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  • SYSTEMS THINKING METHODS IN SPORT
    SCOTT MCLEAN / MITCHELL NAUGHTON / GEMMA READ / NEVILLE A. STANTON / ADAM HULME / GUY WALKER / PAUL SALMON
    Sport is increasingly being described as a complex system. This inherent complexity cannot be understood by examining components in isolation; rather, the system as a whole should represent the unit of analysis. Systems thinking is the answer to understanding this complexity and is gaining traction in sport. Systems thinking provides a philosophy and a set of associated methods...

    $1,120.00

  • A GUIDE TO TEACHING IN THE ACTIVE LEARNING CLASSROOM
    PAUL BAEPLER / J. D. WALKER / D. CHRISTOPHER BROOKS / KEM SAICHAIE / CHRISTINA I. PETERSEN
    While Active Learning Classrooms, or ALCs, offer rich new environments for learning, they present many new challenges to faculty because, among other things, they eliminate the room’s central focal point and disrupt the conventional seating plan to which faculty and students have become accustomed.The importance of learning how to use these classrooms well and to capitalize on ...

    $920.00

  • FATIMID HISTORY AND ISMAILI DOCTRINE
    PAUL E. WALKER
    The thirteen studies in this volume explore critical problems in Fatimid history and historiography, many specifically focused on the content of doctrinal writings produced by the Ismaili supporters and agents of this caliphate who worked on behalf of the dynasty both within the empire and outside. Several concern issues in disputes that separated the various factions of Mediev...

    $1,460.00

  • HANDBOOK OF SYSTEMS THINKING METHODS
    PAUL M. SALMON / NEVILLE A. STANTON / GUY H. WALKER / ADAM HULME / NATASSIA GOODE / JASON THOMPSON / GEMMA
    The systems thinking philosophy has become popular in human factors and ergonomics and safety science. These methods are being used to understand and resolve complex societal problems in areas such as transport safety, workplace safety, medication error, disaster management, child abuse, financial crises, terrorism, climate change and public health and wellbeing. This handbook ...

    $1,340.00

  • FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANISATIONAL ECONOMICS
    PAUL WALKER
    Foundations of Organisational Economics: Histories and Theories of the Firm and Production delves into a range of key topics to do with the history of the mainstream approach to the theory of production and the theory of the firm. This includes the frameworks used to analyse production, the division of labour and its application to the firm and the development of the neoclassic...

    $1,200.00

  • A HANDBOOK FOR SUPPORT WORKERS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
    PAUL MACKRETH / BRYONY WALKER
    Support workers are key deliverers of care in the UK, often hugely valued by those people they provide care for. Their roles and responsibilities are increasing in the midst of ever-changing health and social care systems. A Handbook for Support Workers in Health and Social Care recognises the contribution of support workers and provides an introduction to the core knowledge, l...

    $1,060.00

  • NEW PARADIGMS IN ERGONOMICS
    NEVILLE A. STANTON / PAUL M. SALMON / GUY H. WALKER
    The systems in which we work continue to evolve, creating emergent problems and often strengthening intractable issues. In order to remain relevant and impactful, the discipline of ergonomics needs its paradigms to evolve too. The aim of this book is to provide researchers and practitioners with new paradigms in the form of ideas, concepts, theories, methods, practices and valu...

    $1,360.00

  • DISTRIBUTED SITUATION AWARENESS IN ROAD TRANSPORT
    PAUL M. SALMON / GEMMA JENNIE MEGAN READ / GUY H. WALKER / MICHAEL G. LENNÉ / NEVILLE A. STANTON
    How can we design transport environments that cater to the situation awareness needs of different end-users? This book answers this question by showcasing how state-of-the-art human factors theory and methods can be used to understand how situation awareness differs across drivers, cyclists, motorcyclists, and pedestrians and creates new designs that cater to these diverse situ...

    $4,700.00

  • SYSTEMS THINKING IN PRACTICE
    NEVILLE A. STANTON / PAUL SALMON / GUY H. WALKER
    This book presents the latest developments of Systems Thinking in Practice to the analysis and design of complex sociotechnical systems. The Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork (EAST) method is applied to micro, meso and macro systems. Written by experts in the field, this text covers a diverse range of domains, including: automation, aviation, energy grid distribution, militar...

