Hospitality Finance and Accounting provides a uniquely concise, accessible and comprehensive introduction to hospitality, finance and accounting from a managerial perspective. By avoiding unnecessary jargon and focusing on the essentials, this book offers a crucial breakdown of this often overly-complex subject area. The concise chapters cover the essential concepts, ideas and formulas to be mastered within the hospitality industry including income statements, balance sheets, pricing and budg...

"The authors have the uncommon knack of taking the complex and explaining it in a clear, compelling way. I recommend it if you want to learn the principles of strategic communications and get structured suggestions to create better campaigns." Dave Chaffey, Co-founder and Content Director, Smart InsightsThis book has the strongest focus of online and offline integration of any marketing communications textbook. A blended approach to marketing is in its DNA.

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This fully updated third edition of Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication provides an accessible, lively introduction for students who are new to the study of intercultural communication, with special attention devoted to the language dimension. Incorporating real-life examples from around the world and drawing on current research, this text argues against cultural stereotyping and instead provides students with a skill-building framework to enhance understanding of the complex...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is now transforming logistics and supply chain industries. Consumer habits are changing fast and supply chains are having to adapt to meet the challenges created by this dynamic new environment. Traditional logistics operating models are under threat.

Incumbent freight operators across the entire transport and warehousing spectrum have been forced to develop strategies to effectively compete with new start-ups. The Logistics and Supply Chain Innovation Handboo...

Our understanding of human evolution is proceeding at an unprecedented rate over the last years due to spectacular fossil finds, reconstructions based on genome comparison, ancient DNA sequencing and new insights into developmental genetics. This book takes an integrative approach in which the development of the human embryo, the evolutionary history of our body, the structure of human populations, their dispersal over the world and their cultures are examined by integrating paleoanthropology...

Instruction on operating system functionality with examples incorporated for improved learning With the updating of Silberschatz's Operating System Concepts, 10th Edition, students have access to a text that presents both important concepts and real-world applications. Key concepts are reinforced in this global edition through instruction, chapter practice exercises, homework exercises, and suggested readings. Students also receive an understanding how to apply the content.

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Accounting for Decision Making and Control provides students and managers with an understanding appreciation of the strengths and limitations of an organizations accounting system, thereby allowing them to be more intelligent users of these systems. Zimmerman provides students with a framework for understanding accounting systems and a basis for analyzing proposed changes to these systems. Consistent with prior editions, the goal of the new 10th edition of Zimmerman strives to demonstrate to ...

Become a full-stack developer by learning popular Microsoft technologies and platforms such as .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, and AzureKey FeaturesBring static typing to web development with features compatible in TypeScript 3Implement a slim marketplace single page application (SPA) in Angular, React, and VueModernize your web apps with Microsoft Azure, Visual Studio, and GitBook DescriptionToday, full-stack development is the name of the game. Developers who can build complete s...

De pocket ‘Vergadertechnieken – Vergaderen is (geen) kinderspel’ geeft een overzicht van alle do’s en don’ts. Zowel de voorbereiding van de vergadering (met aandacht voor de doelstellingen en tips voor het opstellen van een vergaderplan), het verloop ervan (met items als modereren, een- en tweerichtingscommunicatie, onderhandelen, omgaan met conflicten, cultuurverschillen, …) en de opvolging (met o.a. systemen voor verslaggeving) komen aan bod. Verder is er aandacht voor alternati...

Aan de hand van talrijke voorbeelden uit haar lange praktijk als nascholer licht de auteur stapsgewijs toe hoe jouw school het 4 lademodel op school kan introduceren en implementeren om gedifferentieerd (en rechtvaardig) op te treden bij overtredingen, zonder arbitrair te zijn.

Sinds het verschijnen van de eerste editie is het 4 lademodel al door veel scholen toegepast. Dat heeft geleid tot nieuwe inzichten. De auteur heeft ze verwerkt in deze tweede druk.

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