Enterprise Governance of Information Technology by
Featuring numerous case examples from companies around the world, this second edition integrates theoretical advances and empirical data with practical applications, including in-depth discussion on the COBIT 5 framework which can be used to build, measure and audit enterprise governance of IT approaches. At the forefront of the field, the authors of this volume draw from years of research and advising corporate clients to present a comprehensive resource on enterprise governance of IT (EGIT). Information technology (IT) has become a crucial enabler in the support, sustainability and growth of enterprises. Given this pervasive role of IT, a specific focus on EGIT has arisen over the last two decades, as an integral part of corporate governance. Going well beyond the implementation of a superior IT infrastructure, enterprise governance of IT is about defining and embedding processes and structures throughout the organization that enable boards and business and IT people to execute their responsibilities in support of business/IT alignment and value creation from their IT-enabled investments. Featuring a variety of elements, including executive summaries and sidebars, extensive references and questions and activities (with additional materials available on-line), this book will be an essential resource for professionals, researchers and students alike
Handbook of Plant Disease Identification and Management by
Handbook of Plant Disease Identification and Management presents the fundamentals of plant diseases identification based on symptomology and management focusing mainly on integrated pest management approach. It discusses a variety of techniques for the diagnosis of crop disease, losses due to crop diseases, and theories behind disease management. It describes how society is constraining the possibilities for management of crop diseases by changing the environment; biologically controlling crop diseases; and the epidemiologic and genetic concepts of managing host genes. This book discusses managing diseases through diverse chemical, biological, and physical methods. It highlights climatic factors affecting crops by creating favorable condition for most of the diseases. This book serves as a complete guide for growers, researchers, and graduate students to understand basics of plant disease identification. It explains the disease cycle for respective crops with favorable conditions promoting disease development. It intends to aid growers in managing diseases and help scientists with future research.
Land Reform in South Africa by
This thoughtful book explores the history and ongoing dilemmas of land use and land reform in South Africa. Including both theoretical and applied examples of the evolution of South Africa's current geography of land use, the authors provide a succinct overview of land reform and evaluate the range of policies conceived over time to redress the country's stark racial land imbalance. Drawing on compelling case studies from across South Africa, they illustrate not only the progress of land reform, but also how reforms fit within the larger historical context of racialized land use. This is the first book of its kind to fully apply geographical theory to the case of South African land reform. Rather than rely on one-dimensional technicist explanations to discuss the shortcomings of the country's land reform program, this rich study places it in the context of bitter battles between groups seeking to exploit land policies for their own benefit.
Agricultural Sustainability by
Agricultural Sustainability starts with an overview of agriculturalsustainability and the factors influencing the agricultural sustainability.As agricultural sustainability is all about understandingecosystem services and can be seen as a study of relation betweenorganisms and their respective environment, this text hasbeen written to cover all these aspects. Further, sustainability inpoultry and aquaculture has been described to broaden the research and potential ofagricultural sustainability in arid and semi-arid areas has also been discussed.
Sustainable Agricultural Systems by
A unique look at how the adoption of sustainable farming methods is being pursued throughout the world. This comprehensive book provides clear insight into research and education needs and the many points of view that come to bear on the issue of sustainability. Essential for agricultural leaders in research, education, conservation, policy making, and anyone else interested in creating an economically and environmentally sustainable agriculture worldwide.
Data-Driven Computational Methods by
Modern scientific computational methods are undergoing a transformative change; big data and statistical learning methods now have the potential to outperform the classical first-principles modeling paradigm. This book bridges this transition, connecting the theory of probability, stochastic processes, functional analysis, numerical analysis, and differential geometry. It describes two classes of computational methods to leverage data for modeling dynamical systems. The first is concerned with data fitting algorithms to estimate parameters in parametric models that are postulated on the basis of physical or dynamical laws. The second is on operator estimation, which uses the data to nonparametrically approximate the operator generated by the transition function of the underlying dynamical systems. This self-contained book is suitable for graduate studies in applied mathematics, statistics, and engineering. Carefully chosen elementary examples with supplementary MATLAB® codes and appendices covering the relevant prerequisite materials are provided, making it suitable for self-study.
Handbook of Plant Disease Identification and Management by
Handbook of Plant Disease Identification and Management presents the fundamentals of plant diseases identification based on symptomology and management focusing mainly on integrated pest management approach. It discusses a variety of techniques for the diagnosis of crop disease, losses due to crop diseases, and theories behind disease management. It describes how society is constraining the possibilities for management of crop diseases by changing the environment; biologically controlling crop diseases; and the epidemiologic and genetic concepts of managing host genes. This book discusses managing diseases through diverse chemical, biological, and physical methods. It highlights climatic factors affecting crops by creating favorable condition for most of the diseases. This book serves as a complete guide for growers, researchers, and graduate students to understand basics of plant disease identification. It explains the disease cycle for respective crops with favorable conditions promoting disease development. It intends to aid growers in managing diseases and help scientists with future research.
Experimental Agrometeorology: A Practical Manual by
The book is a practical manual which has been created to support the syllabus of agro-meteorology courses specifically designed for graduate and post-graduate students. The topics covered in the manual include working with meteorological instruments for measurement of various meteorological parameters like temperature, humidity, sunshine hours, precipitation, etc. Separate chapters have been included for computation of growing degree days, agro-climatic zones, crop modelling and agro-advisory services. The book will have great appeal to students of agriculture, horticulture, and forestry.
Pests and Their Management by
This book comprehensively compiles information on some of the major pests that afflict agricultural, horticultural and medicinal crops in particular as well as many polyphagous pests. Not only does this book deal with the pests of common globally produced crops it also addresses those of rarely dealt with crops such as seed spices, medicinal and aromatic plants. While the perspective of insect pests is largely Indian and South East Asian in context, the book does deal with globally problematic pests, particularly polyphagous ones. Not only will the readers be acquainted with the pests, their damaging potential and their life cycle but also with the latest methods of managements including ecofriendly measures being employed to keep pest populations at manageable levels. The 27 chapters in the book, are grouped into four sections primarily based on crop types, viz. pest of agricultural, horticultural and medicinal crops, and polyphagous pests, making the book easy to navigate. Each of the chapters is comprehensive and well illustrated and written by academicians who have dedicated their entire lives to the study of a particular crop-pest complex. The final chapter of this book provides an overview on the principles and processes of pest management.
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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence by
This accessible and engaging textbook presents a concise introduction to the exciting field of artificial intelligence (AI). The broad-ranging discussion covers the key subdisciplines within the field, describing practical algorithms and concrete applications in the areas of agents, logic, search, reasoning under uncertainty, machine learning, neural networks, and reinforcement learning. Fully revised and updated, this much-anticipated second edition also includes new material on deep learning.Topics and features: presents an application-focused and hands-on approach to learning, with supplementary teaching resources provided at an associated website; contains numerous study exercises and solutions, highlighted examples, definitions, theorems, and illustrative cartoons; includes chapters on predicate logic, PROLOG, heuristic search, probabilistic reasoning, machine learning and data mining, neural networks and reinforcement learning; reports on developments in deep learning, including applications of neural networks to generate creative content such as text, music and art (NEW); examines performance evaluation of clustering algorithms, and presents two practical examples explaining Bayes'theorem and its relevance in everyday life (NEW); discusses search algorithms, analyzing the cycle check, explaining route planning for car navigation systems, and introducing Monte Carlo Tree Search (NEW); includes a section in the introduction on AI and society, discussing the implications of AI on topics such as employment and transportation (NEW).Ideal for foundation courses or modules on AI, this easy-to-read textbook offers an excellent overview of the field for students of computer science and other technical disciplines, requiring no more than a high-school level of knowledge of mathematics to understand the material.
Understanding Artificial Intelligence : Fundamentals, Use Cases and Methods for a Corporate AI Journey by
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change the lives of people and businesses more fundamentally than many people can even imagine today. This book illustrates the importance of AI in an era of digitalization. It introduces the foundations of AI and explains its benefits and challenges for companies and entire industries. In this regard, AI is approached not just as yet another technology, but as a fundamental innovation, which will spread into all areas of the economy and life, and will disrupt business processes and business models in the years to come. In turn, the book assesses the potential that AI holds, and clarifies the framework that is necessary for pursuing a responsible approach to AI. In a series of best-practice cases, the book subsequently highlights a broad range of sectors and industries, from production to services; from customer service to marketing and sales; and in industries like retail, health care, energy, transportation and many more. In closing, a dedicated chapter outlines a roadmap for a specific corporate AI journey.No one can ignore intensive work with AI today - neither as a private person, let alone as a top performer in companies. This book offers a thorough, carefully crafted, and easy to understand entry into the field of AI. The central terms used in the AI context are given a very good explanation. In addition, a number of cases show what AI can do today and where the journey is heading. An important book that you should not miss!Professor Dr. Harley KrohmerUniversity of Bern'Inspiring, thought provoking and comprehensive, this book is wittingly designed to be a catalyst for your individual and corporate AI journey.”Avo Schönbohm, Professor at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, Enterprise Game Designer at LUDEO and Business Punk
The present book “Key Notes on Agriculture Chemistry and Soil Science” has been designed to fulfill this long felt need of students, teachers, researchers and aspirants of competitive examinations. It is designed in such a way that give rapid, easy access to the core materials in a short format which facilitates easily learning and rapid revision. The book carries fundamentals of Agriculture Chemistry and Soil Science. There are 7 chapters elaborating Discoveries, Abbreviations, Terminology, Reasoning: Principles and Concepts, Explanations, Diagrammatic Representation and Short Notes, Formulae and Equations as well as references also included. The most recent information is provided along with a detailed list of references for further reading. Hope this book would be highly useful for graduate and post-graduate students of agriculture, teachers and researchers. This book will also useful for the aspirants of various competitive examinations such as Agricultural Research Service (ARS), ICAR- National Eligibility Test (NET), State Eligibility Test (SET), Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), Civil Services, Allied Agricultural Examinations and Extension Workers for reference and easy answers of many complicated questions. Thus it is expected that this book will adequately meet the need of wider circle of students and readers for preparing their professional career.
Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS : Develop Future-proof Responsive Websites Using the Latest HTML5 and CSS Techniques, 3rd Edition by
Harness the latest capabilities of HTML5 and CSS to create a single UI that works flawlessly on mobile phones, tablets, and desktops — plus everything in-betweenKey FeaturesUnderstand what responsive web design is and its significance for modern web developmentExplore the latest developments in responsive web design including variable fonts, CSS Scroll Snap, and moreGet to grips with the uses and benefits of the new CSS Grid layoutBook DescriptionResponsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, Third Edition is a renewed and extended version of one of the most comprehensive and bestselling books on the latest HTML5 and CSS tools and techniques for responsive web design.Written in the author's signature friendly and informal style, this edition covers all the newest developments and improvements in responsive web design including better user accessibility, variable fonts and font loading, CSS Scroll Snap, and much, much more. With a new chapter dedicated to CSS Grid, you will understand how it differs from the Flexbox layout mechanism and when you should use one over the other.Furthermore, you will acquire practical knowledge of SVG, writing accessible HTML markup, creating stunning aesthetics and effects with CSS, applying transitions, transformations, and animations, integrating media queries, and more. The book concludes by exploring some exclusive tips and approaches for front-end development from the author.By the end of this book, you will not only have a comprehensive understanding of responsive web design and what is possible with the latest HTML5 and CSS, but also the knowledge of how to best implement each technique.What you will learnIntegrate CSS media queries into your designs; apply different styles to different devicesLoad different sets of images depending upon screen size or resolutionLeverage the speed, semantics, and clean markup of accessible HTML patternsImplement SVGs into your designs to provide resolution-independent imagesApply the latest features of CSS like custom properties, variable fonts, and CSS GridAdd validation and interface elements like date and color pickers to HTML formsUnderstand the multitude of ways to enhance interface elements with filters, shadows, animations, and moreWho this book is forAre you a full-stack developer who needs to gem up on their front-end skills? Perhaps you work on the front-end and you need a definitive overview of all modern HTML and CSS has to offer? Maybe you have done a little website building but you need a deep understanding of responsive web designs and how to achieve them? This is a book for you!All you need to take advantage of this book is a working understanding of HTML and CSS. No JavaScript knowledge is needed.
Labour Relations in South Africa Fifth Edition by
Labour Relations in South Africa, fifth edition, provides a thorough, engaging introduction to the theory and practice of labour relations in South Africa. The fifth edition engages with the various issues, shifts, and notable events which have recently impacted on this dynamic field, such as the 2012 and 2014 platinum industry strikes. The text is fully updated to address legislative amendments to the Labour Relations Act, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Employment Equity Act, and reflects recent case law. It focuses more strongly on the context and dynamics of a developing country, and introduces the field from the diverse perspectives of business science, law, economics and sociology. The book offers well-developed additional resources which provide valuable teaching assistance for lecturers. These include PowerPoint slides, a question and answer bank, and case studies. The resources primarily facilitate practical application of the principles, supporting k e y teaching and learning priorities.
Citrus by
"Citrus, 2nd Edition covers the biology and cultivation of citrus and considers the citrus industry from an international perspective. Fruits including oranges, mandarins, lemons, limes, grapefruit and hybrids such as tangelos are covered and the fundamental topics of taxonomy, cultivars, breeding, husbandry, weeds, pests and diseases are also addressed in detail. This updated new edition includes coverage of new cultivars, advances in the molecular approaches to taxonomic studies, new findings in the physiological understanding of key citrus fruits, recent research into environmental factors affecting external and internal fruit quality and expanded coverage of pests and diseases. The fusion of scientific coverage and practical management make the text suitable for a range of horticulturalists including breeders, growers, researchers and academics"-- Provided by publisher.
Transport and Fate of Chemicals in Soils by
"This book provides the fundamentals for the understanding of reactive chemicals retention and their transport in soils and aquifers. The book offers the first comprehensive treatment with supporting examples of mathematical models that describe contaminants reactivity and transport in soils and aquifers. It is also a practical guide for designing experiments and collecting data that focuses on characterizing retention as well as release kinetic reactions in soils and contaminant transport experiments in the laboratory, greenhouse (column) and in the field. "-- Provided by publisher.
"Over the last four decades tremendous advances have been made toward the understanding of tranport characteristics of the transport contaminants in soils, as well as solutes and tracers in geological media. These advances were broad in nature and addressed physical and chemical processes that influence the behavior of solutes in porous media. Examples include nonlinear kinetics, release and desorption hysteresis, multisite and multireaction reactions, and competitive-type reactions. Examples that focus on physical processes include fractured media, multiregion, multiple porosities, and heterogeneity and effect of scale. This book provides the basic framework of the principals governing the sorption and transport of contaminants in soils. The physical and chemical processes presented above are the focus of this textbook. Details of sorption behavior of chemicals with soil matrix surfaces are presented, as well the integration of sorption characteristics with mechanisms that govern solute transport in soils. Applications of the principals of sorption and transport are not restricted to contaminants. Rather examples include tracers, phosphorus, and trace elements, including essential micronutrients, heavy metals, military explosives, pesticides, and radionuclides"-- Provided by publisher.
Modern Soil Microbiology Third Edition by
Modern soil microbiology
Field to Palette by
Respect for and conservation of soil, as a growing medium and as an artists' material.
Marketing Management by
For undergraduate and graduate courses in marketing management. The gold standard for today's marketing management Stay on the cutting-edge with the gold standard text that reflects the latest in marketing theory and practice. The world of marketing is changing everyday--and in order for students to have a competittive advantage, they need a textbook that reflects the best of today's marketing theory and practices. Marketing Management is the gold standard marketing text because its content and organization consistently reflect the latest changes in today's marketing theory and practice.
Fundamentals of Management, Global Edition by
Fundamentals of management : essential concepts and applications
Applied Strategic Marketing by
Applied strategic marketing : a step-by-step approach
Marketing an Introduction by
Marketing : an introduction
The welfare of cattle by
"The Welfare of Cattle offers an accurate, detailed account of the ethical and welfare concerns related to the human use of cattle. There is currently no significant book dealing with the welfare of cows, animals often seen as archetypal paradigms of 'farm animals'. Covering both beef and dairy cattle, this book provides in-depth information on the husbandry roots of traditional agriculture, the replacement of this systems of stewardship by an industrial model, and the resulting welfare challenges associated with industrial agriculture: feedlots, highly industrialized dairies, and slaughterhouses killing huge numbers of animals who have been transported great distances."--book cover
Farm Animal Behaviour by
Domesticated mammals. Horse (Equus caballus) -- Swine (Sus scrofa) -- Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) -- Cattle (Bos taurus) -- Sheep (Ovis aries) -- Goat (Capra hircus) -- Domesticated birds. Domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) -- Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) -- Goose (Anser anser f. domesticus, Anser cygnoides f. domesticus) -- Domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos) and muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) -- Non-domesticated farmed animals. Deer: fallow deer (Dama dama), and red deer (Cervus elaphus) -- Ratite: ostrich (struthio camelus), rhea or nandu (rhea americana) and emu (dromaius novaehollandiae).
Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics by
Properties and management of soils in the tropics
The Geography of South Africa by
"This edited collection examines contemporary directions in geographical research on South Africa. It encompasses a cross section of selected themes of critical importance not only to the discipline of Geography in South Africa, but also of relevance to other areas of the Global South. All chapters are original contributions, providing a state of the art research baseline on key themes in physical, human and environmental geography, and in understanding the changing geographical landscapes of modern South Africa. These contributions set the scene for an understanding of the relationships between modern South Africa and the wider contemporary world, including issues of sustainable development and growth in the Global South"--Back cover.
Analysis of Pesticides in Food and Environmental Samples Second Edition by
"This book provides a critical overview of analytical methods used for the determination of pesticide residues and other contaminants in food and environmental samples by modern instrumental analysis. It contains up-to-date material including recent trends in sample preparation, general methods used for pesticide analysis and quality assurance aspects, and chromatographic and immunoassay methods. The rest of the book describes particular analytical methods used for the determination of pesticides in food and soil, water and air. In addition, the levels of these chemicals found in food, their regulatory aspects and the monitoring of pesticides in the environment are described."--from the publisher.
The Science of Forensic Entomology by
The science of forensic entomology
The Future of Mining in South Africa by
"The Future of Mining in South Africa: Sunset or Sunrise? is the first of its kind in South Africa. The book aims to catalyse change by gathering together fragmented views into unifying conversations about the future of mining in South Africa and other countries across the mineral-dependent globe. It covers issues like the potential of platinum to spur industrialization, land and dispossession in the platinum belt, the roles of the state and capital in mineral development, mining in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the experiences of women in and affected by mining since late 19th century, mine worker organizing: history and lessons and how post-mine rehabilitation can be tackled. It was inspired not only by an appreciation of South Africa's extensive mineral endowments, but also by a realisation that, while the South African mining industry performs relatively well on many technical indicators, its management of broader social issues leaves much to be desired. It needs to be deliberated whether the mining industry can play as critical a role going forward as it did in the evolution of the country's economy."--Publisher's description.
Corruption, Natural Resources and Development by
Corruption, Natural Resources and Development' provides a fresh and extensive discussion of corruption issues in natural resources sectors. Reflecting on recent debates in corruption research and revisiting resource curse challenges in light of political ecology approaches, this volume provides a series of nuanced and policy-relevant case studies analysing patterns of corruption around natural resources and options to reach anti-corruption goals. Using corruption case studies across a wide spectrum of natural resource sectors from around the world, the expert contributions explore political ecology as a means of analysing resource curse challenges. The potential for new variations of the resource curse in the forest and urban land sectors and the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies in resource sectors are considered in depth. Corruption in oil, gas, mining, fisheries, biofuel, wildlife, forestry and urban land are all covered, and potential solutions discussed. This forward-thinking book is essential reading for students and academics in the fields of development studies, political ecology, corruption, development economics and international political economy. The evidence and policy solutions included will be of great appeal to policymakers and practitioners"--Provided by publisher.
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY by
This volume in the celebrated Critical Introductions to Geography series introduces readers to the vibrant discipline of economic geography. The authors provide an original definition of the discipline, and they make a strong case for its vital importance in understanding the dynamic interconnections, movements, and emerging trends shaping our globalized world. Economic Geography addresses the key theories and methods that form the basis of the discipline, and describes its "communities of practice" and relations to related fields including economics and sociology. Numerous illustrative examples explore how economic geographers examine the world and how and why the discipline takes the forms it does, demonstrating the critical value of economic geography to making sense of globalization, uneven development, money and finance, urbanization, environmental change, and industrial and technological transformation. Engaging and thought-provoking, Economic Geography: A Critical Introduction is the ideal resource for students studying across a range of subject areas, as well as the general reader with an interest in world affairs and economics.-- Provided by Publisher.
Case Study Research and Applications by
"[This book] provides a complete portal to the world of case study research. With the integration of 11 applications in this edition, the book gives readers access to ... case studies drawn from a wide variety of academic and applied fields. Ultimately, [this book] will guide students in the ... design and use of the case study research method. New to this edition: includes 11 in-depth applications that show how researchers have implemented case study methods successfully; increases reference to relativist and constructivist approaches to case study research, as well as how case studies can be part of mixed methods projects; places greater emphasis on using plausible rival explanations to bolster case study quality; discusses synthesizing findings across case studies in a multiple-case study in more detail; adds an expanded list of 15 fields that have text or texts devoted to case study research; and sharpens discussion of distinguishing research from non-research case studies. The author brings to light at least three remaining gaps to be filled in the future: how rival explanations can become more routinely integrated into all case study research; the difference between case-based and variable-based approaches to designing and analyzing case studies; and the relationship between case study research and qualitative research."-- Provided by publisher.
Geography by
This introduction to the history, philosophy and methodology of human geography explores complex ideas in an intelligible and accessible style. It takes into account the new developments in geographical thought and methods.
Trees and Shrubs of Mpumalanga by
How to use the book -- Vegetation types in Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park -- How to use the keys -- Tree identification key -- Species descriptions -- Taxonomic notes -- Glossary -- references -- Index.
Field Guide to Insects of South Africa by
Field guide to insects of South Africa
Mathematics for Physicists by
This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the key disciplines of mathematics - linear algebra, calculus, and geometry - needed in the undergraduate physics curriculum. Its leitmotiv is that success in learning these subjects depends on a good balance between theory and practice. Reflecting this belief, mathematical foundations are explained in pedagogical depth, and computational methods are introduced from a physicist's perspective and in a timely manner. This original approach presents concepts and methods as inseparable entities, facilitating in-depth understanding and making even advanced mathematics tangible. The book guides the reader from high-school level to advanced subjects such as tensor algebra, complex functions, and differential geometry. It contains numerous worked examples, info sections providing context, biographical boxes, several detailed case studies, over 300 problems, and fully worked solutions for all odd-numbered problems. An online solutions manual for all even-numbered problems will be made available to instructors.
The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression by
Machine generated contents note: 1.Origins Of Violent Behavior Over The Life Span / Daniel J. Flannery / Matt Delisi / Alexander T. Vazsonyi -- 2.Longitudinal Study Of Personality And Social Development: Insights About Aggression After Five Decades / David P. Farrington -- 3.A Life-Course Model For The Development Of Intimate Partner Violence / Lea Pulkkinen -- 4.The Dark Violence Hybrid: The Cross-Cultural Validation Of An Integrative Model / Sabina Low / Jean Schumer / J. Mark Eddy / Joann Wu Shortt / Deborah M. Capaldi / Stacey S. Tiberio -- 5.The Behavioral Genetics Of Aggression And Violent Behavior / Aurelio Jose Figueredo / Gabriela Jacqueline Cruz / Marisol Perez-Ramos / Emily Anne Patch -- 6.Neuroimaging Evidence Of Violence And Aggression / Jorim Tielbeek / J.C. Barnes -- 7.Biosocial Bases Of Aggression And Antisocial Behavior / Heather McLernon / Robert Schug / Jeremy Feiger -- 8.The Neuropsychology Of Violence / Jill Portnoy
Early Childhood Studies by
Introduction PART I: The Individual Child -- Rita Winstone Chapter 1: The emergence of Early Childhood Studies: an historic overview -- Heloise Maconochie Chapter 2: The brain and children’s early development -- Fufy Demissie Chapter 3: Children as thinkers: Philosophy for Children -- Karen Daniels & Roberta Taylor Chapter 4: Children as learners: multimodal perspectives on play and learning --Sarah Rawding Chapter 5: Creativity, curiosity and resilience -- PART II: Children Interacting -- Tanya Richardson Chapter 6: Children as communicators: peers and others -- Caron Carter Chapter 7: Children’s friendships -- Eunice Lumsden Chapter 8: Children within the family context -- Philippa Thompson Chapter 9: 'Supporting’ play -- Part III: Supporting Children -- Penny Borkett Chapter 10: Inclusion and participation -- Pam Dewis Chapter 11: Children's health -- Marie Lavelle Chapter 12: The politics of children's services -- Ginny Boyd Chapter 13: Safeguarding children-- Sigrid Brogaard-Clausen, Sofia Guimaraes, Michelle Cottle & Sally HoweChapter 14: Young children's wellbeing: conceptualising, assessing and supporting wellbeing -- Ester Ehiyazaryan-White Chapter 15: Children, families and English as an additional language - Part IV: The Social Environment -- Alison Glentworth Chapter 16: The educational environment -- Heloise Maconochie & Jill Branch Chapter 17: Working with families and professionals from other agencies -- Monica Edwards Chapter 18: Childhoods in a global context -- Jenny Robson Chapter 19: Contemporary issues -- Damien Fitzgerald Chapter 20: Young Children, Childhood and Gender -- Adam Holden Chapter 21: Technology and early digital culture -- Part V: Your Journey -- Jane Murray Chapter 22: Observing and assessing children -- Amanda Hatton Chapter 23: Researching with children -- Karen Barr Chapter 24: Becoming a professional: entanglements with identity and practice --Caroline Leeson Chapter 25: Learning through placements-- Mary E. Whalley Chapter 26: Leading quality practice.
