The politics of wellbeing and the new science of happiness have shot up the agenda since Martin Seligman coined the phrase "positive psychology". After all, who does not want to live the good life? So ten years on, why is it that much of this otherwise welcome debate sounds like as much apple-pie - "work less", "earn...
The failure to adequately address the victims and the emotional dimensions of corporate problems changes adverse events into crises and catastrophes. This book aims to arm employees and managers with the tools necessary to manage emotional distress.
Emotional Terrors in the Workplace: Protecting Your Business' Bottom Line is an...
"What does this have to do with real life?" is a question that plagues mathematics teachers across America, as students are confronted with abstract topics in their high school mathematics courses. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics emphasizes the importance of making real world connections in teaching mathematics so that...
Most of my friends and acquaintances are seniors, as I am, and I have spent a
fair amount of time helping them get comfortable with computers in general
and Windows 7 in particular. This book is written for them in a voice without
jargon using relevant examples in clear, step-by-step instructions. This book
zeroes in on only the most...
Research over the past decades has firmly established the genetic basis of cancer. In particular, studies on animal tumour viruses and chromosome rearrangements in human tumours have concurred to identify so-called ‘proto-oncogenes’ and ‘tumour suppressor genes’, whose deregulation promotes carcinogenesis. These...
Learn how to make the most of the latest version of one of the most popular personal finance software applications available with Quicken 2007 On Demand. This book uses step-by-step, visual instructions to show you how to get up and running quickly using this latest version of Quicken. You...
Many colleges and universities offer a course in discrete mathematics. Students
taking these courses are from many disciplines, one of the largest
being computer science. As a part of the Mathematics Across the Curriculum
project at Dartmouth, supported by the National Science Foundation,1
we proposed to create a discrete mathematics...
This book is meant for research scholars, scientists and practitioners involved with
the application of computer-based systems in critical applications. Ensuring
dependability of systems used in critical applications is important due to the
impact of their failures on human life, investment and environment. The individual
aspects of...
Every businessperson, sales professional, advertising copywriter should be endlessly exploring this question. Sadly, few do. Instead, most stay stubbornly focused on the question of: how can we make them buy our 'thing'? And, sadly, most training remains focused on selling. We are all...
The classical factory fades into history as production plants today develop into modern service centers. Problems in management arise for which many companies are not yet prepared: economic efficiency of modern added value is not a property of products alone but of the process. Decisive potential in business now is a question of process capability,...
Many web applications need to take the user through a defined series of steps such as e-commerce checkouts or user registrations. Spring Web Flow works well for rich and flexible user interaction, additionally it helps you to describe the flow of websites in complex processes. Spring Web Flow 2 provides the perfect way to build these kinds of...
Why do ordinary people who used to engage in domestic and leisure activities for free now try to make a profit from them? How and why do people commodify their free time? This book explores the marketization of blogging, cooking, craftwork, gardening, knitting, selling second-hand items, sexcamming, and more generally the economic...
