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From From From Battlefield to Boardroom: Making the difference through...
Yardley, Ivan, Kakabadse, Andrew, Neal, Derri...
Hardcover. The global economy is becoming an increasingly turbulent world; this changing context is placing new demands on organisational thinking. This book examines how similar demands have been met by the British military and how these solutions could be utilised by a wider community of practitioners. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KJC; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298453
- ISBN
- 9780230298453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. Negotiation is a key part of daily lives, but learning how to negotiate successfully is a valuable skill. The author provides a tool kit for negotiation, demonstrating new methods and giving practical advice. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM; KJC; KJF; KJM; KJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298460
- ISBN
- 9780230298460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.71
€ 62.71
Hardcover. This book provides comprehensive coverage on the key issues of Chinese investment in the Australian minerals industry. It offers unique insights into the entry process, the management of Chinese investments, and their success factors and lessons learnt as being impacted upon by the entangling of political, economic, social and competitive forces. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MBF; KJK; KJV; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298491
- ISBN
- 9780230298491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Paperback. A collection of engaging and thought-provoking essays looking at the world of business and management during a recession. Furnham takes a sideways look at some business issues that are often brushed under the carpet and examines recent academic contributions to business literature in an amusing and jargon-free style. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298545
- ISBN
- 9780230298545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.39
€ 57.39
Hardcover. Indian firms have grown explosively over the last two decades since India adopted wholesale neo-liberal policies in 1991. Nayak attributes the expansion of these Indian firms and their multinational businesses to the owners' ability to manoeuvre and mould key agents in the external environment rather than to the internal management of the firm. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298606
- ISBN
- 9780230298606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.38
€ 119.38
Hardcover. Explores the transformations that have taken place in Japanese workplaces since the dawn of the new millennium in terms of management practices, particularly in the areas of Human Resource Management and organizational culture. The author empirically assesses the effectiveness of the new approaches introduced by Japanese companies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18 black & white tables, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJK; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299917
- ISBN
- 9780230299917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
A Theory of the Producer-Consumer Household: The New Keynesian Perspec...
Maruyama, Yoshihiro, Sonoda, Tadashi
Hardcover. The quick recovery of Asian economies from recent recessions in comparison to the struggling American and European economies can be attributed in part to the positive aggregate-demand externalities of their self-employment sectors. This book presents a behavioural analysis of this effect, with a detailed focus on producer households. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0, 16 black & white tables, 34 figures. BIC Classification: 1F; KCC; KCK; KJVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301221
- ISBN
- 9780230301221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Hardcover. What effect have innovations in digital technology had on the way we communicate and work, and what can we expect from the future? Following on from the hugely successful 'e-Shock', Michael de Kare Silver analyses the developments in digital technology over the past decade, and how they have changed our lives both at home and in the workplace Num Pages: 168 pages, 36 black & white halftones, 29 figures. BIC Classification: KJE; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301306
- ISBN
- 9780230301306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.23
€ 57.23
Hardcover. Proposes that video communications tools are a form of infrastructure that enhance the creation of new knowledge which transcends space and time in business activities. Illustrates that the dynamic relationship of four elements of ICT capability promote the formation of business networks and the development of knowledge communities. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJMV3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301382
- ISBN
- 9780230301382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.66
€ 119.66
Competitive Strategies: Managing the Present, Imagining the Future (Bo...
Valdani, Enrico, Arbore, Alessandro
Hardcover. This book proposes a new framework to effectively manage both offensive and defensive marketing strategies. It reinterprets the competitive challenge as a circular journey, that is, an endless sequence of three competitive "seasons." The authors call them the games of movement, imitation, and position. Series: Bocconi on Management. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301641
- ISBN
- 9780230301641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.98
€ 139.98
Hardcover. One of the major obstacles unions face in building influence in the workplace is the opposition and resistance from those that own those workplaces, namely, the employers. This volume examines the nature of this anti-unionism, and in doing so explains the ways and means by which employers have successfully maintained their right to manage. Editor(s): Gall, Professor Gregor. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303348
- ISBN
- 9780230303348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.41
€ 119.41
Assembling Health Care Organizations: Practice, Materiality and Instit...
Lindberg, Kajsa, Styhre, Alexander, Walter, L...
Hardcover. Assembling Health Care Organizations combines an institutional theory perspective with a materialist view of the technologies, devices, biological specimens, and other material resources mobilized and put to work in health care work. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 diagrames. BIC Classification: KCQ; KJ; KNS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303508
- ISBN
- 9780230303508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
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
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
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
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. Evaluates the capacity of Fairtrade(R) labeling to enhance the livelihoods of marginalized producers in developing countries. It looks critically at the evolution of fair trade values and markets, including its somewhat controversial engagement with conventional businesses, and problematizes the role of the "ethical consumer." Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLT; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308152
- ISBN
- 9780230308152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
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
€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Simply Seven: Seven Ways to Create a Sustainable Internet Business (IE...
Schlie, Erik, Rheinboldt, Jörg, Waesche, Nik...
Hardcover. Published as part of Palgrave Macmillan's IE Business Publishing Series, Simply Seven is a practical guide to Internet business for students, entrepreneurs and executives. The book presents a practical blueprint created to get entrepreneurs and executives started on finding the right Internet business model for their web site. Series: IE Business Publishing. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black & white tables, 7 figures, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJC; KJE; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308176
- ISBN
- 9780230308176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.97
€ 72.97
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
€ 119.64
€ 119.64
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
€ 57.39
€ 57.39
Hardcover. Provides an in-depth analysis of some of the most recent challenges for international businesses, such as corporate social responsibility and the phenomenon of outward foreign direct investment from China. Reflects on the new perspectives in international business by presenting the experience of successful business experts in the field. Editor(s): Harris, Simon; Kuivalainen, Olli; Stoyanova, Veselina. Series: Academy of International Business (Uki) Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black & white tables, 10 diagrames. BIC Classification: KJH; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230320987
- ISBN
- 9780230320987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.80
€ 119.80