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Book SynopsisDarwin's Medicine is the sequel to Brian D. Smith's influential and critically acclaimed Future of Pharma (Gower, 2011). Whereas the earlier book predicted the evolution of the pharmaceutical market and the business models of pharmaceutical companies, Darwin's Medicine goes much deeper into the drivers of industry change and how leading pharmaceutical and medical technology companies are adapting their strategies, structures and capabilities in practice. Through the lens of evolutionary science, Professor Smith explores the speciation of new business models in the Life Sciences Industry. This sophisticated and highly original approach offers insights into: The mechanisms of evolution in this exceptional industry; The six great technological and social shifts that are shaping its landscape; The emergence of 26 distinct, new business models; and The lessons that enable firms to direct and accelerate their ownTable of ContentsPart 1: The Future of Pharma - Reprise 1. Introduction and an Invitation to Skip a Chapter 2. An Important Industry at Risk 3. The Best Idea Anyone Has Ever Had 4. The Biologists Got There First 5. Applying Evolutionary Theory to the Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Sectors 6. Explaining the Industry’s Past 7. Predicting the Future of Pharma and Medtech 8. Practical Implications for an Evolving Industry 9. Watching the Future Unfold Part 2: An Immeasurably Superior Power 10. Introduction: The Emergent Pressures of Selection 11. Selection Pressures Emerging from the Social Environment 12. Selection Pressures Emerging from the Technological Environment 13. Asking the Right Questions Part 3: Evolution is Cleverer Than You Are 14. Introduction: Orgel’s Second Law 15. Technological Innovator Species Emerging in the Government Payer Habitat 16. Technological Innovator Species Emerging in Patient Payer Habitats 17. Operationally Excellent Species Emerging in the Government Payer Habitat 18. Operationally Excellent Species Emerging in Patient Payer Habitats 19. Customer Intimate Species Emerging in the Government Payer Habitat 20. Customer Intimate Species Emerging in Patient Payer Habitats 21. A Big Bang of Life Science Business Models Part 4: Guiding the Blind Watchmaker 22. Introduction: From Description to Prescription 23. Which Fitness Peak(s) Should We Climb? 24. What Capabilities Does Our New Business Model Need? 25. How Should We Design a Capable Holobiont? 26. How Do We Build Our Core Capabilities?

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Book SynopsisIn order to facilitate the safe, efficient and cost effective exchange of passengers and cargo between ground and sky airports require the provision of adequate runways, aircraft manoeuvring areas, cargo sheds and passenger processing facilities. Airports are capital intensive facilities and planning errors which result in the over or under-provision of capacity are both costly and problematic to rectify and so understanding the optimal configuration of passenger terminals is paramount.Of course, the design of passenger terminal buildings is influenced not only by levels of demand, the commercial requirements of airlines and tenant companies, the availability of investment funds and political influence but also by the aircraft that will be using the facility both now and in the future. Indeed, the introduction of the first generation of passenger jets in the 1950s and higher-capacity wide-bodied aircraft in the late 1960s required not only the expansion of gate areas and passTable of ContentsVolume 6 Aviation Design and Innovation IntroductionPart I Airport Design and Sustainability A. R. Odoni and R. de Neufville, ‘Passenger Terminal Design’, Transportation Research Part A, 26A , 1, 1992, 27-35. A. G. de Barros and S. C. Wirasinghe, ‘Optimal Terminal Configurations for New Large Aircraft Operations’, Transportation Research Part A, 37, 2003, 315-331. R. de Neufville, ‘Low-Cost Airports for Low-Cost Airlines: Flexible Design to Manage the Risks’, Transportation Planning and Technology, 31, 1, 2008, 35-68. P. Forsyth, ‘The Impacts of Emerging Aviation Trends on Airport Infrastructure’, Journal of Air Transport Management, 13, 2007, 45-52. Part II Aircraft Design and Manufacturing A. MacPherson and D. Pritchard, ‘The International Decentralisation of US Commercial Aircraft Production: Implications for US Employment and Trade’, Futures, 35, 2003, 221-238. J. Niosi and M. Zhengu, ‘Aerospace Clusters: Local or Global Knowledge Spillovers?’, Industry and Innovation, 12, 1, 2005, 5-29. J. M. C. King, ‘The Airbus 380 and Boeing 787: A Role in the Recovery of the Airline Transport Market’, Journal of Air Transport Management, 13, 2007, 16-22. A. Z. Ibsen, ‘The Politics of Airplane Production: The Emergence of Two Technological Frames in the Competition between Boeing and Airbus’, Technology in Society, 31, 2009, 342-349. Part III Alternative fuels E. Nygren, K. Aleklett and M. Höök, ‘Aviation Fuel and Future Oil Production Scenarios’, Energy Policy, 37, 2009, 4003-4010. P. Gegg, L. Budd and S. Ison, ‘The Market Development of Aviation Biofuel: Drivers and Constraints’, Journal of Air Transport Management, 39, 2014, 34-40. T. K. Hari, Z. Yaakob and N. N. Binitha, ‘Aviation Biofuel from Renewable Resources: Routes, Opportunities and Challenges’, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 42, 2015, 1234-1244. N. Winchester, R. Malina, M. D. Staples and S. R. H. Barrett, ‘The Impact of Advanced Biofuels on Aviation Emissions and Operations in the U.S.’, Energy Economics, 49, 2015, 482-491. M. Kousoulidou and L. Lonza, ‘Biofuels in Aviation: Fuel Demand and CO2 Emissions Evolution in Europe Toward 2030’, Transportation Research Part D, 46, 2016, 166-181. Part IV Business Model Innovation G. Francis, I. Humphreys, S. Ison and M. Aicken, ‘Where Next for Low Cost Airlines? A Spatial and Temporal Comparative Study’, Journal of Transport Geography, 14, 2006, 83-94. D. Gillen and A. Gados, ‘Airlines Within Airlines: Assessing the Vulnerabilities of Mixing Business Models’, Research in Transportation Economics, 24, 2008, 25-35. R. Klophaus, R. Conrady and F. Fichert, ‘Low Cost Carriers Going Hybrid: Evidence from Europe’, Journal of Air Transport Management, 23, 2012, 54-58. S. Albers, B. Kock and C. Ruff, ‘Strategic Alliances Between Airlines and Airports – Theoretical Assessment and Practical Evidence’, Journal of Air Transport Management, 11, 2005, 49-58. P. Forsyth, H.-M. Niemeier and H. Wolf, ‘Airport Alliances and Mergers – Structural Change in the Airport Industry?’, Journal of Air Transport Management, 17, 2011, 49-56. D. McNeill, ‘The Airport Hotel as Business Space’, Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, 91, 3, 2009, 219-228. M. C. Charles, P. Barnes, N. Ryan and J. Clayton, ‘Airport Futures: Towards a Critique of the Aerotropolis Model’, Futures, 39, 2007, 1009-1028.

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Book SynopsisLiving in Digital Worlds investigates the relationship between human society and technology, as our private and particularly our public lives are increasingly undertaken in spaces that are inherently digital: digital public spaces. The book unpicks why digital technology is such an inextricable part of modern society, first by examining the historical relationship between technological development and the early progression of human sociality. This is then followed by an examination of the ways in which modern life is currently being impacted by the expansion of digital information and devices into multiple aspects of our lives, including focuses on privacy, bias and ownership in digital spaces. Finally, it explores potential future developments and their implications, and proposes that it is crucial to consider the design of technology and systems in order to support a positive and beneficial direction of change. Each chapter includes case studies, primarily dTable of ContentsAcknowledgements, List of Figures, Introduction, Section 1: How did we get here, Chapter 1 – Defining the Digital Public Space, Chapter 2 – Digital Public Space for the evolved mind, Section 2: What are the attributes and effects of DPS, Chapter 3 – The Physicality of Digital Public Space, Chapter 4 – Inhabiting Digital Information Space, Section 3: What are the consequences of DPS, Chapter 5 – Transactions, payment and ownership, Chapter 6 – Challenges of the Digital Public Space: Privacy, Chapter 7 – Challenges of the Digital Public Space: Bias, Section 4: How do we design digital futures, Chapter 8 – Futures of Digital Public Space, Chapter 9 – Design processes and management in digital public space, Index

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Book SynopsisMany companies have been criticised for weak business ethics, including in some cases breaking the law. Numerous scandals have rocked industries as diverse as banking, insurance, oil, supermarkets, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and the media. But ethical lapses are not confined to business; few sectors of society can claim the moral high ground. This year, like every other year, new scandals and ethical breaches have hit the news. The Tone from the Top: How Behaviour Trumps Strategy will convince readers that leaders' behaviour and the signals they send are more important than strategy. In an increasingly transparent world, employee engagement is founded on trust - of their boss, their department, of their whole enterprise. Ian sets the scene via 'something's not right' then provides first hand evidence from interviews with the chairmen of a quarter of a trillion pounds of market capitalisation (FTSE200 companies). In offering a model for a much more systematic approach, Ian shows tTrade Review’Ian Muir rightly points out that to minimise ethical risk, companies should strengthen their recruitment and assessment processes. The best way to avoid bad apples is to prevent them from joining the organisation in the first place.’ James Reed, Chairman, REED ’This is an important book in the ongoing discussion of Tone at the Top. Beginning with a survey of top management makes it stand out. Quotes from those seeking to set the example and embed ethical leadership are telling, as they understand the difficulties of achieving this. These are well illustrated in the variety of case studies in Part 2. Whilst Part 3 may cause readers to stop and think about their own leadership style, and reflect. Anybody reading this engaging book will learn from it, and taking heed will contribute to a better informed, and behaved, leadership in companies, to the benefit of wider society.’ Philippa Foster Black CBE, Director, Institute of Business Ethics ’Without doubt the most authoritative and practical British book ever written on corporate ethics.’ Amazon.co.uk reviewer, August 2015 ’This is a book EVERY senior leader should have in their top pocket - a mini morale compass for those who aspire to getting leadership and ethics right.’ Amazon.co.uk reviewer, September 2015 ’It gives great advice on how to mitigate ethical risk - a topic that has worked its way to the top of boards' priorities.’ Amazon.de reviewer, August 2015Table of ContentsThe Tone From the Top

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Book SynopsisEven though the fractal approach to sustainability and organizational change management is not new, no authors so far seem to have truly attempted to use fractals as a mathematical means to map and measure organizational sustainability. Several sustainability maturity models and change management models and frameworks, concepts and computer generated systems came to the fore during the past two decades. They provided a set of useful tools for managers, academics and students to refer to, or on which to base their own actions and plans. However, one issue remains: most of those models and frameworks share a rather similar linear skeleton'; the main difference between them is the quantitative variety of steps within each phase, stage, and parameter and how in depth each of these is presented. The authors'' work addresses a clear gap in the literature and in applied research, as it emphasizes the relevance of using a complex mathematically-based but user-friendly fractal Table of ContentsForeword by Professor Tim O’Riordan Preface Acknowledgments Opening remarks Behind the scenes Novel contribution Expected Impact Structure of the book PART I: Principles and Challenges 1. The Principles 2. The Challenges Part II: The Framework 3. The Fractal Sustainability Set (FSS) 4. The Multi-fractal Sustainability Indicator (MfSI) 5. Some qualitative notes on Chaos and Fractals PART III: Applying the FS Framework 6. Systems Thinking and Social Network Analysis 7. Benchmarking the Fractal Sustainability framework (FSf) 8. Applying the Fractal Sustainability framework (FSf) References REVIEWS

