Consultants with experience in 50 countries show how to integrate business continuity, risk management, and corporate governance enterprise-wide.They focus on factors to consider in developing a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan. Includes case studies, charts, forms, checklists, boxed summaries of key concepts. Instructor Resources available.A Risk Management Approach to Business Continuity: Aligning Business Continuity and Corporate…
Integrating formal property verification (FPV) into an existing design process raises several interesting questions. Have I written enough properties? Have I written a consistent set of properties? What should I do when the FPV tool runs into capacity issues? This book develops the answers to these questions and fits them into a roadmap for formal…
This book shows the relationship between the sustainability movement and supply chains.It provides a guide for supply chain professionals, as well as government officials, corporate executives, and institutional leaders on how to direct their purchasing power so that they source products that not only fill the needs of their organizations, but that also contribute to…
This book shows the relationship between the sustainability movement and supply chains.It provides a guide for supply chain professionals, as well as government officials, corporate executives, and institutional leaders on how to direct their purchasing power so that they source products that not only fill the needs of their organizations, but that also contribute to…
Empathy is an essential component of the psychoanalyst’s ability to listen and treat their patients. It is key to the achievement of therapeutic understanding and change. A Rumor of Empathy explores the psychodynamic resistances to empathy, from the analyst themselves, the patient, from wider culture, and seeks to explore those factors which represent resistance to…
Only in recent years has the history of European colonial concentration camps in Africa—in which thousands of prisoners died in appalling conditions—become widely known beyond a handful of specialists. Although they preceded the Third Reich by many decades, the camps’ newfound notoriety has led many to ask to what extent they anticipated the horrors of…
What is at stake in compromising the Enlightenment ideals of a liberal education with new educational policies engendered by a neo-liberalized, global marketplace? Richly grounding his arguments in the social philosophy of European and American intellectuals, Raphael Sassower explores Western culture’s long-standing ambivalence toward ‘the life of the mind.’A Sanctuary of Their Own is written…
An illuminating look at the surprising history and science of astrology, civilization’s first system of algorithms, from Babylon to the present day. Humans are pattern-matching creatures, and astrology is the universe’s grandest pattern-matching game. In this refreshing work of history and analysis, data scientist Alexander Boxer examines classical texts on astrology to expose its underlying…
For a second course in a two-semester sequence in Introductory Statistics that includes regression analysis.Gives students the background and confidence to apply regression analysis techniques? A Second Course in Statistics: Regression Analysis, 8th Edition is a highly readable text that explains concepts in a logical, intuitive manner with worked-out examples. Applications to engineering, sociology, psychology,…
For courses in First-Year Composition � Rhetoric, Writing Across the Curriculum, or Writing in the Disciplines.A brief rhetoric focusing on the key strategies that any academic writer needs to know�summary, synthesis, analysis, and critique. A Sequence for Academic Writing focuses on the critical reading and writing strategies that readers and students need in order to…
A Session by Session Guide to Life Story Work A Practical Resource to Use with Looked After or Adopted Children Life story work is a term often used to describe an approach that helps looked after and adopted children to talk and learn about their life experiences with the help of a trusted adult. This…
This unique book provides a streamlined, self-contained and modern text for a one-semester mathematical methods course with an emphasis on concepts important from the application point of view.Part I of this book follows the �paper and pencil� presentation of mathematical methods that emphasizes fundamental understanding and geometrical intuition. In addition to a complete list of…
<> The best-selling guide to writing about art Sylvan Barnet�s A Short Guide to Writing About Art guides students through every aspect of writing about art.Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing. Coverage of…
NOTE: This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version.Books a la Carte also offer a great value; this format costs significantly less than a new textbook. Before purchasing, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions…
Wherever you fit into the debate about food – vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, flexitarian, or carnivore – you cannot argue against the fact that fish have influenced our diet for millennia, and, for many, continue to do so today. We are, after all, an island nation surrounded by seas that were once extremely rich and diverse…
.A Short Introduction to Geospatial Intelligence explains the newest form of intelligence used by governments, commercial organizations, and individuals. Geospatial intelligence combines late 20th century historically derived ways of thinking and early 21st century technologies of GIS, GPS, digital imaging satellites and communications satellites to identify, measure, and analyze the current risk in the world….
