Understanding the skills development act contains an accessible, non-legalistic commentary on the skills development act, which promotes the advancement of the skills of the South African workforce. The act is systematically covered with FAQs and key point summaries to aid understanding. The 2nd edition includes: Explanations of the major re-alignments of the legislation including extensions to the SETA landscape and National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) III; Analysis of the current SETA regulations on mandatory and discretionary grants; The structures created by the National Qualifications Framework Act: SAQA, quality council for trade & occupations and National artisan moderation body; An explanation of the National Skills Authority role and potential developments to the SETA landscape and NSDS post March 2018.

Building Your Career in Psychology is a new practical, aspirational, and experiential book designed to help readers make informed decisions about their college, career, and life success. The primary theme in this book is that psychological knowledge makes a difference in people's lives. Building on this theme, this book provides an empowered process for making the most of college and other career preparation experience, helping the reader to set the stage for academic, career, and life success. This book emphasizes academic skills, unwritten rules, career planning, and developing relationships - both professional and personal. Moreover, this book includes evidence-based career development content and exercises, as well as other resources to assist readers in discovering their own path to a meaningful career and life. Highlights of this book include: Discussion of career options at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels Forms, handouts, and exercises (both basic and advanced) to facilitate deeper processing and application of content References and resources for further information Website with additional information, including instructor resources Recognition and respect for the diversity of people, their experiences, and paths Featuring the best practices in facilitating career decision-making and planning, this book is a must read for undergraduate and graduate students in psychology courses as well as anyone interested in a career in psychology.

Building Your Career in Psychology is a new practical, aspirational, and experiential book designed to help readers make informed decisions about their college, career, and life success. The primary theme in this book is that psychological knowledge makes a difference in people's lives. Building on this theme, this book provides an empowered process for making the most of college and other career preparation experience, helping the reader to set the stage for academic, career, and life success. This book emphasizes academic skills, unwritten rules, career planning, and developing relationships - both professional and personal. Moreover, this book includes evidence-based career development content and exercises, as well as other resources to assist readers in discovering their own path to a meaningful career and life. Highlights of this book include: Discussion of career options at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels Forms, handouts, and exercises (both basic and advanced) to facilitate deeper processing and application of content References and resources for further information Website with additional information, including instructor resources Recognition and respect for the diversity of people, their experiences, and paths Featuring the best practices in facilitating career decision-making and planning, this book is a must read for undergraduate and graduate students in psychology courses as well as anyone interested in a career in psychology.

This book is the outgrowth of shared interests between the editors and the contributing authors to provide a multidisciplinary perspective in evaluating universal service policy and recommending policy changes to accommodate a more competitive telecommunications environment. The book is interdisciplinary in nature to reflect the extremely complex context in which universal service policy is formed. The chapter authors represent a broad cross-section of disciplinary training, professional positions, and relationships in the telecommunications industry. Academic disciplines represented include law, economics, anthropology, communication, and business.
This book's purpose is to significantly enhance the development of effective telecommunications universal service policy among policymakers, industry members, and stakeholders in the United States. Universal service policy has been, and will continue to be, both enabled and constrained by the simultaneous interaction of social, political, technological, and economic forces in the environment in which it is formed. A more effective process for policy design is to seek agreement on how entitlements embedded in universal service policy should be modified as circumstances invariably change over time. Therefore, the volume reflects recent significant developments in U.S. universal service policy--the implementation of which continues to unfold.

This book is the outgrowth of shared interests between the editors and the contributing authors to provide a multidisciplinary perspective in evaluating universal service policy and recommending policy changes to accommodate a more competitive telecommunications environment. The book is interdisciplinary in nature to reflect the extremely complex context in which universal service policy is formed. The chapter authors represent a broad cross-section of disciplinary training, professional positions, and relationships in the telecommunications industry. Academic disciplines represented include law, economics, anthropology, communication, and business.
This book's purpose is to significantly enhance the development of effective telecommunications universal service policy among policymakers, industry members, and stakeholders in the United States. Universal service policy has been, and will continue to be, both enabled and constrained by the simultaneous interaction of social, political, technological, and economic forces in the environment in which it is formed. A more effective process for policy design is to seek agreement on how entitlements embedded in universal service policy should be modified as circumstances invariably change over time. Therefore, the volume reflects recent significant developments in U.S. universal service policy--the implementation of which continues to unfold.

This collection of essays represents some of the best critical thinking on Pope in recent years. Professor Hammond examines the main issues in the debate, in particular why Pope's writing has been so resistant to modern methodologies, such as deconstruction. The essays focus on particular poems or themes and exemplify different theoretical perspectives, both traditional and modern. The editor's notes clarify the differences that exist, and what those differences can teach the student about theory in practice.

