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Book SynopsisManaging Transport Operations explains the wide range of skills demanded of transport managers, who must understand the economic, social, political and technical aspects of road, rail, air and sea transport, while ensuring that levels of safety and reliability are not compromised

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Book SynopsisRobert P. Neuschel was professor of corporate governance at the Kellogg School of Management, a director and senior partner at leading consulting firm McKinsey & Company, and a retired captain in the U.S. Army. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and authored more than 125 articles on a wide range of management subjects. He died in 2004.Trade Review"I commend the lessons of this book with the highest respect and enthusiasm." - Leo F. Mullen, former president and CEO, Delta Airlines, Inc. "Bob Neuschel was a great student of leadership and his book needs to be read by all those seriously interested in this important subject." - P.S. Willmott, President and CEO, Zenith Electronics Corporation "This book is a must-read for leaders and teachers of leadership worldwide." - Donald P. Jacobs, Dean Emeritus, Kellogg School of Management"

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Book SynopsisBrian Dive runs his own business, DMA Consultancy (www.dmaconsultancy.com) and is a senior partner in Panthea Leadership consultancy (www.panthealeaderhip.com).Trade Review'The book is well illustrated with examples from the UK and overseas, ranging from Citibank to Tesco, Unilever to Procter & Gamble. They all demonstrate the wisdom of Dive's central message: that in leadership and HR, context is critical. This book should really help you to diagnose and add value in your own context.' People Management "Dive believes that, while managers are under constant pressure to achieve 'maximum performance', many of them do not have jobs with clear or real accountabilities. Dive gets full marks for spotting this.' Human Capital Management 'getAbstract recommends Brian Dive's practical approach to developing a framework that lets your leaders lead.' getAbstractTable of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: ; Chapter - 01: Accountable for success; Chapter - 02: Organizing for accountability; Chapter - 03: Leaders and leadership development; Chapter - 04: Holding leaders to account: leadership by design; Section - TWO: ; Chapter - 05: Held to account at the front line; Chapter - 06: Managing the front line; Chapter - 07: Managing the managers; Chapter - 08: Managing on a global stage; Section - THREE: ; Chapter - 09: Organizational design accountability and leadership in practice; Chapter - 10: Leadership development schemes: how can they succeed?; Chapter - 11: Tracking a successful leader; Chapter - 12: The accountable leader: 20 key ideas

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Book SynopsisSimon Wootton, formerly a consultant in the pharmaceutical industry and CEO of an Independent Mental Health Service, is now Associate Director of Commissioning at NHS Manchester.Terry Horne was previously a Director of BTR Industries and Colt International. He now develops Masters programmes on strategic marketing and leadership at Lancashire Business School.Trade Review"I like this book because it is easy to apply in the real world" -- John Smethhurst, Business Strategist, Lancashire Business SchoolTable of Contents Section - ONE: Strategic leadership; Chapter - 01: Section 1 Strategic leadership; Chapter - 02: Section 2 Strategic leadership – brain-based communication; Chapter - 03: Section 3 Strategic leadership – the thinking skills required; Chapter - 04: Case Study Marketing leadership and management action; Section - TWO: Strategic thinking – the 9S© approach; Chapter - 01: Step 1 Gather strategic intelligence; Chapter - 02: Step 2 Assess strategic capability; Chapter - 03: Step 3 Create strategic knowledge; Chapter - 04: Step 4 Make strategic predictions; Chapter - 05: Step 5 Develop strategic vision; Chapter - 06: Step 6 Create strategic options; Chapter - 07: Step 7 Take strategic decisions; Chapter - 08: Step 8 Create and communicate market-led strategy; Chapter - 09: Step 9 Plan and manage projects to implement change; Section - THREE: The next steps; Chapter - 01: Next Steps; Chapter - 02: Final thought

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Book SynopsisJohn Adair is the world's leading authority on leadership and leadership development. Over a million managers worldwide have taken part in the Action-Centred Leadership programmes he pioneered. John was also the only British national serviceman to serve in the Arab Legion, where he became adjutant of a Bedouin regiment. He is the author of over 50 books, many of which are published by Kogan Page, including the classics, Not Bosses but Leaders and Leadership of Muhammad.Trade Review"A wholly comprehensive and practical guide on how to develop leadership and management skills" -- Oliver Rowe * Public Service Magazine *"John Adair is the first professor of Leadership Studies in the world and he remains the most distinguished figure in the field." * The Sunday Times *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: Not bosses but leaders; Chapter - 01: Qualities of leadership; Chapter - 02: The circles interact; Chapter - 03: Leaders or managers?; Chapter - 04: High-performance teams; Chapter - 05: The purpose of industry; Chapter - 26: The Fifty-Fifty Rule; Chapter - 27: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs; Chapter - 28: The application of Maslow’s ideas in industry; Chapter - 29: Herzberg’s Motivation – Hygiene Theory; Chapter - 30: How to motivate others: the eight principles of motivation; Chapter - 31: Parting reflections – towards a new theory of motivation; Section - FIVE: Leadership for innovation; Chapter - 32: What is innovation?; Chapter - 33: The conditions for successful innovation; Chapter - 34: Organizing for team creativity; Chapter - 35: Case Study: The DNA Laboratory; Chapter - 36: Case Study: Soichiro Honda – Leader for innovation; Chapter - 37: Real commitment from the top; Chapter - 38: How to motivate the creative individual; Chapter - 39: Team creativity; Chapter - 40: Harvesting ideas; Chapter - 41: Overcoming resistance to change; Section - SIX: The art of creative thinking; Chapter - 42: On human creativity; Chapter - 43: Use the stepping stones of analogy; Chapter - 44: Make the strange familiar and the familiar strange; Chapter - 45: Widen your span of relevance; Chapter - 46: Practise serendipity; Chapter - 47: Chance favours only the prepared mind; Chapter - 48: Curiosity; Chapter - 49: Keep your eyes open; Chapter - 50: Listen for ideas; Chapter - 51: Reading to generate ideas; Chapter - 52: Keep a notebook; Chapter - 53: Test your assumptions; Chapter - 54: Make better use of your Depth Mind; Chapter - 55: Do not wait for inspiration; Chapter - 56: Sharpen your analytical skills; Chapter - 25: Action-Centred Leadership; Chapter - 24: Functional Leadership; Section - FOUR: Leadership and motivation; Chapter - 23a: How to grow leaders – The seven principles; Chapter - 23: Levels of leadership; Chapter - 22: The Situational Approach; Chapter - 21: Leaders or managers?; Chapter - 20: The group or functional approach; Chapter - 19: The qualities approach; Section - THREE: How to grow leaders; Chapter - 18: The test of leadership; Chapter - 17: The why question; Chapter - 16: Pulling the threads together; Chapter - 15: The common task; Chapter - 14: Beyond the call of duty; Chapter - 13: Giving and receiving; Chapter - 12: Levels of leadership; Chapter - 11: The authority of knowing; Chapter - 10: The three basic approaches; Section - TWO: The inspirational leader; Chapter - 09: Leadership from within; Chapter - 08: Leadership and power; Chapter - 07: Sharing and caring; Chapter - 06: Moving from plans to action; Chapter - 57: Suspend judgement; Chapter - 58: Learn to tolerate ambiguity; Chapter - 59: Drift, wait and obey; Chapter - 60: Sleep on the problem; Chapter - 61: Working it out; Chapter - 62: Think creatively about your life

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Book SynopsisSteve Neale is MD of BCS International, a leading emotional intelligence training, consultancy and coaching organization. Steve is a qualified psychologist, coach, EI practitioner, counsellor and hypnotherapist. Lisa Spencer-Arnell is MD of CCS Coaching International and a Director of Real Difference. She is passionate about inspiring people to be at their best through leadership coaching, EI development and facilitation. Liz Wilson is Director of TWP behavioural change specialists and a qualified coach, mentor, coach-supervisor and EI practitioner.Trade Review"A fascinating and essential read for entrepreneurs and business leaders all over the world." * Jaunius Pusvaskis, Director General, Baltic Management Institute *"The authors have compiled in this volume the missing link between the promise of emotional intelligence and the practical application of the learning - the coach approach." * Dr Patrick Williams, Institute for Life Coach Training *"As well as being a handbook for coaching professionals, it is an insightful guide to developing emotionally intelligent skills and attitudes that can be accessed by anyone." * Amanda Knight, co-author, Applied EI *"The authors illustrate the points they are making very clearly with numerous examples, short stories and illustrative questions to help aspiring coaches to develop their understanding or existing coaches to refine their approaches." * Sir John Whitmore, Executive Chairman, Performance Consultants International *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: What is emotional intelligence?; Chapter - 02: What is coaching?; Chapter - 03: The importance of emotional intelligence in coaching; Chapter - 04: The fast track to performance and profitability; Chapter - 05: Developing your emotional intelligence; Chapter - 06: Understanding and working with values, beliefs and attitudes; Chapter - 07: Core coaching skills; Chapter - 08: How goals flow from values to action; Chapter - 09: The coaching toolkit; Chapter - 10: Coaching ethics and best practice

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Book SynopsisMike Bryon is an expert in psychometrics and training solutions. He is also the author of many books including The Advanced Numeracy Test Workbook, Great Answers to Tough Career Dilemmas, How to Pass Graduate Psychometric Tests, Graduate Psychometric Test Workbook, How to Pass the Civil Service Qualifying Tests, How to Pass Selection Tests, How to Master the UKCAT and The Ultimate Psychometric Test Book, all published by Kogan Page.Trade Review"A wealth of relevant practice questions and detailed explanations to help candidates prepare" * Sunday Citizen *Table of Contents Section - ONE: Psychometric tests and practice; Chapter - 01: Demonstrate your true potential; Chapter - 02: The winning approach; Section - TWO: Hundreds of really relevant practice questions; Chapter - 03: Quantitative reasoning; Chapter - 04: Data interpretation; Chapter - 05: Business judgement; Chapter - 06: Data sufficiency; Chapter - 07: Mock tests; Section - THREE: Answers and many detailed explanations

