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John Wiley & Sons Inc Who Is the New How
Book SynopsisRecruit, create, and retain the best teams In Who Is the New How: Strategies to Find, Recruit, and Create the Best Teams, a team of accomplished talent experts delivers a hands-on roadmap to filling your most mission-critical roles with the best people. In the book, you'll explore strategies that guide the world's most innovative companies and high-performing organizations as they scour the globe to build impactful, productive teams. You'll learn how to reimagine your talent acquisition strategy, from who you're looking for to how you should recruit them. You'll also discover how and why to say goodbye to familiar phrases like, just get a butt in the seat, and counter-productive metrics like time-to-fill. The authors also explain: Why identifying candidates aligned with your company's mission and culture is so critical to long-term talent success How using the right combination of technology and human expertise in the recruitment process can beTable of ContentsForeword vii Introduction xi Strategy I Rethink Who You’re Looking For 1 Chapter 1 A Matter of Intention 3 Chapter 2 Diverse Intangibles 23 Strategy II Rethink How You’re Going to Do It 45 Chapter 3 State of the Union 47 Chapter 4 On the Shoulders of Giants 69 Chapter 5 The Future of Work 81 Strategy III Rethink What It Could Mean 99 Chapter 6 The Culture Crutch 101 Chapter 7 A Human-Centric Workforce 121 Acknowledgments 141 Notes 145 Index 173
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Responsible Innovation
Book SynopsisScience and innovation have the power to transform our lives and the world we live in - for better or worse in ways that often transcend borders and generations: from the innovation of complex financial products that played such an important role in the recent financial crisis to current proposals to intentionally engineer our Earth's climate. The promise of science and innovation brings with it ethical dilemmas and impacts which are often uncertain and unpredictable: it is often only once these have emerged that we feel able to control them. How do we undertake science and innovation responsibly under such conditions, towards not only socially acceptable, but socially desirable goals and in a way that is democratic, equitable and sustainable? Responsible innovation challenges us all to think about our responsibilities for the future, as scientists, innovators and citizens, and to act upon these. This book begins with a description of the current landscape of innovation and in subsequent chapters offers perspectives on the emerging concept of responsible innovation and its historical foundations, including key elements of a responsible innovation approach and examples of practical implementation. Written in a constructive and accessible way, Responsible Innovation includes chapters on: Innovation and its management in the 21st century A vision and framework for responsible innovation Concepts of future-oriented responsibility as an underpinning philosophy Values sensitive design Key themes of anticipation, reflection, deliberation and responsiveness Multi level governance and regulation Perspectives on responsible innovation in finance, ICT, geoengineering and nanotechnology Essentially multidisciplinary in nature, this landmark text combines research from the fields of science and technology studies, philosophy, innovation governance, business studies and beyond to address the question, How do we ensure the responsible emergence of science and innovation in society?Table of ContentsForeword: Why Responsible Innovation? xi Jack Stilgoe Preface xvii List of Contributors xxiii 1. Innovation in the Twenty-First Century 1 John Bessant 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 How Can We Innovate? – Innovation as a Process 3 1.3 Where Could We Innovate? – Innovation Strategy 4 1.4 Reframing Innovation 5 1.5 Reframing Challenges for Twenty-First Century Innovation 9 1.5.1 The Spaghetti Challenge 9 1.5.2 The Sappho Challenge – Bringing Stakeholders into the Frame 14 1.5.3 The Sustainability Challenge – Innovation for Sustainable Development 17 1.6 Emergent Properties of the New Innovation Environment 21 2. A Framework for Responsible Innovation 27 Richard Owen, Jack Stilgoe, Phil Macnaghten, Mike Gorman, Erik Fisher, and Dave Guston 2.1 Introduction 27 2.2 Context: the Imperative for Responsible Innovation 30 2.2.1 Re-evaluating the Social Contract for Science and Innovation 30 2.2.2 The Responsibility Gap 31 2.2.3 The Dilemma of Control 33 2.2.4 Products and Purposes: the Democratic Governance of Intent 34 2.3 Locating Responsible Innovation within Prospective Dimensions of Responsibility 35 2.4 Four Dimensions of Responsible Innovation 38 2.5 Responsible Innovation: from Principles to Practice 39 2.5.1 Some Experiments in Responsible Innovation 40 2.6 Toward the Future: Building Capacity for Responsible Innovation 44 3. A Vision of Responsible Research and Innovation 51 René von Schomberg 3.1 Introduction: Technical Inventions, Innovation, and Responsibility 52 3.2 Responsible Research and Innovation and the Quest for the Right Impacts of Research 54 3.3 Defining the Right Impacts and Outcomes of Research 56 3.4 From Normative Anchor Points Toward the Defining of “Grand Challenges” and the Direction of Innovation 58 3.5 Responsible Research and Innovation: Organizing Collective Responsibility 59 3.5.1 Some Examples of Irresponsible Innovation 60 3.6 A Framework for Responsible Research and Innovation 63 3.6.1 Use of Technology Assessment and Technology Foresight 65 3.6.2 Application of Precautionary Principle 67 3.6.3 Innovation Governance 67 3.7 Outlook 71 4. Value Sensitive Design and Responsible Innovation 75 Jeroen van den Hoven 4.1 Introduction 75 4.2 Innovation and Moral Overload 77 4.3 Values and Design 78 4.4 Responsible Innovation 80 5. Responsible Innovation – Opening Up Dialogue and Debate 85 Kathy Sykes and Phil Macnaghten 5.1 A Short History of Controversies about Science and Technology 85 5.2 The Evolution of Public Engagement 87 5.3 The Case of Genetically