Social Innovation: New Forms of Organisation in Knowledge-Based Societies
ISBN: 9781138902053 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Social innovation can be simply defined as the new ideas and initiatives that make it possible to meet our society s challenges in areas such as the environment, education, employment, culture, health and economic development. It is currently becoming increasingly important as a central concept for social theories and politics. This edited volume brings together interdisciplinary contributions which examine the complex interrelation between innovation and social problems, a link which has been surprisingly underexplored in academia and practice thus far. Social Innovation: New... 'Social innovation can be simply defined as the new ideas and initiatives that make it possible to meet our society s challenges in areas such as t... |
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261,89 zł |
Followership: What It Takes to Lead
ISBN: 9781606497326 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Followers dominate all organizations, but a preoccupation with leaders hinders the consideration of the importance of followers and the relationship between followers and leaders. Followership: What It Takes to Lead will teach you how to become a better leader by becoming a better follower. The book includes chapters on the topics of: leadership theory, followership theory, preparation for the job, understanding what is required for the job, communication, initiative, positive attitude, responsibility, problem solving, and teamwork. It also provides suggestions for becoming an... Followers dominate all organizations, but a preoccupation with leaders hinders the consideration of the importance of followers and the relationshi... |
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94,67 zł |
Mergers & Acquisitions and Partnerships in China
ISBN: 9789814641029 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mergers & Acquisitions and Partnerships in China provides a fast and accessible framework to external growth in China, and is an attempt to accurately describe the main operative conditions and in particular the most common pitfalls for foreign businessmen. The business cases in this book illustrate real business situations, including different outcomes and a thorough analysis of the reasons for success or failure of the case. The authors provide all the necessary tools to better master the negotiation and transaction process, and provide in particular, detailed explanation on the due...
Mergers & Acquisitions and Partnerships in China provides a fast and accessible framework to external growth in China, and is an attempt to accurately...
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528,93 zł |
El ABC de la Comunicación Efectiva: Hablada, Escrita Y Escuchada
ISBN: 9780718030995 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. El ABC de la comunicacion efectiva: hablada, escrita y escuchada combina las ensenanza mas queridas de los tres primeros libros de la serie Habilidades de comunicacion... de Sonia Gonzalez en un solo volumen para un liderazgo mas asertivo y de alto impacto. Este libro, ofrece claves practicas para eliminar los bloqueadores comunes de la expresion escrita, hablada y escuchada. Ofrece lecciones para ordenar las ideas y lograr una comunicacion hablada mas asertiva y persuasiva. Con claves sencillas y aplicables ayuda a efectuar un cambio extremo en la... El ABC de la comunicacion efectiva: hablada, escrita y escuchada combina las ensenanza mas queridas de los tres primeros libros de... |
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77,45 zł |
The Public Services Under Reconstruction: Client Experiences, Professional Practices, Managerial Control
ISBN: 9781138864092 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the services in and around the public domain. The author analyses a number of socio-cultural changes that are generally considered relevant to these services, including the rationalising efforts of the New Public Management and the introduction of IT. The book particularly addresses the diversity of services. It focuses on the local complexities of their day to day processes of service delivery, and on the diversity of client experiences and professional roles associated with various client relationships. A practical objective of this book is to encourage its... This book examines the services in and around the public domain. The author analyses a number of socio-cultural changes that are generally consider... |
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246,78 zł |
Pierre Bourdieu, Organization, and Management
ISBN: 9780415737265 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pierre Bourdieu, the French sociologist, philosopher, and anthropologist, has been widely studied and analyzed in academic circles, particularly in sociology, where his ideas about power relations in social life helped to define the contemporary field. While many other sociological theories and figures have been extensively discussed and analyzed within the contexts of organization studies and management, Bourdieu's ideas have, until recently, been largely ignored. Offering an authoritative evaluation of Bourdieu's work, this book provides readers with conceptual frameworks, empirical... Pierre Bourdieu, the French sociologist, philosopher, and anthropologist, has been widely studied and analyzed in academic circles, particularly in... |
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805,98 zł |
Build a Security Culture
ISBN: 9781849287166 / Angielski / Miękka / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Protect your organisation by building a security-minded culture "With this book, Kai Roer has taken his many years of cyber experience and provided those with a vested interest in cyber security a firm basis on which to build an effective cyber security training programme." Dr. Jane LeClair Chief Operating Officer National Cybersecurity Institute, Washington, D.C. Human nature - easy prey for hackers? Human behaviour is complex and inconsistent, making it a rich hunting ground for would-be hackers and a significant risk to the security of your organisation . An effective way to address...
