How social class determines who lands the best jobsAmericans are taught to believe that upward mobility is possible for anyone who is willing to work hard, regardless of their social status, yet it is often those from affluent backgrounds who land the best jobs.
How honeybees make collective decisions-and what we can learn from this amazing democratic processHoneybees make decisions collectively-and democratically.
How businesses and other organizations can improve their performance by tapping the power of differences in how people thinkWhat if workforce diversity is more than simply the right thing to do?
An inside look at a Wall Street trading room and what this reveals about today's financial systemDebates about financial reform have led to the recognition that a healthy financial system doesn't depend solely on how it is structured-organizational culture matters as well.
Understanding Organisation Development is essential reading for students studying Organisation Development (OD) as part of a wider HR degree or professional qualification, is the core textbook for the CIPD level 5 Unit 5UOD, and is ideal for professionals looking for a solid theoretical grounding that they can apply in practice.
Increasingly today, in every age group, consumers are committing to brands that show good citizenship--from fair employment practices, to social responsibility, to charitable giving.
This book taps into both success stories and cautionary tales from others to provide you with a smart, calculated approach to knowing both: 1) when to change course and 2) how to pull it off.
To see a program successfully through to completion, a program manager must break the work down into simpler, smaller pieces and organize it into interdependent tasksand this book helps you do just that.
Whether you're the target of manipulation, intimidation, verbal abuse, or deliberate humiliation, Beating the Workplace Bully will show you how to fight back.
Products and services will change with demand, but one thing that will always be required for a company's success is having the right people working hard for you.
The fresh approach taught in this indispensable guide will transform passive groups of disparate people into the effective teams of leaders you didn't know was possible to have.
This book has done all the homework for you and provides a succinct, accessible overview on the training and tools available for process improvement that fills that gap of being not too rigid nor too blase.
It cannot be overemphasized how important it is for leaders to ensure the company's mission is manifested in the roles, expectations, and goals of every member of the organization.
As much as we may encourage our employees that they all have their own unique strengths that they need to embrace for the good of the business, the truth is a select few produce more, sell more, and flat-out deliver better results than anyone else.
The obstacles facing all companies today were relatively nonexistent not too long ago--increasingly rapid and disruptive innovation, economic instability as we've never experienced before, environmental degradation, increasing stakeholder power, just to name a few--yet far too many companies are still mindlessly applying the old rules of business and expecting the same stellar results that last worked successfully for them literally a millennium ago!
As a Chinese proverb says 'The fish rots from the head' and so it is with businesses and other organisations - the buck starts and stops in the boardroom.
The American Management Association, the preeminent provider of business education worldwide, trains the majority of the Fortune 500 companies in competitive business skills.
Illustrated with examples from the story and compelling case studies, this engaging book provides the resources and tools to support teams on their sometimes-tumultuous journey to success.
El objetivo de este texto es establecer una cartografía del campo de los estudios organizacionales (EO), más conocido internacionalmente como 'organization studies' (OS).
El objetivo de esta obra colectiva es permitir que los estudiantes de administración se familiaricen con la sociología como ciencia de la comprensión de las dinámicas inherentes a la empresa contemporánea.
Esta obra busca la proposición de un cimiento filosófico para la administración y pone en suspenso los tradicionales supuestos y basamentos de la construcción interna del saber de esta disciplina al pensarla desde un afuera desprovisto de todo afán de rentabilidad, productividad o eficiencia.
El objetivo de esta obra colectiva es permitir que los estudiantes de administración se familiaricen con la sociología como ciencia de la comprensión de las dinámicas inherentes a la empresa contemporánea.
Good to great: Referenciado como uno de los diez mejores libros sobre gestión empresarial, "Good to Great" nos ofrece todo un conjunto de directrices y paradigmas que debe adoptar cualquier empresa que pretenda diferenciarse de las demás.
Tiene en sus manos una notable contribucion academica con implicaciones profesionales sobre el tema de la gestion del cambio en la organizacion, preparada por el doctor Gustavo Garcia.
Erkenntnisse und Tipps für die Zusammenarbeit und (Neu-)Definition der Unternehmenskultur
Leitfaden für den Umgang mit der neuen Normalität
Wertvolle Perspektiven auf kulturelle Veränderung als Chance für Unternehmen
Anschaulich, praxisnah und spannend geschrieben
Voller interessanter Überlegungen, Einsichten und Gedanken
Jitske Kramer beschreibt in ihrem Buch aus einer anthropologischen Sicht die Auswirkungen eines durch die Corona-Pandemie ausgelösten kollektiven Kulturschocks auf das Arbeitsleben.
Erkenntnisse und Tipps für die Zusammenarbeit und (Neu-)Definition der Unternehmenskultur
Leitfaden für den Umgang mit der neuen Normalität
Wertvolle Perspektiven auf kulturelle Veränderung als Chance für Unternehmen
Anschaulich, praxisnah und spannend geschrieben
Voller interessanter Überlegungen, Einsichten und Gedanken
Jitske Kramer beschreibt in ihrem Buch aus einer anthropologischen Sicht die Auswirkungen eines durch die Corona-Pandemie ausgelösten kollektiven Kulturschocks auf das Arbeitsleben.
