Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia
- ISBN-10
- 1317459466
- ISBN-13
- 9781317459460
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 1200
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-03-26
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Steven A. Riess
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Provides practical help for the day-to-day concerns that keep managers awake at night. This book aims to fill the gap between the legal and policy issues that are the mainstay of human resources and supervision courses and the real-world needs of managers as they attempt to cope with the human side of their jobs.
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