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Child protection systems differ across the four countries of the United Kingdom, and understanding the differences provide important opportunities for learning and improving day-to-day practice. This authoritative book compares UK child protection systems with other systems world-wide as well as scrutinising and comparing the systems in different parts of the UK. Reflecting on the impact of devolution, the authors consider and critically analyse the way child protection systems are being...
| Автор | Nigel Parton |
Managers in social work and social care contexts are required to manage a wide range of projects: long-term and short-term, on large and small scales, in partnership with other agencies, and covering a broad range of issues and contexts. Management of these projects requires specific expertise, and this book sets out what these core skills are and how they can be achieved. Topics such as managing resources, assessing risks, and measuring outcomes are covered, as well as how to start and end a...
| Автор | Linda Martin |
Are you a CIO currently leading, or would like to lead, cyber or information security professionals? Do you find the idea of going to market in search of a security leader a daunting task?<br /> <br />The current security job market has become increasingly difficult to navigate for hiring managers and candidates alike. Many roles globally, sit vacant for months and the uncertainty this can cause for CIOs, on top of their mounting workload, is difficult to address and causes increased...
| Автор | Claire Pales |
Tom Gunn had a life-altering career change in 1975 when he went from an eight-year stint as staff lawyer with the U.S. Senate to a job in aerospace sales and marketing at McDonnell Douglas. He knew a lot about military appropriations and classified developments, but almost nothing about marketing. Over the next twenty-two years, however, Gunn and the team he assembled developed a process for strategic selling and marketing that delivered $250 billion in sales of military and commercial aircraft,...
| Автор | Tom Gunn |
This volume is designed to be an in-depth and nuanced philosophical treatment of the virtue of obedience in the context of the professional military and the broader civilian political community, including the general citizenry. The nature and components of obedience are critical factors leading to further discussions of the moral obligations related to obedience, as well as the related practical issues and implications. Pauline Shanks Kaurin seeks to address the following questions: What is...
| Автор | Pauline Shanks Kaurin |
Harold Kestenbaum has worked with more than 100 businesses in their franchising efforts including such household names as Sbarro and Nathan’s. A 30-year veteran of franchise law and a board member of four major franchise companies, he and Adina Genn, an award-winning journalist, have joined forces to teach you the secrets to turning your business into a successful franchise.If you’re interested in using this profitable strategy to expand your business, you’ll get an...
| Автор | Harold Kestenbaum |
You can turn your passion into more than just a hobby. When he was nine years old, Henry Patterson (now aged 14) turned his sweet stall into a storybook and children’s brand, which led to an international business that took him around the world, meeting fantastic people along the way – including Sir Richard Branson and the co-founder of Instagram, Mike Krieger. In <i>Young and Mighty</i>, Henry not only shows how to start your own business at any age, he also shares 30...
| Автор | Henry Patterson |
As the founder of Collective Hub, a multimedia platform that helps people unleash their full potential, best-selling author Lisa Messenger has helped millions of entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, thought-leaders, game-changers and style-makers turn their passions into profit. That's only one side of the story… In her latest book, Lisa reveals the tough lessons she learnt during the hardest 18 months of her entrepreneurial journey, when scaling too quickly, hiring without strategy and...
| Автор | Lisa Messenger |
The cosmopolites are literally «citizens of the world,» from the Greek word kosmos, meaning «world,» and polites, or «citizen.» Garry Davis, aka World Citizen No. 1, and creator of the World Passport, was a former Broadway actor and World War II bomber pilot who renounced his American citizenship in 1948 as a form of protest against nationalism, sovereign borders, and war. Today there are cosmopolites of all stripes, rich or poor, intentional or unwitting, from 1-percenters who own five...
| Автор | Atossa Araxia Abrahamian |
Franchise Your GrowthExpert franchise consultant Mark Siebert delivers the ultimate how-to guide to employing the greatest growth strategy ever—franchising. Siebert tells you what to expect, how to move forward, and avoid costly mistakes as he imparts decades of experience, insights, and practical advice to help grow your business exponentially through franchising.Learn how to:Evaluate your existing businesses for franchisabilityIdentify the advantages and disadvantages of...
| Автор | Mark Siebert |
100 Cities. 100 Entrepreneurs. 9 Keys for Success.Main Street Entrepreneur offers a unique look at what it takes to create a successful and thriving business. Lifelong entrepreneur, business consultant and university professor Michael Glauser rode 4,005 miles in 45 days, spent 246 hours on a bike seat, climbed 165,748 vertical feet, and interviewed more than 100 entrepreneurs in 100 cities along the way to discover the secrets to entrepreneurial success.Glauser has distilled hours of interviews...
| Автор | Michael Glauser |
Best-selling author and world-renowned publisher Vickie Stringer began her empire with one book: ''Let That Be the Reason.'' After enduring 26 rejection letters from mainstream publishers, Stringer began to explore the promising world of self-publishing. Stringer has distinguished herself as a Literary Renaissance Woman, boasting titles such as best-selling author, leading publisher, prominent literary agent and motivator to aspiring authors and self-publishers. In...
