Office management

Embracing social technologies at work is not just a blog from the CEO.

WINNER: PA Voice Awards 2015 - Best Book for a PA (1st edition) With the world of work profoundly disrupted by artificial intelligence, machine learning and COVID-19, the role of the executive assistant is changed forever.

Resilience is a word that is used in many different ways in different contexts, this new and innovative book focuses on psychological resilience in the workplace, examining other key aspects such as physical health and resilient teams, drawing from the latest research and the authors own practical experience.

The expectations and duties of the modern-day administrative assistant are higher and more stressful than ever before.

A cutting edge look at the experience of worker representation in the employment relations of workplace health and safety.

Every day, problem bosses rob employees of job satisfaction, motivation, career advancement - and, at their most dastardly - physical and emotional health.

Steve Jobs pronunció en 1995 que "todo el mundo debería aprender un lenguaje de programación, porque eso te enseña a pensar".

Culture is a game changer.

This book is an exploration into the current world of relationships in the workplace.

The forces that are shaping the future of employment are examined in this new book.

This work examines various organizational problems that contribute to the phenomenon of passive addiction, problems so entrenched and quotidian that they no longer register in the organizational consciousness as problems.

The indispensable guide to detecting and solving financial crime in the office Low-level financial crimes are a fact of life in the modern workplace.

Interest in meditation and mindfulness has skyrocketed in recent years, thanks largely to neuroimaging and the body of scientific research that has validated the many benefits of these practices.

Presents research in Employee-Driven Innovation, an emergent field of study that meets the demand for exploiting new innovative potentials in organizations.

How to be organised in business and in life, by one of Australia's leading entrepreneurs and founder of The Remarkables Group.

This sweeping survey of the history of work, from hunter-gatherers to dotcom telecommuters, deftly compresses thousands of years of human evolution into an incisive volume It is a book about work, about the organization and management of work, but it is also a book about people.

This is a comprehensive, practical and engaging book designed to help readers to recognise bullying behaviour at work and identify and select inter-personal strategies for handling bullying behaviour.

This book is an exploration of interaction between humans, computers and automated machines and why they frequently go awry, sometimes with disastrous consequences.

This book explores ethnographic studies of diagnostic work in diverse settings.

When work becomes messy and complicated, we stop getting good work done, we lose sight of the things that inspire us, and sometimes we disengage.

Distributed networks such as the Internet have altered the fundamental way a record is created, captured, accessed and managed over time, and therefore who controls, has access to, and is responsible for its authenticity.

Every law firm needs a business development strategy-rainmakers are the breadwinners for firms and the heart and soul of recruiting and maintaining clients.

Human resources management is critical to the success of any organization, particularly in today's complex business environment.

In a difficult economic climate it is more important than ever to manage bad behaviour in the workplace and minimize the damage negative and destructive employees can have on an organization.

Leadership is not just for CEOs--we all find ourselves in leadership positions at one time or another, whether in meetings and classes or at social events and family gatherings.

The ultimate guide to electronic records management, featuring a collaboration of expert practitioners including over 400 cited references documenting today's global trends, standards, and best practices Nearly all business records created today are electronic, and are increasing in number at breathtaking rates, yet most organizations do not have the policies and technologies in place to effectively organize, search, protect, preserve, and produce these records.

Developing Christian Servant Leadership provides a Christian faith-based perspective on servant leader character development in the workplace and argues that leadership requires passionate and authentic biblical integration.

All the forms, handouts, and records mental health professionals need to meet documentation requirements The paperwork required when providing mental health services continues to mount.

The costs of stress and ill-health to society are enormous.

Illustrates how decision-making in organizations has to go beyond economic criteria and the individual level, due to the impossibility of making decisions that do not affect other human beings.

A collection of engaging and thought-provoking essays looking at the world of business and management during a recession.

Contributing to feminist approaches to masculinities, this book examines men's contextual experiences of masculine identity.

This book uses stigma theory to provide meaningful insight into the coping mechanisms of employees who experience critical and judgmental reactions to their religion in the workplace.

As we begin the twenty-first century, UK employees work the longest hours in Europe.

With contributions from thirty authors from fifteen countries, this is a 'white book' for international work-family research and practice.

This book presents an accessible and fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent empirical trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation.

"e;Dream, Believe, Dare, Do .

This book looks at several successful African American women and chronicles their success, obstacles, challenges, and lessons learned.

Leadership successes and failures are in the media every day.

Interdependence is a basic characteristic of organizations, yet it is only recently that managers, professionals, and employees have begun to appreciate that organizational success depends upon teamwork.

Covering the fundamentals of organizational behaviour, as well critically reflecting on the institutions and practices of business life, the seventh edition of Managing and Organizations has been updated to include: A new chapter on Managing Diversity and Inclusion written by Martyna Sliwa, Professor of Business Ethics and Organisation Studies at Durham University Business School.

Based upon interviews with individuals in high pressure positions, from business leaders to a bomb disposal expert, this book provides practical insight about how to identify, tackle and overcome any kind of stress.

The workplace has become a hotbed of social toxicity – from the #MeToo movement to WeWork, it's clear that abusive bosses and entrenched cultures of discrimination have become more prevalent than ever.

This book takes a multi-dimensional approach to the concept of organizational fairness, one that views organizational fairness as being comprised of procedural justice, organizational politics, organizational trust, and psychological contract breach, all of which are indicators of the global evaluation of the (un)fairness of the organization.

We are living in the age of imagination and communication.

Bringing together cases written by experienced leadership and executive coaches from all over the world, this project explores the most demanding and challenging situations they have faced in their professional practices.

This book from the acclaimed management writer Adrian Furnham, explores the dark side of leadership and how and why leaders can have a negative impact upon their companies and organisations.