This book aims to equip those in, or entering business to assess the opportunities, limitations and major issues surrounding modern business information systems and to appreciate the way that information systems can aid the realization of business objectives. This book provides students with: good technical coverage, accessible coverage for both business students and computing students, interesting case studies, including a running case throughout the systems development chapters, showing rea...

Cambridge English for the Media develops the communication skills and specialist English language knowledge of media students and professionals, enabling them to work more confidently and effectively. Covering a range of media-related fields including newspapers, television, radio and marketing, the eight standalone units enable students to concentrate on the areas that are most relevant to them. As well as teaching specialist language, the course also develops job-specific skills such as wri...

This new textbook addresses the neglect of practical research methods in cultural studies. It provides students with clearly written overviews of research methods in cultural studies, along with guidelines on how to put these methods into operation. It advocates a multi-method approach, with students drawing from a pool of techniques and approaches suitable for their own topics of investigation.

The book covers the following main areas: * Drawing on experience, and studying how narratives mak...

Updated with a new afterword containing additional advice, a physician discusses the thought patterns and actions that often lead to misdiagnosis on the part of health-care providers, and suggests methods that patients can use to improve communication and help doctors assess conditions more accurately.

New and thoroughly updated, Epistemology:

An Anthology continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in the theory of knowledge. Concentrates on the central topics of the field, such as skepticism and the Pyrrhonian problematic, the definition of knowledge, and the structure of epistemic justificationOffers coverage of more specific topics, such as foundationalism vs coherentism, and virtue epistemologyPresents wholly new sections on 'Testim...

The guide for novice researchers who want to master how to produce first-class research their contemporaries will want to read!

This book will help teachers make talk in classrooms more effective, educational and enjoyable

De serie Technische bedrijfskunde deel 1 en 2 is opgezet als naslagwerk. Het heeft een techniek brede focus waarbij gebruik gemaakt van voorbeelden en toepassingen.

In Technische bedrijfskunde 2 komen de volgende modules aan de orde:

productiemanagement

servicemanagement

zorgmanagement

De student krijgt bij het onderdeel Servicemanagement uitleg over de implementatie van soft- en hardware, het callcenter, periodiek en preventief onderhoud en wat verstaan we onder Service level agreement.