Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Conflict Resolution & Mediation

This book examines the impact of outsourcing on the field of technical communication. Aided by new technologies and driven by global market structures, technical communication products that were once developed in the United States or Western Europe are now being developed in Asia, Eastern Europe, and other parts of the world. If technical communication follows other fields, such as information technologies, electronics manufacturing, and even textiles, this 'outsourcing' of technical communication products and jobs will surely influence our profession-but how? What kinds of jobs will...

Are you struggling to deal with conflict in your life? In Negotiating the Nonnegotiable, Harvard negotiation expert Daniel Shapiro introduces a groundbreaking method to bridge the toughest divides--whether with family members, colleagues, or in the polarized world of politics. He reveals the hidden power of identity in fueling conflict, and presents a practical framework to reconcile even the most contentious situations. Field-tested around the world, the results are empowering.

Contract management is a key management skill, yet it is underplayed in most organizations, which usually default to project management skills as a proxy for contract management skills. Whilst project management skills are equally essential, they are not the same thing. Contract Management looks at the wider contract management picture from an industrial-commercial perspective, and helps set-out typical structures and processes that assist the contract management task. The author uses diagramatic representations to depict complex ideas.

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Many American families are unprepared for the greatest threat they have ever faced: the Cur$e of Inheritance.

The Cur$e of Inheritance is an ugly monster of jealousy, fear and selfishness that crushes families, eats money and destroys lives. The Cur$e of Inheritance is born in an environment of loss and grief by unprepared heirs who feel entitled to unearned wealth, and tragically forget to see each other as human beings.

When Cindy Arledge's mom and dad passed away within eight months of each other, she was helpless to save the broken relationships between...

This book is about the EU's role in conflict resolution and reconciliation in Europe.
Ever since it was implemented as a political project of the post-World War II reality in Western Europe, European integration has been credited with performing conflict resolution functions. It allegedly transformed the long-standing adversarial relationship between France and Germany into a strategic partnership. Conflict in Western Europe became obsolete. The end of the Cold War further reinforced its role as a regional peace project.

While these evolutionary dynamics are...

Hopefully from the start, you will see that this book is about us... each and every one of us In One Spirit is an interfaith manual with a compilation of mystical truths, history lessons, personal adventures, spiritual journeys, multicultural experiences, interfaith lessons and a practical, refreshing worldview. Open-hearted, open-minded worldviews help us to appreciate diversity and encourage 'live and let live' attitudes. As we learn to value others, our traditions and ideals come together to create richness and more joyful lives, Wholistic, cohesive worldviews also help us...