Who Moved My Cheese? by
Who moved my cheese? : an amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life.
Introducing Communication Research by
"Introducing Communication Research: Paths of Inquiry, Fourth Edition demystifies the theories and applications of communication research through its focus on methods in practice. Offering an overview of the research process with a focus on examples of research in real-world settings, this text introduces both quantitative and qualitative methods."-- Provided by publisher.
Qualitative Longitudinal Methods by
Mary Lynne Derrington’s Qualitative Longitudinal Methods: Researching Implementation and Change addresses the use of the qualitative longitudinal methods, their unique methodological features, and the challenges and benefits to this approach. This short supplemental text uses examples of published studies, and the author’s own stories and examples, to show application of the concepts. A chapter on how to prepare a manuscript for publication concentrates on the distinctive aspects of publishing longitudinal studies. The book will be useful to those researching change and its impact on organizations and individuals resulting from the implementation of programs and policies. -- ‡c From publisher's description.
The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society by
"Using the water footprint concept, this impactful book aids our understanding of how we can reduce water consumption and pollution to sustainable levels. The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society is a key textbook for students of interdisciplinary water studies and those taking other related courses within the environmental sciences. It will also be of interest to those working in the governmental sector, environmental and consumer organisations, the business sector and UN institutions, where there is growing interest in the water footprint concept"-- Provided by publisher.
Early Learning in the Digital Age by
Early learning in the digital age
Evolving Public Space in South Africa by
Existing space -- Need and idea -- Form and function -- Meaning and response -- Production and management -- Resilient and regenerative public space.
Professional Knowledge and Skills in the Early Years by
Professional knowledge and skills in the early years
Postcolonialism and Development by
Postcolonialism, Decoloniality and Development is a comprehensive revision of Postcolonialism and Development (2009) that explains, reviews and critically evaluates recent debates about postcolonial and decolonial approaches and their implications for development studies. By outlining contemporary theoretical debates and examining their implications for how the developing world is thought about, written about and engaged with in policy terms, this book unpacks the difficult, complex and important aspects of the relationships between postcolonial theory, decoloniality and development studies. The book focuses on the importance of development discourses, the relationship between development knowledge and power, and agency within development. It includes significant new material exploring the significance of postcolonial approaches to understanding development in the context of rapid global change and the dissonances and interconnections between postcolonial theory and decolonial politics. It includes a new chapter on postcolonial theory, development and the Anthropocene that considers the challenges posed by the current global environmental crisis to both postcolonial theory and ideas of development. The book sets out an original and timely agenda for exploring the intersections between postcolonialism, decolonialism and development and provides an outline for a coherent and reinvigorated project of postcolonial development studies. Engaging with new and emerging debates in the fields of postcolonialism and development, and illustrating these through current issues, the book continues to set agendas for diverse scholars working in the fields of development studies, geography, anthropology, politics, cultural studies and history.
An Introduction to Data Analysis by
Covering the general process of data analysis to finding, collecting, organizing, and presenting data, this book offers a complete introduction to the fundamentals of data analysis.
Voices of Liberation: Ruth First by
First, Ruth, 1925-1982
Women political activists -- South Africa
Political activists -- South Africa
Communists -- South Africa
Journalists -- South Africa
Apartheid -- South Africa
Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa
South Africa -- Race relations
Sociology and Teaching by
Sociology and teaching : a new challenge for the sociology of education
The Early Years of Industrial and Organizational Psychology by
This book provides a history of the origins of industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology, focusing on the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries. Taking an international perspective, 'The Early Years of Industrial-Organizational Psychology' examines the context in which the field emerged, and its origins in the measurement of individual differences. Andrew J. Vinchur covers the initial applications of psychology in advertising, the study of fatigue, and especially employee selection, as well as the role industrial psychology played in World War I and the post-war expansion of the field. He also examines the education of industrial psychologists, their efforts to establish industrial psychology as a profession, and the beginnings of the organizational side of the field.
PreStatistics by
Prestatistics
Computing essentials 2019 : making IT work for you by
This is a highly reliable, easy-to-use homework and learning management solution that embeds learning science and award-winning adaptive tools to improve student results. It contains current examples, references and exercises allow students to be successful in understanding today's role of Computer Information Technology. This book allows you to make IT work for You by presenting the effect of information technology on people, privacy, ethics, and our environment.
Foundations of Education by
Part I. Instructor roles and responsibilities -- Part II. The student -- Part III. Education essentials -- Part IV. Delivering the message -- Part V. Student assessment and remediation -- Part VI. Administration -- Appendices.
100 Activities for Teaching Study Skills by
A sourcebook of activities for study skills tutors, teachers and support staff. This practical, user-friendly guide is designed to complement your existing study skills materials, and provide innovative and imaginative ways for you to motivate and engage your students.
Another Country by
"In Another Country, Reiner Leist continues his series of South African portraits, of which the first part was published and exhibited in 1993 entitled South Africa: Blue Portraits. Since 2009 Leist has chronicled unvarnished accounts of what has changed in the lives of the individuals portrayed and in their view of the country. The now historic black and white portraits are juxtaposed with recent color portraits, but also of surviving sons or daughters, or a new office holder. The complete conversations are an essential read for a better understanding of South Africa today."--Http://www.artbooksheidelberg.de/html/detail/en/reiner-leist-.html.
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Supply chain management
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Applied statistics in business and economics
Artificial Intelligence and Conservation by
With the increasing public interest in artificial intelligence (AI), there is also increasing interest in learning about the benefits that AI can deliver to society. This book focuses on research advances in AI that benefit the conservation of wildlife, forests, coral reefs, rivers, and other natural resources. It presents how the joint efforts of researchers in computer science, ecology, economics, and psychology help address the goals of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Written at a level accessible to conservation professionals and AI researchers, the book offers both an overview of the field and an in-depth view of how AI is being used to understand patterns in wildlife poaching and enhance patrol efforts in response, covering research advances, field tests and real-world deployments. The book also features efforts in other major conservation directions, including protecting natural resources, ecosystem monitoring, and bio-invasion management through the use of game theory, machine learning, and optimization.
Chemistry by
Chemistry : an introduction to general, organic, and biological chemistry
Physics : principles with applications by
Physics : principles with applications
University Physics with Modern Physics by
Mechanics. Units, physical quantities, and vectors ; Motion along a straight line ; Motion in two or three dimensions ; Newton's laws of motion ; Applying Newton's laws ; Work and kinetic energy ; Potential energy and energy conservation ; Momentum, impulse, and collisions ; Rotation of rigid bodies ; Dynamics of rotational motion ; Equilibrium and elasticity ; Fluid mechanics ; Gravitation ; Periodic motion -- Waves/acoustics. Mechanical waves ; Sound and hearing -- Thermodynamics. Temperature and heat ; Thermal properties of matter ; The first law of thermodynamics ; The second law of thermodynamics -- Electromagnetism. Electric charge and electric field ; Gauss's law ; Electric potential ; Capacitance and dielectrics ; Current, resistance, and electromotive force ; Direct-current circuits ; Magnetic field and magnetic forces ; Sources of magnetic field ; Electromagnetic induction ; Inductance ; Alternating current ; Electromagnetic waves -- Optics. The nature and propagation of light ; Geometric optics ; Interference ; Diffraction -- Modern physics. Relativity ; Photons : light waves behaving as particles ; Particles behaving as waves ; Quantum mechanics I : wave functions ; Quantum mechanics II : atomic structure ; Molecules and condensed matter ; Nuclear physics ; Particle physics and cosmology -- Appendices. A: The international system of units ; B: Useful mathematical relations ; C: The Greek alphabet ; D: Periodic table of the elements ; E: Unit conversion factors ; F: Numerical constants -- Answers to odd-numbered problems.
Quantitative Microbiology in Food Processing by
Quantitative microbiology in food processing : modeling the microbial ecology
Introductory chemistry : an atoms first approach by
Atoms and elements -- Electrons and the periodic table -- Compounds and chemical bonds -- How chemists use numbers -- The mole and chemical formulas -- Molecular shape -- Solids, liquids, and phase changes -- Gases -- Physical properties of solutions -- Chemical reactions and chemical equations -- Using balanced chemical equations -- Acids and bases -- Equilibrium -- Organic chemistry -- Biochemistry -- Nuclear chemistry -- Electrochemistry.
Introduction to probability and statistics. by
Introduction to probability and statistics.
Set a Table by
"Set a Table is Karen Dudley's newest offering, following in the footsteps of her ground-breaking and much-loved Week in The Kitchen books. The recipes are carefully selected to showcase exceptional flavour, but are easily achievable at home. Many of the recipes are well-loved signature dishes from The Dining Room that have been developed for home cooks to share. The Duck Salad with Cashews or the Seared Salmon Sashimi with Vietnamese Caramel are as triumphant as the Asparagus Avgolemono and the Indian-Spiced Cauliflower with Coconut Coriander Relish."--Website.
The Other Side of Freedom by
After more than twenty years of democracy in South Africa, the history of the liberation struggle is losing relevance in the national consciousness as the country grapples with the pressing challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment. Presents a compilation of 26 profiles of a diverse selection of activists and leaders in the liberation struggle, framed between an introduction, a brief chronological account of the liberation struggle between 1950 and 1994, and a conclusive analysis of the autobiographical accounts as well as their legacy.
Earth's Evolving Systems by
Introduction: investigating earth's systems -- Plate tectonics -- Earth systems: processes and interactions -- Sedimentary rocks, sedimentary environments, and fossils -- Evolution and extinction -- Geologic time and stratigraphy -- An extraordinary beginning: Hadean and Archean -- Origins of life -- The Proterozoic: life becomes a geologic force -- Life's "big bang": the origins and early diversification of multicellular animals -- The early-to-middle Paleozoic world -- Late Paleozoic world -- Mesozoic era -- The Cenozoic era: the Paleogene period -- The Cenozoic era: the Neogene era -- Rapid climate change during the Holocene -- The Anthropocene: humans as an environmental force
Introducing Regression Analysis by
"With the rise of "big data", there is an increasing demand to learn the skills needed to undertake sound quantitative analysis without requiring students to spend too much time on high-level math and proofs. This book provides an efficient alternative approach, with more time devoted to the practical aspects of regression analysis and how to recognise the most common pitfalls. By doing so, the book will better prepare readers for conducting, interpreting, and assessing regression analyses, while simultaneously making the material simpler and more enjoyable to learn. Logical and practical in approach, Regression Analysis teaches: (1) the tools for conducting regressions; (2) the concepts needed to design optimal regression models (based on avoiding the pitfalls); and (3) the proper interpretations of regressions. Furthermore, this book emphasizes honesty in research, with a prevalent lesson being that statistical significance is not the goal of research. This book is an ideal introduction to regression analysis for anyone learning quantitative methods in the social sciences, business, medicine, and data analytics. It will also appeal to researchers and academics looking to better understand what regressions do, what their limitations are, and what they can tell us. This will be the most engaging book on regression analysis (or Econometrics) you will ever read!"-- Provided by publisher.
An Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Using Stata® by
An introduction to statistics and data analysis using Stata: from research design to final report / by Lisa Daniels and Nicholas W.Minot. Part 1. The research process and data collection -- Part 2. Describing data -- Part 3. Testing hypotheses -- Part 4. Exploring relationships.
Doing Educational Research by
Doing educational research : overcoming challenges in practice
Management Information Systems by
The authors know information systems knowledge is essential for creating competitive firms, managing global corporations and providing useful products and services to customers. One of the central new themes in the revision focuses on helping managers make better decisions about technology to achieve maximum value.
This Is How It Is by
The Life Righting Collective, facilitated by Dawn Garisch, runs courses for anyone who wants to learn to write about their experiences. The approach promotes self-discovery, self-recovery and more effective communication. It raises funds to make courses available to those in need of sponsorship and to provide platforms for these life stories to be published. Sharing experiences with a wide readership can help reduce discrimination and promote mutual understanding. This book, the first in the series, aims to do just that -- back cover.
Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations by
Contemporary issues in work and organisations : actors and institutions
Writing Your Master's Thesis by
This book shows you how to design and write a successful graduate thesis -- Back cover.
Contents
Your master's thesis and you: moving toward academic Zen -- From topic to question to design: planning your journey -- Ethics: making good choices -- You are what you read: building a foundation of knowledge -- Writing as thinking: from rough draft to final document -- Supervision and guidance" getting help along the way -- Structure and argument: what's the logic of your story? -- Your introduction: how do you fit into the conversation? -- Your theoretical and conceptual framework: what ideas are you using? -- Your method: what did you do to answer your question? -- Your results and analysis: what are you building your argument on? -- Your discussion and conclusion: so what does all this mean? -- The finishing touches: polishing an submitting your work.
Social Inequality by
Accessible and engaging, the second edition of Social Inequality is your essential guide to social inequality and stratification. Covering key theories, ideologies and concepts, this book brings a complex social phenomenon to life with contemporary examples and learning features. Offering a nuanced analysis of the subject, this book includes: Two new chapters on Youth and Age, and Health and Disability; Updated coverage of sexuality and transgender issues; Discussions on migration and asylum seeking; A global context, offering a comparative discussion on social inequalities, policy, and justice. Lucidly written, this is a key companion that will enhance your understanding of the dynamics of social inequality--back cover.
Introduction to Comparative Public Administration by
Focusing on the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy and Hungary, countries that represent key variations in European public administration, this textbook explores how the cultural, organizational, personnel and financial dimensions of public administration compare. The guiding questions are whether, to what extent and why the politico-administrative systems and their reforms show convergence or divergence from Europeanization. -- Provided by publisher.
Reflecting Rogue by
1: Growing into my body -- 2: Battling to normalise freedom -- 3: On the beauty of feminist rage -- 4: Meeting Alice Walker -- 5: Living like a girl -- 6: When feminists fight -- 7: A Blackwoman's journey through three South African universities -- 8: A mothering feminist's life: A celebration, meditation and roll call -- 9: When I grow up, I want to be me/you: Blackwomen, Joyful Struggle and the Academy -- 10: Winnie, Wambui, Wangari- on being difficult women -- 11: Writing African feminists: Celebrating FEMRITE at 20 -- 12: My mother's daughter, my sons' mother -- 13: After Sobukwe: Time again for Africa's imagination -- 14: A love letter to the Blackman who fathered me -- Departures
Get your sh*t together : how to stop worrying about what you should do so you can finish what you need to do and start doing what you want to do by
Provides a straight-talking, humorous, and helpful guide to shedding self-doubt and finding one's own path to success
Black Tax by
The real significance of this book lies in the fact that it tells us more about the everyday life of black South Africans. It delves into the essence of black family life and the secret anguish of family members who often battle to cope.⁰́₉ ⁰́₃ Niq MhlongoA secret torment for some, a proud responsibility for others, ⁰́₈black tax⁰́₉ is a daily reality for thousands of black South Africans. In this thought-provoking and moving anthology, a provocative range of voices share their deeply personal stories.With the majority of black South Africans still living in poverty today, many black middle-class households are connected to working-class or jobless homes. Some believe supporting family members is an undeniable part of African culture and question whether it should even be labelled as a kind of tax.Others point to the financial pressure it places on black students and professionals, who, as a consequence, struggle to build their own wealth. Many feel they are taking over what is essentially a government responsibility.The contributions also investigate the historical roots of black tax, the concept of the black family and the black middle class.In giving voice to so many different perspectives, Black Tax hopes to start a dialogue on this widespread social phenomenon
SPSS statistics : a practical guide by
SPSS (Computer file)
Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Computer programs
Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Data processing -- Computer programs
Social sciences -- Research -- Statistical methods -- Computer programs
Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Volume 1 by
Advances in economics and econometrics : Eleventh World Congress / Volume I.
Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Volume 2 by
Advances in economics and econometrics : eleventh world congress / Volume II.
Careers : an organisational perspective by
The meaning of work -- Changes in organisations: implications for careers -- Career concepts and career models -- Career choice and counselling -- Life and career stages -- Career issues -- Career well-being -- Organisational choice and career development support.
Entrepreneurship and how to establish your own business by
Entrepreneurship--South Africa. Small business--South Africa--Management. Small business--Law and legislation--South Africa. and others
The New Strategic Management by
Organization and Strategic Management -- Ch. 1. Organizations, Strategic Management, and Organizational Competence -- pt. II. Perspectives on Economic Organization and Strategic Management -- Ch. 2. Economic Organization: Theories of Markets, Firms, and their Interactions -- Ch. 3. Strategic Management: Improving Organizational Capabilities for Value Creation and Distribution -- pt. III. The Competence-Based Approach to Strategic Management -- Ch. 4. Designing and Managing Organizations as Open Systems for Value Creation -- Ch. 5. The Strategic Logic of an Organization -- pt. IV. Business Unit Strategy -- Ch. 6. The Business Concept: Who Will Be Served, With What, and How? -- Ch. 7. The Organization Concept: Resources, Organization Design, and Controls and Incentives -- Ch. 8. Core Processes: Putting the Business Concept and Organization Concept into Action -- Ch. 9. Business Unit Strategy as a "Situational Puzzle": Aligning Strategic Logic with Macroenvironment, Industry, and Product Market Evolution -- Ch. 10. Managing Managerial Cognition: The Unique Intellectual Challenge of Strategic Management -- pt. V. Corporate Strategy for Multiple Business Units -- Ch. 11. Corporate Strategy: The Search for Synergy Among Multiple Business Units -- Ch. 12. Patterns and Limits in the Search for Synergy: The Logic of Growth Through Diversification -- pt. VI. Global Strategy -- Ch. 13. The Search for Synergy in an International Context -- pt. VII. Strategic Leadership and Stewardship -- Ch. 14. Managing Change, Risk, and Ethics.
Theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy by
Counseling. Psychotherapy.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - DSM-5 by
This is the standard reference for clinical practice in the mental health field. Since a complete description of the underlying pathological processes is not possible for most mental disorders, it is important to emphasize that the current diagnostic criteria are the best available description of how mental disorders are expressed and can be recognized by trained clinicians. The classification of disorders is harmonized with the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the official coding system used in the United States. The disorders included in DSM-5 were reordered into a revised organizational structure meant to stimulate new clinical perspectives. This new structure corresponds with the organizational arrangement of disorders planned for ICD-11 scheduled for release in 2015. Other enhancements have been introduced to promote ease of use across all settings, including: Representation of developmental issues related to diagnosis; Integration of scientific findings from the latest research in genetics and neuroimaging; Consolidation of autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder into autism spectrum disorder; Streamlined classification of bipolar and depressive disorders; Restructuring of substance use disorders for consistency and clarity; Enhanced specificity for major and mild neurocognitive disorders; Transition in conceptualizing personality disorders; New disorders and features; Online enhancements.-- Publisher description.
Careers : an organisational perspective by
The meaning of work -- Changes in organisations: implications for careers -- Career concepts and career models -- Career choice and counselling -- Life and career stages -- Career issues -- Career well-being -- Organisational choice and career development support.
Entrepreneurship and how to establish your own business by
Entrepreneurship--South Africa. Small business--South Africa--Management. Small business--Law and legislation--South Africa. and others
Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy by
Psychotherapy. Counseling. Nonlinear theories.
Community psychology in South Africa by
Community psychology -- Theoretical approaches: Systems theory -- Social constructionism -- Critical approaches in community psychology -- African cosmology, psychology and community -- Research and intervention strategies: The research perspective -- Consultation -- Social support as a community resource -- Prevention and empowerment -- Cultural and cross-cultural psychology -- Managing community interventions -- Themes and contexts of community psychology: Health and health promotion -- Mental health -- interaction with social forces -- Interventions in the context of HIV/AIDS -- Substance abuse -- Poverty -- Violence against women and children -- Crime and violence -- Race and intergroup repationships.
Cognitive psychology : a student's handbook by
Cognition. Cognitive psychology.
Writing Your Psychology Research Paper by
"This primer explains how to write clear, compelling, well-organized research papers. From picking a promising topic, to finding and digesting the pertinent literature, to developing a thesis, to outlining and presenting ideas, to editing for clarity and concision--each step is broken down and illustrated with examples. In addition, a bonus chapter discusses how to combat procrastination. You will learn that the best writing is done in chunks over long periods of time and that writing is a skill that improves with practice. By following the advice in this book, you can not only get through dreaded writing assignments, but also become a more proficient writer. This book is part of APA's Concise Guides to Conducting Behavioral, Health, and Social Science Research series. Aimed at undergraduate students in research methods courses or others with a lab or research project, each book describes a key stage in the research process. Collectively, these books provide a solid grounding in research from start to finish."--Page 4 of cover.
Psychological Assessment in South Africa by
Psychological Assessment in South Africa provides an overview of the research related to psychological assessment across a broad range of contexts in South Africa. Written by both academics and practitioners, it provides a combination of psychometric theory and practical assessment applications, and draws together the disparate threads of research that has been conducted locally, including the most recent developments in the field. The volume covers a range of areas within the broad field of psychological assessment, including research conducted with various psychological instruments, and critically interrogates the Eurocentric and Western cultural hegemonic practices that dominate the field at present. It thus creates a base of current, localised research on which to build more egalitarian practices in the future.
Introduction to Neuropsychology by
Introduction -- Discipline of neuropsychology -- Structure of the central nervous system -- Clinical studies -- Frontal lobes -- Temporal lobes -- Parietal lobes -- Occipital lobes -- Language -- Degenerative diseases and profound brain injury -- Subcortex and psychosurgery -- Experimental studies -- Split brains and dual minds -- Divided visual field studies -- Dichotic listening -- Electrophysiology and imaging -- Individual differences: gender and handedness -- Applications -- Neuropsychological practice -- Neuropsychiatry and neuropsychology.
Neuropsychological Assessment by
Now in its fifth edition, this text includes fully updated testing references and a neuroimaging primer. By virtue of the authors' clinical and research specializations, this book provides broad-based and in-depth coverage of current neuroscience research and clinical neuropsychology practice.
Developmental psychology by
Introduction and basic concepts and principles in developmental psychology -- Psychoanalytic approaches to development and personality -- Cognitive development -- Psychosocial and socio-political contexts of development.
Designing Qualitative Research by
Introduction -- Qualitative research genres -- Trustworthiness and ethics -- The what of the study : building the conceptual framework -- The how of the study : building the research design -- Basic data collection methods -- Specialized and focused data collection methods -- Managing, analyzing, and interpreting data -- Stressors : time, resources, and politics -- Revisiting proposal as argument and forecasting final representations.
Writing the Winning Thesis or Dissertation by
The classic step-by-step guide to thesis and dissertation success, fully updated for 2018. From selecting your topic to defending your finished work, a masters thesis or doctoral dissertation is a major undertaking. Since 1998, this book has been the go-to resource for scholars seeking guidance and best practices at every phase of the process. This revised and updated fourth edition is the most comprehensive guide yet to researching, writing, and publishing a successful thesis or dissertation. It includes: Insights on leveraging new technologies to maximize your efficiency. Current case studies demonstrating the book's teachings in action. Tested principles of effective planning, an engaging writing style, defense preparation, and more. Written in an easy, digestible style perfect for a thesis or dissertation-writer's busy schedule, this latest edition of a contemporary classic belongs on every advanced degree candidate's shelf.
Descriptive accounting : [IFRS focus] by
Table of acronyms -- Index of accounting standards -- The South African regulatory framework -- The conceptual framework -- Presentation of financial statements -- Inventories -- Statement of cash flows -- Accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors -- Events after the reporting period -- Income taxes -- Property, plant and equipment -- Employee benefits -- The effects of changes in foreign exchange rates -- tBorrowing costs -- Related party disclosures -- Impairment of assets -- Provisions, contingent liabilities and contigent assets -- Intangible assets -- Investment property -- Share based payment -- Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations -- Financial instruments -- Fair value measurement -- Revenue from contracts with customers -- Leases -- Consolidated and separate financial statements -- Investments in associates and joint ventures -- Business conbimations -- Joint arragements -- Impairment of assets -- Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets -- Intangible assets -- Investment property -- Business combinations -- tFinancial reporting for small and medium-sized entities.
Research Methods in Psychology by
'Research Methods in Psychology' is the essential student guide to understanding and undertaking quantitative and qualitative research in psychology. In this popular text for psychology students, the research process is broken down into manageable steps to equip students with the skills to ask intelligent research questions, carry out a literature review, choose an appropriate research design, carry out data collection and write up their findings.
Psychological Testing and Assessment by
Machine generated contents note: 1.Psychological Testing and Assessment -- Testing And Assessment -- Psychological Testing And Assessment Defined -- The Tools Of Psychological Assessment -- The Test -- The Interview -- The Portfolio -- Case History Data -- Behavioral Observation -- Role-Play Tests -- Computers As Tools -- Other Tools -- Who, What, Why, How, And Where? -- Who Are the Parties? -- In What Types of Settings Are Assessments Conducted, and Why? -- How Are Assessments Conducted? -- Where to Go for Authoritative Information: Reference Sources -- Close-Up: Behavioral Assessment Using Smartphones -- Meet An Assessment Professional: Meet Dr. Alan Ogle -- Everyday Psychometrics: Everyday Accommodations -- Self-Assessment: -- 2.Historical, Cultural, and Legal/Ethical Considerations -- A Historical Perspective -- Antiquity To The Nineteenth Century -- The Twentieth Century -- Culture And Assessment -- Evolving Interest In Culture-Related Issues
Handbook of Psychological Assessment by
Organized according to the sequence mental health professionals follow when conducting an assessment, Groth-Marnat's Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Sixth Edition covers principles of assessment, evaluation, referral, treatment planning, and report writing. Written in a practical, skills-based manner, the Sixth Edition provides guidance on the most efficient methods for selecting and administering tests, interpreting assessment data, how to integrate test scores and develop treatment plans as well as instruction on ways to write effective, client-oriented psychological reports. This text provides thorough coverage of the most commonly used assessment instruments including the Wechsler Intelligence Scales, Wechsler Memory Scales, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Personality Assessment Inventory, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, NEO Personality, Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test, and brief assessment instruments for treatment planning, monitoring, and outcome assessment.
