Perspectives in Entrepreneurship: A Critical Approach
ISBN: 9780230241107 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text seeks to explain the emergence and development of entrepreneurship and to make students aware of different perspectives taken within the discipline. It iscritical in its approach, expounding the view that contrasting positions can be taken in considering certain instances, and aiming to add to the academic body of knowledge in this still emerging field -- but in a student friendly fashion.The book iswritten by acknowledged experts and high profile academics.It willtend toappeal to more advanced students and lecturers within the subject area."
This text seeks to explain the emergence and development of entrepreneurship and to make students aware of different perspectives taken within the dis...
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379,25 zł |
Human Resource Development: Foundations, Process, Context
ISBN: 9780230247109 / Angielski / Miękka / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who succeeds and why? Individuals and organizations turn potential into performance through human resource development (HRD). Fully revised and updated, the third edition of Human Resource Development provides a thorough introduction to the processes, practices and perspectives of HRD. Who succeeds and why? Individuals and organizations turn potential into performance through human resource development (HRD). Fully revised and upd... |
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353,97 zł |
Governing Through Technology: Information Artefacts and Social Practice
ISBN: 9780230280885 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Information produced and disseminated by an interlocking ecology of computer-based systems and artifacts currently provides the essential means for planning organizational operations and controlling organizational performances. This book describes the vital importance that digital information acquires in restructuring organizations.
Information produced and disseminated by an interlocking ecology of computer-based systems and artifacts currently provides the essential means for pl...
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388,20 zł |
Proactive Companies: How to Anticipate Market Changes
ISBN: 9780230289222 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why do some companies succeed better than others? It is well known that there are many variables such which may impact a company's performance. The authors present their new model for Market Proactiveness which shows organizations how to anticipate change and respond to it before they are forced to do so, and improve their overall performance.
Why do some companies succeed better than others? It is well known that there are many variables such which may impact a company's performance. The au...
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194,08 zł |
Creating Good Work: The World's Leading Social Entrepreneurs Show How to Build a Healthy Economy
ISBN: 9780230372030 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Creating Good Work is a practical guide book, that recounts the stories of some of the most successful social entrepreneurial programs operating today, with real life examples of and how they overcame both physical and societal barriers to create a lasting impact on the world they encounter.
Creating Good Work is a practical guide book, that recounts the stories of some of the most successful social entrepreneurial programs operating today...
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128,08 zł |
The Robin Hood Rules for Smart Giving
ISBN: 9780231158367 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization focused on alleviating poverty in New York City. Michael M. Weinstein is the foundation's senior vice president. In that role he developed its metrics-based approach, called "relentless monetization," to ensure that the money the foundation receives and grants is used most effectively. Ralph M. Bradburd has served as long-time consultant to Robin Hood on matters of metrics. In this book Weinstein and Bradburd show how to implement the Robin Hood approach and explain how any nonprofit organizations or philanthropic donor can use it to...
The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization focused on alleviating poverty in New York City. Michael M. Weinstein is the foundation's senio...
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117,98 zł |
Goal-Focused Coaching: Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9780415808965 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a comprehensive, practical guide to goal-focused coaching. Addressing a significant gap in the literature, Ives and Cox contextualize goal-focused coaching within the broader coaching framework and explain the efficacy of this approach across a number of contexts and applications. The book draws on behavioral science, rather than humanistic psychology, to provide a well-researched, evidence-based guide that includes: * A detailed examination of the theoretical underpinnings of this approach * A discussion of the skills, models and formats for goal-focused coaching * Cutting...
This book offers a comprehensive, practical guide to goal-focused coaching. Addressing a significant gap in the literature, Ives and Cox contextualize...
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187,07 zł |
Coaching for Change
ISBN: 9780415898034 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Current research indicates that approximately 70% of all organizational change initiatives fail. This includes mergers and acquisitions, introductions of new technologies, and changes in business processes. Leadership is critical in initiating, driving and sustaining change to produce business results, and executive coaching is the best way to support leaders at all levels. Coaching for Change introduces a model for executive coaching that provides the tools and resources to support leaders in driving organization change. In this book, a number of coaching and change... Current research indicates that approximately 70% of all organizational change initiatives fail. This includes mergers and acquisitions, introducti... |
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338,79 zł |
The Three Laws of Performance
ISBN: 9780470195598 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A proven system for rallying all of an organizations' employees around a new vision and ideas for making the vision stick
When something at work isn't going smoothly, managers struggle with what part of the problem to tackle first. Do they start with cost reduction? Or should they go for process improvements first? The authors--who have helped hundreds of companies and individuals change and improve--say spend time and money adjusting the systems in which people operate, rather than targeting people and their performance directly. The authors show that it's in fact possible... A proven system for rallying all of an organizations' employees around a new vision and ideas for making the vision stick
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122,44 zł |
The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask about Your Organization: An Inspiring Tool for Organizations and the People Who Lead Them
ISBN: 9780470227565 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With Peter Drucker's five essential questions and the help of five of today's thought leaders, this little book will challenge readers to take a close look at the very heart of their organizations and what drives them. A tool for self-assessment and transformation, answering these five questions will fundamentally change the way you work, helping you lead your organization to an exceptional level of performance.
Peter Drucker's five questions are:
With Peter Drucker's five essential questions and the help of five of today's thought leaders, this little book will challenge readers to take a close...
