This book seeks to bring together the different strands of thought that inform the management of settings, for leisure and recreation. It is highly illustrated with over 50 line drawings and includes many case studies from around the world.

Tells about developing skills to manage and improve health and social care services. This book focuses on the role that a manager can play in ensuring effective delivery of high-quality services. It employs examples from social care and health settings to illustrate techniques for managing people, resources, information, projects and change.

This self-help manual for those who meet the diagnosis of 'emotionally unstable' or 'borderline personality disorder'(BPD) outlines a brief intervention based on a model of treatment known to be effective for other conditions.

This text stresses the importance of professional development of teachers in the quest to raise the standards in schools. It covers topics such as managing professional development in a human resources context, government policy, initial teacher training and the school development plan.