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Introducing a major new resource for modern entrepreneurship
courses, Entrepreneurship unpacks the theory and practice of
enterprise for students, revealing its capabilities and
limitations, the processes and the skills, to provide the complete
introduction for today's courses. The text employs a flexible
3-part structure - starting with entrepreneurship as a process, the
entrepreneur as a person, and finally how entrepreneurs create
value - to acknowledge that entrepreneurship unfolds in a wide
range of diverse contexts. Reflecting the rapid growth of the
course and the accompanying pressures on lecturers and students,
the highly experienced author team deploy a comprehensive
pedagogical framework throughout every chapter accompanied by a
full set of online lecturer support materials, while a unique set
of integrative cases prepared by international academics help
consolidate key themes and learning objectives.
Now in its eighth edition, this book provides thorough coverage of
small business management and entrepreneurship, drawing on
contemporary theory and practice in equal measure. It includes
recent examples and current references drawn from a wide variety of
industrial, social and cultural contexts, such as the impact of
Coronavirus on small businesses, the effect of GDPR on market
research and the use of influencers in marketing. This textbook is
essential reading for small business management modules at all
levels in addition to entrepreneurship modules and any programme
requiring a focus on small businesses and enterprise.
Bringing together a series of new perspectives and reflections on
creative economies, this insightful Modern Guide expands and
challenges current knowledge in the field. Interdisciplinary in
scope, it features a broad range of contributions from both leading
and emerging scholars, which provide innovative, critical research
into a wide range of disciplines, including arts and cultural
management, cultural policy, cultural sociology, economics,
entrepreneurship, management and business studies, geography,
humanities, and media studies. Designed to push the boundaries of
understanding on the topic, this Modern Guide initially addresses
definitional and methodological challenges, before offering new
perspectives on the theory and practice of creative and cultural
entrepreneurship, and exploring the role of networks and the
importance of place and mobility. The book concludes by
re-imagining creative economies, raising issues of inequality and
justice, care and solidarity, and opportunities for value
recognition, while providing new visions of inclusivity, cultural
capability, and future development. A timely reflection on the
importance of creative economies, this Modern Guide will be a
critical read for students, scholars and policymakers working to
support and develop future inclusive and sustainable creative
economies.
Written by a leading authority, researcher and teacher in the field
and with content that reflects the latest research, this book is
cutting-edge and accessible - the perfect introduction for
students. Aimed at introductory sociolinguistics modules and
incorporating enticing illustrations and practical exercises and
supported by an interactive companion website with a wealth of
audio and video materials, this book reinforces and supports
learning as the reader progresses through key topics. Features the
author's own research, images, cartoons, and texts from around the
world that will engage the reader.
The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art radically
challenges our assumptions about what art is, what art does, who is
doing it, and why it matters. Rejecting the modernist and
market-driven misconception that art is only what artists do,
Wilson instead presents a realist case for living artfully. Art is
defined as the skilled practice of giving shareable form to our
experiences of being-in-relation with the real; that is to say, the
causally generative domain of the world that extends beyond our
direct observation, comprising relations, structures, mechanisms,
possibilities, powers, processes, systems, forces, values, ways of
being. In communicating such aesthetic experience we behold life's
betweenness - "the space that separates", so coming to know
ourselves as connected. Providing the first dedicated and
comprehensive account of art and aesthetics from a critical realist
perspective - Aesthetic Critical Realism (ACR), Wilson argues for a
profound paradigm shift in how we understand and care for culture
in terms of our system(s) of value recognition. Fortunately, we
have just the right tool to help us achieve this transformation -
and it's called art. Offering novel explanatory accounts of art,
aesthetic experience, value, play, culture, creativity, artistic
truth and beauty, this book will appeal to a wide audience of
students and scholars of art, aesthetics, human development,
philosophy and critical realism, as well as cultural practitioners
and policy-makers.
Written by a leading authority, researcher and teacher in the field
and with content that reflects the latest research, this book is
cutting-edge and accessible - the perfect introduction for
students. Aimed at introductory sociolinguistics modules and
incorporating enticing illustrations and practical exercises and
supported by an interactive companion website with a wealth of
audio and video materials, this book reinforces and supports
learning as the reader progresses through key topics. Features the
author's own research, images, cartoons, and texts from around the
world that will engage the reader.
The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art radically
challenges our assumptions about what art is, what art does, who is
doing it, and why it matters. Rejecting the modernist and
market-driven misconception that art is only what artists do,
Wilson instead presents a realist case for living artfully. Art is
defined as the skilled practice of giving shareable form to our
experiences of being-in-relation with the real; that is to say, the
causally generative domain of the world that extends beyond our
direct observation, comprising relations, structures, mechanisms,
possibilities, powers, processes, systems, forces, values, ways of
being. In communicating such aesthetic experience we behold life's
betweenness - "the space that separates", so coming to know
ourselves as connected. Providing the first dedicated and
comprehensive account of art and aesthetics from a critical realist
perspective - Aesthetic Critical Realism (ACR), Wilson argues for a
profound paradigm shift in how we understand and care for culture
in terms of our system(s) of value recognition. Fortunately, we
have just the right tool to help us achieve this transformation -
and it's called art. Offering novel explanatory accounts of art,
aesthetic experience, value, play, culture, creativity, artistic
truth and beauty, this book will appeal to a wide audience of
students and scholars of art, aesthetics, human development,
philosophy and critical realism, as well as cultural practitioners
and policy-makers.
