Office management

This book explores understandings and experiences of 'dirty work' - tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading.

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

Work and well-being is one of the fastest growing areas of concern to business, public sector and government.

Tackles the nuts and bolts of communication at work in a no-nonsense way with startling honesty and practical tips.

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.

A common metaphor for modern life is 'keep the plates spinning', but it is becoming increasingly hard to balance professional and private lives, and this takes its toll.

Do you need to deliver an effective service to challenging and unreasonable internal or external clients?

Leadership successes and failures are in the media every day.

The way we work is changing in the Internet age.

Studies the steps taken by a group of professionals from the Boomer generation as they move from a linear career path into an uncharted stage somewhere between middle age and old age, a continued professional life and traditional retirement.

Traditional management structures, systems,and tools, intended to make the first factories of the industrial ageefficient, are now obsolete.

With the accelerating integration of China into the global economy, there is a thirst to understand how Chinese managers like to lead and how Chinese employees like to be managed.

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

Corporate diversity programs often fail because of resistance in workplace culture.

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

High levels of well-being at work is good for the employee and the organization.

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.

The best-kept secret in corporate life is the vanishing act of women on their way to the top.

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.

Our lives are full of defining moments, but do we recognize them?

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

A state-of-the-art collection of works on institutional discourse across the Spanish-speaking world.

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

A highly practical and insightful book; it will help you to perform more effectively in a workplace which requires you to function effectively in predominantly adversarial relationships.

This innovative new work clarifies the misconceptions around body language while providing a scientific approach to understanding non-verbal communication at work.

Employee and manager rebellions occur more often than you might think.

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.

Through sharing the research methodologies, and describing intervention and change techniques used in leadership development, this book, written by IGLC-INSEAD professors and leadership coaches, contributes to a better understanding of how organizations may go beyond coaching in order to create best places to work.

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.

Introduces you to a valuable set of tools enabling you to build influence, promote your interests and get buy-in to your plans and proposals.

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

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

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 about the "e;leadership illusion"e;; the habit of writers, researchers and leaders, when considering causes of success or failure, to focus mainly on the individual and often the context but rarely both.

Do you want to acquire the knowledge and skills to give you greater influence in political situations at work?

Bringing together contributions from international scholars, this book explores the changing nature of young people's transitions and challenges assumptions about pathways from education into employment in contemporary society.

No Fear highlights two challenges we face in the workplace, and in our daily lives.

Increased longevity and better health are changing the nature of family life.

Applied psychology in work settings has made considerable progress in the 30 years since the original version of this book was published.

"e;Dream, Believe, Dare, Do .

A money-saving PHR/SPHR Professional in Human Resources Certification self-study bundleCovering all six HR functional areas, PHR/SPHR Professional in Human Resources Certification Bundle is a complete self-study package for these challenging exams.