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Externalizing Migration Management Europe North America and the spread of 'remote control' practices

Externalizing Migration Management Europe North America and the spread of 'remote control' practices

The extension of border controls beyond a country’s territory to regulate the flows of migrants before they arrive has become a popular and highly controversial policy practice. Today remote control policies are more visible complex and widespread than ever before raising various ethical political and legal issues for the governments promoting them. The book examines the externalization of migration control from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective focusing on ‘remote control’ initiatives in Europe and North America with contributions from the fields of politics sociology law geography anthropology and history. This book uses empirically rich analyses and compelling theoretical insights to trace the evolution of ‘remote control’ initiatives and assesses their impact and policy implications. It also explores competing theoretical models that might explain their emergence and diffusion. Individual chapters tackle some of the most puzzling questions underlying remote control policies such as the reasons why governments adopt these policies and what might be their impact on migrants and other actors involved. | Externalizing Migration Management Europe North America and the spread of 'remote control' practices

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The Astrophotography Manual A Practical and Scientific Approach to Deep Sky Imaging

The Astrophotography Manual A Practical and Scientific Approach to Deep Sky Imaging

The Astrophotography Manual Second Edition is for photographers ready to move beyond standard SLR cameras and editing software to create beautiful images of nebulas galaxies clusters and the stars. Beginning with a brief astronomy primer this book takes readers through the full astrophotography process from choosing and using equipment to image capture calibration and processing. This combination of technical background and hands-on approach brings the science down to earth with practical methods to ensure success. This second edition now includes: Over 170 pages of new content within 22 new chapters with 600 full-color illustrations. Covers a wide range of hardware including mobile devices remote control and new technologies. Further insights into leading software including automation Sequence Generator Pro and PixInsight Ground-breaking practical chapters on hardware and software as well as alternative astrophotography pursuits | The Astrophotography Manual A Practical and Scientific Approach to Deep Sky Imaging

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Tropical Wetlands - Innovation in Mapping and Management Proceedings of the International Workshop on Tropical Wetlands: Innovation in Mappi

Tropical Wetlands - Innovation in Mapping and Management Proceedings of the International Workshop on Tropical Wetlands: Innovation in Mappi

This book contains papers presented at the International Workshop on Tropical Wetlands held in Banjarmasin Indonesia. This workshop discussed wetland mapping and characterization as well as wetland management for sustainable agriculture. This volume contains selected papers on tropical wetlands more specifically peatland tidal land and acid sulphate soils. This book presents an international overview of wetland and peatland mapping experiences from Indonesia Congo Brazil Australia and Scotland. Several innovative techniques are discussed including integrated digital soil mapping and remote sensing techniques as well as geodatabase processing and field surveying. This book further discussed tropical wetland management for agriculture as practiced in Indonesia Vietnam and Thailand. The contents of this book are suitable and should be a good reference for those who are involved in research development and management of tropical wetland including academics soil scientists environmentalists researchers agriculturists students agri-businessmen policy makers land managers and farmers. | Tropical Wetlands - Innovation in Mapping and Management Proceedings of the International Workshop on Tropical Wetlands: Innovation in Mappi

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Indigenous Peoples and the Geographies of Power Mezcala’s Narratives of Neoliberal Governance

Indigenous Peoples and the Geographies of Power Mezcala’s Narratives of Neoliberal Governance

Tracing key trends of the global-regional-local interface of power Inés Durán Matute through the case of the indigenous community of Mezcala (Mexico) demonstrates how global political economic processes shape the lives spaces projects and identities of the most remote communities. Throughout the book in-depth interviews participant observations and text collection offer the reader insight into the functioning of neoliberal governance how it is sustained in networks of power and rhetorics deployed and how it is experienced. People as passively and actively participate in its courses of action are being enmeshed in these geographies of power seeking out survival strategies but also constructing autonomous projects that challenge such forms of governance. This book by bringing together the experience of a geopolitical locality and the literature from the Latin American Global South into the discussions within the Global Northern academia offers an original and timely transdisciplinary approach that challenges the interpretations of power and development while also prioritizing and respecting the local production of knowledge. | Indigenous Peoples and the Geographies of Power Mezcala’s Narratives of Neoliberal Governance

