Practice Management Books

This book has so many great accounting best practices it should serve as a goal for every company. It is an invaluable reference guide to anyone who is just starting a business, or needing to improve the efficiency of their accounting functions.
I most liked the fact that the book is so easy to read. You won't have to be a CPA to understand this book.
My only suggestion is that the book should have a companion CD or web site with all of the best practices already in an electronic format.

Looking for best practices in all areas of accounting? This is the place! Liked the presentation format.

I found Accounting Best Practices a valuable resource for objectively evaluating my accounting department's business practices and procedures. Mr. Bragg has identified the specific tasks of each of the accounting departments's functions and has made suggestions for efficiencies. The author states the key factors in the successful implementation of the best practices in accounting.

Each chapter presents an exhibit of "Implementation Issues Best Practices" describing the implementation costs, ease and duration of each suggested practice change. This information allowed me to implement the easiest and least costly changes to my accounting department's procedures, thus gaining credibility with upper managment to support the changes involving addional resources.

As a Controller, Best Practices assisted me to focus on the value-added tasks of my department and identifying where my staff's efforts are best utilized to support the corporate objectives. My department has become more efficient, allowing for individual growth opportunities. I highly recommend this book for anyone managing an accounting department. A very concise book that is easy to read and use.

Divisional Controller, CMA

Best practices helped me improve accounting operations and cut costs. Appendix B alone is worth the price.

This book has the right idea of putting the main points in the tables for quick reference and the narrative for each point. In addition, I like the Ease, Duration and Cost of implementation of each best practice which gives me an idea for prioritization. Ordered more copies for the departments. Wish they had more books like these that give practical suggestions instead of theory.

this is a great guide to using acceptance commitment therapy to control anger. it includes exercises that are useful for personal or clincial work (if you're a psychologist).

This book could be a great addition to anyone's therapy or meditation practice. For some, it can be therapy in itself. Anger can be the most troubling and still elusive feeling to understand and deal with. The more you try not to have it the more you will as so many of us have seen and experienced in our lives. The authors of this book guide our minds with simply and effectively while based upon current research. Once the reader can accept anger as a normal and natural but uncomfortable feeling, then the path to living life more fully opens up. The authors teach us that observing without acting out on these feelings helps us to gain control by letting go. The exercises are challenging but essential to the reader's success in using this profound little book. There is a wealth of wisdom and compassion expressed here so gently and deeply about all of life's challenges.

--Robert A. Naseef, Ph.D., psychologist, author of Special Children, Challenged Parents, and co-editor Voices from the Spectrum
Special Children, Challenged Parents: The Struggles and Rewards of Raising a Child With a Disability

This book will help you release from the anger that's ruining your life.

Many of the patients I've worked with have let their anger destroy their lives. And then the harder they fight to control their anger, THE MORE ANGRY THEY GET! It's easy to see how this can quickly become a self-destructive cycle.

What I love about "Act on Life Not on Anger," and what my patients find so helpful, are the techniques drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). If you're like my patients -- and me -- ACT will help you relax, learn to become an observer of your own mind, and help you develop skills to avoid getting hooked into every anger-provoking situation that comes along in your life. 'Cause lets face it, there's certainly a lot of them, and in the end, the only thing that any of us can really control are our own reactions to those situations.

This highly readable book is so much more than simply a resource for transforming the reader's relationship with problem anger. It contains a wealth of insight into what life is like for the vast majority of human beings, whose daily struggle with painful thoughts and feelings obscures the truth about their deepest sense of self. The good news is that people's most fundamental sense of self can eventually become successfully untangled from burdensome thoughts and feelings, to make possible a meaningful life enriched by the pursuit of freely-chosen values. With clear, accessible prose, engaging illustrations and carefully explained practical exercises, this work is infused with the dynamism and excitement of specialists who are aware of the potential for their truly original approach to transform the quality of the reader's life, whether in the realm of personal psychological experience, relationships with others, or meaningful actions. Through the experiential development of `willingness', `cognitive defusion', the identification of values, and the development of self- and other-directed forgiveness and compassion, the reader is led to the discovery of a new and invulnerable source of identity that can act with unfettered freedom and restore to the suffering individual a fundamental sense of dignity and power. I am convinced that the development of emotional intelligence should have an equal place in the school curriculum with the development of academic intelligence, and an accessible book on anger of this kind has the potential to really challenge and transform the thinking of the (many) adolescents who (understandably) spend a lot of time struggling with angry feelings and ceding to the impulse to act on them, sometimes with devastating consequences. There is a wealth of wisdom and potential to improve human experience in this book.