Sociology : a South African perspective by
Sociology. Social history--Cross-cultural studies.
Project management : a multi-disciplinary approach by
The nature of projects and project -- Planning the project lifecycle in phases -- Structuring the organisation for project work -- Initiating and defining the project -- Identifying work, responsibilities and roles -- Project scheduling -- Advanced scheduling and network analysis -- Project control -- The business context of projects -- Project cost management -- Project quality management -- Project management and ISO 9001 -- Project human resources management -- Aspects of labour law for the project manager -- Project communication management -- Project risk management -- Project management and the law of contract -- Project procurement management.
Publisher
Pretoria, South Africa : FPM Publishing
Systems Analysis Approach for Complex Global Challenges by
Environmental economics. Ecology. Sustainable development
Bioactive compounds of medicinal plants : properties and potential for human health by
Phytochemistry and antifungal activity of desmodium adscendens root extracts / Nwanekwu Kenneth Emeka, Adeniyi Bola, and Mahady Gail -- Bioactive compounds in plants and their antioxidant capacity / Oluyemisi E. Adelakun, Islamiyat Folashade Bolarinwa, and Johnson Akinwumi Adejuyitan -- Plants of the genus syzygium (myrtaceae) : a review on ethnobotany, medicinal properties, and phytochemistry / Ian Edwin Cock and Matthew Cheesman -- Effects of talinum triangulare on hepatic antioxidant gene expression profile in carbon tetrachloride-induced rat liver injury / Gbenga Anthony Adefolaju, Benedict Abiola Falana, Adeoye Oluwole Oyewopo, and Anthony Mwakikunga -- Review on potential of seeds and value-added products of bambara groundnut (vigna subterranea) : antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidative stress / Yvonne Yeukai Murevanhema, Victoria Adaora Jideani, and Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju-- Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of opuntia aurantiaca lindl / Wilfred Mbeng Otang and Anthony Jide Afolayan -- Dietary intervention of utazi (gongrenema latifolium) supplemented diet using wistar male rat animal brain model / Esther Emem Nwanna, Ganiyu Oboh, and Olukemi Abimbola Okediran -- Therapeutic potentials of selected medicinal plants in the management of diabetes mellitus : a review / Folorunso Adewale Olabiyi, Yapo Guillaume Aboua, and Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju -- Medicinal activities of anchomanes difformis and its potential in the treatment of diabetes mellitus and other disease conditions : a review / Toyin D. Udje, Nicole L. Brooks, and Oluwafemi O. Oguntibeju -- Screening of different extracts of ageratum conyzoides for inhibition of diabetes-related enzymes / Mutiu I. Kazeem, Oluwatosin O. Ogunkelu, Ademola O. Ayeleso, and Emmanuel Mukwevho-- Potential of catharanthus roseus and punica granatum in the management and treatment of diabetes mellitus and its complications / Mediline Goboza, Prisca Kachepe, Yapo Guillaume Aboua, and Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju -- Ginger and turmeric supplemented diet as a novel dietary approach for management of hypertension : a review / Ayodele Jacob Akinyemi, Ganiyu Oboh, and Maria Rosa Chitolina chetinger.
Managing Protected Areas by
Setting the context. Natural heritage / Graeme L. Worboys and Colin Winkler -- Social context / Michael Lockwood and Ashish Kothari -- Global protected area framework / Michael Lockwood -- Values and benefits / Michael Lockwood -- Governance of protected areas . Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Jim Johnston and Diane Pansky -- Process of management / Graeme L. Worboys and Colin Winkler -- Developing capacity / John Hough -- pt. 2: Principles and practice. Establishing protected areas / Mohamed I. Bakarr and Michael Lockwood -- Threats to protected areas / Graeme L. Worboys, Colin Winkler and Michael Lockwood -- Obtaining, managing and communicating information / Terry De Lacy [and others] -- Management planning / Michael Lockwood -- Finance and economics / Michael Lockwood and Carlos E. Quintela -- Managing staff, finances and assets / Graeme L. Worboys and Colin Winkler -- Sustainability practice and sustainable use / Juliet Chapman, Terry De Lacy and Michelle Whitmore -- Operations management / Graeme L. Worboys and Colin Winkler -- Natural heritage management / Jamie Kirkpatrick and Kevin Kiernan -- Cultural heritage management / Jane Lennon -- Incident management / Graeme L. Worboys and Colin Winkler -- Tourism and recreation / Terry De Lacy and Michelle Whitmore -- Collaboratively managed protected areas; Community conserved areas / Ashish Kothari -- Linking the landscape / Trevor Sandwith and Michael Lockwood -- Marine protected areas / Jon Day -- Evaluating management effectiveness / Marc Hockings, Fiona Leverington and Robyn James -- Building support for protected areas / Jeffrey A. McNeely, Michael Lockwood and Juliet Chapman -- Challenges and opportunities / Michael Lockwood, Graeme L. Worboys and Ashish Kothari.
Protected Areas by
Protected areas. Natural resources conservation areas. Biodiversity conservation. and others
Environmental management in South Africa by
Theoretical introduction to language and literacy development -- Teaching and learning strategies -- Listening and speaking: focus on listening --Listening and speaking: focus on speaking -- Reading and viewing -- Writing -- Handwriting -- Thinking and reasoning -- Phonics, language structure and use -- Teaching English as First Additional Language (EFAL) in Grade 1-3.
Teaching foundation phase mathematics : a guide for South African students and teachers by
Competency-based education--South Africa. Mathematics--Study and teaching (Primary)--South Africa
Early Childhood Mathematics Education Research by
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Early childhood) Early childhood education--Research. Educational psychology. and others
Introducing children's literature : a guide to the South African classroom by
Children's literature--Study and teaching--South Africa
Advances in Biosensors by
Biosensors have captured the imagination of the world's scientific and commercial communities by combining interdisciplinary skills of biologists, physicists, chemists and engineers to provide innovative solutions to analytical problems. Biosensors are applicable to clinical diagnostics, food analysis, cell culture monitoring, environmental control and various military situations. Ever increasing demands for rapid and convenient analyses of a wide variety of materials in diverse locations have led to intense interest in the fusion of biology and electronics which mimics our principal concern - the effect of materials and environments on living systems. This series, "Advances in Biosensors", will present a compendium of research papers, in which eminent authorities in the field of biosensors provide an up-to-date overview of their laboratory's contribution, summarizing the primary scattered, in the journal and conference literature and reflecting on their findings.
Teaching mathematics : foundation and intermediate phase by
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Primary)
Environmental management in South Africa by
Environmental management--South Africa. Environmental protection--South Africa. Environmental policy--South Africa. and others
Understanding human development by
Child development. Developmental psychology
Financial management in Southern Africa by
Fundamentals of financial management. The goal of financial management -- Financial markets, institutions and securities -- Understanding financial statements -- Analysis of financial statements -- Financial planning -- Risk and return -- The time value of money -- Valuation of shares and debentures -- pt. 2. Short-term financial management: the management of working capital -- Net working capital and cash flow management -- The management of accounts receivable -- The management of inventory -- pt. 3. Long-term financial management: investments. Capital budgeting and cash flow principles -- Capital budgeting techniques -- Risk adjustment and other refinements to capital budgeting -- pt. 4. Long-term financial management: financing. The cost of capital -- Leverage and capital structure -- Leasing and convertible securities -- Dividend policy.
Handbook of Psychological Assessment by
Personality assessment. Psychological tests. Psychological Tests. and others
Operations management by
Production management. Business logistics. Project management. and others
Project management : the managerial process by
This text is written for a wide audience. It covers concepts and skills that are used by managers to propose, plan, secure resources, budget, and lead project teams to successful completions of their projects. The text should prove useful to students and prospective project managers in helping them understand why organizations have developed a formal project management process to gain a competitive advantage.
Social Psychology by
This is a dynamic new textbook that captures the vitality of the discipline and its relevance to everyday life, helping you to answer questions such as these. With its distinctive coverage of classic concepts as well as emerging areas, this is the definitive introduction to social psychology. Furthermore, innovative feature boxes and fascinating real-life examples will help you develop a range of skills that will be relevant to your future career.
Financial management in Southern Africa by
Business enterprises--Finance. Corporations--Finance. Finance--South Africa.
Operations management by
Production management.
Project management : the managerial process by
This text is written for a wide audience. It covers concepts and skills that are used by managers to propose, plan, secure resources, budget, and lead project teams to successful completions of their projects. The text should prove useful to students and prospective project managers in helping them understand why organizations have developed a formal project management process to gain a competitive advantage.
Sociology : a South African perspective by
Sociology. Social history--Cross-cultural studies
Understanding microeconomics by
Microeconomics--Textbooks. Microeconomics. Textbooks.
Economics for South African Students by
What economics is all about -- Economic systems -- Production, income and spending in the mixed economy -- Demand, supply and prices -- Demand and supply in action -- Elasticity -- Theory of demand: utility approach -- Theory of demand: indifference approach -- Background to supply: production and cost -- Market structure 1: overview and perfect competition -- Market structure 2: monopoly and imperfect competition -- Factor markets: labour market -- Measuring the performance of the economy -- Monetary sector -- Government sector -- Foreign sector -- Simple Keynesian model of the economy -- Keynesian models including the government and the foreign sector -- More on macroeconomic theory and policy -- Inflation -- Unemployment -- Economic growth and business cycles.
Urban Transport in the Developing World by
Policymaking for urban transport and planning of economies in the developing world presents major challenges for countries facing rapid urbanization and rampant motorization. This title presents a contemporary analysis of these challenges and new workable responses to the urban transport problems they spawn.
Business Process Management by
Evolution of process thinking -- How to model a process? -- Data and resource modeling -- Data-centric business process modeling -- Modeling for variation and flexibility : dealing with change -- Verification of business processes -- Process evaluation -- Business process security -- Real-time and temporal processes -- Social BPM -- Process analytics -- Future directions.
Handbook on Business Process Management 1 by
Production management--Data processing. Management information systems
Handbook on Business Process Management 2 by
Production management--Data processing. Management information systems.
Data Management for Researchers by
Data libraries--Management. Electronic data processing. Information storage and retrieval systems. and others
Strategy and business process management : techniques for improving execution, adaptability, and consistency by
"This book prepares readers to master an IT and managerial discipline quickly gaining momentum in organizations of all sizes--Business Process Management (BPM). It describes how BPM treats processes as a portfolio of strategic assets that create and deliver customer and shareholder value and adapt, when necessary, enabling competitive advantage through consistent performance. Strategy and Business Process Management: Techniques for Improving Execution, Adaptability, and Consistency defines the planning framework and managerial mindset necessary to craft and drive highly effective business process improvement projects and continuous improvement programs. Readers will learn specific techniques used by industry leaders to formulate and execute business strategy that adapts organizational behavior, business processes and information technology as a dynamic system designed to assure consistent performance and achievement, even when challenged with unexpected change or opportunity"-- Provided by publisher.
Psychology - an exploration : global and southern African perspectives / editor, E.M. Schutte ; authors, Saundra K. Ciccarelli [and sixteen others]. Psychology - an exploration : global and southern African perspectives by
A comprehensive introductory Psychology text for South African students. It applies established global theories in a South African and African context
SPSS survival manual : a step by step guide to data analysis using IBM SPSS by
This is a completely updated edition of the internationally successful, user-friendly guide that takes students and researchers through the often daunting process of analysing research data with the widely used SPSS software package. Fully revised and updated for IBM SPSS Statistics Version 21, this text guides you through the entire research process & helps you choose the right data analysis technique for your project. From the formulation of research questions, to the design of the study and analysis of data, to reporting the results, it discusses basic and advanced statistical techniques. It outlines each technique clearly, with step-by-step procedures for performing the analysis, a detailed guide to interpreting data output and an example of how to present the results in a report. -- Publisher description
Be Our Guest by
Exceeding expectations rather than simply satisfying them is the cornerstone of the Disney approach to customer service. During the last twenty-five years, thousands of professionals from more than thirty-five countries and forty industries have collaborated with Disney Institute and learned how to adapt the Disney best practices within their own organizations. This newly updated and revised edition highlights the successes many of these companies have achieved and explains the processes that have made Disney a trusted and revered brand around the world
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Part 1. Introduction -- 1. What is Service? -- Service -- Importance of Service -- Myths About Service -- 2. Understanding the Service Product -- Why Is Service Different from Retail? -- Future of Service -- Why Is Service So Bad Today? -- Does Service Have a Chance? -- What It Will Take for Service to Succeed? -- 3. Laws of Service -- First Law of Service -- Second Law of Service -- Third Law of Service -- Part 2. Service Environment: Roles and Relationships -- 4. Players -- Customer -- Company -- 5. Environment -- Technological Forces -- Economic and Competitive Forces -- Social and Cultural Forces -- Political and Legal Forces -- 6. Company Responsibilities -- Setting a Service Strategy -- Selecting and Training Service-Oriented People -- Designing and Implementing Customer-Friendly Systems -- Legal Responsibilities to Customers -- Responsibilities to Customer-Contact Employees -- 7. Customer-Contact Employee Responsibilities -- Proficiency -- Professionalism -- Pride -- Responsibilities to Customers -- Responsibilities to the Company -- Responsibilities to Co-Workers -- Responsibilities to Themselves -- Part 3. Service Tools -- 8. System Tools -- Hardware -- Software -- 9. Interpersonal Communications -- Reasons for Communication -- Model for Communication -- Communication Process -- Flows of Communication -- Formal versus Informal Communication -- Barriers to Effective Communication: How We Fail to Communicate -- Nonverbal Communication -- How to Improve Communications with Customers -- Special Problems in Communication -- Communicating with Angry Customers -- 10. Personal Development -- Understanding Personal Attitudes and Abilities -- Personal Growth and Development -- Part 4. Internal Service -- 11
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In recent years, the federal government and private industry have entrusted universities to manage a considerable portion of their research portfolio. Many, but certainly not all, university research administrators come from the faculty ranks, and many have little or no formal training in this role. More often than not, they learn the profession "on the job." Some facets of research administration simply require either "common sense" or personal experience as a research-active faculty member. However, there are many other aspects that benefit from formal training. These include the historical and legal background behind many institutional and federal policies and regulations. Managing the Research University aims to fill that void by providing a comprehensive background and discussion of the issues and challenges of managing a university's research enterprise. It provides a thorough background to research administration, covering all of the main issues confronting academic research administrators.
Applied Cryptography by
From the world's most renowned security technologist, Bruce Schneier, this 20th Anniversary Edition is the most definitive reference on cryptography ever published and is the seminal work on cryptography. Cryptographic techniques have applications far beyond the obvious uses of encoding and decoding information. For developers who need to know about capabilities, such as digital signatures, that depend on cryptographic techniques, there's no better overview than Applied Cryptography, the definitive book on the subject. Bruce Schneier covers general classes of cryptographic protocols and then specific techniques, detailing the inner workings of real-world cryptographic algorithms including the Data Encryption Standard and RSA public-key cryptosystems. The book includes source-code listings and extensive advice on the practical aspects of cryptography implementation, such as the importance of generating truly random numbers and of keeping keys secure. ". . .the best introduction to cr yptography I've ever seen. . . .The book the National Security Agency wanted never to be published. . . ."--Wired Magazine ". . .monumental ... fascinating ... comprehensive ... the definitive work on cryptography for computer programmers . . ."--Dr. Dobb's Journal ". . .easily ranks as one of the most authoritative in its field."--PC Magazine The book details how programmers and electronic communications professionals can use cryptography-the technique of enciphering and deciphering messages-to maintain the privacy of computer data. It describes dozens of cryptography algorithms, gives practical advice on how to implement them into cryptographic software, and shows how they can be used to solve security problems. The book shows programmers who design computer applications, networks, and storage systems how they can build security into their software and systems. With a new Introduction by the author, this premium edition will be a keepsake for all those committed to computer and cyber ^security
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Walking you through the code; applications; and frameworks that power the Java EE 7 platform; this Oracle Press resource will show you how to take full advantage of its robust capabilities; increase your productivity; and meet enterprise demands
Make It Stick by
To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners. Memory plays a central role in our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks, such as applying knowledge to problems never before encountered and drawing inferences from facts already known. New insights into how memory is encoded, consolidated, and later retrieved have led to a better understanding of how we learn. Grappling with the impediments that make learning challenging leads both to more complex mastery and better retention of what was learned. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of new skills create the illusion of mastery, but gains fade quickly. More complex and durable learning come from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties in practice, waiting to re-study new material until a little forgetting has set in, and interleaving the practice of one skill or topic with another. Speaking most urgently to students, teachers, trainers, and athletes, Make It Stick will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement
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The chapters in this volume are testament to the many ways in which Robert Bjork's ideas have shaped the course of research on human memory over four decades. It showcases the theoretical advances and recent findings by researchers whose work and careers have been influenced by Bjork
Handbook of Applied Cryptography by
Computers--Access control--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Cryptography--Handbooks, manuals,
Mokaka wa kgomo by
Northern Sotho poetry. Northern Sotho poetry--History and criticism
Indigenous Children's Survivance in Public Schools by
Introduction Part I, Colonialism in the classroom. -- Pilgrims and invented Indians -- Halloween costumes and native identity -- Native sheroes and complex personhood -- Part II. Colonialism in the culture of schools -- Little anthropologists -- Native heritage month -- Education on the border of sovereignty -- Conclusion: Interventions for urban indigenous education.
Introducing Research in Early Childhood by
What does the term ‘research’ in early childhood actually mean? What does research involve, and how do you go about doing it? This book explains exactly what ‘research’ is; it explores key ideas, themes and terminology to provide you with a clear understanding of its importance to your early years or early childhood studies degree. It will help you: Understand what it means to think critically, and unpick childhood research; Learn how to analyse, examine and understand the importance of others’ research; Get to know how research is designed and carried out; Appreciate the importance of ethics; Get to grips with translating research into real life in an early childhood setting. Laying the foundations to develop your confidence in talking about research and making links between theory and practice, this book will support you as you begin your research journey into the world of early years
Topics and Trends in Current Statistics Education Research by
Visualizing chance : tackling conditional probability misconceptions / Stephanie Budgett and Maxine Pfannkuch -- Students' development of measures / Christian Büscher -- Students reasoning about variation in risk context / José Antonio Orta Amaro and Ernesto A. Sánchez -- Students' aggregate reasoning with covariation / Keren Aridor and Dani Ben-Zvi -- Design for reasoning with uncertainty / Hana Manor Braham and Dani Ben-Zvi -- Building concept images of fundamental ideas in statistics : the role of technology / Gail Gurrill -- Informal inferential reasoning and the social : understanding students' informal inferences through an inferentialist epistemology / Maike Schindler and Abdel Seidouvy -- Posing comparative statistical investigative questions / Pip Arnold and Maxine Pfannkuch -- Pre-service teachers and informal statistical inference : exploring their reasoning during a growing samples activity Arjen de Vetten, Judith Schoonenboom, Ronald Keijzer and Bert van Oers -- Necessary knowledge for teaching statistics : example of the concept of variability / Sylvain Vermette and Annie Savard -- Secondary teachers' learning : measures of variation / Susan A. Peters and Amy Stokes-Levine -- Exploring secondary teacher statistical learning : professional learning in a blended format statistics and modeling course / Sandra R. Madden -- Statistical reasoning when comparing groups with software : frameworks and their application to qualitative video data / Daniel Frischemeier -- Teachers' perspectives about statistical reasoning : opportunities and challenges for its development / Helia Oliveira and Ana Henriques -- A study of Indonesian pre-service English as a foreign language teachers values on learning statistics / Khairiani Idris and Kai-Lin Yang -- A MOOC for adult learners of mathematics and statistics : tensions and compromises in design Dave Pratt, Graham Griffiths, David Jennings and Seb Schmoller -- Critical citizenship in Colombian statistics textbooks / Lucía Zapata-Cardona and Luis Miguel Marrugo Escobar -- Critical mathematics education and statistics education : possibilities for transforming the school mathematics curriculum / Travis Weiland.
Legano la tšhwene ya roto by
Folk literature. Legends--South Africa.
Every Man Is a Race by
Set in Mozambique, the stories reflect the legacy of Portuguese colonialism and the tragedy of the subsequent civil war
Dust by
A novel that opens with a young man's murder on the day of the tumultuous 2007 election in Kenya, but then goes into the history of his family and of the splintered African nation around them--in scenes stretching back to a shocking political assassination in 1969 and the Mau Mau uprisings against British colonial rule in the 1950s
Don't Call Us Dead by
Smith's unflinching poetry addresses race, class, sexuality, faith, social justice, mortality, and the challenges of living HIV positive at the intersection of black and queer identity. The collection opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men shot by police, a place where suspicion, violence, and grief are forgotten and replaced with the safety, love, and longevity they deserved on earth. "Dear White America," which Smith performed at the 2014 Rustbelt Midwest Region Poetry Slam, has as strong an impact on the page as it did on the spoken word stage. Smith's courage and hope amidst the struggle for unity in America will humble and uplift you.
City of Bones by
Part one. Stealing home -- Part two. Just play the damned tune -- Part three. Reading the sky -- Part four. City of bones.
Children of the revolution by
In this deeply affecting and unforgettable novel, Dinaw Mengestu explores what it means to lose a family and a country - and what it takes to create a new home. Sepha is an Ethiopian refugee living in Washington D.C.
Chaka by
Shaka, $c King of the Zulu, $d 1787?-1828. Shaka, $c King of the Zulu, $d 1787?-1828 $v Fiction. Kings and rulers--Fiction. and others
Boy, Snow, Bird by
A reimagining of the fairy tale Snow White recast as a story of family secrets, race, beauty, and vanity set in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty, the opposite of the life she's left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never imagined she would become, but when the birth of Boy's daughter, Bird, who is dark-skinned, exposes the Whitmans as light-skinned African Americans passing for white, elements of the familiar tale of aesthetic obsession begin to play themselves out. Now Boy, Snow, and Bird must confront the tyranny of the mirror to ask how much power surfaces really hold.
Another Brooklyn : a novel by
For August, running into a long-ago friend sets in motion resonant memories and transports her to a time and a place she thought she had mislaid: 1970s Brooklyn, where friendship was everything. August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi shared confidences as they ambled their neighborhood streets, a place where the girls believed that they were amazingly beautiful, brilliantly talented, with a future that belonged to them. But beneath the hopeful promise there was another Brooklyn, a dangerous place where grown men reached for innocent girls in dark hallways, where mothers disappeared, where fathers found religion, and where madness was a mere sunset away. Jacqueline Woodson's Another Brooklyn heartbreakingly illuminates the formative period when a child meets adulthood -- when precious innocence meets the all-too-real perils of growing up
All the Good Things Around Us by
Rebellion / Ama Ata Aidoo -- Unsuitable ties / Sefi Atta -- Dead leaves on the beautiful river / Ivor Agyeman-Duah -- Happiness / Chika Unigwe -- Tunnels and hidden passes / Ogochukwu Promise -- Driver / Taiye Salasi -- The woman in the wood / Irehobhude O. Iyioha -- These fragments / Yvonee Adhiambo Owuor -- Feely-feely / Ama Ata Aidoo -- The brick / Tsitsi Dangarembga -- Transition to glory / Chimamnda Ngozi Adichie -- The son / Ivor Agyeman-Duah -- New mom / Tope Folarin -- ...And the dog lay there dying ... / Martin Egblewogbe -- The skull in the garden / Peggy Appiah -- Money matter / Yaba Badoe -- Sahara Desert / Oguchukwu Promise -- Back home / Monica Arac de Nyeko -- Exchanging the crown someday for exile / Faustin Kagame -- In Astove of the Seychelles Islands / Wendy Day Veevers-Carter -- One good turn / Nadya Somoe Ngumi -- From Chibok to Sambisa / Ogochukwu Promise -- It's something that happens to other people / Irehobhude O. Iyioha -- The scent of African dust / Benjamin Sehene -- Cordelia Thukudza's list / Ellen Banda-Aaku -- The rhino's child / Bridget Pitt -- Sahara / Shadreck Chikoti -- The codicil / Ivor Agyeman-Duah.
All Our Names by
Students, Foreign--United States--Fiction. African Americans--Fiction. Identity (Psychology)--Fiction. and others
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by
Angelou, Maya. African American women authors--20th century--Biography. Authors, American--20th century--Biography. and others
Africa39 by
The Hay Festival brings its 39 Project to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, to identify the most promising writing talents under the age of 40 from Sub-Saharan Africa and its diaspora. From the list of 39 writers chosen by the judges, editor Allfrey has selected stories, extracts from novels, and other writings, many never before published, to create a collection of some of the most varied and exciting new work in world literature.
A Question of Power by
Women teachers--Fiction. Botswana--Fiction
A life elsewhere by
For the characters in Segun Afolabi's debut collection, 'elsewhere' is a place they must transform into home. The Far East, Europe, the Americas, Africa - the stories are as varied as their geographical settings. In 'Monday Morning' a refugee boy puzzles out his place in a new land. A bereaved father in 'Arithmetic' thinks back to a confusing, youthful sexual encounter that has left him emotionally scarred; Jacinta faces a long retirement with a husband she is not sure she likes in 'Jumbo and Jacinta' and 'The Wine Guitar' tells the story of an ageing musician who pays a prostitute for the gift of her youth.
A Man of the People by
By the renowned author of Things Fall Apart, this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as the violence and corruption of a society making its own way between the two worlds.
