Business Management

This book contains original chapters by some of the leading researchers and writers in the field of human resource development. It provides a definitive work on the design and conduct of research in HRD and, in so doing, identifies and examines key issues and debates concerning methodological princi... More

Organizational encounters with risk range from errors and anomalies to outright disasters. This collection of essays addresses the varied ways in which modern organizations understand, process and deal with risk. Contributions by leading experts on risk management illustrate the complex organization... More

Workplace bullying is an area that has attracted significant press attention throughout the last decade. A variety of well publicized surveys have revealed that this is an issue endemic in working life in Britain; and, at a conservative estimate, over half the working population can expect to experi... More

Today's managers and executives are cash rich but time poor. They are increasingly pressured to succeed in their careers but there is growing awareness of the cost this has on their personal lives. Beating the 24/7 takes as its starting point a set of specially commissioned interviews with some of t... More

Contributors from the University of Michigan's Graduate School of Management describe common problems in modern organizations and give methods for preventing and eliminating them and turning them into positive forces for organizational growth. They draw on the theory of organizational behavior to ex... More

Get Ready. You are about to blast off into outer space. Destination: Planet Business. Business is a planet of its own. A world of alien beings and irrational forces never before so insightfully or brutally chronicled as in Barry Gibbons new book Chronicles from the Planet Business. In this book, Gib... More

This introductory text focuses on exploring the impact of work organizations on individual employees, groups and the wider community. Arguing that the creation of working environments which promote positive well-being, eliminate unfair discrimination and promote socially and environmentally responsi... More

An exciting and important addition to organizational change and health care management literature, this topical book presents academically rigorous theory and a unique assessment of NHS change processes.Influenced by implementation methods, and also by the wider context, organization political issue... More

In the past decade, complexity-based thinking has exerted increasing, yet somewhat controversial influence over management theory and practice. This has in some part been due to the influence of a number of high-profile articles and the not inconsiderable hype which accompanied them. Another feature... More

By comparing the different national experiences of each country, the book traces the most significant developments in social entrepreneurship emerging in Europe. The work also examines the more traditional non-profit or third sector organisations. The final chapters present an initial attempt to out... More

This book, the first to address issues of reflection in the context of work, is an accessible entry point into the theory and practice of work reflection for students and practitioners. It consists of contributions from a diverse range of international authorities in the areas of management, educati... More

Critical realism has become increasingly important in the way organization and management is being studied. This book argues for an alternative to the prevailing ontology and shows how positivism and its empirical realist ontology can be abandoned without having to accept strong (anti-realist) socia... More

"The book analyzes the development of global business-to-business electronic markets, and whether these markets are becoming a way of improving trust between organizations"--Provided by publisher.... More

"Policy work" is increasingly conducted by public managers at different levels of seniority, and in a variety of settings. This collection of readings focuses on discussion about the ways in which policy work happens, whether that involves bringing a policy-making process to fruition or the implemen... More

Organizational Behavior places core concepts of human behavior and industrial psychology in a real-world context. Strong end-of-chapter exercises, activities, plus an optional case and exercise book make this flexible text suitable for students at the undergraduate level. Likewise, the authors' emph... More