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Baker has written a practical, procedure-oriented book with the purpose of helping individuals identify the causes of failure of performance appraisal systems in order to improve their design and operation. To do this, he describes procedures useful for identifying discrepancies in a performance appraisal system, determining if the system is being effectively implemented, and assessing whether the desired objectives are being achieved. . . . I...

Although women's rights, disarmament initiatives, and other contemporary social movements receive substantial critical attention, no new work on American reformism as a whole has been published since the late 1960s. In this wide-ranging history, David De Leon brings us up-to-date and offers fresh insights on the social transformations that continue to reshape our society. He traces the evolution of modern reform movements, analyzing their lead...

This bio-bibliography catalogs more than 300 musical compositions of the prolific American composer, Daniel Pinkham. The compositions reflect Pinkham's success at securing commissions from a variety of individuals and organizations, and span his entire career to date as composer, performer, and teacher. The volume commences with a biography, and then supplies a complete catalog of works and a selected listing of performances. A discography of ...

Der Band umfaßt sieben Beiträge, die in ähnlich aufgebauter Gliederungsstruktur die Möglichkeiten der Modellierung komplexer Systeme und ihrer Simulation mit Hilfe von weiterentwickelten Formen der Petri-Netze aufzeigen. So werden die vielfältigen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten dieses Modellierungsinstrumentariums deutlich. Insbesondere wird vorgeschlagen, das Verfahren für den Weg von der Ist-analytischen Beschreibung eines komplexen Systems bis zur...

Borderlinepatienten werden oft als "Problempatienten" angesehen (Neigung zum Agieren, Abbrechen der Therapie, Gegenübertragungsprobleme beim Therapeuten) und haben deshalb besondere Modifikationen im therapeutischen Setting notwendig gemacht. Da sie ambulant kaum zu behandeln sind, kommt der stationären Psychotherapie bei diesen Patienten eine besondere Bedeutung zu. Diese stellt oft die einzige realistische Entwicklungschance dar, gleichzeiti...

A strong oral tradition together with a variety of literary works and other written records have given us a broad general knowledge of the cultural and political history of the Irish immigrants who settled in North America during the past four centuries. This directory adds a further dimension to our understanding of Irish immigration and its contributions to American culture. Reflecting a growing scholarly interest in the material side of cul...

This is yet another fine historical dictionary from Greenwood. . . . This carefully edited work should prove an asset for all reference collections and as a useful handbook for students of twentieth-century American history." Reference Books Bulletin

This bibliography brings together a broad base of literature directly related to the Three Mile Island-2 accident and its aftermath, covering the humanities, social sciences, hard sciences such as medicine, nuclear biology, and the environment, and government publications. Comprised of articles, editorials, letters, and news items from professional journals, monographs, federal and Pennsylvania government documents, and Congressional hearings,...

With rising competition in the field, independent accountants as well as accounting firms are finding it harder to survive and make a profit. According to the author of this management guide, the difficulty is compounded by the fact that most professional accountants lack training or expertise in managing a practice. Kastantin, an experienced CPA, consultant, and accounting educator, has written a comprehensive manual that will enable accounta...

This collection of essays examines the development of the American South from the end of the Civil War to the end of World War II. Written by both well-known and emerging scholars, the essays are divided into sections that address some of the major issues of that era, such as race relations, economic development, political reform, the roles of southern women, the messages of folk music, and the problems of the region's historians. Each article...

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No American gardening writer has been more admired than the late Elizabeth Lawrence of North Carolina. To have a posthumously published book of hers is now the sort of bonus that makes one think the world is not so bad after all."--Henry Mitchell, "Washington Post Book World