Search results for ‘Richard A. Swanson’

Filter & Refine

    Cover image for Analysis for Improving Performance: Tools for Diagnosing Organizations and Documenting Workplace Expertise
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Analysis for Improving Performance: Tools for Diagnosing Organizations and Documenting Workplace Expertise

    Richard A. Swanson

    Provides the tools for doing the crucial - yet often overlooked - upfront analyses useful to the success of various performance improvement effort. This title offers step-by-step method that allows…

    $162.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Foundations of Human Resource Development
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    Foundations of Human Resource Development

    Richard A. Swanson

    Revised edition of Foundations of human resource development, c2009.

    $181.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Brigid Does Bleak
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Brigid Does Bleak

    Richard Swanson

    It’s a tough time for Brigid Fritz, a thirty-something sophisticate leaving Chicago. She’s lost her job there, and her mother in Wisconsin is seriously ill. Back home in Bleak, Wisconsin…

    $23.99

    Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

    Cover image for Events of the Day: A Tragedy of the American Sixties
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Events of the Day: A Tragedy of the American Sixties

    Richard Swanson

    $20.99

    Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

    Cover image for Assessing the Financial Benefits of Human Resource Development
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Assessing the Financial Benefits of Human Resource Development

    Richard Swanson

    Richard A. Swanson offers a comprehensive approach to forecasting and analyzing the financial implications of any HRD initiative. The book includes step-by-step tools and worksheets, is illustrated through a variety…

    $115.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Mission, Strength, Potential
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Mission, Strength, Potential

    Richard P Swanson

    While large corporations and nonprofit organizations have long had positive relationships with each other, the donor-recipient model they embody often is unsustainable and untenable for small businesses and local nonprofits…

    $17.99

    Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

    Cover image for Provoking the Gospel of John: A Storyteller's Commentary, Years A, B, and C
    Mixed media product
    Add to list Added to list

    Provoking the Gospel of John: A Storyteller’s Commentary, Years A, B, and C

    Richard W Swanson

    Provoking the Gospel of John, Years A, B, and C, the final volume in the Provoking the Gospel storytelling commentary series, spurs efforts to provoke pastoral leaders and religious educators…

    $100.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Mixed media product
    Add to list Added to list

    Provoking the Gospel of Mark: A Storyteller’s Commentary, Year B

    Richard W Swanson

    Vigorous readings of the gospels do not just happen. They needed to be poked and prodded into life. Sometimes it is death and disaster that provoke them; other times it…

    $77.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    Gourmantche Ethnoanthropology: A Theory of Human Being

    Richard Alan Swanson

    Presents an in-depth, systematic analysis of a little known West African Voltaic group of people with whom the author lived for over 22 years. Their philosophy of life and orientation…

    $272.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Success and Happiness from the Ashes

    Richard P Swanson

    Rick Swanson presents nine true life stories of personal and professional challenges, and how he overcame them to turn failure into a triumph.

    $28.99

    Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

    Cover image for Embodied Performance: Mutuality, Embrace, and the Letter to Rome
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Embodied Performance: Mutuality, Embrace, and the Letter to Rome

    Sarah Agnew

    Embodied Performance presents a methodology by which performer-interpreters can bring their intuitive interpretations to the scholarly conversations about biblical compositions. It may not be comfortable, for scholarship is out of…

    $76.99

    Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

    Cover image for Embodied Performance: Mutuality, Embrace, and the Letter to Rome
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    Embodied Performance: Mutuality, Embrace, and the Letter to Rome

    Sarah Agnew

    Embodied Performance presents a methodology by which performer-interpreters can bring their intuitive interpretations to the scholarly conversations about biblical compositions. It may not be comfortable, for scholarship is out of…

    $103.99

    Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

    Cover image for Research in Organizations; Foundations and Methods of Inquiry
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Research in Organizations; Foundations and Methods of Inquiry

    Richard Swanson,Elwood Holton

    While there are many other books on research methods, Research in Organizations differs from them in applying these methods to the study of organisations. A comprehensive beginner’s research text, the…

    $111.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Theory Building in Applied Disciplines
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Theory Building in Applied Disciplines

    Richard Swanson,Thomas Chermack

    Presents a complete five-step approach for developing sound theory in applied disciplines, from conceptualizing a theory to creating relevant assessment criteria, establishing a research agenda to test the theory’s validity…

    $88.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Theory Building in Applied Disciplines (16pt Large Print Edition)

    Richard a Swanson,Thomas J Chermack

    When facing important professional problems, practitioners regularly respond with the latest gimmick, or by throwing everything and anything at the problem. In contrast, scholars regularly slice problems into small segments…

    $86.99

    Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Foundations of Human Resource Development (2nd Edition) (Large Print 16pt)

    Elwood F. Holton III,Richard A. Swanson

    $141.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Foundations of Human Resource Development (2nd Edition) (1 Volume Set)
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Foundations of Human Resource Development (2nd Edition) (1 Volume Set)

    Holton III, Edito Elwood F.,Swanson Richard A.

    Written by top researchers in the field of Human Resource Development Uses real-world examples to make the research understandable Helps practitioners solve complex practical problems that need the application of…

    $141.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Sea of the Unknown: Monsters and Mishaps on my Journey to Paris
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Sea of the Unknown: Monsters and Mishaps on my Journey to Paris

    Jay Swanson

    YouTuber Jay Swanson’s personal story of risking and losing everything on the road to starting a new life in Paris.

    $27.99

    Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

    Cover image for Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition

    Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd

    Discovery: The Story Of The Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition is a book written by Richard Evelyn Byrd, an American naval officer and explorer who led multiple expeditions to Antarctica. This…

    $168.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

    Malcolm S. Knowles,Elwood F. Holton III (Louisiana State University, USA),Richard A. Swanson (University of Minnesota, USA),Petra A. Robinson (Louisiana State University, USA)

    This 9th edition has been revised to reflect the latest advancements with the addition of new chapters on diversity and the online adult learner, and an updated supporting website for…

    $283.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

    Malcolm S. Knowles,Elwood F. Holton III (Louisiana State University, USA),Richard A. Swanson (University of Minnesota, USA),Petra A. Robinson (Louisiana State University, USA)

    This 9th edition has been revised to reflect the latest advancements with the addition of new chapters on diversity and the online adult learner, and an updated supporting website for…

    $130.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for Integrated Chemistry and Physics: What the Technician Needs to Know
    Paperback
    Add to list Added to list

    Integrated Chemistry and Physics: What the Technician Needs to Know

    Richard Zajac,Richard P. Byrnes,Maria H. Ostasz,Stephen E. Swanson

    This text, along with the accompanying lab manual, fits the PETE two- and four-year curriculum in environmental technology and reflects a growing trend toward a greater emphasis on teaching physics…

    $296.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

    Cover image for From Politics to Policy: A Case Study in Educational Reform
    Hardback
    Add to list Added to list

    From Politics to Policy: A Case Study in Educational Reform

    This collection of essays is a case study of a major educational reform enacted in Texas in 1987. It chronicles how legislators, staff and educators designed the test, program, and…

    $288.99

    Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order