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Written by Rob Hines
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Wednesday, 02 January 2008 |
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This book, written by Peter F. Drucker, concludes with the statement that "effectiveness must be learned" and that the executive's job is primarily to be effective. While you might initially focus on the word Executive and dismiss the content as relevant only to those esteemed persons who sit on the board of directors, Mr. Drucker drives home the relevance on page 5. Every knowledge worker in modern organization is an "executive" if, by virtue of his position or knowledge, he is responsible for a contribution that materially affects the capacity of the organization to perform and obtain results. While Mr. Drucker asserts that this work is not a textbook because "effectiveness, while capable of being learned, surely cannot be taught. Effectiveness is, after all, not a 'subject', but a self-discipline." I would argue that he has done an effective job of teaching it. |
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How To Do Everything With Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 |
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Written by Rob Hines
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Wednesday, 02 January 2008 |
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OK, this might not have been the best investment I ever made in a book. 90% of the information in this book was easily figured out by myself just simple messing around with the application. There were three distinct pieces of information that got me excited, and ultimately saved me enough time that I think I broke even. If you are a complete novice to MS Office products or if you have no idea what XML is and how it might work, then this book might be good for you. I tend to think that most of us are far enough advanced that we don't need to be spoon fed the milk that this book provides. Ergo, I'm not recommending it. ISBN #: 0-07-223127-0 Recommended?: No |
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Microsoft Office Project 2003 - Inside Out |
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Written by Rob Hines
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Wednesday, 02 January 2008 |
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It is a great task oriented introduction to the product. I particularly like the fact that it covers "Project Fundamentals" (a.k.a. - Project Management 101) for the new users of the project. So, if this is your first Project and the first time you have used MS Project, you get a great Hands On walkthrough. The later chapters to into slightly greater detail about the application and demonstrate some more in-depth functionality that our team doesn't currently utilize - but it is great to know it is there and how to get to if you want to. All in all I enjoyed the book, it was a fast read, and I think that it should be pre-requisite reading for everyone on our team! Highly Recommended! ISBN #: 0-7356-1958-1 Recommended?: Yes |
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