books about: measuring     books:       Measuring Eternity: The Search for the Beginning of Time5 reviews Martin Gorst Broadway, 2002 From 4,004 To 13.8 Billion If you have an old family Bible published as recently as the early 20Th Century, or about 1910, you will find a notation that is remarkable. This was the last year that Bibles gave not only the year that the world began, but also the date, the day, and the time down to the minute. Specifically, the world was to have been created on Saturday October 22 at 6:30 in the year 4,004b.c. An Irish ...             Linking Learning and Performance: A Practical Guide to Measuring Learning and On-the-Job Application ...5 reviews Toni Hodges Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001 See why Toni Hodges is the best training ROI person Linking learning and performance is filled with the kind of rigor that all of us Hodges-junkies have come to expect and look forward to. What Hodges maps out is not easy. It requires soul searching and a lot of work. But standing up in front of a CFO with a bullet-proof case for corporate learning makes it all worthwhile.             Measuring the Success of Your Website: A Customer-centric Approach to Website Management8 reviews Hurol Inan Longman Publishing Group, 2002 The best yet on Web Measurement I can't believe I'm going to be the only fan of this book once its popularity spreads further out of the author's native Australia. It is the best book yet that I have read on the topic of Web site measurement and analysis. Admittedly there aren't that many out there yet on this increasingly hot topic but it is infinitely better than, say, "Web Site Analysis and Reporting" and soon I'll be able ...             Measuring Penny7 reviews Loreen Leedy Topeka Bindery, 2001 Perfect for teaching measuring! I used this book with my kindergarteners and they adored it! They already knew Penny from the book about maps so they were excited to listen to a Penny book in math. We used it as our starting point to get an overview on measurement and then went back to specific sections of the book to learn about each type of measurement. When Lisa used herself as a measuring tool, the students used their ...             Practical Lean Accounting: A Proven System for Measuring and Managing the Lean Enterpise10 reviews Brian H. Maskell, Bruce Baggaley Productivity Press, 2003 Who' Counting & Practical Lean Accounting: 1+1>2 "Who's Counting" and "Practical Lean Accounting" are two great books on lean accounting. I wondered some time ago, which one to read and I am glad that I could not decide, so I bought and read them both. They complement each other extremely well and each one conveys the lessons of lean accounting from a different angle. "Practical Lean Accounting" is a well structured textbook, approaching ...             Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations10 reviews Robert D. Austin Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1996 Organizational Measurement is Hard This book is filled with both humorous and chilling examples of measurement dysfunction that make the sometimes academic approach quite palatable. Dr. Austin identifies three different types of performance measurement based on the intent of the measurement - measurement for motivation, process improvement, or process coordination. It is measurement for motivation that causes the dysfunction ...             Delivering and Measuring Customer Service - This isn't rocket surgery!6 reviews Richard D. Hanks Duff Road Endeavors, LLC, 2008 Must Read for Anyone Wanting to Improve Customer Service Anyone who is interested in understanding the role of gathering and using guest feedback needs to read this book. There is no other book that so clearly outlines the need for customer service and the actual methods and measurments on how to get it, and then how to improve your operation based on the feedback.             Alternatives for measuring hazardous waste reduction (Research report series / Hazardous Waste Research and ...7 reviews Rachel Dickstein Baker Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center, 1991 Complex, Deep and Moving "Story of an African Farm" is a difficult work to describe. It must be read several times, and carefully pondered before all of its secrets are unlocked. Ostensibly, the book revolves around the lives of three children (and, later, adults) who live in the Karroo plains of South Africa. The main focus, however, is on two of the characters - Waldo, the earnest and deeply curious son of the ...             Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental and ...8 reviews Marc J Epstein Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008 A Guide to the Implementation of Sustainability Principles Making Sustainability work does a significant contribution for practitioners on how to put sustainability principles and ideas into practice. We have seen in the past other important contributions about sustainability. The difference regarding this new book is in putting these ideas in a very explicit way; emphasizing on the challenges of integrating sustainability into the business strategy and ...             Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World33 reviews Craig, Marc Kielburger audible.com An exceptional book! Worth reading again and again. Me to We is one of those books that will get you thinking about what you are doing with your life, and what you could be doing. Written in an easy to understand manner, it is suitable for teens and seniors alike. Me to We is truly inspirational in the way it speaks from the heart, and encourages all of us to make a difference in our lives, our community, and our world. I truly recommend this ...             