Print Books New Arrivals 2012: Oct

Print Books New Arrivals October 2012

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The Skilled Facilitator by Roger M. Schwarz
Call Number: 658.4036 SCH
ISBN: 9780787947231
Publication Date: 2002-07-22
Description: When it was published in 1994, Roger Schwarz's The SkilledFacilitator earned widespread critical acclaim and became alandmark in the field. The book is a classic work for consultants,facilitators, managers, leaders, trainers, and coaches--anyonewhose role is to facilitate and guide groups toward realizing theircreative and problem-solving potential. This thoroughly revisededition provides the essential materials for anyone that workswithin the field of facilitation and includes simple but effectiveground rules for group interaction. Filled with illustrativeexamples, the book contains proven techniques for starting meetingson the right foot and ending them positively and decisively. Thisimportant resource also offers practical methods for handlingemotions when they arise in a group and offers a diagnosticapproach for identifying and solving problems that can underminethe group process.

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Leisure by Tony Blackshaw
Call Number: 790.1 BLA
ISBN: 9780415430272
Publication Date: 2010-03-24
Description: No single introductory book has until now captured the range of thought appropriate for scrutinizing the idea of leisure. Beginning with a discussion of expressions in classical thought, etymological definitions and key leisure studies concepts, Blackshaw suggests that the idea abounds with ambivalence, which is unlikely ever to be resolved. After analyzing the rise and fall of modern leisure patterns, the emphasis shifts from the historical to the sociological and the author identifies and critically discusses the key modernist and postmodernist perspectives. Drawing on the idea that leisure studies is a 'language game', Tony Blackshaw subsequently offers his own original theory of liquid leisure which asks some key questions about the present and the future of leisure in people's lives, as well as what implications it has for individuals' abilities to embrace the opportunity for an authentic existence that is both magical and moral. Leisure is an essential purchase for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and academics in the fields of Sociology of Leisure, Sports and Leisure Studies, and Popular Culture.

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Human Rights by Anthony Woodiwiss
Call Number: 323 WOO
ISBN: 9780415360692
Publication Date: 2005-05-19
Description: Are human rights part of the problem or part of the solution in the current 'clash of civilizations'? Drawing on a hitherto neglected body of work in classical social theory and combining it with ideas derived from Barrington Moore, Norbert Elias and Michel Foucault, Woodiwiss poses and answers the questions: How did human rights become entangled with power relations? How might the nature of this entanglement be altered so that human rights better serve the global majority? In answering these questions, he explains how and why rights discourse developed in such distinctive ways in four key locations: Britain, the United States, Japan and in the UN. On this basis he provides, for the first time, a general sociological account of the development of international human rights discourse, which represents a striking challenge to current thinking and policy.

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Sexuality by Jeffrey Weeks
Call Number: 306.7 WEE
ISBN: 9780415497121
Publication Date: 2009-10-28
Description: over twenty years, Sexuality has provided a cutting edge introduction to debates about sexualities, gender, and intimate life. Previous editions included pioneering discussions of the historical shaping of sexuality, identity politics, the rise of fundamentalism, the social impact of AIDS, the influence of the new genetics, ¿global sex¿, queer theory, ¿sex wars¿, the debates about values, new patterns of intimacy, and much more. In this new edition, Jeffrey Weeks offers a thorough update of these debates, and introduces new concepts and issues. Globalization is now a key way of understanding the reshaping of sexual life, and is discussed in relation to global flows, neo-liberalism, new forms of opposition, cosmopolitanism and the heated debates around sex trafficking and sex tourism. Arguments about the regulation and control of sexuality, and the intersection of various dimensions of power and domination are contextualised by a sustained argument about the importance of agency in remaking sexual and intimate life. In particular, new forms of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer politics, and the high impact of the debates about same-sex marriage are explored. These controversies, in turn, feed into debates about what is ¿transgressive¿, ¿normal¿, ¿ordinary¿; into the nature of heter-normativity; and into the meanings of diversity and choice. To conclude, the book turns to questions of values and ethics, recognition, sexual citizenship and human sexual rights. This book displays the succinctness, clarity and comprehensiveness for which Jeffrey Weeks has become well known. It will appeal to a wide range of readers internationally.

