Interdisciplinary education has been identified by many educational organisations in Europe and the United States as important for what lies ahead, and it has become a buzzword in some debates about educating for the future. Now, more than ever, higher education is challenged to educate students to see beyond the limits of their own discipline and to come up with innovative integrated solutions for our global challenges. But how do you define interdisciplinarity? How do you measure whether...

This book is a special edition, compiled for to the MSc Course Research Methodologies as taught at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology. It is a compilation of useful chapters from several sources on how to structure, set up, carry out and write up your (thesis) research to aid you in writing your research plan. Next to that it acts as a companion during your thesis research. After introducing you to the philosophy of scientific research, subsequent chapte...

As the complex societal and technological challenges of the 21st century cannot be addressed by solutions from just one field of expertise, academics are increasingly expected to cross the disciplinary boundaries. 'Interdisciplinary Learning Activities' contains concrete suggestions in the form of examples of learning activities that university teachers can use to teach and foster interdisciplinary skills in graduate and undergraduate students. These skills for interdisciplinary understand...

Interdisciplinary education has been identified by many educational organisations in Europe and the United States as important for what lies ahead, and it has become a buzzword in some debates about educating for the future. Now, more than ever, higher education is challenged to educate students to see beyond the limits of their own discipline and to come up with innovative integrated solutions for our global challenges. But how do you define interdisciplinarity? How do you measure whether...

I nuovi paradigmi dell’HR manager. Cosa fa, oggi, e cosa farà domani un HR manager? In un mondo del lavoro in continua evoluzione dove i limiti di spazio e di tempo sono venuti meno, le gerarchie evaporano e il principio di subordinazione cede il passo ai principi di collaborazione e partecipazione, non è facile rispondere alla domanda. Per farlo abbiamo intrapreso un viaggio tra passato, presente e futuro della professione di HR manager. Alcuni professionisti dai quali siamo stati avvicen...

What does, today, and what will an HR manager do tomorrow? In an ever-changing world of work where space and time limits have disappeared, hierarchies evaporate and the principle of subordination gives way to principles of collaboration and participation, it is not easy to answer the question. To do so, we embarked on a journey through the past, present and future of the HR management profession. Some professionals from whom we have been succeeded in the role and other professionals engage...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.