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Author : Rik van Berkel,Dorte Caswell,Peter Kupka,Flemming Larsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317439684

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Frontline Delivery of Welfare-to-Work Policies in Europe by Rik van Berkel,Dorte Caswell,Peter Kupka,Flemming Larsen Pdf

Welfare-to-work or activation policies refer to programmes aimed at promoting the employability, labour-market and social participation of benefit recipients of working age. Frontline workers delivering these policies are conceived of as policy implementers, as policy makers, and as actors mediating politics in an arena where conflicting interests are at stake. Frontline work plays a crucial role in determining what welfare-to-work practically means and how it affects the lives of the people it targets. Yet few books have deliberatively focused on comparing what happens when frontline workers, some of whom are professional social workers, meet clients. Pioneering the provision of scholarly reflections on both theoretical and policy relevance of studying frontline practices of delivering activation, internationally renowned researchers present the first comparative analysis of how activation policies are actually delivered by frontline staff in selected EU countries and in the United States. In trying to understand and interpret frontline practices in activation, each contribution provides insights into what ‘activation in practice’ looks like, what services are provided and how they are enacted. This involves examining processes of client selection, monitoring, sanctioning and motivating, as well as the role of external service providers. This book is an important acquisition for scholars and researchers of social policy, public administration, public management, social work and policy implementation.

Author : Jori P. Kalkman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781009262194

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Frontline Crisis Response by Jori P. Kalkman Pdf

Examines the complex dilemmas faced by emergency responders, soldiers, and humanitarians during crisis response operations.

Author : David Mathieson
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781909930520

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Frontline Madrid by David Mathieson Pdf

In July 1936 insurgent Spanish troops organized a military coup to oust the elected Republican government in Madrid. The rebel generals expected to force a quick, clean regime change but they failed. The botched uprising turned into a bloody civil war. Hundreds of thousands died in a bitter conflict which tore the country apart and rapidly turned into the prelude for an even greater conflict yet to come--the Second World War. The siege of Madrid was the key battle of the war. The world watched and waited for the city to surrender as General Franco's Nationalist army, backed by Hitler and Mussolini, closed in on the Spanish capital. But Madrid did not fall. Madrileños fought tooth and nail to defend their city. Helped by volunteers from fifty other countries--the International Brigades--they held out against all the odds until the end of the conflict in 1939. Despite its central role in twentieth-century history, the siege of Madrid is an episode largely hidden from today's visitor. There is no guide to the war sites and few clues for the inquisitive traveller who wants to know more. Frontline Madrid fills that gap. This unique guide book explains what life was like in the city under siege and what happened in the battlefield dramas. The simple to follow maps and diagrams make it easy to visit the frontline sites. The vividly written descriptions bring events and people compellingly to life. The role of prominent individuals, British and American--Orwell, Hemingway, John Cornford is explored. Off the beaten track, from the University district in the city centre to the mountains of Guadarrama less than an hour away, the remains of the war in Madrid can still be found--gun emplacements, bunkers, trenches and occasional debris. Frontline Madrid retraces the footsteps of those who lived through the conflict to take the reader on a tour in time. The usual tourist traps are left far behind to enter the gripping world of a war which shaped modern European history.

Author : Ronald R. Sims
Publisher : IAP
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781648023651

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Succeeding as a Frontline Manager in Today’s Organizations by Ronald R. Sims Pdf

Succeeding as a Frontline Manager in Today’s Organizations, highlights the fact that as the world of work continues to change in response to a variety of trends, issues and opportunities, manages on the frontline will still be expected to see that their organizations operate both effectively and efficiently to not only survive but to thrive. To do this, frontline managers (FLMs) must continue to learn and develop their skills to get the organization’s work done through its people. This book examines both the traditional and contemporary skills todays frontline managers must have at a minimum and those they must successfully learn to implement to fulfill their critical roles and responsibilities. The book argues that FLMs will continue to play a critical role in helping their organizations pursue and achieve their strategic, tactical and operational goas efficiently and effectively. By focusing on the skills a good FLM needs, this book offers specificity on what the FLM and their organizations must do to increase the potential for the success of FLMs in having a positive influence on the organization overall by focusing both on results and the well-being of employees. The book examines not only looks at the essentials of effective management but discusses the importance of how one becomes and makes a smooth transition to the role of a FLM. In addition, the book examines the essential elements of management—planning, organizing, controlling, and leading—while also offering an in-depth look at the important role FLMs can and should play as it relates to ethics, building and leading effective teams, and safety and health. Each chapter offers insights into what FLMs can do to be effective in their work, particularly for those FLMs who want to continue to develop themselves as they play the different roles and exercise different skills in doing their jobs. In the end, this book is written for, those who are interested in increasing their understanding of the FLMs role, responsibilities and skills needed to be effective while also getting those who work for them to accomplish their work effectively, efficiently and productively on their own or as a member of a group or team.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PURD:32754068902067