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Book SynopsisJeremy Comfort founded York Associates, UK, nearly thirty years ago with the mission to develop people internationally. He has trained and coached hundreds of individuals and teams who face the ever more complex challenges of working internationally. Professor Peter Franklin lectures in intercultural communication and intercultural management and advises and trains many corporate and institutional clients - he focuses on international change management and intercultural leadership competence.Trade Review"Conversational and immediately accessible to anyone who is new to the content... great care has been taken in these pages to talk the way people talk in the real world and to relate theory to practice." * Craig Storti, writer and cross-cultural trainer, author of The Art of Crossing Cultures, Speaking of India and many more bestsellers *"Managers in all areas are under pressure to act with increasing certainty in a business environment that is increasingly uncertain. As this book demonstrates with rigorous but accessible advice, mindfulness is one of the keys to resolving this paradox. If managers can be more aware of their own behaviour and the behaviour of others, they will be better able to take advantages of the possibilities open to them. This book provides managers with practical advice and case-studies and, above all, with food for thought for those who want to improve their international effectiveness." * Ian McMaster, Editor-in-chief, Business Spotlight Magazine *"This is not only a valuable handbook for managers who work in international or intercultural contexts; it is also ideal for those who are soon to do so. Comfort and Franklin's lucid exposition of key concepts, their judicious use of relevant case studies and their emphasis on best practice combine to make this an optimal textbook for my graduate students in international courses of study. This book definitely belongs in students' backpacks as well as in managers' briefcases." * James R Chamberlain, Bonn-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany *"A wide range of situations are considered and, unlike so many other writers, Comfort and Franklin consider culture as more than merely 'national' culture." * People Management (1st edition review) *"It is thorough in exploring how differences and difficulties can be handled effectively with the right knowledge, skills and attitudes - examining a number of issues from feedback to conflict and offering techniques and options for a better outcome." * CPO Agenda (1st edition) *"...busy managers who are not going to sit still for too much theory and pages of academese are the real winners here...It is very practical and includes five detailed case studies that bring the concepts to life in situations almost any manager can relate to.The Mindful International Manager is a lucid, brief, extremely accessible book that presents more useful, practical insights in its 130-plus pages than many books two and three times its length." * Craig Storti (1st edition) *"An attractive presentation and considerable white space make the book easy to read, particularly for the many of us who have now consume more print in pixels than in ink. The authors, both interculturalists of experience and stature, have taken care to make the book interactive, encouraging us to apply the ideas contained to our own person and our experiences. It frequently asks us to assess the degree to which we find ourselves culturally inclined to or engaged in ranges of behavior, belief, concepts and practices." * George Simons www.diversophy.com (1st edition) *"...a first-rate book...really useful, even for managers with a lot of international experience." * Ludger Opgenhoff, former Marketing Director Europe. DHL Express and Professor of International Management, Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences, Germany (1st edition) *"...a very accessible and practical guide that supports managers in their complex international work...remarkable chapters on feedback and conflict." * Vincent Merk, former president, Society for Intercultural Education,Training and Research, Europe (1st edition) *"...weaves theory and practice together - with the emphasis on the latter - so that both experienced and inexperienced managers can be guided through the many challenges of working internationally." * Gabriele Eilert-Ebke, Corporate Learning, Henkel AG & Co.Kgaa, Dusseldorf (1st edition) *"Consultant Jeremy Comfort and professor Peter Franklin provide basic pointers on how to become "mindful" of aspects of culture that, if ignored, could derail your business... getAbstract recommends its concise and informative tips to frequent business travelers, expatriate employees, managers leading culturally diverse teams and anyone looking to get a better grip on doing business globally." * getAbstract (1st edition) *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Managing internationally; Chapter - 02: Cultures; Chapter - 03: Individuals; Chapter - 04: Situations; Chapter - 05: Direction; Chapter - 06: Organization and change; Chapter - 07: Roles; Chapter - 08: Support; Chapter - 09: Feedback; Chapter - 10: Representing; Chapter - 11: Conflict; Chapter - 12: Cooperation; Chapter - 13: Leading

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Book SynopsisDavid Miller is the chairman and founder of Changefirst, a global training and consulting organization which specialises in change management. He has helped organizations successfully implement major change for the last 25 years, initially as a senior executive for American Express and more recently with clients ranging from HSBC, BT, Roche Pharmaceuticals and The Linde Group. Audra Proctor has over twenty years' experience in multi-industry and international change execution. She is a regular speaker at public speaking and client events and currently manages global relationships for Changefirst where she leads continued research and development.Trade Review"This book is a great guide for organisations wanting to create enterprise-wide change management capabilities. I have really enjoyed the book both from a professional and practical perspective but also as a well written academic account" * Chris Howarth, Global Head Talent & Organisation Performance, Novartis *"Rich in experience-based insights, practical frameworks and tools, the book will equip change leaders to build their organizations' resilience and internal capabilities to sustain change in an increasingly dynamic environment." * Dr Linda Holbeche, author, researcher and consultant, visiting professor at Cass Business School and adjunct professor at Imperial College, London *"David and Audra capture the essence of effective change implementation, from its messy, emotional, subjective focuses to creating contexts and processes to drive successful change implementation." * Rob Lourey, Group General Manager, Human Resources at Navitas Limited *"an important and practical game plan for those who struggle to move an organization from tactical change projects to organizational change capacity." * Greg Kelble, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, AMETEK, Inc *"this book provides keen insights into organizational change. Whether it is enterprise-wide or smaller initiatives, the authors focus on how to be "change smart."" * Jill Kanin-Lovers, Former Senior Global HR Executive at American Express, IBM, and Avon Products *"Executives and managers should draw from this knowledge bank with the comfort of knowing these are successful remedies." * Alfie Taylor, Non-Executive Director. Former senior executive with Adobe, BSEEN and Allen Systems *"The book highlights how enterprises can leverage a consistent change management capability to help their leaders and employees navigate successfully through change. Read this book if you want to build sustainable change capabilities in your organisation." * Christian Neubert, Senior HR Executive, formerly with Novartis, Sandoz and Syngenta *Table of Contents Section - 01: Context and framework; Chapter - 01: Compelling case for building change capabilities; Chapter - 02: Change capability building; Section - 02: The five capabilities; Chapter - 03: Creating the context for successful change; Chapter - 04: Managing the demand for change; Chapter - 05: Executing single changes; Chapter - 06: Adaptive leadership; Chapter - 07: Developing resilient people; Section - 03: How organizations learn to change; Chapter - 08: Cultures that leverage capabilities; Chapter - 09: Learning and embedding capabilities effectively; Chapter - 10: Implications for key players

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Book SynopsisSteve Neale is MD of BCS International, a leading emotional intelligence training, consultancy and coaching organization. Steve is a qualified psychologist, coach, EI practitioner, counsellor and hypnotherapist. Lisa Spencer-Arnell is MD of CCS Coaching International and a Director of Real Difference. She is passionate about inspiring people to be at their best through leadership coaching, EI development and facilitation. Liz Wilson is Director of TWP behavioural change specialists and a qualified coach, mentor, coach-supervisor and EI practitioner.Trade Review"A fascinating and essential read for entrepreneurs and business leaders all over the world." * Jaunius Pusvaskis, Director General, Baltic Management Institute *"The authors have compiled in this volume the missing link between the promise of emotional intelligence and the practical application of the learning - the coach approach." * Dr Patrick Williams, Institute for Life Coach Training *"As well as being a handbook for coaching professionals, it is an insightful guide to developing emotionally intelligent skills and attitudes that can be accessed by anyone." * Amanda Knight, co-author, Applied EI *"The authors illustrate the points they are making very clearly with numerous examples, short stories and illustrative questions to help aspiring coaches to develop their understanding or existing coaches to refine their approaches." * Sir John Whitmore, Executive Chairman, Performance Consultants International *"This small volume by coaching experts Stephen Neale, Lisa Spencer-Arnell and Liz Wilson contains explanations, examples, case studies and worksheets to help you develop EI and use it in coaching. getAbstract believes that those new to coaching or to studying emotional intelligence will find it quite useful." * getAbstract *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: What is emotional intelligence?; Chapter - 02: What is coaching?; Chapter - 03: The importance of emotional intelligence in coaching; Chapter - 04: The fast track to performance and profitability; Chapter - 05: Developing your emotional intelligence; Chapter - 06: Understanding and working with values, beliefs and attitudes; Chapter - 07: Core coaching skills; Chapter - 08: How goals flow from values to action; Chapter - 09: The coaching toolkit; Chapter - 10: Coaching ethics and best practice

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Book SynopsisProfessor James McCalman, formerly MD of Sotheby's Institute of Art, is currently the Head of the Centre for Strategy and Leadership at the University of Portsmouth. He has previously enjoyed roles as MBA Director at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde as well as at Ashridge Business School, before moving to senior leadership roles in the private and charitable sectors.Dr David Potter is the founder of The Cultural Change Company, which specializes in enabling cultural change interventions. He is a qualified NLP Practitioner and holds both an MBA and a PhD specialising in strategy design and cultural change dynamics. He frequently teaches and presents to students on MBA and Executive courses on the topic of cultural change, including at Adam Smith Business School University of Glasgow, University of St Andrews Business School, Glasgow Caledonian University and Glasgow University Business School.Trade Review"I was totally blown away by this book. It is by far the most readable book on organizational change that I have read this year. It clearly exposes a complex conceptual framework to analyze the cultural context in which change is required and gives an explanation of the levers for change that can be effectively used: language, conflict, [and] leadership behaviors." * Sylvie Marie Héroux (NetGalley review) *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: Leading cultural change. Theoretical perspectives; Chapter - 01: Cultural change management; Chapter - 02: Organization development; Chapter - 03: Cultural change literature; Chapter - 04: A theory of culture; Chapter - 05: Cultural management as a form of control; Chapter - 06: Leadership as a cultural variable; Chapter - 07: Leadership and the management of meaning; Chapter - 08: Language as a cultural process; Chapter - 09: Ethnography as a tool for cultural change; Section - TWO: Cultural and strategic tensions. When theory meets practice; Chapter - 10: The client and its problem; Chapter - 11: Change technologies; Chapter - 12: What did the people think?; Chapter - 13: Reflective learning; Chapter - 14: Closing thoughts

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Book SynopsisPaul Sloane is an experienced speaker, course leader and facilitator. A recognized authority on innovation and creative speaking, he speaks and gives workshops to leading corporations around the world. He is also the best-selling author of How to Be a Brilliant Thinker, The Innovative Leader and editor of A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing, all published by Kogan Page.Trade Review"If you are only going to read one business book this year, this is the one. No modern business leader should be unaware of these insights" * Brian McBride, VP Northern Europe, Dell Computer Corporation *"Sloane delivers rocket fuel for the business brain" * Bill Penn, CEO, Sparx Group *"Every leader should embrace lateral thinking. Every leader should embrace this book" * Ajaz Ahmed, CEO, AKQA *"This book teaches leaders how to transform creativity into meaningful innovation" * Shawn Javid, CEO, Insightful Inc *"In this book, Paul Sloane shows you how to achieve your innovation goals through lateral thinking skills and exercises. Practical, readable and critical for leaders of every type of organization" * Whatify Magazine *"For executives looking to blast their conscious minds into orbit, galactic thinker Edward de Bono offers a hyperlink to the edge of space. For those of us content to do business on planet earth, Paul Sloane is fast becoming the number one guide." * Eurobusiness *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: The Need for Innovation; Chapter - 02: Characteristics of the Lateral Leader; Chapter - 03: The Innovation Test; Chapter - 04: Laying the Foundations for Change; Chapter - 05: Making the Vision Real; Chapter - 06: Challenge Your Assumptions; Chapter - 07: Ask Searching Questions; Chapter - 08: Take a Different View; Chapter - 09: Combine the Unusual; Chapter - 10: Adopt, Adapt, Improve; Chapter - 11: Break the Rules; Chapter - 12: Analyse First; Chapter - 13: Increase the Yield; Chapter - 14: Introduce the Random; Chapter - 15: Evaluate; Chapter - 16: Implement; Chapter - 17: Welcome Failure; Chapter - 18: Use the Team; Chapter - 19: Organizing for Innovation; Chapter - 20: Common Mistakes – Great Ways to Crush Creativity; Chapter - 21: 21 Great Ways to Innovate; Chapter - 22: Summary; Chapter - 23: The Lateral Leadership Course

