books about: cooperation

books about: cooperation

books:

Cooperation

Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging and Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate

Elizabeth Pantley

New Harbinger Publications, 1996

very useful book
I highly recommend this book. Very helpful, especially for those parents that fail to be consistent and "go with the flow", failing to create strong rules and a loving, solid discipline. This books acts a self-confidence booster for parents, offers very empathetic ...

Team Challenges: 170+ Group Activities to Build Cooperation, Communication, and Creativity

Kris Bordessa

Zephyr Press, 2005

Upbeet, Creative, Fun!
I am a therapist at a child and adolescent day treatment for kids with emotional and behavioral issues. It can be difficult to find activities that seem to motivate and energize the kids. They enjoyed many of the activities in this book. The activities are very ...

Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind

Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede

McGraw-Hill, 2004

Monumental Book Well Worth the Read
The father and son team of Geert and Geert Jan Hofstede have done a remarkable job breaking down the (measurable) elements of the world's cultures, usingt the somewhat antiquated IBM studies combined with more recent (less comprehensive) studies. The end result is ...

104 Activities That Build: Self-Esteem, Teamwork, Communication, Anger Management, Self-Discovery, Coping ...

Alanna E. Jones

Rec Room Publishing, 1998

Great Resource!
I found this book to have some great ideas for group activities that introduce and teach social/emotional skills. As a social worker in a junior high school, I have implemented many of these activites into my daily activities. Highly recommended for teachers, ...

Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline: The 7 Basic Skills for Turning Conflict into Cooperation

Becky A. Bailey

Harper Paperbacks, 2002

Great Book, Great concepts
I use Becky Bailey's Conscious Discipline system in my classroom and it is amazing the differences it can make. But I got this book to help parents see it from the 'home' view as well. she does an excellent job going through this process step by step and giving many ...

Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade--and How We Can Fight It

David Batstone

HarperOne, 2007

great overall picture - hopeful
I've only read three books on the subject of modern day slavery and human trafficking, but this is by far the best. It covers varying types of bondage, with just enough detail to grasp the horror of it, but combined with hopeful stories of everyday men and women ...

Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids: 7 Keys to Turn Family Conflict into Cooperation

Sura Hart, Victoria Kindle Hodson

Puddledancer Press, 2006

A+ parenting book!
Anyone with kids knows that it isn't always easy to get your kids to "cooperate". But in the novel guidebook Respectful Parents Respectful Kids, the authors probe parents to ask themselves, what do you mean by "cooperation", "respect" and other expectations you have ...

Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years

Jim Fay, Charles Fay

Love & Logic Press, 2002

Great Parenting Book
Great book. Teaches how to parent with love. Teaches how train your children to make decisions and build relationships that strengthen and not hinder.

Easy Activities for Building Social Skills: Dozens of Effective Classroom Strategies & Activities to Teach ...

Nancy Jolson Leber

Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching, 2002

Great for use with autistic children as well as kindergarteners
This book has worked well with a small group of 8 CC children. If you need to do pre and post tests for acountability, there is a GREAT face scale that can easily be colored for pre-writers. Activities are well laid out and most are kept to a page, so you don't have ...

The Dog Listener: Learn How to Communicate with Your Dog for Willing Cooperation

Jan Fennell

Collins Living, 2004

Best training book ever!
This book was reccomended to me by a friend when I bought my two puppies and I had them trained before they were 3 months old. You have to remember that the tecniques in this book are a way of life and you must continue to do them at all times. You get used to it and ...

International Public Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems and Policies

Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2005

Great Reference text
This textbook was well worth the money. It is resourceful and up-to-date. I am very pleased with it. The writing and layout was very easy-to-read and comprehensive. I found the information useful for a variety of contexts such as environmental health, global health ...

After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy (Princeton Classic Editions)

Robert O. Keohane

Princeton University Press, 2005

A groundbreaking book
Robert Keohane is one of the top five International Relations theorists today. His book "After Hegemony", written in 1984, is considered to be the iniciator of the neoliberal institutionalist school of IR. In this book, Keohane shows that although states live in an ...

Co-Opetition : A Revolution Mindset That Combines Competition and Cooperation : The Game Theory Strategy ...

Adam M. Brandenburger, Barry J. Nalebuff

Doubleday Business, 1997

Business Strategy: The Art of War for the 21st Century
This book could've been easily titled as "Business Strategy: The Art of War for the 21st Century". It is an excellent book for gaining a better understanding of today's complex business landscape where the traditional rules of Business success do not apply. The game ...

Incorporating Your Business for Dummies

The Company Corporation

For Dummies, 2001

Good for S-Corps
Excellent for novices on the subject. It has enough material to either generally educate you on the matter, or specifically help you with your incorporation of choice. I used it for help in starting an S-Corporation, and it has been very beneficial. So I ...

Water Consciousness

AlterNet Books, 2008

The most important book on the most important crisis we face (or aren't facing)
In the middle of September of 2008, as the Senate of the United States was pondering an energy bill, all 100 Senators were invited to speak at a Bipartisan Energy Summit. With a national election less than two months away, you may imagine the posturing. But you might ...