    $4,500.00

  • A BRIEF PREHISTORY OF THE THEORY OF THE FIRM
    PAUL WALKER
    The theory of the firm did not exist, in any serious manner, until around 1970. Only then did the current theory of the firm literature begin to emerge, based largely upon the work of Ronald Coase and to a lesser degree Frank Knight. It was work by Armen Alchian, Robert Crawford, Harold Demsetz, Michael Jensen, Benjamin Klein, William Meckling and Oliver Williamson, among other...

    $1,260.00

  • VEHICLE FEEDBACK AND DRIVER SITUATION AWARENESS
    GUY H. WALKER / NEVILLE A. STANTON / PAUL M. SALMON
    A potentially troubling aspect of modern vehicle design – some would argue - is a trend for isolating the driver and reducing vehicle feedback, usually in the name of comfort and refinement but increasingly because of automation. There is little doubt cars have become more civilised over the years, yet despite this, the consequences of driver behaviour remain to a large extent ...

    $4,000.00

  • HUMAN FACTORS IN LAND USE PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN
    NICHOLAS J. STEVENS / PAUL M. SALMON / GUY H. WALKER / NEVILLE A. STANTON
    The integration of Human Factors in Land Use Planning and Urban Design (LUP & UD) is an exciting and emerging interdisciplinary field. This book offers practical guidance on a range of Human Factors methods that can be used to rigorously and reliably explore LUP & UD. It provides new ways to interpret urban space and detail context sensitive analysis for the interpretation and ...

    $1,420.00

  • DIGITISING COMMAND AND CONTROL
    NEVILLE A. STANTON / DANIEL P. JENKINS / PAUL M. SALMON / GUY H. WALKER / KIRSTEN M. A. REVELL / LAURA A.
    This book presents a human factors and ergonomics evaluation of a digital Mission Planning and Battle-space Management (MP/BM) system. An emphasis was placed on the activities at the Brigade (Bde) and the Battle Group (BG) headquarters (HQ) levels. The analysts distributed their time evenly between these two locations. The human factors team from Brunel University, as part of t...

    $1,700.00

  • HUMAN FACTORS METHODS AND ACCIDENT ANALYSIS
    PAUL M. SALMON / NEVILLE A. STANTON / MICHAEL LENNÉ / DANIEL P. JENKINS / LAURA RAFFERTY / GUY H. WALKER
    This book provides an overview of, and practical guidance on, the range of human factors (HF) methods that can be used for the purposes of accident analysis and investigation in complex sociotechnical systems. Human Factors Methods and Accident Analysis begins with an overview of different accident causation models and an introduction to the concepts of accident analysis and in...

    $4,500.00

  • HUMAN FACTORS METHODS
    NEVILLE A. STANTON / PAUL M. SALMON / LAURA A. RAFFERTY / GUY H. WALKER / CHRIS BABER / DANIEL P. JENKINS
    This second edition of Human Factors Methods: A Practical Guide for Engineering and Design now presents 107 design and evaluation methods as well as numerous refinements to those that featured in the original. The book has been carefully designed to act as an ergonomics methods manual, aiding both students and practitioners. The eleven sections represent the different categorie...

    $3,000.00

  • COGNITIVE WORK ANALYSIS
    NEVILLE A. STANTON, PAUL M. SALMON, GUY H. WALKER AND DANIEL P. JENKINS
    Over the past decade, Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) has been one of the popular human factors approaches for complex systems evaluation and design applications. This is reflected by a diverse range of applications across safety critical domains. The book brings together a series of CWA applications and discussions from world-leading human factors researchers and practitioners....

    $2,120.00

  • MOTORCYCLING AND LEISURE
    PAUL BROUGHTON / LINDA WALKER
    Despite the fact that there are around 1.2 million powered two wheelers (PTWs) within the United Kingdom, riders are often misconceived as living at the edge of society; however, this is often far from the truth. Riding a PTW is a high-risk activity and those who ride are often perceived as being 'risk junkies', but through an in-depth exploration of this leisure activity, Moto...