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Anthropology Islands and the Search for Meaning in the Anthropocene

Anthropology Islands and the Search for Meaning in the Anthropocene

Part ethnography part memoir and part critical reflection on the Anthropocene this book examines the ways that islands form and inform human experiences of the everyday and the extraordinary. Utilizing carefully considered anthropological perspectives drawn from over a decade of anthropological fieldwork the author employs islands as a complex set of lenses to examine the ways that we are intimately connected separated and divided from ourselves one another and the planet. Moving across time place and disciplinary boundaries this book traces a narrative route from the remote islands of Micronesia to the subarctic expanses of northern Iceland all in service of gaining a deeper understanding of the cultural resonance of islands. This book offers the reader a type of ideological travel guide one that exchanges restaurant reviews and hotel recommendations for pathways of reflection and new modes of seeing and being in the world. It will be of interest to scholars in the social sciences and humanities and readers from human geography cultural studies sociology philosophy and American studies. | Anthropology Islands and the Search for Meaning in the Anthropocene

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World Prehistory A Brief Introduction

World Prehistory A Brief Introduction

This is an introduction to human prehistory written for complete beginners with a global perspective. It is written in a jargon-free style that covers 6 million years of the remote past from human origins to the first pre-industrial civilizations balancing theoretical discussion with descriptions and analysis of major sites and cultural developments. World Prehistory provides a unique and balanced narrative of what happened in the prehistoric past and why. The book is well worth acquiring as it provides essential historical background to a wide variety of subjects from written history and environmental studies to climate change. Chronological tables numerous illustrations guides to further reading and stand-alone boxes on some archaeological methods key sites and some people of the past amplify much of the basic narrative. This global prehistory is aimed at people with no background in archaeology undergraduates at all levels and participants in graduate seminars on a wide range of subjects. Numerous people with a general interest in archaeology and multidisciplinary history have acquired and enjoyed this book. | World Prehistory A Brief Introduction

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The Global Human Resource Management Casebook

The Global Human Resource Management Casebook

The third edition of The Global Human Resource Management Casebook provides a wide range of international teaching cases exploring contemporary human resource management (HRM) challenges. Each case focuses primarily on one country and illustrates a critical HRM issue confronting managers and HRM practitioners. This real-world application provides students of HRM with a unique opportunity to examine how key HRM theories and ideas translate into practice. The case studies emphasize the national and cultural contexts of HRM providing readers with a global understanding of HRM practices like recruitment reward systems diversity and inclusion as well as recent developments including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic remote working sustainability and digital transformation. In this edition the editors and authors have made significant updates to reflect recent developments in the field and cover a broader range of countries. The authors also delve into new industries including consulting energy healthcare IT and education. With 31 international cases followed by further reading and learning resources this extensive collection is an invaluable resource for any student seeking to explore contemporary HRM on a global basis.

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Archaeology A Brief Introduction

Archaeology A Brief Introduction

Archaeology is a jargon-free and accessible introduction to the field which details how archaeologists study the human past in all its fascinating diversity. Now in its thirteenth edition this classic textbook has been updated to include the latest research and new findings in the field. Reflecting the global scope of the discipline the book has a truly international coverage of important discoveries and sites from many corners of the globe. Individual chapters examine archaeology and its history considering the role of the archaeologist and how they discover investigate and classify sites and artifacts. This journey through archaeology also includes a discussion of important individuals and groups and some of the ways in which archaeologists attempt to explain major social and cultural changes in the remote past. Archaeology ends with an outline of the complex world of cultural resource management and gives invaluable advice on how to become an archaeologist. Richly illustrated throughout this popular and engaging textbook on archaeological methods has introduced generations of students to the captivating world of archaeology. | Archaeology A Brief Introduction

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Way Beyond Monochrome 2e Advanced Techniques for Traditional Black & White Photography including digital negatives and hybrid printing

