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In addition to its outstanding analysis of "total teachers" and school culture, this book provides action guidelines for teachers and for principals that are filled with insight that will help school educators take responsibility for reform Pub: 6/96. ... Read more

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What's Worth Fighting for in Your School?
As a teacher studying to be an administrator this book was very eye opening!It gives great insight regarding people on both sides of the principal's desk.What's Worth Fighting for in Your School defines the Total School and the Total Teacher and gives great advice on bringingteacher and administrator together to lead reform and make positivechanges.It is a practical book with real, not lofty theoretical,suggestions for making a difference.

An inspirational read for reform-minded teachers.
I found this book to be full of wonderful ideas about how one person can begin to make changes in a school.I work at a school that has had a change in administration during the past year and faculty morale is at anall time low.I can't wait to give this book to my new principal andcolleagues to give them a jumpstart for the next school year.This book isrealistic and points out the strengths and flaws in different models ofcollaboration and collegiality in schools.The authors make many excellentpoints about the balance we must strive to keep between respectingindividualism and inspiring collaboration in our schools. ... Read more

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I wish I had had access to these insights during my own turbulent years as a school principal.

--From the Foreword by Roland S. Barth, Founding Director, The Principals Center, Harvard Graduate School of Education

In the 12 years since the publication of the first edition of this bestseller, policymakers and school reformers have increasingly pointed to the school principal as the most important agent for needed change in our schools. With this recognition, principals are now expected to do even more in their already overloaded schedules. In this much-awaited, fully revised new edition, the author offers valuable advice and practical guidelines that draw on new research and focus on what's still worth fighting for in our schools:

* Deep and creative learning for all students not just minimum competency in tested achievement

* Professional learning communities that respect and engage teachers in the quest to improve learning

* Sustainable leadership that creates lasting improvement rather than quick fixes that fade all too fast after early promise ... Read more

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Better Salesman Than Researcher
This book will play well to people who buy anything with Fullan's name on it without wondering if there is any meat.

Quick and Easy
It's an alright read.Pretty quick and easy.I thought it was a helpful, but as a new principal it seemed to me that it was written as a reminder to those who are more experienced in the field, so I'll save it to read in 10 years, if I make it.Worth the money.

WWFFP, another great Fullan Book
Thanks Amazon reviewers for your thoughts on another Fullan book.This one is right along those reviews.His thoughts and ideas flow throughout the book and gives another look into ways to help principals deal with some of the struggles of being a building leader.

Review for EDAD 9530 - Dave
In the book, What's Worth Fighting for in the Principalship, Michael Fullan outlines what he feels are the key guidelines for being a successful principal.The author's thoughts are presented in a concise, understandable format, and he clearly makes his point.That being, that change begins with the individual first examining themselves and then advocating for ways to empower other individuals in the organization.Furthermore, Fullan dismisses the notion that change is accomplished "through" a person or leader and instead puts forth the notion that effective, lasting change can only be accomplished through a combination of clear direction and collaboration.Fullan stakes this claim from a variety of angles throughout the book and in some cases becomes redundant in emphasizing his views.With that said, I should also note that Fullan does back up his arguments with documented research such as case studies and he credits the findings of other authors on numerous occasions as a means to support his comments.While I wouldn't exactly place this book on any "must read" lists for new principals, there are some good examples and certainly some meaningful lessons for new school leaders.In addition, I applaud the fact that the author chose to summarize his major points in each section in a "list" format which is easy to digest.Overall, I think Fullan accomplishes his goal of laying out some basic concepts for principals to be aware of, but I'm equally convinced that readers will appreciate the fact that the book only consumes an hour or so of their time.

What's Worth Fighting for in the Principalship?
The book was fairly easy to read.It had several excellent points, but seemed to be a bit redundant at times.It has easy to understand advice about the principalship.I enjoyed the quotes and would have liked for the book to elaborate more on some of them.

It has a great deal of information that would be good discussion material in a group setting. It is easy to understand why it might be a part of a graduate curriculum. ... Read more

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Excellent Educational book
Book was ordered for a Master's course in Education. It is easy to follow and understandable. It is meant to be used with the other 2 books in the trilogy of "What's worth fighting for...". Interesting and practical, it discusses the subject of confronting current educational issues and how to turn things around in the direction that education has been going, in order for it to become what it is meant to be. It is also informative and to the point on how to get these possible changes put into place in today's world.

