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Revealing the flaws in old time-management practices, the authors of You Don't Have to Go Home From Work Exhausted! offer tips on identifying personal style, accentuating strengths, prioritizing, and reclaiming time. .
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This edition has been completely revised. The authors, noted authorities in the field, focus on ways to improve R&D organization productivity and foster excellence in such companies. They describe how to design jobs, organize hierarchies, resolve conflicts, motivate employees, and create an innovative work environment. Features extensive cross-cultural coverage of European and Pacific Rim R&D organizations and policies which greatly differ from the US. Includes an entirely new section on various strategic planning elements unique to an R&D organization along with a case study..
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Addresses, in a concrete, practical way, how to deal with disruptive, troubled youth. Emphasis is placed on diffusing resistance to change and facilitating treatment compliance .
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"Thank goodness for McEwan and Damer! They have provided a nontechnical and readable approach to behavior management that is based on knowledge and experience."
Jane S. Rice,Director of Special Services
Spotsylvania County Schools, VA

"Managing Unmanageable Students is a powerful resource for today’s principals . . .The research, the tools, and the well-conceived plan are all invaluable to school leaders seeking practical solutions that will result in both positive behaviors and academic success for all students."
Dr. Vincent L. Ferrandino, Executive Director
NAESP

Improve challenging student behaviors in your school!

This is a practical, easy-to-read resource to help general and special education administrators gain the tools they need to make their schools safe and humane learning environments for allstudents. Readers will develop their own behavior management skills as well as guide school teams in a proven problem-solving process.

Some special features of the book include:

• Top 10 student behavior problems and how to respond
• 50 things you can do tomorrow to improve student behavior
• Easy-to-use functional behavior assessment plans that work
• Ready-to-use forms to observe and document student behavior
• A library of valuable resources for principals, teachers, and parents
• Proven sample behavior plans

McEwan and Damer provide vignettes to help the administrator understand the relationship between effective instruction and student behavior. Workable interventions are explored along with effective use of rewards and punishments.

Results-oriented principals, assistant principals, and special education personnel who want their students and teachers to achieve in a safe school environment will find this a valuable resource.

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Unmanageable Revolutionaries describes how Irish women (despite their frequent omission from the history books) have always played a key role in the struggle for independence The author focuses on three pivotal Irish nationalist women's organisations the Ladies Land League, Inghinidhe na hEireann and Cumann na mBan - to show that women have always been a driving force in Irish political history..
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Western-style consumerism appears unstoppable Yet it is has failed to deliver greater happiness and is now facing major environmental, population and political challenges.

The Unmanageable Consumer examines the key Western traditions of thinking about and being a consumer. Each chapter posits a consumer model with examples from the international community. Readers are invited to enter an exciting and radical analysis of contemporary consumerism which suggests that consumerism is fragile and consumers unpredictable.

Updated with new material, this Second Edition looks at the impact of new technologies on consumerism and the consolidation of consumerism and ‘consumer’ language in spheres like education and health. The authors discuss the spread of consumerism to developing countries like India and the effect of demographic change and migration. The fallout from 9/11 and US military hegemony is examined as is the influence on consumerism of Islamic fundamentalism, the anti-globalisation movement, environmental concerns and depleting natural resources.

This book will interest advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students taking courses on behavior, buyer behavior, customer behavior, consumers & society, and retailing. Any one interested in better understanding consumerism will also find this book a fascinating read..
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Some of the most important organizations in our culture become unmanageable due mostly to governing authorities that don't understand nor care about the vital missions of these organizations. Unmanageable organizations are difficult to manage and difficult to work in. This book provides valuable tips and guidelines to enable you to be successful in your organization and allow your organization to be innovative and great..
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