Dennis and the Big Decisions
Title | Dennis and the Big Decisions PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Sambrooks |
Publisher | British Association for Adoption & Fostering(BAAF) |
Pages | 22 |
Release | 2011-07-01 |
Genre | Foster children |
ISBN | 9781907585173 |
This brightly illustrated picture book, sequel to our popular Dennis Duckling, follows Dennis as his care story continues and important decisions are made about where he should live and who with.
The Decision Maker
Title | The Decision Maker PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis Bakke |
Publisher | Pear Press |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2013-03-05 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0983263345 |
Who makes the important decisions in your organization? Strategy, product development, budgeting, compensation—such key decisions typically are made by company leaders. That’s what bosses are for, right? But maybe the boss isn’t the best person to make the call. That’s the conclusion Dennis Bakke came to, and he used it to build AES into a Fortune 200 global power company with 27,000 people in 27 countries. He used it again to create Imagine Schools, the largest non-profit charter-school network in the U.S. As a student at Harvard Business School, Bakke made hundreds of decisions using the case-study method. He realized two things: decision-making is the best way to develop people; and that shouldn't stop at business school. So Bakke spread decision-making throughout his organizations, fully engaging people at all levels. Today, Bakke has given thousands of people the freedom and responsibility to make decisions that matter. In The Decision Maker, a leadership fable loosely based on Bakke's experience, the New York Times bestselling author shows us how giving decisions to the people closest to the action can transform any organization. The idea is simple. The results are powerful. When leaders put real control into the hands of their people, they tap incalculable potential. The Decision Maker, destined to be a business classic, holds the key to unlocking the potential of every person in your organization.
Dennis Duckling
Title | Dennis Duckling PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Sambrooks |
Publisher | British Association for Adoption & Fostering(BAAF) |
Pages | 21 |
Release | 2009-09-10 |
Genre | Ducklings |
ISBN | 9781905664771 |
The story of Dennis Duckling has been used by carers and childcare professionals for over 25 years. This newly illustrated edition is ideal for very young children who are leaving their birth families for the first time to be cared for by foster carers. Dennis is sad because his parents can no longer look after him. He goes to live on a river where he makes new friends and is cared for by other grown-up ducks. Through Dennis' story, this colourful picture book allows children to express some of the emotions they are feeling when faced with upsetting and confusing events.
Jury Decision Making
Title | Jury Decision Making PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis J. Devine |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2012-08-06 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0814725228 |
While jury decision making has received considerable attention from social scientists, there have been few efforts to systematically pull together all the pieces of this research. In Jury Decision Making, Dennis J. Devine examines over 50 years of research on juries and offers a "big picture" overview of the field. The volume summarizes existing theories of jury decision making and identifies what we have learned about jury behavior, including the effects of specific courtroom practices, the nature of the trial, the characteristics of the participants, and the evidence itself. Making use of those foundations, Devine offers a new integrated theory of jury decision making that addresses both individual jurors and juries as a whole and discusses its ramifications for the courts. Providing a unique combination of broad scope, extensive coverage of the empirical research conducted over the last half century, and theory advancement, this accessible and engaging volume offers "one-stop shopping" for scholars, students, legal professionals, and those who simply wish to better understand how well the jury system works.
Joy at Work
Title | Joy at Work PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis W. Bakke |
Publisher | PVG |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2010-08-03 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0974355291 |
Imagine a company where people love coming to work and are highly productive on a daily basis. Imagine a company whose top executives, in a quest to create the most "fun" workplace ever, obliterate labor-management divisions and push decision-making responsibility down to the plant floor. Could such a company compete in today's bottom-line corporate world? Could it even turn a profit? Well, imagine no more. In Joy at Work, Dennis W. Bakke tells the true story of this extraordinary company--and how, as its co-founder and longtime CEO, he challenged the business establishment with revolutionary ideas that could remake America's organizations. It is the story of AES, whose business model and operating ethos -"let's have fun"-were conceived during a 90-minute car ride from Annapolis, Maryland, to Washington, D.C. In the next two decades, it became a worldwide energy giant with 40,000 employees in 31 countries and revenues of $8.6 billion. It's a remarkable tale told by a remarkable man: Bakke, a farm boy who was shaped by his religious faith, his years at Harvard Business School, and his experience working for the Federal Energy Administration. He rejects workplace drudgery as a noxious remnant of the Industrial Revolution. He believes work should be fun, and at AES he set out to prove it could be. Bakke sought not the empty "fun" of the Friday beer blast but the joy of a workplace where every person, from custodian to CEO, has the power to use his or her God-given talents free of needless corporate bureaucracy. In Joy at Work, Bakke tells how he helped create a company where every decision made at the top was lamented as a lost chance to delegate responsibility--and where all employees were encouraged to take the "game-winning shot," even when it wasn't a slam-dunk. Perhaps Bakke's most radical stand was his struggle to break the stranglehold of "creating shareholder value" on the corporate mind-set and replace it with more timeless values: integrity, fairness, social responsibility, and a sense of fun.
Dennis Lives with Grandma and Grandpa
Title | Dennis Lives with Grandma and Grandpa PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Sambrooks |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 2015-11-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781910039380 |
This brightly illustrated picture book, ideally suited to young children (aged 2-7) who are living in foster care, is the latest instalment in the Dennis the Duckling series. When their mum and dad struggled to look after them and keep them safe, Dennis and his sister Donna went to live with a family of foster ducks on a nearby river. All the grown-up ducks in the family come together to discuss what's best and, helped by a wise owl, they decide that Dennis and his sister should go to live with their Grandma and Grandpa.
The Power of Decision
Title | The Power of Decision PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond Charles Barker |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2011-01-06 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1101486031 |
Introducing the first book in a powerful new series, The Tarcher Master Mind Editions: Essential Books of Inspiration, Instruction, and Motivation. What mind can conceive, man can achieve. Our decisions impact every area of our lives. Making better decisions means living a better life. But how can we develop the habit of making great decisions? Every noteworthy achievement the world has ever seen was born with a single thought; and every great man who ever lived has been a man of decision. Raymond Charles Barker's The Power of Decision reveals this principle of success and illustrates the process of choice that all of us must take-and that all of us are capable, this very second, of taking-to change our lives and make our dreams come true. Indecisive people are failure prone, and Dr. Barker examines this basic truth while exploring the decision-making process in the individual, and the role of the subconscious mind in either abetting or thwarting each of our conscious decisions. He provides specific steps to shift the balance of decision-making power in your favor, and he brings to light the constant, ever-present power of will to change a situation- and yourself-for the better. Picking up The Power of Decision is the moment; and reading it is the decision that will change your life forever.