Sport, Social Development and Peace. by Young, Kevin, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Hiv/aids awareness and sport in recent yearscase example in zimbabwe; conclusion; five key readings; notes; references; chapter 6 the role of physical education in the prevention of youth violence: a life skills-based approach in el salvador; introduction; methods; results and discussion; conclusion; five key readings; notes; acknowledgments; references; chapter 7 the fifa world cup 2010 and its legacy on ""sport and development"" practices in south african cities; introduction; world cup legacy and the "right to the city"; legacy for "sport and development" in south africa; conclusion.…”
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Supporting Women to Give Birth at Home : a Practical Guide for Midwives. by Steen, Mary

Table of Contents: “…Choosing homebirth: Julia Magill-Cuerden; Introduction; Informing women; The right to choice of place of birth; What advice and information; Giving information with sensitivity; Who attends the birth?…”
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How to sell anything online : the ultimate marketing playbook to grow your online business by Sarkar, Anaita

Table of Contents: “…-- Understanding the add-on fees -- How to find the right influencers -- Influencer strategies…”
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Reordering of Culture : Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada in the Hood

Table of Contents: “…""Come to Jamaica and Feel All Right: Tourism, Colonial Discourse and Cultural Resistance""""Constructing Caribbean Culture in Toronto: The Representation of Caribana""; ""Cartooning and Development in the Caribbean""; ""Education and Popular Culture in the Caribbean: Youth Resistance in a Period of Economic Uncertainty""; ""Myth and Signification in Perry Hensell's The Harder They Come""; ""Argentine Commercial Cinema: Industry, Society and Aesthetics, 1983-1989""; ""VI: RETHINKING IDENTITIES""; ""Identity and Differences in the Caribbean Diaspora: Case study from Metropolitan Toronto""…”
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Benchmarking in construction by McCabe, Steven

Table of Contents: “…4.2.1 What senior managers in construction organisations can do to create culture change4.3 The role of middle managers and change agents; 4.4 'Getting the troops on board'; 4.4.1 Motivation of people; 4.4.2 Using teamwork in cultural change; 4.4.3 Types of team; 4.4.4 Picking the right members for a successful team; 4.4.5 Development of the team; 4.5 The role of learning organisations in TQM and benchmarking; 4.6 Methods of organisational learning; Summary; Chapter 5 The Use of Critical Success Factors, Processes and Systems in Benchmarking; Objectives; 5.1 Where to start from…”
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Stanley Fish, America's enfant terrible : the authorized biography by Olson, Gary A., 1954-

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Ethics Can : Managing Ethics in the Workplace. by Schoeman, Cynthia

Table of Contents: “…; 3.6 clarifying the ethics roles andresponsibilities of the social andethics committee; part iii: the role of hr; 3.7 hr fulfils a crucial role in theadvancement of ethics; 3.8 ethical selection and recruitment; 3.9 ethics and remuneration; 3.10 a code of ethics: getting the basics right; 3.11 practical guideline: issues to beaddressed in a code of conduct; 3.12 practical guideline: code of conductgift policy; 3.13 practical guideline: code of conductconflict of interest policy.…”
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The mindful librarian : connecting the practice of mindfulness to librarianship by Moniz, Richard, Eshleman, Joe, Henry, Jo, Slutzky, Howard, Moniz, Lisa

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Jacob and the divine trickster : a theology of deception and YHWH's fidelity to the ancestral promise in the Jacob cycle by Anderson, John Edward, 1981-

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Data for Development Profiles : Official Development Assistance for Data and Statistical Systems

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Business power : creating new wealth from IP assets by Shearer, B.

Table of Contents: “…-- Section III: Creating the Assets -- Chapter 5: Human Capital: The Forsaken Resource -- Forsaken Resource -- Key Skills for Success in the Twenty-First Century -- The Educational System -- Chapter 6: How to Turn White Space Dark for Fun and Profit -- "White Spaces" -- "I Know What I Need-Sort Of" -- The Ugly Inventing Session -- Doing It Right-Filling the White Spaces -- Select a Dedicated Process Champion -- Preparation -- Team Selection -- Focus and Steering -- Capture the Ideas -- Evaluating, Filtering, and Grouping -- Prioritization -- Memorializing and Documentation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Capturing the Value of Trade Secrets -- Trade Secrets -- Inventory of Potential Trade Secrets -- Categorization of Potential Trade Secrets -- Information Classification Systems -- Access and Tracking Systems -- Valuation Methods for Trade Secrets -- Trade Secrets and Sarbanes-Oxley -- Conclusion -- Section IV: New Dynamics of Corporate Management -- Chapter 8: Intellectual Property Drives Corporate Changes to Create New Wealth -- The Increasing Influence of Intellectual Property (IP) -- Value Drivers from the External Economic Infrastructure -- The Changing Role of Corporate IP Leaders -- New Demands Mean New Internal (Corporate) Functionality -- The Internal Change Dynamics -- Implementation Strategies -- Summary and Implementation Plan -- Notes -- Chapter 9: Valuing Intellectual Property -- The Increasing Res.…”
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The Legacy of Division by Laczó, Ferenc

Table of Contents: “…Two walls in 1989 / James Wang -- Wests, East-Wests, and divides / Niall Chithelen -- The Great Substitution / Holly Case -- The struggle over 1989: the rise and contestation of eastern European populism / Bogdan Iacob, James Mark and Tobias Rupprecht -- Beyond anti-democratic temptation / Marius Stan and Vladimir Tismaneanu -- Dissidence -- doubt -- creativity: Revisiting 1983 / Joachim von Puttkamer -- Gendering dissent: Human rights, gender history and the road to 1989 / Robert Brier -- Creating feminism in the shadow of male heroes: that other story of 1989 / Zsófia Lóránd -- Legacies of 1989 for dissent today / Barbara J. …”
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A home in the city : improving the lives of slum dwellers : [achieving the Millennium development goals] by Garau, Pietro, Sclar, Elliott D., Carolini, Gabriella Y.

