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Accountability: Freedom and Responsibility without Control

by Rob LeBow, Randy Spitzer
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2002-08-15)
ISBN: 157675183X
Paperback: 276 pages
Edition: 1
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Nice Tight Binding with some Moderate Wear to Cover, Corners, and Edges. A nice reading copy. No Highlighting or Writing.
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Accountability shows how to get people in organizations to be more personally accountable for high performance in their work and for the success of the organization – without resorting to the traditional management systems that rely on control and manipulation. Contrasted with three other commonly used, accountability models, the authors recommend Personal Accountability over all others. The author show, that by gaining a higher sense of self-worth and autonomy, the quality of employee decision-making skills is greatly improved. They then outline the seven steps needed to attain Personal Accountability, including: surroundings, seeds of change, and style of leadership.

Lebow and Spitzer offer a new contribution to the area of organizational development, social psychology and the topic called “Accountability.” The authors bring a new emphasis, new approach and a new philosophy to "accountability": how to give it to others and how to keep it going indefinitely. Existing books touch on portions of the Quadrant Four philosophy. Yet, none tell us “how” to do it. Accountability tells the reader what and how. Regarding each element or key to the wisdom behind Accountability, these authors help us sort out a piece to the puzzle.



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Adult Literacy

by Paul Fordham, Deryn Holland, Juliet Millican
Publisher: Oxfam Publishing (1995-12-01)
ISBN: 0855983159
Paperback: 180 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Nice Tight Binding. Very Minor wear to cover, corners, and edges. No Highlighting.
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This is a book for development workers who have no formal training in adult education or literacy, but find themselves having to respond (as planners, trainers, or teachers) to requests for "literacy". Most of the book is essentially practical: it describes the different stages in planning and teaching a small-scale literacy programme and offers suggestions for the assessment of needs, the evaluation of progress, the use of available materials and the design of new ones for specific situations. Its main purpose, however, is to explore some of the central issues in the debate about the role of literacy in development. The authors draw on their own wide range of experience, and that of Oxfam and VSO, for case-studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean to illustrate the consequences of introducing literacy - a far from simple technology - to individuals, groups or communities.


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All That Glitters: The Fall of Barings

by John Gapper
Publisher: Penguin Books (1997-01)
ISBN: 0140261230
Paperback: 364 pages
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Comments: 1996. Trade Paperback not Hardcover. Acceptable. 364 pgs. Nice tight binding. Some visalbe wear to cover, corners, and edges, especially to spine. No highlighting and/or writing. Still good for study, research and/or reading.
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This is an account of the fall of the House of Baring. Financial Times journalists John Gapper and Nicholas Denton have interviewed all the major players involved in the collapse of one of England's oldest banks. This book reveals the faustian deal struck between the whizz-kid traders who seemed to be bringing in huge profits and the grandies who were happy to pocket them without asking too many questions. For the first time, the actions and motives of all the participants are explained, including the final days when politicians and bankers made a last-ditch attempt to save the bank, as well as Nick Leeson's actions and motives.


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Banking on Our Future: A Program for Teaching You and Your Kids about Money

by John Bryant
Publisher: Beacon Press (2002-05)
ISBN: 0807047171
Paperback: 168 pages
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Comments: Ex-Library. Acceptable. All the usual library markings. Some moderate wear to cover, corners, edges. No highlighting or writing. Still a good book for reading, studying, or reasearch.
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"We believe that through economic empowerment, you give people choices in their lives."

John Bryant grew up in South Central Los Angeles, and while he's founded his own group of companies, and been named one of Time's "50 Most Promising Leaders of the Future," he knows what it means to struggle financially. Now, as founder and chairman of Operation HOPE, he focuses on educating young people about money. The Banking on the Future program has already reached 87,000 students in over 350 schools nationwide, and the number is climbing.

Now you too can have access to the lessons of the award winning Banking on the Future program. Here are some of the important things you will learn from this book.

How to talk with your kids about money

How to keep track of your family's money with a family financial ledger

How to teach you ten year old about banks and have fun at the same time

Why saving, even a little money every week, is so important

When it's the right time for your teen to have a checking account

How to set financial goals with your kids, whether they're six or sixteen

Credit, budgeting, investing, car payments, and more

Banking on Our Future is the financial planner you and your family can't afford to be without. Clear, frank, and always inspiring, this book will help you and your children plan a healthier and happier financial future.

"John Bryant uses conversational, non-threatening language to engage the reader into thinking about and adopting workable personal financial strategies."
—Kweisi Mfume, NAACP, President and CEO

"Teaching the fundamentals of finance to children and families is an instrumental and positive step in increasing ownership and responsibility among middle and lower class families. As such, I believe that this book, and its program, will serve as an important resource from which communities can declare their financial independence."
—Rep.Charles B. Rangel

 

Bankruptcy and Distressed Restructurings: Analytical Issues and Investment Opportunities (New York University Salomon Center Series)

by (Editor: Edward I. Altman)
Publisher: Irwin Professional Pub (1992-09)
ISBN: 1556239017
Hardcover: 432 pages
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Comments: Fidelity Ex-Library book with stamps and pocket. First Edition. Full number line. Hardcover. VG/VG. Some minor rubbing and edgewear to DJ. No rips or tears. Text is nice and clean with no writing or highlighting.
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Corporate bankruptcy and Chapter 11 reorganization is a common occurrence in U.S. corporations of all sizes, in all sectors. As a result, the investment community is looking at the market for distressed firms' debt and equity securities in a new light. This book shows readers bankruptcy and liquidation costs and their impact on corporate values and investment opportunities in distressed and defaulted securities.

 

Business Today

by Rachman, Mescon
Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education (1995-09-01)
ISBN: 0070521743
Paperback
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Comments: No Highlighting. Moderate Cover, Edge, and Corner wear. Crease in back cover.
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Cause for Concern: Results-Oriented Cause Marketing

by Stephen M. Adler
Publisher: South-Western Educational Pub (2006-06-06)
ISBN: 0324311303
Hardcover: 160 pages
Edition: 1
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: 2006. First Editon. Hardcover. VG+/F. 149 pgs. Some minor rubbing and edgewear to DJ. No rips or tears. Text is nice and clean with no writing or highlighting.
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The cause marketing process partners a charitable organization with a business organization and results in benefits for the three key stakeholders: charity, business, and customer. The charity get income it would not normally receive. The business is partnered with a charity and is viewed in a positive light while serving more customers. The customer’s cause or charity receives funds that it would not ordinarily get. Cause for Concern describes how this process works.