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The Physics of Business Growth by Edward Hess; Jeanne Liedtka
Call Number: 657.95 HES
ISBN: 9780804784771
Publication Date: 2012-05-24
Description: Organic business growth is governed by its own natural laws--underlying truths that set the stage for growth and innovation, much in the way that Einstein's law of relativity accounts for the movement of objects in the space-time continuum. The most fundamental law is that uncertainty is the only certainty. Dominating forces are ambiguity and change; the processes at work involve exploration, invention, and experimentation. Unfortunately, these truths run counter to the principles of stability, predictability, and linearity that have long informed the design of our firms. The Physics of Business Growth helps readers understand how to create growth in today's business environment, providing them a roadmap and a set of practical tools to navigate its challenges. The book lays out a three step formula that will prove invaluable to professionals who have the opportunity to influence growth now, as well as to tomorrow's growth leaders, guiding them in (1) creating the right employee and organizational mindsets to enable growth (2) building an internal corporate growth system, and (3) putting in place processes that result in identifying opportunities, launching growth experiments, and managing a growth portfolio.

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Commercial Banks and Monetary Policy in India by Partha Ray
Call Number: 332.10954 RAY
ISBN: 9788171886357
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Description: Set against a backdrop of financial-sector reforms in India, this analysis explores theories and empirical evidence regarding the behavior of commercial banks and their reactions to centralized monetary policy. A comprehensive account of the credit channels of monetary transmission is presented along with observations of the modified IS-LM model within the independent banking sector. Progressive issues such as future consolidation of the banking sector are also addressed. Ultimately, not all commercial banks react uniformly to monetary policy, as ownership, size, liquidity, and capitalization play key roles in determining individual responses.

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The Volunteer Management Handbook by Tracy D. Connors (Editor)
Call Number: 361.37068 CON
ISBN: 9780470604533
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
Description: Completely revised and expanded, the ultimate guide tostarting?and keeping?an active and effective volunteerprogram Drawing on the experience and expertise of recognizedauthorities on nonprofit organizations, The Volunteer ManagementHandbook, Second Edition is the only guide you need forestablishing and maintaining an active and effective volunteerprogram. Written by nonprofit leader Tracy Connors, this handyreference offers practical guidance on such essential issues asmotivating people to volunteer their time and services,recruitment, and more. Up-to-date and practical, this is theessential guide to managing your nonprofit's most importantresource: its volunteers. Now covers volunteer demographics, volunteer program leadersand managers, policy making and implementation, planning and staffanalysis, recruiting, interviewing and screening volunteers,orienting and training volunteers, and much more Up-to-date, practical guidance for the major areas of volunteerleadership and management Explores volunteers and the law: liabilities, immunities, andresponsibilities Designed to help nonprofit organizations survive and thrive,The Volunteer Management Handbook, Second Edition is anindispensable reference that is unsurpassed in both the breadth anddepth of its coverage.

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The Mindful Coach by Doug Silsbee
Call Number: 658.407124 SIL
ISBN: 9780470548660
Publication Date: 2010-02-15
Description: Praise for The Mindful Coach "Success in business is predicated on eliciting the best frompeople. The Mindful Coach clearly articulates the essentials of howto do this. As someone who believes deeply in the potential of allpeople, I found Silsbee's approach both practical and profound.This is a must-read for everyone concerned with people andlearning."--Arthur M. Blank, philanthropist; cofounder, TheHome Depot; and owner and CEO, Atlanta Falcons "The Mindful Coach is not just another coaching model. It is aframe of reference for anyone involved in developing people. Thishighly readable book should serve as a reference for anyonegenuinely concerned about helping others. It has had a significantimpact on the way I approach coaching and developingothers."--James N. Bassett, M.E'd., employee development,Institute of Nuclear Power Operations "The Mindful Coach digs deeply, offering a lens and structurefor understanding the intimate and necessary connection betweenrelationships and human development. No other skill set, knowledge,or awareness is more important to educators, leaders, and managersthan what is presented in this precious volume."--Robert C.Pianta, Ph.D., dean, Curry School of Education, University of?Virginia "This revised edition provides the structure for presence,through which new solutions become available. This book itself is apractice in the art of 'becoming,' while providing a clear actionframework for powerfully engaging others with their owndevelopment. Silsbee has provided a gift to leaders, teachers, andcoaches!"--Connie Maltbie-Shulas, manager, V-22 TrainingSystems, Boeing "This book has broad appeal not only for coaches, but also formanagers, executives, and consultants. Leaders of all kinds canbenefit from Silsbee's clear and caring process for bringing outthe best in people. This is a must-read book for anyone who wantsto jump-start themselves and others on their journey to theirpotential."--Diana Whitney, Ph.D., author, The Power ofAppreciative Inquiry "This is the guide for leaders committed to helping otherslearn. The seven roles will help any leader facilitate moremeaningful development conversations. This new edition engaged meinstantly, with immediate applications in keyrelationships."--Darelyn "DJ" Mitsch, MCC, president, ThePyramid Resource Group; former president, The International CoachFederation

