Interviewing: A Guide for Journalists and Writers by Gail Sedorkin

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This practical guide to all aspects of interviewing for print and broadcast journalists demonstrates step-by-step how to manage the interview process, including how to prepare, what to do when you don't have time to prepare, the difference between "soft" and "hard" interviews, and how to make the most out of any interview situation.
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* Amazon Sales Rank: #229781 in Books
* Published on: 2002-09-01
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 192 pages

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About the Author
Gail Sedorkin, journalism lecturer at Deakin University, is the coauthor of Get Your Message Across. She has worked for regional newspapers and ABC Radio. Judy McGregor is professor and head of the department of communication and journalism at Massey University. She spent 20 years as a reporter and editor of the Independent Newspapers Limited Group, and was the first female editor of a major paper in Australia.
Customer Reviews

Demystifying the art of interviewing5
There's an old journalists' saying - "you're only as good as your contacts", but in reality - "you're only as good as your interviews".

That's the subject of a new guide for journalists and writers which covers a broad range of topics and issues that comprise the art of interviewing.

'Interviewing' is written by two experienced Australian journalists: Gail Sedorkin, a journalism university lecturer and co-author of 'Get Your Message Across', who spent several years in newspapers and radio. Judy McGregor, a journalism professor, with 20 years experience as a newspaper reporter and editor.

The book is an essential guide to interviewing for both new and experienced scribes. It balances a plethora of tips, techniques and checklists with a variety of colorful and insightful anecdotes from some of the best known and highly regarded journalists in print and electronic media.

Some of the topics covered include:

* Types and styles of interviews (Vox pops, doorstops and ambushes, death knocks, rounds and events)
* Research
* Getting started
* Breaking the ice
* The questions
* Print and broadcast interviews
* Telephone and email interviews
* Handing the information (when to quote, naming sources)
* Legal and other issues (off the record, checkbook journalism, defamation, contempt of court)

While written principally for Australian and New Zealand writers, most of information and wisdom is universal, and supported by a number of Web site links.

'Interviewing' is a must-have reference book for all journalists and writers involved in researching and interviewing. Even if you think you know it all, this book will surprise you and inspire you.

Financial Institutions Management: A Risk Management Approach with S&P card (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance and Real Esta)

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Saunders and Cornett’s Financial Institutions Management: A Risk Management Approach, 6th edition focuses on managing return and risk in modern financial institutions. The central theme is that the risks faced by financial institutions managers and the methods and markets through which these risks are managed are becoming increasingly similar whether an institution is chartered as a commercial bank, a savings bank, an investment bank, or an insurance company. Although the traditional nature of each sector’s product activity is analyzed, a greater emphasis is placed on new areas of activities such as asset securitization, off-balance-sheet banking, and international banking.
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* Amazon Sales Rank: #118526 in Books
* Published on: 2007-10-03
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 871 pages

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About the Author
Anthony Saunders is the John M. Schiff Professor of Finance and the Chair of the Department of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University. Professor Saunders received his PhD from the London School of Economics and has taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses at NYU since 1978. Throughout his academic career, his teaching and research have specialized in financial institutions and international banking. He has served as a visiting professor all over the world, including INSEAD, the Stockholm School of Economics, and the University of Melbourne. He is currently on the Executive Committee of the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions, NYU. His research has been published in all the major money and banking and finance journals and in several books. In addition, he has authored or co-authored several professional books, the most recent of which is Credit Risk Measurement: New Approaches to Value at Risk and Other Paradigms, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1999.

Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day by Jennifer Grappone

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Influence search engine results and bring targeted traffic to your website in just an hour day with the second edition of this bestselling SEO guide, Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day. Drawing on years of experience as successful SEO consultants, Jennifer Grappone and Gradiva Couzin provide detailed, practical, and often surprisingly simple techniques for increasing your online visibitlity and delivering stellar results. Their easy-to-follow strategies include setting SEO goals, optimizing your site for, search engines, blogs and social media, developing and implementing a strategy including both free and paid efforts, and using the latest tools to monitor trends, measure the competition, and track your results. Bracing as a shot of espresso, Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day is your step-by-step guide to putting your website in the spotlight.
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Amazon Sales Rank: #8530 in Books
Published on: 2008-04-14
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
359 pages
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From the Back Cover
Put Your Website in the Spotlight

A Step-by-Step Guide

Back and bracing as ever, Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day, Second Edition offers brisk advice, bite-sized tasks, and smart tools to help you increase visibility for your website on the major search engines. In this new edition of their bestselling how-to guide, SEO consultants Jennifer Grappone and Gradiva Couzin offer surprisingly easy do-it-yourself techniques as well as the very latest SEO strategies for small, very small, and large businesses, as well as for bloggers and web designers.