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Book SynopsisVirginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC) was one of the first health care organizations to implement Lean and its methodologies. Other organizations have followed VMMC's lead, but this world class organization still leads in the utilization of innovative Lean tools.Accelerating Health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation: The Virginia Mason Experience describes how VMMC has systematically integrated innovative structures, methods, and cultural practices into its implementation of Lean. Describing how your organization can create a strategy and build a culture of innovation and learning, it supplies concrete examples that shownot just conceptually, but through VMMC''s actual experienceshow Lean and innovation can work hand-in-hand to incrementally improve and radically transform your value streams.Explaining how to use the voices and experiences of patients and their families to drive improvement and innovation in new directions, the book supplies a clear uTrade Review"Lean sounds mean; innovation sounds risky. But both are at the heart of what people do every day at VMMC. With lucid descriptions and riveting examples, Paul Plsek tells us how this top-rated health care organization created the culture and provided the tools so that everyone can innovate and learn. A treasure trove of insights for all who, like VMMC, strive to provide a ‘perfect patient experience’."—Lucian L. Leape, MD, Harvard School of Public Health"Health care organizations are being asked to do the seemingly impossible: become defect-free by standardizing core processes and reducing waste, while nurturing a culture of innovation. In this superb and highly readable book, management guru Paul Plsek describes how one US medical center – Seattle’s Virginia Mason – managed to achieve these twin goals. He argues convincingly that the goals of "Lean thinking" and innovation are not in tension; rather, when approached the right way, they are highly synergistic. Plsek writes with insight, experience, and clarity, and the book is chock-full of inspiring examples and practical tools. If I were leading an effort to improve the care delivered by my organization, this would be the first book I would distribute to all of my clinicians, staff, administrators, and board members."—Robert M. Wachter, MD, Associate Chair, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco"The practical tools and approaches Plsek offers are helpful for health care providers at all levels. This book demonstrates, through the remarkable journey of Virginia Mason Medical Center, what can be accomplished when leadership, Lean thinking, and creative innovation all align."—Maureen Bisognano, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement"Few organizations in health and medical care have created a learning system aimed at achieving performance that is better everyday than it was the day before. The system involves every employee, every board member, every patient, and ideas and practices from every industry and geography. Virginia Mason is not a finished product, but if you are interested in learning how to pursue excellence in a non-random way.....you should read this book."—Paul O'Neill, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alcoa and the 72nd Secretary of the US Treasury"Health care is in the midst of a massive transformation – a true ‘100 year storm’ that will thin the weak but leave the strong standing even taller. This volume outlines the deep roots, based in Lean quality theory, that can anchor a care delivery group to withstand the blasts and thrive in the gale. It comes from one of the few whole truly know – a rare organization that models the principles, and harvests the results, that will form the next generation of health care delivery. Most important, it addresses fundamentals – the core infrastructure from which any world-class organization grows – at a level of sufficient practical detail to actually be useful to others striving for excellence in the field."—Brent C. James, MD, M.Stat, Chief Quality Officer and Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare "This is the ‘must-read’ text for anyone in healthcare who is interested in improvement and innovation. It is easy to read, provides lots of stories, and describes how evidence can, and has been put into action through real world examples. Many people will recognise that Virginia Mason has been successfully using Lean methods but most will be surprised by their clever use of both innovation and Lean methods together thus creating significantly more value than using either alone and dispelling the myth that Lean and innovation methods cannot work in harmony. There is a clear message that patients are the number one priority. We see how they actively seek to deeply understand patient’s experiences and how they engage both patients and staff to create innovations that make the biggest difference. To achieve innovation leaders cannot rely on tools and techniques alone, they have to create the conditions that support staff to excel. Rather than putting this into the ‘too difficult’ list we see how Virginia Mason leadership teams have committed to achieving conditions within which innovation can flourish. As you travel through this book you will recognise some of the struggles that healthcare teams from around the world face, read on and you will learn valuable lessons about how you too can overcome these to create a thriving organisation that provides an excellent service for patients and an excellent workplace for staff."—Dr. Lynne Maher, Director for Innovation, Ko Awatea, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand"Lean sounds mean; innovation sounds risky. But both are at the heart of what people do every day at VMMC. With lucid descriptions and riveting examples, Paul Plsek tells us how this top-rated health care organization created the culture and provided the tools so that everyone can innovate and learn. A treasure trove of insights for all who, like VMMC, strive to provide a ‘perfect patient experience’."—Lucian L. Leape, MD, Harvard School of Public Health"Health care organizations are being asked to do the seemingly impossible: become defect-free by standardizing core processes and reducing waste, while nurturing a culture of innovation. In this superb and highly readable book, management guru Paul Plsek describes how one US medical center – Seattle’s Virginia Mason – managed to achieve these twin goals. He argues convincingly that the goals of "Lean thinking" and innovation are not in tension; rather, when approached the right way, they are highly synergistic. Plsek writes with insight, experience, and clarity, and the book is chock-full of inspiring examples and practical tools. If I were leading an effort to improve the care delivered by my organization, this would be the first book I would distribute to all of my clinicians, staff, administrators, and board members."—Robert M. Wachter, MD, Associate Chair, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco"The practical tools and approaches Plsek offers are helpful for health care providers at all levels. This book demonstrates, through the remarkable journey of Virginia Mason Medical Center, what can be accomplished when leadership, Lean thinking, and creative innovation all align."—Maureen Bisognano, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement"Few organizations in health and medical care have created a learning system aimed at achieving performance that is better everyday than it was the day before. The system involves every employee, every board member, every patient, and ideas and practices from every industry and geography. Virginia Mason is not a finished product, but if you are interested in learning how to pursue excellence in a non-random way.....you should read this book."—Paul O'Neill, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alcoa and the 72nd Secretary of the US Treasury"Health care is in the midst of a massive transformation – a true ‘100 year storm’ that will thin the weak but leave the strong standing even taller. This volume outlines the deep roots, based in Lean quality theory, that can anchor a care delivery group to withstand the blasts and thrive in the gale. It comes from one of the few whole truly know – a rare organization that models the principles, and harvests the results, that will form the next generation of health care delivery. Most important, it addresses fundamentals – the core infrastructure from which any world-class organization grows – at a level of sufficient practical detail to actually be useful to others striving for excellence in the field."—Brent C. James, MD, M.Stat, Chief Quality Officer and Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare "This is the ‘must-read’ text for anyone in healthcare who is interested in improvement and innovation. It is easy to read, provides lots of stories, and describes how evidence can, and has been put into action through real world examples. Many people will recognise that Virginia Mason has been successfully using Lean methods but most will be surprised by their clever use of both innovation and Lean methods together thus creating significantly more value than using either alone and dispelling the myth that Lean and innovation methods cannot work in harmony. There is a clear message that patients are the number one priority. We see how they actively seek to deeply understand patient’s experiences and how they engage both patients and staff to create innovations that make the biggest difference. To achieve innovation leaders cannot rely on tools and techniques alone, they have to create the conditions that support staff to excel. Rather than putting this into the ‘too difficult’ list we see how Virginia Mason leadership teams have committed to achieving conditions within which innovation can flourish. As you travel through this book you will recognise some of the struggles that healthcare teams from around the world face, read on and you will learn valuable lessons about how you too can overcome these to create a thriving organisation that provides an excellent service for patients and an excellent workplace for staff."—Dr. Lynne Maher, Director for Innovation, Ko Awatea, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New ZealandTable of ContentsVirginia Mason, Lean, and Innovation. Strategy as Innovation, Strategy for Innovation. Integrating Innovation and Lean in Practice. Learning to Be Innovative. Supportive Culture for Innovation. Supportive Infrastructure for Innovation. Bringing Innovation to Daily Work. Using Patient Experience to Drive Innovation. Looking Ahead: The Future of Innovation and Lean at the Virginia Mason Medical Center. Source Notes. Bibliography. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe primary cause of many project failures is that responsible executives, because of their lack of knowledge in project management, fail to demand that their managers and staff properly utilize the well-proven best practices, processes, systems, and tools that are now available in this field. This book remedies this situation by providing executives at all levels with the understanding and knowledge needed to best take advantage of the power of effective project management and thereby lead and manage innovations within their enterprise.In Leading and Managing Innovation: What Every Executive Team Must Know about Project, Program, and Portfolio Management, Second Edition, the authors present concise descriptions of The key concepts underlying project and program management The important characteristics of projects and programs How projects and programs are best governed and managed How to determine if the desired benefits have Trade Review"This unique book provides a much required integrative view on innovation, project, program, and portfolio management. It should be useful to any executive who is concerned with promoting innovation and execution in the company. Based on years of experience and writing the authors are conveying a broad understanding of these concepts to executive teams in a concise manner, together with the importance of achieving innovation or major changes within enterprises. The executive demands listed in Chapter 7 are unique in the project management literature, and if combined with the corporate strategy, can produce excellence in selecting and executing innovative projects."— Dr. Aaron Shenhar, PMI Fellow, Professor of Project and Technology Management; Chairman and Founder, Technological Leadership Institute, SPLWIN Group; co-author of Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach to Successful Growth and Innovation "I believe this book to be much needed, about the correct level for an executive to use/grasp, and timely."— Marc Zocher, Consultant, as Project Manager received the 2011 PMI Distinguished Project Award for the G2 Information System Project for the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s NNSA Global Threat Reduction Initiative "This important book explains why executives need to build, support and maintain a mature portfolio management process."— Wayne Abba, Abba Consulting, internationally known advocate for project and program management using Earned Value; Adviser to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (USGAO) "In Leading and Managing Innovation, Russ and Shane Archibald describe three significant attributes related to successful innovation. First, the importance of the presence or, if necessary, the creation of enabling frameworks is discussed. Second, the importance of systemic factors to successful innovation is outlined and strategies for capitalizing on the presence of these factors are discussed. Finally, the case for project driven execution, continuously and acutely focused on well-articulated strategic objectives, is solidly made."— Bob Prieto, Sr. Vice President, Flour Corp., author of Strategic Program Management "This book zeroes in on the symbiotic relationship that exists between projects and programs, and the innovations required for organizations to gain market share and prosper. As the authors point out in this pleasantly formatted and readable book, "All Significant Innovations are achieved through Projects and Programs." The special characteristics of innovation are discussed, and the book provides an in-depth description of the basics of project management required for ensuring that innovation is managed effectively and efficiently. It will give the reader a solid overview of fundamentals and how those basics can be applied productively in these increasingly challenging times."— Paul Dinsmore, Dinsmore Associates, PMI Fellow, co-author of Enterprise Project Governance, and author of 19 other books on project management "These two really know how to organize and deliver useful new things and useful changes."— Dr. Martin Barnes, CBE; a Founder, Honorary Fellow, and former Chairman and President of the UK Association for Project Management (APM); and former Executive Director of the Major Projects Association (MPA) "This unique book provides a much required integrative view on innovation, project, program, and portfolio management. It should be useful to any executive who is concerned with promoting innovation and execution in the company. Based on years of experience and writing the authors are conveying a broad understanding of these concepts to executive teams in a concise manner, together with the importance of achieving innovation or major changes within enterprises. The executive demands listed in Chapter 7 are unique in the project management literature, and if combined with the corporate strategy, can produce excellence in selecting and executing innovative projects."— Dr. Aaron Shenhar, PMI Fellow, Professor of Project and Technology Management; Chairman and Founder, Technological Leadership Institute, SPLWIN Group; co-author of Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach to Successful Growth and Innovation "I believe this book to be much needed, about the correct level for an executive to use/grasp, and timely."— Marc Zocher, Consultant, as Project Manager received the 2011 PMI Distinguished Project Award for the G2 Information System Project for the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s NNSA Global Threat Reduction Initiative "This important book explains why executives need to build, support and maintain a mature portfolio management process."— Wayne Abba, Abba Consulting, internationally known advocate for project and program management using Earned Value; Adviser to the US Government Accountability Office (USGAO) "In Leading and Managing Innovation, Russ and Shane Archibald describe three significant attributes related to successful innovation. First, the importance of the presence or, if necessary, the creation of enabling frameworks is discussed. Second, the importance of systemic factors to successful innovation is outlined and strategies for capitalizing on the presence of these factors are discussed. Finally, the case for project driven execution, continuously and acutely focused on well-articulated strategic objectives, is solidly made."— Bob Prieto, Sr. Vice President, Flour Corp., author of Strategic Program Management "This book zeroes in on the symbiotic relationship that exists between projects and programs, and the innovations required for organizations to gain market share and prosper. As the authors point out in this pleasantly formatted and readable book, "All Significant Innovations are achieved through Projects and Programs." The special characteristics of innovation are discussed, and the book provides an in-depth description of the basics of project management required for ensuring that innovation is managed effectively and efficiently. It will give the reader a solid overview of fundamentals and how those basics can be applied productively in these increasingly challenging times."— Paul Dinsmore, Dinsmore Associates, PMI Fellow, co-author of Enterprise Project Governance, and author of 19 other books on project management "These two really know how to organize and deliver useful new things and useful changes."— Dr. Martin Barnes, CBE; a Founder, Honorary Fellow, and former Chairman and President of the UK Association for Project Management (APM); and former Executive Director of the Major Projects Association (MPA) Table of ContentsInnovations Are Achieved through Projects. The Essence of the Key Project Management Concepts. Categories and Characteristics of Projects. Project Portfolio Management. Project Management Offices (PMOs). Managing Individual Projects. What Executives Must Demand to Achieve Effective Project Management. Maturity of Organizations in Project Management. Development of the Profession of Project Management. Summary: What All Executives Need to Know.

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Book SynopsisIn todayâs fast-moving, high-technology environment, the focus on quality has given way to a focus on innovation. From presidents of the United States to presidents of Fortune 500 companies, it is clear that everyone thinks innovation is extremely important. The challenge is that few people stop to define why innovation is importantâto understand whatâs driving the need for more innovation. We all agree that more frequent innovation is important, even necessary. What remains unanswered is why we allow innovation consultants, elected officials, and business leaders to tell us innovation is important, but not demonstrate the underlying reasons why.The three volumes of The Innovation Tools Handbook cover 76 top-rated tools and methods, from the hundreds available, that every innovator must master to be successful. Volume I covers 24 creative tools/methodologies most frequently used to change an organizationâs structure and Table of ContentsAgile Innovation. Benchmarking. Business Case Development. Business Plan. Comparative Analysis. Competitive Analysis. Competitive Shopping. Contingency Planning. CO-STAR. Cost–Benefit Analysis. Financial Management/Reporting. Focus Group. Identifying and Engaging Stakeholders. Innovation Master Plan Framework. Knowledge Management System. Market Research and Surveys for Innovations. Organizational Change Management (OCM). Potential Investor Presentations. Project Management (PM). S-Curve Model. Safeguarding Intellectual Property. Systems Thinking. Value Proposition. Vision/Goals. Appendix: Innovation Definitions. Index.

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Book SynopsisStandard work is an agreed upon set of work procedures that effectively combines people, materials, and machines to maintain quality, efficiency, safety, and predictability. Work is described precisely in terms of cycle time, work in process, sequence, time, layout, and the inventory needed to conduct the activity. Standard work begins as an improvement baseline and evolves into a reliable method. It establishes the best activities and sequence steps to maximize performance and minimize waste.In this book you will learn about: The characteristics of standardsKey benefits and applications of standardizationStandard work concepts and calculationsStandard work steps and documentationUsing standard work manuals, charts, and worksheetsCell staffing (line balancing and full work)Productivity's Shopfloor Series books offer a simple, cost-effective approach for building basic knowledge about key manufacturing improvement topics. Like all our Shopfloor Series books, Standard Work for the Shopfloor includes innovative instructional features that are the signature of the Shopfloor Series. The goal: to place powerful and proven improvement tools such as pull production techniques in the hands of your entire workforce.Table of ContentsPublisher's Message Getting Started Chapter 1. Standards and Beyond Chapter 2. Standardization Chapter 3. Standard Work Chapter 4. Applications of Standardization and Standard Work Chapter 5. Reflections and Conclusions About the Productivity Press Development Team

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Book SynopsisSustainability holds the promise of an exciting new approach to business – one in which business goals are aligned with social and environmental goals. Multinational corporations are recognizing that we live in an increasingly resource-constrained world, and that more accountability for corporate social and environmental impacts will accrue to them. More importantly, forward-thinking executives understand that sustainability can present new opportunities for competitive advantage – whether that is by reducing costs, minimizing risk, appealing to increasingly conscientious customers, or reaching new markets entirely. With the growth of this field comes a host of interesting new career opportunities for MBAs. As companies are grappling with challenges like how to develop social return on investment (SROI) metrics or understand the potential impact of corporate carbon footprints on stock prices, there are new opportunities for the next generation of managers – managers who are not only trained in traditional MBA fundamentals but also grounded in an understanding of the multifaceted social and environmental challenges facing 21st-century global business leaders. Entirely new career paths are opening to MBAs interested in sustainability: sustainable venture capital, green marketing, corporate social responsibility management, carbon credit trading, and sustainability consulting, to name a few. Perhaps even more than corporate executives, MBA students understand this trend. The next generation of managers can see that the future of business will require a new set of skills and responsibilities. Between 2003 and 2008, membership in Net Impact, the global organization for MBAs and business professionals interested in sustainability, increased more than fourfold. By March 2009, over 130 business schools had a Net Impact chapter. Around the world, MBA students realize that a different model will be required for businesses in the coming decades. The career paths that fall under the broad umbrella of "sustainability" are as diverse as the MBA students themselves. One student may be interested in social entrepreneurship in West Africa, and the next will be seeking advice about clean-tech venture capital careers in Silicon Valley; a third will be interested in greening global supply chains. Corporate social responsibility, sustainable product marketing, microfinance, green real estate development, renewable energy, and other interests all likewise fall under the sustainability umbrella at times. Because of this diversity, it is often hard for business schools' career management centers to address sustainability-related career options in a comprehensive way. Many sustainability-related companies and nonprofits are not accustomed to on-campus recruiting. Others have not historically hired MBAs at all. MBA students and alumni interested in sustainability careers are often left to navigate their own internship and job search paths. And, often, they struggle. Profession and Purpose has been written to address this urgent need. Whether you are focused on an off-campus search or participating in the on-campus recruiting process, there are a host of sustainability-specific career resources you should know about. You'll need to be well versed in sustainability news and trends, and network at the right events, conferences, and company presentations. You also need to know about industry- and discipline-specific websites that post sustainability jobs for positions with titles like Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Socially Responsible Investing Analyst, and Renewable Energy Market Analyst. Through hundreds of conversations with MBA students, professionals, and recruiters, as well as her own personal experience, the author has compiled the key job search resources and tips for MBAs interested in sustainability careers. The book provides ideas for researching companies, making the most of your networking, identifying job and internship openings, and preparing for interviews. No matter what stage of your MBA career search process you're in, this book will help you better understand your career options in the many fields of sustainability, direct you to the best resources and help you to fine-tune your sustainability job search strategy. It's the sustainability career coach MBAs have been waiting for.Trade ReviewFrom finance to operations, there is a “dizzying landscape of options” for MBA careers in sustainability. Many MBA candidates who are entering the sustainability job market are on uncharted waters. Katie Kross provides clarity, tips and resources for navigating the diverse paths to sustainability careers for MBAs in the soon-to-be released second addition of her book, “Profession and Purpose: A Resource Guide for Careers in Sustainability.” Kross states that the path for sustainability careers can take numerous off-campus routes, diverging from a largely on-campus career search for many traditional MBA careers. Her book is bursting at the seams with job hunting tactics and inspirations, providing structure to a potentially daunting task. It is written both for people just beginning their careers or those wishing to switch careers after earning an MBA. Part I: Something for everyone Despite a variety of potential career paths — from renewable energy to green marketing — Kross identifies specific themes that are helpful across the board. She gives numerous examples of specific sustainability job titles, helping job seekers gain insight into potential career options. In addition, she mentions additional training and certifications specific to sustainability, such as LEED Green Associate and GRI Reporting Certification, helping career-seekers hone in on an expertise. Some of her advice was broad enough to apply to most job-seekers, such as tips on using social media channels and networks, and others were specific to green careers, including specific websites and networking opportunities. Every paragraph, however, had some emphasis on business and sustainability — setting it apart as a useful resource to job-seekers within this niche. From job boards to informational interviews, the resource guide explores a variety of avenues for getting prepared and creating a career path, through both formal and informal approaches. Kross recommends throughout the book that career-seekers to do their homework by reading sustainability reports, relevant trade publications and blogs, and she says it’s always a good idea to speak with people to gain insights into the market. I found the section, “organizing our search” in Part I to be especially helpful. It even provides a general timeline for MBA candidates on specific activities and intentions, with many suggestions specific to sustainability, such as making the most of a Net Impact membership or attending U.S. Green Building Council and Sustainable Brands events. Parts II and III: Choosing a career path Part II of the book focuses on specific career paths, including corporate sustainability, green building and environmental conservation, with sections on trends in the field, skills needed, sample employers and key resources. It profiles people that acquired jobs in each field, with information on how they found their current position and job search tips. Each section is a goldmine for current, specific information on each career path, with insights from industry leaders. The final section of the book is filled with job search resources, again specific to sustainability careers. It’s also extremely thorough, with job posting websites, books, reports, and conferences. Even career seekers that have done a lot of previous research are likely to find some really valuable resources in this section, as it is up-to-date and very comprehensive. “Profession and Purpose” is a must-have for MBA candidates wishing to enter sustainability careers and a very useful tool for anyone wishing to start a career in sustainability. Its 200 pages are densely packed with so much information that even the most aimless green business career-seekers will gain direction and insight for a new career path. -- Sarah Lozanova * TriplePundit *Table of ContentsPreface About the author Acknowledgments Part I: Evaluating your options Getting started: MBA careers in sustainability What is sustainability? Sustainable jobs and internship options Framing your search Tips for an off-campus job search Making the most of informational interviews Gaining experience Getting to your dream job: Start with the end in mind Plan B? A note about salaries Staying the course Organizing your search Part II: Navigating specific career paths Corporate sustainability & CSR Sustainability consulting Sustainable real estate & green building Energy & cleantech Green marketing Environmental conservation/nonprofits Social entrepreneurship & impact investing Sustainable investing Mission-driven business Additional career paths Part III: Job search resources Sustainable companies Internet research resources Job posting websites Reports Books Events Geographic search resources

