Despite conflicting belief systems and other divisive problems, people can still learn from each other to create new knowledge. The medium is conversation. This challenging new book asserts that business conversations can be seen as social experiences through which we discover new ways of seeing the world, destroying the barriers between us. When this occurs, new knowledge can emerge or be developed.

How can people learn from their differences, rather than be divided by them? One way is by creating conversational spaces--areas where conversation occurs. The authors show how such spaces are created, maintained, and enhanced, and how they are used to transform different interpretations and perspectives into new common understandings. With illustrations and case studies, the authors demonstrate the practical value of conversational learning in diverse organizational settings. Emphasis is shifted from techniques that are essentially insensitive to different contexts, attitudes, and beliefs, focusing instead on a theory of learning that is more social and interactive. This remarkable new source of explanatory theory validates an intensely pragmatic way to help organizations get people talking to one another, thereby advancing the well being of the organizations and those within them.

Accompanying "Developing Citizenship in Schools", but also fully stand-alone, this is a resource for busy teachers. It features detailed lesson plans and schemes of work to assist them with developing citizenship in their teaching activities. With the introduction of a new curriculum in 2000, citizenship education is a key issue for all teachers. This practical guide provides activities for use in teaching, and includes lesson plans, photocopiable work sheets and guides to further resources.

A resource for teachers wishing to develop citizenship in their teaching activities. It provides activities for use in teaching, and includes lesson plans, photocopiable work sheets and guides to further resources.

This practical guide and resource has been written to provide whole-school approaches to developing citizenship. It is based around a detailed range of core activities, including the development of a school council, school elections and community links.

Luke Tanner was a hard man with a painful past. It seemed as if every single citizen of Fiddler Creek wanted something from the wealthy rancher. He'd learned early on not many cared to see past his looks and sour attitude and discover the man beneath. So when the generously curved Mary Carter hit him up for a loan to save her fledgling business, he made her a short-term proposition she couldn't refuse. Only the more time the reluctant rancher spends with the lovely Mary, the more he starts to think about a long-term relationship. Mary Carter had fantasized about Luke Tanner since her first glimpse of the veritable mountain of a man with a perpetual scowl. She'd never been brave enough to approach him until circumstances forces her to seek his help. The Reluctant Rancher is the story of two individuals who have never experienced the soul stirring passion of true love-until they find each other. If you like Diana Palmer, Linda Howard, Leanne Banks, Angela Verndenius, you'll love Joann Baker and Patricia Mason

A user's guide to integrating essential oils and hypnosis. Recommended for anyone who wants to improve effects of trance work or meditation, hypnotherapy, self-hypnosis, or aromatherapy. Includes quick reference charts and scripts.