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Transform: Habits of Superior Leaders
Author Daniel J. Siegel , Teresa Amabile , Howard Gardner , Daniel Goleman
Daniel Goleman asked Teresa Amabile, Howard Gardner, and Daniel Siegel: what are the key traits that differentiate top executives? Their respective research looks at the psychology of innovative, ethical, and emotionally intelligent leaders.
Release Date 2014/12 -
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Training, Development, and Performance Improvement
Author Sigmar Malvezzi , Nuno Rebelo dos Santos , Jonathan Passmore , Kurt Kraiger
The latest Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Psychology uses a psychological perspective, and a uniquely global focus, to review the latest literature and research in the interconnected fields of training, development, and performance appraisal.Maintains a ....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Author Beatrice Bressan
Beatrice Bressan brings together a number of outstanding examples of successful cross-disciplinary technology transfer originating in fundamental physics research, which dramatically impacted scientific progress in areas which changed modern society. Many of them w....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Author Eileen Bailey , Dr. Jayme Albin
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a therapy approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions and negative behaviors through goal setting and various coping techniques such as meditation, visualization, relaxation techniques, mindfulness, and more. Although ....
Release Date 2014/10 -
Author Jacob Thomas
"Environmental Management aims to create awareness about various aspects of our relationship with the environment and how development impacts the world we live in. It focuses on the framework that can be used to manage the ecological footprints left behind in the p....
Release Date 2014/08 -
Author Joni E. Johnston
There are numerous textbooks that explain the theories and principles of psychology, but many are too dry or academic. Idiot's Guides: Psychology, 5th Edition breaks down the complexity of psychology and helps readers understand the how and why of the human m....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Author Anthony Fordham
BRAND NEW TOPIC AND TITLE IN FULL-COLORMany people find science fascinating and there never seems to be an end to facts and figures that can be learned. Idiot's Guides: Science Mysteries Explained takes a question/answer-based approach to teach readers a variety of topic....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Author Keith W. Waldron
Biorefineries are an essential technology in converting biomass into biofuels or other useful materials. Advances in Biorefineries provides a comprehensive overview of biorefining processing techniques and technologies, and the biofuels and other materials produced.....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Investing Psychology: The Effects of Behavioral Finance on Investment Choice and Bias, + Website
Author Tim Richards
Discover how to remove behavioral bias from your investment decisionsFor many financial professionals and individual investors, behavioral bias is the largest single factor behind poor investment decisions. The same instincts that our brains employ to keep us alive ....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Sociology for nurses, 2nd Edition
Author I. Clement
In its pursuit to bring about an awakening among students of nursing about human social behavior, this second edition of Sociology for Nurses continues to build on sociological theories that are of relevance to the nursing community. Conforming to the syllabus pres....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Investor Behavior: The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing
Author Douglas Brown
Investor Behavior provides readers with a comprehensive understanding and the latest research in the area of behavioral finance and investor decision making. Blending contributions from noted academics and experienced practitioners, this 30-chapter book will provide....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Joshua M. Epstein
The Final Volume of the Groundbreaking Trilogy on Agent-Based ModelingIn this pioneering synthesis, Joshua Epstein introduces a new theoretical entity: Agent_Zero. This software individual, or "agent," is endowed with distinct emotional/affective, cognitive/deliber....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Ready to Be a Thought Leader?: How to Increase Your Influence, Impact, and Success
Author Guy Kawasaki , Denise Brosseau
The how-to guide to becoming a go-to expertWithin their fields, thought leaders are sources of inspiration and innovation. They have the gift of harnessing their expertise and their networks to make their innovative thoughts real and replicable, sparking sustainable....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Foundations and applications of Indian psychology, 2e, 2nd Edition
Author Suneet Suneet Suneet Varma Varma , Girishwar Misra , Matthijs Cornelissen
Venturing into the widely under-explored area of Indian Psychology, this book provides coverage of the origins, scope and development in this area. The twenty-six essays in this book cover a broad spectrum of topics in Psychology and link mainstream topics that are....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Introduction to Modeling Convection in Planets and Stars
Author Gary A. Glatzmaier
This book provides readers with the skills they need to write computer codes that simulate convection, internal gravity waves, and magnetic field generation in the interiors and atmospheres of rotating planets and stars. Using a teaching method perfected in the cla....