Cut through the trendy jargon to find the "Eternal Truths" of SEO

Discover the right keywords using the latest research tools and your own gut check

Get to know your stats and the free stat-collector, Google Analytics

Optimize your site for search engines and your site visitors so you can be found, then make the sale

Use the social web to help you reach your business goals, even if you're not a social networking butterfly

You'll also find:

Essential hints, tips, and techniques for everyone from one-person shops to Fortune 500 companies

Engaging right-brain vs. left-brain discussions about tackling key issues from two unique perspectives

Real-world "From the Trenches" case studies that illustrate successes to learn from and mistakes to avoid

Praise for Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day

"This book offers a systematic, commonsense approach to the art and science of SEO."
—Chris Sherman, SearchEngineWatch.com

"The book is a step-by-step guide that can help drive targeted search-referred traffic to a variety of websites—perhaps even your website."
—P.J. Fusco, ClickZ Magazine columnist

"The practical and realistic emphasis on business-oriented needs makes the book a great reference."
—Joe Dolson, inter:digital strategies

"Written with clarity and detail, the book leaves little room for confusion about what you can do to improve your website's rank in the search engine results pages."
—Harvey Ramer, marketing designer and blogger, Design Delineations

About the Author
Search marketing consultants Jennifer Grappone and Gradiva Couzin have been improving the Internet presence of Fortune 500 companies and other firms in the media, entertainment, software, retail, nonprofit, and human resources industries since the early days of SEO. Jennifer, a former web project manager and corporate video producer, began focusing exclusively on SEO in 2000. Gradiva, a programmer and civil engineer, has been working in SEO since 1998. Together they deliver a well-rounded, left-brain/right-brain approach to successful search engine optimization.
Visit the authors' site at www.yourseoplan.com, or www.sybex.com/go/seohouraday2e for downloads, forums, and additional resources.
Customer Reviews

For me those tips worked well
There is a lot of proud guys entered the 1 star to this book - DO NOT be mis leaded please, when you are choosing a SEO book. Right on, there is probably a lot of water inside, and I also do not like the spreadsheets what authors are suggesting to download and fill all the way - but hey - the information what they suggest enter on them - are useful, and worked for me. I started use the tips they suggest in July 2007, and back then according Google analytics the % of organic google search was 0.5 %. Now, it came up to 18 % (most are PPC still), and guess what - I never used another book for this, and all other books I read till now, or numerous suggestions in blogs and forums, well they actually are same, maybe small details missed.
I highly recommend this book. My personal example shows - generally the methonds they offer works.

Some good, some just average information
I am torn on this book because I liked the first few chapters and found them simple to read and incorporate the ideas. I liked the theory of the "right brain + left brain" approach. I'm not new to SEO so I was able to move quickly through the work. The templates were helpful -- at first. But soon I found them cumbersome and not always worth the time I spent to put them together - especially when it came to key word selection. The industry is changing so fast the URLs were not always accurate anymore. The Wordtracker product they highly recommend i thought was a waste of my time - but it could just be the industry i'm in. So try this book if you are new to SEO - it won't hurt and may help.

Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day
This books gets right to the heart of what all website owners want to know. How do I attract viewers to my sight. There are many practices that should be followed that the author suggests. Not a fluff book. Practical advice is given.

E-Human Resources Management: Managing Knowledge People

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This book provides a deep discussion about e-HRM issues so the reader can have a thoughtful background about the key role played by those who participate in e-HRM activities. A variety of experiences are provided to involve the reader in real problems and to help the reader gain an understanding of current and future e-HRM challenges. E-Human Resources Management: Managing Knowledge People also explores the impact of IT on communication effectiveness, the concept of protean career, the integration of handheld computer technology into HR practice, the B2E models, and perspectives in organizational development and IT.
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* Amazon Sales Rank: #3303040 in Books
* Published on: 2004-11-01
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 296 pages