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Book SynopsisPractical Wisdom in Management is the first in-depth case-study book to explore how practical wisdom from spiritual and philosophical traditions inspires corporate culture and leadership. The outcome of the Practical Wisdom Initiative, between The Academy of Business in Society (ABIS) and Yale University Center for Faith and Culture, it seeks to construct a bridge between the worlds of management and the spiritual and philosophical traditions. Covering ten major worldwide religions, Theodore Malloch provides an overview of the practical wisdom of the major faith traditions for management. It includes case studies of over twenty multinational corporations focusing on their values, spiritual inspiration and business strategy. It features case studies on corporations including: Ascension Health; Michelin; DANONE Group, Walmart; TOMS; Marriott; HSBC; Four Seasons; Guangzhou Eversunny Trading and Toyota. It is essential reading for business leaders, researchers and students of business ethics and spirituality courses and includes full teaching guidance.Trade ReviewPractical Wisdom in Management is a valuable resource, and one of the few, that provides a reasoned and credible perspective on the contribution of spiritual traditions to present management thinking and actions, and hopefully leads to a reconsideration of how to approach ethical decision-making in a corporate context. -- Richard J. Goossen, The Entrepreneurial Leaders OrganizationTable of ContentsForeword Gilbert Lessen, President, Academy of Business in Society Background CASE STUDIES Catholicism 1. Ascension Health 2. Michelin 3. DANONE Group Protestantism 4. ServiceMaster 5. Johnson & Johnson 6. Walmart 7. Herman Miller 8. TOMS Shoes 9. Cummins 10. Marriott 11. HSBC 12. Habitat for Humanity Judaism 13. Four Seasons Confucianism 14. Guangzhou Eversunny Trading Company Islam 15. Grameen Bank 16. National Bank of Kuwait Buddhism 17. Whole Foods Market Shintoism 18. Toyota Motor co. Hinduism 19. Infosys Zoroastrianism 20. Tata Group Humanism 21. Kraft 22. Timberland Conclusion About the author Index

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Book SynopsisIn The Responsible Fashion Company, Rinaldi and Testa argue that the fashion industry is at a crossroads: the need for a global shift to a sustainable model has never been more urgent. Yet, they demonstrate that we are witnessing a revolution led by conscious consumers and enlightened companies, who are redefining the rules of the fashion market. The question is: when will the rest of the industry catch up? Rinaldi and Testa raise a fundamental but often neglected issue in the fashion sustainability debate: long-term equilibrium can only be achieved by integrating economic goals with environmental, social and ethical values. "The Responsible Fashion Company" provides a clear overview of the theory, challenges and opportunities of sustainability in the industry and demonstrates how fashion companies can achieve competitive advantage through sustainable innovation. The authors show how leading fashion companies are challenging traditional thinking and present inspiring examples from pioneers such as Gucci, Levi's, Timberland and Brunello Cucinelli, who create quality products without leaving a negative impact behind. Refreshing and timely, The Responsible Fashion Company is essential reading for the socially conscious consumer and anyone with a professional or personal interest in the fashion, design and luxury industries.Table of ContentsForeword Carlo Petrini Introduction 1. The new paradigms 2. The new value proposition: from the logic of profit to shared value 3. Fashion and the environment 4. Fashion and society 5. Fashion and the media 6. Fashion, art, culture and territory 7. Fashion, regulations and institutions 8. Brunello Cucinelli: an ethical and humanistic company 9. Ethics and fashion: towards a responsible value chain

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Book SynopsisIntegrated Reporting is having a profound impact on corporate thinking and reporting. Value is being assessed on the basis of the sources of value creation used by an organisation and not through a financial lens alone. In Chief Value Officer: Accountants Can Save the Planet, Mervyn King, a global corporate governance and reporting leader, challenges some of the systemic issues preventing organisations from managing in an integrated value-creation way.The shareholder-centric governance model, currently favoured by most companies, will not result in changes to corporate behaviour that can create value in a sustainable manner. The book, therefore, firmly places the accountant in the position of changemaker – the finance professional today should be more of a value officer than a financial officer. Consequently, the Chief Finance Officer should be known as the Chief Value Officer.This book explains this new approach. It encapsulates the essential reasons for adopting integrated reporting, explains its application to date and proposes the next steps needed to achieve change that will improve business, social and environmental sustainability.Trade ReviewA brand new book, ‘Chief Value Officer: Accountants Can Save the Planet' by Mervyn King with Jill Atkins (Greenleaf Publishing, December 2016), radically redefines the role of accountants.... This book is a rich source for the Globethics.net Ethics in Higher Education programme, demonstrating as it does how professions must and can be transformed into professions that create long term value for society. What is true for accountants, is true for engineers, economists, architects, doctors, and so on. - GlobalEthics.net || Book review: Chief Value Officer – Accountants Can Save The Planet Certainly anyone interested in the communication of business information, in the widest sense, or who works in the field professionally, would benefit from reading this book.Currently, too much corporate information is given in coded, and often impenetrable, language that’s designed to meet the letter rather than the spirit of regulatory requirements.It would be refreshing if corporate performance were to begin being communicated in a way in which the layman could understand it.Perhaps integrated reporting is a step along the way; and the CVO acronym will one day become as well-known as CFO and COO, on the seas of the Pythons’ mythical wide Accountancy. - International Investment - Gerry BrownTable of ContentsPrologueChapter 1: History of the Limited Liability CompanyChapter 2: The Ownerless CompanyChapter 3: The Duties of a DirectorChapter 4: The Exclusive and the Inclusive Approach to GovernanceChapter 5: From Financial Reporting to Corporate ReportingChapter 6: Sustainability Reporting and the Establishment of the IIRCChapter 7: Shifts in the Corporate WorldChapter 8: Integrated Thinking and the Integrated ReportChapter 9: The New OrderChapter 10: Value CreationChapter 11: The Benefits of IRChapter 12: The Role of Accountants in Creating ValueChapter 13: The Chief Value OfficerChapter 14: The Training of AccountantsAnnex 1: The International Integrated Reporting Council FrameworkAnnex 2: The Crown EstateAnnex 3: The Standard Bank of South AfricaAnnex 4: The General Electric CompanyAnnex 5: The Chartered Institute of Public RelationsAnnex 6: SanfordAnnex 7: Sun International

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Book SynopsisOver-reliance on oil challenges the long-term sustainability of an economy. The UAE’s government has placed considerable focus on a comprehensive strategic planning exercise to transform the country’s economic structure from relying heavily on hydrocarbon resources to becoming a knowledge-based economy. Non-oil is to account for 80% of the country’s economy by 2021. From Oil to Knowledge examines the role of this major powerhouse of the Arab World to transform itself into a leader in the adoption of science, technology and innovation to drive economic success on the international stage.In this first book to present and critically evaluate the extent of the UAE’s success in diversifying its economy and implementing the principles and approaches of a Knowledge Economy, the authors identify the achievements of the government to date and the areas of further development. From Oil to Knowledge will be utilized as a guide by policymakers and senior managers to enhance their ability to think strategically towards implementing the pillars of a Knowledge Economy within their own organisations and nation states.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Literature review3. Making the case for the knowledge-based economy 4. Methodologies and approaches5. Economic diversification and knowledge utilisation6. Science, technology and innovation in UAE7. Technological readiness and competitiveness8. Roadmap towards UAE’s 2021 VisionCase study analysisReferences

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Book SynopsisThe Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership invited papers related to responsible leadership from a trans-disciplinary perspective involving the social and natural sciences. Subsequent to a lengthy review process, fifteen authors were invited to present at the the 3rd International Conference on Responsible Leadership; from these, five papers were finally selected to appear in this Special Edition.Management, leadership, and business knowledge by itself cannot ensure a sustainable and equitable future. What is needed is an integration of knowledge about responsible leadership across disciplinary boundaries, ranging from management studies and the physical sciences, to law, the humanities and social science. Only by integrating across current disciplinary boundaries can we find hope for generating what has been termed “earth system governance”, a way for humanity to manage the complexities of the world to create a just, equitable, and sustainable world for all.The five papers included in this special edition provide insight into responsible leadership and the importance of interdisciplinary dialogue in an interconnected and complex world. The perspectives converge to give us focused insights on responsible leadership as an emerging discourse, confirming the importance of bridging science, business and politics, and the role that responsible leadership plays in this. Table of ContentsEditorialMalcolm McIntosh, General Editor, Journal of Corporate CitizenshipGuest EditorialDerick de Jongh, The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership, University of Pretoria, South AfricaTurning Point: Seeking Sustainability LeadershipJem Bendell, University of Cumbria, UKRichard Little, University of Cumbria, UKCitizens’ response to irresponsible (or constrained) leadership as a catalyst for change: A critical assessment of leadership and followership in NigeriaSope Williams-Elegbe, University of Lagos, NigeriaAiding and abetting an escape from disciplinary parochialism: A case studyNeil Stuart Eccles, Institute for Corporate Citzenship, University of South AfricaThe Valuation of Ecosystem Services in South African Environmental Impact Assessments: Review of selected mining case studies and implications for policyJoel Houdet, African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya Claudious Chikozho, Gauteng City-Region Observatory, Wits University, South AfricaIs integrated reporting a matter of public concern? Evidence from AustraliaPatricia T. Strong, Unversity of New South Wales, AustraliaChief Mohlomi: A pioneer in bridging knowledge from enterprises of science, business and politics in southern Africa in the 18th centuryKhali Mofuoa, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Stuart University, Australia

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Book SynopsisRedefining Success: Integrating Sustainability into Management Education advocates incorporating sustainability concepts that go beyond the financial ‘bottom line’ into management education and business practice. Highlighting the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), it explores conceptual and practical issues, presents case studies and other empirical evidence, and offers solutions that will both encourage and assist management educators in the incorporation of sustainability into their courses and research. incorporating sustainability into their courses and research. Written by 34 individuals from 17 countries, the book addresses these topics from a variety of theoretical, disciplinary, geographic and organizational perspectives. The authors demonstrate how management educators, collaborating with business and civic organizations, can be change agents for a better world. Written for educators, scholars and business practitioners, the volume concludes with lessons learned, challenges encountered, and implications for responsible management education.Trade Review'Redefining Success is very timely as the UN Global Compact and Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) focus on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The book provides conceptual reasoning, innovative frameworks, practical evidence and inspirational stories on what business schools can and should do to enable new generations of managers and business leaders TO address issues of sustainability across the globe. This must-read publication builds on its sister book on integrating sustainability into business practice, Beyond the Bottom Line, and offers forward-thinking educators, practitioners and future change agents the tools to effectively redefine success in this changing environment.'Eric Cornuel, Director General & CEO, EFMD'The recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a comprehensive and complex framework for global and local multi-stakeholder partnerships to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.This consecutive volume on integrating sustainability into business and management practices builds on the cross-collaboration of the PRME Working Groups on Anti-Poverty, Anti-Corruption, and Gender Equality, while including valuable inputs from the wider PRME community and beyond. By incorporating a variety of stakeholder perspectives from across the world, the book outlines some of the key voids and opportunities for preparing current and future leaders to understand and deal with pressing global challenges. By providing examples of practical case studies, theories, and innovative approaches, the book makes a strong case for educators, scholars, and practitioners to incorporate sustainability principles and goals into management education programs. In line with the vision of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative to realize the SDGs through responsible management education, this book is a must read for individuals who are looking for inspirational examples of sustainability strategies that can be effective across a number academic institutions, businesses, and countries. The book is also a must read for individuals who are not yet clear on the importance of bringing the SDGs to every classroom and every organization.' Jonas Haertle, Head, UN Principles for Responsible Management Education'This volume shows how purpose drives innovation in management education. It is a valuable resource for anyone who believes, as I do, that business schools can be a powerful force for sustainable development. The authors are pioneers in the field, and draw on their experiences and research to provide useful frameworks, examples, and insights. But the book is not just for people like us—the believers. It is for any change-minded management educator looking for innovative ways to connect students to practice, engage across disciplines, prepare faculty for curriculum change, and more.'Dan LeClair, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, AACSB InternationalTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Evolving Pathways to More Effectively Align UNGC and PRME in Pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals Chapter 2: A responsible business education approach: Insights from neuroscience Chapter 3: Responsible Education in a Complex Context of Sustainable development: Co-creating a Pedagogic Framework for Participatory Reflection and ActionChapter 4: The PRME Curriculum Tree: A Framework for Responsible Management Education in Undergraduate Business Degree Programmes Chapter 5: Ethics, CSR and Sustainability in Marketing Education: A Review of Curricula and TextbooksChapter 6: Developing Graduate Competence in Sustainability Management: The Case of an Accountancy Programme in Sri Lanka Chapter 7: Business and Human Rights: Connecting the Managerial and Legal Aspects Chapter 8: Business and Human Rights: Learning Experiences of an Emerging Agenda at a Business School in Sao PauloChapter 9: Shaping the PRME Research Agenda: A Case Study on Students’ Engagement and Contribution in Applied Sciences Chapter 10: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM: Embedding Responsible Management Principles, Practices, and Possibilities in our Business SchoolsChapter 11: Designing a Management Education Platform for the 21st Century Learner: The Experience of La Salle Schools in the Philippines Chapter 12: Canadian Academic Uptake of the PRMEChapter 13: Rethinking Management Education in Africa – Integrating the UN PRME Principles Chapter 14: Work-Based Learning: Students Solving Sustainability Challenges through Strategic Business Partnerships Chapter 15: AIM2Flourish – Students Connecting with Businesses Doing Good for Our Own GoodChapter 16: Orange: The Color of Responsibility and Inclusion Chapter 17: Management Faculty Opening: Males Preferred Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFollowing the international success of The Fish Rots from the Head: Developing Effective Directors, this sequel from Bob Garratt explains the public's distrust of the people who govern us - the directors, owners, regulators and politicians - and how this can be changed. Currently, Corporate Governance is too narrow and fragmented. The growing gap between the angry public and the urban elite, made manifest by Brexit and Trump, is due to a lack of appreciation by both parties of the roles and values of well-governed organisations in bonding a society at both national and international levels. This book pulls no punches and directly challenges directors and politicians to reframe their thinking about 'governance' to address the public's distrust of them. This is the ROT that needs to be STOPPED.This book is truly radical in going back to basics and then designing a new national action learning system between the four main players overseen by continuous public scrutiny. It is designed to counter the official reports of organisational failure that end too frequently with the weasel words 'but the main problem was a failure of corporate governance'. Currently this is code for 'so no-one can do much about it'. This book shows what can be done.The book explains how the disjointed responses to the angry public have resulted in a series of unhelpful regulations made worse by their thoughtless application. This reaction has reduced the chances of directors being able to deliver their main purpose - ensuring the future of their business by better understanding the complexities of their future financial, social and environmental policies and enabling improved creativity and thoughtful risk-taking. Stop the Rot sets governance in a much wider social context. The acceptance of global Human Values in all of our organizations, with their necessary ethics and behaviours, ensures the development of Inclusive Capitalism to the advantage of all.Trade Review'Professor Bob Garratt is once again at the forefront of challenging conventional thinking on corporate governance and fearlessly exploring areas that others fear to tread. In his relentless pursuit of excellence in governance, Professor Garratt thankfully takes us beyond yet another dissertation on rules and standards to remind us of the underlying thesis of good governance around values and trust and seeks to build on the twin issues of competence and professionalism. What I find compelling is his challenge to regulators and policy makers to demonstrate genuine commitment and leadership in encouraging thoughtful legislation and enforcement that restores the productive, but responsible, capacity of business enterprise.'Philip Armstrong, Director of Governance, Gavi Alliance and Board Vice Chair, International Corporate Governance Network'An incredibly valuable work. It needs to be studied be the leaders in business and government to begin the processes of correction. As expected by readers of Bob Garratt’s seminal work The Fish Rots from the Head, the author has not disappointed. Stop the Rot will be a handbook for all those involved in corporate entities seeking certainty of direction to improve the standing of business leaders in the community.'Denise Fleming, Managing Director, Foresight's Global Coaching, Australia'Bob Garratt adds to his library of classic works on Governance with this volume which builds on the earlier excellent analysis, on what is wrong with our boardrooms, by dealing with the ongoing frustration over a lack of implementation of previously agreed changes in corporate governance, which has undermined trust. Bob, here, prescribes more fundamental change based on learning which puts humanity, values and ethics to the fore whilst encouraging entrepreneurial direction. Anybody who is unsatisfied with the current state of governance and lack of trust should read and apply the lessons!'Canon Professor Clive Morton, Middlesex University, UK'It is clear that this new book from Bob Garratt is needed as a guide to the post Brexit Trump world. It is visionary in making bold suggestions, and it is ambitious in raising new questions. The book pinpoints the "demolishing of professionalism" as the critical cultural change that accounts for so much that we regret in today’s corporate world.'Robert A.G. Monks, author of 'Corporate Governance' and 'Corpocracy''Taking as a starting point the low level of public trust in our business leaders and politicians, Bob Garratt powerfully argues the case for rethinking what we mean by governance. In his view, rethinking is needed in organisations of all kinds - listed corporations, private companies, state-owned enterprises, even charities and co-operatives, as well as by politicians. His focus is on our systems of values and the need to re-connect our basic human values and the values in use in commercial and political life. His comprehensive study of the issues and possible ways forward should be required reading for all those who hold, or aspire to, positions of power in society.'Professor Philip Sadler, author of 'Leadership' 'Professor Garratt's latest book, Stop the Rot, focuses on the governance of governance, and clearly and succinctly lays out who are the key players, what are the key issues and what needs to be done. The 2008 Financial Crisis was a watershed, but have we really learned the lessons? Professor Garratt puts forward some interesting suggestions and solutions with a call for a new national governance framework based on strong moral values and ethical leadership. A must read for anyone interested in governance.'Jane Valls, GCC Board Directors Institute Table of ContentsSection 1: Context Foreword Introduction: From Codes and Compliance to the Leadership of Risks and Moral Values Three Unstoppable Global Pressures Demanding Better Leadership and Governance Section 2: The Four Player Analyses The Paradox of Breaking Free from the Current Logjam By Going Back to Basics Section 3: Proposals Towards a National Leadership Learning System Towards a National Learning System for Leadership and Governance

