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Book SynopsisThe Industrial Revolution provided the greatest increase in living standards the world has ever known while propelling Britain to dominance on the global stage. In Forging Modernity, Martin Hutchinson looks at how and why Britain gained this prize ahead of its European competitors. After comparing their endowments and political structures as far back as 1600, he then traces how Britain, through better policies primarily from the political Tory party, diverged from other European countries. Hutchinson''s Harvard MBA allows a unique perspective on the early industrial enterprises - many successes resulted from marketing, control systems and logistics rather than from production technology alone, while on a national scale the scientific method and commercial competition were as important as physical infrastructure. By 1830, through ever-improving policies, Britain had built a staggering industrial lead, half a century ahead of its rivals. Then the Tories lost power and policy changed forTrade Review{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang2057{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Verdana;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\hyphpar0\sa160\sl252\slmult1\qj\cf1\lang1033\outl\f0\fs20 'This timely book reminds us what a great achievement the Industrial revolution in Britain was in the period 1660-1830, taking living standards far higher than on the continent for the many and witnessing a flowering of new products and technologies. Furthermore, it gave ideas to the world to raise their wages and wealth as they caught up in the nineteenth century. Hutchinson explains why this happened first in Britain, and how Tory politics helped by allowing local and entrepreneurial diversity and experimentation without heavy handed taxation and regulation. It is refreshing to be told that there is a lot good about economic growth, freeing people from poverty and extending opportunities for many to earn and save more and enjoy a better lifestyle.' - \outl0 Rt Hon. Sir John Redwood, \outl MP for Wokingham\par 'An entertaining, splendid and stunningly original history of one of the most important events of human history, Forging Modernity explores the origins of the Industrial Revolution when human living standards were pulled up from grinding Malthusian poverty and onto the path to modern levels of prosperity. Why did the industrial revolution occur first in Britain, and what was its main cause? Hutchinson\rquote s answer is that it occurred thanks to Britain\rquote s strong property rights and the relative lack of state interference in the economy. Its intellectual roots are to be found in the royalism of the post-Restoration period, which was to find its apogee in the high Toryism of the eighteenth century. And had it not been for the Whigs\rquote grubby meddling early in that century, the Industrial Revolution might have occurred half a century before it did. At long last, a Tory and not a Whig interpretation of history!' - \outl0 Professor Kevin Dowd, \outl Durham University\par An interesting and well-written new book about the deep historical causes of modern economic growth\'85 Forging Modernity is an excellent example of old-school economic history, rich in detail and fine reading on a cold winter night, huddled together with loved ones for warmth, thanks to war, inflation, and plummeting economic freedom.- Robert E. Wright, American Institute for Economic Research, February 2023\par \cf0\lang2057\outl0\fs17\par } The long-neglected Tory model of industrialisation that Martin Hutchinson has done so much to recover created the conditions for modernity, and the model forged in the UK was copied across the world. Its abandonment first by an insouciant Victorian liberalism and latterly by a post-Cold War progressivism has distorted the understanding of the conditions that gave the United Kingdom its wealth and prestige. Subordinating the past to the present has left us with a woke version of the Whig interpretation of history that requires atonement for past political and environmental sins. This post-industrial vision of the UK offers a carbonfree, public-service economy, guilty about its past and progressively immiserated. David Martin Jones In Quadrant January-February 2024, pp.40-45.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Money 1. Introduction: What this Book Is About 2. The Competitors: Europe's Potential Industrializers in 1600 3. Britain in 1600 and Early Changes, 1600-48 4. The Restoration Renaissance, 1649-88 5. Iron, Steam and Finance, 1689-1720 6. The Industrial Revolution Takes a Whig Nap, 1721-60 7. The Tory-Assisted Take-off, 1761-83 8. Pitt, Rotary Steam Engines and War, 1784-1806 9. Liverpool's Policies Lead to Modernity, 1807-30 10. Epilogue: The Victorians and After Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisShortlisted for the Saltire Society/NLS Scottish Research Book of the Year Award, 2005Living in Scotland gives an account of the key social changes in Scottish society, describing how it has been transformed over the last two to three decades. Drawing on a uniquely wide range of data from government statistics, social surveys and over-time data sources, the book tells the story of society in Scotland during the approach and arrival of the new century.The authors analyse the large-scale changes which have profoundly altered Scottish society affecting the country''s demography, patterns of work and employment, the distributions of income, wealth and poverty, social class and social mobility, educational opportunities, and patterns of consumption and lifestyle.While Scotland shares many of these social trends with similar western societies, its reaction to them is shaped by its own history and culture. The authors argue that Scotland is now a more affluent, comfortable and pleasant place to live in thanTable of ContentsList of Tables in Main Text; List of Supplementary Tables in Appendix I; List of Figures in Main Text; Preface; Notes on the Authors; Introduction; 1. Population and Demography; 2. Families and Households; 3. Work and Employment; 4. Income, Wealth and Poverty; 5. Social Class and Social Opportunity (chapter written jointly with Cristina Iannelli); 6. Education and Life Chances; 7. Consumption, Lifestyle and Culture; 8. Conclusions; Appendix I Supplementary Tables; Appendix 2 Sources of Data; Appendix 3 Measuring Social Class; Appendix 4 Comparing Percentages; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisA second edition of Islamic Finance in the Global Economy, substantially revised and updated to take into account the recent developments in the field.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; A Note on Transliteration and Dates; Abbreviations; Introduction: Islamic Finance in the Global Economy; 1 Islamic Finance in Theory and Practice; 2 Islam, Economics and Finance; 3 Riba, Gharar, and the Moral Economy of Islam in Historical and Comparative Perspective; 4 The Evolution of Modern Islamic Finance; 5 Islamic Finance and the Global Political Economy; 6 Country Differences; 7 Financial Products and Instruments; 8 Strategic, Managerial and Cultural Issues; 9 Economic Issues: Islamic Finance and Development; 10 Regulatory Issues and Challenges: Global Norms and Religious Constraints; 11 Islamic Finance and Politics: Guilt by Association; 12 Religious Issues and Challenges: Defining Islam and Interpreting the Shariah; Glossary; Index

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Book SynopsisLeading experts addresses the effectiveness of policy delivery in energy and the environmentInternational experts from a range of disciplines, including the sciences, law, politics, economics and engineering, examine how best to achieve energy policy objectives. From evaluating policy delivery on wind farms in Texas in the US to developing nuclear power in the Middle East, this book presents fresh thinking on key concepts and ideas on energy law and policy delivery in a concise and readable format.