It tells us what school should pay attention to !
This book is good. It tells us that school should not remain closed system. Things happen outside schools affect school's operation.

There are things worth fighting for!
I found this book to be uplifting and hopeful.The authors encourage educators to "go deeper" in our purpose, passion, emotion, and hope.I believe our moral purpose as educators is especially important.Hargreaves and Fullan put forth four "purposes of schooling" for educators to consider as their moral purpose -to love and care, to serve, to empower, and to learn. Not surprisingly, these four purposes are the same important elements used by educators to raise self-esteem in their students.
The authors encourage educators to "go wider."Instead of being wary of "what's out there" we are encouraged to move towards the danger.Many teachers espouse collaborative relationships within the walls of the schools.Hargreaves and Fullan push us to move beyond the walls into the world "out there."Collaboration with other organizations and with other individuals in the community will help us as educators. The array of issues students bring with them to school makes it necessary for us to reach out for assistance and resources. Collaboration with outside entities will take us beyond our "comfort zones" as we develop skills, knowledge, and capacities more suited to the working demands of the information age.
Finally, the authors tell us -"refuse to mind our own business."This means taking political action against wrong-headed reform.This certainly means resisting "getting better at a bad game."We must redefine the business we're in.If we don't redefine it for ourselves, there are plenty of people out there who will do it for us - many with disastrous results.
I think educators will find this an easy read with an inspiring message that encourages us to take action.

Grass Roots Educational Reform--It's Worth Fighting For!
Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan have constructed a great book identifying many key topics educators need to keep in focus as we continue our quest each day to meet the needs of student learners across our great Nation."What's Worth Fighting for Out There?" is an outstanding book that allows the reader to re-connect with the important things in Education.I would propose this to be a grass roots campaign to get back to the basics and address the basic needs of students, staff, parents, and community as they relate to a quality education.Hargreaves and Fullan propose that we need to Go Wider (Chapter #3) to develop new and more solid relationships with the stakeholders of each School Districts' educational movement.Going Deeper (Chapter #2) focuses the script to the actual teaching processes and refinement to include deep passion and emotion.This passion and emotion I believe are represented well in Chapter #2 as the narrative explains the importance of one adult caring for a child each day and that impact of keeping students from dropping out of school.As an educator of several years, I have found that building solid relationships with students, parents, and community are very important to your mission of teaching and learning and ultimately directly impact students in a positive manner.Building these relationships takes time and energy-all of which is worth the output.

I am sure many readers would argue that this book is one in which the basic concepts are already known by educators and of no importance.I would counter that with the fact that I believe this is a very strong statement by Hargreaves and Fullan to re-introduce these key concepts as the basics for future educational advancements.The continued identification of these key concepts to me reinforce the fact that we need to take control of the situations identified to create teaching and learning environments for all of our student learners.Dryden (1995) notes that: "so much is going on in each kid's life, every story is so complicated".Students are often disengaged from their own learning, and it is enormously difficult for teachers to enter their world.I would like to challenge all educators to read this book and use the advice of Dryden.Eliminate the complicated stories in your classrooms and your schools and get back to the basics of creating award winning educational systems for teaching and learning from a grass roots movement that we ALL can have an impact on.

"What's Worth Fighting for Out There?" is a must read-if you want to change education in your school and community! A good school is the price of peace in the community (Ursula Franklin, 1997).

