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Noir Canada: pillage, corruption et criminalité en Afrique
Par Alain Deneault. 2008
"...] En dénonçant de nombreux abus qualifiables de crimes commis par ces sociétés privées, Alain Deneault s'attaque à l'image factice…
répandue sur la scène internationale d'un Canada intrinsèquement pacifiste, bon et généreux. Il recense avec soin et précision les nombreux cas (déjà rapportés ailleurs dans le monde par plusieurs ONG, journalistes, analystes ainsi qu'experts de l'ONU) dans lesquels les sociétés canadiennes se rendent coupables de corruption, de pillage institutionnalisé des ressources minières ou pétrolières des pays africains, et attisent ou maintiennent l'instabilité et les conflits pour obtenir de juteux contrats. [...]" -- 4e de couvJust generosity: a new vision for overcoming poverty in America
Par Ronald Sider. 1999
An evangelical Christian's visionary strategy to reduce poverty in the United States--the richest nation on Earth in the twenty-first century.…
Notes that the solution to this issue requires moral, spiritual, socioeconomic, and structural changes, and proposes a joint effort by Christians and other people of goodwill. 1999The life of a mathematical genius who contributed to game theory, computer architecture, the study of the universe, and the…
mystery of prime numbers--all before age thirty. Then schizophrenia enveloped his mind and he spent thirty more years in and out of mental hospitals before a spontaneous recovery returned him to the world of researchOne world, ready or not: the manic logic of global capitalism
Par William Greider. 1997
Contends that twentieth-century capitalism is driven by the imperatives of global industrial revolution. Examines negative consequences of the trend toward…
multinational corporations. Recommends remedies for economic problems of the future emphasizing the need for cooperation among countriesTyping and keyboarding for everyone with typing tutor 6 (Typing And Keyboarding For Everyone Ser.)
Par Arco, Nathan Levine. 1998
Explores cultural issues associated with globalization by examining the role of McDonald's restaurants in five distinct societies--in Beijing, Hong Kong,…
Taipei, Seoul, and Japan. Shows how the chain adapts to suit local circumstances and how Asians use McDonald's for their own benefit--for birthday parties, for dating couples, or as a woman's sanctuaryThe essential Galbraith
Par John Galbraith. 2001
Key selections from five decades of writing on economic topics. In introductions written in 2001, the author places the essays…
in historical context and comments on their continued relevance. The last entry is Galbraith's speech "The Unfinished Business of the Century," given at the London School of Economics in 1999. 2001In this helpful how-to, author Tom Kendrick reveals field-proven principles for navigating high-pressure situations, so you can overcome any obstacle.…
Even with a terrific project management program in place, problems can arise to derail your team's hard work. This book explores a wide range of challenging scenarios and practical solutions and is packed with insightful answers to over 100 of your most urgent project management questions. In 101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them, you'll learn how to: keep a project on track despite unavoidable interruptions; how to prevent unreliable outside collaborators from jeopardizing the entire project; how to manage project teams who have little or no project management experience; how to make up for lost time without cutting corners; and how to succeed—even in the face of threatened budget cuts. The last thing you need in the heat of battle is to dive into project management theories. While there's no one right answer to the challenges you face as a project manager, 101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them has a plethora of actionable guidelines that help you troubleshoot quickly so you can get back to doing what you do bestMars et Vénus au travail (Petite bibliothèque Payot #169. Voyageurs)
Par John Gray. 2002
Après Les hommes viennent de Mars, les femmes viennent de Vénus, l'auteur offre ici des conseils pratiques à ceux et…
celles qui veulent travailler en bonne harmonie. En misant sur les différences de réaction selon les sexes, de nombreux aspects délicats de l'interaction au bureau sont abordés: l'écoute, la communication, la gestion des émotions et du stress, l'affirmation de soi, l'instauration de limites, la demande de promotions. [SDMBen & Jerry's double-dip: lead with your values and make money, too
Par Ben Cohen. 1997
Cohen and Greenfield continue their story begun by Lager in Ben and Jerry's, the Inside Scoop (RC 39204, BR 9763).…
The two founders of the international ice cream company explain the idea of a value-led business and discuss how the concept can help the company as well as the community. An example is their free cones to persons registering to voteThe good society: the humane agenda
