Folklore
Author: Dan Ben-Amos
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2013-03-21
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 3110880229
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"In vain I tried to tell you"
Author: Dell Hymes
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2016-11-11
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 1512802913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the Introduction: This book is . . . devoted to the first literature of North America, that of the American Indians, or Native Americans. The texts are from the North Pacific Coast, because that is where I am from, and those are the materials I know best. The purpose is general: All traditional American Indian verbal art requires attention of this kind if we are to comprehend what it is and says. There is linguistics in this book, and that will put some people off. ''Too technical," they will say. Perhaps such people would be amused to know that many linguists will not regard the work as linguistics. "Not theoretical," they will say, meaning not part of a certain school of grammar. And many folklorists and anthropologists are likely to say, "too linguistic" and "too literary" both, whereas professors of literature are likely to say, "anthropological" or "folklore," not "literature" at all. But there is no help for it. As with Beowulf and The Tale of Genji, the material requires some understanding of a way of life. Within that way of life, it has in part a role that in English can only be called that of "literature." Within that way of life, and now, I hope, within others, it offers some of the rewards and joys of literature. And if linguistics is the study of language, not grammar alone, then the study of these materials adds to what is known about language.
Performance Breakthrough
Author: Cathy Rose Salit
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2016-04-12
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 0316382477
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBreak through to your peak performance! Whether you're navigating your way on a new team, expanding your leadership role, or just trying to get heard in a meeting, you're facing the kind of workplace challenge we all run into sooner or later: you need a new performance. In Performance Breakthrough, Cathy Salit presents the revolutionary strategies that she's proven successful through over twenty years' experience custom-creating workshops for powerhouse clients including American Express, Nike, Coca-Cola, and DIRECTV. Artfully blending techniques from theatrical performance with the new science of performative psychology, Salit guides readers through forging new relationships guaranteed to yield greater success and satisfaction. Performance Breakthrough outlines proven techniques, including taking an emotional inventory; crafting new scripts for greater confidence, stronger relationships, and better outcomes; building ensembles; improvising; and listening -- really listening -- including accepting others' criticism and input. No matter what your challenge, Salit's innovative philosophy, case studies, practical exercises, and inspiring advice will help you deliver your own top performance.
Breakthrough into Performance
Author: Dell Hymes
Publisher: Guaraldi
Published: 2019-05-03T00:00:00+02:00
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 8869274136
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn enlightening text for the studies on mythology and folklore. The importance of performance in the organization and realization of the tradition. Rituals and ceremonies are social events with emerging semiotic properties which the expert participants consider describable and interpretable, repeatable and renewable. The examples have been taken from North American Indians communities. Un testo illuminante per gli studi di mitologia e del folklore. L’importanza della performance (esecuzione) nell’organizzazione e realizzazione della tradizione. Riti e cerimonie sono eventi sociali con proprietà semiotiche emergenti che i partecipanti competenti considerano descrivibili e interpretabili, ripetibili e rinnovabili. Gli esempi sono tratti da comunità di indiani nord-americani.
Decide & Deliver
Author: Marcia W. Blenko
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 1422147576
DOWNLOAD EBOOK-Identify your critical decisions. Focus on those that matter most to your company's performance. --
Breakthrough Performance
Author: William R. Daniels
Publisher:
Published: 1994-09
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781882939008
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is for the REAL MANAGERS at work - individual contributors - & their bosses who want to encourage them to be more pro-active. With flatter organizations demanding more speed & flexibility, EVERYONE MUST MANAGE THEMSELVES & THEIR PEERS. Personal & organizational survival is at stake. For over 22 years clients like Intel, Motorola, Levi Strauss & Co., Cisco Systems & Bristol-Meyers Squibb have relied on Bill Daniels' system to achieve & sustain ever-increasing levels of productivity. They use this book to: work successfully with the formal & informal power structures, develop a personal performance plan that focuses on key results, keep goals aligned with others, get into Breakthrough Systems (clear expectations, informal feedback systems & resource control), create a learning-rich environment. It also addresses that most vital skill of coordination: how to create real teamwork at meetings. Daniels' profound understanding of how organizations really work is shared in a practical, inviting text that offers readers a way to increase their value to their organizations. An easy read with a powerful message, each chapter has worksheets & guidelines that invite readers to take immediate action, either alone or in teams, one step at a time. Absolutely indispensable for anyone concerned about staying vital at work. To order: American Consulting & Training, Inc., 655 Redwood Highway, #395, Mill Valley, CA 94941; 415-388-6651; 800-995-6651; FAX: 415-388-6672.