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Book SynopsisAt a time of heightened concern about what our future holds and how we can shape it, Engagement Organizing shows how combining old-school people power with new digital tools and data can win campaigns today.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent book for anyone who loves bringing people together for a common cause, not only because of its smart and strategic insights, but because of the integrity of its practices. Rather than a win-at-all-costs approach, Price reminds organizers of the irreplaceable importance of human connections and the consistent practice of values underlying any given social movement. While the proliferation of data offers a breadth of engagement previously unknown, Engagement Organizing reminds us of the depth that can only be achieved through a return to the interpersonal relationships of community organizing. -- Natalie Appleyard * Catalyst *… Engagement Organizing is a relevant and useful resource. It is an accessible mix of theory and practice… [and] provides practical examples of what it means to synchronize an organization’s systems and share power with community. -- Jillian Witt, community engagement consultant * The Philanthropist *If you’re involved in making change or building community – from a political party to a school parent advisory committee – you should read the book. -- Paul Willcocks * TheTyee.ca *Table of ContentsForeword by Allan R. GreggIntroduction: Failing Well1 Organizing Principles and Training2 Digital and Data3 Scaling and Networked Communications4 Disruption in the NGO Sector5 Rediscovering Union Organizing6 Electoral OrganizingConclusion: Getting StartedAppendix: Advice for Rookie (Labour) OrganizersNotes; Further Resources; Index

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Book SynopsisIn easy-to-understand language, Howe answers the most common questions and concerns of prospective board members, and details their rights, obligations, and liabilities. Drawing on a lifetime of experience on nonprofit boards, Howe details the seven key responsibilities of a nonprofit board member--including how to go about the process of approving the mission, long-range planning, fundraising, and selecting and evaluating a chief executive. Additionally, Howe explores the leadership role each board member must assume if their organization is to excel.Table of ContentsForeword xi Preface xiii The Author xix Part I: Board Membership in Perspective 1 1 On Joining a Board 3 2 The Qualities of a Good Board Member 5 3 What You Should Know About the Law Governing Nonprofits 9 4 A Nonprofit is not a Business 13 Part II Board Member Responsibilities 21 5 Your Role as a Board Member 23 6 Attending Board Meetings 27 7 Defining the Mission and Strategic Planning 29 8 Choosing and Evaluating the Chief Executive 35 9 Assuring Financial Responsibility 41 10 Supporting and Overseeing Programs 47 11 Participating in Fundraising 51 12 Keeping the Board Effective 63 Part III: Board Members and Boards 67 13 Board Organization and Procedures 69 14 Rights, Obligations, and Liabilities of Board Members 77 15 Leadership: Every Board Member Has a Role 85 Resources 89 A A Donor Bill of Rights 91 B The Council of Better Business Bureaus’ Standards for Charitable Solicitations 93 C National Charities Information Bureau’s Standards in Philanthropy 101 References 111 Index 113

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Book SynopsisThe Juran Prescription identifies the practical steps needed if clinicians are to build a quality program tailored to their individual organizations. Based on the highly effective management techniques of renowned Dr. Joseph Juran, this book outlines management strategies, techniques, and skills that are essential in transforming health care organizations. The author examines the principle at the heart of Juran''s teachings--Total Quality Management--as reflected in such impressive management innovations as outcomes measurement, guidelines for practice, reengineering, and patient-focused care.Table of ContentsForeword 1: New Skills for Clinical Leaders 2. The Basic Physiology of Quality 3. A Sampler of Success Stories 4. Measuring Care and Managing Variation 5. Planning and Designing Care Processes 6. Practice and Outcomes Improvment 7. Implementing Quality Management in Clinical Settings(Robert Halder, M.D.) 8. Strategic Planning for Clinical Quality and Performance Conclusion: Panacea, Placebo, or the Right Prescription?

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Book SynopsisThis work is volume two of a three-volume set in which George Morrisey shares his experience and expertise about the process of strategic thinking, tactical planning, and strategic planning processes that has guided organizational planners over the years.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Series. How Do You Make Your Future a Reality? The Reat of the Strategic Planning Story. Who Are Your Long-Range Planners? What's Your Focus? Determining Your Key Strategy Areas. What's Important? Identifying and Analyzing Your Critical Strategic Issues. What Should Be Your Future Positions? Determining Your Long-Term Objectives. How Will You Reach Your Future Positions? Preparing Your Strategic Action Plans. How Will You Know Where You Are? Reviewing and Modifying Your Strategic Plan. How Does Your Strategic Plan Come Together?

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Book SynopsisThis insider''s guide reveals the key lessons for managing reformbeing learned from the federal government''s Reinventing Governmentprogram. Leaders will discover that success will be evident not inmajor, sweeping changes but in a series of small, but importantsigns. The contributors present strategic issues for change, discussingwhy the current bureaucratic model of organizing is ill-suited totoday''s challenges and identifying what will replace it. Theyexplore the tactics for change in public organizations, examiningthe repercussions of change for employees, identifying successfactors for change, and examining the crucial role leadership playsin successful change. Transforming Government presents a look into the future of publicorganizations and sage advice on how to implement changeeffectively to succeed in that future.Trade Review"There has been enormous debate about "reinventing government"--butlittle careful study about what is actually happening. Thisextremely useful book tells the story-behind-the-story. It examinesthe critical steps required to make reinvention work, and the bigproblems that reinvention must solve. Anyone interested inimproving government performance will need to read this book."(Donald F. Kettl, director, The Robert M. LaFollette Institute ofPublic Affairs) "Bureaucracy-busters will benefit from this manual for betteringbusiness practices in government. Its authors offer a practicalguide that does not ignore the considerable obstacles facingreinvention advocates." (Timothy B. Clark, editor and publisher,Government Executive Magazine)Table of ContentsPart One: Strategic Change in Public Organizations. 1. Ferment on the Front Lines: Designing New Modes ofOrganizing(James R. Thompson). 2. Heroes of the Revolution: Characteristics and Strategies ofReinvention Leaders(Ronald P. Sanders). 3. The Best-Kept Secret in Government: How the NPR TranslatedTheory into Practice(John M. Kamensky). 4. Reinventing Public Agencies: Bottom-Up Versus Top-DownStrategies(James R. Thompson, Ronald P. Sanders). Part Two: The Tactics of Change in Public Organizations. 5. Overcoming Employee Resistance to Change(David C. Frederickson,james L. Perry). 6. Ingredients for Success: Five Factors Necessary for TransformingGovernment(Hal G. Rainey). 7. Tailoring Change Strategies: Alternative Approaches to Reform(B.Guy Peters). Part Three: Lessons for Continuing Transformation. 8. Where the Buck Stops; Accountability in Reformed Public Organizations(Barbara S.Romeck). 9. Making Government Reform Stick: Lessons Learned(Donald J.Savoie). Conclusion: Transforming Management, ManagingTransformation(Patricia W. Ingraham).

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Book SynopsisDiscover how top health care leaders envision the decades ahead and ensure your future as a 21st century health care leader. The 21st Century Health Care Leader brings together today''s most influential and successful health care professionals whose valuable insight will assist current and future leaders exchange reactivity for proactivity, remain effective, and transform their organizations. In 37 original chapters, this distinguished group of contributors describe the skills and competencies that will be required of tomorrow''s health care executives and caregivers who desire to renew their organizations. With insight and candor, the authors show what it will take to prevail as a health care leader of tomorrow. Meet the myriad challenges of health care delivery including how to eliminate unnecessary duplication, competition, and inefficiency. In addition, health care professionals will learn how they can combine creativity and knowledge to design new business approachesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments The Editor Introduction Part One: Navigating to a New Century The Three C's: Consumerism, Cyberhealth, and Co-Opetition(Russell C. Coile Jr.) Forces and Scenarios That Will Shape Helath Services Delivery(Joe Flower) Policy Challenges(Joel Shalowitz) Ethical Values for a New Century(Lawrence O. Gostin) Preparing for the Global Health Transition(Kent Glenzer, Maurice I. Middleberg) Public and Community Health(William H. Foege, Mark Rosenberg) Part Two: The New Health Care Organization What Comes After Consolidation?(Jeffrey C. Barbakow) Growing Effective Leadership in New Organizations(John D. Henry Sr., Rodrick W. Gilkey) Reinventing the Academy(Darrell G. Kirch) Leading Academic Health Centers(Michael Johns, Thomas J. Lawley) Decisions for Insurers(Patrick G. Hays) Seeing Insurance Through the Customer's Eyes(Leonard D. Schaeffer, L. Carl Volpe) Leadership Skills and Strategies for the Integrated Community Health System(Paul K. Halverson) Alliance in a Changing Industry(Arnold D. Kaluzny, Howard S. Zuckerman) Part Three: Serving Special Populations Challenges for Women's Health(Gloria Feldt) Fulfilling a Women's Health AgAnda(Wanda K. Jones) Caring for an Aging Population(Martha A. McSteen) Geriatric Care(William L Minnix Jr.) New Perspectives for Long-Term Care(Lorraine Tarnove) Rural Health Systems(Jon B. Christianson, Anthony L. Wellever) Part Four: Technology Leaders The Evolving Role of Health Information(Charles W. McCall, Ellen S. Dodson) Wiring the Health Revolution(Morton H. Meyerson) Strategic Health Care Computing(Russell J. Ricci) Technology-Induced Ethical Questions(Stephen R. Latham) Part Five: Clinical Leaders Challenges to Physician Leaders(Thomas R. Reardon) Core Competencies for Physicians(Edward O'Neil) The Future of Nursing(Marjorie Beyers) Transforming Nursing Leadership(Marilyn P. Chow, Janet M. Coffman, Robin L. Morjikian) Part Six: Gaining New Skills Leading Across the Network(Marshall Goldsmith) Four Dimensions of Lasting Change(Karen Golden-Biddle, R. Mark Biddle) Developing Organizations by Developing Individiuals(Elaine Franklin, Robbin M. Moore) The Changing Dynamics of Customer Staisfaction and Its Measurement(Charles D. Frame) BlAnding Health Care Organizations(Rodrick W. Gilkey, Gary R. Lieberman) Part Seven: Managed Care: Answers and Questions Regaining the Public's Trust in Managed Care(David M. Lawrence) The New Health Economics(Merill Matthews Jr.) Managed Care and the Black Physician(Randall C. Morgan Jr.) Leading Behavioral Health Services(Keith Dixon) Name Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisAn Inside Account of One Company''s Remarkable Transformation Take a fascinating, decade-long journey to witness the remarkabletransformation of a mediocre company into a team-based topcompetitor. Your guides are a trio of participant/observers, allkey players in achieving this systemic change of classicproportion. --Jerome M. Rosow, president, Work in America Institute, Inc. Anyone in a leadership position today, union or management, shouldread this book. It tells the important story of howlabor/management partnerships can make a difference and provideworkable solutions to complex problems presented by today''s globaleconomy. --Boyd Young, international president, United PaperworkersInternational Union A Cinderella story of perseverance and triumph, What Works is aninstructive guide to achieving success through cooperation,teamwork, and courage. It tells the tale of how ChampionInternational--one of America''s oldest and largest industrial Trade Review"Take a fascinating, decade-long journey to witness the remarkabletransformation of a mediocre company into a team-based topcompetitor. Your guides are a trio of participant/observers, allkey players in achieving this systemic change of classicproportions." --Jerome M. Rosow, president, Work in AmericaInstitute, Inc. "What Works makes a very important contribution by challengingconventional wisdom. The story of Champion International's decadeof change illustrates that a fundamental and permanenttransformation in corporate culture and performance depAnds on anevolutionary, bottoms-up organizational learning process led bymany managers at all levels." --Michael Beer, Cahners-RabbProfessor of Business Administration, Harvard Univesity "Anyone in a leadership position today, union or management, shouldread this book. It tells the important story of howlabor/management partnerships can make a difference and provideworkable solutions to complex problems presented by today's globaleconomy." --Boyd Young, international president, UnitedPaperworkers International UnionTable of ContentsForeward: A Remarkable Journey 1. Dogged Persistence And Unjustified Optimism: An Overview 2. Aligning the Organization: Strategy, Technology, andValues 3. Building Capabilities: Competence, Commitment, andCooperation 4. Letting Go: Style, Structure, and Systems AppAndix A: Research Methodology AppAndix B: The Champion Way Statements AppAndix C: Gainsharing

