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Microsoft Outlook Programming unleashes the power of Microsoft Outlook, allowing administrators and end users to customize Outlook in the same way that they've used macros and templates to customize other programs like Excel and Word. Experienced developers will find the quick-start information they need to begin integrating Outlook into their applications. Microsoft Exchange administrators will get help automating common tasks such as announcing public folders and importing data to custom forms.
Microsoft Outlook is the most widely used email program, and it offers the most programmability. This book introduces key concepts for programming both Outlook forms for storing and exchanging data and Visual Basic for Applications modules that add new features to Outlook. Central to this new edition, which covers both Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2002, is awareness of tighter security in Outlook. Designed to prevent transmission of computer viruses, the security restrictions can also get in the way of legitimate programs, but this book offers workarounds within the reach of novice programmers. It also covers many of the new features of Outlook 2002, such as the integrated Outlook View Control and searching across multiple folders using SQL syntax and the Search object.
· Building block procedures for the most common Outlook programming tasks
· Jargon-free language and practical examples to make the material more accessible to new Outlook programmers
· Coverage of Outlook Email Security Update
· Coverage of the Office XP Web Services Toolkit
Customer Reviews:
Just what I needed!.......2007-10-22
Thank You Sue Mosher! This book helped me quickly accomplish a lot of what I had been slowly working through or had put on hold. It is well organized and easy to follow. The examples are fantastic. They are a great quick reference.
The "go to" book for Outlook programming and scripting.......2007-07-29
Sue Mosher has long been considered an industry expert in Microsoft Outlook. In this volume she continues her endless giving to the Outlook community by sharing much of her expertise in the area of writing code in VBA and VBScipt that interacts with the product on various levels. Plenty of code samples and brilliant explanations of concepts make this a must read for anyone considering any Outlook programming, whether serious or casual.
Detailed enough for my VBA level.......2007-03-17
Good examples for medium VBA level. The first part is for beginners, so someone can be disappointed , but going on I found a lot of things I didn't know. Lots of images. Maybe I prefered a CD with a little more code. I notice I can't give 5 stars because I've had some problems with English language, that's not my language, so I can't say it's a simple book, but it's my fault.
Better than nothing.......2006-12-08
Better than nothing, December 8, 2006
Reviewer: Richard C. H. Freytag (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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Look the book has a good index - I know because I have had to use it a lot because the author REGULARLY USES TERMS BEFORE DEFINING THEM which I hate! In fact terms are not really defined well at all leaving the user wandering like a blind man trying to understand an elephant by touch. Here you learn about one object.method, there another object.method or property but no understanding of the overall hierarchy is given. Sadly this is typical in manuals that attempt to explain a framework of objects, properties, and methods. But my money and time deserve better than this.
Pointing people to the online object browser is not good enough - that gives none of the "why" behind the object hierachy which is the real value behind its design (there is a "why" isn't there Microsoft?). For a good example of how to do this for Outlook take a look at Martin Green's excellent free online Oulook case-study: [...]. Notice how he defines objects - that is the right way to teach.
Also the editing is lacking; here is a typical example from Ch10.3 - 'Among the useful things you can do with CDO are delete an Outlook item permanently, rather than send it to the Deleted Items folder, and open a Select Names dialog, asking the user to choose recipients. You will look at the first task in this chapter and then work with the Select Names dialog in Chapter 14, "Working with Items and Recipients," after you become familiar with recipient concepts. CDO can also expose many more properties of individual items and folders than Outlook can, making it possible to perform tasks that otherwise seem impossible."
1. Note the attention-deficit-inducing use of comma-separated phrases in the first sentence. It is typical, and obfuscatory.
2. That first sentence also just tells you about two things you can do with CDO objects - two of many. Instead give the "why" of the object and then outline the few key methods, then use the method. Its worked for decades for every serious educational and technical text. Leave the stream-of-conciousness form to the auteurs of the liberal arts where they can do no harm.
3. Sentence two in the above quote predicts what you will do; I assure you this is as weird as it reads appearing completely out of the blue. Just a prediction with no preamble, reasoning, or, indeed, information.
4. Sentence three in the above quote says something "seems impossible." What that impossible thing is is never explained nor how or why it seems impossible.
There is a lot of good material hidden in this book between acres of verbiage. At least there is a good index - that is a real plus. And the author is generous online with help which is why I bought the book - got to respect someone that puts in the hours to help others.
The best Outlook programming book that I know.......2006-11-13
I have not given 5 stars because it is not perfect. One complain is that the first part is too easy and is aimed for total beginners and then there is the second part where a lot of material is presented too fast. I wished that the book spent less time with very basic (pun intended) VBA stuff but takes more time to make the transition to more advanced topics smoother.
Other than that, the book contains a lot of code that can easily be reused.
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- A disappointing book for economists...
- Economics, not engineering for a change
- Solid coherent text
- Good introduction to electric power economics, engineering
- A combination of EE101 and ECO101.
