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The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Climate and Culture

By: Karen M. Barbera

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The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Climate and Culture

By: Karen M. Barbera

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Climate and Culture presents the breadth of topics from Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior through the lenses of organizational climate and culture. The Handbook reveals in great detail how in both research and practice climate and culture reciprocally influence each other. The details reveal the many practices that organizations use to acquire, develop, manage, motivate, lead, and treat employees both at home and in the multinational settings that characterize contemporary organizations. Chapter authors are both expert in their fields of research and also represent current climate and culture practice in five national and international companies (3M, McDonald's, the Mayo Clinic, PepsiCo and Tata). In addition, new approaches to the collection and analysis of climate and culture data are presented as well as new thinking about organizational change from an integrated climate and culture paradigm. No other compendium integrates climate and culture thinking like this Handbook does and no other compendium presents both an up-to-date review of the theory and research on the many facets of climate and culture as well as contemporary practice. The Handbook takes a climate and culture vantage point on micro approaches to human issues at work (recruitment and hiring, training and performance management, motivation and fairness) as well as organizational processes (teams, leadership, careers, communication), and it also explicates the fact that these are lodged within firms that function in larger national and international contexts.

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Oxford University Press

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0199395926

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9780199395927

The Moral Authority of Government

By: Henry Barbera,R. Hoxie

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The Moral Authority of Government

By: Henry Barbera,R. Hoxie

These new essays prepared to commemorate the centennial of the National Institute of Social Sciences have been carefully crafted to deal with an overriding concern of our time--those elements in political rule that go beyond legal rights and responsibilities into the moral requirements of effective governance. The principal theme of this book is presidential leadership. The presidency personifies government authority, including moral authority.In the first part of this book most of the essays argue that the moral authority of leaders depends on high personal standards as well as policy outcomes. The second segment on the rule of law and character raises considerations not limited to the presidency. Character and the authority that derives from it are demonstrated most effectively not by what someone does in his or her personal life, but in the moral values of the causes espoused and effectiveness in pursuing them. In the realm of international affairs, governmental leadership must wrestle with the moral and constitutional guidelines known as "reasons of state." Under what circumstances is it morally acceptable for a leader or government to practice deception upon the citizenry, to overthrow other governments, to bomb civilians?Many contributors raise the issue of what permits a government to take actions that would be immoral or illegal in individuals or groups. The final segment expands and deepens this theme by exploring the work and role of non-governmental agencies that influence both leaders and citizens in the public arena. In short, at a period that brings to a close a period in which the presidency has become more visible as well as more prominent, this collective effort sheds new light on classic themes. It will be an invaluable guide as we enter the new century.The contributors include an illustrious galaxy of public officials and political scientists, including Madeleine K. Albright, Judith A. Best, Betty Glad, C. Lowell Harriss, Travis Beal Jacobs, Ruth P. Morgan, Stanley A. Renshon, Donald L. Robinson and William vanden Heuvel.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000950891

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9781000950892

Until It Ropes Like Okra

Rhymes in the Vernacular

By: Don Barbera

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Until It Ropes Like Okra

Rhymes in the Vernacular

By: Don Barbera

Until it Ropes Like Okra: Rhymes in the Vernacular is a collection of poems filled with slang, street talk, dangling participles, split infinitives, double negatives, double entendres, cursing (cussin' if you're from the Midwest) and just about every offense ever committed against the king's or Queen's English (depending on your point of view). If I do not succeed in making you laugh, embarrassing you, offending you or making you think then I have missed my goal. Until it Ropes Like Okrastarted out as a bunch of poems about my experiences in the community where I grew up. It was a time of playing with words, telling outrageous stories and rhyming in classic street-corner fashion. The poems cover a wide gamut, but I tried to limit the selection to poems that related to the Black Experience. This is intended to be easy and fun reading — not work. I haven't tried to reach over any ones head. I hope that it will entertain and amuse. Or, it may dismay and offend. It might even bring a tear to your eye. Hopefully, you will not be indifferent.

