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Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
This volume is part of a publication series emerging from an international interdisciplinary study group on "New Technologies and Work (NeTWork)". NeTWork is sponsored by the Werner-Reimers Foundation (Bad Homburg, Germany) and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (Paris).
The NeTWork study...
The Mindfulness Edge
How to Rewire Your Brain for Leadership and Personal Excellence Without Adding to Your Schedule
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
The one habit that can improve almost every leadership skill
There is a simple practice that can improve nearly every component of leadership excellence and it doesn't require adding anything to your busy schedule. In The Mindfulness Edge, you'll discover how a subtle inner shift, called mindfulness,...
Critical Studies in Diversity Management Literature
A Review and Synthesis
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
This book critically examines current workplace diversity management practices and explores a nuanced framework for undertaking, supporting, and implementing policies that equally favor all people. It presents critical perspectives that not only elevate respect for differences but also provide insights...
The Terrorist's Dilemma
Managing Violent Covert Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2013
How do terrorist groups control their members? Do the tools groups use to monitor their operatives and enforce discipline create security vulnerabilities that governments can exploit? The Terrorist's Dilemma is the first book to systematically examine the great variation in how terrorist groups are...
Organizational Resilience
How Learning Sustains Organizations in Crisis, Disaster, and Breakdown
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
In the age of knowledge, organizations survive and thrive only when they learn. All too often, when organizations are confronted with novel or changing situations, the process of learning breaks down and the result is catastrophic. In Organizational Resilience: How Learning Sustains Organizations...
Organizational Consulting
A Gestalt Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
In this classic text, pioneering organizational consultant Edwin C. Nevis presents an approach to organizational consulting which is grounded in Gestalt theory. Nevis brings his well-known insight, conceptual clarity and decades of experience to bear on the entire spectrum of concerns facing organizational...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2011
Handbook of Organizational Creativity is designed to explain creativity and innovation in organizations. This handbook contains 28 chapters dedicated to particularly complex phenomena, all written by leading experts in the field of organizational creativity. The format of the book follows the multi-level...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
The purpose of this volume is to showcase alternative theoretical and methodological approaches to work and family research, and present methodological alternatives to the widely known shortcomings of current research on work and the family.
In the first part of the book contributors consider...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
This edited collection brings together some of the leading researchers in the study of the daily experience of work and daily well-being. The book covers both theoretical and methodological issues involved in studying workers’ well-being as it evolves on a daily basis.
Interest in the topic...
Managing Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
A Psychological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Managing Workplace Diversity and Inclusion bridges the gap between social science theory and research and the practical concerns of those working in diversity and inclusion by presenting an applied psychological perspective. Using foundational ideas in the field of diversity and inclusion as well...
Work and Family
An International Research Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2005
The entrance of women into managerial positions in significant numbers brings work and family issues to center stage, shifting the spotlight from issues of entry and equality of access to the consideration of the work-family conflicts and the difficulties posed on female managers. Looking at new approaches...
Effective Teamwork
Practical Lessons from Organizational Research
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Updated to reflect the latest research evidence, the third edition of Effective Teamwork provides business managers with the necessary guidance and tools to build and maintain effective teamwork strategies.
A new edition of a bestselling book on teamwork from an acknowledged leader in the field
Offers...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
This book contains selected papers presented at the 1998 conference on Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM). The objectives of the conference were to:
*make American researchers more aware of NDM research being conducted abroad, particularly in Europe;
*connect NDM research with work in management and...
Summary and Analysis of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Based on the Book by Susan Cain
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Quiet tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Susan Cain’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.
This short summary...