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Becoming an Academic Writer
50 Exercises for Paced, Productive, and Powerful Writing
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
With its friendly, step-by-step format, Becoming an Academic Writer by Patricia Goodson helps writers improve their writing by engaging in deep and deliberate practice—a type of practice adopted by expert performers in areas such as sports or music. Featuring 50 exercises, this practical, self-paced...
International Entrepreneurship
Starting, Developing, and Managing a Global Venture
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Combining comprehensive coverage with a wide variety of real-life cases, International Entrepreneurship: Starting, Developing, and Managing a Global Venture gives entrepreneurs the tools they need to successfully launch international ventures in today’s hypercompetitive world. Bestselling author...
Creative Leadership
Skills That Drive Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
Successful leadership today relies heavily on an individual's ability to effectively respond to and proactively drive change—in short, to be creative. This book helps readers enhance their creative talents and employ these skills as a leader. New to the Second Edition is an expanded discussion of...
Organization Change
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Change is a constant in today's organizations. Leaders, managers, and employees at all levels must understand both how to implement planned changed and effectively handle unexpected change. The Fifth Edition of the Organization Change: Theory and Practice provides an eye-opening exploration into...
by Bruce J. Avolio
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Conversational and accessible, this Second Edition of Bruce J. Avolio's groundbreaking book uses the full range leadership development model as an organizing framework and shows how it can be directly applied to improving leadership at the individual, team, and organizational levels. Filled with examples...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
The Handbook of Social Policy is an attempt to document the now substantial body of knowledge about government social policies that has been accumulated since the study of social policy first emerged as an organized field of academic endeavor about 50 years ago. The Second Edition offers a more streamlined...
Beyond a Border
The Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Immigration
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
The most up-to-date analysis of today's immigration issues
As the authors state in Chapter 1, "the movement of people across national borders represents one of the most vivid dramas of social reality in the contemporary world." This comparative text examines contemporary immigration...
Political Sociology
Oppression, Resistance, and the State
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Designed to help students analyze and understand political developments in the world around them, this unique text covers a wide array of political sociology concepts and theoretical perspectives. The book's multidimensional view emphasizes the interplay between power, inequality, multiple oppressions,...
Introducing Communication Research
Paths of Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Introducing Communication Research: Paths of Inquiry helps students understand the communication research process from start to finish. The Third Edition has been updated throughout to explain the Internet and social media as tools and topics for communication research. Streamlined, accessible, and...
by Dr. Craig A. Mertler
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
The new Second Edition of Introduction to Educational Research expertly guides readers through the steps of the research methods process to help them plan and compose their first educational research project. With a conversational writing style, author Craig A. Mertler covers all aspects of the research...
An Introduction to Educational Research
Connecting Methods to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Written specifically for education practitioners, An Introduction to Educational Research: Connecting Methods to Practice approaches research methods from a practice-first perspective that aligns research with professional experiences and identifies the tools and resources readers can use when conducting...
by Steven G. Brandl
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Police in America provides students with a comprehensive and realistic introduction to modern policing in our society. Utilizing real-word examples grounded in evidence-based research, this easy-to-read, conversational text helps students think critically about the many misconceptions of police work...
Doing Justice, Doing Gender
Women in Legal and Criminal Justice Occupations
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2006
Doing Justice, Doing Gender: Women in Legal and Criminal Justice Occupations is a highly readable, sociologically grounded analysis of women working in traditionally male dominant justice occupations of law, policing, and corrections. This Second Edition represents not only a thorough update of research...
by Professor Matthew J. Giblin
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Built on a foundation of nearly 1,200 references, Leadership and Management in Police Organizations is a highly readable text that shows how organizational theory and behavior can be applied to improve the operations, leadership, and management of law enforcement. Author Matthew J. Giblin emphasizes...