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Man Tiger
Sh 650.00A wry, affecting tale set in a small town on the Indonesian coast, Man Tiger tells the story of two interlinked and tormented families and of Margio, a young man ordinary in all particulars except that he conceals within himself a supernatural female white tiger. The inequities and betrayals of family life coalesce around and torment this magical being. An explosive act of violence follows, and its mysterious cause is unraveled as events progress toward a heartbreaking revelation.
Lyrical and bawdy, experimental and political, this extraordinary novel announces the arrival of a powerful new voice on the global literary stage.
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Management Principles for Health Professionals
Sh 7,420.00Management Principles for Health Professionals is a practical guide for new or future practicing healthcare managers. The customary activities of the manager―planning, organizing, decision making, staffing, motivating, and budgeting―are succinctly defined, explained, and presented with detailed examples drawn from a variety of health care settings. Students will learn proven management concepts, techniques, models, and tools for managing individuals or teams with skill and ease.The Eighth Edition continues to present foundational principles of management in the context of contemporary health care. With timely coverage of such topics as medical cost sharing; use of robots; ER by appointment; increased use of observation units; renewed use of flextime staffing and scheduling; use of social media on the job, and more, this thoroughly updated text addresses the latest trends and issues that today’s health care manager is likely to encounter.Key Features- Presents 2 new tools ―The Manager’s Wheel Book and the Management Reference Portfolio ― to help new managers better understand their role and responsibilities and to aid existing managers in understanding their organization in detail- Covers managing care in a wide variety of health care settings (urgent care centers, specialty clinics, home care, etc.) outside of the traditional hospital setting.- Addresses technology and its impact, including eVisits/telemedicine, implementation of electronic health records, connectivity and the expectation that workers will respond during off hours via email and instant messaging, etc. – Offers expanded coverage on the importance and impact of corporate culture, the values of transparency and accountability, leadership style, and competitiveness.- Includes detailed examples of reports, plans, directives, union contracts, and more.
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Management Principles for Health Professionals
Sh 7,420.00Management Principles for Health Professionals is a practical guide for new or future practicing healthcare managers. The customary activities of the manager―planning, organizing, decision making, staffing, motivating, and budgeting―are succinctly defined, explained, and presented with detailed examples drawn from a variety of health care settings. Students will learn proven management concepts, techniques, models, and tools for managing individuals or teams with skill and ease. The Eighth Edition continues to present foundational principles of management in the context of contemporary health care. With timely coverage of such topics as medical cost sharing; use of robots; ER by appointment; increased use of observation units; renewed use of flextime staffing and scheduling; use of social media on the job, and more, this thoroughly updated text addresses the latest trends and issues that today’s health care manager is likely to encounter. Key Features – Presents 2 new tools ―The Manager’s Wheel Book and the Management Reference Portfolio ― to help new managers better understand their role and responsibilities and to aid existing managers in understanding their organization in detail – Covers managing care in a wide variety of health care settings (urgent care centers, specialty clinics, home care, etc.) outside of the traditional hospital setting. – Addresses technology and its impact, including eVisits/telemedicine, implementation of electronic health records, connectivity and the expectation that workers will respond during off hours via email and instant messaging, etc. – Offers expanded coverage on the importance and impact of corporate culture, the values of transparency and accountability, leadership style, and competitiveness. – Includes detailed examples of reports, plans, directives, union contracts, and more.
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MANAGING HUMANITARIAN INNOVATION: THE CUTTING EDGE OF AID
Sh 6,000.00Managing Humanitarian Innovation presents a new approach that is beginning to transform the way humanitarian logistics are conducted. Innovation in logistics includes disrupting and improving supply chains through the use of technology, especially 3D printers, and engaging people to manage this approach. The book discusses what innovation is, and strategies for supporting it; it describes practical innovations and how they have been applied; and it outlines how innovation labs can be run. Finally it covers how to fund innovation and it suggests how humanitarian innovation might develop in the future.
