Generationing Development

by Roy Huijsmans
Generationing Development
Author: Roy Huijsmans
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2016-12-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137556234
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This ground-breaking book weaves together insights from the children and youth studies literature and critical development studies. Debunking the idea of childhood and youth as self-evident social categories, the author unravels how these generational constructs are (re)constituted and experienced in relational terms in development contexts spanning both the Global South and the Global North. Running through these chapters is a fundamental concern with age, gender and generation as key principles of social differentiation. This is developed in Part 1 at a theoretical level, and applied to everyday contexts, including school, work, migration and the street in Part 2. Part 3 zooms in on the generational dynamics of development by exploring how prominent development interventions (conditional cash transfers, schooling) problems (gender discrimination) and questions (the generational question of farming) shape the (gendered) experience of being young and growing up.

Item Generation for Test Development

by S. H. Irvine
Item Generation for Test Development
Author: S. H. Irvine
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2002
Genre: Examinations
ISBN: 0805834419
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This work covers topics such as: the psychometric and cognitive theory of item generation; construct-oriented approaches to item generation; implementation; and applications of item-generative principles.

Early Development and Leadership

by Susan E. Murphy
Early Development and Leadership
Author: Susan E. Murphy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2012-03-29
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 113673550X
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Today we often look to our leaders in business, government, or the social sector, to make effective decisions in a complex world. Whether they are asked what steps to take to improve competitiveness in a global economy or to make tough ethical choices, well-trained leaders are critical to organizational effectiveness. Although we know much about leadership development for individuals after they take their first job, we know relatively little about their earlier experiences that contributed to their interest in leadership or subsequent effectiveness as leaders. This volume brings together researchers who explore leadership at different points before individuals enter the workforce and asks important questions surrounding definitions of leadership behavior, necessary leader skills and age-related leader tasks, factors contributing to development of leader identity, and ways to improve the process of leader development. With contributions from well-known leadership researchers such as Robert Sternberg, Howard Gardner, Bruce Avolio, and Susan Komives, the volume shows research evidence for factors such as early childhood and youth experiences on leadership development, which have implications for the way we understand and train leadership in today’s organizations.

Bourdieu: The Next Generation

by Jenny Thatcher
Bourdieu: The Next Generation
Author: Jenny Thatcher
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317436245
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This book will give unique insight into how a new generation of Bourdieusian researchers apply Bourdieu to contemporary issues. It will provide a discussion of the working mechanisms of thinking through and/or with Bourdieu when analysing data. In each chapter, individual authors discuss and reflect upon their own research and the ways in which they put Bourdieu to work. The aim of this book is not to just to provide examples of the development of Bourdieusian research, but for each author to reflect on the ways in which they came across Bourdieu’s work, why it speaks to them (including a reflexive consideration of their own background), and the way in which it is thus useful in their thinking. Many of the authors were introduced to Bourdieu’s works after his death. The research problems which the individual authors tackle are contextualised in a different time and space to the one Bourdieu occupied when he was developing his conceptual framework. This book will demonstrate how his concepts can be applied as "thinking tools" to understand contemporary social reality. Throughout Bourdieu’s career, he argued that sociologists need to create an epistemological break, to abandon our common sense – or as much as we can – and to formulate findings from our results. In essence, we are putting Bourdieu to work to provide a structural constructivist approach to social reality anchored through empirical reflexivity.

Educating the Net Generation

by Diana Oblinger
Educating the Net Generation
Author: Diana Oblinger
Publisher: Educause
Total Pages:
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780967285320
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This e-book offers an insightful look into the way today's students think about and use technology in their academic and social lives. It will help institutional leaders help their students to become more successful and satisfied.

The Principles of Product Development Flow

by Donald G. Reinertsen
The Principles of Product Development Flow
Author: Donald G. Reinertsen
Publisher: Celeritas Pub
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781935401001
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This is the first book that comprehensively describes the underlying principles that create flow in product development processes. It covers 175 principles organized into eight major areas. It is of interest to managers and technical professionals responsible for product development processes.

Next Generation ABAP Development

by Rich Heilman
Next Generation ABAP Development
Author: Rich Heilman
Publisher: SAP PRESS
Total Pages: 735
Release: 2011
Genre: ABAP/4 (Computer program language)
ISBN: 9781592293520
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• Presents the most recent ABAP technologies and tools through the eyes of a developer• Includes new content on syntax enhancements, Web Dynpro, SAP BusinessObjects integration, XML processing, Rich Islands, and more• Companion CD includes an HTML version of the first edition, as well as code samplesNext Generation ABAP Development is a book designed to keep seasoned developers up-to-date with the latest techniques and technologies available in ABAP. In the second edition of this best-selling title, follow along with a lead ABAP developer as he learns how to assess and employ the new tools and features of ABAP within SAP NetWeaver 7.0 to 7.0 enhancement package 2 (EhP2). You'll be able to witness the entire process of building applications: design, development, and testing of all areas. In addition, you'll also become familiar with end-to-end object-oriented design techniques.New Tools and FeaturesKeep your ABAP knowledge up-to-date by mastering the new tools and features of ABAP within SAP NetWeaver 7.0 to 7.0 EhP2.Real-World ExamplesLearn about new possibilities in ABAP by exploring example scenarios related to the fictional development project discussed throughout the book.Brand New ContentExplore completely new content about ABAP syntax enhancements, Web Dynpro, XML processing,SAP BusinessObjects integration, and more.ABAP Troubleshooting and Web ServicesFind expanded and updated information about ABAP troubleshooting and Web Services.CD ContentBenefit from a CD that contains code samples and an HTML version of the first edition of this book.Highlights• Workbench tools and package hierarchy• ABAP syntax enhancements• Data Dictionary objects• Data persistence layer• Shared memory objects• ABAP and SAP NetWeaver Master Data• Management• XML processing and XSLT• SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe

Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation

by Safaa El-Kogali
Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation
Author: Safaa El-Kogali
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2015-01-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1464803242
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Early childhood is the most important stage of human development yet in Middle East and North Africa countries there is little research and inadequate investment in this crucial stage of life. This book covers risk, protective factors, policies and programs that can address inequality and shortfalls in the early years of life.

Regional Development Agencies: The Next Generation?

by Nicola Bellini
Regional Development Agencies: The Next Generation?
Author: Nicola Bellini
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2012-09-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136260579
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Across Europe, regional development agencies (RDAs) have become a central feature of regional policy, both as innovative policy-makers and as the implementers of programmes and initiatives originating from the national or European level. By drawing on a combination of conceptual reflection, surveys, comparative research, and systematic use of critical case studies, this book provides a new point of reference by identifying key features of the current, and, indeed next, generation of regionally-based economic development organisations.