Practice Management category: 263 books
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Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2014
Due to the increased global political importance of the nonprofit sector, its technological support and organizational characteristics have become important fields of research. In order to conduct effective work, nonprofits need to communicate and coordinate effectively. However, such settings are...
Information, Models, and Sustainability
Policy Informatics in the Age of Big Data and Open Government
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
This book reflects on the emerging trends, development, and challenges of policy on sustainability using information technology, and provides valuable insights to both research and practice communities. Sustainability has become an important focus for government, civil society and the corporate community...
Japan’s Disaster Governance
How was the 3.11 Crisis Managed?
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Natural disasters are often multifaceted and cause severe damage. Disasters initiated locally can become national and even global crises. Today’s world urgently needs a new body of knowledge and techniques for the mitigation of and response to disaster. Central to such a body of knowledge are disaster...
Measuring E-government Efficiency
The Opinions of Public Administrators and Other Stakeholders
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
E-government has the potential to improve public services, information transparency, and the engagement of civic participation of the public sector management. This book analyzes the achievement of expectations created by public managers, policy-makers, and stakeholders with regard to the implementation...
Government 3.0 – Next Generation Government Technology Infrastructure and Services
Roadmaps, Enabling Technologies & Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Historically, technological change has had significant effect on the locus of administrative activity, cost of carrying out administrative tasks, the skill sets needed by officials to effectively function, rules and regulations, and the types of interactions citizens have with their public authorities....
The Business Guide to Law
Creating and Operating a Successful Law Firm
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
There are many books out there about starting a law firm and growing your practice. What makes The Business Guide to Law stand out is the focus on the business aspect. It answers all those necessary questions (and more) that are important in creating and growing a unique law firm business. Author...
Coaching Your Client
A Lawyer's Guide for Improving Client Communication and Client Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2016
Rather than trying to impose a preferred solution on their client, lawyers should better listen to their clients; educate their clients on their options; and engage the client in solutions. The benefits of this approach include:
Happier clients and a more productive attorney-client relationship
A...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
This proceedings volume examines the state-of-the art of productivity and efficiency analysis and adds to the existing research by bringing together a selection of the best papers from the 8th North American Productivity Workshop (NAPW). It also aims to analyze world-wide perspectives on challenges...
Building Rainmakers
The Definitive Guide To Business
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Every law firm needs a business development strategy—rainmakers are the breadwinners for firms and the heart and soul of recruiting and maintaining clients. But how are rainmakers created? How do you turn a smart law school graduate into a marketing maven? And how does law firm management ensure...
Betriebswirtschaft im öffentlichen Sektor
Eine Einführung
Language: German
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Die Öffentliche Betriebswirtschaftslehre befasst sich mit Institutionen, die Güter für die Allgemeinheit bereitstellen und damit öffentliche Aufgaben erfüllen. Dieses Buch bietet einen anschaulichen und kompakten Einstieg in die Betriebswirtschaftslehre am Beispiel des öffentlichen Sektors....
From Machinery to Mobility
Government and Democracy in a Participative Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
The Westminster-stylized model of Parliamentary democratic governance is out of step with today’s digitally and socially networked world. The resulting context for public sector governance brings both promise and peril – with profound consequences for public servants, elected officials, and citizens...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
There has been much attention paid to the idea of Smart Cities as researchers have sought to define and characterize the main aspects of the concept, including the role of creative industries in urban growth, the importance of social capital in urban development, and the role of urban sustainability....
Empowering Open and Collaborative Governance
Technologies and Methods for Online Citizen Engagement in Public Policy Making
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
The use of information and communication technologies to support public administrations, governments and decision makers has been recorded for more than 20 years and dubbed e-Government. Moving towards open governance roadmaps worldwide, electronic participation and citizen engagement stand out as...
Setting Sail into the Age of Digital Local Government
Trends and Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
The Internet and related technologies have dramatically changed the way we live, work, socialize, and even topple national governments. As the Internet becomes increasingly pervasive across societies, we find more often that governments adopt Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) as part of...