“teeming with fascinating and enlightening insights” Observer A narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience, from National Association of Science Writers Award winner and Livingston Award finalist Zoe Schlanger.

Quantitative Methods for Business has been thoroughly revised and updated for this 5th edition, and continues to provide a simple and practical introduction to an area that students can find difficult. The book takes a non-threatening approach to the subject, avoiding excessive mathematics and abstract theory. It shows how to apply quantitative ideas to the real problems faced by managers. The book includes numerous exercises and examples that help students understand the relevance of quant...

This fully revised third edition provides a comprehensive exploration of performance management in the public sector, incorporating nearly 200 new references from the latest decade of performance management research. The book presents fresh evidence on the uses and effects of performance management.

Now in its tenth edition, this popular text has been comprehensively updated and revised to reflect changing world events that are impacting international marketing and the challenges posed by the latest developments . The text provides accessible content from around the world including newly emerging economies as well as explaining increasingly global risks and the role of digital developments. An exciting range of features including Management Challenges, Illustrations and contemporary case...

Written by experts in the field, this well-established book covers the core fundamentals of HRM, contemporary issues and contains a rich array of research-based case studies.

This accessible, comprehensive yet remarkably concise textbook is designed to help students and researchers in business and management with their research project.

Compensation: A Balanced Approach covers compensation systems and practices through theory and application. Each chapter looks at compensation from both the employer and employee perspective, giving students a more holistic understanding of the role total rewards play in an organization.

This is a book about payments, and how they are evolving, from centralised to decentralised, and the new opportunities that they present. It provides practical applications, offers insights into the key disciplines, and equips anyone in the payments industry with an understanding of the key issues and opportunities.