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Leadership in a Diverse and Multicultural Environment: Developing Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills

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Leadership in a Diverse and Multicultural Environment: Developing Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills
Mary L. Connerley , and Paul B. (Bodholdt) Pedersen
Manufacturer: Sage Publications, Inc
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ASIN: 0761988602

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“This is a well-written book. Quite simple and precise . . . The authors should be commended. This book deals with leadership from a very contemporary perspective that reflects the importance of multiculturalism.”
–Guo-Ming Chen, University of Rhode Island

No matter how culturally different the person or group, there will be common-ground similarities and no matter how similar the person or group, there will be significant differences. Culture influences our thoughts, words, and actions in ways that are often unrecognized, leading to misunderstandings. Each misunderstanding can become very expensive, both in terms of missed opportunities and less effective business outcomes. Leadership in a Diverse and Multicultural Environment provides leaders with the tools necessary to effectively interact with all individuals.

Although much of the research related to multiculturalism has focused on expatriates and international assignments, Leadership in a Diverse and Multicultural Environment also focuses on leaders in domestic organizations, as they can benefit from developing their own multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills. Effective leaders can shape the culture of their organization to be accepting of individuals from all races, ethnicities, religions, and genders with a minimum of misunderstandings.

Leadership in a Diverse and Multicultural Environment is well grounded in solid research, but written in an easy-to-comprehend style that:

Provides a “culture centered” leadership perspective allowing organizational leaders the opportunity to attend to the influence of culture
Helps the reader find examples of how multicultural awareness can make their leadership task easier
Promotes an organizational culture that is more satisfying to both individuals and their leaders by embracing and celebrating differences.

Leadership in a Diverse and Multicultural Environment is an ideal supplemental text for undergraduate- or graduate-level international management, leadership, or diversity-related courses taught in the business curriculum. It could also be used in leadership courses taught in education and communication departments.

Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors (2nd Edition) (IBM Press Series--Information Management)

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Excellent text
Enshrines mechanics of mediocre technical writing
To master technical writing
Best Book I've Found on the Subject!
One of the most complete writing style guides available

Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors (2nd Edition) (IBM Press Series--Information Management)
Gretchen Hargis , Michelle Carey , Ann Kilty Hernandez , Polly Hughes , Deirdre Longo , Shannon Rouiller , and Elizabeth Wilde
Manufacturer: IBM Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0131477498

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Excellent text.......2007-05-19

I purchased this text because I am trying to redirect my career. I have a lot of marketing and public relations in my background, but technical writing is a new area. I found the text easy to read, very informative, and exceptionally helpful. The only reason I gave it four instead of five stars is that it is weighted for web writers. Writing for the web is not a function of the job I am interviewing for, so that information, while interesting, was not particularly helpful for me.

Enshrines mechanics of mediocre technical writing.......2007-04-28

This book is a mixed bag at best, advocating practices that help keep today's technical writing mired in mediocrity. For example: always use the 2nd person; and for heaven's sake don't try to explain anything to people, just tell them what to do! Much of this reads like tips for helping non-writers get by as technical writers, and for making technical writing into a kind of non-writing.

For devotees of the Jackson Pollock school of tech writing (throw lots of vetted statements at the page till they stick) or of the everything-is-a-numbered-list technique, there's probably much that's heartening in this glossy example of bad desktop publishing. (Jeesh, who decreed that tech writers can't learn typography and basic functional layout, or maybe hire someone that does?)

This book is probably ok for anyone writing product assembly manuals, or documenting GUI interfaces (press this, select that... yup second person actually works pretty well there). But for software? Or for anyone struggling to articulate complex ideas or just write a reasonably compact and self-contained conceptual overview (MIA from most tech writing today), there isn't much help here. Maybe it's time we technical writers focused more on good writing per se, on the things that good technical writing shares with effective prose (clarity, precision, range of useful styles, fiction (point of view) or even poetry (compression, effective use of embedded metaphor).