Way Beyond Monochrome 2e Advanced Techniques for Traditional Black & White Photography including digital negatives and hybrid printing

Photo Techniques Magazine stated: All our readers need to know about this very useful book. Indeed there is no other compendium that is as in-depth as this for the beauty and magic of fine-art black-and-white photography. With 560 pages and over 1 000 illustrations Way Beyond Monochrome starts with conceptual lessons of composition and takes you through image capture exposure controlling tonality variable-contrast paper archival printing mounting framing and presentation with simple concepts to an advanced level. This new edition has been completely revised and heavily expanded adding over 250 pages to the original edition with new chapters on print mounting spotting framing digital negatives utilizing digital technologies for alternative processes and fabulous do-it-yourself projects. Overall the authors have created a thoroughly researched technologically sound yet aesthetically pleasing inspirational bible for monochrome photography. New to this edition: almost double the content a new section discussing the path from visualization to print illustrating the interaction between eye and brain explaining the rules of composition and when to break them to produce photographs with impact a new section on presentation including hands-on mounting matting spotting and framing image capture has a more in-depth focus now covering pinhole photography and digital capture now includes making and printing with digital negatives a new section discussing the pros and cons of typical image-taking and image-making equipment plus new do-it-yourself projects including many darkroom tools and an electronic shutter tester a useful collection of templates to copy cut-out and take with you in your camera bag or use in the darkroom an appendix with all the recipes to make your own darkroom chemicals from scratch all illustrations improved and updated improved index with 1 400 references | Way Beyond Monochrome 2e Advanced Techniques for Traditional Black & White Photography including digital negatives and hybrid printing

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Managing Public Relations Business Principles and Tools for Strategic Communication 2e

Managing Public Relations Business Principles and Tools for Strategic Communication 2e

The second edition of Managing Public Relations introduces students to the key concepts and practices involved in the day-to-day running of a PR operation whether it is a company department an independent agency or any organized group focused on PR. The book’s unique approach places the PR function within the broader context of an organization equipping students with the essential business knowledge perspective and skills needed when starting out in their careers. This second edition has been fully updated throughout and includes: Current examples and testimonials from across the globe as well as updated Executive Viewpoints Expanded content on strategic planning budgeting and financial statements Detailed commentary on topics relevant to the modern workplace including remote management Consideration of diversity inclusion equity and access within PR Additional content on the use of analytics and measuring return on investment (ROI) Updated online material including an Instructor’s Manual that incorporates problem-based questions example assignments and activities A highly practical and comprehensive guide this textbook should be essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying public relations management strategic communications and marketing management. | Managing Public Relations Business Principles and Tools for Strategic Communication 2e

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Business Process Management Practical Guidelines to Successful Implementations

Business Process Management Practical Guidelines to Successful Implementations

Business Process Management has helped thousands of leaders and BPM practitioners successfully implement BPM projects enabling them to add impactful and measurable value to their organizations. The book covers all major frameworks including LEAN and Six Sigma and offers a unique emphasis on BPM’s interrelationship with organizational management culture and leadership. Its common-sense approach teaches how BPM must be well-integrated across an entire business if it is to be successful augmented and aligned with other management disciplines. This thoroughly revised and updated fifth edition includes: Discussion of the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on business operations business transformation remote working and new processes. New and revised content on sustainable processes in BPM. Expanded material on process automation and new technologies including AI. New and revised international case studies and practical examples. A streamlined layout as well as new questions and thought-provoking comments to promote discussion and thinking. Business Process Management is an accessible core text for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Business Process Management Operations Production and Strategic Management as well as an indispensable guide to any senior business executive or chief financial officer. The work is complemented by online resources to support instructors and learning including PowerPoint slides for each chapter. | Business Process Management Practical Guidelines to Successful Implementations

GBP 52.99
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The Arctic Council Governance within the Far North