Modified Foods in the UK 90 5.4 Sciencewise and the Institutional Embedding of Public Engagement in the UK 92 5.5 Motivations for Public Dialogue 94 5.6 The Claims for Public Dialogue 97 5.7 How (and When) Can Debate and Dialogue Be Opened Up? 99 5.8 The Substance of Public Concerns and Their Implications for Governance 102 5.9 Concluding Remarks 104 6. “Daddy, Can I Have a Puddle Gator?”: Creativity, Anticipation, and Responsible Innovation 109 David H. Guston 6.1 Introduction 109 6.2 Understanding Anticipation 111 6.3 The Politics of Novelty 112 6.4 The Challenge of Speculative Ethics 114 6.5 Conclusion 116 7. What Is “Responsible” about Responsible Innovation? Understanding the Ethical Issues 119 Alexei Grinbaum and Christopher Groves 7.1 Introduction 119 7.2 The Changing Meaning of Responsibility 120 7.2.1 From the Divine Corporation to the Sovereign Individual 120 7.2.2 Knowledge, Uncertainty, and Human Finitude 123 7.2.3 Reciprocal and Non-Reciprocal Responsibility 126 7.3 Beyond the Sovereign Individual: Collective Responsibility, Desire, and Cultural Narratives 128 7.3.1 Passion Sits Alongside Reason 128 7.3.2 Non-Consequentialist Individual Responsibility 130 7.3.3 Collective Political Responsibility 132 7.3.4 The Virtues of Responsible Innovation 134 7.3.5 Narratives Take over Where Cost–Benefit Analysis Fails 135 7.4 Conclusion: Responsibility and Meaning 139 8. Adaptive Governance for Responsible Innovation 143 Robert G. Lee and JudithPetts 8.1 Introduction 143 8.2 Risk and Adaptive Governance 145 8.3 Responsibility and Accountability 147 8.4 The Rationale for Regulation 150 8.5 Risk Regulation and Accountability for Product Safety 151 8.6 The Adaptation of Risk Regulation 154 8.7 Adaptive Innovation Governance: Limits and Needs 158 8.8 Conclusion 160 9. Responsible Innovation: Multi-Level Dynamics and Soft Intervention Practices 165 Erik Fisher and Arie Rip 9.1 Introduction 165 9.2 Discourse and Activities at Different Levels of Governance 166 9.2.1 International and Bi-Lateral Meetings 167 9.2.2 Legislative Initiatives 168 9.2.3 Research Funding Agencies 169 9.2.4 Intermediary Organizations and Consortia 171 9.2.5 Concrete Activities 172 9.3 Two Cases of “Soft” Intervention 173 9.3.1 STIRing the Capacities of Science and Innovation Practitioners 173 9.3.2 Constructive Technology Assessment (CTA) of Newly Emerging Science and Technology 175 9.4 Concluding Observations on Governance 177 10. Responsible Innovation in Finance: Directions and Implications 185 Fabian Muniesa and Marc Lenglet 10.1 Introduction 185 10.2 Perspectives on Responsible Innovation in Finance 187 10.2.1 Perspective on Function 187 10.2.2 Perspective on Moral Rules 188 10.2.3 Perspective on Internalized Values 188 10.2.4 Perspective on Aggregate Consequences 189 10.2.5 Perspective on Accountability 189 10.2.6 Perspective on Precaution 190 10.2.7 Perspective on Democracy 191 10.3 Some Directions for Further Reflection 191 10.4 Conclusion 194 11. Responsible Research and Innovation in Information and Communication Technology: Identifying and Engaging with the Ethical Implications of ICTs 199 Bernd Carsten Stahl, Grace Eden, and Marina Jirotka 11.1 Introduction 199 11.2 Conceptualizing Responsibility and Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT 200 11.2.1 Responsibility as a Social Ascription 200 11.2.2 Responsible Research and Innovation as Meta-Responsibility 201 11.2.3 Responsible Research and Innovation: the Four “P”s 202 11.3 Building a Framework for RRI in ICT 203 11.3.1 Product: ICTs and Their Ethical Implications 203 11.3.2 People: Landscape of ICT Ethics 208 11.3.3 Process: Governance of RRI in ICT 212 11.4 Critical Reflections 214 11.4.1 The Meta-Responsibilities of RRI 214 11.4.2 Further Research 215 12. Deliberation and Responsible Innovation: a Geoengineering Case Study 219 Karen Parkhill, Nick Pidgeon, Adam Corner, and Naomi Vaughan 12.1 Introduction 219 12.2 Public Perceptions of Geoengineering 222 12.3 Exploring Public Perceptions of Geoengineering: an Empirical Study 223 12.3.1 Context 223 12.3.2 Method: Deliberating SPICE 224 12.3.3 Analysis 225 12.4 Public Perceptions of Geoengineering through the Lens of Responsible Innovation 226 12.4.1 Intentions 226 12.4.2 Responsibility 229 12.4.3 Impacts 231 12.4.4 The Role of the Public 232 12.5 Conclusion: Geoengineering – Responsible Innovation? 234 13. Visions, Hype, and Expectations: a Place for Responsibility 241 Elena Simakova and Christopher Coenen 13.1 Introduction 241 13.2 The Repertoires of Nano Futures 243 13.3 Narratives of Responsibility 253 13.3.1 Narrative 1: Nanofutures, Boundary Work and Technology Assessment Activities in the US and Germany 253 13.3.2 Narrative 2: Responsibility as Knowledge and Technology Transfer in the United States 256 13.4 Narratives, Visions and Conflicts: Lessons for RRI? 259 Endnotes: Building Capacity for Responsible Innovation 269 Jonny Hankins Building Capacity for Responsible Innovation: Awareness and Engagement 271 Less Stick and More Carrot: Building Capacity through Education 272 Index 275
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St. Martin's Press The Unfair Advantage
Book SynopsisThe winner of the UK''s Business Book of the Year Award for 2021, this is a groundbreaking exposé of the myths behind startup success and a blueprint for harnessing the things that really matter.What is the difference between a startup that makes it, and one that crashes and burns? Behind every story of success is an unfair advantage.But an Unfair Advantage is not just about your parents'' wealth or who you know: anyone can have one. An Unfair Advantage is the element that gives you an edge over your competition.This groundbreaking book shows how to identify your own Unfair Advantages and apply them to any project. Drawing on over two decades of hands-on experience, Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba offer a unique framework for assessing your external circumstances in addition to your internal strengths. Hard work and grit aren''t enough, so they explore the importance of money, intelligence, location, education, expertise, status, and luck in the journey to suc