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Power System Economics: Designing Markets for Electricity
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The first systematic presentation of electricity market designfrom the basics to the cutting edge. Unique in its breadth and depth. Using examples and focusing on fundamentals, it clarifies long misunderstood issuessuch as why todays markets are inherently unstable. The book reveals for the first time how uncoordinated regulatory and engineering policies cause boom-bust investment swings and provides guidance and tools for fixing broken markets. It also takes a provocative look at the operation of pools and power exchanges.
- Part 1 introduces key economic, engineering and market design concepts.
- Part 2 links short-run reliability policies with long-run investment problems.
- Part 3 examines classic designs for day-ahead and real-time markets.
- Part 4 covers market power, and
- Part 5 covers locational pricing, transmission right and pricing losses.
The non-technical introductions to all chapters allow easy access to the most difficult topics. Steering an independent course between ideological extremes, it provides background material for engineers, economists, regulators and lawyers alike. With nearly 250 figures, tables, side bars, and concisely-stated results and fallacies, the 44 chapters cover such essential topics as auctions, fixed-cost recovery from marginal cost, pricing fallacies, real and reactive power flows, Cournot competition, installed capacity markets, HHIs, the Lerner index and price caps.
About the Author
Steven Stoft has a Ph.D. in economics (U.C. Berkeley) as well as a background in physics, math, engineering, and astronomy. He spent a year inside FERC and now consults for PJM, California and private generators. Learn more at www.stoft.com.
Customer Reviews:
A disappointing book for economists..........2003-04-22
... or those wishing to see what economists really have to offer regarding power systems. Stoft's technical discussion of power markets, or locational pricing, mechanisms is just fine. But he offers nothing about the economics of electricity transmission, without which spatially diverse power markets are merely a theory. As such, his book is of no particular use to those looking to understand the economic issues that bedevil large power markets, like those in the US, where persistent transmission constraints can impair the functioning of the best "market architecture."
"Economics" is a loosely-used term in electricity market circles. Those wishing to understand the economic princiles behind power markets, as opposed to the mechanics of power systems, will have to look elsewhere.
Economics, not engineering for a change.......2002-09-12
This book is about good economics. It is not about the usual collection of market anecdotes, nor is it about engineering power systems. Power System Economics reviews all the key design elements of modern electricity wholesale markets, and puts them in their economic context. You will not find another book on the subject that is as comprehensive and well-researched.
Solid coherent text.......2002-09-12
Stoft's book provides a coherent and logical framework for understanding power system economics. It discusses the key controversies (or "fallacies") in power markets in a clear and easily-understandable way. There is a lot of confusion on these topics these days, not only in the press, but in a lot of the literature. Lots of commentators have vested interests, which colours their analysis and comment. Stoft's book helps bring the debates back to first principles. A textbook like this can never anticipate every question or issue that arises in every power market in the world, but the book provides a good framework for understanding the fundamentals, which the reader can then apply and extend to issues of his/her own interest. A good read.
Good introduction to electric power economics, engineering.......2002-09-12
Stoft has provided an excellent introduction to the new world of electric power, providing a helpful guide that speaks to the engineering and the economics.
A combination of EE101 and ECO101........2002-09-06
cons: It covers a lot of entry level material regarding power system and economics. If you know both power system engineering and economics, it won't be a help since it is too elementary. If you don't know power system or economics, don't expect you can build up a solid background by reading this book.
pros: it is good review of EE101 and ECO101.
Alert: this book really didn't tell you anything about designing a electricity market: the fundmental incentive compatibility is not covered at all!
IT IS JUST A REVIEW BOOK, NOT A GUIDE BOOK YOU CAN DEPENDEND ON FOR MARKET DESIGN ADN ANALYSIS.
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The Power to Get In deals with the single most common and frustrating problem for anyone who's in business, a job transition, or a move back into the work force: the problem of gaining access to the correct audience. Today, no other skill is as directly connected to your ability to earn a living as the skill of getting in to see the right people. Michael Boylan's step-by-step system, The Circle of Leverage, will help you cut through bureaucracy, identify the people you most need to see, and get in their doors. Anyone with something to sell, abilities to offer, or ideas to present will find this book invaluable.
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OK - There are better titles.......2007-07-08
This book is OK but not special. If you are a student of selling and prospecting is a big part of your job it is a decent addition to your library but something less than a must have title. If you own it you may find a nugget or two that will help you.
The best book on getting heard on a favorable basis high up the food chain in B2B sales is: "Value Forward Selling."
That being said this book will have some value for you.
Simply put, here's EXACTLY why this method works..........2007-05-07
Let's cut to the chase...
Get this book for only ONE reason -- the method WORKS because of the way executives THINK + ACT.
They only do that which is most likely to SAVE THEIR OWN SKIN.
They don't care about being right -- but they are PETRIFIED of being wrong.
It is much safer for them to say NO to incoming new ideas (read: YOU).
They can never be wrong if they simply zap all incoming new ideas (you).
This method turns all that around!!!
The so-called Circle of Leverage involves letting SEVERAL execs (in the company you are targeting) know that you have an incoming new idea.
AND letting each of those execs know that you have also notified the OTHER execs (in that same company).
AND telling all of them about all the OTHER companies you are ALSO notifying.
