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Conflict Dialogue
Working With Layers of Meaning for Productive Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2006
Conflicts are more effectively managed if people understand the layers meaning in their conflicts and collaborate based on those meanings. In this book, author Peter M. Kellett analyzes and interprets real-life conflict stories as a way to create opportunities for more productive ways to navigate and resolve conflict.
Exploring Morgan’s Metaphors
Theory, Research, and Practice in Organizational Studies
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Gareth Morgan’s monumental book, Images of Organization, revolutionized the field of organization theory. In honor of Morgan’s classic text, this edited volume, Exploring Morgan’s Metaphors: Theory, Research, and Practice in Organizational Studies (by Anders Örtenblad, Kiran Trehan, and Linda...
Service Quality
New Directions in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 1993
In this book leading scholars and practitioners present the latest research and theory in customer satisfaction and services marketing with a wealth of stimulating ideas. Topics discussed include: the measurement of the managerial impact on service quality improvement; new methods of assessing the...
by Dr K.B. Everard, Mr Geoff Morris, Mr Ian Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2004
`This edition is more focussed on the leadership demands of managers both within the school and its community. This book can be used as a source of reference for anyone on a school manager position, written by people who practice management on educational organizations themselves, it deals with the...
Action Research for Business, Nonprofit, and Public Administration
A Tool for Complex Times
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2011
**Action Research for Business, Nonprofit, and Public Administration **covers the background, process, and tools needed to introduce and guide you through to a successful action research (AR) project. Included are how to successfully initiate, plan, and complete AR within all types of organizations...
by Emma Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
‘This highly accessible book weaves together discussion of recent research findings, policy developments and theoretical perspectives. It provides a thought-provoking and at times contentious introduction that will challenge students and teachers to look beyond the easy and glib rhetoric, helping...
Educational Leadership
Context, Strategy and Collaboration
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Drawing together current thinking and research by leading writers in the field, this Reader will help you to understand and critically analyse key strategic aspects of educational leadership, including:
- leadership perspectives and values
- external and internal contexts
- autonomy...
Community-Based Qualitative Research
Approaches for Education and the Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Community-Based Qualitative Research: Approaches for Education and the Social Sciences by Laura Ruth Johnson is a practical text that integrates theoretical perspectives with guidelines for designing and implementing community-based qualitative research projects. Coverage of participatory research...
Methods for Development Work and Research
A New Guide for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2005
Praise for the First Edition:
`It is a guide of vital importance to researchers, trainers and extension workers, especially those collaborating with communities in developing countries' -
European Journal of Development Research
`There is much of...
Management Fundamentals
Concepts, Applications, and Skill Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Praised as the greatest source of quality and quantity of application and skill development experiential learning!
Packed with experiential exercises, self-assessments, and group activities, the Eighth Edition of Management Fundamentals helps students develop essential management skills they...
Managerial Communication
Strategies and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2018
A Practical, Strategic Approach to Managerial Communication
Managerial Communication: Strategies and Applications focuses on communication skills and strategies that managers need to be successful in today’s workplace. Known for its holistic overview of communication, solid research base,...
The Communication Age
Connecting and Engaging
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
When should you send a text message, and when is it more appropriate to talk face-to-face? What is the best way to prepare for a job interview that will be conducted over video? How should you modify your speech if it will be recorded and posted online? **The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging...
Focus Group Methodology
Principle and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2011
Focus Group Methodology is an introductory text which leads readers through the entire process of designing a focus group study, from conducting interviews to analysing data and presenting the findings. It also includes discussions on cross-cultural and virtual focus group.
Liamputtong presents...
Applying Regression and Correlation
A Guide for Students and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2000
This book takes a fresh look at applying regression analysis in the behavioural sciences by introducing the reader to regression analysis through a simple model-building approach.
The authors start with the basics and begin by re-visiting the mean, and the standard deviation, with which most...