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Conceptions of Professionalism

Meaningful Standards in Financial Planning

By: Mr Ken Bruce,Dr Abdullahi D Ahmed

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Conceptions of Professionalism

Meaningful Standards in Financial Planning

By: Mr Ken Bruce,Dr Abdullahi D Ahmed

In Conceptions of Professionalism, the authors present the results of research into understanding what professionalism means to those individuals who are CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER professionals and how they conceive of acting professionally. Financial planning is establishing itself as a relatively new profession and an understanding of how its members experience professionalism provides insights that will help those responsible across the international financial planning community to establish accurate and meaningful professional standards for CFPs. This study gives voice to the financial planners represented in the research and will enable standard setting bodies to understand professionalism through the eyes of the professionals themselves.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472412508

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Effective Client Management in Professional Services

How to Build Successful Client Relationships

By: Mr Jack Berkovi

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Effective Client Management in Professional Services

How to Build Successful Client Relationships

By: Mr Jack Berkovi

Effective Client Management in Professional Services explains how firms become client-centric, providing a comprehensive, pragmatic, guide to the Client relationship journey, from identifying potential Clients to their engagement, care, retention, development, loyalty and beyond. The handbook format has exercises and tools which can help to establish which Clients are likely to be the most lucrative and thus provide the desired financial returns. The book also includes insights from top practitioners, anecdotes, case studies, charts and useful exercises and checklists. Readers can also determine their own level of effectiveness using the end of chapter reviews and a diagnostic tool to produce a Client Management Profile™.

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377

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409437892

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9781409437895

Nobody Left

By: Mr. Fish

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Nobody Left

By: Mr. Fish

The renowned political satirist asks the burning question: Is there a Left left? The author, known for his savage political cartoons, interviews some of the leading artists, architects, observers and participants of the late twentieth century's counterculture and New Left movements ― Mort Sahl, Joan Baez, Tariq Ali, Lily Tomlin, Calvin Trillin, Dennis Kucinich, Christopher Hitchens, and others ― in search of answers. The conversations, which are generously illustrated, will blow your mind.

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Fantagraphics Books

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1683962931

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9781683962939

How to Fight Deflation in a Liquidity Trap

Committing to Being Irresponsible

By: Mr.Gauti B. Eggertsson

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How to Fight Deflation in a Liquidity Trap

Committing to Being Irresponsible

By: Mr.Gauti B. Eggertsson

I model deflation, at zero nominal interest rate, in a microfounded general equilibrium model. I show that deflation can be analyzed as a credibility problem if the government has only one policy instrument, money supply carried out by means of open market operations in short-term bonds, and cannot commit to future policies. I propose several policies to solve the credibility problem. They involve printing money or nominal debt and either (1) cutting taxes, (2) buying real assets such as stocks, or (3) purchasing foreign exchange. The government credibly "commits to being irresponsible" by using these policy instruments. It commits to higher money supply in the future so that the private sector expects inflation instead of deflation. This is optimal, since it curbs deflation and increases output by lowering the real rate of return.

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International Monetary Fund

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1451848587

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Parameterized Complexity

By: Rodney G. Downey,M.R. Fellows

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Parameterized Complexity

By: Rodney G. Downey,M.R. Fellows

An approach to complexity theory which offers a means of analysing algorithms in terms of their tractability. The authors consider the problem in terms of parameterized languages and taking "k-slices" of the language, thus introducing readers to new classes of algorithms which may be analysed more precisely than was the case until now. The book is as self-contained as possible and includes a great deal of background material. As a result, computer scientists, mathematicians, and graduate students interested in the design and analysis of algorithms will find much of interest.

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538

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461205158

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9781461205159

Cointegration and Long-Horizon Forecasting

By: Mr.Peter F. Christoffersen,Mr.Francis X. Diebold

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Cointegration and Long-Horizon Forecasting

By: Mr.Peter F. Christoffersen,Mr.Francis X. Diebold

Imposing cointegration on a forecasting system, if cointegration is present, is believed to improve long-horizon forecasts. Contrary to this belief, at long horizons nothing is lost by ignoring cointegration when the forecasts are evaluated using standard multivariate forecast accuracy measures. In fact, simple univariate Box-Jenkins forecasts are just as accurate. Our results highlight a potentially important deficiency of standard forecast accuracy measures—they fail to value the maintenance of cointegrating relationships among variables—and we suggest alternatives that explicitly do so.