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The Economic Theory of Social Institutions by Andrew Schotter
Call Number: 306.3 SCH
ISBN: 9780521067133
Publication Date: 2008-06-26
Description: This book uses game theory to analyse the creation, evolution and function of economic and social institutions. The author illustrates his analysis by describing the organic or unplanned evolution of institutions such as the conventions of war, the use of money, property rights and oligopolistic pricing conventions. Professor Schotter begins by linking his work with the ideas of the philosophers Rawls, Nozick and Lewis. Institutions are regarded as regularities in the behaviour of social agents, which the agents themselves tacitly create to solve a wide variety of recurrent problems. The repetitive nature of the problems permits them to be described as a recurrent game or 'supergame.' The agents use these regularities as informational devices to supplement the information contained in competitive prices. The final chapter explores the applicability of this theory, first by relating it to previous work on the theory of teams, hierarchies, and non-maximizing decision theory, and then by using it to provide a new approach to a variety of questions both within and outside economics.

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Mathematics and Sports by Joseph A. Gallian (Editor)
Call Number: 796.02 GAL
ISBN: 9780883853498
Publication Date: 2010-12-31
Description: This book is an eclectic compendium of the essays solicited for the 2010 Mathematics Awareness Month web page on the theme of Mathematics and Sports. In keeping with the goal of promoting mathematics awareness to a broad audience, all of the articles are accessible to college level mathematics students and many are accessible to the general public. The book is divided into sections by the kind of sports. The section on football includes an article that evaluates a method for reducing the advantage of the winner of a coin flip in an NFL overtime game; the section on track and field examines the ultimate limit on how fast a human can run 100 meters; the section on baseball includes an article on the likelihood of streaks; the section on golf has an article that describes the double-pendulum model of a golf swing, and an article on modeling Tiger Wood's career. The articles provide source material for classroom use and student projects. Many students will find mathematical ideas motivated by examples taken from sports more interesting than the examples selected from traditional sources.

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Citizenship by Keith Faulks
Call Number: 323.6 FAU
ISBN: 9780415196345
Publication Date: 2000-11-06
Description: This book presents a clear and comprehensive overview of citizenship, which has become one of the most important political ideas of our time. The author, an experienced textbook writer and teacher, uses a postmodern theory of citizenship to ask topical questions as: * Can citizenship exist without the nation-state? * What should the balance be between our rights and responsibilities? * Should we enjoy group as well as individual rights? * Is citizenship relevant to our private as well as our public lives? * Have processes of globalisation rendered citizenship redundant?

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Happiness by Bent Greve
Call Number: 302.1 GRE
ISBN: 9780415682947
Publication Date: 2011-12-15
Description: Although happiness is based upon individuals' subjective perception of their own situation, understanding the concept of happiness is important for forming policies in modern societies. Taking into account discussions from disciplines across the social sciences, this book explores varying notions of happiness and how these are applied to create a theoretical understanding of the concept. The book then goes on to demonstrate how a general theoretical concept of happiness can be used to add to our knowledge of central aspects of modern society, ranging from questions related to welfare state analysis, through to evaluating everyday life for individual people. In doing so,nbsp;Happiness presents an up-to-date and applied account of how happiness is now widely used in economics, sociology, psychology and political science, whilst also exploring the relationship between happiness and public policy.

