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Author : Michael S. Heiser
Publisher : Acid Test Press
ISBN 13 : 0979295106
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (792 download)
Download or read book The Facade written by Michael S. Heiser and published by Acid Test Press. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Dyer
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429627467
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)
Download or read book The Façade of Excellence written by John Dyer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crucial need to substitute true leadership for bad management practices such as Management By Objectives (MBO) and the use of fear is now well known and was often championed by Dr. W. Edwards Deming. While significant progress has been made, many organizations (especially outside of manufacturing) are either just getting started with their improvement efforts or they are faking their way forward (going through the motions), trying to imitate what they have read in books or have seen at conferences. The executives of these organizations might give permission for the tools of Lean and Six Sigma to be taught but many of them still refuse to look in a mirror and change their own leadership style. They have built a "façade of excellence" that crumbles quickly whenever a bit of chaos is introduced. Not being able to sustain improvements over the long term is one of the top complaints from improvement professionals. What ingredient is missing that prohibits changes to occur throughout the leadership ranks that might create a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and improvement? To start, what exactly do we mean by leadership? The common mistake is to try and put all effective leaders into the same box. Leadership actually has many dimensions and several definitions. This book explores four different styles of leadership that includes "The Crisis Leader," "The Idea Gathering Leader," "The Team Forming Leader," and "The Empowerment Leader." Each of the four styles is appropriate when given a certain set of circumstances (an organization in trouble needs a "Crisis Leader" for example). The goal is to shift the organization, including the leaders and all of the employees at every level, toward collaboration and empowerment. Why go through the pains to rebuild an organization’s culture and leaders? In the annual "IndustryWeek Magazine - Best Plants" competition, the companies that have made the transition to high performance, fully empowered teams ("The Empowerment Leader"), in general, demonstrate far better results than all other applicants (and they tend to win "Best Place to Work" awards as well). So, what is keeping organizational leaders, especially those in the middle of the organization chart, from adopting the "The Empowerment" leadership style? This book defines and helps the reader understand what this new normal of leadership consists of and: Explains the four different styles of leaders and how these are different than a typical "old style" manager. Indicates which style is appropriate given a certain set of circumstances and how a leader knows when it is time to migrate from one style to another. Illustrates what it means for an organization to shift from a "dictator" culture to one of collaboration and what steps can be taken to help this transformation. Explores the current definition of a "promotable manager" and how this differs from a new normal definition of an outstanding, effective "Empowerment" leader. Defines Mission, Vision, Strategy, and Values and how these four cultural principles fit into the leadership progression model. Shows how the culture within the organization will be different after the adoption of empowered teams and introduces the concept of "Enthusiastic Productivity."
Author : Randall Korman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317529502
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book The Architecture of the Facade written by Randall Korman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Architecture of the Facade provides a comprehensive study of the facade as both a physical and cultural artifact, highlighting its significance as a critical component of the civic realm and arguing for the restoration of the art of the facade as both a subject of study within academia and an aspiration within the profession at large. As the principal surface of mediation, contextualization, and representation, the facade carries the lion’s share of responsibility for containing the internal environment and confronting the outer world. And yet, in recent decades, the very question of what exactly a facade is has been raised by the dramatic changes in building technology, advances of parametric design, and the ubiquity of autonomous buildings. The Architecture of the Facade addresses these and other related issues. The book is organized into 12 chapters, with each chapter focusing on a particular aspect of the phenomenon of the facade such as those of wall, the frame, transparency, and the role of the facade in civic space. Korman also discusses proportional systems, the language of composition, the role of precedent, the importance of context, and much more. Over 350 photos and diagrams provide readers with a variety of examples of artful facades throughout history. Online teaching resources that accompany this book include a course syllabus, a glossary, and a Pinterest tack board of facades. This book will be of great interest to students in architecture studios as well as instructors and professional architects interested in facade design.
Author : Alicia Butler Pierre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732739208
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (392 download)
Download or read book Behind the Facade written by Alicia Butler Pierre and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When businesses receive positive publicity, it's exciting! More customers means more cash. But too much growth, too soon can be catastrophic, especially if a business lacks the operations to support this influx of customers. Behind the Façade introduces business infrastructure as a way to manage fast growth for repeatable and lasting success.
