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The kitchen front : a novel / by Ryan, Jennifer(Jennifer L.),author.(CARDINAL)338722;
From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir comes a new World War II-set story of four women on the home front competing for a spot hosting a BBC wartime cookery program and a chance to better their lives. Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses; the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio program called The Kitchen Front is putting on a cooking contest--and the grand prize is a job as the program's first-ever female co-host. For four very different women, winning the contest presents a crucial chance to change their lives. For a young widow, it's a chance to pay off her husband's debts and keep a roof over her children's heads. For a kitchen maid, it's a chance to leave servitude and find freedom. For the lady of the manor, it's a chance to escape her wealthy husband's increasingly hostile behavior. And for a trained chef, it's a chance to challenge the men at the top of her profession. These four women are giving the competition their all--even if that sometimes means bending the rules. But with so much at stake, will the contest that aims to bring the community together serve only to break it apart?
Subjects: Novels.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Television cooking shows; Cooking; Women household employees; Wives; Widows; Cooks; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Émissions de cuisine télévisées; Employées de maison; Femmes mariées; Veuves; Cuisiniers;
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Managing with a conscience : how to improve performance through integrity, trust, and commitment / by Sonnenberg, Frank K.(CARDINAL)198085;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index.1. If a Tree Falls in the Woods ... : Competing in the Age of Intangibles -- 2. From Obedience to Commitment: Building an Organization with Passion -- 3. It's a Good Idea, But ... : Building an Innovative Organization That Reinvents Itself Every Day -- 4. Internal Communication -- More Than Lip Service: Building an Organization with Total Concentration and Focus -- 5. If I Only Had One Client: Building an Organization Devoted to Service Excellence -- 6. Change -- Winning in the Fast Lane: Building an Organization That Adapts Well to Change -- 7. When Fast Isn't Fast Enough: Building an Organization That Responds with Speed -- 8. Partnering -- Entering the Age of Cooperation: Building a Flexible Organization -- 9. Trust Me ... Trust Me Not: Building a Trusting Organization -- 10. Following Your Conscience: A Recipe for Peak Performance.In the turbulent, frenetic, dog-eat-dog environment of the past decade, many believed the only way to achieve success was to be unscrupulous. In the pursuit of short-term profits corporations let their assets deteriorate by mistreating employees, squeezing suppliers, exploiting strategic alliances, and abusing customers. What was forgotten in all this, however, was that such behavior significantly damaged their ability to perform long term. Managing with a Conscience spells out a better option for improving long-term success: restore traditional values and inject trust and integrity into all business practices and relationships. Today, competitive advantage belongs to companies that build trust, vigorously nurture it, and constantly reinforce it to meet tough business challenges. With its practical, values-driven approach, Managing with a Conscience is the blueprint for winning loyalty in the marketplace; building open, honest communication with employees; maintaining high standards of business conduct; and putting integrity back where it belongs, right beside the bottom line.
Subjects: Management.; Business ethics.; Success in business.;
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Navigating a toxic workplace / by Mattice, Catherine.;
Introduction -- PART 1: Getting started with navigating toxic workplaces. Recognizing a toxic workplace and its consequences ; Identifying toxic behaviors ; Understanding how toxic workplaces come to exist ; Examining legal and ethical implications -- PART 2: Recognizing everyone's roles and responsibilities. Embracing your role in cultivating positivity at work ; Engaging in opportunities for positive influence ; Creating a respectful work culture: a manager superpower -- PART 3: Strategies for targets and witnesses. Building personal resilience ; Adopting effective communication strategies ; Leveraging your human resources department ; Finding and being an ally at work ; Navigating remote and hybrid toxic environments ; Navigating the possibility you'll need to exit -- PART 4: Strategies for managers and human resources. Addressing team conflict head-on ; Setting the team up for success ; Advocating for positive change ; Assessing your workplace culture ; Coaching leaders who engage in workplace bulling -- PART 5: Strategies for leaders and the C-Suite. Seeing culture as a competitive advantage ; Leading through culture (or any) change -- PART 6: The part of tens. Ten myths about toxic workplaces ; Ten strategies for speaking up against toxic behavior ; Ten activities for leaders to create a positive work culture -- Index."In this book, award-winning HR/organizational development strategist and author Catherine Mattice walks you through how employees, managers, and business leaders can take direct and immediate action to improve their workplaces. You'll learn specific skills to reduce disrespect, bullying, and harassment, and identify behaviors to protect your own well-being and turn around your toxic work environment."--Page [4] of cover.