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Input-Output Analysis by Ronald E. Miller; Peter D. Blair
Call Number: 339.23 MIL
ISBN: 9780521739023
Publication Date: 2009-07-30
Description: This edition of Ronald Miller and Peter Blair's classic textbook is an essential reference for students and scholars in the input-output research and applications community. The book has been fully revised and updated to reflect important developments in the field since its original publication. New topics covered include SAMs (and extended input-output models) and their connection to input-output data, structural decomposition analysis (SDA), multiplier decompositions, identifying important coefficients, and international input-output models. A major new feature of this edition is that it is also supported by an accompanying website with solutions to all problems, wide-ranging real-world data sets, and appendices with further information for more advanced readers. Input-Output Analysis is an ideal introduction to the subject for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in a wide variety of fields, including economics, regional science, regional economics, city, regional and urban planning, environmental planning, public policy analysis and public management.

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Globalization by Malcolm Waters
Call Number: 337 WAT
ISBN: 9780415238540
Publication Date: 2001-01-16
Description: The constraints of geography are shrinking and the world is becoming a single place. Globalization and the global society are increasingly occupying the centre of sociological debates. Widely discussed by journalists and a key goal for many businesses, globalization has become a buzz-word in recent years. In this extensively revised and restructured new edition of Globalization , Malcolm Waters provides a user-friendly introduction to the main arguments about the process, including a chapter on the critiques of the globalization thesis that have emerged since the first edition was published.

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The Manager Redefined by Thomas O. Davenport; Stephen D. Harding
Call Number: 658.314 DAV
ISBN: 9780470627723
Publication Date: 2010-11-02
Description: In this book the author explains that managers must build human capital and engender employee engagement by managing them almost not at all, by attending instead to the factors and circumstances that make them successful. In other words, managers must play their role from offstage and out of the limelight. Based on a survey of over 16,000 employees, the author presents Towers-Watson' management performance model: Executing tasks, Building relationships and performance capability, and Energizing change. Additionally, managers must create an atmosphere of authenticity and trust.

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Innovation in a Reinvented World by Dee McCrorey
Call Number: 658.4063 MCC
ISBN: 9781118027356
Publication Date: 2011-09-27
Description: A step-by-step guide to the 10 essential and practical skills abusiness needs to innovate and thrive in uncertain times The reinvented world of business will profoundly impactAmerica's leaders and workers in the decade ahead. Companiescapable of transforming their organizations during this period of"Great Disruption" will thrive in the reinvented world however, thereverse holds true as well. Innovation in a Reinvented World reveals howtransformation occurs when business leaders and their organizationsapply these 10 Essential Elements, providing both a road map anddefinitive blueprint for companies of any size looking to bridgethe old world with the new world of business. Discusses the "new courage" required for innovating in areinvented world Looks at 10 Essential Elements winning companies count ontoday Innovation in a Reinvented World helps executives andleadership teams navigate and manage their organizations'inflection points in designing, building, and sustaininginnovation?even through the post-recession playing field.

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The Mantra of Efficiency by Jennifer Karns Alexander
Call Number: 338.06409 ALE
ISBN: 9780801886935
Publication Date: 2008-03-03
Description: Efficiency--associated with individual discipline, superior management, and increased profits or productivity--often counts as one of the highest virtues in Western culture. But what does it mean, exactly, to be efficient? How did this concept evolve from a means for evaluating simple machines to the mantra of progress and a prerequisite for success? In this provocative and ambitious study, Jennifer Karns Alexander explores the growing power of efficiency in the post-industrial West. Examining the ways the concept has appeared in modern history--from a benign measure of the thermal economy of a machine to its widespread application to personal behaviors like chewing habits, spending choices, and shop floor movements to its controversial use as a measure of the business success of American slavery--she argues that beneath efficiency's seemingly endless variety lies a common theme: the pursuit of mastery through techniques of surveillance, discipline, and control. Six historical case studies--two from Britain, one each from France and Germany, and two from the United States--illustrate the concept's fascinating development and provide context for the meanings of, and uses for, efficiency today and in the future.

