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Hardcover. The 2008 crisis set off a systemic panic which almost engulfed the world's financial system. Through a lens of sustainability this book examines how organisations can explore a new business culture today. Drawing from real-life examples and new ideas Bowles and Cooper discuss how organisations can move from 'me' to 'we'. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJD; KJMB; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304499
- ISBN
- 9780230304499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. Manufacturing managers are still focused on the short-term tactical issues related to their business. Strategic issues tend to receive less attention. However, manufacturing can play an important strategic role. This book helps managers consider the strategic roles their operations can play and to provide guidance as to what actions can be taken. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJMV5; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304512
- ISBN
- 9780230304512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Traditional management structures, systems,and tools, intended to make the first factories of the industrial ageefficient, are now obsolete. Applying them to knowledge-work has exactly the opposite effect, causing all kinds of breakdowns. This book explains why knowledge workers have to manage themselves and tells them how to do it. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308169
- ISBN
- 9780230308169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Hardcover. The authors identify three stages of leadership development:early ingredients for success starting from childhood;paths that current and aspiring leaders should follow once they start a career; and what leaders should doexceptionally well to become and remain outstanding in organizations operating in multicultural environments. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJMB; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230314238
- ISBN
- 9780230314238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. Tackles the nuts and bolts of communication at work in a no-nonsense way with startling honesty and practical tips. The authors' views are supported by comment from an impressive line up of experts whose communication strategies drive a range of successful organizations. For all those who struggle to make themselves heard in the business world Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB; KJU; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230314276
- ISBN
- 9780230314276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.41
€ 61.41
Hardcover. The Business of Giving reviews current thinking and surveys the key techniques any philanthropist or grantmaker should adopt. It also outlines a generic social investment process that can be utilized for all philanthropic or grantmaking programmes. Essential reading for all engaged in or with an interest in philanthropy or civil society in general. Series: Cass Business Press. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; KJL; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230336797
- ISBN
- 9780230336797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.74
€ 100.74
Coherence in the Midst of Complexity: Advances in Social Complexity Th...
Letiche, Hugo, Lissack, Michael, Schultz, Ron
Hardcover. A discussion on the social complexity approach, where dialogue and stories allow for the degrees of freedom needed for the opportunities of emergence to take root. The authors focus on the experience of coherence and how such experiential lessons differ from the establishment and maintenance of categories and labels. Num Pages: 307 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB; KJMD; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338500
- ISBN
- 9780230338500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardcover. Taylor leads readers through creativity and how it relates to leadership followed by the five stages of theory behind the idea: 1) preparation, 2) time-off (or incubation), 3) the spark, 4) selection, and 5) elaboration. Num Pages: 212 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338937
- ISBN
- 9780230338937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Can it be that in order to reach the investor you need for your new venture, or to find the employer who will give you the chance of a lifetime, you only need to have six cups of coffee? Research tells us there is an average of six intermediate people that form an invisible chain between you and the person who will help you succeed. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347878
- ISBN
- 9780230347878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81
Hardcover. First book to combine financial results with proprietary benchmarking data and in-depth interviews with experienced knowledge practitioners. The resulting framework provides an inside- and outside-the-firm view of the risks and opportunities found in knowledge management and competitive intelligence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 diagrames, 33 black & white tables, 22 graphs. BIC Classification: KJMV3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348233
- ISBN
- 9780230348233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardcover. Why does contemporary calculation develop as calculation of the quality of everything? How should we consider calculation of quality and the relationship between calculation and enhancement of life? These and related questions are addressed through phenomenological investigation and a critical analysis of the social science debate. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; KCA; KJMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230353749
- ISBN
- 9780230353749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardcover. The business challenges of organizations are increasingly complex; strategists need a rich choice of approaches in order to respond. Too few strategy models challenge the dominate paradigm of rational analysis, choice maximisation and planned implementation. This rich collection from an eclectic group of strategists provides alternatives. Editor(s): Verity, Julie. Series: Cass Business Press. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJK; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230358379
- ISBN
- 9780230358379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Exploring Knowledge-Intensive Business Services: Knowledge Management ...
