“…In a world dominated by austerity politics and policies, Advising in austerity provides a lively and thought-provoking account of the conditions, consequences and challenges of advice work in the UK, presenting a rare and rich view of the world of advice giving. …”

“…The 'unusual factual situations' of some 18th- and 19th-century English cases also reveal compelling human interest stories and political controversies worthy of further exploration. …”

“…It includes coverage of major developments in monetary history, set into their economic and political context, as well as innovative and interdisciplinary perspectives that address money and coinage in relation to archaeology, anthropology and medieval literature. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Applying the Personalization and Embodiment Principles: Use Conversational Style, Polite Wording, Human Voice, and Virtual Coaches Chapter Summary Personalization Principle: Use Conversational Rather than Formal Style, Polite Wording Rather than Direct Wording and Human Voice Rather than Machine Voice Psychological Reasons for the Personalization Principle Promote Personalization through Conversational Style Promote Personalization through Polite Speech Promote Personalization through Voice Quality Embodiment Principle: Use Effect On-screen Coaches to Promote Learning Implications for e-Learning What to Look for in e-Learning 10. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Exploring how student support services address economic, cultural and political injustices. Insights from Elangeni TVET College, South Africa -- Summary -- Introduction -- Open learning -- Student support services in South Africa -- Student support services in the South Africa policy context -- Theoretical framework: Social justice -- Setting the scene nationally and institutionally -- Methodological approach -- Analysis and findings -- Discussion -- Recommendations -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References…”

“…34 essays by a team of leading scholars offering a broad reassessment of the Cold War, calling into question orthodox ways of ordering the chronology of the period and presenting new insights into the global dimension of the conflict. …”

