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On the Clock

On the Clock

by Emily Guendelsberger
352 Pages · 2019 · 3 MB · 50 Downloads · New!
" Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give. ” ― Ben Carson
The Product Manager’s Survival Guide
by Steven Haines
288 Pages · 2019 · 5 · 65 Downloads · New!
The Product Manager’s Survival Guide is the manufacturing industry, product advertising and lean management guide which helps the products managers to stay up to date. Steven Haines is the author of this fascinating book. He is the founder of Sequent Learning Networks which is incredible product management and advisory firm. Steven Haines has over two decades of experience in product leadership roles. This is the updated edition of the previous book which is released on the latest research and facts. No matter how big your organization or sector is, but as a product manager, you must understand the nature of your customers. Learn how customers preferences changes and how evolving technology is changing the trends. A product manager must need an expert guide and a practical tool to evaluate the results. This book shows, it’s not all about the development techniques that work for you instead you have to reshape your thinking and think like a businessman. Steven Haines shares various action planning ideas at the end of every chapter.
The Product Manager’s Survival Guide PDF
by Steven Haines
288 Pages · 2019 · 5 · 69 Downloads · New!
The Product Manager’s Survival Guide is the manufacturing industry, product advertising and lean management guide which helps the products managers to stay up to date. Steven Haines is the author of this fascinating book. He is the founder of Sequent Learning Networks which is incredible product management and advisory firm. Steven Haines has over two decades of experience in product leadership roles. This is the updated edition of the previous book which is released on the latest research and facts. No matter how big your organization or sector is, but as a product manager, you must understand the nature of your customers. Learn how customers preferences changes and how evolving technology is changing the trends. A product manager must need an expert guide and a practical tool to evaluate the results. This book shows, it’s not all about the development techniques that work for you instead you have to reshape your thinking and think like a businessman. Steven Haines shares various action planning ideas at the end of every chapter.
Made in China
by Pun Ngai
240 Pages · 2015 · 10 MB · 35 Downloads · New!
The “Made in China: Women Factory Workers in a Global Workplace” is an enlightening book that reveals about China women. Pun Ngai is the author of this instructive book. Pun Ngai is an Assistant Professor in the division of social science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. A pun is co-editor of Remaking Citizenship in Hong Kong: Community, Nation, and the Global City and the founder and chair of the Chinese Working Women Network. In this book, Pun Ngai reveals how Chinese young girls work in factories. She describes when the Chinese girls near about the twenties, she moves from rural areas to urban centers to work in factories. Because of state laws, she cannot leave their rural permanently. They work 12 hours in a factory, like men works. Pun Ngai points out the terrible toll on people lives of excessive overtime, mostly the physical and psychological impacts on young women. She works in factories five to six years, then back to rural areas and marry there. Furthermore, Pun illuminates the worker’s perspectives and experiences of factory workers. All in all, Made in China is a best-selling book that describes Chinese women.
The Precariat
by Guy Standing
248 Pages · 2015 · 5 MB · 39 Downloads · New!
“The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class (Bloomsbury Revelations)” is a book which talks about insecurity problems. Guy Standing is the author of this best-selling book. He is a Professor of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies. He is the author of the sequel to The Precariat, A Precariat Charter and co-author of Basic Income. In this best-selling book, Guy Standing talks about insecurity problems. He says, all the professional facing problems such as engineers, doctors, and some others. When you are a student of engineering field or a student of MBBS line, you must think about what you should get after completing studies. You got the government job or not? If you go abroad on a working visa, then you also think about the green card. Guy Standing offers what he believes to be offsetting policies and holds out optimistic hopes that the Precariat may form up into an effective resolving force. Furthermore, the industrialized nations of the world lost the means of production through relocating factories and service jobs to underdeveloped nations to reduce wages and increase profits. In short, The Precariat is a must-read book that describes insecurity problems.
The Gig Economy
by Jamie Woodcock, Mark Graham
160 Pages · 2015 · 2 MB · 54 Downloads · New!
The “The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction, 1st Edition” is a fantastic book that offers a critical introduction to the global gig economy. Jamie Woodcock and Mark Graham are the authors of this book. Jamie is a Researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford. In this book, the authors talk about the gig economy. A gig economy is a free market system in which temporary positions are common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements. Temporary job workers are always double-minded, they struggle for permanent jobs. Temporary jobs are very difficult, people live from hand to mouth. Additionally, the term gig meaning is “a job for a specified period of time” and is typically used in referring to musicians. Everyone wanted to talk about their future and people are worried about their jobs. Taxi drivers, pizza delivery guys, labor and many other people are worried and did not know about their future. People need secure jobs to protect their families. Jamie is the first person who dares to talk about the gig economy. He knows how terrible lives people are living under severe financial crisis. All in all, The Gig Economy is the first-ever book that briefly explain about the gig economy and how to deal with it.
The War on Normal People
by Andrew Yang
304 Pages · 2015 · 6.4MB · 80 Downloads · New!
“The War on Normal People: The Truth About America’s Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future” is an amazing book to anyone who is interested to learn more about how we can take on the rise of automation in our economies. Andrew is the author of this classic book. Andrew has written an important, warmly written, comprehensive overview of what is happening in our country due to technology and automation, with a focus on its downside. While one may intuitively sense how social-media has replaced a lot of actual socializing, making it more “efficient,” this same impact shall and is being applied to companies via automation and soon “AI”, which is the subject of Yang’s book. However are people without Master’s Degrees going to work, and how with those with Master’s and above whom cannot be automated by paid? Yang investigates both sides of this coin with his analysis of problems and his intelligent suggestion of a range of debatable solutions. This is an easy read but of substantial real-world weight. It is important for parents and adults as much as for our policy leaders and thinkers because the effects are happening and will expand. Finally, The novel “The War on Normal People by entrepreneur Andrew Yang” describes how the dawn of automation and artificial intelligence will reshape the United States economy and society. He describes in-depth how automation will eliminate the top 5 most common jobs in the United States over the next 15 years. Administrative support is at number 1, Retail at number 2, Food Preparation and Service at number 3, Transportation and Material Moving at number 4, and finally production at number 5. He explains that all of these fields would be drastically altered by artificial intelligence in administrative support and automation in retail, food preparation, transportation, and production. He also describes in detail how automation and artificial intelligence will affect white-collar jobs such as radiologists, corporate lawyers, primary care physicians, and surgeons. This book was written incredibly well. The factual evidence to back up Yang’s claims is enormous allowing the reader to truly comprehend his points and believe his claims. He also provides solutions to the problems that he poses, instead of just stating the issues. His solution, the Freedom Dividend, is extremely well-researched and makes the reader earn for Yang’s new America.

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