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Janice Vancleave'S Chemistry For Every Kid: 101 Easy Experiments That Really WorkAuthor: Janice VancleavePublisher: Jossey-BassPublication Date: Jan 16, 1991Number of Pages: 256 pagesLanguage:...

Jewish Tales of Mystic Joy reveals the happiness that awaits us if we strive for real spirituality. The stories are about pious rabbis and humble tailors, about dancing, singing, laughing, and...

A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysis If you've been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life. If you suffer from diabetes, hypertension,...

This book shows how ways of knowing change over the course of college and how gAnder influences ways of reasoning. It provides both student affairs professionals and teaching faculty with valuable...

Must reading for academics and executives alike. Leading business scholar Chris Argyris helps readers understand why individuals and organizations are unable to learn from their action, then presents...

Describes the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of professional managers to effectively involve volunteers in the work of organizations. Offers thorough guidance on how to perform key tasks...

Conflict can appear with varying degrees of intensity or hostility, but if ignored or managed ineffectively, it can slow or jeopardize an institution's success. Chairs and deans, who have leadership...

In Leading Change, James O'Toole argues that outdated Machiavellian dictates of situational leadership are ultimately ineffective--and demonstrates instead that successful leadership is rooted in...

While the annals of educational psychology and scholarship of learning theory are vast, this book distills the most important material that the higher education faculty need, translating it into...

This book records the story of how one professor at a research university used a form of active learning to change the way he taught--from traditional lecture and examinations to cooperative learning...

LifelinesAuthor: Sharan B. MerriamPublisher: Jossey-BassPublication Date: Apr 16, 1992Number of Pages: 284 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 1555423647ISBN-13: 9781555423643

With higher education's refocus over the last three decades on bringing greater recognition and reward to good teaching, the idea of peer review has gained popularity. One tool for documenting and...

A collection of thought-provoking essays on management and leadership that propose radical new ways of thinking about what managers do and what organizations are.Author: Peter B. VaillPublisher:...

This book provides practical insights into improving the effectiveness of labour negotiations in the public sector. It outlines the common conceptions, goals, needs, and obligations the different...

One of the most challenging responsibilities of being a college department chair or dean is to effectively manage the diverse and independent intellectuals that form the typical college faculty. Many...

It's What You Don't Know That Counts Discover the important roles chance and uncertainty play insuccessful strategic planning. In this ingenious work, author RalphD. Stacey shows managers how their...

Managing Workforce 2000: Gaining the Diversity AdvantageAuthor: David JamiesonPublisher: Jossey-BassPublication Date: Sep 03, 1991Number of Pages: 272 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

This book brings together sixteen student affairs experts to identify how student affairs professionals can shape and direct their field to meet the future challenges and needs of students, society,...

Organizational Architecture: Designs for Changing OrganizationsAuthor: David a. NadlerPublisher: Jossey-BassPublication Date: Aug 04, 1992Number of Pages: 304 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

The new edition of this bestselling book builds on the author's extensive administrative and consulting experience as well as scholarship on faculty rewards. It includes additional discussion of...

Places Where Teachers Are TaughtAuthor: John I. GoodladPublisher: Jossey-BassPublication Date: Jan 16, 1991Number of Pages: 464 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 1555422764ISBN-13:...

Explains how polls are conducted, describes the causes of polling errors, and discusses how polls are used and interpreted.Author: Norman M. BradburnPublisher: Jossey-BassPublication Date: Jan 16,...

This guide to helping faculty prepare for professional review, whether an annual event or at a key moment in their career, will help make this often stressful and confusing experience less...

A classic that teaches you how to think in a contextually sensitive, directive, and goal-focused way. A highly readable and practical volume that focuses on solving problems within the context of the...

A Publication of INDEPENDENT SECTOR Detailed case studies reveal how nonprofits can achieve excellenceby applying basic qualities of outstanding leadership: a clearlyarticulated sense of mission, a...

Project Manager'S Spotlight On Risk ManagementAuthor: Kim HeldmanPublisher: Jossey-BassPublication Date: Apr 18, 2005Number of Pages: 240 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Gives an abundance of practical advice on how active learning techniques can be used by teachers across the disciplines. Using real-life examples, the authors discuss how various small-group...

The most comprehensive and ambitious effort I've seen to compileand discuss, in one resource, all of the issues and informationabout this crucial topic. Nonprofit executives, managers, legalcounsel,...

Public Relations in Health Care: A Guide for ProfessionalsAuthor: Kathleen Larey LewtonPublisher: Jossey-BassPublication Date: Oct 06, 1995Number of Pages: 288 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

A Patient-Focused Paradigm Brilliant and timely, thoughtful and practical. Regradless of the final shape of health care reform in the U.S., the patient-focused idea can and must be implemented...