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About the Author
Teresa Torres Coronas, Ph. D., has a bachelor's degree in economics (Barcelona University) and a Ph.D. in management (Rovira i Virgili University). She won first prize in the 2000 edition of EADA related management research. She is the author of the book Valuing Brands (Ediciones Gestión 2000. Spain), co-author or the book Retrieve Your Creativity (Septem Ediciones, Spain), co-editor of the book Changing the way you teach: Creative tools for management education, (Septem Ediciones, Spain, in press), and author of many articles and conference papers about intangible management, management education, and applied creativity and TI. She is management professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, and she is one of the Spanish associates of the Center for Research in Applied Creativity (in Canada). She is an active member of the Management Education and Development Division (Academy of Management) and the Information Resources Management Association. Mario Arias Oliva: Dr. Mario Arias is PhD in Management by Rovira Rovira i Virgili University. His PhD research was about Virtual Organizations. He attended several courses at Erasmus Universiteit Rótterdam and MBA courses at Rotterdam School of Management, Holland. He is professor at Rovira i Virgili University in the Management area. Dr. Arias collaborate as well with the Center for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, UK. In 2002 become International Research Associate of this Center. He has conducted several research projects as, "Self-employment analysis in Spain" (Edited by the Spanish Economic Ministry) or "The relationship between training consultancy organizational design and strategy: the effects on quality and performance of training services" (Edited by the Spanish Union "Unión General de Trabajadores, UGT"). Mario Arias has been invited as speaker to several MBA programs, seminars, courses and International Conferences: Autónoma University of Madrid, Vigo University, Rey Juan Carlos of Madrid University, Politecnic University of Madrid, De Montfort University (UK), Unisinos (Brazil) Autónoma del Sur (Chile), Atacama University (Chile), UNICEN University (Argentina) and UCES (Argentina).

The CEO and the Monk: One Company's Journey to Profit and Purpose by Robert B. Catell

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In a business era in which executives are taken away in handcuffs and corporate malfeasance and scandal dominates the business headlines, there is tremendous value in the stories of ethical companies and spiritual business leaders. The CEO and the Monk is one such compelling story, the story of KeySpan, the nations fifth largest energy giant and a profitable, Fortune 500 company, and the two KeySpan executives–one a former monk–whose unique working relationship is based on something as simple and powerful as "doing the right thing." This isnt yet another prescriptive business guide written by breathless consultants. It is a story about a real business and how two unusual and dedicated humanists can keep their eyes on profits and ethics at the same time.
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Amazon Sales Rank: #111986 in Books
Published on: 2004-01-16
Number of items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
256 pages
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From Publishers Weekly
The sublime union of temporal and spiritual power in the business world is celebrated in this earnest corporate hagiography. The titular monk is ex-Catholic clergyman Moore, a "thoughtful, provocative, gentle and good-natured" man with "the interpersonal skills of a priest, the serenity of a monk, the unbiased attitude of a business neophyte and a stark absence of a personal agenda." Signing on to the human resources department of gas utility Brooklyn Union, Moore becomes a confessor to troubled colleagues and a spiritual advisor to CEO Catell. As the energy market deregulates and Brooklyn Union metastasizes into energy conglomerate KeySpan through a series of traumatic mergers and acquisitions, Moore helps the company "hold on to its soul" through a regimen of high-concept human resources initiatives in which employees meditate, create murals, do improv comedy and vent their feelings, initiatives that are also supplemented by random acts of senseless beauty, like sending anonymous floral bouquets to unsung workers. Nominally the company ombudsman, Moore displays a combination of sacramental and community-building roles that makes him more like an archbishop; he likens one of his HR functions to a Catholic Mass, another to the Last Supper, and even presides, decked out in priestly vestments, over a "funeral" for Brooklyn Union. Employees roll their eyes at first, but Moore is stoutly supported by Catell, a "messianic CEO" whose "salvific task" Moore compares to that of Moses himself. In the book's trinitarian chapter structure, business journalist Rifkin (Radical Marketing) offers third-person narrative sections praising the character and good works of the two KeySpan executives, followed by first-person sections in which Moore and Catell praise each other (and themselves.) The result is a fairly well-written devotional tract that will inspire far more than it enlightens.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Review
“… showing executives how to instill a philosophy that balances bottom-line demands with a sense of caring.” (The Deal, 15th March 2004)

"It's an odd partnership that makes for an offbeat but intriguing story." (Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge, March 8,2004)