Protect your organisation by building a security-minded culture "With this book, Kai Roer has taken his many years of cyber experience and provided t...
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106,03 zł |
Advanced Negotiation Techniques
ISBN: 9781484208519 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Advanced Negotiation Techniques provides a wealth of material in a winning combination of practical experience and good research to give you a series of tools, techniques, and real-life examples to help you achieve your negotiation objectives. For 25 years and across 40 countries, the Resource Development Centre (RDC), run by negotiation experts Alan McCarthy and Steve Hay, has helped thousands of people to conduct successful negotiations of every type. Many RDC clients have been business professionals who have learned how to sell more successfully. Others have improved... Advanced Negotiation Techniques provides a wealth of material in a winning combination of practical experience and good research to give y... |
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175,07 zł |
Business Groups and Financial Markets: A Weberian Analysis
ISBN: 9781412856850 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work builds on the classical sociological contributions of Weber, Simmel, and Toennies, and makes the case for different and alternative ideal-typical models of business relations, which the author calls "English" and "German." The "English" model of business relations is characterized by free competition between firms. They abide by the ethical rules of fair business and the moral economy in market exchanges. Their relations are accordingly based on mutual trust. As a rule, they do not cultivate privileged relations with political authorities. By contrast, the "German"... This work builds on the classical sociological contributions of Weber, Simmel, and Toennies, and makes the case for different and alternative ideal... |
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216,55 zł |
For Robert Cooper: Collected Work
ISBN: 9781138940796 / Angielski / Twarda / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert Cooper, who died in 2013, was the leading theorist of organization working in England over the past few decades. Describing himself as a 'social philosopher, ' he was one of the first writers to introduce post-structuralist and post-modern thought into theories of organization but was always reluctant to reduce what he did to being part of 'Management.' Instead, he concentrated on thinking about organizations and organizing, working with ideas about entity and process views of organizations, and also the dualisms of organization/environment, organization/disorganization, and... Robert Cooper, who died in 2013, was the leading theorist of organization working in England over the past few decades. Describing himself as a 'so... |
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730,42 zł |
Doing Organizational Ethnography
ISBN: 9781138935594 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a new way of understanding organizational ethnography due to its strong emphasis on what the word organizational means in organizational ethnography. In the past five years, a new organizational studies research field has developed involving organizational ethnographies, which is when organizations are studied using ethnographical methods. This development has shed light on the methods and difficulties of organizational ethnography, and yet we argue that confusion still remains as to what organizational ethnographical approaches are. This edited volume offers students... This book presents a new way of understanding organizational ethnography due to its strong emphasis on what the word organizational means in organi... |
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730,42 zł |
The Work of Communication: Relational Perspectives on Working and Organizing in Contemporary Capitalism
ISBN: 9781138930155 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Work of Communication: Constituting Materiality, Agency, and Organization in Contemporary Capitalism revolves around a two-part question: "What have work and organization become under contemporary capitalism--and how should organization studies approach them?" Changes in the texture of capitalism, heralded by social and organizational theorists alike, increasingly focus attention on communication as both vital to the conduct of work and as imperative to organizational performance. Yet most accounts of communication in organization studies fail to understand an alternate sense of the... The Work of Communication: Constituting Materiality, Agency, and Organization in Contemporary Capitalism revolves around a two-part question: "What... |
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654,86 zł |
Management and Organizations in Transitional China
ISBN: 9781138813014 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China s 30-year market transition and its integration into the world economy provide a unique opportunity for exploring the nature of large-scale economic and political transformation and the mechanisms underlying organizational behavior during such a transition. "Management and Organizations in Transitional China "explores how managers and firms cope with transition-related challenges by adapting to, manipulating, or even creating the complex institutional environment. This book examines the way transitional institutions shape individual decisions and organizational strategies, the... China s 30-year market transition and its integration into the world economy provide a unique opportunity for exploring the nature of large-scale e... |
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503,74 zł |
The Heart of the Deal: How to Invest and Negotiate Like a Real Estate Mogul
ISBN: 9781682300800 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The founder and CEO of Rapid Realty, New York City's largest rental-based real estate brokerage, shares his story, his advice, and his tips for building a successful career in the ever-growing and lucrative world of real estate. Anthony Lolli got his real estate license at age nineteen. By twenty-three, he was a millionaire and the head of a swiftly growing company that would become one of the largest real estate brokerages in New York and a national franchise sensation. Now, he's sharing the secrets behind his success. Filled with insights into Lolli's inspirational...
