A Management Odyssey
A Management Odyssey

Author: J. M. Haas

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780819194619

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The Royal Dockyards were Britain's oldest state enterprise and biggest and most complex industrial unit. This book shows how the Admiralty over two centuries struggled to master the intractable problems of organization and management which the dockyards presented. Haas maintains that the dockyards portrayed an image of being inefficient, high-cost producers. These problems were chiefly extreme centralization but, paradoxically, weak control, inadequate coordination of departments, and accounting procedures, unreliable information about production, costs and material, an insufficiently educated and professionalized constructive corps, and an underpaid and slack workforce. Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Eighteenth Century: Running in Place; Tinkering with the System, 1793-1815; Lightening Ship, 1815-1834; Winds of Change, 1834-1854; Under Seige, 1854-1868; Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1868-1885; The Watershed, 1885-1900; A New Century and New Ideas, 1900-1914; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Odyssey --The Business of Consulting
Odyssey --The Business of Consulting

Author: Imelda K. Butler

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2015-05-14

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1498729134

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This book provides consultants with a career framework to build, grow, and transform their consulting businesses by becoming brilliant at the basics. The Odyssey process challenges current thinking and offers a methodology to help readers rise to the top of the profession by applying leading-edge techniques and methodologies.An ideal companion to t

A MANAGER'S ODYSSEY
A MANAGER'S ODYSSEY

Author: Abhijit Sengupta

Publisher: ABHIJIT SENGUPTA

Published: 2024-07-04

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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During my time in college, I delved into the book 'Coffee, Tea, or Me' authored by Donald Bain, which recounted the thrilling narratives of two airline stewardesses. It was a truly enjoyable read, prompting me to reflect on my own exceptional experiences and analyze them to the best of my abilities. In simpler terms, management involves overseeing a process. During this journey, an individual can either excel as a proficient manager, leveraging their skills, or unintentionally cause harm due to their limitations. This book is designed to shed light on a set of crucial skills that contribute to exceptional managerial abilities. In doing so, it purposefully avoids complex management jargon, emphasizing that being a successful manager depends on a few fundamental and easily accessible qualities. Many individuals naturally possess these innate traits, and some recognize their importance, thereby adding value to their organization. Conversely, others neglect them, placing a burden on their company in the process. Within the pages of this book, a dedicated effort has been made to clarify the essential aspects of management. Each of these domains is exemplified through real-life case studies, all based on my personal experiences. However, to safeguard confidentiality and protect the privacy of individuals involved, names and locations have been modified.

Designing Your Life
Designing Your Life

Author: Bill Burnett

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2016-09-20

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 110187533X

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage • “Life has questions. They have answers.” —The New York Times Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.

Oceans Odyssey 2
Oceans Odyssey 2

Author: Greg Stemm

Publisher: Oxbow Books

Published: 2011-06-03

Total Pages: 567

ISBN-13: 1842176188

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Oceans Odyssey 2 presents the results of the discovery and archaeological survey of ten deep-water wrecks by Odyssey Marine Exploration. In the Western Approaches and western English Channel, a mid-17th century armed merchantman, the guns of Admiral Balchin's Victory (1744), the mid-18th century French privateer La Marquise de Tourny and six German U-boats lost at the end of World War II are examined in depth. From the Atlantic coast of the United States, the Jacksonville 'Blue China' wreck's British ceramics, tobacco pipes and American glass wares bring to life the story of a remarkable East Coast schooner lost in the mid-19th century. These unique sites expand the boundaries of human knowledge, highlighting the great promise of deep-sea wrecks, the technology needed to explore them and the threats from nature and man that these wonders face. Challenges to managing underwater cultural heritage are also discussed, along with proposed solutions for curating and storing collections.