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Book SynopsisAntitrust is fast becoming a 'trending topic', with over 120 countries having already adopted some form of competition legislation. This volume brings together carefully selected articles which reflect the evolution and progression of the regulation of joint conduct under competition law on both sides of the Atlantic, and which discuss principles of fundamental importance for antitrust law. The articles focus on various kinds of joint conduct between companies which might bear negative effects on competition, in particular on horizontal cartels and collusion between competitors. Attention is also paid to the debate surrounding the most adequate approach for vertical agreements, which take place between firms operating at different levels of production. Their effects on competition have traditionally been one of the most disputed issues in modern antitrust, and tend to divide the principal schools of thought that have influenced the evolution of competition policy around the world. The Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Elements of the Prohibition in the US and the EU: Goals of Antitrust: The antitrust consumer welfare paradox, Barak Y. Orbach; The Limits of the Prohibition: From mobile phones to cattle: how the Court of Justice is reframing the approach to Article 101 (formerly 81 EC Treaty) of the EU Treaty, Arianna Andreangeli; The journey toward an effects-based approach under 101 TFEU - the case of hardcore restraints, Alison Jones; Should the European Union embrace or exorcise Leegin's 'rule of reason'?, Craig Callery; The relevant market: an acceptable limit to competition analysis?, Chris Townley. Part II Horizontal Agreements: Cartels: The firm as cartel manager, Herbert Hovenkamp and Christopher R. Leslie; The consequences of the European cartel-busting revolution, Alan Riley; Oligopoly: A proposed solution to the problem of parallel pricing in oligopolistic markets, Alan Devlin. Part III Vertical Agreements: Distribution and Competition: The competitive dynamics of distribution restraints: the efficiency hypothesis versus the rent seeking, strategic alternatives, Peter C. Carstensen; The reform of European distribution law, Romano Subiotto and Camille Dautricourt; The new EU vertical restraints regulation: navigating the vast seas beyond safe harbours and hardcore restrictions, Gianni De Stefano; Resale Price Maintenance: The future of resale price maintenance now that Doctor Miles is dead, Thomas B. Leary and Erica S. Mintzer; Resale price maintenance and Article 101: developing a more sensible analytical approach, Andreas P. Reindl. Part IV Procedural Framework for Fighting Cartels: Procedural Guarantees: A challenge for Europe's judges: the review of fines in competition cases, Ian S. Forrester; Criminal Enforcement: Antitrust violations, Bob Nichols and Eric Schmitt; Name index.

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Book SynopsisOver the last two decades the concept and practice of Local Economic Development (LED) has gained widespread acceptance around the world as a locally-based response to the challenges posed by globalization, devolution, local-level opportunities, and economic crises. Support for local economic development is now firmly on the agenda of many national governments and key international agencies.This volume examines the debates about Local Economic Development and examines some of the unfolding experiences of LED in the developing world. The focus is upon the region of southern Africa, and more especially upon post-apartheid South Africa. LED emerged in South Africa as one of the more significant post-apartheid development options being pursued by empowered localities with the overt encouragement of national government. Elsewhere in the developing world, much interest surrounds the experience of LED in post-apartheid South Africa, which is seen as a laboratory for experimentation, innovation, and learning. The seventeen chapters in this book examine the range of LED interventions that have been the basis for experimentation in the last decade, including both pro-market as well as pro-poor interventions. Key themes include debates about the most appropriate policy directions for LED, its contribution towards sustainable development, the role of social capital, cluster support, public procurement, eco-development, good governance and tourism-led LED. The book also contains a series of detailed case studies on the implementation of LED in South Africa and the wider region of southern Africa, including analyses of LED undertaken at a variety of scales from the provincial, metropolitan, and small-town level. Until now, most research on local economic development has focused on the developed world.This volume breaks new ground in applying LED policy and practices to problems specific to the developing world. It will be of interest to scholars of development studies, urban and regional planning, human geography, and urban studies.Table of Contents1: Setting the Scene: Local Economic Development in Southern Africa; 2: Contextualizing South African Local Economic Development within Current Development Debates: The International Setting; 3: Putting “Developmental Local Government” into Practice: The Experience of South Africa’s Towns and Cities; 4: Debates in Local Economic Development Policy and Practice; 5: Towards Pro-Poor Local Economic Development: The Case for Sectoral Targeting in South Africa; 6: Pro-Poor Local Economic Development in South Africa: The Application of Public Procurement; 7: Local Economic Development in South Africa: A Useful Tool for Sustainable Development; 8: Social Capital and Appropriate Skills Training as Prerequisites for Successful Local Economic Development: The Noordhoek Valley Training Centre, Cape Town; 9: Inner-City Economic Revitalization Through Cluster Support: The Johannesburg Clothing Industry; 10: From Spatial Development Initiative to Blue IQ: Sub-National Economic Planning in Gauteng; 11: Durban’s Pursuit of Economic Development in the Post-Apartheid Era; 12: Local Economic Development in Midrand, South Africa’s Ecocity; 13: Local Economic Development in South African Small Towns; 14: The Local Development Impacts of Backpacker Tourism: Evidence from the South African Experience; 15: Tourism-Led Local Economic Development: The South African Experience; 16: Local Economic Development in Swaziland: The Case of Manzini City; 17: Policy Options for Good Governance and Local Economic Development in Eastern and Southern Africa

