Sociology & Social Policy

Citing current practice, this book explains strategic processes, new forms of regeneration management and changing managerial roles. A valuable professional resource, it presents a balanced approach using both theoretical and practical material...

First published in 1993, this volume explains the diverse and numerous management skills required to run a special library...

This title was first published in 2000:  This text focuses on developments in social work and its management...

This title was first published in 2001. The advisory role in organizations is more important today than it has ever been. To perform effectively, managers and professionals need the skills of the consultant. This manual is designed to provide practical help for all advisers, whether working within o..

This title was first published in 2001. A discussion of managerial, occupational and organizational stress research. The volume is in seven parts. The first part explores the theoretical or conceptual frameworks in occupational and organizational stress that have developed out of empirical work and ..

In Managers of Discontent, Diane Watson draws on a rich fund of material, based on extensive interviews and observation, to examine the role of trade union officers, comparing them with their managerial counterparts in three industries...

This book explores the problems of increasing numbers of immigrants. How are the Nation States coping with such large numbers of non-citizens? This is essential reading for both students and researchers...

This title was first published in 2000:  The management of public services is becoming an increasingly difficult task. Demands are increasing while funds appear to be decreasing, but quality of service must remain high. New services are required, demands have to be faced, activities don't always go ..

Managing to Care..

This title was first published in 2000:  This work concerns the personnel and career management of scientists employed in four research settings: universities, government laboratories, research institutes and industrial laboratories. Its purpose is to describe and explain processes and practices, gi..

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Radically reclaims gender studies by revitalising radical feminism by claiming that gender is a field of domination - economic as well as social...