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Oxford University Press The Institutional Logics Perspective
Book SynopsisHow do institutions influence and shape cognition and action in individuals and organizations, and how are they in turn shaped by them? Various social science disciplines have offered a range of theories and perspectives to provide answers to this question. Within organization studies in recent years, several scholars have developed the institutional logics perspective. An institutional logic is the set of material practices and symbolic systems including assumptions, values, and beliefs by which individuals and organizations provide meaning to their daily activity, organize time and space, and reproduce their lives and experiences. This approach affords significant insights, methodologies, and research tools, to analyze the multiple combinations of factors that may determine cognition, behaviour, and rationalities.In tracing the development of the institutional logics perspective from earlier institutional theory, the book analyzes seminal research, illustrating how and why influentiaTrade ReviewIn The Institutional Logics Perspective, Thornton, Ocasio, and Lounsbury have crafted a foundational treatise that will be a touchstone for future inquiry on logics. As an explanation for how actors, actions, and context come together in organizational and institutional settings, the institutional logics perspective has found a broad and diverse audience; this book will only widen its appeal. The authors break fresh theoretical ground and offer a solid conceptual footing for the study of logics; as such, the book has much to recommend it. * Mary Ann Glynn, Administrative Sciences Quarterly (forthcoming 2013) *This book is a must-read. Thornton, Ocasio and Lounsbury take stock, in a poised and systematic manner, of what has been achieved so far by the Institutional Logics perspective. They also point to what remains to be done. Building on a rich heritage, the Institutional Logics perspective threads the path to new and exciting frontiers a multi-levels theory of institutions, the stabilization of solid micro-foundations, a refreshing return to history and the exploration of the dynamics of identities. The agenda is attractive and this book develops a highly useful road map. * Marie-Laure Djelic, ESSEC Business School *Over the past generation, neoinstitutional theory has become perhaps the dominant perspective in the sociology of organizations. The institutional logics perspective has became an intriguing alternative that seeks to encompass and extend the insights of neoinstitutionalism to both lower and higher units of analysis. This book goes farther than any prior work in advancing the institutional logics perspective. * Gerald F. Davis, University of Michigan *The Institutional Logics Perspective is an essential road map to and program for the future development of theories of institutional logic. Thornton, Ocasio, and Lounsbury offer a host of uncharted, under-theorized, unthought, and unexplored causal mechanisms linking the macro and the micro, practice and interaction, value and identity. The authors lay out the inter-institutional system, the doubleness of rationality, the cultural contingency of interest, the ideality of material practice, and the ways in which we have mistakenly assumed that institution effaces agency and hence politics. We are going to have to think and work this text for a while. * Roger O. Friedland, University College Santa Barbara *No concept in the field of organization studies has been more promising than that of institutional logics and no concept has been more elusive, at times to the point of evanescence. The authors bring institutional logics down to earth, unpacking the concept, tracing its history and exploring its ambiguities, identifying its component parts, and giving each the close attention it deserves. This much-needed and well-conceived volume provides an invaluable service to students of institutions and organizational fields. * Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University *Table of Contents1. Introduction to the Institutional Logics Perspective ; 2. Precursors to the Institutional Logics Perspective ; 3. Defining the Inter-institutional System ; 4. The Emergence, Stability and Change of the Inter-institutional System ; 5. Micro-Foundations of Institutional Logics ; 6. The Dynamics of Organizational Practices and Identities ; 7. The Emergence and Evolution of Field-Level Logics ; 8. Implications for Future Research
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Oxford University Press The Work of Managers
Book SynopsisManagers are significant actors in contemporary organizations and yet there is very little deep-level analysis of what managers do, and how they understand their managerial selves and social situations. Instead of evaluating management techniques according to their internal logic and systematic qualities, this book advances the ''practice perspective'', using behaviour and activities of successful, experienced, and skilled managers as the primary data for theorizing good management.In this book, academics review classic literature on managerial work, discuss methodological and theoretical approaches, and present empirical studies on various kinds of managers at different levels of organizations, in different roles, and different sectors, from construction site managers and CEOs of large companies to university vice chancellors and front-line health care managers. It makes the case for studies of managerial work that look beyond the rational and ordered world to the challenges presentedTable of ContentsPART ONE: FRAMEWORK; PART TWO: A PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE ON LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL WORK; PART THREE: OPERATIONAL MANAGERIAL WORK; PART FOUR: ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGERIAL WORK; PART FIVE: MANAGERIAL WORK IN SMALL BUSINESSES; PART SIX: THE WAY FORWARD
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Oxford University Press Accounting Organizations and Institutions
