First Sentence:
"Undertaking formal performance appraisals is not usually an activity
most managers relish, but it's an important part of the job of a
manager."
First Sentence:
"Before we start you on the path to writing better performance goals
and before we explain how to use this book to help improve both
individual work performance and overall performance of your work unit
or company, we need to place performance goals within "
The 30-Second Encyclopedia of Learning and Performance:
A Trainer's Guide to Theory, Terminology, and Practice
Learning professionals may love those 500-page textbooks, but they're not exactly light reading. Trainers on the go crave a portable reference packed with bite-sized, self-contained topics conveniently arranged for quick access and adaptable to a myriad of instructional situations. They'll be thankful for The 30-Second Encyclopedia of Learning and Performance, which presents hundreds of terms, processes, and methodologies in one place.
Readers can instantly locate any subject in the book, then read the brief but thorough entry in 30 seconds to three minutes. Or read Part One start to finish for an overview of the performance-improvement process, then dive back in as necessary.
The author lists additional books and online sources, offers "rapid histories" of each subject's evolution and its noteworthy gurus, and writes in refreshing, plain English for rookies and experienced practitioners alike.
Increasingly, teachers are called upon to guide children toward being emotionally healthy, socially adept, and academically successful. This concise manual will help educators recognize and deal with a variety of nonacademic issues that can hamper a child’s classroom performance.
Don't Get Me Started
The pace is fast, the humor is smart. For those who have never heard Clinton's one-woman shows, the live perform-ance excerpts used at the start and finish of each tape will provide a good sampling.The text of the audiobook is in a slightly more serious tone than the performance clips, still resulting in a very funny series of observations. A self-described fumerist (feminist humorist), Clinton offers her thoughts about being a lesbian and a comic who confronts controversial political issues head on, as well as many of the everyday situations that illustrate the consequences of her politics. Clinton's comedic timing is right on target in this thought-provoking first book.