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286

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iUniverse

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059509676X

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9780595096763

The Verbal Behavior Approach

How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders

By: Mary Lynch Barbera,Tracy Rasmussen

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The Verbal Behavior Approach

How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders

By: Mary Lynch Barbera,Tracy Rasmussen

The Verbal Behavior (VB) approach is a form of Applied Behavior Analysis that is based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behaviour. In this book Barbera draws on her experiences as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and also as a parent of a child with autism to explain VB and how to use it.

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202

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1843108526

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9781843108528

Black and Not Baptist

Nonbelief and Freethought in the Black Community

By: Donald Barbera

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Black and Not Baptist

Nonbelief and Freethought in the Black Community

By: Donald Barbera

Known only to each other, they walk among us, invisible and undetected. Now, the secret is out! Atheists exist in the African American community. In the African American community there is an unspoken rule to never air dirty laundry in public, and for years the inner workings of the black community stayed hidden beneath a veil of dark silence, but with integration came a mingling of the races and now few secrets remain. Now, there is one there is one less. Not only do black nonbelievers exist, they walk unnoticed among the "true-believers" along with a host of other religious skeptics and freethinkers. Any hint of atheism or freethought in the African American community remain virtually invisible, camouflaged by indignant denial and indistinct expressions, which help conceal clear atheistic, agnostic or freethought connections . Despite more than 90% of African Americans claiming Christianity, Black and Not Baptist explores how there is a significant chasm between belief and behavior with a searing look at the statistics for adultery, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, gambling and other social problems in both the white and black communities. In the manner of Norm Allen's African American Humanism: An Anthology, Black and Not Baptist exposes another side of the black religious experience with the individual stories of black atheists and agnostics, including a historical and current listing of black freethinkers and nonbelievers similar to Warren Allen Smith's Who's Who in Hell.

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280

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iUniverse

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0595287891

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9780595287895

Times Remembered

The Final Years of the Bill Evans Trio

By: Joe La Barbera,Charles Levin

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Times Remembered

The Final Years of the Bill Evans Trio

By: Joe La Barbera,Charles Levin

In the late 1970s legendary pianist Bill Evans was at the peak of his career. He revolutionized the jazz trio (bass, piano, drums) by giving each part equal emphasis in what jazz historian Ted Gioia called a “telepathic level” of interplay. It was an ideal opportunity for a sideman, and after auditioning in 1978, Joe La Barbera was ecstatic when he was offered the drum chair, completing the trio with Evans and bassist Marc Johnson. In Times Remembered, La Barbera and co-author Charles Levin provide an intimate fly-on-the-wall peek into Evans’s life, critical recording sessions, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes of life on the road. Joe regales the trio’s magical connection, a group that quickly gelled to play music on the deepest and purest level imaginable. He also watches his dream gig disappear, a casualty of Evans’s historical drug abuse when the pianist dies in a New York hospital emergency room in 1980. But La Barbera tells this story with love and respect, free of judgment, showing Evans’s humanity and uncanny ability to transcend physical weakness and deliver first-rate performances at nearly every show.

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241

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University of North Texas Press

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1574418548

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9781574418545

Sin Shine Sun

By: Jonathon Barbera

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Sin Shine Sun

By: Jonathon Barbera

Sin Shine Sun is a fictional novel describing the journey of the consciousness from the creation of the world, through the idealized united effort of the left and right-brain hemispheres, and finally to the realization of the metaphorical Key to reality. It also has personality modification clinics, a super-computer, holographic vehicles, Deconstructor Swords, an evil twin, television documentaries, police agents, a mysterious stone container, visions of spaceships, and a psychic war.

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236

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iUniverse

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0595238440

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9780595238446

Employee Engagement

Tools for Analysis, Practice, and Competitive Advantage

By: William H. Macey,Benjamin Schneider,Karen M. Barbera,Scott A. Young

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Employee Engagement

Tools for Analysis, Practice, and Competitive Advantage

By: William H. Macey,Benjamin Schneider,Karen M. Barbera,Scott A. Young

Providing both practical advice, tools, and case examples, Employee Engagement translates best practices, ideas, and concepts into concrete and practical steps that will change the level of engagement in any organization. Explores the meaning of engagement and how engagement differs significantly from other important yet related concepts like satisfaction and commitment Discusses what it means to create a culture of engagement Provides a practical presentation deck and talking points managers can use to introduce the concept of engagement in their organization Addresses issues of work-life balance, and non-work activities and their relationship to engagement at work