“…Under the guidance of an experienced editorial team, the authors demonstrate how creative ruptions can respond to various wicked problems through the design and enactment of transformative pedagogies and accompanying research. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- When to Use Digitization -- How to Digitize -- Step 1: Analyze and Prioritize Requirements -- Step 2: Simplify Processes and Rules -- Step 3: Blueprint Technology Choices -- Step 4: Implement to Deliver Value from the Start -- Step 5: Manage Risks -- Part III: Coping with Cost Restructuring: How to Manage and Sustain the Change -- Chapter 14: Running a Cost Transformation: Mobilizing, Scaling, and Sustaining -- Phase 1: Diagnostic and Case for Change -- How It Is Governed -- The Transformation Team -- The Working Process -- Phase 2: Detailed Design -- How It Is Governed -- The Transformation Team -- The Working Process -- Phase 3: Execution -- How It Is Governed -- The Transformation Team -- The Working Process…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Disciplinary Backgrounds -- Innies and Outies -- Gap Fillers and Trench Warriors -- Putting It All Together -- Information Architecture Specialists -- Practicing Information Architecture in the Real World -- Context -- Content -- Users -- What Lies Ahead -- User Needs and Behaviors -- The "Too-Simple" Information Model -- Information Needs -- Information-Seeking Behaviors -- Learning About Information Needs and Information-Seeking Behaviors -- Part II -- The Anatomy of an Information Architecture -- Visualizing Information Architecture -- Information Architecture Components -- Browsing Aids -- Search Aids -- Content and Tasks -- "Invisible" Components -- Organization Systems -- Challenges of Organizing Information -- Ambiguity -- Heterogeneity -- Differences in Perspectives -- Internal Politics -- Organizing Web Sites and Intranets -- Organization Schemes -- Exact Organization Schemes -- Alphabetical -- Chronological -- Geographical -- Ambiguous Organization Schemes -- Topic -- Task -- Audience -- Metaphor -- Hybrids -- Organization Structures -- The Hierarchy: A Top-Down Approach -- Designing taxonomies -- The Database Model: A Bottom-Up Approach -- Hypertext -- Social Classification…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2 From Best Practice to Migraine Headache -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 Good Intentions Becoming Migraines -- 2.2 Enterprise Project Management Methodology Migraine -- 2.3 Trade-Off Migraine -- 2.4 Customer Satisfaction Migraine -- 2.5 Migraine Resulting from Responding to Changing Customer Requirements -- 2.6 Reporting Level of the PMO Migraine -- 2.7 Cash Flow Dilemma Migraine -- 2.8 Scope Change Dilemma Migraine -- 2.9 Outsource or not Migraine -- 2.10 Determining When to Cancel a Project Migraine -- 2.11 Providing Project Awards Migraine -- 2.12 Migraine from Having the Wrong Culture in Place -- 2.13 Migraines Due to Politics -- Political Risks -- Reasons for Playing Politics -- Situations Where Political Games Will Occur -- The Governance Committee -- Friends and Foes -- Attack or Retreat -- The Need for Effective Communication -- Power and Influence -- Managing Project Politics -- 2.14 Migraines Caused by the Seven Deadly Sins -- The Seven Deadly Sins -- 2.15 Sources of Smaller Headaches -- 2.16 Ten Uglies of Projects -- Introduction -- The 10 Uglies -- Possible Remedies -- Proactive Management -- "Do It While You Do It" -- Empower the Team -- Results of the Remedies -- Conclusion -- 3 Journey to Excellence -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 Strategic Planning for Project Management -- Why Strategic Plans Fail -- Project Management: An Executive Perspective -- Strategic Planning: A Project Management Perspective -- The Benefits of Project Management -- Dispelling the Myths -- Ways That Project Management Helps Strategic Planning -- Strategic Project Management Leadership -- Strategic Project Management Leadership Traits -- The Project Manager as a Manager of Change -- 3.2 Roadblocks to Excellence -- 3.3 Pain Points -- Background -- Understanding Pain Points -- Pain Point: Customer Communications as Seen by the Contractor…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…COSTS AND BENEFITS -- BALANCING APPROACHES TO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES -- Two National Case Studies -- Indonesia -- Tanzanian Experience -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 5 Prevention of Iodine Deficiency -- REQUIREMENTS FOR IODINE -- CONSEQUENCES OF IODINE DEFICIENCY AND ITS CORRECTION -- Goiter -- Mental and Neuromotor Retardation -- Reproductive Impairment -- Impaired Agricultural Productivity -- Economic Stagnation -- Physical Growth -- CONSEQUENCES OF THE CORRECTION OF IODINE DEFICIENCY -- INTERACTION WITH OTHER MICRONUTRIENTS -- EXTENT OF IODINE DEFICIENCY -- Assessment Techniques* -- Goiter Rates -- Urinary Iodine -- Measurements of TSH -- Thyroglobulin -- Iodine in Food and Water -- Extent and Distribution of Iodine Deficiency -- Economic Costs of Iodine Deficiency -- INDICATORS OF IODINE DEFICIENCY AND IMPACT OF PREVENTION -- Identifying Target Populations -- Monitoring Intervention Programs and Their Impact -- PREVENTION AND CORRECTION -- Fortification -- Salt* -- Iodinated Bread -- Iodinated Water -- Supplementation -- Drops and Tablets of Iodine -- Iodinated Oil -- Summary Statement on Fortification and Supplementation -- NATIONAL PROGRAMS: SOME EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE -- Ecuador -- Context -- Results -- Nigeria -- Context -- Results -- Bolivia -- Context -- Results -- Guatemala -- Context -- Results -- United States -- Context -- Results -- Bhutan -- Context -- Results -- Zimbabwe -- Context -- Results -- STRUCTURE OF PREVENTIVE PROGRAMS -- Assessment -- Salt Industry -- Education -- Legal Approaches -- IMPEDIMENTS TO IDD CONTROL -- In the Domain of Policy -- Inadequate Political and Popular Support -- Inadequate Involvement of the Salt Industry in Achieving Local or Universal Iodization of Salt -- Insufficient Education -- Insufficient Monitoring -- Complacency -- In the Domain of Programs -- In the Domain of Research…”

“…Led by a well-respected editorial team, this unique volume gathers an international array of experts whose various critical approaches yield insights from areas such as public policy, economics, law, and history, in addition to business and philosophy. …”