Release Date 2013/11 -
The Psychology of Coaching, Mentoring and Learning, 2nd Edition
Author Ho Law
The Psychology of Coaching, Mentoring, and Learning addresses the psychological principles upon which coaching and mentoring is based, and integrates them in a universal framework for the theory and practice of individual and organizational development. The second e....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Author Ram Nidumolu
The Higher Reality of Business The health of business is inextricably linked with the health of humanity and nature. But our current approaches to leadership treat business as entirely separate—and the result has been recurring economic, environmental, and human cri....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Author K Clarke
Biotechnology is an expansive field incorporating expertise in both the life science and engineering disciplines. In biotechnology, the scientist is concerned with developing the most favourable biocatalysts, while the engineer is directed towards process performanc....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Influence for Nonprofit Leaders
Author Deborah Friedman
Influence is an essential component of leadership, especially in a nonprofit environment. Since relationships are vital for a nonprofit's success, a leader needs to be able to influence employees, volunteers, and stakeholders in order to meet the challenges ahead. ....
Release Date 2013/08 -
The Ultimate Book of Influence: 10 Tools of Persuasion to Connect, Communicate, and Win in Business
Author Chris Helder
Master the power of influence and persuasion to achieve more in work and lifeFor business leaders and managers, as well as those who work in sales, the power of influence can be a potent advantage. The ability to persuade others based on what you know about them is ....
Release Date 2013/07 -
Mathematical Models for Society and Biology, 2nd Edition
Author Edward Beltrami
Mathematical Models for Society and Biology, 2nd edition draws on current issues to engagingly relate how to use mathematics to gain insight into problems in biology and contemporary society. For the new edition, the author uses mathematical models that are simple, ....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Fifty Key Thinkers on Globalization
Author Alina Sajed , William Coleman
Fifty Key Thinkers on Globalization is an outstanding guide to often-encountered thinkers whose ideas have shaped, defined and influenced this new and rapidly growing field. The authors clearly and lucidly survey the life, work and impact of fifty of the most import....
Release Date 2013/06 -
The Environmental Impact Statement After Two Generations
Author Michael R. Greenberg
This book is about a subject that Michael Greenberg has worked on and lived with for almost forty years. He was brought up in the south Bronx at a time when his neighborhood suffered from terrible air and noise pollution, and domestic waste went untreated into the H....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Andrew Orton
This book examines the structural and construction design of buildings. The first part presents an overview of materials and structural forms taking the point of view of the designer, architect and engineer. The second part is an extensive examination of over 7....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Christina Lee
In this provocative book, Christina Lee takes a consciously critical approach to the apparently unchallenged principle that conscious thought is the cause of all human behavior. Without becoming polemical or destructive, she reconsiders a wide range of issues ....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Maximum Influence, 2nd Edition
Author Robert G. Allen , Kurt W. Mortensen
Salespeople, consultants, managers, executives, entrepreneurs. . . Influence is a crucial tool for absolutely anyone seeking success and prosperity. But how can everyday people actually become more influential? Maximum Influence unlocks the secrets of the maste....
Release Date 2013/06 -
The Treatment Of Psychiatric Disorders, 3rd Edition
Author Beverly J. Sutton , George U. Balis , William H. Reid
This is the third edition, revised for the DSM-IV, of the one volume, standard, comprehensive text on the treatment of psychiatric disorders - spanning the biological, psychological and psychosocial.; Updated and revised, this book is the result of several thou....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Mary Beth williams , Ellen S. Zinner
When a Community Weeps provides a model for effective counselor intervention in bereaved communities. Individual chapters have been written by traumatologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and family members who have witnessed the effects of traumat....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Jack Drescher , Ann D'Ercole
What does it mean to be member of a gay/lesbian couple or family? The contributors to Uncoupling Convention: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Same-Sex Couples and Families address this question by drawing on two cultural movements of the twentieth century: psychoanalysi....
Release Date 2013/06 -
The Development of Thinking and Reasoning
Author Caroline Gauffroy , Pierre Barrouillet
Thinking and reasoning are key activities for human beings. In this book a distinguished set of contributors provides a wide readership with up-to-date scientific advances in the developmental psychology of thinking and reasoning, both at the theoretical and empiric....
Release Date 2013/06