With so many people acting destructively under the influence of anger these days the need for the methods and concepts outlined in this book is urgent. Of course anger is a normal human emotion that serves a real purpose. The problem is not anger itself but the dysfunctional expression of this common emotion. With the huge costs associated with the destructive expression of anger -- for the individuals involved and society as a whole -- it's hard to believe there's no mention of pathological anger in the DSM-IV, the medical establishment's bible of psychiatric diagnoses. This glaring error of omission means anger research doesn't get funded and therapists are ill-equipped to effectively treat clients presenting destructive anger. Eifert and co-authors present a wonderfully simple and effective approach based on the principles of ACT. This book should be required reading for all mental health professionals (and especially the individuals on the advisory committee for the DSM-V).

This is the third edition of this book, and continues to be a "must have" for anyone involved in wound care. It has been updated with the most current information on basics as well as newer treatment modalities.

It is a great resource. I use it every day at work. Shipping was fast!

This is the best wound care resource I have. From basic care to physiology of wounds, this book covers everything in an easy to understand but comprehensive manner. I especially like the chapter on the interdisciplinary process.
Donna McClure BSN, RN, ACHRN, CWOCN

As a layperson to the medical field, the most fascinating thing about this book was the extensive collection of colour plates. Showing textbook cases of exposed wounds. Sometimes with plenty of decaying skin and exposed muscle. The resemblences of some pictures to raw meat at the butcher's is stark.

One might wonder how patients let their conditions deteriorate to the depths shown here. How could you walk around, or not, with some of those wounds, and not have it treated before they got so bad?

Happy reading.

I'm studying for the CWS exam, and needed a good text for review. This works beautifully. Thanks!

This book is comprehensive, easy to read, and based on a sound theoretical and evidentiary base. It is hard to find a text that assists clinicians to bridge the gap between meeting the client and implementing a suitable intervention. This book not only does this, but does so in a way that is respectful of the client, the clinician, and the diversity of excellent clincial formulation frameworks available.

I have been searching for a book like this for quite some time. It includes all the elements I have been wanting to include in my teaching of clinical psychology to post-graduate students. It has proven to be a very valuable find!

This is a how-to book that combines good clinical practice with the best of evidence-based treatment.

Dr. Ingram's book is an essential part of each therapist's library. It is the complete guide to case formulations and conceptualizations. Dr. Ingram has an amazing way of presenting her clinical hypotheses and how they are incorporated in therapy, and in turn the role they play in creating therautic goals and interventions. It is a must-read!!

Without question this is the essential "psychological encyclopedia from A - Z" to have on your bookshelf. Dr. Ingram provides useful and effective tools for any therapist; no matter the orientation, client population or years in the field. As a recently graduated MFT Intern, I continuously refer to Dr. Ingram's Problem Oriented Method. Each and every chapter is full of helpful and expansive information and the Core Clinical Hypotheses target all relevant issues with which clients present. This makes a great gift for your therapist friend. I have and will continue to highly recommend Clinical Case Formulations to all of my colleagues.

My textbook came only a few days after I ordered it! I was very pleased with the seller as well because he kepted me updated with the status of my book.

It was really nice to find what we were looking for, at a price we could afford. It was as good as new.

i order this book but it was the wrong one instead of 2006 i need it a 2007. thanks.

Easy to read book-color coding is very helpful-more useful than other coding books.

Resource is great. Good directions and pics. Next time I will save money and buy the softbound instead. Great resource for student or experienced coder.

I found this book to be an excellent guide when it comes to describing the entrepreneurial process as well as how to start up a business. Not only does it cover the theorectical sections of this vast subject, it also provides guidance on how to go about getting funding, encouraging creativity and innovation within a firm etc. It details the stages of a business and has a number of case studies. A great book!

This book played a significant role in shaping a business plan that attracted institutional investment for a technology start-up I co-founded in Brazil. Great book.

This book has really helped me in class. It ties into all of the other books we use and all of the discussion in class. The book is actually interesting and easy to read unlike other textbooks!

This book is phenominal. While it is an academic textbook, it really hits home to the real world. The business plan section is extremely useful and the real life company examples and case studies are quite interesting and insightful.