Subjects: Informational works.; Self-instructional works.; Self-help publications.; Psychology, Industrial.; Work environment; Interpersonal relations.; Interpersonal conflict.; Conflict management.; Bullying in the workplace.; Harassment.; Corporate culture.; Personnel management.;
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Sea state [large print] : a memoir / by Lasley, Tabitha,author.;
T Block -- Foum Assaka -- Tiffany -- T-211 -- Tern -- Brent Field -- Piper Bravo -- Ninian Central -- Clyde."A Recommended Read from: Los Angeles Times * The Week * Lit Hub A stunning and brutally honest memoir that shines a light on what happens when female desire conflicts with a culture of masculinity in crisis In her midthirties and newly free from a terrible relationship, Tabitha Lasley quit her job at a London magazine, packed her bags, and poured her savings into a six-month lease on an apartment in Aberdeen, Scotland. She decided to make good on a long-deferred idea for a book about oil rigs and the men who work on them. Why oil rigs? She wanted to see what men were like with no women around. In Aberdeen, Tabitha became deeply entrenched in the world of roughnecks, a teeming subculture rich with brawls, hard labor, competition, and the deepest friendships imaginable. The longer she stayed, the more she found her presence had a destabilizing effect on the men--and her. Sea State is on the one hand a portrait of an overlooked industry: "offshore" is a way of life for generations of primarily working-class men and also a potent metaphor for those parts of life we keep at bay--class, masculinity, the transactions of desire, and the awful slipperiness of a ladder that could, if we tried hard enough, lead us to security. Sea State is on the other hand the story of a journalist whose professional distance from her subject becomes perilously thin. In Aberdeen, Tabitha gets high and dances with abandon, reliving her youth, when the music was good and the boys were bad. Twenty years on, there is Caden: a married rig worker who spends three weeks on and three weeks off. Alone and in an increasingly precarious state, Tabitha dives into their growing attraction. The relationship, reckless and explosive, will lay them both bare"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Large print books.; Lasley, Tabitha.; Lasley, Tabitha; Journalists; Oil industry workers; Oil industry workers; Offshore oil industry; Oil well drilling rigs; Men; Men.;
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Sea state : a memoir / by Lasley, Tabitha,author.;
"A stunning and brutally honest memoir that shines a light on what happens when female desire conflicts with a culture of masculinity in crisis. In her midthirties and newly free from a terrible relationship, Tabitha Lasley quit her job at a London magazine, packed her bags, and poured her savings into a six-month lease on an apartment in Aberdeen, Scotland. She decided to make good on a long-deferred idea for a book about oil rigs and the men who work on them. Why oil rigs? She wanted to see what men were like with no women around. In Aberdeen, Tabitha became deeply entrenched in the world of roughnecks, a teeming subculture rich with brawls, hard labor, competition, and the deepest friendships imaginable. The longer she stayed, the more she found her presence had a destabilizing effect on the men--and her. Sea State is on the one hand a portrait of an overlooked industry: "offshore" is a way of life for generations of primarily working-class men and also a potent metaphor for those parts of life we keep at bay--class, masculinity, the transactions of desire, and the awful slipperiness of a ladder that could, if we tried hard enough, lead us to security. Sea State is on the other hand the story of a journalist whose professional distance from her subject becomes perilously thin. In Aberdeen, Tabitha gets high and dances with abandon, reliving her youth, when the music was good and the boys were bad. Twenty years on, there is Caden: a married rig worker who spends three weeks on and three weeks off. Alone and in an increasingly precarious state, Tabitha dives into their growing attraction. The relationship, reckless and explosive, will lay them both bare"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Lasley, Tabitha.; Lasley, Tabitha; Offshore oil industry; Drilling platforms; Journalists; Oil industry workers; Oil industry workers; Oil well drilling rigs; Men; Men.;
