This volume of "e;Comparative Social Research"e; emphasizes unsolved issues and new developments within class and stratification analysis, discussing both theoretical and methodological innovations and revisions.
This new volume contains selected papers that were presented at the 2013 conference on performance measurement and management control focusing on behavioral implications and human actions associated with the use of performance measurement and management control systems.
In Lean on Civility: Strategies for Changing Culture in Manufacturing Workplaces, the authors explain how incorporating civility can drive success in your business.
A no-nonsense practical guide to statistics, providing concise summaries, clear model examples, and plenty of practice, making this workbook the ideal complement to class study or self-study, preparation for exams or a brush-up on rusty skills.
Delivering Effective Virtual Presentations provides the reader with clear guidelines for creating and delivering webinars, e-meetings, and virtual presentations, including checklists and examples.
Aimed at people interested in management and Human Resources in China, this book is a collection of original and researched case studies on a variety of HR issues occurring in Chinese organisations, both privately-owned and part of multi-national enterprises, and how these issues are resolved by management.
Uncover your blind spots and reset your leadership approach for long-lasting success in any businessFar too many business leaders today are using outdated practices to engage and motivate their people-and they're failing miserably.
Two top experts on high-performing organizations show you how to reframe your-and your employees'-relationship with fear and anxiety to create a learning culture of engaged workers at the top of their game.
Global business demands and new technologies have created a virtual workplace for many companies, with employees and teams routinely collaborating from distant geographical locations on the road, from home, at client sites-even on the other side of the globe.
This book presents a fresh, new approach in that it provides a comprehensive recent review of challenging problems caused by imbalanced data in prediction and classification, and also in that it introduces several of the latest statistical methods of dealing with these problems.
Written and field-tested by practicing consultants, The Consultant's Tool Kit will save consultants both time and money-as it makes their work with clients much more effective.
An Updated Guide to Establishing Cutting-Edge Operations and Maintenance Procedures for Today's Complex FacilitiesAn essential on-the-job resource, Facility Manager's Maintenance Handbook presents step-by-step coverage of the planning, design, and execution of operations and maintenance procedures for structures, equipment, and systems in any type of facility.
Your Talent Development AtlasIf you've been directing your organization's talent development effort during the last few years, you might think you're on a journey without a map.
Attract top talent and energize your workforce with a MAGNETIC CULTURE Sheridan outlines simple but powerful steps to take in creating and maintaining an organization that fosters an environment with similar attraction.
Named as BusinessWeek's #1 Management Educator, expert Dave Ulrich and his team of authors bring human resources a whole new way of thinking and practicing-moving the focus from internal issues to actively helping to set business strategies.
How to make simple sense of complex statistics--from the author of Numbers Rule Your WorldWe live in a world of Big Data--and it's getting bigger every day.
Learn the secret to using big data and gamification to motivate, engage, and engender true loyalty among your customers, employees, and partnersAs our lives move online and nearly everything we do is being mediated by technology, all of our activity is generating reams of data we are all walking data generators.
Recent studies show that in the next few years many companies could have only about half the leaders and skilled workers they need--and that these talent shortages will be particularly acute in the critical sectors like engineering, health care, energy, government, manufacturing, and aerospace and defense.
The revolutionary study of how the place where wegrew up shapes the way we think, feel, and act--with new dimensions and perspectivesBased on research conducted in more than seventy countries over a forty-year span,Cultures and Organizations examines what drives people apart when cooperationis so clearly in everyone s interest.
The Quick Guide to Recruiting and Onboarding Top TalentIn the war for talent, the last company standing is always the one that finds the best employees and integrates them quickly and effectively into the organization.
USE THE POWER OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT TO IGNITE PASSION, PURPOSE, AND PRODUCTIVITY IN EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR STAFFSuccessful managers understand that their job is to help employees do their best work, not simply give orders.
The long-awaited update of the classic guide to outperforming the competition using Herrmann International's trademark Whole Brain MethodologyPacked with new research, updated examples, and more actionable content, The Whole Brain Business Book outlines four basic thinking styles--administrator, talker, problem-solver, dreamer--corresponding to the four quadrants of the brain and explains that many are dominated by only one quadrant.
There's no better time than now to remake your career and lifeNeuroscience research reveals that creativity spikes in our later years making midlife an ideal time to change professions.
Spark the next great business idea by igniting your team's passion and creativityInnovating breakthrough products, services, solutions, and marketing ideas are some of the most important challenges you face as a manager.