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Report from the Frontline by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice Pdf

Author : HeJianming
Publisher : BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9787500151531

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北京保卫战 The Battle of Beijing: On the Frontline Against SARS by HeJianming Pdf

《非典十年祭：北京保卫战》通过2003年非典肆虐时期作者深入北京各个“抗非”的现场所获取的第一手采访资料以及亲身经历，真实地记录了首都北京在非典爆发时所经历的惊心动魄的一段生死记忆，向人们揭开了“抗非”一线的真实情况，描述了在党和政府的领导下，医务人员、医药界人士、政府协调人员以及来自不同行业的“抗非”英雄，冒着随时可能被传染的生命危险为战胜非典所作出的坚苦卓绝的努力。

Author : Jenni Burton,Thomas Toscano,Maryam Zonouzi
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335243969

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EBOOK: Personalisation for Social Workers: Opportunities and Challenges for Frontline Practice by Jenni Burton,Thomas Toscano,Maryam Zonouzi Pdf

“This helpful text represents another brick in the wall for social workers and social work students seeking to make sense of personalisation/person-centred support, personal budgets and the changing role of social work in the future … This book will help all concerned with social work make better sense of what this should look like - if it is to support social justice, inclusion and equality.” Professor Peter Beresford OBE, Brunel University and Chair, Shaping Our Lives "This informative text bases the Personalisation discussion on real life examples and perspectives, providing a balanced account of the opportunities and obstacles faced by all stakeholders engaged in this agenda .... The final chapter on managing change provides the reader with an opportunity to step forward in time and consider how Personalisation might be located within the historical timeline of delivering social care and whether concepts of co-production, empowerment and citizenship can in fact become central to this agenda. A book to get you 'thinking' and 'doing'." Ali Gardner, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK "The authors have written a timely and highly topical book on the impact that Personalisation has and will have upon the world of Social Work. They do so in a very accessible way through highlighting the benefits of the model to all concerned, but crucially they explore some of the many concerns. In particular they address the anxieties expressed by qualified social workers upon their future role. … I shall certainly draw upon the text for my own teaching and learning and will encourage students and practitioners to do the same." Paul Hollingdale, Course Leader, University of Huddersfield, UK Personalisation remains a huge talking point in the world of social care. This timely book addresses the tensions, opportunities and challenges faced by social workers attempting to implement personal funding and support. Written by three academics with extensive first hand experience of supporting people in personalised ways, the book highlights the ethical dilemmas and complexities of frontline practice and is grounded in a pragmatic and creative approach to personalisation. The authors offer an honest representation of positive aspects of personalisation and examine areas that cause concern. The book also: Contains scenarios based on realistic examples of supporting service users and carers Recognises the political, social, cultural and individual factors that interplay in personalisation Provides a balance between an academic understanding of personalisation and application in practice Presents a vision for what the future would look like with fully implemented personalisation in adult social care

Author : Marguerite G. Kraft
Publisher : William Carey Library
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0878083561

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Frontline Women by Marguerite G. Kraft Pdf

Author : Annette Aurélie Desmarais
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773631745

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Frontline Farmers by Annette Aurélie Desmarais Pdf

Who grows the food we eat? How important is it that family farms are viable in Canada today and in the future? How do viable family farms help determine the safety, diversity and sustainability of Canada’s food systems? Why is this important to those of us who do not farm? Frontline Farmers introduces readers to the National Farmers Union (NFU). For over fifty years, the NFU has been on the frontlines of our food system. From fighting against transnational corporations that seek to control our food system by imposing genetically modified organisms into our food, to protecting seeds, maintaining orderly marketing, saving the prison farms, keeping the land in the hands of family farmers, farming ecologically and building food sovereignty, the NFU has been front and centre of farm and food activism. This book collects the voices of NFU members who tell the stories of the key struggles of the progressive farm movement in Canada: fighting to build viable rural communities, protecting the family farm and creating socially just and ecologically sustainable food systems. Frontline Farmers reveals that the stakes for controlling our food in Canada have never been higher. The book was made possible with support from the Canada Research Chair Program. For an updated, corrected list of the protagonists from Frontline Farmers, please click here.

Author : Terry Whenham,Steve Roberts
Publisher : Uniform
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1912690780

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The Frontline Walk by Terry Whenham,Steve Roberts Pdf

This book tells the story of the Frontline Walk, a sponsored walk across the former battlefields of the Western Front supporting the work of 'ABF The Soldiers' Charity'. The charity was established in 1944 and works tirelessly to help all serving soldiers, veterans and their immediate families to avoid hardship and to enjoy independence and dignity. It uncovers the stories behind those who have participated in the walks since 2014, why they took part and how it has helped them discover more about their forebears, many of which served in the First World War on the very terrain the walk covers. It also tells the stories of those who have been affected by conflict and the work that the charity has done to help rebuild their lives. Illustrated throughout and with accompanying maps, this book can be used to uncover the routes taken and explore the stories behind those and the actions of the time with proceeds going towards the ongoing work of the charity.

