Career Success Career Success
Technology Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Organizing and Maintaining Files . . . . . . . . 52
Teaching Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Problem-Solving Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Working with People from Diverse
Backgrounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Maintaining and Troubleshooting
Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Learning New Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Using Positive Personal Qualities. . . . . . . 177
Using Creative Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Using Budgeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Effective Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Designing and Improving Systems. . . . . . 252
Using Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Using Writing Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Using Math Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Using Staff Management Skills. . . . . . . . . 313
Decision Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Using Competence in Serving
Customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Interpreting and Communicating
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Selecting Equipment and Tools . . . . . . . . 369
Using Reading Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Time Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Using Listening Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Using Self-Management Skills . . . . . . . . . 452
Computer Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Problem-Solving Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Graphic Interpretation Skills . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Sociability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
Honesty and Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Resource Organization and Distribution. . 629
Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
Teamwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696
Culture and Social Studies Culture and Social Studies
Native American Infl uence . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Cajun Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Cowboy Infl uence on Southwestern
Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Development of British Cuisine . . . . . . . . 564
The Vikings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
History of Spanish Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
The Renaissance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
An Italian Culinary Division. . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Ancient Greece. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
Religion in the Middle East. . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Dining with Bedouins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
African Meal Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
Contributions to Russian Cuisine . . . . . . . 664
Infl uence of Religion on Indian Cuisine . . 671
Chinese Tea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
Japanese Eating Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
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