Align Your Physical Education Instruction with National Standards In an easy-to-read, fluent style, this expert author team brings you Instructional Strategies for Secondary School Physical Education, a comprehensive overview of secondary-level physical education teaching methods and program and curriculum design. This revision retains the strong theoretical background and focus on extensive…
Discovering Our Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology introduces students to the techniques, methods, and theoretical frameworks of contemporary archaeology in a brief format. Adopted and streamlined from the authors' hardcover text, Archaeology: Discovering Our Past, this book provides students with a variety of archaeological perspectives through comprehensive information on contemporary …
The eighth edition of Social Stratification and Inequality continues to provide a _ comprehensive, up-to-date exploration of the economic and social divisions in human societies. Extensive comparative information, as well as an overview of how social stratification has changed and evolved over time, gives readers a global perspective on class conflict. Praised for its thorough research and scho…
We've examined the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to bring you the latest, most significant thinking driving business today. With authors from Marcus Buckingham to Herminia Ibarra and company examples from Google to Deloitte, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips.
When you're fumbling for words and pressed for time, you might be tempted to dismiss good business writing as a luxury. But it's a skill you must cultivate to succeed: You'll lose time, money, and influence if your e-mails, proposals, and other important documents fail to win people over.
"In After Cocteau, Carolyn Miller reminds us that we are constantly sur¬rounded by the miraculous, and fills us 'with a sweet, deep nourishment.' In her poems of sensual celebration and penetrating hope, we are comforted by the voice of a mature poet equally talented in handling ekphrasis, the elegy, and the lyric, as well as narrative and persona poems. With seamless clarity and a painter's p…
There are many ways to arrange human lives—different kinds of families, economies, and governments; and endlessly varied values, beliefs, norms, and customs. Using a comparative framework, Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies, Sixth Edition, provides a broad and comprehensive sociological description of Japan, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, and the San peoples of Namibia. Wor…
In his defining work on emotional intelligence, bestselling author Daniel Goleman found that it is twice as important as other competencies in determining outstanding leadership. If you read nothing else on emotional intelligence, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones…
Communication is one of the most popular college majors in the country, suggesting that students are interested in the way in which messages are created and exchanged. We are surrounded by media and media technology today that con¬tinually mediate our experiences with ourselves, with others, and with the broader group we identify as "society." We've moved from traditional "mass" media that ope…
The sixth edition of Biological Anthropology presents a concise introduction to the basic themes, theories, methods, and facts of bioanthropology. Written in an accessible style, this text demonstrates the integrity and nature of bioanihropology by using the scientific method as a theme throughout the book.
Whether you're designing a new product or improving processes within your company, harnessing your team's creativity can help solve your toughest problems. Innovative Teams quickly walks you through the basics of leading the creative process, including: • Building a diverse team • Generating a wide array of options • Choosing the right solution • Promoting a culture of creativity
Intimidated by corporate finance? The numbers (and the jargon) can feel overwhelming—but you have to understand them to manage effectively. Finance Basics explains the fundamentals simply and quickly, introducing you to key terms and concepts such as: • How to navigate financial statements • How to weigh costs and benefits • What's involved in budgeting and forecasting • How to ga…
Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work you need to accomplish? Being pulled in different directions by competing priorities? Getting Work Done runs you through the basics of being more pruductive at work.
In Business Statistics in Practice, Seventh Edition, we provide a modern, practical, and unique framework for teaching an introductory course in business statistics. As in previous editions, we employ real or realistic examples, continuing case studies, and a business improvement theme to teach the material. Moreover, we believe that this seventh edition fea¬tures more concise and lucid explan…
A few books can change your life. Our book may not be one of them. However, if you read it, you will better understand that pay matters. After all, you can't pick up a newspaper, power up a computer, or read a blog today without someone talking about compensation. The Great Recession had major ramifications for pay. Some folks had their hours cut and/or their pay frozen or reduced. Why? Because…
Whether you're eyeing a specific leadership role, hoping to advance your skills, or simply looking to broaden your professional network, you need to find someone who can help. Wait for a senior manager to come looking foryou—and you'll probably be waiting forever. Instead, you need to find the mentoring that will help you achieve your goals. Managed correctly, mentoring is a powerful and eff…
In this sixth edition of Essentials of Contemporary Management, we continue to focus on provid-ing the most up-to-date account of the changes taking place in the world of management and management practices while maintaining our emphasis on making our text relevant and inter¬esting to students. And we know from feedback from instructors and students that the text does engage them. Our increase…