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The School Counselor As Consultant
Author
Richard D. Parsons, Wallace J. Khan
ISBN
9780534628659
Publisher
Belmont
Year
2005
Call No.
371.4 PAR
Category
OS (2 copy)
Summary
This unique text articulates a solution-focused, collaborative model of consultation that operates within a systems view of a school. This model allows counselors to conceptualize and employ a number of interventions, from those that take place at the level of a single student to those addressing the expanse of the community at large. In addition to its unique integrative model, the text distinguishes itself from others in its pedagogical approach.



Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts : Early Literacy
Author
Jeanne M. Machado
Edition           
9th ed.
ISBN
9781435400122
Publisher
Wadsworth
Year
2010
Call No.
372.6 MAC
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
This text will answer the many questions new teachers ask about language arts instruction and young children's emerging literacy. This new edition updates current theory and incorporates new findings on brain research. Greater emphasis has been placed on the child's concurrent and interrelated development of listening, speaking, writing skills and early success in reading skills.



Essentials of Investments
Author
Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus
Edition
8th ed.
ISBN
9780071267496
Publisher
McGraw Hill
Year
2010
Call No.
332.6 BOD
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
The authors have eliminated unnecessary mathematical detail and concentrate on the intuition and insights that will be useful to practitioners throughout their careers as new ideas and challenges emerge from the financial marketplace. The eighth edition has been fully updated to reflect the recent financial crisis and includes a new chapter on Hedge Funds.




Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Author
Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan
Edition           
9th ed.
ISBN
9780070183346
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Year
2010
Call No.
658.15 ROS
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
"Fundamentals of Corporate Finance" its status as market leader. Every chapter has been updated to provide the most current examples that reflect corporate finance in today's world. The supplements package has been updated and improved, and with the new Excel Master online tool, student and instructor support has never been stronger. The Alternate Edition includes 6 more chapters than the Standard Edition.



Cost and Management Accounting:
An Introduction
Author
Colin Drury
ISBN
9781844803491
Publisher
Chapman & Hall
Year
2006
Call No.
658.15 DRU
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
The book is intended primarily for accounting students who are pursuing in semester basic introductory cost and management accounting course. It covers the basic topics needed on an introductory course in management accounting. Also includes more advanced topics not suitable for introductory courses. Book is a rigorous, clear and easy-to understand introduction to cost and management accounting, with a tried and tested successful format that has enabled literally thousands of students to pass their exams.



International Financial Management
Author
Madura Jeff
Edition           
10th ed.
ISBN
9781439038338
Publisher
South-Western Cencage Learning
Year
2010
Call No.
658.15 MAD
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
This book combines a strong foundation in international finance theory with current, practical applications. It provides thorough, up-to-date treatment of cutting-edge international finance issues along with traditional coverage of international financial management. This book is known for its readability and clear explanations, as well as its extensive use of hands-on, real-world applications and reader-oriented pedagogy.



Business Accounting 1
Author
Frank Wood and Alan Sangster
Edition
11th ed.
ISBN
9780273712121
Publisher
Pitman Publishing
Year
2008
Call No.
657.7 WOO
Category
OS (2 copy)
Summary
Business Accounting Volume 1 is the world's best-selling textbook on bookkeeping and accounting. Now in its eleventh edition, it has become the standard introductory text for accounting students and professionals alike. Business Accounting Volume 1 is used on a wide variety of courses in accounting and business, both at secondary and tertiary level and for those studying for professional qualifications.



Introduction to Emergency Management
Author
George D. Haddow, Jane A. Bullock,
Damon P. Coppola
Edition           
4th ed.
ISBN
9781856179591
Publisher
Butterworth Heinemann
Year
2011
Call No.
363.34 HAD
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
Haddow, Bullock, and Coppola bring the ideal combination of practical and academic experience to their presentation of disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery and communications. Extensive case studies cover the latest disasters, offering ample opportunity for current students and practitioners to build their critical thinking skills and grow into the next generation of leaders in this increasingly important profession.



Project Management: A Managerial Approach
Author
Jack R. Maredith, Samuel J. Mante
ISBN
9780470400265
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Year
2010
Call No.
658.404 MER
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
All project managers have discovered that no project has ever been completed exactly as planned. With the seventh edition of Project Management, they'll be better prepared to select, initiate, operate, and control all types of projects while managing risks and uncertainties.  Jack Meredith offers readers an insight into human behaviour, knowledge of organisational issues and quantitative methods needed to do project management. He emphasises the challenges they'll face including planning, negotiating, budgeting, communicating and scheduling.



Adventure Tourism: The New Frontier
Author
John Swarbrooke ... [et al.]
Edition           
1st ed.
ISBN
9780750651868
Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2003
Call No.
338.4 ADV
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
Looking at the past, present and future of adventure tourism, Adventure Tourism: the new frontier examines the product, the adventure tourist profile, and issues such as supply, geography and sustainability. International case studies are used to illustrate these issues, including: Gorilla watching holidays, Trekking on Mount Everest, Diving holidays, and Outward Bound packages.