Dr. Kuratko's book is positively OUTSTANDING and a MUST read for anyone who is even CONSIDERING starting his or her own business. Dr. Kuratko is considered by many to be the nation's foremost expert in the field of entrepreneurship and small business management. His book blends the structure of a course textbook with excellent real-life case examples. This is, without question, the finest book that I have ever read. I keep it by my nightstand!!!

Buy this one! You WON'T regret it!

Michael

The exercises in this book are nothing like I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot: Barrons, Kaplan OG, Princeton Review. I have them all and this book has some serious mathematics. If you can do the exercises in here, you will breeze through the exam.

Warning: Not for the numerically challenged.

This book is well structured.
You must work out through each chapter and if you don't understand something you should just look how problem(s) is(are) solved. The explanation are very explicit, step by step, sometimes with alternative ways.
In each chapter problems are provided in a row. These problems are in blocks for several examples related to the type of problem (ex. chapter Algebra: algebraic expressions, factoring, linear equations, unsolvable equations and whole bunch of other questions chosen according to the type of section of Algebra). It's good because if you don't know how to solve a definite type of problem, you must see how first problem is done, then you must solve the next one and you know how to do it.
Other prepbooks don't always follow after this type of book structure. They provide you with a set of different questions related to the chapter title (let's take Algebra again), but they can give all types of problems in a row. As result if you don't understand how to solve definite type of problems related to one rule (type) then you should search for the same type of problem on different pages and compare explanations. Sometimes it's not very comfortable and time taking process.
There isn't any theory there - all theory is in examples and answers. But word Advanced on book's title means that you already must know it. Actually you don't need it because you can understand the way of thinking and formulas usage just repeating provided by author solutions step by step.

EZ -Solutions GMAT Math Series Books

The overall content in the EZ-solutions set of nine GMAT books is very good. When I started studying for the GMAT I couldn't answer so many questions. But now that I have used the EZ -solutions books I can answer a lot of them. I still need to practice on my speed but they have helped me come a long way. The EZ-solutions books break down each subject covered in the GMAT with a step-by-step system.

The EZ-solutions set of nine GMAT books were extremely helpful considering I haven't had a math class in over six years, and I couldn't remember simple things such as integer properties. Like I said I had taken a GMAT practice exam and I couldn't answer many questions, but now I am getting a lot better.

The format of the EZ-solutions set of nine GMAT books is very good as it breaks down each topic in different books.

The text of the EZ-solutions set of nine GMAT is perfectly clear and precisely to the point. After going through each of the nine EZ-solutions set of nine GMAT books more than once and taking them with me where ever I have gone, they hold up nicely.

I believe that anybody studying for the GMAT should have the EZ-solutions set of nine GMAT books in their collection. They should also get the Official guide, with the Kaplan math review as well. The math lessons in the EZ-solutions GMAT books are much better than the Official, Kaplan, and PR. They have a lot more examples, with a lot more instruction as well. The Official GMAT guide isn't a good book for instruction but just for extra problems. Kaplan and PR have a decent math review in their book but the EZ-solutions GMAT set of nine books really bring it home.

I would recommend the EZ-solutions GMAT set of nine book series to anyone studying for the GMAT. Especially those individuals that who need a math review, and just not practice problems. This set of nine books breaks down each subject covered on the GMAT, and gives detailed expiations of each one.

The EZ-solutions GMAT set of nine books are a little more pricey then those currently on the market. But if you are serious about taking the GMAT and getting a good score I believe they are worth the extra money. As I mentioned earlier some of the other books on the market don't have as good a math lessons as the EZ-solutions GMAT books. Highly recommended!

I bought the series of EZ Solutions for the GMAT and found them to be very helpful. After going through GMAT books from Kaplan, Princeton Review, and others, I needed something more in-depth to tackle all type of questions. The EZ books cover a broad spectrum of content and practice questions with detailed explanations. These are great books for those who are seeking to perfect their score or need something more than just the basic review provided in regular study guides. They are also a good review for those who have been out of school for a while and need to refresh their math skills to score higher on the GMAT . The EZ books are very detailed and comprehensive, far more than any other book that I have seen. I would highly recommend using the EZ Solutions GMAT set of books to improve your scores!

This is a great book and I would highly recommend buying the EZ GMAT Advanced WB if:
(a) you are already completely well-versed with all the math concepts, and
(b) you are already scoring about 700 level and just need more practice with difficult math problems.

If not, do not buy this book as this can greatly discourage you and throw you off tandem. You should first use the EZ GMAT Basic WB to see your weaknesses and accordingly buying the other content area books such as the EZ arithmetic, algebra, application, geometry, word problems, and logic & stats, or probably all of these (if cost is not an object). The review books contain each and every math concept that you need to know. If you have all 9 EZ GMAT books, that's all you need, nothing else.

