This concise and practical guide explores the use of template analysis as a method for conducting research for your business and management Masters dissertation.

This exciting seventh edition, now situated in a global context with international examples throughout, has been updated to now cover strategy and planning in the public sector; transparency, accountability and ethics; and non-profit management

How do we know what works in primary schools? The answer lies in research. In understanding, conducting, disseminating and learning from research. This book is your guide to research in primary education.

Making a case for a reflexive approach to leadership that is informed by in-depth studies of managers. The book aims to facilitate reflexivity in terms of challenging one's position - understanding of leadership - and considering alternatives.

With new coverage of digital research tools and social media, as well as that of areas such as autoethnography, visual and feminist ethnography, this important introduction continues to provide readers with the perfect mix of theory and practical advice to ensure their research is carefully thought through, replicable, and ethically sound

Explore the current state of the production, processing, and manufacturing industries and discover what it will take to achieve re-industrialization of the former industrial powerhouses that can counterbalance the benefits of cheap labor providers dominating the industrial sector. This book explores the potential for the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), and Smart Factory technologies to replace the still largely mechanical, people-based systems of offshore loc...

The author describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This title is about his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us.

Team Development is illustrated by twelve different aspects such as archetypes, roles, success factors, collaboration and change. Every aspect has nine specific sub-aspects.A universal language has been chosen in which the sun and the moon are simultaneously exposed. The cards help you and your team to gain deeper insights on the subject of cooperation and the development actions, which have to be taken to get an optimum team performance.You can use these 108 cards during the start of a proje...

The Technical Condition is een toegankelijke, Engelstalige introductie in de techniekfilosofie. Het boek behandelt de belangrijkste auteurs, methoden, debatten en concepten die in het denken over techniek een rol spelen. Ieder hoofdstuk is geschreven rondom een zogenaamde 'technologische schok', een technologische ontwikkeling die een revolutionair effect heeft gehad op de samenleving. De bedoeling daarvan is de lezer te laten zien dat filosofische reflectie op techniek noodzakelijk is, ook v...

This is the first study to examine in detail ritual objects known as 'Lamak', a fascinating and unique form of ephemeral material culture which is a prominent feature of Balinese creativity.A lamak is a long narrow ritual hanging that is an essential requirement at almost all rituals in Bali. It is hung from altars and shrines at temple festivals and on festive holy days. Made usually of palm leaves, it is by nature ephemeral and it is made time and again. Even though permanent forms of the l...