With the guidance of world-renowned counseling author, teacher, and practitioner Gerald Corey, best-selling Theory AND PRACTICE OF GROUP COUNSELING, 8e equips readers with the knowledge and skills for effective group counseling and leadership. You'll learn key theoretical approaches to group leadership and how to successfully apply each in practice. With Corey's clear, straightforward writing style, you will have no difficulty understanding each theoretical concept and its relationship to group practice. And as you explore different approaches, your growing knowledge will enable you to integrate techniques from the various approaches you'll study in this book to create a unique approach that works successfully for YOU.

Packed with examples, illustrations, and proven learning experiences from the field, Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills (8th Edition) prepares social work students for effective real-world practice. Incorporating many case examples from social work practitioners as well as the authors' personal experiences, the book integrates the major theories and skills that direct social work practitioners need to understand and master--earning the book its reputation as the classic source for helping students learn direct practice skills.

Give future and current managers a thorough understanding of the financial theory that is essential for developing and implementing effective financial strategies in business today. Brigham/Ehrhardt's leading Financial Management: Theory and Practice (13th Edition) is the only text that strikes a perfect balance between solid financial theory and practical applications. Readers gain a strong working knowledge of today's changed financial environment as this edition examines recent financial crises, the global economic crisis, and role of finance in the business and students' personal lives. This book's relevant presentation, numerous examples and emphasis on using Excel spreadsheets shows readers how to increase the value of a firm. Integrated practice using Thomson ONE-Business School Edition gives readers hands-on experience using the same research tool Wall Street professionals rely upon daily. This book is both the ideal choice for today's introductory MBA course as well as a valuable reference tool for students throughout their academic and business careers.

Packed with examples, illustrations, and proven learning experiences from the field, Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills (8th Edition) prepares social work students for effective real-world practice. Incorporating many case examples from social work practitioners as well as the authors' personal experiences, the book integrates the major theories and skills that direct social work practitioners need to understand and master--earning the book its reputation as the classic source for helping students learn direct practice skills.

Intermediate microeconomics is both fun and intellectually challenging in this new edition, written by the author of The Armchair Economist, the popular trade book that explains basic economics to the general public. The text provides an exceptionally friendly and application-rich presentation, combined with a rigorous and careful development of microeconomic theory. All of the standard topics of intermediate price theory are included, as well as innovative topics such as alternative normative criteria, efficient asset markets, contestable markets, antitrust law, human capital, and the demand for public goods. A unique unifying theme of social welfare is used with little higher-level mathematics.

Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman and renowned researcher Maurice Obstfeld set the standard for International Economics courses with the text that remains the market leader in the U.S. and around the world.

International Economics: Theory and Policy is a proven approach in which each half of the book leads with an intuitive introduction to theory and follows with self-contained chapters to cover key policy applications.

Discover to the most progressive thinking about organizations today as acclaimed author Richard Daft balances recent, innovative ideas with proven classic theories and effective business practices. Daft's best-selling ORGANIZATION THEORY AND DESIGN, 10E presents a captivating, compelling snapshot of contemporary organizations and the concepts driving their success that will immediately engage any reader. Recognized as one of the most systematic, well organized texts in the market, ORGANIZATION THEORY AND DESIGN helps both future and current managers thoroughly prepare for the challenges of today's business world.