U.S. Army Special Operations Command asked RAND Arroyo Center to determine whether its Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning (THOR3) program is effectively utilizing the resources provided and to identify opportunities for improvement in the program s planning and implementation, staffing, leader development and education, facility and equipment requirements, and ability to support participating personnel.

This report seeks to inform the debate over the extent of U.S. military presence overseas by providing a rigorous estimate of the costs associated with maintaining U.S. Air Force installations and units overseas rather than in the United States.

El libro muestra un estudio de la empresa socialista cubana, demostrando que el Estado no aplico el modelo adecuado que propiciara ser eficiente y pivote fundamental para el desarrollo del pais. Como base de referencia para el analisis se utiliza lo escrito en la obra "The Practice of Management" del autor Peter Drucker. Se presentan los principales errores del sistema empresarial, estructurales y funcionales, que han provocado el empobrecimiento de Cuba asi como la influencia del desempeno de los dirigentes empresariales. Presenta, ademas, las malas practicas en los principales sectores economicos que son las verdaderas causas del mal estado de la economia de la nacion, desmitificando la propaganda de las autoridades que los achacan al "bloqueo imperialista."

Easy-to-implement advice for comfortable, productive work environments

"Safety Managers Guide to Office Ergonomics" offers easy-to-follow, non-technical advice that helps you prevent on-the-job injury. You'll learn how to create comfortable, productive working environments as well as resolve employee discomfort before discomfort becomes a debilitating injury. With some fifteen years of experience in office ergonomics, author Craig Chasen has performed more than 4,000 ergonomic evaluations of employees and their work environments, which form the foundation of the book.

"Safety Managers Guide to Office Ergonomics" guides you through the ergonomic evaluation process and then logically organizes employee discomfort by the body part affected. Using his own ergonomic evaluations as case studies, the author enables you to hear how employees express a particular discomfort and visualize the posture and workstation set-up that caused or contributed to the complaint. Each case ends with easy-to-implement solutions to resolve the discomfort. Because ergonomic solutions are specific to an individual's size, work activities, and workstation configuration, the author provides several scenarios for each area of discomfort, helping you tailor your solution to the specific needs of an employee. This book also helps you evaluate and purchase office equipment that enables employees to work as comfortably and productively as possible.

Written in straightforward language, "Safety Managers Guide to Office Ergonomics" is ideal for anyone responsible for creating and managing a healthy work environment. Even if you are not responsible for others, you'll find that this book's helpful advice enables you to avoid on-the-job injury and work as comfortably as possible.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Computerized Maintenance Management Systems Software programs are increasingly being used to manage and control plant and equipment maintenance in modern manufacturing and service industries. However, 60% to 80% of all programs fail because of poor planning, costing millions of dollars. Written by an expert with over 30 years of experience, this book employs a step by step approach for evaluating the company's needs then selecting the proper CMMS.

This book shows how to enjoy greater profits by selling your home without a broker. If an average real estate broker can sell your house, why can't you? The process actually isn't as complex as real estate professionals would like you to believe. "For Sale by Owner" breaks down the home-selling procedure into simple steps that anyone can complete. "For Sale By Owner" provides everything you need to sell your home at maximum profit in minimum time.Steve Berges has spent 25 years making a lucrative living doing just that, and here he shares the secrets of his real estate success, such as: researching the market and accurately valuing properties; preparing homes to attract the highest bidder; marketing and advertising, from classified ads to the Internet; selecting the best appraiser and title company; developing sharp negotiation techniques; and, closing the deal - legally and profitably. The only time to let a real estate broker sell your home is when you don't know how to do it yourself. This comprehensive but simple-to-understand guide erases that problem, so you can enjoy the entire value of your property.

Developing Performance Indicators for Managing Maintenance is designed to provide the key details on how to measure and improve one of the most important functions in an organization today: Equipment or Asset Maintenance Management. As one of only a handful of comprehensive collections of performance indicators for managing maintenance in print today, this book is distinguished by its use of techniques based on a variety of management measurement systems, such as the Balanced Scorecard approach. While the previous edition primarily concentrated on the basic indicators for managing maintenance and how to link them to a company's financials, this new edition goes further by also addressing recent advancements in the management of maintenance. This book is an invaluable tool for any company that wants to effectively measure and manage the entire spectrum of maintenance activities to help achieve competitive advantage. Such companies view maintenance as a way to reduce costs of producing their product or providing their services and are intent on using this cost advantage to lower prices, improve profit margins, and improve shareholder value. Shows how to maximize your investment in the maintenance function and ultimately your company's assets by helping you focus on specific indicators. Connects typical functional maintenance indicators to a company's strategic indicators. Explains how to improve low-performing indicators. Includes a detailed table of contents that helps you quickly find specific indicators and a separate a glossary of maintenance terms

The sixth edition of Urban Land Economics fully update the popular and well-established text examining economics as applied to property. It clearly shows how economic analysis can be applied to economic problems associated with land and explores ways in which the allocation of land resources can be improved. Urban Land Economics is an excellent course companion for courses in land and property economics. This edition has added features including chapter summaries and questions to make it the ideal course companion.