The Arctic Council Governance within the Far North

This book helps us to think carefully about how this area of the world should be best handled in the future by offering a concise and accessible introduction to the Arctic Council. Over the past two decades the Arctic has evolved from being a remote region in international affairs to becoming an increasingly central concern of the global community. The issues of climate change access to new energy resources the development of new global trade routes the protection of the natural environment and the preservation of indigenous cultures and languages have all come to be focused within this formerly neglected region. Now in its nineteenth year of operation the Arctic Council an innovative international organization is going through a period of new growth and challenges. This work identifies the major trends and directions of current Arctic diplomacy and the manner in which national regional and international leaders and organizations can all make useful contributions in dealing with the complex agenda of environmental economic and political challenges faced by this increasingly significant area of the globe. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international organizations international relations and the environment. | The Arctic Council Governance within the Far North

GBP 44.99
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Managing Organizations in the Creative Economy Organizational Behaviour for the Cultural Sector

Managing Organizations in the Creative Economy Organizational Behaviour for the Cultural Sector

The creative and cultural industries represent a growing and important sector in the global economy. Thriving in these industries is particularly tough and organizations face unique challenges in the digital age. This textbook provides a vivid initiation into the creative industries workplace. Managing Organizations in the Creative Economy is the first textbook of its kind introducing organizational behaviour theories and applying them to the creative world. The text is underpinned by the latest research and theoretical insights into creative industries management and organizational behaviour covering key topics such as structure culture and the management of change and creativity as well as contemporary issues such as diversity sustainability managing stress wellbeing and self-care and remote working. The authors bring theory to life through practical examples and cases provided by industry experts supported by specially created companion videos featuring managerial responses to the cases. This second edition textbook provides readers with an updated applied theoretical understanding of organizational behaviour that will be of particular benefit to those looking to work in the creative and cultural industries. Students on courses such as arts business arts management and music business and even students within the broader study of the entertainment and creative industries will find this to be a vital read. | Managing Organizations in the Creative Economy Organizational Behaviour for the Cultural Sector

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Public Personnel Management Current Concerns Future Challenges

Public Personnel Management Current Concerns Future Challenges

Public Personnel Management has served as an essential concise reader for public personnel and human resource management courses in the fields of public administration political science and public policy over the last 25 years. Since the first edition published in 1991 the book has offered professors and students alike an in-depth look at cutting-edge developments beyond standard textbook coverage to provide a broad understanding of the key management and policy issues facing public and nonprofit HRM today. Original chapters are written expressly for the text by leading public administration scholars each focusing on specific and often controversial concerns for public personnel management such as pensions gender and sexuality healthcare unions and a multi-generational workforce. Now in an extensively revised sixth edition Public Personnel Management presents new original chapters to examine developments of interest to researchers and practitioners alike including: remote working cybersecurity public service motivation the abandonment of traditional civil service at the state and local levels the Affordable Care Act and its implications for practice pension systems and labor relations affirmative action social equity legislation surrounding LGBT rights and – as the field of public personnel management becomes more internationalized – a chapter addressing public personnel management across Europe. This careful and thoughtful overhaul will ensure that Public Personnel Management remains a field-defining book for the next 25 years. | Public Personnel Management Current Concerns Future Challenges

GBP 69.99
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Television Production

Television Production

Gain the skills you need to succeed in the television industry and master the production process from shooting and producing to editing and distribution. This new and updated 17th edition of Television Production offers a thorough and practical guide to professional TV production techniques. Learn how to anticipate and quickly overcome commonly encountered problems in television production as author Jim Owens details each role and process including the secrets of top-grade camerawork persuasive lighting techniques and effective sound treatment as well as the subtle processes of scenic design directing and the art of video editing. Updated throughout containing a range of new figures and diagrams the 17th edition of this classic text includes: A discussion of the changing definition of television and how new technology alters viewing habits; Interviews with professionals in the industry about the challenges they face during the production process and the advice they would give to those trying to break into the production and television industries; A review of production practices and techniques for VR; A description of the latest cameras and equipment including LED lighting and remote production; Guidance and techniques for low-budget DIY-style productions; A comprehensive resource page for instructors containing slides and testing materials to aid in the learning process can be found at www. routledge. com/cw/owens.

