This major new text on the theory and practice of public management moves away from descriptive accounts of its evolution to provide a systematic treatment of the key paradigms of public management today. It examines their competing outlooks, values, tools and assumptions and - using a wide range of examples from different areas of management around the world - their implications for practice. The text sets out three contrasting 'logics' for management - performance, professionalism and polit...

Do I contradict myself?Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.)Abundant, ecstatic, generous, courageous - this is the first American epic poem, a celebration of selfhood and a catalogue of nineteenth-century American life of all ages and races.

Achieve optimal results in equine foot care and treatment! The Illustrated Horse's Foot: A Comprehensive Guide uses clear instructions in an atlas-style format to help you accurately identify, diagnose, and treat foot problems in horses. Full-color clinical photographs show structure and function as well as the principles of correct clinical examination and shoeing, and a companion website has videos depicting equine foot cases. Written by internationally renowned expert Christoher Pollitt, t...

Fourth edition of the book in English Annotation. Intended as an intensive course for those who have just started to learn Chinese. The book consists of 40 lessons and eight reviews.

Para jóvenes y adultos que quieran conocer la cultura española a través de su historia, política, economía, manifestaciones artísticas y costumbres. Nivel B1 - B2 del MCER. La nueva edición incluye las soluciones a las actividades con explicaciones para poder ampliar algunos temas y abordar diferentes puntos de vista. Ideal para cursos de lengua y civilización y clases de cultura y conversación. Incluye también doce audiciones descargables que ayudan a explotar las actividades del l...

A powerful and inspiring book from the founders of IDEO, the award-winning design firm, on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us. Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the 'creative types'. But two of the foremost experts in innovation, design and creativity on the planet show us that each and every one of us is creative.

In an entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countless stories from their wo...

For courses in computer programming and engineering. Beginner to Intermediate Programming in JavaThis book is designed to serve as a textbook and reference for programming in the Java language. Although it does include programming techniques, it is organized around the features of the Java language rather than any particular curriculum of programming techniques.

The main audience is undergraduate students who have not had extensive programming experience with the Java language. The introducto...

Complete First provides thorough preparation for the revised 2015 Cambridge English: First (FCE) exam. It provides comprehensive language development integrated with exam-task familiarisation. There are exercises to help students avoid the typical mistakes that real exam candidates make. This topic-based course covers every part of the exam in detail, ensuring that students are fully equipped to tackle each part of every paper. Exam information and Exam advice is offered throughout, culminati...

Big history and the future of humanity "This remains the best single attempt to theorize big history as a discipline that can link core concepts and paradigms across all historical disciplines, from cosmology to geology, from biology to human history. With additional and updated material, the Second Edition also offers a fine introduction to the history of big history and a superb introductory survey to the big history story. Essential reading for anyone interested in a rapidly evolving new f...

Het Kursbuch bestaat uit tien Lektionen. In de Inhaltsverzeichnis worden de onderdelen van elke Lektion weergegeven: opbouw, thema's, taalhandelingen, woordenschat en grammatica, uitspraak en spellingregels. Thema's die aan bod komen zijn onder andere: introductie van een nieuwe medewerker, de bedrijfsstructuur, een fabrieksbezoek, een zakenreis, vergaderingen, thuiswerken, beroepskleding en de computerwerkplek.

De tien Lektionen zijn helder gestructureerd en bieden een ruim aanbod aan opdra...