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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., Sometime Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford - To Which is Prefixed an Account of his Early Life, Christian Experience, Death, and Character, and Biographical Sketches of his Family (Hardcover)
Andrew Dickson White, John Wesley, John Bennett
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John Bennett, Henry Clarence Pitz
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This book describes current best practice in managing construction.
It is based on case studies of leading practice responding to
demands from customers that construction match the value and
quality that international competition is forcing on their own
businesses. The case studies show that major customers now partner
with construction firms to find more efficient ways of working.
The resulting best practice adds to these cooperative approaches a
drive for efficiency and innovation based on benchmarks of world
class performance that empower teams to set themselves competitive
targets. So the new approach balances cooperation and
competition.
This is why Professor John Bennett's book is called ''Construction:
The Third Way.'' The third way in modern politics balances the
extremes of cooperation and competition in the interests of the
whole community. At its best it encourages sustainable economic
growth within a fair society. These aims are echoed in leading
practice where teams able to balance cooperation and competition
deliver better value for their customers and yet earn sustainably
higher profits for construction.
The new approach requires managers to rethink construction using
ideas from fundamental science that see human organizations as
self-organizing networks of relationships. This throws new light on
the strengths and weaknesses of both competition and cooperation,
and provides the basis for a new paradigm to guide key construction
decisions. The book describes this background and provides advice
about organization structures that are responsive to changing
markets and technologies, and construction processes that enable
the industry to earch fair profits byproviding customers with the
levels of value and quality they now demand.
*Based on case studies of world-class construction
*Links best practice and leading edge management theory
*Helps customers get good value and quality and construction firms
be efficient and profitable
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
The rise of Islamic radicalism has led to heated discussions about
how best to address the threat of religious terror. Disputes
covering the right and wrong of war with Iraq, and the even bigger
war on terrorism, continue to rage across America. But this is not
the first argument of this nature-America was faced with a similar
moral dilemma on the eve of World War II. Fascism was conquering
Europe, and religious leaders across the nation vehemently debated
how to confront Nazi Germany. In The End of Illusions: Religious
Leaders Confront Hitler's Gathering Storm, Joseph Loconte brings
together pieces from the most significant religious thinkers of the
pre-war period. In these essays, the writers eloquently and
passionately present their arguments for going to war or
maintaining the peace. In doing so, they explore issues vibrantly
relevant today, including the Christian cause for war, the problem
of evil, and America's role in the world. These urgently written
pieces connect the past with the present and resonate with renewed
clarity and poignancy.
What should be the relationship between early childhood and
compulsory education? What can they learn from one another and by
working together?
The rapid expansion of early childhood education and care means
that most children in affluent countries now have several years at
pre-school before compulsory education. This raises an important
question about the relationship between the two. Whilst it's widely
assumed that the former should prepare children for the latter,
there are alternatives. This book contests the 'readying for
school' relationship as neither self-evident nor unproblematic; and
explores some alternative relationships, including a strong and
equal partnership and the vision of a meeting place.
In this ground-breaking book, Professor Peter Moss discusses the
issue with leading early childhood figures - from Belgium, France,
Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United States -who bring
very different perspectives to this contentious relationship. The
book starts with an extended essay by Peter Moss, to which the
other contributors are invited to respond critically, as well as
offering their own thinking about the relationship between early
childhood and compulsory education, both their current
understandings and suggestions on future directions.
Students, researchers and academics in the field of early
childhood education will find this an insightful and timely text.
But so too will their peers in compulsory education, since the book
time and again raises searching questions about pedagogical purpose
and practice in this sector.
What should be the relationship between early childhood and
compulsory education? What can they learn from one another and by
working together? The rapid expansion of early childhood education
and care means that most children in affluent countries now have
several years at pre-school before compulsory education. This
raises an important question about the relationship between the
two. Whilst it's widely assumed that the former should prepare
children for the latter, there are alternatives. This book contests
the 'readying for school' relationship as neither self-evident nor
unproblematic; and explores some alternative relationships,
including a strong and equal partnership and the vision of a
meeting place. In this ground-breaking book, Professor Peter Moss
discusses the issue with leading early childhood figures - from
Belgium, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United
States -who bring very different perspectives to this contentious
relationship. The book starts with an extended essay by Peter Moss,
to which the other contributors are invited to respond critically,
as well as offering their own thinking about the relationship
between early childhood and compulsory education, both their
current understandings and suggestions on future directions.
