Laurie: 1609 books
Success and Failure of IS/IT Projects
A State of the Art Analysis and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
This book examines the link between change and project management and how creating a closer alignment between these two methodologies can yield greater benefits and mitigate elements of failure of information systems (IS) projects. This study explores the underlying challenges and practicalities of...
by Laurie Rozakis
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2002
From pulling all-nighters to memorizing rote facts, today's students have shown that they have no organized, logical, or sequential understanding of how to study or prepare for tests. Test Taking Strategies & Study Skills for the Utterly Confused arms students of all ages with the skills they...
Grandma Wears Hiking Boots
A personal guide to the Okanagan Valley
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011
Performance Standards for Restaurants
A New Approach to Addressing the Obesity Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
This report presents the results of a conference of 38 national experts in nutrition and public health who met to develop performance standards that could guide restaurants toward facilitating healthier choices among consumers and that local communities or states could use as a model for developing and implementing either voluntary or mandatory certification programs.
No More Gaps
Combining Health, Development & Environment Strategies to Eradicate Disadvantage in the Northern Territory of Australia
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
In the remote regions of Australias Northern Territory Indigenous Australians experience extreme disadvantagein health, income, employment, education and access to the conditions for a good life. This book is about their plight, and how governments can deliver strategies to prevent the continuation...
China CEO
Voices of Experience from 20 International Business Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
CHINA CEO: Voices of Experience From 20 International Business Leaders is based on interviews with 20 top executives and eight experienced consultants based in China. The book is packed with first-hand, front-line advice from veterans of the China market. Hear directly from the top executives heading...
The Educator's Guide to Texas School Law
Ninth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Much has changed in the area of school law since the first edition of The Educator’s Guide was published in 1986. This new ninth edition offers an authoritative source on all major dimensions of Texas school law through the 2017 legislative sessions. Intended for educators, school board members,...
Making a Difference in a Globalized World
Short-term Missions that Work
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Every year, an estimated 1.6 million Americans participate in short-term mission trips, spending over one billion dollars—figures that have increased exponentially in the last two decades. About one third of U.S. congregations sponsor such trips each year. While they are referred to as “mission”...
Help! I'm a Small-Group Leader!
50 Ways to Lead Teenagers into Animated and Purposeful Discussions
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
So you're leading a small group? Your small group can accomplish big things in the lives of your teenagers. And in Help! I'm a Small-Group Leader! you'll find methods and approaches you can use. Foibles and minefields to avoid. Solutions and tips that will help you nurture your small group into a...
Civic Media
Technology, Design, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.
Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...
Beyond Survival: Wage Labour and Capital in the Late Twentieth Century
Wage Labour and Capital in the Late Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
This text uses an innovative approach to the dynamics of labour's decline and proposes policy initiatives necessary for its revitalization. The book emphasises the need for restructuring of capitalism on a global scale and challenges traditional economic and industrial relations wisdom.
Doing Real Research
A Practical Guide to Social Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
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.
Theoretically robust and with an exhaustive coverage...
Fight Less, Love More
5-Minute Conversations to Change Your Relationship without Blowing Up or Giving In
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
A Harvard-trained lawyer and mediator shows busy couples how to stop fighting and start communicating.
In Fight Less, Love More, readers will learn how to identify the bad verbal habits, instinctive responses, and emotional reasoning that can cloud judgment and ultimately lead to the deterioration...
by Laurie Mook
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
When organizations use social accounting practices, they are able to measure their performance in terms of benefits accrued to key stakeholders such as their communities, human resources, and those investing in the organization. This innovative change in accounting can lead to a fundamentally different...