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Book SynopsisCompelling reading, this book both reinforces and elevates the role of art in the exploration and analysis of the concepts of democracy, globalization and capitalism. In the book, the author describes a post-human world, a state we have already entered. But how should we think about it, given we have already been co-opted? Can we articulate the future outside the false discipline that the market often dictates, beyond the clutches of a few social media companies, and maintain our rich diversities while holding on to those things that make life possible and worthwhile: love, hope and art?Running throughout the book is the central theme of uncertainty and divergence. It is uncompromising in asking the question about the need for a new global creation story, which has at its core not the certainties of one defined creation myth but the need to feel comfortable with the uncertainty principle both in physics and the political economy. It is up to artists, scientists and philosophers to articulate this wonder and to help us write a new global creation story based on art (the arts), uncertainty, diversity, risk and wonder – and of course knowledge. This book has the capacity to both clarify and re-shape your thinking.Trade Review'This book is an outstanding reflection on the crucial challenges of our time and a path toward a positive future. How can the good life be delivered? The author argues that decisions made through deliberate public policy can enhance and promote health, social care, education, equality and social mobility, all keys to a good society. Yet we must advance public policy with public reasoning. We must win the argument with reason. The author fears that voters today, especially in the UK and the USA, have shot themselves in the foot, like turkeys voting for Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you only read one book this year, this should be the one.'Oliver F. Williams, Director, Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, USA'This book is TRULY BRILLIANT. I feel as if I have travelled with the author to far-flung places, back in time and close to death. It conjures up pictures of extraordinarily diverse places, yet subtly reminds us how similar, frail and yet strong we are. It weaves together such different themes so seamlessly. The text cleverly connects major world events and issues, the context of all our lives. With amazing clarity, it is a perfect balance of reflection and positivity, leaving me with a sense of connection to the world and hope.'Carol Adams, Professor of Accountancy, University of Durham, UK'In this illuminating book, In Search of the Good Society, Malcolm McIntosh engages in a wide-ranging contemplation of the theory and practice of the good society. With McIntosh’s background and experience, he is ideally suited to craft such a quest. Using optics of love, hope and art, he envisions the good life being delivered within a global society and economy. This thoughtful, well-written and insightful essay will be appealing both to optimists and realists. I strongly recommend this book for academics, practitioners and concerned citizens.'Archie B Carroll, Professor Emeritus, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, USA'Malcolm McIntosh's latest book is a true gem. It gives all of us pause as we consider the dark realities of the world we face today, then offers hope through glimpses of what creating a good society really means. Read this book. You will be glad you did! It is brilliant. I am blown away and hope the book has great success. The last three chapters in particular are stunning in their scope and impact.'Sandra Waddock, Professor of Management, Galligan School of Management, Boston College, USA'The chapter on health is both refreshing and inspiring. Whilst acknowledging that some diseases are incurable, it takes a very positive approach as to how we can maximise our chances for being around for as long as possible, with some very practical and achievable suggestions. The chapter very clearly highlights the uncertainty over prognosis and, as a medical community, our inability to be accurate in our predictions. It outlines a number of lifestyle steps that as individuals we can all take to improve our chances of defying the odds and being long-term survivors. More than that, it shows the power of positive thinking and of living life to the full.'Mark Beresford, Consultant Oncologist and Clinical Lead for Oncology and Haematology, Royal United Hospital, Bath'Centred on his courageous story of surviving and thriving terminal cancer over six years, Malcolm takes us on an insightful, enlightening, and sometimes painful, experiential journey. It’s compelling reading. Don’t miss it…'Bimal Arora, Chairperson, Centre for Responsible Business, IndiaTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Reflective Observer 1. This Century’s New Creation Myth1.1 Time, Nothing and God1.2 Relativity, Faure and Human Fallibility1.3 Trees1.4 Tolerance and Utopia2. Good Capitalism: Love, Hope, Art and Social Progress2.1 The Fertile Twentieth Century2.2 Different Political Economies2.3 The Good Societies2.4. Sewage and Social Progress2.5 Brief Encounter2.6 Europe Dreaming2.7 Red Geraniums and Poppies2.8 The Greek Legacy2.9 Flatpack Sweden2.10 A United Kingdom?2.11 The Ja panese Conundrum2.12 India2.13 The Chinese Ascendency2.14 The Rise and Fall of the American Century3. Health and Wealth3.1 Lessons for Longevity3.2 The Somme, Beveridge and Public Health Care3.3 Near Death3.4 Mindlessness4. The Good Society and the Post Human Future4.1 Bombs, Climate Change and Men4.2 The Good Society: Theory and Practise 4.3 What Is Needed Now: Public Reasoning and the Public IntellectualAppendix: How to Live Healthily

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Book SynopsisBuilding on the success of companion volume Techniques for Coaching and Mentoring, this new volume from coaching gurus David Clutterbuck and David Megginson is a practical, pragmatic guide to the knowledge and techniques you need for successful coaching and mentoring.Rather than adopting a particular school of coaching or mentoring, the authors pick the best from a range of models and frameworks that have developed since the first book published to help you enrich your practice. Further Techniques also features a new structure to make it more reader-friendly, with Part 1 putting the techniques into context, Part 2 covering the frameworks in eight contributed chapters and Part 3 including broader chapters that focus in on techniques for the client, techniques for the coach/mentor and techniques for working on the relationship between coach/mentor and client.A selection of leading figures in the field contribute their techniques and models to the framework chapters in Part 2, taking you through the necessary principles and offering practical advice for newcomers and seasoned professionals alike.Offering a wide portfolio of approaches for helping and developing others, this book is an invaluable resource for all coaches and mentors and a must read for anyone wanting to learn more about one-to-one coaching and mentoring.Edited by David Megginson and David Clutterbuck. Contributors: Gladeana McMahon, Marion Gillie, Daniel Doherty, Megan Reitz, Alan Sieler, John Groom and Vivien Whitaker.Trade Review“This book presents the reader with a deeper look into techniques and practices that influence and support coaches and mentors. Whether you are experienced or a novice in the field, you will find opportunity for exploration, reflection and learning as a coach, a mentor and a human being.”Diane Brennan, MBA, FACMPE, ICF Master Certified Coach, Executive and Leadership Coach, Tucson, Arizona, USA“A number of different chapter authors describe various coaching frameworks in use. That is something that I welcome because coaching needs to be expansive and also to be able to suit different coaches and clients. After all we are all different and we all need to be authentic, so we each need to find our preferred way. The two Davids are stalwarts in the field, and I am sure their new book will not disappoint you.”John Whitmore, Executive Chairman, Performance Consultants International"Especially helpful is part 3 which looks at coaching/mentoring through the three lenses of client, coach and process, where the chapter on this latter deals with the ambivalences and uncertainties of coaching/mentoring relationships in a way that will help novice and experienced practitioners alike. A valuable addition to the coach's bookshelf."Ken Smith, Coaches in Government NetworkTable of ContentsPart 1 Contextualizing techniques; Chapter 1 Introduction, David Clutterbuck, David Megginson; Part 2 Frameworks; Chapter 2 Cognitive behavioural coaching, Gladeana McMahon; Chapter 3 Coaching approaches derived from Gestalt, Marion Gillie; Chapter 4 The transformative power of ontological coaching, Alan Sieler; Chapter 5 Developing intuitive awareness, Megan Reitz; Chapter 6 The discovery of ‘writing as inquiry’ in support of coaching practice, Daniel Doherty; Chapter 7 Mindfulness mentoring and the listening coach, John Groom; Chapter 8 Offering creative choices in mentoring and coaching, Vivien Whitaker; Chapter 9 Techniques for coaching teams, David Clutterbuck; Part 3 Different foci for coach/mentoring techniques; Chapter 10 Client focused techniques, David Clutterbuck, David Megginson; Chapter 11 Coach/mentor focused techniques, David Clutterbuck, David Megginson; Chapter 12 Process focused techniques, David Clutterbuck, David Megginson; Chapter 13 Conclusion: what we have learned about the place of techniques, David Megginson, David Clutterbuck;

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Book SynopsisWith HR professionals increasingly expected to be “business partners”, are you prepared with the skills and tools to make a positive difference to your organization?As the recognised definitive guide to the topic, HR: The Business Partner, second edition, offers practical insights to take you through the challenging process of business partnering, including:• No-nonsense description of what business partnering entails, with case studies to illustrate real-life practice• Detailed coverage of the common challenges and advice on how to overcome them• Guidance on how to develop the skills and confidence required to work effectivelyCovering the transition from working operationally to working strategically and the tools, techniques and skill sets needed for partnering, this inexpensive guide will help to both add real value to your business and to develop your career in business partnering. If you are aspiring to or about to embark on a business partner role, this book will provide you with ideas and inspiration for the position.Trade Review"The original book has proved to be very valuable for my HR business partner clients, both in discussing the guiding concepts and ideas and in providing practical methods and tools to make the theory work in daily practice. It's the hands-on approach that makes it a book that practitioners actually read and reread" Wilfred Verweij MSc, Senior Learning Consultant/Lecturer, Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University, The Netherlands "As the BP role has evolved, this pragmatic and insightful approach captures the essence of the changes in the function and offers guidance on embedding it into the organisation to produce fully effective HR partners." Gill Whensley, Chartered FCIPD and HR Director, Spofforths LLP "Business Partnering is both a mindset and a skill set - especially the ability to build and maintain effective value-adding business relationships. In a very real sense the authors are helping to move the field of Business Partnering forward by describing not just the 'what' and the 'why' of Business Partnering but also the 'how'." Linda Holbeche, HR Professional and former Director of Research and Policy, CIPD, UKTable of ContentsIntroductionStructuring the partnership functionDeveloping credibility and client relationshipsDeveloping the key skillsThe importance of contractingWhere do business partners add most value?Sustaining the relationshipEvaluating the success of partnership projectsCase studiesConclusion

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Book SynopsisFreight transport is essential to modern urban civilization. No urban area could exist without a reliable freight transport system. Although the private sector is responsible for much of this system, the public sector has a vital role to play in the provision of infrastructure and the establishment of a social and legal framework within which transport can occur. For these reasons, goods movement deserves and is increasingly receiving, explicit consideration in urban transport policy and planning. Many cities around the world have conducted studies aimed at resolving urban goods movement problems and a considerable, if disparate, body of research results are available. This book brings together much of this knowledge and experience in a comprehensive source of information on urban freight, particularly from a public policy or planning viewpoint. It provides both a conceptual basis for urban goods movement analysis and detailed, practical guidelines which may be used directly by those responsible for urban freight policy and planning. The author has worked for over twenty years in this field and he draws upon his experience in Australia, the United States, Great Britain, Canada and The Philippines to produce a book which is international in scope and perspective. The book is written for practising professionals, such as engineers, economists and planners, working in local government, urban transport planning agencies, highway authorities, consultancies, or research institutes; it is also relevant to graduate courses in transport planning, traffic engineering or urban policy. It is of interest to all who have a concern for contemporary issues in urban development.Trade Review’...Perhaps his greatest contribution...a pioneering work...provides exhaustive information on freight related issues, planning techniques and strategies...numerous examples of actual practice...full of practical suggestions...an international book...should be available in every library in the world.’ Professor Arun Chatterjee, University of Tennessee, USA ’This book belongs in every professional and institution library...should be essential reading for students of transportation planning, practising professionals, politicians and bureaucrats...a timely and refreshing book that represents a landmark in the continuing development of the transportation and traffic engineering professions.’ Road and Transport Research ’...deserves to be widely read by government road regulators and builders, not to mention a few transport ministers and their advisors.’ Melbourne Herald-Sun ’...a timely and a welcome addition to the transportation or planning bookshelf and was long overdue...extremely informative and interesting. I commend the author and can thoroughly recommend this book.’ Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design ’Urban Goods Movement seems destined to become one of the information pillars of transport policy, and will educate students, technocrats and practitioners alike for several years to come.’ Policy ’In my opinion, this is the best book so far published on urban freight. It is well structured, widely referenced and very readable. The book is certain to become one of the standard urban transport texts and will be of particular interest to geographers and planners.’ Journal of Transport Geography ’This informative and scholarly book has much to recommend it. Certainly it has widespread appeal, drawing its illustrations and examples from many different countries.’ The Chartered Institute of Transport ProceedingsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Professor Arun Chatterjee; Preface. Policy: Issues and objectives: Freight in urban areas; A profile of urban freight; The urban freight system; Freight policy and planning; Objectives of urban freight. Planning: Strategies for improvement: Traffic management; Location and zoning of land use; Infrastructure; Licensing and regulations; Pricing; Terminals and model interchange facilities; Operational strategies; Urban freight modelling. Implementation: From ideas to action: Implementation of urban freight planning and policy; Case Studies; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThanks to its emerging markets, nuclearization and the internet revolution, South Asia is increasingly at the forefront of current affairs. This invaluable reference source seeks to make the region accessible to business travellers as well as to the general reader. The range of subjects to be covered includes major political processes and events of South Asia (elections and electoral politics, political slang, political parties, diplomacy and territorial divisions), domestic and foreign policy, key personalities, political and economic institutions, sub-national groupings and units (regions, cities, provinces and rural entities), ethnicity and identity, and legal systems (laws and court cases).Key features:* Terms, which are frequently misunderstood in the political and economic processes of South Asia, are explained clearly and succinctly* More than 1,000 entries, covering the key debates, issues, concepts and institutions.Entries include:Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Caste System, Corruption, dalits, Electoral System, Federalism, Hindu-Muslim relation, India-US Relation, Kashmir, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Nuclearization, Privatization, Reserve Bank of India, Sikh, Untouchability, Urbanization, Atal Behari Vajpayee.Countries covered in this volume include: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.Trade Review'This is an authoritative and reliable compilation that....will be a mandatory purchase for libraries specialising in South Asia and an advisory acquisition for more general collections seeking to maintain a breadth of basic information on current politics and economics across the globe.' - Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsForeword; Abbreviations; Notes on the Entries; Chapter 1 A; Chapter 2 B; Chapter 3 C; Chapter 4 D; Chapter 5 E; Chapter 6 F; Chapter 7 G; Chapter 8 H; Chapter 9 I; Chapter 10 J; Chapter 11 K; Chapter 12 L; Chapter 13 M; Chapter 14 N; Chapter 15 O; Chapter 16 P; Chapter 17 R; Chapter 18 S; Chapter 19 T; Chapter 20 U; Chapter 21 V; Chapter 22 W; Chapter 23 Z;

