For one-semester, undergraduate-level courses in Optoelectronics and Photonics, in the departments of electrical engineering, engineering physics, and materials science and engineering. This text takes a fresh look at the enormous developments in electo-optic devices and associated materials-such as Pockels (Lithium Niobate) modulators.

For introductory Financial Accounting courses that are not using debits and credits. Relevance for majors and non-majors-accounting concepts explained in a business context. Financial Accounting: A Business Process Approach explains accounting concepts in a way all majors can understand by organizing the material around how a business works.

This text's business process approach presents a business topic and then shows the accounting concepts behind it-rather than solely explaining accounting...

Finance & Risk Management is tot stand gekomen naar aanleiding van recente wijzigingen in het SPD-examenprogramma, maar is door het niveau ook goed in te zetten in het HBO. Nieuwe onderwerpen in deze tweede editie zijn onder andere ISO 31000, Basel III en Solvency 2 en 3.

Sinds januari 2010 is het nieuwe examenprogramma van SPD van kracht. Noordhoff Uitgevers biedt een totaalpakket SPD aan. Op www.spd.noordhoff.nl kunt u terecht voor informatie over het pakket, uitwerkingen en extra ondersteu...

Dit boek vertaalt Motiverende Gespreksvoering naar 'gewone gesprekken' over persoonlijke groei, zingeving en geloof. Wie zich het eerste deel van Luisteren 2.0 eigen maakt, merkt dat gesprekken vaker aan diepgang winnen. Soms zullen gesprekspartners zelfs iets van hun verlangen onthullen. Het tweede deel helpt om zo te luiteren dat de ander 'zichzelf naar verandering toe spreekt'. Zo wordt wie die ander mag zijn lettrelijk tevoorschijn geluisterd.

John Hendry, a leading management scholar, looks at the nature and practice of Management in this Very Short Introduction. Tracing the development of management over the last century, he looks not only at what managers do, but also provides an insight to modern management theory. He considers the influences of national and organizational culture, the relationship between power and domination, managing in different cultures, approaches to management, and at the accountability of managers and m...

This third edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the bestselling text for undergraduate leadership courses. This book is designed for college students to help them understand that they are capable of being effective leaders and guide them in developing their leadership potential. The Relational Leadership Model (RLM) continues as the major focus in this edition, and the book includes stronger connections between the RLM dimensions and related concepts, as well as visual appli...

An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory offers beginning students a comprehensive overview of and introduction to our current understanding of the rules and principles that govern the syntax of natural languages. Includes numerous pedagogical features such as 'practice' boxes and sidebars, designed to facilitate understanding of both the 'hows' and the 'whys' of sentence structure. Guides readers through syntactic and morphological structures in a progressive manner. Takes the myster...

The Sounds of Language is an introductory guide to the linguistic study of speech sounds, which provides uniquely balanced coverage of both phonology and phonetics. * Features exercises and problem sets, as well as supporting online resources at www. wiley.

Two-time winner of the best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year award from the Textbook and Academic Authors AssociationFor a one/two-semester courses in Computer Networks, Data Communications, and Communications Networks in CS, CIS, and Electrical Engineering departments. With a focus on the most current technology and a convenient modular format, this best-selling text offers a clear and comprehensive survey of the entire data and computer communications field. Emphasizing...

There are increasingly strident calls from many sectors of society for the tourism industry, the world’s largest industry, to adopt a more ethical approach to the way it does business. In particular there has been an emphasis placed on the need for a more ethical approach to the way the tourism industry interacts with consumers, the environment, with indigenous peoples, those in poverty, and those in destinations suffering human rights abuses. This book introduces students to the important ...