The Love Diary of a Zulu Boy by
The Love Diary of a Zulu Boy is by turns erotic, romantic, tragic and comic. Inspired by the real-life drama of a romance between a Zulu boy and an Englishwoman, the book consists of various interrelated short stories on interracial relationships in modern- day South Africa. As the author reflects on love across the colour line, it triggers memories of failed affairs and bizarre experiences: love spells, toxic masculinity, infidelity, sexually transmitted diseases, a phantom pregnancy, sexless relationships, threesomes and prostitution, to name but a few. -- book seller's description and page 4 of cover
The bluest eye by
The Bluest Eye chronicles the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family in 1940s Ohio. Pecola, unlovely and unloved, prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged white schoolfellows
Hunger Eats a Man by
When Father Gumede, known as Priest, loses his job as a farmhand, he realises he can't afford to love his neighbour as he does himself. Despondent and enraged, Priest cuts off all ties to the church and politics, determined to make a living - at whatever cost. It will take a strange story written by his son Sandile - a comical, terrifying and prophetic tale in which the downtrodden rise up to march on the wealth of a neighbouring suburb - to show Priest the hope and humanity inherent in the human spirit. Beautifully poetic, funny and highly relevant, Nkosinathi Sithole's debut novel highlights the ongoing plight of many rural South Africans and the power of a community working together to bring about change
Letters to my sister by
The build-up towards the national elections is ripped by violence in Thokoza and Katlehong, which teeter on the brink of civil war. Without being noticed by anyone, an introverted woman witnesses the salient aspects of the unfolding violence from the margin and periphery, close to the central characters, including her husband. The odyssey which unfolds encroaches on her personal life, such that political drama and her personal tragedies become interwoven. She lucidly writes her intimate observations in a series of letters to her sister, and this unwittingly becomes therapy for her survival
Intruders by
Orphan sisters chase monsters of urban legend in Bloemfontein. At a busy taxi rank, a woman kills a man with her shoe. A genomicist is accused ot playing God when she creates a fatherless child. Intruders is a collection that explores how it feels not to belong. These are stories of unremarkable people thrust into extraordinary situations by events beyond their conrol
In Corner B by
My experience as a writer -- Unfinished story -- Man must live -- Suitcase -- Down the quiet street -- Master of Doornvlei -- Living and the dead -- He and the cat -- In Corner B -- Point of identity -- Grieg on a stolen piano -- Mrs Plum -- Nigerian talking points -- Ballad o Oyo -- Barber of Bariga -- Women and their men -- Crossing over.
Homegoing by
Women--Ghana--Fiction. Slavery--Fiction. African Americans--History--Fiction. and others
God's Bits of Wood by
Strikes and lockouts--Fiction. Senegal--Fiction
Second-class citizen by
Citizenship--Fiction
Cognitive psychology by
Ch. 1 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology -- ch. 2 Cognitive Neuroscience -- ch. 3 Perception -- ch. 4 Attention -- ch. 5 Short-Term and Working Memory -- ch. 6 Long-Term Memory: Structure -- ch. 7 Long-Term Memory: Encoding, Retrieval, and Consolidation -- ch. 8 Everyday Memory and Memory Errors -- ch. 9 Knowledge -- ch. 10 Visual Imagery -- ch. 11 Language -- ch. 12 Problem Solving -- ch. 13 Judgment, Decisions, and Reasoning.
Psychology : themes and variations by
This book surveys psychology's broad range of content with three aims: to illuminate the process of research and its relationship to application, to show both the unity and diversity of psychology's subject matter, and to help students master the basic concepts and principles of psychology with as little struggle as possible. Weiten's themes provide unifying threads across chapters that help students to see the connections among different research areas in psychology.
Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics by
1. Why is my evil lecturer forcing me to learn statistics? -- 2. The spine of statistics -- 3. The phoenix of statistics -- 4. The IBM SPSS statistics environment -- 5. Exploring data with graphs -- 6. The beast of bias -- 7. Non-parametric models -- 8. Correlation -- 9. The linear model (regression) -- 10. Comparing two means -- 11. Moderation, mediation and multicategory predictors -- 12. GLM 1 : comparing several independent means -- 13. GLM 2 : Comparing means adjusted for other predictors (analysis of covariance) -- 14. GLM 3 : Factorial designs -- 15. GLM 4 : Repeated-measures designs -- 16. GLM 5 : mixed designs -- 17. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) -- 18. Exploratory factor analysis -- 19. Categorical outcomes : chi-square and loglinear analysis -- 20. Categorical outcomes : logistic regression -- 21. Multilevel linear models.
Cybersecurity for Beginners by
This book provides an easy insight into the essentials of cybersecurity, even if you have a non-technical background. You may be a business person keen to understand this important subject area or an information security specialist looking to update your knowledge. 'The world has changed more in the past 10 years than in any 10 year period in human history... Technology is no longer a peripheral servant, it shapes our daily lives. Companies that can use technology wisely and well are booming, companies that make bad or no technology choices collapse and disappear. The cloud, smart devices and the ability to connect almost any object to the internet are an essential landscape to use but are also fraught with new risks and dangers of a magnitude never seen before.'
So Long a Letter by
Written by award-winning African novelist Mariama Ba and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. The brief narrative, written as an extended letter, is a sequence of reminiscences-some wistful, some bitter-recounted by recently widowed Senegalese school teacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye's emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife. This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive testimony to the plight of educated and articulate Muslim women. Angered by the traditions that allow polygyny, they inhabit a social milieu dominated by attitudes and values that deny them status equal to men. Ramatoulaye hopes for a world where the best of old customs and new freedom can be combined. Considered a classic of contemporary African women's literature, So Long a Letter is a must-read for anyone interested in African literature and the passage from colonialism to modernism in a Muslim country.
Nervous Conditions by
Tambudzai dreams of education, but her hopes only materialise after her brother's death, when she goes to live with her uncle. At his mission school, her critical faculties develop rapidly, bringing her face to face with a new set of conflicts involving her uncle, his education and his family. Tsitsi Dangarembga's quietly devastating first novel offers a portrait of Zimbabwe, where enlightenment brings its own profound dilemmas.
To My Children's Children by
Early days -- Growing up -- The world goes awry -- A hard finishing-school -- Forced to grow.
Long way down by
After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don't cry. Don't snitch. Get revenge. So he gets in the lift with Shawn's gun, determined to follow The Rules. Only when the lift door opens, Buck walks in, Will's friend who died years ago. And Dani, who was shot years before that. As more people from his past arrive, Will has to ask himself if he really knows what he's doing.
Hunger a memoir of my body by
"New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. As a woman who describes her own body as 'wildly undisciplined, ' Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. In Hunger, she casts an insightful and critical eye on her childhood, teens, and twenties - including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life--and brings readers into the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life. With the bracing candour, vulnerability, and authority that have made her one of the most admired voices of her generation, Roxane explores what it means to be overweight in a time when the bigger you are, the less you are seen. Hunger is a deeply personal memoir from one of our finest writers, and tells a story that hasn't yet been told but needs to be"--Publisher's description.
Houseboy by
Cameroonian houseboy Toundi dreams of advancement and so studies the world of his white masters closely. "Gradually his eyes are opened to its realities, and in the end this leads to tragic consequences because the Europeans cannot endure the gaze of the man they have destroyed.
Classics - Maru by
Minorities--Botswana--Social conditions--Fiction. Teachers--Botswana--Fiction. Botswana--Ethnic relations--Fiction.
Sweet and Sour Milk by
Dictators--Fiction. Africa--Fiction. Political fiction. - Variations on the theme of an African dictatorship.
Speak No Evil by
On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he's a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard in the fall, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: he is queer--an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents. No one knows except Meredith, his best friend, the daughter of prominent Washington insiders--and the one person who seems not to judge him. When his father accidentally discovers Niru is gay, the fallout is brutal and swift. Coping with troubles of her own, however, Meredith finds that she has little left emotionally to offer him. As the two friends struggle to reconcile their desires against the expectations and institutions that seek to define them, they find themselves speeding toward a future more violent and senseless than they can imagine. Neither will escape unscathed.--from dust jacket.
Smouldering Charcoal by
Untamed pests -- Night storms -- Smouldering charcoal.
Manuscript Found in Accra by
"The latest novel from #1 internationally best-selling author Paulo Coelho is a classic of inspiration and reflection, a meditation on life, love, and the significance of change. A novel of philosophical reflection set in Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades. Here a community of Christians, Arabs, and Jews who have long lived together harmoniously have been warned of an imminent attack and certain destruction. Contemplating their demise, the community assembles to seek the wise counsel of a Greek Copt, who imparts comforting and guiding wisdom on the enduring attributes of human character. The novel unfolds as a sequence of parables on love, faith, sex, friendship, beauty, bravery, loyalty, and success."-- Provided by publisher.
The Kanga and the Kangaroo Court by
Zuma, Jacob--Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Rape)--South Africa. Rape--South Africa. and others
The Hate U Give by
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life"-- Provided by publisher.
The Happy Marriage by
Ben Jelloun is arguably Morocco's greatest living author, whose impressive body of work combines intellect and imagination in magical fusion." --The Guardian In The Happy Marriage, the internationally acclaimed Moroccan author Tahar Ben Jelloun tells the story of one couple--first from the husband's point of view, then from the wife's--just as legal reforms are about to change women's rights forever. The husband, a painter in Casablanca, has been paralyzed by a stroke at the very height of his career and becomes convinced that his marriage is the sole reason for his decline. Walled up within his illness and desperate to break free of a deeply destructive relationship, he finds escape in writing a secret book about his hellish marriage. When his wife finds it, she responds point by point with her own version of the facts, offering her own striking and incisive reinterpretation of their story. Who is right and who is wrong? A thorny issue in a society where marriage remains a sacrosanct institution, but where there's also a growing awareness of women's rights. And in their absorbing struggle, both sides of this modern marriage find out they may not be so enlightened after all
The Broken River Tent by
The Broken River Tent is a novel that marries imagination with history. It is about the life and times of Maqoma, the Xhosa chief who was at the forefront of fighting British colonialism in the Eastern Cape during the nineteenth century. The story is told through the eyes of a young South African, Phila, who suffers from what he calls triple 'N' condition - neurasthenia, narcolepsy and cultural ne plus ultra. This makes him feel far removed from events happening around him but gives him access to the analeptic memory of his people. After being under immense mental pressure, he crosses the mental divide between the living and the dead and is visited by Maqoma. They engage in different conversations about cultural history, literature, religion, the past and contemporary South African life. -- publisher's description.
The Book of Memory by
Memory, the narrator of Petina Gappah's The Book of Memory, is an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, after being sentenced for murder. As part of her appeal, her lawyer insists that she write down what happened as she remembers it. The death penalty is a mandatory sentence for murder, and Memory is, both literally and metaphorically, writing for her life. As her story unfolds, Memory reveals that she has been tried and convicted for the murder of Lloyd Hendricks, her adopted father. But who was Lloyd Hendricks? Why does Memory feel no remorse for his death? And did everything happen exactly as she remembers?
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by
The controversial leader of the Black Muslims tells the story of his life and his part in the civil rights movement.
Psychology - an exploration : global and southern African perspectives / editor, E.M. Schutte ; authors, Saundra K. Ciccarelli [and sixteen others]., Cape Town :, Pearson South Africa (Pty) Ltd,, 2017, 9781928330950, ISBN Psychology - an exploration : glo by
"[A] comprehensive introductory Psychology text for South African students. It applies established global theories in a South African and African context ..."
The Memory of Love by
The memory of love
The Mournable Body by
"Anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job, Tambudzai finds herself living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare. For reasons that include her grim financial prospects and her age, she moves to a widow's boarding house and eventually finds work as a biology teacher. But at every turn in her attempt to make a life for herself, she is faced with a fresh humiliation, until the painful contrast between the future she imagined and her daily reality ultimately drives her to a breaking point. In This Mournable Body, Tsitsi Dangarembga returns to the protagonist of her acclaimed first novel, Nervous Conditions, to examine how the hope and potential of a young girl and a fledgling nation can sour over time and become a bitter and floundering struggle for survival. As a last resort, Tambudzai takes an ecotourism job that forces her to return to her parents' impoverished homestead. It is this homecoming, in Dangarembga's tense and psychologically charged novel, that culminates in an act of betrayal, revealing just how toxic the combination of colonialism and capitalism can be."--Amazon.com.
To Stir the Heart by
The deep river / Bessie Head -- The collector of treasures / Bessie Head -- Wedding at the cross / Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- Minutes of glory / Ngugi wa Thiong'o
We Were Eight Years in Power by
"'We were eight years in power" was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America's 'first white president.' But the story of these present-day eight years is not just about presidential politics. This book also examines the new voices, ideas, and movements for justice that emerged over this period--and the effects of the persistent shadow of our nation's old and unreconciled history. Coates powerfully examines the events of the Obama era from his intimate and revealing perspective--the point of view of a young writer who begins the journey in an unemployment office in Harlem and ends it in the Oval Office, interviewing a president. We Were Eight Years in Power features Coates's iconic essays first published in The Atlantic, including 'Fear of a Black President, ' 'The Case for Reparations, ' and 'The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration, ' along with eight fresh essays that revisit each year of the Obama administration through Coates's own experiences, observations, and intellectual development, capped by a bracingly original assessment of the election that fully illuminated the tragedy of the Obama era"--Jacket.
A portrait of the historic Barack Obama era features essays originally published in "The Atlantic," including "Fear of a Black President" and "The Case for Reparations," as well as new essays revisiting each year of the Obama administration.
Weeding the Flowerbeds by
"Weeding the Flowerbeds is a memoir of boarding school at Manzini Nazarene High School in Swaziland, a country in Southern Africa. In this book Sarah explores life in the boarding school at Manzini Nazarene High School, a school that produced many graduates. She explores life in an educational institution where growing up is takes place under strict hostel rules in the seventies. As young Swazi girls Bulelo, Sisile and Makhosi grow up learning about life and Christianity. They learn to love school and also to appreciate writing and literature. All the time they feel as if they are being pushed in a certain direction and it is one of the teachers Mr. Fields and others who come to the school and make them understand the importance of choosing to be free in ones spirit. With all that education they leave the school and go and live their lives"--Publisher's description.
What We Lose by
Raised in America, the multiracial daughter of a mother from Johannesburg struggles with her mother's terminal cancer, her own need to find love, and unexpected motherhood.
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by
Warsan Shire is a Kenyan-born Somali poet and writer who is based in London. Born in 1988, she is an artist and activist who uses her work to document narratives of journey and trauma. -- Publisher's description.
The Book of Chameleons by
An Angolan house gecko relates the exploits of an unusual businessman who sells manufactured new pasts to unhappy clients seeking to improve their future prospects by breaking free of painful memories, a practice that is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a mysterious foreigner.
The Fire Next Time by
The fire next time
The Hundred Wells of Salaga by
"Based on true events, a story of courage, forgiveness, love, and freedom in pre-colonial Ghana, told through the eyes of two women born to vastly different fates. Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that turns her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman. Wurche, the willful daughter of a chief, is desperate to play an important role in her father's court. These two women's lives converge as infighting among Wurche's people threatens the region, during the height of the slave trade at the end of the nineteenth century. Through the experiences of Aminah and Wurche, The Hundred Wells of Salaga offers a remarkable view of slavery and how the scramble for Africa affected the lives of everyday people"-- Provided by publisher.
Memoirs of a Porcupine by
All human beings, says an African legend, have an animal double. Some doubles are benign, others wicked. When Kibandi, a boy living in a Congolese village, reaches the age of 11, his father takes him out into the night, and forces him to drink a vile liquid from a jar which has been hidden for years in the earth. This is his initiation.
NW by
"This is the story of a city. The northwest corner of a city. Here you'll find guests and hosts, those with power and those without, people who live somewhere special and others who live nowhere at all. And many people in between. Every city is like this. Cheek-by-jowl living. Separate worlds. And then there are the visitations: the rare times a stranger crosses a threshold without permission or warning, causing a disruption in the whole system. Like the April afternoon a woman came to Leah Hanwell's door, seeking help, disturbing the peace, forcing Leah out of her isolation ... Zadie Smith's brilliant tragi-comic new novel follows four Londoners - Leah, Natalie, Felix and Nathan - as they try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. From private houses to public parks, at work and at play, their London is a complicated place, as beautiful as it is brutal, where the thoroughfares hide the back alleys and taking the high road can sometimes lead you to a dead end. Depicting the modern urban zone - familiar to town-dwellers everywhere - Zadie Smith's NW is a quietly devastating novel of encounters, mercurial and vital, like the city itself."--Jacket.
Open City by
"A haunting novel about identity, dislocation and history, Teju Cole's Open City is a profound work by an important new author who has much to say about our country and our world. Along the streets of Manhatten, a young Nigerian doctor named Julius wanders, reflecting on his relationships, his recent breakup with his girlfriend, his present, his past. He encounters people from different cultures and classes who will provide insight on his journey - which takes him to Brussels, to the Nigeria of his youth, and into the most unrecognizable facets of his own soul."--Page 4 of cover.
Feeling adrift after ending a relationship, Julius, a young Nigerian doctor living in New York, takes long walks through the city while listening to the stories of fellow immigrants until a shattering truth is revealed.
Pan African Spaces by
Changing the paradigms on migration and immigration in the African diaspora -- Introduction: being Black and "bicultural" -- (Re)igniting pan-Africanism. (Re)jecting Afropolitanism. (Re)naming our solution / by Nenelwa Tomi -- Is race really the issue? Examining the fallacy of "Black foreigner privilege" / by Tolulope Odunsi, Esq. -- Section 2: Perspectives on Black transnationalism and identity formation -- The evolution of a bicultural identity, in the shadows of Nyerere's pan Africanism
Patchwork by
"Lusaka. 1978. Pumpkin is nine years old. Her fashionable mother is the queen of Tudu Court, but underneath the veneer of respectability that her father's money provides lies a secret that threatens their whole world - the tall, elegant Totela Ponga is a drunk. And when Pumpkin's father--the wealthy businessman JS--discovers her mother's alcoholism it sent in motion a chain of events that come to define the rest of her life. Weaving together the stories of three generations of women, this novel is a patchwork of love, jealousy and human frailty set against a background of war and political ambition. It is a remarkable journey that takes us deep into the heart of a family both fractured and bound together by their love for one man."--Back cover.
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998 by
For the first time ever, the complete poetry collection spanning three decades from Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet and one of America's national treasures. When her poems first emerged during the Black Arts Movement, in the 1960s, Nikki Giovanni immediately took her place among the most celebrated, controversial and influential poets of the era. Now, more than thirty years later, Giovanni still stands as one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape.
Facing South to Africa by
Facing south to Africa : toward an Afrocentric critical orientation
For Everyone by
"Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds's rallying cry to the dreamers of the world. For Every One is just that: for every one. For every one person. For every one dream. But especially for every one kid. The kids who dream of being better than they are. Kids who dream of doing more than they almost dare to dream. Kids who are like Jason Reynolds, a self-professed dreamer. Jason does not claim to know how to make dreams come true; he has, in fact, been fighting on the front line of his own battle to make his own dreams a reality. He expected to make it when he was sixteen. Then eighteen. Then twenty-five. Now, some of those expectations have been realized. But others, the most important ones, lay ahead, and a lot of them involve kids, how to inspire them. All the kids who are scared to dream, or don't know how to dream, or don't dare to dream because they've never seen a dream come true. Jason wants kids to know that dreams take time. They involve countless struggles. But no matter how many times a dreamer gets beat down, the drive and the passion and the hope never fully extinguish--because just having the dream is the start you need, or you won't get anywhere anyway, and that is when you have to take a leap of faith."-- Provided by publisher.
Giovanni's Room by
An American in post-war Paris finds himself caught between the conventional life he has planned with his fiancée and his attraction to an Italian bartender.
Girls at War by
Twelve stories by the internationally renowned novelist which recreate with energy and authenticity the major social and political issues that confront contemporary Africans on a daily basis.
Things Fall Apart by
First published in 1958, this novel tells the story of Okonkwo, the leader of an Igbo (Ibo) community who is banished for accidentally killing a clansman. The novel covers the seven years of his exile to his return, providing an inside view of the intrusion of white missionaries and colonial government into tribal Igbo society in the 1890s.
Americanah by
"Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post-9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion--for each other and for their homeland"-- Publisher's website.
Rape by
"South Africa has a complex relationship with rape. Pumla Dineo Gqola unpacks this relationship by paying attention to patterns and trends of rape, asking what we can learn from famous cases and why South Africa is losing the battle against rape. Gqola looks at the 2006 rape trial of Jacob Zuma and what transpired in the trial itself, as well as trying to make sense of public responses to it. She interrogates feminist responses to the Anene Booysen case, amongst other high profile cases of gender-based violence."
Black Widow Society by
"In 1994 ... three well-respected businesswomen ... formed the Black Widow Society, a secret organisation aimed at liberating women trapped in emotionally and physically abusive relationships by assisting in 'eliminating' their errant husbands. For fifteen years the Black Widow Society operated undetected ... But as the secret organisation recruits more members, the wheels of this well-oiled machine are threatening to fall off."--Back cover.
Lean in : women, work, and the will to lead by
Ask most women whether they have the right to equality at work and the answer will be yes, but ask whether they'd feel confident asking for a raise, a promotion or equal pay, and some reticence creeps in. Sheryl Sandberg 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.
Hip-Hop in Africa by
Hip-hop in Africa : prophets of the city and dustyfoot philosophers
Way Back Home by
"Kimathi Tito has it all. As a child of the revolution, born in exile in Tanzania, he has steadily accumulated wealth and influence since arriving in South Africa in1991. But though everything appears just peachy from outside the walls of his mansion in Bassonia, things are far from perfect for Comrade Kimathi. After a messy divorce, accelerated by his gambling habit and infidelities, he is in danger of losing everything. And now, to top it all, he's seeing ghosts. Sometimes what happens in exile doesn't stay in exile."--Back cover.
Behold the Dreamers by
Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son.Working as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers, he displays the punctuality, discretion, and loyalty that Edwards demands. Neni temporary work at the Edwardses' summer home in the Hamptons means a brighter future-- until Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers' façades. As the financial world threatens to collapse, the Jongas become desperate. And as their marriage threatens to fall apart, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice
Leadership Coaching for Results by
Introduction -- Seven decades of leadership development -- What is business coaching? -- How to get the best from your coaching -- The business coaching conversation -- The power of coaching models -- Facilitating the coaching conversation -- Bringing neuroscience to leadership coaching practice -- Gender diversity -coaching men and women to lead -- Coaching in organisations -- Safe and ethical practice -- Coach supervision -- The future of business coaching -- Epilogue -coaching for new leadership.
Coaching Leadership Teams by
"Coaching leadership teams: getting organisational culture aligned is for those leaders, team leaders, coaching practitioners and organisation effectiveness specialists who want to manage coaching projects focusing on teams and alignment successfully. It also provides a mixed-method approach to coaching. The case studies show how the coaching process helped clients to translate their preferred culture into leadership practices, which they embraced and incorporated into their balanced scorecards and daily activities. As a result they shifted entirely to their consciously chosen culture in a short period of time."--Back cover.
Succession Management by
Succession management : the definite "do's" and the detrimental "don'ts"
Black Economic Empowerment 20 Years Later the Baby and the Bathwater by
Introduction: why this book? Why now? -- section 1. At the dawn of democracy. The state of black economic disempowerment at the dawn of democracy and the conundrums facing the new government ; One big 'miracle' should beget many others: election euphoria and the post-election hangover ; Exploring avenues for participation ; The three-legged stool of BEE -- section 2. BEE trends in a democratic South Africa. The rise of strange breeds of black entrepreneurs ; SOEs as BEE laboratorites ; The JSE mirage ; The threat of a Mzansi Spring: how real is it? -- section 3. So whereto from here?. Revisiting the groundbreaking work of BEECom ; One hundred black industrialists -- section 4. Prominent voices on BEE by South African business leaders -- section 5. The way forward. Born into black enterprise ; Vuka Uzenzele! Creating and fostering an entrepreneurial culture ; From BEE to BEN.
Why Is Collective Bargaining Failing in South Africa? by
"Why is Collective Bargaining Failing in South Africa? offers an extensive analysis of the current nature of collective bargaining in South Africa. Collective bargaining is failing in South Africa because the parties to the process have failed to seek ways of achieving inclusive social development and of balancing the requirements of a competitive economy, the imperative for employment creation and the achievement of an ecologically sustainable environment. This means that many of the inequalities in the labour market that were created by apartheid remain unaddressed. This book will be of interest to businessmen and -women, trade unionists, human resources and industrial relations practitioners, policy makers, strategic planners, decision-makers, employees, investors, religious leaders, politicians, academics, as well as concerned South Africans from all walks of life who are seeking to make South Africa a better place in which to live."--Publisher's description.
Decolonising Knowledge for Africa's Renewal by
Foreword: The Case for a Decolonised/Africanised Africa -- pt. 1. Philosophy, Renaissance and Pan-Africanism. Tradition and the Foundation for African Renaissance -- African Philosophy and African Renaissance -- Where did Azikiwe and Awolowo miss it? Rethinking Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance today -- pt. 2. Identity, Conflict and Development. The Pan-African Identity: Why Conflict and Community Identities Continue to Undermine Collectivism -- Engaging with the African Ground: Towards a New Research Paradigm for Conflict Studies in Africa -- Emerging 'Positive Masculinity' in the DRC: African Renaissance or Symptoms of Covert Gender Inequalities? -- The Struggling Urban Woman: Gendered Identities (Re)defined and (Re)interpreted in a New Social Environment -- Inventing Mythologies; Rational Conflict in a State of African Polity -- pt. 3. Higher Education, Africanisation and Language. University Student Activism on Malawi's New Language-in-Education Policy: Singing the African Renaissance Tune -- The Double-Edged Word: African Languages under Siege -- Internationalisation and Africanisation of Master of Public Health Curricula in South Africa: Implications for Curriculum Transformation -- A Critique of Africanised Curricula in Higher Education: Possibilities for the African Renaissance -- pt. 4. Ideology, Youth, Music and Leadership. Towards Africa's Renewal: Decolonisation, Black Consciousness and the Youth -- Duende in Maskandi Music -- African Renaissance: Learning from some African Indigenous Leadership Practices -- Concluding Comments: Towards a new African Society.