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Book SynopsisWhy has Argentina suffered so much political and economic instability? How could Argentina, once one of the wealthiest countries in the world, failed to meet its potential over decades? What lessons can we take from Argentina's successes and failures? Argentina’s economy is - irresistibly - fascinating. Argentina's economic history - its crises and its triumphs cannot be explained in purely economic terms. Argentina's economic history can only be explained in the context of conflicts of interest, of politics, war and peace, boom and bust. Argentina's economic history is also intertwined with ideological struggles over the ideal society and the on-going struggle of ideas. The book comprises two distinct components: an economic history of Argentina from the Spanish colonial period to 1990, followed by a narrative by Domingo Cavallo on the last 25 years of reform and counter reform.Domingo Cavallo has been at the centre of Argentina's economic and political debates for 40 years. He was one of the longest serving cabinet members since the return of democracy in 1983. He is uniquely qualified to help the reader make the connection between historical and current events through all these prisms. His daughter, Sonia Cavallo Runde, is an economist specialized on public policy that currently teaches the politics of development policy. The two Cavallos offer academics and students of economics and finance a long form case study. This book also seeks to offer researchers and policymakers around the world with relevant lessons and insights to similar problems from the Argentine experience.Trade Review"Cavallo's book superbly travels the economic history legacy of Argentina to give a unique perspective on the contemporaneous policymaking process in a resilient conflictive Society."Gerardo della Paolera, Professor of Economics at Universidad de San Andres and Central European University (CEU)"Domingo Felipe Cavallo and his daughter Sonia Cavallo Runde, have produced a masterful book. Superb! Full of fascinating insights. Highly instructive, thoughtful and very well researched. The authors provide a compelling analysis of Argentina, connecting its historical episodes with current events. Domingo Cavallo presents a first-hand insider’s view from the battlefields of economic policies. He is a courageous and patriotic warrior who fought hard to save Argentina from itself. This book is a must read! "Dr Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman, JPMorgan Chase International, Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Group of Thirty (G30) and Former Governor of the Bank of Israel"The history the economics and the politics of Argentina, which promised so much at the onset, has been a long tragedy. This book provides a fascinating account that will benefit all those who want to understand better, students, scholars and practioners. Domingo Cavallo has been fully engaged, with all his energy, in the workings of that history and he takes the reader with him in his passion." Christophe Chamley, Professor of Economics at Boston University and Directeur d'Etudes Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) at Paris School of Economics"Argentina’s history of policy mistakes and corrections has important lessons for all countries. Bad policies created high rates of inflation that weakened growth and destroyed financial institutions. Argentina has recovered in the past and is trying to do so again. This book is the best source for understanding this complex history. Domingo Cavallo brings unique insights and technical understanding to these complex issues." Martin Feldstein, Professor of Economics, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsArgentina’s Economic Reform of the 1990s in Historical Perspective, Preface, Introduction, Part I: The southernmost territory of Imperial Spain turns into the Argentine Nation, Chapter 1: Spanish Heritage, Chapter 2: From the May Revolution to the National Organization, Part II: 1953-1913, six decades of increasing integration into the global economy, Chapter 3: From the National Organization to First World War, Chapter 4: Split, reunification and the `Historical Presidencies', Chapter 5: The years when Roca dominated politics, Part III: From the beginning of World War I to the end of World War II, Chapter 6: The traumatic 30 years from 1914 to 1944, Chapter 7: The "Radical Republic", Chapter 8: From the fall of Yrigoyen to the rise of Perón, Part IV: Four and a half decades of political and economic instability, Chapter 9: Inflation, stagflation and hyperinflation, Chapter 10: Perón and Evita, Chapter 11: The 18 years when Peronism was outlawed, Chapter 12: The return of Perón and the Military, Chapter 13: Transition to democracy and Alfonsín’s Presidency, Part V: Reform and counter reform, Chapter 14: The Latin American Consensus of the 90s, Chapter 15: Menem and De La Rúa, Chapter 16: The origin of Duhalde’s decision and Kirchner’s metamorphosis, Chapter 17: Duhalde and the Kirchners, Part VI: Conclusions and Epilogue, Chapter 18: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisAs qualitative researchers incorporate computer assistance into their analytic approaches, important questions arise about the adoption of new technology. Is it worth learning computer-assisted methods? Will the pay-off be sufficient to justify the investment? Which programs are worth learning? What are the effects on the analysis process? This book complements the existing literature by giving a detailed account of the use of four major programs in analyzing the same data. Priority is given to the tasks of qualitative analysis rather than to program capability and the programs are treated as tools rather than as a discipline to be acquired. The key is not what the programs allow researcher to do, but whether the tasks that researchers need to undertake are facilitated by the software. Thus the study develops a user-centred approach to the adoption of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis. The author emphasises qualitative analysis as a creative craft, but one which must increasingly be subject to rigorous methodological scrutiny. The adoption of computer-aided methods offers opportunities, but also dangers and ultimately this book is about the scientific qualitative research. Written in a distinctive and succinct style, this book will be valuable to social science researchers and students interested in qualitative research and in the potential for computer-assisted analysis.Table of ContentsContents: Getting into... and getting on with qualitative computing; Approaches to qualitative computing; Text searching and data exploration; Category building and finding meaning; Theory building; Conclusion; References.

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the progress of environmental marketing on a global scale. It considers how sustainability issues are increasingly becoming critical factors in how corporations meet the ever-growing demands and expectations of customers. The purpose of the book is to provide practitioners with best-practice examples and actionable recommendations on how to implement green marketing activities. It provides information and ideas for those involved in marketing on how to incorporate green considerations into the marketing mix, as well as providing perspectives on marketing for environmental managers. To achieve a comprehensive viewpoint, the book is split into three sections. The first sets out the strategic issues and rationale for green marketing, the second addresses tactical issues in more detail, and the third provides detailed, international case studies. Topics addressed by the contributors include the growing debate around products versus services, environmental product development and eco-innovation, green marketing alliances, environmental communications, green consumers, eco-tourism and the problems associated with green marketing in developing countries.Table of ContentsAn examination of the progress of environmental marketing on a global scale. The first part sets out the strategic issues and rationale for green marketing, the second addresses tactical issues in more detail, and the third section provides detailed, international case studies.

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Book SynopsisTo reach environmental excellence, organizations must unlock and channel the ideas and energies of their staff. This can only be achieved through the effective leadership and commitment of senior managers and the development of sound teamworking throughout the organization. To this end, forward-looking organizations have formulated a range of teams, including: environmental steering committees; environmental action teams; process improvement teams; and quality and environment circles. The aims of this book are to bring together practical experiences and theoretical developments in relation to the role of teamworking within the context of environmental management. Contributions from an international group of leading practitioners and academics present examples of how teamworking can be utilised to solve the complex and uncertain environmental challenges that organisations face. The book is divided into three key sections. The first section examines – in a number of different organizational contexts – the problems that confront managers during the process of forming and developing environmental teams. In the second section, the book examines how environmental teams can trigger changes in core operations and integrate environmental concerns in business decision-making at every level in the organization. In the final section, the focus of the book shifts to environmental networks and their role as inter-organizational co-ordinators. Managing Green Teams: Environmental Change in Organisations and Networks will be of particular interest to educationalists, consultants and practitioners. Teamworking is a well-established field, but, to date, no book has made any attempt to fully integrate teamworking and environmental issues.Trade ReviewManaging Green Teams speaks to several audiences. It is a worthwhile read for busy professionals seeking practical advice in short order ... practically every environmental professional – be they government, nonprofit, or private sector employees – will find at least a few chapters that directly relate to concerns in their organization ... as an overview of environmental teaming and a mix of time-tested theory with real-world advice, Managing Green Teams is on target and practical. - Corporate Environmental Strategy – Elsevier's Journal of Environmental LeadershipTable of ContentsIntroduction: Teams and the Management of Environmental Problems John Moxen and Peter A. Strachan 1. The Saturn Experience: Developing Habitual Routines in Manufacturing Teams Sandra L. Rothenberg 2. Corporate Commitment to the Natural Environment: Issues in a Team Approach Paul Douglas Keogh and Michael Jay Polonsky 3. Teamworking for Environmental Excellence in a University Context Sarah J. Cowell, Susan B. Hodgson and Roland Clift 4. Working with NGO Environmentalism for Land Reclamation Research Martin J. Haigh 5. Managing the Environmental Change Process: Barriers and Opportunities James E. Post and Barbara W. Altman 6. The Challenges of Internal Change Management John Moxen and Peter A. Strachan 7. Bulldozing the Green Wall: A Team-Based Approach to Integrating the Environmental, Health and Safety Function Kenneth W. Ayers and Timothy T. Greene 8. A Team-Based Approach to Graduate Education: The Minnesota Model James Perry, Sharon Anderson, Pam Davis and John Bryson 9. Managing Environmental Performance in the Organisation: A Participatory Model John Moxen and Peter A. Strachan 10. Postgraduate Team-Teaching for Central European Executives: Assessing Experience of the Environmental Training Project Zbigniew Bochniarz, Wieslaw Chodasewicz, Vilma Eri and Peter A. Strachan 11. Territorial Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Local and Regional Teamworking to Enhance the Environment Peter Roberts 12. From Environmental Loss to Environmental Gain: Multi-Disciplinary Teams in European Regional Economic Development Keith Clement 13. The UK's First Environment City Partnership: A Prototype Model for Local Sustainable Development? Ian Worthington and Alan Murphy 14. Teams in Local Environmental Action Planning: Case Studies from Central and Eastern Europe Elena Petkova and James Perry 15. Virtual Teams for Corporate Environmental Excellence Josephine Chinying Lang and Andrew Chinpeng Ho

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental management is a global phenomenon, embracing all businesses in all countries, whether or not there already exists an organised response to managing environmental impacts. Today, there are gross inequalities between the world's richest and poorest nations in terms of income distribution, consumption patterns, access to resources and environmental impact. Yet both the developed north and the developing south are committed, at least in words, to achieving sustainable development. Public awareness of environmental issues in the North has been rising in recent years and further degradation is now largely minimized through more stringent regulatory regimes, voluntary agreements and growing consumer and stakeholder pressure on corporations. Still, the north is continuing to lead an environmentally unsustainable lifestyle as environmental improvements are nullified by overall increases in consumption levels. In the south, a billion people still do not have access to the most basic needs. Poor countries need to accelerate their consumption growth if they are to ensure that the lives of their people are enriched. However, with rapid economic growth and corresponding increases in consumption now under way, their environmental impact is soon to become substantially greater. In a world that strives towards stemming global crises such as climate change, the path already taken by the rich and high-growth economies over the past century cannot be repeated by the south if the desired objective is to create a future that is truly sustainable. Growing Pains examines environmental management in the south from a number of perspectives. It is designed to stimulate the discussion about the role that corporations and national and international organizations play in sustainable development. It does not offer panaceas, as each country has its own problems and opportunities; and, after almost 50 years of failed panacea-oriented economic development policy transfer from the north to the south, it is time to abandon hope for universal solutions and instead look to individual approaches that work. The book is divided into five themes: globalization; the role of business; a focus on national strategies; trade and the environment; and the organizational and structural challenges of sustainable development. With contributions from an outstanding collection of authors in both the developed and developing worlds including UNIDO; the Thailand Environment Institute, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Shell Peru; IUCN, the Russian Academy of Sciences and IIED, this important and unique new book presents a body of work that will provide essential reading for businesses working in developing countries, environmental and developmental NGOs and researchers engaged in the debate and sharing of best practice in this increasingly critical subject area.Trade ReviewIt is essential reading for all those working on poverty eradication and sustainable development. * 'International Affairs' *This new unique book, with contributions from an outstanding collection of authors in both the developed and developing worlds provides essential reading for theoreticians, ... government ministers and policy planners, chief executive officers in the private sector and their advisers, and heads of institutions. * 'Social and Environmental Accounting' *It is undoubtedly essential reading for businesses working in developing countries and those involved in international environmental cooperation, both in the field and in its management. It has high value as background reading for students and researchers in environmental management. * 'International Journal of Environment and Pollution' *... the central message throughout the book is that solutions exist at the local level pertaining to local actors, and as such governmental and multilateral institutions, such as the World Bank, should revise their policies. * 'Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor' *... a book which is thought-provoking and, in the ever-growing field of literature on environmental management and best practice, stands out as a comprehensive piece of work ... promoted as an essential read for businesses working in developing countries, environmental NGOs and researchers engaging in the debate ... it would also work as a text for development economics students. * 'Progress in Development Studies ' *Table of ContentsForeword Carlos Magarinos, Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation Introduction Walter Wehrmeyer and Yacob Mulugetta, University of Surrey, UK Section 1: Globalisation 1. The environmental challenge of going global Gilbert S. Hedstrom, Ronald A.N. McLean Bernhard H. Metzger, Arthur D. Little, Inc., USA 2. An essay on biodiversity and globalisation Frank Vorhies, IUCN: The World Conservation Organisation, Switzerland 3. Joint implementation of climate change? Distortions in practice and effects on developing countries Neil E. Harrison, University of Wyoming, USA 4. Financial globalisation and sustainable development in Mexico David Barkin, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico Section 2: Focus on business 5. The Effect of Environmental Regulations on Industrial Competitiveness of Selected Industries in Developing Countries Ralph (Skip) Luken, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Austria 6. Multinational Corporations' Environmental Performance in Developing Countries: The Aluminum Company of America Dennis A. Rondinelli, University of North Carolina, USA Gyula Vastag, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA 7. ISO 14001: The Severe Challenge for China. An Overview on the Problems China Faced in the Implementation and Certification of ISO 14001 Di Chang-Xing (Mike), ERM Certification and Verification Service, China 8. Environmental Management, Crime and Information: A Russian Case Study Alexey A. Voinov, University of Maryland, USA Irina P. Glazyrina, GEF Project, Russia Bruno Pavoni and Nadezhda A. Zharova, University of Venice, Italy Section 3: National focus 9. Driving forces and barriers to the implementation of sound environmental management in the Andean Region of Latin America Percy Garcia, Julia Gonzalez and Dixon Thompson, University of Calgary, Canada 10. Environmental management in uncertain economies Alexey A. Voinov, University of Maryland, USA Irina P. Glazyrina, GEF Project, Russia Bruno Pavoni and Nadezhda A. Zharova, University of Venice, Italy 11. Just green marketing? State, business and environmental management in Egypt Jeannie Sowers, Princeton University, USA 12. Environmental management in Thailand: Achievements, barriers and future trends Mandar Parasnis, Thailand Environment Institute 13. The Colombian road to environmental management Emilio Latorre, Universidad del Valle, Colombia Section 4: Trade and the environment 14. Trade liberalisation and the developing world: The environmental impact of the Uruguay Round Matthew A. Cole, University of Birmingham, UK 15. Reaping the benefits: Trade opportunities for developing-country producers from sustainable consumption and production Nick Robins and Sarah Roberts, International Institute for Environment and Development, UK 16. Multinational corporations' impacts on the environment and communities in the developing world: A synthesis of the contemporary debate Titus Moser and Damian Miller, Cambridge University, UK 17. Logging versus Recycling: Problems in the industrial ecology of pulp manufacturing in South-East Asia David A. Sonnenfeld, Washington State University, USA Section 5: Environmental management and sustainable development 18. Environmental management and organisational change: The impact of the world ban Ans Kolk, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands 19. Sustainable development and the environment: Lessons from the development experience of Kerala State in India Govindan Parayil, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 20. Searching for sustainability in the Marshall Islands: Development dreams clash with ecological reality Barbara A. Ribbens, Western Illinois University, USA Eric Ribbens, University of Evansville, USA 21. The role of stakeholder participation: Linkages to stakeholder impact assessment and social capital in Camisea, Peru Murray Jones, Shell Prospecting & Development, Peru 22. Indonesia in the 21st Century: environment at the crossroads Peter Koffel, Murdoch University, Australia 23. Competing discourses of environmental and water management in post-apartheid South Africa Patrick Bond, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Robyn Stein, attorney in environmental and water law, South Africa

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Book SynopsisThis illuminating new book presents a series of in-depth case studies from around the world based on numerous personal interviews with organizational leaders and focusing on their journey towards sustainability. The aim is to provide visions of a more sustainable future, and shed light on the path, milestones and solutions – in particular the management processes these organizations employed – to provide a reliable compass that others can follow. Although each organization must take steps to fit its particular circumstance, business conditions and culture, Mapping the Journey proves that valuable lessons can be learned by setting aside critique as to where these organizations may yet make progress and instead focusing on the guidelines, targets, measures of success, tools and techniques and valuable wisdom about how pioneer organisations are travelling toward a prosperous, sustainable future. Each organization included has crafted its own unique strategic responses to an identified need for increased sustainability. While none can be said to have reached the end-point of a sustainable development strategy, all have found that, by addressing the challenge of sustainable industrial practices, they have found innovative solutions, new opportunities for revenue generation, better relationships with customers, new business and product opportunities and a boost to morale from the executive ranks to front-line employees. Mapping the Journey examines both public and private organizations worldwide: SJ Rail of Sweden; Sony Corporation; SC Johnson; TransAlta Corporation; Patagonia; Henkel; Volvo; ASG; Interface Flooring Systems; Suncor; DaimlerChrysler; AssiDoman; Germany's Centre for Technology Assessment and the Dutch National Environmental Policy Plan. These case studies provide an inspiring framework of effective processes for defining a sustainable development strategy and transforming it successfully into actions and results.Trade ReviewEach case study is an in-depth analysis of the context, motivations for change, steps to implementation, processes and people involved. The presentation is clear, factual, free of hype and clearly referenced ... This book has the potential to become a standard textbook for corporate management and for anyone interested in industry and sustainable development. - Tomorrow magazine An inspiring framework on how to define a sustainable development strategy and translate it into strategy, action, and results. - The Green Business Letter Stimulating; interesting; and challenging in parts. A definite buy for business leaders and managers – primarily to get them thinking about what they and their companies have to add to the 'journey'. - Social and Environmental Accounting At last! A book with some real, live information on how the international companies have approached the journey of implementing sustainable development programmes ... packed with useful ideas for industry leaders and managers. - Eagle Bulletin Well written and incisive, this work is a useful tool for those considering their own stance on sustainability issues. - Community Affairs Briefing The worlds of business and indigenous knowledge do not often interact, unless there is a conflict over natural resources. Certainly, indigenous knowledge (IK) research is rarely encountered on business management book shelves ... perhaps by reading more books like Mapping the Journey, we will discover the need for increased multi-disciplinary interaction. Perhaps there is value inviting CEOs and business researchers to learn from our detailed map of the global IK experience. - Indigenous Knowledge Monitor... innovative solutions which will prove inspirational to others. - Warmer BulletinTable of ContentsCase 1: Volvo. Strategic action toward sustainable mobility for society Case 2: AssiDoman. Foresters integrating dual goals of economy and environment Case 3: Patagonia. First ascents: finding the way toward quality of life and work Case 4: Interface Flooring Systems. Driving industrial standards higher Case 5: Sony. Operationalising the slogan 'Entertaining the world: caring for the environment' Case 6: ASG. Trailblazing toward sustainable logistics and transport Case 7: SC Johnson. Eco-efficiency and beyond Case 8: DaimlerChrysler. Redefining cost Case 9: Center for Technology Assessment. Pursuing regional approaches to qualitative growth and sustainability Case 10: Henkel. Traditional values and ecological leadership Case 11: SJ Rail. Turnaround to sustainable transport for the 21st century Case 12: TransAlta. New terrain: reducing greenhouse gas emissions Case 13: The Netherlands National Environmental Policy Plan. Developing sustainable industrial strategy Case 14: Suncor. Taking stakeholder relations to a new level