How to Run Seminars and Workshops
Author
Robert L. Jolles
ISBN
9780471715870
Publisher
Chicherster
Year
2005
Call No.
658.456 JOL
Category
OS (2 copy)
Summary
This new Third Edition updates this classic guide for anyone who has to get up and move an audience. Just as he did in the book's previous editions, Jolles-former head of Xerox's world-renowned "train the trainer" program-shares proven, effective techniques for winning over an audience, holding their interest, conveying important information, and moving that audience to take action For seasoned pros, this is an invaluable tool for becoming a world-class seminar and workshop leader.



Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases
Author
Fred R. David
Edition           
13th ed.
ISBN
9780137034994
Publisher
Pearson Education
Year
2011
Call No.
658.4012 DAV
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
'Strategic Management' aims to be the most current, well written business policy textbook on the market. It meets AACSB guidelines which support a more practitioner orientation rather than a theory/research approach.



Purchasing: Selection and Procurement for the Hospitality Industry
Author
Andrew Hale Feinstein, John M. Stefanelli
ISBN
9780471730088
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Year
2008
Call No.
647.9506 FEI
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
Purchasing: Selection and Procurement for the Hospitality Industry, Seventh Edition offers a revised and updated edition of the foundational resource for this crucial area. The Seventh Edition of this classic book features: In-depth coverage throughout of the latest purchasing technology applications; The most current standards and trends in all areas of purchasing: food, furniture, fixtures, and equipment; Discussions and interviews with industry executives on how purchasing affects their business.



The Professional Pastry Chef:
Fundamentals of Baking and Pastry
Author
Bo Friberg, with Amy Kemp Friberg
Edition           
4th ed.
ISBN
9780471359258
Publisher
J.Wiley
Year
2002
Call No.
641.8 FRI
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
The Professional Pastry Chef presents comprehensive coverage of basic baking and pastry techniques in a fresh and approachable way. Now skillfully revised and redesigned to meet the needs of today's pastry kitchen, this classic reference is better-and easier to use-than ever. The new edition contains more than 650 recipes, which offer a new emphasis on American applications of European techniques with yields suitable for restaurant service or for entertaining at home. 



Professional Beverage Management
Author
Bob Lipinski, Kathie Lipinski
ISBN
9780471287377
Publisher
John wiley & Sons Inc.
Year
1996
Call No.
647.95 LIP
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
This information-packed resource tells you how to improve profitability through marketing and merchandising. This book includes: *Comprehensive listing of trade organizations, information bureaus, and agencies offering promotional information,
*Appendix listing wineries that are producing secondary wine labels,
*A new chapter on low and nonalcoholic beverages,
*New statistics on microbreweries.



Effective Environmental, Health and Safety Management Using the Team  Approach
Author
Bill Taylor
ISBN
9780471682318
Publisher
Wiley-Interscience
Year
2005
Call No.
363.11 TAY
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
The author, a seasoned health and safety professional, provides a blueprint for installing a system that's been proven to reduce illness and injury on any job, in any industry, with a simple, logical approach that compares safety management to production and quality control-issues today's managers readily understand.



Tourism Statistics:
International Perspectives and Current Issues
Editor
J. John Lennon
ISBN
9780826465016
Publisher
Continuum
Year
2001
Call No.
338.4 TOU
Category
OS (1 copy)
Summary
This edited collection of essays provides a unique exploration of a range of pertinent, contemporary issues surrounding the use of statistics in the tourism industry. The book is divided into five sections, dealing with the following themes: Statistical information needs for tourism and the tourism small firm; Tourism profiles and behaviour; Sustainable tourism; The introduction of the Euro Research and methodology. Each of themes, all of which have global relevance are examined in the light of an impressive range of data.



Business Combinations and Consolidation
Author
Tan Tiong Tong
ISBN
9789814248617
Publisher
CCH Asia
Year
2010
Call No.
657.96 TAN
Category
OS (3 copy)
Summary
This book help to learn the best ways to deal with changes in such significant elements of accounting for business combinations, including; Fair value measurement of non-controlling interest, Recognition of goodwill attributetable to non-controlling interest, Fair value measurement of previously held interest in an investee, Gains or loses previously recognised in other comprehensive income and deferred in equity, Decrease in stake that does not result in loss in control.



A Practical Guide to Financial Reporting Standards (Malaysia)
Author
Ng Eng Juan
Edition
3rd ed.
ISBN
9789814248945
Publisher
CCH Asia
Year
2010
Call No.
657 NGE
Category
OS (2 copy)
Summary
This book explains and illustrates all the Financial Reporting Standards (FRSs) and IC Interpretations issued by the Malaysia Accounting Standard Board (MASB) as at 31 July 2010. This book serves as a comprehensive guide to the FRSs and is written based on many years of teaching, research and practical experience.



Financial Reporting Standards for Malaysia
Author
Jane Lazar, Huang Ching Choo
Edition           
3rd ed.
ISBN
9789675771125
Publisher
Mc Graw-Hill
Year
2010
Call No.
657.3095 LAZ
Category
OS (3 copy)
Summary
Financial Reporting Standards For Malaysia builds upon the success of its previous editions. The third edition is revised to accommodate the recent changes in financial reporting standards and includes all changes up to July 2010.
Among the topics covered are:
Accounting for non current assets
Accounting for liabilities
Financial instruments
Preparing financial statements, and
Preparing consolidated financial statements based on FRS 3 (revised)