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Accreditation of Employee Assistance Programs
by R Paul MaidenExplore the evolution, development, and applications of accreditation standards for employee assistance programs! Accreditation ensures private or public sector organizations that an employee assistance program (EAP) has an acceptable level of experience, advisement, and expertise. Accreditation of Employee Assistance Programs examines all facets of EAP accreditation while revealing the council on accreditation (COA) standards. Thorough and focused chapters discuss the value of EAP accreditation to future customers, the development of accreditation standards for employee assistance programs, and the smoothest road to travel to your destination of EAP accreditation.Accreditation of Employee Assistance Programs describes in depth the evolution, development, and applications of accreditation standards for EAPs. Respected authorities discuss the history and outlook of accreditation while providing valuable information on the entire process. Illustrative case studies provide further valuable insight. Accreditation of Employee Assistance Programs explores: the history of accreditation of EAPs in the United States and Canada EAP core technology the best strategies for developing standards for accreditation the COAs employee accreditation process in-depth accreditation case studies the future of credentialing and accreditation in EAPsThorough and informative, Accreditation of Employee Assistance Programs is of interest to those in employee assistance professions, benefits consultants, human resource managers, and students in the EAP field.
Accretive Health
by William A. Sahlman Evan RichardsonMary Tolan, CEO Accretive Health, examines whether to expand the company's operations in hospital revenue cycle management into the field of Total Cost of Care management.
AccuFlow, Inc.
by Jay O. LightA small hydraulic-valve manufacturer attempts a second buyout in order to take out its current equity partners. A three-way deal must be negotiated between management, the new mezzanine lender, and the departing equity owners.
Accumulating Foreign Reserves Under Floating Exchange Rates
by Fernando M. GonçalvesFinancial report from the IMF
Accumulation and Power: Economic History of the United States
by Richard B. DuBoffKoreas location at the very center of Northeast Asia also gives it a pivotal role in the economic integration of the region and the dynamic development of its more powerful neighbors. This book offers an appraisal of Korea as the key to the coalescence of a broad, open Northeast Asian regionalism in the 21st century.
Accumulation in Post-Colonial Capitalism: India And Beyond
by Ranabir Samaddar Iman Kumar Mitra Samita SenThis volume looks at how accumulation in postcolonial capitalism blurs the boundaries of space, institutions, forms, financial regimes, labour processes, and economic segments on one hand, and creates zones and corridors on the other. It draws our attention to the peculiar but structurally necessary coexistence of both primitive and virtual modes of accumulation in the postcolony. From these two major inquiries it develops a new understanding of postcolonial capitalism. The case studies in this volume discuss the production of urban spaces of capital extraction, institutionalization of postcolonial finance capital, gendering of work forms, establishment of new forms of labour, formation of and changes in caste and racial identities and networks, and securitization--and thereby confirm that no study of contemporary capitalism is complete without thoroughly addressing the postcolonial condition. By challenging the established dualities between citizenship-based civil society and welfare-based political society, exploring critically the question of colonial and postcolonial difference, and foregrounding the material processes of accumulation against the culturalism of postcolonial studies, this volume redefines postcolonial studies in South Asia and beyond. It is invaluable reading for students and scholars of South Asian studies, sociology, cultural and critical anthropology, critical and praxis studies, and political science.
Accurate Case Outcome Modeling: Entrepreneur Policy, Management, and Strategy Applications
by Arch G. WoodsideThis volume advocates accurate case outcome prediction that does not rely on symmetric modeling. To that end, it provides theory construction and testing applications in several sub-disciplines of business and the social sciences to illustrate how to move away from symmetric theory construction. Each chapter constructs case outcome theory and includes empirical analysis of outcomes. Chapter 1 provides a foundation of symmetric variable directional-relationship theory construction and null hypothesis significance testing versus asymmetric case outcome theory construction and somewhat precise outcome testing, while Chapters 2–6 investigate these principles through a range of applications.This volume will be very useful to researchers and professionals in manufacturing, service, consulting, management, marketing, organizational studies, and more. It will also be an excellent resource for advanced statistics students in building and testing case outcome models. Data sets are included so that readers can replicate findings presented in each chapter, and grow to present and test additional theories.