"Entertaining and human story of making a business work by keeping an eye on the intangibles of the human experience." (HR.Com Book of the Year 2003, Runner-Up, January, 2004)

"If you're interested in CEO thinking, human resources issues, and corporate culture, ''The CEO and the Monk" is worth reading." (Boston Globe, March 7, 2004)

Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge, March 8,2004
"It's an odd partnership that makes for an offbeat but intriguing story."
Customer Reviews

Spiritual and Business-Savvy? Whodathunkit?
I work for an A/V company who does small trade shows and pharmaseutical companies. I ordinarally fall asleep during these presentations, but when Kenny hit the stage with his understated enthusiasm and wisdom about how the bottom lines of profit and spirituality can come together -- and make both bottom lines go up for all concerned -- I was transfixed.

All I do is run a sound board. I get a lot of free books from these shows, and to be honest I sell most of them on EBay.

I am keeping this one.

This should be a best seller!! BUY THIS BOOK!!!! Read why.
I'm not ordinarily a fan of business books, but I fell in love with this story about a company with heart, soul and a strong sense of moral responsibility and community. If we all lived our business lives like The CEO and The Monk, there would be no Enrons and all our bottom lines would be healthy.

There are so many places in the book that pull you up short and make you think, like the Monk's recalling words of Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside us." I felt energized reading this book, inspired to start all over again and make a difference. I am sharing this book with my staff. And, I've been buying copies and giving to friends who work in the corporate world. BUY THIS BOOK!!!!

Spiritually, Very Average......
This book is "ok". If you use the track record of corporations to measure Key Span (Brooklyn Union), then what they've done is good, not great, but good. If you use a spiritual or moral measure, then what they've done is quite mediocre. The main accomplishment is that of the monk, Kenny Moore, who was able to foster direct and non-judgemental communication between the workers and management. This is a good thing and many companies would do well to learn from this example. Key Span does do a lot of charity work, but their motives for doing so, by their own terms of "enlightened self-interest", are just that, selfish. The company pressures average workers to give up their free time to volunteer for charity. The result is that Key Span gets publicity at the expense of their unpaid workers. This is PR on the cheap and takes unfair advantage of the already financially strapped workers. They hire social workers to aid the company in extracting money from customers who are unable to pay. On the surface it sounds good, but it's just a ploy to increase company profits by increasing collections. Much of the book is about the inside scoop on various Brooklyn Union/Key Span mergers and aquisitions, a bit boring. The rest is a lot of back slapping of both CEO and the Monk. There's very little investigative journalism here in terms of exploring contrarian points of view. What Key Span has done is just "ok", not great. They stand out not because of what good they've done, but rather because of what very bad other corporations have done. The bottom line, foster honest communication between management and the workers. The rest of the book is meaningless. It's the same old same old, the workers toil in order to make executives rich. Nothing new. That the CEO and the Monk can't see this is more telling than anything told in the book.

How to Measure Employee Performance (The performance management series) by Jack Zigon

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Here's a self-paced training manual and job aid that explains, demonstrates and teaches you how measure employee performance. You'll learn how to identify the value-added results of a job and then define more objective performance standards for each result. Each step in the process is explained in detail with examples from dozens of industries. It even covers techniques for developing performance standards for the hard-to-measure, qualitative aspects of employee performance. Concrete step-by-step instructions, examples from 40 different positions, worksheets, job aids and exercises are all also included in this guide.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #707267 in Books
Published on: 1999-07-01
Binding: Paperback
171 pages
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About the Author
Jack Zigon is president of Zigon Performance Group, a management consulting and online publishing firm specializing in custom performance management and performance measurement systems. For the past 23 years, he has worked with Fortune 1000 companies such as Kerr McGee, PECO Energy, Yellow Freight System, Beckman Instruments, and Ares-Serono to help them improve employee performance through better performance measurement, feedback and incentives. His performance management series entitled How to Measure Team Performance, How to Measure Employee Performance and Performance Measurement Examples won the 1997 ISPI Award of Excellence for Outstanding Instructional Communication. His website is known the world over as one of the most comprehensive collections of online performance measurement information. Mr. Zigon is a frequent speaker at the national meetings of the AMA, SHRM, ACA, ISPI, and ASTD.

