Draws on author's own experience of working in some of the world's most successful businesses and looks at what women can do to help themselves, and make the small changes in their life that can effect change on a more universal scale.[...]
A pesar de que las mujeres alcanzaron hace anos niveles de educacion similares a los de los hombres, ellos ostentan aun la gran mayoria de puestos directivos, tanto en las empresas como en los gobiernos. Por ello, las voces femeninas todavia no se escuchan por igual en las decisiones que mas nos afe[...]
Henrik Ibsen's plays came at a pivotal moment in late nineteenth-century European modernity. They engaged his public through a strategic use of metaphors of house and home, which resonated with experiences of displacement, philosophical homelessness, and exile. The most famous of these metaphors - e[...]
"Fiction of true moral force, brilliantly sustained and achieved...I find it difficult to think of any book that has had such an immediate and powerful impact on me...Brave and brilliant."--Hilary Mantel, author of "Wolf Hall"In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second-large[...]
'An excellent and much needed contribution to the management literature' - Gareth Morgan 'Trough accurate examples and instructive accounts of what constitutes understanding at work, the Author leads us to the core link between understanding and managerial practicing. It is deeply informative, ofte[...]
The California Paralegal is a career book for both paralegal students and practicing paralegals. This book serves as a reference containing a great deal of information that will be essential for every paralegal student or employed paralegal in the state of California. The information included, along[...]
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The authors develop a methodology for identifying and challenging assumptions underlying existing theories and generating research questions, using examples from across the social sciences.[...]
All researchers want to produce interesting and influential theories. A key step in all theory development is formulating innovative research questions that will result in interesting and significant research. Traditional textbooks on research methods tend to ignore, or gloss over, actual ways of co[...]
Stories are much more than a means of communication stories help us shape our identities, make sense of the world, and mobilize others to action. InNarrative Criminology, prominent scholars from across the academy and around the world examine stories that animate offending. From an examination of ho[...]
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Hugo Thorson knows he's gay, but coming out during high school is not part of his plan. His parents are open-minded, but Hugo doesn't want to add more stress for anybody, especially his dad, who is fighting terminal cancer. At a summer job he meets and befriends Kevin Magnus, and before long, their [...]
What will it take to create a more gender-balanced workplace?If you read nothing else on leadership and gender at work, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you un[...]
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sheryl Sandberg's & et al Option B and NOT the original book. Preview:Option B (2017), coauthored by Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and organizational psychology expert Adam Grant, explores how to cope and ultimately thrive in the aftermath of [...]
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'Street capital' introduces the worlds of young black men dealing cannabis at a drug scene called The River in Oslo, Norway. The lives of these men are structured by a huge and complex cannabis economy and they are involved in fights, robberies and substance abuse. They lack jobs and education, and[...]
Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober are professionals, wives, and mothers. They understand the challenges and rewards of two-career households. They also know that families thrive not in spite of working mothers but because of them. You can have a great career, a great marriage, and be a great mother. T[...]
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead - A Complete Summary Lean In is a book written by American author Sheryl Sandberg, which talks about a subject that most of us are familiar with - women's rights. What do women's rights refer to in this book particularly? Well, first of all it is worth say[...]
Dette er en kombinert lærebok, fagbok og oppslagsbok. Målet er å øke kunnskapen innen områdene energi og miljø. Den inneholder fakta med eksempler fra dagliglivet. Boka henvender seg til elever ved videregående skoler, studenter på høyskolenivå, lærere i grunnskolen og videregående skole[...]