Leadership and the New Science
Leadership and the New Science

Author: Margaret J. Wheatley

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-06-21

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 145877760X

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A bestseller--more than 300,000 copies sold, translated into seventeen languages, and featured in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Fortune; Shows how discoveries in quantum physics, biology, and chaos theory enable us to deal successfully with change and uncertainty in our organizations and our lives; Includes a new chapter on how the new sciences can help us understand and cope with some of the major social challenges of our timesWe live in a time of chaos, rich in potential for new possibilities. A new world is being born. We need new ideas, new ways of seeing, and new relationships to help us now. New science--the new discoveries in biology, chaos theory, and quantum physics that are changing our understanding of how the world works--offers this guidance. It describes a world where chaos is natural, where order exists ''for free.'' It displays the intricate webs of cooperation that connect us. It assures us that life seeks order, but uses messes to get there.Leadership and the New Science is the bestselling, most acclaimed, and most influential guide to applying the new science to organizations and management. In it, Wheatley describes how the new science radically alters our understanding of the world, and how it can teach us to live and work well together in these chaotic times. It will teach you how to move with greater certainty and easier grace into the new forms of organizations and communities that are taking shape.

Prentice Hall Earth Science: Student text
Prentice Hall Earth Science: Student text

Author: Michael J. Padilla

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2005-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780131901964

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Science Explorer: Life, Earth, and Physical Science is a comprehensive series that provides a balanced focus of Life, Earth, and Physical Science topics in each book.

Sustainability
Sustainability

Author: Tom Theis

Publisher:

Published: 2018-01-23

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9781680921533

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With "Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation," first and second-year college students are introduced to this expanding new field, comprehensively exploring the essential concepts from every branch of knowldege - including engineering and the applied arts, natural and social sciences, and the humanities. As sustainability is a multi-disciplinary area of study, the text is the product of multiple authors drawn from the diverse faculty of the University of Illinois: each chapter is written by a recognized expert in the field.

Earth Science
Earth Science

Author: Thomas McGuire

Publisher:

Published: 2004-06-01

Total Pages: 774

ISBN-13: 9780877201960

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An introduction to the study of earth science. Suitable for grades 8-12, this book helps students understand the fundamental concepts of earth science and become familiar with the Earth Science Reference Tables.

Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Chemical Building Blocks
Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Chemical Building Blocks

Author: Michael J. Padilla

Publisher:

Published: 2004-10

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780131811300

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Set of books for classroom use in a middle school science curriculum; all-in-one teaching resources volume includes lesson plans, teacher notes, lab information, worksheets, answer keys and tests.

Principles of Management
Principles of Management

Author: David S. Bright

Publisher:

Published: 2023-05-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781998109166

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Black & white print. Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well as behavioral areas such as motivation. No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management, so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters.

Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties
Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties

Author: Carolyn A. Denton

Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781598572438

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Reading problems don't disappear when students enter middle school, recent studies show that nearly a quarter of today's eighth graders aren't able to read at a basic level. This book arms language arts teachers with lessons, strategies, and foundational kowledge they need to resolve older students' reading difficulties and increase their chances for academic success. Ideal for use with struggling readers in Grades 6 - 8, this book clearly lays out the fundamentals of effective teaching for adolescents with reading difficulties. Teachers will discover how to: select and administor assessments for comprehension, fluency, and word recognition; use assessment results to plan individualized instruction; apply research-supported instructional practices; develop flexible grouping systems; set manageable short-term learning goals with students; give appropriate and corrective feedback; monitor student progress over time; provide effective interventions within a school-wide Response to Intervention framework; and more. To help teachers incorporate evidence-based practices into their classroom instruction they'll get more than 20 complete, step-by-step sample lessons for strengthening adolescents' reading skills. Easy to adapt for use across any curriculum, the sample lessons provide explicit models of successful instruction, with suggested teacher scripts, checklist for planning instruction, key terms and objectives, strategies for guided and independent practice, tips on promoting generalization, and more.