This edition of a guide to the basic steps of 17 Scottish reels and country dances has been updated to include the latest variations. The book explains each dance simply and clearly with diagrams, and gives additional background information on dress, history and basic technique such as setting, turns and pas de basque. The dances listed include The Duke of Perth, Hamilton House, The Reel of the 51st, Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Inverness Country Dance, Foursome, Eightsome and Sixteensome Reels and The Dashing White Sergeant. Roddy Martine is the ex-editor of the "Scottish Field" and author of the "New Shell Guide to the Lowlands and Borders of Scotland".

Swinging Sporran

Campbell, Andrew

Martine, Roderick

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Uk

A fascinating, in-depth exploration of the hidden underwater world, this spectacularly illustrated encyclopedia examines the creatures that inhabit our seas, rivers, lakes, and oceans, revealing the often unexpected and bewilderingly diverse secrets of the deep. detailed, comprehensive coverage of thousands of underwater species, among them barracudas, piranhas, sharks, octopuses, corals, sponges, jellyfish, and leeches, describing the distribution, habitat, anatomy, behaviour, breeding, and conservation status of groups. Clear, authoritative scholarship from an international team of experts is enhanced by incredible colour photographs and explanatory diagrams. distribution of species; and there are feature articles on key topics such as the biological organization of coral reefs, and the lifecycle of the salmon. A list of scientific names, a glossary, and a general index make this encyclopedia accessible and easy to navigate. anyone interested in learning more about aquatic life.

Encyclopedia of Underwater Life

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PR

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A Sense of Mission: Defining Direction for the Large Corporation (International Management Series)

Business & Money

Nash, Laura L.

Management & Leadership

Addison-Wesley

Is your company worth believing in? The most successful companies are those who have a purpose shared by all stakeholders, which motivates everyone involved to greater success. This book addresses the individual senior manager and asks him or her to assess both their own motivation and and the way their company motivates its people. It then sets about suggesting ways of putting things right and developing a "mission" for their company. Checklists are provided throughout, to aid understanding. This guide aims to help senior managers to answer the following points: how important belief is for them; how important belief is to their company; how to form winning teams and how to develop a mission for their company. It suitable for both senior and middle managers.

Wake Up & Shake Up Your Company (Financial Times)

Koch, Richard

Ft Pr

Acquisitions have a poor record of creating value for shareholders. Studies have shown that as many as 70% of mergers and acquisitions fail to meet their objectives. Some even bankrupt the acquiring company. Why is this? Managers often have too little experience with the acquisition process or make acquisitions for the wrong reasons.  Smarter Acquisitions will make sure you are part of the 30% that get it right. By following ten key steps you can ensure that you get real value from your acquisitions. It covers the entire acquisition process, from identifying targets through to integrating the new company, providing you with the knowledge you need to lead an acquisition or to participate at any stage. Private equity is now a massive force in the marketplace This book gives you an overview of this recently emerging phenomenon and will help you explore when you could profitably incorporate this option into your acquisitions strategy.

Smarter Acquisitions: Ten steps to successful deals (Financial Times Series)

