Organization Development: The Process Of Leading Organizational Change


Donald L. Anderson - 2009
    Incorporating OD ethics and values into each chapter, Donald L. Anderson provides discussion of the real-world application of these theoretical ideas. In-depth case studies that follow major content chapters allow students to immediately apply what they have learned. In today's challenging environment of increased globalization, rapidly changing technologies, economic pressures, and expectations in the contemporary workforce, this book is an essential tool.

Essentials of Family Therapy


Michael P. Nichols - 2001
    Expanded treatment of ethical issues, more material on diversity issues, a new chapter on research, and a new section on in-home therapy, further arm therapists with practical knowledge.

Substance Abuse Counseling: Theory and Practice


Patricia Stevens - 2000
    It educates prospective clinicians and counselors by guiding them, step-by-step, through the process of working with substance-abuse clients. Chapter content builds in sequence; however, each chapter can be taken as a stand-alone source of valuable information. Individual chapters on special populations add substantial depth to the text's treatment of its subject.

Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk about How to Do It Right


Linda K. Trevino - 1995
     Throughout, the emphasis is on common, real-life work situations, including hiring, managing, assessing performance, disciplining, firing, and providing incentives for staff, as well as producing quality products and services, and dealing effectively and fairly with customers, vendors, and other stakeholders. Highlights of the Fourth Edition * Updated information relates content to current events such as the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for Corporations. * Describes the link between ethical culture and employee engagement. * Covers new research, including the role of emotions in ethical decision making. * Presents new profiles of organizations such as McWane, Enron, Citigroup, and Marsh & McLennan. * International references reflect the realities of the increasingly global business environment.

Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions


Lisa Wade - 2014
    Probing questions, the same ones that students often bring to the course, frame readable chapters that are packed with the most up-to-date scholarship available—in language students will understand. The authors use memorable examples mined from pop culture, history, psychology, biology, and everyday life to truly engage students in the study of gender and spark interest in sociological perspectives.

Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents


Judith A. Cohen - 2006
    Provided is a comprehensive framework for assessing posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and other symptoms; developing a flexible, individualized treatment plan; and working collaboratively with children and parents to build core skills in such areas as affect regulation and safety. Specific guidance is offered for responding to different types of traumatic events, with an entire section devoted to grief-focused components. Useful appendices feature resources, reproducible handouts, and information on obtaining additional training. TF-CBT has been nationally recognized as an exemplary evidence-based program.  See also the edited volume Trauma-Focused CBT for Children and Adolescents: Treatment Applications for more information on tailoring TF-CBT to children's varying developmental levels and cultural backgrounds.

Consumer Behavior: Building Marketing Strategy


Delbert I. Hawkins - 2010
    It is the most current, relevant, and balanced presentation of the subject matter in the context of building marketing strategy. It presents a comprehensive description of various concepts and theories useful for understanding consumer behaviour and illustrates with the help of examples, how these concepts are used in the development of such strategy. About Author: Del HawkinsUniversity Of OregonAmit MookerjeeIndian Institute of Management ,Lucknow Table Of Contents: Part One: Introduction1. Consumer Behavior and Marketing StrategyPart Two: External Influences2. Cross-Cultural Variations in Consumer Behavior3. The Changing Society: Values4. The Changing Society: Demographics and Social Stratification5. The Changing Society: Subcultures6. The Society: Families and Households7. Group Influences on Consumer BehaviorPart Three: Internal Influences8. Perception9. Learning, Memory, and Product Positioning10. Motivation, Personality, and Emotion11. Attitudes and Influencing Attitudes12. Self-Concept and LifestylePart Four: Consumer Decision Process13. Situational Influences14. Consumer Decision Process and Problem Recognition15. Information Search16. Alternative Evaluation and Selection17. Outlet Selection and Purchase18. Post purchase Processes, Customer Satisfaction, and Customer CommitmentPart Five: Organizations as Consumers19. Organizational Buyer BehaviorPart Six: Consumer Behavior and Marketing Regulation20. Marketing Regulation and Consumer Behavior Special Features: Updated chapters having important emerging trends and concepts such as internet and technology More than half of the ?Opening Vignettes? and ?Consumer Insights? are new or substantially revised Application of consumer behavior concepts and theories to marketing problems Discussion on marketing to ethnic sub-cultures Multiple global examples along with use of data and examples from Indian context 35 cases- 31 cases