Everyone Is a Customer: A Proven Method for Measuring the Value of Every Relationship in the Era of ...3 reviews Jeffrey Shuman, Janice Twombly Kaplan Business, 2002 Business rules are now changing for the better! Finally, an innovative method for entrepreneurs and business professionals alike. It's about time someone has come up with a method that makes sense. Shuman and Twombly have developed and innovative method for measuring and managing the value in your business relationships. It sounds obvious at first however; their methodology shows you how to systematically work towards making each ...             Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Fourth Edition, Volume Two: Process Control and Optimization3 reviews CRC, 2005 This is like the bible for process control The first edition was published in 1969, the second edition was released in 1982 (Volume 1) and 1985 (Volume 2). This latest edition comprises over 3000 pages between the 2 volumes. Each volume includes 8 chapters with many sub-headings per chapter. The Flow Measurement (29 sub-headins) and Analytical Instrumentation (60 sub-headings) chapters were heavily revised for the 1995 edition of ...             The Condensed Handbook of Measurement and Control3 reviews N. E. Battikha Instrument Society of America, 1997 Handbook for the busy people I was out from I&C for two years and needed quick reference to refresh me on the subject. This book exceeds my expectations. It is concise and informative.             Your Personal Life: Measuring What Your Specific Body Needs to Live Lean, Long, Strong & Better4 reviews Dr Greg Tefft Angel Mind, 2006 Live lean, long, strong & better Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (5/06) Dr. Tefft has written an excellent book on how to deal with the issues that are affecting our health as a result of changes in our lifestyles. These changes have caused our environment to be altered from being a natural and wholesome one to a fast paced, stressed out, toxic one. "Your Personal Life" empowers you to take charge of your own ...             Multichannel Marketing: Metrics and Methods for On and Offline Success5 reviews Akin Arikan Sybex, 2008 Groundbreaking book on multichannel marketing metrics! In this book, Akin Arikan walks us through the whole process of measuring online and offline activities using Web Analytics. He presents both theoretical advices and live examples of how his theories have been (can be) applied. As a Web Analyst and an online marketer I look forward to adding the methods presented in the book to my repertoire. The jargon alerts alone are worth the read. The ...             The Project Management Scorecard: Measuring the Success of Project Management Solutions (Improving Human ...5 reviews Jack J. Phillips, Timothy W. Bothell, ... Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002 Essential for PMOs and mature project organizations This book is ROI-focused and integrates the people and process elements of project management with a balanced scorecard approach. One of the authors, Jack J. Phillips, has extensive experience and a large published body of knowledge in the domains of HR, ROI and scorecard development. This book has his touch, and covers the essentials of a mature project organization, what to measure and how to ...             Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Third Edition: Process Measurement and Analysis3 reviews Bela Liptak Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995 The Very Best Reference - From an Industrial Practitioner of Process Measurement & Control The book cover almost every single instrument used in the process industry for Process measurement and Analysis of the most common process variables. The book covers Flow, Level, Temperature, Pressure, Density, Safety and Miscellaneous Sensors (Vibration, Shock, acceleration, torque, noise, etc.) One of the aspect that I find more appealing is that at the beginning of each chapter you find an ...             Guidelines for Safe and Reliable Instrumented Protective Systems3 reviews Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) Wiley-AIChE, 2007 The most complete Functional Safety book available for everyone active in the process industry This is probably the most complete book about the topic Functional Safety in the Process Industry. IEC 61511 - ISA 84.00.01 are very practically explained. I would like to rate this book as one of the best available on the market today (summer 2007) and would urge every one active in any part of the life cycle activities to read this book more than once and make it the reference guide for good ...             Measuring the User Experience: Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics (Interactive ...4 reviews Thomas Tullis, William Albert Morgan Kaufmann, 2008 a "must have" for usability practitioners Evaluation is near and dear to my heart and this book is straight forward, easy to read and gets right to the point. It is pragmatic and practical -- exactly the kind of book practitioners need. But it is also nice for those of us that think of ourselves as applied researchers too. It not only talks about various measurements -- how to take them, how to present them, when to use them and ...             Podcast Academy: The Business Podcasting Book: Launching, Marketing, and Measuring Your Podcast4 reviews Michael Geoghegan, Greg Cangialosi, ... Focal Press, 2007 Must have for business podcasters This book stands head and shoulders above all other podcasting books for teaching you how to make podcasting a go within the enterprise. I haven't read another book that addresses so many of the concerns that businesses have when they want to start podcasting. 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