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Managing Transitions: Making The Most Of Change
Sh 1,295.00In Managing Transitions, William Bridges provides a clear understanding of what change does to employees and what employees in transition can do .The business world is constantly transforming. When restructures, mergers, bankruptcies, and layoffs hit the workplace, employees and managers naturally find the resulting situational shifts to be challenging. But the psychological transitions that accompany them are even more stressful. Organizational transitions affect people; it is always people, rather than a company, who have to embrace a new situation and carry out the corresponding change.
As veteran business consultant William Bridges explains, transition is successful when employees have a purpose, a plan, and a part to play. This indispensable guide is now updated to reflect the challenges of today’s ever-changing, always-on, and globally connected workplaces. Directed at managers on all rungs of the corporate ladder, this expanded edition of the classic bestseller provides practical, step-by-step strategies for minimizing disruptions and navigating uncertain times.
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Manual of Molecular and Clinical Lab Immunology
Sh 10,200.00Introduces new material that reflects the significant advances and developments in the field of clinical laboratory immunology. • Provides a comprehensive and practical approach to the procedures underlying clinical immunology testing. • Emphasizes molecular techniques used in the field of laboratory immunology. • Updates existing chapters and adds significant new material detailing molecular techniques used in the field. • Presents guidelines for selecting the best procedures for specific situations and discusses alternative procedures. • Covers aspects of immunology related disciplines such as allergy, autoimmune diseases, cancers, and transplantation immunology.
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Marathons: Spectacular Courses Around the World
Sh 2,131.00From Amsterdam and Barcelona to Boston and New York City: the marathon is a runners supreme test. These are the 42 most interesting, beautiful, and unique ones along with all the practical information a runner needs to join in: when theyre run, how to register, how to train for the events, the level of difficulty of each one; and which courses are hottest, coldest, and most spectacular. Some exotic choices include the Kilimanjaro Marathon, for those who can face the altitude; the Great Wall Marathon around Beijing; and the Flying Tortoise on the Galapagos Islands.
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Marital Discord: Causes and Cures Hardcover
Sh 2,160.00A blissful marriage is both stable and peaceful; it abounds with mutual love, compassion and mercy, while disagreement and discord are reduced to a minimum level. This book contains the foundations for a happy marriage; it calls attention to the most common marital problems that people complain about, and then after that diagnosis, it contains an important discussion on how couples can best deal with and solve marital disagreements.
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Marketing Research: Concepts, Practices and Cases
Sh 7,900.00Marketing Research is a comprehensive textbook specially designed to meet the needs of management students. It combines the quantitative and qualitative aspects of marketing research, and addresses its utility for both the researcher and the end-user.
The text provides in-depth coverage of the key elements of the subject: its theoretical foundations, techniques of planning and design, research methodology for the implementation of quantitative and qualitative techniques, presentation and interpretation of findings through reports, and the use of marketing research techniques for developing and evaluating marketing strategies. Among the other important topics discussed are the role of research in marketing, planning for market research, types of research and sources of data, design of questionnaires and interview guides, interview techniques, methods of sampling, implementing qualitative and quantitative research, data editing and tabulation, data analysis, and computer-based techniques of data analysis. Users would find this book highly useful for its coverage of the fundamental concepts of marketing research and its relevance to business decision-making explained through classroom-tested case studies, caselets, tables, flow charts, and diagrams.
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Marketing Warfare: 20th Anniversary Edition: Authors’ Annotated Edition
Sh 650.00It rocked the marketing world in 1986, and now, nearly two decades later, the strategies set down in Marketing Warfare are still just as relevant. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the classic book that changed an industry, marketing mavens Al Ries and Jack Trout will reunite to annotate their book for another generation of marketers. The Anniversary Edition offers:
• A fresh perspective on why waging marketing warfare is even more important today than 20 years ago
• In-depth analyses of some of the biggest marketing successes and failures of the last two decades
• Reproductions of successful (or not so successful) ads, accompanied by the authors’ comments on why they succeeded or failed
• Valuable follow-up to the original edition. Where are these companies now? Who’s still a market leader?Marketing is war. To triumph over the competition, it’s not enough to target customers. Marketers must take aim at their competitors―and be prepared to defend their own turf. This indispensable guide gives smart fighters the best tactics―defensive, offensive, flanking, and guerrilla. Marketing Warfare is the book that wrote the new rules