Six Sigma for Financial Professionals (Wiley Essentials) by D. H. Stamatis

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Praise for Six Sigma for Financial Professionals
"Dr. Stamatis has tackled an area that is just learning the tremendous value of the Six Sigma methodology and how to use it. The financial community is proving that Six Sigma can and will reduce errors and prevent mistakes from occurring. Dr. Stamatis lays out the formula for success by starting with the foundations of Six Sigma and then moving into its application in financial arenas. He has given numerous examples and references that will assist in developing this methodology into a reality for your organization."
-Roderick A. Munro, PhD
Business Improvement Coach
"A strong and thorough blueprint to follow for companies that are planning to implement Six Sigma. The book helps one understand how to focus on processes, not just projects, to help achieve business transformation."
-Tammy S. Mitchell
Vice President Controller
TRW Automotive
"Dr. Stamatis's approach to Six Sigma is insightful and would benefit readers outside the quality sector and quality professionals alike. The book is refreshing in truthfully identifying Six Sigma as a collection of proven methodologies, not a new 'silver bullet.'"
-William M. Harral, CQA, CQE, CQMgr, CRE, ASQ-Fellow
CEO, Arch Associates LLC
"As a rule, financial executives focus on the bottom line for directions and ultimate decision-making. Dr. Stamatis's manuscript is clearly written, easily followed, and absolutely describes the potential benefits of Six Sigma and the need to incorporate it for long-term survival in any industry."
-William P. Lianos
President and Treasurer
Michigan Rivet Corporation
"Amid the crushing time crunch to compete, effective leaders have found an important tool in the Six Sigma method. Yet the plethora of information in the field often generates a confusing light without generating the necessary heat. Dr. Stamatis has penned an important, coherent, and complete contribution without cheerleading a single-minded approach. If you only have the time for one book to help you plan, prepare, or advance your Six Sigma effort, this is it."
- A. J. Deeds
President
Team Quality Development, Inc.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #1605830 in Books
Published on: 2003-09-01
Number of items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
320 pages
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Praise for Six Sigma for Financial Professionals
"Dr. Stamatis has tackled an area that is just learning the tremendous value of the Six Sigma methodology and how to use it. The financial community is proving that Six Sigma can and will reduce errors and prevent mistakes from occurring. Dr. Stamatis lays out the formula for success by starting with the foundations of Six Sigma and then moving into its application in financial arenas. He has given numerous examples and references that will assist in developing this methodology into a reality for your organization."
-Roderick A. Munro, PhD
Business Improvement Coach
"A strong and thorough blueprint to follow for companies that are planning to implement Six Sigma. The book helps one understand how to focus on processes, not just projects, to help achieve business transformation."
-Tammy S. Mitchell
Vice President Controller
TRW Automotive
"Dr. Stamatis's approach to Six Sigma is insightful and would benefit readers outside the quality sector and quality professionals alike. The book is refreshing in truthfully identifying Six Sigma as a collection of proven methodologies, not a new 'silver bullet.'"
-William M. Harral, CQA, CQE, CQMgr, CRE, ASQ-Fellow
CEO, Arch Associates LLC
"As a rule, financial executives focus on the bottom line for directions and ultimate decision-making. Dr. Stamatis's manuscript is clearly written, easily followed, and absolutely describes the potential benefits of Six Sigma and the need to incorporate it for long-term survival in any industry."
-William P. Lianos
President and Treasurer
Michigan Rivet Corporation
"Amid the crushing time crunch to compete, effective leaders have found an important tool in the Six Sigma method. Yet the plethora of information in the field often generates a confusing light without generating the necessary heat.

Review
“A clearly written book on the benefits of Six Sigma, this is an ideal book for those using or advancing this methodology.” (Accounting Technician, June 2004)

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Praise for Six Sigma for Financial Professionals
"Dr. Stamatis has tackled an area that is just learning the tremendous value of the Six Sigma methodology and how to use it. The financial community is proving that Six Sigma can and will reduce errors and prevent mistakes from occurring. Dr. Stamatis lays out the formula for success by starting with the foundations of Six Sigma and then moving into its application in financial arenas. He has given numerous examples and references that will assist in developing this methodology into a reality for your organization."
-Roderick A. Munro, PhD
Business Improvement Coach
"A strong and thorough blueprint to follow for companies that are planning to implement Six Sigma. The book helps one understand how to focus on processes, not just projects, to help achieve business transformation."
-Tammy S. Mitchell
Vice President Controller
TRW Automotive
"Dr. Stamatis's approach to Six Sigma is insightful and would benefit readers outside the quality sector and quality professionals alike. The book is refreshing in truthfully identifying Six Sigma as a collection of proven methodologies, not a new 'silver bullet.'"
-William M. Harral, CQA, CQE, CQMgr, CRE, ASQ-Fellow
CEO, Arch Associates LLC
"As a rule, financial executives focus on the bottom line for directions and ultimate decision-making. Dr. Stamatis's manuscript is clearly written, easily followed, and absolutely describes the potential benefits of Six Sigma and the need to incorporate it for long-term survival in any industry."
-William P. Lianos
President and Treasurer
Michigan Rivet Corporation
"Amid the crushing time crunch to compete, effective leaders have found an important tool in the Six Sigma method. Yet the plethora of information in the field often generates a confusing light without generating the necessary heat.

