Here's practical help for the day-to-day concerns that keep managers awake at night. Written in an informal, first-person style, this useful book fills the gap between the legal and policy issues that are the mainstay of human resources and supervision courses and the real-world needs of managers as they attempt to cope with the human side of their jobs. The author is a noted scholar in both cognitive psychology and organizational studies, and has drawn from extensive personal experience as well as careful observation of good and bad managers. "The Human Element" is organized around six fundamental commitments that good employee managers make in order to succeed. It is filled with practical examples and step-by-step guidelines for performing important tasks and dealing with common problems - everything from how to conduct a meeting, to how to write a code of conduct, to how to diagnose the cause of performance problems. "The Human Element" is designed to reduce the stress of management by providing insight into why employees do what they do, and what to do about it. It is an ideal supplement for any course in "people management," including supervision, HRM, and applied OB courses.
Steven A. Riess (Ph.D., U. of Chicago, 1974) formerly the Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of History at Northeastern Illinois University is the author of several books, three of which were cited by CHOICE as "Outstanding Academic Books." Other awards include the Webb-Smith Prize and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Among the founding members of the North American Society for Sport History, he edited the Journal of Sport History from 1985 to 1992.
In 2011 American sports generated $200 billion as an industry, more than twice as much as our automobile industry. Where were these funds expended? The editor of Sports in America states that 30 million Americans expended $40 billion on fishing gear alone. And what about the couch potatoes? Sports fans expended $22.4 billion on attending sporting events in 2010. The purpose of this three-volume set is to provide a comprehensive history of American sports as well as an in-depth analysis of how social forces have shaped American sports history (and vice versa). The work is divided into three major sections, the first of which offers long essays of the history of sports from colonial times to the twenty-first century. The next section-the largest by far-is organized alphabetically and covers athletes, teams, institutions, and topics such as business, media, and immigration. There's even an entry for Saloons, taverns, and sports bars. The third section includes a chronology, an annotated list of institutions and organizations, and a bibliography. An extensive index in volume 3 points the user to specific references in the text, but there is also a table of contents for each volume and a "Topic Finder" that makes the set a browser's delight.A cursory search of the literature shows that the two-volume Encyclopedia of Sports in America: A History from Foot Races to Extreme Sports was published in 2009, but that shorter work seems to be a historical treatment. Based on this comparison, Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century is recommended for academic and larger public library collections. Smaller libraries with Encyclopedia of Sports in America will have to decide if the expenditure is justified. --Jerry Carbone
In 2011 American sports generated $200 billion as an industry, more than twice as much as our automobile industry. Where were these funds expended? The editor of Sports in America states that 30 million Americans expended $40 billion on fishing gear alone. And what about the couch potatoes? Sports fans expended $22.4 billion on attending sporting events in 2010. The purpose of this three-volume set is to provide a comprehensive history of American sports as well as an in-depth analysis of how social forces have shaped American sports history (and vice versa). The work is divided into three major sections, the first of which offers long essays of the history of sports from colonial times to the twenty-first century. The next section-the largest by far-is organized alphabetically and covers athletes, teams, institutions, and topics such as business, media, and immigration. There's even an entry for Saloons, taverns, and sports bars. The third section includes a chronology, an annotated list of institutions and organizations, and a bibliography. An extensive index in volume 3 points the user to specific references in the text, but there is also a table of contents for each volume and a "Topic Finder" that makes the set a browser's delight.A cursory search of the literature shows that the two-volume Encyclopedia of Sports in America: A History from Foot Races to Extreme Sports was published in 2009, but that shorter work seems to be a historical treatment. Based on this comparison, Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century is recommended for academic and larger public library collections. Smaller libraries with Encyclopedia of Sports in America will have to decide if the expenditure is justified. --Jerry Carbone
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