Now you are playing on each exec's FEARS about being WRONG.
Now each exec CANNOT ignore you, because, if they do, and they are WRONG for ignoring you (your incoming new idea is a winner), they KNOW that every OTHER exec will ALSO know about their MISTAKE.
Also, what if ANOTHER company grabs your new incoming idea? -- That also could make them WRONG for ignoring you.
This method changes their response from "I must NOT respond" to "I MUST respond!"
I used it recently to send a proposal to all the big pharma companies. I did get turned down -- but.... here's the thing -- the rejections all came 6 weeks later. Not immediate, form-letter rejections (as would normally be the case).
I'm convinced that, by using this method, the execs HAD to take the time to seriously consider my proposal before responding.
They could not RISK just ignoring my proposal!
Again, execs are not concerned with being right -- they only act out of FEAR of being WRONG.
GET THIS BOOK!
-- TW
"Open Sesame".......2006-04-16
You just got access to your dream opportunity. You made it. You just popped open the door with your own "Open Sesame" secret (though you're no thief). Do you shudder to think what life would be like if you hadn't gotten in?
Believe it-getting the access you need really is that important. At some point (many points) in your career(s), you're going to need to get in front of that person, group, etc. That's the point from which all your skills, knowledge, and brilliant ideas will germinate. If you can't get the access you need, none of that other stuff will matter.
That's why this book is so valuable.
Michael presents a detailed, methodical approach to getting the audience you need: The Circle of Leverage. It's a step-by-step approach that relies on risk-taking and perseverance. The results might be magical, but the process is real. He shows you why you've been shut out in the past (Section One), why you need to take a top-down approach (pp. 45-52), and a realistic discussion of things you can and can't control (pp. 114-122).
The Circle of Leverage uses ten preparation steps (each of which is discussed in a detailed chapter in Section Three) and five execution steps (a detailed chapter on each in Section Four). The remaining two sections take you beyond the meat-and-potatoes (which are very impressive in their own rights). Chapter 33 gives you guidance on what to do once you're in, and Chapter 34 provides real-world context with sample scenarios and case histories.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who sells, because we can all benefit from learning and applying The Circle of Leverage.
Thought prevoking.......2004-04-15
Michael has put some common thoughts on paper, but has drilled down to their importance inthe sales process. If you go into this with the intention of gaining a leson to add to you collection of resources, you will find this very helpful. If you are looking for the golden egg, sorry but look again.
There is no silver lining in the sales process, but with some sound advice you can dramatically increase your effectiveness which equalls more closed deals. This book gives some very sound advise as to some of the obsticle we as salespeople all face and a means of overcoming them.
I highly recomend this for anyone interested in improving their chances of closing that next deal.
Outstanding augmentation for existing sales processes.......2003-12-25
I am a VP Sales for a technology firm and I only recently read this book. I was so impressed with the innovative material I flew to MN to meet the author! Despite what the negative reviewers have said, this book is NOT a sales manual. It IS a manual for obtaining access. It is an excellent precursor to an existing sales process, but the sales process already needs to be in place. The author uses the term "bolt-on" addition which is a very good visual depiction of how this tool should be used.
Any good executive can tell you how difficult it is to be seen at the appropriate levels. More and more, callers and visitors are sloughed off to the next lower level, and if the caller doesn't have a compelling reason to stay at the executive level, they will invariably continue to be pushed down lower and lower until they are speaking with the lowliest of the non-decision makers, a "recommender." Horrors!
Don't sell this book short. "Getting In" is a master treatise on how to develop and keep access at the C-level. I highly recommend it.
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A businessperson's guide to network technologies
- Written for any business professional. Understand the purpose and business value of network technologies in order to know which ones to adopt.
- Assess the benefits. Provides criteria that help you ask the right questions of vendors and other advisors to make technology choices and prepare budget justifications.
- Apply advice for your business. See which network technologies are best suited to your priorities and processes and the tradeoffs between various alternatives.
- Covers the technologies you need to know. Topics include wireless networks, IP telephony, managed services, network security, and other enabling technologies.
- Become more competitive. Learn from benchmark examples of how technologies are adopted and employed by others to create differentiation for your organization.
Small-medium businesses (SMBs) cannot grow without finding more effective ways to streamline their processes, develop differentiated products and services, deliver them to the right customers, and work collaboratively with partners. Growth-directed SMBs must set themselves apart for success by adopting innovative yet proven tools to improve efficiencies, stimulate productivity, be more responsive to customers, and boost the bottom line. Network technologies can help do that and more.
The challenge is knowing where to begin.
Power Up Your Small-Medium Business: A Guide To Enabling Network Technologies addresses the need for clear, business-aware technical information. It explores the relevance and business value of network technologies and how to gauge what's right for your organization. The book also provides a high-level primer on network technologies in plain English. It defines the technologies and how they work in accessible language.
Beyond that,
Power Up Your Small-Medium Business: A Guide to Enabling Network Technologies provides advice on proven network technologies as business enablers, arming you with the right questions to ask of yourself and your vendors when planning new or enhanced networks. With this book as an educational resource on networking, you will be better prepared to invest in network technologies and shape your own success.
