Reaching Toward Easter
Автор: Derek Maul
Год издания: 0000
The 40 days of Lent give Christians time to prepare for Easter—to look closely at the ministry of Jesus and at their own lives, incorporate a daily observance in their lives, and ultimately grow closer to Christ, with a fuller understanding of the meaning of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.
Through more than 45 daily readings and prayers, Derek Maul invites readers to join him on a devotional pilgrimage through Lent, using the Gospel of John's rich narrative in chapters 12 through 20 but sampling from other scripture passages as well.
*Reaching Toward Easter** can be used by individuals or groups who wish to make the Lenten pilgrimage together. A group study guide is included in the book.
Maul challenges readers to journey with him from Ash Wednesday through Resurrection Sunday. Along the way they will discover the focused opportunity Lent provides to sit at table with Jesus like the disciples; to walk the dusty path from Bethany to the very gates of Jerusalem, observing the Master; and to listen closely to Christ's words of grace, hope, and challenge.
Contemporary issues of sustainable rural development: international approaches and experiences of Eastern Europe and Russia / Современные аспекты устойчивого развития сельской местности: международные
Автор: Коллектив авторов
Год издания:
Монография предназначена для научных сотрудников, преподавателей, аспирантов и студентов вузов экономических, гуманитарных, сельскохозяйственных и туристических специальностей, а также всех интересующихся современным состоянием и перспективами устойчивого развития сельских территорий, подходами к обеспечению устойчивого развития в разных странах мира, включая Европейский Союз в целом и регион Восточной Европы в частности, Содружество Независимых Государств и Россию. Кроме вопросов устойчивого развития сельских территорий в монографии рассмотрены аспекты повышения устойчивости сельскохозяйственного производства, проблемы обеспечения продовольственной безопасности, современные тенденции международной торговли сельскохозяйственной продукцией и продовольствием в условиях либерализации торговых отношений, перспективы развития сельского туризма как фактора обеспечения устойчивого развития сельских территорий, а также направления рационального природопользования и реализации природного и ресурсного потенциала различных стран. Монография издана за счет средств гранта ФГБОУ ВПО Ставропольский ГАУ в области науки и инноваций для молодых ученых.
Reframe The Marketplace. The Total Market Approach to Reaching the New Majority
Автор: Jeffrey Bowman L.
Год издания:
Most businesses are ignoring the more than $4 Trillion new majority market. Is your business one them? Learn how to REFRAME your business for the Total Market Sometime around 2040, ethnic minorities will become the majority of the US population. Brands and businesses are not prepared. REFRAME: The Marketplace is the first guide for businesses eager to take advantage of the New Majority opportunity. Author Jeffrey L. Bowman is considered the pioneering thought leader and practitioner of the Total Market approach. He is a senior partner and managing director at Ogilvy & Mather, one of the world's largest advertising and communications agencies.Within four years, Bowman's practice was able to deliver more than $5 million in incremental fees and win industry awards for strategy, creativity, and brand effectiveness. In this forward-looking and invaluable resource, Bowman shows you how to recognize this huge, underserved market. He then teaches you how to reorganize your enterprise to reap the rewards of this burgeoning segment. New majorities have already emerged in the top ten US cities. You'll learn how this market came about, why they've been ignored for the last fifty years, and, most importantly, how you can engage them so that they become your customers for life. The new majority consumer segments are the primary drivers of contemporary social and cultural change, and they influence the behaviors of those to whom brands cater—not the other way around. Bowman teaches you to flip the script and start targeting those who start trends, speak up, and push for progress in all aspects of life. That's the way to see your brand take off and develop the following you have been chasing from the wrong perspective. Women, non-Christians, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, the LGBT customer segments, among others, are the faces—and deep pockets—of the New Majority. The minority will soon become the majority, and all of them want to be represented in advertising, catered to in the marketplace, and seen, not as individual outliers, but as prominent members of our diverse society. The New Majority wants your company to talk to them. They want to buy from you, but you're not reaching them yet. This book shows you how. You'll learn how to: Right size your organization and business planning practices Tap into a historically underserved market Effectively reach the other half of the population Engage the market segment now worth more than $4 Trillion globally The New Majority: They make money. They make decisions. They make an impact. They are smart, aware, and willing to evangelize when a brand targets their wants and needs. They are the future of your business. REFRAME: The Marketplace shows you how to capture them.
Construction Management JumpStart. The Best First Step Toward a Career in Construction Management
Автор: Barbara Jackson J.
Год издания:
Launch your career in construction management with this one-of-a-kind book The construction management industry is expected to increase employment by 16 percent over the next decade. This second edition of a bestselling introduction to construction management walks you through each stage of the construction management process. Written from the constructor's perspective, this book will familiarize you with all the construction management fundamentals and how Building Information Modeling (BIM) is impacting the construction management profession. Covers interoperability of technology advances in the construction industry Explains how BIM is challenging the traditional approach to project delivery and how this affects the constructor's role Elaborates each stage of the design and construction process and the tasks associated with each of them Shows step-by-step how to estimate project costs, administer contracts, manage job site and construction operations, plan and schedule a project, monitor project performance, manage project quality and safety, and assess project risks Provides review questions at the end of each chapter to help enforce understanding The tried-and-true project management principles presented in this book will help ensure you a successful start to your career.
Supply Chain as Strategic Asset. The Key to Reaching Business Goals
Автор: Vivek Sehgal
Год издания:
Hands-on guidance for creating competitive advantages through strategy realization How can your supply chain create competitive advantages and help achieve business goals? Drawing from the author's abundant research and analysis, this resourceful book shows how aligning the supply chain design with business strategy helps build competitive capabilities, prioritize capital investments, and takes your firm beyond the industry best-practices to create competitive advantages, not just competitive parity. Summarizing the current literature on business and supply chain strategies, this book provides path-breaking new direction to build your own winning supply chain strategy. Real-life cases show how this strategy alignment has produced results for the most successful companies and how it can be achieved in your firm. An overview of the concepts of business strategy, the current thinking on supply chain strategy and why it is inadequate to drive competitive advantage through supply chain design Process for establishing your own supply chain strategy to build competitive advantage The place of technology in creating business capabilities in modern corporations and why managing technology should be a core competence and an integral part of strategy planning Step-by-step direction and examples for creating strategy alignment and designing a supply chain that goes beyond supporting your operations Case studies including Wal-mart, Cemex, Kmart, HP, Dell, and others Consolidating the lessons learned along with implementation guidance, Supply Chain as Strategic Asset is the must-read road map for designing a supply chain that will be vital in achieving your business goals.