Grandinetti, Roberto, Di Bernardo, Barbara
Hardcover. Provides an updated view of knowledge management strategies of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) by focusing on how those firms manage innovation in their value chains and at the territorial level. Offers an original analysis of key processes of KIBS, specializing in design, professional firms and information technology. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230358591
- ISBN
- 9780230358591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. For the first time, Seven Management Moralities delivers a comprehensive overview of all forms of moral and immoral behaviour displayed by management. Utilising Kohlberg's ascending scale of seven moralities, the book includes the ethics of Aristotle, Kant, Utilitarianism, Bauman, Habermas, and Singer. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369344
- ISBN
- 9780230369344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Paperback. EPUB Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369740
- ISBN
- 9780230369740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.20
€ 42.20
Hardcover. Reductions in public sector spending mean voters will face a period of austerity, higher taxes and declining availability of public sector services. Prevailing public sector management philosophies are no longer applicable. To optimise future service provision with fewer resources will demand a reformation in organisational thinking and values. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230379343
- ISBN
- 9780230379343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Hardcover. Green issues have a large impact on how an organization is seen and huge implications for the organization's success, brand values and the sales decisions of consumers towards its products. This thoroughly updated practical book guides the modern organization on how to channel environmental issues to gain competitive advantage. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500037
- ISBN
- 9780230500037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Genetic and environmental differences make people's characters fundamentally different. Based on the experience and research, this is a practitioner's guide to develop a leadership strategy that works for them and their organization. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500846
- ISBN
- 9780230500846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.56
€ 106.56
Coach and Couch: The Psychology of Making Better Leaders (Insead Busin...
De Vries, Manfred Kets, Korotov, Konstantin, ...
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230506381
- ISBN
- 9780230506381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.45
€ 101.45
Project Portfolio Management: Leading the Corporate Vision
Rajegopal, Shan, McGuin, Philip, Waller, Jame...
Hardcover. Many companies and organizations are faced with a portfolio of projects that need to be managed effectively and successfully. This new book by leading practitioners introduces a framework and range of tools to enable the project portfolio to be strategically managed. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507166
- ISBN
- 9780230507166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.78
€ 100.78
Hardcover. Uniquely, this book positions communication inside the historic development of work and management and shows how this development has led to the instrumental use of communication, informed by the distinction between those who manage and those who are managed and directed towards the control and system integration of the workers. Num Pages: 343 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515437
- ISBN
- 9780230515437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.43
€ 128.43
Human Resource Management in Aging Societies: Perspectives from Japan ...
Conrad, Harald, Heindorf, Viktoria, Waldenber...
Hardcover. Japan and Germany have faced very similar challenges, namely ageing populations, changing employment structures, and globalization. This book explores the demographic challenges for human resource management and labour market policies in Germany and Japan and how public and company policies in both countries deal with these challenges. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; KJMV2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515451
- ISBN
- 9780230515451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. In the UK in 2002 the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver set out to transform a group of unemployed young Londoners into enterprising, passionate workers. Their struggles, and those that train and manage them, to develop a passionate orientation to work highlights many of the challenges we all face in the globalized labour markets of the 21st century. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; KCF; KJM; KJVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514. Salvation, Passion and Young Workers. 288 pages, 1 black & white tables. In the UK in 2002 the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver set out to transform a group of unemployed young Londoners into enterprising, passionate workers. Their struggles, and those that train and manage them, to develop a passionate orientation to work highlights many of the challenges we all face in the globalized labour markets of the 21st century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JH; KCF; KJM; KJVX. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515543
- ISBN
- 9780230515543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardcover. As managerial work regimes move continuously towards post-industrialism, forms of communication change with it and work relationships are increasingly becoming communicative relationships. This book seeks to end communicative distortions by establishing a new model of communication that will set up practical and workable communication forums. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KJP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 679.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515666
- ISBN
- 9780230515666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.44
€ 68.44