Ownership and organization of enterprises

Trust, Power and Public Sector Leadership: A Relational Approach provides a critical theoretical treatment of trust in the realm of public management and governance.

Healthcare Informatics: Improving Efficiency through Technology, Analytics, and Management supplies an understanding of the different types of healthcare service providers, corresponding information technologies, analytic methods, and data issues that play a vital role in transforming the healthcare industry.

A new analytical approach to small firms' cases, which * Uses rich primary source data on modern small businesses * Combines business strategy and industrial organization * Presents detailed Profiles on diverse small businesses * Shows how successful small businesses achieve competitive advantage * Considers both extended rivalry and financial structure * Shows how to `ground' small business theory in realityProfiles in Small Businesses has a companion volume Small Business Enterprise by Gavin Reid (also published by Routledge, Hb: 0-415-05681-0: GBP45.

The core resources and capabilities of any nonprofit organization lie in their human capital; their knowledge, skills and behaviors are critical to the achievement of the organization's mission and performance.

Money cannot buy happiness, but a solid, profitable business can enable you to wake up each morning looking forward to the work you have to do.

Jon Gillespie Brown brings his extensive mentoring experience to bear in this new handbook for would-be entrepreneurs.

A hospital can be a private or public sector building where patients are admitted for acute treatment.

Since the early 1990s, public sector organisations have been overwhelmed with what has come to be termed New Public Management (NPM) methods.

Performance management, often referred to as process management, is a strategy that can be used to achieve an optimum mix of quality, safety, patient satisfaction and solvency.

This book presents a citizen-centric perspective of the dual components of e-government and e-governance.

Analyzing Form, Function, and Financing of the U.

If 75 percent of all mergers fail, what makes the other 25 percent succeed?

This book provides pertinent and practical information about how to create, work, and thrive in an Integrated Care (IC) setting.

This accessible guide to advanced medical technologies and methodologies for monitoring, diagnosing, and predicting cardiovascular diseases addresses sensor technologies and non-invasive monitoring methods and looks at the growing integration of machine learning and AI.

The missing link to determining a company's real valueMost people at the M&A table know how to carry out financial and legal due diligence.

Do you have an eye for complementary colors and patterns?

Intuitive Imagery puts the discoveries of modern science to work through asimple, proven technology to meet the challenges of our fast-paced changing world.

Current models of corporate citizenship largely consider business as one coherent entity.

PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NUFFIELD TRUST Quality is an issue of central importance in the NHS and yet, despite a considerable number of initiatives, programmes and organisation that have focussed on improving quality in the NHS over recent years, there's no comprehensive, reliable balance and rigorous account of the strengths and weaknesses in healthcare delivery.

This book presents the gospel as a sensemaking tool to critically examine five areas of personal leadership effectiveness, namely desire, identity, dignity, motive, and ambition.

From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy.

Ergonomics is a human-centered discipline.

Most business readers have heard of the Lean principles developed for factories a set of tools and ideas that have enabled companies to dramatically boost quality by reducing waste and errors producing more while using less.

This comparative study allows decision-makers to understand and use public–private collaboration to achieve governance goals.

Fascinating as the corporate takeovers of recent years have been--with their "e;golden parachutes"e; and junk bonds, "e;greenmailers"e; and white knights--it is far from clear what underlying forces are at work, and what their long-term consequences will be.

As a small business owner, having knowledge of crucial numbers is the most important tool you can equip yourself with to survive today's competitive marketplace.

How to keep any nonprofit out of trouble, running smoothly, and accomplishing its mission "e;Jack Siegel--lawyer, accountant, management consultant, and computer whiz--takes the putative director or officer of a nonprofit organization on a useful and often entertaining voyage throughout the realm of the tax-exempt organizations universe, pointing out its quirks, foibles, and legal liabilities along the way.

Identifying opportunities is essential to successful entrepreneurial activity; but good opportunities may be missed if entrepreneurs fail to understand when and where to search for them, or appreciate the significance of timing and place in their search.

Written for practitioners, this book addresses corporate governance and the role of the board of directors in multinational corporations.

After a quarter century of almost general condemnation and rebuttal of the entire nationalization experience, it appears that there are second thoughts about governmental direct intervention in the economy.

This book examines how insufficient policies can lead to the alleged abuse of power in organisations.

Bring focus and direction to your workToo often, if you ask four people in a nonprofit what their organization's mission is, you'll get four different answers.

Thisbook discusses a series of related but independent challenges faced byphilanthropic foundations, drawing on international, contemporary andhistorical data.

This practical, concise book will help every medical manager survive and thrive in the increasingly challenging world of healthcare.

Female presence and involvement on boards improves firm performance, transforms corporate governance and leads to the transition towards more responsible business.

Medical Services Professionals (MSPs) hold a unique place in the healthcare industry.

"e;This book addresses how health apps, in-home measurement devices, telemedicine, data mining, and artificial intelligence and smart medical algorithms are all enabled by the transition to a digital health infrastructure.

What every not-for-profit must know about accounting, tax, and reporting requirements Combining the proven guidance of the previous, bestselling edition with all of the latest regulatory information, Edward McMillan delivers a one-stop reporting resource for not-for-profits in Not-For-Profit Accounting, Tax, and Reporting Requirements, Second Edition.

This book presents the key interactions in local government and public enterprise, drawing together the challenges for local governance in the practice of public entrepreneurship and its response to collaboration, place and place making.

Exploiting the rich information found in electronic health records (EHRs) can facilitate better medical research and improve the quality of medical practice.

A place-led perspective of entrepreneurial development is becoming increasingly important, given narratives around entrepreneurial ecosystems, contexts, and the design of entrepreneurial institutions.

Stop working for the man break free and make sure you re getting paid what you re worth Stop slogging away 9 5 for a set salary (plus the overtime you inevitably do and don t get any credit for).

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to modern auction theory and its important new applications.

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Winner of a 2016 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award!

A comprehensive and critical review of the global scholarly literature on diversity, this book presents findings from original UK-based research involving in-depth organizational case studies, interviews, observation and documentary data from over fifty organizations.

Running public sector organizations requires specialist accounting and finance skills to overcome the unique challenges of the sector.

Promoting Nonprofit Organizations is a practical guide to developing and implementing a strategic public relations program to enhance a nonprofit's reputation.

Problems related to the functioning of public healthcare systems encourage the search for alternative solutions, for example to ensure improved access to medical services.

The world of public policy is becoming increasingly small due to dramatic changes in global communications, political and economic institutional structures, and to nation states themselves.