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Books in Social sciences and humanities

  • A One-Year Accounting Course

    Part 2
    • 1st Edition
    • June 6, 2016
    • Trevor Gambling
    • R Brown + 2 more
    • English
  • Technical Writing & Presentation

    The Commonwealth and International Library: Social Administration, Training, Economics, and Production Division
    • 1st Edition
    • June 6, 2016
    • W. S. Robertson + 1 more
    • R Brown + 2 more
    • English
    Technical Writing and Presentation is a guide to writing reports and articles for presentation to technical people or to the scientific community. The book deals with the special requirements in writing technical and highly specialized reports. The book covers the complete phase from planning the work to be done to finally editing the manuscript. To start writing, the writer aims to have a clear objective and properly identifies his kind of readership. Then the author provides tips on gathering information and how to arrange these in standard sequences. The author then discusses the style of writing, choice of words and sentences, paragraph length, use of appropriate jargon and clichés and the use of passive construction of sentences. After providing some examples of good writing, the book addresses the importance of a good layout. This includes margins, spacing, headings, and preparing the manuscript. The use of illustrations, tone drawings, graphs, and photographs is discussed. The book then focuses on the editing process when the writer reviews his own work objectively. The text also gives tips on editing procedures as well as miscellaneous problems (use of copyrighted materials, footnotes, and references). Many scientists, researchers, technologists, students, and academic professors who have to write articles and papers of a technical nature will find this book handy.
  • Innovation and Employment

    • 1st Edition
    • June 6, 2016
    • David Foster
    • English
    Innovation and Employment is a comprehensive study of the various aspects and principles of the problem of unemployment in Great Britain. It aims to provide new approaches and newfangled proposals that delineate from traditional methods of solving the problem of unemployment. The formulation of a practical solution to the problem of unemployment is the main objective of the book. Prior to the presentation of the solution, correct facts and figures are gathered and the basic principles of employment are identified and explained. Finally, the author suggests the creation of a National Work Service to find a special job-fit between the self-starters and the unemployed, which hopefully can create a parallel economic arrangement of continuous economic growth. Economists, labor planners, demographers, politicians, and students of economics and sociology will find this book invaluable.
  • Toward a Consensus on Military Service

    Report of the Atlantic Council's Working Group on Military Service
    • 1st Edition
    • June 6, 2016
    • Andrew J. Goodpaster + 2 more
    • English
    Toward a Consensus on Military Service: Report of the Atlantic Council's Working Group on Military Service compiles the work of several authors who are all members of Working Group on Military service. Each chapter tackles relevant issues regarding the U.S. peacetime military volunteer force, such as its previous experiences and future prospects. The opening chapter covers the setting, which in turn provides a geopolitical overview of the issues faced by the U.S. military. The next chapter discusses the history of American military recruitment system, from colonial times up to the last draft era. Chapter 3 tackles the present and future of the U.S. security requirements, while the next chapter discusses the concept of an all-volunteer force as well as its implications. The fifth chapter provides an analysis of the experience and prospects of military reserves in the all-volunteer era. Chapter 6 discusses the possible repercussions of an all-volunteer forces as well as the possible remedy of such predicament. Chapter 7 explains several recruitment options for both active and reserve forces, while the Chapter 8 discusses the use of a compulsory military service when an all-volunteer system is proven inadequate. The ninth chapter examines the relationship between how the U.S. military builds up its military manpower and how it affects U.S. society both morally and ethically. The last chapter provides recommendation based on the information inferred from the previous chapter.
  • Productivity Now

    Social Administration, Training, Economics and Production Division
    • 1st Edition
    • June 6, 2016
    • J. Butterworth
    • R Brown + 2 more
    • English
  • Hotel and Catering Accounts

    • 1st Edition
    • June 6, 2016
    • R. D. Boardman
    • English
    Hotel and Catering Accounts discusses accounts and cost statements in the context of hotel and catering management. The book is comprised of 24 chapters that cover the range of accounts, costing, and budgeting relevant to caterers. The coverage of the text includes accounting concepts and conventions; elements of cost and sales; and non-profit-making concerns. The book also covers budgetary control; working capital management; and adjustments for stocks, accruals, and payments in advance. The text will be most useful to caterers and catering students. Students and professionals in the field of business management and accounting will also benefit from this book.
  • Report Writing for Security Personnel

    • 1st Edition
    • June 6, 2016
    • Christopher A. Hertig + 1 more
    • English
  • Interpersonal Communication

    Pergamon International Library: Pergamon General Psychology Series
    • 1st Edition
    • June 6, 2016
    • Kurt Danziger
    • Arnold P. Goldstein + 1 more
    • English
    Interpersonal Communication focuses on the basic processes of interpersonal communication, emphasizing the importance of reciprocal influence processes in face-to-face interaction. The topics discussed in this book include the manipulation of interpersonal communication; dual aspect of human communication; dimensions of social interaction; nonverbal communication; and social interaction in subhuman primates. The psychotherapy as interpersonal communication; study of disturbed communication in families; and development of interpersonal communication in children are also deliberated. This text likewise covers the cultural differences in interpersonal communication and study of interpersonal processes. This publication is intended for social psychologists, but is also a good reference for those working in related disciplines that require a social psychological treatment of the subject.
  • The Administration of Criminal Justice in England and Wales

    Pergamon Modern Legal Outlines
    • 1st Edition
    • June 6, 2016
    • C. F. Shoolbred
    • W. A. J. Farndale
    • English
    The Administration of Criminal Justice in England and Wales outlines in simple language what takes place in trial courts in England and Wales. This book focuses on the administration of justice in England and Wales, which is divided into three categories— magistrates' courts, Quarter Sessions, and Assizes. The fundamental difference between these categories is that trials in magistrates' courts take place before a bench of magistrates, a stipendiary or metropolitan magistrate, while Quarter Sessions or Assizes are trials by jury. The topics discussed include the magistrates' courts; transition from magistrates' courts to Quarter Sessions and Assize courts; jurors; trial by jury–Quarter Sessions; and after-trial duties–appeals to court of criminal appeal. A table of the courts engaged in administering criminal law is provided after the introduction of this text. This publication is a good reference for students aiming to become practicing barristers, solicitors, members of the Assize courts staff, clerks of the peace, or justices' clerks.
  • Europe's Free Trade Area Experiment

    EFTA and Economic Integration
    • 1st Edition
    • June 6, 2016
    • Hugh Corbet + 1 more
    • English