So, yeah, it turns out there're so many other rich directions and ideas for tech writers to pursue. For starters, there're the old standbys: Strunk and White or Wm Zinsser's Writing Well. And any of the wonderful books on prose style by Richard Lanham or perhaps Mark Turner's Clear and Simple as the Truth (which, suprisingly enough, addresses technical writing directly, albeit briefly, offering a number of classical examples). Also just about any of Edward Tufte's books, and by the way, did you catch his 2004 interview in Technical Communications Quarterly? Posted (free) on ET's website. I think it even mentions a time when he consulted with IBM about their tech writing and tried to get them to stop using the second person, and, well...

To master technical writing.......2007-02-12

I have been a technical writer for years. This book has made me re-think how I write technical articles. It is excellent. It has clear, concise instruction and examples. If you are planning to learn more about how to create technical writing this is the book.

Best Book I've Found on the Subject!.......2005-11-01

I've been developing retail software professionally for over 15 years and have been waiting for a book like this one. When I finally discovered the book, I was a little skeptic -- that is until I received the book.

If you are writing help, or any other technical documentation, this *is* the book for you. Coverage of the subject is just right. It's not too overloaded and it's not to light on the subject either.

The only thing missing that I wish they had was recommended templates for different types of documentation. If this book had a CD with samples, it would be worth 2 or 3 times the amount I paid for it.

I highly recommend this book.

One of the most complete writing style guides available.......2004-09-01

When I first started reading this book, I was quite impressed at the amount of detail provided in it. Although any style guide will provide a technical writer with most of the information needed to write effective manuals, this book goes into more detail about the "art" of technical writing than any other book I've read.

There is truly a wealth of excellent information in this book. The authors have covered virtually every aspect of writing technical manuals and also for online material, making this an excellent guide to refer to anytime a writing question comes up. From the beginning chapter (Quality technical information), through chapters on Accuracy, Completeness, Clarity, Style, Organization, and Retrievability (to name a few), you can clearly see this book's attention to detail. The book's last chapter (Reviewing, testing, and evaluating technical information) offers tips on doing review cycles, who to involve in them, usability tests, and evaluating the information contained in the manual.

I especially liked the chapter on Retrievability. As the book points out, information doesn't do the reader any good if there isn't a logical way to find it. This chapter points out ways to "facilitate" navigation, by providing a complete index, the proper level of detail in the Table of Contents, even helpful links (for online material).
Another excellent chapter was the one on Style, although clearly each chapter in this book stands out on its own for providing detailed information about the chapter topic.

Another nice feature of this book is that the beginning of each chapter lists the main points (or topics) to be covered, and then summarizes them at the chapter's end. It serves as an excellent reminder of these points and one that can be referred back to.

I found this book to be an excellent reference and recommend it to any technical writer, regardless of their experience level.

Leadership for Educational Renewal: Developing a Cadre of Leaders (Agenda for Education in a Democracy, Vol 1)

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Leadership for Educational Renewal: Developing a Cadre of Leaders (Agenda for Education in a Democracy, Vol 1)

Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
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From the AgAnda for Education in a Democracy Series

Sponsored by the National Network for Educational Renewal

Introduction by John I. Goodlad

This volume from the AgAnda for Education in a Democracy series introduces the four-part mission that guides the National Network for Educational Renewal's agAnda:

Ensure access to knowledge for all students
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Using real-life case examples from an innovative national leadership program and its local and regional affiliates, the authors demonstrate why effective leadership is essential to advancing this vital agAnda and how leadership capacity and commitment can be cultivated. From curriculum to evaluation, this important guide outlines the core concepts and winning strategies for building leadership skills in school administrators, teachers, teacher educators, and other university faculty.