This collection of essays represents some of the best critical thinking on Pope in recent years. Professor Hammond examines the main issues in the debate, in particular why Pope's writing has been so resistant to modern methodologies, such as deconstruction.
The essays focus on particular poems or themes and exemplify different theoretical perspectives, both traditional and modern. The editor's notes clarify the differences that exist, and what those differences can teach the student about theory in practice.

Professor Hammond's succinct yet wide-ranging account of the 'Golden Age' of satire, 1660-1750, critically explores its dominant literay forms and examines the work of its outstanding practitioners.

Where should I live? Is it time to get a new job? Which job candidate should I hire? What business strategy should I pursue? We spend the majority of our lives making decisions, both big and small. Yet, even though our success is largely determined by the choices that we make, very few of us are equipped with useful decision-making skills. Because of this, we often approach our choices tentatively, or even fearfully, and avoid giving them the time and thought required to put our best foot forward. In Smart Choices, John Hammond, Ralph Keeney, and Howard Raiffa--experts with over 100 years of experience resolving complex decision problems--offer a proven, straightforward, and flexible roadmap for making better and more impactful decisions, and offer the tools to achieve your goals in every aspect of your life. Their step-by-step, divide-and conquer approach will teach you how to: * Evaluate your plans * Break your potential decision into its key elements * Identify the key drivers that are most relevant to your goals * Apply systematic thinking * Use the right information to make the smartest choice Smart Choices doesn't tell you what to decide; it tells you how. As you routinely use the process, you'll become more confident in your ability to make decisions at work and at home. And, more importantly, by applying its time-tested methods, you'll make better decisions going forward. Be proactive. Don't wait until a decision is forced on you--or made for you. Seek out decisions that advance your long-term goals, values, and beliefs. Take charge of your life by making Smart Choices a lifetime habit.

Professional Imaginative Writing in England, 1670-1740 sets out to provide an overview of the social, political, economic, and institutional context within which imaginative writing developed during the late 17th and 18th century. It was in this period that such writing became a widely-consumed commodity, as literacy improved, women entered the literary workplace in considerable numbers, newspapers and periodicals emerged as distinct forms, and the novel became a recognized literary form.

In his book, Bill talks of how M.S. has affected his life not only from a personal perspective, but tries to encourage readers by telling a story of his life that he hopes will capture the interest of everyone. Bill provides advice to those that have been diagnosed with M.S. by including not only eating recommendations, and numerous things that help with bodily functions and mobility, but also hopes to give people with M.S., and possibly people with other diseases as well, the motivation that will make their life more fulfilling. Bill began to think about his life recently with his diagnosis in mind, and truly wants to share his opinions, memories, and personal feelings with everyone.

For two years Gabby the cat s sole aim in life is to hunt down Speedy, a young mouse, but one New Year s Eve, everything changes. As Gabby is about to murder Speedy and his helpless parents, he is overcome by a revelatory feeling and, instead, he changes his wicked ways and takes the mouse family into his home. Soon Gabby and Speedy must travel far from their unenlightened homeland to the Azure Land, a world where the anthropomorphic animals work and live together in harmony. There they meet a human, Tim, who has the gift of animal languages, who appeared in the land as a baby under mysterious circumstances. But things are beginning to change: Tim discovers there are other humans in the world. Plagued by relentless dreams, he must set sail on a great ocean to discover his origins and his destiny. This is the tale of Tim, Gabby, Speedy and five others the Creator s chosen eight charges of Lead Angel Light. Not only destined to orchestrate the resurrection of the most ancient earthly kingdom but also to find and restore God s Symbols of Covenant to their rightful places, thereby healing their fractured lands. They risk untold life-threatening sufferings in unknown places where evil dwells, in this epic tale of heroism and familial and eternal love.

"Me and the Ms.: What an Affair " is an inspiring memoir of the author's introduction to M.S. The tone of the book is anything but self-pity. Rather, it is an honest insight into how the author discovered he had Multiple Sclerosis in 1996 and how he has resolved to cope with this condition ever since. The author uses an interesting way of telling his story. A story not only of his life, but one of how having M.S. has encouraged him to discuss past experiences and occurrences that he feels, might possibly have something to do with his getting the illness. At age 43, the author is still winning the battle. In addition to his personal story, he has included a very detailed diary of his medication and how his condition has become more bearable over the years since diagnosis, which alone represents a significant contribution to coping with the progress of this disease. A graphical display of charts has also been included to enhance the diary entries. Photos from the authors past, before and after photos of the playground and a diagram of what it consisted of many years ago are located at the end of the book for the reader's review.

Poems deal with the themes of death, marriage, families, and contemporary life.