David Randall Knihy

Radical changes in financial organizations are reshaping their processes and supporting technologies. This book explores the application of sociological ethnography to facilitate these transformations, offering insights into work processes and the role of technology. It contrasts ethnography with traditional change methodologies like business process engineering and participative design. Highlighting the benefits of ethnographic research, it aims to guide organizations toward more effective change. The content is relevant for researchers, managers, and advanced students in related fields.

A witty, eagle-eyed look at the ups and downs of growing up in the suburbia of the 1950s to 1970s

Focusing on the lives and achievements of 13 exceptional journalists, this book offers in-depth profiles that explore their major stories and the challenges they faced. Through extensive research and expert consultations, it reveals how these reporters shaped the field of journalism. The narrative is enriched with anecdotes and direct quotes from their work. Additionally, an essay on the evolution of reporting highlights the technological and societal changes that have influenced journalism from the telegraph to the Internet.

The basic outline of the Christmas story is so familiar we might think we have no more to learn from it. But try looking at the Christmas story through different eyes. Through the eyes of Micah and Isaiah who foretold it; Anna and Simeon who witnessed it; and Paul and John who reflected on it. Wonder anew at this amazing story of the birth of the Son of God as a baby.

This fully updated introduction to all aspects of being a journalist includes new sections on handling numbers ad statistics, computer assisted reporting and writing for the Web, as well as an extensive revised chapter on what makes a good reporter, an a new section on sources.

The atmosphere is critical to climate change. It can amplify shifts in the climate system, and also mitigate them. This primer offers a short, reader- friendly introduction to these atmospheric processes and how they work. It looks at how our climate system receives energy from the sun and sheds it by emitting infrared radiation back into space.

A spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.

Why We (Still) Believe is written for the western world that is characterised by a secularised culture that doesn't do God. Fourteen different authors grapple with certain aspects of Christianity, discussing the ways that these beliefs are commonly attacked and why they still believe in Jesus.

The bestselling guide to the 'universals' of good journalistic practice for professional and trainee journalists worldwide

Eleven Christians on eleven diverse paths to faith in Jesus Christ. This book is the compilation of their answers and experiences written in response to Bertrand Russell's Why I am not a Christian.