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Hardback. Managing Change An in depth treatment of organizational change in hospitals. After Restructuring provides a mother--lode of insights and lessons that will be mined for years. A must read for all those committed to improving hospital performance in a radically changing health care system. ----Stephen M. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787940294
- ISBN
- 9780787940294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.57
€ 80.57
Hardcover. Consumers of health care are becoming cost- and quality-conscious, and often choose their health plan on the basis of these criteria. Successful health systems will respond with more consumer-friendly information in the form of "score cards". This is a practical book for score card developers. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFT; JKSW; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780787940270
- ISBN
- 9780787940270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.41
€ 72.41
Hardcover. This study of the ever-mounting pressure on the American school superintendent proposes changes in the way the role of the superintendent is conceived, and suggests strategies for easing the burdens of the job. It also offers guidance on working with boards and diffusing crises. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 529.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780787907990
- ISBN
- 9780787907990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
Hardcover. Owing to a fall in the numbers of US students proceeding on to further education at degree-level, businesses and schools have begun to offer job preparation and training courses at high school level. This process is charted along with practical insights for educators and employers. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKC; JNM; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780787900748
- ISBN
- 9780787900748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
Hardcover. In this study, contributors scrutinize promising school-university partnerships across the USA and discuss the principles and benefits of such programmes in promoting educational innovation. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNL; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780787900656
- ISBN
- 9780787900656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Hardback. The aim to increase the moral and civic responsibility of American students is investigated here, in order to examine opinions rooted in larger areas of national identity, culture, and values. Theoretical points, policy debates and portraits of adolescents in school are included. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFM; JNA; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787900618
- ISBN
- 9780787900618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Hardcover. This text explains the upheaval in thinking about educational testing which may reform American education. An examination of the shift in thinking about testing, through illustrative case examples of assessment programs in schools in Colorado, California, Vermont and Kentucky, is documented. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Jossey Bass Wiley
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787900557
- ISBN
- 9780787900557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.44
€ 47.44
Hardcover. Series: The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 60 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774890007
- ISBN
- 9780774890007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.23
€ 42.23
paperback. This much-anticipated second edition builds on lessons learned from the past and links them to current trends already shaping the future of regional planning in Canada. Num Pages: 792 pages, 30 figures, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; RGC; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 792
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774834148
- ISBN
- 9780774834148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.06€ 69.32
€ 71.06
€ 69.32
Hardback. This book looks at the long-term social and environmental effects of imagined, abandoned, and failed resource-development schemes in northwest British Columbia. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 552 pages, 12 photographs, 7 maps, 2 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; GTB; RNF; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774833042
- ISBN
- 9780774833042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Hardback. The senior Canadian officers of the Second World War learned how to fight a war on the job; for all of them, the weight of command was a burden to be borne. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832991
- ISBN
- 9780774832991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.12
€ 41.12
Hardback. Engaging the Line explores how the First World War forever changed the Canada-US border by examining reactions to increasingly strict security measures in six adjacent border communities. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 484 pages, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832748
- ISBN
- 9780774832748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Hardback. Everyday Exposure documents the adverse health effects experienced by Aamjiwnaang citizens in the heart of Canada's Chemical Valley and argues for a transformative and experiential "sensing policy" approach that takes the voices and experiences of Indigenous citizens seriously. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3 photo essays, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; LNKJ; MBNH2; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774832632
- ISBN
- 9780774832632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Hardback. Drawing on the experiences of three YWCA women's shelters in Ontario, this book exposes the dangers for women that are embedded in government neoliberal policies and reveals how feminism can counteract this pervasive ideology. Num Pages: 448 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPFM; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832588
- ISBN
- 9780774832588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Hardback. Creating Canada's Peacekeeping Past delves into diverse representations of Canadian peacekeeping, including National Film Board documentaries, political rhetoric, and high school textbooks to show how peacekeeping became a symbol of Canadian national identity in both French and English Canada. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 544 pages, 17 photographs, 22 line art, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTB; HBW; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774832489
- ISBN
- 9780774832489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.75
€ 44.99
€ 44.75
Hardback. A bold analysis of what happened when Canada attempted to extend group rights to Aboriginal people in the early 1980s and why it went wrong. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832380
- ISBN
- 9780774832380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.47
€ 101.47
Hardback. The first history of black slavery in the Maritimes, North to Bondage is a startling corrective to the enduring myth of Canada as a land of freedom at the end of the Underground Railroad. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832281
- ISBN
- 9780774832281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Hardback. Not Fit to Stay reveals how officials used panic about public health concerns as a basis for excluding early twentieth-century South Asian immigrants from entering Canada and the United States. Num Pages: 584 pages, 8 images, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774832182
- ISBN
- 9780774832182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.48
€ 106.48
Hardback. This fresh look at Canadian women's political engagement during the Cold War reveals that whether they were on the "left" or "right" end of the political spectrum, women were motivated by similar concerns and the desire to forge a new vision for their nation. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832083
- ISBN
- 9780774832083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Hardback. The first comprehensive look at community forestry initiatives across Canada, this book provides a rich and detailed portrait of the sector from Newfoundland to British Columbia. Editor(s): Teitelbaum, Sara. Num Pages: 832 pages, 8 maps, 3 charts, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RND; RNF; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774831888
- ISBN
- 9780774831888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Hardback. This exploration of museums as sites for representing and defining national identity encourages us to reconsider the idea of the multicultural nation. Num Pages: 472 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GM; HBTB; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774831635
- ISBN
- 9780774831635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Hardback. This fascinating look at Canada's living history museums - pioneer villages and old forts where actors recreate the past - shows how they reveal as much about Canadian post-war interests as they do about settler history. Num Pages: 744 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GM; HBJK; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774831536
- ISBN
- 9780774831536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.94
€ 106.94
Hardback. Editor(s): Bowles, Paul; Wilson, Gary N. Num Pages: 664 pages, 5 maps, 31 charts, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774830935
- ISBN
- 9780774830935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.48
€ 106.48
Paperback. A celebratory history of how lesbians "made a scene" by creating places and opportunities to form relationships, debate politics, and build their own culture across Canada. Series: Sexuality Studies. Num Pages: 15 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; 5SL; HBTV; JFSJ1; JFSK2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774830676
- ISBN
- 9780774830676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03