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Book SynopsisPresenting an approach to strengthening non-profit boards of directors, this book offers a thoroughly tested process for strengthening a governing board's understanding of the organization and commitment to its goals and mission.Trade Review"...this groundbreaking book successfully translates an approach previously only available in their workshops..." (Voluntary Sector, February 2003)Table of ContentsA Legacy in Jeopardy- Reclaiming the Origins and Language of Trusteeship. Recoving a Tradition of Trusteeship. What Does It Mean to Hold in Trust? Preparation for Trusteeship: Connecting Being and Doing. Altruism and Authority: A Framework for Understanding the Development of - Trusteeship- The Detached- Resume Builders- The Compassionate- Trustee Leaders. The Power of Gift. Preparation for Depth Education- Preparing Leaders and Nurturing Trustees: A Model for Depth Education- The Presenting Need- Denial or Minimization of the Symptoms- Treat the Symptoms- Postpone the Solution- Reframing the Problem- Acceptance and Resolution. Organizational Readiness- Stage 1: Creation- Stage 2: Institutionalization- Stage 3: Community- Stage 4: Re-Creation. Organizational Assessment: Reading Reality Truthfully- Organizational Assessment- Request for Assistance: The First Step. History: Culture and Character- The Power of Story- Reading Organizational Culture- Using the History Timeline. Mission: Calling and Congruence. Publics: Context and Community. Future: Creation and Commitment- Follow Up. The Board as Leader.

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Book SynopsisThis title examines the impact management fads have had on higher education organizations and discusses how institutions adopt these new approaches, who champions them on campus, and what consequences they bring.Trade Review"Vintage Birnbaum--crisp and ironic, with a contrarian touch. Management fads in higher education will never be the same. Birnbaum's penetrating analysis reveals in the clearest possible terms why fads die an early death."(Burton R. Clark, Allan M. Cartter Professor Emeritus of Higher Education and Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles) "College and university leaders will welcome Bob Birnbaum's new book, Management Fads in Higher Education, largely because the environment for learning is changing so swiftly. It has become increasingly difficult to separate passing fads from best-practice imperatives. Birnbaum's analysis will be helpful to those who must strain to discern the distinction."(Stanley O. Ikenberry, president, American Council on Education) "This study will provide chapter and verse for university mid-rank administrators and their faculty colleagues who have to absorb and react to the latest Bright Idea imposed on the system by business-oriented members of the board or state legislature. In showing how such fads have come and gone in the past forty years, Birnbaum also indicates that change has to take the university culture into account: its politics, its working consensus, and--most of all--its values."(Mary Burgan, general secretary, American Association of University Professors) "Anyone in higher education leadership should read this critical and amusing book. It goes much further than the dull descriptions of management techniques for universities and colleges. It is fair, convincing, and well documented."(Frans van Vught, Rector Magnificus, University of Twente, The Netherlands)Table of ContentsDEVELOPING ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT FADS. Seeking the Grail: The Never-Ending Quest. We're From the Government and We're Here to Help Planning Programming Budgeting System (PPBS): More Bang for the Buck Management by Objectives (MBO): The Illusion of Empowerment Zero Base Budgeting (ZBB): Denying History. Survival in a Changing Environment Strategic Planning: The Grand Name Without the Grand Thing Benchmarking: Why Not the Best? Higher Education as a Commodity Total Quality Management/Continuous Quality Improvement (TQM/CQI): Every Day, in Every Way, Getting Better and Better Business Process Reengineering (BPR): Starting from Scratch. UNDERSTANDING ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT FADS. The Life Cycle of Academic Management Fads. Organizations and Fads. Managers and Fads. WORKING WITH ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT FADS. The Legacy of Fads. Managing Fads.

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Book SynopsisChances are, if you''re a manager in most any organization today, coaching has become an integral part of your responsibilities. And there''s no more effective approach to coaching than Action Coaching. Developed by the authors through their work with Levi Strauss, Colgate, Bank of America, Arthur Andersen and other leading companies, Action Coaching is the only coaching process that dramatically increases an individual''s personal performance in direct correlation with established organizational goals. Here, Dotlich and Cairo share the same advice, techniques, and tools they''ve used to transform hundreds of managers and executives into first-rate coaches. Moreover, they clearly demonstrate how Action Coaching can be used as a strategy for achieving organizational goals by aligning personal improvement with a company''s vision for the future.Trade Review"Dotlich and Cairo have developed an incredibly powerful, practical, and thought provoking way of helping leaders simplify complex issues and drive big improvements in themselves and their organizations." --Jeffrey M. Nugent, worldwide president, Neutrogena Corporation "Every page of this book is filled with tips and techniques for making improved performance happen. Good coaching should result in action-and this book shows how it is done." --Stephen H. Rhinesmith, former chairman, American Society for Training and Development, and author, A Manager's Guide to Globalization "The global Business Olympics will demand world-class players and coaches. Action Coaching is the manual we need to produce business Olympians for the future." --Gordon Shank, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, Levi Strauss & Co.Table of ContentsPrefaceThe Authors Introduction Part One: Getting Started as an Action Coach 1. Action Coaching: A Brief Introduction 2. The Eight Steps of Action Coaching 3. Action Coach's Toolkit Part Two: The Coach's Edge: Linking Individual Motivation and Comapny Performance 4. How to Coach for Individual and Company Performance 5. Motivating Change Part Three: Coaching One-to-One 6. The First Meeting 7. Troubleshooting 8. Who's the Boss? Part Four: Coaching to Change Your Company 9. Encouraging Productive Collaboration and Constructive Conflict 10. Building Relationship Skills 11. Developing Customer Consciousness 12. Personalizing Leadership 13. The Coaching Evolution Index

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Book SynopsisYou''ve got to read this book! You''ll learn what to do, when to doit, and exactly how to go about it. A useful, practical tool tohelp any CEO or development officer position an organization forgrowth and success. --Karen SAndelback, executive director, American Kidney Fund Candor is a missing commodity in many of today''s dialogues. JudyNichols'' wisdom and sharp insights make this book a refreshingguide to honest organizational self-evaluation. --Jeannie Thompson, fund raising consultant and member, board ofdirectors of the International Fund Raising Group In this practical and straightforward guide, Judith E. Nichols, aninternationally renowned fundraising expert, introduces a provenmethod of fundraising evaluation: the Development AssessmentProcess. This formula will fundamentally transform the waynonprofit organizations approach evaluation and help them improvefund raising strategies to not only achieve their mission, but tokeep pace with a changing worldTrade Review"You've got to read this book! You'll learn what to do, when to doit, and exactly how to go about it. A useful, practical tool tohelp any CEO or development officer position an organization forgrowth and success." (Karen Sandelback, executive director,American Kidney Fund) "Candor is a missing commodity in many of today's dialogues. JudyNichols's wisdom and sharp insights make this book a refreshingguide to honest organizational self-evaluation." (Jennie Thompson,fund raising consultant and member, board of directors of theInternational Fund Raising Group) "Judith Nichols's assessment process gave our organization thedevelopment tool needed to reposition its fundraising for greatsuccess. I highly recommAnd this book." (Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO,Mercy Corps International)Table of ContentsIntroduction: How Development Assessment Can Dramatically IncreaseFundraising Results. Part One: Understanding the Development Assessment Process. 1. What Development Assessment Is and When You Need It. 2. How to Conduct a Development Assessment: Key Components. Part Two: Understanding Your Fundraising Environment. 3. Fundraising in a Changing World. 4. Understanding the Demographic and Philanthropic TrAnds thatDrive Fundraising. 5. Realigning Fundraising Strategies to Grow with Change. Part Three: Gathering the Information You Need. 6. Where to Look: Resources for Environmental Scanning. 7. Sample Forms for Surveying, Data Collection, and InformationRecording. Part Four: The Development Assement in Action. 8. How One Organization Used Development Assessment to StrengthenFundraising Programs: A Case Example.

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Book SynopsisThe new Asian corporation has emerged, and Westerners who currently do business in Asia or contemplate doing so would do well to take heed of the new Asian business model or risk being left behind. Here, author Michael Hamlin takes a close look at the revolutionary new business models Asia''s best companies are adopting, the challenges they still face and, most of all, the challenges posed to their Western competitors. From organizational structure to strategy, this book provides in-depth portraits of Asia''s leading companies and provides specific strategies Western managers can use to best their Asian competitors or successfully enter the new Asian market.Trade Review"Undaunted by Asia's near-term financial crisis and other trials, Michael Hamlin has peered into the future of the new Asian corporation. What he foresees is a powerful transformation led by innovative, well-managed companies that are revitalizing the region--making it stronger, wiser, and fiercely competitive." --Fred Wiersema, author of Customer Intimacy, and coauthor of The Discipline of Market Leaders. "Mike Hamlin plunges into the real world to come up with lessons from crisis managers coping with an ever-increasingly unpredictable world." --Antonio R. Samson, senior vice president, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company "Several of the case examples represent truly leading-edge thinking and will challenge and inspire business model innovators in Europe and the U.S., as well as those in Asian markets."--Adrian Slywotzky, author of Value MigrationTable of ContentsAcknowledgements The Author Introduction: Emerging from Crisis Part One: The New Asia 1. Transition to Excellence 2. The New Asia: What's Different and What's Not Part Two: The New Asian Corporation 3. Rising from the Ashes 4. Guanxi, Mergers and Acquisitions, and the New Asian Corporation 5. Building Corporate Identity and Influence Part Three: A Shift to Strategy 6. The Shift to Strategy: Betting the Company 7. The First Source of Competitiveness: Productivity and Innovation 8. The Second Source of Competitiveness: Market Industry Part Four: Pressing Asian Realities 9. Training and Education: The Innovation Factor 10. The New Transparency: Managing Global Equity Flows Part Five: What Comes Next? 11. Asia in the New Century References Index

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Book SynopsisSpend some time with three of today''s most noted business pioneers and share their secrets for achieving international success. The New Global Leaders takes readers into the private worlds of Asea Brown Boveri''s Percy Barnevik, Virgin founder Richard Branson, and British Petroleum titan David Simon to provide rare and candid profiles of how these charismatic leaders have redefined organizational growth and development in the latter 20th century. The authors were granted unprecedented access to these men and the results are as fascinating as they are informative. Readers are treated to personal interviews with these very powerful and very different personalities, each of whom provides a behind-the-scenes account of how he put his company on the global map. Sharing their philosophies, visions, and strategies, they exemplify leadership in an age of rapid and relentless change and provide new models of success for our post-industrial era.Trade Review"Brilliant portraits of three exemplary global leaders with important lessons for all leaders." -Warren Bennis, professor, University of Southern California, and author, Organizing Genius "A masterful work that gives us insights into the key issues, fears, and decisions of three global leaders. The analyses, case studies, and interviews by Kets de Vries and Florent-Treacy reveal more about these men than they might have realized." -Ron Bolger, chairman, Telecom EireannTable of ContentsPreface: Role Models for Tomorrow. Introduction: Global Leadership. RICHARD BRANSON. Richard Branson: The Builder. Branson's Virgin. An Interview with Richard Branson. PERCY BARNEVIK. Percy Barnevik: The Integrator. Percy Barnevik and ABB. An Interview with Percy Barnevik. DAVID SIMON. David Simon: The Transformer. Transformational Leadership at British Petroleum. An Interview with David Simon and John Browne. Conclusion: Practices of Vanguard Companies.