Par John Galbraith. 1996
Contending that big governments arise from the people's need for services, economist Galbraith explores the nature and elements of a…
"good society" that he finds practically achievable. He posits the essential human needs of personal liberty, basic well-being, social and ethnic equality, and individual opportunity, while offering a liberal blueprint for building a safer and better futureOn our own terms: portraits of women business leaders
Par Liane Enkelis. 1995
Interviews with fifteen women who lead large corporations and also have a personal life. The women include the principal chief…
of the Cherokee Nation, the president of two highly successful catalog companies, and the head of one of the world's leading software companiesMaterial world: The six raw materials that shape modern civilization
Par Ed Conway. 2023
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and…
greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future. • Finalist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award The fiber-optic cables that weave the World Wide Web, the copper veins of our electric grids, the silicon chips and lithium batteries that power our phones and cars: though it can feel like we now live in a weightless world of information—what Ed Conway calls "the ethereal world"—our twenty-first-century lives are still very much rooted in the material. In fact, we dug more stuff out of the earth in 2017 than in all of human history before 1950. For every ton of fossil fuels, we extract six tons of other materials, from sand to stone to wood to metal. And in Material World, Conway embarks on an epic journey across continents, cultures, and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates. Material World is a celebration of the humans and the human networks, the miraculous processes and the little-known companies, that combine to turn raw materials into things of wonder. This is the story of human civilization from an entirely new perspective: the ground upOn your own: a guide to working happily, productively & successfully from home
Par Lionel Fisher. 1995
Fisher, a writer who works out of his home, focuses on the mental, emotional, psychological, and motivational challenges of working…
alone. Topics include getting organized, avoiding procrastination, promoting self-actualization, setting office boundaries, and befriending solitudeThe contrary farmer
Par Gene Logsdon. 1993
Writer and part-time farmer Logsdon describes the contrary cottage (small acreage) farmer. "A farmer with deep ecological sensitivity is to…
the plow jockey...what a French chef is to...hamburger handlers." Contrary farmers use technological cleverness and handiness to reduce manual labor by skill instead of expensive machines. They have a "love of home," subscribe to pastoral economics, and learn to let nature do work for themLager, who headed Ben & Jerry's for eight years, gives the company's history. Childhood friends, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield…
led relatively unsuccessful lives until 1978, when they collaborated on creating an ice cream store in a former gas station in Vermont after taking a correspondence course on the topicThe craft of investing
Par John Train. 1994
Advice for the private investor from an investment consultant and author of books and articles on finance. Drawing on personal…
experience and his study of other successful money managers, Train analyzes market cycles and investment styles and advises on topics such as taxes, trusts, financial statements, estate and retirement planning, and prenuptial agreements. Includes a glossary of investment termsThe last empire: De Beers, diamonds, and the world
Par Stefan Kanfer. 1993
Kanfer, a journalist, discusses De Beers Consolidated Mines Inc. and describes how it sometimes uses a show of power to…
maintain its hold on the world's diamond industry and much of the gold industry. He focuses on the exploitation of blacks in South Africa and on the three men who have controlled the company since its founding in 1880--Cecil Rhodes, Ernest Oppenheimer, and "King" Harry Oppenheimer. Some violenceBeating the Street
Par Peter Lynch. 1993
Former manager of Fidelity Magellan Fund asserts that the stock market is the best investment and that a small investor…
does not need a professional manager. Lynch explains how he makes investment selections and suggests how to develop a method for choosing mutual funds. BestsellerMavericks!: how to lead your staff to think like Einstein, create like da Vinci, and invent like Edison
Par Donald Blohowiak. 1992
Blohowiak presents a guide to fellow executives on becoming maverick managers. Maintaining that "if managers concentrated on helping people fulfil…
their potential, our companies would be filled...with craftsmen," he gives recommendations on improving workplace conditions and worker-boss relationships. Included is a quiz measuring maverick potential