Managing Organizational Behavior in an African Context discusses management and organization science theories as they apply within the social, cultural and economic contexts in which organizations operate in Africa. The first organizational behavior book to cover the entire continent, it uses the fi[...]
In an era of globalization and identity politics, this book explores how Holocaust imagery and vocabulary have been appropriated and applied to other genocides. The author examines how the Holocaust has impacted on other ethnic and social groups, asking whether the Holocaust as a symbol is a useful[...]
"Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology "delineates the ways that Christianity, Islam, and the Jewish tradition have moved towards each another over the centuries and points to new pathways for contemporary theological work. Explores the development of the three Abrahamic traditions, brilliantly[...]
Offers framework for developing and executing social media strategies supporting collaboration, teamwork and communication in modern corporations. This book reveals anecdotes to demonstrate how executives and business leaders develop successful corporate social media strategies. It answers the quest[...]
The best of the best strategies from leading marketers There are millions of ways to speak to your market today; this makes choosing the best approach all the more important.[...]
The only how-to guide dedicated to mastering the technique of digital matte painting Matte painting affords seamless integration between an artist's painting with live action film footage and allows for greater flexibility and creative input in the appearance of movie settings. This unique book reve[...]
Learn everything you need to know about music-related technology with EXPERIENCING MUSIC TECHNOLOGY. This updated version of the third edition by David Brian Williams and Peter Richard Webster -- the foremost educators in today's music technology field -- presents cutting-edge music technology and i[...]
Few events in American politics over the past two decades have generated more attention than the increasing number of voters calling themselves Independent. By the early 1970s Independents outnumbered Republicans, according to many eminent experts on voting behavior. Yet the authors of this incisive[...]
White Americans, abetted by neo-conservative writers of all hues, generally believe that racial discrimination is a thing of the past and that any racial inequalities that undeniably persist - in wages, family income, access to housing or health care - can be attributed to African Americans' cultura[...]
The bombing of Pearl Harbour, the assassination of President Kennedy, the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger: every generation has unforgettable events, the shared memory of which can create fleeting intimacy among strangers. These public memories, combined with poignant personal moments - th[...]
Kermit the Frog famously said that it isn't easy being green, and in "Living at Micro Scale" David Dusenbery shows that it isn't easy being small - existing at the size of, say, a rotifer, a tiny multicellular animal just at the boundary between the visible and the microscopic. 'Imagine,' he writes,[...]
In the world history of writing, Japan presents an unusually detailed record of transition to literacy. Extant materials attest to the social, cultural, and political contexts and consequences of the advent of writing and reading, from the earliest appearance of imported artifacts with Chinese inscr[...]
When Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark founded Netscape in 1994, they were the first to envision how the Internet could revolutionise conventional ways of using computers, distributing software, communicating with other people, and conducting business. In this penetrating analysis of strategy-making and[...]