Emotional Intelligence by
Emotional intelligence : tipping point in workplace excellence
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Building Resilience by
Building resilience : [how to thrive in the face of life's challenges
Conquering Communications in Organisations by
Conquering communication in organisations : the digital way
Co-Determination by
Co-determination : the answer to South Africa's industrial relations crisis
Analyzing Qualitative Data by
This title tackles the challenges of how to make sense of qualitative data. It offers students and researchers a hands-on guide to the practicalities of coding, comparing data, and using computer-assisted qualitative data analysis. Lastly, Gibbs shows you how to bring it all together, so you can see the steps of qualitative analysis, understand the central place of coding, ensure analytic quality and write effectively to present your results.
Careers for Counseling and Clinical Practice by
The SAGE Guide to Careers for Counseling and Clinical Practice by Camille Helkowski offers valuable insights into a range of career options in clinical work through the contributions of 15 counselors. The text opens with a discussion of the various roles and functions of counselors and includes guidance on educational, licensing, and fieldwork considerations, while subsequent chapters offer practical information on job requirements, salaries, and day-to-day activities. Aspiring counselors and clinicians will gain not only a factual knowledge about career possibilities, but also a deeper understanding of what it actually means to engage in this type of work.
The Handbook of Counselling Children and Young People by
Theory and practice approaches. Child development and attachment / Divine Charura -- Child and young person centred approach / Graham Bright -- Psychodynamic approaches to counselling children and young people / Sue Kegerreis and Nick Midgley -- Cognitive-behavioural therapy / Paul Stallard -- Gestalt / Belinda Harris -- Becoming an integrative practitioner / Niki Cooper and Kelli Swain-Cowper -- Play therapy / Lisa Gordon-Clark -- Other creative approaches / Barbara Smith ... [et al.] -- pt. II. Counselling practices and processes. Referrals and indications for therapy / Ani de la Prida and Wendy Hay -- Preparations for therapy : beginnings / Edith Bell and David Stewart -- Therapeutic alliance and counselling process / Sue Pattison and Sandra Bell (with acknowledgment to Mark Prever) -- Therapeutic skills / Claire Harrison-Breed (with acknowledgements to Sally Ingram and Maggie Robson) -- Supervision / Penny Leake, Ann Beynon and Jenny Biancardi -- Group work / Ros Sewell, Peter Pearce and Gwen Proud -- Endings / Dee C. Ray -- Evaluating counselling / Katie McArthur and Mick Cooper -- pt. III. Practice Issues. Law and policy / Peter Jenkins -- Ethics / Peter Jenkins -- Inclusion: working with difference / Divine Charura, Tom McAndrew and Sue Pattison -- Bereavement / Maggie Robson -- Depression and anxiety : common challenges for children and young people / Jennifer Baggerly -- Self-harm and suicide / Sum Yu Pansy Yue and Dennis Ougrin -- Sexual, physical and emotional abuse / Beverley Turner-Daly -- Eating disorders / Rebecca Kirkbride -- Counselling children and young people with mental issness: a relational approach / Paul Nicholson, Divine Charura and Brian Charlesworth -- pt. IV. Practice settings. Health and social care services / Barbara Smith, Sue Pattison and Cathy Bell -- School and education settings / Peter Pearce, Ros Sewell and Karen Cromarty
Child and Adolescent Psychology by
Developmental psychology -- Theoretical perspectives -- Methods of gaining knowledge about children -- Child and adolescent disorders -- Genes, evolution, heredity and environment -- Stimulation and activity during fetal development -- Brain development -- Perceptual development -- Motor development -- Theories of cognitive development -- Attention, memory and executive function -- Conceptual development and reasoning -- Mind understanding -- Intelligence -- Learning and instruction -- The development of communication and language -- Emotions and emotion regulation -- Temperament and personality -- Attachment -- Sibling and peer relations -- Self and identity -- Moral development -- Prosocial and antisocial development -- Gender development -- Play -- Media and understanding of society -- Toward adulthood -- Bibliography.
Cognitive Science by
Cognitive science : a developmental approach to the simulation of the mind
An Easyguide to Research Design and SPSS by
An easyguide to research design and SPSS
The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Psychology by
Introduction: applied social psychology: an evolving tradition / Darrin Hodgetts and Kieran C. O'Doherty -- Acculturation and its application: a conceptual review and analysis / Saba Safdar and Fons J.R. van de Vijver -- Heritage and (in)equality: social psychology applied to race / Tracy A. McFarlane -- Decolonising applied social psychology: culture, indigeniety and coloniality / Christopher C. Sonn, Mohi R. Rua and Amy F. Quayle -- Interventions to reduce violence against women: the contribution of applied social psychology / Paula C. Barata and Charlene Y. Senn -- Trans* and gender diverse youth: applied and critical social psychology working in the margins / Katrina Roen and Shiloh Groot -- The social psychology of gender and sexuality: theory, application, transformation / Katherine Johnson and Antar Martinez-Guzman -- Towards an applied social psychology of democratic citizenship / Colin Scott and Allison Harell-- Critical social psychology of politics / Eleni Andreouli and Lia Figgou -- Macropsychology: challenging and changing social structures and systems to promote social inclusion / Malcolm MacLachlan [and others] -- Social cognitive approaches to health issues / Benjamin Giguere, R. Thomas Beggs and Fuschia M. Sirois -- Critical health psychology: applications for social action / Tracy Morison, Antonia Lyons and Kerry Chamberlain -- Community based mental health in cultural contexts: from deinstitutionalisation to engaged and authentic community based care / Neil Drew and Michael Adams -- Social cognition in the workplace: the future of research on the meaning of work / Paul J. Maher, Deirdre O'Shea and Eric R. Igou -- Applied social psychologies, the neoliberal labour-market subject and critique / David Fryer -- Standing up for sustainable livelihoods: from poverty to prosperity / Stuart C. Carr-- Aging in context: ageism in action / Donatienne Desmette, Helene Henry and Stefan Agrigoroaei -- Social policy and social identities for older people / Mary Breheny and Christine Stephens -- Successful ageing and community / Wendy Wen Li and Alma Au -- Social cognition and communication: from attitudes and persuasion to cross-cultural psychology, social representations, discourse, and the technologies of digital influence / James H. Liu, Homero Gil de Zuniga and Trevor Diehl -- Discursive psychology as applied science / Eleftheria Tseliou [and others] -- Public deliberation and social psychology: integrating theories of participation with social psychological research and practice / Kieran C. O'Doherty and Karla Stroud -- Applying social psychology to education / Louise R. Alexitch -- Critical layering in participatory inquiry and action: praxis and pedagogy in seeking educational change / Anne Galletta-- Using social psychology to protect the environment / Heather Barnes Truelove, P. Wesley Schultz and Ashley Jade Gillis -- The psychogeographical turn in applied social psychology / Alexander J. Bridger, Sophia Emmanouil and Rebecca Lawthom -- Community and participatory approaches to the environment / Bianca Dreyer and Manuel Riemer -- Social psychology and law / Fabiana Alceste [and others] -- Critical social psychology and victims of crime: gendering violence, risk and dangerousness in the Society of Captives / Mandy Morgan [and others].
An Introduction to Mental Health by
An introduction to mental health
Scientific Writing for Psychology by
Writing clearly -- Adding emphasis -- Writing concisely, with some spice -- The art of fine paragraphs -- Framing an introduction -- Reporting results -- Discussing your findings -- Epilogue: Writing a title, abstract, and method section -- Appendix: Submitting the manuscript for publication.
Quantitative Psychological Research by
Quantitative psychological research : the complete student's companion
Approaches to Cognition by
Approaches to cognition : contrasts and controversies
Using IBM® SPSS® Statistics by
Using IBM® SPSS® Statistics: An Interactive Hands-On Approach, Third Edition gives readers an accessible and comprehensive guide to walking through SPSS®, providing them with step-by-step knowledge for effectively analyzing their data. From entering data to working with existing databases, and working with the help menu through performing factor analysis, Using IBM® SPSS® Statistics covers every aspect of SPSS® from introductory through intermediate statistics. The book is divided into parts that focus on mastering SPSS® basics, dealing with univariate statistics and graphing, inferential statistics, relational statistics, and more. Written using IBM® SPSS® version 25 and 24, and compatible with the earlier releases, this book is one of the most comprehensive SPSS® guides available. -- Provided by publisher.
Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology by
"The third edition of Haslam and McGarty's best-selling textbook, Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology, provides students with a highly readable and comprehensive introduction to conducting research in psychology. The book guides readers through the range of choices involved in design, analysis, and presentation and is supplemented by a range of practical learning features both inside the book and online. These draw on the authors' extensive experience as frontline researchers and provide step-by-step guides to quantitative and qualitative methods and analyses. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this text encourages deep engagement with its subject matter and is designed to inspire students to feel passionate for the research process as a whole."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
An Introduction to Data Analysis by
Covering the general process of data analysis to finding, collecting, organizing, and presenting data, this book offers a complete introduction to the fundamentals of data analysis.
An Introduction to Qualitative Research by
The definitive guide to the full qualitative research process, from design to dissemination, this is everything you need to understand how good quality research is produced, and how to find, use and enrich your own work with it. The definitive guide to the full qualitative research process, from design to dissemination, this is everything you need to understand how good quality research is produced, and how to use and enrich your own work with it. New to this edition: - A new structure follows the research process step-by-step - Brand new chapter on digital methods and social media data explores cutting-edge research - Multi-disciplinary case studies give you real research examples whatever your subject - Focused reading exercises help you explore the literature and build a better bibliography - Integrated online resources, to master the key concepts, discover real research and track your progress An Introduction to Qualitative Research has everything a social science student needs to understand and explore the richness of qualitative research
Social Science Research by
Offering an engaging and entertaining introduction to research methods, this is a practical and easy-to-use companion for all new researchers and students in the social sciences. Covering all the key stages of the research process, this book guides students in navigating some of the biggest challenges in developing a research project -- Publisher's description.
The Trainer's Handbook by
"A ready-to-use toolkit for delivering high-value training in any scenario The Trainer's Handbook is a comprehensive manual for designing, developing, and delivering effective and engaging training. Based on the feedback of workshop participants, readers, and instructors, this new third edition has been expanded to provide guidance toward new technologies, leadership training, distance learning, blended learning, and other increasingly common issues, with new case studies for each chapter. A systematic approach to training breaks the book into five parts that separately target analysis, design, development, delivery, and evaluation, giving you a comprehensive reference designed for quick look-up and easy navigation. New inventories, worksheets, job aids, checklists, activities, samples, and templates help you bring new ideas into the classroom, and updated instructor guide help you seamlessly integrate new and established methods and techniques. Training is increasingly expanding beyond the traditional instructor-led classroom; courses may now be delivered online or offsite, may be asynchronous and self-led, and may be delivered to individuals, small groups, or entire organizations. This book gives you a one-stop reference and toolkit to help you provide more effective training, regardless of class size, structure, subject, or objective. Explore new training styles adapted to different learning styles Design specialized instructional plans for groups, distance learning, and active training Blend creativity, logic and design principles to create more effective visuals Develop strategies for training leaders, training across cultures, and more Effective training means delivering useful information in a way that's accessible, approachable, understandable, and memorable. The Trainer's Handbook gives you the knowledge and framework you need to provide a high-value experience in any training scenario"-- Provided by publisher.
African Delights by
The suit continued -- The dress that fed the suit : Zukiswa Wanner -- The lost suit -- White encounters -- Bhontsi's toe -- Hunger -- The truth -- The other truth -- So many truths -- The queen of the highlanders -- African delights -- The best of African delights -- Afterword: Ten years of writing.
Research Methods in Psychology by
'Research Methods in Psychology' is the essential student guide to understanding and undertaking quantitative and qualitative research in psychology. In this popular text for psychology students, the research process is broken down into manageable steps to equip students with the skills to ask intelligent research questions, carry out a literature review, choose an appropriate research design, carry out data collection and write up their findings.
Born to Kwaito by
"Born To Kwaito considers the meaning of kwaito music now. 'Now' not only as in 'after 1994' or the Truth Commission but as a place in the psyche of black people in post-apartheid South Africa. This collection of essays tackles the changing meaning of the genre after its decline and its ever-contested relevance. Through rigorous historical analysis as well as threads of narrative journalism Born To Kwaito interrogates issues of artistic autonomy, the politics of language in the music, and whether the music is part of a strand within the larger feminist movement in South Africa. Candid and insightful interviews from the genre's foremost innovators and torchbearers, such as Mandla Spikiri, Arthur Mafokate, Robbie Malinga and Lance Stehr, provide unique historical context to kwaito music's greatest highs, most captivating hits and most devastating lows. Born To Kwaito offers up a history of the genre from below by having conversations not only with musicians but with fans, engineers, photographers and filmmakers who bore witness to a revolution. Living in a place between criticism and biography, Born To Kwaito merges academic theories and rigorous journalism to offer a new understanding into how the genre influenced other art forms such as fashion, TV and film. The book also reflects on how some of the music's best hits have found new life through the mouths of local hip-hop's current kingmakers and opened kwaito up to a new generation. The book does not pretend to be an exhaustive history of the genre but rather a present-active analysis of that history as it settles and finds its meaning"--Page 4 of cover.
Java EE 7 Development with NetBeans 8 by
Develop professional enterprise Java EE applications quickly and easily with this popular IDE
Trust No One by
Trust no one : cyber security basics for home and business : using Sun Tzu and modern military intelligence strategies to implement a cybersecurity mindset in any organization
Principles of Agronomy for Sustainable Agriculture by
Principles of agronomy for sustainable agriculture
Positive Tourism in Africa by
"Positive Tourism in Africa provides a crucial counter-narrative to the prevailing colonial and reductionist perspective on Africa's tourism trajectory and future. It offers a uniquely optimistic outlook for tourism in Africa whilst acknowledging the many challenges that African countries continue to grapple with. By examining broad and localized empirical studies, conceptual frameworks, culturally centered paradigms, and innovative methodological approaches for African contexts, this book showcases the many facets of tourism in Africa that illustrate hope, resilience, growth, and survival. This volume explores themes such as community-based tourism, wildlife tourism, tourism governance and leadership, crisis recovery, regional integration, the role of indigenous knowledge, event tourism and the impact of smart technologies. It acknowledges the challenges and opportunities for growth that exist in these various contexts and explores how tourism creates value for the spectrum of its participants. Including a wide selection of contributions from diverse authors, many of them African, this book offers an Afro-centric interpretation of tourism phenomena. It will be of great interest to students, researchers and academics in the field of Tourism and African Studies, as well as Development Studies and Geography"-- Provided by publisher.
Born a crime : and other stories by
Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. With an incisive wit and unflinching honesty, Noah weaves together a moving yet funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time.
Elementary statistics for business and economics by
Introduction to statistics -- Organise and describe data -- Measures of location and dispersion -- Basic probability -- Probability distributions -- Introduction to sampling distributions -- Confidence intervals -- Hypothesis testing -- Analysis of variance -- Chi-square tests -- Regression and correlation analysis -- Index numbers -- Time series analysis -- Non-parametric statistics -- Elementary interest calculations.
Practising learning and development in South African organisations by
"Practising Learning and Development in South African Organisations 3e offers an outcome-based, occupation-directed and work-based L&D approach to workplace learning design. It presents an insightful investigation into the learning preferences of a digital society in the rapidly evolving twenty-first century workplace, in a new -- on learning design."--Publisher's description.
A Primer of Conservation Genetics by
For those with a limited background in genetic studies, this entry level text is presented in an easy-to-follow format with main points and terms clearly highlighted. Worked examples are provided throughout to help illustrate key equations and a glossary and suggestions for further reading provide additional support.
Thoughtful Machine Learning with Python by
Gain the confidence you need to apply machine learning in your daily work. With this practical guide, author Matthew Kirk shows you how to integrate and test machine learning algorithms in your code, without the academic subtext. Featuring graphs and highlighted code examples throughout, the book features tests with Pythons Numpy, Pandas, Scikit-Learn, and SciPy data science libraries. If youre a software engineer or business analyst interested in data science, this book will help you: Reference real-world examples to test each algorithm through engaging, hands-on exercises Apply test-driven development (TDD) to write and run tests before you start coding Explore techniques for improving your machine-learning models with data extraction and feature development Watch out for the risks of machine learning, such as underfitting or overfitting data Work with K-Nearest Neighbors, neural networks, clustering, and other algorithms.
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Ashgate handbook of pesticides and agricultural chemicals
Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions by
The diverse & ubiquitous nature of pathogens -- Environment as a determinant of pathogen incidence, abundance and evolution -- Genetics of host plant resistance & pathogen infectivity and aggressiveness -- Sources and patterns of variation in plant pathogens -- Demographic & genetic processes in host & pathogen populations -- Co-evolutionary dynamics in a metapopulation context -- Co-evolution and host & pathogen life-histories -- Effect of pathogens on plant community dynamics -- Future developments.
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This book was written by soybean experts to cluster in a single publication the most relevant and modern topics in soybean breeding. It is geared mainly to students and soybean breeders around the world. It is unique since it presents the challenges and opportunities faced by soybean breeders outside the temperate world.
Africa's Moment by
The 21st century will be the century of Africa. This continent was once seen as empty, rural, animist, poor, and forgotten by the world. Now, fifty years after independence, it is full to bursting, urban and monotheist. If poverty and violence are still rampant, economic growth has taken off again and a middle class is developing. Africa will hold a central place in the big issues facing the world today. If it once made a 'false start', here it is back again - in the fast lane. The West has missed the turnaround of a continent that will no longer wait for us. How can we best understand it? Demography, economics, politics, diplomacy, cultures and religions - this book presents the different facets of this new Africa, which will soon have a billion people, at the mid point of the most rapid population boom that humanity has ever known. Without ignoring the risks of its metamorphosis, it brings to light the forces and hopes that Africa harbors. -- Book jacket.
Insectopedia by
Introduction to the world of insects -- Reproduction -- Metamorphosis -- Movement -- Clever constructions -- Light and sight -- Sound and hearing -- Smells and smelling -- Adaptations to heat and cold -- Superorganisms -- The role of insects -- Identification
Source-To-Sink-Fluxes in Undisturbed Cold Environments by
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Solute and sedimentary fluxes and budgets in changing cold climate environments -- 1. Introduction to the theme / Achim A. Beylich -- 2. The I.A.G./A.I.G. SEDIBUD (Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments) program / Achim A. Beylich -- pt. II Climate change in cold environments and general implications for contemporary solute and sedimentary fluxes -- 3. The changing cryosphere -- implications for solute and sedimentary fluxes in cold climate environments / Bernd Etzelmuller -- 4. Changes in vegetation cover and implications for solute and sedimentary fluxes in cold climate environments / Ulf Molau -- pt. III Solute and sedimentary fluxes in subarctic and Arctic environments -- 5. Contemporary solute and sedimentary fluxes in Arctic and subarctic environments: current knowledge / John C. Dixon -- 6 The use of dendrogeomorphology to recognize the spatiotemporal distribution of snow avalanches in Northern Iceland -- case studies from Dalsmynni, Ljosavatnsskaro, and Fnjoskadalur / Thorsteinn Saemundsson -- 7. A contemporary assessment of sediment and solute transfers in Karkevagge, Swedish Lapland / John C. Dixon -- 8. Hillslope processes and related sediment fluxes on a fine-grained scree slope of Eastern Canada / Bernard Hetu -- 9. Sediment and solute transport from Greenland / Bent Hasholt -- 10. Measurements of bedload flux in a high Arctic environment / Waldemar Kociuba -- 11. Solute and particulate fluxes in catchments in Spitsbergen / Zbigniew Zwolinski -- 12. Sediment and solute fluxes at the Igarka field site, Russian subarctic / Nikita I. Tananaev -- 13. Variability and controls of solute and sedimentary fluxes in subarctic and Arctic environments / John C. Dixon -- pt. IV Solute and sedimentary fluxes in sub-Antarctic and Antarctic environments -- 14. Environmental impact on contemporary solute and sedimentary fluxes in Antarctica: current knowledge / Andrey Zhirov -- 15. Solute and solid cascade system in the Antarctic oases / Zbigniew Zwolinski -- 16. Environmental controls on sediment composition and particle fluxes over the Antarctic continental shelf / Enrique Isla -- 17. Solute and sedimentary fluxes on King George Island / Jozef Szpikowski -- 18. Dynamics of the Antarctica ice cap / Alexander N. Lastochkin -- 19. Solute and sediment fluxes from rivers and streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica / Diane M. McKnight -- pt. V Solute and sedimentary fluxes in alpine/mountain environments -- 20. Chemical denudation in partly glacierized mountain catchments of the fjord landscape in western Norway: contemporary rates, environmental controls, and possible effects of climate change / Katja Laute 21. Sediment delivery from headwater slope systems and relief development in steep mountain valleys in western Norway / Achim A. Beylich -- 22. Suspended sediment dynamics in the proglacial zone of the rapidly retreating Castle Creek Glacier, British Columbia, Canada / Brian Menounos -- 23. Sedimentary fluxes in Himalaya / Monique Fort -- 24. Rates of slope and channel processes in the Reintal valley, Bavarian Alps / Joachim Gotz -- 25. Comparative analysis of sediment routing in two different alpine catchments / Oliver Sass -- 26. Controls and variability of solute and sedimentary fluxes in alpine/mountain environments / Achim A. Beylich -- pt. VI Quantitative analysis of solute and sedimentary fluxes in cold climate environments -- 27^. Chemical denudation in partly glacierized mountain catchments of the fjord landscape in western Norway: contemporary rates, environmental controls, and possible effects of climate change / Katja Laute Environmental drivers, spatial variability, and rates of chemical and mechanical fluvial denudation in selected glacierized and nonglacierized cold climate catchment geosystems: from coordinated field data generation to integration and modeling / Achim A. Beylich -- 28. Summary of key findings from Arctic, Antarctic, and mountain environments / Zbigniew Zwolinski.
Communicating Project Management by
Introduction -- Project managers as technical communicators -- Distinguishing between participation and collaboration -- Decentralization and project management -- Rethinking the paradigm of project management: from efficiency to participative -- Communicating to make space for participation: locating agency in project communication -- On site with the gardener and the chef: project leadership and communication -- Managing a reorganization project at CTI : participation and making space for communicating change -- Conclusion : a participatory rhetoric for development teams.
The Archaeology of Southern Africa by
Origins -- Modern humans, modern behaviour -- Living through the late Pleistocene -- From the Pleistocene into the holocene: social and ecological models of cultural change -- Hunting, gathering and intensifying: holocene foragers in Southern Africa -- History from the rocks, ethnography from the desert -- Taking stock: the introduction and impact of pastoralism -- Early farming communities -- The Zimbabwe tradition -- Later farming communities in southermost Africa -- The archaeology of colonialism -- Southern African archaeology today.
The Bosasa billions : how the ANC sold its soul for braaipacks, booze and bags of cash by
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The Fundamentals of Political Science Research by
The third edition of the best-selling The Fundamentals of Political Science Research provides an introduction to the scientific study of politics. It offers the basic tools necessary for readers to become both critical consumers and beginning producers of scientific research on politics. The authors present an integrated approach to research design and empirical analyses whereby researchers can develop and test causal theories. They use examples from political science research that students will find interesting and inspiring, and that will help them understand key concepts. The book makes technical material accessible to students who might otherwise be intimidated by mathematical examples. This revised third edition features new 'Your Turn' boxes meant to engage students. The edition also has new sections added throughout the book to enhance the content's clarity and breadth of coverage.
Rural Health and Aging Research by
Rural health and aging research : theory, methods, and practical applications
Democracies in Peril by
In this book, the authors argue that globalization is causing a revenue crisis in developing economies. That is primarily because the international trade taxes have been cut drastically in response to trade liberalization. According to the authors that regime type is a major determinant of revenue-raising capacity once free trade policies have been adopted. Specifically, policymakers in democracies confront greater challenges than their authoritarian counterparts when implementing tax reforms to offset liberalization's revenue shocks. Finally, the book presents several case studies
Present Your Research by
Section 1. Can I really improve my presentation skills? -- Section 2. How important is it to have a presentation objective? -- Section 3. How important is it to know my audience? -- Section 4. What is the best way to get my points across? -- Section 5. How should I handle my data? -- Section 6. Do I need to present myself in any particular way -- Glossary.
Research Proposal by
Little quick fix research proposal
Know Your Variables by
Why do variables matter? -- What is a variable? -- How do I identify a variable? -- Which variables measure quantities and categories? -- How do I examine relationships between variables? -- What are independent and dependent variables? -- Why does correlation not automatically mean causation? -- How can I use variables in my research project? -- Glossary
Write a Questionnaire by
Everything in this book! -- How do I know I should use questionnaires in my research project? -- What are the practicalities of using questionnaires? -- What kinds of questions should I use? -- How do I find people to fill in my questionnaires? -- Why do I need to test my questionnaire? -- How can I improve my response rate? -- What do I do when I have my response rate? -- What do I do when I have all my completed questionnaires? -- Glossary
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When Democracy Trumps Populism by
"The victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 election left specialists of American politics perplexed and concerned about the future of US democracy. Because no populist leader had occupied the White House in 150 years, there were many questions about what to expect. Marshalling the long-standing expertise of leading specialists of populism elsewhere in the world, this book provides the first systematic, comparative analysis of the prospects for US democracy under Trump, considering the two regions - Europe and Latin America - that have had the most ample recent experiences with populist chief executives. Chapters analyze the conditions under which populism slides into illiberal or authoritarian rule and in so doing derive well-grounded insights and scenarios for the US case, as well as a more general cross-national framework. The book makes an original argument about the likely resilience of US democracy and its institutions"-- Provided by publisher.
