This book proposes a new approach to economics, management and organization that should help in making economic organization 'wise', 'innovative' and 'robust' in an uncertain and risky world.
Scientific concepts on the co-evolution of technology and society, as well as recent sociotechnical system approaches, focus on the general interrelations between technology, socioeconomic structures, and institutions.
In Building a Successful Family Business Board , the authors show why private firms need the in-depth expertise and objective feedback that a well-chosen board, including qualified independent directors, can provide, and demonstrates how owners and directors can work together to ensure a long and profitable life for the firm.
Over the past three decades or so, the nonprofit, voluntary, or third sector has undergone a major transformation from a small cottage industry to a major economic force in virtually every part of the developed world as well as elsewhere around the globe.
An invaluable contribution to the area of leadership studies, the Handbook of International and Cross-Cultural Leadership Research Processes: Perspectives, Practice, Instruction brings together renowned authors with diverse cultural, academic, and practitioner backgrounds to provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of all stages of the research process.
This book responds to the growing need for understanding how we can foster wellness, raise engagement, and strengthen connections in professional contexts as human interactions become increasingly remote.
Complexity theory including the concepts of chaos and emergence has been considered one of the most revolutionary products of the 20th century having influence on science, technology and economics among others.
This book outlines the important foundational insights for enterprise governance and enterprise engineering, which are obviously provided by the social and organization sciences, but also by other sciences such as philosophy and information technology.
Improve the delivery of library services by implementing total quality management (TQM), a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and centered on the needs of customers.
Based on the philosophy of Personal Construct Psychology (PCP), constructivist coaching is interested in how people interpret their own lives and how they 'construct' their sense of reality within their social world.
First published in 1989, this book presents a unique comparative perspective on the relationship between technological change and human resource management.
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed scientific proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Subject-Oriented Business Process Management, S-BPM ONE 2012, held in Vienna, Austria, in April 2012.
In this book, first published in 1988, the author shows that the movement for industrial democracy has deep roots in British history, and looks at the economic and political potential of industrial democracy as a mechanism to halt 100 years of industrial decline.
This book comprehensively explores the many different forms of collaboration in government, both formal and informal, including strategic alliances, intergovernmental networks, and public-private partnerships.
Wie Führungskräfte in einer Welt, in der die Gesetze von Beschleunigung, Komplexität und Entstrukturierung gelten, erfolgreich agieren können, zeigt dieses spannende Buch in der 2.
This book examines the rise and agency of International Organizations (IOs) and their bureaucratic bodies- the International Public Administrations (IPAs)- as a reflection of an ongoing transfer of political authority and power from the domestic to the international level.
When Organization Fails: Why Authority Matters develops the study of authority as an area of investigation in organizational communication and management.
This textbook focuses on the members of the digital value chain of eBusiness and eCommerce and dedicates a separate chapter to each member part: eProducts & eServices, eProcurement, eMarketing, eContracting, eDistribution, ePayment, as well as eCustomer Relationship Management.
Mapping Motivation for Leadership, co-written with Jane Thomas, is the fourth of a series of seven books that are all linked to the author's Motivational Map toolkit.
In this book, Jacob Dahl Rendtorff investigates moral blindness in business and public administration based on Hannah Arendt's concept of banality of evil in her famous report on the Nazi-criminal Adolf Eichmann trail in Jerusalem in 1961.
Der Begriff „agil“ erobert seit einigen Jahren ganz unterschiedliche Bereiche – von der Softwareentwicklung über das Unternehmensmanagement bis zur öffentlichen Verwaltung.
This book provides practising executives and academics with the theories and best practices to plan and implement the digital transformation successfully.
Drawing on research into leadership and emotional intelligence, this updated second edition presents a framework that can lead to effective change implementation.
This book addressesthe challenges of organizing modern-day institutions, focusing on themanagement of intangible organizational resources of libraries through bothlibrary science and management theory.
Drawing on data from a Europe wide project, together with existing data on equality and diversity initiatives, this book explores the work of trade unions in supporting equality and anti-discrimination policies across Europe and, in particular, the processes and collaborations involved in incorporating equality and diversity policies into trade union agendas.
In 1995 The Boundaryless Organization showed companies how to sweep away the artificial obstacles-such as hierarchy, turf, and geography-that get in the way of outstanding business performance.
This book focuses on the contemporary applications of effective and ineffective leader succession narratives for contemporary organizational leadership.