Achieving a Productive Aging Society or Managers Guide to Competitive Intelligence

Achieving a Productive Aging Society

Author: Scott A Bass

Bass and his colleagues focus needed attention on the majority of older people who, in their senior years, possess relatively good health and demonstrated abilities. They offer significant potential to society, affording a resource that only in relatively recent times, has been largely unrecognized or ignored. Major issues and obstacles are identified and addressed. These include considerations relative to employment, workplace environment, volunteerism, gender, and ethnic culture. The authors examine roles, both social and economic, which older people can successfully fulfill. They urge a broadening of the options available to us as we age that extend beyond leisure activities and family involvement. They recognize the need for changes in perceptions and the necessary modification of society's institutions to enable choice and greater satisfaction in the later years of life.

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Emerging from a working conference in Boston in the summer of 1990, organized by the Gerontology Institute of the U. of Massachusetts at Boston, this volume builds upon the perspective that older people face a prolonged period in life in which they are relatively healthy and vigorous but lack a recognized role in the economic and social life of the society. The volume adds to the growing literature that questions the appropriate range of role options available for able older people in a modern industrial society. Its unique contribution is the examination of how the policies and practices of major social institutions--such as education, family, mass media, religion, and work--influence the roles of older people. Paper edition (unseen), $22.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Manager's Guide to Competitive Intelligence

Author: John J McGonagl

There is very little material available that provides practical, hands-on assistance for the CI professional who is providing CI to one client--his or her employer--and who constitutes the largest single group of CI practitioners in existence. This book meets that need by serving as a desk reference for CI managers to help them understand their own circumstances and determine what works best for them.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
1	The Basics of Competitive Intelligence and What They Mean to a Manager	1
2	Just How Good Are You?	13
3	Staff	19
4	Structure	29
5	Missions and Images	39
6	Dealing with Other Units	45
7	Training	53
8	Legal and Ethical Issues	57
9	Internal Client Management	87
10	Overview of Managing Data Gathering	111
11	Tips on Managing Analysis	135
12	Effectively Communicating CI	145
13	Dissemination of the Finished CI	161
14	Growth and Development	173
15	Going Outside for Help	191
16	Measuring CI's Impact on the Firm	229
17	Special Cases	235
	Glossary	243
	Key References	249
	Index	251