Author : Lynn Raye Harris
Publisher : Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN 13 : 459624023X
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (962 download)
Download or read book MARRIAGE BEHIND THE FACADE written by Lynn Raye Harris and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sydney thought her dreams had come true when she married Malik, the prince of Jahfar…until the day she overheard Malik making a confession to his brother that shattered her. Heartbroken, Sydney fled from her husband and their once happy home. Now, a year later, Sydney is in California, working in real estate, but her heart still yearns for Malik. Determined to get over him, Sydney files for divorce and sends the papers his way. But much to her surprise, Malik won’t sign the papers, instead insisting that she must come to Jahfar and spend forty days with him before he’ll finalize the divorce!
Author : Katherine Henninger
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807831123
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Ordering the Facade written by Katherine Henninger and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposing a new way to map intersections of photography and American literature, Katherine Henninger demonstrates the importance of pinpointing specific cultural and subcultural history. "Ordering the Facade" traces the visual and literary cultures of sou
Author : Lee Morgenbesser
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438462891
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Behind the Facade written by Lee Morgenbesser and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores why authoritarian regimes bother to hold elections. Behind the Façade examines the question of why authoritarian regimes in Southeast Asia bother holding elections. Using comprehensive case studies of Cambodia, Myanmar, and Singapore, Lee Morgenbesser argues that elections allow authoritarian regimes to collect information, pursue legitimacy, manage political elites, and sustain neopatrimonial domination. He demonstrates how these functions are employed to manage the complex strategic interaction that occurs between dictators, political elites, and citizens. Far from being mere window dressing or even a precursor to democracy, flawed elections, Morgenbesser concludes, are paramount to the maintenance of authoritarian rule. Lee Morgenbesser is Research Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Public Policy and Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University in Australia.
Author : Magali Sarfatti Larson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520413970
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Behind the Postmodern Facade written by Magali Sarfatti Larson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magali Larson's comprehensive study explores how architecture "happens" and what has become of the profession in the postmodern era. Drawing from extensive interviews with pivotal architects—from Philip Johnson, who was among the first to introduce European modernism to America, to Peter Eisenman, identified with a new "deconstructionist" style—she analyzes the complex tensions that exist between economic interest, professional status, and architectural product. She investigates the symbolic awards and recognition accorded by prestigious journals and panels, exposing the inner workings of a profession in a precarious social position. Larson captures the struggles around status, place, and power as architects seek to redefine their very purpose in contemporary America. The author's novel approach in synthesizing sociological research and theory proposes nothing less than a new cultural history of architecture. This is a ground-breaking contribution to the study of culture and the sociology of knowledge, as well as to architectural and urban history. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993 with a paperback edition in 1995.
Author : Blake Pierce
Publisher : Blake Pierce
ISBN 13 : 1094372064
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (943 download)
Download or read book The Perfect Facade (A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Thriller—Book Twelve) written by Blake Pierce and published by Blake Pierce. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A masterpiece of thriller and mystery. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) THE PERFECT FACADE is book #12 in a new psychological suspense series by bestselling author Blake Pierce, which begins with The Perfect Wife, a #1 bestseller (and free download) with over 500 five-star reviews. A group of suburban moms go out to a high-end hotel in the big city to celebrate their 40th birthday, and the night gets wild—too wild. When they wake from their sordid night to find a dead body amongst them, Jessie must unravel what happened that night. Could the murderer be one of them? Or are they being targeted? A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense, THE JESSIE HUNT series is a riveting new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Books #13-#21 are also available!
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Facade written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Youssef Ezeddin Eassa
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491894113
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)
Download or read book The Façade written by Youssef Ezeddin Eassa and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “He does not recall where he came from nor why he came, but one morning he found himself in this city which he knows nothing about. He stood there looking around, wondering at façades of buildings and stores. Everything is clean. Clean walls, clean pavements; so clean that he could almost see his own image reflected upon the pavement.” Throughout excitement and fascination at the full goes the journey of “M N” from start to end. The journey is filled with emotions, mysteries, symbols, colors, and tunes—all in a world of magical reality. Youssef Ezeddin Eassa’s The Façade is a most unique work of modern literature, a touching drama in surreal painting. A small matter starts to grow on and on until it fills the whole universe! A search for the very core of the truth hidden behind a thousand masks! A hero whose past has vanished into thin air, together with his name, identity, and place—nothing remains of his yesterdays, not even a shadow—as he hits the road into this strange city without knowing where he is going. You might find yourself in parts of this novel; however, when you finish reading The Façade, you will never be the same person again.