Ace It!: How Sales Champions Win New Business
by Bernie WeissPorchlight Bestseller - Business Looking for a competitive advantage that will set you apart from your colleagues and competition and take your sales game to the next level? Learn how sales champions win new business. Learn how they Ace It! With increased technological disruption and competitive pressure straining even the most established client relationships, generating new business revenue is more important than ever. Unfortunately, many salespeople are ill-equipped to make the vital transition from a more reactive account management style to a mindset that puts acquiring new customers at the center of their sales success. In Ace It!, iHeartMedia New York president Bernie Weiss provides a practical and accessible ten-step approach to selling that covers the whole sales journey, from finding prospects all the way to the start of new, and hopefully long-term, client relationships. Whether you&’re a sales novice who has recently switched careers, a recent college graduate just starting a sales job, a sales veteran in need of a boost to jumpstart a plateaued career, or a sales manager looking for an accessible guide to help train new hires to produce significant new revenue quickly, Weiss&’s book gives you the tools you need to sell more and sell better. Filled with proven, real-world techniques and scripts easily applied to any real-world sales situation, Ace It! shows you how to become a new business star who consistently beats budget even in today&’s challenging and fast-changing marketplace.
Ace Your SHRM Certification Exam: The OFFICIAL SHRM Study Guide for the SHRM-CP® and SHRM-SCP® Exams
by Charles Glover and Nancy A. Woolever, editorsPreparing for the SHRM-CP® and SHRM-SCP® certification exams can be daunting-but it doesn't have to be, if you have the official SHRM study guide. This concise, accessible guide helps HR professionals understand the structure of both exams and equips them with the tools to succeed. With 50 original practice questions, expert test-taking strategies, tips for managing anxiety and research-based study techniques, this resource is designed to build confidence and sharpen performance. It also includes glossaries of key terms and acronyms, practical advice from test-takers and curated study resources to guide your prep from start to finish.Whether you're just beginning or nearing test day, this guide offers everything you need to prepare with purpose and pass with confidence.
Ace the PMI-ACP® exam: A Quick Reference Guide for the Busy Professional
by Sumanta BoralPrepare for the Project Management Institute's (PMI#65533;) Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP#65533;) exam. Augment your professional experience with the necessary knowledge of the skills, tools, and techniques that are required for passing the examination. This is a comprehensive and one-stop guide with 100% coverage of the exam topics detailed in the PMI-ACP#65533; Exam content outline. Rehearse and test your knowledge and understanding of the subject using the practice quizzes after each chapter, three full-length mock exams, and practical tips and advice. You will be able to understand the Agile manifesto, its principles and many facets of Agile project management such as planning, prioritization, estimation, releases, retrospectives, risk management, and continuous improvement. The book covers Agile metrics and means of demonstrating progress. People management aspects such as behavioral traits, servant leadership, negotiation, conflict management, team building, and Agile coaching are explained. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned practitioner, this book also serves as a practical reference for key concepts in Agile and Agile methodologies such as Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban. What you will learn: *The necessary knowledge of the skills, tools, and techniques that are required for passing the PMI-ACP examination *To understand the scope and objectives of the PMI-ACP exam, and gain confidence by taking practice quizzes provided in each chapter and three full-length mock exams *To gain exposure to Agile methodologies such as Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban plus various tools and techniques required to conduct Agile projects *The focus is to "Be Agile", rather than "Do Agile" Who this book is for: The audience for this book primarily includes IT professionals who wish to prepare for and pass the Agile Certified Professional (ACP) exam from the Project Management Institute (PMI). The book also is a practical reference book for Agile Practioners.
