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Competency Management involves understanding and replicating the competencies and/or behaviours of top-performing employees, developing and leveraging organizational competencies through deployment of suitable competency models and, finally, identifying the core competence of the organization that would provide leverage for gaining a competitive advantage.The objective of the book is to help create a customized framework for individuals and organizations to discover and harness their 'core competence' for self-sustenance and attaining the pole position in their respective domains. This practical handbook will prove to be indispensable to corporate honchos--C Level Executives, Human Capability Management Experts, Policy Makers, HR Managers--besides being a comprehensive reference to postgraduate and graduate students of management.

The only field guide and laboratory manual to cover both the osteology and the natural history of western North American vertebrates in a single volume

In 1870, Truman Everts visited what would two years later become Yellowstone National Park, travelling with an exploration party intent on mapping and investigating the region. In "Thirty-seven Days of Peril” he recounted his experiences. In 1996, Everts's granddaughter discovered a brief autobiography that gave new insight into his early life, and a never-published alternative account of his 1870 journey. Both have been added to this volume.

From the 1910s to the 1970s, J.R.R. Tolkien worked at creating plausibly realistic languages to be used by the creatures and characters in his novels. Like his other languages, Sindarin was a new invention. In A Gateway to Sindarin, David Salo has created a volume that is a serious look at an entertaining topic.

Brings together new and previously published essays to cover the diverse scope of scriptures in Latter Day Saint traditions

Want to master basic grammar?Want to score well in grammar?Want to practice a lot?Yes, this book is for you!SALIENT FEATURES OF THE BOOK:1. Self-explanatory meanings and explanations2. Complex topics broken into simple aspects3. Lucid language used4. Numerous exampl...

Takes a detailed look at the Mormon colonization of the Bighorn Basin in 1900-1901, placing it in the political and socioeconomic climate of the time while examining whether the move to this out-of-the-way frontier was motivated in part by the desire to practice polygamy unnoticed.

Tells the story of author Wallace Stegner and his family as they made a home just outside of Palo Alto, California, during its transition from the Valley of Heart's Delight to Silicon Valley. In this tudy of the novels Stegner wrote in California, readers are invited to consider with Stegner what the practice of place requires in the American West.

Many people appreciate the stunning vistas of the Great Basin desert; understanding the region's geological past can provide a deeper way to know and admire this landscape. In The Great Basin Seafloor, Frank DeCourten immerses readers in a time when the Basin was covered by a vast ocean in which volcanoes exploded and sea life flourished.

West Portal is the name of the neighbourhood in San Francisco, California, where poet Benjamin Gucciardi grew up. Drawing on William Carlos Williams's assertion that 'the local is the only thing that is universal', West Portal investigates the Bay Area's urban and rural landscapes along with the memories and people that reside there.

Grand Teton National Park draws more than three million visitors annually in search of wildlife, outdoor adventure, solitude, and inspiration. This collection of writings showcases the park's natural and human histories through stories of drama and beauty, tragedy and triumph.

Recounts Virginia Tanner's remarkable career as a dance artist, educator, and founder of the University of Utah's Tanner Dance Program. By revealing both the broader and specific themes of Tanner's career and legacy, this narrative fills an important void.

The toil of several million peasant farmers in Aztec Mexico transformed lakebeds and mountainsides into a checkerboard of highly productive fields. This book charts the changing fortunes of one Aztec settlement and its terraced landscapes from the twelfth to the twenty-first century.

Fitness... Mapped!This book takes you inside the world of martial arts on a fantastic journey of overall fitness. Karate is a form of self-defence technique that requires a good balance between the body and mind. The word 'karate' means playing 'empty-handed'. So apart from physical power, one needs to learn various playing tactics to have a cutting edge over the others. Through this book, one can learn the basic ways of playing karate and the rules governing it. The 'Enjoy being a Karateka' section covers a comprehensive research on Karate tactics, and it is sufficient enough to make you understand the basic moves and enjoy the game. 'Youth's choice of Karate' section provides insights about 21st-century expectations for a 360-degree makeover.Discover karate, kata, kihon, kumite, food, technology, career and much more through this book.Use the grid system where every square content has a unique message coordinating with the subject to ensure that your journey is exciting, educative and fun. You can also use the websites to expand your knowledge and motivate you towards healthy living.The book also has amazing facts, texts, images, infographics, statistics and theories, written and checked by experts. Draw the progress and achievements of karate.The topics covered in this book are Karate Fundamentals, Karate History, Fitness, Karate Organisation and Karate Ingredients.