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Book SynopsisA required read for every university administrator grappling withthe complexities of technology and education. Bates has combined animpressive depth of experience and practice to produce anauthoritative and well-reasoned approach.--Bruce Pennycook,vice-principal, Information Systems and Technology, McGillUniversity Digital technologies are revolutionizing the practices of teachingand learning at colleges and universities all around the world.This book will be helpful for all those who are planning andmanaging such organizational and technological change on theircampuses.--Timothy W. Luke, executive director, Institute forDistance and Distributed Learning, Virginia Tech Implementing new technology at a college or university requiresmore than simply buying new computers and establishing a Web site.The successful use of technology for teaching and learning alsodemands major changes in teaching and organizational culture. InManaging Technological Change, Tony Bates -- a wTrade Review"This timely book will certainly become a required read for everyuniversity administrator grappling with the complexities oftechnology and education. Tony Bates has combined an impressivedepth of experience and practice to produce an authoritative andwell-reasoned approach. Bravo." (Bruce Pennycook, vice-principal,Information Systems and Technology, McGill University) "Digital technologies are revolutionizing the practices of teachingand learning at colleges and universities all around the world.This book will be helpful for all those who are planning andmanaging such organizational and technological change on theircampuses." (Timothy W. Luke, executive director, Institute forDistance and Distributed Learning, Virginia Tech) "I found myself nodding frequently while reading this book. Many'early adopters' will identify with the arguments presented andwill appreciate the extAnded discussion. Bates shares insights thatcould save much frustration in dealing with both the technology andthe impact of technology on academia." (James B. Patton, associateprofessor and Haskell Power Engineering Professor, Electrical andComputer Engineering, University of Maine) "This book is a must read for anyone in higher education who dealswith technology, teaching, administration, or some combination ofthese elements. [Managing Technological Change] hits a number ofnails right on their heads. It holds true to its intendedaudiences: administrators, academic department heads, and faculty.The messages for each are important and timely. Not only is thebook well written, but it is also comprehensive in nature. Itcovers topics of vital concern for all who are involved intechnology-enhanced or technology-based learning. In summary, thisbook is founded on principles. It speaks to the relevant issues. Itoffers numerous examples. It is well constructed and written. Hatsoff to Tony Bates." (Byron Burnham, International Review ofResearch in Open and Distance Learning: 1, 2)Table of ContentsConfronting the Technology Challenge in Universities andColleges. Leadership, Vision, and Planning in a Post-FordistOrganization. Planning and Managing Courses and Programs. Technology Infrastructure and Student Access. Supporting Faculty. Calculating the Costs of Teaching with Technology. Funding Strategies, Collaboration, and Competition. Organizing for the Management of Educational Technologies. Research and Evaluation. Avoiding the Faustian Contract and Meeting the TechnologyChallenge.

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Book SynopsisThe well-being of any nonprofit organization rests first with itsvolunteer board of directors. This book offers board members theguidance they need to successfully govern their organizations--nomatter what type or size of nonprofit they may lead. Written by Candace Widmer and Susan Houchin, The Art ofTrusteeship shows you how to fulfill ten key trusteeresponsibilities and includes much-needed detail on definingmission, strategic planning, executive selection and evaluation,fundraising, financial oversight, and board self-assessment. Thishands-on guide is filled with illustrative case studies andreal-life examples that clearly show how a variety of creativeboards have tackled challenges and strengthened theirorganizations. At last, a book that doesn''t take a one-size-fits-all approach!The authors recognize that the huge diversity among nonprofitscalls for multiple ways of fulfilling basic board responsibilities.The book allows a board member to dive in at any point anTrade Review"This book delivers what trustees direly need but rarely get:plainspoken, practical advice, rooted in common sense and reallife. It tells trustees what to do, and how to do it well."--Richard P. Chait, professor, Harvard University's Graduate Schoolof Education "The Art of Trusteeship addresses the many challenges facingtrustees today during this time of rapid change, increasing demandfor accountability, and competition for funds. Whether you are atrustee or nonprofit CEO, you will find the authors' approach willapply to your organization and its mission." --Mary H. DeKuyper,member of the board of governors, the National American RedCross "At last, a book that doesn't take a one-size-fits-all approach!The authors recognize that the huge diversity among nonprofitscalls for multiple ways of fulfilling basic board responsibilities.The book allows a board member to dive in at any point and find aconcise, clear set of options for handling the challenges oftrusteeship. It will help even first-time board members find firmfooting on the path to effective governance." --Sara L. Engelhardt,president, The Foundation Center "Nothing is more important to the success of nonprofitorganizations than effective board governance. The Art ofTrusteeship makes the compelling case that such success is theresult of clear vision, solid understanding and good practice. Thebook makes great sense and will help its readers better understandwhat good board performance means and how to get it." --KenGladish, national executive director, chief executive officer, YMCATable of ContentsAbout the Authors. Acknowledgements. Introduction: The Art of Trusteeship. THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISSION. Establishing the Organization's Mission. Engaging in Strategic Planning. Overseeing Programs. Helping the Organization Communicate Effectively. THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONEY. Overseeing the Organization's Finances. Developing Funds. Ensuring Sound Risk Management Policies. THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGEMENT. Selecting and Supporting the Chief Executive Officer. Selecting and Educating Trustees. Managing the Work of the Board. Conclusion: The Challenge of Trusteeship. References. Additional Resources. Index.

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Book SynopsisLearn step by step how to craft a winning case statement! This tool in the Excellence in Fund Raising WorkbookSeries offers you a practical, hands-on guide to creating thecornerstone of any successful fund raising program--an effectivecase for support. Written by Tim Seiler--a leader in the field offund raising and a disciple of master fund raiser HankRosso--Developing Your Case for Support provides you with acomplete framework for bringing together all the reasons nonprofitsknow they are worthy of support, and shows you how to develop acase that makes those reasons concrete and real for donors. Filledwith helpful worksheets and examples, the workbook features astep-by-step methodology for gathering, organizing, and using theinformation essential for developing a compelling casestatement.Trade Review"I can heartily recommend this book." (CharityChannel.com,January 17, 2003)"I am not aware of any other workbook that addresses this topic.Developing Your Case for Support will be a welcome andvaluable contribution to the field." --Barbara Marion, CFRE,senior principal, Hayes Briscoe Associates "My compliments go to Timothy Seiler for writing a basic manualon a subject that is very confusing and often interpreted by manypeople differently." --Tere Lindhan, CFRE, George MasonUniversity

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Book SynopsisAims to help nonprofit managers think in new and creative ways about how they define and meet the challenges they face and how to rise above standard practices to lift their organizations to greater performance levels. This book features examples of best practices from innovative organizations in both the corporate and nonprofit worlds.Trade Review"With refreshing insight, they provide specific steps andactivities to help your company think truly outside the box."(Stage Directions Magazine, April 2003)"Ross and Segal provide case studies from a range of countries andsettings. What's inspiring and useful is the way they make theseexamples of creativity and imagination relevant and useful to you." ¾Jennie Thompson, international consultant and former boardchair, Resource Alliance, Washington, D.C. "Fundraisers at every level will find Bernard Ross and ClareSegal's ideas on how to improve their fundraising exciting andstimulating." -- Cathlene Williams, Ph.D., senior director, education andresearch programme, Assiociation of Fundraising Professionals "As head of the private sector and public affairs service of amajor U.N. organization, I need to constantly look for newmanagement and fundraising ideas on how to tackle the majorchallenges we face to alleviate the suffering of the refugees wecare for. This book is full of outstanding ideas on how to improveour day-to-day performance. I have only one piece of advice togive: Do not go to bed tonight without having read this exceptionalbook!" -- Pierre Bernard Le Bas, director of the private sector& public affairs service, UNHCRTable of ContentsTables, Figures, and Exhibits. Preface. Acknowledgments. The Authors. Introduction: The Change Environment: Why GoodIsn t Good EnoughAnymore. 1. Where Are You Starting Your Breakthrough From?StrategicDecisions-Simple Choices. 2. Second Wave Thinking: Moving Toward RadicallyDifferentPerformance. 3. Setting Breakthrough Goals: Moving Beyond StretchGoals. 4. Unlocking Potential: The Strategic Role of CreativityandInnovation. 5. Releasing Creativity: Unleashing the Power ofYourIntelligence. 6. Creating a Smart Organization: How to Help YourOrganizationLearn. 7. Mapping the Possibilities: Organizing Your Thinkingfor theHigh-Payoff Idea. 8. Balancing Creativity and Innovation:How You Can Get to theBreakthrough. 9. Challenging Mind-Sets: Getting Rid of theCreativity andInnovation Killers. 10. Driving the Change: What You Can Do to EnsureYour BreakthroughStays on Course. 11. Working in the Breakthrough Organization:How to Change the WayYou Work to Prepare forBreakthrough. Conclusion. Select Breakthrough Thinking Booklist. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of International Negotiation became a best-selling classic in the field of global conflict resolution. This second edition has been substantially revised and updated to meet the challenges of today''s complex international community. Developed under the direction of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, this important resource contains contributions from some of the world''s leading experts in international negotiation, representing a wide range of nations and disciplines. They offer a synthesis of contemporary negotiation theory, perspectives for understanding negotiation dynamics, and strategies for producing mutually satisfactory and enduring agreements that is particularly relevant in these times.Trade Review"...is an excellent read..." (The Texas Mediator, Spring 2002)Table of ContentsPreface to the 1991 Edition xi Preface to the 2002 Edition xvii About the Contributors xxii Part One: Levels of Analysis 1 1 Contributions of Applied Systems Analysis to International Negotiation 5 Howard Raiffa 2 The Emerging System of International Negotiation 22 Victor A Kremenyuk 3 The Negotiation Process 39 Christophe Dupont and Guy-Olivier Faure 4 Metaphors for Understanding International Negotiation 64 Victor M Sergeev 5 The Structure of Negotiation 71 I William Zartman 6 Strategy in Negotiation 85 Dean G Pruitt 7 The Actors in Negotiation 97 Jeffrey Z Rubin 8 The Outcomes of Negotiation 110 Arild Underdal Part Two: Approaches And Perspectives 127 9 Historical Approach 131 Jean F Freymond 10 The Legal Perspective on International Negotiations 145 Franz Cede 11 Organizational Theory 159 Robert L Kahn Addendum by Roy J Lewicki 12 Economic Perspective 186 John G Cross 13 Game Theory 202 Rudolf Avenhaus 14 International Negotiation Analysis 229 James K Sebenius 15 Psychological Approach 256 Jeffrey Z Rubin 16 Cognitive Theory 270 Christer Jönsson 17 Content Analysis 288 Daniel Druckman with the collaboration of P Terrence Hopmann Part Three: Issues 313 18 Arms Control and Arms Reduction: View I 315 P Terrence Hopmann with the collaboration of Daniel Druckman 19 Arms Control and Arms Reduction: View II 334 Alexei G Arbatov 20 Regional Conflict Resolution 348 I William Zartman 21 Negotiation on Trade and the Environment: Variation in the Multilateral Approach 362 Gunnar Sjöstedt 22 International Business Negotiations 375 Christophe Dupont 23 International Negotiation: The Cultural Dimension 392 Guy-Olivier Faure 24 Negotiations with Terrorists 416 Richard E Hayes Part Four: Education And Training 431 25 Development of Negotiating Skills 433 Willem F G Mastenbroek 26 Training of Negotiators 455 Paul W Meerts 27 Simulation for Teaching and Analysis 465 Gilbert R Winham Afterword 481 Victor A Kremenyuk References 485 About IIASA 537 Name Index 539 Subject Index 549