Author : Serhii Plokhy
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674294530

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The Frontline by Serhii Plokhy Pdf

The Frontline presents a selection of essays drawn together for the first time to form a companion volume to Serhii Plokhy’s The Gates of Europe and Chernobyl. Here he expands upon his analysis in earlier works of key events in Ukrainian history, including Ukraine’s complex relations with Russia and the West, the burden of tragedies such as the Holodomor and World War II, the impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and Ukraine’s contribution to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Juxtaposing Ukraine’s history to the contemporary politics of memory, this volume provides a multidimensional image of a country that continues to make headlines around the world. Eloquent in style and comprehensive in approach, the essays collected here reveal the roots of the ongoing political, cultural, and military conflict in Ukraine, the largest country in Europe.

Author : Cristian Grossmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798579681362

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The Rise of the Frontline Workers by Cristian Grossmann Pdf

2.7 billion of the world's workforce are frontline workers - this book explains how business leaders can transform their organization by making frontline workers more effective, efficient, motivated, and happier in their work."An essential business book for senior management in retail, manufacturing, construction, hospitality, or indeed any industry that employs large numbers of frontline workers." Given that 80% of the world's workforce is employed on the frontline, why have organizations not invested in the mobile tools that will make those workers more effective, efficient, motivated, and happier in their work? Desk-based workers have been provided with such tools, why not their frontline counterparts?These are the questions that Cristian Grossmann addresses in his new book, The Rise of the Frontline Workers, in which he outlines why it is so important for businesses to digitalize their frontline workforce and explains how organizations should best approach doing so.Cristian is a tech entrepreneur whose company Beekeeper has raised more than $80M in funding and supplies its employee communications app to some of the world's biggest and best-known organizations, including London Heathrow Airport, Domino's Pizza, and Hilton Hotels. Cristian, a former frontline worker himself, has an extensive understanding of what technology is required to make the frontline workforce more effective and describes why frontline workers need tools and solutions that are designed specifically for them, not a patched-up version of something that works for desk-based workers.The Rise of the Frontline Workers explores how frontline workers are essential to the smooth running of society. The events of 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic have proved that beyond any doubt. Yet for many employers, frontline workers and their needs are overlooked, time and time again. During the various lockdowns of 2020, frontline workers rarely had the option of working from home and continued to work on the frontline, often at personal risk to themselves due to a lack of PPE.This ignoring of frontline worker needs is not new and dates back centuries. But things are changing. Covid-19 has accelerated trends that had been building for years. People were already using smartphones in massive numbers and reaching frontline workers via their smartphones has become a mission-critical objective for many organizations. The on-going rise of mobile technology and changing perceptions of how frontline workers are valued have combined to create a perfect storm in which the needs of the frontline workforce are finally being addressed. Providing frontline workers with the tools to communicate with, to give them access to the information that will keep them safe at work, and to ensure they feel valued has become one of the biggest priorities for businesses now.By the end of The Rise of the Frontline Workesr, you will have gained a greater understanding of the perfect storm that has gathered to make digitalization of frontline workers so important, learn from companies that have already done so, and be ready to start your own frontline worker digitalization projects. Organizations that take the needs of 80% of their workforce seriously by providing them with the right digital tools for the job will survive and indeed thrive in the future. Those that continue to ignore the needs of the frontline workforce will head in the opposite direction. This book makes it clear why you should choose the former option.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : South Africa
ISBN : IND:30000122780939

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Azania Frontline by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Sakwa
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857724373

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Frontline Ukraine by Richard Sakwa Pdf

The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. As Russia and Ukraine tussle for Crimea and the eastern regions, relations between Putin and the West have reached an all-time low. How did we get here? Richard Sakwa here unpicks the context of conflicted Ukrainian identity and of Russo-Ukrainian relations and traces the path to the recent disturbances through the events which have forced Ukraine, a country internally divided between East and West, to choose between closer union with Europe or its historic ties with Russia. In providing the first full account of the ongoing crisis, Sakwa analyses the origins and significance of the Euromaidan Protests, examines the controversial Russian military intervention and annexation of Crimea, reveals the extent of the catastrophe of the MH17 disaster and looks at possible ways forward following the October 2014 parliamentary elections. In doing so, he explains the origins, developments and global significance of the internal and external battle for Ukraine.With all eyes focused on the region, Sakwa unravels the myths and misunderstandings of the situation, providing an essential and highly readable account of the struggle for Europe's contested borderlands.

Author : Institute for African Alternatives
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : UOM:39015018869340

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Witness from the Frontline by Institute for African Alternatives Pdf