Authors:Harlan D. Platt, Marjorie B. Platt,
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Keywords: renewal, corporate, casebook
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2004-11-04
List price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 0472113690
ISBN-13: 9780472113699

A helpful tool for business students studying turnaround management and corporate renewal.A Casebook on Corporate Renewal spans a variety of business areas relevant to corporate renewal and turnaround management. Corporate renewal, as a topic taught and discussed in business schools, has surged in the past decade. The cases in this book were selected to cover the knowledge and skills needed by successful turnaround managers, including ethical and legal issues; developing a plan of reorganization; and defining problems and their solutions, including strategic, financial, and operating issues. T

Author: Harlan D. Platt
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Keywords: second, renewal, corporate, principles
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2004-07-27
List price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 0472113666
ISBN-13: 9780472113668

Since its publication in 1998, this indispensable text has been the only systematic examination of corporate renewal, offering a rational approach for dealing with financially distressed companies. It contains the first logical and orderly discussion of a number of modern business issues including outsourcing, turnaround management, layoffs, quality management, and reengineering.Now in its second edition, Harlan D. Platt has revised, updated, and expanded the text to include a new chapter on bankruptcy law, a profile of the turnaround manager, and an overview of the typical turnaround engageme

Author: Harlan D. Platt
Publisher: Beard Books
Keywords: profiting, bankruptcy, avoiding, detecting, strategies, companies
Number of Pages: 147
Published: 1999-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1893122050
ISBN-13: 9781893122055

Authors:Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt, Candace Platt,
Publisher: Bug Bot Press
Keywords: voice, mic, over, actor
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2010-03-31
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0984074007
ISBN-13: 9780984074006

A PEEK INTO THE SECRET WORLD OF THE VOICE ACTOR for those curious, daring or obsessed enough to look....This book offers a comprehensive look at what it takes, what goes on, and what it’s like behind the mic from two working pros. In this book, you will discover: * The ins and outs of auditioning * Vocal warm-ups and exercises * Tips for reading copy to maximum effect * Hints to help you stand out * Keys to marketing yourself: demo to agent to job * What to expect when you book the job! Filled with anecdotes from 20 VO professionals (actors, writers, casting, directors, engineers, agents

Author: Platt
Publisher: Accent Press, Ltd.
Keywords: cartoons, draw
Number of Pages: 60
Published: 2004-12-25
List price: $11.49
ISBN-10: 0954709209
ISBN-13: 9780954709204

Internationally renowned cartoonist, Brian Platt, gives tip on creating cartoons

Author: Dr Len Platt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: wake, finnegans, race, joyce
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 2007-01-29
List price: $111.00
ISBN-10: 052186884X
ISBN-13: 9780521868846

Len Platt charts a fresh approach through one of the great masterpieces of twentieth-century literature. Using original archival research and detailed close readings, he outlines Joyce’s literary response to the racial discourse of twentieth-century politics. Platt’s account is the first to position Finnegans Wake in precise historical conditions and to explore Joyce’s engagement with European fascism. Race, Platt claims, is a central theme for Joyce, both in terms of the colonial and post-colonial conflicts between the Irish and the British, and in terms of its use by the e

Author: David S. Platt
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Keywords: sucks, software
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0321466756
ISBN-13: 9780321466754

“I’ve just finished reading the best computer book [Why Software Sucks...] since I last re-read one of mine and I wanted to pass along the good word. . . . Put this one on your must-have list if you have software, love software, hate programmers, or even ARE a programmer, because Mr. Platt (who teaches programming) has set out to puncture the bloated egos of all those who think that just because they can write a program, they can make it easy to use. . . . This book is funny, but it is also an important wake-up call for software companies that want to reduce the size of their cus