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This book is a must-read for OD consultants, executive coaches, corporate leaders and managers, Human Resource professionals, community and institutional leaders, Gestalt practitioners in general and students who want to learn from renowned experts how to effectively bring about meaningful and sustainable change using Gestalt theory and methods.

This book has acompletely new take on e-learning in higher education, introducing a novelframework which distinguishes between e-learning 1.0 (distribution), e-learning2.0 (dialogue), and e-learning 3.0 (construction).

Thebook looks at each Elvis song in a different light. Maybereaders will play the lesser heard songs and appreciate them in a different way after reading the story behind the track. If it builds on the fans' knowledge about Elvis and brings a biggerappreciation of Presley's music then the book will have achieved itspurpose.

Dark Reaper is a subtle and intelligent exploration of the LA crime genre dealingwith the psychology, politics and science of police work in a complex society.

This book, the thirdand final in the 'Housing the Future' series, is inspired by the need to dealwith a critical issue at acritical time - the provision of affordable and decent housing.

Four local businessmen had the vision to rescue aGrade II listed building, the Royal Small Arms Factory, and turn it into a vibrant sustainable business for the benefit ofthe local community.

Despite pervasive digitaltechnologies, digital marketing is still in its infancy. The term digitalmarketing is commonly used but its meaning is far from concise. This bookexplores the realities of digital marketing, with contributions from academicsand practitioners, expert in the field.

Thisbook aims to inspire and empower university teachers and encourage investmentin designing a more learning-centred curriculum. It holds ten illustrativeexamples of learning-centred curriculum design spanning four distinct approachesand shows there are great benefits for students' engagement, motivation,learning outcomes, and employability.

Thisbook presents examples of innovative teaching and learning practices in highereducation. The authors - scholars of teaching and learning from universitiesacross the globe - share the ambition to develop educational provisions tobecome more learning-centred. It details innovative practices in sixareas, working to empower students.

Thisbook brings together a diverse range of thinkers who examine the economics andmythologies of today's global artworld. It unmasks the complex web ofrelationships that now exist among high-profile curators, collectors, museumtrustees and corporate sponsors, and the historic and ongoing complicitybetween the art and money markets.

Basedon decades of consulting and coaching experience, the authors of this book takea close look at how to lead and navigate in today's complex and unpredictablebusiness environment. The ten top managers from different cultures, who give in-depthinterviews in this book, describe their personal and professional struggleswith complexity.

This book explores housing design with a focus onaffordability. It gives the perspectives of award-winning and internationallyrenowned practitioners and academics who research and teach on housing;professionals who design and build, and students who are learning. The bookforegrounds innovative approaches of the designers of today and tomorrow.

This book examines howuniversities are currently dealing with globalisation. Chapters are written byfaculty members and administrators at universities, who all share the knowledgeand practice of having developed international, transnational, or globalofferings in form of educational programmes and courses.

This book embraces the recent thinking that entrepreneurs are made, notborn, by exploring entrepreneurship activities at different universities aroundthe world from three primary perspectives: policy, practice, and mindset. It willinspire anyone with an interest in teaching and learning entrepreneurship inhigher education.

This book brings togetherexamples of teaching and learning innovations, within the domain of highereducation. It is diverse in nature and showcases examples of innovativeteaching and learning practices in higher education from around the world. Thecontributions come from all scientific disciplines and in all teaching andlearning contexts.

Intendedas a 'one stop shop' of a veritable who's who of leading urban agricultureauthors and scholars, this book brings together multiple contributions on thedesign, development, science, and society of the rapidly expanding,multi-disciplinary field. The book is accessible, free of jargon, and full ofpictures, graphics and charts.

This book highlights the practice of residential design at a time whenaffordable housing provision is seen as a critical issue by designers, plannersand policy makers alike. It brings together world-leading architects withacademics from seven countries and teams of international students offeringthree perspectives on the problems of housing.

The authors (international consultants in their seventies)generously and intimately share their learnings on ageing. If you aregetting older-or know someone who is-this is a provocative, funny, andinsightful guide to living a lively and meaningful life as the years go by. Itoffers seven ways to lighten your life before you kick the bucket.

Thinking of buying a franchise, creating your own franchise, or franchising a product more effectively? Packed with real-life case studies and key insights from the owners and operators of successful franchise systems, this book is the essential contemporary guide for aspiring franchisees or ambitious franchisors.

Elvis Style is a celebration of the aesthetic world of Elvis Presley. As one of the most significant pop icons of the 20th century, Elvis' impact on the music world has been widely discussed and analyzed. Surprisingly, however, his influence on design and fashion remains largely overlooked. Elvis Style investigates why Elvis was, and continues to be, an icon of style, focusing on his wonderfully expressive hairstyles, clothes, cars, and interiors. Elvis Style offers the reader an intriguing and insightful journey though the crazy, cool and at times kitsch world of a true megastar.

It covers the social and political contexts of architecture and design in several countries. It shows how teachers and students from each of these countries are dealing with design as an integrated part of larger socio-political factors.

