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Preparing for High Impact Change: Experiential Learning and
Practice provides an overview of change processes for teaching,
facilitating, and coping with change. Tested high-impact exercises
in the book will prepare change leaders at all organizational
levels to deal with the myriad of challenges inherent in the
process of organizational change. Effective organizational change
involves a combination of understanding, learning and unlearning,
and practiced behaviour as part of the underlying
conceptualization, formulation, and implementation processes. The
book presents a series of exercises that promote self-learning and
developing readiness for change, from preparing people for change,
understanding and managing resistance, and coping with
change-related obstacles to seeking buy-in for the change. Emphasis
throughout the book is placed on developing change-related
competencies. This book is a resource for understanding aspects of
change, from theory to practice, for consultants, educators,
students and practitioners such as corporate training and
development personnel.
Although marginal as a political force, anarchist ideas developed
in Britain into a political tradition. This book explores this lost
history, offering a new appraisal of the work of Kropotkin and
Read, and examining the ways in which they endeavoured to
articulate a politics fit for the particular challenges of
Britain's modern history.
Nature conservation has become increasingly important in Britain
over the last three decades. This title, first published in 1986,
deals with the critical issues surrounding nature conservation and
wildlife protection. The book is broad in scope, with a focus on
the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act and its provisions for the
protection of wildlife habitats in Sites of Special Scientific
Interest (SSSIs). This follows an historical account of habitat
loss over the past 200 years and the origins of conservation and
site-protection policy. This reissue will be of particular value to
professionals, voluntary workers and students with an interest in
the origins, developments and practice of nature conservation.
First published in 1992, this title offers an experienced and
constructive evaluation of the ways in which water resources have
been developed in Africa. Adams argues that the best hope of
productive development lies in working and engaging with local
people and using local knowledge of the environment effectively.
Modern, large-scale developments that have largely been ineffective
are examined, and emphasis is placed on the importance of using the
skills and concerns of those affected, such as small farmers, to
develop ingenious water projects - an approach that can be applied
worldwide. This is an interesting and relevant title, which will be
of particular value to those with an interest in the developments
in water resource conservation over the past two decades.
Nature conservation has become increasingly important in Britain
over the last three decades. This title, first published in 1986,
deals with the critical issues surrounding nature conservation and
wildlife protection. The book is broad in scope, with a focus on
the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act and its provisions for the
protection of wildlife habitats in Sites of Special Scientific
Interest (SSSIs). This follows an historical account of habitat
loss over the past 200 years and the origins of conservation and
site-protection policy. This reissue will be of particular value to
professionals, voluntary workers and students with an interest in
the origins, developments and practice of nature conservation.
A fundamental assumption underlying the formation of our most
important relationships is that they will persist indefinitely into
the future. As an acquaintanceship turns into a friend ship, for
example, both members of this newly formed interpersonal bond are
likely to expect that their interactions will become increasingly
frequent, diverse, and intimate over time. This expectation is
perhaps most apparent in romantically involved couples who, through
a variety of verbal and symbolic means, make explicit pledges to a
long-lasting relationship. In either case, it is clear that these
relationships represent something valuable to the individuals in
volved and are pursued with great enthusiasm. Virtually all close
relationships are formed within the context of mutually rewarding
in teractions and/or strong physical attraction between partners.
Friends and romantically in volved couples alike are drawn to one
another because of similarity of attitudes, interests, and
personality and, quite simply, because they enjoy one another's
company. This enjoyment, cou pled with the novelty that
characterizes new relationships, almost makes the continuation of
the relationship a foregone conclusion. As relationships progress,
however, their novelty fades, conflicts may arise between partners,
negative life events may occur, and the satisfaction that
previously characterized the relationships may diminish."
In this updated edition, the author analyses the problems that
conservation faces and seeks the new ideas and energy that it needs
for the future. Concepts such as biodiversity and sustainability,
and changes in our understanding, appreciation and concern for
nature and culture are tightly intertwined, as are those between
economics and the countryside. Adams explores these links and the
scientific, cultural and economic significance of conservation. He
argues that conservation must move beyond the boundaries of parks
and reserves to embrace the whole countryside, and that it must be
built into ordinary life, not isolated as a specialized product
kept only in reserved places.
This book provides essential reading to anyone interested in
projecting the future of either the forest products market and/or
the forest resource conditions. It is aimed at policy makers, model
builders, researchers and graduate students who are building or
using forest sector models, as well as at forest industry managers
and analysts. While focusing on a specific modeling system the US
Timber Assessment models the authors highlight the general elements
that might comprise a forest-sector market model of any country or
region. Approaches to policy analysis are also general and equally
applicable to both national and multi-national forest policy
development outside the US particularly in relation to on-going
efforts to formulate national programs of sustainable forestry.
Darius Adams and Richard Haynes are widely recognized as leading
experts in the forest sector modeling field.
Clinical Management of Sex Addiction's newest edition updates many
of the original chapters from 28 leaders in the field with new
findings and treatment methods in the field of sex addiction. With
a growing awareness of sex addiction as a problem, plus the advent
of cybersex compulsion, professional clinicians are being
confronted with sexual compulsion with little clinical or academic
preparation. This is the first book distilling the experience of
the leaders in this emerging field. It additionally provides new
chapters on emerging areas of interest, including partner
counseling, trauma and sexual addiction, and adolescent sex
addiction. With a focus on special populations, the book creates a
current and coherent reference for the therapist who faces quickly
escalating new constellations of addictive sexual behavior.
Readable, concise and filled with useful interventions, it is a key
text for professionals new to the field and a classic reference for
all clinicians who treat sex addiction.
