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Pandemonium: Towards a Retro-Organization Theory
ISBN: 9780803977761 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Pandemonium is an irreverent and critical look at management, education and the so-called gurus. It takes as its basic premise the fact that in real organisations there is chaos, even pain, torture, death and destruction, if you look hard enough. More importantly it points out the continuing failure of organisations to recognise the real contributors - the workforce. It is a well researched and written book' - Professional Manager
"In this irreverent and inventive book, Gibson Burrell seeks to circumvent the established frameworks which have defined our understanding of organization and... "Pandemonium is an irreverent and critical look at management, education and the so-called gurus. It takes as its basic premise the fact that in real ...
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Experiencing Organizations
ISBN: 9780803978706 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ingenious and original. Young people's vivid first-hand accounts of the daily dramas of business life, economically and intelligently balanced with sympathetic commentary, thought-provoking questions and scholarly reference' -" Nigel Nicholson, London Business School
Ingenious and original. Young people's vivid first-hand accounts of the daily dramas of business life, economically and intelligently balanced with sy...
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New Wave Manufacturing Strategies: Organizational and Human Resource Management Dimensions
ISBN: 9781853961809 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the past decade, many companies have adopted new strategies for manufacturing, which have taken their competitiveness on to new planes. A whole array of initiatives, such as FMS, JIT, TQM, CIM, and MRP II, have been introduced. This book deals with the far-reaching significance of these new approaches - collectively labelled "new wave manufacturing."
Considerable research evidence as well as practitioners' own experiences make one crucial point time and time again. The organizational as well as the human resource management aspects of these new strategies are critical to... Over the past decade, many companies have adopted new strategies for manufacturing, which have taken their competitiveness on to new planes. A whole a...
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Women in Management: Current Research Issues
ISBN: 9781853962899 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The overall aim of this book is to present a comprehensive overview of the current international research findings concerning women in management. The international group of eminent contributors highlight the major barriers and problems facing managers, discuss the individual and organizational consequences and recommend organizational and legislative changes.
This book will contribute to a greater understanding of what true employment equality is and how it can be achieved. Many different issues are addressed which will add to the knowledge and practical experience of... The overall aim of this book is to present a comprehensive overview of the current international research findings concerning women in management. The...
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Managers in the Making: Careers, Development and Control in Corporate Britain and Japan
ISBN: 9780761955412 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comparing Britain and Japan, this text questions the authenticity of the popular image of Japanese personnel and management development, which has been held up as a model. It addresses such topics as different systems of selection and recruitment, and cont
Comparing Britain and Japan, this text questions the authenticity of the popular image of Japanese personnel and management development, which has bee...
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Autopoiesis in Organization Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9781848558328 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Autopoiesis in Organization Theory and Practice considers the potential of autopoiesis theory to provide a new unifying framework for the study of organizations as systems and of organizational phenomena as emergent phenomena. The papers in this volume integrate open systems theory with the pioneering work of Maturana and Varela (1980, 1992) on autopoiesis in biological systems. Viewing organizations as living systems opens a powerful new perspective for describing, explaining, and even predicting organizational phenomena across the full spectrum of organizations and environments, from stable...
Autopoiesis in Organization Theory and Practice considers the potential of autopoiesis theory to provide a new unifying framework for the study of org...
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Organizational Generativity
ISBN: 9781848554887 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Appreciative Inquiry has touched and inspired the work of thousands who apply its development principles in a wide range of settings including industry, government, spiritual and not-for-profit organizations. The Advances in Appreciative Inquiry series facilitates an emergent dialogue within the social sciences and supports innovative and challenging scholarly work. It is dedicated to the advancement of Appreciative Inquiry as an approach to organizational and human development, and as an interdisciplinary, non-deficit theory of positive change processes in human systems. Guided by the ethos...
Appreciative Inquiry has touched and inspired the work of thousands who apply its development principles in a wide range of settings including industr...
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Research in Organizational Change and Development
ISBN: 9781848555464 / Angielski / Twarda / 409 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Research in Organizational Change and Development" is an annual publication devoted to thoughtful studies and ground breaking theoretical work dealing with the topic of change in organizational settings. The series serves to showcase the latest approaches to organizational research, whether they be quantitative or qualitative in nature. Some of the papers in Volume 17 bring new perspectives to classic issues in the field such as resistance and communication. Others explore new territories, such as activating neural mechanisms to create more sustainable change. The series has been around long...
"Research in Organizational Change and Development" is an annual publication devoted to thoughtful studies and ground breaking theoretical work dealin...
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1050,61 |
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Playing to Strength: Leveraging Gender at Work
ISBN: 9780313366413 / Angielski / Twarda / 185 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rather than focusing on how men and women differ, "Playing to Strength: Leveraging Gender at Work" describes how to build a more productive work environment based on what men and women have in common. Second, unlike other books on the subject, "Playing to Strength" is not an advice book for women employees, but a forward-thinking guide for managers and organizations who want to achieve the type of gender-balanced environment that brings out the best in both men and women. "Playing to Strength" first looks at how the exaggerated focus on gender differences affects the workplace. It then... Rather than focusing on how men and women differ, "Playing to Strength: Leveraging Gender at Work" describes how to build a more productive work en... |
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Catalytic Conversations: Organizational Communication and Innovation
ISBN: 9780765612816 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In today's increasingly globalized world, it is essential that people of diverse ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds learn to work together and communicate effectively. This book offers a breakthrough approach to recognizing that differences among people are resources for organizations to tap as they strive to anticipate change and adapt rapidly in an unpredictable world. "Catalytic Conversations" provides a conceptual framework for understanding how complex communication patterns of social networks influence, and are influenced by, organizational structures. It discusses how to...
