Author: Michael J. Comer
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: fraud, corporate, investigating
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2003-02
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0566085313
ISBN-13: 9780566085314

Former customs and excise investigator Michael J. Comer explains how the modern fraud sleuth operates in this humorous but extremely serious volume. The author and Maxima Group Plc are used extensively by banks and other bodies with security holes.

Author: Colin Everson
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: tribunals, employment, avoid
Number of Pages: 97
Published: 2002-01
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 0566084333
ISBN-13: 9780566084331

The best way to avoid losing at an employment tribunal is to make sure that you don’t get drawn into one. Colin Everson offers a practical training resource to help you understand the risks associated with employment tribunals, identify risk areas within your organization and, most important of all, provide you with the means to raise awareness amongst both managers and their employees and help them develop good people-management practice. At the heart of the resource are three compelling training case studies on unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and sexual discrimination. This res

Author: J. Rodney Turner
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: web, projects, space, delivery, programmes, management, managing, large
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 2004-06
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0566085674
ISBN-13: 9780566085673

The cost of unsuccessful web-projects has run into millions: intranets that don’t deliver, websites that customers won’t use. Sometimes the problem is technological, but at other times, the project team has failed to understand some of the basic human dynamics involved, or has used processes that are inappropriate. This book describes how to manage a successful web-delivery project. Running throughout is a case study (based on a real example) that is developed chapter by chapter to illustrate the concepts of that chapter in the context of a web delivery project. The book is illustr

Author: J. Rodney Turner
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: management, project, contracting
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2003-08
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0566085291
ISBN-13: 9780566085291

In all but the smallest of projects the project sponsor inevitably has to buy-in the services of other suppliers. Goods and services must be bought, and this requires people to make contracts so that they know the basis on which they are working with each other and to deal with any disagreements that subsequently arise. This means that a knowledge of contracting specifically for project management is necessary if a project is to avoid difficulties and reach a successful conclusion. This volume - which stems from the third edition of the "Gower Handbook of Project Management" - concentrates spe

Author: David C. Hutchins
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: time
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 1998-10
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0566077981
ISBN-13: 9780566077982

This edition is designed to bring "just in time" to the attention of a wide audience. It offers practical applications for the principle of reducing inventory and producing quickly and at a high quality, aiming to show that JIT is much more than stock control or quality circles.

Authors:Mike Robson, Ciaran Beary,
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: facilitating
Number of Pages: 211
Published: 1995-03
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0566074494
ISBN-13: 9780566074493

Facilitating is increasingly being seen as the best way to manage change and to ensure continuous improvement. This book aims to teach facilitating. The first part deals with the nature of facilitating and why those involved need to understand the basis of human behaviour, and the second covers the management of change at different levels. The third part provides practical guidelines on the relevant skills, and the fourth looks at the kinds of situations where facilitators can be effective. This latter part includes case studies from a variety of settings. Finally, the fifth part deals with fa

Author: Colin Steed
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: training, based, web
Number of Pages: 265
Published: 1999-03
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0566081032
ISBN-13: 9780566081033

The ability to deliver training and learning online to an individual’s desk offers flexibility for the organization as well as the employee. This text explains how trainers can use self-paced, online learning to develop, train and improve performance. The author outlines benefits and drawbacks, cost considerations and the elements that make up a programme. The text also includes a detailed discussion of what is available in the UK as well as indepth case material drawn from organizations already using the technology. Using step-by-step procedures and assuming no technical knowledge, this