ilość książek w kategorii: 2049
Development Practitioners and Social Process : Artists of the Invisible
ISBN: 9780745310183 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the practice of organisation development and group change in a way that will appeal to anyone involved in working towards social transformation. Drawing on extensive experience gained through many years of process consultancy within the development sector - mainly in Africa and Europe - as well as on the work of Goethe and Jung, Allan Kaplan presents a radically new approach to the understanding of organisations and communities and to the practice of social development.Challenging the tendency to reduce development to a technical operation that attempts to control, Kaplan's...
This book explores the practice of organisation development and group change in a way that will appeal to anyone involved in working towards social tr...
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187,06 zł |
Government, Ethics, and Managers: A Guide to Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Public Sector
ISBN: 9780899304427 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume focuses on the ethical and unethical behavior of elected and appointed government officials. Steinberg and Austern discuss the various types of ethical dilemmas that confront public sector managers, offer ways to analyze them, and describe a series of management strategies designed to prevent unethical behavior.
This volume focuses on the ethical and unethical behavior of elected and appointed government officials. Steinberg and Austern discuss the various typ...
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457,22 zł |
Achieving Accountability in Business and Government: Managing for Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Economy
ISBN: 9780899307596 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Management effectiveness and its responsiveness to the needs and demands of its various constituents is critical, not only to organizations themselves, but in the private sector, to the efficient operation of the capital markets. Extensive attention has been directed in recent years to management inefficiencies, self-serving deals, waste and fraud, with the result that management is suffering a crisis in credibility. How to regain credibility, and how to make organizations work better not only for their own benefits, but for the benefits of the publics they serve, is the theme of this... Management effectiveness and its responsiveness to the needs and demands of its various constituents is critical, not only to organizations themsel... |
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457,22 zł |
Planning and Managing Industry-University Research Collaborations
ISBN: 9780899307695 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mounting global competition, rapid technological change, and skyrocketing research costs are changing the arm's-length relationships between industry and universities toward closer and more direct cooperation. Yet, many companies remain unsure how to proceed in establishing effective alliances with the right universities and faculty investigators. Many books and articles describe features and benefits of the diverse forms of cooperation between the two communities, usually from the academic viewpoint. Based on his experiences in directing many (successful) collaborations between Du Pont... Mounting global competition, rapid technological change, and skyrocketing research costs are changing the arm's-length relationships between indust... |
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577,47 zł |
Remaking China's Public Management
ISBN: 9781567203370 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Well-traveled throughout China and well-published on its political, cultural, and business aspects, the editors of this unusual new book and their contributing authors give a systematic analysis of public sector management--as it is now and as it is emerging--in a country of massive size, now in retreat from a centrally planned economy. Many features of the new reforms parallel the movement toward new public management in the West. Functions have been transferred away from China's public sector, including the government, and into the private sector, and many of the managerial tools common... Well-traveled throughout China and well-published on its political, cultural, and business aspects, the editors of this unusual new book and their ... |
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577,47 zł |
Arts Management
ISBN: 9780415423908 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second edition of Arts Management has been thoroughly revised to provide an updated, comprehensive overview of this fast-changing subject. Arts managers and students alike are offered a lively, sophisticated insight into the artistic, managerial and social responsibilities necessary for those working in the field. With new cases studies and several new chapters, Derrick Chong takes an interdisciplinary approach in examining some of the main impulses informing discussions on the management of arts and cultural organizations. These are highly charged debates, since arts... The second edition of Arts Management has been thoroughly revised to provide an updated, comprehensive overview of this fast-changing subj... |
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913,91 zł |
The Foundation: A Great American Secret: How Private Wealth Is Changing the World
ISBN: 9781586487027 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Private foundations have been the dynamo of social change since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet just over 10 percent of the public knows they even exist; and for those who are aware of them, as well as even those who seek grants from them, their internal workings remain a complete mystery. Joel Fleishman knows the sector like few others, and in this groundbreaking book he explains both the history of foundationswith their fledgling beginnings in the era of the robber barons seeking social respectabilitythrough to the present day. This book shows how, why foundations...
