In times of rising expectations and decreasing resources for the public sector, performance management is high on the agenda. Increasingly, the value of the performance management systems themselves is under scrutiny, with more attention being paid to the effectiveness of performance management in practice. This new edition has been revised and updated to examine: performance in the context of current public management debates, including emerging discussions on the New Public Governance and n...

Grasp key concepts quickly with the visual, concise, and clinical approach to physiology found in this second edition of Netter's Essential Physiology. Lucid prose combines with classic Netter art, clinical correlations, "light bulb" side notes, end-of-chapter questions, and brand-new videos to ensure a complete understanding of these complex concepts. Logically written and highly readable, it's ideal for a basic understanding of physiology, as an overview of the subject, or as a supplement t...

An Introduction to English Grammar provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of English grammar. The first part of the book (`The Grammar') provides a step-by-step introduction to the key topics in English grammar. The second part (`The Applications') shows how a grasp of these topics can be helpful in resolving usage problems, in developing a clear writing style, and in mastering punctuation and spelling.

A whole chapter, `English in Use', is devoted to illustrating the grammatical fe...

This new Routledge Handbook offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the meanings and uses of the term peacebuilding, and presents cutting-edge debates on the practices conducted in the name of peacebuilding. The term peacebuilding has had remarkable staying power. Other terms, such as conflict resolution have waned in popularity, while the acceptance and use of the term peacebuilding has grown to the extent that it is the hegemonic and over-arching term for many forms of mediatio...

This textbook is aimed at newcomers to nonlinear dynamics and chaos, especially students taking a first course in the subject. The presentation stresses analytical methods, concrete examples, and geometric intuition. The theory is developed systematically, starting with first-order differential equations and their bifurcations, followed by phase plane analysis, limit cycles and their bifurcations, and culminating with the Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, renormalizatio...

Explore how and why change occurs, and how the change management process can be managed effectively with this popular CIPD textbook.

Hypnotherapie is effectief gebleken bij het verwerken van lichte en ernstige trauma's en het leren omgaan met verslaving, pijn, angst, ziekte en verlies, relatieproblemen of gewoon niet lekker in je vel zitten. In dit handboek toont de auteur dat hypnotherapie een vak is dat je kunt leren aan de hand van duidelijk omschreven methoden en technieken met stappenplannen. Zij behandelt deze uitvoerig en laat zien hoe en wanneer ze kunnen worden toegepast. De verschillende methoden en technieken wo...

Overheidsbeleid om de economie en de sociale of fysieke kwaliteit van kwetsbare wijken te verbeteren (de 'wijkenaanpak') kan niet zonder een voortvarende aanpak van de georganiseerde misdaad. Het gaat om 'eerlijke kansen' voor mensen in achterstandsbuurten, maar evengoed is het belangrijk dat er een 'pakkans' is voor georganiseerde criminelen. Georganiseerde misdaad is een groot maatschappelijke probleem. In sommige wijken is vrijwel zeker meer crimineel geld dan legaal geld aanwezig. Er onts...

Medieval civilization came of age in thunderous events like the Norman Conquest and the First Crusade. Power fell into the hands of men who imposed coercive new lordships in quest of nobility. Rethinking a familiar history, Thomas Bisson explores the circumstances that impelled knights, emperors, nobles, and churchmen to infuse lordship with social purpose.

Bisson traces the origins of European government to a crisis of lordship and its resolution. King John of England was only the latest and...

Foundations of Strategy, second edition is a concise text aimed at both undergraduate and Masters students. Written in an accessible style with the needs of these students in mind, the latest edition has a clear, comprehensive approach, underlined by sound theoretical depth.