Paying for Performance: A Guide to Compensation Management, 2nd Edition by Peter T. Chingos

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An up-to-date, revised edition of the complete, practical guide to designing and implementing effective compensation plans

A compensation package should be more than just the means to attract and retain talented executives. The right kind of plan can give your company a powerful strategic advantage. In Paying for Performance, Second Edition, consultants at Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Inc., one of the world's leading human resources consulting firms, give you the tools and techniques you need to design and implement a highly effective compensation program that will sharpen your company's competitive edge for years to come.

The book also shows you how to understand shareholder expectations, government regulation, and a host of business and human resources issues. Paying for Performance, Second Edition:
Describes best practices used at America's top-performing companies
Offers proven pay-for-performance tools for addressing current and future pay issues
Uses case studies drawn from extensive Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Inc. research
Addresses the special issues affecting pay-for-performance in not-for-profits
Presents expert advice on managing talent and competencies to maximize performance
Addresses the regulatory issues that affect executive compensation
Covers everything from base pay to annual and long-term compensation
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #341639 in Books
Published on: 2002-05-06
Number of items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
416 pages
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Book Info
Practical guide to designing and implementing effective compensation plans. Describes best practices used at America's top-performing companies. Covers everything from base pay to annual and long-term compensation.

The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
Provides an in-depth look at compensation programs and benefits that assist company owners and executives in gaining a competitive advantage. Shows how compensation programs can influence performance, behavior and success of a corporation. Examples and models (some that work and some that don't) and solutions are given so that the reader can compare it to his own experiences. Discusses how compensation programs can be cost effective for tax purpose as well.

From the Inside Flap
Paying for Performance
Second Edition

An effective compensation plan is more than just the happy medium between what a company can afford and what employees will settle for. A well-designed plan is a powerful tool that fosters excellence and builds competitive advantage. With increased scrutiny from shareholders and the public, as well as new laws regulating executive compensation, designing a good compensation plan is not an easy prospect. Boards of directors, company management, and human resources professionals must work together to develop a plan that balances business issues, human resources concerns, shareholder expectations, and current regulations.

Paying for Performance, Second Edition is a practical guide to designing and implementing successful compensation plans, now revised and updated to reflect current thinking and recent changes. It provides proven compensation approaches and a set of powerful tools to help you solve existing problems and avoid future ones. It covers a broad range of crucial compensation issues, from overall reward strategy and talent management to annual and long-term incentives, performance management, sales compensation, and accounting and tax rules. You'll also find detailed analyses of the various approaches taken in companies throughout North America and practical guidance on how to adapt the best ones for your company. New chapters have been added on talent management, executive benefits, compensation in not-for-profit organizations, severance and retention programs, and broad-based equity compensation.

Many of the compensation approaches described in Paying for Performance, Second Edition are based on extensive research projects conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Inc. over several years and reflect the best compensation practices now employed at many of America's most successful companies.

The Second Edition of Paying for Performance includes many case studies, allowing you to compare and contrast your company's policies with those practiced at leading organizations. This expert guide is an invaluable resource for CFOs, COOs, senior human resources managers, board members, and all those involved with the design and implementation of compensation programs.
Customer Reviews

Excellent book on compensation
This is an excellent book on rewards and compensation. I keep this book on my shelf and refer to it constantly. And, I require all my managers to keep a copy too. The coverage is complete, the writing is clear, and the book is "must have" for anyone who needs information on executive compensation.