Ever wonder how real estate magnates become real estate magnates? Not by filling out mind-numbing mortgage applications For years, successful real estate investors have used creative money strategies that circumvent banks, yet result in profitable deals. Real estate professional James Misko makes these innovative techniques available to the general public in "How to Finance Any Real Estate, Any Place, Any Time.
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This easy-to-use guide offers more than forty-five nontraditional ways to buy properties. You will learn how to turn your dwindling stocks into real estate equities, how to acquire land without money, and so much more. If the only thing holding you back from buying your dream house or investment property is financing, maybe it s time to buy outside the box with "How to Finance Any Real Estate, Any Place, Any Time. ""

In the Standard Handbook of Plant Engineering, Second Edition, Robert C. Rosaler and 70 other industry experts take you on an exhaustive tour of the basic plant facility, plant operation equipment and the all-important maintenance function-giving you the hands-on skill and essential technical data you need to keep your plant running smoothly. You get complete, up-to-the-minute details on: In-plant prime power generation and cogeneration; Heating, ventilating and air conditioning; Water sources, use and disposition; Mechanical power transmission; Instrumentation and automatic control; Pollution control and waste disposal; Plant safety and sanitation; Energy conservation; Lubricants and lubrication systems.

Facilities management (FM) is the growth profession for all concerned with the management of premises and the assets within them. It represents a field of activity beyond the design, procurement and furnishing of buildings into the skills of managing the use of a facility and how it evolves and develops in response to the changing demands of the occupier. In this revised edition changes have been made to several chapters and two additional chapters have been added: one dealing with the management of the property portfolio and the other presenting a range of practical case studies. The growing awareness of environmental issues and the drive towards conservation and sustainability of resources emphasises the importance of effective facilities management for all those studying and working in the built environment. This book will therefore appeal to both students and practitioners.

For the third edition, the author has revised his popular text and enlarged the chapters on the valuation of freehold and leasehold interests, discounted cash flow techniques and methods of valuation. An additional chapter on computer applications has been provided. This is a valuable text for first stage valuation examinations for professional degree and diploma courses and includes fully worked examples and self-test questions.

Now in its second edition and written by a highly acclaimed maintenance professional, this comprehensive and easy-to-understand resource provides a short review of all the major discussions going on in the management of the maintenance function. This revision of a classic has been thoroughly updated to include advances in technology and thinking and is sure to be found useful by maintenance professionals everywhere. It's the perfect reference for any maintenance professional that needs a quick update on any specific area within the subject. Contains five entirely new chapters, including Dealing with Contracts, 5S, Lean Maintenance, PM Optimizing, and Fire Fighting. Offers a complete survey of the field, an introduction to maintenance and a review of maintenance management. Provides a manual for cost reduction and a primer for the stockroom. Includes a training regime for new supervisors, managers and planners. Introduction Why Manage Maintenance Patterns Patterns in Maintenance Where's the Money? Proving Your Case to Management How Assets Deteriorate Estimating Maintenance Budgets for Buildings and Equipment Evaluating Maintenance Maintenance Metrics, KPIs and Benchmarks Evaluating Worker Productivity Budgeting Maintenance Life Cycle Costing Strategies The Science of Customer Service Reengineering Maintenance Dealing with Contracts In-Sourcing and TPM 5S Guaranteed Maintainability Maintenance Quality Improvement ISO 900X and Maintenance Continuous Improvement Lean Maintenance RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance) PM Optimization Accounting Issues of Maintenance and Activity-Based Costing Maintenance Information Flow Capturing Maintenance Information Fire Fighting PM (Preventive Maintenance) How to Install a PM System PM Task List Development PdM (Predictive Maintenance) Support for Maintenance Strategies Preplanning: Projects That Put You in the Driver's Seat Using Statistics in Maintenance Planning Project Management Estimating Job Duration and Work Standards Maintenance Scheduling CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) Maintenance Parts and Supplies Maintenance Vendors Maintenance Stock Room and Inventory Control The Internet and Maintenance How Maintenance Interfaces with Other Departments Elements of Maintenance Leadership Craft Training Special Conditions, Challenges and Strengths Special Issues of Factory Maintenance Special Issues of Fleet Maintenance Special Issues of Building Maintenance Special Issues of Field Service Resources Appendix

