Strategic Leadership

by Sydney Finkelstein, Donald C. Hambrick, Albert A. Cannella

2009

This book integrates and assesses the vast and rapidly growing literature on strategic leadership, which is the study of top executives and their effects on organizations. The authors synthesize what is known about strategic leadership and indicate new research directions. The book is meant primarily for scholars who strive to assess and understand the phenomena of strategic leadership. It offers a considerable foundation on which professionals involved in executive search, compensation, appraisal and staffing, as well as board members who evaluate executive performance and potential, might build their tools and perspectives.

Converting Factors and Tables of Equivalents Used in Forestry

by Edward Norfolk Munns, Theresa Genevieve Hoerner, Victor Albert Clements

1949

The purpose of this handbook is to provide members of the Forest Service with conversion factors and forest measurements that are more or less frequently encountered in forest literature. These are expressed in tabular form where it appears most advantageous to do so; in the other cases a series of alignment charts have been prepared, which permit the direct determination of values in multiple form. There are included also certain other tables giving data more or less commonly used in forest calculations.

Watch Your Step

by Betty Thomas Richardson, Clarice Louisba Scott, Jesse Lee Webb, Pinckney Alston Waring, Reginald George Hainsworth, Robert William Cowlin, Victor Rickman Boswell, Wellington Brink, Anne Flippo Hagood, Oliver Edwin Baker, Albert Perry Brodell

1942

This publication gives general information for the inexperienced gardener on what to grow, how to prepare and fertilize the soil, how and when to plant, how to care for the plants, and how to utilize the crop.