First Published in 2004. It is increasingly being recognised within the profession that those taking on the management of curricular or pastoral teams need specific training in the skills of management in order to tackle the complex responsibilities of the middle management role. However, this is an area in which there has tended to be a training gap. In this book, Jack Dunham makes a significant contribution towards redressing the balance and helps teachers to identify and develop the kno...

First published in 1971 The Nylon Spinners presents one of the few detailed and firsthand studies of the impact of productivity bargaining on the shop floor and makes an important contribution to the social and psychological understanding of human behaviour. Productivity bargaining has moved far beyond its earlier preoccupation with the wage-effort bargain. It is becoming increasingly apparent that it may have profound direct effects on the attitudes and expertise of managers, on ...

The stress involved in a career in teaching has increased considerably in recent years. In England and Wales the implementation of the Education Reform Act has led to a whole range of organisational and curricular changes to add to the existing pressures of discipline problems, poor working conditions and low pay. Anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and even physical illness are just some of the symptoms that result. This established guide, now wholly updated for teachers and ma...

Neither Lydia Charbonneau nor Jack Blackwood thinks it’s a good idea to get involved, but one handshake and one very short conversation have them making plans for a weekend romp. She’s a concert pianist and music professor from the University of Kansas, in New York to audition for a position at Juilliard. He’s an uncouth bond trader and accidental CEO who likes meaningless sex (lots of it), Big Macs, and Dumb and Dumber. They have nothing in common—until one of Jack’s ex-lovers ne...

Sylvia sunk into the water after seeing Blount driving the swamp truck and hearing the screaming. Chin Long is sitting next to him, in obvious pain from the python attack. The truck passed by her hiding spot without slowing down. Sylvia felt doomed, standing alone in the dark Everglades with alligators, snakes, and other dangerous creatures. She crawled up when the truck drove by and started to follow its tracks, hoping to find a way to civilization. She heard someone walking toward her, a...