Occupational category: 1880 books
Revisiting Taylor. L'organizzazione scientifica del lavoro: il libro che ha sconvolto un secolo
L'organizzazione scientifica del lavoro: il libro che ha sconvolto un secolo
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Quale significato ha avuto storicamente il taylorismo e che cosa ne resta oggi? La riproposta di un testo di riferimento fondamentale, accompagnato dalle riflessioni attuali di studiosi di varie discipline.
The Official Guide for Foreign-Educated Allied Health Professionals
What you need to Know about Health Care and the Allied Health Professions in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2009
"This comprehensive book provides direction for foreign-educated allied healthcare professionalsÖ Given the complicated process of credentialing, certification, and visas, as well as the complex American healthcare system, this book proves to be a worthy resource." Score: 100, 5 stars
--Doody's
"Written...
Social Decision Making
Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2009
This book, in honor of David Messick, is about social decisions and the role cooperation plays in social life. Noted contributors who worked with Dave over the years will discuss their work in social judgment, decision making and ethics which was so important to Dave.
The book offers a unique...
The Fear-free Organization
Vital Insights from Neuroscience to Transform Your Business Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
Evidence from neuroscience shows that individuals and organizations are more successful when people are encouraged to take risks, explore new ideas, and channel their energies in ways that work for them. And yet many organizations are filled with bullies, vicious gossip, undermining behaviours, hijacking...
Liberal Arts of Management
A Toolkit for Today's Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
This book analyzes and elucidates the view that the purpose of the liberal arts is to offer leadership training and guidelines for success. This professional or managerial tradition of the liberal arts is discussed historically, revisiting three central claims purported by the Ancients to make the...
Minding the Markets
An Emotional Finance View of Financial Instability
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Tuckett argues that most economists' explanations of the financial crisis miss its essence; they ignore critical components of human psychology. He offers a deeper understanding of financial market behaviour and investment processes by recognizing the role played by unconscious needs and fears in all investment activity.
Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations
Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
How can application of a positive lens to understanding social change and organizations enrich and elaborate theory and practice? This is the core question that inspired this book. It is a question that brought together a diverse and talented group of researchers interested in change and organizations...
Green Organizations
Driving Change with I-O Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
This book is a landmark in showing how industrial-organizational psychology and related fields contribute to environmental sustainability in organizations. Industrial-organizational psychology embraces a scientist/practitioner model: evidence-based best practice to solve real-world issues. The contributors...
The Culture Map (INTL ED)
Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life.
Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the...
The Man Who Lied to His Laptop
What We Can Learn About Ourselves from Our Machines
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Counterintuitive insights about building successful relationships- based on research into human-computer interaction.
Books like Predictably Irrational and Sway have revolutionized how we view human behavior. Now, Stanford professor Clifford Nass has discovered a set of rules for effective...
by Peter Warr
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2002
Applied psychology in work settings has made considerable progress in the 30 years since the original version of this book was published. This new collection of essays aims to illustrate both the empirical and practical richness of the field as wellas its theoretical development. The chapters cover...
The Psychology of Fear in Organizations
How to Transform Anxiety into Well-being, Productivity and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
In the context of global economic recession, fear has become institutionalized in many organizations, both in the private and public sectors. Board directors are under pressure from shareholders, senior executives are attempting to maintain sales in a nervous market and many people are concerned about...
The Handbook of Work Analysis
Methods, Systems, Applications and Science of Work Measurement in Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This new handbook, with contributions from experts around the world, is the most comprehensive treatise on work design and job analysis practice and research in over 20 years. The handbook, dedicated to Sidney Gael, is the next generation of Gael’s successful Job Analysis Handbook for Business,...
The Social Cognitive Neuroscience of Leading Organizational Change
TiER1 Performance Solutions' Guide for Managers and Consultants
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
In a very understandable, practical, and accessible manner, this book applies recent groundbreaking findings from behavioral neuroscience to the most complex and vexing challenges in organizations today. In particular, it addresses managing large-scale organizational changes, such as mergers and acquisitions,...