This volume is in the Network Business Series offered by Cisco Press. Books in this series provide IT executives, decision makers, and networking professionals with pertinent information on today's most important technologies and business strategies.
158705135403152004
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Powerful Business Guide for Network Success.......2004-06-21
Finally someone has written a book on computer networking for the man/woman who signs the check rather than the network technician.
While there are hundreds of books for executives about management style, organization, profit/loss, people selection and marketing. This is the first easy-to-read, easy-to-understand book we've read that tells you how to use technology to streamline your business processes and use the dizzying array of previously mysterious technologies to monitor and control business processes, product/service development and reaching the right customers profitably.
Ms Aber has balanced her technical background at 3Com and Cisco with her practical SMB experience gained involved in a struggling start-up - OneWorld Systems - and modestly successful mid-sized firm - Novartis.
Power-Up Your Small-Medium Business is divided into four logical sections - the value of networking, network basics, advanced technologies and implementation considerations. The network basics section is probably very intriguing to people who tinker and tweak technology, for most business owners and managers we thought it was a lot like reading a book on how your car engine works - interesting but more than we wanted to know.
Because most SMB owners/mangers are more focused on results rather than the how-to, the first section - value of networking - is a good primer on the strategic aspects of the technologies. Forget about having to take a computer science course on how network technologies do whatever they do. Whether you sit at the desk where the buck stops or have to make recommendations that will help your area of responsibility - engineering, manufacturing, logistics, marketing or sales - Ms Aber explores why business people need to use the technology in dollar and cents as well as real business terms.
Since we know enough about the technologies to be dangerous, we skipped to the fourth implementation section because this is where most sales and technical people seem to throw up all the smokes and mirrors as to what they are going to do for you. Again using words that real people can understand she lays out a variety of application scenarios that small - medium business managers can consider.
Her approach is to give you a set of basic to full-blown technology recommendations you can use depending upon your budget. More importantly, unlike most technologists who fall in love with and design/implement a closed-loop solution for you she outlines some technology growth plans you can use.
As a result you don't have to commit to solution A, B, C, D or E but can buy off on solution A/B and have a plan on how you can get to E as your company grows. In addition and equally important she gives the reader an insight into the technologies you may want to consider - wireless everywhere, video-enablement and electronic business-to-business or business-to-consumer - that firms may possibly use to give them a competitive edge in their markets.
Just by reading these two sections a business manager or unit manager has the tools he or she needs to hire someone - internally or externally - to carry out the company's network-powered program.
The reader is well armed with information to know what questions to ask, what to expect, and how to use the technologies once the company has them in place.
The middle sections are really reference chapters. Want to know networking basics? Ms. Aber lays out the areas - computer networks, switching/routing, security, intranet/extranet and virtual networks - so you can understand the concepts. Again she delivers enough information you can actually understand so you know when people are making recommendations that will benefit your company or their profit.
The advanced technology or "gee whiz" section is fun to read. She actually makes it easy for you to understand what is here now and on the horizon that can be used to give you an edge over the guy down the street, across the country or half-way around the globe. It is pretty obvious that Ms Aber thoroughly understands her technologies because she explains them so well that whether you have an accounting, marketing or MBA degree you can do a little dreaming and imagine how the technologies can be used in your organization or by others in your marketplace.
Ms Aber's writing makes dry and dull disarmingly easy to understand.
Whether you head a small-medium size company or are a business unit manager, Power Up Your Small-Medium Business is a good primer and working tool to understand what is out there and available to you as well as what it can do for your company's bottomline.
If you are in one of the ten million 100-1,000 employee firms that have an IT department the book will help you understand what your people are recommending to you, and whether you believe the recommendations will help you reach your goals.
If you are like us and in the majority of American business - 20 - 100 employees - where a network manager has to wear two or three hats, the book becomes even more valuable. Most of us outsource the network technology implementation and have a service person on call...just in case. Ms. Aber gives the business owner the power to understand what the technologies are, what they are going to be and how we can use them to our advantage.
Finally the biggest segment of American business has a roadmap they can read - and understand - about the mysterious field of network technologies that focus on discussing them in business terms, not techie terms.
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In three parts, management educator Barry Oshry explains the phenomena of systems and leadership as experienced through his innovative Power Lab, a total-immersion experience that shows how to exert leadership in the family, the community, organizations, and the nation. The Power Lab shows how and why we repeatedly fall into systemic relationship problems, and what it takes to break out of the pattern. Once people recognize that they are system creatures, they can begin to master system processes rather than fall victim to them.
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A Solid Effort!.......2001-04-17
Barry Oshry maintains that we all live in systems that inevitably shape our understanding of the world and our relationship to it. If you haven't noticed a system encircling you, look again at your socioeconomic group, which governs you in far more ways than you suspect. To teach power, leadership, and systems, Oshry runs an experiential program in which participants totally immerse themselves in an "assigned" system, usually by living and working in a particular socioeconomic realm (as in "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" or a pauper). He has taught this "Power Lab" for thirty years. In this book, Oshry looks at human systems and at lessons from the Power Lab experiences. His insights are casually written, but well crafted. We [...] recommend this fascinating, insightful book to anyone interested in power, leadership, human systems, and sociology.