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International Monetary Fund

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1451848137

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White Cap and Bails

Adventures of a much loved Umpire

By: Dickie Bird,Mr H D Bird

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White Cap and Bails

Adventures of a much loved Umpire

By: Dickie Bird,Mr H D Bird

In this anecdotal book, the unstoppable Dickie Bird takes one County Cricket Club at a time and revisits each with the aid of memorabilia, statistics, books and videos. A mass of new hilarious stories flow from Dickie as he flexes his memory: he describes the cricketers, the matches and the character of these clubs. Dickie also relives his journeys as a umpire to clubs and Test match arenas overseas and recalls the humorous times that have filled his unique career. A must have for cricket enthusiasts everywhere.

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Hodder & Stoughton

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1444717553

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Classical Sociological Theory

By: George Ritzer,Jeffrey Stepnisky,MR Jeffrey N Stepnisky

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Classical Sociological Theory

By: George Ritzer,Jeffrey Stepnisky,MR Jeffrey N Stepnisky

The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. Classical Sociological Theory, Eighth Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought from the Enlightenment roots of theory through the early 20th century. The integration of key theories with biographical sketches of theorists and the requisite historical and intellectual context helps students to better understand the original works of classical authors as well as to compare and contrast classical theories.

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SAGE Publications

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1544354851

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Smart Trust

Creating Prosperity, Energy, and Joy in a Low-Trust World

By: Stephen M.R. Covey,Greg Link

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Smart Trust

Creating Prosperity, Energy, and Joy in a Low-Trust World

By: Stephen M.R. Covey,Greg Link

After illustrating the global relevance of trust with his book The Speed of Trust by selling more than one million copies in twenty-two languages, Stephen M.R. Covey again illuminates the hidden power of trust to change lives and impact organizations in Smart Trust. In a compelling and readable style, he and long-time business partner Greg Link share enlightening principles and anecdotes of people and organizations that are not only achieving unprecedented prosperity from high-trust relationships and cultures but—even more inspiring—also attaining elevated levels of energy and joy. Find out why trusted people are more likely to get hired or promoted, get the best projects and bigger budgets, and are last to be laid off. This sea-changing book will forever shift your perspective as it reveals and validates, once and for all, the transformational power of trust. Reading Smart Trust will increase your probability of thriving in this increasingly unpredictable marketplace. The more unpredictable it becomes, the more your (and your organization’s) sound judgment and ability to trust in this low-trust world will give you a tremendous competitive advantage—and the capacity to navigate the uncertainty low trust creates.

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320

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Simon and Schuster

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1451651473

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9781451651478

Oregon Moonshine

Bootleggers, Busts & Brawls

By: Mr. Bruce Haney

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Oregon Moonshine

Bootleggers, Busts & Brawls

By: Mr. Bruce Haney

Moonshining is deep-rooted in the history of Oregon. In 1844, when it was still Oregon Territory, one of the first moonshiners, James Conner, challenged a lawman to a duel for busting his illegal operation. The McKenzie River Bandits had better luck hiding from the law and produced bootleg booze for nearly five years before their arrest. It wouldn't be the last time they were caught. Over the years, outlaw moonshiners engaged in car chases, shootouts and even attempted an assassination to protect their hidden distilleries--and way of life. Join author Bruce Haney as he chronicles the intoxicating history of Oregon Moonshine.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439677395

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Critical Buddhism

Engaging with Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought

By: Mr James Mark Shields

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Critical Buddhism

Engaging with Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought

By: Mr James Mark Shields

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the relative calm world of Japanese Buddhist scholarship was thrown into chaos with the publication of several works by Buddhist scholars Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto Shiro, dedicated to the promotion of something they called Critical Buddhism (hihan bukkyo). In their quest to re-establish a "true" - rational, ethical and humanist - form of East Asian Buddhism, the Critical Buddhists undertook a radical deconstruction of historical and contemporary East Asian Buddhism, particularly Zen. While their controversial work has received some attention in English-language scholarship, this is the first book-length treatment of Critical Buddhism as both a philosophical and religious movement, where the lines between scholarship and practice blur. Providing a critical and constructive analysis of Critical Buddhism, particularly the epistemological categories of critica and topica, this book examines contemporary theories of knowledge and ethics in order to situate Critical Buddhism within modern Japanese and Buddhist thought as well as in relation to current trends in contemporary Western thought.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409481387