    $1,900.00

  • THE THEORY OF THE FIRM
    PAUL WALKER
    Firms are a ubiquitous feature of the economic landscape, with much of the activity undertaken within an economy taking place within their boundaries. Given the size of the contribution made by firms to economic activity, employment and growth, having a theoretical understanding of the nature and structure of firms is crucial for understanding how an economy functions. The Theo...

    $1,200.00

  • HUMAN FACTORS METHODS AND SPORTS SCIENCE
    PAUL SALMON / NEVILLE ANTHONY STANTON / ADAM GIBBON / DANIEL JENKINS / GUY H. WALKER
    During the course of any sporting event, critical cognitive and physical tasks are performed within a dynamic, complex, collaborative system comprising multiple humans and artifacts, under pressurized, complex, and rapidly changing conditions. Highly skilled, well-trained individuals walk a fine line between task success and failure, with only slig ...

    $2,120.00

  • HUMAN FACTORS IN THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF CENTRAL CONTROL ROOM OPERATIONS
    NEVILLE A. STANTON / PAUL SALMON / DANIEL JENKINS / GUY WALKER
    An invaluable resource, this book discusses the human factors that affect control operations and their implications for staff. It covers competencies for control room work, training and training needs analysis, development and maintenance of procedures, communication processes within and outside the control room, manning of the control room, automation and allocation of functio...

    $3,600.00

  • THE FEUD THAT SPARKED THE RENAISSANCE
    PAUL ROBERT WALKER
    "Walker here pairs off proto-architect Filippo Brunelleschi and doormaker Lorenzo Ghiberti in an often engaging version of Quattrocento Smackdown." — Library Journal Joining the bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, this is a lively and intriguing tale of two artists whose competitive spirit brought to life one of the world's most magnificent structures and ignited the ...

    $251.00

  • UNLEASHING GENIUS
    PAUL DAVID WALKER
    An executive coach walks you step-by-step through the process that frees up your mind to promote and implement ideas for success.   From creating new realities to exploring connectivity to gaining new insight, Unleashing Genius takes you into the heart of how you actually formulate successful ideas and frameworks. With twenty-five years of experience coaching CEOs and executive...

    $251.00

  • THE CAVALRY BATTLE THAT SAVED THE UNION
    PAUL D. WALKER
    An examination of Robert E. Lee's strategy at Gettysburg that would have achieved a Confederate victory, but resulted in the disaster of Pickett's Charge. Civil War historians have long been puzzled by Pickett's seemingly suicidal frontal attack on the Union center at Gettysburg. Here, for the first time, Paul D. Walker reveals Robert E. Lee's true plan for victory at Gettysbur...

    $251.00

  • MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BIOFILMS AND DRINKING WATER
    STEVEN LANE PERCIVAL / JAMES TAGGARI WALKER / PAUL R. HUNTER
    The development of biofilms and their role in public health - particularly drinking water - is often overlooked. Ideal for anyone interested in water related issues, Microbiological Aspects of Biofilms and Drinking Water presents an overview of the public health effects associated with drinking water. It highlights the microbiological aspects relating to the development of biof...

    $1,380.00

  • IMMUNOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE GUT
    WALKER, W. ALLAN / HARMATZ, PAUL R. / WERSHIL, BARRY K.
    Immunophysiology of the Gut ...

    $928.00

  • OFFICE 2004 FOR MACINTOSH: THE MISSING MANUAL
    MARK H. WALKER / FRANKLIN TESSLER / PAUL BERKOWITZ
    Microsoft Office is the number-one selling software for the Mac; the Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Entourage applications are more dominant in the Mac world than they are among PC users. And Microsoft has greatly improved and enhanced Office 2004 to take advantage of the latest Mac OX features. In short, Microsoft Office for the Mac is wildly popular and better than ever.But as ...

    $427.00

  • SPORT, CULTURE AND SOCIETY
    GRANT JARVIE / PAUL WIDDOP / ROSS WALKER
    What can sport do to produce positive social change in our world today? Now in a fully revised, updated and expanded fourth edition, this critical, challenging and comprehensive textbook introduces the study of sport, culture and society. International in scope, the book challenges the reader to activate an audacious spirit of activism in and through sport. Full of contemporary...

    $1,200.00