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Teaming With Microbes enlightens readers in two important ways. First, in clear, straightforward language, it describes the activities of the organisms that make up the soil food web, from the simplest of single-cell organisms to more familiar multicellular animals such as insects, worms, and mammals. Second, the book explains how to foster and cultivate the life of the soil through the use of compost, mulches, and compost teas. By eschewing jargon, the authors make the text accessible to a wide audience, from devotees of organic gardening techniques to weekend gardeners who simply want to grow healthy, vigorous plants without resorting to chemicals..
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After spending most of her life buried in books and academia despite her NASCAR roots, scientist Kim Murphy is a complete success. But when she stumbles across an old list—”Things To Do Before I Die”—Kim realizes that she hasn't really lived. Now it's time for her to tackle the frivolous things in life: “Play hooky.” “Buy a push-up bra.” Next up…find a “jock” to date!

Kim's unusual mix of beauty, braininess and humor seems tailor-made to get under NASCAR car chief Ward Abraham's skin—so when she asks him out, Ward can't refuse. But when he offers to help her out with her “list” (and then some!) Kim is delighted… and terrified that Ward will discover the real reason for her list!.
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For anyone who wants to master project management–from novices to experienced PMs who want to successfully run more complex projects.

 

Looking for a better way to master today’s rapidly changing programming technologies? Want expert help, but don’t have the time or energy to read a book? Can’t find classroom training worth the money? Discover LiveLessons: self-paced, personal video instruction from the world’s leading technology experts.

• LiveLessons are three-to-four hour video courses, on DVD with a book supplement, that are organized into bite-sized, self-contained lessons–you’ll learn key skills in as little as fifteen minutes!
• Each lesson begins with well-defined learning objectives and ends with comprehensive summaries, which help you track your progress.
• Follow along as your instructor shows how to get results in today’s top development environments.

In this LiveLesson–which contains 7+ hours of hands-on video training–top project management trainer Claudia Baca makes real-world project management simpler and easier than ever before.

 

Project Management for Mere Mortals^® is a comprehensive video training course that teaches key techniques, using a live case study that covers all five process groups of project management: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/controlling, and closing.

 

Learn at your own pace and get practical, common-sense help with scoping, scheduling, budgeting, organizing work, building teams, setting quality goals, identifying risks, coping with politics, controlling changes, baselining, ending projects, and much more!

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"At last, a book that adds value by bringing principals and superintendents together in a new kind of partnership "
-Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Educational Leadership
Trinity University

"This book has wonderful resources to help principals and superintendents build strong collaborative teams."
-Elaine McEwan, Educational Consultant
Author, Ten Traits of Highly Effective Schools

"This thoughtful book is cutting edge."
-Margaret Grogan, Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership
University of Missouri, Columbia

"This book goes to the heart of the matter. It breaks new ground on how both superintendents and principals can create a truly collaborative model in their schools."
-Joanne Rooney, Codirector
Midwest Principals' Center

Build alliances of transformational leadership for your school and district!

Ideal for new or experienced school and district administrators, this book shows how to develop a strong superintendent-principal partnership. Written by a principal and a superintendent with decades of experience, this resource provides strategies for effective leadership, communication, and collaboration, and includes:

• Both the principal's and the superintendent's perspectives on issues such as performance expectations and characteristics of quality teams
• Critical experience- and research-based team components
• Stories from the field about successful principal-superintendent teams
• Reflective questions, summaries, and other tools to help readers apply the principles and strategies to their own practice

Use these practical and proven approaches to create a healthy school/district culture and promote mutually supportive professional relationships.

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This book effectively describes an interactive teaming model that focuses on consultation and collaboration to improve the services offered to students with special needs. The model incorporates essential elements of total quality efforts, adult learning theories, and recognizing the importance of sensitivity to cultural differences. The authors clearly explain the underlying theories and legal requirements of such service delivery systems and offer practical examples to bridge theory and practice. Readers are introduced to an overview of past and present programs, the facilitating factors necessary to make a teaming model work, and the implementation of interactive teaming in four contexts—culturally/linguistically diverse students, infants/preschoolers, students with mild disabilities, and students with severe disabilities. For professionals in the field of education..
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This completely revised and updated new edition explains how to create a successful team of teachers, school staff members, and families to ensure that the needs of individual students with disabilities are met. The authors describe ways to build teamwork skills, develop problem-solving methods, implement action plans, define collaborative teaching, and improve communication skills among members. Collaborative Teaming is part of a five-book set designed to help teachers quickly and effectively implement inclusive practices. These practical, easy-to-read guides summarize current research and outline field-tested techniques. Each book includes photocopiable forms and discussions of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation procedures for elementary, middle, and secondary schools..
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This revised edition of Fifth Generation Management helps executives out of the rigid mindsets of the Industrial Era into the vibrant and invigorating possibilities of co-creation in the Knowledge Era.

Divided into two parts, the first completely rewritten section narrates 'Five Days that Changed the Enterprise', a case study of senior executives who are forced out of their cozy little empires into a new network organization of their own design. The second part discusses the process of co-creating through virtual enterprising, dynamic teaming, and knowledge networking. Included is essential new information on fractal enterprises, holonic management systems, agile enterprises, and hypertext organizations.

Charles Savage is president of Knowledge Era Enterprises, Inc and was formerly in the consultant division of DIgital Equipment Corporation. He presents 'Master Classes' on dynamic teaming and virtual enterprising and has written extensively on the knowledge era. His company's logo is a key with the phrase "Unlocking the Future". Charles Savage assists companies around the world to achieve that goal.

Over 40,000 copies of previous edition sold world-wide
Previous edition was awarded 'Book of the Year' by Tom Peters.
Covers lessons learned over the last five years since Fifth Generation Management was first published..
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Virtual teams are the newest form of the team idea so popular in medium-sized and large organizations It recognizes the fact that the flexibility of new office technologies combines with the pace of activity and the mobility of the people in working groups call for a new approach..
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