It S Not Personal It S Strictly Business

Author : Tony Serri
Publisher : Booksurge Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-11
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1439259658

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It's Not Personal. It's Strictly Business by Tony Serri Pdf

It's Not Personal-It's Strictly Business: The Godfather Way of Surviving, Conniving, and Thriving in Corporate America by Tony Serri serves up a funny and insightful perspective on surviving in the cutthroat culture of American business. It's Not Personal... takes the lessons of The Godfather saga and analyzes the actions and outcomes of the Corleone family, drawing corollaries to real-life business challenges. Having trouble keeping your cool at work? Conquer your work demons in the chapter, "Your Sonny Disposition." Do you struggle at making tough decisions? Stop listening to your "conscience" and start listening to your "Don-science" in "What Would Vito Do?" Written in droll prose, It's Not Personal... sends a clear message that you can be ruthless in the workplace and keep your eternal soul if you learn the tricks of the most famous and successful criminal family in movie history. David Shore, Executive Producer of House M.D. says of It's Not Personal, "I know some extremely funny people. I know experts on everything Godfather. I know some people who have been spit on by corporate America. But I know only one person who has dedicated his life to these great goals. If this is the same Tony Serri, you should definitely but this book."

Author : David Sutton,Peter Wogan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000182200

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Hollywood Blockbusters by David Sutton,Peter Wogan Pdf

Why do 'Jaws', 'Field of Dreams', 'The Big Lebowski', and 'The Godfather' remain strikingly popular in this age of fragmented audiences and ever-faster spin cycles? "Hollywood Blockbusters: The Anthropology of Popular Movies" argues that these films continue to captivate audiences because they play upon underlying tensions and problems in American culture, much like the myths that anthropologists study in non-Western contexts. In making this argument, the authors employ and extend anthropological theories about ritual, kinship, gift giving, power, egalitarianism, literacy, metalinguistics, stereotypes, and the mysteries of the Other. The results - original insights into modern film classics, American culture, and anthropological theory - will appeal to students of Film, Media, Anthropology, Sociology, and Cultural Studies.

Author : Timothy Fuller
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812247695

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Machiavelli's Legacy by Timothy Fuller Pdf

'Machiavelli's Legacy' situates Machiavelli in general and 'The Prince' in particular at the birth of modernity. Joining the conversation with established Machiavelli scholars are political theorists, Americanists, and international relations scholars, ensuring a diversity of viewpoints and approaches

Author : T. Kane
Publisher : Springer
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137511294

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Bleeding Talent by T. Kane Pdf

Shaping the debate on how to save the military from itself. The first part recognizes what the military has done well in attracting and developing leadership talent. The book then examines the causes and consequences of the modern military's stifling personnel system and offers solutions for attracting and retaining top talent.

Author : George Cheney,Daniel J. Lair,Dean Ritz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195182774

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Just a Job? by George Cheney,Daniel J. Lair,Dean Ritz Pdf

The concept of 'professionalism' has gained everyday resonance in the 21st century, especially given recent corporate scandals. However, George Cheney argues, as much as it may be discussed professionalism has lost much of its broader social and community-related implications.

Author : Sarah Kozloff
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-03-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520221383

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Overhearing Film Dialogue by Sarah Kozloff Pdf

Through informative discussion of dozens of classic and contemporary films - from "Bringing Up Baby" to "Terms of Endearment", from "Stagecoach" to "Reservoir Dogs"--This text provides a full-length study of the use of dialogue in American film.

Author : Diane Jonte-Pace,William B. Parsons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134625352

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Religion and Psychology by Diane Jonte-Pace,William B. Parsons Pdf

This work is a survey of the current state of the relationship between religion and psychology from the leading scholars in the field.

Author : J. D. Connor
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780804794749

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The Studios after the Studios by J. D. Connor Pdf

Modern Hollywood is dominated by a handful of studios: Columbia, Disney, Fox, Paramount, Universal, and Warner Bros. Threatened by independents in the 1970s, they returned to power in the 1980s, ruled unquestioned in the 1990s, and in the new millennium are again beseiged. But in the heyday of this new classical era, the major studios movies — their stories and styles — were astonishingly precise biographies of the studios that made them. Movies became product placements for their studios, advertising them to the industry, to their employees, and to the public at large. If we want to know how studios work—how studios think—we need to watch their films closely. How closely? Maniacally so. In a wide range of examples, The Studios after the Studios explores the gaps between story and backstory in order to excavate the hidden history of Hollywood's second great studio era.

Author : Paul A. Cantor
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813177335

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Pop Culture and the Dark Side of the American Dream by Paul A. Cantor Pdf

The many con men, gangsters, and drug lords portrayed in popular culture are examples of the dark side of the American dream. Viewers are fascinated by these twisted versions of heroic American archetypes, like the self-made man and the entrepreneur. Applying the critical skills he developed as a Shakespeare scholar, Paul A. Cantor finds new depth in familiar landmarks of popular culture. He invokes Shakespearean models to show that the concept of the tragic hero can help us understand why we are both repelled by and drawn to figures such as Vito and Michael Corleone or Walter White. Beginning with Huckleberry Finn and ending with The Walking Dead, Cantor also uncovers the link between the American dream and frontier life. In imaginative variants of a Wild West setting, popular culture has served up disturbing—and yet strangely compelling—images of what happens when people move beyond the borders of law and order. Cantor demonstrates that, at its best, popular culture raises thoughtful questions about the validity and viability of the American dream, thus deepening our understanding of America itself.