Private foundations have been the dynamo of social change since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet just over 10 percent of the ...
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135,22 zł |
Ask Mr. Technology, Get Answers
ISBN: 9781586832896 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Get the answers you need from Mr. Technology Technology guru Joe Huber answers readers' questions with simple, easy-to-follow directions. Use this book to learn to trouble-shoot your own technology issues in the library media center. Save time and trouble with this handy technology reference This hands-on resource is a compilation of the best tips and tricks from the "Ask Mr. Technology" column in "Library Media Connection" (LMC) magazine. Technology columnist Joe Huber explains answers to Windows and Office questions in plain, non-technical English that all school library media... Get the answers you need from Mr. Technology Technology guru Joe Huber answers readers' questions with simple, easy-to-follow directions. Use this... |
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178,62 zł |
Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Theory and Cases
ISBN: 9780195085037 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. earn more than $100 billion annually, and number over a million different organizations. They face increasing competition for donor's dollars and many of the issues they confront are similar to those confronted by for-profit organizations.
Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations applies powerful concepts of strategic management developed originally in the for-profit sector to the management of nonprofits. It describes the preparation of a strategic plan consistent with the resources available; it analyzes the operational tasks in... Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. earn more than $100 billion annually, and number over a million different organizations. They face increasing comp...
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547,43 zł |
The New Public Governance?: Emerging Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Public Governance
ISBN: 9780415494632 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite predictions that 'new public management' would establish itself as the new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academic research has highlighted concerns about the intra-organizational focus and limitations of this approach. This book represents a comprehensive analysis of the state of the art of public management, examining and framing the debate in this important area.
The New Public Governance? sets out to explore this emergent field of research and to present a framework with which to understand it. Divided into five parts,... Despite predictions that 'new public management' would establish itself as the new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academi... |
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350,28 zł |
The New Public Governance?: Emerging Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Public Governance
ISBN: 9780415494625 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite predictions that 'new public management' would establish itself as the new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academic research has highlighted concerns about the intra-organizational focus and limitations of this approach. This book represents a comprehensive analysis of the state of the art of public management, examining and framing the debate in this important area.
The New Public Governance? sets out to explore this emergent field of research and to present a framework with which to understand it. Divided into five parts,... Despite predictions that 'new public management' would establish itself as the new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academi... |
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1091,61 zł |
Development, Ngos and Civil Society
ISBN: 9780855984427 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experienced practitioners and academics provide an insightful look into the limitations of NGOs in claiming to represent and assist 'civil society'. Changes in approaches to development are situated within changes in global political economy. Relations between donors, states and NGOs are also considered in specific contexts. The volume outlines many of the tensions NGOs face in claiming to speak for the poor while also remaining accountable to national and international actors. Together the authors provide an excellent overview of these important issues.
Experienced practitioners and academics provide an insightful look into the limitations of NGOs in claiming to represent and assist 'civil society'. C...
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111,45 zł |
TeX People: Interviews from the World of TeX
ISBN: 9780982462607 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. TeX is a sophisticated typesetting system that has been in widespread use since approximately 1980. TeX's originator, Donald Knuth, structured the system so users could add functionality. The TeX Users Group (TUG) was founded in 1980 "for educational and scientific purposes, to provide an organization for those who have an interest in typography and font design, and are users of the TeX typesetting system." This book contains interviews with about 50 people who have been or are active users or developers of TeX and its variations or active in TUG or one of the many local TeX user groups. As...
TeX is a sophisticated typesetting system that has been in widespread use since approximately 1980. TeX's originator, Donald Knuth, structured the sys...