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St. Martin's Essentials The Enneagram at Work
Book SynopsisUse the power of the Enneagram to become a more effective, capable leader The Enneagram at Work is the first book to harness the insight of the Enneagram to transform leadership in today's workplace. A veteran of the high-profile hospitality industry with two decades of experience working with the Enneagram, author Jim McPartlin has seen firsthand the way self-awareness can radically transform leadership, strengthen teams, and spark creative solutions. From giving and accepting criticism to fostering strong mentorships and managing conflict, The Enneagram at Work will give you invaluable tools for growing and thriving in your career. For the longtime Enneagram fan or those who are just learning to identify their type, The Enneagram at Work helps readers explore the full breadth of their type, becoming aware of their blindspots in the workplace and leaning into their strengths more fully. Each chapter includes actionable exercises and pract
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McGraw-Hill Education Loose Leaf Small Business Management An
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Managing Human Resources Mindtap Course List
Book SynopsisGain a better understanding of how human resources impacts both individuals and organizations with this market-leading, practical text. Snell/Morris/Bohlander's popular MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES, 17TH EDITION builds upon a foundation of research and theory with an inviting, practical framework that focuses on today's most critical HR issues and current practices. The book's engaging writing style and strong visual design use more than 500 memorable examples from a variety of real organizations to illustrate key points and connect concepts to current HR practice. Fresh examples spotlight the latest developments and critical trends, while hands-on applications focus on practical tips and suggestions for success.
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Small Business Management Launching Growing
Book SynopsisSMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, 18e, provides the practical concepts, entrepreneurial insights, and comprehensive resources you'll find essential both now and throughout your management future. This market-leading text places you in the role of decision-maker, allowing you to immediately apply what you've learned to current challenges in today's small businesses. The book's thorough emphasis on building business plans ensures that you can effectively create, manage, and analyze a plan for your own venture. Unforgettable examples, exciting video cases, and coverage of the most current developments in business management today keep this engaging text as current and practical now as it was when it led the market in its first edition 52 years ago.
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Cengage Learning, Inc Global Business
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Management An Integrated Approach
Book SynopsisAs tomorrow's manager, you will be confronted with challenges and opportunities that are more dynamic and complex than ever before. MANAGEMENT: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH, by award-winning instructors and prominent Harvard business experts, teaches you how to think like a successful manager and effective leader. This second edition clearly demonstrates the interconnectivity between three facets of management: strategic positioning, organizational design, and individual leadership. You learn the importance of harnessing technological advances, managing and leading a dispersed and diverse workforce, anticipating and reacting to constant competitive and geopolitical change and uncertainty, competing on a global scale, and operating in a socially responsible and accountable manner. Clear concepts directly relate to how today's organizations operate, while self-reflection opportunities help you evaluate personal leadership abilities and skill-building practice equips you for leadership success.
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Understanding Management
Book SynopsisPrepare for management success with this engaging survey of modern management practice. UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT, 10E, seamlessly integrates classic management principles with today's latest management ideas to create a current market-leading text that you will find captivating. Acclaimed authors Richard Daft and Dorothy Marcic cover management and entrepreneurial issues within small to midsize companies, where you are most likely to begin your career, as well as within larger global enterprises. You'll gain valuable insights into real contemporary business as you examine today's best management practices. This text helps you establish and build on practical skills with engaging examples and numerous skill-building and application exercises in every chapter. Using a streamlined format, this edition takes a close look at how change demands innovation and how innovation requires forward-thinking, flexible leaders and organizations. UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT, 10E, provides everything you n
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Strategic Management Theory An Integrated
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and engaging text presents the complexities of strategic management through up-to-date scholarship and hands-on applications. Highly respected authors Hill, Schilling, and Jones integrate cutting-edge research on topics including competitive advantage, corporate governance, diversification, strategic leadership, technology and innovation, and corporate social responsibility through both theory and case studies. Based on real-world practices and current thinking in the field, the 12th edition features an increased emphasis on the changing global economy and its role in strategic management. When paired with this student-centric text, the MindTap learning solution will prepare the next generation of strategic leaders.
