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Written throughout Stan Weir's decades as a blue-collar worker and labour educator, 'Singlejack Solidarity' offers a rare look at modern life and social relations as seen from the factory, dockside and the shop floor.
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Volume III - Set Direction. Build the Team.This is the third of four volumes curating some of the articles I published on Forbes.com focused on executive onboarding. They are designed to serve as companions to our main book, "The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan," which in turn is designed to help you and your team deliver better result faster.This particular volume focuses on III) setting direction and building your team. The other three focus on I) getting a head start, II) managing your message, and IV) sustaining momentum and delivering results.
The use of case studies to build and test theories in political science and the other social sciences has increased in recent years. Many scholars have argued that the social sciences rely too heavily on quantitative research and formal models and have attempted to develop and refine rigorous methods for using case studies. This text presents a comprehensive analysis of research methods using case studies and examines the place of case studies in social science methodology. It argues that case studies, statistical methods, and formal models are complementary rather than competitive. The book explains how to design case study research that will produce results useful to policymakers and empha...
This is the first of four volumes curating some of the articles I published on Forbes.com focused on executive onboarding. They are designed to serve as companions to our main book, "The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan," which in turn is designed to help you and your team deliver better result faster.This particular volume focuses on I) getting a head start. The next three focus on II) managing your message, III) setting direction and building your team, and IV) sustaining momentum and delivering results.
At the age of twenty-four, Apsley Cherry-Garrard was one of the youngest members of the Terra Nova expedition. This was Robert F. Scott’s second attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. Cherry’s application to join the expedition was initially rejected as Scott was looking for scientists, but he made a second application along with a promise of £1,000 (equivalent to £103,000 in 2019) towards the cost of the expedition. Rejected a second time, he made the donation regardless. Struck by this gesture, and at the same time persuaded by E.A.Wilson, Scott agreed to take Cherry-Garrard as assistant zoologist. The expedition arrived in the Antarctic on 4 January 1911.Scott and four com...