New Releases by Steve WILLIAMS

The Profit Impact of Business Intelligence presents an A-to-Z approach for getting the most business intelligence (BI) from a company''s data assets or data warehouse. BI is not just a technology or methodology, it is a powerful new management approach that – when done right – can deliver knowledge, efficiency, better decisions, and profit to almost any organization that uses it. When BI first came on the scene, it promised a lot but often failed to deliver. The missing element was the business-centric focus explained in this book. It shows how you can achieve the promise of BI by connecting it to your organization''s strategic goals, culture, and strengths while correcting your BI weaknesses. It provides a practical, process-oriented guide to achieve the full promise of BI; shows how world-class companies used BI to become leaders in their industries; helps senior business and IT executives understand the strategic impact of BI and how they can ensure a strong payoff from their BI investments; and identifies the most common mistakes organizations make in implementing BI. The book also includes a helpful glossary of BI terms; a BI readiness assessment for your organization; and Web links and extensive references for more information. - A practical, process-oriented book that will help organizations realize the promise of BI - Written by Nancy and Steve Williams, veteran consultants and instructors with hands-on, "in the trenches" experience in government and corporate business intelligence applications - Will help senior business and IT executives understand the strategic impact of BI and how they can help ensure a strong payoff on BI investments

Suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the areas of industrial and employment relations, personnel and human resource management, this work offers an original, accessible, and critical approach to understanding employment relations.

Diplomacy has been rendered ineffective and military strength neutered. But, outside the politics of Washington, America still has the will and the means to fight back. But, will it be too little, too late? Drug smuggling, human trafficking, historical artifact thefts they all lead into the web of international terrorism bad people doing bad things and good people trying to stop them. But is it really that black and white? Jeff Lewis operates in a very quiet section of the CIA known as Special Clandestine Services Operations Branch. He and his teammates don''t officially exist, and their missions never officially happen. Seemingly normal, everyday people from all walks of life come together with their highly specialized training and skills to track these international terrorists and dispense justice. The drug wars of Mexico are spilling across the border into the United States. American and Mexican agents are being compromised and killed in alarming numbers and incredibly heinous ways. And now, the money trail leads to terrorists seeking to bend the world to their will. Without the normal political constraints, Jeff Lewis and his team are the only ones with the skills to penetrate this web of evil and neutralize the enemy to keep the freedom-loving peoples of the world safe for a little while longer.

This book provides an indispensable introduction to business and organizations from a social perspective. Using classic and contemporary ideas and evidence, the book explores the connections between people, work, organizations and society, and shows how sociology can shed light on current developments in the business world.

Book and DVD with detailed instruction and building blocks for learning to play the harmonica.

In this witty and nostalgic romp through the highlights and lowlights of Saturday night telly, Jack Kibble-White and Steve Williams remind us of the great, the iconic, the hilarious and the just plain embarrassing moments that have made Saturday night TV so entertaining.

Successful golf caddy Steve Williams offers quick tips for immediate gain along with a full mind-training regimen for reaching a state of confidence and concentration that will rewrite any golfer''s scorecard.

Based on the work of N-RAIS, an independent organisation working with teachers, learners, parents, and community groups, this book is for education professionals involved in creating positive cultures for learning in schools and communities.

Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis provides clinicians with a comprehensive cognitive model that can be applied to all patients with schizophrenia and related disorders in order to aid the development of a formulation that will incorporate all relevant factors. It illustrates the process of assessment, formulation and intervention and highlights potential difficulties arising from work with patients and how they can be overcome. Experienced clinicians write assuming no prior knowledge of the area, covering all of the topics of necessary importance including: * an introduction to cognitive theory and therapy * difficulties in engagement and the therapeutic relationship * how best to utilise homework with people who experience psychosis * relapse prevention and management. Illustrated by excerpts from therapy sessions, this book digests scientific evidence and theory but moreover provides clinicians with essential practical advice about how to best aid people with psychoses.

The book develops pupils'' use and understanding of German by providing straightforward explanations of the way language works, alongside motivation, stepped activities. Clear learning targets are made explicit to the pupils at the beginning of each unit. Simple grammar explanations and practice help you to provide an integrated approach to teaching the structure of the language. Language-learning skills are carefully developed through the activities, and supported in the other components. Explanations and modelling of German pronunciation are accompanied by regular practice activities throughout the book. Extensions units ensure that the core remains accessible and that all abilities are catered for. Differentiated reading and writing activities at the back of the book provide a wealth of material that pupils can work on independently. Mini-tests, end-of-module checklists and revision tests provide valuable material for Assessment for Learning. Assessment for Learning is further supported in the other components of the course.

Tiger Woodsà± golf caddy Steve Williams shares his recipe for launching your mind into what Tiger calls The Zone - the state of mind in which you play golf at the outer limits of your physical and mental potential.Hitting The Zone is no accident. You get there by training your mind - in exactly the same way you train your body by practising your swing. Steve Williams''s mind-training blueprint shows you how to drastically improve your golf, whether your goal is to finally break 100, or to consistently break par. He also gives the inside scoop on gamesmanship, caddying, and working for Tiger. Understanding how to hit The Zone - how to reach that state of rock-like confidence and concentration - will rewrite your scorecard.Hitting the Zone is written with Hugh de Lacy, who has written other motivational sports books.

During the 1980s and 1990s the elaboration of a reformed system of vocational qualifications was perhaps the most controversial of all the governments efforts to improve the provision of vocational education and training. Based largely on interviews with nearly 100 individuals who were closely involved with these reforms, this book provides an in-depth account of the origins, development and implementation of NVQ and GNVQ policies. In accounting for the progress of vocational qualifications policy three main areas are covered by the book. Firstly the authors look at the origins of the reformed system, then examine the initial implementation of the NVQ and GNVQ policies in the late 1980s and early 1990s and identify the considerable problems that accompanied the reform process. Thirdly, the book focuses on the ways in which the reformed policy was sustained during the 1990s.

The purpose of this book is twofold: to break down the ignorance barrier and then to put forward workable solutions for managing stress at work. Stress may be widespread through the workforce but it isn''t inevitable.

Princesses Ariel, Cinderella and Jasmine. 5 yrs+

To a child, every day is filled with adventure and fantasy. So is a Disney Classic Storybook. With 96 pages of enchanting story and action-packed illustrations, each book captures the movie magic and places it right into a child''s hands. The Disney Classic Storybook Collection - the books your child will laugh, learn, and live with every day.

Overflowing with growing tips, this volume makes it easy to have a thriving garden year round, indoors or out.