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Linear Programming and Network Flows by Mokhtar S. Bazaraa; John J. Jarvis; Hanif D. Sherali
Call Number: 519.72 BAZ
ISBN: 9780470462720
Publication Date: 2009-12-14
Description: The authoritative guide to modeling and solving complex problemswith linear programming?extensively revised, expanded, andupdated The only book to treat both linear programming techniques andnetwork flows under one cover, Linear Programming and NetworkFlows, Fourth Edition has been completely updated with thelatest developments on the topic. This new edition continues tosuccessfully emphasize modeling concepts, the design and analysisof algorithms, and implementation strategies for problems in avariety of fields, including industrial engineering, managementscience, operations research, computer science, andmathematics. The book begins with basic results on linear algebra and convexanalysis, and a geometrically motivated study of the structure ofpolyhedral sets is provided. Subsequent chapters include coverageof cycling in the simplex method, interior point methods, andsensitivity and parametric analysis. Newly added topics in theFourth Edition include: The cycling phenomenon in linear programming and the geometry ofcycling Duality relationships with cycling Elaboration on stable factorizations and implementationstrategies Stabilized column generation and acceleration of Benders andDantzig-Wolfe decomposition methods Line search and dual ascent ideas for the out-of-kilteralgorithm Heap implementation comments, negative cost circuit insights,and additional convergence analyses for shortest path problems The authors present concepts and techniques that are illustratedby numerical examples along with insights complete with detailedmathematical analysis and justification. An emphasis is placed onproviding geometric viewpoints and economic interpretations as wellas strengthening the understanding of the fundamental ideas. Eachchapter is accompanied by Notes and Referencessections that provide historical developments in addition tocurrent and future trends. Updated exercises allow readers to testtheir comprehension of the presented material, and extensivereferences provide resources for further study. Linear Programming and Network Flows, Fourth Edition isan excellent book for linear programming and network flow coursesat the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also avaluable resource for applied scientists who would like to refreshtheir understanding of linear programming and network flowtechniques.

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Social Identity by Richard Jenkins
Call Number: 305.01 JEN
ISBN: 9780415448499
Publication Date: 2008-07-25
Description: third edition builds on the international success of previous editions, offering an easy access critical introduction to social science theories of identity, for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. All of the previous chapters have been updated and extra material has been added where relevant, for example, on globalization. Two new chapters have been added; one addresses the debate about whether identity matters, discussing, for example, Brubaker; the second reviews the postmodern approach to identity. The text is informed by relevant topical examples throughout and, as with earlier editions, the emphasis is on sociology, anthropology and social psychology, focusing on the interplay between relationships of similarity and difference; on interaction; on the categorization of others as well as self-identification; and on power, institutions and organizations.

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Culture by Chris Jenks
Call Number: 306 JEN
ISBN: 9780415338684
Publication Date: 2004-12-23
Description: Culture is a concept that has remained on the top of the agenda within the social sciences for two decades. It incites controversy and debate and always appears fresh. This book, updated throughout and with new sections on visual culture, urban culture and subcultures, argues that to understand the concept we need to locate it within traditions of thought and appreciate its political and ideological bases. The book looks at the concept of culture in the context of idealism and materialism, examining its relation to the notion of social structure and assessing its once assumed monopoly within literary study. Culture remains stimulating throughout. A standard reference text for students on sociology and cultural studies courses, this second concise and student-friendly edition offers an overview over the sociology of culture in an accessible format.

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Thinking in Systems by Diana Wright (Editor); Donella Meadows
Call Number: 003 MEA
ISBN: 9781603580557
Publication Date: 2008-12-03
Description: In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth--the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet-- Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life. Some of the biggest problems facing the world--war, hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation--are essentially system failures. They cannot be solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others, because even seemingly minor details have enormous power to undermine the best efforts of too-narrow thinking. While readers will learn the conceptual tools and methods of systems thinking, the heart of the book is grander than methodology. Donella Meadows was known as much for nurturing positive outcomes as she was for delving into the science behind global dilemmas. She reminds readers to pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable, to stay humble, and to stay a learner. In a world growing ever more complicated, crowded, and interdependent, Thinking in Systems helps readers avoid confusion and helplessness, the first step toward finding proactive and effective solutions.