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Book SynopsisIn this thoroughly revised and updated edition, High Impact Consulting clearly shows how senior managers unwittingly collude with their consultants in perpetuating the damage from the "five fatal flaws' of conventional consulting. As an antidote, the author offers a proven method for designing consulting projects that produce results.Table of ContentsPart One: From High-Stakes Gambling to Certain Success. 1. Low-Yield, Conventional Consulting versus High-Yield, High-Impact Consulting. 2. The Five Fatal Flaws of Conventional Consulting. 3. The Bottom-Line Results of High-Impact Consulting. Part Two: The Results-Driven Architecture of High-Impact Consulting. 4. Define Goals in Terms of Client Results Instead of Consultant Products. 5. Match Project Scope to What the Client Is Ready to Do. 6. Aim for Rapid-Cycle Successes to Generate Momentum. 7. Build a Partnership to Achieve and to Learn. 8. Leverage Resources: More Results with Fewer ConsultantsPart Three: Creating High-Impact Partnerships. 9. Create a Contract for Collaboration Instead of a Proposal for a Job. 10. Senior Managers Must Insist That Their People Produce the Results. 11. Build Communication Bridges and Overcome Anxiety. 12. Test the Shift to High-Impact Consulting: It s All Upside and Risk-Free.

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Book SynopsisAs any school principal or adminstrator can tell you, theresponsibilities of school leadership can take a person frominspired moments to crisis in an instant. How does a school leaderwith good intentions preserve a healthy sense of self in the faceof a crisis which in the best of times challenges the self, and inthe worst of times can lead to deep wounds of the heart? How cangood leaders minimize the impact of these crises and remain open tolearn and grow from these difficult experiences? These are thequestions at the heart of the stories contained in The WoundedLeader. Through compelling stories that illustrate many of the commondilemmas faced by school leaders, the authors highlight the manypaths to healing, and show how sometimes the most painfulexperience can be an opportunity for growth. All leaders incur wounds. The Wounded Leader enables us tounderstand our wounds, learn from them....and begin to heal. -Roland Barth, Founder of Harvard Principals'' Center <Trade Review"...brings to the foreground several very important ideas for thepractice of school leadership..." (TCRecord.org, September 11,2002) "...A very thoughtful and consideredbook..."(The Occupational Psychologist, December2002)"Not only is the book full of fresh ideas and new insights but itis fun to read. It is not the usual leadership book that reads muchlike the other leadership books but stands out as an originalcontribution...easily presented and scholarly without beingpretentious." --Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Center for EducationalLeadership at Trinity College, San Antonio, Texas "All leaders incur wounds. The Wounded Leader enables usto understand our wounds, learn from them....and begin to heal."--Roland S. Barth, Founder of Harvard Principals' Center "An honest and much needed account of how many of us in schoolleadership roles have weathered--for good and for ill --the woundsthat go with the job. Shoving this stuff under the rug has not beenhealthy for the work of schools, and it was a great relief -- anduseful--to have this discussed so thoughtfully in this book."--Deborah Meier, Principal, Mission Hill Elementary School, Boston,and Founder of Central Park East High School, NYC "The wounds we suffer because we are human should not be sourcesof shame: they are openings to deeper self-knowledge, strongerrelationships, and gratitude for our gifts. The WoundedLeader lifts up this hard-earned insight and applies it to thedilemmas of educational leadership with creative and life-givingresults. Here is a rarity among books on education, a book withsoul, a book that will help us bring our own souls to the work wedo." --Parker J. Palmer, author, The Courage to Teach andLet Your Life SpeakTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. The Authors. Part One: Ironic Blessings. 1. To the Stars Through Adversity(Ad Astra per Aspera). 2. Anatomy of a Wound: Where Does It Hurt? Part Two: Wounded Leaders. 3. Great Expectations. 4. Fragile Power. 5. Branded. 6. When the Bubble Bursts. 7. Trapped in a Cocoon. 8. The Trial. 9. Dancing on the Skillet. Part Three: Looking for the Good Story. 10. Narrative Healing: Once Upon a Time. 11. What Wounding Teaches. 12. Seeking a Cure for Leadership. Appendix A: Method of Inquiry. Appendix B: Case Story. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn Selling Social Change (Without Selling Out) expert fundraising trainer and consultant Andy Robinson shows nonprofit professionals how to initiate and sustain successful earned income ventures that provide financial security and advance an organization''s mission. Step by step, this invaluable resource shows how to organize a team, select a venture, draft a business plan, find start-up funding, and successfully market goods and services. Robinson includes critical information on the tax implications of earned income and the pros and cons of corporate partnerships. The book also addresses when to consider outsourcing, collaborating with competitors, and raising additional funds to expand the business.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. The Author. The Contributors. 1. SELLING YOUR CAUSE WITHOUT SELLING OUT. We?re all in sales. Commerce, not capitalism. CASE STUDY: Bad Jokes, Great Service: Our Community Bikes. 2. HOW EARNED INCOME CAN BENEFIT YOUR MISSION. Earned income: It?s a Movement. The value of funding Diversity. The pros and cons of earned Income. Balancing Mission and Money: Resource Center of the Americas. Beyond T-shirts and coffee Mugs. CASE STUDY: Flavors of the Desert: Native Seeds/SEARCH. 3. CREATING AN ENTERPRISING NONPROFIT. The enterprise Advocate. The venture committee, the board, and the Staff. Recruiting for Enterprise: Grassroots Leadership. Finding and using outside help. Knowing what your work costs. Worksheet 3.1. Are you ready for Enterprise? CASE STUDY: Capitalism with a Conscience: Global Exchange. 4. CHOOSING YOUR NEW VENTURE. The Brainstorming Process. Worksheet 4.1. Brainstorming your New Venture. Location, Location, Location: Burns Bog Conservation Society and Plateau Restoration. Selecting the right Venture. Worksheet 4.2. Evaluating your earned Income Ideas. Powerful Publications. Think retail Last. How to do Market Research. Worksheet 4.3. Market Research. How to think about Pricing. Conducting a Feasibility Study. Getting to ?no?. CASE STUDY: The Power of the Footnote: DataCenter. 5. DEVELOPING A BUSINESS PLAN FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. A matter of Scale. How to use a Business Plan. Who writes the Plan? Components of a Business Plan. Worksheet 5.1. Preparing a Business Plan. Writing the Plan:White Earth Land Recovery Project?Native Harvest. CASE STUDY: How to Build a Working Neighborhood: Esperanza Unida. 6. FINDING CAPITAL TO LAUNCH YOUR VENTURE. Internal and informal Sources of Funds. External Sources. The coldly Analytical Cheerleader. Creative Financing: Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute. Worksheet 6.1. Finding Start-up Funding. CASE STUDY Reclaiming History/Reclame La Historia: SouthWest Organizing Project. 7. MARKETING YOUR MISSION. Market Segmentation. The Nonprofit Niche: Institute for Conservation Leadership and Technical Assistance for Community Services. Creating and using a Marketing Plan. Sample Marketing Plan: Esperanza Unida. Promotion options for Grassroots Groups. Media Savvy: Melpomene Institute. Worksheet 7.1. Creating a Marketing Plan. Worksheet 7.2. Marketing Calendar. CASE STUDY Crossing Borders: BorderLinks. 8. CONSIDERING CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS by Jennifer Lehman. The Nuts and Bolts of Corporate Relationships. Be Wary. Customize your Marketing Plan. Corporate Contracts and Cause-Related Marketing: Melpomene Institute. Do your homework on Potential Partners. Corporations do their Homework, Too. Wholesaling to Businesses:Women?s Bean Project. From plan to Action. Keep the Relationship on Track. A Sampling of Other Nonprofits with Corporate Relationships. Evaluate your results and Share the News. CASE STUDY Off the Streets, Into the Kitchen: FareStart. 9. NAVIGATING THE TAX IMPLICATIONS OF EARNED INCOME by Terry Miller. The Commerciality standard and the notion of unrelated Business Income. Scale of the Venture. Revenue versus Support. Current areas of Scrutiny, Enforcement, and Dispute. Public charity status: The Public Support Tests. Creating a taxable Subsidiary Corporation. CASE STUDY ?Our Profit Is Our Vegetables?: The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. 10. MANAGING AND EXPANDING YOUR VENTURE. Retaining and Retraining Staff. Outsourcing: Expanding your Talent Pool. Repackaging your work for new Markets and Larger Sales. Working with competitors to Expand the Market. Managing Supply and Demand. Second-stage Financing. The value of Modest Expectations. CASE STUDY Radical Self-Defense: The Center for Anti-Violence Education. 11. WHEN BAD VENTURES HAPPEN TO GOOD GROUPS. Case Example: Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Case Example: Oregon Fair Share. Case Example: Our Community Bikes. Case Example:The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. CASE STUDY Food and Power: Georgia Citizens Coalition on Hunger. 12. LESSONS LEARNED ALONG THE WAY. Top tips for Earned Income. The cash register is the Voting Booth. Notes. Resources. Quick Index: Earned Income Strategies for Nonprofits. Index.