Author : Urs Meister
Publisher : Park Publishing (WI)
ISBN 13 : 9783038601012
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Crafting the Façade written by Urs Meister and published by Park Publishing (WI). This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of three years, the Institute of Architecture and Planning at the University of Liechtenstein, the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow, and the Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam, cooperated on an international research project dedicated to the design of façades. Crafting the Façade presents the results of this productive cooperative study, which cut across disciplines to look at historical developments in the design and building of façades, the theoretical underpinnings that can explain these developments, the common materials and their main characteristics, and the techniques used in assembly. The project also prompted a great deal of innovative design work, including detailed drawings at a scale of 1:10 and the design and construction of life-size prototypes in stone, brick, and wood--all of which are reproduced here among the book's two hundred illustrations. Through their leadership roles with the project, editors Urs Meister, Carmen Rist-Stadelmann, and Machiel Spaan also reflect in Crafting the Façade on the learning processes that emerged from the project and offer guidance and resources for others looking to delve into this topic in depth.
Author : S. J. Davis
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1598868373
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)
Download or read book The Facade written by S. J. Davis and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high-level breech in National Security launches a covert Navy SEAL mission. And someone is cutting deals with the very men they've been sent to stop. In "The FaA ade," things aren't always as they seem. Enter the world of Travis Boden as he and Delta Team valiantly struggle to uphold their code amid accusations of political conspiracy and corruption. When one of Delta's own disappears and all seems lost, can the team persevere? A very special relationship tips precariously towards failure. Can strength of faith outweigh doubt? A fascinating inside look at the personal and professional life of a Navy SEAL, S.J. Davis's "The FaA ade "will have the reader cheering for the honor a brave heart keeps "
Author : Ingrid Paoletti
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031448936
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)
Download or read book Executive Design of the Façade Systems written by Ingrid Paoletti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the typological and technological constitution of the principal advanced façade systems in the contemporary design and experimental scenario, proposing itself as a knowledge and operational tool currently lacking in the technical literature of the sector at an international level. It considers the field of advanced façade systems in a scientific way, constituting a support for the study and the executive design. The book investigates in detail, in an analytical form, the constitution of the components on a typological and geometrical, functional and constructive level, on the basis of the documents and knowledges acquired from the essential contemporary production and construction references. At the same time, the book is configured in a handbook form as a reference for understanding and application with respect to traditional and complex façade systems. For each main type of façade, the book provides explanations and scientific information for investigating and designing the advanced façades according to the characteristics of the mullions and transoms façade system (stick system), of the structural sealant glazing façade system, of the unit façade system, of the suspended façade system and of the double-skin façade system.
Author : Ingrid Paoletti
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031496086
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)
Download or read book Construction of the Façade Systems written by Ingrid Paoletti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Kirkdale Press
ISBN 13 : 1577995198
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (779 download)
Download or read book The Facade: Special Edition written by and published by Kirkdale Press. This book was released on with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lee Morgenbesser
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438462875
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Behind the Facade written by Lee Morgenbesser and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores why authoritarian regimes bother to hold elections. Behind the Façade examines the question of why authoritarian regimes in Southeast Asia bother holding elections. Using comprehensive case studies of Cambodia, Myanmar, and Singapore, Lee Morgenbesser argues that elections allow authoritarian regimes to collect information, pursue legitimacy, manage political elites, and sustain neopatrimonial domination. He demonstrates how these functions are employed to manage the complex strategic interaction that occurs between dictators, political elites, and citizens. Far from being mere window dressing or even a precursor to democracy, flawed elections, Morgenbesser concludes, are paramount to the maintenance of authoritarian rule.