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Entrepreneurship
Book SynopsisLearn the true process of a successful entrepreneur with ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THEORY, PROCESS, PRACTICE, 10e! Presenting the most current thinking in this explosive field, this renowned entrepreneurship text provides a practical, step-by-step approach that makes learning easy. It incorporates up-to-the-minute information about trending topics such as The Lean Startup methodology and design innovation. The accompanying MindTap Learning Suite challenges you to apply what you've learned as you complete a unique set of activities designed to help you sharpen your entrepreneurial skills. You'll tackle activities that challenge you to experience the world of new venture creation or corporate innovation first hand. This book will be your guide to understanding the entrepreneurial challenges of tomorrow, and MindTap will teach you the necessary skills to become a leader in the industry.Table of ContentsPart I: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND-SET IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. 1. Entrepreneurship. Evolutionary Development--Revolutionary Impact. 2. The Entrepreneurial Mind-Set in Individuals: Cognition and Ethics. 3. The Entrepreneurial Mind-Set in Organizations: Corporate Entrepreneurship. 4. Social Entrepreneurship and the Global Environment for Entrepreneurship. Part II: INITIATING ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES. 5. Innovation: The Creative Pursuit of Ideas. 6. Assessment of Entrepreneurial Opportunities. 7. Pathways to Entrepreneurial Ventures. 8. Sources of Capital for Entrepreneurial Ventures. Part III: DEVELOPING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PLAN. 9. Legal Challenges for Entrepreneurial Ventures. 10. Marketing Research for Entrepreneurial Ventures. 11. Financial Preparation for Entrepreneurial Ventures. 12. Developing an Effective Business Plan. Part IV: GROWTH STRATEGIES FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES. 13. Strategic Entrepreneurial Growth. 14. Valuation of Entrepreneurial Ventures. 15. Harvesting Entrepreneurial Ventures.
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Cengage Learning, Inc MGMT Book Only
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The 5 Truths for Transformational Leaders
Book SynopsisUse mission-driven leadership to create dramatic growth at your nonprofit In TheFive Truths for Transformational Leaders: How Nonprofit Organizations Thrive, Grow, and Make a Profound Difference, former Chief Strategy Officer for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Ed Mishrell, delivers an insightful and practical discussion of how to achieve extraordinary results when leading nonprofit organizations. The author explains how to use your organization's mission as your north star and build an exciting, growing, and thriving nonprofit. You'll benefit from the book's step-by-step guidance and advice as it outlines the five key principles of mission-driven leadership. You'll also discover incisive quotes and observations from board members and staff leaders at fast-growing nonprofit organizations you can apply to your own nonprofit for immediate results. The book also offers: Strategies for eliminating or repairing ineffective systeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Foreword xiii Introduction: The Origin of the Five Truths for Transformational Leaders 1 Chapter Organization 6 Background Information: The Community Centers of Mission City 7 1 Truth 1: Be Fanatical About Mission 9 Community Centers of Mission City: Board Meeting Summary 10 Three Reasons for a Fanatical Believe in Mission 16 Questions and Thoughts for Aspiring 19 Community Centers of Mission City Board Meeting One Month Later 19 Mission-Driven CPOs 22 My Mission Origin Story 23 Notes for Board Members 24 Resource Center for Truth 1 27 2 Truth 2: Fix, Stabilize, or Replace Systems, Practices, and People Who Are Not Working 29 Helen’s First Board Meeting as CPO 30 Fix and Stabilize Systems and Practices 33 Make Needed People Changes 38 Two Weeks After Helen’s First Board Meeting 40 Ruthless Leadership? 45 Community Centers of Mission City Emergency Board Meeting One Week Later 46 Caution: Solving Problems Can Be Addictive 48 Summary 49 Notes to Board Members 50 Resource Center for Truth 2 51 3 Truth 3: Establish a Mission-Driven Strategy 53 Six Months Later: Community Centers of Mission City Board Retreat 54 A Mission-Driven Strategy 57 Keeping a Mission Focus 63 Hiring Mistakes 71 On-the-Job Orientation and Training 72 Community Centers of Mission City Measurement Plan 78 Measurement Resistance 80 Operating Versus Restricted Funding 86 Community Centers of Mission City Board Meeting One Month After Board Retreat 87 Community Centers of Mission City Strategy Overview 87 Summary 90 Notes for Board Members 91 Resource Center for Truth 3 99 4 Truth 4: Execution Drives Results 101 Community Center of Mission City One Year Later 104 Relentlessly Communicate Strategy at Every Opportunity 106 Focus on What Is Most Important 109 Strategic Planning Committee Meeting to Review Operating Plan for Coming Year 109 Establish an Annual Plan with Clear Priorities, Targets, and Progress Measures 112 Community Centers of Mission City Annual Operating Plan 116 Execute the Plan 118 Ends Versus Means Goals 122 Summary 123 Notes for Board Members 124 Resource Center for Truth 4 124 5 Truth 5: Continue to Grow as a Leader 125 Let’s Start at the Beginning 126 My Leadership Journey 127 Community Centers of Mission City: Three Years Later 131 Leadership Changes 134 Four Keys to Continuously Growing as a Leader 135 Nurturing a Growth Mindset 138 Gender Differences? 140 Continue to Learn 142 Some Leaders Have a Specialty 144 Executivitis 147 Summary 147 Notes for Board Members 148 What About Succession Planning? 151 Resource Center for Truth 5 152 6 The Road Ahead: Trends and Challenges That Will Shape the Future 153 Community Centers of Mission City: Six Years Later 154 Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities 155 What Will Be Required of Leaders? 166 Developing the Next Generation of Leaders 173 Final Thoughts 174 Notes for Board Members 175 Resource Center for The Road Ahead 176 Resource Center 177 References 219 About the Author 223 Index 225
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Contemporary Business
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Random House USA Inc Leading Up How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win
Book SynopsisToday’s best leaders know how to lead up, a necessary strategy when a supervisor is micromanaging rather than macrothinking, when a division president offers clear directives but can’t see the future, or when investors demand instant gain but need long-term growth. Through vivid, compelling stories, Michael Useem reveals how upward leadership can transform incipient disaster into hard-won triumph. For example, U.S. Marine Corps General Peter Pace reconciled the conflicting priorities of six bosses by keeping them well informed and challenging their instructions when necessary. Useem also explores what happens when those who should step forward fail to do so—Mount Everest mountaineers might have saved themselves from disaster during a fateful ascent if only they had questioned their guides’ flawed decisions. Leading Up is a call to action. It asks us to get results by helping our superiors lead and by building on the best in everybody’s natur
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HarperCollins Focus Nincompoopery
Book SynopsisCEO and award-winning business writer John R. Brandt offers concrete examples of how any organization can innovate in ways that delight customers and attract top-level talent.Nincompoopery--terrible customer service, idiotic business processes, and soul-crushing management practices--surrounds all of us. We lose time, patience, and profits as stuck-in-the-past organizations actively prevent us (and our customers) from getting the value we (and they) deserve.In Nincompoopery, Brandt leverages research across thousands of companies to show leaders how to find and kill the corporate stupidity that drives customers crazy.It usually starts by asking simple questions, such as: Why should our customers have to rekey their data multiple times to make a single purchase? Why are there four levels of approval just to order basic supplies? Why can’t we get qualified candidates for open positions, or provide new empl
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HarperCollins Focus The NBA Story
Book SynopsisWhat can you learn from the most successful companies in the world? The NBA Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled the exciting basketball league to become the powerhouse it is today.
