This book explores recent trends in human resource management practices and presents options for their application within the special context of libraries, especially academic and research libraries. It lays out a set of the most pressing HR management issues facing senior library leaders in the context of continuous organisational change in the 21st century and offers library practitioners effective tips for people management.
A practical how-to book that provides realistic and proven solutions to real-world challengesProvides examples from organizations to highlight concepts and their applicationsSummary of key points at the end of each chapter, as well as specific tips in three areas: A - Attention (things to pay attention to); R - Results (initiatives that help to achieve desired results) and T - Techniques (ways to apply the concepts presented."

Maximize your skills and understanding with EXPERIMENTS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY: INQUIRY AND SKILL BUILDING, Third Edition. The manual's 31 experiments include Skill Building, Guided Inquiry, and Open Inquiry experiments to provide maximum lab experience in the minimum amount of lab time. Each experiment includes prelab questions to help you prepare for the lab ahead of time and post-lab questions that lead you from data analysis to concept development to reinforce the core concepts of the lab.

He's an attractive, egotistical, womanizing baseball player. She's a caring, friendly, Christian woman. He has secrets. She has secrets. Both have accepted the fact that they will never marry. Welcome to "Matters of the Heart" the much-awaited sequel of "The Dance". This story follows Luke Martin and Julie Dixon, who are reunited a decade after a rocky coexistence in high school. What follows is a casual three-year pursuit of Julie by Luke. Luke, who never met a woman he couldn't have, takes an immediate shine to Julie who believes she is simply the object of a game that he is playing. It isn't until they are forced together by unusual circumstances that Luke begins rethinking his life and begins a serious pursuit of Julie. He must prove to her that he is a changing man and that his feelings for her are genuine. Julie, however, has many hurts from her past that she must address, in addition to a secret she thinks will devastate Luke, before she can allow him to be anything more than a friend.

"The Dance" is the much-anticipated sequel to "Allegiance." It follows a very shy, quiet, and introverted Caleb Martin whose life is forever changed the day he meets the very warm, friendly, and outgoing Tiffany Curtis. At first Caleb is not sure what to think of her, but with time and patience Tiffany not only wins Caleb's trust, but also his heart. The couple eventually wed and life is perfect as one by one their dreams come true. Just as the greatest of their dreams become a reality the unthinkable happens. Weeks later, Caleb is reeling from the loss of his wife and is left to raise his newborn son, Simon, alone. Angry and broken from his loss, Caleb is bound and determined to avoid his grief and to place all of his energies into raising his son. However, he learns, through Simon, how very lost and bitter he is and realizes the only way to heal is to deal with his greatest loss. Soon, Caleb is on the road to recovery though the process is slow and painful. Will Caleb meet someone new to help heal his wounded heart? Or will he forever remain devoted to the memory of his late wife?