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Hardback. Condizione: Good. Explores the psychological impact of violence and war on children. It examines such trouble-torn areas as Cambodia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and inner-city Chicago. The authors try to understand how children develop in such conditions and what may be done to help them.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. "Colleges and universities constitute a special type of organization; and their complex mission, dynamics, personnel structures, and values require a distinct set of understandings and skills to lead and manage them well." From the Preface In Reframing Academic Leadership, Lee G. Bolman and Joan V. Gallos offer higher education leaders a provocative and pragmatic guide for * Crafting dynamic institutions where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts * Creating campus environments that facilitate creativity and commitment * Forging alliances and partnerships in service of the mission * Building shared vision and campus cultures that unite and inspire * Serving the larger goals of the academy and society Throughout the book, the authors integrate powerful conceptual frameworks with rich and compelling real-world cases to support academic leaders searching for the best in themselves and in their institutions. The book tackles thorny issues such as building institutional clarity and capacity, managing conflict, coping with difficult people, partnering with the boss, and developing leadership resilience. Following in the tradition of Bolman and Deal's classic Reframing Organizations, Bolman and Gallos emphasize a pragmatic approach. They tease out the unique challenges and opportunities in academic leadership and provide ideas, tools, and encouragement to help higher education leaders see more clearly, feel more confident, and become more skilled and versatile in handling the vicissitudes of daily life. Reframing Academic Leadership is the resource for those seeking to understand, develop, and manage colleges and universities.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. This is an approach to the diagnosis and treatment of the major forms of mental disorders found in adults including mood, anxiety and personality disorders, disorders of behaviour and impulses control and others. It integrates the relevant current literature on treatment of major disorders into a structured format that will help clinicians to more quickly assess the client and develop treatment plans with a high probability of success. It will also enable therapists to assess their own level of effectiveness, increase their accountability, deal more effectively with requests of insurance companies and peer review boards and improve the overall quality of their work.…

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Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Leadership is not mysterious. Through research, interviews and the experience of hundreds of managers, Kouzes and Posner show how leadership can mastered by all of us.

Hardback. Condizione: Fair. When Jerry B. Harvey first coined the phrase Abilene Paradox? in 1974, he set off shock waves among business people across the country. Using a common family experience, he pointed out that events often gather momentum and take on lives of their own, in spite of the fact that nobody wants to take part in them.Harvey offers insightful and often uproariously funny meditations? on the craziness of this paradox in our daily work lives. With familiar stories presented in surprising ways, Harvey reveals how organizations set themselves up for failure by fostering an atmosphere of alienation, distrust, and fear of risk-taking among their members.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. When Jerry B. Harvey first coined the phrase Abilene Paradox? in 1974, he set off shock waves among business people across the country. Using a common family experience, he pointed out that events often gather momentum and take on lives of their own, in spite of the fact that nobody wants to take part in them.Harvey offers insightful and often uproariously funny meditations? on the craziness of this paradox in our daily work lives. With familiar stories presented in surprising ways, Harvey reveals how organizations set themselves up for failure by fostering an atmosphere of alienation, distrust, and fear of risk-taking among their members.…