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Book SynopsisDespite the Doha declaration of November 2001, the failure to start a new round of global trade negotiations at Seattle in December 1999 and the hostility of protesters to the trade liberalization process and growing global economic and social disparities was a wake-up call for the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The ambitious goal of this ground-breaking book is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of liberalized world trade, in particular in the agricultural sector, and to investigate to what extent the current WTO agreements provide the necessary fail-safe devices to react to trade-related negative impacts on sustainability, environmental protection and food security. The background and interrelationship between the WTO, the tenets of sustainable development and the unique features of the agriculture and forestry sectors are explored, and conclusions regarding the deficits of the world trade system and its conflicts with basic societal goals – such as sustainability – are drawn. Agriculture and forestry have a particular affinity with what the authors call "strong sustainability" and are to be among the major agenda items in forthcoming WTO negotiations. The book proposes that sustainable agricultural production techniques such as integrated and organic farming provide a series of related services to community and environment which could be severely prejudiced by wholesale trade liberalization and the imposition of the large-scale production methods of the mega-trade giants of the USA and Europe. And yet the concept of sustainability is referred to only tangentially in the existing WTO agenda. The WTO, Agriculture and Sustainable Development argues that, without a formal recognition of this failing, the premise that free trade is inherently advantageous for all countries is a falsehood. Further, unfettered liberalization is unsustainable and a social and environmental multilateral framework must be agreed to reinterpret or adapt a host of WTO regulations that are at odds with sustainable development. The core problem is that, under the current system, import duties can only be differentiated by direct goods and services and not by their means of production – sustainable or otherwise. Therefore, a range of environmental policy measures in the agricultural sector, such as the consideration of product life-cycles, the internalization of external costs and a coupling of trade liberalization with ecological obligations are proposed by the authors. In addition, they argue that unsustainable economic short-termism must be curbed and the use of the stick of trade sanctions and the carrot of financial benefits for good environmental performance be permitted to promote sustainable agricultural practices. This book will contribute greatly in addressing the lack of basic theoretical arguments at the intersection between trade and sustainable development – a failing that has already been bemoaned by trade policy-makers. It is highly recommended reading for all those involved or interested in the WTO negotiations, whether from multilateral organizations, governments, industry or civil society.Trade ReviewThe real worth is in its snapshot of current academic thinking ... [a] slice of the leading edge thinking of sustainable agricultural movement within the academic and no-profit making community, globally. - The Journal of Sustainable AgricultureTable of ContentsIntroduction Heinrich Wohlmeyer 1. Preliminary issues and basic considerations Heinrich Wohlmeyer Section 1: The current performance of the world trade system and the World Trade Organisation2. The present legal basis of the world trade system Richard Senti 3. The agreement on technical barriers to trade and basic aspects of the agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures Katrin Forgo 4. The producer support estimate and the aggregate measure of support: suitable gauges for evaluating agricultural and trade policy? Heinrich Wohlmeyer Section 2: The theory of international trade5. A few remarks on trade theory Franz Weiss 6. Free trade and its effects: some critical comments Sigrid Stagl Section 3: International trade: agricultural and environmental aspects7. International trade on the rise: a brief introduction Sigrid Stagl and Tobias Reichert 8. Sustainability: a challenge for future economic and social policy Theodor Quendler and Bernd Schuh 9. Agriculture, trade and the environment Franz Weiss 10. The special case of agriculture Bernd Schuh 11. Reasons for measures aimed at the stabilisation of production and markets in the agricultural sector Theodor Quendler 12. Important factors influencing future scenarios regarding food supplies, world population and environment Theodor Quendler 13. Environmental issues and their significance for agriculture and the food industry Theodor Quendler and Tobias Reichert Section 4: Theoretical propositions for harmonising sustainable agriculture and free trade14. Analysis of current developments in international agricultural trade Tobias Reichert 15. The World Trade Organisation and Agenda 2000 Heinrich Wohlmeyer 16. Solutions within the existing theoretical framework: environmental and trade policy measures Bernd Schuh 17. Ecological economics as a new integrative approach Sigrid Stagl 18. Conclusions and proposals for solutions Theodor Quendler, Franz Weiss and Heinrich Wohlmeyer 19. 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Book SynopsisA "revolution" is taking place in the development of global information and communications technologies. In slightly more than a decade, the World Wide Web has gone from the idea of an obscure English scientist to a consumer-oriented technology system with an expected one billion users by 2005. The technologies that enable this to happen are advancing rapidly, which is leading to both an unprecedented number of start-up companies and a host of innovative new alliances between companies. The growth has been so rapid and unexpected that little research and analysis has yet been done on what impact this transformation has had or will have on the ability of companies to meet the global sustainability challenge. As environmental strategy has traditionally been portrayed in terms of risk cutting and resource efficiency, there is a danger that critical business issues such as information technology, R&D and e-commerce development are examined in isolation from the wider sustainable business perspective. An important objective of the book is to explore, document and raise awareness of sustainability concerns arising from the emerging global information economy. The information economy is defined in the broadest sense possible, including software, hardware, telecommunication – traditional and wireless – and advanced communication technologies. Some of the key issues and questions that are examined include:Case studies on how and to what degree sustainability concerns are being integrated into the business model of electronic, telecommunication and dot.com firms.The relationship between the diffusion of information and communication technologies and the energy and resource intensity of companies.The role of information and communication technologies in the shaping of policies for sustainability, its impacts on sustainable or unsustainable lifestyles and its implications for the interaction between companies and other actors.Corporations and the global digital divide.The Ecology of the New Economy will be of interest to academics, governments, businesses, and non-governmental groups who are trying to understand the linkages and relationship between the two of our greatest global challenges: the information revolution and environmental sustainability.Trade ReviewThis book is an informative read and well recommended. It provides the reader with current information and diverse analyses from the worlds of research, business and government/policy makers on this increasingly topical issue. Further it provides some inspirational thoughts for integrating sustainability into the digital economy. - Environmental Assessment Policy and Management.Wow! This book will convince even the most hard-nosed bean counter ... that environmental stewardship, green thinking and sustainable development have a place in the global arena of communication, dot.com, e-commerce and information technology. All the sections make extensive use of case studies and examples which help to give a reality perspective which is crucial for the skeptic and the conservative. - Eagle BulletinThe volume provides an excellent snapshot of the dot-com era and its long-term effects on corporate citizenship theory and practice ... The authors clearly believe that understanding the evolution and importance of the digital economy requires macro- and microanalysis along natural, digital and competitive domains. Sustainable e-business practice demands a competent grasp of the interdependencies among these realms. - The Journal of Corporate Citizenship ... the doomsayers predict ICCE technologies will fuel further need for electricity, whereas the optimists project net savings. The scholarship encompassed by The Ecology of the New Economy suggests the truth is probably somewhere in between and is largly dependent on how these new technologies are deployed and whether their deployment is guided by sustainable development considerations... The Ecology of the New Economy is an important work in beginning that debate. - The Journal of Industrial EcologyTable of ContentsForeword Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute Introduction. Atom to bits: e-sustainability in the global economy Jacob Park, University of Maryland, USA, and Nigel Roome, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Part I: Sustainability challenges and implications of a global information economy1. Sustainable business strategies in the Internet economy Klaus Fichter, Borderstep: Institution for Innovation and Sustainability, Germany 2. E-logistics and the natural environment Joseph Sarkis, Clark University, USA, Laura Meade, University of Dallas, USA, and Srinivas Talluri, Michigan State University, USA 3. Greening the digitised supply net Michael Totten, Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, Conservation International, USA 4. Dot.com ethics: e-business and sustainability James Wilsdon, Demos, UK 5. Practising corporate citizenship in a global information economy Duane Windsor, Rice University, USA 6. The Internet and sustainability reporting: improving communication with stakeholders William B. Weil and Barbara Winter-Watson, Environmental Resources Management, USA Part II: E-business strategies for a sustainable world7. Is e-commerce sustainable? Lessons from Webvan Chris Galea, St Francis Xavier University, Canada; Steve Walton, Emory University, USA 8. Information technology, sustainable development and developing nations James R. Sheats, Hewlett-Packard Co., USA 9. The environmental impact of the new economy: Deutsche Telekom, telecommunications services and the sustainable future Markus Reichling and Tim Otto, Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany 10. Environmental impacts of telecommunications services: two life-cycle analysis studies Manfred Zurkirch, Swisscom Ltd, Switzerland, and Inge Reichart, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research 11. Exploring the global-local axis: telecommunications and environmental sustainability in Japan Brendan Barrett, United Nations University/Institute of Advanced Studies, Japan, and Ichiro Yamada, NTT Lifestyle and Environmental Technology Laboratories, Japan 12. Product-oriented environmental management: the case of Xerox Europe Frank de Bakker, Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands, and David Foley, Xerox Europe, UK Part III: Old-economy concerns in a new-economy world13. Information and communications technologies: boon or bane to sustainable development? Josephine Chinying Lang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 14. Information and communications technologies and business travel: environmental possibilities, problems and implications Peter Arnfalk, Lund University, Sweden 15. How fabulous fablessness? Environmental challenges of economic restructuring in the semiconductor industry Jan Mazurek, Progressive Policy Institute, USA 16. Micropower: electrifying the digital economy Seth Dunn, Worldwatch Institute, USA 17. Extended producer responsibility and the European electronics industry Lassi Linnanen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland 18. Sustainable trade in electronics: the case of the Indian components sector Mohammad Saqib, Yashika Singh and Ritu Kumar, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, India Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book is the companion to "Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking: Theory, Responsibility and Engagement", which examined many emerging theoretical and normative issues and was released to acclaim in October 2002. "Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking 2" collects a series of essays by leading researchers worldwide to focus on the practice of stakeholder engagement in terms of relationship management, communication, reporting and performance. As stakeholder relationships and business in society have become increasingly central to the unfolding of stakeholder thinking, important new topics have begun to take centre stage in both the worlds of practice and academia. The first part of the book makes clear that simply engaging with stakeholders is insufficient to build successful stakeholder strategies. Companies, considered as the focal entity in a relationship, also need to actively communicate with stakeholders and manage their relationships. Dialogue is essential but can only be useful if companies listen to the messages that stakeholders are sending them. It is also essential to understand the role of power and influence in stakeholder engagement strategies especially if partnerships or collaborations emerge from the relationships that are engendered. The book examines a wide range of corporate–NGO collaborations to determine what makes them effective – and what makes them fail. Conflict management in stakeholder alliances is also discussed. The second part of the book addresses the critically important element of emerging schemes for the assessment, measurement and reporting of business in society and relationships involving stakeholders. A variety of current approaches to stakeholder assessment and reporting are discussed here including social auditing and sustainability reporting. The evolution of stakeholder thinking has led to a new view of the firm as an organism embedded in a complex web of relationships with other organisms. The role of management becomes immensely more challenging, when stakeholders are no longer seen as simply the objects of managerial action but rather as subjects with their own objectives and purposes. This book captures the complexity of managing relationships with stakeholders and will provide both practitioners and researchers with a wealth of information on the benefits and consequences of this practice.Trade ReviewThe range of the ideas presented, along with the extensive, up-to-date bibliography, provide an accessible road into this increasingly important field. - Natural Resources Forum, November 2003 Lots on tools for assessment, measurement, social auditing and reporting. A book that every CSR manager should make themselves read. - Corporate Citizenship Briefing, July 2003 ... undoubtedly a worthwhile collection ... - Social and Environmental Accounting Journal, September 2004Table of ContentsForeword Dr Andreas Pohlmann, Chief Administrative Officer, Celanese AG Introduction Sandra Sutherland Rahman, Framingham State College, USA, Sandra Waddock, Boston College, Carroll School of Management, USA, Jörg Andriof, Celanese AG, Germany; Warwick Business School, UK, and Bryan Husted, ITESM/Instituto De Empresa, Mexico Part I: Stakeholder communication and relationship management1. Stakeholder discourse and critical-frame analysis: the case of child labour in Bangladesh Sandra Sutherland Rahman, Framingham State College, USA 2. Are you talking to me? Stakeholder communication and the risks and rewards of dialogue Andrew Crane, University of Nottingham, UK, and Sharon Livesey, Fordham University, USA 3. Talking for change? Reflections on effective stakeholder dialogue Jem Bendell, Lifeworth.com 4. Stakeholder influences in developing a sustainability culture within the UK biotechnology sector Aharon Factor, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark 5. Power and social behaviour: a structuration approach to stakeholder networks Stephanie Welcomer, University of Maine, USA, Philip L. Cochran, Smeal College of Business, USA, and Virginia W. Gerde, University of New Mexico, USA 6. State of the union: NGO–business partnership stakeholders Jonathan Cohen, AccountAbility, UK 7. Stakeholders for environmental strategies: the case of the emerging industry in radioactive scrap metal treatment Bruce W. Clemens and Scott R. Gallagher, James Madison University, USA 8. Re-examining the concept of "stakeholder management" Michael E. Johnson-Cramer, Boston University School of Management, USA, Shawn L. Berman, Santa Clara University, USA, and James E. Post, Boston University School of Management, USA 9. Stakeholders and conflict management: corporate perspectives on collaborative approaches Julia Robbins, independent consultant, Canada 10. Managing corporate stakeholders: subjecting Miles's 1987 data-collection framework to tests of validation James Weber, Duquesne University, USA, and David M. Wasieleski, University of Pittsburgh, USA Part II: Stakeholder performance and reporting11. Approaches to stakeholder performance and reporting: an investor's perspective. Investigating how sustainable companies deliver value to shareholders Michael J. King, Innovys, UK 12. Top managers and institutional stakeholders: a test of two models of adaptation and performance Michael V. Russo, University of Oregon, USA, and Frank C. Schultz, Michigan State University, USA 13. A comparative study of stakeholder-oriented social audit models and reports Jane Zhang, University of Sunderland, UK, and Ian Fraser and Wan Ying Hill, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

