John Patrick: 211 books
Living the Catholic Social Tradition
Cases and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2004
In a time when the global and national economies seem to favor so few and harm so many, when the threats to the common good are so prevalent and so deep, how do people of faith think about these issues and act with those who are most vulnerable? Living the Catholic Social Tradition: Cases and Commentary...
The Chief HR Officer
Defining the New Role of Human Resource Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2011
Praise for the chief HR Officer
"The strategic portfolio of issues addressed and the sage wisdom and perspectives shared make this book a powerful transformation tool." —Jodee Kozlak, executive vice president, Human Resources, Target Corporation
"An up-to-the-minute...
Managing Employee Performance and Reward
Concepts, Practices, Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Now in its second edition, Managing Employee Performance and Reward continues to offer comprehensive coverage of employee performance and reward, presenting the material in a conceptually integrated way. This new edition has been substantially updated and revised by a team of specialist contributors,...
Collaborative Resilience
Moving Through Crisis to Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Case studies and analyses investigate how collaborative response to crisis can enhance social-ecological resilience and promote community reinvention.
Crisis—whether natural disaster, technological failure, economic collapse, or shocking acts of violence—can offer opportunities for collaboration,...
Introducing Language in Use
A Course Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Introducing Language in Use, second edition, provides a lively and accessible introduction to the study of language and linguistics. Drawing on a vast range of data and examples of language in its many forms, this book provides students with the tools they need to analyse real language in diverse...
Strategic Human Resource Management
A Research Overview
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2019
The field of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) has burgeoned over the past thirty years. Over this time there has been a shift towards a strategic conception which posited workers as ‘assets’ rather than ‘costs’. These ‘human resources’ were reconceptualised as a key source of...
Whatever Happened to Class?
Reflections from South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Class explains much in the differentiation of life chances and political dynamics in South Asia; scholarship from the region contributed much to class analysis. Yet class has lost its previous centrality as a way of understanding the world and how it changes. This outcome is puzzling; new configurations...
by Bethanne Patrick, John Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Pop culture fans and trivia lovers will delight in National Geographic’s highly browsable, freewheeling compendium of customs, notions and inventions that reflect human ingenuity throughout history. Dip into any page and discover extraordinary hidden details in the everyday that will inform, amuse,...
Capital Budgeting
Financial Appraisal of Investment Projects
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2002
This book explains the financial appraisal of capital budgeting projects. The coverage extends from the development of basic concepts, principles and techniques to the application of them in increasingly complex and real-world situations. Identification and estimation (including forecasting) of cash...
Letters to God
From the Major Motion Picture
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
This ebook novel is inspired by the major motion picture, Letters to God, scheduled for theatrical release in spring 2010. Viewers of the film will be eager to hear more of this inspiring story. Tyler, a nine-year-old boy, is stricken with incurable brain cancer and begins to write letters to God....
by Bob Brown, Gwyndyn T. Alexander, Lou J. Berger
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
More Alternative Truths is an exploration of the potential consequences of today’s politics in our daily lives. More than our individual lives, but our American identity.
This exploration defines this anthology. So many of the stories ask what has America become? What will it be in the...
18 Wheels of Science Fiction
A Long Haul into the Fantastic
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2018
Take a trip through the imaginations of 18 visionary writers as they explore the future of trucking in this new science fiction anthology! There's something for every genre fiction fan in this follow-up to the hit "18 wheels of Horror - a Trailer Full of Trucking Terrors."
From the...
by Eddie D. Moore, Patrick S. Baker, Steven Spellman
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Lights in the sky. Strange visitors. Clashes between the FBI and a mysterious group of men clad in black.
For as far back as history goes, there has been one unanswered question that just won’t seem to go away: What are those unidentifiable flying objects in the sky? And furthermore, who...
Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook
Solutions for VB 2005 Programmers
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2006
This book will help you solve more than 300 of the most common and not-so-common tasks that working Visual Basic 2005 programmers face every day. If you're a seasoned .NET developer, beginning Visual Basic programmer, or a developer seeking a simple and clear migration path from VB6 to Visual Basic...