66751The professional guide : dynamics of tour guiding
This handbook aims to provide guides with a foundation to the tourism and travel industry. It begins with a definition of the various kinds of guides and an overview of guiding throughout history and the world. It then explores and examines the following areas: theories and techniques of learning; research and preparation of travel commentary; assessing and addressing the needs of travellers; leadership skills and group psychology; public speaking and presentation skills.
66752The professional housekeeper: 4th ed.
It address the evolving role of the professional housekeeper as a manager. This comprehensive text has been updated to include everything from the latest information on self-managed teams in cleaning, "green cleaning," and recycling, to technological advances in the industry.
66753The profitable consultant : starting, growing, and selling your expertise
Contents: Is consulting right for me; Build a foundation that supports heavy profits; Poor pricing ewuals poor profits; How you charge is as important as what you charge; Conclusion: Don't lose sight of your success; Appendix: Putting it all to work for you: A review.
66754The programmer's apprentice
In this book, two leading researchers at MIT answer this question by describing the Programmer's Apprentice, a powerful new approach to computer-aided software engineering (CASE) that combines artificial intelligence and software engineering techniques. The Programmer's Apprentice is an intelligent assistant for software engineers that will provide advice, catch errors, and take care of routine details throughout the software process, from requirements acquisition to implementation and maintenance. Rich and Waters use extensive illustrations and transcripts from a demonstration system to make the principles and methods underlying the Programmer's Apprentice methods understandable to both researchers and engineers. In the concluding chapter, they give specific examples of how to apply ideas from the Programmer's Apprentice to the next generation of CASE tools.
66755The project cool guide to enhancing your website
Throughout the book the authors address design considerations and deal with the differences between Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer and how they'll display your pages, a topic that's more thoroughly discussed in the final chapter. A related Web site offers sample files and editable JavaScript scripts. If you're already a Web designer and want an introduction to advanced technologies in order to dress up a static Web site, give this book a close look.
66756The project cool guide to HTML
Includes link to the "Project Cool" Web site with...: Interactive HTML forms that let readers enter HTML code and immediately see the results; New HTML techniques and tricks not included in the book; Links to cool Web pages; Lots of resources for Webmasters, including software, graphics, technical specs, and Web news.
66757The project manager's desk reference : a comprehensive guide to project planning, scheduling, evaluation and systems: 2nd ed.
Giving you a template for managing projects of any size from start to finish, a 16-step process for planning, monitoring, and controlling any project. As you explore specific situations taken from today's fast-moving business environment, the author's easy-to-understand approach shows you how to confidently put together a project plan using Work Breakdown Structures, PERT, CPM, and Gantt schedules. You learn how to conduct risk analysis, and assemble and manage a problem-solving team to eliminate potential stumbling blocks and complete the project on time and within budget. In the second edition of this hands-on toolbox, you get updated examples, illustrations and figures, checklists for every stage, plus lists of associations and powerful websites.
66758The promise of artificial intelligence : reckoning and judgment
Contents: 1. Background; 2. History; 3. Failure; 4. Transition; 5. Machine Learning; 6. Assessment; 7. Epistemological Challenges; 8. Objects; 9. World; 10. Reckoning and Judgment; 11. Discussion; 12. Application; 13. Conclusion.
66759The psychology book : big ideas simply explained
Clearly explaining more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the field, The Psychology Book uses accessible text and easy-to-follow graphics and illustrations to explain the complex theoretical and experimental foundations of psychology. From its philosophical roots through behaviorism, psychotherapy, and developmental psychology, The Psychology Book looks at all the greats from Pavlov and Skinner to Freud and Jung, and is an essential reference for students and anyone with an interest in how the mind works.
66760The psychology student's survival guide
This book discusses the necessary steps to flourish as a student of psychology. Student can learn way to increase their mastery of psychology and other domains as well.