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Book SynopsisDiscover the first book on employment opportunities in community psychology!Employment in Community Psychology: The Diversity of Opportunity is the first psychology career reference book for undergraduate psychology majors deciding on graduate schools, for graduate students in psychology seeking employment, and for psychology faculty advising their students. This book answers the questions “What can you do with a graduate degree in community psychology?” and “Who employs community psychologists?” Employment in Community Psychology addresses these questions through examples of graduates educated in community psychology and employed in diverse applied, research, and academic settings. In Employment in Community Psychology, you will explore the diversity of community psychology employment opportunities through the stories of current graduate students, community psychologists on their first job, and psychologists who have well-establishedTable of ContentsContents Employment Opportunities in Community Research and Action Twenty Cents and a New Way of Thinking The Pinjarra Massacre Site Project: From Doctoral Student to Community Consultant Research and Evaluation Consulting Education and Employment in Rural Alaska Practicing What We Preach: Integrating Community Psychology into the Job and Search Process Community Psychology Graduate Employment in Aotearoa New Zealand The Application of Community Psychology Principles in Diverse Settings Community Research and Action in a Local United Way Organization Program Evaluation and Prevention in Child Welfare Making Dreams Come True What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: The Career Path of a Policy-Oriented Community Psychologist Employment as a Community Psychologist in a University-Based Research Institute Building Communities with People Who Have Disabilities Breaking Fresh Ground: School-Based Primary Prevention in Korea Putting a Toe in the Water Research, Teaching, and Service in Applied, Multidisciplinary Academic Programs and in Community Organizations Diversity of Opportunity, Consensus of Experience Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisExplore the personality traits, values, and characteristics to look for in volunteers! Volunteerism Marketing: New Vistas for Nonprofit and Public Sector Management is an excellent research tool for volunteer organizers, academic researchers and reference librarians in the disciplines of business, education administration, health care, psychology, public administration, and sociology. This book will give you a better understanding of what kind of people to look for when seeking volunteers in hospitals, hospices, for organ donation, and for public education. Through studies and tests such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, this book explores the personality traits and characteristics of volunteers in various fields. In Volunteerism Marketing, you will discover the characteristics that separate volunteers from non volunteers and the segmented characteristics of volunteers for differing venues. This information will assist you in attracting, training, and retaining the right volunteerTable of ContentsContents Foreword Understanding Volunteer Markets: The Case of Senior Volunteers Segmenting Subgroups of Volunteers For Target Marketing: Differentiating Traditional Hospice Volunteers From Other Volunteers Hospital Volunteers As Customers: Understanding Their Motives, How They Differ From Other Volunteers, And Correlates of Volunteer Intensity Encouraging Human Organ Donation: Altruism versus Financial Incentives Volunteerism Among Non-Clients As Marketing Exchange Major Research Studies: An Annotated Bibliography of Marketing To Volunteers Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisRaise your organization''s productivity and morale with the proper EAPs!The development of employee assistance programs (EAPs) was one of the 20th century''s most important workplace innovations. Emerging Trends for EAPs in the 21st Century examines the evolution of EAPs from their origin as a way of dealing with alcoholic employees to the multifaceted EAPs in the modern workplace. Today''s EAPs serve employees affected by a great number of stressors related to the rapidly changing environment of today''s workplaces as well as stressors related to the balancing of work and family issues.Emerging Trends for EAPs in the 21st Century stresses the important advantages to be found in working from a strengths and solution-oriented case management approach, rather than an assessment and referral model, and of considering individuals “challenged” rather than “troubled.” Thus, you will learn that trauma and abuse, illness and struggle may be injuriousTable of ContentsContents About the Contributors Acknowledgments Where Have We Been?. . . Where Are We Going?: Employee Assistance Practice in the 21st Century Dependent Care in the 21st Century: Broadening the Definition for Employee Assistance Practice Employee Assistance and Work/Family Programs: Friends or Foes? EAP Services to Older Adults in the Workplace: A Strengths Perspective EAPs and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: A Look Ahead An EAP Approach to Managing Organizational Downsizing Organizational Development: An EAP Approach Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisExamine the changing nature of foreign investments in Latin America!Generously enhanced with easy-to-understand charts, tables, and graphs, this book covers the ins and outs of foreign direct investment in the established and emerging markets of Latin America. In addition to an overview of direct investment for the entire Latin American region in the 1990s, this valuable book examines specific countriesâ experiences with FDI in that decade. These include Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.Spending on environmental projects is on the rise, and Latin American nations are at the forefront of this financial whirlwind in the developing world. Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: Its Changing Nature at the Turn of the Century examines the difficulties of assessing environmental investments. It analyzes the role of international capital in Latin-American environmental issues and discusses the major pTable of ContentsContents Preface Introduction Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America in the 1990s: Old Patterns, New Trends, and Emerging Issues FDI in Argentina During the 1990s Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico and Chile: A Critical Appraisal Foreign Direct Investment in the Age of Globalization: The Case of Brazil The Increased Role of Foreign Capital in the Peruvian Financial System: 1990-1998 Internationalization of Capital in a Small and Vulnerable Economy: The Case of Ecuador Paraguay: Output Growth and Foreign Investment Foreign Direct Investment in Central America: A Comparative History of Incentives, Local-Economy Linkages, and Payment Flows International Capital and the Environment in Latin America: Preparing for the Next Century Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisFrom the author: If this information helps the professional caregiver, it will help the employee; if it helps the employee, it will help the company! A Pastoral Counselor''s Model for Wellness in the Workplace: Psychergonomics takes the concept of ergonomics beyond physical and environmental concerns to include a holistic interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit. This unique book examines how psychosocial factors like family, conflict, emotional stress, addiction, and financial pressures can impact an employee''s health and well-being. It incorporates a new paradigm of health care into wellness in the corporate setting, adding a new dimension to human health and safety. A Pastoral Counselor''s Model for Wellness in the Workplace explores the workplace reality that illness and injury are not just the result of simple linear causes. Companies have data to determine how much they spend on insurance and worker''s compensation claims but no way to measure the effects absTable of Contents Preface Part I: Chaplains and Pastoral Counselors in the Workplace Chapter 1. Introduction A Look at Professional Chaplains A Look at Pastoral Counselors Program Models Definitions Paradigm Shift Chapter 2. Relevant Employee Counselor Issues Marketing and Community Relations Confidentiality Violence in the Workplace Community Part II: Psychergonomics Chapter 3. Psychergonomic Awareness Leading Causes of Death Cost of Healthcare Wellness and the Corporate Setting Toward Psychergonomics Prevalent Psychergonomic Issues Summary Chapter 4. Interconnected Wellness Interconnectedness Words Have Power The Body Speaks An Industry Under Change Secondary Gains of Illness Affirmation, Acceptance, and Wellness Proactive for Wellness Chapter 5. MindBodySpirit Mind Body Spirit Chapter 6. Practicing Wellness Healthy Models for Wellness Wellness Depends on Self-Awareness Alternative and Complementary Forms of Wellness Practicing Holistic Wellness Incentives for Wellness Conclusion Appendix. Understanding for Wellness Understanding Addictions Understanding Alcoholism Understanding Anger Understanding Conflicts Understanding Depression Understanding Grief Understanding Individual Uniqueness Understanding Marriage Problems Understanding Money Troubles Understanding Stress References Index

