Offers an overview of qualitative research based on interpreting stories. Designed to improve research practice, this title provides detailed discussions of four analytic methods: thematic analysis, structural analysis, dialogic/performance analysis, and visual narrative analysis. It also presents arguments about validation in case-based research.

The Society of Dairy Technology (SDT) has joined with Wiley-Blackwell to produce a series of technical dairy-related handbooks providing an invaluable resource for all those involved in the dairy industry; from practitioners to technologists working in both traditional and modern large-scale dairy operations. The fifth volume in the series, Milk Processing and Quality Management, provides timely and comprehensive guidance on the processing of liquid milks by bringing together contributions fr...

This book provides a coherent overview of the role played by working memory in learning during the school years, and uses theory to inform good practice.

This new addition to the Applied Social Research Methods series is unrivalled, it is written by leaders in the growing field of rigorous, comparative techniques.

The piecemeal fashion in which human factors research has been conducted in the maritime domain makes information retrieval available only by scanning through numerous research journals and conference papers. Bringing together human factors information from this and other domains, Human Factors in the Maritime Domain integrates a common body of knowledge into one single volume.

The book provides the vital background information necessary to acquire a core knowledge base and a much-needed over...

Announcing the Third Edition of the Bestseller - unrivalled both in its contemporary relevance to research methodology, and in its coverage of the interplay between the philosophy of science, methodology and business.

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Managers en organisatieadviseurs die verandering zien als een lineair en voorspelbaar proces maken een denkfout. In dit boek wordt betoogd dat veranderprocessen niet zijn te managen, ze zijn hooguit te faciliteren op interventieniveau. Veranderen betekent per definitie om kunnen gaan met onvoorziene omstandigheden. We moeten af van de angst voor onzekerheid en mogelijke imperfectie. Dit soort angst getuigt van naïviteit en leidt tot creatieve zelf-intoming. Ook moet...