Comprehensive, well written and very current
With executive pay under more extensive scrutiny than ever, I found this book an excellent way to resolve the dilemma about how to pay for performance. While my company's circumstances mean that there are no clear cut solutions, this was the only book I could find that laid out all the alternatives clearly and concisely. Overall, this is the best book on reward I have ever read, and I am sure I will be coming back to it again and again as my standard reference guide.

A must for practitioners and students alike.
This is an awesome text. In a subject area as dynamic as executive and other compensation, this book hands it to you on a "golden" platter. A must on every human resource executives bookshelf. A must for the compensation student. This book has it all and is worth the price.

J.K. Lasser's Buy, Sell, or Hold: Manage Your Portfolio for Maximum Gain by Michael C. Thomsett

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SIMPLE MARKET GUIDANCE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR

Today, investors are bogged down with information overload and market falsehoods, which stem from a variety of sources. To move beyond the mentality of popular, yet untrue, market assumptions and identify how the market actually works, you must carefully filter information to make the important buy, sell, or hold decisions that will maintain and grow your portfolio. J.K. Lasser's Buy, Sell, or Hold seeks to clear the air for investors by providing honest, down-to-earth advice on how to cope with excessive information, and how to find good, basic facts that will improve your skills in personal portfolio management. Filled with sound methods and proven techniques, this accessible book provides you with the knowledge needed to study stocks and decide whether you should buy, sell, or hold. By exploring ten areas of study that every investor needs to master, J.K. Lasser's Buy, Sell, or Hold shows you how to avoid the common pitfalls of the market and head down the path of successful investing.

Critical coverage will help you:
Make intelligent investment decisions based on logical and reasonable information
Manage your portfolio to maximize analysis, minimize risk, and earn profits
Understand and interpret volatility
Decide on what type of professional advice-if any-is right for you

J.K. Lasser--Practical Guides for All Your Financial Needs

Please visit our Web site at www.jklasser.com
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #1975805 in Books
Published on: 2002-04-12
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
304 pages
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About the Author
MICHAEL C. THOMSETT has written more than fifty books, including J.K. Lasser's Real Estate Investing, Getting Started in Options, and The Mathematics of Investing. He has been a management consultant, a real estate investor, and a financial writer for the past twenty-five years.

Beat the Street: The WetFeet Guide to Investment Banking Interviews (WetFeet Insider Guide) by WetFeet

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Investment banking interviews are highly competitive. Beat the Street offers tips to acing interviews in corporate finance, research, sales, and trading. We talked to recruiters, new hires, and senior bankers at the leading investment banking firms to answer all of your questions about interviews--from information sessions to the final interview to the offer.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #535469 in Books
* Published on: 2003-08-15
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 152 pages

Editorial Reviews

MBA Student
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Stanford MBA
"Congratulations on setting the standard for interviewing from here on out..."

From the Publisher
"Recently, I was selected by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners into their private equity fund. They are planning to hire only three students this year, and thus I think I have achieved possibly the best result I could in recruiting. Among others, I have WetFeet.com to thank for this."

"I just landed an I-banking job and would like to thank everyone at WetFeet.com. With your guides and my own interviews with a couple of insiders, I was able to walk into the interview with confidence."
Customer Reviews

Beating the competition5
That's what it's all about especially now that the i-banking field has contracted so much. Still, getting the grades, the right recommendations, landing the right internships, going out for a bunch of different extracurricular activities and then finally preparing as much as possible for the interviews are all key to getting the job you want. At least that's what i've found. I used this guide as part of the preparation process, having been recommended it by a college counselor. Best advice I ever got. Good stuff. Very thorough. I've received exactly the offer I wanted. All my work and research has paid off.

Extremely thorough preparation5
This guide provided excellent preparation material. It covered everything from the pre-interview cocktail session to the follow-up after the interview. The information provided in the guide was clear and easy to follow, so that flipping through for review of specific information was a breeze. My copy is all dog-eared from nervously flipping throught it again and again during my plane ride to perform my interviews. But my nervousness proved unfounded. When I felt stuck during the interviews, I just thought back to what I had read in the guide, and everything went smoothly. I even got to choose among a few of the firms I was really interested in. I recommend this to anyone who wants to be an analyst on Wall Street, but feels like they need a little help getting through the interviews.

Concise and helpful.5
This guide is so compact that you can quickly get up to speed on I-Banking interviews in one night, if you had to. It truly covers only the essentials, without the clutter and filler that clogs other similar guides. If you can only afford one and you need a crash course, this is the one to go for.