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Barcharts, Inc BusinessManagement Leadership Quickstudy Business
Book SynopsisDesigned to illustrate the importance of management leadership in the business world, our information-packed 3-panel (6-page) guide is sure to resonate with students and businesspeople, alike. Clear explanations of key terms and principles, as well as theories and their proponents, are enhanced by vivid graphics.
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Barcharts, Inc Managing People
Book SynopsisBarCharts understands that proper managing of employees within a company results in a happier, more productive work environmentâthat's why our newest 3-panel guide will come in handy for any business leader! Comprehensive details regarding every type of management are featured, along with key definitions and useful tips to help achieve office harmony.
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Barcharts, Inc Management
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American Psychological Association Being the Change
Book SynopsisBeing the Changeis written for activists who work in organizations with social missions, and those who are involved in social change outside of their jobs.This book is a practical guide that helps readers maintain and enhance their ability to be effective agents of change. You can''t take care of the world without taking care of yourself.Although therapy can often help alleviate anxiety or depression, activists can also apply therapy-based strategies as part of their self-care. This book?provides empirically supported strategies from cognitive behavior therapies and other psychological interventions for coping with the challenges of difficult, yet meaningful work. Readers will learn how to clarify their values, identify their strengths, manage their emotions and relationships, and incorporate self-care as part of their personal and professional development. A rich catalog of case examples, exercises, and actionable ideas make this book a comprehensTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. Starting Now to Change the World Chapter 1. Tuning Into Your Values and Strengths Chapter 2. Your Life and Your Valued Directions Chapter 3. Managing Emotions: Cognitive Reappraisal Chapter 4. Managing Emotions: Other Approaches Chapter 5. Intentional Communication Chapter 6. Going Beyond Your Comfort Zone Chapter 7. Collaborating for Change: Harnessing the Benefits of the Group Chapter 8. Self-Care Chapter 9. Maintaining Motivation and Avoiding Burnout Chapter 10. The Long Term: How Might Your Engagement Evolve Over Time? Appendix. Learning More References Index About the Authors
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc The School Library Manager
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn exciting new edition of an incredibly comprehensive piece for the field of school librarianship. All aspects of managing a school library and being a leader in school librarianship are discussed in this book. An excellent read for graduate school or personal professional development. * Heather Moorefield-Lang, Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA *The School Library Manager is an exciting and essential text for school librarians. Whether stepping into a first library role or reflecting on one’s practice after a few—or more than a few!—years on the job, this updated edition of a classic offers sound guidance driven by core values, thoughtful questions for librarians to ask and pursue, and specific strategies for fostering professional development and growth. The appendices are a gold mine, equipping individual librarians, graduate course instructors, or district supervisors with valuable resources including advocacy tools, checklists for a year’s tasks, and ideas for student volunteer programs. * Rebecca J. Morris, Teaching Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA *Table of ContentsPreface, Sharon Coatney Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: In the Beginning: 1. Becoming a School Librarian Essential Questions Choosing This Career Where Do You Belong? A Day in the Life of an Elementary School Librarian A Day in the Life of a Middle School Librarian A Day in the Life of a High School Librarian A Day in the Life of a (Multi-School) Middle/High School Librarian School Librarian Competencies Choosing a Pre-Service School Library Education Program Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Note 2. From Then to Now Essential Questions History of Education in the United States The Education Environment in the 21st Century Restructuring and Administration Standardized Testing Challenges with Charter Schools, Home Schooling, and Vouchers Remote and Hybrid Learning History of School Libraries in the United States The School Library Environment Today Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes 3. Getting That Position Essential Questions License/Credential to Practice How to Find a Job What to Prepare for the Job Hunt Interviewing for the Position Coping with Reality Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes Part II: Going to Work: 4. Beginning the Job Essential Question Getting Started Finding Out Who Supervises Your Work Finding Out About Your School Board Finding Out About Your Superintendent Finding Out About Parents and Caregivers Finding Out About Your Building-Level Administrators Finding Out About Your Teacher Colleagues Finding Out About Additional Friends with Powers: School Facilitators Finding Out About Your School Culture Finding Out About the Learning Environment Finding Out About Your Digital Assets and Considering Other Front Doors Finding Out About Your OPAC Finding Out About Daily Operations Finding Out About Library Staff Finding Out About Your Students When Students Arrive Getting Ready for Orientation Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes 5. The Education Program Essential Questions Reading Ready Access to a Good Book Helps Improve Reading Skills Commercial Reading Incentive Programs and Suggestions to Encourage Reading Sharing Reading and Curriculum Research The Education Program and the Curriculum Analyzing Teaching Methods Helping Enhance Teacher Assessments Understanding the Learner Understanding Curriculum Inquiry-Driven Learning Making Inquiry Happen Inquiry Learning Models Beyond the Curriculum The School Librarian as Teacher Formal Lesson Plans Anchor Charts Teaching All Kinds of Literacies The School Librarian in the Classroom and the School Library as a Classroom Current Awareness and Research Support for Teachers and Administrators Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes 6. Assessment and Evaluation Essential Questions Who Evaluates Your Work? Standards-Based