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This handbook invites readers who are interested in mediation, negotiation and conflict resolution to share the perspectives of experts in the field. Contributors include scholars, mediators, trainers and negotiators, all of whom are passionate about their work. ...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-09
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Blackwell Handbooks in Management
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This volume introduces readers to the central debates of organization studies through a series of 'point' and 'counterpoint' debates by major figures in the field. Introduces readers to the central tensions and debates of organization studies. Celebrates the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-04
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This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of practice-based organizational learning and knowing. Based on the author's detailed study of safety practices in different corporate settings. The author uses this study to empirically describe how...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-04
Collection :
Organization and Strategy
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"If you want to understand why Wikipedia is changing the world, this book is a must read." –Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia "This book is a must read for all - social activists, politicians or managers - who have an interest in understanding how our society is...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2008-12-08
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`The Sage Handbook of Organizational Behaviour is a fine addition to past works of reference in the field, edited by two prominent scholars who are internationally known. Its approach is both critical and original in many incisive ways, aspiring to a cutting-edge...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2008-12-03
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The field of Personnel Psychology is broadly concerned with the study of individual differences and their consequences for the organization. As human resource costs continue, for most organizations, to be the single largest operating cost (50-80% of annual expenditure),...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-10-31
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In this engaging and handy book, Gatrell and Swan provide both an insightful introduction and much-needed resource to the understanding of gender and diversity in management.
Gender and Diversity in Management accessibly overviews the core issues of gender, race,...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2008-08-07
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Reason, and the need to Be Rational, are essential dimensions of society and the organizations we live and work in. Yet the 'rationalization' of working and administrative processes, or the 'rationality' studied in social sciences, is all too often, used, understood,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-07-24
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The Accountable Leader is centred around three themes - leadership, accountability and organizational structure, and explores what it means for managers to be held to account at all levels in an organization. It will show that most leadership related problems arise from...
Editeur :
Kogan Page
Parution :
2008-07-03
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Motivation in Public Management: The Call of Public Service joins a long-standing debate about what drives the behavior of government employees and others who are engaged in the public's business. For many centuries, public service was considered a noble calling and,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-05-15
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The SAGE Course Companion on Organization Theory is an accessible introduction to a challenging subject area. This book helps readers to extend their understanding of theories and make the connection between them and organizational practice. It will enhance their...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2008-02-28
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Work-based learning is Joe Raelin’s unique way of incorporating a number of action strategies—such as action learning, action science, and communities of practice—into a comprehensive framework to help people learn collectively with others. In this thoroughly updated...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2008-02-13
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Bruce Kogut's writing has sketched a theory of human motivation that sees managers as social, often altruistic, sometimes as selfish, who care about their colleagues and their status among them. For the first time this book collects together key pieces that show how...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-01-03
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Twenty-first century capitalism has been marked by an increasing international economic independence, and considerable differences between dominant economic systems of coordination and control. In this context, national competition and coordination within industries has...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-11-22
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Every day, workforce talent is becoming harder to gain and easier to lose. A potentially lethal mix of changing workforce demographics, reduced workforce engagement and alignment, and the need for new skills are forcing organizations to look anew at their recruitment...
Editeur :
Kogan Page
Parution :
2007-11-03
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This book spans seventy years of theory from Max Weber's seminal writings on bureaucratic organization to the latest management thinking represented by Handy, Peters and Waterman. Covering three main areas of interest, those of the structure of organizations, management...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2007-10-04
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In many discussions of globalization and growth, attention focuses on Asia, notably China, South Korea, and India.In contrast, 'Can Latin American Firms Compete?' looks at business developments in another key emerging market region, Latin America. It examines the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-10-04
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In many discussions of globalization and growth, attention focuses on Asia, notably China, South Korea, and India.In contrast, 'Can Latin American Firms Compete?' looks at business developments in another key emerging market region, Latin America. It examines the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-10-04
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Knowledge is built from personal experience and coloured by our needs and values. It follows that all knowledge is personal and incomplete. We all suffer from ‘blind spots’. But when leaders have them, it matters. To guide people on a journey of continuous learning,...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2007-06-29
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Organizations are a part of everyday life, whether in schools, hospitals, police stations or commercial companies. In this classics text, Charles Handy argues that the key to successful organizations lies in a better understanding of the needs and motivations of the...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2007-06-28
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