GBP 66.99
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The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins

The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins

Hedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services and their value is increasingly recognised by ecologists. This book reviews and assesses the current state of research on hedgerows and associated field margins. With the intensification of agriculture in the second half of the last century field sizes were increased by amalgamation and the rooting out of hedges synthetic pesticide and inorganic fertiliser use increased and traditional methods of hedge management were largely abandoned. The book is split into two main sections. The first deals with definitions current and historic management the impact of pesticides the decline in hedge stock and condition and new approaches to hedge evaluation using remote sensing techniques. The second section explores the pollination and biological pest control benefits provided by hedges and field margins and examines the ecology of some of the major groups that are found in hedgerows and field margins: butterflies and moths carabid beetles mammals and birds. A case study on birds and invertebrates from a research farm managed as a commercial enterprise but which attempts to farm with wildlife in mind brings these themes together. A final chapter introduces the neglected area of hedges in the urban environment. The book will be of great interest to advanced students researchers and professionals in ecology agriculture wildlife conservation natural history landscape environmental and land management. | The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins

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Adaptive Leadership in a Global Economy Perspectives for Application and Scholarship

Adaptive Leadership in a Global Economy Perspectives for Application and Scholarship

With the entire world experiencing the global pandemic and its aftermath VUCA (Volatile Uncertain Complex and Ambiguous) conditions have never been more extreme and the need for adaptive leadership never more urgent. But how is adaptive leadership applied outside Western cultures? How can it be taught through leadership development programs? Which tools enhance its practice and its teaching? How does adaptive leadership relate to other key theories and practices? This volume answers these questions and more as it illustrates how adaptive leadership practices address some of the world’s most pressing challenges-political and cultural division remote work crisis management-across a variety of sectors. Adaptive leadership has been explained as a key leadership approach for dealing with adaptive as distinguished from technical or predictable problems especially prevalent in complex environments. However adaptive leadership scholarship has suffered from a lack of conceptual clarity and casual application of its core concepts. It remains solidly Western in its prescriptions. This book will expand readers’ understanding of adaptive leadership and its potential to solve local and global adaptive challenges and will explore its relevance and application to cultures outside the United States. Aiming to increase conceptual clarity about adaptive leadership to enhance future scholarship and application and illustrate novel approaches and perspectives this book will be of interest to researchers academics practitioners and students in the fields of leadership strategy and organizational studies. | Adaptive Leadership in a Global Economy Perspectives for Application and Scholarship

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Management Consulting Projects A Step-by-Step Experiential Guide

Management Consulting Projects A Step-by-Step Experiential Guide

This textbook provides students with an easy to use proven roadmap for completing a successful consulting project from start to finish. Primarily designed for students who work as outside consultants on solving client problems and investigating potential opportunities the textbook’s structure first explains the consulting process to students and then depicts it in a chronological flow using real-life examples to demonstrate practical application. Each section builds upon the previous one focusing on the development of critical thinking problem solving and communication skills for employability. Now in its sixth edition this text has been fully revised to bring it up to date with the current business context and global environment including: A major expansion of the tools and resources needed for students to conduct research on a client’s situation. A new final chapter that ties the overarching consulting process together and focuses on how the student should use this experience for their own professional development. New examples of award-winning projects to provide practical guidance. Fresh material on the use of new technologies in the consulting process ethics and data management and remote working. This well-renowned model promotes a conceptual understanding of the consulting process and the interactions between and among students the team the client and the instructor. Management Consulting Projects should be essential reading for experiential Business Consulting modules Small Business Management and Strategic Management at postgraduate and MBA level. | Management Consulting Projects A Step-by-Step Experiential Guide

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Public Personnel Management Current Concerns Future Challenges