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84,42 zł |
Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
ISBN: 9780470521168 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world's fastest growing software company in less than a decade? For the first time, Marc Benioff, the visionary founder, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com, tells how he and his team created and used new business, technology, and philanthropic models tailored to this time of extraordinary change. Showing how salesforce.com not only survived the dotcom implosion of 2001, but went on to define itself as the leader of the cloud computing revolution and spark a $46-billion dollar industry, Benioff's story will help...
How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world's fastest growing software company in less than a decade? For the fir...
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117,12 zł |
Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It
ISBN: 9780470651711 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first true revision of the classic book from the bestselling author of The Leadership Challenge
As the world falls deeper into economic downturns and warfare, the question of credibility (how leaders gain and lose it) is more important than ever. Building on their research from The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner explore in Credibility why leadership is above all a relationship, with credibility as the cornerstone, and why leaders must "Say what you mean and mean what you say." This first full revision of the book since its initial publication in 1993... The first true revision of the classic book from the bestselling author of The Leadership Challenge
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117,06 zł |
Leadership Transitions: How Business Leaders Take Charge in New Roles
ISBN: 9780749466923 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a working life of 35 years, a manager can expect to make at least 10 job changes where the demands for rapid business delivery and effective leadership will only increase with each new job. According to recent research, upwards of 25 per cent of new leaders appointed from within fail within 18 months, and that figure is closer to 40 per cent for new leaders appointed from outside the company. Leadership Transitions identifies the causes of these failures and how to overcome them. Based on in-depth case studies, this book shows that these experiences are very similar and can... In a working life of 35 years, a manager can expect to make at least 10 job changes where the demands for rapid business delivery and effective le... |
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159,65 zł |
The Lean Practitioner's Handbooks
ISBN: 9780749467739 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While Lean Thinking is an established approach to developing a culture of continuous improvement, the process of implementing Lean in any organization can be complicated, with programs often ending in failure. The Lean Practitioner's Handbook bridges the gap between the tools and the concepts of Lean and offers a practical, easily accessible resource for anyone preparing for, implementing or evaluating Lean activities. Eaton discusses key areas, such as: aspects of a Lean Program; scoping a program; value stream mapping; 2P and 3P events; rapid improvement events; managing for... While Lean Thinking is an established approach to developing a culture of continuous improvement, the process of implementing Lean in any organiza... |
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175,62 zł |
Building the Bridge as You Walk on It: A Guide for Leading Change
ISBN: 9780787971120 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Building the Bridge As You Walk On It tells the personal stories of people who have embraced deep change and inspired author Robert Quinn to take his concept one step further and develop a new model of leadership---the fundamental state of leadership.- The exploration of this transformative state is at the very heart of the book. Quinn shows how anyone can enter the fundamental state of leadership by engaging in the eight practices that center on the theme of ever-increasing integrity--reflective action, authentic engagement, appreciative inquiry, grounded vision, adaptive confidence,...
Building the Bridge As You Walk On It tells the personal stories of people who have embraced deep change and inspired author Robert Quinn to ta...
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117,06 zł |
Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader
ISBN: 9780787984267 / Angielski / Miękka / 1088 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the third book in the Jossey-Bass Reader series, Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader. This collection will introduce the key thinkers and contributors in organization development including Ed Lawler, Peter Senge, Chris Argyris, Richard Hackman, Jay Galbraith, Cooperrider, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Bolman & Deal, Kouzes & Posner, and Ed Schein, among others.
-Without reservations I recommend this volume to those students of organizational behavior who want an encyclopedia of OD to gain a perspective on the past, present, and future....- Jonathan D.... This is the third book in the Jossey-Bass Reader series, Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader. This collection will introduce the key...
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239,56 zł |
Transformative HR: How Great Companies Use Evidence-Based Change for Sustainable Advantage
ISBN: 9781118036044 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Proven HR strategies that can have a real impact on organizational success
This book demonstrates how some of the world's most admired and prominent organizations are redefining HR leadership by using evidence-based change to inform human capital decisions that optimize efficiency, effectiveness and strategic impact. The authors present the five foundational principles to the new HR decision science: Logic-driven analytics, segmentation, risk leverage, synergy and integration and optimization.
Proven HR strategies that can have a real impact on organizational success
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143,68 zł |
The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life
ISBN: 9781118043127 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A proven system for rallying all of an organizations' employees around a new vision and ideas for making the vision stick
When something at work isn't going smoothly, managers struggle with what part of the problem to tackle first. Do they start with cost reduction? Or should they go for process improvements first? The authors--who have helped hundreds of companies and individuals change and improve--say spend time and money adjusting the systems in which people operate, rather than targeting people and their performance directly. The authors show that it's in fact possible... A proven system for rallying all of an organizations' employees around a new vision and ideas for making the vision stick
When something at ... |
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77,08 zł |
Steps to Safety Culture Excellence
ISBN: 9781118098486 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book teaches methods for improving a company's safety culture and allows readers to effectively assess, transform, sustain, and integrate behavioral safety precepts as part of their company's continuous improvement efforts. The methods described in this book produce rapid results that can be built upon, expanded, and sustained in the real world. Proven steps give readers a concrete process they can apply to implement change, overcome internal resistance, and measure results. Special attention is paid to multinational sites, and the nuances different countries present in developing a...
This book teaches methods for improving a company's safety culture and allows readers to effectively assess, transform, sustain, and integrate behavio...
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271,24 zł |
The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months
ISBN: 9781118509234 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to twelve weeks Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelve-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your -year- to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks, there just isn't enough time to get complacent, and urgency increases and intensifies. The 12 Week Year creates focus and clarity on what matters most and a sense of urgency to do it now. In the end more of the... The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to twelve weeks Most organizations and individuals work in the conte... |
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97,63 zł |