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Book SynopsisExplore the evolution, development, and applications of accreditation standards for employee assistance programs! Accreditation ensures private or public sector organizations that an employee assistance program (EAP) has an acceptable level of experience, advisement, and expertise. Accreditation of Employee Assistance Programs examines all facets of EAP accreditation while revealing the council on accreditation (COA) standards. Thorough and focused chapters discuss the value of EAP accreditation to future customers, the development of accreditation standards for employee assistance programs, and the smoothest road to travel to your destination of EAP accreditation.Accreditation of Employee Assistance Programs describes in depth the evolution, development, and applications of accreditation standards for EAPs. Respected authorities discuss the history and outlook of accreditation while providing valuable information on the entire process. Illustrative case studies provide further valuable insight. Accreditation of Employee Assistance Programs explores: the history of accreditation of EAPs in the United States and Canada EAP core technology the best strategies for developing standards for accreditation the COAs employee accreditation process in-depth accreditation case studies the future of credentialing and accreditation in EAPs Thorough and informative, Accreditation of Employee Assistance Programs is of interest to those in employee assistance professions, benefits consultants, human resource managers, and students in the EAP field.Table of Contents Preface: Certification, Licensure, and Accreditation in Employee Assistance Programs Employee Assistance Program Accreditation: History and Outlook (Edward J. Haaz, John Maynard, Stephen C. Petrica, and Charles E. Williams) Developing Standards for Accreditation (Stephanie Pacinella) The Council on Accreditation Employee Assistance Program Accreditation Process (Timothy J. Stockert) Interlock Employee and Family Assistance Corporation of Canada: An Accreditation Case Study (Paula M. Cayley, Ulrike Scheuchl, and Anne Bowen Walker) Magellan Behavioral Health: A COA Accreditation Case Study (Christina H. Thompson) Issues in International Employee Assistance Program Accreditation (Dale A. Masi) The Future of Credentialing and Accreditation in Employee Assistance Programs (Louise Hartley and Donald G. Jorgensen) APPENDIX Council on Accreditation Employee Assistance Program Accreditation Standards (2nd Edition) Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisDiscover approaches to make customer relationship marketing more effective Profit Maximization Through Customer Relationship Marketing: Measurement, Prediction, and Implementation takes the various elements of customer centric marketing and brings them together using the latest research and case studies from various industries. Respected top researchers review and discuss research and concepts to provide practitioners, educators, and students with a deeper understanding of the wide range of issues relevant to customer centric marketing. This informative resource focuses on effective strategies and approaches to explain how companies can ensure that their marketing dollar achieves the highest return on investment (ROI). Customer centric approaches such as customer relationship marketing (CRM) aim to increase customer retention, acquisition, satisfaction, loyalty, differentiate customer value, develop customers via up-sell and cross-sell opportunities, and decrease costs. Profit MaximTable of Contents Preface Objectives of Customer Centric Approaches in Relationship Marketing (Lerzan Aksoy, Timothy L. Keiningham, and David Bejou) Approaches to Customer Segmentation (Bruce Cooil, Lerzan Aksoy, and Timothy L. Keiningham) Cross-Selling: Offering the Right Product to the Right Customer at the Right Time (Wagner A. Kamakura) Understanding and Using Customer Loyalty and Customer Value (Edward Malthouse and Frank Mulhern) Ignoring Your Best Customer? An Investigation of Customer Satisfaction, Customer Retention and Their Financial Impact (Baohong Sun, Ronald Wilcox, and Ting Zhu) Customer Selection and Prioritization: The Optimal Resource Allocation Approach to Maximizing Customer Value (Namita Bhatnagar, Kiersten Maryott and David Bejou) Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisThere is already considerable literature on learning at the individual level and a growing body of literature on group and organizational learning. But to date, there has been little attempt to bring these literatures together and link learning at all three levels. Continuous Learning in Organizations targets learning at each of the three levels and demonstrates how processes at one level impacts learning at other levels. At the heart of the work is the idea that individuals, groups, and organizations are living systems with internal learning mechanisms that can be activated and supported or stymied and thwarted. Once activated, systems can learn adaptively by reacting to a change in the environment; they can learn by generating new knowledge and conditions; and/or they can transform by creating and applying frame-breaking ideas and bringing about radically new conditions. Individuals, groups, and organizations are nested within each other forming an increasingly complex hierarcTrade Review"The book makes a significant contribution to the field of continuous learning in organizations. ... The book will be a valuable resource for both scientists and practitioners in I-O psychology, human resource management, management education and training, coaching, and organizational development. It will also be of interest to managers who are attempting to establish a learning organization by communicating to their employees that continuous learning is critical for the survival of their organization." - John W. Fleenor in Personnel Psychology"The purpose of this book is not just to describe how organizations can promote continuous learning in their employees; they want to integrate literature on individual, group, and organizational learning. A distinctive feature of this book is the authors' use of a panel of subject-matter experts (SMEs) on the topic of continuous learning. Sessa and London make a strong case for the importance of continuous learning at the individual, group and organizational levels. Without this learning, the organization, like the shark, will die." - PsycCRITIQUES"The volume looks great! It represents an advance to the field by integrating previously disparate ideas around this common theme. It will be a good contribution to the fields of training, management, and organizational development. To my knowledge, there is no book like this that looks at the process of continuous learning in the diversity the authors present here." - Allan Clardy, Towson University"The purpose of this book is not just to describe how organizations can promote continuous learning in their employees; they want to integrate literature on individual, group, and organizational learning. A distinctive feature of this book is the authors' use of a panel of subject-matter experts (SMEs) on the topic of continuous learning. Sessa and London make a strong case for the importance of continuous learning at the individual, group and organizational levels. Without this learning, the organization, like the shark, will die."—PsycCRITIQUES"The volume looks great! It represents an advance to the field by integrating previously disparate ideas around this common theme. It will be a good contribution to the fields of training, management, and organizational development. To my knowledge, there is no book like this that looks at the process of continuous learning in the diversity the authors present here."—Allan ClardyTowson UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Preface. The Meaning of Continuous Learning. Understanding Individual Continuous Learning. Individual Characteristics Affecting Continuous Learning. Facilitating Individual Learning. Understanding Group Continuous Learning. Facilitating Group Learning. Understanding Organizational Continuous Learning. Facilitating Organizational Learning. Future Directions. Appendices: On-Line Discussion of Continuous Learning. Personal Reflections on the Meaning of Continuous Learning.

