In more recent times, the essence of the gatekeeper's role has moved to the 'boundary spanner' - a systems thinker who understands the specific needs and interests of the organization and whose greatest asset is their ability to move across and through the formal and informal features of the modern organization.
There are many types of boundaries associated with an organization, for example, horizontal, (function and expertise), vertical (status, hierarchy), geographic, demographic, and stakeholder. Boundaries are "the defining characteristic of organizations and, boundary roles are the...
In more recent times, the essence of the gatekeeper's role has moved to the 'boundary spanner' - a systems thinker who understands the specific nee...
Solving the Strategy Delusion takes a pioneering approach to challenging conventional and 'delusional' approaches to strategy. A result of years of academic research and consulting, it presents readers with a practical understanding about why strategic change consistently fails, and most importantly what to do about it. This new book offers different ways of seeing, thinking, planning, acting, and mobilising when it comes to making strategy happen in a world of volatility and complexity. By examining how leaders are trapped within rigid beliefs and conventional strategic...
Solving the Strategy Delusion takes a pioneering approach to challenging conventional and 'delusional' approaches to strategy. A result of ye...
Published with the support of the Academy for Social Sciences, this volume provides an illuminating look at topics of concern to everyone at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Leading social scientists tackle complex questions such as immigration, unemployment, climate change, war, banks in trouble, and an ageing population.
Published with the support of the Academy for Social Sciences, this volume provides an illuminating look at topics of concern to everyone at the begin...
Today's society is on the brink of new possibilities, yet it is also beset with challenges and problems. Banks are in trouble. Climate change threatens. The population is increasingly elderly. New health technologies pose new ethical questions. Globalization has changed the way we live. Public issues and private troubles are as interlaced as ever. And, big or small, problems need solutions based on accurate and suitable information, and on a proper understanding of the issues involved. This volume, consisting of specially-commissioned essays on topics of prime concern by leading social...
Today's society is on the brink of new possibilities, yet it is also beset with challenges and problems. Banks are in trouble. Climate change threaten...
This book brings together a number of experts in the field of organizational interventions for stress and well-being, and discusses the importance of process and context issues to the success or failure of such interventions. The book explores how context and process can be incorporated into program evaluation, providing examples of how this can be done, and offers insights that aim to improve working life.
Although there is a substantial body of research supporting a causal relationship between working conditions and employee stress and well-being, information on how to develop...
This book brings together a number of experts in the field of organizational interventions for stress and well-being, and discusses the importance ...
Recent research shows that the number of people in senior specialist and middle management positions is growing. As organizations continue to flatten, the middle becomes the place where many will spend the majority of their careers. The Outstanding Middle Manager is the new guide to dealing with those pressures specific to the role and maximizing the opportunities to forge a fulfilling and balanced career in the middle. Drawing on the latest research into workplace trends, strategic management and work-life balance, Tinline and Cooper focus on middle management as an...
Recent research shows that the number of people in senior specialist and middle management positions is growing. As organizations continue to flatt...
Our education system has undergone a process of enormous and rapid change, and all too often teachers have found that insufficient support has been offered to help them cope with this. As a result, most teachers now find that they experience stress of one sort or another at some point during their careers. As a direct reaction to this, the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) have commissioned a comprehensive study of the issue of teacher stress. This book reports on the findings of that study, and the implications this has not only for teachers, but...
Our education system has undergone a process of enormous and rapid change, and all too often teachers have found that insufficient support has been of...
Psychometrics plays an increasingly important role in all our lives as testing and assessment occurs from preschool until retirement. The fourth edition of this popular text introduces the reader to the subject in all its aspects including how to construct your own test, and covering recent developments in internet testing and digital footprint. Modern Psychometrics combines an up to date scientific approach with a full consideration of the political and ethical issues involved in the implementation of psychometrics testing in today's highly networked society, particularly in the...
Psychometrics plays an increasingly important role in all our lives as testing and assessment occurs from preschool until retirement. The fourth ed...
Psychometrics plays an increasingly important role in all our lives as testing and assessment occurs from preschool until retirement. The fourth edition of this popular text introduces the reader to the subject in all its aspects including how to construct your own test, and covering recent developments in internet testing and digital footprint. Modern Psychometrics combines an up to date scientific approach with a full consideration of the political and ethical issues involved in the implementation of psychometrics testing in today's highly networked society, particularly in the...
Psychometrics plays an increasingly important role in all our lives as testing and assessment occurs from preschool until retirement. The fourth ed...
