Plenty of books tell you how to do research. This book helps you figure out WHAT to research in the first place, and why it matters. The hardest part of research isn't answering a question.

It's knowing what to do before you know what your question is. Where Research Begins tackles the two challenges every researcher faces with every new project: How do I find a compelling problem to investigate-one that truly matters to me, deeply and personally? How do I then design my research project so t...

An accessible textbook for professionals, undergraduate, graduate and executive students in business studies and economics that are interested in effective approaches towards sustainability challenges. The first textbook to take a multidisciplinary approach to address wicked problems relating to the SDGs. Provides a guide for action research by practitioners, as well as students.

Pocket Style Manual, APA Version provides practical advice for any level of university writing in courses such as psychology, criminal justice, nursing, education, business, and more. Straightforward instruction in grammar, style, and punctuation, combined with a how-to approach to research writing, gives students quick answers to their writing questions. What's more, it covers all aspects of writing in APA Style, from language guidelines to documentation models to sample student writing in d...

20 case histories based on real clinical experiences

This popular supplement complements courses in abnormal and clinical psychology with 20 case histories based on real clinical experiences. Each case study describes the individual's history and symptoms and includes a theoretical discussion of treatment, a specific treatment plan, the actual treatment conducted, and assessment questions.

The book is written by two highly experienced adaptors and translators from American regional and commercial theatre. The book takes into account the structural and artistic differences between adapting from different media into theatre (from film to theatre, from novel to theatre, etc). The book features interviews with a range of theatre practitioners versed in all aspects of writing and teaching translation and adaptation.

NYPD "Cop Doc" Rudofossi delves into what it meant to live as a deep-cover operative through narratives with Joe Pistone, the FBI agent who spent six years living as Donnie Brasco as a member of the Bonanno crime family.

Humans are social animals, and change is a social process. To understand this social process and explain the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours of individuals, knowledge of how the presence of others influences people is crucial. In this regard, bias is a concept with a lot of potential.

Because cognitive and social biases influence human thinking, feelings, and behaviour, these provide insights and knowledge that are helpful, if not essential, for the field of organizational behaviour and ch...

In the sixth edition of this international bestseller, David Sousa once again translates the latest neuroscience and education research into concrete actions and strategies for the classroom.

Starting from the observation that the European Union now possesses many of the attributes of modern political systems, Hix and Høyland take an innovative approach to analysing, researching and teaching the EU. Using the general theories of political science to understand how the EU works, this text covers each of the main processes in the EU political system - executive, legislative and judicial politics, public opinion, interest groups and democracy, and regulatory, monetary and foreign po...