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Exploring the coach-coachee relationship, this book considers the relationship at each stage of the coaching process and will equip readers with the necessary skills and knowledge for building and maintaining successful coaching relationships

A practical introduction for those training in the field of career development, career counselling and career coaching. Brought to life through engaging case studies and reflective questions, this book introduces the key skills and techniques and shows how various models used in career conversations look in practice.

With guidance on adapting to work in school, teaching on placement, securing the first teaching job, and succeeding in the NQT year, this book is a must-have for primary trainees on school experience, whether they are in a school-based or university-based teacher training programme.

A step-by-step and practical guide of how to compile a professional portfolio for use throughout nursing programmes and in initial nursing roles, where portfolios are an essential tool for interviews and employee appraisals.

Including a wide range of literature, the volumes of this Major Work offer both breadth and depth of knowledge of effective change leadership theory and practice.

A provocative debate on the role of business schools in developing future leaders, and how to foster responsible and ethical leadership.

This Major Work covers the key contributions in the area of adolescent development from Bonfenbrenner's work to the latest developments in fMRI technology and is designed to be a touchstone text for scholars, practitioners and educators within the fields of developmental psychology, health and education.

A provocative debate on the role of business schools in developing future leaders, and how to foster responsible and ethical leadership.

This manageable guide provides students with not only the nuts and bolts needed to get started, but also guidance on ethics, preparation strategies and advice for tackling the unexpected - making it the ideal companion for all students starting out on their research project

Focussing on the global nature of research in today's society, this book takes the reader through the process of designing, conducting and analysing a research project within the context of international networks, cultural signifiers and technological advancements.

Helping researchers progress to doing more complex qualitative research, this book is grounded in theory and takes the reader beyond a 'tick box' approach to methods

Drawing on issues of representation, meaning and politics, this book has been updated to now include material on: green criminology; cultural criminology of the state; current global activism, political protest and social movements; and crime and consumerism, providing readers with a cutting-edge introduction to this fascinating area.

Exploring the historical, theoretical and practical bones of modern case study research, and featuring an extended example that has been annotated line by line, this book takes readers through the complexities of case study research.

An exciting new introduction to digital social research tools and methods, this book helps readers to manage the huge amounts of data available, and feel confident if they are attempting this sort of research for the first time.

An exciting new introduction to digital social research tools and methods, this book helps readers to manage the huge amounts of data available, and feel confident if they are attempting this sort of research for the first time.

A report, in which the Commission provides guidance for the protection of people living in long-term contaminated areas resulting from either a nuclear accident or a radiation emergency. It considers the effects of such events on the affected population.

This easy to follow guide reveals a tried and tested strategy for decoding social science journal articles, using a specially developed reading code.

This book provides exemplar lessons in reading for more able pupils in KS2 and uses them as a starting point for learning. It explores the theory behind good lessons, what makes them good and how they can be adapted to suit different classes and different schools.

The team behind the popular Philosophy Bites podcasts and books present a collection of interviews with leading international academics from their Social Science Bites podcasts.

The team behind the popular Philosophy Bites podcasts and books present a collection of interviews with leading international academics from their Social Science Bites podcasts.

This Major Work is structured in a way that will engage with the key recent developments in the field of international relations, providing the reader with an overview of: approaches to history in IR; the history of international thought/historiography; and the emergence of the state and the state system.

This five-volume Major Work brings together the key articles that laid the foundations, extended and deepened the techniques, and demonstrated the application of the empirical-methodological toolbox of modern positive political science.

This practical guide is designed for students undertaking professional doctorates in business and management including DBAs, and addresses a number of key issues faced by supervisors and students, in particular, how they differ from a PhD and the different skills and approach required to succeed.

This practical guide is designed for students undertaking professional doctorates in business and management including DBAs, and addresses a number of key issues faced by supervisors and students, in particular, how they differ from a PhD and the different skills and approach required to succeed.

Learning is a fundamental topic in education. Combining traditional views of learning and learning theory with sociocultural and historical perspectives, this handbook brings together original contributions from respected researchers who are leading figures in the field.

A long awaited new edition of this popular student guide to doing research in the increasingly popular fields of tourism and hospitality (with pick up in lesiure and events management, too). A hands on, practical book adopted on courses worldwide.

The critical algorithms used in GIS are notoriously difficult to both teach and understand. This book address the problem by combining rigorous formal language with example case studies and student exercises.

A cutting edge examination of urban theory as related to the realities of social and economic change in today's global cities.

Created by the combined experience of a leading social scientist and the chief executive of a major international research development institution, this book will be a standard work of reference for new research leaders, in any discipline or country, looking for help and inspiration.

Essential reading for professionals making judgements under pressure. It demonstrates how self-leadership is not only about surviving but thriving in a continually changing environment and introduces key theories, skills and debates to help professionals deliver high quality professional practice every day.