The founder and CEO of Rapid Realty, New York City's largest rental-based real estate brokerage, shares his story, his advice, and his tips for bui...
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81,75 zł |
Identity and the Modern Organization
ISBN: 9781138992337 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Identity and the Modern Organization presents a lively exchange of ideas among psychology and management scholars on the realities of modern organizational life and their effect on the identities that organizations and their members cultivate. This book bridges the domains of psychology and management to facilitate a multi-disciplinary, multi-level integration of theory and research on identity processes. The volume highlights answers to important questions raised by shifting organizational forms and arrangements, such as:
Identity and the Modern Organization presents a lively exchange of ideas among psychology and management scholars on the realities of mode... |
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226,63 zł |
Leadership and Organization (Rle: Organizations): A Behavioural Science Approach
ISBN: 9781138979543 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book represents a selected collection of the writings, from 1950 to 1960, of members of the Human Relations Research Group (HRRG), from UCLA. The writings are followed by independent comments and appraisal from different viewpoints, prepared by distinguished experts in management theory, group psycho-therapy and psychology and sociology. This book represents a selected collection of the writings, from 1950 to 1960, of members of the Human Relations Research Group (HRRG), from UCLA. ... |
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216,55 zł |
Organization, Class and Control (Rle: Organizations)
ISBN: 9781138994645 / Angielski / Miękka / 628 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this volume the authors develop a systematic and chronologically based critique of the major concepts, figures and schools in organization. Themes discussed include:
In this volume the authors develop a systematic and chronologically based critique of the major concepts, figures and schools in organization. Them... |
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226,63 zł |
Critical Issues in Organizations (Rle: Organizations)
ISBN: 9781138990500 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection highlights a number of directions in which organization theory could develop. It also argues the need for an historical analysis of the sociology of organizations. Other issues discussed are the ideological stance of contemporary organization theory and the limiting framework that tends to ignore the wider social context in which organizations exist. This collection highlights a number of directions in which organization theory could develop. It also argues the need for an historical analysis of... |
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226,63 zł |
Organizational Behaviour (Rle: Organizations): Politics at Work
ISBN: 9781138977716 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Organizations do not have goals - only people do. Furthermore, people within the same organizations have different goals. This book takes this as its starting point, recognizing that organizations are a dynamic coalition of individuals and groups competing and co-operating as they each pursue their various objectives. Power is a fundamental part of organizational behaviour but many previous studies failed to recognize its centrality. This book remedies this. Organizations do not have goals - only people do. Furthermore, people within the same organizations have different goals. This book takes this as i... |
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216,55 zł |
Doing Research in Organizations (Rle: Organizations)
ISBN: 9781138967915 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook provides first-hand, inside accounts of the process of doing research in organizations. It is intended both for students of research methods in sociology and social psychology, and for students of organization studies, organizational behaviour and management. The contributors tackle such problems as: gaining access to organizations, 'getting on' in organizations, quantitative and qualitative styles of investigation, the use of historical materials, the effects of resources on the context of research, the part played by political factors in organizational research, the... This textbook provides first-hand, inside accounts of the process of doing research in organizations. It is intended both for students of research ... |
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221,59 zł |