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Effective administration depends upon three basic personal skills which, for analytical purposes, can be classified as technical, human, and conceptual. Technical skills include a proficiency in methods, processes, procedures, or techniques. Human skill is an ability to lead and work effectively in a group. Conceptual skill, critical for policy decision-making, involves the ability to see the organization as a whole, recognize how various functions interrelate, and understand how the organization is related to the industry, community, and nation. This three-skill approach emphasizes that good administrators can be developed.

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This is an enhanced edition of the HBR reprint R0110E, originally published in November 2001. HBR OnPoint articles save you time by enhancing an original Harvard Business Review article with an overview that draws out the main points and an annotated bibliography that points you to related resources. This enables you to scan, absorb, and share the management insights with others. Every manager is familiar with the employee who just won't change. Sometimes it's easy to see why--the employee fears a shift in power or the need to learn new skills. Other times, such resistance is far more puzzling. An employee has the skills and smarts to make a change with ease and is genuinely enthusiastic--yet, inexplicably, does nothing. What's going on? In this article, two organizational psychologists present a surprising conclusion. Resistance to change does not necessarily reflect opposition nor is it merely a result of inertia. Instead, even as they hold a sincere commitment to change, many people unwittingly apply productive energy toward a hidden competing commitment. The resulting internal conflict stalls the effort in what looks like resistance but is in fact a kind of personal immunity to change. An employee who's dragging his feet on a project, for example, may have an unrecognized competing commitment to avoid the even tougher assignment--one he fears he can't handle--that might follow if he delivers too successfully on the task at hand. Without an understanding of competing commitments, attempts to change employee behavior are virtually futile. The authors outline a process for helping employees uncover their competing commitments, identify and challenge the underlying assumptions driving these commitments, and begin to change their behavior so that, ultimately, they can accomplish their goals.

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The essence of business success lies in making sure you're playing the right game. How do you know if it's the right game? What can you do if it's the wrong game? To help managers answer those questions, the authors have developed a framework that draws on the insights of game theory. The primary insight of game theory is the importance of focusing on others. In other words, companies should consider both cooperative and competitive ways to change the game. Who are the participants in the game of business? The authors introduce a schematic map that represents all the players and all the interdependencies among them.

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This digital document is an article from Alcohol Research & Health, published by U.S. Government Printing Office on March 22, 1999. The length of the article is 4693 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Community--Reinforcement Approach.
Author: William R. Miller
Publication:Alcohol Research & Health (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1999
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
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Playaway is the simplest way to listen to a book on the go. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, it comes with the audio content already on it and a battery to make it play. No Cassettes. No CDs. No Downloads. Simply plug in the earphones and enjoy. Tom Dunleavy has a one-man (and one-dog) law firm in the richest resort town in America legendary East Hampton, summer home to billionaires and megacelebrities. But his job barely keeps him in paper clips. His clients come from the year-rounders he grew up with, the people who make a living serving the rich. The movie moguls, models, and corporate honchos who swarm the beaches every summer already have lawyers on their payroll.

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This digital document is an article from Victorian Newsletter, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2005. The length of the article is 3872 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The haunted self: visions of the ghost and the woman at the fin-de-siecle.(Critical Essay)
Author: Hilary Grimes
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Date: March 22, 2005
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One of the most important monuments of Imperial Rome and at the same time one of the most poorly understood, the Column of Marcus Aurelius has long stood in the shadow of the Column of Trajan. In The Column of Marcus Aurelius, Martin Beckmann makes a thorough study of the form, content, and meaning of this infrequently studied monument. Beckmann employs a new approach to the column, one that focuses on the process of its creation and construction, to uncover the cultural significance of the column to the Romans of the late second century A.D. Using clues from ancient sources and from the monument itself, this book traces the creative process step by step from the first decision to build the monument through the processes of planning and construction to the final carving of the column's relief decoration. The conclusions challenge many of the widely held assumptions about the value of the column's 700-foot-long frieze as a historical source. By reconstructing the creative process of the column's sculpture, Beckmann opens up numerous new paths of analysis not only to the Column of Marcus Aurelius but to Roman imperial art and architecture in general.

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This digital document is an article from Association Management, published by American Society of Association Executives on December 1, 1994. The length of the article is 430 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher discussed in a recent lecture sponsored by the Greater Washington Society of Assn. Executives, what she views as the essential concepts of leadership. She stated that true leaders should be prepared for the unexpected, should know how to accomplish the impossible and should be aware of the lessons of history to avoid making the same mistakes. Citing her experience with the Falklands conflict, Thatcher stressed the importance of building up morale and giving people the right assets to perform their mission.

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Title: Lady Thatcher's leadership lessons. (former UK prime Minister Margaret Thatcher) (Column)
Author: Elissa Matulis Myers
Publication:Association Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 1994
Publisher: American Society of Association Executives
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This digital document is an article from Mensaje, published by Residencia San Roberto Bellarmino on August 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1697 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: El cine de Irán. (cine).(desarrollo del cine iraní)(notas sobre directores, obras, actores)(presentación de películas iraníes en Chile )
Author: Filma Canales
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