FULLANand HARGREAVES KEEP HOPE ALIVE
WHAT'S WORTH FIGHTING for OUT THERE is a must read for anyone and everyone who wants to understand the plight of education in today's schools. The book is not just limited to U.S. schools, it also examines schools around the world such as England and Canada. These schools and their teachers share similiar issues and concerns. The book focuses more on process but does give specific reasons why the various publics: teachers, principals, parents and the community must come together and form a collaborative coalition when approaching policymakers who decide the legislation that guides or in many cases mandates a certain educational practice. In recent years the overriding consensus is that these "mandates" are passed down to schools with little or no funding to implement them.This in turn leads to high levels of frustration and disconnect between education and the public.
WHAT'S WORTH FIGHTING for OUT THERE addresses these frustrations and explores how each group can develop and nurture positive relationships, to not only clear up misconceptions but also to be on the same page. The ultimate goal is to provide effective instruction to our nation's and world's most valuable resources-our children.
The book is filled with practical information that is based in research from a vast collection of educators and practitioners.Page 6 of the book outlines the problems that we face in education. They contend that these issues are the reasons why schools need to connect more effectively with the wider world beyond them.
Emotional intelligence is mentioned throughout the book. Fullan and Hargreaves argue that schools do not pay enough attention to to this concept. It is not an option in schooling to neglect this. They go on to say that emotional intelligence adds value to cognitive achievement and subsequent success in adult life.
What drew me to this book was the title "WHAT'S WORTH FIGHTING for OUT THERE." It appealed to me because as an educator I feel that we have to continously stand up and fight to communicate to the public our daily tasks. A great example is on page 82. The authors discuss the changing profession of teaching. They say that teaching as a profession has not come of age. It is not simply the view of the 1960's when teaching was seen as a demanding but not technically difficult. You prepared for class, taught it and marked papers afterwards. It didn't take long to learn to teach and once you'd prepared for it, you knew how to do it the rest of your career.You relied on experience and intuition to do it well. This is an outdated image of teaching, yet it is still widespread and influential among the wider public.This misconception is based upon the kind of teaching they( public members) remember when they were in school. This notion leads to questions such as:"if teaching is not that difficult, why not cut back on teacher's resources, levels of support and time away from the classroom? Everybody else has cut back-perhaps teachers should take their turn as well." This myth is one of the things worth fighting for in order to build a collaborative environment that is knowledgeable of teacher issues.
Perhaps one of the most poignant chapters in the book addresses "Hope". The authors write that "it is easy to be hopeful when things are rosy. It is essential to be hopeful when they are not."They go on to add that "hope's real value is when the conditions are not hopeful. Fullan and Hargreaves urge principals to fight for lost causes and be hopeful when it counts. The example given was the 1930 Frank Capra movie MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON. James Stewart plays Mr Smith a newly elected senator. He recieves some advice from his father that seems absurd at first his father said "Lost causes are the only things worth fighting for." A significant step towards liberation and for teachers is to realize that a hopeful stance in the face of seemingly intractable problems is the most healthy, constructive thing they can do. A quote from Harvel, 1993 says that:
"Hope is definitely not the same as optimism. It
is not the conviction that something will turn
out well, but the certainty that something makes
sense, regardless of how it turns out. It is hope,
above all, that gives us strength to live and to
continually try new things, even in conditions that
seem hopeless."

I would recommend this book for all teachers, parents, school leaders and community members as required reading. I am going to read the other books that have made up this series. It definitely is a book that will create dialogue regarding the state of teaching.The essence of the book in my opinion is stated in Chapter 3-GOING WIDER. The authors discuss the importance of reframing relationships to the outside. Relationships are critical to success in many things, for example,in marriages, in working with students and parents and even in the business sector, which sometimes tends to focus on products and neglecting their human resources. R.M. Kanter sums this up in his book "WORLD-CLASS LEADERS:THE POWER OF THE PAST" which the authors make reference to. Kanter states that:

Leaders of the past often erected walls. Now
they must destroy these walls and replace them
with bridges.

READ THIS BOOK! ... Read more

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How to Find the Man of Your Dreams

How to find the man of your dreams is no longer a matter of mystery and frustration. Victorya Michaels Rogers has done her dating homework, and in this upbeat book she shares the wisdom from her dating experiences with more than one hundred men -- ninety-seven of whom asked her out for a second date. After having found Mr. Right, Victorya will help you, too, find a man worth keeping as she shares secrets, such as how to be a great date, how not to freak him out, how to know when to call it quits, and much more.

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So not what I really was looking for
I of course like many women out there have a friend that is always having problems finding a truly good man to get serious with. So being the curious friend that I am I looked up books on here to see what was out there for the dating scene. When I came across this book I thought "what the hey, why not?". I of course checked it out before passing it on to her and was kind of well dissapointed? The title about dating secrets is kind of a laugh because most of the advice is common sense. It is also more of a christian dating book too. I mean it's not a terrible book but don't expect to read it and find Mr. Right or Romeo once you are finished. I've read so many "dating" books in my days that I've come to the conclusion that nobody will ever write that "perfect" dating book. I mean Dr. Phil even tried and all that ever did for my friend was convince her that we needed to be at the grocery store every minute of the day because Dr. Phil's book mentioned that it was a great place to pick up a man.

