Instrumentation and Control Systems, Third Edition, addresses the basic principles of modern instrumentation and control systems, including examples of the latest devices, techniques and applications. The book provides a comprehensive introduction on the subject, with Laplace presented in a simple and easily accessible form and complemented by an outline of the mathematics that would be required to progress to more advanced levels of study. Taking a highly practical approach, the author combi...

As the business environment continues to rapidly change, Dan Reid and Nada Sanders have developed an integrated approach that makes the introductory OM course accessible and engaging for all business majors. Beyond providing a solid foundation, this text covers emerging topics like Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Data Analytics, and Sustainability and gives equal time to strategic and tactical decisions in both service and manufacturing organizations.

Reliability-centred Maintenance is a process used to determine - systematically and scientifically - what must be done to ensure that physical assets continue to do what their users want them to do. Widely recognised by maintenance professionals as the most cost-effective way to develop world-class maintenance strategies, RCM leads to rapid, sustained and substantial improvements in plant availability and reliability, product quality, safety and environmental integrity. The author and his ass...

Develop the next killer Android App using Java programming! Android is everywhere! It runs more than half the smartphones in the U.S.-and Java makes it go. If you want to cash in on its popularity by learning to build Android apps with Java, all the easy-to-follow guidance you need to get started is at your fingertips. Inside, you'll learn the basics of Java and grasp how it works with Android; then, you'll go on to create your first real, working application.

How cool is that? The demand for...

The 9th edition of this comprehensive core textbook builds on its global perspective and approachable written style, as it explores the key concepts within a clear and logical structure. Lynch guides you through 19 chapters, with updated case studies and pedagogy that support the modern business and management student from start to finish. Continuous contrast between prescriptive and emergent views of strategy highlights key debates within the discipline, whilst an emphasis on the practical t...

Electric Motors and Drives: Fundamentals, Types and Applications, Fifth Edition is intended primarily for non-specialist users or students of electric motors and drives, but many researchers and specialist industrialists have also acknowledged its value in providing a clear understanding of the fundamentals. It bridges the gap between specialist textbooks (too analytical for the average user) and handbooks (full of detail but with little insight) providing an understanding of how each motor a...

Praktijkgericht onderzoek in bedrijf biedt een onmisbare basis om een bedrijfskundig onderzoek op te zetten. Het onderzoek doen is hierbij geen doel op zich, maar een middel om op een informatie- of datagestuurde manier te werken aan bedrijfskundige vraagstukken.

Praktijkgericht onderzoek in bedrijf is gebaseerd op het Integraal Model voor Praktijkgericht Onderzoek dat Jan Leen ontwikkelde voor het bedrijfskundig vakgebied. Het model koppelt de handelingscyclus aan de onderzoekscyslus en verb...

The Challenge

Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning.

But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?

The Study

For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and ...

Hoe maak je kinderen nieuwsgierig naar levensbeschouwelijke verhalen? Hoe ontwerp je levensbeschouwelijk onderwijs dat uitdagend en waardevol is voor alle leerlingen, ongeacht hun achtergrond?

Dit visie- en praktijkboek wil leraren basisonderwijs vertrouwd maken met een creatieve, dialogische en kritische benadering van levensbeschouwelijk onderwijs. Een visie waarin het leren kennen van zinrijke bronverhalen uit verschillende levensbeschouwelijke tradities door leerlingen centraal staat.