This book explores the rationale, methodologies, and results of arts-based approaches in social work research today.It is the first dedicated analysis of its kind, providing practical examples of when to choose arts-based research, how the arts are used by social work researchers and integrated with additional methods, and ways to evaluate its efficacy. The multiple examples of arts-based research in social work in this book reveal how arts methods are inherently connected to the r...

The capability approach, an increasingly popular conceptual and theoretical framework focused on what individuals are able to do and be, offers a unique evaluative perspective to social policy analysis. This book explores the advantages of this approach and offers a way forward in addressing conceptual and empirical issues as they apply specifically to social policy research and practice. Short conceptual and empirical chapters provide clear examples of how policies shape the capabilities ...

Every manager's worst nightmare, a complete shutdown of the company due to a cyber-attack known as ransomware. In this book Erik Westhovens and Mike Jansen describe a fictionalized scenario for FiveStar Inc. where management scrambles to deal with an infiltrated IT environment while at the same time the hackers cause chaos and confusion to maximize fear, to get their victim to pay the ransom. All events described are based on real world situations and follow the twelve steps of the Advance...

Der schlimmste Albtraum jedes Managers: ein vollständiger Stillstand des Unternehmens infolge eines Cyberangriffs, bekannt als Ransomware. In diesem Buch beschreiben Erik Westhovens und Mike Jansen ein fiktionalisiertes Szenario bei FiveStar Inc., in dem das Management verzweifelt versucht, mit einer infiltrierten IT-Umgebung umzugehen, während die Hacker gleichzeitig Chaos und Verwirrung stiften, um die Angst zu maximieren und ihr Opfer zur Zahlung des Lösegelds zu bewegen. Alle beschrieb...

26 der besten, fiesesten und bizarrsten Kurzgeschichten rund um Zombies. Gibt es gute Zombies? Oder böse Zombies? Hier findet ihr nicht nur die Antwort, sondern taucht ein in Geschichten von Nazi-Zombies und Rache-Widergängern. Manche kommen wieder, um sich an einer einzigen Person zu rächen, andere wollen gleich die ganze Menschheit vernichten. Und einige haben einfach nur Hunger. In einigen Geschichten hat sich die Gesellschaft der Lebenden angepasst, bei einigen bricht die Zombieseuche ...

Written by leading experts from across Europe, this book provides a grounded exploration of innovation in the practice, research and education of social work. It focuses on the role of participation, collaboration and co-creation as key drivers of social innovation within these fields, providing practical examples of social entrepreneurship, people-centred design and participatory led innovation.The positive outcomes of local social innovations are analysed in the wider European fr...