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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
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
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.
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- 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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347878
- ISBN
- 9780230347878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.83
€ 67.83
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348233
- ISBN
- 9780230348233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
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
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
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
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230358591
- ISBN
- 9780230358591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
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
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
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
€ 106.57
€ 106.57
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
€ 101.47
€ 101.47
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
€ 100.81
€ 100.81
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
€ 128.44
€ 128.44
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
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
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
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
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
€ 68.45
€ 68.45
Hardcover. This book emphasizes three key messages; value, alignment and sustainability. The authors believe that SCM is a value enabler with strategic decisions in supply chain design. The text also argues that economic incentives should be designed to ensure the much needed alignment and supply chain design should be viewed as a dynamic process. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV8. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515673
- ISBN
- 9780230515673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardcover. Healthcare organizations depend on managers to build effective peer relationships to manage complex patient needs. The organization is steeped in conflict between peers. This book provides the conceptual frameworks for identifying these and for developing peer to peer relationship competence in the healthcare organization. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; KJM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515963
- ISBN
- 9780230515963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
The Insider's View on Corporate Governance: The Role of the Company Se...
Erismann, Erismann, Steger, Ulrich, Salzmann,...
Hardcover. An up-to-date look at the latest thinking on Corporate Governance, capturing the wealth of experience of some 60 company secretaries in the world's top companies, whose job it is to make corporate governance work. A must for anyone who has ever had to make tough decisions on their board and wondered how their peers might have done it. Series: Finance and Capital Markets Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515970
- ISBN
- 9780230515970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42