China Student

Understanding how groups function is essential for success in any organisation. This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the study of work groups within the field of organisational behaviour. It examines why groups form, how they operate, and the ways in which group dynamics influence organisational effectiveness and performance. Key topics include group structure, norms, roles, cohesion, and communication, as well as the organisational factors that shape group behaviour. The book also explores how groups develop over time and how managers can support effective collaboration ...

Forget what you think you know about "shy, innocent" Asian women. You've seen the stereotypes: the demure, submissive good girl or the exotic, hyper-sexualized seductress. But if you are a Western man looking for love (or lust) in China, believing those myths will leave you broke, confused, and possibly with wrist pain. In Chinese Girl Confessions, Angelina Zhang pulls back the curtain on the private lives, bedroom habits, and dating strategies of modern Chinese women. This is a raw, no-holds-barred guide to what really happens behind closed doors. The Myth of Innocence: Why we pretend to ...

“An upbeat chronicle of [Clavel’s] children’s school experiences in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo…[offering] advice about vetting schools and enriching children’s education.” —Kirkus Reviews “An intriguing volume on the differences in global education.” —Library Journal A...

Students without motivation or vision enroll in higher education because of social pressure and the imperative to conform. They enroll not because they want to learn, nor because they want to personally develop, but because they must earn a college degree if they want a chance at a decent job and entry into the middle class. Students have become capitalists. They are clients looking to invest their economic and human capital in order to secure their future. In such an environment, education as personal development is lost. Academic capitalism is corrupting higher education, especially with ...

Did you ever dream of going around the world? How would you accomplish that? How would it all come together? How would you know what was required regarding VISAs and immunizations? Would you grow tired of the same old hum-drum at sea and become bored? To answer these and many other questions regarding a journey of such magnitude, one might strongly consider taking a Global Study Abroad Program sponsored by the University of Virginia. The entire agenda is coordinated by the University. It is geared toward shipboard studies on “sea days” and shore excursions at the fourteen ports of call,...

While I’ve been cooling my heels in Africa, things have been happening at a furious pace back home. Zombies have founded a city right next to mine, and the nearest human settlements are now united and busy sharpening their knives. Meanwhile, traitors weave their webs of intrigue within the Architects Clan itself, and a numberless horde of zombies is moving relentlessly toward us from China. And these are just some of the problems I’m going to have to solve as soon as I get home.

Welcome to the 1st edition of Efficient Market Hypothesis: Introduction to the Efficient Market Hypothesis for Business Students. It covers the basic fundamentals of capital markets, the setting of stock prices in stock exchanges, random walk theory, and moves on to the concept of market efficiency and the Efficient Market Hypothesis. Lastly we look at market efficiency tests and make further discussion on weak form efficiency tests. Our series of Books for Business Students are concise and targeted to maximizing your ‘value for time’, i.e. to give you the maximum essential learning on ...

A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems. In medicine, every patient presents with a story. “Once upon a time I was well, and then . . . ” These patient narratives are the beating...

Der ewige Student Fritz Degenfeld, genannt der ‚blaurote Methusalem‘, sein Leibdiener Gottfried Ziegenkopf, scherzhaft Gottfried von Bouillon gerufen, und Richard Stein, der jugendliche Schützling des ‚Methusalem‘, machen sich auf den Weg nach China, um dort eine Richard in Aussicht gestellte, geheimnisvolle Erbschaft anzutreten. Zugleich wollen sie auch nach der verschollenen Familie ihres im deutschen Exil lebenden chinesischen Freundes Ye-kin-li forschen.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to grow up in a system where your entire childhood revolves around education? In this book, Maxime Wong takes you on an eye-opening journey through China’s school system, one of the most competitive and demanding in the world.