Written for social science students who will be working with or conducting research, Mathematics for Social Scientists offers a non-intimidating approach to learning or reviewing math skills essential in quantitative research methods.
Challenging the formality and idealized settings of conventional methods teaching and opting instead for a real world approach to social research, this book offers frank, practical advice designed to empower students and researchers alike.
Written by an international team of experts in the field, the second edition of this popular text considers both the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of narrative research.
This book defines and describes a new discipline, named "e;computational psychometrics,"e; from the perspective of new methodologies for handling complex data from digital learning and assessment.
Unternehmen benötigen exzellente Mitarbeiter und Manager, um gerade in Zeiten hoher Wettbewerbsintensität und kurzfristiger Kopierbarkeit von Technologieführerschaften Spitzenleistungen zu erzielen.
A priceless resource for seasoned as well as first-time executives, this is the playbook that explains how to recruit better people and build stronger, more effective teams.
Wir befinden uns mitten in einer modernen industriellen Revolution, in der Innovation eine entscheidende Rolle für den Unternehmenserfolg spielt und innovationsfördernde Führung wichtiger ist denn je.
Against the backdrop of ancient cultures, a communist legacy and eventual institutional atrophy, many of the societies of Central and Eastern Europe have pursued aggressive development trajectories since the early 1990s.
This book presents a new approach to organizational culture based in the ontologies of process metaphysics, complexity theory, and social constructionism.
The transformation of the Vietnamese economy from socialist planning to a market economy has led to Vietnam having one of the fastest economic growth rates in the world; and to also to Vietnam engaging much more with the international economy, joining the World Trade Organisation in 2006.
This edited volume delves into the intricate challenges that cities face in the midst of evolving socio-political, economic, and environmental landscapes.
This book updates the theory and brings together empirical research based on the multidimensional entrepreneurship-professionalism-leadership (EPL) framework for subjective career 'space'.
Developing Cross-Cultural Measurement in Social Work Research and Evaluation, Second Edition is an applied practice-to-research text, with a focus on developing, assessing, and validating meaningful measurements across cultures and populations.
Dieses Lehrbuch führt leicht verständlich und anwendungsorientiert in die beschreibende und schließende Statistik sowie in die Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung ein:
Die Methoden der Statistik werden nicht nur beschrieben, sondern auch in EXCEL und SPSS umgesetzt.
This book focuses on human resource management (HRM) in the country context of Brunei Darussalam, analysing, comparing and contrasting domestic enterprises (DEs) with multinational enterprises (MNEs), and oil and gas with non-oil and -gas sectors, and draws out the comparative lessons for understanding the potential and performance consequences of HR interventions in resource-centred national economies.
Written for the businesswoman and professional, this book offers insights and guidance on making the right decisions about career paths and shows ways to strategically prepare for a career transition, be it a promotion, change of sector, setting up one's own business or even changing careers altogether.
Managing people just got easierThe book gives you a sound understanding of the concept of people management; the role of people managers; people motivational theories; the various people management styles and their appropriateness; the tools available to people managers to help them do their jobs effectively; techniques for managing performance; and an insight into how people managers candevelop their teams.
Learning in groups, rather than in formal lectures or presentations, allows students to have greater scope to negotiate meaning and express themselves and their own ideas.
Managing Violence in the Workplace is a prescription that contains many lists of "e;do's"e; and "e;don'ts"e; and "e;how to's"e; for proactive and reactive responses to workplace violence.
Written from the author's own experience of transitioning within a major US corporation, this book prepares transgender people with everything they need to know to successfully transition in the workplace.
Super series are a set of workbooks to accompany the flexible learning programme specifically designed and developed by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) to support their Level 3 Certificate in First Line Management.
Consultants are called upon more and more to help implement needed organizational changes, fill gaps in workforce capabilities, and solve significant business problems.
After the financial collapse of 2008 and the bailing out of banks in the US and the UK, the long-term viability of the neoliberal doctrine has come under new scrutiny.
This book introduces a framework to assist human resource practitioners and organisations embrace strategies that will drive high engagement levels within organisations with a union presence.
Using a truly accessible and reader-friendly approach, this comprehensive introduction to statistics redefines the way statistics can be taught and learned.