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The Best On-the-Job Guide to Industrial Plant Equipment and SystemsThis practical, one-of-a-kind field manual explains how equipment in industrial facilities operates and covers all aspects of commissioning relevant to engineers and project managers. Plant Equipment and Maintenance Engineering Handbook contains a data log of all major industrial and power plant components, describes how they function, and includes rules of thumb for operation. Hundreds of handy reference materials, such as calculations and tables, plus a comprehensive listing of electrical parts with common supplier nomenclature are also included in thistime-saving resource. FEATURES DETAILED COVERAGE OF: Compressors * Air conditioning * Ash handling * Bearings and lubrication * Boilers * Chemical cleaning and Flushing * Condensers and circulating water systems * Controls * Conveyor systems * Cooling towers * Corrosion Deaerators * Diesel and gas turbines * Electrical * Fans * Fire protection * Fuels and combustion * Piping * PumpsTurbines * Vibration * Water treatment

"Making money through real estate investments isn't as simple as buying up property and hoping for the best -- you have to know what you're doing. The fact is, how you manage a property directly affects how profitable it will be.

The Property Management Tool Kit goes beyond the basics, giving you all the guidance you need to successfully manage your properties, avoid pitfalls, and make a profit. You'll find out how to:

* Add value to your property, including which improvements to make or avoid

* Address legal concerns, tenant issues, and administration and maintenance

* handle monetary factors such as cash flow, record-keeping, and rent collection

* Expand your portfolio and establish financial goals

* Hire a team, partner with vendors, and use advertising

In addition, you'll find helpful management tools: a market survey; rental criteria; and sample documents and forms, including a rental application, a lease, a guest screening card, rules and regulations, renewals, a vacancy report, a maintenance log, and much more. Practical and informative, this is the one book you need to successfully manage your properties."

Die neuen Arbeitswelten koennen aus ganz unterschiedlichen Perspektiven betrachtet werden. Fur die einen erscheint alles positiv, fur die anderen negativ. Aber was bedeuten diese neuen Arbeitswelten fur die Mitarbeiterin und Mitarbeiter? Wie kann man sich dort am besten zurechtfinden? Was koennen die Mitarbeiterin und Mitarbeiter persoenlich dazu beitragen, in einer gesunden Burowelt zu arbeiten und dabei zufrieden und glucklich zu bleiben? Das Buch analysiert Arbeitswelten und gibt Hilfestellungen sowohl in der Planungsphase wie auch im Bestand. Daruber hinaus unterstutzt es Menschen dabei, das Richtige in ihrem Berufsalltag zu tun und sich selbst zu helfen, in einer positiven Atmosphare zu arbeiten. Gemeinsam mit verschiedenen Autoren aus unterschiedlichen Professionen geht die Herausgeberin in diesem Buch der Frage nach, was ein Buro menschlich macht und was die unterschiedlichen Interessengruppen zu einer humanen Arbeitsumgebung beitragen koennen.

Dieses Fachbuch beschaftigt sich mit der Flexibilitat und Umnutzungsfahigkeit von Buro- und Geschaftshausern aus objektplanerischer, konstruktiver, oekonomischer und oekologischer Sicht und zeigt die relevanten Parameter fur die Gebaudestruktur auf, die eine Umnutzung in andere Gebaudetypen wirtschaftlich und somit nachhaltig machen. Dies geschieht mit dem Fokus auf Gebaude, die in Stahl- und Verbundbauweise konstruiert sind.

In dem Buch wird erstmals die gesamte immobilienwirtschaftliche Wertschopfungskette in einem geschlossenen Konzept behandelt - aus Sicht der Nutzer, Eigentumer und Betreiber von Gewerbeimmobilien. Der Autor zeigt, wie das Immobilieninvestmentmanagement, das Asset- und Property Management, das Corporate Real Estate Management sowie das Facility Management mithilfe betriebswirtschaftlicher Methoden optimiert werden kann. Die 3. Auflage wurde erheblich erweitert und berucksichtigt aktuellste Entwicklungen bei Immobilieninvestoren und -dienstleistern."