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Breaking bad habits : defy industry norms and reinvigorate your business / by Vermeulen, Freek,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241) and index.Introduction: Fertile ground -- Part I. How bad practices prevail: We're suckers for success -- Causal ambiguity -- They spread quicker than they kill -- Part II. Eliminating bad practices: The tale of the giant newspapers -- More than painting a grey wall green -- Innovation in the market for employees -- Ten commandments for identifying and eliminating bad habits -- Part III. Reinvigorating your organization: Embrace change for change's sake -- Make your life difficult -- Balance exploration with exploitation -- Be varied and selective.Every organization follows a set of best practices--ideas, processes, and philosophies that have become accepted in their respective industries. In many cases, best practices are a good thing: they allow organizations to operate more quickly and efficiently. But, even though they're created and then followed with good intentions, best practices can also have pernicious effects. In the UK, for example, the government ranked IVF clinics based on their success rates, and made the rankings public. On the surface, this seems like a good thing. The government, in an effort to be more transparent, was hoping to provide patients as much information as possible. The problem is that the rankings changed the behavior of a lot of clinics, mostly in negative ways. With the rankings in mind, clinic administrators sought patients with a high-probability of getting pregnant in order to goose their success rates and climb higher in the rankings. In the end, the best practice led to bad incentives and misinformed patients. In Breaking Bad Habits, Freek Vermeulen explains the hidden dangers of best practices, how to identify the bad from the good, and how to protect oneself in the future. Most important, he also offers a path toward competitive advantage: once companies weed out their worse practices, they can transform their previous inefficiencies into new sources of innovation.--
Subjects: Methods engineering.; Organizational change.; Experiential learning.; Creative ability in business.; Industrial management.;
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The google resume : how to prepare for a career and land a job at Apple, Microsoft, Google, or any top tech company / by McDowell, Gayle Laakmann,1982-(CARDINAL)502734;
Introduction -- Advanced preparation -- Getting in the door -- Résumés -- Deconstructing the résumé -- Cover letters and references -- Interview prep and overview -- Interview questions -- The programming interview -- Getting into gaming -- The offer -- On the job -- Final thoughts: luck, determination, and what you can do -- Appendix A : 156 action words to make your résumé jump -- Appendix B : Answers to behavioral interview questions."The information you need to land the tech job of your dreams Whatever your industry, there's no denying the desirability of the perks and salary enjoyed by employees at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and other top tech companies: casual attire, free and unlimited sodas (or even food), flexible hours, onsite luxury gyms, and funky offices. Yet getting a position at such a company is far from assured. Hiring processes and requirements are unique, and the competition is stiff. The Google Resume gives you the only book available on how to win a coveted spot at one of these top national tech firms. If you're a student, you'll learn what to study and how to prepare while in school, as well as what career paths to consider. If you're a job seeker, you'll get an edge on your competition by learning about hiring procedures and making yourself stand out from other candidates. Covers key concerns like what to major in, which extra-curriculars and other experiences look good, how to apply, how to design and tailor your resume, how to prepare for and excel in the interview, and much more Author was on Google's hiring committee; interned at Microsoft and Apple; has received job offers from more than 10 tech firms; and runs CareerCup.com, a site devoted to tech jobs Get the only comprehensive guide to working at some of America's most dynamic, innovative, and well-paying tech companies with The Google Resume."--
Subjects: High technology industries; Job hunting.; Résumés (Employment);
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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Gender inclusive game design [kit] : expanding the market / by Graner Ray, Sheri.(CARDINAL)673912;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Video games; Computers and women.;
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The 50 States and their local governments / by Fesler, James W.(James William),1911-2005.(CARDINAL)145738; Bosworth, Karl A.(Karl Andrew),1909-1970.(CARDINAL)195285; American Assembly.Forty-eight States.;
