Palgrave imprint: 15119 books
21st Century Management
Leadership and Innovation in the Thought Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Explores the changing business landscape of the 21st century and what it means for organizations. The author presents a new model for how to think about and handle the complex world of business from a managerial and innovative perspective with tips and tools for motivating and engaging your organization, clients and customers.
by T., Thomas F. Huertas
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Analysis of the current financial/economic crisis from the Director of the Banking Sector at the FSA (Financial Services Authority). New edition updated to take account of changes in regulation and legislation in the US, EU and UK. Many of these changes were in line with the recommendations made in the original edition
Gender and Sexuality in Male-Dominated Occupations
Women Working in Construction and Transport
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Examining women’s diverse experiences of male-dominated work, this ground-breaking book explores what sexuality and gender means to women working in the construction and transport industries. Using accounts from heterosexual women and lesbians working in professional, manual and operational roles,...
Globalization and Self-Regulation
The Crucial Role That Corporate Codes of Conduct Play in Global Business
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Corporate strategy expert Prakash Sethi takes an in-depth look at global structures and how regulation works from a corporate perspective, providing case studies of several industries and governments who have begun implementing voluntary codes of conducts, including Equator Principles, ICMM, and The Kimberly Process.
Managing Religion: The Management of Christian Religious and Faith-Based Organizations
Volume 1: Internal Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
This two-volume work explores the management of religious and faith-based organizations. Each chapter offers a discussion of the earliest Christian organizations based on New Testament evidence; a study of managing faith-based organizations; and an exploration of secular management theory in relation to the management of faith-based organizations.
Moving to the Cloud Corporation
How to face the challenges and harness the potential of cloud computing
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Drawing on an international survey of over 1,000 business and executives, this book provides a management perspective on cloud technology. It outlines the need to know information for strategic decisions on cloud technology including its capabilities, how it can be implemented securely and the way forward for the next ten years.
by J. Schofield
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
The sharing of nuclear weapons technology between states is unexpected, because nuclear weapons are such a powerful instrument in international politics, but sharing is not rare. This book proposes a theory to explain nuclear sharing and surveys its rich history from its beginnings in the Second World War.
Neuroscience for Leadership
Harnessing the Brain Gain Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Leadership can be learned: new evidence from neuroscience clearly points to ways that leaders can significantly improve how they engage with and motivate others. This book provides leaders and managers with an accessible guide to practical, effective actions, based on neuroscience.
Breakthrough Marketing Plans
How to Stop Wasting Time and Start Driving Growth
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Almost every company creates a marketing plan each year, and many spend hundreds of employee hours researching, preparing and presenting their tomes to senior executives. But most marketing plans are a waste of time; they are too long, too complicated and too dense. They end up sitting on a shelf,...
by Ms Sophie Smailes, Clare Street
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
An instant access point for the study of health… The Health Studies Companion explains terminology, theories and underpinning concepts of health. It is ideal preparatory and introductory reading, and provides a reliable point of reference throughout your programme of study. This book will help you...
Researching and Representing Mobilities
Transdisciplinary Encounters
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
This book explores mobile representations in government policy, literature, visual arts, music, and research and examines the methodological potential of these representations and the ways in which representations co-produce mobilities.
by F. Lefley
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Based on the 2005 publication The Financial Appraisal Profile Model , this book discusses how the FAP model can present an integrated process for the appraisal of financial and strategic benefits and the assessment of risk in ICT (Information Communication Technology) project proposals.
Reframing Resolution
Innovation and Change in the Management of Workplace Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Reframing Resolution provides an original, accessible and critical point of reference for students, practitioners and scholars interested in the management of workplace conflict. Drawing on contemporary empirical evidence from the UK, USA, Ireland and Australia, the book explores the front-line challenges...
Cultures of Wellbeing
Method, Place, Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
The authors challenge psychological perspectives on happiness and subjective wellbeing. Highlighting the politics of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, case studies across continents explore wellbeing in relation to health, children and youth, migration, economics, religion, family, land mines, national surveys, and indigenous identities.