This is one of the first books to fully value and realize the connection between leadership and learning in SMEs. It provides a real-life narrative, encapsulating the development of business people on a leadership program for SME managers, whilst explaining the key theories, models and techniques that underpin the leadership methods and approaches deployed at each stage of the delegate's journey. The book follows three owner/managers over a ten-month period. Each chapter splits into two - ...

Many small-medium enterprises (SMEs) are very small organisations comprising mainly single-person and micro-businesses but, in the United Kingdom, there are around 250,000 small-medium businesses (SMBs) which are substantial businesses with turnovers of millions or tens of millions of pounds. A key requirement for thriving SMBs is effective leadership throughout the organisation. One crucial aspect, which is often overlooked, is that of financial leadership. Financial management in SMBs is...

Stuart Barnes has spent over forty years of his life immersed in rugby union, remembered as one of the most controversial playing names during the dying days of the English amateur era and now regarded as a controversial observers in the media – on both television and in print – with over two decades of broadcasting and journalistic experience to draw upon.Sketches from Memory combines autobiography with an objective and off-beat study of the sport from the author's childh...

“If we are the most intelligent creatures on Earth, why do we try to make our domesticated animals understand our language, instead of us understanding theirs?” From the paddocks of New Zealand and Scotland to the untamed hilltops of Ethiopia and the valleys of Alaska, Stuart Barnes has tracked, observed and trained dogs all over the world for over 25 years. In this book he shares his incredible insights to help us all learn to communicate with our canines on the level they understand. The...

MBusiness: The Strategic Implications of Mobile Communications presents recent theory and evidence on wireless information technologies and their application in business. Such information is useful in both the classroom and for interested practitioners contemplating new technological developments.MBusiness is a very fast moving area and consequently there is a need to provide relevant material for those who wish to understand the subject. This text provides recent ...

E-commerce and V-business examines the impact of the Internet and associated technologies on two related aspects of business: electronic commerce and virtual organization. Using a combination of recent theory and empirical evidence it demonstrates how forward thinking organizations are reaping considerable advantages from exciting new business models in these areas. Such models require radical rethinking of many aspects of traditional business. The book covers many of the critical and cont...

Winner of the 2015 Thomas Shapcott Prize for Poetrytrumpetingthrough blood &bone the glasshouse'syellow starsGlasshouses is an inventive, incandescent collection by one of Australia's most talented new poets. Drawing on a number of complex techniques, Stuart Barnes illuminates both city and coastal life, with allusions to classical and contemporary culture. Replete with extraordinary imagery, the poems maintain a beautiful accessibility and coh...

Realising Good Growth is a practical and purposeful guidebook for leaders wishing to take a different path on a journey towards collective purpose and a better world, where profit is not the destination, just one of the sturdy pillars that supports the journey.Values to shape your journeyOur blueprint is drawn with values of sustainability, long-term vision, mutual enhancement and cooperation.Digital supportThe guid...

Bloomsbury presents Sandy Fin: Mystery of the Phantom Diver by Martin Stewart, read by Hamish Lloyd Barnes.Meet ocean explorer Sandy Fin, silver-scaled diver of the deep, puzzler of puzzles and daring hero of a hilarious middle grade series by Martin Stewart, illustrated in black and white.Sandy Fin and his best friend Lily are enjoying life by the sea, after saving Portwhistle and its marine life from Albo Start’s aquapark.Suddenly, odd th...

Bloomsbury presents Sandy Fin: Quest for the Silver Skull by Martin Stewart, read by Hamish Lloyd Barnes.Join ocean explorer Sandy Fin and his best friend Lily in the third adventure in the hilarious middle grade series by Martin Stewart.Portwhistle is under threat from a pirate curse! Sandy and his best friend, Lily, must set sail in search of Blackbeard’s silver-plated skull to save their home. The skull is rumoured to be on a shipwreck far out t...

A richly illustrated commemorative 2025 edition marking the opening of Princeton University’s new art museumRenaissance: A New Museum for Princeton reflects on the history of the Princeton University Art Museum as one of the oldest collecting institutions in North America and the role of its architecture in campus making. The 2025 opening of its new building affirms the museum’s long-standing commitment to considering works of art in the original as essent...

This Handbook brings together diverse international perspectives on the ways in which contemporary schooling and school communities can respond to crises, including natural disasters, pandemics, economic and social upheaval, war, crime and conflict. It is imperative for education policymakers, leaders, teachers, students and community members to understand the important role that schools can play in building community resilience during times of crisis.The book provides a rich array...