1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910677177603321

Autore

Rael Ronald

Titolo

Becoming a contract controller : tips for a thriving career / / Ron Rael

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Inc., , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-119-44954-5

0-87051-972-7

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Soggetti

Controllership

Controllership - Vocational guidance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Opportunities for part-time or contract controllers and financial executives have grown exponentially in recent years. If you’ve ever considered following this fast-growing trend and striking out on your own, then this is the book for you. Author Ron Rael, who has years of experience as a contract controller himself, shows you how to navigate the unique questions, problems, and opportunities of this consulting niche. After reading this book you will be able to Apply the special skills required of the part-time and contract controller. Understand the role the contract controller plays. Weigh the positives and negatives of being a part-time and contract controller. Know how to be a very effective contract controller. Discuss issues related to the elusive contract executive position. Develop a Position Description for a contract financial executive. Generate ideas on how to market yourself as a part-time or contract controller. Design a tailored action plan for your specific needs. List your own ideas and contributions. Put this information to good use in your own career.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910824571503321

Autore

Bernhard Michael H.

Titolo

Institutions and the fate of democracy : Germany and Poland in the twentieth century / / Michael Bernhard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

0-8229-7275-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Pitt series in Russian and East European studies

Disciplina

320.943

Soggetti

Democracy - Germany - History

Democracy - Poland - History

Constitutional history - Germany

Constitutional history - Poland

Germany Politics and government 20th century

Poland Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1. Institutional Choice and Democratic Survival in New Democracies""; ""2. Weimar Germany: Defective Institutional Choice""; ""3. Interwar Poland: Institutional Choice by Imposition""; ""4. The Federal Republic of Germany: Learning from History""; ""5. Postcommunist Poland: Institutional Choice as an Extended Process""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

As democracy has swept the globe, the question of why some democracies succeed while others fail has remained a pressing concern. In this theoretically innovative, richly historical study, Michael Bernhard looks at the process by which new democracies choose their political institutions, showing how these fundamental choices shape democracy's survival.  Offering a new analytical framework that maps the process by which basic political institu-tions emerge, Bernhard investigates four paradigmatic episodes of democracy in two countries: Germany during the Weimar period and after World War II, a