Ever wondered what really motivates people, why bad decisions get made or what the latest blockbuster movie can tell you about leadership? Discover for yourself in this fascinating introduction to organizational behaviour. Written by leading experts, Work and Organizational Behaviour offers great va[...]

This first major empirical work on the semiotics of social action goes a long way toward answering substantive, theoretical and pragmatic questions on how codes actually operate in a specific social setting. It underscores the important yet often ignored role of the police as "sign" or "information [...]

This comprehensive Economics Student Workbook is specifically designed to be used alongside the eighth edition of John Sloman, Alison Wride and Dean Garratt’s Economics. The workbook contains over 1500 questions of various types, carefully matched to the content of the main book. It is an inval[...]

Ask any graphic designer the world over about their preferred approach to setting type, choosing a color, or beginning a new layout, and you will rarely get exactly the same answer twice. All designers have their own way of working and their own combinations of the thousands of techniques one can ap[...]

Builds up a picture of what effectiveness is, how it can be measured, and what it means for teachers, parents and pupils. This book provides quantitative data that shows how schools can and do make a difference. It also gives evidence about the links between attitudes and attainment within a school,[...]

An intimate, engaging, and insightful guide to coping with Asperger's-from one of the condition's most passionate advocates.
Michael John Carley was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at thirty-six-when his young son received the same diagnosis. This fascinating book reveals his personal experi[...]

As the twenty-first century begins, significant changes are occurring in the way that services and goods are produced and consumed. One of the key drivers of this change is information and communications technology (ICT). It has transformed the role of space and time in patterns of economic developm[...]

Challenges the accepted notion that the transition from the command economy to market based systems is complete across the post-Soviet space. Based on research, conducted in Ukraine and Russia between 2004 - 2007, this book states that the economies that operate across post-Soviet spaces are far fro[...]

"A critically important book that forces us to ask new questions about the synthetic chemicals that we have spread across this earth."--Al Gore.[...]