In today's increasingly globalized world, it is essential that people of diverse ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds learn to work together and...
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279,12 |
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Soft Innovation: Economics, Product Aesthetics, and the Creative Industries
ISBN: 9780199572489 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At its heart this book is about innovation and the innovation process. On the way, it considers culture and the cultural industries, aesthetics, creativity and the creative industries, and a number of other similar topics.
Much of the existing economic literature on innovation has taken a particularly technological or functional viewpoint as to what sort of new products and processes are to be considered innovations. One of the key things this book shows is that there is a type of innovation, here labelled "soft innovation," primarily concerned with changes in products (and perhaps... At its heart this book is about innovation and the innovation process. On the way, it considers culture and the cultural industries, aesthetics, creat...
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Organization Philosophy: Gehlen, Foucault, Deleuze
ISBN: 9780230247222 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An affirmative post-structural philosophy of organization inspired by Arnold Gehlen's philosophical anthropology, Michel Foucault's history of medicine and Gille Deleuze's early philosophical works. This book offers a deep and detailed analysis of the problems faced and their solutions.
An affirmative post-structural philosophy of organization inspired by Arnold Gehlen's philosophical anthropology, Michel Foucault's history of medicin...
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Current Topics in Management: Organizational Behavior, Performance, and Effectiveness
ISBN: 9781412814263 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the series editor, M. Afzalur Rahim points out with justifiable pride, for the past fourteen years Current Topics in Management has provided high quality research and theory on management concerns at the international as well as national levels, and done so through with respect for the universality, collegiality and need for broad involvement. The present volume continues and expands on that tradition, and is predicated on the need for high level interactions between human motivation and organizational performance. While each essay is unique and can stand alone, the... As the series editor, M. Afzalur Rahim points out with justifiable pride, for the past fourteen years Current Topics in Management has pro... |
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Surviving Group Meetings: Practical Tools for Working in Groups
ISBN: 9781599425214 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Surviving Group Meetings takes a different approach to group meetings by addressing the negative aspects of groups in modern organizations. Too many organizations hold too many meetings and accomplish little. Surviving Group Meetings directly addresses the growing dissatisfaction with the group process by focusing on a practical rather than a theoretical view of groups.
Surviving Group Meetings takes a different approach to group meetings by addressing the negative aspects of groups in modern organizations. Too many o...
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Healthcare Fraud?: Let me tell you a story.......
ISBN: 9781492108863 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Violence Volcano: Reducing the Threat of Workplace Violence (Hc)
ISBN: 9781607523444 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Violence Volcano is for managers and workers in all types of business and government organizations, including law enforcement and other first-responders. Its purpose is to assist all organizations and their employees in fulfilling their obligations under U.S. Government regulations to reduce the risks of any and all forms of violence that affect workers during the time they are carrying out their duties as employees.. The Violence Volcano is written at an appropriate level for either self-study, training programs, or classroom settings. It could be used as a supplement in business,...
The Violence Volcano is for managers and workers in all types of business and government organizations, including law enforcement and other first-resp...
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Organizational Trust: A Cultural Perspective
ISBN: 9780521492911 / Angielski / Twarda / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The globalized nature of modern organizations presents new and intimidating challenges for effective relationship building. Organizations and their employees are increasingly being asked to manage unfamiliar relationships with unfamiliar parties. These relationships not only involve working across different national cultures, but also dealing with different organizational cultures, different professional cultures and even different internal constituencies. Managing such differences demands trust. This book brings together research findings on organizational trust-building across cultures....
The globalized nature of modern organizations presents new and intimidating challenges for effective relationship building. Organizations and their em...
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Global Services Outsourcing
ISBN: 9780521765466 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Services outsourcing is an increasingly attractive option for firms seeking to reduce costs and achieve service improvements. Many organisations now choose to transfer responsibility for entire functions such as human resources, finance and information technology services to both local and global vendors. Yet outsourcing such functions is a complex process, one that is driven by factors that transcend cost considerations alone. Issues such as service design, unbundling processes, managing work across different cultures and time zones, and business process redesign have all become important...
Services outsourcing is an increasingly attractive option for firms seeking to reduce costs and achieve service improvements. Many organisations now c...
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Guerrilla Teambuilding: A Project Management Guide for Creating and Managing Effective Workgroups
ISBN: 9781594576058 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Guerrilla Teambuilding outlines specific steps for a project manager's use to create new work groups, implement effective team processes, and achieve success in ongoing team efforts. It accomplishes these goals by establishing win-win working relationships between manager and team members, using specific strategies designed to maximize individual and team-based strengths, leverage the positives of team diversity, optimize effective team member communication, and achieve individual and team peak performance states.
Guerrilla Teambuilding outlines specific steps for a project manager's use to create new work groups, implement effective team processes, and achieve ...
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Business Process - Reengineering: 7 Critical Success Factors for a Smooth Transition of Your Organizational Processes
ISBN: 9781449970222 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Critical success factors help one to focus attention on major concerns and are always present for the organization to achieve a successful transformation. These success factors can be used in concert with strategic planning methodologies and have become an important area of study because more than half of the early reengineering projects failed to be completed or did not achieve bottom-line business results without the presence of these critical success factors. Business Process Reengineering is being used as a vehicle for re-aligning strategy, operations, and systems to deliver significantly...
Critical success factors help one to focus attention on major concerns and are always present for the organization to achieve a successful transformat...
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