Author : Yener Balan,Karen Murrell,Christopher Bryant Lentz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351984188

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Big Book of Emergency Department Psychiatry by Yener Balan,Karen Murrell,Christopher Bryant Lentz Pdf

This book focuses on the operational and clinical strategies needed to improve care of Emergency Psychiatric patients. Boarding of psychiatric patients in ED’s is recognized as a national crisis. The American College of Emergency Physicians identified strategies to decrease boarding of psychiatric patients as one of their top strategic goals. Currently, there are books on clinical care of psychiatric patients, but this is the first book that looks at both the clinical and operational aspects of caring for these patients in ED setting. This book discusses Lean methodology, the impact of long stay patients using queuing methodology, clinical guidelines and active treatment of psychiatric patients in the ED.

Author : Rebecca Whisnant,Christine Stark
Publisher : Spinifex Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : 1876756497

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Not for Sale by Rebecca Whisnant,Christine Stark Pdf

Prostitution and pornography are linked with racism and male dominance as well as with imperialism, militarism (including torture) and global corporate culture. The result is devastating harm for women and children within these industries. Subjected to physical and psychological violence - poverty, drug addiction and homelessness are their usual companions. With its mix of personal stories, theory, research, testimony, and accounts of current activism, Not For Sale will be an invaluable resource for all those seeking to inform themselves about the realities of the sex business and will serve to strengthen and broaden feminist resistance to pornography and prostitution.

Author : Gary Burnison
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119641766

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Advance by Gary Burnison Pdf

The how-to guide for your career In his previous book, Lose the Resume, Land the Job, author Gary Burnison exposed the myths and the ineffective thinking around how to land the job you really want. Now, in Advance, he takes readers through the next stage—advancing in their careers. Advance is extremely timely and topical in today's do-it-yourself career development world. Average job tenure has fallen to about four years on average and often only one or two years for younger professionals. These "career nomads" simply aren't around long enough to access career development from their employers. On the other end of the workplace spectrum, many employees find themselves stuck in one job without a promotion, without any raise to speak of, and with no opportunities to learn and grow. In Advance, Burnison lays out a mosaic of "how-to" advice that applies every day and at every level—the skills and behaviors that help people navigate their careers and stand out among the crowd. He takes on a "Top 20" of career must-haves: managing for the first time, engaging in the "money conversation" with your boss, dealing with difficult bosses (without quitting), coping with coworkers (without losing your mind), making presentations (that don't put people to sleep), mastering digital communication (and avoiding emails that will get you fired), thinking globally (without leaving your office), taking an overseas assignment, meeting senior leaders for the first time (without putting your foot in your mouth), navigating political waters (without sinking your career), reading and fitting in with the culture, and more. • Wisdom on taking your career to the next level • Career development tips • Guidance on being seen and heard • Written by the CEO of one of the world’s largest management consulting firms Whether you’re just starting your career, high up on the ladder, or “stuck” anywhere in between, Advance gives you the know-how to get on a path to where you want to go.

Author : Stephen Brauer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781793608451

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Criminality and the Modern by Stephen Brauer Pdf

The emergence of the social sciences, established in the mid to late nineteenth-century, had a substantial bearing on how researchers, academics, and eventually the general public thought about criminal behavior. Using Modernism as a lens, Stephen Brauer, examines how these disciplines shaped Americans’ understanding of criminality in the twentieth-century and how it provides a new way to think about culture, social norms, and ultimately, laws. In theory, laws act as articulations and codifications of a community’s beliefs, values, and principles. By breaking laws, criminals help us reinforce social norms by providing the opportunity to affirm what is believed to be right. By operating outside the bounds of acceptable behavior, the criminal serves as a useful figure to understand what is at stake in the culture, what the central issues of that culture might be, and what the fears and anxieties are. Criminality serves as a lens through which we can read ourselves and how the criminal operates as a cultural figure signifies the things we are negotiating in our lives and in our communities. Brauer focuses on two main concepts, central to the very concept of Modernism, to explore criminality: contingency, the idea that the individual might not be in control of their own deviance, and agency, the notion that the criminal makes a conscious choice to use crime as a means of economic success. The figure of the criminal is a powerful one and is key to exploring American twentieth-century culture. This book would be of interest to students and scholars in criminology, sociology, cultural studies, literary studies, history, and many others.

Author : Cully Perlman
Publisher : MidTown Publishing Inc.
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626770157

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The Losses by Cully Perlman Pdf

Author : Robert J. Luidens
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725263031

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The Kingdom Will Come Anyway by Robert J. Luidens Pdf

The Kingdom Will Come Anyway: A Life in the Day of a Pastor opens a window into the world of a typical minister serving congregations in the midst of soul-stirring delights and heart-rending troubles. Pastor Bob Luidens paints a true-to-life portrait of moments in his life that have been evocative of humor and heartache, as well as inviting of conviction and confusion. This is a memoir that will resonate with church members and pastors, as well as college students and seminarians. The stories embedded in Pastor Luidens's recollections are rooted in everyday life. But those same stories disclose God's gripping work of restoration and renewal within that life--of a kingdom unstoppable in its coming into our midst. These stories will inspire and challenge each reader, just as the original experiences did with the author. They affirm Jesus's soul-lifting reminder that our loving creator is at work in every moment of our unique, precious lives.