Managing Complex, High Risk Projects: A Guide to Basic and Advanced Project Management

Managing Complex, High Risk Projects: A Guide to Basic and Advanced Project Management

Managing Complex, High Risk Projects: A Guide to Basic and Advanced Project Management

Managing Complex, High Risk Projects: A Guide to Basic and Advanced Project Management by Franck Marle and Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal

Maximizing reader insights into project management and handling complexity-driven risks, this book explores propagation effects, non-linear consequences, loops, and the emergence of positive properties that may occur over the course of a project.

This book presents an introduction to project management and analysis of traditional project management approaches and their limits regarding complexity. It also includes overviews of recent research works about project complexity modelling and management as well as project complexity-driven issues. 

Moreover, the authors propose their own new approaches, new methodologies and new tools which may be used by project managers and/or researchers and/or students in the management of their projects. These new elements include project complexity definitions and frameworks, multi-criteria approaches for project complexity measurement, advanced methodologies for project management (propagation studies to anticipate potential behaviour of the project, and clustering approaches to improve coordination between project actors) and industrial case studies (automotive industry, civil engineering, railroad industry, performing arts,…) and exercises (with their solutions) which will allow readers to improve and strengthen their knowledge and skills in the management of complex and (thus) risky projects.

Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 283
File size: 20.50 MB

$40.00

Methods in Behavioral Research

Methods in Behavioral Research

Methods in Behavioral Research

Methods in Behavioral Research by Paul Cozby and Scott Bates
Methods in Behavioral Research continues to guide students toward success by helping them study smarter and more efficiently. Cozby and Bates provide helpful pedagogy, rich examples, and a clear voice in their approach to methodological decision-making.
Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 446
File size: 8.31 MB

$40.00

Gale Encyclopedia of Prescription Drugs: 2 Volume Set

Gale Encyclopedia of Prescription Drugs: 2 Volume Set

Gale Encyclopedia of Prescription Drugs: 2 Volume Set

Gale Encyclopedia of Prescription Drugs: 2 Volume Set by Gale

Gale Encyclopedia Of Prescription Drugs, a two-volume set of 300 entries, is a comprehensive consumer resource on the most commonly prescribed drugs describing potential side effects, drug and food interactions, recommended dosages, and warnings/precautions. Entries follow the standardized, balanced format of the health/medicine Gale Encyclopedia of ... line of titles. The addition of Key Terms sidebars enhances the main body. All entries have a bibliography and color image of the drug. The front matter includes an introduction and foreword by one of the advisors and the back matter has a subject index, glossary, list of organizations, and Questions to Ask Your Pharmacist.

Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 1089
File size: 11.82 MB

$100.00

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Foundation (Volume 1)

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Foundation (Volume 1)

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Foundation (Volume 1)

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Foundation (Volume 1) by David M. Buss

The indispensable reference tool for the groundbreaking science of evolutionary psychology
Why is the mind designed the way it is? How does input from the environment interact with the mind to produce behavior? These are the big, unanswered questions that the field of evolutionary psychology seeks to explore. The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is the seminal work in this vibrant, quickly-developing new discipline. In this thorough revision and expansion, luminaries in the field provide an in-depth exploration of the foundations of evolutionary psychology and explain the new empirical discoveries and theoretical developments that continue at a breathtaking pace.
Evolutionary psychologists posit that the mind has a specialized and complex structure, just as the body has a specialized and complex structure. From this important theoretical concept arises the vast array of possibilities that are at the core of the field, which seeks to examine such traits as perception, language, and memory from an evolutionary perspective. This examination is intended to determine the human psychological traits that are the products of sexual and natural selection and, as such, to chart and understand human nature.

• Join the discussion of the big questions addressed by the burgeoning field of evolutionary psychology
• Explore the foundations of evolutionary psychology, from theory and methods to the thoughts of EP critics
• Discover the psychology of human survival, mating, parenting, cooperation and conflict, culture, and more
• Identify how evolutionary psychology is interwoven with other academic subjects and traditional psychological disciplines

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is the definitive guide for every psychologist and student interested in keeping abreast of new ideas in this quickly-developing field.

Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 691
File size: 7.50 MB

$50.00

Managerial Economics & Organizational Architecture, 6th Edition

Managerial Economics & Organizational Architecture, 6th Edition

Managerial Economics & Organizational Architecture, 6th Edition

Managerial Economics & Organizational Architecture, 6th Edition by James Brickley and Smith, Jr., Clifford W.

Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture, 6e helps the student to gain an understanding of the basic tools of economics used to solve important business problems. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the firm and corporate governance topics. The Sixth Edition continues with a focus on decision-making and managerial applications within the structure of an organization. Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture is thoroughly integrated with the adaptive digital tools available in McGraw-Hill’s LearnSmart Advantage Suite, proven to increase student engagement and success in the course.
Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.

Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 825
File size: 22.50 MB

$70.00

Handbook of Long Term Care of The Childhood Cancer Survivor

Handbook of Long Term Care of The Childhood Cancer Survivor

Handbook of Long Term Care of The Childhood Cancer Survivor

Handbook of Long Term Care of The Childhood Cancer Survivor (Specialty Topics in Pediatric Neuropsychology) by Grace A. Mucci and Lilibeth R. Torno
This authoritative reference examines in depth the myriad challenges facing pediatric cancer survivors and proposes a robust framework for structured follow-up of these patients through adulthood. Approaches to long-term follow-up include both established models of care and targeted models of lifelong surveillance of late effects by bodily systems and neurological outcomes. Sections devoted to quality of life and re-entry after treatment focus on key concerns such as health risk behaviors, school and career issues, psychological challenges, and care disparities. And a robust resources section adds extra usefulness to the expert coverage.
 Among the Handbook's topics:

• Developmental considerations in the transition from child and adolescent to adult survivorship.
• Long-term follow-up roadmaps by disease and treatment.    
• Neuropsychological effects of pediatric brain tumors and associated treatment.
• Building resiliency in childhood cancer survivors: a clinician’s perspective. 
• School issues and educational strategies for survivors of childhood cancer.   
• Educating and preparing the childhood cancer survivor for long-term care: a curriculum model for cancer centers. 

A work of rare scope, scholarship, and clinical acumen, the Handbook of Long-Term Care of the Childhood Cancer Survivor is a rewarding, practice-building resource essential to a wide range of healing professionals, including pri
mary care physicians, pediatricians, oncologists, nurses, psychologists, neuropsychologists, child psychologists, and licensed therapists.Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 548
File size: 7.56 MB

$60.00

Management

Management

Management

Management by Richard L. Daft
MANAGEMENT, 12E readers gain the confidence to manage and develop the ability to lead with innovative solutions in today's rapidly changing business environment. Daft explores the emerging themes and management issues most important for managers in businesses today. Current and future managers learn to look beyond traditional techniques and ideas to tap into a full breadth of management skills. D.A. F.T. defines Management with the best in new and proven management competencies.
Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 798
File size: 52.27 MB

$65.00

Principles and Applications of Assessment in Counseling, 4th Edition

Principles and Applications of Assessment in Counseling, 4th Edition

Principles and Applications of Assessment in Counseling, 4th Edition

Principles and Applications of Assessment in Counseling, 4th Edition by Susan C. Whiston
Created specifically for counseling students, this text provides you with a comprehensive introduction to appraisal and assessment and focuses on the importance of using assessment results to evaluate the efficacy of counseling. With cases studies found throughout, you will easily learn to apply principles to real life.
Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 460
File size: 24.89 MB

$30.00

Drugs & Behavior (7th Edition)

Drugs & Behavior (7th Edition)

Drugs & Behavior (7th Edition)

Drugs & Behavior (7th Edition) by William A. McKim Ph.D. and Stephanie Hancock Ph.D

Drugs & Behavior starts with descriptions of basic pharmacological concepts of drug administration and pharmacokinetics, research methodology including clinical trials, tolerance and withdrawal, drug conditioning, addiction processes, and the neuroscience of drug action. Each chapter applies these concepts to different classes of recreational and therapeutic drugs.

Each chapter also includes a section on the history of the drug class being described to place the drugs in their historical and social context. The text is written to be understandable to students without a background in pharmacology, neuroscience, or psychology.

Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 432
File size: 10.30 MB

$25.00

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Classroom Management

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Classroom Management

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Classroom Management

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Classroom Management by W. George Scarlett
A teacher’s ability to manage the classroom strongly influences the quality of teaching and learning that can be accomplished. Among the most pressing concerns for inexperienced teachers is classroom management, a concern of equal importance to the general public in light of behavior problems and breakdowns in discipline that grab newspaper headlines. But classroom management is not just about problems and what to do when things go wrong and chaos erupts. It’s about how to run a classroom so as to elicit the best from even the most courteous group of students. An array of skills is needed to produce such a learning environment. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Classroom Management raises issues and introduces evidence-based, real-world strategies for creating and maintaining well-managed classrooms where learning thrives. Students studying to become teachers will need to develop their own classroom management strategies consistent with their own philosophies of teaching and learning. It is hoped that this work will help open their eyes to the range of issues and the array of skills they might integrate into their unique teaching styles.
Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 964
File size: 4.85 MB

$75.00

Management (Explore Our New Management 1st Editions)

Management (Explore Our New Management 1st Editions)

