Sets aside the notion that efficient operations & powerful innovations are only possible when business is steady & demand is growing. This book argues that instead, companies must learn that disruption & loss are the price to be paid to remain competitive. ...

A study of the effects of decentralization on thirty Mexican municipalities. It describes how local governments respond when they are assigned new responsibilities & resources under decentralization policies. It explains why decentralization leads to better local governments in some cases
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Explains how social work students & practitioners can develop approaches to neighbourhood work, to engage communities & neighbourhoods more purposefully & to work with citizens & other mainstream & community service providers to build the capacity of neighbourhoods to tackle social problems on their own. ...

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The arrival of easy-going young priest Father Chuck O' Malley (Bing Crosby) at debt-ridden St Dominic's Church does not sit easily with ageing Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), who has been in charge for 45 years. However, O' Malley is soon reaching out to the local, disenfranchised youth & swelling the parishioners' ranks through the medium of song. Leo Mc Carey's feel-good hit won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director & Screenplay, & spawned a sequel for Crosby, ' The Bells of St Mary's'. ...

Double bill of Hollywood classics. In ' Going My Way' (1944) the arrival of easy-going young priest Father Chuck O' Malley (Bing Crosby) at debt-ridden St Dominic's Church does not sit easily with elderly long-termer Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald). However, O' Malley is soon reaching out to the local, disenfranchised youth & swelling the parishioners' ranks through the medium of song. Leo Mc Carey's feel-good hit won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director & Screenplay, & spawned a sequel for Crosby, ' The Bells of St Mary's'. James Stewart stars in ' The Glenn Miller Story' (1966) -the biopic of American bandleader Glenn Miller. From humble beginnings, the young hopeful works his way through school then builds himself a reputation working for bandleader Ben Pollack (playing himself). Miller finds his own 'sound' after a trumpet player splits his lip, forcing him to substitute a clarinet solo on ' Moonlight Serenade'. He goes on to become the leading jazz bandleader of his day, but tragedy looms with the outbreak of World War Two. Many of Miller's erstwhile colleagues, including Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa & Frances Langford, appear here as themselves. ...

A guide to leaving Western life behind & becoming a ninja without formal training. It shows us how becoming a ninja warrior is easy. It discusses the material necessary for the ninja rebirth, including the ' Eight-blade Path'. It covers ninja wear, weapons, movements & strikes, espionage, language, sex, sushi, & karaoke. ...