Table of Contents: “…Countries around the world are adopting good urban governance practicesPeople have the right to the city -- Planning for development can prevent slums from developing; Local strategies for improving slum dwellers' lives can address all the Goals; Chapter 4 Supporting and enacting local pro-poor policies; Land regulation and transparency in private land transactions are critical to ensuring secure tenure; Cities can provide adequate, affordable infrastructure and services to the poor; Community contracts are a good way to involve slum dwellers in improvement projects and raise their income.…”
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An Algebraic Approach to Geometry Geometric Trilogy II. by Borceux, Francis, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…2.23 The Quadrics2.24 The Reduced Equation of a Quadric; 2.25 The Symmetries of a Quadric; 2.26 The Equation of a Non-degenerate Quadric; 2.27 Problems; 2.28 Exercises; Chapter 3: More on Real Affine Spaces; 3.1 About Left, Right and Between; 3.2 Orientation of a Real Affine Space; 3.3 Direct and Inverse Affine Isomorphisms; 3.4 Parallelepipeds and Half Spaces; 3.5 Pasch's Theorem; 3.6 Affine Classification of Real Quadrics; 3.7 Problems; 3.8 Exercises; Chapter 4: Euclidean Geometry; 4.1 Metric Geometry; 4.2 Defining Lengths and Angles; 4.3 Metric Properties of Euclidean Spaces…”
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Data science for marketing analytics : a practical guide to forming a killer marketing strategy through data analysis with Python by Baig, Mirza Rahim, Govindan, Gururajan, Shrimali, Vishwesh Ravi

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Software Architect's Handbook : Become a Successful Software Architect by Implementing Effective Architecture Concepts. by Ingeno, Joseph

Table of Contents: “…; Don't be overwhelmed; Is the software architect role right for you?; Summary; Chapter 2: Software Architecture in an Organization.…”
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The Toyota way : 14 management principles from the world's greatest manufacturer by Liker, Jeffrey K.

Table of Contents: “…The Toyota way : using operational excellence as a strategic weapon -- How Toyota became the world's best manufacturer : the story of the Toyoda family and the Toyota production system -- The heart of the Toyota production system : eliminating waste -- The 14 principles of the Toyota way : an executive summary of the culture behind TPS -- The Toyota way in action : the "no compromises" development of Lexus -- The Toyota way in action : new century, new fuel, new design process : Prius -- Principle 1 : base your management decisions on a long-term philosophy, even at the expense of short-term financial goals -- Principle 2 : create continuous process flow to bring problems to the surface -- Principle 3 : use "pull" systems to avoid overproduction -- Principle 4 : level out the workload (heijunka) -- Principle 5 : build a culture of stopping to fix problems, to get quality right the first time -- Principle 6 : standardized tasks are the foundation for continuous improvement and employee empowerment -- Principle 7 : use visual control so no problems are hidden -- Principle 8 : use only reliable, thoroughly tested technology that serves your people and processes -- Principle 9 : grow leaders who thoroughly understand the work, live the philosophy, and teach it to others -- Principle 10 : develop exceptional people and teams who follow your company's philosophy -- Principle 11 : respect your extended network of partners and suppliers by challenging them and helping them improve -- Principle 12 : go and see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation (genchi genbutsu) -- Principle 13 : make decisions slowly by consensus, thoroughly considering all options; implement decisions rapidly -- Principle 14 : become a learning organization through relentless reflection (hansei) and continuous improvement (kaizen) -- Using the Toyota way to transform technical and service organizations -- Build your own lean learning enterprise, borrowing from the Toyota way.…”
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Economics rules : why economics works, when it fails, and how to tell the difference by Rodrik, Dani

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Shanghai literary imaginings : a city in transformation by Scheen, Lena

Table of Contents: “…Figure 3.1# From left to right: the covers of Wang Anyi's In Search of Shanghai and The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, and Chen Danyan's Shanghai TrilogyList of Tables; Table 1.1# Table of the authors of the stories collection City Map; Table 1.2# The table of contents of the stories collection City Map; Table 2.1# Fragments from Shanghai Babe and Sandbed.…”
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Teaching on the Education Frontier : Instructional Strategies for Online and Blended Classrooms Grades 5-12. by Kipp, Kristin

Table of Contents: “…Keys to Success with Purchased CurriculumKeys to Success with Create-Your-Own Courses; Teacher as Course Author and Organizer versus Teacher as Facilitator Only; Keys to Success When You Have Course Edit Privileges; Keys to Success When You Are a Facilitator Only; Teacher Performance (and Perhaps Pay) Based on Course Completion versus Based on Rubric or Evaluation Systems; Keys to Success When Teacher Performance Is Evaluated Based on Course Completion; Keys to Success in Traditional Evaluation Systems; What Kind of Online or Blended Teaching Model Is Right for You?…”
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