In so many company boardrooms the term ‘maintenance’ often gives those in senior

management an uneasy feeling. Why should this be the case?

The main reason may be due to the fundamental way that they think about business. They

generally think, speak and discuss opportunities, profits, risks, new markets, added value and

costs for their business.

Meanwhile, the maintenance manager generally focuses on techniques, failures, technical

problems and workforce schemes, rather than purely costs ...

Mechanics of Materials excels in providing a clear and thorough presentation of the theory and application of mechanics of materials principles. Drawing upon his decades of classroom experience and his knowledge of how students learn, Professor Hibbeler provides highly visual, methodical applications to help you conceptualize and master difficult concepts. A variety of problem types stress realistic situations encountered in the field, with several levels of difficulty to give you the practic...

A positive and practical guide that shows you how to succeed in academia, helping you hone your skills in teaching and research as well as building softer skills like interpersonal development.

The Collaborative Analysis of Student Work is a comprehensive guide to implementing a research-based approach to professional learning that drives educator effectiveness and promotes learning for every student. This book includes step-by-step guidance to implementation supported by numerous tools, protocols, and rich examples.

This book shows which practices related to curriculum, instruction, and assessment are essential to make learning the goal for every student. A how-to book for hands-on implementation, it provides useful strategies for making changes that will pave the way for major transformation in the standards-based classroom.

Understanding spatial socio-economic inequalities

Global transformations such as globalization and climate change influence the economic fate of people and places very differently. Also, places differ in terms of the opportunities they offer to firms and the people living there. As a result, there are important socio-economic inequalities across space. Economic Geography gives you the tools to understand such inequalities.

The aim of this book is to provide students and other interested ...

In recent years, more and more organisations have realised that diversity and inclusion in the workplace is both crucial and enormously beneficial. But how do you stop this realisation from remaining empty words and flashy statements, and turn awareness into action?

In 'The Inclusion Marathon', Kauthar Bouchallikht and Zoë Papaikonomou interview 41 practitioners and researchers about their knowledge and experience within the field of diversity, equity and inclusion in the Netherlands. These...

Nowadays it seems there is a manual for everything. What if there was a manual for how to interact with people so that we could all function optimally and succeed in life?

This book comes closest to being the definitive manual for life. It is based on over 50 years of groundbreaking scientific research on self-determination theory which has produced a structural approach to social interaction—the ‘ABC of life’—as a concrete and actionable approach to success. For if you do not unders...

'The Platform Company' will help you tackle your organization's key strategic challenges with out-of-the box concepts based on solid principles from game theory and ecology. Building blocks are introduced in an easy-to-read story of an executive on safari and translated into practical steps and methods. The book addresses the key challenges confronting any organization, such as branding, sales channels, innovation, supply chain, strategy formation, leadership, and purpose.

'Basic Business Words' is bedoeld voor opleidingen in de economische sector. Met behulp van dit boek kunnen studenten reeds in het eerste jaar snel een economisch georiënteerde basiswoordenschat verwerven op ERK-niveau B1-B2. Met drie hoofdstukken per week kan het boek in een jaar worden doorgenomen.

Belangrijkste wijzingen in de tweede druk:

- Veel woorden van niet-economische aard zijn weggelaten en een aantal nieuwe woorden is toegevoegd.

- De thema’s Government and politics, Society e...