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Book SynopsisThis scholarly book in SIOPâs Organizational Frontier series looks at research on enhancing knowledge acquisition and its application in organizations. It concentrates on training, design and delivery given the changing nature of work and organizations. Now that work is increasingly complex, there is greater emphasis on expertise and cognitive skills. Advances in technology such as computer simulations and web-based training are necessitating a more active role for the learner in the training process. In the broad context of the organization systems, this book promotes learning and development as a continuous lifelong endeavor.Trade Review"Everything you want to know regarding the scientific principles for effective training interventions, principles that are leading edge, questions not previously asked let alone addressed are here in this edited book of original chapters written by the titans in our field. This book is a dream come true for doctoral students and faculty who are searching for worthy ideas in need of research." -Gary P. Latham, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto"This is must reading and a valuable reference for researchers, students and practitioners in training, human resources, and organizational development. I was impressed by the comprehensive examination of state-of-the-art training methods, including active learning in virtual and informal contexts. Chapters by the field's leading experts review the latest research findings and show the importance of creating organizational cultures and structures for continuous individual and organizational learning...just right for understanding learning in today's high pressure, rapidly changing environment." -Manual London, College of Business, State University of New York at Stony Brook"The editors of LEARNING, TRAINING, AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS have assembled a volume with highly respected authors who have written chapters with exciting and up-to-date content. Major sections comprehensively address issues related to the learner, the design and delivery of instruction and the organizational context in which learning and development occur. This will be required reading for graduate seminars." -James L. Farr, Pennsylvania State UniversityTable of ContentsPart 1. The Learner, Learning Processes, and Training Outcomes. Gully, Chen, Individual Differences, Attribute-Treatment Interactions, and Training Outcomes. Beier, Kanfer, Motivation in Training and Development: A Phase Perspective. Salas, Rosen, Experts at Work: Principles for Developing Expertise in Organizations. Ford, Kraiger, Merritt, An Updated Review of the Multidimensionality of Training Outcomes: New Directions for Training Evaluation Research. Part 2. Emerging Issues for Design and Delivery. Cooke, Fiore, Cognitive Science-Based Principles for the Design and Delivery of Training. Mayer, Research-Based Solutions to Three Problems in Web-Based Training. Cannon-Bowers, Bowers, Synthetic Learning Environments: On Developing a Science of Simulation, Games, and Virtual Worlds for Training. Bell, Kozlowski, Toward a Theory of Learner-Centered Training Design: An Integrative Framework of Active Learning. Part 3. The Organizational Context, Levels, and Time. Tannenbaum, Beard, McNall, Salas, Informal Learning and Development in Organizations. Molloy, Noe, "Learning" a Living: Continuous Learning for Survival in Today’s Talent Market. Kozlowski, Chao, Jensen, Building an Infrastructure for Organizational Learning: A Multilevel Approach. Mathieu, Tesluk, A Multi-Level Perspective on Training and Development Effectiveness. Part 4. Reflection and an Agenda for the Future. Thayer, Goldstein, Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? Salas, Kozlowski, Learning, Training, and Development in Organizations: Much Progress and a Peek Over the Horizon.

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Book SynopsisFirst Published in 1998. Female entrepreneurs represent a rapidly growing element of corporate America, as evidenced in The National Women's Business Council's 1991 Annual Report to the President of the United States and Congress. Given that so much of the business of America is composed of organizations started and run by women, a sobering statistic presented in the same report attests to the failure rate of these businesses: women-owned businesses fail at a rate seven to eleven percent higher than businesses owned by men. Given the theoretical foundation of the nature of adult learning, this research explored the phenomenon of learning for a select group of adult learners, a group of successful female entrepreneurs.Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Study; Chapter 2 Review of the Literature; Chapter 3 Methodology of the Study; Chapter 4 The Data; Chapter 5 Discussion of Findings, Conclusions, and Implications of this Study;

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Book SynopsisThe 5S Supply Chain & Logistics training package is a comprehensive guide to implementing 5S within the Supply Chain, Logistics, and Distribution Industry. This training kit will provide you with the tools and information necessary to implement a world-class 5S program within your company. Through the 5S Supply Chain & Logistics training package your staff will learn the fundamentals of 5S, including definitions, the elimination of wastes, and the benefits that a 5S program will provide not only your company but themselves as well. At the end of the presentation the participants will implement a 5S Audit of their own workplace, which will give them an appreciation and understanding for being able to eliminate wastes within the company. Once a baseline for a current area has been established, they will implement 5S within that area of the workplace, solidifying their understanding of 5S principles and setting the stage for continuous improvements within the company.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. 5S Supply Chain & Logistics 3. 5S and Organization 4. 5S and Teamwork

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Book SynopsisOn-Site Occupational Health and Rehabilitation: A Model for the Manufacturing and Service Industries describes how to establish an on-site occupational health program, from a sample of a request for proposal response, cost-savings reports, and clinical protocols, evaluations, and treatments to corporate awareness of workers' compensation, lost work-time situations, and applications for cost-effective solutions.Contains procedures and guidelines developed by the author for prestigious firms such as Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., Bank One Corp., The Detroit Newspapers, J&L Specialty Steel Inc., Henry Ford Health System, and PepsiCo, Inc.!Exploring diagnostic mix, clinic size, on-site industrial rehabilitation program benefits, prevention medicine, and wellness and fitness strategies, On-Site Occupational Health and Rehabilitation: A Model for the Manufacturing and Service Industriesillustrates how individual corporate environments can adapt to form a patieTable of ContentsThe Mission and Vision of the On-Site TeamThe Benefits of the On-Site Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Model to the Whole Organization: Management, Employee/Patient, and UnionDisability Costs to Private and Public ProgramsHealth Care Reform: Quality, Price, Service, and OutcomeHow the Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Pie Is DividedAmericans with Disabilities Act: Compliance, Worksite Ergonomics, On-Site Job Analysis, and Preplacement Coordination-How They InterrelateSkeletal and Soft-Tissue Injuries and Cumulative Trauma TreatmentThe Prescription for a Healthy Workforce: The Synergistic Whole, or How It All Comes Together

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Book SynopsisSharing knowledge is power. If ever there were a field to which this applies, it is the knowledge management industry. And in today''s highly-competitive, fast-paced business world, corporations, businesses and organizations in both the public and private sectors are constantly searching for new cutting-edge methods and techniques for creating, storing, capturing, managing, organizing, distributing, combining, and retrieving knowledge. But the task of accomplishing such functions is not as simple as it sounds. Jay Liebowitz''s Building Organizational Intelligence: A Knowledge Management Primer gives executives, managers, systems analysts, and other knowledge-management professionals the competitive edge they need in achieving that task. In a concise and easy-to-read format, the book describes the concepts, techniques, methodologies, and tools associated with those functions, and includes mini-case studies and vignettes of how industry is developing and applying these functions towardsTrade Review"Written in simple, matter-of-fact language that puts the entire KM movement in an action-oriented context."-Carol H. Tucker "…As the sub-title says, this is a knowledge primer, written for those who don't have a lot of time to dwell on elaborate explanations, but could use enough guidance to organize their efforts."- Insite ReviewsTable of ContentsWhat is Organizational Intelligence? Creating Knowledge. Capturing and Storing Knowledge. Transforming Individual Learning Into Organizational Learning. Combining, Transferring, and Distributing Knowledge. Building A Continuous Learning Culture. Culture: The Key Ingredient. Developing A Knowledge Management CapabilityAssessing Knowledge Management Through A Knowledge Audit. Augmenting Organizational Intelligence. Role and Skills for Knowledge Management-Questionnaire. Appendix A: The Intelligent Agent-Based Knowledge Management System for Supporting Multimedia Systems Design on The Web. Appendices

