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Learning from Strangers
The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies
2010 || Paperback || Robert S. Weiss || Simon & Schuster
Learning From Strangers is the definitive work on qualitative research interviewing. It draws on Robert Weiss's thirty years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The most effective interviews, says Weiss, rely on creating cooperation -- an open and trusting alliance between interviewer and respondent, dedicated to specific and honest accounts of both internal and external events. Against the eclectic background of his work in national sample surveys, studies based o...
Getting Agencies to Work Together
The Practice and Theory of Managerial Craftsmanship
1998 || Paperback || Eugene Bardach || Rowman & Littlefield
Collaboration between government agencies, an old joke goes, is an unnatural act committed by nonconsenting adults. Eugene Bardach argues that today's opinion climate favoring more results-oriented government makes collaboration a lot more natural--though it is still far from easy. In this book, Bardach diagnoses the difficulties, explains how they are sometimes overcome, and offers practical ideas for public managers, advocates, and others interested in developing interagency collaborative n...
Resilience
Why Things Bounce Back
2013 || Paperback || Andrew Zolli e.a. || Simon & Schuster
Discover a powerful new lens for viewing the world with fascinating implications for our companies, economies, societies, and planet as a whole.
What causes one system to break down and another to rebound? Are we merely subject to the whim of forces beyond our control? Or, in the face of constant disruption, can we build better shock absorbersfor ourselves, our communities, our economies, and for the planet as a whole?
Reporting firsthand from the coral reefs of Palau to the back streets of P...
morgen verzonden
Sociology / 5th edition
A Global Introduction
2011 || Paperback || John Macionis e.a. || Pearson
Sociology: a global introduction represents a uniquely co-ordinated and complete learning resource for sociology students worldwide. International in outlook and culturally wide-ranging, it also reminds us that sociology is valuable. Unrivalled in breadth, it is a text of passion and sophistication helping you become an active, connected and critical learner.
vandaag verzonden
International Law: A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
2021 || Paperback || Vaughan Lowe || Oxford University Press
International law lies at the heart of our interaction with the global community. It protects rights, imposes duties, and establishes a framework for the conduct of almost every social, political, and economic activity. Vaughan Lowe explains the basic structural principles of international law, and looks at its potential and its limitations.
Oxford IB Diploma Programme: Business Management Course Companion
Course Companion
2021 || Paperback || Martin Mwenda Muchena e.a. || Oxford University Press
Completely updated, with a new approach to most comprehensively cover the new 2014 syllabus and including a special focus on the new concept-based learning requirement. Every topic is covered in depth, plus full assessment support drives high achievement and TOK links aligns learning to the IB philosophy.
Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies
2015 || Paperback || Robert Dover e.a. || Taylor & Francis
The Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies provides a broad overview of the growing field of intelligence studies. The recent growth of interest in intelligence and security studies has led to an increased demand for popular depictions of intelligence and reference works to explain the architecture and underpinnings of intelligence activity. Divided into five comprehensive sections, this Companion provides a strong survey of the cutting-edge research in the field of intelligence studies:...
Social Psychology / 4th edition
Fourth Edition
2014 || Paperback || Eliot R. Smith e.a. || Taylor & Francis
This textbook is the only major introduction to social psychology that provides a conceptually and thematically integrated approach to the science of social behavior, showinghow the major topics and themes in the discipline are deeply interconnected. As such, it provides a uniquely rich, meaningful, and logical appreciation of human social behavior that students can relate to the world around them and apply to their own lives. Throughout, there are explanations of how social processes are int...
Sustainable Business
Key Issues
2023 || Paperback || Helen Kopnina || Taylor & Francis
This is the first comprehensive introductory-level textbook to address the interface between environmental challenges and business solutions. This textbook is essential reading for students of business, management and sustainability courses. This new edition is updated throughout, and contains an additional chapter on the circular economy.