Management

Strategic management makes a difference to the performance of public organizations. This book demonstrates that the most appropriate response is 'it all depends': on which aspects of strategy content and processes are pursued together, and how these are...

Technology breakthroughs in sustainable renewable energy and energy conservation technologies require that there be a strong institutional ecosystem in place which supports innovation, but the nature of this foundation and how it works is not well-known...

This book is a substantial re-write of the author's earlier book on management consultancy that has established itself as a leading book on this topic. This re-write focuses upon the analysis of the impact of e-business on the consulting industry as well...

Corporate communications are now hugely important in the success of companies and organisations. Using cases and examples from companies such as The Body Shop, Texaco, Johnson & Johnson, BP Oil & British Airways the authors introduce the...

Examines the alternative belief systems which contemporary organizational actors live by and through which they seek to find meaning within the dominant (neo)capitalist social order. This volume marks an attempt to move the study of belief forward within...

This volume introduces readers to recent developments in the fields of board of directors and corporate social responsibility. It also provides new insights and perspectives on corporate governance practices in different countries.Book InformationISBN...

Although IT outsourcing is nothing new, it remains surprisingly challenging for professionals. This book assists the IT professional in several areas of the outsourcing process: establishing outsourcing relationships, maintaining and managing the...

Quality is becoming the most important competitive issue. The customer demands quality making it imperative to businesses to take it in serious consideration. It has become a matter of survival to provide a quality product. The concern with quality...

Should we rethink growth? Is the abundance of the western world still ethical? Growth, social responsibility and sustainable development are indeed deeply entangled. This book aims to provide the reader with a transversal, holistic view on these issues,...

Car manufacturing epitomizes modern industry, yet the overall perspective has been lost in speculation and self-promotion. Based on six years of research, this book is the first in years to reassess the industry. The result is a paradigm that quantifies...

Although much has been written about how organizations renew themselves, little attention has been given to why they go into decline. Mary Guy's groundbreaking new study looks at both sides of the issue, first analyzing the symptoms of and reasons for...

Value and Strategy: Competing Successfully in the Nineties presents fresh ideas, concepts, and practical suggestions for decision makers who must sustain growth and profitability in today's competitive business environment. Clearly written and...

In today's increasingly litigious climate, corporate directors can be held personally liable for the financial misconduct of corporate employees. In this comprehensive volume, Fertakis provides the practical information corporate board members need to...

measure of the rate of innovation --research-and-development (R&D) expenditure per employee compared to new patents received per employee -- does not adequately capture a unique feature of SMEs, namely that owners and managers are often themselves...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837118512Author William L. ZwermanFormat HardbackPage Count 219Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Focusing on innovation management, the authors explore the role of knowledge stocks or intellectual capital blocks such as human, social, technological, organizational and regional capitals, on technological innovation process typologies and firm...

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, organizations that fail to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with mental disabilities may be subject to penalties and punitive damages. The Act does not, however, provide useful guidelines to help...

This third volume of "Research in Competence-Based Management" (RCBM) continues the launch of a long-awaited outlet for peer-reviewed research papers contributing to advancement of competence-based management theory. Each volume in...

Based on qualitative work in car plants in Argentina, this book offers new insights for an understanding of workers' collective struggles in a radical perspective. Criticizing the use of injustice as the basis of mobilization, it argues that workers'...

In today's multipolar world economy, strategic alignment is a key determinant of competitive advantage. Coca-Cola, Danone, Diageo, DuPont, Lufthansa and Tata are some of the companies that strive for a pragmatic approach to balancing competitive...

Enables companies to discuss and organize offshoring IT work to India and the opportunity to industrialize the IT delivery chain allowing countering cost pressures. Offshoring is considered as a lifecycle and the book provides a practical framework for...

Eskom is a South African company that has developed from a state utility under apartheid into a competitive state-owned enterprise. This book draws on the knowledge about corporate governance in state-owned enterprises. It locates Eskom's experience in...

Global diversity is a key issue facing all companies and organizations. This innovative new book embraces diversity and shows how it can, if carefully understood and developed, provide the tools needed to attain the values and characteristics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530019215Author Robert HiltermanFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams)...

"Quality Assurance Management" provides a comprehensive introduction and reference source to this increasingly important area of business activity. It should prove a useful tool for managers working in companies attempting to gain ISO9000/BS5750...

Business and culture are inextricably linked, each reflecting and reinforcing trends in the other. In Understanding American Business Jargon, W. Davis Folsom captures the essence of both by focusing on the terms and phrases that make up our business...

An answer book for entrepreneurial executives seeking to take their companies global, Schniederjans's concise presentation gets to the heart of the problem: What will globalization mean, once you have achieved it, and how are you going to get there? How...

Social entrepreneurship has become a global phenomenon. Drawing from the 2nd International Social Entrepreneurship Research Conference held in New York, this book provides an in-depth discussion of this vibrant area of research, explores its regional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369371768Author Chip R BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 531g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985945695Author Carrie ReichartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Bowker Identifier ServicesPublisher Bowker Identifier ServicesWeight(grams) 231g

The complete story of the devastating BP oil spill of 2010. The author puts forward an objective account of what happened, a documentation of the true costs, not the hyperbolic costs, and an explanation of the science and business of the spill and its...

"This book of essays is full of rampant idealism. Its authors--educators, think-tankers, corporate executives, consultants, book authors, nonprofit association executives, and a German politician--share a desire to better the world through their...

Executive Stamina combines the wisdom and methodology of the best executive coaching with the cutting-edge training techniques of world-class athletes to help busy, stressed-out executives achieve peak performance. This holistic approach to executive...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994256003Author Robyn WeatherleyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Major Street PublishingPublisher Major Street Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648879909Author David V HodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint Ensemble Partners Pty LtdPublisher Ensemble Partners Pty LtdWeight(grams) 658g

At its core, accountability is the responsibility to act. It is the commitment to do the right thing and stand by your decisions. Perhaps most importantly, it is a quality that must come from within; dishearteningly, even as legislators, shareholders,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369370099Author Harry E ChambersFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 472g

Tourism Marketing for Developing Countries examines media strategies used by destinations in Asia, the Middle East and Africa to battle stereotypes, negative images and crises in order to attract tourists .Book InformationISBN 9781137342140Author Eli...

This work proposes an answer to the question: what are computers for? It analyzes human activity and its relevance to computer use and interleaves a theory about the universal aspect of social life with a vision of how to harness computer power. Though...