SMITH, DAVID

Sadtler, David

Finance

Pearson Education Canada

'Goold and Campbell, leading thinkers on corporate-level strategy, have turned their attention to corporate-level organization design. They bring a rigor to this topic that will help managers wrestling with multiple reporting dimensions, decentralization and cross-unit co-ordination.' Professor Gary Hamel, London Business School. Author of Competing for the Future and Leading the Revolution. 'Campbell and Goold are renowned for discovering entirely new and useful dimensions to seemingly familiar business issues. This book is another shining example. It allows executives to replace politics and personality as the rationales for an organizational design with clear, effective logic and experience.' Thomas H. Davenport, Director, Accenture Institute for Strategic Change. Author of Process Innovation and Working Knowledge. 'A "must read" for managers and consultants. Redesigning the organization is the most powerful and fastest means for aligning decisions and behavior with strategic objectives. Goold and Campbell provide the best and most comprehensive framework for developing and testing the validity of an organizational structure I have seen in recent years. Based on years of research and experience they offer clear principles and a process to guide managers in the many design decisions and trade-offs involved in developing a more effective organization.' Professor Michael Beer, Harvard Business School. Author of The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal. 'Books on organization design tend to fall into one of two categories: those that provide interesting concepts but not help on how to implement them and those that are full of check lists on implementation, based on sterile and over-simplified ideas. Michael Goold and Andrew Campbell have written perhaps the finest example of an exception I have ever seen - a very practical book, with detailed guidelines on implementation, yet based on a rich and sophisticated understanding of the real challenges of organization design. It will be of immense use to all careful readers.' Professor Sumantra Ghoshal, London Business School. Author of The Individualized Corporation and Managing Across Borders. 'As companies search for all sources of competitive advantage, many are discovering that the ability to organize and execute complex strategies is an important one. Campbell and Goold have again provided us with a good process through which leaders can give organizing its deserved focus.' Professor Jay Galbraith, author of Designing the Global Corporation. 'Campbell and Goold bring much needed clarity and precision to the language of organizational design and show how this can help managers avoid the misunderstandings and differing interpretations that frequently undermine new organization structures.' Paul Coombes, Director, Organization Practice Area, McKinsey & Company. 'Organization change is close to the top of many companies' agendas. Goold and Campbell's book equips you with ideas and frameworks to take on the journey. The real-world examples help make it both pragmatic and readable.' Steve Russell, Chief Executive, The Boots Company plc. 'An impressive work. The taxonomy of organizational units and organigram symbols will be especially useful to managers working on structures.' Philip Sadler, Patron, The Centre for Tomorrow's Company. Author of The Seamless Organization. 'Incredibly relevant in helping to pull together a complicated structure based around the dimensions of channels, products, customers and geography - immensely clear and valuable.' David Roberts, Chief Executive, Personal Financial Services, Barclays plc. 'A welcome breakthrough in designing more effective corporate organization structures. The nine design tests of Goold and Campbell are a valuable addition to an otherwise sparse toolkit.' Jim Haymaker, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Cargill Inc. ...

Designing Effective Organizations

Goold, Michael

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Jossey-Bass

Advance praise for Corporate-Level Strategy. "At last a book that cuts through all the corporate jargon and academic generalizations to answer the question 'Does the corporate parent create or destroy value for the organization?' The authors suggest a simple yet compelling framework for making this determination. Must reading for students and practitioners alike." -Robert Cizik Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Cooper Industries "In an era when the role of corporate-level management is quite justifiably being questioned and challenged, it is refreshing to find a book that clearly shows how parent companies can add rather than destroy value in their businesses. As we would expect of these world class authorities, Goold, Campbell, and Alexander have leveraged their fascinating research findings into an eminently readable and highly practical book." -Chris Bartlett Professor Harvard Business School "A vital and deeply researched contribution to thinking about corporate strategy." -Gary Hamel London Business School "I am very impressed by the extensive work on which this book is based, and by the concept of parenting advantage that it puts forward." -Yasutaka Obayashi Senior General Manager, Corporate Strategy Canon "Great companies grow, they don't just cut. With breakups and restructuring done, corporate parenting is coming back. Goold, Campbell, and Alexander have produced a comprehensive and intelligent book which should become a standard guide on the subject." -Tom Hout Vice President The Boston Consulting Group "A perceptive and valuable insight into an often underestimated area of strategy. This book clearly demonstrates the importance of parenting to the longer term development and prosperity of multibusiness companies." -Alan R. Jackson Chief Executive, BTR "I am glad someone has so well and so fully shed light on this important body of thinking." -Sigurd Reinton Director, McKinsey &amp; Company, 1981-1988

Corporate-Level Strategy: Creating Value in the Multibusiness Company

Alexander, Marcus

Biography & History

wiley

All management styles have their own advantages and drawbacks. The task of the chief executive is to select and successfully implement a style that fits the needs of a corporation's portfolio, building on the advantages of the style while avoiding its drawbacks. This book explains the role of the corporate centre in large diversified corporations. Based on a study of 16 leading multinationals, it investigates the relationship between corporate, divisional and business units, and shows how the centre can choose a style that adds value to the business in its portfolio. Building on Chandler's account of the role of the centre in "Strategy and Structure", the authors present a new and effective analysis of the management process in diversified corporations.

