Author: Arthur B. VanGundy
Publisher: Pfeiffer
Keywords: solving, problem, creativity, teaching, activities
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2004-11-16
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0787974021
ISBN-13: 9780787974022

Employees who possess problem-solving skills are highly valued in todays competitive business environment. The question is how can employees learn to deal in innovative ways with new data, methods, people, and technologies? In this groundbreaking book, Arthur VanGundy -- a pioneer in the field of idea generation and problem solving -- has compiled 101 group activities that combine to make a unique resource for trainers, facilitators, and human resource professionals. The book is filled with idea-generation activities that simultaneously teach the underlying problem-solving and creativity techn

Author: Arthur Griffith
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, tech, computer, spss
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2007-04-02
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0470113448
ISBN-13: 9780470113448

SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is a data management and analysis software that allows users to generate solid, decision-making results by performing statistical analysis This book provides just the information needed: installing the software, entering data, setting up calculations, and analyzing data Covers computing cross tabulation, frequencies, descriptive ratios, means, bivariate and partial correlations, linear regression, and much more Explains how to output information into striking charts and graphs For ambitious users, also covers how to p

Author: Arthur B. VanGundy
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: ideas, company, needs, generates, questions, innovation, asking, right, getting
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2007-07-16
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0814408982
ISBN-13: 9780814408988

As an acknowledged guru in the field of creativity and innovation, Arthur VanGundy has inspired businesses in a variety of industries to generate more original, cutting-edge ideas. Getting to Innovation is a detailed guide to achieving the critical first step in formulating creative and useful ideas i.e., asking the right questions that define the challenges facing any organization. Readers will discover: * how to write positioning and rationale statements for each challenge * how to link together multiple objectives in priority frameworks * the top 10 techniques for generating cr

Author: Arthur De Vany
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: industry, contemporary, politicaleconomy, film, shapes, economics, extreme, uncertainty, hollywood
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2003-11-13
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0415312612
ISBN-13: 9780415312615

Movies expected to perform well can flop, whilst independent movies with low budgets can be wildly successful. In this superb new book, De Vany casts his expert eye over all aspects of the business and presents some intriguing conclusions.

Author: Arthur Hailey
Publisher: DoubleDay
Keywords: diagnosis, final
Number of Pages: 348
Published: 1969-06
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0385035888
ISBN-13: 9780385035880

Author: Arthur J. McEvily
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Keywords: prevention, analysis, mechanisms, failures, metal
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2001-10-19
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0471414360
ISBN-13: 9780471414360

comprehensive coverage of both the "how" and "why" of metal failures Metal Failures gives engineers the intellectual tools and practical understanding needed to analyze failures from a structural point of view. Its proven methods of examination and analysis enable investigators to: * Reach correct, fact-based conclusions on the causes of metal failures * Present and defend these conclusions before highly critical bodies * Suggest design improvements that may prevent future failures Analytical methods presented include stress analysis, fracture mechanics, fatigue analysis

Author: Arthur Kurzweil
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, spirituality, religion, torah
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2008-01-03
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0470173459
ISBN-13: 9780470173459

An easy-to-understand introduction to Judaism’s most sacred text The foundation of Hebrew and Jewish religion, thought, law, and society is the Torah-the parchment scroll containing the text of the Five Books of Moses that is located in every synagogue. This accessible guide explains the Torah in clear language, even to those who were not raised in the Jewish religious tradition. Christians who want to know more about the Jewish roots of Christianity need to understand the Torah, as do followers of Islamic tradition and those interested in the roots of Abrahamic faiths. The Torah