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Book SynopsisEveryday Negotiation shows how to recognize the shadow negotiation-- where the unspoken attitudes, hidden assumptions, and conflicting agendas that drive the bargaining process play out-- and how to put that knowledge to work. Originally titled The Shadow Negotiation and named by Harvard Business Review as one the Ten Best Books of 2000, this best-selling book revealed how women could master the hidden agendas that determine bargaining success. Now, the new edition, Everyday Negotiation, broadens the scope and offers the same illuminating advice for both men and women. Everyday Negotiation lays out simple steps to * Overcome acts of self-sabotage * Increase your bargaining power * Establish the terms of your advocacy and encourage a collaborative discussion * Encourage a collaborative discussion * Think about the negotiation process in a whole new wayTable of ContentsForeword by William Ury. Preface. Introduction Recognizing the Hidden Agendas in Everyday Negotiation. Part One: The Power of Advocacy: Promoting Your Interests Effectively. Chapter 1. Staying Out of Your Own Way. Chapter 2. Making Strategic Moves. Chapter 3. Resisting Challenges. Part Two: The Promise of Connection: Building a Collaborative Relationship. Chapter 4. Laying the Groundwork. Chapter 5. Engaging Your Counterpart. Chapter 6. Getting Collaboration to Work. Part Three: Putting It All Together: Balancing Advocacy and Connection. Chapter 7. Crafting Agreements. Chapter 8. Negotiating Change. Notes. Bibliography. Index. About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of continuing corporate scandals there have been few, if any, CEOs that have stepped forward as models of doing things rightexcept the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, Bill George. George has become the unofficial spokesperson for responsible leadershipin business, the media, and academia. In Authentic Leadership Bill George makes the case that we do need new leaders, not just new laws, to bring us out of the current corporate crisis. He persuasively demonstrates that authentic leaders of mission-driven companies will create far greater shareholder value than financially oriented companies. During George''s twelve-year leadership at Medtronic, the company''s market capitalization soared from $1.1 billion to $460 billion, averaging 35% per year. George candidly recounts many of the toughest challenges he encountered -- from ethical dilemmas and battles with the FDA to his own development as a leader. He shows how to develop the five essential dimensionTrade Review“…even sceptics will like the book’s balanced tone...” (Management Today, Feb. 2005) George candidly recounts his experiences as chair and CEO of Medtronic, a medical technology producer, and makes a case that we need new, authentic business leaders. The five essential dimensions of "authentic" leaders are purpose, values, heart, relationships, and self-discipline. In the scorched, post-Enron corporate world, this motivational how-to will help developing business leaders find the path to personal and business success. (Best Business Books 2003, Library Journal, March 15, 2004) George, a former Medtronic CEO, sets the tone early in his book: "Somewhere along the way we lost sight of the imperative of selecting leaders that create healthy corporations for the long term." It would be wonderful if George then provided readers hungry for change with a blueprint for how this could happen; alas, such is not the case. George's thesis - too many CEOs think only in the short term and of the stock price, eventually losing a company's focus in the hurtling pursuit of all Street validation - is not a bad one. His proposal: a call for "authentic leadership," that is, finding a leader who doesn't try to emulate the greats, because such copycatting will never result in authenticity or honest leadership. It all gets a bit fuzzy at times, and George (who BusinessWeek recognized as a top-25 manager in 1998) relies far too much on his experience at Medtronic, a medical technology producer. Although George's company seems a good example of what he's talking about (he once made headlines by boldly declaring "Shareholders come third," after customers and employees), there's not a rigor9ous enough attempt here to make that example universally applicable. Though superbly moral and inspiring, this volume is not as helpful as it could be. (Aug.) Forecast: With appearances on Meet the Press and Talk of the Nation, George has a recognizable name in the media, and scheduled interviews on NPR and the Charlie Rose Show will only help with book sales. (Publishers Weekly, July 7, 2003) "There is a great deal of valuable insight in Authentic Leadership. One can only wish that Mr. George had written it five years ago, before so many chief executives led their companies so badly astray." (New York Times, July 27, 2003)Table of ContentsForeword xv Warren Bennis Preface: A New Generation of Leaders xvii Introduction: Where Have All the Leaders Gone? 1 Part One: Becoming an Authentic Leader 1. Leadership Is Authenticity, Not Style 11 2. The Transformation of Leaders 27 3. Leading a Balanced Life 45 Part Two: Building an Authentic Company 4. Missions Motivate, Dollars Don't 61 5. Values Don't Lie 71 6. It's the Customer, Stupid! 81 7. It's Not Just the CEO 91 8. Whose Bottom Line: Customers or Shareholders? 101 Part Three: In the Crucible of the Market 9. Seven Deadly Sins: Pitfalls to Growth 109 10. Overcoming Obstacles: Nothing Can Stand in Your Way 117 11. Ethical Dilemmas: When in Rome, Don’t Follow the Romans 127 12. Innovations from the Heart 133 13. Acquisitions Aren’t Just About Money 143 14. Shareholders Come Third 153 Part Four: Beyond the Bottom Line 15. Governance Is Governance 165 16. Sticking Your Neck Out 177 17. Preparing for Succession . . . and Moving On 187 Epilogue: If Not Me, Then Who? If Not Now, When? 197 Medtronic Financial Results 201 Suggested Reading 203 Acknowledgments 207 The Author 209 Index 211

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Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking book, organizational effectiveness experts Edward Lawler and Christopher Worley show how organizations can be built to change so they can last and succeed in today's global economy. Instead of striving to create a highly reliable Swiss watch that consistently produces the same behavior, they argue organizations need to be designed in ways that stimulate and facilitate change. Built to Change focuses on identifying practices and designs that organizations can adopt so that they are able to change. As Lawler and Worley point out, organizations that foster continuous change Are closely connected to their environments Reward experimentation Learn about new practices and technologies Commit to continuously improving performance Seek temporary competitive advantages Trade ReviewBack in the good old days, when news travelled at the speed of telex and the world seemed big, change was something that happened to companies once every few years. Chief executives would initiate "change programmes" to rid their organisations of old habits and inculcate new ones. Strategy would be re-examined, priorities reset, jobs redesigned and reporting lines redrawn. To be sure, these initiatives came with a variety of labels attached. In the 1970s, diversification and job enrichment were the watchwords. The 1980s belonged to strategic focus and quality. The 1990s gave us business process re-engineering and e-commerce. But the underlying assumption was always the same: change was periodic, planned and uncomfortable, given that the natural state of organisations was reckoned to be equilibrium. The snag is that these days news travels so fast - and competitive advantage is so fleeting - that the planned approach has proved woefully inadequate. Change programmes come and go so quickly that managers and employees can barely keep up. The result is dysfunctional organisations with low morale and poor customer service. Yet chief executives who decide to slow the pace of change risk being overtaken by competitors. If you think this is an exaggeration, take a look at Built to Change, a splendid new book by Ed Lawler and Chris Worley, both of the University of Southern California's Centre for Effective Organisations. As the authors note: "An analysis of Fortune 1000 corporations shows that between 1973 and 1983, 35 per cent of companies in the top 20 were new. The number of new companies rises to 45 per cent when the comparison is between 1983 and 1993. It increases even further, to 60 per cent, when the comparison is between 1993 and 2003. Any bets to where it will be between 2003 and 2013?" Yes, a handful of companies do seem to be able to hang in there. The management practices of this select few were examined in Built to Last, by Jerry Porras and Jim Collins, published in 1994. But surviving is hardly the same as thriving. About half of the companies featured in Built to Last have fallen from grace since the book appeared. The same fate befell many of the companies featured in 1982's In Search of Excellence. The disquieting truth is that very, very few companies (including Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Toyota and a handful of others) manage to sustain high performance over long periods. The problem, argue Profs Lawler and Worley, is that we continue to design organisations with stability in mind. Executives need to think about building companies not only to last but also to change, in the sense of responding to the competitive environment without going through the trauma of planned change. The message is not entirely new. Management writers such as Tom Peters and Rosabeth Moss Kanter first took issue with the planned change paradigm more than 20 years ago. They argued instead for corporate cultures that rewarded innovation and let change bubble up from below. More recently, managers have been urged to draw inspiration from complex adaptive systems found in nature by creating organisations that operate "on the edge of chaos". Alternatively, they have been told to make their bureaucracies more like markets by introducing internal competition for ideas, capital and labour. Enron, the energy trader, you may recall, was a standard-bearer for many of these trendy ideas before it became a byword for malfeasance. What makes Built to Change worth reading is its careful attention to the unglamorous stuff of management - organisational design, decision-making processes, measurement and reward systems, recruitment criteria and so on. Yes, corporate culture is important. Yes, internal market mechanisms may work sometimes. But of more immediate concern are the policies and processes that underpin day-to-day work. If we want our company to be more responsive to changing circumstances, how should we organise ourselves? (Answer: in self-managing teams and small close-to-the-customer business units.) What kind of people should we hire? (Normal folk will do just fine.) How should we appraise individual performance? (Do not exempt top management, measure outcomes as well as behaviour, avoid forced ranking.) The ultimate Built to Change company? Profs Lawler and Worley offer nothing so gauche as a league table. My vote goes to Toyota, which has over the years shifted its source of competitive advantage from low price to high quality to sharp market segmentation and eco-friendly technology. All in all, this is classic Ed Lawler. A serious student of organisations before many of today's chief executives were born, he has collected more detailed data about the management practices of more companies over a longer period than almost any other researcher. His writing is research-based, relevant, long on insight and short on extravagant claims. For the record, Built to Change is his 38th book. My only quibble is with the notion that the average person will always embrace change if the organisational context is correct. Personal experience tells me that change - even voluntary change - always involves fear, uncertainty and elements of loss. I will devote next week's column, my last after 15 years as an Financial Times journalist, to this piquant topic. (The Financial Times Limited, 22 February 2006) "...bold, fascinating..." (getAbstract, August 2006)Table of ContentsForeword by Jerry Porras v Preface xiii Chapter 1 Why Build Organizations to Change 1 Chapter 2 A Dynamic View of Organizational Effectiveness 23 Chapter 3 Strategizing 54 Chapter 4 Structuring for Effectiveness and Change 88 Chapter 5 Developing the Right Information, Measurement, and Decision-Making Processes 118 Chapter 6 Acquiring the Right Talent 153 Chapter 7 Managing Human Capital 179 Chapter 8 Meeting the Leadership Challenge 213 Chapter 9 Designing Reward Systems 236 Chapter 10 Rewarding Performance and Change 256 Chapter 11 Creating a Built-to-Change Organization 283 Notes 313 Acknowledgments 319 About the Authors 321 Index 323