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Book SynopsisThis text shares practical experiences in establishing and implementing partnerships for development between business, government and civil society. The focus is on the oil, gas and mining industries, who increasingly operate in regions characterized by poor communities and fragile environments.Trade ReviewThis book helps substantially in clarifying the partnership idea. It focuses on partnerships in which business and industry have a leading role. This is a book for everyone who is interested in the follow-up of the WSSD: companies, social partnerships, governments and NGOs. Even more widely, this is a book for all those who are concerned about making the reduction of poverty a reality. - International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 5 September 2006 One of the most definitive studies on partnerships to date ... Lots has been said about the benefits of partnerships over corporates going it alone, but rarely is this accepted wisdom fleshed out. - Corporate Citizen Briefing, June/July 2004 ... an extraordinary account of four years of very significant work in partnerships and is without doubt an enormously important contribution to developing literature in this field. - The Corporate Citizen Vol. 4 Issue 2 (2004) This excellent book ... has brought, to development literature and development practitioners, a rich and textured source of practical information and advice on how to put effective partnerships together. It provides direction on necessary conditions for effective partnerships, how to make partnerships thrive, the key pitfalls to avoid, and the the ways to monitor the partnership during development and implementation. For those in the private sector, government and civil society who are trying to address poverty and development challenges, this book is an exceptional business and development tool. - Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management Vol. 7 No. 1 (March 2005) Putting Partnerships to Work is about how partnerships work, the types of outcomes that can be achieved, and the necessary conditions for partnerships to be successful. - UNEP Industry and Environment, October-December 2004Table of ContentsPreface Michael Warner and Rory Sullivan 1. Introduction Rory Sullivan and Michael Warner 2. Building Blocks for Partnerships Michael Warner Part 1: Case studies 3. Shell Petroleum Development Corporation, Nigeria: Partnering and Environmental Impact Assessment Rory Sullivan and Michael Warner 4. Integrated Coal Mining Limited, India: Livelihoods Assessment, Road Construction and Healthcare Rory Sullivan, Santiago Porto and Michael Warner, with Amit Mukherjee, Rajat Das and Joydev Mazumdar 5. Placer Dome and Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana (Minera Las Cristinas CA, Venezuela): Healthcare Partnership James Tull, Edgardo Garcia Larralde, Alex Mansutti and Santiago Porto, with Nicola Acutt, Ralph Hamann and Michael Warner 6. Transredes, Bolivia: Managing Oil-spill Compensation Vicky Copeman and Enrique Rivas 7. BP and Others, Azerbaijan: Conflict Prevention Nick Killick 8. Kahama Mining Corporation Limited, Tanzania: Social Development Programme Rory Sullivan and Aida Kiangi 9. Konkola Copper Mines plc, Zambia: Local Business Development and Partnerships Rory Sullivan 10. Kelian Equatorial Mining, Indonesia: Mine Closure Ralph Hamann 11. BP Exploration Company: Contributing to Long-term Regional Development in Casanare, Colombia Michael Warner, Edgardo Garcia Larralde and Rory Sullivan Part 2: Partnership tools 12. Getting Started Michael Warner 13. Partnership Monitoring Michael Warner 14. Measuring the Added Value of Partnerships Jol Mitchell, Jill Shakleman and Michael Warner Part 3: Issues 15. Towards Evidence of the Costs and Benefits of Partnerships Nicola Acutt with Ralph Hamann, Assheton Carter and Paul Kapelus 16. Ownership and Control of Outcomes Aidan Davy 17. Companies in Conflict Situations: A Role for Partnerships? Aidan Davy 18. Partnerships and Local Corporate Foundations Ralph Hamann, with Nicola Acutt and Assheton Carter 19. Managing Community Expectations through Partnerships Aidan Davy 20. Learning from Project Partnering in the Construction Industry Dom Verschoyle and Michael Warner Part 4: Conclusions 21. Conclusions Rory Sullivan and Michael Warner Appendix A: Example of a Grievance-resolution Process Appendix B: Example of a Partnership Memorandum of Understanding: the Sarshatali Coal Mining Project Partnership for the Construction of a Metalled Link Road from Rasunpur Forest Area to Barabani Railway Yard Appendix C: Example of a Partnership Charter: Charter of the Kelian Mine Closure Steering Committee Appendix D: Checklists of Impact Indicators Appendix E: Examples of Impact Tables: The Tri-sector Healthcare Partnership, Las Cristinas Gold Mine, Venezuela, December 1999 to January 2001 Appendix F: Publications of the Natural Resource Cluster

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Book SynopsisIn many parts of the world, there is a crisis of mobility. The choices we have made over the past 200 years on modes and technologies of transport have brought us unprecedented global interaction and in many respects increased personal freedom. However, all this mobility has come at a cost to society, to the economy and to the environment. Mobility is in crisis, but few seem aware of the full extent of it. Though most people will be aware of congestion, accidents (although this aspect is often overlooked), parking restrictions or fuel prices, few will have considered the effects of the dramatic increase in mobility expected in China, India and elsewhere. Nor do many people in their daily lives consider the impact of climate change on our environment and the contribution our cars make to it. It is often thought that technology alone can solve this problem. For some observers, salvation could be achieved by means of hydrogen fuel cells, by hybrid cars, or by increased fuel efficiency, or even by telematics to reduce congestion. This book shows that "technology" may well not be enough in itself and that for a genuinely sustainable transport future far more radical change – affecting many aspects of society – is needed. It is likely, for example, that new business models are needed, as well as users and consumers adopting new forms of behaviour. Disruptive technological innovation may well contribute, but needs to be induced by a combination of market forces and government regulation. Many studies touch on transport and mobility issues and more mainstream books aimed at challenging the dominance of automobility are common, yet works dealing with the longer-term strategic, theoretical and broader conceptual issues needed to inform the move towards more sustainable transport are rare. Yet policy-makers, practitioners, as well as many sections of academia, acknowledge a need for guidance on new thinking on sustainable mobility. This book brings together a range of views representing both leading-edge thinking and best practice in the mobility sector. The individual expert contributions form the basis for framing a broader vision of future mobility and proposed transition trajectories towards that future. Much of the effort reflected in the chapters in this book is concerned with going beyond the "technofix" of new cars, to confront the more difficult challenges of institutional, cultural and social change within and beyond the industry that have to be resolved in the transition towards sustainability. It therefore seeks to break through the conventional boundary between engineering and the social sciences, and the contributors come from both sides of this traditional but unnecessary divide, combining economists, engineers, geographers, designers and others. The work is based on the sustainable mobility stream in the 2003 International Greening of Industry Network conference in San Francisco. This event brought together experts from industry and government, and the book combines some of the papers presented there, developed and updated into full chapters, with a number of additional chapters to capture some of the themes that emerged from the conference. The central problem addressed in this book is the private car: how to power it, how to build it and how to deliver it to customers in a more sustainable future. It starts with ideas of radical innovation in the propulsion system of the car, notably the hydrogen fuel cell. In one section, the book examines business models that could be used to deliver automobility in a more sustainable manner. This section looks at how the car is made and used, and looks beyond it by examining how we could change those aspects in our quest for sustainable mobility. The book then considers a number of recently introduced vehicles and alternative vehicle concepts within the context of a dominant existing paradigm. These vary from a minimalist single-seat commuter to a powertrain exchange concept that could breathe new life into the electric vehicle. A number of chapters then report on current practice and experience in the initial moves toward more sustainable automobility. Finally, more visionary views are presented to look at what conclusions we can draw from the strands discussed and suggest possible future scenarios: where do we go from here? When thinking about the car, it is often not appreciated to what extent our modern culture is integrated with the car and its systems: we have literally built our world around the car in its current form, and this inevitably shapes the scope for constructing sustainable mobility. We therefore need to tackle any change to the current automobility paradigm on a very broad front and we need to be prepared for the possibly dramatic social and economic changes we may bring about by changing just some elements. The Business of Sustainable Mobility will be essential reading for academics, practitioners, policy-makers and others interested in the latest thinking on sustainable mobility.Trade ReviewThis book evolved from the Sustainable Mobility stream at the 2003 International Greening of Industry Network Conference in San Francisco. Predicated on a current near global crisis of mobility, the text focuses on the private car, which "we have built our world around" and whose benefits have "come at a high cost". The various authors hope to lead us towards a solution to the car's problems: "how to power it; how to build it; and how to deliver it in a more sustainable way", whilst acknowledging that "few cultural artefacts of the modern era reflect the dilemma of sustainability as well as the car." One solution is explored in some depth: the development of zero emission and resource-efficient hydrogen fuel cells. This would constitute a radical shift away from the internal combustion engine (ICE) paradigm and would require some urgent and major changes in behaviour. Chapters 1 to 5 introduce the technological, environmental, social and governmental contexts and bring the reader up to speed on the salient contemporary issues of hydrogen technology, battery powered vehicles, hybrid electric cars and the necessary institutionalization of fuel cells. Chapters 6 and 7 explore new supporting sustainable business and industrial models; acknowledging that much more than just technological change is required. Chapters 8 to 10 look at potential alternative vehicle types and concepts. Chapters 11 to 15 examine current trends and case studies in greening mobility from the US, South Africa and India and give a more near-term perspective on how the transition to a hydrogen economy might be progressed. Finally, Chapters 16 to 18 offer some visionary thinking (including some radical vehicle design concepts) and drawing together strands from the conference asserts that the necessary major technological innovations required will "almost certainly, come from Asia" (possibly China). This is a welcome, holistic treatment of the kinds of institutionalized, economic and cultural changes required to nurture and support technological innovation. This inclusive approach is reflected in a genuinely global outlook, a spread of international case studies, due importance given to the fast emerging players such as China and India, plus welcome local and community-based focus for framing supposedly sustainable solutions. The editors have tried to avoid some of the pitfalls of over-optimism in the main thrust of this work, but it would have been interesting to have heard more on the traps likely to be set by some of the darker forces of capitalism, politics and human nature, which will, I suspect inevitably, make the journey towards "sustainable mobility" more arduous still. -- Andy Ayres * Social and Environmental Accounting *Table of ContentsForeword Theo de Bruijn, Somporn Kamolsiripichaiporn and Kurt Fischer, Greening of Industry Network 1. The business of sustainable mobility Paul Nieuwenhuis and Peter Wells, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society, Cardiff University, UK, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA 2. Transition management for sustainable personal mobility: the case of hydrogen fuel cells Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, USA 3. Future imperfect: the enduring struggle for electric vehicles Renato Orsato, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France 4. Competing technologies and the struggle towards a new dominant design: the emergence of the hybrid vehicle at the expense of the fuel-cell vehicle? Marko Hekkert, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and Robert van den Hoed, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands 5. Institutional change in the automotive industry: or how fuel-cell technology is being institutionalised Robert van den Hoed, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA 6. System innovation in the automotive industry: achieving sustainability through micro-factory retailing Andrew Williams, BRASS Centre, Cardiff University, UK 7. Business models for relocalisation to deliver sustainability Peter Wells and Paul Nieuwenhuis, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society, Cardiff University, UK 8. Modularity for greening the automobile Gordon Dower, The Ridek Corporation, Washington, USA 9. Social learning through technological inventions in low-impact individual mobility: the cases of Sparrow and Gizmo Halina Szejnwald Brown and Catherine Carbone, Clark University, USA 10. The seven characteristics of successful sustainable system innovations Tom van der Horst, Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Netherlands, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA 11. Government behind the wheel and backseat driving: co-ordination and informational challenges of voluntary partnerships as programmes for stimulating sustainable technology Charles David White, University of California, Berkeley, USA 12. Process- and product-oriented environmental policy within the car chain: examples from BMW and General Motors Carla K. Smink, Eskild Holm Nielsen and Tine Herreborg Jørgensen, Aalborg University, Denmark 13. The switch to CNG in two urban areas in India: how was this achieved? Mahesh Patankar and Anand Patwardhan, SJM School of Management, Mumbai, India 14. Local needs in urban transport Merih Kunur, Royal College of Art, London 15. Web-based environmental management systems for SMEs: enhancing the diffusion of environmental management in the transportation sector Adeline Maijala, Lassi Linnanen and Tuula Pohjola, Proventia Solutions, Lappeenranta University of Technology, and Helsinki University of Technology, Finland 16. The reinvention of the automobile Chris Borroni-Bird, General Motors Corporation, USA 17. Conclusions: where next and when can we buy one? Paul Nieuwenhuis and Peter Wells, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society, Cardiff University, UK, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA Epilogue: a day in a life in 2049 Boelie Elzen, Centre for Science, Technology and Society, University of Twente, The Netherlands, and Wim Hafkamp, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Book SynopsisProtecting the planet is everyone's work. But we all have our own heroes in whatever area we are working. Planet Savers brings together the varied stories of the hundreds of movers and shakers that have spoken up throughout history and taken action to defend the world from pollution, deforestation, species loss and climate change. From Theodore Roosevelt to Al Gore; from Francis of Assisi to David Attenborough – and from hundreds more men and women that you will know little, if anything, about. Scientists, artists, business people, priests, lawyers, poets, politicians, activists and more, from every continent of the world. Their work has enthused us about the natural world and warned us that we must do much more to preserve it. The Indian woman who became the world's first environmental martyr; the Baptist Reverend who asked "What Would Jesus Drive?"; the Quaker big game hunter who set up the first conservation organisation; the Shakespearian actor who revolutionised organic gardening; and the housewife whose campaign against toxic waste forced a President to act. The book is a cornucopia of people who from time immemorial have put their careers, reputations and lives on the line to protect our planet from its governing inhabitants – the human race. Today, as thousands of species of animals and plants are faced with extinction, thousands of years of indigenous knowledge is lost in the face of technological advance, and we become more and more aware of the potential doomsday scenario of a warming world, we need Planet Savers more than ever. Our inspiration can be the 301 environmental lives portrayed in this book. These people cared enough to do something about it. Planet Savers is both a tribute and a catalyst: a tribute to the people that loved the planet enough to want to act to save it, and a catalyst for the people who will be inspired to act after reading it. New Planet Savers are at work right now in rainforests and megacities; in community centres and boardrooms; at road protests and in courtrooms, all over the world. If this book has one great aim it is to inspire you, the reader, to join them. It is a book that every home should own.Trade ReviewPlanet Savers presents an unusual "Who"s Who" in the environmental world, profiling 301 people, famous and not so famous. Crediting each featured individual with reference to their contribution to saving our planet from "its governing inhabitants – the human race". From St Francis of Assisi and Franklin Roosevelt to, in more recent times, Pierce Brosnan and Ken Livingstone, this book examines the small (and sometimes not so small) way in which each of these people have used everything in their power (from leadership and fame to the right to free speech and experience) to fight for the good of the planet. Whether you know these people or even whether you agree with their methods, this compilation of environmentalists is an interesting and eye-opening glance at environmental commitment through the centuries. * The Environmentalist Issue 68 (17 Nov 2008) *Table of ContentsForeword Professor Sir Ghillean Prance FRS, VMH Introduction Acknowledgements The Planet Savers View a list of the 301 Planet Savers featured in this book Index of Planet Savers Index of organisations Photo credits About the author

