Provides the tools and techniques for transforming a training activity into an accelerated learning session. This title is a set of methods and activities that are aligned with the principles of Accelerated Learning and can be applied to various knowledge-based training sessions. It also gives you active reading techniques like Info Hunt.

Despite years of development, risk management remains problematic for the majority of organizations. This book helps you understand the human aspects of risk management and to manage the influence of human behaviour on the risk process. It introduces a range of models, perspectives and examples to define the range of possible risk attitudes.

The key purpose of this handbook is to unlock the learning process that can lead to and support improvements in organisational performance and facilitate change, a phenomenon that is often elusive or happens serendipitously, or not at all.

In a company ecosystem the supply chain manager is tasked with duties and objectives primarily aimed at controlling and reducing costs, while optimizing the material flows. This title helps financial and supply chain managers achieve strategic advantage through effective supply chain management.

Whilst the non-delegator works frantically, grabs lunches, and is generally ineffective, the successful delegator has time for work and personal life. This work seeks to help you to let go, manage upward and downward delegation, and accomplish more through others.

Intended for people who are involved in a project or programme, this book offers suggestions. It covers a range of topics, including: choosing the right approach, organising for projects and programmes, team management, starting and executing projects, and programme management.

These games and activities for workshops and courses use one of the keys to accelerated learning - improvisation. The games are intended to create an environment of improvisation and experiment, of imagination and energy, of laughter and commitment.

This text offers practical advice on how to cope with a project, with chapters covering motivation and skills, choosing a topic, planning research, reading the literature, making progress and writing it up. The text emphasizes using skills gained in the world beyond university.

Uses a blend of concepts, practical guidance and exercises to explain the how and why of team development. The author describes how groups develop, how trust and openness can be encouraged, and the likely problems to be overcome, as well as how to plan and run team-building programmes.

Describes the chemical structures and pharmacological effects of compounds active in traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). This book provides English-language monographs on over 9000 chemicals isolated from nearly 4000 natural sources used in Chinese medicine. It also contains bioactivity data for many of the compounds.

This text shows how managers can make improvements in the workplace by focusing on four key elements: objectives, coaching, feedback and recognition.

A comprehensive guide to the principles and practice of archive management. The second edition has been revised to include detailed advice on change in national and international standards and approaches, and covers the history, definition and function of archives and archival services.

Drugs: Synonyms and Properties provides comprehensive coverage of the 10,000 drugs currently in common use worldwide. Its overall organization and inclusion of detailed chemical information fills a gap in drug information.

This guide pinpoints 12 potential blockages that could hinder the effectiveness of managerial procedures. Each blockage is extensively explained with suggestions for tackling the problem, providing a comprehensive framework for self-directed development.

Contains activities which stimulate learning about managing projects, focusing on the people and leadership aspects. This work covers five areas: Project Management Principles; Setting Objectives and Assessing Requirements; Creativity and Problem-Solving; Communication, Negotiation and Co-ordination; and, Motivation, Teamwork and Leadership.

A well-written and well-researched business case will secure funding; make sure any project stays on the right side of regulation; mobilize support for the cause; and provide the platform for managing the project and the benchmark against which to measure progress. This title is suitable for the manager tasked with making the business case.

Blogging and other types of social media such as wikis and social networking sites have transformed the way we use the internet. This book contains practical advice on the various forms of social media - their applications, advantages and disadvantages, how these technologies are evolving, and whether or not their use can benefit your business.

This text explains how the need to negotiate arises and how to form a negotiating plan. It sets out a structured approach to negotiation through all its various stages: preparation; opening; development; closing; and recording. The use and misuse of certain tactics are also covered.

Helps readers to enhance the probability of success in winning bids at the desired margins and to set up and run effectively a bid management team. This book leads readers through various stages of planning for, producing and delivering a bid. It also offers advice on the use of bid management software and the bid review process.