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Book SynopsisThree billion people in the world live on less than $2 a day. Mark Braund, an economic philosopher by experience, has spent 15 years wrestling with these issues personally and professionally. The result is The Possibility of Progress in which he attempts to explain how we got into this mess, and why conventional politics cannot get us out of it.

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Book SynopsisIn Search of Truth presents a comprehensive story of the evolution of the School of Economic Science, now in its eighth decade. Brian Hodginkson brings his historian's skills and philosophic insight to bear in telling it in fascinating detail.Trade Review'A fascinating account giving the history of the School of Economic Science, founded by Leon Maclaren in the 1930s. The author has been associated with the School since 1963 and was himself a lecturer in philosophy. The twin inspirations of the founder were truth and justice and the original emphasis on economics goes back to the work of Henry George, championed by his father. The author explains how the School and the Study Society under Dr. Roles evolved in parallel through the encounter with Gurdjieff and Ouspensky in the 1950s, then discovering the importance of meditation as a practical application of philosophy in its widest sense. This occurred during the 1960s through Maharishi and Sri Shantananda Saraswati, who also provided the impetus towards the teaching of Advaita. More recently, the School has branched out into other activities including music, education, art and Renaissance studies. Culturally, the most interesting consideration is so many thousands of people felt the need for a deeper form of spiritual practice and contemplation than provided by Christian churches. This is the development of an experienced understanding that goes beyond attendance at church services. Readers who have been involved in the School at some stage will find this book of particular interest. I myself attended some classes when I arrived in London in the mid-70s, and they provided an important orientation for my future development even if I did not remain with the School.' Scientific & Medical Network Magazine 20110115

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Book SynopsisPinpointing a flaw in prevailing economic practices that explains why so many families in the richest nation on earth are mired in poverty, homelessness, joblessness, and hunger, this study suggests that a reform is available to correct this flaw that is corroding the enterprise system. This flaw is widely accepted and enshrined in law; certain taxation and land policies enable a powerful few to skim off a large share of the wealth created by the mass of citizens. How this injustice plays a major role in generating destructive boom and bust cycles is important, but the overprivileged who benefit from âœlegalized theftâ are not vilified. Rather, the book calls for correcting the public policies that make slum ownership, land speculation, and other forms of parasitic and exploitive behavior more profitable than honest labor and productive enterprise. Accounts of places in the United States and elsewhere that are applying the proposed reform are presented, proving that it is politically f

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Book SynopsisWe all want freedom, we all want justice, yet few have given thought to how such a state could be organised. The author, an original thinker, has taken a multi-disciplinary approach which has led to some surprising insights, rising above the current obsession of political analysis into left and right.Trade Review"The author's greatest source of hope rests on generating widespread support for Henry George's proposed shift from taxation to the economic rent of land as the source of public revenue. He takes the time to explain what this would accomplish as well as offering a plan for how it would be implemented." Edward J. Dodson, Senior Researcher, The Henry George Birthplace Archive and Historical Research CenterTable of ContentsCapitalism; Freedom, Justice and the Market; Origins of the State; Natural Law; Raising Revenue without Taxation; The Minimal State; Justice - Finally!; Life without the State; Money, Banking and the Trade Cycle; Heaven on Earth; Wither the State; Appendix: Budget for Tax Abolition.

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Book SynopsisA new science is taking form beneath our hands and eyes. New vistas invite exploration almost daily. Things are moving so fast and favorably that it is difficult to keep pace with them.-Edward R. Dewey, CyclesThousands of scientists in fields as unrelated as history, botany, anthropology, terrestrial magnetism, sociology, and economics to name only a few are accumulating facts and figures which promise to make the age-old dream of foretelling the future at least a partial reality. This new science deals with the behavior of events recurring at reasonably regular intervals throughout the universe, and it may ultimately enable us to predict, scientifically and accurately, the events of tomorrow. It is the study of cycles.Edward R. Dewey, president of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, formerly chief economics analyst for the U.S. Department of commerce, presents here the results of thirty years of research into these extraordinary phenomena. He examines the literally thousands of cycles uncovered by analysts, going beyond the study of earthquakes, sunspots, and commercial crises to the study of interrelationships of biological, geological, and astronomical cycles with those that are social, political, and psychological.Time and hard work are the keys to the mysteries of cycles. When we will have mastered a thorough understanding of cycles of the synchronomy of behavior in all phenomena then shall light be shed on the coming of epidemics, the future abundance of wildlife, and future weather conditions, wars and economic depressions. The study of cycles has already presented us with the intellectual challenge of an entirely new mode of scientific inquiry.Og Mandino is the executive editor of Success Unlimited magazine and author of the recently published U.S. in a Nutshell.If you want to know more about cycles, please contact us at the Foundation for the Study of Cycles (cycles.org).

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Book SynopsisThis book sets out an alternative strategy for sustained recovery,including the orderly dismantling of the Euro, the end of the dollar's privileged status as an international reserve currency, and the restoration of sound money, founded on a new international currency that cannot be manipulated by bankers or politicians - The Golden...

