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Local Government Association - The Local Government Assocation is a body for advancing the interests of local authorities in the England and Wales. Its member are various different types of local authorities, including county councils, metropolitan borough councils, London borough councils, shire district councils and unitary authorities.
1990s UK local government reform - The structure of local government in the United Kingdom underwent large changes in the 1990s. The system of two-tier local government introduced in the 1970s by the Local Government Act 1972 and the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 was abolished in Scotland and Wales on ...
Local Government Act 1988 - The United Kingdom Local Government Act of 1988 was famous for introducing the controversial Section 28 into law. In terms of the section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, Local Authorities were prohibited from promoting in specified category of schools, "the teaching of the acceptability ...
Department of Environment and Local Government (New Brunswick) - The Department of Environment and Local Government is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with maintaining relationships with New Brunswick's municipalities, administering its unincorporated Local Service Districts and the administration of its environmental policy.
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices by Peter F. Drucker, ISBN 0887306152 : Management is an organized body of knowledge. "This book," in Peter Drucker'swords, "tries to equip the manager with the understanding, the thinking, the knowledge and the skills for today'sand also tomorrow's jobs." This management classic has been developed and tested during more than thirty years of teaching management in universities, in executive programs and seminars and through the author's close work with managers as a consultant for large and small businesses, government agencies, hospitals and schools. Drucker discusses the tools and techniques of successful management practice that have been proven effective, and he makes them meaningful and easily accessible.
Killing the White Man's Indian: Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century by Fergus M. Bordewich, ISBN 0385420366 : In the face of a new lightly romanticized view of Native Americans, "Killing the White Man's Indian bravely confronts the current myths and often contradictory realities of tribal life today. Following two centuries of broken treaties and virtual government extermination of the "savage redmen," Americans today have recast Native Americans into another, equally stereotyped role, that of eternal victims, politically powerless and weakened by poverty and alcoholism, yet whose spiritual ties with the natural world form our last, best hope of salvaging our natural environment and ennobling our souls. The truth, however, is neither as grim, nor as blindly idealistic, as many would expect. The fact is that a virtual revolution is underway in Indian Country, an upheaval of epic proportions. For the first time in generations, Indians are shaping their own destinies, largely beyond the control of whites, reinventing Indian education and justice, exploiting the principle of tribal sovereignty in ways that empower tribal governments far beyond most American's imaginations. While new found power has en...
La Frontera De Ciudad Juarez (Bordertown) (Full Frame) : "La Frontera de Ciudad Juarez" - Cuando George Morgan, editor del "Chicago Sentinel", (ganador del Golden Globe(R) Martin Sheen) envia a una ambiciosa reportera, Lauren Adrian (Jennifer Lopez, nominada para el Golden Globe) a Juarez, Mexico para investigar los asesinatos, esta descubre algo extraordinario. Eva (Maya Zapata), una joven que fue violada y dada por muerta en el desierto, es la unica mujer que ha sobrevivido a un ataque. No puede pedir ayuda a la polici y acude a un diario local dirigido por Diaz Alfonso (Antonio Banderas, dos veces nominado para el Golden Globe), antiguo amigo y colega de Lauren. Ocultar a Eva es extremadamente peligroso, pero Lauren sabe que publicar su relato es la unica forma de poner al descubierto la verdad detras de los asesinatos. Esta decidida a encontrar a los agresores de Eva, pero pronto se ve involucrada en una peligrosa red de corrupcion que se extiende a ambos lados de la frontera. "Bordertown" - A powerful story of life on the border between the United States and Mexico, "Bordertown" is based on the tragic account of hundreds of women working in A...
The One Thing You Need to Know: About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success : Following the success of the landmark bestsellers First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, Marcus Buckingham offers a dramatically new way to understand the art of success. With over 1.6 million copies of First, Break All the Rules (co-authored with Curt Coffman) and Now, Discover Your Strengths (co-authored with Donald O. Clifton) in print, Cambridge-educated Buckingham is considered one of the most respected business authorities on the subject of management and leadership in the world. With The One Thing You Need to Know, he gives readers an invaluable course in outstanding achievement --a guide to capturing the essence of the threemost fundamental areas of professional activity. Great managing, leading, and career success -- Buckingham draws on a wealth of applicable examples to reveal that a controlling insight lies at the heart of the three. Lose sight of this "one thing" and even the best efforts will be diminished or compromised. Readers will be eager to discover the surprisingly different answers to each of these rich and complex subjects. Each could be explained ...
Making Strategy Work: Leading Effective Execution and Change : Formulating strategy is one thing. Executing it throughout the entire organization... well, that?s the really hard part. Without effective execution, no business strategy can succeed. Unfortunately, most managers know far more about developing strategy than about executing it--and overcoming the difficult political and organizational obstacles that stand in their way. In this book, Larry Hrebiniak offers a comprehensive, disciplined process model for making strategy work in the real world. Hrebiniak shows why execution is even more important than many senior executives realize, and sheds powerful new light on why businesses fail to deliver on even their most promising strategies. He offers a systematic roadmap for execution that encompasses every key success factor: organizational structure, coordination, information sharing, incentives, controls, change management, culture, and the role of power and influence in the execution process. Making Strategy Work concludes with a start-to-finish case study showing how to use Hrebiniak?s ideas to address one of today?s most difficult business execut...