Public Personnel Management Current Concerns Future Challenges

Public Personnel Management has served as an essential concise reader for public personnel and human resource management courses in the fields of public administration political science and public policy for more than 30 years. Since the first edition published in 1991 the book has provided professors and students alike with an in-depth look at cutting-edge developments beyond standard textbook coverage to cultivate a broad understanding of the key management and policy issues facing public and nonprofit HRM today. Original chapters are written expressly for the text by leading public administration scholars each focusing on specific and sometimes controversial concerns for public personnel management such as social equity labor relations public employee rights and the operation of nonprofits. Now in an extensively revised seventh edition Public Personnel Management presents new original chapters to examine developments of interest to researchers and practitioners alike including: new ways of working (NWW) remote work the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on public service workforces work-life balance patterns of discrimination and employees’ perceptions of fairness affirmative action generational differences in the workforce and – as the field of public personnel management becomes more internationalized – chapters addressing human resource management across Europe and a chapter on NWW practices in Switzerland. These together with other chapters ensure that Public Personnel Management will remain a field-defining book for the next 30 years. | Public Personnel Management Current Concerns Future Challenges

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Leadership in Public and Nonprofit Organizations An Introduction

Leadership in Public and Nonprofit Organizations An Introduction

Leadership in Public and Nonprofit Organizations Fourth Edition provides a compact but complete analysis of leadership for students and practitioners who work in public and nonprofit organizations. Offering a comprehensive review of leadership theories in the field from the classic to the cutting-edge and how they relate specifically to the public sector and nonprofit contexts this textbook covers the major competency clusters in detail supported by research findings as well as practical guidelines for improvement. These competencies are portrayed in a leadership action cycle that aids readers in visually connecting theory and practice. This thoroughly revised new edition also offers: Questions for discussion and analysis hypothetical scenarios for each chapter as well as an easily reproducible leadership assessment instrument students may use to apply the theories they’ve learned Expanded coverage of nonprofit leadership integrated throughout the chapters including in-depth discussions about managing volunteers fundraising ethics the nonprofit board advocacy diversity and philanthropy emotional labor and mission-based leadership An all-new chapter section on virtual leadership approaches designed to help current and future managers cope with the unique opportunities and challenges presented by remote work. Leadership in Public and Nonprofit Organizations is an essential core text designed specifically with upper-level and graduate public administration and nonprofit management courses on leadership in mind but it has also proven an indispensable guidebook for professionals seeking insight into the role of successful leadership behavior in the public and nonprofit sectors. It can further be used as supplementary reading in introductory courses examining management competencies in leadership classes to provide practical self-help and improvement models and in organizational theory classes that wish to balance organizational perspectives with individual development. | Leadership in Public and Nonprofit Organizations An Introduction

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Anti-burnout How to Create a Psychologically Safe and High-performance Organisation

Anti-burnout How to Create a Psychologically Safe and High-performance Organisation

Burnout results in people feeling exhausted cynical detached and hopeless – even depressed and anxious. This book looks at burnout from an individual group and organisational perspective. It uses anecdotes from the author’s life; and examples from literature poetry and art to bring the subject to life. Based on the latest scientific thinking on burnout and evidence-based ideas this practical easy read book gives leaders the knowledge they need to create a psychologically healthy and high performance culture at work. After reading this book you will understand more about burnout than 90 per cent of the population. You will know what to do to prevent burnout in other people and in yourself. Anti-burnout is an academically rigorous book written in a friendly engaging conversational style. It contains lots of anecdotes examples from the arts and stories that illustrate and bring to life the practical advice on preventing burnout. Anti-burnout will answer these questions: What exactly is burnout? How does burnout affect individuals teams and organisations? What causes burnout? How can I understand and support people with burnout? How can I prevent myself from burning out? What are the obstacles to preventing burnout? How does remote working affect burnout? What can I do to create a workplace culture that prevents burnout? This book is helpful because it relates the scientific literature on burnout to real life. Anti-burnout looks at the individual factors in burnout including personality and mental health. It also looks at how the dynamics of teams and how work is organised relate to burnout. Finally the book investigates organisational culture leadership and burnout. This book is essential reading for leaders and managers who want to minimise burnout in people in their organisation. It will also be essential reading for anyone with an interest in mental well-being at work such as occupational health practitioners researchers and human resource professionals. | Anti-burnout How to Create a Psychologically Safe and High-performance Organisation