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Managing the Global Workforce by Paula Caligiuri; David Lepak; Jaime Bonache
Call Number: 658.3 CAL
ISBN: 9781405107327
Publication Date: 2010-03-09
Description: Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's employees. As the need for effective and top staff rises, Managing the Global Workforce provides the most up to date and topical information on accessing human resource management. Written by Paula Caligiuri, an author recognized as one of the most prolific authors in the field of international business for her work in global careers, this book covers the full range of strategic, comparative, and cross-cultural issues affecting the way a workforce is managed globally.

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Results Management by Teong Wan Ong
Call Number: 658.3 ONG
ISBN: 9780470824146
Publication Date: 2010-02-02
Description: An exceptional book culminating from decades of practicalexperience. Real-world examples are peppered throughout the book tofully demonstrate the ideas and strategies that the authorpresents. Its interactive delivery makes the book highly readableand effective in helping managers achieve results through and withpeople. - Albert Cheng Yong Kim Set within a company context and laced with real-day-to-daychallenges faced by managers, the book contains many practicalideas for all those involved in managing people to achieve results.Teong Wan provides down-to-earth approaches to put in place amanagement system to raise motivation and productivity. A book thatmakes for easy reading for the busy executive - Koh JuanKiat It isn't often a business book comes along with both sage andpractical advice about how managers can improve business results,but Ong Teong Wan's results Management does just that. Fromdeveloping a results-management system to managing talented staff,the book is a superb, hands-on guide to managing and growing abusiness - Kevin McAuliffe This book provides insights into one of the most pressing issuesfacing companies today...how to be more competitive by having astrong management system internally to enhance organizationalcapabilities so as to realize future success. - AnthonyChong ...down-to-earth invaluable practical advice on how to move fromstrategy to results management ...for all Business Leaders andPeople Managers wanting to give a new strategic focus to thebusiness by improving people productivity. - SanjivWijayasinghe

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Build, Borrow, or Buy by Laurence Capron; Will Mitchell
Call Number: 658.4012 CAP
ISBN: 9781422143711
Publication Date: 2012-08-14
Description: How should you grow your organization? It's one of the most challenging questions an executive team faces--and the wrong answer can break your firm. The problem is most firms' growth strategies emphasize just one type of growth--some focus on organic growth, others on M&A. When these strategies falter, the common response is simply to try harder--but firms falling into this "implementation trap" usually end up losing out to a competitor whose approach is more inclusive. So where do you start? By asking the right questions, argue INSEAD's Laurence Capron and coauthor Will Mitchell, of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Drawing on decades of research and teaching, Capron and Mitchell find that a firm's aptitude for determining the best resource pathways for growth has a defining impact on its success. They've come up with a helpful framework, reflecting practices of a variety of successful global organizations, to determine which path is best for yours. The resource pathways framework is built around three strategic questions: * BUILD: Are your existing internal resources relevant for developing the new resources that you have targeted for growth? * BORROW: Could you obtain the targeted resources via an effective relationship with a resource partner? * BUY: Do you need broad and deep relationships with your resource provider? Written for large multinationals and emerging firms alike, Build, Borrow, or Buy will help solve a perennial question and will guide you through change while priming your organization for optimal growth.

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The Architecture of Innovation by Joshua Lerner
Call Number: 658.4063 LER
ISBN: 9781422143636
Publication Date: 2012-09-04
Description: Find the right innovation model Innovation is a much-used buzzword these days, but when it comes to creating and implementing a new idea, many companies miss the mark--plans backfire, consumer preferences shift, or tried-and-true practices fail to work in a new context. So is innovation just a low-odds crapshoot? In The Architecture of Innovation, Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner--one of the foremost experts on how innovation works--says innovation can be understood and managed. The key to success? Incentives. Fortunately, new research has shed light on the role incentives can play in promoting new ideas, but these findings have been absent from innovation literature--until now. By using the principles of organizational economics, Lerner explains how companies can set the right incentives and time horizons for investments and create a robust innovation infrastructure in the process. Drawing from years of experience studying and advising companies, venture capital firms, and an assortment of governments around the globe, Lerner looks to corporate labs and start-ups, and argues that the best elements of both can be found in hybrid models for innovation. While doing so, he uses a wide range of industry-rich examples to show how these models work and how you can put them into practice in your own organization. Practical and thought-provoking, The Architecture of Innovation is the missing blueprint for any company looking to strengthen its innovation competence.

