The National Food Service Management Institute developed this series of modules on human resource management to meet a need for relevant materials that would provide directors and supervisors the tools to teach managers effective management skills. Learning to work with and lead employees is a never-ending journey. These materials were designed to assist the learner in developing effective p…
This is the first in a series of 15 books looking at the world of work and people and what 2025 will be like. Somewhat hopefully, somewhat practically, maybe somewhat scarily. People and work have changed constantly so such changes predicted for 2025 are not really anything new – driven by societal moves; consumer trends; technology and science advances plus of course ecological/environme…
Man Mohan Joshi, M.A., M.Ed., Cert.EA, Dip.HRD, Dip. Mgmt.(UK), has over 40 years’ teaching, training and administrative experience. He has worked as Principal of large and reputed schools in India, Kuwait and Sultanate of Oman. For his work on Innovative Practices in Value Education he was awarded by the National Council of Educational Research and Training, India. He is also the recipient…
This book is the result of many years’ experience of teaching fisheries economics and management, also called bioeconomics, for undergraduate and graduate students in interdisciplinary programs, both in Norway and abroad. These students often have a limited background in economics and mathematics and the challenge has been to be analytical without being unnecessary mathematical. I have found …
On July 16, 2013, during my confirmation hearing, I made a commitment to Chairman Tester, Ranking Member Portman, and members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to work with my senior management team to create a plan for modernizing information technology (IT) at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) within 100 days of assuming office. I further c…
In this Recommendation, the expression "Administration" is used for conciseness to indicate both a telecommunication administration and a recognized operating agency. Compliance with this Recommendation is voluntary. However, the Recommendation may contain certain mandatory provisions (to ensure e.g. interoperability or applicability) and compliance with the Recommendation is achieved when …
Ron Paul is an amazing individual. Not only has he been the most consistent voice for liberty in the U.S. Congress in our time— perhaps in all time—but he is also surprisingly well versed in economic theory. Indeed, if I were to dissect one of his speeches or articles, I would have to treat him as I would a fellow economist, not as “a politician.” On top of all that, Ron Paul is a…
The title, “Purposeful Engineering Economics,” was chosen to emphasize the importance of the intentions behind any economic action. To explain this idea adequately requires investigation well beyond engineering economics, per se. In fact, much of the narrative will range over a wide subject area to draw from works in sociology, philosophy, political economy, history, and even religion f…
There has been discussion of proposals to engage in the collection of traffic flow measurement information for monitoring and to support charging and accounting. Some suggest that network interconnection points, such as the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) connections between networks operated by administrations and operating agencies authorized by national governments, would be suitable points to…
A best practice is really any improvement over existing systems, though some consultants prefer to confine the definition to those few high-end and very advanced improvements that have been successfully installed by a few world- class companies. This book uses the broader definition of any improvement over existing systems, since the vast majority of companies are in no position, either in t…
With 45 years’ experience in Payroll, John has worked in both the public and private sector including 15 years in outsourcing. His previous roles include Payroll Manager, Operations Team Manager and Best Practice Consultant.
What keeps corporate tax department executives up at night? How about the risk of signing off on an incorrect tax return? Or worse yet, what about a career-threatening, tax-related restatement? As corporate tax complexity increases, so does the risk of mistakes, penalties, and missed opportunities. For instance, 14 percent of U.S. firms reported material weakness or significant deficiency from …
The role of financing to support company strategies to introduce new products and processes in the economy has long been recognised as key. More than a hundred years ago, Joseph Schum peter pointed out the crucial function of banks in stimulating economic growth and innovation, as well as identifying and financing new investments in production. He also emphasised the differences between co…
For several decades, institutions in developing countries and development assistance agencies have supported the evolution of information infrastructures in developing countries. This encompassed the establishment or strengthening of information services at all levels corporate, local, national, regional, and international as well as facilitating access to the world s information resources, …
The Concise Guide to Economics came about for the same reason that Frédéric Bastiat wrote so passionately and dedicated his entire life to spreading the truths of economics. Some people, economist Jim Cox among them, are rightly seized with the desire to get the message out to the largest possible number of people. This way they will be intellectually prepared to combat bad ideas when th…
Cybersecurity is a major concern in both the private and public sectors. Targeted attacks aimed at commercial and government organizations are on the rise, in both frequency and severity. Computer networks and systems continue to be targets of intrusions, exploitation, and data theft by a variety of cybercriminals searching for sensitive financial information, personally identifiable informatio…
The Hawaiian Islands are situated in the North Pacific Ocean and lie between longitudes 154° 40' and 160° 30' West, and latitudes 22° 16' and 18° 55' North. They are thus on the very edge of the tropics, but their position in mid-ocean and the prevalence of the northeast trade wind gives them a climate unequalled by any other portion of the globe—a perpetual summer without an enervating h…
Web Services made the web programmable. They enabled the developers to look at the Internet as a class library or an object model. Protocols like Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Representational State Transfer (REST), JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and Plain Old XML (POX) fueled the growth of APIs on the web. Today every popular search engine, social networking site and syndi…
C# 4.0 further enhances Microsoft’s flagship programming language with much- requested features—including support for dynamic programming, type parameter variance, and optional and named parameters. At the same time, the CLR and .NET Framework have grown to include a rich set of features for parallel programming, code contracts, and a new code security model. The price of this growth is tha…