1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385801103316

Autore

Neville Henry <1620-1694.>

Titolo

A new and further discovery of the Islle [sic] of Pines [[electronic resource] ] : in a letter from Cornelius van Sloetton, a Dutch-man (who first discovered the same in the year 1667) to a friend of his in London : with a relation of his voyage to the East Indies : wherein is declared how he happened to come thither, the scituation of the country, the temperature of the climate, the manners and conditions of the people that inhabit it, their laws, ordinances, and ceremonies, their way of marrying, burying &c, the longitude and latitude of the island, the pleasantness and felicity thereof, with other matters of concern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Allen Bankes and Charles Harper ..., 1668

Descrizione fisica

[2], 24 [i.e. 22] p

Soggetti

English fiction - Early modern, 1500-1700

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Attributed to Neville by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints. Sloehon is a pseudonymn.

A fictitious account.

Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782763703321

Autore

Thoms Peg <1948->

Titolo

Finding the best and the brightest [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to recruiting, selecting, and retaining effective leaders / / Peg Thoms

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2005

ISBN

1-280-70874-3

9786610708741

0-313-02741-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/07111

Soggetti

Executives - Recruiting

Employee selection

Employee retention

Leadership

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 (p. [175]-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The selection of leaders matters -- What we know about effective leaders -- Identifying necessary leader attributes -- Recruiting leaders -- Leadership selection tools -- Developing and conducting a structured interview -- Structured interview questions -- Putting the pieces together -- Developing leaders to fit the organization -- Retaining effective leaders -- Selecting government leaders -- Improving organizations through improved leadership.

Sommario/riassunto

Finding the Best and Brightest proposes an approach to choosing leaders based on a set of criteria designed to align individual qualities with organizational or institutional goals. Peg Thoms challenges the popular trend in theory and practice toward transformational or visionary leadership, arguing instead that leadership must be developed in context; many organizations, for example, don't need visionaries as much as they need operational leaders, who get things done by focusing on present-day tasks, such as designing superior products and delivering exceptional customer service. This book pr