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9781409481386

The Spirit of Project Management

By: Dr Judi Neal,Mr Alan Harpham

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The Spirit of Project Management

By: Dr Judi Neal,Mr Alan Harpham

Projects have always been essentially human endeavours. Large modern projects are generally highly complex, fraught with technical difficulties and supported by diverse, often apparently conflicted stakeholders. The spirituality that originally defined some of the great construction projects of the classical era surely has a role in project management today. The Spirit of Project Management explains the context for spirituality in projects and explores how it can be used to create a larger sense of purpose and achievement; to help encourage an esprit de corps amongst all those involved; to act as a touchstone for ethical and sustainable decision-making. This is a very pragmatic book. The first part includes an explanation and a variety of useful models for understanding the significance and value of spirituality in projects. Judi Neal and Alan Harpham devote the second part of the book to help you integrate these ideas into your day-to-day management of projects. Thus there are chapters on spirituality from the perspective of the individual, the project team, the project organization and even project management within a sustainable world framework. Read this book, use the ideas to help you articulate your projects; engage and sustain your project team and your stakeholders; and frame how you work in terms of your organisation, society and the environment.

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Gower Publishing, Ltd.

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1409456102

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9781409456100

Sir John Soane’s Influence on Architecture from 1791

A Continuing Legacy

By: Mr Oliver Bradbury

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Sir John Soane’s Influence on Architecture from 1791

A Continuing Legacy

By: Mr Oliver Bradbury

Through examinations of internationally-renowned architects, Bradbury demonstrates that Sir John Soane’s influence has been truly international in the pre-modern era, reaching throughout the British Isles and beyond to North America and even colonial Australia. Through his inclusion of select, detailed case studies, Bradbury contends that Soane’s is a continuing, not negated, legacy in architecture.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472409108

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9781472409102

Resurrection Science

Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things

By: M. R. O'Connor

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Resurrection Science

Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things

By: M. R. O'Connor

**A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 ** **A Christian Science Monitor Top Ten Book of September** In a world dominated by people and rapid climate change, species large and small are increasingly vulnerable to extinction. In Resurrection Science, journalist M. R. O'Connor explores the extreme measures scientists are taking to try and save them, from captive breeding and genetic management to de-extinction. Paradoxically, the more we intervene to save species, the less wild they often become. In stories of sixteenth-century galleon excavations, panther-tracking in Florida swamps, ancient African rainforests, Neanderthal tool-making, and cryogenic DNA banks, O'Connor investigates the philosophical questions of an age in which we "play god" with earth's biodiversity. Each chapter in this beautifully written book focuses on a unique species--from the charismatic northern white rhinoceros to the infamous passenger pigeon--and the people entwined in the animals' fates. Incorporating natural history and evolutionary biology with conversations with eminent ethicists, O'Connor's narrative goes to the heart of the human enterprise: What should we preserve of wilderness as we hurtle toward a future in which technology is present in nearly every aspect of our lives? How can we co-exist with species when our existence and their survival appear to be pitted against one another?

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466879327

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9781466879324

Book's by Mr Ken Bruce

Conceptions of Professionalism

Conceptions of Professionalism

Effective Client Management in Professional Services

Effective Client Management in Professional Services

Nobody Left

Nobody Left

How to Fight Deflation in a Liquidity Trap

How to Fight Deflation in a Liquidity Trap

Parameterized Complexity

Parameterized Complexity

Cointegration and Long-Horizon Forecasting

Cointegration and Long-Horizon Forecasting

White Cap and Bails

White Cap and Bails

Classical Sociological Theory

Classical Sociological Theory

Smart Trust

Smart Trust

Oregon Moonshine

Oregon Moonshine

Critical Buddhism

Critical Buddhism

The Spirit of Project Management

The Spirit of Project Management

Sir John Soane’s Influence on Architecture from 1791

Sir John Soane’s Influence on Architecture from 1791

Resurrection Science

Resurrection Science

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