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The Communicators: Leadership in the Age of Crisis Review

The Communicators: Leadership in the Age of Crisis
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The day to day grind can be done without saying much. It's when the machine stops working well where the great leaders emerge. "The Communicators: Leadership in the Age of Crisis" is an inspirational business read from Richard S. Levick as he provides advice and wisdom from the great leaders in business who have taken a down period and turned it into truly something special for their people. With a foreword from billionaire Steve Forbes, "The Communicators" is a choice pick for anyone who wants to call themselves a leader in business.


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The Communicators: Leadership in the Age of Crisis redefines the professional strategies and personal qualities that this current age of incessant crisis demands of leaders in corporate C-suites, boardrooms, courtrooms, and in the corridors of political power. Drawing on dozens of extensive interviews with prominent leaders who describe and reflect on their most significant experiences, Richard Levick and Charles Slack underscore the heightened challenges and instantaneous risks that confront global managers in an age of digital media and intensified regulatory pressure. The book is designed for executives who want to learn from the best practices of others who have so ably responded to the conflicting demands of multiple audiences and stakeholders. In an age defined by crisis and its four horsemen - speed, transparency, media by sequel, and exorcised regulation - the book serves as a survival guide for business leaders and public figures in the eye of the storm. As Steve Forbes points out in his foreword, leadership today is tied as never before to effective communications and to how we respond to crisis. By setting the tone at the top, today's leaders are the stewards of capitalism.

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Effective Business Communications Review

Effective Business Communications
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This book is still being recommended by number of institutions in Pakistan, and undoubtedly they are right to recommend it since it is the best ever written book on Business Communication. But the publisher has neither introduced a newer edition nor reprint the same. I had the most difficulty to find this book. I do recommend this book if one finds it somewhere in a used book store.

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The Murphy book gives strong emphasis to completeness, conciseness, consideration, concreteness, clearness, courteousness, and correctness in business communication.These "seven Cs" guide student-readers to choose the content and style that best fits the purpose and recipient of any given message.Pedagogically rich, most chapters in this paperback text include checklists, mini-cases and problems, "Communication Probe" boxes which summarize related research, and sidenotes that isolate significant points that should not be missed.Two new chapters are devoted to ethics and technology respectively.

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Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands (The Bestselling Guide to Doing Business in More than 60 Countries) Review

Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands (The Bestselling Guide to Doing Business in More than 60 Countries)
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This book is a complete joke. It was recently ridiculed in a Swedish business weekly for its description of Sweden. According to the book's authors:
1. The indigenous population in the north of the country are called lapps. The expression sami is somewhat derogatory. In fact it's the opposite! This is as if a European guide book on doing business in the US suggested their readers use the word "negro" instead of "african-american." Also, the Sami number some 20,000 persons, not really vital information if you are visiting a country of 9 million people. Moreover, comparing them to American indians or Australian aborigines is somewhat misleading, the non-sami population groups began to settle what is today Sweden sometime 2000 BC.
2. According to the book English is spoken in the major cities but if they plan to do business outside of the urban centres, they should speak German! This may have been true fifty years ago. A visiting US business person would should definately stick to English, German (with a US accent as well, I presume) will not get you very far.
In short, this book seems as if it's been written based on what the authors could find from a quick scan on the internet.
2. Most people in Sweden speak English.

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ASP.NET Unleashed (2nd Edition) Review

ASP.NET Unleashed (2nd Edition)
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To begin with, this book isn't clear about what language is covered throughout the book. It seems it's trying to hide that it covers only Visual Basic. If you're into C#, you have to translate the examples yourself although these translations are ridiculously simple about 29 times out of 30. That 30th time, a certain amount of C# experience or extensive newsgroup searches will be needed.
If you want a decent VB reference you can go for this book or simply use the free .NET Framework SDK Documentation. The advantage of having this book at hand is that it sheds some light on the topics with its own examples.
As a tutorial to read from cover to cover, I think the author could have done a better job. If you read e.g. pages 84-131, you will read about the same text repeated four times with the exceptions being the search-and-replace that seems to have been performed on some words. I'm exaggerating a bit here, but not that much. I guess that's the price of having one author managing to write a 1400 pages book on a new technology all by himself, pressured by time. This isn't to be seen as critics against Walther though, he seems to be very knowledgeable on the subject.
I could recommend this book to VB programmers wanting something more than the free Microsoft documentation for ASP.NET. This is not a strong recommendation though. Have a look at the alternatives as well.