“…This is a groundbreaking volume which will be of particular interest to scholars with an interest in the extreme right, social movements, political violence, policing and criminology"--…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Annual average exchange rate: 1 USD = HUF -- Executive summary -- The DAC's recommendations to Hungary -- Findings and recommendations -- Introduction and context -- Introduction -- Hungary's domestic context: Opportunities to enhance development co-operation in a shifting external environment -- Since joining the DAC, Hungary has invested continuously in development co-operation -- The external environment presents both opportunities and risks -- Policy framework and financing: ODA has expanded significantly in line with priorities -- Guidance would help operationalise the legal and political foundations of Hungary's co-operation -- Hungary has established a solid legal and policy basis for its co-operation -- The next key step would be to develop implementation guidance -- ODA growth has been impressive -- planning and reporting could be improved -- ODA has increased fourfold since 2010 -- Hungary faces challenges in planning and reporting ODA -- ODA allocations are aligned with priorities but dispersed across countries and projects -- Hungary has increased bilateral ODA for its priority sectors and regions -- ...But allocations are geographically dispersed across many projects -- The development co-operation system: Hungary has many opportunities to deepen institutional and stakeholder collaboration -- Hungary's reorganisation could increase the effectiveness and efficiency of its development co-operation -- The various actors and instruments are not fully co-ordinated -- The reorganisation and enhanced role of the agency can strengthen the capacity and co-ordination of the co-operation system -- Hungary could do more on systematic stakeholder and public consultation and greater development awareness -- Hungary can gain from more systematic consultation with stakeholders…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Wright and Marianne Høyen -- List of Illustrations -- Index -- About the Team…”

“…Written collaboratively by a team of international experts, each chapter of this book offers a new framing and understanding of key legal concepts, practices, and historical contexts across five major legal traditions of the ancient world. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4 Managing International Sport Federation Performance in a Glocalised World -- 4.1 From Growing Sport to Overall Performance -- 4.1.1 Societal Performance at the Heart of Organisational Performance -- 4.1.2 Towards New Reporting and Accountability Tools -- 4.2 Strategic Capacity -- 4.2.1 Power Structures -- 4.2.2 The Quality of the Federal Network -- 4.2.3 Federations' Business Sectors and Models -- 4.3 Operational Capacity -- 4.3.1 Key Success Factors -- 4.3.1.1 Professionalisation of Federation Management -- 4.3.1.2 Organisational Culture -- 4.3.1.3 The Partnership Approach -- 4.3.2 Failure Factors -- 4.3.2.1 Deficient Information Systems -- 4.3.2.2 Insufficient Control of Management Practices -- 4.3.2.3 Inertia Caused By Political Manoeuvring and Electoral Systems -- 4.4 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 The Financialisation and Regulation of Professional Team Sports -- 5.1 The Central Role of Regulation By Professional Leagues -- 5.1.1 Convergence Between American and European Approaches to Regulation -- 5.1.2 Success Factors for the Regulation of Professional Leagues -- 5.2 Professional Clubs' Performance Management -- 5.2.1 Geomarketing and Sources of Revenue: The Key Variable -- 5.2.2 Four Types of Expertise: Marketing, Managerial, Sporting, Social -- 5.2.2.1 Operationalising and Measuring the Independent Variables -- 5.2.2.2 The Model's Dependent Variables -- 5.3 New Growth Levers and Their Limits -- 5.3.1 For Clubs -- 5.3.1.1 Training and Transfers (Mostly Football) -- 5.3.1.2 Large Stadium/Multifunctional Arena -- 5.3.1.3 Shareholders and New International Investors -- 5.3.1.4 Listing On the Stock Exchange -- 5.3.1.5 Multi-Club Ownership of Professional Sports Clubs -- 5.3.1.6 Leisure and Entertainment Parks - From Real to Virtual -- 5.3.1.7 Diversifying Clubs' Brands -- 5.3.1.8 Internationalising the Brand…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Chapter 5: Introduction to the Marketing Framework for Our Analysis -- Understanding How to Position Your Market Offering -- Framework for Analysis -- Stage 1: Market Segmentation -- Stage 2: Target Market Selection -- Stage 3: Defining and Applying the New 5Ps of Marketing -- Stage 4: Positioning and the Marketing Mix -- Section II: China -- Chapter 6: How the Chinese Do Business à la the 5Ps: A Brief Summary -- Product (Solution and Innovation) -- Price (Value-Add) -- Place (Partnerships) -- Promotion (Customer Relationships and Culture) -- Politics -- Chapter 7: Market Segmentation and Target Market Selection + China's Market Penetration Approach -- Step 1: Market Segmentation -- Customer/Market Segmentation: Slice It Up! …”