Finding a Man Worth Keeping: 10 Dating Secrets That Work
How does today's dating scene leave you? Anxious? Frustrated? Confused? Then Finding a Man Worth Keeping by Victorya Michaels Rogers is a wise investment. Her 10 dating secrets are scriptural, practical and fun, but carry that all important 'Honey, I've been there' encouragement. And single moms, the special bonus chapter is worth the price alone.

Encouraging, Relevant...a must have for all single woman!
It doesn't matter if you are 16 and just starting out or 60 and starting over...this book not only will give you purpose and direction to dating, it will help you find the joys of being single! Divorced myself, I have learned some of what Victorya has to say the hard way, but you don't have to. This book has been perfect for me in my journey to finding God's best for me, and I am sure anyone who reads it will agree.

God factor
Victorya has a great way of keeping God at the top of the equation...so many people today miss the most important thing.Thank you Victorya.

Very inspirational
I really enjoy this book. It has a few very good points , especially she wrote about "Divine Intervention" . It reminds me that we should not left GOD out of the picture.
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Dr Michael Loh is an acknowledged authority on the psychology of change and a social commentator. This book, published to commemorate his 50th birthday in 2007, is a selection of his favorite writings which appeared on his website from 2001 to 2006. Dr Loh lives in Singapore. He works for IBM Geo Service Delivery as Executive Consultant, Integrated Technology Delivery and is involved in almost all major engagements at IBM where there is monumental change: Kasikorn Bank, Thailand (US$230 million, 10-year contract), Malaysian Airlines (US$115 million, 10-year contract), Development Bank of Singapore (US$680 million, 10-year contract), Bharti Tele-Ventures, India (this deal value is estimated to be US$225 to US$275 million for the first five years and US$700 to US$750 million over ten years), as well as Singapore Airlines (US$180 million, 7-year contract). His HR Transformation & Culture Change work with SIA is considered IBM intellectual capital and is a recognized IBM methodology. ... Read more

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I loved Dr. Mike Loh's teaching and insights. Great articles but most of them found on line in his website already. Do hope Dr. Mike Loh will continue his writing so that we can have more newer items to learn from him. ... Read more

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A collection of poems that celebrate the whole Christmas season, from the first excitement of early December through New Year's Day and the aftermath of the holiday. ... Read more

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Until his tragic death at forty-six while covering the war in Iraq, Michael Kelly was widely regarded as one of the preeminent journalists of his generation. This collection of his most memorable stories and columns—drawn from the Washington Post, New York Times, New Republic, and other publications—puts on full display the dazzling panoply of his gifts. From his searing portraits ofpolitical figures to his stunning wartime dispatches from the front lines, Things Worth Fighting For represents the work of a journalist who time and again demonstrated a talent for penetrating to the heart of the matter—for getting the story other writers missed and telling it with a verve few writers could match. ... Read more

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poetry
A remarkable assemblage of some of the best writing and reporting of the last few deccades by a journalist par excellence.

A Book Worth Reading
I bought this book in order to read the authors columns on the Iraqi wars.I heard about the author too late to read much of his work in real time so this book was a nice review of his work.The book offers so much more then just the war columns.In fact some of his better writing might be in his coverage of politics in the 90's.Lastly, I bought the book because a heard some of it read on CSPAN and if you enjoy solid, quality writing then this author has to be on your list.The more I read the book the more I enjoyed the writing. The author is a master at low key yet biting humor and he makes you feel good not being one of the hip in crowd.

Although I picked up the book for the coverage of the war, and I enjoyed that a great deal, what I really liked was his brutally honest columns on some political figures.I will never be able to look at Jesse Jackson again the same way.The view that the author paints of Jackson is so unflattering that you have to think Jackson probably hated no man more.What was so great about the reporting was that the author brought out some of the more low key traits of Jackson that lead to bigger issues. Only knowing a bit about Jackson, I saw the traits and started to see where the author was going.I also loved his view of Perot, the picture he paints is of a small little man that has let his ego and paranoia take over in equal parts.I would not be surprised if the man has a food taster at the ready.

The coverage of Clinton was also fair I felt.This is to say that it would make a Clinton fan a bit uncomfortable.Overall the author does seem to take to task Democrats more then Republicans, but his targets of choice are so deserving of his attention that it is hard to make a case for bias. Overall this is a wonderful book.The author was a gem, a true master with the language.He could make the most dull topics sing off the page.If you are a fan of the author then this is a nice book to keep his memory alive.If you are new to him then you will be excited to read each page and will only be disappointed when the book comes to an end.

