R Jay: 79 books
by Brian R. Ford, Jay M. Bornstein, Patrick T. Pruitt
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
In today's competitive business environment, a well thought out business plan is more important than ever before. Not only can it assist you in raising the money needed to start or expand a business-by attracting the interest of potential investors-but it can also help you keep tabs on your progress...
Designing Organizations
Strategy, Structure, and Process at the Business Unit and Enterprise Levels
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This Third Edition of the groundbreaking book Designing Organizations offers a guide to the process of creating and managing an organization (no matter how complex) that will be positioned to respond effectively and rapidly to customer demands and have the ability to achieve unique competitive advantage....
Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
The complex interactions between human and physical systems confronting social scientists and policymakers pose unique conceptual, methodological, and practical complications when ‘doing research’. Graduate students in a broad range of related fields need to learn how to tackle the discipline-specific...
Understanding College and University Organization
Theories for Effective Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
Now available in paperback, this two-volume work is intended to help readers develop powerful new ways of thinking about organizational principles, and apply them to policy-making and management in colleges and universities.The book is written with two audiences in mind: administrative and faculty leaders...
Bridging the Divide between Faculty and Administration
A Guide to Understanding Conflict in the Academy
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Conflicts between faculty and administration have become particularly virulent and disruptive in recent years, as institutions have struggled to adapt to intensifying pressures for efficiency and accountability. Analyzing common sources of conflict and challenges on campus that impede attempts to...
by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...
by Michael Wilder, Sharon Coolidge, Leland Ryken
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Comprehensive in scope, this substantial volume was compiled in honor of Leland Ryken and champions the importance of an approach to faith and learning grounded in the Christian liberal arts.
First Contact
Teaching and Learning in Introductory Sociology
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
The Introduction to Sociology course is usually the first contact that students have with the discipline of sociology. This course can determine whether students take other sociology courses or learn to use sociology in their lives as adults and citizens.First Contact identifies important issues facing...
Unloaded Volume 2
More Crime Writers Writing Without Guns
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2018
The Anthony-nominated collection of crime stories without guns—the collection we didn't want to be necessary—is back for Volume 2.
Two dozen more crime writers have come together to raise their voices and take pen in hand to call for a sensible and reasoned debate about guns in America....
by Michelle Peart, Eleanor Musgrove, Elin Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Seventeen stories, thirteen authors, a second war. Once again Manifold Press's writers explore the lives of LGBTQ+ people and their war-time experience in cities, towns and countryside across the world.
Amidst war and peace, in the thick of violence or in an unexpected lull, these stories of...
Collateral Damage
The Imperiled Status of Truth in American Public Discourse and Why It Matters to You
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
This book is an inquiry into the harms being done by untruthfulness in American popular political discourse today and how we might arrest them. Taking the form of claims and counterclaims, this untruthfulness is both accidental and intentional and is transmitted in a myriad of media outlets as well...
The Blood Runs Through It
The Blood of Jesus: God's Guarantee for Your Redemption, Provision, Health, Protection, Strength, and Heaven
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
The deception of Satan that there are many ways to God is heard in every quarter today from many prominent individuals. However, that does not mean that it is true. Jesus said of Himself, I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me (John 14:6). Only one way,...
National Service and Volunteerism
Achieving Impact in Our Communities
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
National service and volunteerism enjoy a rich history in the United States and an emergent future in other parts of the world. However, there remains relatively scant evidence of overall impact of national service programs and volunteer effectiveness. This condition continues to threaten national...
by Jay R. Fiske, Corinne A. Fiske
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
The Big Book of Benefit Auctions is the ultimate step-by-step handbook on how to plan and have a successful and effective auction. Auction committees will find it an invaluable reference as it provides all the tools they will need for complete auction planning and management. From setting the goal...