High Performance Through Organizing Information

by Carolyn Simpson

In an "information society," students must effectively integrate, package, and prioritize information. This book acquaints students with various information sources and formats, such as databases.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823922073
• ISBN13: 9780823922079
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

A good introduction for the young adult!

This book is actually part of a ten-book series on 'achieving high performance' for young adults. They come under Learning-a-Living Library, which comprises core subjects of, among others, understanding systems, self-management, leadership & organising information. These focused areas are very useful for todays' young adults to learn, develop & adopt as part of their lifestyles. Despite its compact size, only 64 pages, this book gives a good grounding to the subject of organising yourself i.e. finding, organising, presenting & using information to your best advantage, as follows: - finding information in school; - organising information in school; - organising your life; - organising your work environment; - keeping on top of jobs; - getting your job; - organising for performance; The young adult examples used are also very appropriate. Unfortunately, like all the other books in the series, the publisher has done a lousy job in picking photographs, mostly black & white, for illustrations in the book. Even the colour photograph on the front cover is visually unappealing. In today's multimedia savvy world, I just wonder how young readers can be quickly attracted by this good book. This is my only complaint about this book. I like the 'Questions to Ask Yourself' at the end of each chapter. They help the reader to focus on key points & then ponder, prior to personal application. The resource bibliography at the end of the book is quite useful for young readers to pursue further on the subject. On the whole, I rate a score of 4 for this book. I would recommend young readers to also peruse the following titles in the series: - High Performance through Understanding Systems; - High Perrformance through Self Management; - High Performance through Leadership; - High Performance through Effective Scheduling;