Brian A Griffith

Effective Groups: Concepts and Skills to Meet Leadership Challenges

Effective Groups: Concepts and Skills to Meet Leadership Challenges (Peabody College Education Leadership Series)

This text in ABL’s new Educational Leadership series from Peabody College, shows students how to develop effective and highly functioning groups that will enhance school effectiveness. The text was developed by the leading scholars in educational leadership as part of a series from one of the leadin...

Fighting Poverty Through Enterprise: The case for Social Venture Capital

Nearly 50% of the world’s population – almost 3 billion people – live on less than $2 a day. 10 million children die every year from easily preventable diseases. AIDS kills 3 million people every year and 1 billion people lack access to sanitation. About one-quarter of children in poor countries do ...

Correcting Jesus: 2000 Years of Changing the Story

[Griffith] is a thorough independent scholar, and his concise writing makes historical facts engaging and relevant. His most important take-home message: it is not verboten for people of faith to ask why beliefs and practices developed in a specific way. In fact, it could even be considered an oblig...

A Galaxy of Immortal Women: The Yin Side of Chinese Civilization

ForeWord Reviews Mother’s Day Staff Pick: Books Mom Will Love”A valuable historical reference guide.” Publishers WeeklyThis is a very ambitious and timely book, a book that many historians, literary theorists and story tellers who care about China and its Other Half of the Sky” want to write, but Br...

Working in Teams: Moving From High Potential to High Performance

An engaging, relevant text, Working in Teams explores the major concepts related to team success and prepares students to lead and work in and lead collaborative, interdependent environments. Authors Brian A. Griffith, PhD, and Ethan B. Dunham EdM, MBA, teach readers to accomplish specific goals in ...

Manufacturing Surface Technology: Surface Integrity and Functional Performance (Manufacturing Engineering Modular)

The first title in the "Manufacturing Engineering Modular" series, the publication of this book marks recognition of the effect of surface finish obtained in manufacture ("surface integrity") on the functional performance of product, in terms of such factors as fatigue, corrosion and strength. It is...

Engineering Drawing for Manufacture (Manufacturing Engineering Modular Series)

The processes of manufacture and assembly are based on the communication of engineering information via drawing. These drawings follow rules laid down in national and international standards. The organisation responsible for the international rules is the International Standards Organisation (ISO). ...

The Heart of A Business Ethic (Hansen-Wessner Memorial Lecture)

Over the past several years a cascade of corporate scandals have erupted. Savings and provisions for retirement have shrunk drastically. Jobs have been lost. One of the world's largest and best-known accounting firms is gone. Ordinary people have been hurt and they have lost confidence in business l...