Good luck in your GMAT prep!

EZ Solutions - Test Prep Series - Math Practice - Basic Workbook - GMAT (Ez Solutions: Test Prep Series)

For many years, it has been considered unprofessional, or at least unacceptable, to be openly Christian at work. Many Christians have struggled with the Sunday-Monday divide. That is starting to change. It is increasingly acceptable to talk about faith in the office. Some forward-thinking companies have even taken the step to encourage faith groups to form and meet at work. David Miller, in this largely academic survey, explores the history and basis of the movement he calls FAW -- Faith at Work. Chapter seven gives an outstanding analysis of FAW by creating a language and framework for further study. The book comes with an extensive bibliography for those wanting to go further in the topic.

Today many individuals are beginning to realize that maintaining a separation between their work and personal lives is inauthentic and unhealthy. People want to bring their genuine selves into the workplace. That desire extends to their spiritual beliefs.

For employers, however, creating a "faith friendly" workplace feels risky. David Miller's God at Work is an important new book that provides the context and vision to help employers with this issue.

Mr. Miller's timing could not have been better. With retiring baby boomers and the coming shortage of labor, employers will need to create more attractive workplace environments to attract and retain the employees they need to meet organizational growth goals. (Consider this: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a shortage of 35 million workers in the decades ahead; Google has reduced its growth goals because it can't find the people it needs to meet the market opportunity; and, according to the consulting firm Booz Allen, half of the current labor force in the oil and gas business will retire in the next five years.)

Another reason employers should consider creating a faith friendly work environment is that the character values encouraged by most belief systems --humility, work ethic, integrity, honesty, open-mindedness, etc.--improve organizational performance, a case my co-authors and I made in our just-released book Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team's Passion, Creativity, and Productivity.

Making the workplace faith friendly is wise. David Miller's book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in this issue or responsible for making decisions about workplace policy in organizations.

David Miller is an accomplished businessman who altered his vocational path to better advance God's will in and through his vocation and vocations in general. His latest contribution is an overview of the history of the faith at work movement, and four characteristics - ethics, evangelism, enrichment, and experience - than singly or in combination were advocated by leaders and organizations involved with faith at work, starting about 100 years ago, but focusing primarily on past 20 years.

The author also develops an integrating framework for these four characteristics and accepts each as valid and necessary.

This book's 40 pages of endnotes are as much, if not more valuable, than its 150 pages of text, for anyone who wants to become familiar with current theory and its praxis through current leaders and organizations in the faith and work movement, primarily in Christian America.

The book also, tacitly at least, indicates the past and, by and large, current scope of faith at work - the focus remains primarily on the individual in his/her cubicle, with little consideration to what 6.4 billion people are together doing as God's "creation caring-for creatures" on planet earth via their capabilities and activities in stewardiship, restoration, redeeming of God's creation on planet earth.

Maybe David Miller will move on to this in next book!

David W. Miller has a daring Vision. It evolved out of his business experience with IBM, his Seminary Education at Princeton University, and his latest job at the Yale Divinity School where he is Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics. This has prepared him to be a leading edge scholar and practitioner in the Faith at Work movement.

The daring vision is for Global Corporations to become "faith-friendly" and build policies to honor and respect the spiritual dimensions of employees. Some Fortune 500 Companies are moving in this direction, such as Cocoa-Cola, PepsiCo, and American Express, with informal employee groups meeting regularly on company premises to discuss issues relating to faith and work. As we look down the road, Miller believes we must, as global citizens and companies, prepare ourselves to understand different religious practices and orientations to avoid situations of religious discrimination and harassment.

To make the Vision work, Miller has developed a new topology and language to transcend the old labels and stereotyping and to allow for a fresher communication. Gone are the old polarizers: liberal vs. conservative; evangelical vs. mainstream; Right vs. Left. Miller identifies four diffent modes where individuals express their quest for the integration of faith and work. The 4 modes are:

ETHICS (Personal virtue, business ethics, social and economic justice)

EVANGELISM (Expression of faith, for Christians and Muslims)

EXPERIENCE (vocation, calling, search for existential meaning)

ENRICHMENT (prayer,meditation, self actualization, New Age)

Developing these communication tools and a self awareness of ones natural mode(s)is affirming to oneself and the key to enable respect for and movement into other modes. Some might operate in all four modes and will experience a very rich and dynamic integration of faith and work.

