The Oxford Handbook of Project Management presents and discusses leading ideas in the management of projects. Positioning project management as a domain much broader and more strategic than simply 'execution management', this Handbook draws on the insights of over 40 scholars to chart the developmen[...]
Serves as a guide to the world of business finance. This book explains balance sheets, profit and loss statements, cash flow, working capital, depreciation, cash flow forecasting, budgeting, and gearing. It is intended for those already running or planning to set up their own business.[...]
Another new book in the popular and original series of pictorial guides - John Oakland cuts through the complex concepts and confusing jargon associated with implementing Total Quality, and Peter Morris presents the information in his inimitable pictorial style. This book will show students and mana[...]
Marketing planning is one of the great challenges. Dealing with this subject, this illustrated book is intended for marketing and other professionals.[...]
A guide to the Afro-Mediterranean destination. It's covers the mile-long beaches of the distinctly European northern coast, as well as the fortified kasbah's of the mountainous interior and the sub-Saharan oases. It includes accounts of various sights, from Roman remains and Islamic monuments to the[...]
One in 70 children are admitted to paediatric intensive care (PIC) at some time during childhood. Most paediatric junior doctors will rotate through PIC, and will be involved in organising acute intensive care for critically ill children. The range of children and their illnesses going through PIC i[...]
Why have our drug wars failed and how might we turn things around? Ask the authors of this hard-hitting expose of U.S. efforts to fight drug trafficking and abuse. In a bold analysis of a century's worth of policy failure, "Drug War Politics" turns on its head many familiar bromides about drug polit[...]
A thorough knowledge of pharmacological and therapeutic principles is vital if drugs are to be used safely and effectively for increasingly informed patients. Those who clearly understand how drugs get into the body, how they produce their effects, what happens to them in the body, and how evidence [...]
Ducks are kept for profit in a great diversity of circumstances in both temperate and tropical climates. Outlining the biology of the domestic duck, this book also combines the authors' considerable practical and scientific experience to provide quantitative descriptions of nutritional and environme[...]
Provides a practical foundation for the design, implementation and management of database systems. This edition has been updated with the developments and technologies and incorporates a generous number of localised and motivating business vignettes that tie the concepts to real-life situations.[...]
This is a paperback version of this successful book on duck production. Ducks are kept for profit in a great diversity of circumstances in both temperate and tropical climates. Outlining the biology of the domestic duck, this book also combines the authors' considerable practical and scientific expe[...]
Local urban high streets have frequently suffered from neglect in comparison to town centres and out-of-town retail. Yet they have the potential to meet contemporary policy aspirations with regard to sustainability, social inclusion and place making. "Rediscovering Mixed-use Streets" is the first in[...]
Master chocolatier John Slattery reveals his indulgent recipes behind his famous chocolate cakes, showpieces and confectionary.John Slattery is renowned for his expert eye and great imagination as he makes confectionary and cakes to wow and delight. Favourite treats from his own store Slattery's in [...]