Political Identity and Conflict in Central Angola, 1975-2002 by
Political identity and conflict in central Angola, 1975-2002
Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries by
Adolescence is a pivotal time in a girl's life when girls develop a range of political, economic, familial, psychosocial, physical and educational capabilities enabling them to make their own decisions in life. However, it is also possible that the roles which women and girls are expected to play in their families and communities can prevent them from developign these capabilities fully. Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries explores the detrimental impact of discriminatory gender norms on all aspects of adolescent girls' lives and across very different contexts. Grounded in four years of in-depth research across Ethiopia, Nepal, Uganda and Viet Nam, the book adopts a holistic approach to girls' well-being, examining the links between different aspects of girls' lives, while exploring the different forces that can lead to change in gender norms, such as the spread of mobile technology, economic developments, information campaigns, and new laws on early marriage and compulsory education. This book demonstrates how more egalitarian gender norms can enable disadvantaged adolescent girls to change the course of their lives and develop full capabilities in every area--back cover.
No Shortcut to Change by
Acknowledgments -- Add gender and stir -- Gender equality and the illusion of progress -- Dual and dueling gender in global narratives -- The "problem" with women's representation in government -- The "problem" with recognizing women's economic rights -- The "problem" with protecting women from violence -- Beyond add-women politics -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the author
Tourism Research by
Tourism research
Poverty in South Africa Past and Present by
Precolonial and colonial poverty -- The 'poor white question' -- and how it was answered -- Poor blacks: rural and urban poverty before 1948 -- Apartheid and urban poverty -- Social engineering, rural destitution and mass unemployment -- The ANC and social security: the good, the bad and the unacknowledged -- Poverty and policy options in South Africa today.
Perception and Production of Fluent Speech by
Perception and production of fluent speech
Beyond Behaviorism by
Beyond behaviorism
The Curse of Teko Modise by
Teko, the street kid -- The lady of the house -- 'Who is Doctor Khumalo and how do I become him?' -- King Tsiki Tsiki -- Lying Steve -- 'Say goodbye to your friend, Teko' -- 'Ria is not going to call you' -- 'I don't want to go to City Pillars' -- One step closer to Bafana Bafana -- SuperSport United -- 'Orlando Pirates will change your life' -- 'South Africa needs you, Teko' -- 'The family I never had' -- The move that wasn't -- The number 10 that wasn't -- Joel Santana -- The World Cup -- No wedding cake -- The organisation -- The king from Congo -- The ridiculous suit -- A rocky start -- 'Downgrade everything' -- Meant to be just friends -- The legend from Barcelona -- Pitso is in the building -- The sun goes down -- Making history -- Epilogue: Not so cursed after all.
Under Nelson Mandela Boulevard by
Beneath the Nelson Mandela Boulevard flyover on Cape Town's Foreshore lives a community of stowaways, young Tanzanian men from the slums of Dar es Salaam. When journalist Sean Christie meets Adam Bashili, he comes to know the extraordinary world of the Beachboys, a multi-port, fourth-generation subculture that lives to stow away and stows away to survive. This book remaps both city and continent, introducing us to the placed and people we so frequently overlook.
2Fish by
A collection of poems and a few short stories by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo.
The Art of War by
Written around the 6th century BC, The Art of War is one of the oldest books about war and military strategy, and probably the best. For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's "The Art of War" has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. Above all, it teaches how, when battles commences, to think on your feet and catch your enemy off guard. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success.
Coconut Kelz's Guide to Surviving This Shithole by
"Coconut Kelz is a young Caucasian woman trapped in a black woman's body. Kelz lives in - and tries never to leave - Sandton and is a staunch member of the DA. With handy tips for how to achieve the white right standard of beauty, deal with your family in the lalis, pick the best suburb to live in and nab yourself a white guy, Kelz offers a complete guide to a full Caucasian conversion. Through the mask of her character Coconut Kelz, whose apparent adoration of all things white has riled many an unsuspecting viewer of her online videos, Lesego Tlhabi speaks straight to the heart of this country's strong residue of prejudice, framing hard and potent truths to incredibly funny effect."--Back cover.
I Remember Nelson Mandela by
I remember Nelson Mandela
In the Jaws of the Crocodile by
eIt is impossible to understand recent political events in Zimbabwe without insight into the role of Emmerson Mnangagwa. The fall of Robert Mugabe and the inauguration of Emmerson Mnangagwa as Zimbabwe's new president in November 2017 were events that no one could have predicted. Just three weeks earlier, Mugabe had sacked Mnangagwa as vice-president, a move that seemd to end the long political career of the man known as "the Crocodile". "In the Jaws of the Crocodile" tells the gripping story of how Mnangagwa fled Zimbabwe in fear for his life, and of his brief exile in South Africa, where he declared to Mugabe that he would return "in a matter of weeks" to take control of the levers of power. It describes the military intervention against Mugabe and his allies, analyses the sudden power shift within Zanu-PF, and gives and eyewitness account of the mass demonstrations as people took to the streets to demand an end to Mugabe's rule. It describes Mnangagwe's return to Zimbabwe to take over the presidency, and concludes with an account of the disputed 2018 election. Drawing on interviews with Mnangagwa, his family, allies and opponents, and key political figures, this book gives unprecedented insights into the momentous events that changed the fate of a nation--back cover.
One Day I Will Write about This Place by
One day I will write about this place
Cultural Studies by
Part One: Culture and cultural studies. An introduction to cultural studies -- Questions of culture and ideology -- Culture, meaning, knowledge: the linguistic turn in cultural studies -- Biology, the body and culture. Part Two. The changing context of cultural studies -- A new world disorder? -- Enter postmodernism. Part Three. Issues of subjectivity and identity -- Ethnicity, race and nation -- Sex, subjectivity and representation -- Television, texts and audiences -- Digital media culture -- Cultural space and urban place -- Youth, style and resistance -- Cultural politics and cultural policy.
Religious Diversity and Religious Progress by
"What is someone who has a perspective on religious matters to say about those who endorse other perspectives? What should they say about other religions? For example, might some of their beliefs be true? What stage are we human beings at in our religious development? Are we close to maturity, religiously speaking, so that most of the important religious ideas and innovations there will ever be have already appeared? Or are we starting out in our religious evolution, so that religious developments to date are merely the first rude efforts of a species in its religious infancy?"-- Back cover.
Designing Experiments for the Social Sciences by
Designing Experiments for the Social Sciences: How to Plan, Create, and Execute Research Using Experiments is a practical, applied text for courses in experimental design. The text assumes that students have just a basic knowledge of the scientific method, and no statistics background is required. With its focus on how to effectively design experiments, rather than how to analyze them, the book concentrates on the stage where researchers are making decisions about procedural aspects of the experiment before interventions and treatments are given.Renita Coleman walks readers step-by-step on how to plan and execute experiments from the beginning by discussing choosing and collecting a sample, creating the stimuli and questionnaire, doing a manipulation check or pre-test, analyzing the data, and understanding and interpreting the results. Guidelines for deciding which elements are best used in the creation of a particular kind of experiment are also given. This title offers rich pedagogy, ethical considerations, and examples pertinent to all social science disciplines.-publisher's description
Managing Without Growth, Second Edition by
Managing without growth : slower by design, not disaster
Rethinking our world by
Rethinking our world
The Management Game of Communication by
"We still see many communication graduates with little business knowledge and business graduates with little communication knowledge. This schism leads communication scholars to assume that better communication is an end in itself while management see it as a means to an end: it must somehow contribute to the bottom line. How can strategic communication and public relations support corporations? What can communicators learn from management disciplines? Moreover, how should universities and business schools deal with the need to integrate research and education from different disciplines to advance the field? This book addresses these challenges and offers some answers. The contributions from primarily European countries were selected from a large number of peer-reviewed contributions for the 2015 congress of the European Public Relations Education and Research Association hosted by BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo. The chapters explore challenges of linking both fields; discuss research focusing on communication, leadership and organisational goals; and present findings from current research in corporate communication.
Language and Symbolic Power by
The economy of linguistic exchanges. The production and reproduction of legitimate language ; Price formation and the anticipation of profits ; Appendix: Did you say 'Popular'?. pt. 2. The social institutions of symbolic power. Authorized language: The social conditions for the effectiveness of ritual discourse ; Rites of institution ; Description and prescription: The conditions of possibility and the limits of political effectiveness ; Censorship and the imposition of form. pt. 3. Symbolic power and the political field. On symbolic power ; Political representation: Elements for a theory of the political field ; Delegation and political fetishism ; Identity and representation: Elements for a critical reflection in the idea of region ; Social space and the genesis of 'Classes'
Consumer behaviour : South African psychology and marketing applications by
Consumer behaviour cover the essential concepts of a subject that straddles both marketing and industrial psychology. The textbook focuses on both the internal and external factors which impact the decision-making process. The second edition includes the latest perspectives and theories along with examples of how these can be applied in practice."--Back cover.
Diversity Competence by
Diversity competence : cultures don't meet, people do
African Film Studies by
African Film Studies / Boukary Sawadogo., ROUTLEDGE,, 2018, 9781138579385, ISBN
African Film Studies / Boukary Sawadogo
Research Question by
Teaches students how to find their interest, hone it to a topic, and turn it into a research question that is relevant, interesting, and researchable.
Little quick fix : research question by
Teaches students how to find their interest, hone it to a topic, and turn it into a research question that is relevant, interesting, and researchable.
Participatory Rural Appraisal by
Offers a comprehensive and analytical picture of the evolution and principles of PRA/PLA, with a number of illustrations and field-based studies. This work highlights the essential features of each method, the mode of practice, application, merits and limitations in areas such as participatory poverty assessment, and vulnerability analysis.
Organizational Behaviour and Work by
A critical yet accessible introduction to organisational behaviour and work, this book will help you understand the complexities of organisational life and evaluate modern business practices. Classic organisational behaviour topics such as team-working, motivation, and change are complemented by core critical approaches such as power and control, organisational misbehaviour, and health and well-being through a clear three-part structure. Students are encouraged to look beyond a descriptive approach and truly engage with the content. Examples and 'Stop and Think' boxes placed throughout chapters, as well as end-of-chapter case studies with accompanying questions, provide the opportunity for this engagement and show how each chapter's theoretical coverage applies in real-life business situations.
Handbook of public relations by
Covers relevant content and contains case studies and examples taken from a South African context that deal with issues such as multi-cultural communication and relationship building.
A Concise Guide to Writing a Thesis or Dissertation by
"A Concise Guide to Writing a Thesis or Dissertation provides clear, concise, and intentional practice guidelines about organizing and writing a thesis or dissertation. Part I provides an overview for writing a thesis or dissertation. It describes the big picture of planning and formatting a research study, from identifying a topic through to writing quality. Part II describes the framework and substance of a research study. It models the pattern generally found in a formal, five-chapter research study"-- Provided by publisher.
Business and professional communication: putting people first by
"Students preparing to succeed in today's workplace require solid training in communication skills and principles, as well as experience applying them in realistic professional contexts. Kory Floyd and Peter Cardon bring substantial and concrete business-world experience to bear in the text's principles, examples, and activities and ensure that the theories, concepts, and skills most relevant to the communication discipline are fully represented and engaged. The result is a program that speaks student's language and helps them understand and apply communication skills in their personal and professional lives." -- Provided by publisher.
Statistical Tools for the Comprehensive Practice of Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health Sciences by
Statistical tools for the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene and environmental health sciences
Revenue Management for the Hospitality Industry by
"This is the first book that has been developed specifically to examine what revenue managers in the hospitality industry must know and do to be successful. Numerous cases and practical examples are used to illustrate revenue management concepts. Chapter ending questions and problems help them perform the calculations and practice the decision-making skills that are used in the field. RM in Action shows how the revenue management principles can be clearly illustrated using real-world examples reported in various news outlets. RM on the Web offers sites listed on the Internet to provide supplemental information about a topic or issue. Revenue managers will then gain hands-on skills to effectively manage their inventories and prices."--Provided by publisher.
"This is the first book that has been developed specifically to examine what revenue managers in the hospitality industry must know and do to be successful."--Provided by publisher.
Managing Housekeeping Operations by
The role of housekeeping in hospitality operations -- Environmental and energy management -- Planning and organizing the housekeeping department -- Housekeeping human resource issues -- Managing inventories -- Controlling expenses -- Safety and security -- Managing an on-premises laundry -- Guestroom cleaning -- Public area and other types of cleaning -- Ceilings, walls, furniture, and fixtures -- Beds, linens, and uniforms -- Carpets and floors -- Tubs, toilets, and vanities.
Running a Restaurant by
If you're an aspiring restaurateur, this guide covers every aspect of getting started, from setting up a business plan and finding financing to designing a menu and dining room -- Source other than Library of Congress.
The Handbook of Phonological Theory by
The handbook of phonological theory
Marketing management by
Marketing management
Semantics - Lexical Structures by
"Discover vital research on the lexical and cognitive meanings of words. In this exciting book from a team of world-class researchers, in-depth articles explain a wide range of topics, including thematic roles, sense relation, ambiguity and comparison. The authors focus on the cognitive and conceptual structure of words and their meaning extensions such as coercion, metaphors and metonymies. The book features highly cited material available in paperback for the first time since its publication and is an essential starting point for anyone interested in lexical semantics, especially where it meets other cognitive and conceptual research"-- Provided by publisher.
Principles and practice of marketing by
This textbook on marketing includes information on branding, ethics and corporate social responsibility, relationship marketing, internet marketing, mobile, wireless and e-mail marketing and adverts to demonstrate marketing principles in practice.
Fostering a Relational Pedagogy by
Engaging self-study to untangle issues of identity / Ellyn Lyle -- "We arrive, as it were, tool ate" / David W. Jardine -- My students' stories became a gift : a tale of poetic professional learning / Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan -- Being indigenous in the indigenous education classroom : a critical self-study of teaching in an impossible and imperative assignment / Jennifer Markides -- Leveraging arts integration to transform mathematics praxis / Timothy M. Sibbald -- The transformative becomings of a nature-based educator / Cher Hill and Laura Piersol -- Negotiating fear and whiteness / Elizabth Kenyon -- A self-study of culturally relevant pedagogy in a higher education institution in the United Arab Emirates / Sepideh Mahani -- Seeing ourselves on the walls : teacher identity and visual displays in schools / Sherry Martens -- Negotiating identity in a relational pedagogy : a cross-cultural perspective / Chinwe H. Ikpeze -- Opening into Aletheia / Kate Mccabe -- Navigating a narrative path : a self-study on using stories to deepen learning in pre-service teaching / Deborah Graham -- International novice teacher educators navigating transitional sel(f )ves in multicultural education teaching / Vy Dao and Yue Bian -- Finding layers in our stories : using collective memory work as transformative praxis / Sara K. Sterner, Amanda C. Shopa, Lee C. Fisher, and Abby Boehm-Turner -- Eavesdropping on a conversation : thinking through critical self-reflexivity, whiteness, and gender / Teresa Anne Fowler and Willow S. Allen -- Illuminating teacher educators' self-understanding through the study of relationships in the teacher education classroom / Aaron Zimmerman -- Always becoming : life as self-study / Charity Becker -- Looking in, leading out / Diane Burt -- Writing from the heart-mind : cultivating not-knowing towards an "earthly pedagogy" / Jodi Latremouille.
Semantics by
Get to grips with the fundamentals of semantics research. Written by a team of world-class experts, this book introduces the subject for a broad audience of linguists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, and computer scientists. It explores the core concepts of sentential semantics and includes sections on questions, imperatives, copular clauses, and existential sentences. It also features essential research on sentence types, and explains central concepts in the theory of information structure and discourse structure. Now in paperback for the first time since its original publication, the material in this modern classic is an ideal resource for anyone involved in semantics research.
Semantics by
"Explore the exciting research where semantics meets morphology, syntax and pragmatics. In this book, leading researchers use in-depth articles to explain a wide range of topics at these interfaces, including the semantics of intonation, inflection, compounding, argument structure, type shifting, compositionality, implicature, context dependence, deixis and presupposition. Now in paperback for the first time since its original publication, the highly cited material in this book is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in semantics where it crosses over with other dimensions of grammar"-- Provided by publisher.
Laying Ghosts to Rest by
Mamphela Ramphele tackles the ghosts of our past head-on in her frank discussion of the state of our democracy. Racism and sexism, a focus on transformation at the expense of delivery, capacity problems and the unintended consequences of policies such as Black Economic Empowerment and affirmative action are among the dilemmas she dissects. Ramphele makes a strong plea for active citizenship, for channeling anger into creative energy. 'Our tendency to label whatever whatever we disagree with as hostile speaks to the incompleteness of our journey. We need to acknowledge the woundedness of our psyche as part of the legacy of our past.
When Zuma goes by
List of abbreviations -- Foreword by Justice Malala -- Prologue -- The rise of the 'man of the people' -- Zuma's bureaucratic empire -- Capturing the state -- Zuma vs the judiciary -- Culture, Zuma and modern politics -- The new politics of disruption -- Firepools and lies -- Heroes and villains -- Nenegate and after -- Spies and spooks -- Zuma's ANC has lost it -- When Zuma goes -- After Zuma -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Index.
The Great Agony and Pure Laughter of the Gods by
"Risto Mahuno's agony is what happens to his sweetheart Nene, to his cousin, and to himself. In the east of the Congo, where the border with Rwanda is also the border between life and death, the boys are abducted and forced to become soldiers, the girls raped. Far too much happens for 15-year-old children. Nene is claimed by the warlord, Risto's cousin killed, and Risto, his eyes already dead, is beaten to the brink. His fate flings him south, on a fraught journey by foot or whatever ride he can get, to Mozambique, where he arrives with even less of himself left. And yet the gods are laughing, for Risto's journey back holds promise of love, peace and family. Risto's story is based on real experiences"--Page 4 of cover.
Steering by the Stars by
Like a bulb splitting -- Bulelwa: a woman with a mission -- Bulelani: teach me how to be a man -- Family: Induku ayinamzi -- the rod destroys homes -- School: Verwoerd's ghost -- Community: the essence of humanity is 'our personhood' -- A development intervention: 'we will learn there, we will play there' -- The challenge: dealing with the legacy -- Where are they now?
Khwezi : the story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo by
1. 'If you did not speak then, do not speak now -- 2. A young life in exile -- 3. Fezekile and South Africa's unfinished business -- 4. Forest Town -- 5. On trial -- 6. Zuma in the dock -- 7. Back into exile -- 8. 'Every day feels like death now -- 9. Beauty.
The Graceless Fall of Robert Mugabe by
The ousting of Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe's president took the world by surprise. In this book, veteran Zimbabwean journalist Geoffrey Nyarota explains how and why the events of November 2017 happened as they did. The book describes the rifts within ZANU-PF as Mugabe sidelined anyone who might challenge his power, and the creation of opposing factions that supported vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa and First Lady Grace Mugabe respectively. It traces the growing ambition and power of Grace Mugabe, culminating in the sacking of Mnangagwa as vice president in November 2017, and shows how this finally spurred ZANU-PF to rid itself of the president who had done so much damage to the country over the decades. Written with the insight of a journalist from inside Zimbabwe, this is a fascinating account of the rise and fall of one of Africa's longest-ruling dictators--Publisher's website.
Africa's Moment by
The 21st century will be the century of Africa. This continent was once seen as empty, rural, animist, poor, and forgotten by the world. Now, fifty years after independence, it is full to bursting, urban and monotheist. If poverty and violence are still rampant, economic growth has taken off again and a middle class is developing. Africa will hold a central place in the big issues facing the world today. If it once made a 'false start', here it is back again - in the fast lane. The West has missed the turnaround of a continent that will no longer wait for us. How can we best understand it? Demography, economics, politics, diplomacy, cultures and religions - this book presents the different facets of this new Africa, which will soon have a billion people, at the mid point of the most rapid population boom that humanity has ever known. Without ignoring the risks of its metamorphosis, it brings to light the forces and hopes that Africa harbors. -- Book jacket.
Self-Confidence by
Self-confidence : the remarkable truth of why a small change can make a big difference
Digital Citizenship in a Datafied Society by
Digitisation has transformed how we interact with our social, political and economic environments. While it has enhanced the potential for citizen agency, it has also enabled the collection and analysis of unprecedented amounts of personal data. Conceptions of active digital citizenship must therefore be complemented by an awareness of the monitoring and profiling of citizens. Digital Citizenship in a Datafied Society offers a new understanding of citizenship in an age defined by data collection and processing. Hintz, Dencik and Wahl-Jorgensen trace the social forces, as well as the norms and ideologies, which shape digital citizenship. They investigate regulatory frameworks, mediated public debate, citizens' knowledge and understanding, and possibilities for dissent and resistance, as well as the conditions in which digital citizenship is formed and how it might be enhanced in an era of datafication. Drawing on extensive empirical research and deftly connecting debates on digital citizenship, big data and surveillance, this book is indispensable reading for scholars and students of media and communication, technology, politics and surveillance studies, as well as those working with issues of citizenship and social change.
Sorry, Not Sorry by
"Why don't white people understand that Converse tekkies are not just cool but a political statement to people of colour? Why is it that South Africans of colour don't really 'write what we like'? What's the deal with people pretending to be 'woke'? Is Islam really as antifeminist as is claimed? What does it feel like to be a brown woman in a white media corporation? And what life lessons can we learn from Bollywood movies? In Sorry, Not Sorry, Haji Mohamed Dawjee explores the often maddening experience of moving through post-apartheid South Africa as a woman of colour. In characteristically candid style, she pulls no punches when examining the social landscape: from arguing why she'd rather deal with an open racist than some liberal white people, to drawing on her own experience to convince readers that joining a cult is never a good idea. In the provocative voice that has made Mohamed Dawjee one of our country's most talked-about columnists, she offers observations laced with acerbic wit. Sorry, Not Sorry will make readers laugh, wince, nod, introspect and argue."--Provided by publisher.
Organizational Surveys by
No other book approaches this collection's range and specificity, or its emphasis on actual practice in organizations. Organizational Surveys is an indispensable tool for thoughtful practitioners in industrial and organizational psychology, human resource professionals, and academics and executives seeking a broader understanding of how surveys are used in leading organizations and how opinion research may be used in the future.
Prosperity Without Growth by
At the core of the book, the key question remains: is more economic growth the solution to the world's problems? Will it deliver prosperity and well-being for a global population projected to reach nine billion? Tim Jackson makes the compelling case that it won't. In the advanced economies there continues to be mounting evidence that ever-increasing consumption adds little to human happiness and may even impede it. And it is abundantly clear that the ecosystems that sustain our economies are collapsing under the impacts of rising consumption. To protect the world's natural resources and for the future well-being of the human race, we will have to devise a path to prosperity that does not rely on continued growth. In the second edition of Prosperity Without Growth, Tim Jackson provides a clear credible vision of how human society can flourish within the ecological limits of a finite planet."
Sociology : introductory readings by
Introduction -- The Sociological Perspective 1. C. Wright-Mills -- Private Troubles, Public Issues 2. Anthony Giddens -- The Scope of Sociology 3. Richard Jenkins -- What is Sociology For? Further Reading PART 1 Theories of Society 4. Karl Marx -- Human History as Class Conflict 5. Emile Durkheim -- From Mechanical to Organic Solidarity 6. Sylvia Walby -- Structuring Patriarchal Societies 7. Zygmunt Bauman -- Intimations of Postmodernity 8. Anthony Giddens -- Riding the Juggernaut of Modernity Further Reading PART 2 Research Methods 9. Alan Bryman -- Quantitative versus Qualitative Methods? 10. Alan Buckingham & Peter Saunders -- What is a Social Survey? 11. Barbara Merrill & Linden West -- Researching Individual Lives 12. Philip Abrams -- Sociology's Historical Imagination 13. Loic Wacquant -- Participant Observation / Observant Participation Further Reading PART 3 Natural and Urban Environments 14. Georg Simmel -- Individuality in the Modern City 15. Richard Sennett -- Creating Humane Cities 16. Saskia Sassen -- The Global City 17. Riley E. Dunlap -- A New Ecological Paradigm for Sociology 18. Anthony Giddens -- A Politics for Global Warming Further Reading
Amy Biehl's Last Home by
In 1993, white American Fulbright scholar Amy Biehl was killed in a racially motivated attack near Cape Town after working to promote democracy and women's rights in South Africa. The ironic circumstances of her death generated enormous international publicity and yielded one of South Africa's most heralded stories of postapartheid reconciliation.
New Histories of South Africa's Apartheid-Era Bantustans by
New histories of South Africa's apartheid-era bantustans
Human Rights, Race, and Resistance in Africa and the African Diaspora by
"Africans and their descendants have long been faced with abuse of their human rights, most frequently due to racism or racialized issues. Consequently, understanding shifting conceptualizations of race and identity is essential to understanding how people of color confronted these encounters. This book addresses these issues and their connections to social justice, discrimination, and equality movements. From colonial abuses or their legacies, black people around the world have historically encountered discrimination, and yet they do not experience injustice opaquely. The chapters in this book explore and clarify how Africans, and their descendants, struggled to achieve agency despite long histories of discrimination. Contributors draw upon a range of case studies related to resistance, and examine these in conjunction with human rights and the concept of race to provide a thorough exploration of the diasporic experience. Human Rights, Race, and Resistance in Africa and the African Diaspora will appeal to students and scholars of Ethnic and Racial Studies, African History, and Diaspora Studies." -- Publisher's description
Politics by
Politics : an introduction
Inclusive Innovation for Development by
Why inclusivity in innovation matters -- Existing theories of justice and inclusivity -- The question of inclusive innovation for development -- Generating non-ideal principles of justice through public action -- Evaluating inclusive innovation in terms of non-ideal principles.
