Appreciative Inquiry: Research for Change is the first book dedicated to exploring appreciative inquiry (AI) as an approach to change-focused research. More than ever, students and researchers seek to do more than report on what they see following a research study or project, but rather engage the research environment (participants, stakeholders) to promote change. In other words, their studies are as much research-based as they are meant to initiate or sustain social or o...

This book, edited by a team of renowned older adult and nursing experts, consideres the principles and practices of older adult nursing as well as the wider social considerations to do with an ageing population.

Authors Dr. Joanne G. Sujansky and Dr. Jan Ferri-Reed have documented a growing trend in business today: the tendency for businesses to encourage GEN Y/GEN X recruitment -- only to complain about their laziness, disrespect for authority, poor work ethic and sense of entitlement. So although company's are spending a lot of time and money hiring and training this young workforce, it is clear that an "us vs. them" mentality persists between ownership, management and the millenials. As a resul...

"This is a great book and a must-read for anyone who wants tounderstand the young people who are now or will soon join the workforce. It'sone of the most useful value-added books about the Millennial generation."—Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of Southern California,and author of On Becoming a Leader"Are you confused trying to understand the younger generation? Keeping the Millennials explores this fascinat...

At the heart of resistance lies the capacity for change.Change within organizations is disruptive, making people feel less in control of their work and lives. With every passing day, organizational change becomes more complex. It’s no surprise that efforts for change encounter resistance.Jan Kaderly knows that managing change is managing resistance. In Change Killers, Kaderly takes you on a deep exploration of resistance. Dive into decades of research on the very human reas...

The Zofingia Club was a discussion group to which C.G. Jung belonged as a medical student: in 1897 he became Chairman, and gave five lectures. These have survived and are published here in a supplementary volume to the Collected Works.The lectures are of great interest to anyone concerned with Jung's early ideas, as a young medical student from a strongly Swiss Protestant background. The Lectures are: The Border Zones of Exact Science (November 1896); Some Thoughts on Psyc...

′This book provides teachers in higher education with what they need - a compelling framework for improving student learning. It combines a comprehensive synthesis of the latest research on learning and teaching with practical strategies for implementing it in their classrooms′ - Professor Ken Bain, Author of What the Best College Teachers Do, Vice Provost for Instruction, Montclair State UniversityPraise for the First Edition:`For too long we have waited for a book that br...

The new edition of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing focuses on practice in mental health and psychiatric care integrating theory and the realities of practice. Mental wellness is featured as a concept, and the consideration of a range of psychosocial factors helps students contextualise mental illness and psychiatric disorders. The holistic approach helps the student and the beginning practitioner understand the complex causation of mental illness, its diagnosis, effective interventio...

In November 2008, John Hattie’s ground-breaking book Visible Learning synthesised the results of more than fifteen years research involving millions of students and represented the biggest ever collection of evidence-based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning.Visible Learning for Teachers takes the next step and brings those ground breaking concepts to a completely new audience. Written for students, pre-service and in-service teachers,...

Social Determinants of Health, 2nd Edition gives an authoritative overview of the social and economic factors which are known to be the most powerful determinants of population health in modern societies. Written by acknowledged experts in each field, it provides accessible summaries of the scientific justification for isolating different aspects of social and economic life as the primary determinants of a population's health. The new edition takes account of the most recent research and a...

Fully revised and updated—the must-have guide to acing the interview and landing the dream job, from “America’s top career expert” (The Los Angeles Times)60 Seconds & You're Hired! has already helped thousands of job seekers get their dream jobs by excelling in crucial interviews. America's top job search expert Robin Ryan draws on her 20 years as a career counselor, 30 years of direct hiring, and extensive contact with hundreds of recruiters, dec...