Management

Situating public health within its social, environmental and political context, this book looks to the future through a realistic analysis of policy frameworks, effective interventions and robust measurement and evaluation. Using a multidisciplinary...

A manager has more opportunity to directly motivate employees than does any other organizational influence. And in today's complex and fluid work environments, where retention of top-performing employees is paramount, managers are under considerable...

The science of management needs the kind of integrative thought given the science of chemistry by a Russian named D.I. Mendeleyev in 1889. Before Mendeleyev developed the periodic table, chemists knew of many seemingly unrelated elements just as...

As multinational firms struggle to compete in a global economy, their operating and accounting decisions are being made in an environment that's characterized by fluctuating exchange rates, innovative and flexible organizational structures, and a dynamic...

Graduate research is a complicated process which many engineering and science students aspire to undertake. The complexity of the process can lead to failures for even the most brilliant students. Success with graduate level research requires not only a...

This is an updated and revised edition of the author's successful and ground breaking book on international public relations and global reputation. Michael Morley has counselled clients of the world's largest corporations. This book shows how to achieve...

Understanding the array of occupational rights that give meaning to the emerging demands, expectations, and role responsibilities in the modern workplace is of critical importance. Equally important is achieving an understanding of the evolving workplace...

This is the first major treatment of the effects of increased transparency on financial markets: an important and highly controversial issue for both traders and regulators. Focussing on three main themes - market transparency, the...

Family firms account for a large proportion of firms in most countries. In industrialised countries of North America and Western Europe, they generally account for a large share of small and medium sized enterprises. In emerging market economies such as...

Management and organization research has rediscovered individual agency, innovation and entrepreneurship. As such, there is a risk of overlooking the power of self-reinforcing processes in and among organizations. This volume redirects attention to these...

Manufacturing managers are still focused on the short-term tactical issues related to their business. Strategic issues tend to receive less attention. However, manufacturing can play an important strategic role. This book helps managers consider the...

This book takes an international perspective on the topical issues of marketing ethics and ethical communications. The contributors are professors of business in various European institutions who bring their international background and experience to...

Provides an updated view of knowledge management strategies of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) by focusing on how those firms manage innovation in their value chains and at the territorial level. Offers an original analysis of key processes...

Uses case studies to explore why large scale electronics failed to win a leadership position in the early computer industry and why IBM, a firm with a heritage in the business machines industry, succeeded. The cases cover both the US and the UK industry...

Ramundo demonstrates that bargaining is the logical substitute for bossing and the reality of the expanded negotiating role of the manager. He establishes that negotiation is a technical managerial skill which can fill the void created by the absence of...

When managers and analysts make key decisions about an organization, they need to analyze the entire breadth of basic management functions--planning, organizing, directing, and controlling--and relate them to all the management areas, such as marketing,...

With the growth of the service sector of the economy and the simultaneous dramatic escalation in real estate prices in many areas, office costs are no longer an insignificant overhead item. Thus, it is increasingly critical that office space be used...

This comprehensive guide to all the essential legal and business considerations in financing the business activities of the modern corporation. Readers are provided with a clear and concise introduction to the legal and contractual framework that governs...

Creative problem solving (CPS) is a six-step process designed to help people systematically resolve nonroutine, ambiguous types of problems. Because most organizational problems tend to be nonroutine, skill in using CPS process can confer a significant...

This study offers a thorough analysis of what determines the level of executive compensation in one corporation as opposed to another. Challenging prior research which has tended to focus solely on the influence of coporate financial performance, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978993009Author Robert E. LevasseurFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint MindFire PressPublisher MindFire PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982567203Author Kurt James ReinhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Create Training & ConsultingPublisher Create Training &...

Following on from his previous book, The Customer's Victory , Francois Dupuy here outlines how to manage a change process. Using practical examples from new case studies and discussion of current theories of organisational change this book explains how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982567210Author Kurt James ReinhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Create Training & ConsultingPublisher Create Training &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369305121Author Ken BlanchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 156g

Part of a series on the modern Japanese economy which explores all the major areas of Japanese economic life, this book examines the managerial hierarchies of large-scale Japanese industrial companies since their emergence.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530019208Author Robert HiltermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams)...

Drawing from decades of research, teaching, and consulting in the fields of marketing and strategy, the author demystifies the forces of market chaos, including technological change, globalization, and consumer behavior, showing readers how to identify...

Knowledge Capital: How Knowledge-Based Enterprises Really Get Built is an integrated, structured set of conversations with thought leaders and key practitioners in the fields of intellectual capital and knowledge management, who examine-in the form of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369381422Author Deborah Perry PiscioneFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 413g

`This body of knowlege should be of interest to human resource management specialists. ...[and] to those who are interested in developing their knowledge and understanding of corporate learning and what a learning organisations is. Indeed, [it]... will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648402596Author Sarah BartholomeuszFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint You Legal Pty LtdPublisher You Legal Pty LtdWeight(grams) 281g

"For all new managers who are stressed out over how they're going to handle their new responsibilities, The Rookie Manager is the next best thing to a Swedish massage--the perfect stress-reducer. This indispensable guide prepares inexperienced...

An examination of the central institution of the EU. The editor, Prof. Neill Nugent, brings together a range of perspectives, each based on original research, examining all aspects from recruitment to policy-making, from the Commission's history to its...

Shows how managers in any organizational setting can improve their own and their teams' results through a unique, step-by-step approach to setting goals and then--most importantly--by putting them into action. Curtis lays bare the linkages between...

A comprehensive collection by Professor Cary Cooper and his colleagues in the field of workplace stress and wellbeing, which draws on research in a number of areas including stress-strain relationships, sources of workplace stress and stressful...

Classic leadership theory is presented here in a fresh and fashionable framework in this new, practical book for managers. Written in entertaining style, securely underpinned with the most credible and extensive research, top level case studies and frank...

A lively and hands-on exploration of corporate-NGO alliances. It offers original insight to understand why alliances exist and to what end. It also looks into the asymmetries between partners and dwells on three crucial aspects of alliances management :...

Talent, knowledge, and hard work do not guarantee success in a managerial or professional career. Competent, knowledgeable, and hardworking people often have less impact and achieve less career success than they deserve. Sometimes the missing ingredient...

There is no doubt that the pace of business has accelerated-products go from concept to release faster than ever, business partnerships and alliances are established (and dissolved) more quickly, competitors react more swiftly to any tilt in the playing...