The ever-increasing dependence of our lives and livelihoods on the correct functioning of computer software means that logic and program correctness are core elements of all good computer science degrees. This book presents both these topics in one self-contained text.

The focus of the book is on "correct-by-construction" program design -- the discipline of calculating programs from their specifications. Modern, calculational logic is introduced in combination with key program construction principles, such as the assignment axiom, loop invariants and bound functions. This material is intertwined with motivational discussion, programming examples and challenging problem-solving exercises, bringing the book alive for its intended audience, undergraduates in computer science and mathematics, as well as professional programmers wishing to further develop their programming skills.

The book covers the elements of logic and program correctness that form the foundations of further study --- the logical connectives and their algebraic properties, induction, quantifiers and program construction rules. Substantial examples of program construction are included. Many exercises are provided, all with detailed solutions.

Consisting of an assortment of landmark essays and the best in contemporary scholarship, this anthology delves deeply into the most pressing environmental issues of our times. Articles included in this anthology are distinguished for their relevance to real-life policy making and for their ability to promote rich and lively discussion about controversial matters. In addition, the editors' careful organization of the topics and illuminating section previews keep students focused on the most essential points of current environmental debates.

With a pedigree going back over ten years, The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management can rightly claim to be a classic guide to business risk management and contingency planning, with a style that makes it accessible to all business managers. Some of the original underlying principles remain the same -- but much has changed. This is reflected in this radically updated third edition, with exciting and helpful new content from new and innovative contributors and new case studies bringing the book right up to the minute. This book combines over 500 years of experience from leading Business Continuity experts of many countries. It is presented in an easy-to-follow format, explaining in detail the core BC activities incorporated in BS 25999, Business Continuity Guidelines, BS 25777 IT Disaster Recovery and other standards and in the body of knowledge common to the key business continuity institutes. Contributors from America, Asia Pacific, Europe, China, India and the Middle East provide a truly global perspective, bringing their own insights and approaches to the subject, sharing best practice from the four corners of the world. We explore and summarize the latest legislation, guidelines and standards impacting BC planning and management and explain their impact. The structured format, with many revealing case studies, examples and checklists, provides a clear roadmap, simplifying and de-mystifying business continuity processes for those new to its disciplines and providing a benchmark of current best practice for those more experienced practitioners. This book makes a massive contribution to the knowledge base of BC and risk management. It is essential reading for all business continuity, risk managers and auditors: none should be without it.

Written by a highly regarded expert on entrepreneurship, this bestselling textbook provides an engaging and comprehensive overview of corporate entrepreneurship. Now in its fourth edition and fully revised throughout, this accessible text is structured in four key parts that cover everything a student needs to know about the topic. After an initial consideration of what constitutes corporate entrepreneurship and innovation, the author then guides students through the four pillars of entrepreneurial architecture: culture, structure, leadership and strategy. The third section focusses on the entrepreneurial mind-set, including how to encourage creativity, business ideas and developing concepts. Finally, the book draws attention to corporate venturing, examining venture teams, intrapreneurs, market development and the role of shareholder value. It is no longer sufficient for businesses to grow simply by cutting costs and taking over competitors. To achieve true success, organisations must avoid an ageing product or service portfolio to bring new, innovative ideas to market. Corporate entrepreneurship is inherently risky and therefore requires a fresh approach to strategy. The approach Paul Burns offers will successfully overcome barriers to launching new ideas, internal challenges of managing creativity and show how to foster an entrepreneurial culture. This is the go-to textbook for all students studying Corporate Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship or Corporate Venturing at undergraduate, postgraduate or MBA level. The book is also essential reading for courses on Strategic Entrepreneurship and Innovation. New to this Edition: - Fully revised and updated content throughout with new four-part structure - Brand new case studies in every chapter, featuring some of the world's highest profile companies from across the globe - A greater focus on innovation, including a new chapter on this topic at the start of the book - New chapters on 'Developing a Business Model', 'Managing Change' and 'Managing Risk' - New on-page glossary with key terms highlighted in the text and defined in the margins - New Activities and Group Discussion topics at the end of each chapter Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/corporate-entrepreneurship-and-innovation-4e. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.

Now in its sixth edition, Business Analysis and Valuation: IFRS Standards edition has successfully taught students how to interpret IFRS-based financial statements for more than twenty years.

With the help of international cases, the authors illustrate the use of financial data in various valuation tasks and motivate students to build a thorough understanding of theoretical approaches and their practical application.