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Book SynopsisAlthough its brown vans are on every block and its delivery service reaches more than 200 countries, UPS is among the world's most underestimated and misunderstood companies. For the first time, a UPS "lifer" tells the behind-the-scenes story of how a small messenger service became a business giant.Trade Review"For the first time, a UPS ‘lifer’ tells the behind-the-scenes story of how a small messenger service became a business giant." (Retail & leisure International, June 2007)Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Cult of the UPS Driver. 2. The Greatest American Capitalist You've Never Heard of. 3. Birth of a Delivery Service: The Emerald City. 4. The First Big Brown: An Environment for Opportunity. 5. Determined Men Can Do Anything: New City, New Name. 6. Job for a Lifetime. 7. Going National. 8. Advancing Social Responsibility. 9. The World's Ninth-Largest Airline. 10. Brown Around the Globe: Beyond the United States. 11. A Leader in Logistics: The Decision to Go Public. 12. The Legacy of Jim Casey. Appendix A. UPS Glossary of Terms. Appendix B. UPS Worldwide Facts. Bibliography. Acknowledgments. About the Author. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Art of Followership puts dynamic leader-follower interaction at the forefront of discussion. It examines the multiple roles followers play and their often complex relationship to leaders. With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners from the burgeoning field of leadership/followership studies, this groundbreaking book outlines how followers contribute to effective leadership and to organizations overall. Drawing from various disciplines?from philosophy, to psychology and management, to education?the book defines followership and its myriad meanings. The Art of Followership explores the practice and research that promote positive followership and reveals the part that followers play in setting the standards and formulating the culture and policies of the group. The contributors include new models of followership and explore fresh perspectives on the contributions that followers make to groups, organizations, societies, and leaders. The book alsTrade Review"Andy and Patty share indispensable insight to leaders of innovative change in their chapter, Effective Followship for Creativity and Innovation.” (ThinkAboutItHarder.com, 05/05/08) The Art of Followership turn leadership book on their heads. As the authors argue, followership is more important now that it has ever been. (Consulting Magazine, 05/05/08) The Art of Followership is actually quite different in presentation…. Some chapters are quite short; others describe individual programs as a springboard for talking about the phenomenon. But most are scholarly think-pieces that are quite conceptual. (Financial Executive, 05/01/2008) "With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, this book highlights the different model, perspectives, and meaning of followership." (T + D Magazine, 04/28) "My long-time collaborator James MacGregor Burns, who wrote the forward in this book, deemed it is a ' landmark book in the complexities of the leader-follower dynamic. I agree." (TLC Newsletter, 04/2008)Table of ContentsForeword xi James MacGregor Burns Acknowledgments xiii About the Contributors xv Introduction xxiii Warren Bennis PART ONE Defining and Redefining Followership ONE Rethinking Followership 5 Robert E. Kelley TWO Leadership: A Partnership in Reciprocal Following 17 James Maroosis THREE Three Perspectives on Followership 25 Jon P. Howell and María J. Méndez FOUR A New Leadership-Followership Paradigm 41 Ernest L. Stech FIVE Followership: An Outmoded Concept 53 Joseph Rost PART TWO Effective Followership SIX Creating New Ways of Following 67 Ira Chaleff SEVEN Rethinking Leadership and Followership: A Student's Perspective 89 Krista Kleiner EIGHT The Hero’s Journey to Effective Followership and Leadership: A Practitioner’s Focus 95 Gail S. Williams NINE Courageous Followers, Servant-Leaders, and Organizational Transformations 109 Linda Hopper TEN Followership in a Professional Services Firm 127 Brent Uken ELEVEN Developing Great Leaders, One Follower at a Time 137 Rodger Adair TWELVE Getting Together 155 Gene Dixon PART THREE The Pitfalls and Challenges of Followership THIRTEEN Following Toxic Leaders: In Search of Posthumous Praise 181 Jean Lipman-Blumen FOURTEEN What Can Milgram’s Obedience Experiments Contribute to Our Understanding of Followership? 195 Thomas Blass FIFTEEN What Kind of Leader Do People Want to Follow? 209 Michael Maccoby SIXTEEN Bystanders to Children’s Bullying: The Importance of Leadership by “Innocent Bystanders” 219 Lorna S. Blumen SEVENTEEN Whistleblowing as Responsible Followership 237 C. Fred Alford PART FOUR Followers and Leaders: Research, Practice, and the Future EIGHTEEN Followers’ Cognitive and Affective Structures and Leadership Processes 255 Robert G. Lord NINETEEN Social Identity Processes and the Empowerment of Followers 267 Michael A. Hogg TWENTY Lead, Follow, and Get out of the Way: Involving Employees in the Visioning Process 277 Melissa K. Carsten and Michelle C. Bligh TWENTY-ONE Effective Followership for Creativity and Innovation: A Range of Colors and Dimensions 291 Kimberly S. Jaussi, Andy Stefanovich, and Patricia G. Devlin TWENTY-TWO Conformist, Resistant, and Disguised Selves: A Post-Structuralist Approach to Identity and Workplace Followership 309 David Collinson TWENTY-THREE The Rise of Authentic Followership 325 Bruce J. Avolio and Rebecca J. Reichard Notes 338 Index 377

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Book SynopsisMajor changes within and between organizations are now generally negotiated by the parties that have a stake in the consequences of the changes. This was not always so. In 1965, with A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations, Richard Walton and Robert...Trade ReviewThis book is an excellent resource for students, teachers, researchers, and ADR practitioners. It's certainly a worthy follow-up to McKersie and Walton's classic work. The book shows how negotiation theory is holding up amid all the changes in our society, and it even expands the theory's applicability. * Dispute Resolution Journa *

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Book SynopsisStandardization is one of the defining aspects of modern life, its presence so pervasive that it is usually taken for granted. However cumbersome, onerous, or simply puzzling certain standards may be, their fundamental purpose in streamlining...Trade Review"Standards and Their Stories is an important, well-written, and extraordinarily provocative examination of a part of the world usually hidden from any sort of public view. The authors show how much of what we take for granted is the result of negotiation, compromise, and occasionally coercion. They do so by inventing a suite of new and innovative research methods. As a result, this book is likely to become not only 'the standard' for studies of this sort but also the starting point for new ways of investigating sociotechnical processes."-Lawrence Busch, Michigan State University "I sat down to read the book, read the first page, and paused while my face broke into a smile and a comfortable warm feeling came over my body. Yup, this was going to be a great book. Further reading confirmed the impression. Standards rule our lives. Yeah, standards, that dull, frustrating, topic studied by 'The Society of People Interested in Boring Things.' But this book proves that far from being dull, the stories behind standards are interesting, insightful, and revealing of the workings of bureaucracy. Standards are essential for different stuff made by different companies in different countries to work well together. Whether it is bananas or chocolate, application forms for terrorist training, or the sizes of people's rear ends (critical for airline seats), standards are essential part of life today (all these are covered in the book). This engaging book serves several purposes. It explains much of the history, rationale, and politics of standards. It shows why they have huge social impact, far beyond what most of us realize, often far beyond what was intended. And best of all, it is fun to read."-Don Norman, Northwestern University, author of The Design of Future Things

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Book SynopsisThis study of CAMI Automotive, a unionized joint venture between General Motors and Suzuki, is the most comprehensive ever undertaken of a lean production plant. James Rinehart, Christopher Huxley, and David Robertson address a topic that has inspired...Trade ReviewFor purposes of teaching comparative industrial relations of teams in organization theory, this is a useful primer. * New Technology, Work, and Employment *Just Another Car Factory? is, without a doubt, one of the most important publications to appear in the literature on Japanese work organization. It is a study of working conditions at CAMI, a joint GM/Suzuki venture located in Ingersoll, Canada, and organized according to Suzuki's version of Japanese or 'lean' production.... The book unequivocally demonstrates that work, working conditions, and work life in this plant do not correspond, in any way, to the idealized picture painted by advocates of the Japanese system. * Choice *The systematic and longitudinal surveying of employee attitudes... is a welcome feature of this book. * Industrial Relations Journal *This excellent work presents not only high-quality research linked to an overall research question, but also surprisingly rich data. Findings are displayed comprehensively, concisely, and with either avoidance or skillful explication of typical 'lean production' jargon. * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *This text provides a solid introduction to lean production as practiced in manufacturing today, and would be an excellent supplement to upper-division undergraduate as well as graduate courses focused on the labor process, labor-management relations, and/or studies of the manufacturing industries. * Contemporary Sociology *

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Book SynopsisIn January 1992, human resources manager Louise Moser Illes was notified, along with nine hundred co-workers, that the semiconductor plant where she worked would be closed by the end of the year.Trade ReviewAs a slice of history, docudrama and how-to manual, Sizing Down is top-notch. Illes was human resources manager at the Signetics semiconductor plant in Orem, Utah, when, in January 1992, she was notified that the plant would close at the end of the year. It became her task to assist with orchestrating the phase-out of 900 jobs, including her own.... Throughout the inevitable juggling of interests, judgments had to be made, some good, some bad, says the author. This relentlessly objective history records them all, along with afterthoughts on how the situation might have been handled better. * Publishers Weekly *The strength of Illes's book is the... summary at the end of each chapter. She gives suggestions on how managers involved in future plant closings can learn from the Signetics experience. * Library Journal *An instructive look at what problems to anticipate and how to minimize the traumatic effects of job loss. * Booklist *

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Book SynopsisThe past few decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion of management education, consulting, and the formalization of management practice, with a widespread diffusion of management ideas across sectors and continents. This book describes and analyzes this worldwide flow of management ideas and the key carriers of these ideas.

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Book SynopsisThis book outlines a conceptual framework within which strategizing by firms takes place in the same conditions of turbulence that are found in the real economy. The framework accomodates strategizing around issues of innovation, networks formation, entrepreneurship, extension of value chains, and other phenomena that do not fit easily into conventional equilibrium-based settings.Trade Review"There has been a growing rebellion, both among economists and analysts of business strategy, against the static view of the competitive process contained in neoclassical economics, and movement towards the very different picture of the competitive environment within which firms operate put forth by Joseph Schumpeter and developed in modern economic evolutionary theory. This fine book places firms squarely within an environment marked by Schumpeterian competition, and develops the implications regarding business strategies that can work in such a context. This reorientation of theorizing about business strategy is much needed, and very well done." -- Richard R. Nelson * Columbia University *"[T]his is a book that should be read by anyone who seeks to contribute to the theory of the firm. Mathews' efforts to retain the valuable ideas and constructs of economic, strategic management, and entrepreneurship theory, and to incorporate them into a realistic and usable framework, are admirable. The sweeping scope of his framework will allow individual scholars to see and understand how their research fits into the evolving theory of the firm and where their scholarly efforts should be directed in the future. Both economists and organizational theorists will learn a great deal from this refreshing work." -- Academy of Management Review"I have no doubt that Strategizing, Disequilibrium, and Profit will become a classic in the field of strategic management, industrial organization, managerial economics, evolutionary economics, and business studies. I strongly recommend it to colleagues, researchers, students, and practitioners who continue to be fascinated by today's global world of economic change and firm dynamics." * Environment and Planning A *"Unlike most books on the theory of the firm, this one takes reality into account. Mathews has researched the semiconductor and other leading-edge industries, studied both small and large entrepreneurial firms, and analyzed trade agreements between nations. His accumulated wisdom is woven into a simple yet elegant framework, and his arguments for firm strategizing under conditions of disequilibrium are compelling. Both economists and organizational scholars will learn a great deal from this refreshing work." -- Charles Snow * Penn State University *Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments List of abbreviations List of Charts 1. Introduction Strategizing vs. economizing; Outline of chapters 2. Capitalism is not and never can be a stationary system The Schumpeterian schema and dynamic competition vs. a comparative static framework: Structure, Conduct, Performance; Applications in a test case: the Flat Panel Display industry 3. Entrepreneurial profits can only be earned in disequilibrium The Knightian theory of profits; Strategic opportunities and earning profits in disequilibrium; Why Knightian profits vanish at perfectly competitive equilibrium 4. Rents vs. profits as strategizing goals Ricardian and monopoly rents - and their inadequacies as goals for strategizing; Organizational, managerial and entrepreneurial rents as illusory goals for firms 5. Strategizing is carried out by resource-based firms The Penrosean firm as vehicle for strategizing; Fundamental strategic categories of the firm: Resources, activities and routines; Strategic goals associated with resources: complementarities; with activities: increasing returns; and with routines: learning by doing 6. No firm is an island: Strategizing in networks The firm with its multiple connections; Resources, activities and routines at the network level, and strategic goals associated with them 7. The economy as a whole: Entrepreneurial, industrial and evolutionary dynamics The Schumpeterian notion of the economy as a whole, linking strategizing via entrepreneurial dynamics to industrial dynamics and evolutionary dynamics 8. Strategizing in disequilibrium: Comparative static vs. dynamic frameworks The workings of the framework as a totality; Generation of an Activities-based view of strategizing, a Resources-based view, and a Routines-based view (or Dynamic capabilities perspective), in both comparative static and dynamic settings 9. Towards a unified theory of management The advantages for management of adopting a consistent disequilibrium framework - not least in developing a platform for the unification of the functional disciplines of management Appendix. Entrepreneurship and economics: A case of shocking neglect References Index

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