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191

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444357956

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9781444357950

On Faith, Works, Eternity and the Creatures We Are

By: André Barbera

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On Faith, Works, Eternity and the Creatures We Are

By: André Barbera

In this volume André Barbera considers the question of faith, how an individual may act faithfully, and what good (if any) is faithful action. Drawing on the letters of the Apostle Paul and the work of philosophical thinkers such as Søren Kierkegaard, Barbera explores numerous aspects of faithful living, from religion, original sin, and tests of faith, to the power of prayer, and even the concept of atheism. In particular, Barbera formulates a postulate drawn from Augustine's Confessions: God is not bound by time. The person of faith, however, is enslaved by time. Augustine's expression “faith seeking understanding” stakes the claim,” but the mode of faith and the end of faith are inherently contradictory. The faithful person waits in pursuit, choking. Works, the anxiety of faith, ensue. Barbera concludes that the person of faith engages in endless trial, struggle, and contradiction, but in so doing attempts to produce a meaningful life.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0567689794

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9780567689795

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in the Food Industry

By: Marcella Barbera,Giovanni Gurnari

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Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in the Food Industry

By: Marcella Barbera,Giovanni Gurnari

This Brief is devoted to clean drinking water, which is (one of) the most important asset(s) in the food and beverage industry. In the present time of increasing water scarcity in many areas of the world, supply of clean water especially in the production and packaging chain of foods and beverages, is a crucial issue. This Brief hence outlines why functioning purification and reuse systems for wastewater are becoming more and more interesting and promising technologies in solving the challenge. Readers find in this Brief an introduction to different innovative treatment methodologies. The authors discuss key parameters (such as the water volume to be treated, types and chemical and physico-chemical characteristics of pollutants, but also the intended use of the recycled water) and present various methodologies, such as separation or concentration systems, centrifugation, evaporation, filtration, flotation, gravity separation, membrane techniques, aerobic and anaerobic biological treatments, as well as combined or hybrid systems. Selected specific methods are presented in detail, specifically a new adsorption method for the removal of metal ions.

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Springer

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3319684426

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9783319684420

Duke Ellington: The Notes the World Was Not Ready to Hear

By: Karen S. Barbera

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Duke Ellington: The Notes the World Was Not Ready to Hear

By: Karen S. Barbera

Karen Barbera and Randall Keith Horton were strangers who met on a train. A cordial conversation led to an eight-year collaboration to tell new and enlightening stories about Duke Ellington and to bring his forgotten masterpieces back to life. The results are concerts and this book-a biography of both Ellington and Horton centered on their unique relationship and the musical and cultural importance of Black, Brown and Beige and Sacred Concerts. The book illuminates the historical significance of the compositions that helped create a paradigm shift in American music, race relations and culture. It is an engrossing story of "mysterious callings" that led Ellington to choose Randall Keith Horton as his assistant composer, conductor and pianist in 1973, and the author's serendipitous connection to Horton. Most of us know Duke Ellington as the king of swinging Jazz. But throughout his 50-year career, he also shattered racial barriers and stereotypes, bridged cultural divides, helped audiences feel their shared humanity, and dared people to imagine, if even for just one evening, a world without categories. Along the way he believed it possible and imperative to elevate Jazz and American composers on par with their European counterparts. Like a true pioneer, Duke Ellington took risks to provide music that audiences needed to hear, and in doing so, set lofty expectations for a country that was ill prepared to live up to them during his lifetime.

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Armin Lear Press

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1956450041

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9781956450040

Book's by Barbera Brown

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Climate and Culture

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Climate and Culture

The Moral Authority of Government

The Moral Authority of Government

Until It Ropes Like Okra

Until It Ropes Like Okra

The Verbal Behavior Approach

The Verbal Behavior Approach

Black and Not Baptist

Black and Not Baptist

Times Remembered

Times Remembered

Sin Shine Sun

Sin Shine Sun

Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement

On Faith, Works, Eternity and the Creatures We Are

On Faith, Works, Eternity and the Creatures We Are

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in the Food Industry

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in the Food Industry

Duke Ellington: The Notes the World Was Not Ready to Hear

Duke Ellington: The Notes the World Was Not Ready to Hear

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