With chapters from an internationally renowned set of scholars, this is the first Handbook to examine this vibrant and developing field.

The Professional Protection Officer: Security Strategies, Tactics and Trends, Second Edition, is the definitive reference and instructional text for career oriented security officers in both the private and public sectors. The first edition originated with the birth of the International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) in 1988, which has been using the book as the official text since that time. Each subsequent edition has brought new and enlightened information to the protection prof...

The ultimate guide to visual storytelling! How to make the audience feel the story while they are reading the story. Using his experiences from working in the comic book industry, movie studios and teaching, Marcos introduces the reader to a step-by-step system that will create the most successful storyboards and graphics for the best visual communication. After a brief discussion on narrative art, Marcos introduces us to drawing and composing a single image, to composing steady shots to draw...

This is the Kanji workbook that accompanies Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese. This will carry you to the advanced level by effectively helping you master the 503 Kanji introduced in the textbook and reviewing the 290 beginner-level Kanji, covering a total of 800 Kanji. It has two sections, "Basic Information" and "Problems," helping build both foundational knowledge and learning skills that are essential in reaching the advanced level. Answer sheets can be easily separated out from the book.

Designed to cover the first term in a 3-year course, the New Practical Chinese Reader (NPCR), Volume 1 Textbook aims to develop the student’s ability to communicate using Chinese through the study of language structure and function, related cultural knowledge, and training in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Each lesson contains Text, New Words, Notes, Conversation Practice, Reading Comprehension, Phonetics, Grammar, Characters and Cultural Notes. The NPCR series uses severa...

Studenten moeten beschikken over een brede kennis van bedrijfseconomie, maar kunnen vervolgens zelfstandig met de Serie Adviespraktijk in het MKB aan het werk. Aan de hand van de opgaven met uitwerkingen kunnen ze hun kennis steeds toetsen. Samen met de andere twee delen krijgen studenten zo alle stof die nodig is voor accountancy.

De Serie 'Financieel economische adviespraktijk' vormt een compleet naslagwerk voor met name de hoofdfase van de Bedrijfseconomie en Accountancy opleidingen. De Se...

Management models: many students will come across them in their studies, yet it is only when actually working with them that the function and benefit of management models are revealed. Students often find it hard to select and apply management models. This textbook will assist them to do so. 101 Management Models is aimed particularly at students of economic and technical studies and social sciences in higher education.

Het ontwerpen van samenhangende, adequate interventies voor organisatieontwikkeling is een kunst en een kunde. Organisaties ontwikkelen immers voortdurend en losse activiteiten blijken niet meer te volstaan om een organisatie in de juiste richting te krijgen. Het is een zelfstandig vak geworden, met eigen principes, taal en werkwijze die je als professional houvast geven. Het boek DRIE introduceert dat nieuwe vakgebied.

DRIE geeft antwoord op onder meer de volgende vragen:

- Welke interventie...