Antiracism by
Racism is America's original and most enduring sin, with well-known historic and contemporary markers: slavery, lynching, Jim Crow, redlining, mass incarceration, police brutality. Yet a resurgence of white racism in the twenty-first century, from white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia, to the skyrocketing number of hate crimes being reported around the country, has also brought into sharp relief another uniquely American tradition: antiracism. In Anticracism, Alex Zamalin tells the powerful story of this political theory and practice. He examines the way in which the black antiracist tradition has strongly engaged questions of freedom, equality, justice, struggle, and political hope in dark times. Through a study of major figures, texts and political movements, he traces the history of antislavery abolition, black socialism, and the civil rights movement, leading all the way up to the contemporary Movement for Black Lives. back cover.
Gender Equality in a Global Perspective by
Gender equality in a global perspective
Democratizing Public Governance in Developing Nations by
Rethinking governance and democracy in developing countries : looking back, moving forward / M. Shamsul Haque, Anastase Shyaka, and Gedeon M. Mudacumura. -- Part 1: Perspectives on public governance : regional scenarios. -- Neoliberal restructuring of public governance : impacts of the NPM model on democracy in Asia, Africa and Latin America / M. Shamsul Haque -- Understanding Africa's governance structures and its economic growth performance : past, present, and future / Oluwole Owoye and Olugbenga A. Onafowora -- Reshaping economic and political governance : role of the BRICs / Asha Gupta. -- Part 2: Politics, democracy and good governance. -- The Arab Spring and democratic processes in North Africa : implications for Sub-Saharan Africa / Chris M. A. Kwaja -- Girardin's "ethical hexagon" : democratic governance and the role of ethics in politics and public service / Denis Venter Strengthening democratic governance and accountability in Rwanda : the role of Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) / Félicien Usengumukiza, Jean Paul Munyandamutsa and Esperance Nshutiraguma -- The new South Africa's democratic governance complexities / Boyie Sabelo Dlamini. -- Part 3: Decentralization and local governance. -- Making local government more "local" : strategies for successful decentralization in transitional countries / Jyldyz Kasymova, Marco Aurelio M. Ferreira, and Tia Sherèe Gaynor -- Challenges faced in the delivery of public services in Uganda's local governments / Kalanzi William -- Civic governance and engagement in quest of democracy in Uganda / Prince Karakire Guma -- Fighting corrupt practices in the local government authorities in Tanzania : the role of the national audit office / Japhace Poncian. -- Part 4: Innovative strategies and governance. -- Home grown solutions : key drivers of development process in Rwanda Florence Mutesi and Prince H. Kayigire -- Understanding SMEs in peace-building : lessons from Kenya / Caleb Wafula -- Electoral adjudication in Africa's democratic process : a prerequisite for electoral justice / Lydia A. Nkansah.
(En)gendering the Political by
(En)gendering the political : citizenship from marginal spaces
Black Appetite White Food by
Black Appetite. White Food. invites educators to explore the nuanced manifestations of white privilege as it exists within and beyond the classroom. Renowned speaker and author Jamila Lyiscott provides ideas and tools that teachers, school leaders, and professors can use for awareness, inspiration, and action around racial injustice and inequity. Part I of the book helps you ask the hard questions, such as whether your pedagogy is more aligned with colonialism than you realize and whether you are really giving students of color a voice. Part II offers a variety of helpful strategies for analysis and reflection. Each chapter includes personal stories, frank discussions of the barriers you may face, and practical ideas that will guide you as you work to confront privilege in your classroom, campus, and beyond.
Creating Cultures of Thinking by
"Discover why and how schools must become places where thinking is valued, visible, and actively promoted. As educators, parents, and citizens, we must settle for nothing less than environments that bring out the best in people, take learning to the next level, allow for great discoveries, and propel both the individual and the group forward into a lifetime of learning. This is something all teachers want and all students deserve. In Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master to Truly Transform Our Schools, Ron Ritchhart, author of Making Thinking Visible, explains how creating a culture of thinking is more important to learning than any particular curriculum and he outlines how any school or teacher can accomplish this by leveraging 8 cultural forces: expectations, language, time, modeling, opportunities, routines, interactions, and environment. With the techniques and rich classroom vignettes throughout this book, Ritchhart shows that creating a culture of thinking is not about just adhering to a particular set of practices or a general expectation that people should be involved in thinking. A culture of thinking produces the feelings, energy, and even joy that can propel learning forward and motivate us to do what at times can be hard and challenging mental work"-- Provided by publisher.
Teaching reading comprehension by
Teaching reading comprehension
Education and the Limits of Reason by
Troubling Reason: Notes from Underground Revisited -- Love, Attention and Teaching: The Brothers Karamazov -- Passion as a Quality of Education: The Death of Ivan Ilyich -- Education, Rationality and the Meaning of Life: Tolstoy's Confession -- Pedagogy of the Gaze: An Educational Reading of Lolita -- Education Arrayed in Time: Nabokov and the Problem of Time and Space -- Conclusion: Literature, Philosophy and Education.
Early Childhood Education for Muslim Children by
Early childhood education for Muslim children : rationales and practices in South Africa
Relational Leadership in Education by
"Relational Leadership in Education considers 'relational leadership' within the context of education, critiquing the current ideological 'context' and contemporary understandings of its influence. Employing a phenomenological approach, this book explores the relational nature of education, relational leadership, and the organisational culture to provide a more sophisticated exploration of practice-based wisdom. It offers an extensive range of activities for further thinking on the experiential nature of relational leadership, grouped around a number of themes" -- Provided by publisher.
Radical Schooling for Democracy by
Radical schooling for democracy : engaging philosophy of education for the public good
Weep not, child by
Weep not, child
Early Childhood Educational Research by
"Early Childhood educational research is a constantly evolving field. This book brings together Cathy Nutbrown’s considerable knowledge and expertise in the field, to deliver a comprehensive and critical overview of national and international research. The strengths of various types of research, and their influence on theory, policy and practice, are identified along with new and emerging research areas, and anticipated future topics and patterns of research. Through an analytical discussion of research topics addressing Children, Adults and Pedagogy, these key areas are highlighted: *Issues in research design; *Types of and trends in methodological approaches; *The ethics of research With digestible chapter introductions, thinking points and suggestions for research or dissertation topics, readers are also able to locate their own work in an international landscape. This is the perfect ‘go to’ resource for all early childhood education and social science researchers." --Back cover.
Reasons to Reason in Primary Maths and Science by
A rationale for reasoning -- Frameworks to promote reasoning -- Reasoning in mathematics and science in the Early Years -- Using questions to promote reasoning -- Using prediction, conjecture and hypothesis to promote reasoning -- Noticing pattern to promote reasoning -- Using problem-solving and investigation to promote reasoning -- Noticing and evidencing reasoning -- A toolkit of ideas to promote a culture of reasoning.
Principles of Educational Leadership and Management by
Principles of educational leadership and management
Inequalities in the Early Years by
Technology : factors behind the digital divide / Bonnie Johnson and Yvonne Pratt-Johnson -- Mathematics and measurements : young children count : undoing reverse constructivism during early childhood mathematical experiences / Daniel Ness -- Literacy : poverty, literacy, and the American dream : do children fail in schools, or do society and schools fail children? / Michael R. Sampson -- Physical sciences : pediatric medical conditions associated with poverty / Caitlin Stehling and Robert A. Mangione -- Business and economics : the transformative potential of marketing to fight child poverty / Fabienne T. Cadet, Dan Rubin, and Joan Ball -- Society and social institutions : the racial, spatial, and intergenerational contours of food inequality in America : origins, implications, and conditions of possibility / Anthony Bayani Rodriguez -- History : the evolution of juvenile justice / Harold T. Broderick -- The arts : arts education and makerspaces : opportunities for democratizing practices and socially responsible learning / Sandra Schamroth Abrams -- Sports and recreation : inequalities for young children with regards to sports and physical activity / Elizabeth Chase -- Life sciences : reaching for the stars from the start : early learning experiences in the sciences / Nancy P. Morabito -- Earth sciences and geography : how geographic settings contribute to child poverty with implications for child citizenship development / Donald R. McClure.
Ethics for accountants and auditors by
"Ethics for Accountants and Auditors offers an introduction to ethical value systems and ethical theories that are relevant to the accounting and auditing profession. The text combines theory and practical application to equip students and practitioners with the tools to deal with various ethical dilemmas. The book is suited for graduate and postgraduate teaching, managerial training and the ethical orientation of members of accounting and auditing professional associations."--Publisher's description.
International economics : theory and policy. by
Preface -- Introduction -- International trade theory -- World trade : an overview -- Labor productivity and comparative advantage : the Ricardian model -- Specific factors and income distribution -- Resources and trade: the Heckscher-Ohlin model -- The standard trade model -- External economies of scale and the international location of production -- Firms in the global economy: export decisions, outsourcing, and multinational enterprises -- International trade policy -- The instruments of trade policy -- The political economy of trade policy -- Trade policy in developing countries -- Controversies in trade policy -- Exchange rates and open-economy macroeconomics -- National income accounting and the balance of payments -- Exchange rates and the foreign exchange market : an asset approach -- Money, interest rates, and exchange rates -- Price levels and the exchange rate in the long run -- Output and the exchange rate in the short run -- Fixed exchange rates and foreign exchange intervention -- International macroeconomic policy -- International monetary systems: an historical overview -- Financial globalization : opportunity and crisis -- Optimum currency areas and the euro -- Developing countries: growth, crisis, and reform. -- Mathematical postscripts. Index. Credits.
Quality and Performance Excellence by
Introduction to quality and performance excellence -- Frameworks for quality and performance excellence -- Tools and techniques for quality design and control -- Tools and techniques for quality improvement -- Competitive advantage and strategic management for performance excellence -- Quality in customer-supplier relationships -- Designing organizations for performance excellence -- Quality teamwork -- Engagement, empowerment, and motivation -- Leadership for performance excellence -- Performance excellence and organizational change.
Achieve with Accountability by
Accountability is the catalyst that ignites: Accelerated Change, Robust Employee Engagement, Intensified Ownership, Relentless Perseverance, Impeccable Alignment, and propels individuals, teams and organizations to desired results. Accountability crumbles silos, boosts teamwork and collaboration, strengthens camaraderie, creativity, resiliency, agility, trust, and communication. Achieve with Accountability presents a recipe for awakening the whatever it takes attitude to achieve what matters most to individuals, teams and organizations. Discover how to transform accountability into a positive, engaging and forward looking experience that will secure your position in the new world of work. Learn how to kick-start a revolution that will blast your team or organization to new heights of success. We are in a brawl with no rules, where the fast, flexible and agile will eat and spit out the slow, over-thinking and complacent. When you relinquish accountability you place your future in the hands of other people or events. It's only by taking accountability and ownership for our circumstances that we can achieve what matters most. Embrace the accountability fundamentals that have helped individuals, teams and organizations for years to achieve and exceed what matters most. With the world coming at us fast and furious every day, it's easy to feel like you've lost control of your own life, your team or your organization. By choosing to take and lead accountability you reclaim control and are able to direct your own destiny. Develop the agility, flexibility and resiliency to adapt and thrive during constant change; Foster a can-do, resolute, solutions focus in the face of difficult challenges, obstacles and barriers; Eradicate the blame-game and vanquish excuse-making that stifles peak performance; Shed feelings of disarray, discomfort, apathy, entitlement, indifference and despair; Take control over your circumstances and achieve what matters most; Unleash voluntary contri butions of discretionary performance that is often left untapped in individuals, teams and organizations; Establish unshakable trust and credibility; Accountability is a current that feeds into the slipstream of success. Your performance, your decisions, and your results are all your responsibility; when you operate from that premise, magic happens. Achieve with Accountability shows you how to nourish that can-do mindset, so you can begin to achieve what matters most -- From the publisher.
Project Management for Dummies by
"In today's time-crunched, cost-conscious global business environment, tight project deadlines and stringent expectations are the norm. So how can you juggle all the skills and responsibilities it takes to shine as a project management maven? This offers everything you need to successfully manage projects from start to finish -- without ever dropping the ball. Written by a well-known project management expert, this hands-on guide takes the perplexity out of being a successful PM, laying out all the steps to take your organizational, planning, and execution skills to new heights. Whether it's managing distressed projects, embracing the use of social media to drive efficiency and improve socialization, or resolving conflicts that occur during a project, the soup-to-nuts guidance inside will help you wear your project management hat more prominently -- and proudly"--Publisher's description.
Africa's Information Revolution by
"Confronts current information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) discourse by providing a counter to largely optimistic mainstream perspectives on Africa's prospects for m- and e-development"-- Provided by publisher.
Financial Markets and Institutions by
PART I: OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT -- 1. Role of Financial Markets and Institutions -- 2. Determination of Interest Rates -- 3. Structure of Interest Rates -- PART 2: THE FED AND MONETARY POLICY -- 4. Functions of the Fed -- 5. Monetary Policy -- PART 3: DEBT SECURITY MARKETS -- 6. Money Markets -- 7. Bond Markets -- 8. Bond Valuation and Risk -- 9. Mortgage Markets -- PART 4: EQUITY MARKETS -- 10. Stock Offerings and Investor Monitoring -- 11. Stock Valuation and Risk -- 12. Market Microstructure and Strategies -- PART 5: DERIVATIVE SECURITY MARKETS -- 13. Financial Futures Markets -- 14. Options Markets -- 15. Swap Markets -- 16. Foreign Exchange Derivative Markets -- PART 6: COMMERCIAL BANKING -- 17. Commercial Bank Operations -- 18. Bank Regulation -- 19. Bank Management -- 20. Bank Performance -- PART 7: NONBANK OPERATIONS -- 21. Thrift Operations -- 22. Finance Company Operations -- 23. Mutual Fund Operations -- 24. Securities Operations -- 25. Insurance and Pension Fund Operations -- 26. Pension Funds Operations.
Shared Governance for Sustainable Working Landscapes by
Introduction -- An enduring wicked problem -- Natural capital outputs and outcomes -- Disparate stakeholder strategies and values -- Conflicting governance styles -- Devising a wicked solution -- A landscape language -- Aligning sustainability activities -- A shared governance platform Governance of the glocal commons -- Designing a business ecosystem -- Enabling an eco-commerce ecosystem -- Conclusion.
Diversity in Multinational Corporations by
Diversity in multinational corporations
Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology by
Doing qualitative research in psychology : a practical guide
Forensic Psychology by
This edition of Forensic Psychology: The Basics continues to provide an essential and accessible overview of a dynamic and fascinating discipline. Providing an engaging introduction to the core topics within Forensic Psychology, the text combines a discussion of theory with information about the role of a professional forensic psychologist. Established topics including police psychology, the psychology of crime and delinquency, victimology and victim services, and correctional psychology are also considered in this invaluable guide. It will be essential reading for students across a range of disciplines, from psychology to criminology to law, or general readers seeking a concise and jargon-free introduction.
An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy by
This book introduces readers to everything they need to know about counselling and psychotherapy theory, skills and practice. Drawing on years of experience as a counselling practitioner and educator, Andrew Reeves links theory to the development of appropriate skills and locates it within the context of therapeutic practice. Features including chapter summaries, discussion questions, prompts for reflection, case examples and further reading help students to apply what they've learnt and give them the confidence to progress into practice.
Physiological Psychology by
Physiological psychology : an introduction
Research Methods in Psychology by
Research Methods in Psychology: Investigating Human Behavior draws on fascinating stories to illustrate the entire research process within a unifying conceptual framework. Bestselling authors Paul G. Nestor and Russell K. Schutt present a clear and comprehensive introduction to the logic and techniques of research methods in psychology by employing a unique combination of two distinct yet complementary pedagogical techniques. First, chapters designed for experiential, hands-on studies put the student in the roles of researcher, participant, and consumer to bring concepts to life. Second, the findings of cognitive science guide the text in a way that is most conducive to learning. This novel approach serves as an effective way to make the world of psychological research fun and rewarding for students, in addition to allowing them to gain the foundational knowledge they need to design, conduct, and present research.-publisher's description.
Physiological Psychology by
Physiological psychology
Regional cooperation for peace and development : Japan and South Korea in Southeast Asia by
"Faced with significant security challenges, in recent years Japan and South Korea have both sought to raise their international profile through peacebuilding, development, humanitarian assistance, and human security. This book assesses the past, present, and future potential of these niche diplomacy initiatives undertaken by Japan and South Korea, largely in Southeast Asia. The book concludes that not only do such non-traditional security channels have the potential to achieve meaningful change for partners and beneficiaries, but they could also form the basis of future confidence-building and security cooperation between Japan and South Korea, which have to date achieved little in the field of traditional security cooperation, despite facing many shared challenges. Working across disciplines and national boundaries, the contributors to this volume argue that policy prioritization in the fields of peacebuilding, development, and human security by Tokyo and Seoul could have the potential to accrue wider benefits not only to the Northeast Asian actors and the Southeast Asian partners, but also to wider regional and even global security communities. At a time when the role of so-called 'middle powers' is receiving increasing levels of attention both domestically and internationally, this book will be of considerable interest to scholars of Japan and the ROK, as well as development, security, and foreign policy researchers more broadly"-- Provided by publisher.
Trade liberalisation and poverty : Vietnam now and beyond by
Introduction -- Trade liberalisation, economic growth and poverty in a global setting -- Trade liberalisation and poverty in Vietnam -- Trade and growth elasticity of poverty -- Farm households' perceptions of agricultural market and policy -- Rural poverty and employment -- Urban poverty and employment -- Institutional reforms and poverty -- Summary, findings and policy perspective.
Liberalism Civilisation and Cultural Commonwealths by
Introduction : liberal world order in retreat -- Hubris : the rise and fall of the liberal world order -- Backlash : the global revolt against liberalism -- Interregnum : the battle for hegemony -- Commonwealths : the case for cultural association -- Covenant : the resurgence of civilisation -- Conclusion : the once and future order.
Environmental Policy by
Authoritative and trusted, Environmental Policy once again brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes and continuities in American environmental policy since the late 1960s and their implications for the twenty-first century. Students will learn to decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape today's environmental politics. The Tenth Edition examines how policy has changed within federal institutions and state and local governments, as well as how environmental governance affects private sector policies and practices. The book provides in-depth examinations of public policy dilemmas including fracking, food production, urban sustainability, and the viability of using market solutions to address policy challenges. Students will also develop a deeper understanding of global issues such as climate change governance, the implications of the Paris Agreement, and the role of environmental policy in the developing world. Students walk away with a measured yet hopeful evaluation of the future challenges policymakers will confront as the American environmental movement continues to affect the political process. - Publisher.
Food and Nutrition Security in Southern African Cities by
Food and nutritution security in southern African cities
Small Firms in Urban and Rural Locations by
Small firms in urban and rural location
Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research by
Using visual data in qualitative research
Public Policies for Food Sovereignty by
"An increasing number of rural and urban-based movements are realizing some political traction in their demands for democratization of food systems through food sovereignty. Some are pressuring to institutionalize food sovereignty principles and practices through laws, policies, and programs. While the literature on food sovereignty continues to grow in volume and complexity, there are a number of key questions that need to be examined more deeply. These relate specifically to the processes and consequences of seeking to institutionalize food sovereignty: What dimensions of food sovereignty are addressed in public policies and which are left out? What are the tensions, losses and gains for social movements engaging with sub-national and national governments? How can local governments be leveraged to build autonomous spaces against state and corporate power?
The contributors to this book analyze diverse institutional processes related to food sovereignty, ranging from community-supported agriculture to food policy councils, direct democracy initiatives to constitutional amendments, the drafting of new food sovereignty laws to public procurement programmes, as well as Indigenous and youth perspectives, in a variety of contexts including Brazil, Ecuador, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Canada, USA, and Africa. Together, the contributors to this book discuss the political implications of integrating food sovereignty into existing liberal political structures, and analyze the emergence of new political spaces and dynamics in response to interactions between state governance systems and social movements voicing the radical demands of food sovereignty."--pub. desc.
Psychology and Its Cities by
Within the social and political upheaval of American cities in the decades surrounding the turn of the 20th century, a new scientific discipline, psychology, strove to carve out a place for itself. In this new history of early American psychology, Christompher D. Green highlights the urban contexts in which much of early American psychology developed and tells the stories of well-known early psychologists, including William James, G. Stanley Hall, John Dewey, and James McKeen Cattell, detailing how early psychologists attempted to alleviate the turmoil around them. American psychologists sought out the daunting intellectual, emotional, and social challenged that were threatening to destabilize the nation's burgeoning urban areas and proposed novel solutions, sometimes to positive and sometimes to negative effect. Their contributions helped develop our modern ideas about the mind, person, and society. This book is ideal for scholars and students interested in the history of psychology--back cover.
Contemporary Issues in Socio¿economic Reform in Zambia by
Contemporary issues in socio-economic reform in Zambia
Writing the Winning Thesis or Dissertation by
The classic step-by-step guide to thesis and dissertation success, fully updated for 2018. From selecting your topic to defending your finished work, a masters thesis or doctoral dissertation is a major undertaking. Since 1998, this book has been the go-to resource for scholars seeking guidance and best practices at every phase of the process. This revised and updated fourth edition is the most comprehensive guide yet to researching, writing, and publishing a successful thesis or dissertation. It includes: Insights on leveraging new technologies to maximize your efficiency. Current case studies demonstrating the book's teachings in action. Tested principles of effective planning, an engaging writing style, defense preparation, and more. Written in an easy, digestible style perfect for a thesis or dissertation-writer's busy schedule, this latest edition of a contemporary classic belongs on every advanced degree candidate's shelf.
Memory by
Memory : neuropsychological, imaging and psychopharmacological perspective
Krause's Food and the Nutrition Care Process by
This textbook on dietetics and nutrition covers nutrition basics, nutrition in the life cycle, nutrition care, nutrition for health and fitness, and medical nutrition therapy. It has been written by more than 40 experts in nutrition care.
Food Security in South Africa by
Although the term itself was only developed in the 1970s, food security has played a central role in policies that have shaped the history of South Africa from the 17th century. As with the changing international interpretation of food security over the past four decades, South African food security determinants have been interpreted differently by different ruling authorities and governments over three centuries. The Natives Land Act of 1913 played a significant role in determining the food security context of the country in terms of the character, composition and contribution of the agricultural sector, shaped consumption patterns and determined rural livelihoods. While food security is expressed as a national objective in a plethora of strategies and programmes, no formal evaluation has been carried out of the food security impact of these programmes, and there is a dire lack of coordination and no enforceable policy to ensure food security. Any national food security policy will need a framework of enforceable legislative measures and statutory coordination and reporting. This article explores the current national and household food security and nutrition situation in South Africa, and it offers recommendations for a comprehensive food security policy.
Head Start by
Head start : build a resilient mindset and achieve your goals
Assertiveness by
Assertiveness : how to be yourself in every situation
Zest by
ZEST equates to zing, enthusiasm, energy, gusto, eagerness, zeal and fervour. It also connotes a tang, a sharpness. It's the opposite of bland. And Zest: How to Squeeze the Max out of Life is exactly that. It's more than just a book on personal development. There are an awful lot of those. Zest is a catalyst, a spark that ignites your remembering of what makes you, in a word, you. It drives you to rethink, rejuvenate and reinvent. It also contains a touch of the revolutions. Have you, as a grown-up, fallen into the trap of becoming a Groan-up? You know you should try to make the best of things, but oftentimes you dont know what your best is anymore. Its strange. You used to know. What happened? Was it the years of social conformity? There is a whole beige generation out there a generation that has lost its identity and forgotten who they once were buried under the crushing, stifling facades of adulthood. If only there was a way to unearth your passions, recover the zest for life you once had. Maybe there is. Zest is a wake-up call for you to explore the formative moments that define your life. It challenges you to believe that your best days are still ahead, to search your soul, to shake things up and bask in the warmth of glorious individuality. Zest will help you: Explore the pivotal, defining moments in your life Examine both the good and bad experiences that define you Reconnect to the essence of who you are Embrace your quirks, qualities and peculiarities Determine to be the person you always wanted to be Zest is your permission to play, your licence to wreak the right kind of havoc. Moreover, it's not about pretending to be someone you're not, it's about squeezing every last drop out of who you already are"-- Provided by publisher.
"Grown-ups have become Groan-ups. They know they should be making the best of it, but don't actually know what their "best," looks like anymore. Years of societal conformity have created a beige generation who have lost their identity; forgotten how they once were -- buried under a stifling façade of adulthood. But underneath, those moments, memories, passions are still there. If only they could be re-ignited... "Zest," explores the pivotal, formative moments in our lives, both good and bad. It shows how they shaped us, moulded us -- but they don't have to (or maybe they should) define us. It's a wake-up call that challenges the reader to reconnect with the essence of who they are, and embrace their forgotten quirks, qualities and peculiarities. It challenges you to believe that the best days are still in front; to search your soul and wear it proudly. To break free. To awaken the rebel within. It's a catalyst for glorious individuality and shaking things up. For creating the best possible havoc. Other books have light and shade; Zest will explore the dark and blindingly bright.."-- Provided by publisher.
The moment of lift : how empowering women changes the world by
The moment of lift : how empowering women changes the world
Discovering the power of positive thinkin by
Discovering the power of positive thinkin
Self as Coach by
"Become a more effective leader by discovering the resources you already have Pamela McLean, CEO and cofounder of the Hudson Institute for Coaching, has been at the forefront of the field for the past three decades, using clinical and organizational psychology to provide the highest-quality coaching and development training to professionals in organizations and solo practice worldwide. Now, Pamela is teaching readers to cultivate their leadership potential through use of self as instrument, a key dimension of developmental coaching that emphasizes the whole person. Her holistic methods give coaches and other leaders a clearer framework for getting to know themselves, exploring their multiple layers, and fostering their latent abilities so that they can foster the abilities of others. Self as Coach guides you along a path that interweaves six broad dimensions of your internal landscape into the fabric of great coaching. This creates lasting improvements, unlike more common remedial, tactical, or performance-based programs, which often only function as short-term solutions. Develop leadership skills using internal resources you already possess Achieve real improvements with long-lasting benefits Based on methodology proven successful in business and personal settings Includes useful practices and exercises for self-reflection and brainstorming Whether youre an emerging or experienced coach, whether you want to grow your own leadership skills or develop them across an entire organization, Self as Coach can help. With its innovative approach, proven methods, and near-universal applicability, this book will not only provide effective instruction but also help you uncover lasting insights that will benefit you long after youve turned the last page"-- Provided by publisher.