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Hardback. Condizione: Good.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. This book presents a complete and integrated approach to improving organizational performance - showing managers and staff analysts how to bring about positive change on three levels: the organizational level (strategies, structures, goals, resources); the process level (how the work is done); and the level of the individual job or job performer. Provides concrete suggestions for improving the performance of the whole organization by setting goals, addressing design issues, and determining management practices for each level. It identifies and shows how to manage the key factors that determine organizational performance, from corporate strategy to reward systems.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Re-examines powerful cultural myths and symbols associated with women, using not only the heroic deeds of historical women, but also the everyday heroes we find all around us. Polster encourages us to appreciate the women heroes who have gone unremarked and to recognize our own heroic acts.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Re-examines powerful cultural myths and symbols associated with women, using not only the heroic deeds of historical women, but also the everyday heroes we find all around us. Polster encourages us to appreciate the women heroes who have gone unremarked and to recognize our own heroic acts.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Frostige Fantasie: Abstrakte Schneeflockenwelten ist ein au ergew hnliches Ausmalbuch, das die Leser in die zauberhafte und vielf ltige Welt der Schneeflocken entf hrt. Jede Seite pr sentiert einzigartige und kunstvoll gestaltete Schneeflockenmuster, die von der Natur inspiriert sind und zugleich einen Hauch von Abstraktion bieten. Dieses Buch ist eine Hommage an die Sch nheit des Winters und die Einzigartigkeit jeder Schneeflocke, wobei jede Seite eine neue, faszinierende Komposition bietet, die darauf wartet, mit Farben gef llt zu werden.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. "Colleges and universities constitute a special type of organization; and their complex mission, dynamics, personnel structures, and values require a distinct set of understandings and skills to lead and manage them well." From the Preface In Reframing Academic Leadership, Lee G. Bolman and Joan V. Gallos offer higher education leaders a provocative and pragmatic guide for * Crafting dynamic institutions where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts * Creating campus environments that facilitate creativity and commitment * Forging alliances and partnerships in service of the mission * Building shared vision and campus cultures that unite and inspire * Serving the larger goals of the academy and society Throughout the book, the authors integrate powerful conceptual frameworks with rich and compelling real-world cases to support academic leaders searching for the best in themselves and in their institutions. The book tackles thorny issues such as building institutional clarity and capacity, managing conflict, coping with difficult people, partnering with the boss, and developing leadership resilience. Following in the tradition of Bolman and Deal's classic Reframing Organizations, Bolman and Gallos emphasize a pragmatic approach. They tease out the unique challenges and opportunities in academic leadership and provide ideas, tools, and encouragement to help higher education leaders see more clearly, feel more confident, and become more skilled and versatile in handling the vicissitudes of daily life. Reframing Academic Leadership is the resource for those seeking to understand, develop, and manage colleges and universities.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Twelve personal, interview-based profiles in the style of The New Yorker present an inside view of mediators at work: who they are and what techniques they use to achieve successful results in all areas of our society where conflicts arise--from business, law, and public policy to public education, the environment, and labor relations. Compelling stories illustrate the many ways to make talk work, offering insights to mediators currently working in the field, those seeking to enter the profession, and others who find that mediation skills are critical to success in their careers.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Twelve personal, interview-based profiles in the style of The New Yorker present an inside view of mediators at work: who they are and what techniques they use to achieve successful results in all areas of our society where conflicts arise--from business, law, and public policy to public education, the environment, and labor relations. Compelling stories illustrate the many ways to make talk work, offering insights to mediators currently working in the field, those seeking to enter the profession, and others who find that mediation skills are critical to success in their careers.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. This is an approach to the diagnosis and treatment of the major forms of mental disorders found in adults including mood, anxiety and personality disorders, disorders of behaviour and impulses control and others. It integrates the relevant current literature on treatment of major disorders into a structured format that will help clinicians to more quickly assess the client and develop treatment plans with a high probability of success. It will also enable therapists to assess their own level of effectiveness, increase their accountability, deal more effectively with requests of insurance companies and peer review boards and improve the overall quality of their work.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. LEARNING To Listen LEARNING To Teach In this updated version of her landmark book Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach, celebrated adult educator Jane Vella revisits her twelve principles of dialogue education with a new theoretical perspective gleaned from the discipline of quantum physics. Vella sees the path to learning as a holistic, integrated, spiritual, and energetic process. She uses engaging, personal stories of her work in a variety of adult learning settings, in different countries and with different educational purposes, to show readers how to utilize the twelve principles in their own practice with any type of adult learner, anywhere. New material includes: the latest research on learning tasks; updated ways to do needs assessment; and new insights from the field of quantum physics applied to adult teaching and learning. Praise for the first edition of Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach The book is required reading for every trainer in the Habitat for Humanity organization. --Jodi-Beth McCain, Habitat for Humanity The deep lessons [this book] contains creep up on you and flower into joyful insights. Jane Vella is one of the most gifted adult educators I have known. --from the Foreword by Malcolm S. Knowles, professor emeritus, North Carolina State University The stories furnish 'real life' support for the effectiveness of this approach to adult learning in different cultures and give the reader the opportunity to vicariously experience popular education in action. --Adult Education Quarterly Recommended for anyone interested in education and training at any level. --Library Journal.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. LEARNING To Listen LEARNING To Teach In this updated version of her landmark book Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach, celebrated adult educator Jane Vella revisits her twelve principles of dialogue education with a new theoretical perspective gleaned from the discipline of quantum physics. Vella sees the path to learning as a holistic, integrated, spiritual, and energetic process. She uses engaging, personal stories of her work in a variety of adult learning settings, in different countries and with different educational purposes, to show readers how to utilize the twelve principles in their own practice with any type of adult learner, anywhere. New material includes: the latest research on learning tasks; updated ways to do needs assessment; and new insights from the field of quantum physics applied to adult teaching and learning. Praise for the first edition of Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach The book is required reading for every trainer in the Habitat for Humanity organization. --Jodi-Beth McCain, Habitat for Humanity The deep lessons [this book] contains creep up on you and flower into joyful insights. Jane Vella is one of the most gifted adult educators I have known. --from the Foreword by Malcolm S. Knowles, professor emeritus, North Carolina State University The stories furnish 'real life' support for the effectiveness of this approach to adult learning in different cultures and give the reader the opportunity to vicariously experience popular education in action. --Adult Education Quarterly Recommended for anyone interested in education and training at any level. --Library Journal.…