This is a lost episode of Indian history. Before Bose, much before Nehru and even before Mahatma Gandhi...there was Har Dayal.On the morning of December 23rd, 1912, a powerful bomb targeted at the Viceroy Lord Hardinge exploded as he entered the new capital city of Delhi. Though the assassination bid failed it brought back the spectre of the Ghadr of 1857 and challenged the might of the British Empire. The British Secret Service connected the bomb outrage to the brain of Har Dayal (1884-1939) a former Stanford University lecturer based in San Francisco.The history of the Indian freedom struggle has produced no greater enigma than this heroic leader. Har Dayal was the architect of the largest international anti-colonial resistance movement - the Ghadr Party, with its nerve center in California. His mission was to destroy the British Empire by an armed revolt and his weapon of choice was the colossal power of his intellect. Cerebrally light-years ahead, Har Dayal a super brilliant scholar at Oxford and St. Stephen's College was eloquent in seventeen languages and an author par excellence. Exiled from India for life Har Dayal became Ghadr personified. This gentleman revolutionary was the first Indian to teach at American and Swedish universities and an extraordinary mix of an Anarchist and a Pacifist, a Sanskritist and a Rationalist, a Marxist and a Buddhist, a Feminist and a Humanist as also an ultranationalist and an internationalist. For millions who sought to emulate the quintessential Dilliwallah, he was The Great Indian Genius.

From Delicate Arch to the Zion Narrows, Utah's five national parks and eight national monuments are home to some of America's most amazing scenic treasures, created over long expanses of geologic time. In Wonders of Sand and Stone, Frederick Swanson traces the recent human story behind the creation of these places.

Using previously restricted documents from archives across the United States, Matthew L. Harris breaks new ground as the first to evaluate why Ezra Taft Benson embraced a radical form of conservatism, and how under his leadership Mormons became the most reliable supporters of the Republican Party of any religious group in America.

In this information age, the need for explicit meaning in scriptures and rituals is a vital ingredient that is lacking. The literal interpretations and obligatory rituals have left a void in the individual's spiritual journey and hence, the increasing disappointment in organized religions. There are 50 articles in this book whose contents aim to provide a deeper spiritual meaning that is conveyed through certain specific symbols and themes such as Agni or Fire, Cave, Cloud, twice-born, Four beasts, Dragon, Trilogy, Hero, Charioteer, Hostile brothers, Inner demon, East, Nakedness, Reincarnation, Redemption, Deluge, Sword, and Twins. These common symbols and themes, across many mythologies and the spiritual significance they convey, are brought out so that the higher nature of man and the spiritual path one has to traverse can be indicated. The very fact that man seeks a higher and more meaningful knowledge denotes that he is on a path to exploring his true nature or awake to his true self. These symbols and themes cut across all dominant spiritual traditions such as Vedic, Buddhist, Hebraic, Christian, and Islamic religions. Symbols and Themes in Sacred Texts contain the key to unlock the spiritual treasure hidden from humanity through literal and archaic cultural interpretations.

1. Contains descriptions of 988 Trees belonging to 87 families.2. Has 568 pages, 255 black and white photographs and 193 line drawings of Trees.3. Separate photographs provided for the Evergreen, Deciduous, Scrub and Mangrove Trees.4. Sacred, Rare, Endemic, Ornamental, Fruit-bearing, Littoral Trees are tabulated.5. Contains Maps of Forests of South India and Western and Eastern Ghats.6. This book is brought out after a gap of more than a century after Bourdillon's The Forest Trees of Travancore (1908).7. The book is also equally useful wherever Tropical Evergreen, Deciduous and Scrub Forests exist in Peninsular India.

A legend in his own lifetime, John Hance (1837-1919) was synonymous with early Grand Canyon tourism. The story behind Hance's life is remarkable. Shane Murphy chronicles Hance's childhood, his service in the Confederacy, his time in Union prisons as a POW, and his later adventures with the Hickok brothers.

Peppered Minds is about the journey of a young geologist, Neeraj, beginning his professional life. His imaginative mind conjures up a thesis presented on a brainstorming session for the welfare of his countrymen and the nation. The book provides an interesting insight to explain blatant problems that contribute to the lack of innovation, misconduct and all kinds of frenzy we see around today. The writing of the book is a lighthearted account of the protagonist, Neeraj, brought up in a conservative middle-class god-fearing family, who travels from Jaipur to Hyderabad to start his professional life as a geologist. The story depicts his bitter and heartening experiences, be it meeting an astrologer, making a railway reservation, going on a rail journey from Jaipur, joining up at his new office in Hyderabad or eventually completing a successful geological expedition in the wild. Neeraj's tryst with the various characters along his brief journey brings to light the mind set, personal traits, beliefs and culture of a vast cross section of the ordinary public that span age groups ranging from the child to the octogenarian. The book depicts several interplays of events that envelope the geologists in the office as well as in the field. One of the momentous events that overwhelms Neeraj is his meeting with the Moon and learning of the unbelievable history of human existence on earth. There are also hilarious episodes, including the one which describes the use of kerosene as the basic material for nuclear research.