"This book focuses on the concept of use of self as instrument as a key dimension in the practice of developmental coaching. Developmental coaching places an emphasis on the whole person wherein the coaching focus links the work to multiple layers of the whole person. This approach differs from a remedial, tactical or performance-based approach where tools and techniques may be sufficient to aid the client over the short term. Coaches (and leaders) will have a clearer roadmap for exploring their internal landscape as a means of strengthening their use of self as the most important tool in coaching. The markers along the path include six broad dimensions of the coach's internal landscape that are interwoven into the fabric of great coaching. This roadmap also provides the coach with practices and exercises the continue to cultivate and explore the use of self"-- Provided by publisher.
Exam Literacy by
Exam literacy : a guide to doing what works (and not what doesn't) to better prepare students for exams
Reclaiming the soil : a black girl's struggle to find her African self Motene, Rosie, author. by
"The Rosie Motene story is about a young girl born to the Bafokeng nation during the apartheid era in South Africa. At the time, Rosie's mother worked for a white Jewish family in Johannesburg who offered to raise the child as one of their own. This generous gesture by the family created many opportunities for Rosie but also a trail of sacrifices for her parents. As she grew, Rosie struggled to find her true identity. She had access to the best of everything but as a black girl she floundered without her own culture or language. This book describes Rosie's journey through her fog of alienation to the belated dawning of her self -discovery as an African." -- Page 4 of cover.
Total Rethink by
"Rethink your way to a better life In business, and in life, everything is changing fast, apart from how we behave. Our ways of thinking and making decisions have changed little since we lived in agricultural and industrial societies, but the problems we now need to solve are entirely different. It requires a revolution in thinking and behavior to meet the challenges that now face us and avoid disaster we need to totally rethink the model. Part business biography, part business blueprint, Total Rethink explains how this can be done. Successful telecoms entrepreneur David McCourt lays out the reality of the dangerous situation we find ourselves in and suggests solutions which will empower everyone, including business people, politicians, diplomats, and teachers, to repair the damage we have already done, and prepare for the dramatic changes to come. Change the way you think and behave to be a true entrepreneur Understand why incremental change no longer works Move at the speed of the times were living in to keep up Find trusted, effective guidance you can put to practice today Written by a sought-after speaker, businessman, and entrepreneur, the advice inside this book will help you learn to think and live like a revolutionary. "-- Provided by publisher.
"In business, and in life, everything is changing fast, apart from how we behave. Our ways of thinking and making decisions have changed little since we lived in agricultural and industrial societies, but the problems we now need to solve are entirely different. It requires a revolution in thinking and behavior to meet the challenges that now face us and avoid disaster we need to totally rethink the model. The traditional wisdom has been that such improvements are best done incrementally, just as big, established corporations will plan to increase their turnovers and profits incrementally and governments will change their laws incrementally. However, things are moving too fast for that to be an effective solution any longer and we must all z the way we think and the way we behave in order to be more truly entrepreneurial. Part business biography, part business blueprint, Total Rethink explains how this can be done. Successful telecoms entrepreneur, David McCourt, lays out the reality of the dangerous situation we find ourselves in and suggests solutions which will empower everyone, including business people, politicians, diplomats and teachers, to repair the damage we have already done, and prepare for the dramatic changes to come"-- Provided by publisher.
Marketing tourism in South Africa by
PART I. Understanding marketing in the tourism industry -- 1. Touring marketing principles -- 2. Characteristics of tourism marketing -- PART II: Gathering information for decision making -- The tourism marketing environment -- 4. Tourism marketing planning -- 5. Tourism marketing research -- PART III: Analysing the tourism market -- 6. Segmentation, targeting, and positioning -- 7. Consumer behaviour in tourism -- PART IV: The tourism marketing mix -- 8. Tourism products -- 9. Pricing tourism products -- 10. Tourism distribution -- 11. Promoting and advertising tourism products -- 12. Sales promotion and personal selling in tourism -- 13. Digital marketing and direct marketing strategies -- 14. Marketing collateral and public relations in tourism -- PART V: Understanding marketing issues in tourism -- 15. Service quality through internal and relationship marketing -- 16. Learning outcomes -- 17. Event marketing -- 18. Tourism trends and the future of tourism marketing.
CVs for Dummies by
CVs for dummies
The Student EQ Edge by
The Student EQ Edge provides a thorough grounding in what emotional intelligence is, why it is different from one's intelligence quotient, and how emotional intelligence skills can make a student a 'star performer.' Grounded in the classic work of Dr. Reuven Bar-On, the book discusses each realm of emotional intelligence: The Intrapersonal Realm: self-awareness, assertiveness, and independence; The Interpersonal Realm: empathy and social responsibility; The Adaptability Realm: problem solving, flexibility and decision making; The Stress Management Realm: stress tolerance and impulse control; the General Mood Realm: happiness and optimism. The book helps students move from understanding of the concepts to action through reflection and discussion questions
Becoming an Academic Writer by
A practical workbook of 50 exercises, helping you build your writing skills and master the specifics of academic writing
Unlocking Creativity by
"Unlocking Creativity is an exploration of the creative process and how organizations can clear the way for innovation. In many organizations, creative individuals face stubborn resistance to new ideas. Managers and executives oftentimes reject innovation and unconventional approaches due to misplaced allegiance to the status quo. Questioning established practices or challenging prevailing sentiments is frequently met with stiff resistance. In this climate of stifled creativity and inflexible adherence to conventional wisdom, potentially game-changing ideas are dismissed outright. Senior leaders claim to value creativity, yet often lack the knowledge to provide a creative framework. Unlocking Creativity offers effective methods and real-world examples of how the most successful organizations create cultures of innovation and experimentation. Best-selling author and scholar Michael Roberto presents a thorough investigation of organizational obstacles to creative thought. Highly relevant to the growth crises many enterprises face in today’s economic landscape, this book examines how to break barriers to spark creativity and foster new ideas. This insightful and informative work allows business executives, senior managers, and organization leaders to: Recognize the six organizational mindsets that impede creativity and innovation Learn how to tear down the barriers that obstruct the creative process Create an environment that allows talented people to thrive Encourage creative collaboration in teams throughout an organization Leaders do not have to conceive innovative ideas, but rather open the path for curious and creative employees within their organization. Unlocking Creativity: How to Solve Any Problem and Make the Best Decisions aids organizations in removing obstacles to the creative process and helps to form an atmosphere of imagination and innovation."--Publisher's website.
A Journey Through Qualitative Research by
1. Choosing qualitative inquiry. -- 2. Designing an iterative research project. -- 3. Choosing an approach to guide methodological decisions. -- 4. Choosing tools for your fieldwork. -- 5. Ethical challenges in qualitative research. -- 6. Preparing for analysis and validity requirements. -- 7. Vertical analysis. -- 8. Horizontal analysis. -- 9. Theorizing and presenting the results.
Qualitative Data Analysis by
"This is the ideal book to get you up and running with the basics of qualitative data analysis. It breaks everything down into a series of simple steps and introduces the practical tools and techniques you need to turn your transcripts into meaningful research. Using multidisciplinary data from interviews and focus groups Jamie Harding provides clear guidance on how to apply key research skills such as making summaries, identifying similarities, drawing comparisons and using codes."--Publisher's description.
The Consultant's Handbook by
Discusses the practical skills required to establish a credible consultancy. Coaches how to prepare for a consulting engagement, manage client projects, overcome client-related obstacles and deliver advice.
Daring to Compete by
"The successful entrepreneurs guide to accelerating growth Daring to Compete offers real-world strategies to accelerate the growth of your business and secure your place as a market leader. This expert guide is the result of years of comprehensive research and experience from global professional services organization EY, originator of the celebrated Entrepreneur Of The Year program. Employing its worldwide reach and extensive network of successful entrepreneurs, EY has developed a model of sustainable business developmentThe 7 Drivers of GrowthTM. This innovative and highly effective approach to strategic growth is an invaluable resource for high-growth businesses, entrepreneurs, and start-ups. Favoring practical strategies over abstract theories, this book provides clear guidance on the Customer; Funding and Finance; Transactions and Alliances; Risk; People, Behaviors, and Culture; Digital Technology and Analytics; and Operations. This book brings the application of these drivers tat or opportunity" Part 4 -- Traits, skills and the importance of intuition Chapter 12 -- World class entrepreneurs and building sustainable market-leading companies Appendix A Appendix B About the Authors. o life by featuring insights from Entrepreneur Of The Year award-winning entrepreneurs from a wide range of industries and geographic locations. These entrepreneurs share how each driver functions in actual business situations and present first-hand advice on their application and implementation. Planned and sustainable growth is a challenge faced by businesses every day, from developing ventures to leading enterprises. Effective entrepreneurs embrace the drivers of growth and recognize what areas require sharper focus. This book allows you to identify and apply these elements in your own businessfacilitating optimal outcomes and accelerating growth. This indispensable guide enables you to: Implement a proven business model to compete more effectively and achieve market leadership Gain the knowledge and confidence to face challenges, anticipate, and overcome obstacles Access research, tools, and services to accelerate growth and compete on a global scale Learn invaluable market leadersportunity" Part 4 -- Traits, skills and the importance of intuition Chapter 12 -- World class entrepreneurs and building sustainable market-leading companies Appendix A Appendix B About the Authors. hip strategies from a team of highly successful entrepreneurs Developed from the real-life stories of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year winners, this book is an inspirational and informative must-read guide to business growth and market leadership. Daring to Compete is an invaluable resourcefor both aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs and established business leaders seeking to become more entrepreneurial"-- Provided by publisher.
"Sales handles: -Will be the official book of EY's large "Middle Market" consulting practice targeting small and medium-sized businesses, and summarizing its proprietary "7 Growth Drivers" model: "Our activities with entrepreneurs focus on research, events & programs, tools and services which help entrepreneurial companies to accelerate their growth. The book will be given away for prospecting and conversation starters with prospective high-growth entrepreneurial clients. " -Book would be used for EY professional internal training: (EY's 7 Drivers of Growth model contains the core IP for their Middle Markets Practice. The book will become the authoritative training document for this IP.) -Official book of EY's globally renowned "Entrepreneur of the Year Program": This competition is held annually in 60 countries and 145 cities. The co-authors lead this initiative for EY and promote it globally on a continuing basis. They will include "give away" copies of the book to each participant in their participant and alumni workshops to promote EOY participation among high-growth entrepreneurs -Official book of the major EY initiative " Global Navigator," which helps EY clients assess the health of their business based on the 7 Growth Drivers described in the book. This program is led by co-author Geoffrey Godding and includes external workshops which will include a "give-away" copy for all Growth Navigator session participants --great validation of EY Growth Navigator IP. -PUBLIC SPEAKING AND HIGHER ED POTENTIAL: Bryan Pearce is a lecturer on entrepreneurship at the University level and is a frequent conference speaker on Entrepreneurship, start-ups and venture financing"-- Provided by publisher.
Governing Failure by
Jacqueline Best argues that the changes in International Monetary Fund, World Bank and donor policies in the 1990s, towards what some have called the 'Post-Washington Consensus, ' were driven by an erosion of expert authority and an increasing preoccupation with policy failure. Failures such as the Asian financial crisis and the decades of despair in sub-Saharan Africa led these institutions to develop governance strategies designed to avoid failure: fostering country ownership, developing global standards, managing risk and vulnerability and measuring results. In contrast to the structural adjustment era when policymakers were confident that they had all the answers, the author argues that we are now in an era of provisional governance, in which key actors are aware of the possibility of failure even as they seek to inoculate themselves against it. This book considers the implications of this shift, asking if it is a positive change and whether it is sustainable. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.--Provided by publisher.
101 Days to Make a Change by
Gives you rigorous tools in order to truly understand what makes you who you are, helping you can plan for your best future, both personally and professionally
Cyberbullying in Social Media Within Educational Institutions by
Cyberbullying involves children, parents, and school personnel. It hurts the victim educationally, emotionally, mentally, physically, socially, and in some cases fatally. Sometimes the results of cyberbullying are intentional, other times the results are unintended. This book presents the collaborative efforts and perspectives of a current school district superintendent who has researched and worked day-to-day with the issues and an attorney currently dealing with the legal issues relevant to cyberbullying. This book is helpful to students, parents, educators, mental and medical health professionals, and attorneys who work with the misery, fears, terror, and other consequences of cyberbullying in social media
Transition and Justice by
"This book examines a series of cases where peaceful 'new beginnings' have been declared after periods of violence and where transitional justice institutions played a role in defining justice and the new socio-political order"-- Provided by publisher.
Introduction to Research Methods by
This title makes learning research methods easy for students by giving them activities they can experience and do on their own. With clear, simple, and even humorous prose, the book offers students a straightforward introduction to an exciting new world of social science and behavioural research. Rather than making research seem intimidating, author Bora Pajo shows students how research can be an easy, ongoing conversation on topics that matter in their lives. Each chapter includes real research examples that illustrate specific topics that the chapter covers, guides that help students explore actual research challenges in more depth, and ethical considerations relating to specific chapter topics.
How to Succeed in the African Market by
Home to some of the world's fastest-growing economies, Africa is a hot investment destination. More than 75 per cent of companies and investors in Africa are successful. Why? And how could you reap the benefits of doing business on the continent? In this book, business adviser, executive coach and author Winfred Oppong-Amoako presents a detailed picture of Africa's investment environment, outlining the risks, challenges, misconceptions and opportunities, and providing a step-by-step guide for approaching the African market. The book covers key topics such as informal trading, China's investment in the continent and the impact of recession on long-term GDP growth, and lays out certain factors that need to be taken into consideration before investing, including cross-border trading, corruption, permits and legal contracts. If you're new to investment or a successful businessperson looking to expand your brand, How to Succeed in the African Market is an indispensable reference, giving you the information that will enable you to make informed decisions and prosper--Publisher's website.
Lifescale by
Lifescale : how to live a more creative, productive and happy life
Why Do We Hurt Ourselves? by
Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves? What are the reasons certain people resort to self-injury as a way to manage their daily lives? In Why do we hurt ourselves, sociologist Baptiste Brossard draws on a five-year survey of self-injurers and suggests that the answers can be traced to social, more than personal, causes. Self-injury is not a matter of disturbed individuals resorting to hurting themselves in the face of individual weaknesses and difficulties. Rather, self-injury is the reaction of individuals to the tensions that compose, day after day, the tumultuousness of their social life and position. Self-harm is a practice that people use to self-control and maintain order--to calm down, or to avoid "going haywire" or "breaking everything." More broadly, through this research Brossard works to develop a perspective on the contemporary social world at large, exploring quests for self-control in modern Western societies.
Action research for democracy : new ideas and perspectives from Scandinavia. by
Contemporary society encounters profound economical, socio-ecological and political crises challenging the democratic foundation of our societies. This book addresses the potentials and challenges for action research supporting democratic alternatives. It offers a broad spectrum of examples from Scandinavian action research showing different openings towards democratic development.
Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Associated with Bullying and Cyberbullying by
Emotional and behavioural difficulties associated with bullying and cyberbullying
Left Universalism, Africacentric Essays by
Left Universalism, Africacentric Essays presents a defense of universalism as the foundation of moral and political arguments and commitments. Consisting of five intertwined essays, the book claims that centering such arguments and commitments on a particular place, in this instance the African world, is entirely compatible with that foundational universalism. Ato Sekyi-Otu thus proposes a less conventional mode of Africacentrism, one that rejects the usual hostility to universalism as an imperialist Eurocentric hoax. Sekyi-Otu argues that universalism is an inescapable presupposition of ethical judgment in general and critique in particular, and that it is especially indispensable for radical criticism of conditions of existence in postcolonial society and for vindicating visions of social regeneration. The constituent chapters of the book are exhibits of that argument and question some fashionable conceptual oppositions and value apartheids. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in the fields of social and political philosophy, contemporary political theory, postcolonial studies, African philosophy and social thought.-- Provided by publisher.
Critical Ethnography by
"The book presents a fresh new look at critical ethnography by emphasizing the significance of ethics and performance in the art and politics of fieldwork. The productive links between theory and method are celebrated in this title. Theoretical concepts range from queer theory, feminist theory, and critical race theory to Marxism and phenomenology. The methodological techniques range from designing and asking in-depth interview questions and developing rapport to coding and interpreting data. The various theories and methods culminate in three fictional ethnographic case studies that "enact" the interdependence between theory and method and the significance of social theory, ethics, and performance." -- Provided by publisher.
Bulletproof Problem Solving by
"Complex problem solving is the core skill for 21st Century Teams Complex problem solving is at the very top of the list of essential skills for career progression in the modern world. But how problem solving is taught in our schools, universities, businesses and organizations comes up short. In Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything you'll learn the seven-step systematic approach to creative problem solving developed in top consulting firms that will work in any field or industry, turning you into a highly sought-after bulletproof problem solver who can tackle challenges that others balk at. The problem-solving technique outlined in this book is based on a highly visual, logic-tree method that can be applied to everything from everyday decisions to strategic issues in business to global social challenges. The authors, with decades of experience at McKinsey and Company, provide 30 detailed, real-world examples, so you can see exactly how the technique works in action. With this bulletproof approach to defining, unpacking, understanding, and ultimately solving problems, youll have a personal superpower for developing compelling solutions in your workplace. Discover the time-tested 7-step technique to problem solving that top consulting professionals employ Learn how a simple visual system can help you break down and understand the component parts of even the most complex problems Build team brainstorming techniques that fight cognitive bias, streamline workplanning, and speed solutions Know when and how to employ modern analytic tools and techniques from machine learning to game theory Learn how to structure and communicate your findings to convince audiences and compel action The secrets revealed in Bulletproof Problem Solving will transform the way you approach problems and take you to the next level of business and personal success"-- Provided by publisher.
"There is presently no systematic process that leads to great problem solving. In Bulletproof Problem Solving, two alumni of McKinsey & Company present a powerful visual framework for people who want to become highly skilled problem solvers. Over the past 20 years, tens of thousands of McKinsey employees have learned this approach--it is robust and tested. McKinsey's reputation as outstanding problem solvers is based on this seven-step systematic process. The authors work through thirty real world examples, employing a highly visual logic tree approach, with more than fifty graphics. Readers will learn to define a problem, unpack and understand it, and ultimately solve it in a meaningful way. The authors start with everyday examples, before delving into problem solving in the workplace, helping business professionals tackle challenges and persevere"-- Provided by publisher
A Guide to Argumentative Research Writing and Thinking by
A guide to argumentative research writing and thinking : overcoming challenges
Auditing fundamentals in a South African context by
Part A. The context within which the external auditor operates. Introduction -- Ethics -- Legal responsibilities of the author -- Part B. The auditee's responsibility for financial information. Basic concepts of governance and internal control -- Introduction to risk and internal control in a computerised environment -- Revenue and receipts cycle -- Purchase and payments cycle -- Inventory and production cycle -- Human resources cycle -- Investment and financing cycle -- Part C. The external audit process. Overview of the audit process -- Pre-engagement and planning activities -- Audit procedures: essential concepts -- Completion of the audit -- Independent review -- Appendix. Examples of cycle documentation related to the business cycles.
Interviews in Qualitative Research by
Whether students are doing interviews in their own research or just using other researchers' data, this book tells them everything they need to know about designing, planning, conducting and analyzing quality interviews
How to Write a Better Thesis by
From proposal to examination, producing a dissertation or thesis is a challenge. Grounded in decades of experience with research training and supervision, this fully updated and revised editiontakes an integrated, down-to-earth approach drawingon case studies and examples to guide you step-by-step towards productive success. Early chapters frame the tasks ahead and show you how to get started. From there, practical advice and illustrations take you through the elements of formulating research questions, working with software, and purposeful writing of each of the different kinds of chapters, and finishes with a focus on revision, dissemination and deadlines. How to Write a Better Thesis presents a cohesive approach to research that will help youachieve your goals. David Evans was Reader and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, University of Melbourne. Paul Gruba is Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne. Justin Zobel is Professor in the Department of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne.
Women, Livestock Ownership and Markets by
Women, livestock ownership and markets : bridging the gender gap in Eastern and Southern Africa
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Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Exchange by
Entrepreneurship and knowledge exchange
Multivariate Statistics Made Simple by
This book explains the advanced but essential concepts of Multivariate Statistics in a practical way while touching the mathematical logic in a befitting manner. The illustrations are based on real case studies from a super specialty hospital where active research is going on.
Looking for Information by
Now in its third edition, this book is the most comprehensive text on the topics of information seeking, information behavior and information practices. Coverage includes the nature of information, information needs and uses, sensemaking, information avoidance, communication among scientists and scholars, relevant social and psychological theories, models of information behavior, and applicable research methodologies. Interdisciplinary in the choice of examples, the book cites research in information studies, communication, education, management, medicine, sociology and psychology.
The book is intended for students and scholars in library and information science, communication, education and related disciplines. Presenting a broad view of these topics, this text is suitable as a companion for courses ranging from undergraduate level to doctoral studies related to information-seeking, information practices and information behavior.
Practical research : planning and design by
"Practical Research: Planning and Design is a do-it-yourself, understand-it-yourself manual for planning and conducting research. Suitable for a wide variety of courses in basic research methodology, the text guides the reader, step-by-step, from the selection of a problem, through the process of conducting authentic research, to the preparation of a completed report, with practical suggestions throughout. The authors emphasize the idea that quality research demands planning and design, and they provide what is needed for readers to be able to execute their own research projects effectively and professionally."-- Provided by publisher.
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by
When Kate Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today's students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, fundamentals remain the same: writers need to have a strong research question, construct an evidence-based argument, cite their sources, and structure their work in a logical way. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations -- also known as "Turabian"--Remains one of the most popular books for writers because of its timeless focus on achieving these goals. Part 1 covers every step of the research and writing process, including drafting and revising. Part 2 offers a comprehensive guide to the two methods of Chicago-style source citation: notes-bibliography and author-date. Part 3 gets into matters of editorial style and the correct way to present quotations and visual material. Through eight decades and millions of copies, A Manual for Writers has helped generations shape their ideas into compelling research papers. This new edition will continue to be the gold standard for college and graduate students in virtually all academic disciplines. - Back cover.
The Dissertation Journey by
How to reach the pinnacle of academic achievement The dissertation is a tough mountain to climb; half of all doctoral students never make it to the top. To overcome the practical, social, and psychological obstacles along the way, you need a knowledgeable guide and the right tools. This comprehensive how-to guide to developing and writing a quality dissertation provides: Expanded and updated coverage of crucial topics such as conducting a literature review, dissertation support groups, and harnessing technology to conduct research Progress tracking tools, sample forms, resource lists, and other user-friendly elements Thoroughly updated and revised chapters with the most current need-to-know information -- Provided by publisher.
The Real Work of Data Science by
"The essential guide for data scientists and for leaders who must get more from their data science teams. The Economist boldly claims that data are now 'the world's most valuable resource.' But, as Kenett and Redman so richly describe, unlocking that value requires far more than technical excellence. Individual data scientists must fully extend themselves. They must make sure they understand the real problems their companies and agencies face, they must build trust with decision-makers, deal with quality issues, help decision makers become more demanding customers of data science, and they must teach their colleagues how to understand and interpret data science--even conduct basic analyses themselves. Further up in the management chain, managers of data science teams must help senior leaders understand where data and data science fit, ensure their teams are placed in the right spots organizationally, and put in place programs that help the entire organization become data-driven. This Kenett and Redman claim, is the 'real work of data science.' And it is this work that will spells the difference between a good data scientist and a great one, between a team that makes marginal contributions and one that drives the business, between a company that gains some value from its data and one in which data truly is 'the most valuable resource'"-- Provided by publisher.
The Drama-Free Workplace by
"The Drama-Free Workplace is a hands-on guide filled with proven strategies and guidance for creating and sustaining a cohesive, collaborative workplace culture that enables widespread innovation, increases productivity, and greater revenue."--Dust jacket flap.
Conducting Research Literature Reviews by
"Providing readers with an accessible, in-depth look at how to synthesize research literature, Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper is perfect for students, researchers, marketers, planners, and policymakers who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research studies, and prepare strategic plans and grant proposals. Bestselling author Arlene Fink shows readers how to explain the need for and significance of research, as well as how to explain a study's findings. Offering a step-by-step approach to conducting literature reviews, the Fifth Edition features new research, examples, and references from the social, behavioral, and health sciences, expanded coverage of qualitative research, updated and revised meta-analysis procedures, a brand new glossary of key terms, double the number of exercises, and additional examples of how to write reviews." -- Provided by publisher
Strategic Management in Tourism by
Strategic Management in Tourism
Adventure Tourism and Outdoor Activities Management by
Adventure tourism -- Globalization of adventure tourism -- Research in adventure tourism -- Customer profile -- Product development -- Management issues -- Risk and safety management -- New adventure, old adventure -- Cultural perspectives on adventure tourism -- Adventure lifestyles -- Sustainability in adventure tourism -- Altruistic adventure voluntourism : help manage the park you visit -- Adventure tourism in the four different worlds of Ecuador -- I came to enjoy Iceland and arrived at Pingvellir ('Pingvellir -- where am i again?) -- Call of the wild in Wales -- Thoughts on the adventure sports industry -- Being an outdoor instructor : James's experience -- My path to adventure.
Precious : based on the novel Push by
Precious : based on the novel Push
Sula by
This is a novel set in a small town in Ohio, focusing on two girls, Nell and Sula, both black, both poor, who share their dreams until Sula escapes to live a vagrant city life for ten years. When she returns, the bond of their friendship is broken.