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Introducción a la traducción inglés español

Introducción a la traducción inglés español

Ahora en su segunda edición este manual introduce al lector a la actividad de la traducción de español-inglés/inglés-español adoptando un punto de vista práctico y siguiendo los estándares profesionales actuales. Integrando los últimos avances en la profesión de la traducción con sólidos enfoques pedagógicos Introducción a la traducción explora las competencias necesarias durante el proceso de traducción; desde el conocimiento de las lenguas y las culturas hasta la comprensión de la traducción como actividad y como producto a través de una diversidad de tipos textuales. Cada lección cuenta con una gran cantidad de actividades y ejercicios prácticos. Esta nueva edición ofrece más actividades más ejemplos que reflejan las variedades de español de Latinoamérica contenidos ampliados y nuevos temas de actual relevancia como la interpretación a distancia la localización la traducción automática y la inteligencia artificial. Los estudiantes aumentarán su competencia traductora de una manera sistemática relevante y contextualizada. En esta segunda edición se han aumentado los recursos disponibles en la página web del manual incluyendo nuevas presentaciones de PowerPoint y herramientas de evaluación para los instructores así como más textos para la práctica de la traducción para los estudiantes. Now in its second edition this manual introduces readers to the activity of Spanish-English/English-Spanish translation while adopting a practical perspective aligned with current professional standards. Integrating the latest developments in the translation profession with solid pedagogical approaches Introducción a la traducción explores the competencies needed during the translation process; from knowledge about the languages and cultures to understanding translation as an activity and as a product through a diversity of text types. Each lesson provides ample practice through hands-on activities and exercises. This new edition offers more activities more examples relevant to Latin American varieties of Spanish expanded content and coverage of contemporary topics such as remote interpreting localization machine translation and artificial intelligence. Students will increase their translation competency in a systematic meaningful and contextualized way. In this second edition the companion website provides additional resources including new PowerPoint presentations and assessment tools for instructors and more texts for translation practice for students. | Introducción a la traducción inglés español

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Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

This book presents a methodology for the design construction monitoring optimization and post-occupancy evaluation of net-zero and positive-energy communities based on the experiences gained in the EU Horizon 2020 ZERO-PLUS project. It describes the steps tools and methods developed during the project providing practical information for the energy and construction sector that will be of interest to students engineers architects developers and professionals working around high performance architecture and sustainable communities. Through the ZERO-PLUS project a consortium of 32 partners from eight countries including academic institutions technology providers architects and construction companies designed four communities covering completely different geo-climatic regions construction practices and cultural backgrounds in Cyprus Italy France and the UK. The communities were designed optimized constructed monitored handed over to tenants post-occupancy evaluated and troubleshooted through a system of continuous collaboration and data acquisition. This book presents these case studies and shows how the project targets of reducing electricity consumption below 20 kWh/m2/y increasing electricity production from Renewable Energy Systems to over 50 kWh/m2/y and at cheaper costs when compared to current zero-energy buildings were reached and surpassed. These cases demonstrate that a holistic and interactive approach to design and construction can bring communities a high standard of sustainability. The key features of the book include: Practical guidance drawn from the interdisciplinary international and remote cooperation between experts from academia and industry across the construction sector A survey of the state-of-the-art on net-zero and positive-energy communities including the experience and the lessons learned from previous projects and from the ZERO-PLUS project Descriptions of novel emerging renewable energy technologies integrated into real case study communities to achieve the energy generation target of the communities A comprehensive set of approaches tools guidelines best practices challenges and lessons learned from the five-year ZERO-PLUS project and the completion of four residential case studies to inform the reader of how to achieve affordable net-zero energy communities Four typologies of residential communities located in different climatic conditions are presented touching on the critical aspects of the design construction monitoring and occupancy phase A discussion of future trends for developing communities that are more liveable accessible and sustainable and which can comply with new energy policies in a way that is affordable for the owners and residents. | Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

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