Business Management

This textbook on nonprofit organizations, voluntary and community associations, and the third sector answers the increasing need for a high quality, accessible textbook for the increasing number of courses available on these subjects. Each chapter deals with theory and practice and includes a high l... More

Praise for The Two-Minute Drill "The authors have created an approach to improvement that is powerful, poignant, and packs a punch. The Two-Minute Drill provides a real plan of action for improvement that people can really relate to." --Vicky Black, president, Fabory North America "In the past 25 ye... More

Discussing the Undiscussable Since his 1990 landmark book Overcoming Organizational Defenses, Chris Argyris has extensively researched and written about how well-meaning, smart people create vicious cycles of defensive behavior to protect themselves from embarrassment and threat. In Discussing the U... More

This book" "provides a critical review and analysis of the key components of leadership. Against an historical backdrop, the text explores the foundations of good leadership, the relationship between leaders and subordinates and the role leaders play in the dynamics of organizational life. Taking a ... More

Organization takes place in a tangled world, intermeshed by changing markets, products, standards, technologies, institutions and social groups. Coming to grips with the complexity and fluidity of organization and management is a persistent problem for scholars and practitioners alike, which is why ... More

In the face of mounting global competition and accelerated changes in technology, organizations are scrambling to develop business strategies, structures, and practices that will simultaneously keep them flexible and profitable. While many companies continue to pursue competitive advantage via the l... More

Conventional rules of management dictate that success is achieved by establishing and maintaining organizational stability and harmony. According to Ralph D. Stacey, however, just the opposite is true. In Managing the Unknowable he demonstrates how winning organizations have learned to embrace insta... More

Praise for Culture.com "What a simple, yet profound, understanding of culture! This is a wise, practical and important guide in navigating todays dot com whitewater world."--Dr. Stephen R. Covey, the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"At last someone has paid attention to that mos... More

Exploring the discontinuous nature of forces for change--both in the external global environment and in the internal environment--which make organizational growth, development and even survival a skilled activity, this book guides the reader through the intricacies of this complex subject. Tradition... More

Learning is an essential process for attaining and maintaining sustainability at both the individual and business level. Establishing a learning organization requires a whole-hearted and sustained endeavour. This book facilitates such an endeavour by providing both a coherent framework for analysis ... More

Delivering a wealth of compelling data on global change, this is the perfect book for learning how to manage risk and opportunity in today's global society. Everybody's Business provides compelling evidence to show how revolutionary change across the globe -- in technology, markets, demographics, an... More

Is our pre-historic psychological make-up more important than you thought? Over and over, managers and leaders try--and fail--to eliminate hierarchies, internal politics, and inter-organizational rivalry. Why? Evolutionary psychology would say that they are fighting human nature--emotional and behav... More

This critical introduction discusses the origins of creativity, group approaches to innovation, managing innovative teams and how to manage organizations. By understanding the psychological principles, theories and techniques applied in these areas, managers can improve organizational strategies and... More

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This book focuses on the processes through which knowledge is created, accumulated and put to use in the knowledge-driven global economy. Its unique perspective stems from its "knowledge diamond" framework to examine how individuals, communities, organizations and host industries reciprocally influe... More

As a discipline, Informatics has over the years developed from a narrow focus on data processing and software development, towards an emphasis on people's use of technology and its impact on their working lives. The topic of human/computer interaction and the relationship between ICT and the social ... More

A brief introduction to organizational behavior (OB) that tackles the issues facing today's managers, such as diversity, total quality management, ethics and the global marketplace. It uses a unique managerial perspective to explore how a manager uses OB insights in the workplace.Explains essential ... More