One of the major challenges facing Sub-Saharan African organizations today is how to effectively manage their resources. Though the importance of effective management of organizational resources is generally acknowledged, published research on the theme is disappointingly scarce. This book hopes to contribute in filling the lacuna. Contributors to the volume, which is the first in a book series from African Journal of Business and Economic Research (AJBER), a peer-reviewed, triennial publication, discuss various management issues in sub-Saharan Africa such as employee motivation, job satisfaction, compensation, organizational commitment, ethics, social responsibility and export management and the interplay between these and the effective management of an organization's resources. They argue that effective management of organizational resources - whether in the public or private sector - promotes efficiency, which in turn enhances the organization's ability to compete. The contributors also offer valuable insights into why many organizations in sub-Saharan Africa are inefficiently managed and offer desiderata for overcoming such challenges.

Presents answers to the following questions: how do tourists go about seeking high novelty and yet return to the same destination? How do some firms in the same industry end up embracing industrial tourism while other firms reject such business models? How do executive leadership styles affect employee satisfaction in international tourist hotels?

In Managing Health Sciences Libraries in a Time of Change, experienced leaders of the medical library community present insights into the current trends and issues faced by health sciences librarians and offer practical guidelines and management skills needed to create a culture of excellence. The Medical Library Association points out that “Management skills and a leader’s abilities affect the culture and performance of coworkers and the effectiveness of an institution.” The last decades have resulted in a sea change for health sciences library leadership and management. In a short period of time, medical libraries have transformed from collections of print books and journals to databases of digital resources accessible from any desktop. Library services no longer must be provided face to face, but the need for virtual library services has grown in complexity and now demands a greater knowledge of technology and informatics. Reference service, instruction, cataloging, and collection development all remain as key library tasks, but they have been transformed in this digital environment. This book explores what it means to be a manager of health sciences libraries today. Chapters focus on current trends in health science library leadership; managing change; staffing issues; managing for diversity, equity, and inclusion; mentoring; accreditation and evaluation; leadership skills, and a discussion of the differences between the concepts of leadership and management.

The aim of this book is to present elements of Mathematics as applied to Scientific and Engineering students whose main interest in the subject lie in finding the particular solution so rather than the general theory the book has been designed to source as the textbook of formal courses in Engineering Mathematics of B.Ed. and B.Tech. students of all Indian Universities. The subject matter has been discussed in a systematic way starting from basic concepts, keeping in mind the actual difficulties of students. Considerable more number of worked examples has been included in the text against each topic in all the chapters to make it more flexible. Contents: Vol. I: 1. Elementary Operations of the Matrices; 2. Eigen Vectors and Eigen Values; 3. Inverse and Adjoint of the Matrix; 4. Linear Equations Solution by the Matrices Method; 5. Integration and Differentiation of the Vectors; 6. Divergence, Curl and Gradient; 7. Multiple Vectors. Vol. II: 1. Moment of Inertia; 2. Multiple Integrals (Double and Triple Integrals and Change of Order of Integration); 3. Green s, Gauss s and Stoke s Theorem; 4. Fourier Series. Vol. III: 1. Mathematical Logics; 2. Set Theory; 3. Successive Differentiation; 4. Jacobians; 5. Partial Differentiation; 6. Theoretical Distributions; 7. Probability; 8. Correlation Analysis. Vol. IV: 1. Solution of Cubic Equations; 2. Difference Equations; 3. Transformation of Equations; 4. Solution of Biquadratic Equations. Vol. V: 1. Tabulation, Classification and Graphic Presentation; 2. Binomial and Normal Distributions; 3. Multinomial and Poisson Distributions; 4. Probability; 5. Regression and Correlation Analysis. Vol. VI: 1. Analytic Functions; 2. Calculus of Residues; 3. Complex Variable; 4. Zero of an Analytic Function; 5. Complex Integration.

A comprehensive perspective on multiculturalism in libraries! Diversity Now: People, Collections, and Services in Academic Libraries delivers a comprehensive look at diversity issues for librarians. It examines partnerships between academic research libraries and campus agencies and provides effective retention strategies for diverse employees. It also shows how librarians can lobby for domestic partner benefits for university employees who are unmarried same- and opposite-sex couples. Diversity Now: People, Collections, and Services in Academic Libraries provides a unique research perspective on assessment and diversity integration in the academic libraries and highlights effective working strategies for a multicultural library environment, examining: partnerships between academic research libraries and campus agencies which work directly with students assessment and diversity integration in the academic library workplace and six critical challenges for working well in a multicultural environment communication and teaching incorporating service learning experiences in the library and information science curriculum model retention programs for junior faculty of color