Author: Jim Randel
Publisher: RAND Publishing
Keywords: discipline, develop, willpower, skinny
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2009-02-09
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0981893538
ISBN-13: 9780981893532

Ever wish you could speed read every book written on a particular topic? Well, now someone has done that for you. The Skinny on Willpower is a substantive analysis of the subject of self-discipline, told in story format. This book is the story of a young couple each with a goal that requires the development of willpower. Each struggles with their challenge but through trial and error and advice of the moderator, find the way to achieve their dreams. The author, Jim Randel, has spent thirty years studying the subjects of willpower and self-discipline. He has read every book or article on the su

Authors:RAND Corporation, John Haseman,
Publisher: Rand Publishing
Keywords: indonesia, democracy, amp, military
Number of Pages: 170
Published: 2003-01-29
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0833032194
ISBN-13: 9780833032195

Author: Donna O. Farley
Publisher: Rand Publishing
Keywords: final, report, demonstration, subvention, medicare, dod, evaluation
Number of Pages: 186
Published: 2003-10-03
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0833033174
ISBN-13: 9780833033178

The Medicare-Department of Defense (DoD) Subvention Demonstration tested Senior Prime as a managed care approach for enhancing access to affordable health care for Medicare-eligible DoD beneficiaries. The authors found that while Senior Prime achieved solid beneficiary participation and satisfaction, it also raised a difficult set of challenges involved in applying managed care to the DoD health care system.

Author: David Aaron
Publisher: Rand Publishing
Keywords: compilation, commentary, jihad, voices, words, own
Number of Pages: 348
Published: 2008-11-25
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0833044028
ISBN-13: 9780833044020

Actual statements and writings of jihadis expressing their views on virtually every subject relevant to their cause, with introductory and contextual material that provides the background and origins of what they are saying. The stories, rationales, ideas, and arguments of jihadi terrorists and those who support them should provide greater insights into their motives and plans, as well as the nature of the threat they pose.

Authors:Nancy Y. Moore, Clifford A. Grammich, Robert Bickel,
Publisher: Rand Publishing
Keywords: strategies, supply, tailored, developing
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2007-11-02
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0833041207
ISBN-13: 9780833041203

Purchased goods and services are a large and increasingly important proportion of enterprise budgets. The authors review literature describing how private enterprises have addressed this issue. While noting that no one process is likely to fit all circumstances, they offer a set of steps synthesized from the literature for analyzing an enterprise’s total spending on commodities and developing purchasing strategies for specific commodities.

Author: Julie Davanzo
Publisher: Rand Publishing
Keywords: population, federation, matters, russian, trends, demographics, dire
Number of Pages: 70
Published: 2001-09-26
List price: $12.00
ISBN-10: 0833029304
ISBN-13: 9780833029300

In the last few decades of the 20th century, Russian demographics underwent some important changes, including lower fertility rates and higher death rates. This report reviews the factors behind these trends and shows that they raise substantial challenges for policymakers within Russia.

Authors:Dionne Barnes-Proby, Russell W. Glenn, Barbara R. Pa
Publisher: Rand Publishing
Keywords: police, los, angeles, professionalism, department, redefining, century, officer, training
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 2003-08-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0833034685
ISBN-13: 9780833034687

The authors suggest that the first essential step to improving Los Angeles Police Department training is to establish and communicate a common foundation for police performance--a redefined professionalism that includes the tenets of corporateness, responsibility, and expertise as the mechanism for guiding the development and execution of its training.