Quite Possibly the Best Writer I Have Ever Read
The horrible thing about reading this book is that if you were a fan of Michael Kelly before his death, you will start missing his work again all over.If you come to this book unfamiliar with his writing, you will curse yourself for having missed him during his lifetime.He is that good of a writer - witty, inquisative, insightful and with an ever changing voice that perfectly fits the mood of the piece.It is hard to open a single page of this book and not find prose worthy of being placed on the back cover.His writing is that phenomenal.

The book is a compilation of many of his earlier writings from throughout his career.There are many of his Washington Post columns, and longer pieces that he wrote for the New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, and various other publications.The book is divided into several distinctive parts, each filled with both short and long essays."Visions of America" gives us Kelly's observations on the country."The Game" concentrates chiefly on politics in the US."The Age of Clinton" is self explanitory."The Gulf War" includes his essays from the First Gulf War and the aftermath of the reopening of Kuwait and the Kurdish uprising in Iraq."Front Lines" includes a lot about Bosnia from the early `90s.In the "Last War" Kelly concentrates on terrorism and the 9/11 fall out.And the book concludes with "Family Wealth" which you may correctly surmise is about the family.

The book is moderate in tone, although the shorter columns from the Washington Post are more conservative in nature.The longer issues are very well balanced and very fair, and I think that was a true trademark of his reporting - the constant vigilance to be even handed in his reporting.He also searches for, finds and explains the motives of his subjects better than almost anyone else I have ever read.

Regardless of your political leanings, you should read this book if only to take advantage of reading some of the best writing you will ever come across.And if you haven't read Kelly before, you may not forgive yourself for depriving yourself until now.

A true journalist
Michael Kelly embodied the very finest ideals of what a great journalist could and should be.A keen observer of world events and the human condition, a brilliant writer and artist with words, an objective reporter dedicated to the pursuit of truth...Kelly was all of these things.He was also apparently a heckuva friend to people who knew him; a decent, honest, likeable guy.All of these things shine through in his reports and essays.We grieved when we lost him in Iraq, and the grief is re-awakened when we realize afresh how profoundly his wisdom and reportage is missed now.A man of faith who dearly loved his family and his country, Michael Kelly was everything an aspiring journalist today should hope to be.May Kelly's legacy be one of inspiring a new generation that will restore integrity to journalism.

A Great Journalist-A Profound Loss !
I have been a fan of Michael Kelly since I first discovered him in the pages of the New Republic back in the early nineties.He was that rarest of pundit/journalists.He was a man profoundly interested in truth and profoundly disgusted by modern ?spin.?Although a moderate liberal by birthright and inclination, Kelly found himself moving further and further from the reservation as the Clinton years proceeded.Kelly eventually was fired as editor of the New Republic for being too harsh on the Clinton administration.He then found his way to a regular syndicated column in the Washington Post and a job as editor in chief of the Atlantic, which he turned around completely.He became an embedded reporter during the Iraq war and as most know was tragically killed when his jeep came under fire and crashed on the way to Bagdhad.He was forty seven and left a wife and two young sons.

We will never read the book he would have written about the war.I have no doubt it would have given us the real story, unvarnished and without an agenda.Because that?s what Kelly was about.His loss is not just a tragedy for his family, it is a national tragedy because a vital voice has been lost at a crucial time in American history. A reading of this brilliant collection of Kelly?s writings will attest to just how great the loss is.This book is a collection of Mike?s writings from 1990 through his death in 2003.The book is organized, not chronologically but by section.There is a section on ?Visions of America? in which Kelly?s columns and articles on American culture in the nineties is collected.These writings display the wit and satire for which he was well known.In sections on politics and the ?Age of Clinton? Kelly skewers the emptiness of ?spin? politics, when elections become nothing more than winning a game and where image and perception are more important than substance.His more lengthy personality profiles are brilliant examples of the genre and reading his profiles of Jesse Jackson in middle age, Ross Perot, Louis Farrakhan, Hillary Clinton and many others will bring back memories of a time that seems long distant now.His descriptions of the results of Sadaam?s tyranny against Kuwait will churn the stomach more than a decade later.His account of the first Gulf War brings home the reality of modern combat brilliantly.He also wrote bemusedly, in a section on family, about the world of his toddler and pre-school sons who he obviously loved dearly.