Bibliography: pages 589-603.I. Introduction / James W. Fesler : 1. The scope of responsibilities : population and area ; expenditures ; employment ; functions. 2. Roles in the American political system : distribution of functions ; political interpenetration. 3. Political systems : understanding political systems in general ; appraising state and local political systems. 4. A preliminary stock-taking : the heritage ; the American system ; politics ; policy making ; administration ; judging ; the local level ; the future -- II. The heritage of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Allan R. Richards : 5. The early state governments (1776-1800) : popular government and individual rights ; separation of powers and legislative supremacy ; limited democracy ; cities, towns, and counties. 6. The democratic reorientation (1800-1860) : decline of the legislature ; strengthening and weakening the chief executive ; democratization of the judiciary ; development of political organizations and parties ; economic and social activities ; summary, 1800-1860 -- III. Half of our century / Allan R. Richards : 7. Mistrust and reform (1900-1920) : political reform ; expertness and administrative efficiency ; regulation and service. 8. Modern times (1920-1950) : regulation and service ; constitutional inadequacy ; elections and representation ; the reorganization movement. 9. Our traditions -- IV. Functions of state and local governments / Harvey C. Mansfield : 10. The jobs of the states : the states as middlemen ; variations among states ; the declining sense of community ; general characteristics ; traditional functions. 11. The jobs of local governments. 12. Education : public schools ; school desegregation ; higher education. 13. Transportation : highways ; airports. 14. Planning, public business, and private enterprise : planning ; natural resources and outdoor recreation ; public ownership ; private enterprise ; liquor control. 15. Health and welfare : health ; mental health ; welfare. 16. Conclusion -- V. Intergovernmental relations / Harvey C. Mansfield : 17. The states and the nation : admission of new states ; expanding national powers ; state reactions ; federal-state suits ; criteria for national action ; federal aid. 18. The states as neighbors : interstate comity ; interstate cooperation. 19. The states and their localities : state and county ; state and city ; home rule. 20. Dealings among local units. 21. Direct national-local relations. 22. State and local finances : relation to national finances ; some general trends ; revenue problems -- VI. Elections and political parties / Dayton D. McKean : 23. The importance of state politics : low visibility ; the road to national office ; the autonomy of state politics. 24. The rules of the game : the suffrage ; election administration ; the nominating process ; nonpartisan nominations and election ; direct legislation ; money. 25. The politics of institutions : separation of powers ; legislative representation ; the governor's role ; party structure ; the electoral college. 26. Conclusion -- VII. Patterns of politics / Dayton D. McKean : 27. Sectionalism : the one-party states ; the border states ; new England ; the two-party states ; a conservative-liberal realignment? 28. Other components of party preferences : social and economic class ; other personal characteristics ; cities and suburbs. 29. Bosses and machines : urban, state, and rural bosses ; causes of bossism. 30. Interest groups : the number and variety of groups ; federalism and interest groups ; the lobby ; the invisible government ; patterns of interest group politics; some unsolved problems ; benefits of group politics. 31. Conclusion -- VIII. Legislators and governors / Karl A. Bosworth and James W. Fesler : 32. Representation in the legislature : the bicameral tradition ; the unicameral alternative ; representation and misrepresentation: the states' records; representation and the United States Constitution ; issues in the representation debate ; who should reapportion a state legislature? ; other dimensions of representation.33. The legislators : how big should a legislative body be? ; who goes to the legislature? ; terms and tenure ; pay for legislators ; legislators' behavior. 34. The governors : the governorship ; term of office ; career patterns. 35. Conclusion. IX. Policy making / Karl A. Bosworth : 36. What is policy? : how are policies manifested? ; substance of state policy. 37. The state constitution : constitutional essentials and nonessentials ; amending the constitution ; constitutional revision. 38. Special legislation : local laws ; other special legislation. 39. Direct legislation : the initiative ; the referendum. 40. Lawmaking: informed, orderly deliberation : the formal deliberative process ; the public's information and participation ; policy research ; legislative committees ; sessions. 41. Lawmaking: policy leadership and decision making : finding issues ; organization for decision ; the governor and the legislature ; the nongovernor and alternative leaders. 42. Criticism and protest. 43. Conclusion -- X. Administrative organization / York Willbern : 44. Organizing the administration : the inherited pattern ; demands for change ; little hoover commissions ; guiding principles of the reorganization movement. 45. Fragmentation of the executive branch : pressures for separation ; devices for separatism. 46. Separatism versus integration : the case for integration ; doubts about integration ; crucial role of the chief executive ; separatism - an illustration. 47. Prospects for reorganization -- XI. Personnel and money / York Willbern : 48. Workers in the state vineyard. 