The Next Best Thing to Being There.......2000-05-26
Barry Oshry's book about the Power Lab is the next best thing to being there. The Power Lab is a thirty something year old educational institution that has attracted men and women from all different walks of life. It has been a "laboratory" for Oshry, who has derived a set of truly fascinating insights about the dynamics of social systems by a constant focus upon a microworld of his own creation.
As described in Seeing Systems, participants are born into the Power Lab as either members of the Elite (who own everything), the Immigrants (who own nothing), or the Middles (who own a little). There is a rich texturing of the simulation, provided in detail via a number of vignettes in the book, which help us get a sense of what life is like in these differing positions in the system. And, it turns out that life presents some daunting leadership challenges no matter where one is in the Power Lab.
Through the Power Lab, and his reflections on it, Oshry has accomplished what so many experiential educators long for: He has generalized from a set of macro insights from his observations regarding the particulars of specific events. I believe that he has achieved the ideals for laboratory education that the founders of organizational development as a discipline, such as Kurt Lewin, had hoped for. Therefore, Leading Systems (and its companion volume, Seeing Systems, also published by Berrett-Koehler) occupy a very special place in the field of experiential education theory and practice, quite equivalent to the product of authors such as Argyris and his school.
By using the Power Lab's imitation of life, Oshry offers some profound insights on the dynamics of power at the level of the world stage, and I would recommend these to anyone who wants the possibility of global peace to be anything other than lofty rhetoric. In a simple, but compelling way, he shows the reader how "systems make choices" that, then, affect the thoughts, feelings, and actions of everyone who is a member of the system. So, for example, Americans living in a system that chooses "individuation" are, predictably, going to misunderstand and criticize the Chinese, who live in a system which values "integration."
When the driving principles of systems differ, it is very easy, and human, for the members of contrasting systems to begin to express contempt for the other system in general and for the people who are "stupid, gutless, corrupt, etc..." enough to live in it. Combine mutual contempt with eqivalent access to armaments and a contest over scarce resources, and you've got a near perfect breeding ground for war.
There are a lot of big ideas in this little book, and that's a real relief from a variety of books with a completely opposite construction. In addition to the book's stimulus to the mind, there are many nice touches that make the book easy to use: the author's crisp and cartoon-like illustrations, the structured reflection exercises sprinkled liberally throughout the book, and, last but not least, his embrace of the "real", the "human".
Oshry wants us to look at ourselves unromatically. In a way which is somewhat akin to Gurdjieff, Oshry wants us to understand how completely bound up we are by the systems we live in and how doomed we are to live automatic, sonambulent lives, if we don't understand the forces that are shaping our experience. But, if we do understand them, we have the power to shape and change any system we care about and any structure which threatens us. Therefore, in perhaps his most important contribution, Oshry offers us an antidote to the oppressive and disheartening social diseases of cynicism, alienation and boredom.
There are some difficulties with a book which is so intimately involved with an event. One senses that the next best thing to being there is a pale rendering of the systems insights that are available to those who take the trip to the Power Lab itself. There are many nuances of intensity and understanding that come through in the book, but were not, to me, completely accessible for one who hadn't been there.
That said, the student of systems thinking will find much to profit from in this potent little tome.
Systems thinking you can use.......2000-05-15
Really useful books about complex system issues are hard to find. Many offer ideas that are either too hard to imagine implementing or are too familiar, but claimed as original. Then there are some that actually suggest that we can overcome or even manage things that feel like they are just so unmanageable. Imagine being told to manage something like chaose! I'd embrace it first!
For those of us who work with other human beings - though at times, who knows - Oshry's two books make the issues about living and working with those other people readable and useable. I shared my copy of "Seeing Systems" with a colleage professor friend of mine. After reading a few chapters he told me that there was "nothing new here". The very next day he called again and said that not only had he read the entire book, but he arose having actually remembered what he read, and saw lots of opportunities to use the ideas in his university peer relations and consulting practice.
"Leading Systems", like Oshry's earlier book, makes it easier to grasp what is so complicated in system life. The stories about the "Power Lab" are in the realm of archetypes for system thinkers. Rather than telling us just how to do it - do we really need another title about leadership tips from historical figures - Oshry paints pictures filled with the feelings, confusions and revelations that many of us can relate to.
If you are looking for some erudite, academic tome, or the latest "rah-rah do it this way", or someone telling you that you just need to make it a bit more complicated, then don't read these two books. If however, you want a more simple but deep set of primers that will fill you with good ideas about your organizational context and your options - and your responsibility for what you create - read these books.
