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Globalization demands that more employees become comfortable working outside their home country borders. Western Women Working in Japan is a research-based description of the work and living situations facing foreign professional women who work in Japan. The book draws upon detailed survey data and in-depth interviews, as well as the experiences of the authors, who have lived or worked in Japan during the last 20 years. It examines how foreign women can succeed in Japanese and foreign firms operating in Japan by describing what helps these Western women adjust to Japan and work with...

Why are some organizations more creative than others? What sets innovative, high-performing organizations apart? Can creativity and innovation be learned and enhanced? The answer to the last question, say creativity experts Nancy Napier and Mikael Nilsson, is a resounding yes. And with general consensus that creativity and innovation drive business growth, fostering creativity couldn't be more important. In "The Creative Discipline," Napier and Nilsson illustrate six key factors that power creative, high-achieving organizations, and they provide managers with guidelines for incorporating...

"Insight: Encouraging Aha Moments for Organizational Success" helps individuals and organizations create the conditions that lay the groundwork for the distinct "Aha " instances of insight--when connections between different pieces of information are revealed and ideas come together in ways that have never existed before.

"Insight" examines three stages of the Aha experience, from the early confusion and chaos of "too much information," to how people organize and try out what they learn, to the "Aha " moment itself. It then examines techniques people use to spark the creative aha...