Acelerando el crecimiento económico en Pakistán
by Shahid Hussain RajaDespués de servir al pueblo y al estado de Pakistán como funcionario durante más de tres décadas, el Sr. Shahid Hussain Raja se retiró en enero de 2012 como Secretario Federal del Gobierno de Pakistán. Durante sus 34 años de servicio, ocupó varios puestos de alta dirección en los gobiernos federal y provincial en Pakistán y en el extranjero. Además de ocupar cargos importantes en el gobierno, ha estado en varios directorios de corporaciones, comités y paneles de investigación obteniendo una experiencia útil de trabajo en el sector corporativo privado. A lo largo de su carrera, ha estado interactuando con agencias de la ONU (ONUDI, FAO, FIDA, PMA, OMC y OMPI), así como con otras agencias donantes y multilaterales. Análisis estructural de políticas públicas, su implementación e impacto para medir su eficiencia y efectividad. Impartir capacitación a funcionarios gubernamentales de nivel medio y superior para mejorar sus habilidades de toma de decisiones y prestación de servicios. Reformas de gobernanza y servicio civil, incluida la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas Formulación de políticas y estrategias viables del sector agrícola para mejorar su sostenibilidad y rentabilidad. Participa activamente en actividades de bienestar social al iniciar varios proyectos particularmente relacionados con el deporte, la salud, la educación y los niños especiales desde la plataforma de Raja Humid Mahmud Memorial Trust, una ONG cofundada por él en memoria de su difunto hermano mayor. También permanecí como Patrón en Jefe de Green Growth Pakistan, una ONG sin fines de lucro establecida por él en asociación con algunos de sus colegas para crear conciencia entre los creadores de opinión y los formuladores de políticas sobre los problemas sociales de Pakistán. Esta es en realidad la parte 2 de mi libro "Economía política de un estado poscolonial: un estudio de caso de Pakistán" que se publica como un libro separado so
Acelerando o Passo
by Desenvolvimento HumanoO restabelecimento do crescimento económico que se tem registado por toda a África Subsariana (ASS) desde o início do milénio constitui um desenvolvimento encorajador. Sustentá-lo para sempre é não só uma necessidade mas também um desafio de primeira ordem. Num mundo globalizado, a chave do sucesso económico reside, cada vez mais, no grau de eficácia com que um país consegue assimilar o conhecimento disponível e desenvolver vantagem comparativa em áreas seleccionadas com boas perspectivas de desenvolvimento. Aumentar a relevância da educação terciária e da investigação na África Austral permitirá à Região aumentar a sua vantagem comparativa alargando as fronteiras da tecnologia através de inovação, estimular a diversificação de produtos e serviços, e maximizar os retornos de bens de capital com uma mais eficiente alocação e gestão de recursos. Os países africanos registaram grandes avanços na aquisição de altos níveis de literacia e no aumento das matrículas no ensino primário, um progresso que cria alicerces para desenvolvimento futuro. Agora é necessário que avancem rapidamente para a aquisição de qualificaçães e especializaçães de nível superior que lhes permitam acrescentar valor à s actividades económicas existentes e lançar-se em novas indústrias e serviços. 'Acelerando o Passo: Educação Terciária para Crescimento Económico na África Subsariana' apresenta em detalhe argumentos para um maior crescimento do conhecimento intensivo, solicitando uma maior atenção à educação secundária e, principalmente, à educação pós-secundária. Nele se demonstra por que razão os sistemas de ensino superior da África Subsariana deverão procurar um maior alinhamento com as estratégias nacionais de desenvolvimento económico e redução da pobreza, e se identificam os benefícios que poderão associar-se a essa mudança de perspectiva. Será, pois, um livro do maior interesse para organizaçães internacionais, governos, instituiçães de pesquisa e universidades de toda a região.