Closeness at a Distance is a groundbreaking approach to the challenges so many teams, and team leaders, face today. Virtual working is now a reality for most professionals, and the winners of tomorrow will be companies that proactively drive the performance of their virtual cooperations. Virtual leadership, project management at a distance, and networking are today's and tomorrow's critical success factors. So any leader needs to ask him or herself "Is your virtual collaboration as successful as it should be?" How to answer this question, and how to improve performance in this key area, is the focus of this book. It introduces readers to Virtual Performance Improvement (VPI(c)) as the gateway to solutions to all key challenges faced by international virtual teams, groups, and networks. The book supports leaders so they perform successfully and effectively in virtual global environments. It guides team leaders, project and network managers, members, and even whole organizations, to areas of potential improvement in virtual performance and will help them turn vital challenges into competitive advantages. The book gives new insights into how to assist global groups, teams, and networks to perform better, and links project management, organizational, and cultural issues with the world of communication technology. 'Enriched with numerous case studies and a storyline woven into the chapters, this book will be of immediate, practical help to anyone working with virtual teams and groups, or consulting, coaching, or training in such a context

Looking at zoological gardens, private menageries, circuses, and natural history museums, this fascinating account explores the surprising extent of the exotic-animal trade in 19th-century England and its colonies. Filled with entertaining anecdotes-from the tiger that prowled down St. George's Street in London with a boy in its mouth and the polar bear that killed a dog in Liverpool to the kangaroos hopping around the lawns of stately homes and the boa constrictor who got loose in Tunbridge Wells-this book also shares how the animals played a key role in the project to ensure that leisure was educational. As it demonstrates how the trade was intimately connected with the tides of Empire, it will be of interest to academics and general readers alike.

For at least two decades, people have been working together virtually, their interactions enabled and mediated by communication technology; based on years of research, this book summarizes what it takes to lead effectively in the virtual space. Arguing that becoming an effective virtual leader requires a deeper level of reflection--including questioning one's sense of identity, relationships, trust, and power--this account offers valuable advice to those who want to improve their effectiveness as supervisors. This guide will interest HR professionals, consultants, managers, and virtual team members who want to become faster at developing and implementing strategies and cultivating learning and change globally.

One of the most significant recent trends in Higher Education has been the move from a focus on teaching to one on learning. But, as anyone who has ever run programmes or courses will recognise, both the physical geography and the ethos of the location have major impacts on the quality of the resulting learning experience. Hence the current interest in learning spaces - considered here as 'sites of interaction.' The fourteen chapters of this anthology, produced by the international Association Learning in Higher Education's well-tested and rigorous methodology, discuss the concept of learning spaces, the pedagogy of learning spaces, and the way learning spaces are changing. Learning Space Design indicates that the evolution of learning spaces is, and ought to be, a contested area which cannot be resolved just through a formal building commissioning process. It is important to make explicit the nexus between educational philosophy and architectural design of physical and/or virtual learning spaces, especially if the aim is to increase student agency, interaction, and collaboration. Learning Space Design puts the spotlight on an important, but often overlooked, dimension of teaching and learning processes in higher education. It is a rallying call for a mission to explore further the nature and purposes of learning spaces, and it should be essential reading for all those designing, delivering or evaluating teaching and learning in higher education. About the editors Lennie Scott-Webber is Director Education Environments of Steelcase Education Solutions at Steelcase Inc. in Grand Rapids, U.S.A. John Branch is Academic Director of the part-time MBA programmes and Lecturer of Marketing at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, and Faculty Associate at the Center for Russian, East European, & European Studies, both of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, U.S.A. Paul Bartholomew is Director of Learning Innovation and Professional Practice at Aston University in Birmingham, England. Claus Nygaard is executive director of LiHE and executive director of cph: learning institute.

Rather than focus on the actions of the coach, this handbook places relationships - to one's self and to others - at the heart of the coaching activity. Beginning with an explanation of relational coaching, including its principles and practices, this account goes on to describe the evolution of the relational turn in executive coaching.

Written from various perspectives-international actors, directors, playwrights, academics, dancers, and artists-this book examines and celebrates 14 theater events from a dozen countries. As it makes a case for what makes certain theater productions great, this record also offers examples of writing about theater that imbues the analysis with emotion and documentation. From Peter Brook's King Lear of 1962 through 2010's Oberammergau Passionsspiele, the performances described are seminal works indeed.

What have Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell, Peter Cook, Spike Milligan and, more recently, Chris Morris got in common? They are all Tory anarchists - which sounds like a contradiction in terms - but Peter Wilkin explains why it is not. This book explores an awkward strain of good-old-fashioned Englishness that refuses to conform.

When John Lister's book Health Policy Reform: Driving the Wrong Way was published in 2005, it was hailed as the definitive critique of market-oriented health care 'reforms' that the World Bank has been promoting at least since 1993. He produced a crucial argument in favour of equity-oriented, rights-based approaches to the design and operation of health systems, in both rich and poor countries alike. Much has changed since John Lister's first book was published, but the pressure for the introduction of market-based approaches has remained undiminished. Now, in a revised and restructured analysis, Health Policy Reform: Global Health versus Private Profit, John Lister brings his critique of health policy up to date. He continues to question whether the major 'reforms' which have been, and are still being, introduced are driven primarily by the health needs of the wider population or, in fact, by non-health considerations - the financial and political concerns of governments and global institutions. The global economic recession at the end of the first decade of this century adds even more urgency to the need to understand the implications of these trends.John Lister's writings fill a gap in the literature covering the recent history of healthcare provision and are unique in their global scope. His current volume Health Policy Reform: Global Health versus Private Profit presents the key issues facing health professionals around the world.