Reducing Blindness in my Organization.......2000-05-12
I have followed the work of Barry Oshry for many years. "Leading Systems" is an illuminating read ! In my role as Organization Development Consultant in a Fortune 500 High Tech company, I have found Oshry's work most helpful to my business clients in helping them reduce their "organization blindness". "Leading Systmes" provides practical frameworks and concrete lessons to common pain points that we encounter in our daily lives in REAL workplaces. So many of the other "leadership guru" books borrow from each other and simply re-scramble the words.....the result? Nothing new. Oshry has a way of speaking from the heart, but with an anthropologists lense that provides real clarity amidst the chaos we live in every day. I have given this book, recently, to 5 different executives in my organization, each has thanked me for opening their eyes. Now let's see if their reading of Oshry will translate to business results....stay tuned for my next installment !
System Dynamics for the Rest of Us.......2000-03-27
This is system dynamics come alive! Oshry shows the power possibilities and power pitfalls at all levels of human interaction, whether in a hi-tech company or a family. The book is written from a hands-on perspective, uncodes the dynamics of people around us in concrete situations.
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The Enron scandal notwithstanding, it is important for professionals in the electric power industry and related positions gain a solid understanding of electric power systems and how they work. Written by two veteran power company managers and respected experts, this is a real-world view of electric power systems, how they operate, how the organizations are structured, and how electricity is regulated and priced.
A comprehensive overview of the electric power industry from the inside
Covers electric power system components, electricity consumption, generation, transmission, distribution, electric utility operation, electric system control, power system reliability, government regulation, utility rate making, and financial considerations.
Includes an extensive glossary of key terms used in the U.S. and also definitions for terms used worldwide
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The Enron scandal notwithstanding, it is important for professionals in the electric power industry and related positions gain a solid understanding of electric power systems and how they work. Written by two veteran power company managers and respected experts, this is a real-world view of electric power systems, how they operate, how the organizations are structured, and how electricity is regulated and priced.
A comprehensive overview of the electric power industry from the inside
Covers electric power system components, electricity consumption, generation, transmission, distribution, electric utility operation, electric system control, power system reliability, government regulation, utility rate making, and financial considerations
Includes an extensive glossary of key terms used in the U.S. and also definitions for terms used worldwide
Customer Reviews:
Not Bad But Too Many Typos.......2005-08-31
As you can see from the information above, this book is aimed for the non-technical reader. It attempts to give that reader a familiarity with the technical aspects of the electrical power system in the US (first half of the book), and also to give the reader a good understanding of the regulatory issues involved (second half of the book).
I've read most of the first half of the book so far. It's not bad, BUT, I'm amazed that a book put out by the IEEE (that's Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) has as many annoying typos as this one has. Here are some examples:
1) The book consistently uses the abbreviation "m" to indicate one million, when of course the proper abbreviation is "M" (note the capital letter). This is not a minor point for a non-technical reader, because "m" is the proper abbreviation for one-thousandth, and is used in technical books such as this one all the time, to mean ONE-THOUSANDTH. I don't recall looking at another book of this type that makes this mistake.
2) One of the formulas in the book ends in the superscripted footnote "10". This superscripted "10" is placed directly to the right of the formula's rightmost variable, so it looks like that variable is to be raised to the 10th power.
3) One table in the book, which shows the cost of various fuels in dollars per "MMBTU", is difficult to understand, because the abbreviation "MM", which I believe is meant to stand for one million in this table, is not defined.
Yes, each of these examples appears to be minor, but for the non-technical reader trying to make sense of the technical text, the errors are, at the very least, annoying and misleading. I think the errors could have been corrected if the author or the publisher had employed a proper copy editor for about 8 hours.
It's a decent book, though; and the first half of the book pretty much fulfills its objective.
increased govt regulation.......2005-04-12
The book is written for an American reader who might be a manager for an electric utility company, or for someone who might be involved in trading electricity. There is a slight defensive tone about the latter purpose, given the Enron fraud meltdown.
There is an elementary discussion of the physics involved in power generation and transmission. To give the reader a basic understanding of what actually happens. Including the physical limits of a transmission line on the amount of current that it can bear. As well as the transmission losses incurred when selling energy over long distances.
But much of the book deals at a higher level. Notably, explaining how to comply with government regulations, including the various regulatory bodies, where these might be at the Federal or state level. Not surprising, given the Enron scandal, which is still unfolding, and the heightened government scrutiny over the entire utility industry.
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Based on his extensive experience Sandras reveals a complete procedure for successfully managing all of the challenges and possible obstacles in an actual implementation. Organizing the implementation team, developing a working Kanban system, restructuring the shop floor, creating efficient connections between suppliers and customers, measuring performance and integrating JIT with TQM are among the issues discussed.
Customer Reviews:
waste of money.......2005-08-24
Don't buy this book. The book doesn't have any new insights. I found the book very useless.
A great introduction to JIT world.......2000-08-02
This is a great introduction to JIT. It covers main issues as the core knowlodge of this technique as well as the implementation cornerstones. It's an easy to read way to get a handle on this planning and production control. It has also tried to get a compromise with MRP without forgeting currently popular topics as the link to suppliers and customers. As a plus, there are some chapters for problem solving using quality control techniques as storyboards which are actually useful in many others environments and areas.