Microbiology: A Systems Approach


Marjorie Kelly Cowan - 2000
    It has become known for its engaging writing style, instructional art program and focus on active learning. We are so excited to offer a robust learning program with student-focused learning activities, allowing the student to manage their learning while you easily manage their assessment. Detailed reports show how your assignments measure various learning objectives from the book (or input your own!), levels of Bloom's Taxonomy or other categories, and how your students are doing. The Cowan Learning program will save you time and improve your student's success in this course.

Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy


Sandra R. Leiblum - 1980
    Leading authorities demonstrate effective ways to integrate psychological, interpersonal, and medical interventions. Every chapter includes detailed clinical examples illustrating the process of therapy and the factors that influence treatment outcomes.  Winner-- Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR) Health Professional Book Award

Theater: The Lively Art


Edwin Wilson - 1995
    Created for Theater Appreciation courses that cover both history and elements, Theater: The Lively Art, 6/e remains a comprehensive introductory theater text: an introduction to the audience's experience of theater, an investigation of the elements of theater, and a study of the important developments in the history of theater.

Bridging English


Joseph O. Milner - 1993
    This book has been praised for its unique components: discussion of "four stages" of reading texts and "three phases" of teaching texts. The authors' many years of experience teaching English are obvious throughout the material, but nowhere more so than in their straightforward presentation of organization and planning for instruction and their firm stand on teaching grammar. This book covers the challenging and the controversial in English instruction and explores censorship, national standards, high-stakes testing, multi-lingual students, and multicultural literature. For professionals in the field of teaching.

Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher


Judy Willis - 2006
    The result is a comprehensive and accessible guide for improving student learning based on the best the research world has to offer.Willis takes a reader-friendly approach to neuroscience, describing how the brain processes, stores, and retrieves material and which instructional strategies help students learn most effectively and joyfully. You will discover how to captivate and hold the attention of your students and how to enhance their memory and test-taking success. You will learn how to know when students are ready for learning and when their brains need a rest. You will also learn how stress and emotion affect learning and how to improve student engagement. And you will find innovative techniques for designing assessments and adjusting teaching practices to ensure that all students reach their potential.No matter what grade or subject you teach, Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning will enrich your repertoire of teaching strategies so you can help students reach their full academic potential.

Learning Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: An Illustrated Guide


Jesse H. Wright - 2005
    This easy-to-use guidebook offers full explanations of the most effective behavioral methods; a program designed for achieving competency that covers both basic methods for patients with depression and anxiety and advanced techniques for patients with bipolar disorder, psychoses, and eating and personality disorders; an integrated cognitive-behavioral/biological/interpersonal model for treatment; and instructions on fully integrating CBT with psychopharmacological intervention, as well as formulation and treatment methods endorsed by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Written by seasoned cognitive-behavior therapists who also demonstrate CBT methods on the accompanying DVD, Learning Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: An Illustrated Guide is indisputably the essential resource for students of multiple disciplines and practitioners who wish to learn the invaluable techniques of CBT.

Intercultural Communication in Contexts


Judith N. Martin - 1996
    The dialectical framework, integrated throughout the book, is used as a lens to examine the relationship of these research traditions. This text is unique in its emphasis on the importance of histories, popular culture, and identities.

Introducing Public Administration


Jay M. Shafritz - 1996
    This approach will captivate students and encourage them to think critically about the nature of public administration today. Introducing Public Administration provides students with a solid, conceptual foundation in public administration, and contains the latest information on important trends in the discipline. To further engage students and deepen interest in its narrative, the text uses unique chapter-opening vignettes called Keynotes, chapter ending case studies, and a series of boxes throughout that offer real-life excerpts and alternative theories.