June 21, 2006 (Ontario, CAN.) - _Intangibles: Exploring the Full Depth of Issues_ by Clem W. Bowman is a semifinalist winner in the Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Business/Career/Sales category.
_Intangibles_ is a book about how to make better decisions in an organization. It outlines the author's strategy for identifying the meaningful but hard-to-measure factors, known as intangibles. Often big issues in a company are bogged down by these intangibles which are hard to measure in a conventional sense but, nonetheless, can effect an outcome.
Bowman developed ProGrid, a new methodology featured in the book that evaluates these intangible factors. It's geared to help organizations, private and public, make decisions in a structured way, without getting bogged down in the process. Intangibles outlines 18 case studies that show how Bowman's decision-making application works.
"_Intangibles_ is a useful read for those who must make choices where the key criteria are mutually exclusive and, more often than not, conflicting..." said R.R. Marshall, director of network and corporate development for the Ontario Centres of Excellence.
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"ProGrid provides a unique visual display through a transaction language that facilitates the flow of ideas based on solid science discovery across the whole innovation continuum. To be successful in the knowledge economy, a medium of common understanding is essential for experts in different disciplines to efficiently develop and address challenging multidisciplinary proposals for economic and social success - ProGrid is such a medium".
Dr. R.B. (Robert) Church Chair Emeritus, Alberta Science and Research Authority
"If you buy certain premises... that often the most important factors in tough evaluations are ignored or misrepresented because they are hard to measure, that in most, possibly all instances of complex decision-making there are two over-riding criteria that define the issue, and that by modeling these you increase clarity and quality of choice, then Clem and his colleagues at ProGrid are on to something powerful and much needed in a world of increasing complexity."
Alex Lowy Co-author, _The Power of the 2 x 2 Matrix_
"ProGrid is the stuff of Serious Issues. _Intangibles_ is a useful read for those who must make choices where the key criteria are (at a minimum) mutually exclusive and, more often than not, conflicting... This is a short book, with 7 chapters that cover the "What" and the "So What?" of ProGrid's approach to evaluating what cannot be measured. It is also a long book, with 19 chapters dedicated to case studies - actual and potential uses of the ProGrid methodology. Clem and the ProGrid team have been well placed over the years to impact on Big Things; Intangibles captures the essence of their learning".
R.R. Marshall Ontario Centres of Excellence Centre for Materials and Manufacturing
"I have used ProGrid both as a reviewer and as a member of groups responsible for selecting research projects to receive funding. It has proven to be a very useful and easy to use tool. This interesting book does a great job in explaining the philosophical basis for the design of ProGrid and provides detailed information about its application."
Dr. Andrew M. Sherman Member of the Board of Centre for Automotive Materials and Manufacturing (CAMM)
The IPPY Awards were conceived in 1996 as a broad-based, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing industry. The awards are intended to bring increased recognition to the thousands of exemplary independent, university, and self-published titles produced each year. The IPPY rewards those who exhibit the courage, innovation, and creativity to bring about change in the world of publishing.
"The quality of the books entered this year took another quantum leap forward, and we were awed by their phenomenal creativity and craftsmanship," said Jim Barnes, Independent Publisher Online managing editor and award coordinator.
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The 2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards attracted books from more than 1,500 publishers around the world, including all 50 U.S. states, 7 Canadian provinces, and 16 foreign countries.
To purchase a copy of the book, _Intangibles: Exploring the Full Depth of Issues_, visit www.clembowman.info or e-mail the author at clem[at]clembowman.info. For information about IPPY awards and the Book of the Year awards, check out www.independentpublisher.com.
BOOK TITLE: _Intangibles: Exploring the Full Depth of Issues_
BOOK INFO: (Hardcover, ISBN: 0973933909, $34.95)
AVAILABILITY: Available from www.clembowman.info and www.amazon.com