Nieuwe samenwerkingsverbanden, vooruitgang in techniek, economische noodzaak: er zijn veel krachten waar organisaties vandaag de dag mee te maken hebben. Het doorvoeren van veranderingen is dan ook aan de orde van de dag en pure noodzaak. Soms zijn ze visiegedreven, soms gewoon nodig omdat wet- en regelgeving dat vraagt. Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) is een standaard voor programmamanagement die helpt structuur aan te brengen in het managen van strategische veranderingstrajecten. Dez...

Aan de universiteit ligt sterk de nadruk op onderzoekscompetitie.Hierdoor is een ratrace ontstaan waarin bepaalde wetenschappers sterk in het voordeel zijn: de ambitieuze onderzoekers die strategisch aan hun carrière werken, voornamelijk met hun eigen 'papers' bezig zijn en relatief weinig voor hun collega's doen. Ze hechten zich nauwelijks aan de gemeenschap waarvan ze deel uitmaken, laat staan dat ze iets voor hun maatschappelijke omgeving willen doen. Dit boek wijst competitie niet af, ma...

De Wereld van Renovatie en Transformatie biedt een overzicht van alle aspecten die van belang zijn bij herbestemmen en transformatie. Het is geen standaard handboek, maar het besteedt extra aandacht aan de specifieke aspecten die spelen bij renovatie en transformatie, zoals leegstand, BTW, financieringsconstructies en duurzaamheid. Het boek is geschreven door diverse auteurs, ieder expert op hun eigen vakgebied.Na een lange periode van nieuwbouw bevindt Nederland zich op een omslagpunt van bo...

Continually praised for its conversational tone, personal examples, and helpful pedagogical tools, this book is organized around the modern ideas of progress, knowledge, and democracy.

Why are some countries rich and others poor? David N. Weil, one of the top researchers in economic growth, introduces students to the latest theoretical tools, data, and insights underlying this pivotal question. By showing how empirical data relate to new and old theoretical ideas, Economic Growth provides students with a complete introduction to the discipline and the latest research.

With its comprehensive and flexible organization, Economic Growth is ideal for a wide array of courses, inc...

In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time, and raises many questions. How did global city systems evolve and interact in the past? How have historic urban patterns impacted on those of the contemporary world? And what were the key drivers in the roller-coaster of urban change over the millennia - market forces such as trade and industry, rulers and ...

Welfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies have welfare states of one kind or another - they are a fundamental dimension of modern government.

And even after decades of free-market criticism and reform, their core institutions have proven resilient and popular. This Very Short Introduction describes the modern welfare state, explaining its...

Pioneers of Psychology tells the stories of the men and women who have shaped our understanding of what it means to be human. The authors illuminate major themes and controversies in psychology's history through carefully crafted stories of real people, their personal journeys, and their intellectual insights. The Fifth Edition includes three new chapters covering historiography, pre-1600 psychological ideas, and clinical psychology.

The new ARM Edition of Computer Organization and Design features a subset of the ARMv8-A architecture, which is used to present the fundamentals of hardware technologies, assembly language, computer arithmetic, pipelining, memory hierarchies, and I/O. With the post-PC era now upon us, Computer Organization and Design moves forward to explore this generational change with examples, exercises, and material highlighting the emergence of mobile computing and the Cloud. Updated content featuring t...

Calculations in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Third Edition, helps researchers utilizing molecular biology and biotechnology techniques-from student to professional-understand which type of calculation to use and why. Research in biotechnology and molecular biology requires a vast amount of calculations. Results of one data set become the basis of the next.

An error of choosing the wrong type of equation can turn what would have been a successful research project or weeks of labor and ...