Managing Investment Portfolios: A Dynamic Process : "A rare blend of a well-organized, comprehensive guide to portfolio management and a deep, cutting-edge treatment of the key topics by distinguished authors who have all practiced what they preach. The subtitle, "A Dynamic Process," points to the fresh, modern ideas that sparkle throughout this new edition. Just reading Peter Bernstein's thoughtful Foreword can move you forward in your thinking about this critical subject." --Martin L. Leibowitz, Morgan Stanley ""Managing Investment Portfolios" remains the definitive volume in explaining investment management as a process, providing organization and structure to a complex, multipart set of concepts and procedures. Anyone involved in the management of portfolios will benefit from a careful reading of this new edition." --Charles P.
American Government by Paul Soifer, ISBN 0764563726 : When it comes to pinpointing the stuff you really need to know, nobody does it better than CliffsNotes. This fast, effective tutorial helps you master core American government concepts from the First Continental Congress and the Bill of Rights to modern political parties and economic policy and get the best possible grade. At CliffsNotes, we're dedicated to helping you do your best, no matter how challenging the subject. Our authors are veteran teachers and talented writers who know how to cut to the chase and zero in on the essential information you need to succeed.
Linux(r) Quick Fix Notebook : "Where has this book been all my professional life? It is about time someone wrote this book. The author covers many basic, practical issues that other authors omit in a format that makes for a great troubleshooting reference and for casual perusing. There are a lot of books available that give a broad overview of system and network administration, and there are a lot of detailed books on each specific topic covered in this book, but I don?t know of any other place where I can get so much useful, practical information on such a wide range of topics in such a concise and readable form. I will highly recommend it to my friends and colleagues who are trying to manage their own systems. I am anxious to show it to our instructors who teach data communications and networks as a possible text or lab manual." --Ron McCarty, instructor and program chair, Computer Science, Penn State Erie "This book takes a very unique approach and is very flexible. It offers a great deal to the home user, students, small businesses--all the way to any Linux sys admin that needs a handy reference. I found it very refr...
24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success by William J. O'Neil, ISBN 0071357548 : One of the world's leading investment advisers offers unique investing do's and don'ts that help you multiply your money. Drawing from his highly popular "26 Weeks to Investment Success" series in "Investor's Business Daily, chairman and founder William J. O'Neil gives you a bounty of proven, easy-to-apply techniques for building a profitable portfolio. O'Neil cuts through the static of conventional "wisdom" with a refreshing array of common-sense strategies that help you accurately gauge the market . . . buy and sell stocks at just the right moment . . . seize opportunities presented by market corrections . . . take advantage of the rich potential of mutual funds . . . and successfully manage your portfolio. Essential reading for investors of all levels, this eye-opening guide to solid investment practices now puts the goal of long-term financial security easily within your reach. Praise for O'Neil's "24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success: "When it comes to investment and stock selection, you couldn't get a better mentor than Bill O'Neil. . . . A must read for the serious do-it-yourse...
Mammoth (Uncut) (Widescreen) : When a meteor smashes into a local museum the fury of a partially frozen, 40,000 year old mammoth is unleashed on a small country town. Local authorities and Government Investigators join forces with Frank Abernathy, the Museum Curator, and his father Simon, a B-Movie enthusiast to bring down the mighty mammoth, thus saving the town (and the world) in a wild adventure that blends the 50's alien-invasion flick, and the 70's revenge-of-nature opus into a monster mash-up. Behind-the-Scenes Footage, Featurette. "Making Of 'Mammoth'".
LaRue Para Alcalde: Cartas de la Campana = LaRue for Mayor : Ike finds his civil liberties at risk when Hugo Bugwort, the hard line mayoral candidate, promises to crack down on free-roaming, fun-loving dogs. As the anti-dog rhetoric escalates, Ike is compelled to join the political fray and run for mayor himself. Bugwort rethinks his pooch-policies when Ike selflessly helps rescue him after he collapses at a campaign rally. Told through letters to Mrs. LaRue and local newspaper accounts, Mark Teague delivers another excellent execution of split-screen visuals and uproarious escapades of the unforgettable Ike. Cuando Hugo Moscoso presenta su candidatura a la alcaldia, promete encargarse de todos los perros vagabundos, lo que pone en peligro las libertades del pobre Ike. Ike tiene que hacer algo y decide presentarse el tambien a las elecciones. Contado a traves de cartas de Ike a su duena, la Sra. Larue, y a los periodicos locales, Mark Teague nos presenta otra divertidisima historia del travieso perro Ike.
