High Performance Through Organizing Information (Learning-A-Living Library)

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: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.8"
• 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;