Human Relations in Business: Developing Interpersonal and Leadership Skills (with InfoTrac)
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Human Relations in Business: Developing Interpersonal and Leadership Skills (with InfoTrac)
Michael G. Aamodt , and Bobbie L. Raynes
Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing
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This applied text, designed to increase the student's human resource skills, is a self-contained text, workbook, and study guide-all for one price. Written in a conversational style using stories, real-world examples, and humor, the book is sure to engage the reader. The authors include free-writes, case studies, projects, and personality tests to help students apply what they have read. The pages are perforated to make it easier for students to hand in their projects.

Working and Surviving in Organisations: A Trainer's Guide to Developing Organisational Skills

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Working and Surviving in Organisations: A Trainer's Guide to Developing Organisational Skills
Sheila Dainow
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Working and Surviving in Organisations A Trainer's Guide to Developing Organisational Skills Sheila Dainow, London, UK At best, our jobs provide us with the opportunity for useful activity that helps to happily fulfil our lives, as well as providing an income. This book is aimed at trainers, counsellors and psychologists who work with managers and staff to help them be 'the best they can be'. It offers frameworks and resources which help people to understand and enjoy their work in its organisational context, to work effectively and avoid stress, and to relate their work to the rest of their lives. Sheila Dainow is an experienced trainer, counsellor and author. Her book provides
* Frameworks and structures for effective training programmes that increase well-being and efficiency at work
* Practical exercises, with trainer 'inputs' suggested and helpful hints and commentary based on successful experience
* Resources for training presented in a 'How to do it' way, which represent a recipe book for organisational training based on tried and tested material
Training specialists and managers will find this book a useful, interesting and practical tool in their task of counselling and developing people in effective, humane and modern organisations. "A straightforward, no-nonsense book . An excellent combination of theory and practical exercises." Stephen Palmer, PhD Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London, UK

Making Assertiveness Happen: A Simple and Effective Guide to Developing Assertiveness Skills

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Assertiveness is a positive communication skill that can foster effective working relationships, reduce stress levels, and maximize performance. Demonstrating how assertiveness can enhance both individual performance and the well-being of the entire work group, this skill-building practical guide encourages positive change for greater workplace effectiveness and satisfaction. When individuals learn to stand their ground while respecting the interests of their fellow team members and the larger organization, a work group can function effectively and harmoniously. Included is vital advice on what works and what doesn't, what tricks to use, and what traps to avoid.

Management Skills for Project Leaders: What to Do When You Do Not Know What to Do

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Management Skills for Project Leaders: What to Do When You Do Not Know What to Do
Marie-Claude Foster
Manufacturer: Birkhauser
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Managing projects involves being able to deal with uncertainty and complexity in the workplace, but traditional management models have severe limitations under these circumstances. We require new paradigms to help us make sense of the world in which we live and work. This book is the result of many workshops and courses for project leaders working in a variety of settings in low- and middle-income countries. It brings together some of the thoughts of leading management writers in an accessible form, using fictitious case studies to illustrate important points. The various activities described can be used in workshops, by project leaders and managers. The book is of interest to project leaders both in the governmental (public) and voluntary sector as well as members of non-governmental organisations from a wide range of disciplines, e.g. health, agriculture and community development.

50 Activities for Developing Leaders, Vol. II (50 Activities for Developing Leaders)

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50 Activities for Developing Leaders, Vol. II (50 Activities for Developing Leaders)
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Laying the groundwork for a workshop that makes an impact Developing the individual leader Setting an example so others will want to be leaders, too Helping leaders excel and perform at their best The activities help leaders:

Build trust
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Developing Management Skills: What Great Managers Know and Do
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Developing Management Skills: What Great Managers Know and Do
Timothy Baldwin , Bill Bommer , and Robert Rubin
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Management Skills by Baldwin/Bommer/Rubin distinguishes itself by exclusively focusing on teaching relevant skills, its learner-centered writing and its evidence-based foundation. This text's problem-based approach draws students in with several fundamental and specific questions or challenges in the Manage What? feature opening every chapter. The learner-centered writing style and the focus on the actual skills that matter to career success as well as the chapter ending Tool Kits make this text a keeper.

Developing Management Skills: Developing Self-Awareness

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