Employee Reward by Stephen J. Perkins & Geoff White

In any organization, it is always important to have ‘talented’ workers who can perform extraordinarily well to maintain the performance of the company.  However, the amount of ‘talents’ seems never enough to meet the demands of the company. As a result, the ‘war’ for talents is very common nowadays. Some companies are starting to ‘steal’ talents from other companies by offering lots of benefit such as pay raise, flexible working hours, huge commission, and more. On another note, what should companies do to prevent their talents from being ‘stolen’?

The Employee Reward by Stephen J. Perkins and Geoff White provides the guides to the strategies in rewarding employees to make them comfortable with the workplace and even to motivate them to perform better in the company. Besides, this book also provides you with a lot of information and knowledge in this field such as the concepts and theoretical framework, employment relationship and employment concept, variable pay schemes, benefits and a lot more.

This book will be exceptionally useful for students who aspire to work in the Human Resource (HR) department.

Location – South

Call Number – HF 5549.5.C67 PER 2008

Written by Anson

Python for Software Design by Allen B. Downey

If you are an IT student wanting to find a book about the basic knowledge of Python programming that is brief and concise, this book is just for you. What you need is some basic Python programming to start using this book.

This book focuses on software design using Python language. Unlike most books that progress to harder problems from the easier concepts, this book starts with the difficult problem which is then split into smaller steps. Thus complicated problems are solved in sequences. This book does not focus on programming language itself but programming thinking and its process. Basically the book emphasizes on debugging, including a wide range of examples and exercises to practice.

When you go through the book, you can see that the book helps you in producing a nice program step-by-step, writing a beautiful code and applying Python language to create interesting game, and drawing nice shapes. You will learn through fun with your computer.

Location – East

Call number – 76.73.P98 DOW 2009

Written by Alex (Le Duc Anh)

Operations & Supply Management (12th Edition)

Is there anyone who is interested in operational management or is learning this module? I think you will have some difficulties in learning this module as there are many calculations and theories to study. I would like to suggest the best book which I think can help you in overcoming these difficulties. The name of the book is “Operations & Supply Management, Twelfth Edition”.

The reasons why I suggest this book to you are first of all, you can review and attempt the problems at the end of every chapter. Moreover, key terms are highlighted in the chapter outline and definitions are provided at the end of each chapter. The explanations about how to use the excel spreadsheet and solve the problems are stated clearly. If you lack confidence in calculations, there are many examples and quizzes for you to practice. I really want all of you to read this book and you can borrow it from our library. This book will surely help you in your studies.

Call Number – TS 155 JAC 2009

Location – North

Written by Htyn Wint Wah Oo

Twitter Marketing For Dummies by Kyle Lacy

For the past two years, various business sectors have started making use of the internet to expand their businesses by advertising on multiple popular websites like Google and Yahoo. Recently, Facebook and Twitter have become people’s word of mouth each day, becoming the two most reliant platforms for businessmen to promote their businesses.

This book is perfect for those who want to have a low cost and effective marketing strategy through Twitter. It consists of five main parts to guide you in achieving a successful marketing plan by using Twitter.

The very first part is named ‘The Future of Twitter in Business’. There is a full guide from creating a new account in twitter and understanding the function button of the microsite.

The second part is ‘Building and Implementing’, where demonstration on how to make use of your marketing knowledge, no matter old or new, to create a good marketing plan on Twitter is shown.

The third part, ‘Devising Online Strategies for Twitter Marketing Domination’, is about how to create quality content in order to generate a great tribe in Twitter in order to catch the attention of the customers.

The fourth part, ‘Implementing Twitter Strategies for Offline Marketing Domination’, is the part that teaches you how to integrate the offline and online marketing strategies and how to improve your service to your customers.

The final part ‘The part of Tens’, is basically about the top ten issue on Twitter, including the do’s and don’ts. Besides that, there are also recommendations on the top tools to use to increase productivity.

Call Number – HF5415.1265 LAC 2010

Location – South

Written by Chain Yean Shan

Schaum’s Outline Basic Circuit Analysis (2nd Edition) by John O’Malley

As the Understanding Tests are approaching soon, are you about to start your preparation? I do understand that Circuit Analysis (E203) is one difficult module which takes longer to understand. Therefore, I would like to recommend you a perfect aid for better grades, which is this book called “Schaum’s Outline of Basic Circuit Analysis by John O’Malley”. You might ask me why I am recommending this book and the reasons are simple-the book contains clear explanations for each topic with practice questions at the end of each chapter to reinforce your knowledge. It covers many topics that you are learning in Circuit Analysis (E203) and most importantly, it helps you to practice solving problems, providing guidelines and answers!

Well, if you don’t have much time but want to be an expert in Circuit Analysis class, you can just use this book as it would give you information that facilitators expect you to know. In fact, you can test your skills by practising the 700 detailed problems and this would help you with your UT preparation. So, don’t hesitate to borrow this book and practice it at home because you know your Circuit Analysis classes are going to be fun for you as you can get an “easy A” with the help of this book!

Location – North

Call Number – TK 454 OMA 1992

Written by Than Yaw Zin