Jack Welch on Leadership: Abridged from Jack Welch and the GE Way : BACK COVER] [CATEGORY] Management [HEAD] No-Nonsense Leadership Secrets that Helped Jack Welch Become the Most Celebrated and Successful CEO of His Era "Jack Welch is a genius at making all who work for him raise the level of their game.... I think he's the smartest boss I've ever had." --Tom Brokaw, Anchor and Managing Editor "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw "If leadership is an art form, than surely Welch has proved himself a master painter." --"BusinessWeek Jack Welch's innovative, breakthrough leadership strategies as CEO transformed GE into a highly productive, labor-efficient powerhouse with a staggering $400 billion-plus market capitalization. Now, in "Jack Welch on Leadership, a handy abridgement of the bestseller "Jack Welch and the GE Way, executives of all industries and levels can discover how to work the Welch magic in their own organizations. "Jack Welch on Leadership reveals the strategies and secrets that led to Welch's stunning success. Read it now, and learn for yourself the management wisdom and actions that Jack Welch used to create the most valuable corporation--and bec...
Barron's AP United States Government & Politics : This manualas general review of U.S. government and politics is specifically focused to reflect the most-often-asked questions on recent Advanced Placement exams. Topics covered include Constitutional development, the branches and institutions of the federal government, political parties and processes, special interest groups, the media, bureaucracy, and public policy issues as they relate to the economy, the federal budget, social welfare, the environment and energy, and foreign policy and the national defense. Two full-length model exams follow the manualas subject review, and come with answer keys.
Green Your Work: Boost Your Bottom Line While Reducing Your Carbon Footprint : Today, many companies are flourishing by delivering high-quality products while pursuing policies that leave the world a cleaner, better place. Those policies can help retain customers, energize employees, and serve as brand-building tools. This book shows managers practical steps to make their companies environmentally responsible while staying profitable and efficient. Environmentalist and businesswoman Kim Carlson shows managers how to green company operations by moving to a paperless office, recycling at work, setting up employee carpools, developing eco-friendly packaging, using green building products, and more. She explains in detail topics ranging from green marketing to setting up a carbon footprint assessment for the company. With this book at their side, managers can turn green into profits.
Puros Corridos Famosos, V2 : "La Venganza Del Mangco": Dicen que Maclovio era un nino muy feliz, Tenia una familia que lo adoraba pero llego un maldito dia que se los mataron y a el lo dejaron por muerto, todos se preguntan que fue de el pero d una cosa estaban seguros, que un dia regresaria para arreglar lo suyo y sobre todo para hacer pagar por lo que le hiceron a el y a su familia...esta es "La Veganza Del Manco". "Me Cai De La Nube 2": Cornelio es un humilde albanil que en sus ratos libres cata y en u dia no le pagan por lo que la necesidad se va con sus companeros a talonear en la musica. Un dia, lo oye un empresario que lo firma y vience el exito y con la mujere falsas el vino. El se olvido de los verdaderos amigos hasta que pasa algo que lo hace caer de su nube! "Michoacanos Colombianos 2": La ambicion por el poder hace que unos mafiosos colombianos se enfrenten a unos criminales michoacanos y el resutado es fatal. "Echenle Gorda Al Perro": La ambicionpor el pder y el trafico de drogas se hace incansable en esta historia donde luchan Agustin y Aurelio quienes son mandados a llevar cargas a por un podrosa narcotra...
Support Your Local Gunfighter/ Support Your Local Sheriff (Widescreen) : 2 Pack Contains: "Support Your Local Gunfighter" and "Support Your Local Sheriff" "Support Your Local Gunfighter" - The wild west just got wilder... and a whole lot wackier! James Garner is back in the saddle again in "Support Your Local Gunfighter," a powder keg of laughs in which the most dangerous gunslinger in the west isn't the fastest... but the funniest! Gigolo con man Latigo Smith (Garner) needs to get something off his chest ? the tattooed name of his most recent ex-fiancee. But while he's waiting for the local doctor to sober up and perform the operation, Smith overhears that local mining baron Taylor Barton (Harry Morgan) is looking to shut down his mining competition by hiring the notorious gunman, Swifty Morgan. Seizing the opportunity for an easy con, Smith passes off a reprobate cowhand (Jack Elam) as the dreaded Swifty and pockets the cash. Bankroll in hand, he plans to head for the hill... until he falls for Barton's pistol-packin' daughter, Patience (Suzanne Pleshette). But when the real Swifty shows up looking for blood, Smith comes up with an outrageous scheme to save his...
Project Management by Gary R. Heerkens, ISBN 0071379525 : This reader-friendly series is a must read for all levels of managers All managers, whether brand-new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, can use a little brushing-up now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books Series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations. "Project Management" reviews the steps in organizing and managing projects, from how to build a realistic schedule to how to measure both success and failure. A concise and accessible, yet authoritative, guide to a topic in which books are more often lengthy and technical, "Project Management" discusses team building, timing, the planning process, estimating project costs, managing project interfaces, the four stages of risk management, and more.
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