This section of the catalog highlights educational resources--books, articles/reprints, tapes, and so forth--in two categories:

a. Big Five Educational Resources

b. Brain Research Resources

 

7.1 Professional Education Materials: Big Five

The Owner’s Manual for Personality at Work, by Pierce J. Howard, Ph.D., and Jane Mitchell Howard, M.B.A. (Austin, Texas: Bard Press, 2001). 274 pages of Big Five explanation: how the Five Factor Model affects performance, communication, teamwork, leadership, and sales. A more detailed description—including table of contents and sample passages--is available on the “insecure” part of this website.

 

Item Number: BFR-18 .................................13.50

Certification Program Notebook (Replacement); for program graduates who desire an extra copy or an updated copy at a later time. Contains articles, cases, exercises, Power Point slides, and much other material that support the 30-contact hour Big Five Certification Program.

 

Item Number: BFC-2 .......................................400.00

Reprint of September 1995 Training & Development article, “Buddy, Can You Paradigm?” by Pierce J. & Jane M. Howard.  This was the first article to mention the Five-Factor Model of Personality/Big Five in a trade journal.  Use it to market the Big Five to your own clients.

Item Number: BFM-1........................... 5.00

"Reinterpreting the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator from the Perspective of the Five-Factor Model of Personality,” by Robert T. McCrae and Paul T. Costa, Jr.  This is a landmark article to use for marketing the Big Five.

 

Item Number: BFM-2........................................... 5.00

"Human Resource Optimisation: Creating Training & Development that Sticks,” by Jane Mitchell Howard and Pierce J. Howard.  This article was originally published in the UK periodical Selection and Development Review in the November 2000 issue.

 

Item Number: BFM-3........................................... 5.00

Professional Manual for the WorkPlace Big Five ProFile, by Pierce J. Howard, Ph.D. and Jane Mitchell Howard, M.B.A., published by CentACS in 2001; 107 pages; reliability, validity, administration, interpretation information, and bibliography.

 

Item Number: BFRW-1....................................... 40.00

NEO PI-R Manual, by Paul Costa, Ph.D. and Robert McCrae, Ph.D., published by PAR in 1994; 101 pages; reliability, validity, administration, and interpretation information with bibliographical supplement.

 

Item Number: BFR-1.......................................... 44.00

7.2 Professional Education Materials: Brain-Related

The Owner’s Manual for the Brain:  Everyday Applications from Mind/Brain Research, 3rd Edition, by Pierce J. Howard, Ph.D. ( 1,000 pp., Austin, TX:  Bard Press, 2006).  “This is a terrific book!  Job well done.” (Training & Development), “It resembles Carl Sagan’s popular works.” (Booklist); soft cover book;  (ISBN 1-885167-64-4)

 

Item Number:  CS-1......................... 29.95

Quantity Discounts:

2-9 books...................................... 27.95

10-24 books................................... 25.95

25-99 books................................... 23.95

100+ books.................................... 21.95

 

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