Author: Mark Anderso
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Pre
Keywords: offsite, construction, design, specific, prototypes, site, prefab
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2006-05-30
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 1568985606
ISBN-13: 9781568985602

Prefabricated construction is a hot topic in architecture these days, and for good reason. Prospective homebuilders around the world are gravitating to prefab as an environ-mentally responsible and cost-effective way to achieve that holiest of grails: an affordable, well-designed house. If you’re hoping to jump onto this bandwagon or are just interested in what prefab building really entails, Prefab Prototypes is required reading. While other prefab books on the market show what can be done, dangling pretty pictures of affordable homes before your starry eyes, Prefab Prototypes takes you

Author: Robert H. Thompso
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: leadership, challenge, posner, kouzes, fable, offsite
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2008-03-21
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0470189827
ISBN-13: 9780470189825

Drawing on the leadership theories in the management classic The Leadership Challenge, Robert Thompson effortlessly incorporates these ideas into a fable of leadership and growth. Based on a company’s three-day offsite meeting, we follow this tale of transition through the eyes of two former rival pharmaceutical companies creating a joint sales strategy. The characters ultimately learn how to adopt the five practises that form the Leadership Challenge: Model the Way Inspire a Shared Vision Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart. The book also explores the dynamic