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Book SynopsisA wide range of special librarians from banking, finance, and government provide descriptive accounts of their respective collections in this comprehensive volume. They provide an introduction to some of the major library and archival resources available to bankers, financiers, and investors, as well as offer access to the historian and scholar doing research in some aspect of business. The collections represented include the Federal Reserve System, the Joint Bank-Fund Library of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Standard & Poor's, the Wells Fargo Corporation, the Lippincott Library of the Wharton School, and more.Table of ContentsContents Foreword Introduction Financial Guides and Information Resources The Federal Reserve System Library Collections The Library & Information Services of the American Bankers Association-A Member Service Function Financial Institution Libraries Bank Archives: The Wells Fargo Corporate Archives The Research Library of Standard & Poor’s Corporation Resources in Banking and Finance in the Lippincott Library of the Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Banking and Finance Collections in Canada The Joint Bank-Fund Library World Bank and International Monetary Fund Books of Interest to Special Collections of All Kinds

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Book SynopsisElectrical Safety-Related Work Practices is a complete training package that describes 29 CFR 1910.331-.335, OSHA's Electrical Safety-Related Practices Standard, and outlines the requirements for training employees exposed to electrical hazards. The program presents a thorough overview of electrical safety as it applies to the standard. Topics covered include electrical accidents, qualified and unqualified persons, employee training, work practices covered by the standard, protective equipment, and protective shields and barriers. A complete implementation plan, standard checklists, a summary of the standard, and a copy of OSHA's Illustrated Guide to Electrical Safety are provided in addition to a sample employee training booklet. Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices is the perfect training tool for risk managers, safety managers, line production supervisors, engineers, and maintenance workers affected by this OSHA standard.This complete training package contains implemeTable of ContentsIntroduction. Standard Summary, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.331-.339. Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices Program. Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices Standard Checklist. Training Form for Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices. Qualified Person Checklist. Training Agenda for Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices. Electrical Lockout and Tagging Checksheet. Electrical Protective Equipment Inspection Form. Federal Register, 8-6-90, Final Rule, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.331-.339, Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices. An Illustrated Guide to Electrical Safety, U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA 3073

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Book SynopsisImproving Medication Use and Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: A Step-by-Step Guide is the result of a ground-breaking collaboration of approximately 100 individuals and organizations, with diverse perspectives and insights on a central healthcare perspective. The Guide is designed to help clinical decision support implem

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBecause of the simple and straightforward language used by the author throughout the text, reading this book is very pleasant. The book’s content covers a wide range of disciplines including the initial studies for implementation of the dam, design, construction and operation of hydraulic schemes.The most important issues of design and construction of dams and associated structures are analysed and described in depth, giving the reader a complete overview on the subject. The presentation of the themes is done in a didactic way, and the book can be used as a manual for engineering of dams. […] All chapters are profusely documented with drawings, charts, and photos of recent examples of achievement. Figures and photographs are of high quality. […] In short, the updated edition is an indispensable tool for both advanced students and practising engineers of design and operation of dams and appurtenant hydraulic structures.Paulo Erbisti, Engineering Consultant, BrazilThe first edition of the Dams and Appurtenant Hydraulic Structures treatise […] was in my opinion one of the best ever books written on dams, providing a complete and comprehensive picture of dams and the appurtenant hydraulic structures which are essential for their safety. I am pleasantly surprised that after only 10 years the author brings to the dam community an even better book, the second revised and enriched edition.The prime added value of this new edition is the extension of the embankment dam part, focusing on new achievements in concepts and on updated methods of analysis. Special attention is given to the advanced methods of static and dynamic analysis of embankment dams. All valuable papers in the field are reviewed and pertinent syntheses are included in the book. The second major contribution of the new edition is the chapters concerning the new types of concrete dams - roller-compacted concrete gravity dams, hardfill dams and roller-compacted concrete arch dams.I strongly recommend the book to professionals. It is also an excellent textbook for (graduate) students in civil, hydraulic and environmental engineering.Prof. Dan Stematiu, Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania The reader will find that the book provides a wealth of examples of all kinds of existing dam projects worldwide. By providing a complete and comprehensive picture of dams the author´s work ensures that this book will be a frequently consulted reference for those having frontline experience as dam construction engineers, planners, superintendents, designers and graduate students to increase their knowledge and expertise in this field.Fidencio Mendez, Consulting Engineer, Guadalajara, MexicoThe enhanced 2nd edition of the reference book by L. Tancev on Dams and Appurtenant Hydraulic Structures has recently been published. This is not only an important reference book for dam engineers but all engineers, students and interested people, who want to understand the technical aspects of dams. The author has discussed the various aspects of dam engineering and the possible solutions based on a large number of case studies rather than focusing on pure analysis aspects. It is obvious that before any analysis can be done, the problem and the possible solutions must be understood first and it has to be demonstrated that the solutions are feasible, which is shown by the examples given. […] The author has also shown that many solutions for dams are possible depending on the topography and geology as well as on the flood and seismic hazards at the site. Therefore all dams are prototypes and none is like the other. The emphasis of the book is clearly on dams. However, appurtenant hydraulic structures such as spillways, surface and high head gates, bottom outlets, run-of-river power plants, locks, and pump storage plants are also discussed. This book provides an overview on both the state-of-practice and state-of-the-art in dam engineering and is written in a way that it can easily be understood by non-experts as well. The book is very useful and is highly recommended.Dr. Martin Wieland, Chairman Committee on Seismic Aspects of Dam Design (International Commission on Large Dams), c/o Poyry Switzerland Ltd., Zurich/SwitzerlandTable of Contents1. Dams and appurtenant hydraulic structures – General 2. Embankment dams 3. Concrete dams 4. Hydromechanical equipment and appurtenant hydraulic structures 5. Hydraulic schemes.