The bestselling title in the Oxford Quick Reference series, A Dictionary of Law is an essential reference work, described by leading university lecturers as 'the best law dictionary' and favoured by law students and legal professionals alike. The tenth edition features over 4,900 clear and concise definitions on major terms, concepts, and processes within the English legal system, and is a useful source of information for any of the many countries that base their legal system on English law. It includes more than 120 new entries, including acid attacks, lasers, Nightingale Courts, Northern Ireland Protocol, and retained EU Law. Many of the new and revised entries reflect changes brought about by Brexit and the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020. There have also been significant increases of coverage in the areas of constitutional law, medical law, and employment law and professional regulation. Updated web links complement the text and lead to a dedicated companion website for further reading materials. The dictionary also contains a guide to legal writing, and a citation guide drawn from the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA).

Guide to Business Law in South Africa, seventh edition, offers a concise, clear and applied explanation of the principles of business law in South Africa.

This seventh edition is revised and updated to reflect the extensive common law, legislative and constitutional developments that have occurred during the recent period. Offering numerous examples and case law discussions, the text clearly explains the legal principles that are relevant within the various commercial law subject areas.

An extensive, diverse bank of assessment, application and presentation resources is available to support teaching and learning.

Focusing on the content that will benefit business and management students, and featuring a wealth of global examples from real businesses, the authors enable students to unpick and analyze financial statements with confidence.

Do your students struggle to engage with financial accounting topics? Look no further than Understanding Financial Accounting to help them actively engage with the content, understand the key concepts, and advance their analysis skills.

Writing specifically for those with no background in accounting, the authors focus on how to extract the information that will contribute to business decision making. Their conversational and captivating style makes even technical and complex principles unambiguous and immediately accessible.

A recurring case study, contextual examples, and real-world financial statements from multinational companies are interwoven throughout, demonstrating the principles in practice. Winfield, Graham, and Miller illuminate the relevan c e of IFRS and financial statement literacy to non-accountants, as well as guiding students towards carrying out analysis autonomously.

Students are also encouraged to develop their independent research and critical thinking skills by attempting a series of end-of-chapter questions. In addition, the book is complemented by the following online resources to support students and lecturers.

Human dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights and freedoms are core principles in education in South Africa. The public school system in South Africa is large, diverse and every situation that arises in a school is governed by acts, regulations and policies. Every role player in education needs to know and understand the legal aspects pertaining to the basic rights and duties of all interested parties.

The law of education in South Africa attempts to make school law accessible by interpreting acts and legal precedents dealing with the multitude of issues occurring in a new democratic country that in its supreme Constitution, guarantees that everyone has the right to a basic education.

The law of education in South Africa analyses acts, regulations and case judgments with the purpose of providing a legal framework guiding the actions of education managers and school governors in protecting the human rights of everyone involved in education.

Beyond constitutional law, South Africa has a mass of laws and legal precedents pertaining to education in general, labour relations in education and the protection of the safety and the best interests of children exercising their right to a basic education.

The law of education in South Africa will be of interest to academics working in the sphere of education, post-graduate students, school principals, educators, parents and other stakeholders who support the notion that “a child’s best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child” (Constitution, section 28(2)).

Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage 13e offers comprehensive coverage of HRM concepts that teach students how to strategically overcome challenges and gain competitive advantage in the workplace.

Based on the authors’ diverse research, teaching and consulting experiences, this product has incredibly strong depth and breadth that is current in research and practice simply not found in other texts.

Human Resource Management is also available through our Connect learning platform along with a host o supplementary resources for both instructors and students. We’re delighted to announce that as of July 2022 this also includes a ‘European Companion Connect’ – a selection of brand new full and mini-case studies with amore international perspective, making them more relevant for instructors outside of North America.

With 4 full and 8 mini cases studies from a variety of small enterprises, large companies and Human Resource consultancies, topics covered include performance-related pay, employee turnover, compensation structure, recruitment and development and growing areas such as Human Capital Analytics, Green HRM and sustainability, and the 4-dayweek.

All of the new case studies come with assignable multiple-choice questions and teaching notes.

This work is aimed at non-law students and covers legal issues normally relevant for such students.

This work is the English rendition of Besigheidsreg. Like its Afrikaans counterpart, it is aimed at non-law students and owes its existence to the need for a less comprehensive and affordable students' handbook dealing with all the legal issues normally relevant for such students.

Communication is often described as the glue that binds an organisation, enabling interaction with its customers, agents and the broader public. Communication flourishes in organisations and is central to their activities and functions: as marketing communication, public relations, management communication, corporate communication, etc.; in determining and implementing strategy, operations and processes; in all interaction - interpersonal, mediated, digital and social; as the foundation of corporate culture. Integrated Organisational Communication 2nd Edition covers these aspects and addresses the growing need among students and practitioners for a book that takes a broad look at organisations' communication, and then delves into the detail. This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to organisational communication, and while it takes cognisance of individual academic and professional disciplines, it avoids alignment with any one of these.

