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Pages : 82
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Creston/Blue Gap Natural Gas Project, Carbon County, Sweetwater County
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Pages : 82
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The Blue Sweater
Author: Jacqueline Novogratz
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 1605294764
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A narrative account of the author's investigation into the world's economic gap describes her rediscovery of a blue sweater she had given away to Goodwill and found on a child in Rwanda, in a passionate call to action that relates her work as a venture capitalist on behalf of impoverished nations. Reprint.
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 1605294764
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A narrative account of the author's investigation into the world's economic gap describes her rediscovery of a blue sweater she had given away to Goodwill and found on a child in Rwanda, in a passionate call to action that relates her work as a venture capitalist on behalf of impoverished nations. Reprint.
Geological Survey Professional Paper
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 770
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 770
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The National Gazetteer of the United States of America
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 754
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Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 754
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Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall
Author: Richard C. Anderson
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811742717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Refreshingly different perspective on the momentous events of D-Day.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811742717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Refreshingly different perspective on the momentous events of D-Day.
Strategic Thinking Illustrated
Author: Dennis Sherwood
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000683109
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book is about the behaviour of systems. Systems are important, for we interact with them all the time, and many of the actions we take are influenced by a system – for example, the system of performance measures in an organisation influences, often very strongly, how individuals within that organisation behave. Furthermore, sometimes we are involved in the design of systems, as is any manager contributing to the definition of what those performance measures might be. That manager will want to ensure that all the proposed performance measures will drive the ‘right’ behaviours rather than (inadvertently) encouraging dysfunctional ‘game playing’, and so anticipating how the performance measurement system will work in practice is a vital part of a wise design process. Some of the systems with which we interact are local, such as your organisation’s performance measurement system. Some systems, however, are distant, but nonetheless very real, such as the healthcare system, the education system, the legal system and the climate system. Systems, therefore, exist on all scales, from the local to the global. And all systems are complex, some hugely so. That’s why understanding how systems behave can be very helpful. Systems are complex for two main reasons. First, the manner in which they behave over time can be very hard to anticipate – and anticipating the future sensibly is of course a key objective of management. Second, the ‘entities’ within a system can be connected together in very complex ways, so that an intervention ‘here’ can result in an effect ‘there’, perhaps a long time afterward. Sometimes this can be surprising, and so we talk of ‘unintended consequences’ – but this is of course a euphemism for ‘because I didn’t understand how this system behaves, I had not anticipated that’. Systems thinking, the subject matter of this book, is the disciplined study of systems, and causal loop diagrams – the ‘pictures’ of this ‘picture book’ – are a very insightful way to represent the connectedness of the entities from which any system is composed, so taming that system’s complexity.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000683109
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book is about the behaviour of systems. Systems are important, for we interact with them all the time, and many of the actions we take are influenced by a system – for example, the system of performance measures in an organisation influences, often very strongly, how individuals within that organisation behave. Furthermore, sometimes we are involved in the design of systems, as is any manager contributing to the definition of what those performance measures might be. That manager will want to ensure that all the proposed performance measures will drive the ‘right’ behaviours rather than (inadvertently) encouraging dysfunctional ‘game playing’, and so anticipating how the performance measurement system will work in practice is a vital part of a wise design process. Some of the systems with which we interact are local, such as your organisation’s performance measurement system. Some systems, however, are distant, but nonetheless very real, such as the healthcare system, the education system, the legal system and the climate system. Systems, therefore, exist on all scales, from the local to the global. And all systems are complex, some hugely so. That’s why understanding how systems behave can be very helpful. Systems are complex for two main reasons. First, the manner in which they behave over time can be very hard to anticipate – and anticipating the future sensibly is of course a key objective of management. Second, the ‘entities’ within a system can be connected together in very complex ways, so that an intervention ‘here’ can result in an effect ‘there’, perhaps a long time afterward. Sometimes this can be surprising, and so we talk of ‘unintended consequences’ – but this is of course a euphemism for ‘because I didn’t understand how this system behaves, I had not anticipated that’. Systems thinking, the subject matter of this book, is the disciplined study of systems, and causal loop diagrams – the ‘pictures’ of this ‘picture book’ – are a very insightful way to represent the connectedness of the entities from which any system is composed, so taming that system’s complexity.
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1989: Fish and Wildlife Service
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
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Appletons ̕annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Elwood's Stories of the Old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865
Author: John Williams Elwood
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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The first three year cavalry of the Civil War.
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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The first three year cavalry of the Civil War.
The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed
Author: William S. Powell
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807898295
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
The North Carolina Gazetteer first appeared to wide acclaim in 1968 and has remained an essential reference for anyone with a serious interest in the Tar Heel State, from historians to journalists, from creative writers to urban planners, from backpackers to armchair travelers. This revised and expanded edition adds approximately 1,200 new entries, bringing to nearly 21,000 the number of North Carolina cities, towns, crossroads, waterways, mountains, and other places identified here. The stories attached to place names are at the core of the book and the reason why it has stood the test of time. Some recall faraway places: Bombay, Shanghai, Moscow, Berlin. Others paint the locality as a little piece of heaven on earth: Bliss, Splendor, Sweet Home. In many cases the name derivations are unusual, sometimes wildly so: Cat Square, Huggins Hell, Tater Hill, Whynot. Telling us much about our own history in these snapshot histories of particular locales, The North Carolina Gazetteer provides an engaging, authoritative, and fully updated reference to place names from all corners of the Tar Heel State.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807898295
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
The North Carolina Gazetteer first appeared to wide acclaim in 1968 and has remained an essential reference for anyone with a serious interest in the Tar Heel State, from historians to journalists, from creative writers to urban planners, from backpackers to armchair travelers. This revised and expanded edition adds approximately 1,200 new entries, bringing to nearly 21,000 the number of North Carolina cities, towns, crossroads, waterways, mountains, and other places identified here. The stories attached to place names are at the core of the book and the reason why it has stood the test of time. Some recall faraway places: Bombay, Shanghai, Moscow, Berlin. Others paint the locality as a little piece of heaven on earth: Bliss, Splendor, Sweet Home. In many cases the name derivations are unusual, sometimes wildly so: Cat Square, Huggins Hell, Tater Hill, Whynot. Telling us much about our own history in these snapshot histories of particular locales, The North Carolina Gazetteer provides an engaging, authoritative, and fully updated reference to place names from all corners of the Tar Heel State.