The study of wealth is so fascinating. Having wealth is a dream for every human being. By pursuing different professions, we all chase wealth. These quotes contain a wealth of wisdom in a single line. These are timeless and immeasurable treasures of wisdom. Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think. - Ayn RandMarkets always climb the wall of worry. - Rakesh JhunjhunwalaGold is the money of kings; silver is the money of gentlemen; barter is the money of peasants; but debt is the money of slaves. - Norm FranzMoney: whether you have it or not, whether you want it or not, whether you like it or not, it will define your days. - Phil KnightNine-tenth of wisdom consists in being wise in time. - Theodore RooseveltWhenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect. - Mark TwainTraditional wisdom is long on tradition and short on wisdom. - Warren BuffettNever mistake motion for action. - Earnest Hemmingway

For the first time in my life, I was shot at as I approached the Beirut shore. I know now that if they wanted to kill me, they could have that night. This is just one of the many adventures the author has faced during his 44 years of living and working in the volatile Middle East.As the famous writer and lecturer, Helen Keller once wrote: "Life is a daring adventure, or it is nothing at all".In the author's own lifetime he has experienced a profuse number of adventures, and many were truly amazing life-changing episodes, in fact so many that he has decided to share them by writing his third book, The Last American in Damascus.

A tester's mind is never at rest. It is constantly searching over populated with information and continually discovering changes to context. A tester at work is interacting with plenty of people who don't understand testing pretend to understand or have conflicting ideas of testing. A combination of all this creates restlessness in a tester's mind. A restless mind ends up with fragmented learning and chaos. This impacts the quality of life itself. Is this book for you?

30th January 1948; 31st October 1984; 21st May 1991.These three days bear significant importance in the history of independent India. The nation witnessed the assassination of the Father of the Nation, the Prime Minister of India and an ex-Prime Minister of India respectively. It is even more startling because it was the first instance where a mother and her son were robbed of their lives because of political and religious reasons.Assassination of Mahatma - Indira - Rajiv Gandhis' by K. Ragothaman is an attempt to shed light on these occurrences and what led to their gruesome deaths. It is also a commentary on the functioning of the law enforcement agencies and the Executive. As the Chief Investigating Officer in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Mr Ragothaman is in a unique position to discuss the intricacies of three of the most significant occurrences in the history of 20th century India. The events leading up to these dates have been reconstructed to give the reader a holistic picture and how these three seemingly individual tragedies are connected.

Taken from real life observations How much is too much? questions the reasons why the Indian society has certain prejudice towards divorced women, making it harder for them to take a decision, post a marriage break down. The book runs through the experience of the author from falling in love to going through various stages leading unto a divorce and finally trying to feel 'normal' again. Do you wonder at times if the occasional fights in your marriage is normal or worth pulling the plug for? Are you suffering in an agonising marriage and wonder what lies ahead? Contemplating a divorce and yet worried sick about the family? Are you staying in your marriage only due to societal taboos? Are you going through a separation already and wondering when will it all end? Then, here are some answers which might give you hope that while your world might have come crashing down but if you do conclude that you deserve better then it is perfectly okay no matter what the world around you feels! The book is aimed at giving hope to countless of those women who don't know what to expect while going through the trauma of a marital disaster. This book touches on the topic which our society uses daily to apply ground-rules and moral policing but it is time we break free from that regressive stigma. It is time that a divorce is understood just as an unfortunate chapter and not given any more importance than what is due. It is time, concept of marriages in India - change!

One in ten people risks falling into depression. Two in ten are struggling to find what makes them happy. Five in ten are questioning the purpose of life. Nine in ten will not have answers to the questions above.Have you dealt with such situations? Are you still trying to answer the most basic questions of life? Are these questions beginning to seem like the toughest question paper you've ever had to answer? What makes you happy? What will keep you fulfilled? Is there any purpose to being who you are?On a not-so-fateful night, thirty-five-year-old Arjun embarks on a journey that will force him to rehash, revisit, reimagine and refuel his life. In the next ten days of his life, he meets six strangers who teach him exactly the lessons he needs. He takes the hard route to self-awareness, forgiveness, finding himself and reclaiming his life from the jaws of his past.With Lost and Found at 35, immerse yourself in the life-changing story of Arjun and uncomplicate the mystery of living with passion and purpose.