It is in his post 9/11/01 writings, however, that Mike really found his voice.As the stark reality of the struggle we face was brought home, Kelly remembered, less than fondly, the profound emptiness of the Clinton age, and looked forward to a time of newly found resolve.I am sure he would be horrified at the breakdown of the national consensus, along party lines.As the argument began for action against Iraq, Kelly?s most eloquent essay, ?Immorality on the March?, demonstrates the profound immorality of the protesters who would doom the Iraqi people and the World to a permanent Hussein tyranny.In ?Who Would Choose Tyranny? he reveals the absurdity of the argument that Iraqi?s would choose the jackboot of Sadaam to liberation by America.

The final section has some columns Mike filed during the early days of the war and personal E-Mails to his family and friends sent from Kuwait just before he left to meet his destiny with the Third Infantry Division.Even in these simple E-Mails, Mike?s profound skill with words is obvious.I know if Michael Kelly were alive today, no journalist would be better situated to write on the war?s justification and in eloquent support of the larger war on terror.No one would be better able to ridicule the fools on the left, the Michael Moore?s who spout absurdities and hurt our morale and resolve.Most importantly, no one would better shame the politicians and pundits who condemn the Bush administration without offering alternatives, who place electoral expediency over the national interest.Mike fought this his whole career.He would not refrain from criticism where such criticism is warranted but he would be believable, because he would place it in the context of the larger events that shape the direction of the world.No one did it better than him.Please buy this book, not only as a way of supporting Michael Kelly?s young family but because it represents the final legacy of a career cut tragically short.I am no fan of Maureen Dowd but she is absolutely correct in this assessment of Michael Kelly ?Michael died for two things he believed in: journalism and ridding the world of jackboots.?It will be small comfort to his beloved wife, children and parents but it may be of some consolation to fans of his writing. ... Read more

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This non-fiction, coming-of-age story of a young Oregon man who joins the Green Berets unfolds in the chaotic late 1960's. We experience his steps as he graduates rigorous Special Forces' training and is selected as part of an elite team in Europe. This action/ true- life memoir concludes with revelations from his Vietnam tour-of-duty and his jungle patrols' diary written during the 1968 TET Offensive. ... Read more

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An overwhelming majority of organizations implementing TQM are encountering significant problems in making it work. This guide examines the root causes of unsuccessful TQM programs. Using clear examples from other companies whose TQM programs have succeeded and/or failed, An Ounce of Application is Worth a Ton of Abstraction identifies the key elements of TQM. J. Michael Crouch helps demystify the process of implementing organization-wide TQM. ... Read more

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In this book, Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan argue that in a world of growing complexity and rapid change, it is vital to forge strong, open and interactive relationships with communities beyond schools in order to bring about significant improvements in teaching and learning within schools. Now, more than ever, it is necessary to rediscover the passion and moral purpose that makes teaching and learning exciting and effective. ... Read more

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Headteachers are in the midst of ever increasing demands, overload and imposition on schools by political forces at all levels of society. Michael Fullan examines, and proposes to heads, what's worth fighting for under these conditions. ... Read more

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If you are a small business owner you can forget that old line about your house being the single largest investment you will ever make. It isn’t, your business is. What are you going to do with your business? In the near term, you probably plan to get up every morning and try to keep making a living, but what comes after that? What happens when the time comes for you to do something else? Are you ever going to retire, or sell the business, or maybe even leave it to your children? It is a good idea to track the value of your business anyway, but if the ownership of the business is going to change, then you quite simply have to know what it is worth.

Business valuation has grown into a highly technical analytical process, and the bulk of valuation publications tends to be highly technical as well. This book, however, was written specifically for small business owners and makes the science and art of business valuation understandable. It delves into how businesses are valued and what elements of your business create value. If you have any dreams of one day selling your business, either to fund your retirement or to finance another business venture, then you will want your business to be worth as much as possible. ‘For What It’s Worth’ shows you the ground rules and lets you start building value in your business instead of just treading water and hoping for a lucky break.

This edition includes a bonus chapter that discusses just how to start going about getting your business ready to sell. It includes tips, tricks, and techniques to get you started in the right direction so you won’t find yourself simply slapping a FOR SALE sign in the window and hoping for the best.

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