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96,20 zł |
Directory of Grants in the Humanities 2009 Volume 1
ISBN: 9780984172504 / Angielski / Miękka / 724 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume 1 of 2 - Grants are supposed to enable work, not create more of it. You need a guide, a map, and the right tools for the job. Helping you from your earliest brainstorming sessions to fully funded projects, this essential directory offers countless tips and resources for artists and arts organizations seeking funding for performances, exhibits, residencies, general operations, fellowships, and numerous other program types. This invaluable directory highlights over 4,420 current programs from over 3,100 sponsors, including U.S. and foreign foundations, corporations, state arts councils...
Volume 1 of 2 - Grants are supposed to enable work, not create more of it. You need a guide, a map, and the right tools for the job. Helping you from ...
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297,50 zł |
Directory of Grants in the Humanities 2009 Volume 2
ISBN: 9780984172511 / Angielski / Miękka / 722 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume 2 of 2 - Grants are supposed to enable work, not create more of it. You need a guide, a map, and the right tools for the job. Helping you from your earliest brainstorming sessions to fully funded projects, this essential directory offers countless tips and resources for artists and arts organizations seeking funding for performances, exhibits, residencies, general operations, fellowships, and numerous other program types. This invaluable directory highlights over 4,420 current programs from over 3,100 sponsors, including U.S. and foreign foundations, corporations, state arts councils...
Volume 2 of 2 - Grants are supposed to enable work, not create more of it. You need a guide, a map, and the right tools for the job. Helping you from ...
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297,44 zł |
Physical Infrastructure Development: Balancing the Growth, Equity, and Environmental Imperatives
ISBN: 9780230100305 / Angielski / Twarda / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses the key challenges of balancing economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the development of major physical infrastructure, ranging from transport to energy.
This book addresses the key challenges of balancing economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the development of major phy...
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194,52 zł |
Culturally Mindful Communication: Essential Skills for Public and Nonprofit Professionals
ISBN: 9780765644008 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Intercultural communication is a necessary skill for those who work in the public and nonprofit sectors, and yet there is a dearth of literature available to help public and nonprofit professionals develop an ability to effectively communicate, interact, and lead in a multicultural society. Drawing on research in intercultural communication, psychology, and public and nonprofit administration, Culturally Mindful Communication provides useful strategies for students and practitioners of public service to improve their intercultural communication skills. Topics include: ...Intercultural communication is a necessary skill for those who work in the public and nonprofit sectors, and yet there is a dearth of literature av... |
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736,21 zł |
Go Get That Grant!: A Practical Guide for Libraries and Nonprofit Organizations
ISBN: 9780810874190 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this practical, how-to guide for those interested in writing, procuring, and implementing grants, the author shares her 20+ years of experience successfully procuring and implementing foundation and government grants. From gathering basic information about an organization through accepting and implementing the grant award, expert advice is provided then illustrated through step-by-step guides along with numerous examples. Information about types of grants available through government agencies and foundations, as well as how to locate funding opportunities, is provided. The processes of...
In this practical, how-to guide for those interested in writing, procuring, and implementing grants, the author shares her 20+ years of experience suc...
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361,02 zł |
Implementing New Business Models in For-Profit and Non-Profit Organizations: Technologies and Applications
ISBN: 9781609601294 / Angielski / Twarda / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings on a new platform of business models and explores the relationship between the new Business 2.0 alliance and Web 2.0"--Provided by publisher.
"This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings on a new platform of business models and explores the r...
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1028,11 zł |
Christian Sisterhood, Race Relations, and the Ywca, 1906-46
ISBN: 9780252077104 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the major national biracial women's organization, the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) provided a unique venue for women to respond to American race relations during the first half of the twentieth century. In "Christian Sisterhood, Race Relations, and the YWCA, 1906-46, " Nancy Marie Robertson shows how women of both races employed different understandings of "Christian sisterhood" in their responses. Although the YWCA was segregated at the local level, African American women were able to effectively challenge white women over YWCA racial policies and practices. Robertson... As the major national biracial women's organization, the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) provided a unique venue for women to respond to... |
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116,73 zł |