Management (Explore Our New Management 1st Editions)

Management (Explore Our New Management 1st Editions) by Ranjay Gulati and Anthony J. Mayo
How are leaders successfully managing competitive companies in the 21st Century? Gulati/Mayo/Nohria's MANAGEMENT, 1E, by award-winning instructors and prominent Harvard business experts, addresses the many integrated facets in answering this key question to help you effectively prepare for successful leadership now and in the future. As a manager, you will be confronted with challenges and opportunities that are more dynamic and complex than ever before. As a leader in any business role, you need to understand how to harness technological advances, manage and lead a dispersed and diverse workforce, anticipate and react to constant competitive and geopolitical change and uncertainty, compete on a global scale, and operate in a socially responsible and accountable manner. Gulati/Mayo/Nohria's MANAGEMENT, 1E demonstrates the mutual interconnectivity between three key facets of management: strategic positioning, organizational design, and individual leadership. The book presents management from a tangible, integrated, and current perspective, teaching you to visualize how strategy informs leadership and how leaders influence strategic positioning and, ultimately, manage performance.
Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 594
File size: 112.29 MB

$30.00

Essentials of Human Development: A Life-Span View

Essentials of Human Development: A Life-Span View

Essentials of Human Development: A Life-Span View

Essentials of Human Development: A Life-Span View (Explore Our New Psychology 1st Editions) by Robert V. Kail and John C. Cavanaugh
This streamlined, readable account of human development gives you the conceptual foundations that enable you to become an educated and critical interpreter of developmental information. ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFE-SPAN VIEW also offers an introduction to relevant research and its application to important issues in life-span development. In addition, the book emphasizes the application of human development research across diverse professional settings. If you're pursuing a career related not just to psychology but to education, health, or human sciences--be it as a nurse, physician, educator, psychologist, social worker, or others--this text will show you how human development research can allow you to work more effectively with future patients, students, or clients. Succinct and filled with real-life examples that aid your understanding, it will capture your interest while introducing you to the essential issues, forces, and outcomes that make us who we are.
Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 579
File size: 49.22 MB

$30.00

Handbook of Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace: Emerging Research and Practice

Handbook of Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace: Emerging Research and Practice

Handbook of Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace: Emerging Research and Practice

Handbook of Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace: Emerging Research and Practice by Judi Neal
While the field of management has developed as a research discipline over the last century, until the early 1990s there was essentially no acknowledgement that the human spirit plays an important role in the workplace.  Over the past twenty years, the tide has begun to turn, as evidenced by the growing number of courses in academia and in corporate training, and an exponential increase in the publications emerging through creative interaction of scholars and practitioners in organizational behaviour, workplace diversity, sustainability, innovation, corporate governance, leadership, and corporate wellness, as well as contributions by psychotherapists, theologians, anthropologists, educators, philosophers, and artists. 
            This Handbook is the most comprehensive collection to date of essays by the preeminent researchers and practitioners in faith and spirituality in the workplace, featuring not only the most current research and case examples, but visions of what will be, or should be, emerging over the horizon.  It includes essays by the people who helped to pioneer the field as well as essays by up and coming young scholars.  Among the questions and issues addressed:
·         What does it mean to be a “spiritual” organization?  How does this perspective challenge traditional approaches to the firm as a purely rational, profit-maximizing enterprise?
·         Is faith and spirituality in the workplace a passing fad, or is there a substantial shift occurring in the business paradigm?
·         How does this field inform emerging management disciplines such as sustainability, diversity, and social responsibility?
·          In what ways are faith and spirituality in the workplace similar to progressive and innovative human resource practices.  Does faith and spirituality in the workplace bring something additional to the conversation, and if so, what?
The aim of The Handbook of Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace is to provide researchers, faculty, students, and practitioners with a broad overview of the field from a research perspective, while keeping an eye on building a bridge between scholarship and practice. 
Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 753
File size: 5.64 MB

$60.00

Strategic Management in the 21st Century [3 volumes]

Strategic Management in the 21st Century [3 volumes]

Strategic Management in the 21st Century [3 volumes]

Strategic Management in the 21st Century [3 volumes] by Timothy J. Wilkinson and Vijay R. Kannan

This clear, insightful, and interesting work covers all aspects of strategic management, including chapters that discuss SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis, the Resource-Based View, transaction cost economics, and real options theory. Unlike other books, this three-volume work examines strategic management from different perspectives, effectively interweaving seemingly disparate subdisciplines, such as entrepreneurship and international business, with specialized foci, such as creativity, innovation, and trust.
Incorporating information from contributors as varied as a proprietor of a worldwide motorcycle business to one of the most published scholars in the field of international strategic management, the practical and theoretical perspectives presented in Strategic Management in the 21st Century will benefit business strategists, professors of strategic management, and graduate students in the field.

Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 1086
File size: 5.10 MB

$30.00

Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Work and Wellbeing: Volume III

Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Work and Wellbeing: Volume III

Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Work and Wellbeing: Volume III

Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Work and Wellbeing: Volume III by Peter Y. Chen and Cary L. Cooper

Part of the six-volume reference set Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this volume is a comprehensive look at wellbeing in the workplace at organizational, managerial, and individual levels.

• Discusses the implications of theory and practice in the field of workplace wellbeing
• Incorporates not only coverage of workplace stress in relation to wellbeing, but also aspects of positive psychology
• Explores the role of governments in promoting work place well being
• Part of the six-volume set Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings together leading research on wellbeing from across the social sciences

• Topics include work-life balance; coping strategies and characters of individuals; characteristics of workplaces and organizational strategies that are conducive to wellbeing; and many more

Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 531
File size: 2.20 MB

$55.00

Curriculum Design and Classroom Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Curriculum Design and Classroom Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Curriculum Design and Classroom Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Curriculum Design and Classroom Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Information Resources Management Association

Educational pedagogy is a diverse field of study, one that all educators should be aware of and fluent in so that their classrooms may succeed.
Curriculum Design and Classroom Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications presents cutting-edge research on the development and implementation of various tools used to maintain the learning environment and present information to pupils as effectively as possible. In addition to educators and students of education, this multi-volume reference is intended for educational theorists, administrators, and industry professionals at all levels.

Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 1670
File size: 32.74 MB

$500.00

The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (Oxford Library of Psychology) by Lene Arnett Jensen
The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture provides a comprehensive synopsis of theory and research on human development, with every chapter drawing together findings from cultures around the world. This includes a focus on cultural diversity within nations, cultural change, and globalization. Expertly edited by Lene Arnett Jensen, the Handbook covers the entire lifespan from the prenatal period to old age. It delves deeply into topics such as the development of emotion, language, cognition, morality, creativity, and religion, as well as developmental contexts such as family, friends, civic institutions, school, media, and work.
Written by an international group of eminent and cutting-edge experts, chapters showcase the burgeoning interdisciplinary approach to scholarship that bridges universal and cultural perspectives on human development. This "cultural-developmental approach" is a multifaceted, flexible, and dynamic way to conceptualize theory and research that is in step with the cultural and global realities of human development in the 21st century.
Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 769
File size: 10.24 MB

$60.00

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Professional Communication

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Professional Communication

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Professional Communication

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Professional Communication (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics) by Vijay Bhatia and Stephen Bremner
A handbook like this is long overdue. Professional communication, especially from the workplace vantage point, has long been overshadowed by interest in exclusively academic communication. Bhatia and Bremner have brought together a host of specialists in English for specific purposes, genre analysis, business communication and other related areas, as well as representatives of such fields as banking and law, all of whom contribute to what becomes, in effect, a compelling argument for learning more about written, spoken, and multimodal communication in professional communities.
Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 613
File size: 4.34 MB

$45.00

The Routledge Handbook of International Crime and Justice Studies

The Routledge Handbook of International Crime and Justice Studies

The Routledge Handbook of International Crime and Justice Studies

The Routledge Handbook of International Crime and Justice Studies (Routledge International Handbooks)Aug 15, 2013 by Bruce Arrigo and Heather Bersot
The Routledge Handbook of International Crime and Justice Studies presents the enduring debates and emerging challenges in crime and justice studies from an international and multi-disciplinary perspective. Guided by the pivotal, although vastly under-examined, role that consumerism, politics, technology, and culture assume in shaping these debates and in organizing these challenges, individual chapters probe the global landscape of crime and justice with astonishing clarity and remarkable depth.
Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 684
File size: 2.61 MB

$45.00

Handbook of the Social Psychology of Inequality

Handbook of the Social Psychology of Inequality

Handbook of the Social Psychology of Inequality

Handbook of the Social Psychology of Inequality (Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research) by Jane McLeod and Edward Lawler
This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of social psychological research on inequality for a graduate student and professional audience. Drawing on all of the major theoretical traditions in sociological social psychology, its chapters demonstrate the relevance of social psychological processes to this central sociological concern. Each chapter in the volume has a distinct substantive focus, but the chapters will also share common emphases on: • The unique contributions of sociological social psychology • The historical roots of social psychological concepts and theories in classic sociological writings • The complementary and conflicting insights that derive from different social psychological traditions in sociology. This Handbook is of interest to graduate students preparing for careers in social psychology or in inequality, professional sociologists and university/college libraries.
Ebook format: PDF
Ebook page: 756
File size: 9.26 MB

$65.00