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Rahasia Sukses Ekonomi Cina

Dalam tahun-tahun belakangan, kebangkitan perekonomian Cina mengguncang seluruh dunia. Hanya dalam waktu singkat, ribuan perusahaan di Eropa, Asia, dan Amerika menjadi korban serbuan perdagangan Cina. Apa rahasia di balik kesuksesan ekonomi Cina ini? Apa dampak-dampaknya bagi seluruh dunia? James Kynge, jurnalis berpengalaman puluhan tahun meliput kawasan Asia, membongkar fakta-fakta yang tak kalah mengagetkan dari kebangkitan Cina itu. Keahlian jurnalisme membuat tulisannya lebih tajam daripada analisis para pakar yang sekadar mencermati data-data di meja dan terpesona oleh angka-angka yang menakjubkan dari perekonomian Cina. Kynge, terjun langsung di lapangan, menguak fakta-fakta di berbagai tempat yang tak terduga. Hasilnya, dia bisa menunjukkan banyak hal yang sering luput dari perhatian dunia. Bukan hanya mengungkap sisi-sisi gemilang kebangkitan Cina, buku ini juga menguak sisi-sisi gelap yang tersembunyi. Inilah buku yang wajib dibaca para pebisnis, pengamat ekonomi, jurnalis, dan siapa pun yang ingin memahami secara lengkap fenomena kebangkitan ekonomi Cina dan dampak-dampak internasionalnya di berbagai bidang. [Mizan, Pustaka, Referensi, Bisnis, Ekonomi]

Negara tidak perlu izin dari masyarakatnya untuk “menghancurkan mangkuk
nasi dari besi” kesejahteraan kaum sosialis atau kembali kepada ideologi
Komunis. Ketikaparapekerja menyulut kerusuhan, protes, berpetisi, atau tidak
setuju, pemerintah menjawab dengan taktik-taktik otoriteryang amat terasah.
Hasilnyaadalah hanya dalam waktu kurang darisatu dasawarsa, sarana-sarana
kesejahteraan sosial yang dibiayai negara tidak lagi menjadi batu penghalang
bagi sektor ...

Transparency

How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor

In Transparency, the authors–a powerhouse trio in the field of leadership–look at what conspires against "a culture of candor" in organizations to create disastrous results, and suggest ways that leaders can achieve healthy and honest openness. They explore the lightning-rod concept of "transparency"–which has fast become the buzzword not only in business and corporate settings but in government and the social sector as well. Together Bennis, Goleman, and O'Toole explore why the containment of truth is the dearest held value of far too many organizations and suggest practical ways that organizations, their leaders, their members, and their boards can achieve openness. After years of dedicating themselves to research and theory, at first separately, and now jointly, these three leadership giants reveal the multifaceted importance of candor and show what promotes transparency and what hinders it. They describe how leaders often stymie the flow of information and the structural impediments that keep information from getting where it needs to go. This vital resource is written for any organization–business, government, and nonprofit–that must achieve a culture of candor, truth, and transparency.

The final essay explores how digital technology is making the entire world more transparent. Combining theory and experience, this book offers both a long view of transparency and a wealth of practical advice.

Participatory Action Research for Educational Leadership

Using Data-Driven Decision Making to Improve Schools

While written for mastersÆ students in any Educational Leadership concentration, this is a core text for departments that teach action research as a primary research methodology or a supplemental text for those that place it in a range of research methods. The book provides a readable overview of the PAR process similar to professional learning communities in schools. Its design reaches out to visual learners as graphic elements guide graduate students through the research methods they need to successfully complete rigorous projects. The results of the original PAR study and continued work with educational leaders lead us to believe that this approach ultimately produces the results school leaders seek and appreciate. Key Features: o Clear process through both the PAR steps employing a research logic model throughout. This benefits the graduate student or educational leader by leading them to data driven outcomes that are valid, credible and reliableGraphic elements guide the reader through the process and aid the visual learner in keeping track of the concepts behind the theory. o Reflective questions precede each section. This increases the reflective practices and routines of the reader as appropriate to the PAR process. o Tasks, written for both groups and individuals, aid participatory teams in working towards consensus and strong research designs o Practitioner stories make the lessons real and ease the emotional unease that come from tackling research practices the first time. Intended Audience: This book represents the evolution of PAR from a soft science to a process appropriate for educators in todayÆs data driven environments or for graduate students whose thesis needs to pass the recommendations of professors steeped in positivist traditions.

action research (PAR) is a dynamic process for personal and professional
development. This tool, in the hands of attentive school administrators, teachers,
and their communities, often produces emancipatory results, engaging many
partners ...

Participatory Action Research

As novel, complex social problems increase, especially those involving vulnerable people who reside in challenging places, the limitations of conventional research methods implemented by just one or two investigators become apparent. Research and development alternatives are needed, particularly methods that engage teams of researchers in real world problem solving while simultaneously generating practice- and policy-relevant knowledge. Research methods that effectively tap the expertise of everyday people, especially those impacted by these targeted social problems, are a special priority because academic researchers often lack experiential knowledge that stems from direct, everyday encounters with these vexing problems. Participatory action research (PAR) responds to these manifest needs. It provides a methodological structure and operational guidelines for preparing and deploying people from various walks of life as co-researchers, and it provides a proven strategy for generating practice- and policy-relevant knowledge as problem-solving in real world contexts proceeds.