Acelerex
by John R. Wells Benjamin WeinstockHeadquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), Acelerex was leveraging technologies, such as big data and grid analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) forecasting tools, cloud computing, real time control systems, energy storage testing software, monitoring, and blockchain smart contracts, to provide consulting expertise and software-as-a-service (SaaS) products to a diverse group of stakeholders, including state and municipal policymakers, regulators, grid developers, utilities, and investors. Demand for Acelerex's services had outstripped supply, and, within a year, the company had grown to 14 professionals, with advanced degrees in multiple technical domains. Moreover, the company had made a profit in its first year, had achieved proof of concept and minimum viable products for all of its targeted services, and made sales along all business lines. But, cash flow had been a constant challenge because of slow-paying clients and rising fixed costs, while talent development had proved a "headache." Acelerex was Johnson's first start-up after 25 years of experience working with major firms and research institutions across all segments of the power sector, including generation, transmission, distribution, consumption, and storage. Having doubled in size for four quarters, he had set himself the challenge of doubling in size again, but he was going to take a year to do it. He was confident there was enough business in the USA to support this rate of expansion and that he could hire the team to deliver it, but was uncertain whether he should raise funds to resolve the cash flow pressure. He was also being asked to do more and more work in China, India, and Africa; did this make sense? And to add to his list of opportunities, he had been asked to provide similar services to transport, natural gas, and water networks.
Acelero Learning
by Kathleen L. McGinn Katherine Chen Amy Klopfenstein Mario SmallIn November 2020, Henry Wilde, co-founder and CEO of Acelero, Inc., must decide whether to change his company's program model for delivering early childhood education to low-income children. One of the only for-profit Head Start providers in the United States, Acelero provided direct services through neighborhood childcare centers and operated a consulting arm to improve the services of other Head Start centers. The company had developed a reputation for excellence and was profitable, pleasing its investors. However, Senior Vice President of Family Engagement Lori Levine urged Wilde to change the company's process for interacting with parents. While Levine's preferred model had the potential to drive deeper social impact, it was not yet a proven success and did not have the potential to make Acelero's business more profitable. Further, if the new model failed, Wilde risked losing the credibility that he and his team had build in the early childhood education field over the company's 19-year history. Wilde and Levine had piloted the model at a single Acelero center, and the early results were promising. At the conclusion of the case, the CEO must decide whether to scale the program model to other centers, or whether to stay the course with his company's existing operations.
Acer America: Development of the Aspire
by Christopher A. Bartlett Anthony St. GeorgeFollows the development, national launch, and global rollout of the Aspire, Acer's first new product developed outside of Taiwan. Implementing a very promising new PC concept proves challenging to Mike Culver and his U.S. team, who are plagued by coordination problems with experts and resource managers in Taiwan. Leading the global rollout proves equally difficult, with local managers wanting to make local adaptations. After 2.5 years of missed forecasts and unexpected losses, CEO Stan Shih must decide whether to abandon the Aspire. More profoundly, what changes does this failure suggest for his radical "fast food" business concept and his "client server" organization model?
Acer, Inc.: Taiwan's Rampaging Dragon
by Christopher A. Bartlett Anthony St. GeorgeDescribes the strategic, organizational, and management changes that led Acer from its 1976 startup to become the world's second-largest computer manufacturer. Outlines the birth of the company, the painful "professionalization" of its management, the plunge into losses, and the transformation under founder Stan Shih's radical "fast food" business concept and his "client server" organization model, which are put to the test when a young product manager in Acer America develops a radically new multimedia home PC with global potential. Shih must decide whether to give an inexperienced manager in a loss-generating subsidiary the green light.
Achieve Lasting Process Improvement
by Bennet Lientz Kathryn ReaMethods of improving business processes are developed on an ongoing basis, but few are successful. Common problems encountered include the failure of processes to meet expectations and the inability to sustain or replicate these business processes. Involvement of personnel at grassroots level, as well as at management level, is essential in implementing effective process improvement methods. The authors present a step-by-step approach to the issue of effective process improvement, offering more than 200 tips and guidelines as well as addressing specific common problems and issues. The strategy presented is to take a broad and intuitive, but learned view of process improvement methods, and the tactics expounded are based on guidelines, common faults, and lessons learned. The authors disparage process improvement operations that depend on jargon and the support of just upper management, and promote grassroots involvement and self-sustaining measurement, making this an essential guide for all with involvement in process improvement.