Strategies and Styles: The Role of the Centre in Managing Diversified Corporations

Blackwell Pub.

Did you know hearing loss has been identified as the #1 modifiable risk factor for the development of dementia? In addition to treating hearing loss, what else can be done to help prevent cognitive decline?\nResearch shows that the efficient and healthy functioning of our minds may be contingent on dealing with hearing issues. The Author Andrew Campbell became an audiologist because he saw the potential to dramatically change people's lives by addressing hearing loss.\nHearing loss is not just an issue for the ears, the impacts run deep and wide. As the hearing centres of the brain are intertwined with memory and other cognitive functions, the consequences of untreated hearing loss can be far reaching.\nThe approach in Your Resilient Brain is holistic because ears don't exist in a vacuum. Maintaining a healthy mind and body affects our hearing health and vice versa. When communication is stifled, we struggle in the darkness to connect. Social disconnectedness affects everything - the way we feel about ourselves, our cognitive and physical health; and round and round it goes.\nYour Resilient Brain offers the keys to retaining the faculties to live a fulfilled and happy life by offering powerful scientifically backed modalities to improve and maintain cognitive, physical and mental health.\nAbout the author, Andrew Campbell\nIndependent adult rehabilitation specialist audiologist, Andrew Campbell, is a pioneer in the field of cognitive health and hearing. His passion is for helping patients return to fuller participation in life. As a leader in hearing health care and audiological sciences, Andrew takes a holistic approach to hearing health. He inspires audiences across the world with his message that dealing with hearing issues will help save your brain so you can live a flourishing life, without limitation.\nPraise for the book\nI didn't expect I'd be on the brink of tears after reading a book about ears. There are many deep, powerful messages in this generous book that touch more than the ears and what's between them. This is a book about being human and living your best life. - Dr. Adele Varcoe\nEveryone talks about making sure we stay physically active once we get to over 50, but almost nobody talks about keeping our minds in tip-top condition and how we might go about it. Your Resilient Brain bridges the gap, with particular reference to the surprising links between untreated hearing loss and cognitive decline. Michael Smith

Your Resilient Brain: How hearing loss impacts cognitive decline, and nine powerful ways to overcome it

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Hearing and Brain Health Academy

The Lancet Journal has identified hearing loss as the #1 modifiable factor for the prevention of dementia. 'Modifiable' meaning there is something you can do about it. 
More than just a minor nuisance, research shows that untreated hearing loss is linked with an increased dementia risk of between 200 to 500 percent. Hearing and Brain Health explores the physical and mental impact associated with untreated hearing loss, and how to overcome the common barriers to addressing it - and why it's crucial that you do. 
"Andrew exudes a quiet confidence, warmth and expertise to both audiences and clients when he discusses the impact of untreated hearing loss on brain health; he is at the forefront of all the latest research on the area and the latest hearing device technology. As an independent, internationally regarded master of audiology, I trust his advice implicitly." Brian James 
"Luckily for me I heard a family friend singing Andrew's praises about his success in relation to hearing loss, so I contacted his clinic for an appointment. I can now say it was the best decision I could have made. My advice to anyone who has hearing loss is to contact an audiology professional. As for me, I was so lucky to have found Andrew Campbell. He and his team are definitely the professionals in this field, and it is with great confidence that I recommend him and his team." Judith Cush 
"We heard that Andrew was an independent audiologist and therefore free to prescribe whatever he thinks is suitable for each of his patients. The whole experience has been a revelation. Andrew quickly determined my hearing issues during that first appointment, and recommended very neat and discreet hearing aids. They were life-enhancing right from the start. I would recommend Andrew without hesitation as a caring, extremely knowledgeable professional who works with you to obtain the best results possible." Gary James

Hearing and Brain Health: Startling links between untreated hearing loss and cognitive decline

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