The book is an excellent guide to JIT implementation........1999-05-25
Just-In-Time:Making It Happen can be an invaluable guide to implementing JIT principles in the manufacturing environment. Although it is not a cookbook, it does provide a comprehensive step-by-step to understanding and implementing a workable JIT process. Perhaps the most valuable contribution of the book is the way it demonstrates that JIT processes can coexist with MRP effectively. Sandras defines those functions that need to be incorporated in the MRP System to most effectively interface with and support JIT. However, he also describes how the MRP System can be manually augmented to allow their coexistence. But what I liked best was the practitioner's understanding of the problems facing the JIT implementer.
Good, mostly based on real life experiences.......1999-01-23
Gives a very good insight into JIT, making you aware of the zillion things manufacturing companies can (still!!) do to avoid waste. The book, however, does not prepare you for actual implementation. For that to happen, there is nothing to replace being an 'insider' in the manufacturing environment.
Average customer rating:
- bit too technical for me.
- Decided to keep it
- I loved it
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An essential overview of post-deregulation market operations in electrical power systems
Until recently the U.S. electricity industry was dominated by vertically integrated utilities. It is now evolving into a distributive and competitive market driven by market forces and increased competition. With electricity amounting to a $200 billion per year market in the United States, the implications of this restructuring will naturally affect the rest of the world.
Why is restructuring necessary? What are the components of restructuring? How is the new structure different from the old monopoly? How are the participants strategizing their options to maximize their revenues? What are the market risks and how are they evaluated? How are interchange transactions analyzed and approved? Starting with a background sketch of the industry, this hands-on reference provides insights into the new trends in power systems operation and control, and highlights advanced issues in the field.
Written for both technical and nontechnical professionals involved in power engineering, finance, and marketing, this must-have resource discusses:
- Market structure and operation of electric power systems
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Using real-world case studies, this timely survey offers engineers, consultants, researchers, financial managers, university professors and students, and other professionals in the industry a comprehensive review of electricity restructuring and how its radical effects will shape the market.
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This book deals with the implications of electric power deregulation that is causing the restructuring of the largest commodity market in the United States. It presents background information on deregulation, provides insight into new trends in power systems operation and control, and highlights advanced topics in electricity markets.
Customer Reviews:
bit too technical for me........2007-03-28
Gets into concepts and theories that you need to have some sort of power industry background to understand. At the time I was looking for more intro level and this was a bit challenging.
Decided to keep it.......2003-01-13
Somewhat similar to Wood and Wollenberg. Not nearly as detailed or rigorous as the other, but more "modern", i.e., market-oriented. 200 pages on using neural nets in price forecasting (probably useful if you believe in nets). Interesting for me were sections on ancillaries, comittment/dispatch and congestion management. For those, authors provide a good introduction: mostly narrative with some formulas to show exactly what they mean.
I loved it.......2002-06-01
This was one of the best books I read on the subject of power market.
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This final work by a world-renowned economist will take its place among the classics of political economy Why do some economies do better than others? How does society encourage the kind of market economy that generates continually increasing incomes? How do particular styles of government affect economic performance? World-renowned economist Mancur Olson tackles these questions and others in what will surely be regarded as his magnum opus. Olson contends that governments can play an essential role in the development of markets. Reliable enforcement of private contracts and protection of individual rights to property depend on governments strong enough not to undermine them. His exploration of "market-augmenting governments" will stand as a cutting-edge work on economic growth and provide a useful framework in which to consider the Asian financial crisis and its aftermath. As Susan Lee noted in Forbes, "his pioneering insights might have won a Nobel Prize for Olson had he lived a bit longer."
"Power and Prosperity is an important book, written with clarity and verve. It is a great misfortune that Mancur Olson is not here to respond to the debates that it will surely provoke." -The Wall Street Journal
Customer Reviews:
Needed.......2006-08-30
This book covers aspects of Economics that are only too often neglected. These aspects include how power arrangements affect market efficiency and the effectiveness of markets in meeting consumer demand and providing for propserity. The book also provides accounts of different types of market arangements. In one type of market there is no guarantee other than the honor of the buyer and seller concerning the quality of the product and the terms of payment. Thus the market tends toward basic short term transactions. In the market for which property rights are guaranteed by the social structure, however, market arrangements can be much more complex and much better serve the needs of the people in society.
Power arrangements should be studied in Economics.
And this book should be read by all persons interested in Economics.
Lucid, direct and yet subtle. Quite excellent........2005-12-26
In the "Rise and Decline of Nations" Mancur Olson revealed the teacher in himself with a lucid readable account that left the mathematics in the footnotes. It was one of those books that Samuel Britten would give to his bright nephew who wants to know what it is all about without doing the difficult math (with the exception of some graphs in a later chapter, not difficult to interpret, but which the reader can skim over if they are so inclined, for the argument is clearly stated in the text). The "Rise and Decline of Nations", Mancur Olson's prior book for the greater public, is a hard act to follow, but that he does with this sequel, "Power and Prosperity." And how.