Evaluation Evaluating and Reflecting on Your Own Work On Counting Defining Terms The Problem with Numbers Deciding What to Measure Evidence to Promote Growth On Collecting Local Evidence of Practice Leveraging Your Camera for Evidence of Practice Assessing Student Learning Educators and Action Research Documenting Your Role as Lead Teacher Evidence for Practice Evaluation as an Awareness Device Appraising the Facility At the End of the Year: The Importance of Reporting Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes 7. Planning and Management for Growth Essential Questions Policy Statement and Needs Assessment Goals and Objectives Organizing Systematic Feedback and Adjustments Planning for Growth Scheduling the School Library Digital Calendars and Daily Plans Budget The Development of District Budgets The Fiscal Year Acquiring Resources: The Purchasing Process Purchasing Materials Selecting Equipment Cost Accountability and Return on Investment (ROI) Cost Accountability ROI Writing Proposals to Expand Programs Developing the Statement of Needs Preparing Goals and Objectives Establishing the Plan of Action Planning for Evaluation Deciding the Dissemination Describing Local Resources Building the Budget Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes 8. Library Spaces Essential Questions Background Thinking on Spaces Changing Spaces The Learning Commons Model First Impressions A Culture of Accessibility Engaging with Your Space Making Room for Making Factors That Affect Use of Space Creating Flexible Zones Rearranging Your Facility Remodeling the Facility Planning New Facilities Storing and Moving a School Library Branding Your Space On a Serious Note: Safety Ensuring the Integrity of Library Space Staying Positive Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes 9. Curating Your Collection for Growth Essential Questions The Collection: Moving Beyond Print The Life Cycle of Your Collection Selection and Reconsideration Policies Intellectual Freedom and the Right to Access Information Privacy and Intellectual Freedom What to Do in Case of a Challenge What CIPA Requires Copyright and Fair Use Preservation and Archival Functions Building and Maintaining the Resource Collection Organizing Information Evaluating Your Collection Acquisition: Selecting Materials Curating the Web Deselection of Materials (Weeding) Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes 10. Managing and Partnering with Personnel Essential Questions The Library Advisory Committee Analyzing Your Leadership and Collaborative Style Library Staff Standards-Based Evaluation Hiring Staff Practicum Students Support Staff in the Library Students and Their Library Teachers and the Library Administrators and the Library Parents and the Library Friends of the Library and Student Staff or Volunteers The Community and the Library Relationships with Other Types of Libraries Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes PART III: KEEPING UP 11. Leading through Technology Essential Questions Role of Librarians as Technology Leaders Types of Technologies School Librarians Use and Integrate Thinking About Software and Applications Intellectual Property Copyright Creative Commons Fair Use Opportunities for Connected Experiences, Global Connections, and Participation Immersive Reality Makerspaces Engaging Students in Technology Leadership Librarians and Digital-Age Learning: Social Media and Digital Citizenship Regulations Relating to Student Privacy and Safety Models for Examining the Impact of Technologies on Learning Impact of Technologies on Instruction On Curation Curation and Subscription Databases Curating OER Curating Your Library’s Virtual Presence Website Accessibility Matters Other Technology Staff and Possible Turf Issues Getting a Seat and Making a Difference at the Tech Table Finding Your People Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes 12. Professional Development Essential Questions Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) Blogs Podcasts Twitter Facebook YouTube Visual Social Media Curation Platforms Pinterest Instagram TikTok Wakelet Webinars Workshops and Institutes Your Local School District Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) Planning Professional Development Professional Associations Education Associations and Events Library Associations and Networks International Associations Certifications as Professional Development Opportunities Journals to Know Leading Professional Learning Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes 13. Advocacy Essential Questions Changing Perceptions Through Public Relations Marketing What to Market How to Market PR or Promotion Ideas Preparing Presentations Advocacy to Activism School Librarians and the Political Process Lobbying at Home Mini Presentation: The Elevator Speech Reaching School Boards, Parents, and the Community State and National Legislative Lobbying School Librarians as Politicians and Elected Officials School Librarians: Advocating in the Global Community Collecting the Evidence Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes Part IV: Looking Forward: 14. The Future Essential Questions Connecting the Dots Connecting the Chapters of This Book to Change The Future Is Yours and The Future Is You Some Advice from Your Authors Key Takeaways Challenges to Promote Growth Notes Additional Resources Appendix A: Mindset for School Library Innovators Appendix B: Interview Questions for School Librarians Appendix C: List of Student Volunteer Activities Appendix D: Messaging: The Elevator Speech or Signature Pitch Appendix E: Journals to Know Appendix F: Article for the Los Angeles Times Appendix G: A School Librarian’s Desert Island Toolkit Appendix H: Librarian Checklist of Reminders Appendix I: Your Library Website: It’s a Destination, Not a Brochure! Index About the Authors
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Little, Brown & Company American Turnaround
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£23.19
DK English for Everyone Slipcase Business English
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£42.45
Amazon Publishing Digital Disruption
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£17.99
Royal Collins Publishing Company Decoding Jingdong The Secret Technology Behind
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£25.46
Simple Truths, LLC Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus How to Get Big
Book SynopsisEric Harvey is the president of WalkTheTalk, a company that provides organizations with high-impact resources for personal and professional success. WalkTheTalk believe is developing capable leaders, building strong communities, and helping people to stay inspired and motivated to reach new level of skills and confidence.
