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As the world of work and jobs is more uncertain than ever because of various trends impacting it, including the rise of robotics and the gig economy, Cooperatives and the World of Work furthers the debate on the future of work, sustainable development, and the social and solidarity economy of which cooperatives are a fundamental component.

Executives say that people are their most important asset, but most don't walk the talk.

Ever since Max Weber and Frederick Taylor, public organizations have been told that effective practice lies in maximizing rationality through science.

The field called policy analysis focused originally on the formulation of new policies and was structured to give advice to those in the top reaches of government agencies.

Understanding Police Operational Performance provides a roadmap for police agencies to implement performance-improvement strategies that work.

This book covers innovative breakthroughs in additive manufacturing processes used for biomedical engineering.

A Brookings Institution Press and Chatham House publicationNinety percent of the world's oil reserves are entrusted to state-owned companies.

Aid sector staff work in some of the world's most challenging environments, from conflict zones to sites of natural disaster and refugee camps.

Since it was first published more than a decade ago, The Effective Public Manager has become the standard manual for public administrators and students.

The project has become fundamental to international development and humanitarian practice, playing a key role in defining objectives, funding streams and ultimately determining what success looks like.

The project has become fundamental to international development and humanitarian practice, playing a key role in defining objectives, funding streams and ultimately determining what success looks like.

What makes the procurement of design and construction services different from the procurement of goods and services?

The COVID-19 pandemic dominated our lives since its outbreak in the year 2020.

For years, problems related to health-care efficiency have been at the top of the priorities of many hospitals systems and governments.

Public administration is a craft that demands real-world application of concepts and theories often learned in a classroom.

This book provides an in-depth explanation of public pension plan management and the decision-making processes surrounding pension policies within state and local governments in the United States.

What makes the procurement of design and construction services different from the procurement of goods and services?

A Public Sector Journey to Operational Excellence links effective government operations to the ability to accomplish bold social goals.

The new edition of Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research is an introductory workbook to provide not only a concise overview of key statistical concepts but also step-by-step guidance on how to apply these through a range of software packages, including R, SAS, and Stata.

Although one often thinks of collaborative management and related group problem-solving as different interests coming together in "e;peaceful harmony,"e; nothing could be further from reality.

Contemporary Urban Planning, 12e provides students with an unvarnished and in depth introduction to the historic, economic, political, legal, ideological, and environmental factors affecting urban planning today.

Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector 3rd edition is a guide for public managers and public management students which combines practical and scholarly knowledge about risk and crisis management together in a single accessible text.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative force in smart healthcare.

The continuing pressure on the funding of arts and culture across Europe is forcing cultural organisations to rethink their traditional ways of working.

This book provides an easy-to-follow roadmap for successfully implementing the Balanced Scorecard methodology in small- and medium-sized companies.

This book is about co-leadership: A leadership practice and structure often found in arts organizations that consist of two or three executives who bridge the art and business divide at the top.

This book is about co-leadership: A leadership practice and structure often found in arts organizations that consist of two or three executives who bridge the art and business divide at the top.

Analyzing the lack of diversity among opera executives, this book examines the careers of executive opera managers of color in the U.

Analyzing the lack of diversity among opera executives, this book examines the careers of executive opera managers of color in the U.

With the use of electronic health records (EHR) transforming the healthcare industry, the use of information technology in the maintenance of personal health records poses a range of issues and opportunities for every medical organization, The Cyber Patient expertly walks readers through the elements required for an efficient, well-run healthcare record management system, while reflecting the U.

With the use of electronic health records (EHR) transforming the healthcare industry, the use of information technology in the maintenance of personal health records poses a range of issues and opportunities for every medical organization, The Cyber Patient expertly walks readers through the elements required for an efficient, well-run healthcare record management system, while reflecting the U.

This book examines the current state of American health care using a social science lens to focus on the interdependent, intercultural, economic, and communication aspects of access and delivery.

This book examines the current state of American health care using a social science lens to focus on the interdependent, intercultural, economic, and communication aspects of access and delivery.

Most leadership development activity in health and social care has been intra-organisational or confined to a particular sector.

Most leadership development activity in health and social care has been intra-organisational or confined to a particular sector.

Large-scale, complex systems like the health sector or transport are achallenge to manage; traditional strategic approaches often fail due to thediversity of different stakeholders and the lack of a cohesive strategy languagethat all within it can understand.

Large-scale, complex systems like the health sector or transport are achallenge to manage; traditional strategic approaches often fail due to thediversity of different stakeholders and the lack of a cohesive strategy languagethat all within it can understand.

Today, evaluation is part of governing systems and is supported by powerful institutions.

Today, evaluation is part of governing systems and is supported by powerful institutions.

Turkey's Health Transformation Programme (H.

There are 60 million health care workers globally and most of this workforce consists of nurses, as they are key providers of primary health care.

There are 60 million health care workers globally and most of this workforce consists of nurses, as they are key providers of primary health care.

Consumer co-operatives provide a different approach to organizing business through their ideals of member ownership and democratic practice.

Consumer co-operatives provide a different approach to organizing business through their ideals of member ownership and democratic practice.

First published in 1998, this volume has been a significant contribution to current debates over the future of the public services.

First published in 1998, this volume has been a significant contribution to current debates over the future of the public services.

First published in 1999, this book examines recent developments in the application of chaos and complexity theory to the applied social sciences and the implications for the government planning of social care services.

First published in 1999, this book examines recent developments in the application of chaos and complexity theory to the applied social sciences and the implications for the government planning of social care services.

How Chinese hospitals have been growing and adopting international standards such as JCI and HIMSS EMRAM to fuel their advancements is not well-known to the western world.