This Handbook provides authoritative up-to-date scholarship and
debate concerning creativity at work, and offers a timely
opportunity to re-evaluate our understanding of creativity, work,
and the pivotal relationship between them. Far from being a new
arrival on the scene, the context of work has always been a place
shaped and sharpened by creativity, as well as a site that
determines, where, when, how, and for whom creativity emerges.
Structured in four parts - Working with Creativity (the present);
Putting Creativity to Work (in an organizational context); Working
in the Creative Industries (creative labour); and Making Creativity
Work (the future) - the Handbook is an inspirational learning
resource, helping us to work with creativity in innovative ways.
Providing a cutting edge, interdisciplinary, diverse, and critical
collection of academic and practitioner insights, this Handbook
ultimately conveys a message of hope: if we take better care of
creativity, our creativity will better care for us.
This Handbook provides authoritative up-to-date scholarship and
debate concerning creativity at work, and offers a timely
opportunity to re-evaluate our understanding of creativity, work,
and the pivotal relationship between them. Far from being a new
arrival on the scene, the context of work has always been a place
shaped and sharpened by creativity, as well as a site that
determines, where, when, how, and for whom creativity emerges.
Structured in four parts - Working with Creativity (the present);
Putting Creativity to Work (in an organizational context); Working
in the Creative Industries (creative labour); and Making Creativity
Work (the future) - the Handbook is an inspirational learning
resource, helping us to work with creativity in innovative ways.
Providing a cutting edge, interdisciplinary, diverse, and critical
collection of academic and practitioner insights, this Handbook
ultimately conveys a message of hope: if we take better care of
creativity, our creativity will better care for us.
Ruby is a trainee detective, her boyfriend Jools is a criminal
defence solicitor. They find themselves on opposite sides of a
murder confession when Freya Maskell walks into a police station
and, without saying who it was, says only that she's killed
someone. Tony Gibson has died from a blow to the head and his body
is pulled from the Thames. It emerges that Freya, a sex-worker
specialising in fantasy role play, had been with him the night
before her confession. The role he'd paid her to perform had
involved the use of force against him and she is charged with his
murder. But Ruby's procedural errors, which Jools describes in his
evidence to the court, cause the trial to collapse...and raise a
lot of questions about their relationship. Freya swears she didn't
kill Gibson, so who did? Whose murder was it she so nearly admitted
to? Ruby becomes obsessed with Freya and is taken over by a burning
desire to uncover the truth. But at what price?" "If she plays by
the rules she won't get her woman; but if she plays dirty will she
lose her man?"
The teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount serves as a
manifesto for Kingdom life, and the Beatitudes portray for us a
Kingdom culture that is contrary to that of the world. These
studies reveal to us an invasion of this world with a culture that
defines a heavenly kingdom. The Kingdom of God is not a simply a
far-off dream held by Christians. The Kingdom was established by
Jesus Christ, and the culture of the Kingdom invades the world
through the lives of God's people.
The teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount serves as a
manifesto for Kingdom life, and the Beatitudes portray for us a
Kingdom culture that is contrary to that of the world. These
studies reveal to us an invasion of this world with a culture that
defines a heavenly kingdom. The Kingdom of God is not a simply a
far-off dream held by Christians. The Kingdom was established by
Jesus Christ, and the culture of the Kingdom invades the world
through the lives of God's people.
In the late 1960s, a new movement emerged championing historically
informed 'authentic' approaches to performance. Heard today in
concert halls across the world and in a library's worth of
recordings, it has completely transformed the way in which we
listen to 'old' music, while revolutionizing the classical music
profession in the process. Yet the rise of Early Music has been
anything but uncontroversial. Historically informed performance
(HIP) has provoked heated debate amongst musicologists, performers
and cultural sociologists. Did HIP's scholar-performers possess the
skills necessary to achieve their uncompromising agenda? Was
interest in historically informed performance just another facet of
the burgeoning heritage industry? And was the widespread promotion
of early music simply a commercial ruse to make money put forward
by profit-driven record companies?
In The Art of Re-enchantment: Making Early Music in the Modern Age,
author Nick Wilson answers these and other questions through an
in-depth analysis of the early music movement in Britain from the
1960s to the present day. While other books have examined the
history of early music's revival, this interdisciplinary study is
unique in its focus on how various constituencies actually made
their living from the early music business. Through chapters
discussing the professionalization of early music, the influence of
institutions such as the BBC and record companies, and the
entrepreneurial role of leading early music pioneers, this book
will shed new light on one of the most fascinating and influential
movements in 20th Century art music.
The Art of Re-enchantment begins a much-needed conversation about
the true value of art and authenticity today. This volume is a must
have for early music fans and performers, music historians and
musicologists with an interest in performance practice, and anyone
interested in the production, distribution and consumption of
music.
This hands-on book introduces students to the demands of university
study in a clear and accessible way and helps them to understand
what is expected of them. It helps students to develop the core
skills they need to succeed at university, and gives guidance on
the key forms of academic writing, including essays, reports,
reflective assignments and exam papers. It shows students how to
recognise opinions, positions and bias in academic texts from a
range of genres, develop their own 'voice' and refer to others'
ideas in an appropriate way. It also features authentic examples of
academic texts and engaging activities throughout to aid
understanding. Packed with practical guidance and self-study
activities, this book will be an essential resource for all
students new to university-level study. Accompanying online
resources for this title can be found at
bloomsburyonlineresources.com/academic-success. These resources are
designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook
and are available at no extra cost.
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