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by Les Garnas
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
Business networking simplified for all ages
Data Analysis for Physical Scientists
Featuring Excel®
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
The ability to summarise data, compare models and apply computer-based analysis tools are vital skills necessary for studying and working in the physical sciences. This textbook supports undergraduate students as they develop and enhance these skills. Introducing data analysis techniques, this textbook...
by Les Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Walking in Circles is the perfect metaphor for what happens to an individual or an organization that does not have a plan for getting them from where they are now to where they want to be. A five-year study from the Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany proved that absent some type of map or...
School Climate and Culture vis-à-vis Student Learning
Keys to Collaborative Problem Solving and Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
The purpose of School Climate and Culture vis-à-vis Student Learning is to describe a reform that improves test scores, reduces dropouts and decreases bullying behavior. There are six areas that must be improved in order to accomplish this purpose. These six areas are the following: discipline, basic...
by Philip McCann, Les Oxley
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth provides a timely, accessible review of our understanding of the complex links between innovation, entrepreneurship, geography and growth. Expert contributions provide a thorough roadmap of the developments in research at the interface of these themes.
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by Les Wood
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
A beautiful, poignant short story about two people who meet in a crowd. Her whole life, Chrissie has been able to hear people’s thoughts. They come through the walls, follow her to work, surround her in the street – and yet, she is alone. Then, one day, she meets someone who can hear hers …
Applied Investment Theory
How Markets and Investors Behave, and Why
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Institutions now dominate trading in equities around the world. Mutual funds are the most prominent, and doubly important as custodians of retirement savings. Despite this, there is no comprehensive description of fund manager behaviour, much less a matching theory. This is troubling because one of...
Creating a Culture for High-Performing Schools
A Comprehensive Approach to School Reform and Dropout Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
A high-performing school is described as one where student achievement is high and student and teacher absenteeism is low. Student behavior is such that teachers seldom have to control them or tell them what to do. This results in greater time on task, higher teacher morale, low teacher absenteeism,...
by Les Bell, Chris Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
This book is for all teachers who have curriculum and management responsibilities in primary schools or who aspire to those positions. It provides an analysis of those responsibilities and of how they may best be exercised in the changing climate of primary education. It takes account of the many...
51 Creative Ideas for Marriage Mentors
Connecting Couples to Build Better Marriages
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2009
51 Creative Ideas for Marriage Mentorsoffers an “idea box” of activities and innovative ways to deepen relationships between mentoring couples. It can beused in any of the three areas of the marriage mentoring triad:• Preparing—mentoring engaged and newlywed couples• Maximizing—mentoring...
Design for the Changing Educational Landscape
Space, Place and the Future of Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
The whole landscape of space use is undergoing a radical transformation. In the workplace a period of unprecedented change has created a mix of responses with one overriding outcome observable worldwide: the rise of distributed space. In the learning environment the social, political, economic and...
China’s Energy Economy
Situation, Reforms, Behavior, and Energy Intensity
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
In the new millennium, understanding China’s energy economy is crucial for politicians, businesspeople and energy economists, as China’s energy policy choices will mean both challenges and opportunities for the world in terms of an increasing share of primary energy consumption and investment....
Changeology
How to Enable Groups, Communities and Societies to Do Things They've Never Done Before
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Changeology is about influencing human behavior for the better. It shows how to design an effective change project, with inspiring examples in areas such as climate change, obesity, AIDS, tobacco, and nutrition. It speaks to a worldwide audience of professionals and individuals who are acting to make...
How to Become a Better Manager in Social Work and Social Care
Essential Skills for Managing Care
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Social work and social care managers often find themselves in management positions without having had any formal management training, yet skills and knowledge specific to social care settings are essential for effective practice.
This book offers a researched and practical guide to the fundamental...