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Transnationalism by Steven Vertovec
Call Number: 320.54 VER
ISBN: 9780415432993
Publication Date: 2009-05-11
Description: 'Transnationalism' refers to multiple ties and interactions linking people or institutions across the borders of nation-states. This book surveys the broader meanings of transnationalism within the study of globalization before concentrating on migrant transnational practices. Each chapter demonstrates ways in which new and contemporary transnational practices of migrants are fundamentally transforming social, political and economic structures simultaneously within homelands and places of settlement. Transnationalism provides a much-needed single, clear and condensed text concerning a major concept in academic and policy discourse today. The book is for advanced undergraduate students, postgraduates and academics.

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Social Capital by John Field
Call Number: 302 FIE
ISBN: 9780415433037
Publication Date: 2008-06-24
Description: The term ¿social capital¿ is a way of defining the intangible resources of community, shared values and trust upon which we draw in daily life. It has achieved considerable international currency across the social sciences through the very different work of Pierre Bourdieu in France and James Coleman and Robert Putnam in the United States, and has been widely taken up within politics and sociology as an explanation for the decline in social cohesion and community values in western societies. It has also been adopted by policy makers, particularly in international governmental bodies such as the World Bank. This fully revised second edition of Social Capital provides a thorough overview of the intense and fast-moving debate surrounding this subject. This clear and comprehensive introduction explains the theoretical underpinning of the subject, the empirical work that has been done to explore its operation, and the influence that it has had on public policy and practice. It includes guides to further reading and a list of the most important websites.

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Community by Gerard Delanty
Call Number: 307 DLE
ISBN: 9780415496179
Publication Date: 2009-12-21
Description: The increasing individualism of modern Western society has been accompanied by an enduring nostalgia for the idea of community as a source of security and belonging and, in recent years, as an alternative to the state as a basis for politics. Gerard Delanty begins this stimulating introduction to the concept with an analysis of the origins of the idea of community in Western Utopian thought, and as an imagined pristine condition equated with traditional societies in classical sociology and anthropology. He goes on to chart the resurgence of the idea within communitarian thought, the complications and critiques of multiculturalism, and its new manifestations within a society where new modes of communication produce both fragmentation and the possibilities of new social bonds. Contemporary community, he argues, is essentially a communication community based on new kinds of belonging. No longer bounded by place, we are able to belong to multiple communities based on religion, nationalism, ethnicity, life-styles and gender

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Organizing Entrepreneurship by Anna Grandori; Laura Gaillard Giordani
Call Number: 658.421 GRA
ISBN: 9780415570381
Publication Date: 2011-06-24
Description: Entrepreneurship has regained centre stage in the contemporary knowledge-intensive and innovation-driven economy, as well as in research. Integrating classic and recent insights into the organization, economics and management of entrepreneurial activities, Organizing Entrepreneurship aims to blend rigor with relevance, and connects theory with practical problems around key questions, such as: Is there any method in having 'good ideas' and discovering opportunities? Through which mechanisms can human, social, technical and financial resources be attracted and dedicated to new projects? Which alternative governance and organizational structures are to be considered for the constitution and organization of a new firm? To grow or not to grow? (Or how to grow without up-sizing)? How do you organize grown-up firms in an entrepreneurial mode? How can environments and external institutions help? Original case studies are discussed and integrated throughout the text, which reflect a wide range of sectors (from agri-business to high tech) and countries (including emerging economies). Providing a unique resource for students and instructors of entrepreneurship and organization, this book also offers new insights to entrepreneurs and investors in the organization of new firms, as well as to managers striving to infuse entrepreneurial behaviors into their already established firms.

