Books published by University of Utah Press,U.S.

Competency Management involves understanding and replicating the competencies and/or behaviours of top-performing employees, developing and leveraging organizational competencies through deployment of suitable competency models and, finally, identifying the core competence of the organization that would provide leverage for gaining a competitive advantage.The objective of the book is to help create a customized framework for individuals and organizations to discover and harness their 'core competence' for self-sustenance and attaining the pole position in their respective domains. This practical handbook will prove to be indispensable to corporate honchos--C Level Executives, Human Capability Management Experts, Policy Makers, HR Managers--besides being a comprehensive reference to postgraduate and graduate students of management.

Fitness... Mapped!This book takes you inside the world of martial arts on a fantastic journey of overall fitness. Karate is a form of self-defence technique that requires a good balance between the body and mind. The word 'karate' means playing 'empty-handed'. So apart from physical power, one needs to learn various playing tactics to have a cutting edge over the others. Through this book, one can learn the basic ways of playing karate and the rules governing it. The 'Enjoy being a Karateka' section covers a comprehensive research on Karate tactics, and it is sufficient enough to make you understand the basic moves and enjoy the game. 'Youth's choice of Karate' section provides insights about 21st-century expectations for a 360-degree makeover.Discover karate, kata, kihon, kumite, food, technology, career and much more through this book.Use the grid system where every square content has a unique message coordinating with the subject to ensure that your journey is exciting, educative and fun. You can also use the websites to expand your knowledge and motivate you towards healthy living.The book also has amazing facts, texts, images, infographics, statistics and theories, written and checked by experts. Draw the progress and achievements of karate.The topics covered in this book are Karate Fundamentals, Karate History, Fitness, Karate Organisation and Karate Ingredients.

This is a lost episode of Indian history. Before Bose, much before Nehru and even before Mahatma Gandhi...there was Har Dayal.On the morning of December 23rd, 1912, a powerful bomb targeted at the Viceroy Lord Hardinge exploded as he entered the new capital city of Delhi. Though the assassination bid failed it brought back the spectre of the Ghadr of 1857 and challenged the might of the British Empire. The British Secret Service connected the bomb outrage to the brain of Har Dayal (1884-1939) a former Stanford University lecturer based in San Francisco.The history of the Indian freedom struggle has produced no greater enigma than this heroic leader. Har Dayal was the architect of the largest international anti-colonial resistance movement - the Ghadr Party, with its nerve center in California. His mission was to destroy the British Empire by an armed revolt and his weapon of choice was the colossal power of his intellect. Cerebrally light-years ahead, Har Dayal a super brilliant scholar at Oxford and St. Stephen's College was eloquent in seventeen languages and an author par excellence. Exiled from India for life Har Dayal became Ghadr personified. This gentleman revolutionary was the first Indian to teach at American and Swedish universities and an extraordinary mix of an Anarchist and a Pacifist, a Sanskritist and a Rationalist, a Marxist and a Buddhist, a Feminist and a Humanist as also an ultranationalist and an internationalist. For millions who sought to emulate the quintessential Dilliwallah, he was The Great Indian Genius.

In this information age, the need for explicit meaning in scriptures and rituals is a vital ingredient that is lacking. The literal interpretations and obligatory rituals have left a void in the individual's spiritual journey and hence, the increasing disappointment in organized religions. There are 50 articles in this book whose contents aim to provide a deeper spiritual meaning that is conveyed through certain specific symbols and themes such as Agni or Fire, Cave, Cloud, twice-born, Four beasts, Dragon, Trilogy, Hero, Charioteer, Hostile brothers, Inner demon, East, Nakedness, Reincarnation, Redemption, Deluge, Sword, and Twins. These common symbols and themes, across many mythologies and the spiritual significance they convey, are brought out so that the higher nature of man and the spiritual path one has to traverse can be indicated. The very fact that man seeks a higher and more meaningful knowledge denotes that he is on a path to exploring his true nature or awake to his true self. These symbols and themes cut across all dominant spiritual traditions such as Vedic, Buddhist, Hebraic, Christian, and Islamic religions. Symbols and Themes in Sacred Texts contain the key to unlock the spiritual treasure hidden from humanity through literal and archaic cultural interpretations.

1. Contains descriptions of 988 Trees belonging to 87 families.2. Has 568 pages, 255 black and white photographs and 193 line drawings of Trees.3. Separate photographs provided for the Evergreen, Deciduous, Scrub and Mangrove Trees.4. Sacred, Rare, Endemic, Ornamental, Fruit-bearing, Littoral Trees are tabulated.5. Contains Maps of Forests of South India and Western and Eastern Ghats.6. This book is brought out after a gap of more than a century after Bourdillon's The Forest Trees of Travancore (1908).7. The book is also equally useful wherever Tropical Evergreen, Deciduous and Scrub Forests exist in Peninsular India.

Peppered Minds is about the journey of a young geologist, Neeraj, beginning his professional life. His imaginative mind conjures up a thesis presented on a brainstorming session for the welfare of his countrymen and the nation. The book provides an interesting insight to explain blatant problems that contribute to the lack of innovation, misconduct and all kinds of frenzy we see around today. The writing of the book is a lighthearted account of the protagonist, Neeraj, brought up in a conservative middle-class god-fearing family, who travels from Jaipur to Hyderabad to start his professional life as a geologist. The story depicts his bitter and heartening experiences, be it meeting an astrologer, making a railway reservation, going on a rail journey from Jaipur, joining up at his new office in Hyderabad or eventually completing a successful geological expedition in the wild. Neeraj's tryst with the various characters along his brief journey brings to light the mind set, personal traits, beliefs and culture of a vast cross section of the ordinary public that span age groups ranging from the child to the octogenarian. The book depicts several interplays of events that envelope the geologists in the office as well as in the field. One of the momentous events that overwhelms Neeraj is his meeting with the Moon and learning of the unbelievable history of human existence on earth. There are also hilarious episodes, including the one which describes the use of kerosene as the basic material for nuclear research.

The study of wealth is so fascinating. Having wealth is a dream for every human being. By pursuing different professions, we all chase wealth. These quotes contain a wealth of wisdom in a single line. These are timeless and immeasurable treasures of wisdom. Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think. - Ayn RandMarkets always climb the wall of worry. - Rakesh JhunjhunwalaGold is the money of kings; silver is the money of gentlemen; barter is the money of peasants; but debt is the money of slaves. - Norm FranzMoney: whether you have it or not, whether you want it or not, whether you like it or not, it will define your days. - Phil KnightNine-tenth of wisdom consists in being wise in time. - Theodore RooseveltWhenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect. - Mark TwainTraditional wisdom is long on tradition and short on wisdom. - Warren BuffettNever mistake motion for action. - Earnest Hemmingway