This book explores the historical relationship between China and Japan, and how this has exacerbated their dispute over the Senkaku/ Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. There are three paradoxes in the bilateral relationship complex interdependence does not preclude the possibility of open conflict; cool-headed assessments are quickly being ove.

The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures provides a scholarly and accessible introduction to the literatu...

Change is inevitable, and how we handle it determines a great deal of our success in life. Fortunately, 10 Steps to Successful Change Management can help you understand change and take proactive steps toward dealing with it. With this handy go-to resource as your guide, you can understand and evaluate change, and apply practical tools that will help you not only cope with the inevitable, but benefit from it.

Do you look forward to change, or do you face it with a sense of impending doom?Chang...

Tussen de regels is een gewaagd boek over de relatie tussen kunst en werk. Het werpt een ongewone blik op organisatie en werk en confronteert de lezer met het onalledaagse denken van de filosofie. Het boek is niet alleen bedoeld voor organisatieprofessionals die kritisch staan ten opzichte van de gangbare organisatie- en managementliteratuur, maar voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in het dubbele verlangen van de mens om 'in control' én vrij te zijn.

Wie kent niet de ervaring overweldigd t...

This popular, world-wide selling textbook teaches engineering mathematics in a step-by-step fashion and uniquely through engineering examples and exercises which apply the techniques right from their introduction. This contextual use of mathematics is highly motivating, as with every topic and each new page students see the importance and relevance of mathematics in engineering. The examples are taken from mechanics, aerodynamics, electronics, engineering, fluid dynamics and other areas.

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This book is about finance and accounting, subjects widely discussed in many other books. What sets this book apart from most others is that it discusses all the basic aspects of finance and accounting in one single textbook. Three areas of interest are discussed:

• Financial Management;

• Management Accounting;

• Financial Accounting.

Typically, these three subjects are treated separately as individual topics. They are closely related, however, since they all deal with the many financial issu...

Centraal in dit boek staat de vraag wat wetenschap wetenschappelijk maakt. Het omschrijven van wetenschap lijkt op het eerste gezicht een makkelijke opgave: iedereen heeft wel een grof idee over hoe wetenschappelijke kennis verkregen wordt en hoe wetenschappelijk onderzoek in zijn werk gaat. Toch is het geven van een goede beschrijving behoorlijk lastig omdat er veel diversiteit bestaat: onderzoekers verschillen van inzicht over de vraag wanneer een onderzoek wetenschappelijk is, ze gebruiken...

Graphic tools and visual solutions for team building and development Visual Teams uses visual tools and methods to help teams both face-to-face and virtual reach high performance in today's work environment. As teams become more and more global and distributed, visualization provides an important channel of communication one that opens up the group's mind to improving work systems and processes by understanding relationships, interconnections, and big picture contexts. Visual Teams shares bes...

Jellema deel 4C Omhulling - Gevelopeningen bespreekt de gevelopeningen als onderdeel van de verticale uitwendige scheidingsconstructie. In deze uitgave komen de eisen waaraan gevelopeningen moeten voldoen aan bod. Naast de algemene eis voor opbouw en aansluitingen wordt ingegaan op eisen voor meer specifieke gevelvoorzieningen.

Now in its fourth edition 'Tyldesley and Grieve's Muscles, Nerves and Movement' has established itself as the leading textbook for the study of movement by occupational therapists. The book provides students with a sound understanding of the way in which bones, joints, muscles and nerves allow the body to perform movement during daily activities. Early chapters provide a foundation for the study of movement, with the complexity of detail increasing as the book progresses.

Functional anatomy i...

This book is an introduction in the very best sense of the word. It provides the beginner with an accurate, sophisticated, yet accessible account, and offers new insights and challenging perspectives to those who have more specialized knowledge. Focusing on the period in Chinese philosophy that is surely most easily approachable and perhaps is most important, it ranges over of rich set of competing options.

It also, with admirable self-consciousness, presents a number of daring attempts to re...