The Genome Odyssey
The Genome Odyssey

Author: Dr. Euan Angus Ashley

Publisher: Celadon Books

Published: 2021-02-23

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1250234972

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In The Genome Odyssey, Dr. Euan Ashley, Stanford professor of medicine and genetics, brings the breakthroughs of precision medicine to vivid life through the real diagnostic journeys of his patients and the tireless efforts of his fellow doctors and scientists as they hunt to prevent, predict, and beat disease. Since the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, the price of genome sequencing has dropped at a staggering rate. It’s as if the price of a Ferrari went from $350,000 to a mere forty cents. Through breakthroughs made by Dr. Ashley’s team at Stanford and other dedicated groups around the world, analyzing the human genome has decreased from a heroic multibillion dollar effort to a single clinical test costing less than $1,000. For the first time we have within our grasp the ability to predict our genetic future, to diagnose and prevent disease before it begins, and to decode what it really means to be human. In The Genome Odyssey, Dr. Ashley details the medicine behind genome sequencing with clarity and accessibility. More than that, with passion for his subject and compassion for his patients, he introduces readers to the dynamic group of researchers and doctor detectives who hunt for answers, and to the pioneering patients who open up their lives to the medical community during their search for diagnoses and cures. He describes how he led the team that was the first to analyze and interpret a complete human genome, how they broke genome speed records to diagnose and treat a newborn baby girl whose heart stopped five times on the first day of her life, and how they found a boy with tumors growing inside his heart and traced the cause to a missing piece of his genome. These patients inspire Dr. Ashley and his team as they work to expand the boundaries of our medical capabilities and to envision a future where genome sequencing is available for all, where medicine can be tailored to treat specific diseases and to decode pathogens like viruses at the genomic level, and where our medical system as we know it has been completely revolutionized.

The Leadership Odyssey
The Leadership Odyssey

Author: Carole S. Napolitano

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 1997-12-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780787910112

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The Resource of Choice for Those Who Need to Lead! New times demand new competencies. Keep yours ahead of the curve with this engaging guide for the self-directed development of cutting-edge management skills. The Leadership Odyssey outlines thirty-seven abilities and attributes that define the successful manager of the future, and shows how to master them all. Readers will benefit from a synthesis of the latest thought on the subject, plus a wealth of learning tools, self-assessment materials, and expert advice from professionals with more than twenty years of management development experience. Great for training programs, too.

An Orchard Odyssey
An Orchard Odyssey

Author: Naomi Slade

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-09-22

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 0857843273

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Inspiring and practical, this is a lovely resource for anyone looking to grow fruit trees or start an orchard, whether in your garden or as a community project. For centuries, orchards have been a compelling and important part of our landscape. The sight of a fruit tree, blushing in blossom in the spring, and then laden with fresh fruit in the summer and autumn, can be truly enchanting, inspiring folklore and art. Not only do orchards provide bountiful fruit for families and communities, they are also attractive to pollinators such as bees, and make a wonderful habitat for birds. There are many ways of incorporating orchard living into your lifestyle, no matter how busy or short of space you are. Written by esteemed horticulturalist Naomi Slade, this gloriously illustrated resource illuminates the possibilities and enables you to make it a reality – whether you have a few fruit trees already or have always wanted an orchard of your own. An Orchard Odyssey shows you how to plant and care for your trees and suggests fruit trees suitable for different spaces. It also covers the benefits of orchard for conservation and biodiversity, orchard heritage, and the role of fruit trees in garden and landscape design. The guide promotes the 'five trees' principle of orchards, and encourages the reader to embrace the orchards in a way that is personal to them. Packed with practical ideas and inspiration, let this delightful book encourage you to re-engage with tree fruit in new ways: look at it the right way and everyone can have an orchard.

Naval Leadership and Management, 1650-1950
Naval Leadership and Management, 1650-1950

Author: Richard Harding

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1843836955

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Considers naval leadership and management very widely, moving beyond a focus on leading admirals. Many works on naval history ascribe success to the special qualities of individual leaders, Nelson being the prime example. This book in contrast moves away from focusing on Nelson and other leading individuals to explore more fully how naval leadership worked in the context of a large, complex, globally-capable institution. It puts forward important original scholarship around four main themes: the place of the hero in naval leadership; organisational friction in matters of command; the role of management capability in the exercise of naval power; and the evolution of management and technical training in the Royal Navy. Besides providing much new, interesting material for naval and maritime historians, the book also offers important insights for management and leadership specialists more generally. HELEN DOE is a Fellow of the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies, University of Exeter and author of Enterprising Women and Shipping (Boydell, 2009). RICHARD HARDING is Professor of Organisational History at the University of Westminster and author of The Emergence of Britain's Global Naval Supremacy (Boydell, 2010), Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century (Royal Historical Society, 1991) and six other books. Contributors: GARETH COLE, MIKE FARQUHARSON-ROBERTS, MARY JONES, ROGER KNIGHT, ROGER MORRISS, ELINOR ROMANS, DAVID J. STARKEY, PETER WARD, OLIVER WALTON, BRITT ZERBE.