Five close research relatives are sketched next. They begin with action research,
and they include action science, participatory research, communitybased
participatory research, and intervention research, especially the kind called
design and ...

Curriculum Action Research

A Handbook of Methods and Resources for the Reflective Practitioner

A handbook of research techniques for teachers, this book documents the historical development and changing nature of action research in the curriculum and aims to encourage teacher development through curriculum inquiry. It describes 57 action research tools, ten of which are new.

research, development, and dissemination (RD&D) model which insulated
professional researchers from the teaching ranks. This separation has had the
negative consequence of preventing researchers from studying problems in the
field, ...

The Science of Science Fiction Writing

Written by one of the leading authorities on writing, publishing and teaching science fiction, The Science of Science Fiction Writing offers the opportunity to share in the knowledge James Gunn has acquired over the past forty years. He reflects on the fiction-writing process and how to teach it, and the ideas he has shared with his students about how to do it effectively and how to get it published afterwards. The first section discusses why people read fiction, the parts of the short story, the strategy of the science fiction author, scene as the smallest dramatic unit, how to speak well in print, suspense in fiction, how to say the right thing, and how to give constructive criticism. The second section takes a more philosophical approach. Here, Gunn elaborates on the origins of science fiction, its definition, the worldview of science fiction, and the characters that appear in science fiction novels. The third section highlights well-known sci-fi authors: H.G. Wells, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Henry Kuttner, C.L. Moore, and others, and the impact they have had on the development and progression of science fiction.

Written by one of the leading authorities on writing, publishing and teaching science fiction, The Science of Science Fiction Writing offers the opportunity to share in the knowledge James Gunn has acquired over the past forty years.

Sociocultural Theory and the Teaching of Second Languages

L.S. Vygotsky, the renowned Russian psychologist, argued that the true test of any scientific theory is not the contribution that it makes to our understanding of the of the object of study but the extent to which it improves the practical activities of people, including activities that take place in educational settings. The fourteen original chapters included in this volume document innovations in second and foreign language teaching rooted in Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development. Researchers and language teaching practitioners will find implementations at the classroom and programmatic levels of Vygotskyan principles and concepts, including cognitive mediation, the zone of proximal development, activity theory, internatlization, verbalization, and materialization.

The second and related, pedagogical goal consisted of improving students'
writing in specific textual genres. ... concept based approach) attempts to directly
address the matter of cognitive development during genre-based writing
instruction.

Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement

Living Forward

A discerning guide through the ups and downs of retirement The number of people age 65 and older worldwide has more than tripled to nearly half a billion over the last 50 years. Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement is an inspirational guide through the journey that begins in life’s “third stage,” when employment is left behind and uncertainty lies ahead. This encouraging and uplifting book travels beyond the financial and emotional considerations of retirement planning to address the real-life issues retirees face, including the loss of identity after leaving the workplace, managing the clock, calendar, and commitments, how to deal with the blues and the “blahs,” facing the reality of death, adn keeping life in balance. Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement anticipates the changing events and transitions of retirement, focusing on the need to adapt to this “work in progress.” Retirees struggle with real and symbolic losses as they redefine their identities, face uncertain financial futures, adapt to altered living arrangements, and become more aware of their physical limitations. The disappointments, adversity, and suffering retirees face can throw them into spiritual chaos. This powerful book presents real-life stories of people striving to remain engaged in life, open to possibilities, and experiencing intimations of eternity—here and now. Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement examines: the need for a worldview that helps you take major life transitions in stride specific steps into retirement how to manage your time when “every day is Saturday” how to identify indicators of depression how caregivers can attend the needs of retirees how to get help when life “caves in” on you how to live with purpose and courage the significance of family ties the power of relationships, connections, and friendships the dynamics of hope and much more! Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement is essential for anyone living in, or facing, retirement, and for family members of retirees, members of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), and for lay and professional caregivers. It’s also a helpful resource for academics working in gerontology or theology.

Strategies for Successful Writing, Concise Edition

For first-year courses in Composition/Rhetoric. At every step of the writing process, Strategies for Successful Writing, Concise Edition supports students as they learn to compose in the rhetorical modes. Over 100 short examples demonstrate writing concepts and strategies, so that they can recognize them more easily in the longer reading selections and apply them in their own compositions. Instruction is kept brief and to the point, so that students spend more time writing and less time reading about writing. Also available with MyWritingLab™ MyWritingLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. In addition to the full eText, all writing activities included in the text are available within MyWritingLab, making managing and grading lower-stakes work easier for instructors. NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyWritingLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyWritingLab, search for: 0134150856 / 9780134150857 Strategies for Successful Writing, Concise Edition Plus MyWritingLab with Pearson eText — Access Card Package, 11/e Package consists of: 0133944131 / 9780133944136 MyWritingLab with Pearson eText — Access Card 013394414X / 9780133944143 MyWritingLab with Pearson eText — Inside Star Sticker 0134119517 / 9780134119519 Strategies for Successful Writing, Concise Edition

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Strategies for Successful Writing : a Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook

Good writing is the key to academic and career success. This book covers the range of useful and necessary information any contemporary writing text requires. Overall, the sequences and subject matter are EXCELLENT. . .