Becoming a Master Manager

by Robert E. Quinn, David S. Bright, Rachel E. Sturm

2020 · John Wiley & Sons

Integrating theory and empirical evidence, Becoming a Master helps students and future managers master the dynamics and intricacies of the modern business environment. The text’s unique “competing values framework” provides a deep and holistic understanding of what is required to effectively manage any type of organization. Readers learn to develop and apply critical managerial skills that encourage change, promote adaptability, build stability, maintain continuity, strengthen commitment and cohesion, and yield positive organizational results. The seventh edition features new and revised content throughout, offering students a comprehensive and up-to-date presentation of critical management competencies and their underlying theoretical value intentions and real-life application. Throughout the text, classroom-tested exercises enable students to assess, analyze, practice, and apply the material while gaining insight into the paradoxes and contradictions that make the practice of management so complex.

LSAT Logic Games 2nd Ed.

by Robert Webking

2013 · Research & Education Assoc.

REA’s LSAT Logic Games Test Prep Gets You Ready for the LSAT! Updated Second Edition Written by Dr. Robert Webking, co-founder of the University of Texas at El Paso Law School Preparation Institute, our LSAT Logic Games test prep shows law school candidates like you how to master the Analytical Reasoning section of the exam and score higher on the LSAT. One hundred practice LSAT logic games cover every type of logic problem that may appear on the actual LSAT. Detailed answer explanations to each game show you how to analyze the game, helping you to identify areas of strengths and weaknesses before test day. The author analyzes what many students find most challenging about the Analytical Reasoning questions – the language. Our test prep shows you how to read and interpret the often-confusing questions, so you can quickly determine what’s being asked and answer correctly. LSAT Logic Games teaches you comprehensive deduction methodologies as the means to identify and approach each game type. Advanced diagram strategies and rules for each game type guide you through solving problems, so you’ll be prepared for the LSAT. The book is packed with LSAT test-taking tips and advice that help avoid time-wasting errors. Our detailed Question and Answer Analysis provides even greater insight into each logic game. Get the competitive edge with the test prep authored by one of the nation’s top LSAT experts!

PRAXIS

by Barron's Educational Series, Robert D. Postman

2014 · Barrons Educational Services

This brand-new, updated test preparation resource incorporates the most recent test formats and test question changes, and includes full preparation for the computer-delivered tests. The book offers guidance for passing all three Core Academic Skills for Educators tests, the new computer-delivered PLT, and the new computer-delivered Elementary Education Multiple Subjects Assessments. Also featured is an overview of the ParaPro Assessment. In the book, test takers will find these full-length tests with explained answers: Two new computer-delivered Core Assessments in Mathematics and Reading and Writing Two new computer-delivered multiple-choice PLTs Two new computer delivered Elementary Education Multiple Subjects Assessments The book also offers study advice and test-taking strategies, and presents subject reviews with quizzes in all subjects. An in-depth analysis of the number of items correct needed to meet state passing scores is also included.

Managing Urban America

by Robert E. England, John P. Pelissero, David R. Morgan

2016 · CQ Press

Managing Urban America guides students through the challenges, politics, and practice of urban management—including managing conflict through politics, adapting to demographic and social changes, balancing budgets, and delivering a myriad of goods and services to citizens in an efficient, equitable, and responsive manner. The Eighth Edition has been thoroughly updated to include a discussion of the difficulties cities confront as they deal with the lingering economic challenges of the 2008 recession, the concept of e-government and how it affects the theory and practice of management, and the implications of environmental issues for urban government management.