Management

A rigorous analysis of the implications of leadership being seen literally or metaphorically as a performance. The book introduces a framework which examines the performance of leadership through the dimensions of enactment, narrative and audience,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984521494Author Eric WillekeFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Blue Hole PressPublisher Blue Hole PressWeight(grams) 354g

This book originates from a multiple year research project on ICT and justice in a number of EU countries. Among the project's major objectives was the development of new methodologies for facilitating ICT-based innovation in the judiciary.Book...

This volume fills a major gap in the literature by systematically and scientifically analyzing 500 small entrepreneurial firms and isolating the reasons for their successes and failures. The authors examine whether there are any laws of success and...

The significance of this study on women executives is twofold: one, the book is about women in the public sector, and two, it is written by a woman in the executive service of the government itself. The treatise is a well-documented study of...

Highlights new realities, challenges and opportunities facing organizations and businesses in managing people in contemporary Africa and attempts to propose alternative sustainable strategies and models that address critical issues ranging from managing...

Employee and manager rebellions occur more often than you might think. This book argues how important it is to take these protests seriously. The authors demonstrate that when middle managers rebel, they aren't just letting off steam, and that their acts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956677709Author Christopher Leslie DugglebyFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bizchangers MediaPublisher Bizchangers MediaWeight(grams) 533g

Healthcare organizations depend on managers to build effective peer relationships to manage complex patient needs. Today, top management is fighting the many headed monster Hydra from Greek Mythology. The organization is steeped in conflict between peers...

In a time of instability trust in managers is low. Management education is being scrutinized for its impact on society and business schools have been considered as 'silent partners in corporate crime' This book outlines how business schools can get out...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957129603Author Phoenix PublicationsFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Phoenix PublicationsPublisher Phoenix Publications

Contributing Authors Include Clinton S. Golden, Douglas McGregor, Russell W. Davenport And Many Others.Book InformationISBN 9780262620086Author Frederick G. LesieurFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 358g

Volume 9 of "Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research" presents further empirical research in accounting theory. Its content is of wide appeal and crosses into the fields of applied psychology, sociology, management science, and economics. It...

Current thinking about how to improve strategic planning (now upgraded to strategic thinking) and decision making by managers at all levels is to employ some aspect of information systems technology. Although this approach has worked well for most...

Stress isundoubtedly one of the major work-related illness and is even more likely in times of economic uncertainty and downturn. Theauthors assess the psychological challenges created by instability and uncertainty and provide a survival toolkit that...

This is the third volume of papers in the topical area of environmental management. Arising from work done by the International Centre for the Environment at the University of Bath, the papers address inter-disciplinary environmental themes particularly...

Exploring the nature, configuration and influence of global elites, this book examines the impact of elites on transnational policy development and strategically on corporations as board members of PLCs and international joint ventures. Overall, the book...

Can it be that in order to reach the investor you need for your new venture, or to find the employer who will give you the chance of a lifetime, you only need to have six cups of coffee? Research tells us there is an average of six intermediate people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759647459Author Frank DavidFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 347g

This book discusses the impact of government policy, other institutional arrangements, organizational practices, collective and individual behaviour, on things of importance to many of us: work, employment, pay, work environments, learning, participation...

Organizations struggle to be strategically prepared for unexpected change. What if change cannot be anticipated with any degree of certainty? What can organizations do to become more strategically prepared? This book explores the answers to these...

This text argues that the crucial factors in the successful implementation of CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering) tools has more to do with management than technology. The book reflects upon a range of experience from organizations implementing...

The authors identify three stages of leadership development:early ingredients for success starting from childhood;paths that current and aspiring leaders should follow once they start a career; and what leaders should doexceptionally well to become and...

The arts have faced big changes in recent years. This book explores the changes driven by the crisis of the welfare state and the privatization of public entities. It considers the tensions between managerial rhetoric and professional practices and...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692088517Author Wayne GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Wayne GreenePublisher Wayne GreeneWeight(grams) 152g

How much can innovation contribute to the quality of life? How can innovation be used to develop and market commercial products? These are two major questions considered by an international symposium of active researchers from the USA and Europe in the...

Even casual observers will be familiar with the Cherry Blossom or Sakura tress of Japan. When in full bloom the sight is spectacular but it sadly only takes a week until the tree is bare. In a longer cycle of nations and business, we see, unfortunately,...

MacIntyre's narrative based virtue ethics have for the first time in this book been applied to an organization undergoing change driven by market forces and a society that wants more for less with scant regard for the means by which that is achieved. The...

The rapid takeoff of the continent-sized national economies and the increasing expense of extraction have led to strong tensions in petrol prices and a race towards alternative driving systems. This book analyses the emergence of a second automobile...

The declining domination of American manufacturers in world class markets has resulted in widespread criticism of traditional costing methods. Activity-based accounting for manufacturing costs emerged in the 1980s to satisfy the changes taking place in...

A unique exploration of the source, determinants, and methods of accessing intuitive intelligence and creativity, Dr. Cappon's book will be of special value not only to corporate management, but to people in decision-making capacities in a wide range of...

If, as has been asserted, everything in nature is connected to everything else, it is a lesson yet to be reflected among environmental professions, especially those serving law and policy. Nowhere is the lack of integration more apparent than in the...

Managing technology and globalization are two of the main concerns facing companies today. This book argues that the success of firms such as Ericsson and Nokia is a function of how they have managed these two areas simultaneously. The author summarises...

Management has failed; its successor is leadership. Can leadership fulfil the promises that are made in its name? This book is written for those charged with being leaders, and uses poststructuralist theory to provide a language for the confusions and...

Emphasizing the practical side of Technology and Innovation Management, this book includes significant contributions to the practice of strategizing, management of competences and innovation management. While the findings are research-based, each...

An affirmative post-structural philosophy of organisation inspired by Arnold Gehlen's philosophical anthropology, Michel Foucault's history of medicine and Gille Deleuze's early philosophical works. This book offers a deep and detailed analysis of the...

Written by Ian Batey, the creator of the Singapore Girl and Asia's most respected practitioner in the field this book is your essential resource for building a brand with staying power in Asia. Batey crusades a massive global marketing war in which Asian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369305152Author M Tamra ChandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 680g

The question of governance of the Internet is increasing in significance. The United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society, held in two phases in 2003 and 2005, provoked heated debate, and the resultant meetings of the Internet Governance...