GOD AT WORK is extremely well written and succinct (153 pages) and is easily accessible to the layman. Scholars of theology and management will be challenged and impressed with Miller's approach and ideas.

The subject matter that this book approaches is vast and constantly evolving. That the author is able to offer a helpful history of this movement and clearly trace its evolution to the present day is a real benefit to the sociologist, theologian, historian, or businessperson who is interested in what is becoming a serious issue both in the business world and society at large.

The sociologists tell us that Americans are spending less time in community and civic organizations and more and more time at their workplace. While it seems natural, then, that people's faith would be brought to work, it is not always obvious how this has been or can be done with integrity and sensitivity. The history of the movement broadly illuminates this issue, and the author's encouraging nudges toward a mature understanding of how this can be done in today's business world speaks to the present situation authoritatively.

While there is a wealth of information and history "out there" when it comes to the Faith at Work phenomenon, it seems to me that it has rarely been approached in such a scholarly and savvy way. This book, therefore, is long overdue and will be an immense aid to the newcomer to this Faith at Work phenomenon or those already well-versed in its history and where it might be heading. The structure of the book serves to bring newcomers up to speed quickly with historical and structural explanations, and the reader is soon immersed in the thick of the movement with all its promise and potential pitfalls.

A very good book for all healthcare professionals.
I used to use my PDA as an address book and appointments manager.
Reading this book made my usage of my PDA essential to the extent that now I can't afford to round in the hospital without that small machine in my pocket.
I liked very much chapter 10 " Carrying the web wiyh you "
Thank you Dr. Al-Ubaydli.

Dr.Fahad Al-Nouri

Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia.

A better title for this book would be, "Handheld Computers for Medical Professionals". Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Physical Therapists, Clinical Pharmacists and anyone else in the clinical environment would benefit from the ideas presented in Dr. Al-Ubaydli's book.
Best of all, he gives web addresses for software information that can be modified for any specialty. If you're interested in increasing your productivity in the clinic either as a student or full fledged professional, this is the book to start with.

'Handhelds For Doctors' by Dr Al-Ubaydli is an excellent book for beginners like myself. The information provided is easy to understand and the style of writing makes reading it a pleasure. It has inspired me to start using my PDA 1 year after purchasing it!

This is a great little book, full of hints and tips on how to manage your handheld. Written with hospitals and doctors in mind, there is still a wealth of information for those who just want to get to know their handheld better. It covers both Palm and Windows operating systems. Mo Ubaydli is a handheld guru and his enthusiasm for these wonderful machines shines through. Even better is that it is also a very easy book to read. Thoroughly recommended and a great resource, well written with several examples of how to make the most of these little marvels!

This book is the best guide around which explains the various a PDA applications that doctors can use in their day to day work . My PDA was a glorified diary before I found this book. Now its an integral part of day to day work. I am now trying to convert my colleagues to do the sameBut beware ! The enthusiasm of the authors can be infectious !!!

Last year, I read the book, Hurry Less Worry Less at Christmastime, and was so inspired by it that I decided to try my hand at creating a women's retreat structured around same. The retreat was held in October of 2008, and the feedback that I've received has been awesome! This wonderful book will help readers to become more intentional in preparing their hearts and minds for the holiday season. Armed with the author's practical advice and recommendations, I believe that many will come to experience more fully the comfort and joy about which we sing!

This was our monthly book club's second book. Ms. Christie gives you direction & suggestions for facing those "holiday demons" that rob the season of joy, peace, & calm, and that helps you make the changes to achieve the holidays you want. Lessons learned work not only for the holidays, but for life in general. Very practical book for our too hurried and harried lives. Very easy and fast reading. Highly recommend.

What a wonderful book! Hurry Less Worry Less at Christmastime will help anyone get their Holiday season off to a great start. Learn how to make time for all the family and friends. A must read!

If you get a feeling of anxiety rather than joy during the Christmas season due to too many obligations, too many presents to buy, too many family trips to juggle, and too little time in which to do all this and more, then this is the book for you. Judy gives you concise and practical advice to get your holidays under control.

I have read this book twice and keep it by my bedside to read a little each evening. Following her suggestions will help me create a holiday season which will be less hectic and more enjoyable for each member of my family! Judy Christie is a humorous, spiritual,"thought-provoking" writer. This is a fun book...give it as a pre-holiday gift to help each of your friends and family enjoy their holidays immensely!