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Book SynopsisBusiness today is up against a myriad of complexities -- disruptive competition and technologies, volatile economic forces, and a complex and evolving work force. There is unending pressure to do more with less, deliver short-term goals while driving long-term sustainability, all while finding and retaining the top talent to get it done.Trade Review"There are many thought leaders speaking about the transformational qualities of organizational purpose and why it is important, but few can tell you what to do next or how to run a business to fulfill it. Efron can and does. If you want to create a winning organization with sustainable results, you need to read and implement the ideas and steps in this important and timely book."- Ann Rhoades,Cofounder of JetBlue, president of People Ink, and author of Built on Values"Read Purpose Meets Execution, follow its wisdom, and make your competition irrelevant! Louis Efron’s vast experience and insights (gained across industries) are synthesized into a resource that will help you turn your leadership vision into reality. Purpose Meets Execution offers practical tools and insights for strategic planning, disciplined operations, practical innovation, and sustainable success. What are you waiting for? Isn’t it time to inspire purpose and hardwire operational excellence?" - Joseph Michelli, Ph.D. CCXP, New York Times #1 best-selling author of Driven to Delight, The Starbucks Experience, and The New Gold Standard "What a wonderful book! We all start off with purpose in our businesses and work, a passion for what we do, but that isn’t enough. We need to be able to execute on that passion. In Purpose Meets Execution Louis Efron lays out a clear roadmap for success. It will make you think and it will help you to succeed."- Chester Elton, New York Times best-selling author of The Carrot Principle, All In, and What Motivates Me"Efron nailed it! Purpose Meets Execution is a game changer for every organization, today and in the future. It is relevant, inspiring, and actionable. You won't find a book that better captures the elements and actions needed for a highly successful and sustainable organizational culture and business. A must read!"- Melissa Daimler, SVP, Talent Acquisition and Development, WeWork "Rarely does a book capture why company culture matters like Purpose Meets Execution. Efron not only makes a profound case for how you need to know why you are in business, but also gives crucial, actionable steps that will certainly lead any organization toward thriving well into the future. Those who read this will find more than stories of how others have prospered in business through having a culture of purpose. They will discover how they can begin to write their own story that will impact their own business and the world they have a heart to serve."- Ryan McCarty, Cofounder, Culture of Good"Purpose Meets Execution: How Winning Organizations Accelerate Engagement and Drive Profits is a great balance of reflective thought and the need to move business forward through action. Louis does an amazing job getting leaders to answer the tough questions for themselves and their business. Given the agility required in today’s environment, it’s critically important for leaders to take the time to find alignment; this book helps them do just that." - Lacey Leone McLaughlin, Director, Center for Effective Organizations at the Marshall School of Business, USC "Execution on its own isn’t enough. And Core Purpose (your "why") in the absence of "how" isn’t enough either. Louis shares an important perspective, showing us how to engage both the heart—purpose—and the mind—execution—and how to keep them in balance to drive both culture and growth."- Cameron Herold, author of Double Double, Meetings Suck, and The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs"Even in today’s hypercompetitive business environment, extraordinary companies aren’t satisfied solely with making a profit. These trailblazing companies tap into the unifying influence of purpose to outperform and out maneuver their competition. If you’re at all interested in catapulting your company to greater heights and inspiring your employees, listen to and act on what Efron has to say about the unifying powers of purpose."- Shawn Murphy, Author of The Optimistic Workplace; Founder and CEO, Switch+Shift"In an era where "purpose-driven" has become one of the hottest corporate buzz phrases, Purpose Meets Execution provides a valuable service to business leaders: connecting the dots between organizational purpose and operations. The market is flooded with books about purpose, but few of them unlock the difficult challenge of operationalizing purpose by architecting it into your company's systems and processes. Through copious examples and helpful tools, Purpose Meets Execution helps unravel the mystery behind the financially successful purpose-driven organization."- Eric Severson, Former Co-CHRO and Senior Vice President, HR Gap Inc.; U.S. Department of Commerce Appointee, United States Department of Commerce; National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship"Louis Efron's Purpose Meets Execution is an enjoyable book that will inspire the reader to be strategic and intentional when focusing on purpose to drive results. The action items are both digestible and easily executable, and follow from real-world examples that illustrate the importance of a shared purpose in a high-performance work culture. The questions posed at the end of each chapter require introspection, and alone are worth the price of the book!"- Matthew Fehling, President and CEO, Better Business Bureau "Purpose Meets Execution provides a refreshing perspective on the topic of business strategy and leadership. Efron does a great job in showcasing a blueprint with which an organization can build a foundation to support high growth, sustainability, and humanity. Stressing the power of influence that leaders have over their company’s culture and work environment, the book provides a toolbox of techniques and tools that will drive positive social and economic change as well as business results." - Dr. Emad Rahim, Kotouc Family Endowed Chair and Associate Professor, Bellevue University; Fulbright Scholar Table of ContentsForewordIntroductionPart I: Building an Unshakable Foundation Chapter 1: Starting with PurposeChapter 2: Finding Your WayChapter 3: Avoiding the Pitfalls of PurposeChapter 4: Executional ExcellenceChapter 5: Where Purpose Meets ExecutionPart II: Creating One Team Chapter 6: Establishing TrustChapter 7: Accelerating People EngagementChapter 8: Connecting Peoples’ Actions to the Bigger PicturePart III: Realizing a Winning Culture Chapter 9: Bringing Purpose to LifeChapter 10: Keeping Your PromisesChapter 11: Getting the Balance Between Purpose and Execution RightChapter 12: Changing the World through LeadershipConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesReferences

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Book SynopsisThis book looks at the development of vocational education and training in China and how it is crucial to human resource development and improving competitiveness. It briefly outlines the contextual issues related to vocational education and training in China, the importance of vocational education and how China has been using vocational training to reduce the unemployment rate and raise its overall human capital.Trade Review"Most would acknowledge the role central planning has played in the economic development and modernization of China. But what about skills development of the workforce? Does the vocational education system have anything to do with the Chinese miracle? This book, written by two experts on workforce skills development provides highly readable and interesting insights into this question. Zhu and Min review not only the historical facts on this topic but current practices as well. It is a must reading for any scholar of China." — S. Tamer Cavusgil, Callaway Professorial Chair and CIBER Executive Director, Georgia State University, USA "This is a welcome and stand-out addition to the increasingly over-crowded market for books on China. These well-regarded academics provide a timely, well written, interesting and historically grounded account of an increasingly key area as the country seeks to change and ‘upgrade’ its economy - skills and workforce development." — Professor Chris Rowley, Kellogg College, University of Oxford & Cass Business School, City, University of London"Min Min and Ying Zhu are to be congratulated on this welcomed addition to our understanding on what drives competitiveness in China. The authors have used their deep knowledge of China and an array of case studies to craft a narrative on the significance of vocational education to China's success over the past forty years. For too long vocational education has not been awarded the credit it deserves. This book goes a long way to rectifying this serious omission in the literature and is essential reading for all those who wish to understand the 'Chinese miracle'". — Professor John Benson, FASSA, Head, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia"After over four decades economic reforms, China is on a fast track to integrating itself into the global economy, which can be observed from the dramatic surge in foreign direct investment conducted by Chinese firms. The rapid internationalization of Chinese firms have made an urgent requirement to have a high-skilled workforce. How does China face this challenge through its vocational education and training (VET)? What is the process of VET development in China? What has been achieved through the VET system in China? How has the VET system been reformed to facilitate career development? These questions have now been well addressed by the book of Min and Zhu (2019). Based on a systematic review and case studies, this book contains both highly interesting theoretical and empirical findings and makes a most useful contribution to research in this field. It is a timely study and the authors have done a commendable job." — Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu, Professor of HRM and Chinese Studies, Monash Business School, Monash University, AustraliaTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Conceptual Issues and Background 3. The Development of VET in China 4. Case Studies of VET in China 5. Reforming the VET System and Enhancing Teachers and Students’ Career Development 6. On-going Challenges and Future Development of China’s VET System

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