Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments (repost)

Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments by Danny B. Draper, Peter A. Richards


English | 2009 | ISBN: 0643096078 | 226 pages | PDF | 4 MB

This dictionary contains a complete list of terms used in the universal management of urban trees. Many of the terms are from arboricultural science, while others are derived from unproven but commonly applied concepts. Some new concepts have been introduced where the existing terminology to describe trees was limited or nonexistent. In many texts concepts are only partly defined and can remain uncertain as to their exact meaning. Here the dictionary aims to provide clarity.




The dictionary allows for broad application and use by a wide variety of people and conveys in plain language concepts that are sometimes complex. Most major terms have been cross-referenced and diagrams have been added for greater understanding. While a number of pertinent botanical terms have been included, many terms readily found within dictionaries of general plant sciences and botany have been omitted.




Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments promotes a greater understanding of arboriculture and urban forestry, and will assist in the preparation of reports for the management of trees, procedures and planning instruments, such as Tree Management Policies and Tree Management Orders.

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Managing Investments (repost)

Geoffrey A. Hirt, Stanley B. Block, "Managing Investments"


2004 | ISBN: 0071413642 | 400 pages | PDF | 3 MB

Geoffrey Hirt and Stanley Block"s books on investing have sold more than 1 million copies to date. Now Managing Investmentsbrings their work to a whole new audience, providing financial professionals and sophisticated individual investors with a detailed and comprehensive look at stock and bond investing.




From how to select appropriate investments to higher level strategies for evaluating a portfolio"s risk/return ratio, the book"s rigorous analyses and numerous examples will help readers apply state-of-the-art theory to the real world of investing.

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Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results (repost)

Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results by Mike Rother


English | 2009 | ISBN: 0071635238 | 306 pages | PDF | 5,1 MB

This game-changing book puts you behind the curtain at Toyota, providing new insight into the legendary automaker"s management practices and offering practical guidance for leading and developing people in a way that makes the best use of their brainpower.




Drawing on six years of research into Toyota"s employee-management routines, Toyota Kata examines and elucidates, for the first time, the company"s organizational routines–called kata–that power its success with continuous improvement and adaptation. The book also reaches beyond Toyota to explain issues of human behavior in organizations and provide specific answers to questions such as:




# How can we make improvement and adaptation part of everyday work throughout the organization?


# How can we develop and utilize the capability of everyone in the organization to repeatedly work toward and achieve new levels of performance?


# How can we give an organization the power to handle dynamic, unpredictable situations and keep satisfying customers?




Mike Rother explains how to improve our prevailing management approach through the use of two kata: Improvement Kata–a repeating routine of establishing challenging target conditions, working step-by-step through obstacles, and always learning from the problems we encounter; and Coaching Kata: a pattern of teaching the improvement kata to employees at every level to ensure it motivates their ways of thinking and acting.




With clear detail, an abundance of practical examples, and a cohesive explanation from start to finish, Toyota Kata gives executives and managers at any level actionable routines of thought and behavior that produce superior results and sustained competitive advantage.




"How any organization in any industry can progress from old-fashioned management by results to a strikingly different and better way."


–James P. Womack, Chairman and Founder, Lean Enterprise Institute

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