A guide to encourage trainers in the creative design of their own teaching strategies. The book highlights crucial themes and offers a selection of methods for educating supervisors. Chapters cover topics including contracting, reflective processes and evaluation. Case studies are provided.[...]
Using features such as case studies, exercises and points for reflection, this is an ideal introduction to managing the supervisory relationship for both trainee and supervisor. This second edition of the book formerly titled Counselling Supervision now covers new and contemporary areas of supervis[...]
"DEALING WITH CHINA takes the reader behind closed doors to witness the creation and evolution and future of China's state-controlled capitalism."
Hank Paulson has dealt with China unlike any other foreigner. As head of Goldman Sachs, Paulson had a pivotal role in opening up China to private en[...]
"DEALING WITH CHINA takes the reader behind closed doors to witness the creation and evolution and future of China's state-controlled capitalism."
Hank Paulson has dealt with China unlike any other foreigner. As head of Goldman Sachs, Paulson had a pivotal role in opening up China to private en[...]
In "The Mindful Leader," Michael Carroll focuses on ten key principles of mindfulness and how they apply to leading groups and organizations, addressing a range of topics along the way, including how to:
- heal the "toxic workplace," where anxiety and stress impede performance
- cultivate [...]
Three celebrated Judge Dredd writers take you back to Dredd's first year on the streets of Mega-City One as a full-eagle Judge, in three novellas.[...]
Scattered in a crescent in the sparkling waters of the Aegean, the islands of the Sporades are known to Greek fishermen as 'the gates of the wind'. It was to this unspoilt archipelago that Michael Carroll sailed Astarte, a boat of sleek mahogany with wine-red sails, named after the Phoenician goddes[...]
How do we, as humans, arrive at what we call morally or ethically good or bad decisions? What processes are involved in making ethical decisions? Is there a developmental process involved in moving towards ethical maturity? What do insights from education, psychology, business studies, neuroscience,[...]
Frågorna om turordning tillhör själva kärnan i anställningstryggheten och hör till de mest omstridda i arbetsrätten. Calleman undersöker i sin avhandling turordningsreglerna och deras funktion som skyddslagstiftning. Boken består av dels en undersökning av rättsreglerna dels en empirisk u[...]
This book seeks to deepen and broaden the understanding of change in organization populations by examining the dynamics of numbers of organizations in populations. The authors have studied various kinds of organizations, including national labour unions, newspapers and newspaper publishers, brewing [...]
Most analysts of corporations and industries adopt the focal perspective of a single prototypical organization. Many analysts also study corporations primarily in terms of their internal organizational structures or as complex systems of financial contracts. Glenn Carroll and Michael Hannan bring fr[...]
Building theories of organizations is challenging: theories are partial and "folk" categories are fuzzy. The commonly used tools - first-order logic and its foundational set theory - are ill-suited for handling these complications. Here, three leading authorities rethink organization theory. "Logics[...]
New governments established during the third wave of democratization in Latin America, Eastern and Central Europe, Africa, and Asia face increasing threats to stabilization and consolidation. Alfred Stepan, a major voice in democratization studies, gathers leading experts in political science and go[...]
Offers comprehensive coverage of traditional economic problems and issues. This book presents traditional topics such as location of activities, growth and development, economic structure, land use, neighborhood development, and governance in ways that connect theory to 'the ground' realities.[...]
The 11th edition of the Manual of Clinical Microbiology continues to set the standard for state-of-the-science laboratory practices as the most authoritative reference in the field of clinical microbiology. This new edition presents the numerous microbial taxonomic changes and newer more powerful di[...]
Presenting simple processes that bring lasting fulfilment in all aspects of life, this book underscores the vital difference between success and significance. Drawing upon the time-tested principles of wisdom traditions from all over the world, the "gifts" presented in this book are devoted to leavi[...]