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Book SynopsisThe World Sustainable Development Outlook series has been developed to provide an overview of sustainable development, to discuss why it is important and to provoke forward thinking on the development of a more coherent approach to solving global problems related to sustainability through science and technology. In doing so, a holistic approach is used to critically examine the interrelationship between the natural, governmental, economic and social dimensions of our world and how science and technology can contribute to solutions. This is a truly global source book, which is reflected in the varied national and cultural origins of the contributors, as well as the topics and case studies covered. Each year a different theme will be covered. The theme of World Sustainable Development Outlook 2007 is the different dimensions of knowledge and technology management in the new era of information revolution and how they relate to sustainable development. Rapid innovation in information and communication technologies (ICTs) is clearly reshaping the world we live in. Countries are increasingly judged by whether they are information-rich or information-poor. It is estimated that 30–40% of the world's economic growth and 40–50% of all new jobs will be IT-driven. Education and knowledge are the chief currencies of the modern age, and can also be a strategic resource and a lifeline for sustainable development. Yet, in Africa, millions of people have never made a telephone call. The technological gulf between developed and developing countries (DCs) is likely to widen further with the rapid expansion of the internet and the speedy transition to digitalisation in the West. The impacts on DCs may include an increase in the so-called brain drain and growing dependence on foreign aid of a different kind – knowledge aid. There are fears that knowledge imperialism is already with us. What is clear is that most of the technological innovations in ICTs are Western-designed and fail to address the needs of the most disadvantaged. The interest of industrialised countries in the use of ICTs in DCs has largely been more concerned with the profitability of their own business enterprises than with any broader goals concerning the development of the host countries. DCs face the challenge of either becoming an integral part of the knowledge-based global economy or the very real danger of finding themselves on the wrong side of the digital divide. Successful management in the new millennium requires developing new methods and approaches to meet the challenges and opportunities of this information revolution while at the same time fostering sustainable development. Adopting a holistic approach, this book aims to critically examine the interrelationship between these different issues in order to reach solutions and a consensus for a better future, taking into account a variety of international, institutional and intellectual perspectives. It uses case and country studies in technological innovation and experience so that lessons in effective management of ICTs can be learned from successful initiatives, ideas and innovations.Trade ReviewCurrently in its third volume, this publication focuses on sustainable development with a view to encouraging forward thinking in solving global sustainability problems. Drawing on the expertise of a diverse cultural and national range of contributors, this title boasts its position as a truly global source book. Edited by Allam Ahmed of the University of Sussex, the Outlook 2007 examines a number of environmentally-linked subjects from education and knowledge management to climate change and trade and development. The title provides a coherent overview of sustainable development and a holistic approach to finding effective solutions to global issues. - The Environmentalist, magazine of the IEMA, 21 July 2008Table of ContentsPrefaceAllam Ahmed, University of Sussex, UKPart I: IntroductionManaging knowledge in the 21st century and the roadmap to sustainabilityAllam Ahmed, University of Sussex, UKPart II: EducationDo education reforms result in quality education?Siham El-Kafafi, Manukau Institute of Technology, New ZealandEducational outcomes and labour market based on supply and demand: A Qatari perspectiveHend A. Jolo, Qatar UniversityIn search of African Tigers: Repositioning African universities for challenges of research and development, wealth creation and sustainable developmentMichael J. Emeji, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, NigeriaResearch supervision: Training, process and experienceIhab Tewfik, University of Westminster, UK, and Sundus Tewfik, London Metropolitan University, UKPart III: Knowledge ManagementIndigenous knowledge in agriculture with particular reference to medicinal crop production in Khorasan, IranP. Rezvani Moghaddam, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, A.K.S. Huda and Q. Parvez, University of Western Sydney, and A. Koocheki, Ferdowsi University of Mashad, Iran. Strategic vision to knowledge management strategy: An evaluative paradigmT. Shareef Younis, Mosul University-IraqManaging knowledge workers: The technologist in the IT industryS.C. Poornima, ICFAI-IBS, IndiaPart IV: Information and Communications TechnologiesCybernating academe: centralisation of science assessment as hegemony – an African alternativeWilliams E. Nwagwu, University of Ibadan, NigeriaReadiness for online learning in business schools in IndiaRamesh Behl, Deepak Chawla and Himanshu Joshi, International Management Institute, IndiaImproving agricultural sustainability and profitability via the use of computerised decision-support systems is challenging and complexJ.B. Robinson and D.M. Freebairn, Natural Resources and Water, Australia, and A.K.S. Huda, University of Western Sydney, AustraliaA longitudinal study of farmers and trainers capturing climate information for sustainable developmentD.A. George, University of Queensland, Australia, J.F. Clewett, Agroclim Australia, A.K.S. Huda, University of Western Sydney, Australia, C.J. Birch, A.H. Wright, University of Queensland, Australia, W.R. Allen, AgForce Queensland, and Q. Parvez, University of Western Sydney, AustraliaExploring best practices in Public Private Partnership (PPP) in e-government through select case studies from IndiaSoumitra Sharma, Banaras Hindu University, IndiaAirline distribution systems: History, challenges and solutionsMichael J. Williams and Dawna L. Rhoades, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USAManagement of stock exchanges: Automation and demutualisationSubba Reddy Yarram, University of New England, AustraliaXBRL benefits, challenges and adoption in the US and UK: Clarification of a future research agendaAminah Abdullah, Belfast Metropolitan College, UK, Iqbal Khadaroo, Queen's University Belfast, UK, and Junaid Shaikh, Curtin University, MalaysiaAssuring intermodal security using RFID tags on cargo containersMichael Williams and Cheryl Cunningham, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USAPart V: Science Technology and InnovationGenetic engineering perception in New Zealand: Is it the way of the future?Siham El-Kafafi, Manukau Institute of Technology, New ZealandEffect of sheath rot (Sarocladium oryzae) on rice seed healthS. Akter, M.A.T. Mia, M.S. Kabir and M.A. Latif, Bangladesh Rice Research InstituteTechnical efficiency in artisanal fisheries: Evidence from FijiMahendra Reddy, University of the South Pacific, FijiExtension workers' attitudes towards usefulness of an integrated soil fertility and nutrient management approach for sustainable crop production: A study in BangladeshM.G. Farouque and H. Takeya, Nagoya University, JapanLivelihoods of the people involved in pangasiid catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) farming in Mymensingh, BangladeshShuraya Tasnoova, Khan M. Iqbal and Izumi Iwamoto, Kagoshima University, Japan, and Md. Mahfuzul Haque, Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityTurkey's high-tech profile and sustainable developmentFeride Doganer Gonel, Yildiz Technical University, TurkeyThe contextual dimension of risk dialogues: The case of water recycling weblogs in South East Queensland, AustraliaJennifer Summerville, Evonne Miller, Lorraine Bell and Laurie Buys, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaPart VI: Climate Change and EnergyInvestment trends in alternate energy methods by large US corporationsM. Anaam Hashmi, Minnesota State University, USAAviation in a carbon constrained worldDawna L. Rhoades, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USAPart VII: Macro-economic AnalysisNeoliberal idealism, state building, and the Washington Consensus: A story (still) under developmentMichael Heazle, Griffith Asia Institute, AustraliaPost-crisis economic performance in East Asia: Recovery or sustained decline?Moazzem Hossain, Griffith University, AustraliaA structural approach to diversification of the nation's economy and economic development of KazakhstanYelena N. Zabortseva, Kazak-British Technical University, KazakhstanThe impact of industrial policy on capital structure with financial flexibility, macroeconomic conditions and economic growth and development taken into account: Evidence from TaiwanHsien-Hung Yeh, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan/Griffith University, Australia, and Eduardo Roca, Griffith University, AustraliaThe firm and industry structure in economically sustainable development: A case study of the telecommunication industryFrank M. Little, Griffith University, AustraliaPart VIII: Trade and DevelopmentTrade and economic growth in Asian-5Tajul Ariffin Masron, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and Zulkornain Yusop, Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah and Muzafar Shah Habibullah, Universiti Putra MalaysiaTowards an agri-food "culture": Managing the impact on agricultural supply chains of changes in consumer cultureTony Webb, University of Western Sydney, AustraliaInternational transmission of stock price movement: Evidence from ASEAN plus 3 and the world's most advanced marketsRuzita Abdul Rahim and Abu Hassan Shaari Mohd. Nor, National University of MalaysiaPart IX: Gender and DevelopmentWomen, sustainable community development and human resource development: The Sub-Saharan African contextPeter Cunningham and Kristine Sydhagen, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South AfricaRole of women in farm decision-making using data from selected locations in BangladeshS. Hassan, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Bangladesh, and Q. Parvez, A.K.S. Huda and G. Ramsa, University of Western Sydney, AustraliaThe economics behind son preference in South IndiaS. Mumtaj Begum and Christianna Singh, Lady Doak College, India

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Book SynopsisThere is a new business landscape, where companies are increasingly being judged on their ability to generate _social value_. But there is no off-the-shelf solution for the leaders and change makers in this new domain. Creating social value is a journey, and each company must chart its own path through uncertain and complex terrain. We invite you to discover how the entrepreneurial leaders profiled in this book have become trailblazers, using strategy and innovation to generate profits and social value simultaneously.Creating Social Value provides insights into the motivations and preoccupations of groundbreaking entrepreneurial leaders as they look to activate change not just within their companies, but also in their sectors, value chains and even through co-creating partnerships with their competitors. Such change requires fundamentally new styles of leadership and business design where companies seek to be generative rather than extractive.This book also bears witness to the emergence of new language to describe these innovative concepts. Working with and sharing ideas with social entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs inside, the authors became aware of the building blocks of a new lexicon with the power to inspire and positively influence the culture of an organization. Many of the leaders included in this book have driven change by harnessing the power of language to reroute their company’s direction.For example, The Campbell Soup Company has created _destination goals_ to describe the long-term vision of the company to nourish its customers, employees and neighbours. Roshan has worked on _nation building_, creating physical infrastructure in Afghanistan, a country decimated by war. UPS has worked to understand its impact on the planet, building a _materiality matrix_ of the issues that matter to its stakeholders, while working to create a culture that fosters social innovation and seeks to understand _constructive dissatisfaction_. Ford is redefining its mission, imagining a different future in which it provides _mobility solutions_, rather than only manufacturing cars. Ford is working with Toyota to co-create technologies to combat climate change.This book sets out a manifesto for Social Value Creation, which is defined as a strategy that combines a unique set of corporate assets (including innovation capacities, marketing skills, managerial acumen, employee engagement, scale) in collaboration with the assets of other sectors and firms to co-create breakthrough solutions to complex economic, social and environmental issues that impact the sustainability of both business and society. Social innovation differs from corporate responsibility in two significant ways: it is strategic and it leverages a wide range of corporate assets and core competencies.Creating Social Value has been designed as a manual for change. It will be essential reading for business students, entrepreneurs and all of those wishing to effect positive, generative change in larger organizations.Trade ReviewKiser and Leipziger with Shubert take us on a brief journey of corporate executive interviews, conducted by MBA students in The Babson Social Innovation Lab. Creating value is the responsibility of all business entities to its shareholders. This text acknowledges, without value creation as a fundamental outcome first and foremost, the 'social' aspect is left out to dry. Capitalist endeavors and self-interest have arguably been the most effective change driver or conversely prohibitor in our society. Coincidently, many of the social causes needing to be addressed today are by-products of such pursuits. This book suggests the creative retooling of tackling social causes. Methods for greater intrinsic value, affecting "bottom-line", gaining shareholder buy-in, and social impact being a result. In summary, the business exploration of profiting from social problem solving. The introduction lays out an idealistic description and framing of the elements for creating social value. The student, corporate leader, entrepreneur with a conscience will be moved by the definitions and manifests highlighting the crux of 'conscious capitalism'. Here we are introduced to newer words, terms and a jargon that has evolved from early workplace movements in philanthropy, corporate giving, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and now social value creation. The authors give a clear comparative chart of the differences between Traditional CSR and Social Innovation. Predicting the impending confusion by any that are familiar, yet not newly updated on business trends in this arena of capitalism for "doing good". Social innovation steers CSR back to the real business of business i.e. not volunteering your staff, but engaging in staff development, not spending on service providers, but gaining important partners. For the sustainability of social responsibility in business, it must achieve the status of a clearly objective system for strategic growth, with an assigned value. Sharing risk with strategically beneficial partners, opening new relevant markets, R&D, product refinement and delivering competitive advantages. The entrepreneurial mind or 'intra-preneur', in this text 'entrepreneur inside' is the leading character and skill-set for shining a creative lens on the problem. The entrepreneur, leader, social-practitioner, activist, or change maker innovates the basic corporate giving platform, to one that makes sense as an everyday function of growing the business. Transforming stakeholder concerns from a cost-center to a strategic mechanism for generating economic value is no easy task. There is a design, business model, and value proposition. The book showcases the executives responsible as sophisticated outliers and heroes, by virtue of depicting their corporate environments as landscapes filled with mines. Achieving change against-all-odds. The reliance on more art than science, could attribute to social value adoption barriers. Realizing alternatives' value, like social value, is difficult for a majority of corporate structures, because of their embedded dependency on linear thinking. I address this with what I term 'art-thinking' in business, an evolution of design-thinking process for corporations. For the discussion forum and department insight we are grateful. Being a guide for leaders and change makers is somewhat misleading, it is the story of. The text doesn't truly guide with any detail for the reader wanting to effect change. Case measurements or examples of metrics used are absent. Their importance in practice is implied throughout. For benefit corporate structures are mentioned, but their argument is not robust. B-Corp scores are illustrated for companies, without giving the reader easy reference to derive meaning of the numbers. Student questions are not purposefully digging deeper to uncover more insight, rather giving voice to reiterate what was already messaged. The interconnectivity of our economies and environmental issues make a strong case for the need to what this book calls, 'co-leading' or in layman's terms collaborate. Ford and Toyota, competitors collaborating on developing hybrid technology is given as an example. Understanding social problems takes vast exploration and witnessing from many perspectives. Defining what is a 'social' problem is imperative to whether companies or individuals are designing anything worthwhile, positively affecting quality of human life. To determine social value within the silo of a single business, culture of people, geographic region, or any other constraining viewpoint, is potentially missing the mark. Cross-sector functionality, the authors' reference to IBM's term 'sector-blur' in doing business, is a positive advancement in the innovation process with sticking power. The companies highlighted, BiddingForGood, Campbell Soup Company, Ford Motor Company, Greyston Bakery, IBM, Preserve, Roshan, School House, Target, UPS and Verizon all provide the reader slits into various models developed. Creating social value is solidified by this book as an early study in business. The challenges of creating objective measures for objective seeking investors glares as a major hurdle in the nuanced and often subjective pursuit of doing good. What is almost a law like takeaway from this read is, doing well is the precursor for doing good. To affect social change with substantial results, we must figure out how to make this a simultaneous pursuit in everyday business. MBA students, those aspiring to c-suite heights, entrepreneurs and even social-practice artists would benefit to examine the pages of this book, for its perspectives and questions it leads the reader to. Should corporations be in the pursuit of creating social value? The book aggregates these individual projects into an interesting topic. All good organizations and managers will seek to adopt or adapt best practices. This warrants the need to have a unified construct of Creating Social Value that transposes the waters and all sectors, much like the methodology Total Quality Management (TQM) entered the corporate play book. -- Neil Ramsay, Consultant, Creative Economics Kiser and Leipziger have assembled an impressive set of corporate leaders to share their accounts of how they have come to recognize and employ the connections between business value and social impact to positively differentiate their companies. The appearance of business students as interlocutors takes the story narratives in unexpected directions at times, which makes the book even more interesting to read and offers insight not only into the current generation of leaders but also into the next. This is a must-read for those who seek to deepen understanding about the potential of business to achieve social good. -- Katherine V. Smith, Executive Director, The Boston College Center for Corporate CitizenshipTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: An introduction to creating social value1. Strategy and innovation2. Nation-building3. Addressing environmental and social needs4. Creating social value through social entrepreneurship5. Social innovation in hiring and PathMaking6. Co-creating new sources of recycled materials 7. Sustainability by design8. Creating Shared Success9. Combining social value with business opportunity 10. Serving new markets11. Leadership and social value creationConcluding thoughtsIndex

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Book SynopsisWe live in challenging times. New leaders are enhancing their "inner game" to maximize their organizational impact, and using the principles of sustainability to help their organizations thrive and innovate in response to 21st century challenges.Leadership for Sustainability and Change is a concise, practical and energizing distillation of what is working for today''s most successful sustainability leaders. It provides a clear set of actions you can take to generate transformation, with results yielding market advantage, eco-efficiency, product or service innovation, personal resilience and engaged communities.Learn from the experience of successful sustainability leaders how to: build personal resilience and agility to lead change for the long-run; sustain innovation that is released in bursts of focused "energy for good"; draw attention to what is working by focusing on the power of small differences; decrease resistance and increase motivation with a change acceleration model; identify stages of individual and organizational readiness for change; use rapid prototyping to increase group engagement; tell compelling stories to encourage teams to initiate action.Leadership for Sustainability and Change offers guidance for leaders who are shaping the future of sustainability within their organizations. The book includes a simple framework for assessing your progress, so that you can revisit the tools and processes you need most.

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Book SynopsisOrganizations are facing an engagement crisis. Regardless if they are customers, employees, patients, students, citizens, stakeholders, organizations struggle to meaningfully engage their key constituent groups who have a precious and limited resource: their time. Not surprisingly, these stakeholders have developed deflector shields to protect themselves. Only a privileged few organizations are allowed to penetrate the shield, and even less will meaningfully engage. To penetrate the shield, and engage the audience, organizations need an edge. Gamification has emerged as a way to gain that edge and organizations are beginning to see it as a key tool in their digital engagement strategy. While gamification has tremendous potential to break through, most companies will get it wrong. Gartner predicts that by 2014, 80% of current gamified applications will fail to meet business objectives primarily due to poor design. As a trend, gamification is at the peak of the hype cycle; it has been oversold and it is broadly misunderstood. We are heading for the inevitable fall. Too many organizations have been led to believe that gamification is a magic elixir for indoctrinating the masses and manipulating them to do their bidding. These organizations are mistaking people for puppets, and these transparently cynical efforts are doomed to fail. This book goes beyond the hype and focuses on the 20% that are getting it right. We have spoken to hundreds of leaders in organizations around the world about their gamification strategies and we have seen some spectacular successes. The book examines some of these successes and identifies the common characteristics of these initiatives to define the solution space for success. It is a guide written for leaders of gamification initiatives to help them avoid the pitfalls and employ the best practices, to ensure they join the 20% that gets it right. Gamify shows gamification in action: as a powerful approach to engaging and motivating people to achieving their goals, while at the same time achieving organizational objectives. It can be used to motivate people to change behaviors, develop skills, and drive innovation. The sweet spot for gamification objectives is the space where the business objectives and player objectives are aligned. Like two sides of the same coin, player and business goals may outwardly appear different, but they are often the same thing, expressed different ways. The key to gamification success is to engage people on an emotional level and motivating them to achieve their goals.Trade Review"Burke is one of the leading experts and biggest thinkers in the enterprise gamification space. Gamify is a book every CEO must read to gain an understanding of what the future holds with these exciting and powerful techniques." -- Gabe Zichermann, founder & CEO of Dopamine and Gamification Co "A gamification game changer! Brian Burke has done what few in the field have ever done before. He's brought depth, humanity, and real purpose to the subject of gamification. A great read, an invaluable tool, and a superb read from an insightful man." -- Kevin Allen, chairman and founder of Planet Jockey and best-selling author of The Hidden Agenda: A Proven Way to Win Business and Create a Following "In Gamify: How Gamification Motivates People to Do Extraordinary Things, Burke draws on Gartner's proven research methodology and unique access to a broad swath of enterprise managers, thought leaders, top analysts, and vendors to provide an objective view of what is happening in gamification. Burke cuts through the hype surrounding this important nascent technology to provide unbiased and practical analysis and advice to businesses and public sector organizations. One of the key strengths of the book is the sheer number of examples and mini-case studies that Burke provides. For any person who wants to know more about gamification and whether it is relevant to their situation, Gamify is the first book they should reach for." -- Carter Lusher, independent observer of disruptive technology trends and former analyst focused on gamification "Gamify provides valuable information about what to consider in projects so as to deliver effective solutions for our players. It lays out key concepts for proper player-centric design to make your project a success, allowing you to get closer to being one of the 20% of projects that work, instead of the 80 % that do not." -- Sergio Jimenez, creator of Gamification Model Canvas, founder of Game On! Lab, and co-founder of Gamification World CongressTable of ContentsIntroduction Gamification: Beyond the Hype Part I The Value of Gamification: Engaging the Crowd 1 Motivation: The Gamification Endgame 12 Give Meaning to Players 3 Changing Behavior One Step at a Time 4 Using Gamification to Develop Skills 5 Using Gamification to Drive Innovation Part II Designing a Gamified Player Experience 6 Player-Centric Design 7 Designing a Gamified Solution 8 Common Design Pitfalls 9 Managing for Success 10 Gamification 2020: What the Future Holds

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