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Communication skills are fundamental to effective social work practice. Accessible and easy-to-read, Mastering Communication in Social Work is designed to help you develop these essential skills. It explores the basics of how communication works, the factors that influence how effectively you attend to and convey information, and how you can improve your communication. Particular attention is given to the challenges posed by difficult clients and the cultural dimensions of communication. Gast and Bailey put forward a reflective model for practice designed help you break bad habits and develop a wider repertoire of communication behaviours. Practice vignettes and exercises for the reader are included throughout. This book is essential reading for social work students, practitioners, managers, practice teachers and assessors, and trainers, as well as those in allied professions.

Although new ventures’ competitive positioning and their founders’ social networks are both recognized as important in the context of transition economies, not much is known about their multiplicative effect on performance. We build on the strategic management literature and social network theory to develop theoretical predictions about the role of competitive strategies and social capital for entrepreneurial performance. These are tested with survey data from Bulgaria. We find that both the venture’s competitive strategic positioning and the founder’s networking positively influence performance. The hypothesized moderating effect of networking for the relationship between differentiation strategy and performance received only tentative support. Contrary to expectations, we find a negative moderating effect of networking for the relationship of cost leadership with performance. These results suggest that the entrepreneur’s network plays a role in shaping how strategies influence performance by possibly upholding differentiation and deemphasizing cost leadership strategy. Implications for managerial practice and public policy are discussed.

Технология Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) – самый простой способ создания и потребления веб-служб на платформе Microsoft. В версии .NET 3.5 WCF была существенно переработана, а в Visual Studio 2008 включены мощные инструменты для работы с ней. Из этой книги вы узнаете, как выжать максимум возможного из WCF с помощью .NET 3.5 и Visual Studio 2008. Основываясь на обширном опыте работы с пользователями, раньше других приступившими к изучению WCF, три сотрудника Microsoft систематически рассматривают темы, вызывающие наибольшее количество вопросов у разработчиков. Авторы дают практические рекомендации, рассказывают о проверенных приемах, дают множество полезных советов по решению конкретных задач. В книге вы найдете подробные объяснения, подходы к «болевым точкам», свойственным разработке с помощью WCF, и богатый набор примеров повторно используемого кода.