This book is for everyone who is concerned about the successful future of a very special institution – the National Health Service (NHS).

Using pragmatic and real-world evidence, this book provides essential briefings on key topics that every current or aspiring leader needs to know in order to better manage strategy and achieve improved performance in their hospital or health system.

The purpose of this book is to offer health system board members an actionable, concise guide on their role as well as provide updates on key changes in health care delivery, including evidence and contemporary examples.

Modern Systems Analysis and Design is your practical guide to the concepts, skills, methodologies, techniques and tools needed to develop information systems as a systems analyst. Successful completion of an introductory course in computer systems and experience designing programs in at least 1 programming language are a proper foundation for this text. Drawing on the systems development life cycle, the authors provide a conceptual and systematic framework while logically progressing through ...

The fourth edition of this ground-breaking book continues to advance its mission to support groups to do their best thinking. It demonstrates that meetings can be much more than merely an occasion for solving a problem or creating a plan. Every well-facilitated meeting is also an opportunity to stretch and develop the perspectives of the individual members, thereby building the strength and capacity of the group as a whole.

This fully updated edition of The Facilitator's Guide to Participator...

Introduction to Operations Research is the classic text on operations research. While building on the classic strengths of the text, the author continues to find new ways to make the text current and relevant to students. One way is by incorporating a wealth of state-of-the art, user-friendly software and more coverage of business applications than ever before. When the first co-author received the prestigious Expository Writing Award from INFORMS for the textbook, the award citation describe...

Teach the Principles of Economics, teach the World, and help students ACHIEVE.

In line with its title, Modern Principles, Cowen and Tabarroks book remains a top seller by incorporating up-to-date theories, data, and discussion and illustrating them with contemporary examples that reflect recent economic and theoretical advancements. This approach, delivered in Macmillan’s ACHIEVE platform, enables students to engage with the subject matter in a current and stimulating manner.

A religion is a system of stories and there is no better way to engage with the world's religions than through the stories that animate their beliefs and practices. Through the exploration of these ancient stories and contemporary practices, Stephen Prothero, a New York Times-bestselling author and gifted storyteller, helps students to better grasp the role of religion in our fractured world and develop greater religious literacy. Videos and an award-winning adaptive learning tool, InQuizitiv...

An in-depth guide for pre-service primary teachers on children′s literature exploring each major type of children’s book, examining the form, structure and approach of each. It′s packed with recommendations of books to use in your classroom.