Students, researchers and academics in the field of early childhood
education will find this an insightful and timely text. But so too
will their peers in compulsory education, since the book time and
again raises searching questions about pedagogical purpose and
practice in this sector.
Partnering is the most effective way of tackling construction
projects. This book explains how clients and construction firms
using partnering can achieve ever higher levels of efficiency and
certainty to provide world class buildings and infrastructure of
all kinds.
Detailed guidance about the actions that clients and professionals
new to partnering need to take is given followed by advice about
the actions individual firms can take to get the maximum benefits
from partnering. Finally the book describes how highly developed
forms of partnering are developing into strategic collaborative
working that turns construction into a genuinely modern industry
able to meet all customers' needs.
The book is designed to be used flexibly by a variety of readers,
with coloured sections and executive summaries built into the body
of the text to enable senior managers to get a quick overview of
the guidance provided. The detailed guidance provides those at the
workface with the ammunition needed to cooperate with those around
them in doing their best work. The guidance is supported by check
lists that help ensure everyone involved knows what they need to do
to match and then exceed today's best practice. Construction
clients will learn how to get high quality, reliable and fast
completion and a firm price that represents best value for money.
This book helps everyone in the construction industry be fairly
rewarded for delivering best practice. The expert guidance also
gives the construction industry the time and resources needed to
give proper attention to all aspects of quality including
sustainability and total life cycle costs.
to match and then exceed today's best practice.
*Anup-to-date practical guide for implementing strategic
partnering
*Illustrated by best practice case studies and research
results
*Presented in a user-friendly, flexible format
Partnering is the most effective way of tackling construction
projects. This book explains how clients and construction firms
using partnering can achieve ever higher levels of efficiency and
certainty to provide world class buildings and infrastructure of
all kinds.Detailed guidance about the actions that clients and
professionals new to partnering need to take is given followed by
advice about the actions individual firms can take to get the
maximum benefits from partnering. Finally the book describes how
highly developed forms of partnering are developing into strategic
collaborative working that turns construction into a genuinely
modern industry able to meet all customers needs. The book is
designed to be used flexibly by a variety of readers, with coloured
sections and executive summaries built into the body of the text to
enable senior managers to get a quick overview of the guidance
provided. The detailed guidance provides those at the workface with
the ammunition needed to cooperate with those around them in doing
their best work. The guidance is supported by check lists that help
ensure everyone involved knows what they need to do to match and
then exceed today's best practice. Construction clients will learn
how to get high quality, reliable and fast completion and a firm
price that represents best value for money.This book helps everyone
in the construction industry be fairly rewarded for delivering best
practice. The expert guidance also gives the construction industry
the time and resources needed to give proper attention to all
aspects of quality including sustainability and total life cycle
costs.to match and then exceed today's best practice.
This book describes current best practice in managing construction.
It is based on case studies of leading practice responding to
demands from customers that construction match the value and
quality that international competition is forcing on their own
businesses. The case studies show that major customers now partner
with construction firms to find more efficient ways of working. The
resulting best practice adds to these cooperative approaches a
drive for efficiency and innovation based on benchmarks of world
class performance that empower teams to set themselves competitive
targets. So the new approach balances cooperation and competition.
This is why Professor John Bennett's book is called ''Construction:
The Third Way.'' The third way in modern politics balances the
extremes of cooperation and competition in the interests of the
whole community. At its best it encourages sustainable economic
growth within a fair society. These aims are echoed in leading
practice where teams able to balance cooperation and competition
deliver better value for their customers and yet earn sustainably
higher profits for construction. The new approach requires managers
to rethink construction using ideas from fundamental science that
see human organizations as self-organizing networks of
relationships. This throws new light on the strengths and
weaknesses of both competition and cooperation, and provides the
basis for a new paradigm to guide key construction decisions. The
book describes this background and provides advice about
organization structures that are responsive to changing markets and
technologies, and construction processes that enable the industry
to earch fair profits by providing customers with the levels of
value and quality they now demand.
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