49. Spoils and merit : extent of the merit system ; patronage and political values ; civil service and administrative values ; adjustment to realities ; professional replacing amateurs. 50. Personnel management : organizational alternatives ; agenda of concerns ; employee associations and unions ; the vital spark. 51. Managing money : who prepares the budget? ; nature of the budget ; funds and earmarking ; controlling the use of appropriated money ; collecting taxes. 52. Conclusion -- XII. Courts and judges: power and politics / Victor G. Rosenblum : 53. The scope of state judicial power : appellate and trial courts. 54. The methods of judicial policy making : advantages of judicial policy making ; the role of precedents ; the role of discretionary power. 55. Politics and the judiciary : election of judges ; the "Missouri Plan" ; political subtleties and stakes ; abuses of the judicial function. 56. Conclusion --XIII. Judicial reform: needs and prospects / Victor G. Rosenblum : 57. Obstacles to judicial efficacy : delay ; judicial organization and administration ; rules of procedure ; access to the courts and representation by counsel. 58. Prospects for progress : empiricism in legal research ; deformalization ; some reform programs ; reorienting criminal law ; administration. 59. Conclusion -- XIIII. Local governments - the cities / Robert L. Morlan : 60. The nature of local government : the justification for local self-government ; complexity of American local government ; legal status and powers: city charters ; urbanization. 61. Types of municipal government : weak mayor with council ; strong mayor with council ; commission government ; council-manager government ; the mayor-administrator plan. 62. Municipal politics: lawmaking and elections : city councils ; councilmen and citizens ; elections at-large or by wards ; proportional representation ; partisan versus nonpartisan elections. 63. Conclusion : doctrine and practice -- XV. Local governments: an embarrassment of riches / Robert L. Morlan : 64. The county : governmental patterns ; merger proposals ; a focus of responsibility ; urban services. 65. Towns, townships, and villages : new England towns ; townships ; villages. 66. The governing of the metropolitan areas : scope of problems ; the whole and the parts ; a single metropolitan government ; single-function consolidated services ; annexation and extra-territoriality ; general approaches to solutions. 67. Conclusion -- XVI. The future of state and local government / James W. Fesler : 68. Responsibilities of the future : the states’ people ; the cities’ and the suburbs’ people. 69. The capabilities of state governments : the effects of the reapportionment ; spread of two-party competition. 70. The capabilities of local governments : three schools of thought ; big cities. 71. The future character of federalism : the federal government’s changing role ; the critical capabilities: geographic ; fiscal capability ; political capability ; administrative capability. 72. Conclusion.
Subjects: State governments.; Local government;
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The good boss = [videorecording] El buen patrón / by Albizu, Fernando,actor.; Almarcha, Sonia,actor.; Amor, Almudena,1994-actor.; Bardem, Javier,1969-actor.(CARDINAL)346568; Bugallo, Celso,actor.; Castejón, Rafa,1969-actor.; Fuente, Óscar de la,1976-actor.; León, Fernando,1968-film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Méndez, Javier,film producer.; Rmili, Tarik,actor.; Roures, Jaume,film producer.; Solo, Manolo,actor.; Básculas Blanco (Firm),production company.; Cohen Media Group,publisher.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,distributor.(CARDINAL)347545; Mediapro,production company.; Reposado Producciones,production company.;
Editor, Vanessa Marimbert ; music, Zeltia Montes ; photography, Pau Esteve Birba.Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Óscar de la Fuente, Sonia Almarcha, Fernando Albizu, Tarik Rmili, Rafa Castejón, Celso Bugallo.Academy Award Winner Javier Bardem stars as Blanco, proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.Julio Blanco, el carismático propietario de una empresa que fabrica balanzas industriales en una ciudad española de provincias, espera la inminente visita de una comisión que decidirá la obtención de un premio local a la excelencia empresarial. Todo tiene que estar perfecto para la visita. Sin embargo, todo parece conspirar contra él. Trabajando a contrarreloj, Blanco intenta resolver los problemas de sus empleados, cruzando para ello todas las líneas imaginables, y dando lugar a una inesperada y explosiva sucesión de acontecimientos de imprevisibles consecuenciasDVD, region 1, NTSC; 2.39:1, 16x9 widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo; color.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Business; Employees; Manipulative behavior; Personnel management; Comportamiento manipulador; Empleados; Gestión de personal; Negocio;
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