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This book is designed to provide Human Resource Development program designers, workshop presenters, facilitators, and consultants with creative, structured learning experiences and detailed guidance on how to use them for effective training, conferences, and workshops. It is a practical handbook containing 36 varied and versatile activities that cover a comprehensive range of learning themes. Although these activities are particularly well suited to team building, group problem solving, and leadership training, they can be used for communication, decision making, creativity, resource management, and a multitude of other learning purposes. Their flexibility, in terms of fit with a broad spectrum of training agendas, makes them particularly useful. Each activity can serve a range of training needs and agendas. Each activity has applicability to a variety of learning themes, some of which can be explored in depth using the activity alone or in conjunction with suggested companion exercises. They can be implemented either at different times for different purposes or used singularly to accomplish a 'variety of related learning objectives.
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This book begins with the assumption that a deep understanding of the origins of psychopathology, human dysfunction, and their course is fundamental to the quest for the good society, and perhaps, even to our survival as a species. The studies presented compare prevalences and risk factors across time and place, and make use of concepts and methods from history, geography, sociology, anthropology, economics, psychology, social and medical services research, social policy, psychiatry, and epidemiology. Collectively, they illustrate the methods and methodological difficulties involved in the effort to achieve a deep understanding and provide important insights into the disorders and dysfunctions that are investigated.
What do we mean by playfulness? Playfulness and play are no longer seen as only of benefit to children’s learning and development, but are being used increasingly for coaching adults in the context of serious challenges and issues. Benefits include better communication, understanding, self-awareness, relationship-building, creativity, ideation and innovation in a business environment. This book is the first to introduce and expand on the idea of playfulness as an approach in coaching. Playfulness in Coaching fully explains the serious role of playfulness and provides the why and the how for new and experienced coaches. Using case studies throughout, the book takes a broad and evidence-led ...
This book explains the main ideas governing finance, strategy and marketing. By relating concepts like business planning, cash flow, breakeven analysis, pay back, SWOT analysis and the marketing mix to the training process it removes some of the mystery that surrounds them.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 On May 6, 1982, George Morton was hired to fly a Learjet. He was greeted by a clear sky and pleasant temperatures as he walked to the plane. His co-pilot, a woman named Sherri Neubarth Day, had just over 1,700 hours flying time. #2 On May 6, Morton flew a couple from Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, to Orlando. The flight was expected to take about two hours, and the Teris were in Orlando in time for lunch. The plane had nearly four hours flying time with the fuel in its tank. #3 The charter boat business’s main asset was a fishing boat named Miss Jerry, and Helmey took his daughter out on charters because she loved the sea. They were inseparable. #4 On May 6, the Miss Jerry and Miss Judy left their berths on the Wilmington River, on the very outskirts of Savannah, and proceeded south toward the open waters. At about noon, Helmey heard a crashing sound and some strange vibration. He turned to go back to the stern so that he could lift the engine cover.
Abraham and Sarah were presented with a paradox when God told them they would have a son in their old age. Paradox in the Old Testament plays an important part in the dialogue between God and the Jews. In the New Testament, paradox is prominent in Jesus' teaching and helps to explain the Christian understanding of salvation.
He was a little-known wiseguy out of Howard Beach, Queens, who blasted his way into the public eye with the assassination of Gambino Family boss Paul Castellano in December 1985, a rubout that’s the stuff of Mafia legend. Ruthless, cunning, and tougher than the streets that produced him, John Gotti seized control of the nation’s most powerful crime family, beat the law on rap after rap, and became an American legend. First published in 1988 and fully revised and updated for this edition, Mob Star traced John Gotti’s spectacular rise and eventual downfall after the betrayal of his closest ally, Salvatore “Sammy Bull” Gravano. At his death, ten years after he was jailed for life and four years after he began battling cancer, John Gotti was still the biggest name in today’s Mafia.
This is the true story of Crazy Eddie Maloney, a contract thief and enforcer for the likes of John Gotti, Joey Gallo, Vinnie The Chin Gigante and the Lucchese family. Now, still carrying a bullet in his back, hunted by the mob, unprotected by the FBI, and forced to live his life on the run, Eddie spills his guts for the first time. Includes 12 pages of photos.