providing the reader with actionable information on the issues, processes and principles of seamless AV/IT systems integration. * Explains Tapeless Workflows * Packed with 225 illustrations * Supported with 11 Appendixes covering interesting and diverse topics

Breaking Cycles of Violence: Conflict Prevention in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vayrynen, Raimo / Gaffney, Patrick / Demars, William E., PUBLISHER: Kumarian Press, * Offers strategies for conflict transformation, based on a "conflict prevention toolbox," which deals with all aspects of the conflict cycle* Burundi and Macedonia make powerful case studies"Breaking Cycles of Violence" studies how the international community, working with local partners, can effectively pinpoint key breaking points and target resources for societies at risk of violent conflict.This book provides policymakers, practitioners, scholars, and students with a framework for recognizing and tackling the complexities of internal and intrastate conflicts in order to avert violence and mass human suffering. It presents guidelines for using early warning indicators to assess the causes of conflict; using preventative action to contain it; and using multidimensional strategies to rehabilitate societies through the cycle of post-conflict peacebuilding.

The Tao of Negotiation: How You Can Prevent, Resolve, and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Edelman, Joel / Crain, Mary Beth, PUBLISHER: Harper Paperbacks, This groundbreaking book views conflict as a mirror of our own lives and attitudes. Bringing East and West together in a "spiritually practical" approach to negotiation and conflict prevention, "The Tao of Negotiation "teaches us how to regain and maintain our sense of personal power in all forms of negotiation and how to use that power wisely and compassionately--with the aim of maximizing harmony and understanding in our business and personal lives. Readers can immediately use the techniques in "The Tao Negotiation "to improve communication skills, defuse potential conflicts, and pave the way for peaceful and rewarding interactions in their business and personal lives.

Active Technologies for Network and Service Management: 10th

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stadler, R. / Stiller, B. / Stadler, Rolf, PUBLISHER: Springer, This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, DSOM'99, held in Zurich, Switzerland in October with the topical focus on Active Technologies for Network and Service Management. The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from more than 50 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on decentralized monitoring and anomaly detection, management components and multi-domain management, the future of SNMP-based management, programmable SNMP-based management, management of programmable and active networks, IT and enterprise management, and management tools.

Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Buhalis, Dimitrios / Tjoa, A. Min / Jafari, Jafar, PUBLISHER: Springer, The proceedings of the conference ENTER - International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism - provide an international forum for the discussion of the role of telecommunication and information systems in tourism, inform potential users and people concerned with the importance of such technologies and explain their functioning. The following topics are treated in this volume: Dynamic Marketing Applications Using IT. - Designing Information Systems. - Using the Internet. - Transformation of the Travel Industry. - Re-engineering Management Approaches. - Enhancing Tourism Intermediaries. - New Horizons for Destination Management Systems. - Strategic Management in Tourism. - New IT Uses in Tourism.

Managing Smart: 325 High-Performance Tips Every Manager Must

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Milgram, Lynne / Treger, Matt / Spector, Alan, PUBLISHER: Gulf Professional Publishing, 'Managing Smart' examines the challenges facing today's management and provides fast, practical answers for solving common workplace situations. It presents step-by-step instructions for mastering more than 300 key real-world management tasks. This condensed business guide includes information on: * Leadership techniques * Labor management * Strategic planning * Time management * Marketing and sales techniques * Career development * Key business concepts * Management tools * Information systems Among many other management topics, 'Managing Smart' also shows you how to: * Set project goals and priorities * Increase efficiency * Comply with employment and labor benefits * Manage finances Management professionals and novices alike will improve their effectiveness, skills, and knowledge with these concise reference tips.

Managed Health Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Robinson, Ray / Steiner, Andrea, PUBLISHER: Open University Press, Healthcare in the United States has undergone a managed care revolution. The approach has transformed the way in which health services are financed and delivered. Arising from this experience, techniques such as utilization management, physician profiling and disease management are attracting attention worldwide. Many management consultants, pharmaceutical companies and policy analysts advocate managed care as the way forward for improving the performance of healthcare systems. In this headlong rush, far too little attention has been paid to the research evidence on managed care. This book carries out a systematic review of the high quality research evidence on managed care in the US. Through a detailed analysis of the research literature they assess the performance of managed care in terms of its impact on utilization, costs, health promotion and screening, quality of care and other key indicators. Following this analysis, they consider the development of managed care approaches in the NHS with particular reference to the early research evidence primary care based, total purchasing pilot projects.

Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Blocher, Edward J. / Stout, David E. / Cokins, Gary, PUBLISHER: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, "Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis," by Blocher/Stout/Cokins is the first cost accounting text to offer integrated coverage of strategic management topics in cost accounting. The text is written to help students understand more about management and the role of cost accounting in helping an organization succeed. This text aims to teach management concepts and methods, also to demonstrate how managers use cost management information to make better decisions and improve their organization's competitiveness. In teaching these key management skills, the text takes on a strategic focus. It addresses issues such as: "How does a firm compete? What type of cost management information is needed for a firm to succeed? How does the management accountant develop and present this information?" This text helps students learn why, when, and how cost information is used to make effective decisions that lead a firm to success.

Beyond Corporate Transformation: A Whole Systems Approach to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Head, Christopher W., PUBLISHER: Productivity Press, Do your employees resist change? They resist change when: They don't understand the changes that are taking place.They see little or no perceived benefit of doing things differently.They do not feel involved.Realizing that anything short of total employee involvement in the change process jeopardizes the success of the transformation, this book emphasizes that it is the responsibility of every employee, from the CEO to the front-line manager, to act as a change agent by communicating interpersonally with employees throughout their company.Learn how your organization can foster a continuous learning culture and why you need to continuously improve. How is this book unique/different?Incorporates views, insights, and change methodologies from some of the finest management consulting firms. Includes examples of the change efforts of several prominent companies successfully leading transformations in their workplace.Describes how to lead an entire organization into high performanceContains a comprehensive change methodology that addresses all of the factors that affect organizational performance, so that no avoidable performance factors are left untouched that can lead to long term performance deficits.Looks equally at technical and social systems as well as the need for strong leadership and change management skills. After reading this book, you will understand what a large scale organizational change effort really means and learn how to help lead and add value to the change effort taking place.

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