Achieve Sales Excellence
by Howard Stevens Theodore KinniAchieve Sales Excellence examines the new paradigm of business-to-business sales, and outlines the seven practices sales professionals and organisations must embrace to have a world class sales force. Based on exhaustive research, Achieve Sales Excellence is the result of a ten-year study by The HR Chally Group, several Fortune 500 companies and The International Benchmarking Clearing house which asked business customers, the key constituent group of professional sales people, to define the qualities of world class sales organisations. Their ratings were confirmed and bolstered by over 70,000 individual interviews and correlated against HR Chally's proprietary database of 300,000 sales professional profiles, the largest in the world. Achieve Sales Excellence pinpoints the three needs of customers, which are the driving forces in the new environment, the seller's responses to this new marketplace and 7 best practice benchmarks of world class sales organisations and salespeople.
Achieve Sales Excellence: The 7 Customer Rules for Becoming the New Sales Professional
by Howard Stevens Theodore KinnEvery organization wants to go from good to great. Yet, despite knowing where they want to go, many companies can't find their way there. They struggle to find the one thing that matters in today's competitive marketplace. Price? . . . Quality? . . . Innovative product features? While all of these certainly influence a customer's buying decision, none of them is the most influential factor. What is? It's the salesperson. Achieve Sales Excellence examines the new paradigm of business-to-business sales. Based on the results of an innovative, fourteen-year study, this book offers unmatched insight on sales performance issues and the practices sales professionals and organizations must embrace to be a world-class sales force.
Achieve Sales Excellence: The 7 Customer Rules for Becoming the New Sales Professional
by Howard Stevens Theodore KinniBased on the results of an innovative, ten-year study, this book offers unmatched insight on sales performance issues and the practices sales professionals and organizations must embrace to be a world class sales force.
Achieve Sales Excellence: The 7 Customer Rules for Becoming the New Sales Professional
by Howard StevensA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
Achieve Unstoppable Success in Any Economy: The 7 Divine Mantras to Maximize Your Leadership Potential
by Payal NanjianiHow can we increase the number of exceptional leaders in our organizations? Why is it that, despite having the best minds and hands at work, organizations aren’t seeing a significant increase in their financial numbers? How can the maximum number of people continuously generate fabulous results for themselves and for their organizations? These are some of the most pressing questions currently in organizations and form the basis for Achieving Unstoppable Success in Any Economy. This book presents the seven divine mantras for business leaders, corporate heads, entrepreneurs, and professionals to maximize leadership potential. With masterful insight and brilliant simplicity, Payal Nanjiani has distilled some of the most powerful leadership and success wisdom available for both professional and personal leadership into seven practical lessons that leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs can immediately apply to send morale and productivity soaring in these challenging and uncertain business times. Known for her coaching and consulting work with many of the world’s leading CEOs and organizations, Payal helps business professionals understand the significance of the I-Power in leadership. It highlights with certainty that for anyone to achieve unstoppable success in their job and business, and for any organization to be successful, it’s the leader who must be unstoppable first. This book serves as a wake-up call—it’s time individuals and organizations change the way they approach the human side of business, of leadership, and of success. Our society and the world at large cannot continue to withstand the increasing shortage of exceptional leaders and the widening gap between the successful few and the unsuccessful many. The challenge must be addressed in new ways to develop exceptional leaders who can deal with the immense complexities and business challenges of today. This book serves as a guide to an organic growth of people who lead and succeed regardless of the economy. The book is designed to help you become a highly inner-self-directed individual and take your leadership and business to new levels. It offers seven divine mantras that will enable you and your colleagues to move through hardship and achieve unstoppable success regardless of the economy. You will discover how to strategically direct your inner leader to leverage your potential. Ultimately, this deeply inspiring book reveals a remarkable step-by-step system that will restore trust, commitment, and spirit within your organization while transforming the way you think, act, and