Book SynopsisAccounting has an ever-increasing significance in contemporary society. Indeed, some argue that its practices are fundamental to the development and functioning of modern capitalist societies. We can see accounting everywhere: in organizations where budgeting, investing, costing, and performance appraisal rely on accounting practices; in financial and other audits; in corporate scandals and financial reporting and regulation; in corporate governance, risk management, and accountability, and in the corresponding growth and influence of the accounting profession. Accounting, too, is an important part of the curriculum and research of business and management schools, the fastest growing sector in higher education.This growth is largely a phenomenon of the last 50 years or so. Prior to that, accounting was seen mainly as a mundane, technical, bookkeeping exercise (and some still share that naive view). The growth in accounting has demanded a corresponding engagement by scholars to examine Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Linking Accounting, Organizations and Institutions ; 2. Everyday Accounting Practices and Intentionality ; 3. Institutional Perspectives on the Internationalization of Accounting ; 4. Studying Accounting in Action: The Challenge of Engaging with Management Accounting Practice ; 5. Management Accounting in a Digital and Global Economy: The Interface of Strategy, Technology, and Cost Information ; 6. Organizationally Oriented Management Accounting Research in the U.S.: A Case Study of the Diffusion of a Research Innovation ; 7. On the Relationship between Accounting and Social Space ; 8. What is the Object of Management? How Management Technologies Help to Create Manageable Objects ; 9. Governance and its Transnational Dynamics: Towards a Re-ordering of our World? ; 10. Governing Audit Globally - IFAC, the New International Financial Architecture and the Auditing Profession ; 11. The Study of Controller Agency ; 12. Sketch of Derivations in Wall Street and Atlantic Africa ; 13. Behavioral Studies of the Effects of Regulation on Earnings Management and Accounting Choice ; 14. Accounts of Science ; 15. Financial Accounting Without a State ; 16. Socio-political Studies of Financial Reporting and Standard Setting ; 17. On the Eclipse of Professionalism in Accounting: An Essay ; 18. All Offshore: The Sprat, the Mackerel, Accounting Firms, and the State in Globalization
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Oxford University Press Process Sensemaking and Organizing
Book SynopsisProcess, Sensemaking, and Organizing is the first in a series of volumes which explore perspectives on process theories, an emerging approach to the study of organizations that focuses on (understanding) activities, interactions, and change as essential properties of organizations rather than structures and state - an approach which prioritizes activity over product, change over persistence, novelty over continuity, and expression over determination. Process and sensemaking may be seen as mutually interlocking phenomena and, as such, are cornerstones in process thinking, This volume brings together contributions from an international group of scholars energized by process organization studies. The collection offers perspectives from different disciplines, insights from diverse theoretical traditions and contexts, and parallels made with a range of cultural forms, including art, poetry, and cookery. At the same time, the chapters exhibit a clear emphasis on a process ontology, process tTrade ReviewReview from previous edition Praise for the series: "As we become more willing to convert reified entities into differentiated streams, the resulting images of process have become more viable and more elusive. Organization becomes organizing, being becomes becoming, construction becomes constructing. But as we see ourselves saying more words that end in "ing," what must we be thinking? That is not always clear. But now, under the experienced guidance of editors Langley and Tsoukas, there is an annual forum that moves us toward continuity and consolidation in process studies. This book series promises to be a vigorous, thoughtful forum dedicated to improvements in the substance and craft of process articulation." * Karl E. Weick, Rensis Likert Distinguished University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology, University of Michigan, USA *"Perspectives on Process Organization Studies will be the definitive annual volume of theories and research that advance our understanding of process questions dealing with how things emerge, grow, develop, and terminate over time. I applaud Professors Ann Langley and Haridimos Tsoukas for launching this important book series, and encourage colleagues to submit their process research and subscribe to PROS." * Andrew H. Van de Ven, Vernon H. Heath Professor of Organizational Innovation and Change, University of Minnesota, USA *"The recent decades witnessed conspicuous changes in organization theory: a slow but inexorable shift from the focus on structures to the focus on processes. The whirlwinds of the global economy made it clear that everything flows, even if change itself can become stable. While the interest in processes of organizing is not new, it is now acquiring a distinct presence, as more and more voices join in. A forum is therefore needed where such voices can speak to one another, and to the interested readers. The series Perspectives on Process Organization Studies will provide an excellent forum of that kind, both for those for whom a processual perspective is a matter of ontology, and those who see it as an epistemological choice." * Barbara Czarniawska, Professor of Management Studies, School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden *Table of ContentsIntroducing Perspectives on Process Organization Studies ; Process, Sensemaking, and Organizing: an Introduction ; Stop Making (Philosophical) Sense: Notes towards a Process Organizational-thinking beyond 'Philosophy' ; Co-Constitution, Causality, and Confluence: Organizing in a World without Entities ; Adopting a Process Orientation...in Practice: Chiasmic Relations, Language, and Embodiment in a Living World ; The Poetics of Process: Theorizing the Ineffable in Organization Studies ; Rediscovering Becoming: Insights from an Oriental Perspective on Process Organization Studies ; Going Back to Go Forward: On Studying Organizing in Action Nets ; Actor-Network Theory, Callon's Scallops, and Process-based Organization Studies ; