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Chapter 2

Introducing Online and Telephone Voting

From: Local Government in Practice

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In this chapter, the reader assumes the role of clerk in a large municipality faced with the challenge of deciding how to make local elections safe, secure and accessible in order to increase … ; ; 9 $0.90 Add
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The Mandate

From: Negotiating So Everyone Wins

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The mandate outlines what a negotiator has the power to do and what they are supposed to accomplish. Dingwall outlines the key processes of creating a mandate in this chapter by exploring oral vs … 32 $3.20 Add
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Chapter 3

Changing Municipal Electoral Boundaries

From: Local Government in Practice

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Chapter three asks the reader to consider how redrawing ward boundaries opens up the inner workings and processes of municipal government. ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Communication

From: Negotiating So Everyone Wins

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Strategic negotiators develop the skills, understanding and perspective to make considered and calculated choices about communication. Three forms of communication, the agent-principal … 37 $3.70 Add
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Harper and Harrison

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Discusses the deregulating agenda of the Harper majority government. How Government abandoned the precautionary principle in favour of a business friendly approach to regulation. Discussses the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Chapter 4

Blowing the Whistle

From: Local Government in Practice

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In this chapter, the reader is asked to consider what to do when you observe unethical decision-making by your manager. You report the concern, only to have the file transferred to another staff. … ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Eve of Destruction

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Analyzes how by 2012 the conditions were set for some kind of rail disaster: too litte regulation and few qualified inspectors. Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway was unprepared for … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Set-Up

From: Negotiating So Everyone Wins

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This chapters is all about planning and being prepared for the negotiation. Discusses subject matter, nature of the deal, understanding why you are negotiating, understanding the other … 28 $2.80 Add
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Chapter 5

Creating a Code of Conduct and Lobbyist Registry

From: Local Government in Practice

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In this chapter, the reader an employee in the Clerk’s office, and must develop a code of conduct and lobbyist registry, which brings up questions of how power, politics and other competing … ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Forming and Designing the Deal

From: Negotiating So Everyone Wins

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This chapter outlines Dingwall’s eleven principles of influence, key considerations for deal formation, and provides tips on your approach 30 $3.00 Add
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Aftermath

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Anaylzes the response to the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster by Transport Canada; Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, and the rail industry. Documents an accountability diversion to the last … 13 $1.30 Add
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Live at the Table

From: Negotiating So Everyone Wins

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Dingwall gives a thorough outline of the process once the negotiation is at the table. He discusses building rapport, opening statements, first offers, first counteroffer, the issue of price, and … 36 $3.60 Add
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Part II

Cases in Finances

From: Local Government in Practice

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Part II introduces municipal budgets and the broader municipal financial landscape in Canada. ; ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Chapter 6

Balancing the Budget

From: Local Government in Practice

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In this chapter, the reader is a councillor for affluent neighbourhoods in a mid-sized city and must grapple with competing issues related to the budget, such as homelessness. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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The Close

From: Negotiating So Everyone Wins

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Dingwall outlines everything you need to know about closing negotiations. He provides nine basic considerations for closing, limiting issues on the other side, types of closes, components of the … 29 $2.90 Add
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The Investigation That Lost Heart

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Analyzes the Transportation Safety Board investigation report on the Lac-Mégantic disaster focusing on the discrepancies between the original investigation team draft and the public report, … 9 $0.90 Add