"Power and Prosperity" brings the compelling reasoning of Olson's theories of collective action forward with a lucidity and ease unmatched by any other book I have encountered. And yet he still breaks new ground; the prompting was Olson's observations of the former Soviet Russian Federation's failure to rise above anarchy and to harness the power for free markets for the good of her people. In this book Olson answers the question: Why has Russia failed where the West has succeeded?
Olson's use of language is quite outstanding. He uses no big words where simple words will do. He defines the terms of his essay as he goes. He refers the reader to academic publications for those interested in formal proofs. He does not repeat himself except to remind the reader of the main line of argument, which keeps the whole tight and disciplined, yet easy to read.
This book is very strongly recommended for anyone seeking the synthesis of the big picture and a disciplined logical analysis. self with a lucid readable account that left the mathematics in the footnotes. It was one of those books that Samuel Britten would give to his bright nephew who wants to know what it is all about without doing the difficult bits. The "Rise and Decline of Nations" is a hard act to follow, but that Mancur Olson does with "Power and Prosperity." And how.
Only for economists but not enough.......2005-08-22
Olson's book is good but only understandable for those with an economics background. If you are not an economist you are going to have trouble understanding what he is trying to say and the concepts he uses across the pages.
For those who have an econ background it is a good book and it provides interesting examples on how economic theory applies to real life, and some of the reasons as to why some economic systems and models do or do not work in reality. However, he seriously lacks some other sociological, demographical, and local aspects of power, prosperity and development; therefore you should not stick only to his theories and keep reading other books to understand why some countries achieve prosperity while others do not.
Balanced, Insightful, and relevant.......2004-12-09
Power and Prosperity is an example of economics at its best. First of all, it takes a balanced or neutral approach to its subject matter. The author is not out to prove the superiority of either markets or government. Governmental power is a double edged sword to Olson. Government power promotes prosperity by restraining 'roving bandits' or special interests. Government power is also susceptible to the influence of special interests. Olson also discusses the merits and faults of markets. Markets are ubiquitous and can lead to prosperity, but often do not. Government has a role in this. That is, he finds blame for this in the most negative aspects of government. Olson does not assume market efficiency either. He explains it, as well as some possible limitations to markets.
This is also a highly insightful book. Much of his analysis derives from his earlier work on "the logic of collective action'. He also uses some transaction costs and basic supply and demand/substitution effect reasoning to explain historical events. Students in my comparative classes had more trouble with this book than any other, but it is still manageable. Reading it might be difficult for those who lack an education in economics. But I am not sure if there is an easier way to say what it says, and what it says is most interesting. The concepts the author employs makes a greater understanding of different economic systems and historical periods possible. This is penetrating analysis.
It is also highly relevant. Much of this book focuses on the Soviet Union. One could say that the USSR is a done deal- it failed so forget about it. It is, however, important to understand why it failed so as to avoid repeating such errors in the future. This is what the Author is driving at with in his use of the Soviet example. There were reasons for the failure of the Soviet system that also apply to problems in other nations- not to mention Russia today. The misuse of power has the potential to prevent prosperity as much now as it did under Stalin and Khrushchev.
Does this book have faults? Certainly. Olson takes too positive a view of Stalin's industrialization program (not that he praises Stalin). Olson dismisses complete privatization, or anarchy, too easily. There is nothing wrong with arguing against anarchy. But, his arguments against privatizing the state (i.e private police and courts) are little more than an unsupported dismissal of such arrangements. If he did not want to debate that issue, he should not have taken such a strong stand. He also might have mentioned a few things about FA Hayek- especially on p136 where he wrote "a bureaucracy cannot process all the information needed to calculate an optimal allocation or put it into practice".
While there are a few faults to this book, it is still excellent. It is a must read for anyone interested in either comparative economics and politics, Globalization, or the economic history of the Soviet Union.
Excellent description of what went wrong in the Soviet Union.......2004-06-26
Parts of this book are a bit slow and more theoretical than I want, but the chapter on the Soviet Union is one of the best economic essays I've ever read.
It convincingly discredits the idea that a misguided ideology led Soviet planners astray, by describing how the policies appear shrewdly designed to maximize Stalin's wealth.
It also provides a compelling explanation of the more recent Soviet and post-Soviet economic problems by documenting the extent to which special interests have made their industry unproductive by adopting work rules/habits designed maximize job security.
I wish I could believe these problems were unique to countries afflicted with communism, but the book's reasoning suggests that many parts of our economy where bureaucracies aren't shut down if they fail to produce valuable results (much of government, businesses in industries with little competition, and I don't know what fraction of nonprofits) are equally wasteful.
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Buy an A4 notepad & pen FIRST - Then GET this book!!.......2007-10-05
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You only have to briefly scan all of the reviews below to see that this is a powerful book that works. His message in simple & obvious, but with this book Brian shows you why & how so many of us don't or can't succeed in our ambitions to be happy & successful, when it is the right of everyone to enjoy life to the full.
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This book is a little larger & a little harder going than "Goals!", only in that the chapters aren't broken down into convenient sections where you can pause & take a breath/ Nonetheless, it is written in such an enthusiastic way that keeps you interested all the way.
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Awesome step by step teaching to change your life!.......1997-09-11
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