Coach Yourself to Win: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job and In Your Life
Author: Howard M. Guttman
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Published: 2010-10-13
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0071713263
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA proven process for changing the way you behave--used by a renowned executive coach for more than 25 years Are you able, ready, and willing to permanently change your behavior? Permanently replacing deeply ingrained behaviors with new ones is one of the hardest challenges to overcome. But in Coach Yourself to Win, master executive coach Howard Guttman combines his own expert insight and deep extensive coaching experience to create a step-by-step process that you can follow to change the behaviors that have been holding you back from what you truly want. Unlike many self-help books offering advice on how to improve either your career or your personal life, Coach Yourself to Win bridges the two worlds in order to help you improve your performance--whether you're earning your living or living your life. Coach Yourself to Win is written for the vast number of people who seek to create a new future for themselves. To help you achieve breakthrough performance on the job and in your life, you will learn to master a practical, tested self-coaching process that will enable you to: Clarify, set, and stay committed to realistic intentions Zero in on what holds you back Find the support you've been lacking Develop a path for change Evaluate yourself along the way Make necessary corrections to your plan Realize your intention to achieve a "new you" Coach Yourself to Win provides an easy-to-follow seven-step plan that will generate lasting, positive change in your professional and personal life. To help you implement the plan, Guttman provides a dedicated Web site--www.coachyourselftowin.com--where you will find all the supporting materials you will need as you go through the process, because you are the key to the happy ending you desire.
Juran Institute's Six Sigma Breakthrough and Beyond
Author: Joseph De Feo
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Published: 2003-09-05
Total Pages: 403
ISBN-13: 0071431489
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Do you feel the victim of continual and unpredictable change? Do you face unrelenting competition? Is the time cycle of your product development too slow? Does your production function produce waste, delays, defects, and other excessive costs? If you've answered "yes" to any of these questions, you need this book Juran's Six Sigma provides a clear roadmap for organizational survival and renewal. Piecemeal improvements won't solve the problem--this book presents the Juran Institute's plan for sustained major improvement across the organization. * The first Six Sigma book to incorporate the Juran philosophy* Useful for implementation and certification for all levels of management * Follow the Institute's unique method for achieving and maintaining Six Sigma breakthrough--with no backsliding
Reinventing Strategy
Author: Willie Pietersen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2002-10-15
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0471230510
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt last-a proven system for developing the strategic innovations every company needs to compete and win As everyone knows, today's unprecedented rate of business change demands new levels of strategic insight and adaptability. Reinventing Strategy is the first practical, systematic guide to creating an adaptive enterprise, showing how companies around the world are using the Strategic Learning approach to consistently out think, out maneuver, and out perform their competition. As Willie Pietersen explains, companies that aspire to long-term success must develop and implement strategy as part of a continuous four-step cycle-Learn, Focus, Align, Execute-and he offers dozens of provocative anecdotes and case studies, illustrating how to implement it at every level of an organization. Written with unusual clarity, frankness, and wit, Reinventing Strategy will change the way managers everywhere approach their greatest and most important challenge: the need to make strategy into a tool for ongoing corporate renewal.
Inclusion Breakthrough
Author: Frederick A. Miller
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2002-06-09
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1605094277
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Inclusion Breakthrough explains how to make diversity a central and profitable part of an organizations strategy for long-term success rather than merely a peripheral program. The authors, principals of a leading diversity consulting firm, present proven strategies for stimulating the creativity and productivity of any businesss greatest resource its people. Benefits to companies that have implemented these inclusion strategies are also described.