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A well-known expert in the ASP development community, best-selling author Stephen Walther brings his experience as an ASP.NET trainer to the new edition of ASP.NET Unleashed. With this update to the highly regarded ASP.NET book, readers learn the advanced features of ASP.NET 1.1, and how to apply them in their own Internet applications. This in-depth, code-intensive title covers a broad range of advanced ASP.NET topics with samples now available in both VB.NET and C#.Throughout the more than 1,400 pages readers are shown how to develop state-of-the-art Web applications using Microsoft's powerful ASP.NET. It progresses through Web Forms basics, advanced page development, ADO.NET and XML, securing Web applications, XML Web Services, leveraging the .NET Framework, building custom controls and powerful sample applications. This is a resource that will be referenced over and over.

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Essentials of College English Review

Essentials of College English
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This is the grammar workbook chosen by the university for which I teach. The workbook combines exercises and explanations together.
The best advantage to this is the sections which allow the student to check his or her understanding. At the beginning of each section, about ten questions have the answers at the bottom of the page. Also, the unit review has answers printed for the student's reference.
One of the disadvantages is the organization. For instance, section 8 lists avoiding and correcting for double negatives as an objective. Unfortunately, double negatives are not covered there. In checking the index, double negatives are mentioned on page 128 in section 13. There, the reference is only a hotline query that states what a double negative is.
Another disadvantage is there are less exercises than in previous editions. The previous editions had "Proofreading Alerts," which I thought were very helpful in providing a more practical way to test comprehension.
This is a usable workbook, but it would not be my first choice.

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Designed as a grammar/mechanics text, this fast-paced, economical text/workbook develops proficiency in grammar, punctuation, usage, and style. With the assistance of Dean Elizabeth Tice at the University of Phoenix, co-authors Mary Ellen Guffey and Carolyn M. Seefer have produced an accelerated refresher course guide aimed at motivated students. Essentials of College English is a no-frills grammar/mechanical review that combines value with authoritative coverage.

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Business English (with MEGUFFEY.COM Printed Access Card) Review

Business English (with MEGUFFEY.COM Printed Access Card)
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The book is fine, but textbook publishers need to realize teachers assign reading and homework assignments according to page numbers. So when a teacher say complete the assignment on pages 144-145, because they don't list those numbers in the Kindle edition it makes it impossible to do. Other wise it's an excellent textbook that covers the topics well. Unfortunately that one downside makes it extremely difficult to recommend in the Kindle edition.

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Dr. Mary Ellen Guffey's BUSINESS ENGLISH helps students become successful communicators in any business arena with its proven grammar instruction and supporting in-text and online resources. The perennial leader in grammar and mechanics texts, the 10th edition of BUSINESS ENGLISH uses a three-tiered approach to break topics into manageable units, letting students identify and hone the most critical skills and measure their progress along the way. Packed with insights from more than thirty years of classroom experience in business communications, BUSINESS ENGLISH also includes access to the author's new premier website, www.meguffey.com, and its many resources for building language skills, including all-new, interactive exercises.

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The Language of Composition: Reading - Writing - Rhetoric Review

The Language of Composition: Reading - Writing - Rhetoric
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The introductory chapters are informative and provide a solid basis for an AP Language and comp course. The mix of selections and themes appeals to a wide range of interests and allows for teachers to pick and choose. The smattering of poetry and fiction adds a dimension--more would be welcome to those of us who must combine the writing elements of the course with literature. An occasional dip beyond 1800 might also make this a more complete sampling.
The conversation sections that end each chapter provide great practice for the synthesis essays on the AP Exam.
By using actual examples from chapter texts, Grammar as Rhetoric and Style sections add a level of practicality that most grammar drills lack.
The lack of colors shouldn't be an issue for teachers, but if this is intended for high schoolers, the publishers should spring for at least some "technicolor" layouts in the next edition.
Other items missing: Examples in the glossary at the end of the book (the ones that appear on pp. 58-59 in reference to the JFK Inaugural are very helpful); Toulmin; "Yes...,but/No..., but"
On the whole a worthy first edition, best suited for teachers planning to emphasize non-fiction over fiction, poetry and drama.


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The ideal book for the AP* English Language course. The Language of Composition is the first textbook built from the ground up to help students succeed in the new AP English Language course. Written by a team of experts with experience in both high school and college, this text focuses on teaching students the skills they need to read, write, and think at the college level. With practical advice on reading and writing and an extensive selection of readings— including essays, poetry, fiction, and visual texts that are both interesting and appropriate for a high school audience — The Language of Composition helps students develop the key skills they must master to pass the course, to succeed on the AP Exam, and to prepare for a successful college career.

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