Eskom is a South African company that has developed from a state
utility under apartheid into an efficient globally competitive
state-owned enterprise. In 2001, Eskom received the Power Company
of the Year title at the "Financial Times" Global Energy Awards
Ceremony in New York. This book draws on the growing body of
knowledge about corporate governance in state-owned enterprises. It
locates Eskom's experience in that context and argues that a
state-owned enterprise can be run as efficiently as any other. The
key to performance excellence lies in good governance and the
authors reveal how a public company can implement good governance
practices when government is the major shareholder.
Cyber-security is a matter of rapidly growing importance in
industry and government. This book provides insight into a range of
data science techniques for addressing these pressing concerns.The
application of statistical and broader data science techniques
provides an exciting growth area in the design of cyber defences.
Networks of connected devices, such as enterprise computer networks
or the wider so-called Internet of Things, are all vulnerable to
misuse and attack, and data science methods offer the promise to
detect such behaviours from the vast collections of cyber traffic
data sources that can be obtained. In many cases, this is achieved
through anomaly detection of unusual behaviour against understood
statistical models of normality.This volume presents contributed
papers from an international conference of the same name held at
Imperial College. Experts from the field have provided their latest
discoveries and review state of the art technologies.
As an under-studied area of academic research, the analysis of
computer network traffic data is still in its infancy. However, the
challenge of detecting and mitigating malicious or unauthorised
behaviour through the lens of such data is becoming an increasingly
prominent issue.This collection of papers by leading researchers
and practitioners synthesises cutting-edge work in the analysis of
dynamic networks and statistical aspects of cyber security. The
book is structured in such a way as to keep security application at
the forefront of discussions. It offers readers easy access into
the area of data analysis for complex cyber-security applications,
with a particular focus on temporal and network aspects.Chapters
can be read as standalone sections and provide rich reviews of the
latest research within the field of cyber-security. Academic
readers will benefit from state-of-the-art descriptions of new
methodologies and their extension to real practical problems while
industry professionals will appreciate access to more advanced
methodology than ever before.
There is increasing pressure to protect computer networks against
unauthorized intrusion, and some work in this area is concerned
with engineering systems that are robust to attack. However, no
system can be made invulnerable. Data Analysis for Network
Cyber-Security focuses on monitoring and analyzing network traffic
data, with the intention of preventing, or quickly identifying,
malicious activity. Such work involves the intersection of
statistics, data mining and computer science. Fundamentally,
network traffic is relational, embodying a link between devices. As
such, graph analysis approaches are a natural candidate. However,
such methods do not scale well to the demands of real problems, and
the critical aspect of the timing of communications events is not
accounted for in these approaches. This book gathers papers from
leading researchers to provide both background to the problems and
a description of cutting-edge methodology. The contributors are
from diverse institutions and areas of expertise and were brought
together at a workshop held at the University of Bristol in March
2013 to address the issues of network cyber security.The workshop
was supported by the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research.
Clinical Management of Sex Addiction's newest edition updates many
of the original chapters from 28 leaders in the field with new
findings and treatment methods in the field of sex addiction. With
a growing awareness of sex addiction as a problem, plus the advent
of cybersex compulsion, professional clinicians are being
confronted with sexual compulsion with little clinical or academic
preparation. This is the first book distilling the experience of
the leaders in this emerging field. It additionally provides new
chapters on emerging areas of interest, including partner
counseling, trauma and sexual addiction, and adolescent sex
addiction. With a focus on special populations, the book creates a
current and coherent reference for the therapist who faces quickly
escalating new constellations of addictive sexual behavior.
Readable, concise and filled with useful interventions, it is a key
text for professionals new to the field and a classic reference for
all clinicians who treat sex addiction.
Preparing for High Impact Change: Experiential Learning and
Practice provides an overview of change processes for teaching,
facilitating, and coping with change. Tested high-impact exercises
in the book will prepare change leaders at all organizational
levels to deal with the myriad of challenges inherent in the
process of organizational change. Effective organizational change
involves a combination of understanding, learning and unlearning,
and practiced behaviour as part of the underlying
conceptualization, formulation, and implementation processes. The
book presents a series of exercises that promote self-learning and
developing readiness for change, from preparing people for change,
understanding and managing resistance, and coping with
change-related obstacles to seeking buy-in for the change. Emphasis
throughout the book is placed on developing change-related
competencies. This book is a resource for understanding aspects of
change, from theory to practice, for consultants, educators,
students and practitioners such as corporate training and
development personnel.
Perinatal Epidemiology synthesizes perinatal knowledge through
the lens of public health practice. This comprehensive text uses a
consistent, logical format to offer readers: (1) A spectrum of
topics affecting maternal and infant health: reproductive health
concerns, maternal and infant morbidity and mortality, and
gestation and fetal growth. (2) Information on timely issues,
including infertility, gestational diabetes, preterm delivery,
postpartum depression, and SIDS. (3) Detailed discussions of
current epidemiological trends, measures and measurement issues,
data sources, and risk and protective factors for each condition
covered. (4) In-depth consideration of public health interventions
and their availability, strengths and limitations. (5) Emerging
areas of interest and directions for research. (6) Text boxes,
definitions of key terms, discussion questions, appendices, and
other helpful features.
Perinatal Epidemiology is a valuable, ready resource for public
health professionals in maternal and child care, reproduction and
fertility. Its accessibility and easy-use format make it an equally
strong textbook for courses in these fields as well as for advanced
medical and nursing students in OB/GYN and pediatrics.
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