| Автор | Vickie Stringer |
Forget the hype and the sexy headlines, this is where you’ll make your fortune. In this revealing new book Jamie Waller, entrepreneur and self-made multimillionaire, shows how you don’t need to come up with some amazing new invention or app, or raise millions, to be a business success. What you need is hard work and determination. And you need to be looking for a business idea that is pretty unsexy if you really want to make it big. We’re talking about businesses that collect debts, sell...
| Автор | Jamie Waller |
The Business of Good narrates the story behind social entrepreneurship as told by the individuals compelled to create a change in the world–not just another business. Serial and social entrepreneur Jason Haber intertwines case studies, anecdotes, and initiatives that have become part of the larger narrative of entrepreneurship.From Main Street to Wall Street, today’s social entrepreneurs are rebooting capitalism, challenging the charitable industrial complex, and are disrupting the way...
| Автор | Jason Haber |
A fundamental paradigm shift has occurred in marketing and branding. Today the most successful CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs and enterprises set their sites on developing a long-term platform instead of a short-term strategy that supports and builds buzz for their personal or business brand. That’s really the key to the new business mindset — the recognition that branding and marketing are an ongoing, steady stream of small efforts, not a series of gigantic pushes. Social...
| Автор | Karen Leland |
Your art is great: it's your business skills that suck!<br /> <br />Being an artist in business doesn't have to be so hard. No More Starving Artists is written by an artist for artists in language that de-mystifies business and marketing for all artists in any field.<br /> <br />International author, producer, director, designer, educator and arts business consultant John Paul Fischback shares his years of wisdom and practical advice in this book. Learn the...
| Автор | John Paul Fischbach |
Digital transformation across the public sector has stalled. After over 25 years of considerable time, money, and effort at national, state, and local levels, we’re still not 'there' yet. The reason is that successive waves of investment in digital transformation have focused largely on improving the transactional functions and activities of government. They have failed to embrace a bigger challenge – the need for governing and government to rethink a new 'theory of the...
| Автор | Simon Cooper |
In this title, two entrepreneurial Icons share experiences and insights into creating and building successful businesses. What makes some business owners wildly successful? What separates the entrepreneurs who build businesses from ones who just seem to create more work for themselves? How, exactly do the world's most prominent business builders seem to hit home run after home run? The answer: They have the Midas Touch. Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki believe the world needs more...
| Автор | Robert T. Kiyosaki |
Written in an easy-to-read style, this work is suitable for anyone who operates as a consultant. How to be a Successful Consultant contains strategies and techniques for increased success by focusing on key topics such as: self-promotion, communication, building credibility and building and maintaining relationships. If you have decided to become an independent consultant, you face two challenges: being good at what you do, and being good at bringing in the business. You might be a management...
| Автор | Don Matlock |
It’s estimated that there are over 50 million pensioners—in the United States alone. Like the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, Germany and many other countries around the world are all in big trouble when it comes to the solvency of their pension funds. Who Stole My Pension? was written to give them guidance, resources, and tools so they can take action… and stop the looting. We are in the early stages of the greatest retirement crisis in the history of our nation and,...
| Автор | Роберт Кийосаки |
A must-have in any manager's library. — Sergio Carlo Maresca, author of BREAKAWAY! If you think you are doing it right, think again and read this book. — Dr Roxanne Zolin, QUT An excellent read for organisation specialists. — Hermias C. Hendrikse, Director of Organisation Effectiveness, Etisalat, UAE The employment relationship as we know it is a relic of the last century. Globalisation, competition and financial pressures are challenging organisations...
| Автор | Tim Baker |
Turn your music teaching into a profit machine.<br /> <br />With 40 years experience operating her own music teaching business, Wendy was the obvious choice for others to go to when they were looking for help with their own music school.<br /> <br />Now international author, music teacher, trainer, examiner, speaker and mentor Wendy Brentnall-Wood shares the strategies she has learnt and developed for creating a profitable and inspiring music school.<br /> <br...
| Автор | Wendy Brentnall-Wood |
Enhance your existing business tools, practices, acumen and performance by understanding and capturing the conversations that shape business and innovation.<br /> <br />International author, business and project process administration specialist Katrina Wilson has been actively sought after by universities, professors, businesses and thought leaders on developing innovative and functional systems and process solutions.<br /> <br />Founder and creator of the RUGBY Mindset...
| Автор | Katrina M Wilson |
Take a closer look at this 144 billion dollar industry.<br /> <br />International author, speaker, franchisor, franchisee, business coach and growth specialist Sharon Jurd, joined by eight of her friends and colleagues, will give you astonishing insights into the lucrative world of franchising.<br /> <br />For the first time these highly successful women share the secrets that have transformed their lives and businesses. These amazing business owners will give you their...
| Автор | Sharon Jurd |