£12.99
Berrett-Koehler Publishers El corazón del liderazgo: Cómo ser un líder que
Book SynopsisWhat makes for a truly exceptional leader? Certainly, leaders need people skills, execution skills, a deep knowledge of industry trends, the ability to articulate a vision, and more--they must be competent--but that''s just the tip of the iceberg. What''s below the waterline? What''s deep inside the best leaders that makes them different?Mark Miller contends it is their leadership character. In this enlightening and entertaining business fable, young and ambitious leader Blake Brown goes on a journey to discover the five unique traits exhibited by exceptional leaders and how to cultivate them. This book shows us that leadership needn''t be the purview of the few--it is within reach for millions around the world. The Heart of Leadership is a road map for every person who desires to make a difference in the lives of others and become a leader people want to follow. ¿Qué es lo que hace que un líder sea verdaderamente excepcional? Sin duda, los líderes necesitan don de gentes, habilidades de ejecución, un conocimiento profundo de las tendencias de la industria, y la capacidad de articular una visión; y más aún: deben ser competentes. Pero eso es sólo la punta del iceberg. ¿Qué hay debajo de la línea de flotación? ¿Qué se esconde dentro de los mejores líderes, que los hace diferentes? Mark Miller sostiene que es el carácter. En esta fábula empresarial, clarificadora y amena, el joven y ambicioso líder Blake Brown emprende un viaje para descubrir los cinco rasgos únicos que distinguen a los líderes excepcionales, y cómo cultivarlos. Este libro nos muestra que el liderazgo no tiene por qué ser la meta de unos pocos, sino que está al alcance de millones de personas de todo el mundo. El corazón del liderazgo es un mapa para todo aquel que desee marcar una diferencia en la vida de los demás y convertirse en un líder que la gente quiera seguir.
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones,
Book Synopsis"Fear and doubt are the two greatest enemies of high performance in the workplace. This powerful book shows you how to instill more and more courage and confidence in every person, releasing personal potential you didn''t know you had available." --Brian Tracy, author of Eat That Frog!The hardest part of a manager''s job isn''t staying organized, meeting deliverable dates, or staying on budget. It''s dealing with people who are too comfortable doing things the way they''ve always been done and too afraid to do things differently--workers who are, as Bill Treasurer puts it, too "comfeartable." They fail to exert themselves any more than they have to and make their businesses dangerously safe. Treasurer, a courage-building pioneer, proposes a bold antidote: courage. He lays out a step-by-step process that treats courage as a skill that can be developed and strengthened. Treasurer differentiates what he calls the Three Buckets of Courage: TRY Courage, having the guts to take initiative; TRUST Courage, being willing to follow the lead of others; and TELL Courage, being honest and assertive with coworkers and bosses. Aristotle said that courage is the first virtue because it makes all other virtues possible. It''s as true in business as it is in life. With more courage, workers gain the confidence to take on harder projects, embrace company changes with more enthusiasm, and extend themselves in ways that will benefit their careers and their company.
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Cambridge Scholars Publishing Business Essentials
Book SynopsisThis book is for the next generation of leaders in business, industry and society, for whom it is important to know where wealth and jobs come from, how the government generates tax revenue and the principles which help society function best. It assumes no prior business knowledge, starting with foundational principles and plunges into important issues in business. It explores questions such as: What is the nature of leadership? What is entrepreneurship? What can financial analysis reveal? How can big data and analytics be used? What strategies are available? Every chapter lists learning objectives allowing the reader to know what to expect. Emphasis boxes throughout the text summarize concepts and provide additional examples. The book assumes no math beyond algebra, but develops quantitative tools through seventy worked equations. Each chapter has a Terms and Concepts section for reference and review. Chapter appendices provide practical information on networking, negotiation, professional dress, consulting, employment, and challenging statistics.
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Rowman & Littlefield Exploring the American Civil War through 50
Book SynopsisExploring the American Civil War through 50 Historic Treasures brings together historic objects, documents, artwork, and the natural and built environments to tell the full story of this important event in American history. The American Civil War still matters. It matters because the war ¾ its causes and its consequences ¾ continue to influence America as a nation. At its core, the Civil War was about slavery. Began as a fight to secure the future of slavery, the Civil War resulted instead in the abolition of slavery. The complex racial issues at its core, however, remain with us today. Exploring the American Civil War through 50 Historic Treasures begins with the causes of the war, examining objects that tell the story of slavery and its expansion in the nineteenth century. Cultural treasures representing the war years explore the battlefield and the homefront and the men and women caught up in the war as well the ways in which the scale of the war forced technological innovations. Given the centrality of slavery, race, and emancipation in the story of the Civil War, one section presents objects that detail how free and enslaved blacks transformed the war effort and were in turn transformed by the war. In the final section, the historic treasures trace the ongoing impact of the war, including the dramatic increase in the removal of Confederate monuments in the summer of 2020. Each object's story is detailed with color photos that draw readers into the story of the American Civil War. Many of these objects appear here in print for the first time.Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceObject TimelineCivil War TimelineIntroductionAcknowledgementsPart One: Causes For Sale – “A Day I’ll Never Forgit” Good Credit, Good Prices, & Good Profits: The Slave Labor Economy Buy for the Sake of the Slave!: Quakers, Antislavery, and the Boycott of Slave Labor Strike a Blow for Freedom: Black Activism and the Abolitionist Movement “I will be harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice”: The Antebellum Antislavery Movement Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Sumner: Challenges to the Expansion of Slavery in the West Part Two: Politics “A Man Kidnapped!”: Northern Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 “Honest Old Abe is Bound to Win”: The Election of 1860 The Union is Dissolved!: The Secession Crisis “Strike for Your Altars and Your Fires!”: The Fight for the Border States Securing Alliances: The Confederate Government and the Five Tribes John Bull Makes a Choice: Cotton and International Politics Part Three: Battlefield A Sacred Emblem of the Battle of Glorieta Pass Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site: The Indian Wars in the Civil War Era A Terrible Slaughter: The Battle of Gettysburg “We Will Prove Ourselves Men”: The United States Colored Troops Caring for the Wounded: Nurses in the Civil War “His names was Bidwell Pedley”: Caring for the Dead during the Civil War Part Four: Officers “Let them surrender and go home”: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House Lee’s Right Army: Stonewall Jackson “The Beast”: Benjamin Butler and the Occupation of New Orleans The “Father of Black Nationalism”: Martin Delany Part Five: Soldiers “Those d—d black hatted fellows”: The Iron Brigade of the West Lee’s Shock Troops: Hood’s Texas Brigade “What is to be done with the prisoners?”: Union and Confederate Prisons Days of Infamy and Disgrace: The New York City Draft Riots The Evolution of the Union Cavalry Part Six: Home Front “The Last Thought of a Dying Father”: The Northern Home Front “Bread or Blood!”: The Southern Home Front during the Civil War “Pounding on the Rock”: African American Families in the Civil War North “I Wanted to Be My Own General”: Guerilla Warfare and the Homefront On Her Own: The Texas Home Front during the Civil War Part Seven: Symbols “The Speechless Agony of the Fettered Slave”: The Symbolism of the Antislavery Movement “The Little Woman Who Made the Great War”: Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin “If you want my flag, you’ll have to take it over my dead body”: National and Regimental Flags during the Civil War Setting the Beat for War: Popular Music in the North and the South Part Eight: Technology The Great Locomotive Chaise: Railroads and Military Strategy A Scientific Foundation for Medical Care: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion “A curious marine monster”: Ironclads and Riverine Warfare The Silk Dress Balloon: Aeronautics in the Civil War Part Nine: Emancipation Freedom’s Fort: The Beginnings of Emancipation An Abolition War: The Emancipation Proclamation Troubled Refuge: Contraband Camps A New Birth of Freedom: Thirteenth Amendment Help Me Find My People: Reconstructing Black Families Part Ten: Legacy “I Won’t Be Reconstructed”: Southerners and Confederate Defeat Memorializing the Dead: Race, Heritage, and the Lost Cause Reconciliation and Reunion: Blue and Gray Reunions in the Post-Civil War Era The Black Confederate Story: Civil War History and Memory in the Age of the Internet Stone Mountain: Confederate Monuments in the Twenty-First Century AfterwordIndexBibliographyAbout the Author
£47.33
Rowman & Littlefield Exploring American Healthcare through 50 Historic
Book SynopsisHealthcare history is more than leeches and drilling holes in skulls. It is stories of scientific failures and triumphs. Exploring American Healthcare History through 50 Historic Treasures presents a visual and narrative history of health and medicine in the United States, tracing paradigm shifts such as the introduction of anesthesia, the adoption of germ theory, and advances in public health. The book provides windows into ordinary people’s experiences with different schools of thought about treatment, from patent medicines and faith healing to hospital-based clinical trials. Exploring American Healthcare History showcases little-known objects that illustrate the complexities of our relationship with health, like a set of teeth from a small town in Arkansas where the link between fluoride and dental health was first discovered. It also highlights famous moments in medicine, such as the discovery of penicillin, and puts them into social and cultural context. Exploring American Healthcare History through 50 Historic Treasures will discuss concepts that are key to history curricula and to using history as a lens to understand society. The concepts include healthcare’s intersection with race, law, and changing cultural attitudes in a society shaped by science, religion, and economic forces. The choice of “healthcare” as the focus reflects the fact that the book encompasses conventional medicine, surgery, nursing, alternative medicines, and public health. The book discusses some areas of healthcare history in which practitioners were led by bias or greed rather than evidence. Some patent medicines, for example, lived up to their reputation as get-rich-quick schemes for their inventors. A few of the historic artifacts in the book, such as eugenics medals awarded to families with “good” genes, are treasures in the sense that they are a vital connection to shameful episodes in our past. The book explores artifacts and historic sites as individual things or places with their own stories, and as objects and sites representative of larger trends.This full-color book with over 50 photographs of artifacts like a beer advertised as harnessing the health-giving power of the sun show how the advancing science of health touched people’s everyday lives as well as their doctor visits. Patent medicines and machines highlight ways that people avoided or reacted to mainstream medicine, like faith healing, commercial nostrums, and alternative medicine. Thermometers and mold-culturing pans provide a tour of developments such as professional nursing and the “miracle drug” penicillin, while offering insight into epidemics from tuberculosis, plague, and the 1918 flu to HIV and opioid misuse. Historical caregivers featured include Pedro Jaramillo, a Mexican-American curandero, Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte, a trailblazing Omaha medical doctor, and Mattie Donnell Hicks, a Black nurse who served with both segregated and integrated units in the Army Corps of Nurses. This book describes the days when surgeons worked on patients without anesthesia and wiped their scalpels on their coats, and the day that EMTs raced to provide help when the Twin Towers were attacked in 2001, providing insight relevant to today’s problems and colorful anecdotes along the way.
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Rowman & Littlefield Manual of Museum Exhibitions
Book SynopsisDrawing on years of experience, Maria Piacente details the exhibition process in a straightforward way that can be easily adapted by institutions of any size. She and her contributing authors explore the exhibition development process in greater detail, providing the technical and practical methodologies museum professionals need today.
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