Hardback. Condizione: Fair. The Dreamkeepers In the second edition of her critically acclaimed book The Dreamkeepers, Gloria Ladson-Billings revisits the eight teachers who were profiled in the first edition and introduces us to new teachers who are current exemplars of good teaching. She shows that culturally relevant teaching is not a matter of race, gender, or teaching style. What matters most is a teacher's efforts to work with the unique strengths a child brings to the classroom. A brilliant mixture of scholarship and storytelling, The Dreamkeepers challenges us to envision intellectually rigorous and culturally relevant classrooms that have the power to improve the lives of not just African American students, but all children. This new edition also includes questions for reflection. Praise for the First Edition The Dreamkeepers keeps hope alive for educating young African Americans. --Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, president and founder, National Rainbow Coalition The Dreamkeepers is an immensely important and useful book for teachers and teacher educators. . . . In a creative, credible, and persuasive way, Gloria Ladson-Billings has made a major contribution to the field of multicultural education. --JaCqueline Jordan Irvine, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Urban Education, Emory University Ladson-Billings integrates scholarly research with stories of eight successful teachers in a predominantly African American school district to illustrate that the 'dream' of all teachers and parents--academic success for all children--is alive and can be emulated. --Library Journal Here is a book filled with pride and questions that should stimulate anyone interested in improving education. --Booklist.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. The Dreamkeepers In the second edition of her critically acclaimed book The Dreamkeepers, Gloria Ladson-Billings revisits the eight teachers who were profiled in the first edition and introduces us to new teachers who are current exemplars of good teaching. She shows that culturally relevant teaching is not a matter of race, gender, or teaching style. What matters most is a teacher's efforts to work with the unique strengths a child brings to the classroom. A brilliant mixture of scholarship and storytelling, The Dreamkeepers challenges us to envision intellectually rigorous and culturally relevant classrooms that have the power to improve the lives of not just African American students, but all children. This new edition also includes questions for reflection. Praise for the First Edition The Dreamkeepers keeps hope alive for educating young African Americans. --Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, president and founder, National Rainbow Coalition The Dreamkeepers is an immensely important and useful book for teachers and teacher educators. . . . In a creative, credible, and persuasive way, Gloria Ladson-Billings has made a major contribution to the field of multicultural education. --JaCqueline Jordan Irvine, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Urban Education, Emory University Ladson-Billings integrates scholarly research with stories of eight successful teachers in a predominantly African American school district to illustrate that the 'dream' of all teachers and parents--academic success for all children--is alive and can be emulated. --Library Journal Here is a book filled with pride and questions that should stimulate anyone interested in improving education. --Booklist.…

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Hardback. Condizione: Fair. In recent years, female therapists and their clients have addressed the discrepancy between psychological theory and women's experiences. New therapies developed out of the collective efforts of women and their therapists to express their unique identity. This book presents the framework of innovative therapy, but more important, describes healing techniques - ego-state therapy, Jungian dreamwork, native healing for alcohol and child sexual abuse, techniques of metaphors, drawing, story telling and imagery, hypnosis in healing childhood trauma, overcoming guilt in incest and more. At the end of each chapter we hear the client's voice. As each woman is expert in her own experience, it's she who has the last word.…