Orpen Press: 66 books
Strategic HRM
Research and Practice in Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Strategic HRM: Research and Practice in Ireland provides an integrated overview of the theory and practice of strategic human resource management (SHRM), including a critical analysis of its relevance, application and development in an Irish context. Each of the chapters in this collection carefully...
How to Be Irish
Uncovering the Curiosities of Irish Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
From the quintessential Irish Mammy to love for all things GAA, the Irish have a particularities – and peculiarities – that make us different from our neighbours.
Social anthropologist David Slattery takes us through the rules of being Irish with deadpan humour, from how to approach an...
by Brian Lucey, Charles Larkin, Constantin Gurdgiev
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
That Ireland might default on her financial debts to Europe and the IMF is an ongoing theme in the media. What If Ireland Defaults? addresses this great "What If?" question.
Ireland's financial crisis and the good and bad of default are discussed from the perspectives of different stakeholders...
Managing to Be Human
Leading Business Organisations with Integrity and Effectiveness
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Managing To Be Human is a book about how to manage staff and workload within an organisation while retaining your humanity and consideration for others. It is a management book with an ethical stance.
The book looks at:
Empowering others and inspiring creativity
The potential and...
The Project
Developing a Career in Global Project Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
It’s September 2009, one year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and Colin has just lost his job. Luckily, he is soon hired as a project manager in a big international investment bank, but quickly finds himself dealing with office politics, dodgy vendors, hostile project sponsors and the difficult...
by Trish Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
We all hope to enjoy our retirement at the end of our working lives, but for many the adjustment can be more challenging than we expected. Rather than a time of slowing down, retirement can be an opportunity to enjoy life and have some fun. It is a time for letting go of old habits, experimenting...
Love Rewired
using your brain to mend your heart
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Love Rewired is a fascinating examination of how developments in brain science can be employed to improve our relationships. The author uses extensive case studies from his work as a therapist combined with his vast knowledge of brain science to answer some fundamental questions that intrigue us all,...
Poet Madman Scoundrel
189 Unusual Irish Lives
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Following on from the bestselling success of How to Be Irish, David Slattery has penned Poet, Madman, Scoundrel: 189 Unusual Irish Lives, another witty and insightful book about the Irish, this time looking at the famous, infamous and not-so-famous (but very interesting) characters in Irish history....
Parenting
Raising Your Child in Ireland Today
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
“I know of no other task that an adult will undertake in life that is as demanding, challenging, responsible, complicated and never-ending as parenting ... [but], like the vast majority of parents, I had no real preparation for parenthood and received no training or direct help during the whole...
The Road from Castlebarnagh
Growing Up in Irish Music, A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
I entered the world in 1945, the middle of the twentieth century, but my family's way of life had not changed substantially for more than a hundred years. The area around our house is still known as Castlebarnagh, which is a small townland near Daingean in northeast County Offaly, in the midlands...
Are Trade Unions Still Relevant?
Union Recognition 100 Years On
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
This edited collection examines the relevance of trade unions 100 years on from the 1913 Lockout in Dublin. The general argument underpinning the papers in this book is that trade unions are still relevant in the 21st century, since they provide an independent collective representation for workers...
The Women's Health Book
A Guide for the Irish Woman
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Following on from the success of The Men's Health Book, The Women's Health Book is a comprehensive and informative guide to female health written by GP and owner of the Women's Health Clinic in Dun Laoghaire Dr Rachel Mackey.
The Women's Health Book:
Addresses the lack of a thorough...
Ageing and Caring
A Guide for Later Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Although it is something that affects all of us, directly or indirectly, ageing can all too often be perceived negatively. Ageing and Caring is an essential, positive guide for older people, their carers and their families. It seeks to outline not only the challenges that can arise from ageing but...
Inclusion or Illusion?
Educational Provision for Primary School Children with Mild General Learning Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009
The aim of Inclusion or Illusion is to provide readers with an understanding of educational provision in our primary schools for children with Mild General Learning Disabilities (MGLD) (over half the school-going special needs population). It is a book is for teachers, student teachers, policy makers...