behave in the process. For more than 21 years, Payal Nanjiani has been sharing with Fortune 500 companies and many of the most successful entrepreneurs her success formulas that has made her one of the most sought-after leadership advisors in the world. Now, for the first time, through this book Payal makes her proprietary process available to you, so that you can deliver your best while helping your organization break through to a new level of success regardless of the economy. "In a world where burn out is becoming more common, it is imperative for leaders to constantly undergo self-reflection and assess their inner well-being and take stock of their emotions and encourage their team to do so as well. Emotional pain, if not tackled, could take a toll on innovation and productivity leading to a trickle-down negative effect. This book by Payal Nanjiani helps leaders undergo that much-needed self-reflection and solve the critical problem of productivity." Senthil Radhakrishnan, Administrative Chief and Clinical Neurosurgical PA at Duke "Payal gives practical tips to show that a positive attitude and small incremental changes can give you the ability to stand out and lead with or without authority. A must-read for a natural leader at any level!" Michelle Proctor, Principal Business Operations Officer </
Achieve with Accountability: Ignite Engagement, Ownership, Perseverance, Alignment, and Change
by Mike EvansACCOUNTABILITY IS THE CATALYST THAT IGNITES: Accelerated Change, Robust Employee Engagement, Intensified Ownership, Relentless Perseverance, Impeccable Alignment, and propels individuals, teams and organizations to desired results. Accountability crumbles silos, boosts teamwork and collaboration, strengthens camaraderie, creativity, resiliency, agility, trust, and communication Achieve with Accountability presents a recipe for awakening the whatever it takes attitude to achieve what matters most to individuals, teams and organizations. Discover how to transform accountability into a positive, engaging and forward looking experience that will secure your position in the new world of work. Learn how to kick-start a revolution that will blast your team or organization to new heights of success. We are in a brawl with no rules, where the fast, flexible and agile will eat and spit out the slow, over-thinking and complacent. When you relinquish accountability you place your future in the hands of other people or events. It's only by taking accountability and ownership for our circumstances that we can achieve what matters most. Embrace the accountability fundamentals that have helped individuals, teams and organizations for years to achieve and exceed what matters most. With the world coming at us fast and furious every day, it's easy to feel like you've lost control of your own life, your team or your organization. By choosing to take and lead accountability you reclaim control and are able to direct your own destiny. Develop the agility, flexibility and resiliency to adapt and thrive during constant change Foster a can-do, resolute, solutions focus in the face of difficult challenges, obstacles and barriers Eradicate the blame-game and vanquish excuse-making that stifles peak performance Shed feelings of disarray, discomfort, apathy, entitlement, indifference and despair Take control over your circumstances and achieve what matters most Unleash voluntary contributions of discretionary performance that is often left untapped in individuals, teams and organizations Establish unshakable trust and credibility Accountability is a current that feeds into the slipstream of success. Your performance, your decisions, and your results are all your responsibility; when you operate from that premise, magic happens. Achieve with Accountability shows you how to nourish that can-do mindset, so you can begin to achieve what matters most.
Achieving $5 Trillion Economy of India: Proceedings of 11th Annual International Research Conference of Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)
by Arti Chandani Rajiv Divekar J. K. NayakThe contents of this volume focuses on the economic issues such as income inequality, foreign direct investment, world income classification, business issues such as customer churn analysis, internal branding, human resources issues among others. The papers were presented during the 11th Annual Research Conference of Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMSARC2020). The book also focuses on the information technology and its application for the business in the form of social media, role of artificial intelligence etc. The contents of the volume are highly relevant, consisting of recent data and results, and based on strong research and statistical analysis. They widely cover the business, society and environmental issues faced in the present times, and the challenges faced by India to reach its goal of a trillion dollar economy. The papers not only discuss the issues but also come up with research based solutions and will be of interest to scholars, corporates, policy makers, and academics alike.