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Best Practices in Talent Management by Marshall Goldsmith; Louis Carter; The Best Practice Institute
Call Number: 658.407124 GOL
ISBN: 9780470499610
Publication Date: 2009-12-30
Description: Praise for BEST PRACTICES in TALENT MANAGEMENT "This book includes the most up-to-date thinking, tools, models, instruments and case studies necessary to identify, lead, and manage talent within your organization and with a focus on results. It provides it all--from thought leadership to real-world practice."PATRICK CARMICHAELHEAD OF TALENT MANAGEMENT, REFINING, MARKETING, AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, SAUDI ARAMCO "This is a superb compendium of stories that give the reader a peek behind the curtains of top notch organizations who have wrestled with current issues of talent management. Their lessons learned are vital for leaders and practitioners who want a very valuable heads up."BEVERLY KAYEFOUNDER/CEO: CAREER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AND CO-AUTHOR, LOVE 'EM OR LOSE 'EM "This is a must read for organization leaders and HR practitioners who cope with the today's most critical business challenge--talent management. This book provides a vast amount of thought provoking ideals, tools, and models, for building and implementing talent management strategies. I highly recommend it!"DALE HALMORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MANAGER, ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE "If you are responsible for planning and implementing an effective talent and succession management strategy in your organization, this book provides the case study examples you are looking for."DORIS SIMSAUTHOR, BUILDING TOMORROW'S TALENT "A must read for all managers who wish to implement a best practice talent management program within their organization"FARIBORZ GHADARWILLIAM A. SCHREYER PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, POLICIES AND PLANNING SENIOR ADVISOR AND DISTINGUISHED SENIOR SCHOLAR CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FOUNDING DIRECTOR CENTER FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS STUDIES

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Understanding and Managing Public Organizations by Hal G. Rainey
Call Number: 351 RAI
ISBN: 9780470402924
Publication Date: 2009-11-09
Description: Understanding and Managing Public Organizations provides a comprehensive analysis of research and practice on public organizations and management. In this fourth edition of his award-winning best seller, Hal Rainey reviews topics including organizational goals and performance, decision making and strategy, leadership, motivation, organizational structure and design, organizational change, and others. He analyzes effective and ineffective practices, with suggestions for managing contemporary and classic challenges in public organizations, and with illustrative vignettes and examples. Carefully revised and updated, this edition of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations extends previous editions with deeper coverage of collaboration and networks, public values, public service motivation, managerial strategy, performance assessment, innovation and organizational change, and recent trends in public sector management. Praise for the Previous Editions "The third edition of the classic text provides a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of research on public organizations and management. Drawing on a review of the most current research about government organizations and managers, this important source offers specific suggestions for managing these challenges in today's public organizations." ? Abstracts of Public Administration "A masterful textbook, as well as an important and original contribution to the public organization theory literature ? both comprehensive in its treatment of organization theory and decidedly 'public' in its perspective." ?Public Administration Review "A tremendous contribution to the field. Rainey's ability to synthesize research streams from a variety of fields?such as political science, public administration, public policy, business administration, psychology, sociology, and others?is outstanding." ?Jeffrey L. Brudney, Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies and Public Service, Cleveland State University

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Forensic Analytics by Mark J. Nigrini
Call Number: 363.25963 NIG
ISBN: 9780470890462
Publication Date: 2011-06-07
Description: Discover how to detect fraud, biases, or errors in your datausing Access or Excel With over 300 images, Forensic Analytics reviews andshows how twenty substantive and rigorous tests can be used todetect fraud, errors, estimates, or biases in your data. For eachtest, the original data is shown with the steps needed to get tothe final result. The tests range from high-level data overviews toassess the reasonableness of data, to highly focused tests thatgive small samples of highly suspicious transactions. These testsare relevant to your organization, whether small or large, forprofit, nonprofit, or government-related. Demonstrates how to use Access, Excel, and PowerPoint in aforensic setting Explores use of statistical techniques such as Benford's Law,descriptive statistics, correlation, and time-series analysis todetect fraud and errors Discusses the detection of financial statement fraud usingvarious statistical approaches Explains how to score locations, agents, customers, oremployees for fraud risk Shows you how to become the data analytics expert in yourorganization Forensic Analytics shows how you can use Microsoft Accessand Excel as your primary data interrogation tools to findexceptional, irregular, and anomalous records.

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