Labour Relations 6e provides a thorough and engaging introduction to the theory and practice of labour relations in South Africa.

This edition engages with the various issues, shifts and notable changes post-pandemic and includes a new chapter on the evolving concepts of work, including the concept of 'decent work', an updated chapter on ethics in labour relations, including information on corruption, barriers to non-discrimination in the workplace, and protected disclosures. Legislation has been updated including codes of good practice. There is additional information on good faith bargaining, the national minimum wage, labour brokers, equal pay, and the effect of the economic downgrade post Covid-19. Examples and case studies have also been updated.

Labour Relations 6e offers an academically sound foundation of the principles and theories, combined with practical real-world applications. The textbook is core learning material for courses in Labour or Employee Relations, wh ich is offered as a second to fourth year module in undergraduate programmes of human resource management, business management, and industrial psychology at both universities and universities of technology.

Basic science for health students has been designed to equip students with a solid foundation upon which they can build the scientific knowledge necessary for a successful career in health studies. By providing health students with a holistic approach to understanding the scientific concepts and principles related to patient care, this book helps them better apply their knowledge in the workplace.

The new fourth edition of Principles of Business Information Systems features new cases, new questions and assignments and the latest technologies, whilst retaining its comprehensive coverage of Information Systems issues.

It also boasts a wealth of real world examples from a broad range of countries and updated coverage of IT and technological issues, making it perfect for courses that prepare students for the modern corporate world.

The Principles of The Law of Property in South Africa, Second Edition, offers a thorough, current and accessible introduction to the general principles of property law in South Africa. Including diverse perspectives, the second edition foregrounds discussion of constitutional perspectives to engage with critical issues and debates that arise within the current and dynamic socio-economic context.

The text presents fundamental principles within a clear and applied conceptual framework, and is designed to support independent, enquiring and critical engagement with the subject matter.

The Principles of The Law of Property in South Africa 2e is appropriate as core material for LLB courses that address property law. The text is also a useful resource for practitioners who wish to engage with foundational and current principles of the field.

Teaching Strategies for Quality Teaching and Learning provides an introduction to nine teaching strategies that can be used in a range of educational settings, from school to higher education.

The teaching strategies presented in the book forms the foundation for quality teaching and learning, and each strategy is approached in a pragmatic way, with a focus on when, why and how the strategy can be used.

Academic Literacy is an essential tool for people moving into the tertiary phase of education, to support the achievement of their goals. It covers all the necessary academic skills and competencies for constructive and successful study – not only reading, writing, listening and verbal communication, but also critical thinking, possibly the core skill needed at this level of study.

Other skills it aims to develop are: understanding and engaging in academic study; vocabulary; reading for study purposes; argument; paraphrasing and summarising; writing paragraphs; assignment writing; and preparing for examinations. Academic Literacy will help you cope with the reading and writing demands of further and higher education.

It will also help you be more knowledgeable about yourself, your aspirations, career goals, and how to manage your time and stress more effectively.

In this textbook, the audit process followed during the execution of an internal audit engagement is explained, after which it is practically demonstrated by applying it to the various business cycles.

Differences in personality and behaviour are part of the dynamic workplace. They can be understood better, and managed if necessary, if the HR practitioner or HR manager has some knowledge of psychology.

Basic Psychology for Human Resource Practitioners Fourth Edition discusses individual differences, abilities, attitudes, perceptions, personalities, and ways of learning, and covers the most important aspects of measuring personality traits. It also explains aspects of group behaviour, be they social, political, cultural, or recreational.

The Basic Psychology for Human Resource Practitioners deals with the historical development of human resource management, the functions of human resource departments, and current and future trends in human resource management in South Africa. An update of the 2019 edition, it references more recent sources, and uses practical examples that reflect new developments in the field.

This updated book provides a comprehensive exposition of the theoretical foundations and general principles of the South African law of unlawful competition and the most important forms of competitive excess recognised in our law. In addition, because the legal rules regulating the maintenance and promotion of competition may influence the law of unlawful competition, these have also been reviewed.

Professional Chef Level 2 Diploma, 2nd edition is THE guide for learners looking to take their professional cookery skills to the next level! With clear mapping to both the NVQ and VRQ syllabus, this is the most relevant and up-to-date level 2 Professional Cookery book on the market. New and updated recipes now include professional photographs of the finished dish to help you develop your presentation skills on the road to becoming a Professional Chef. This comprehensive, easy-to use textbook combines theory and practice and provides a thorough introduction to all the skills and techniques required to work in a professional kitchen! For the complete blended learning solution this book can be used alongside Professional Chef Online which is designed to support students and tutors and make theory interactive and engaging. This solution offers a host of resources including quizzes, online games, a searchable eBook, bonus recipes, an interactive food map of the British Isles, and over 140 video master chef classes!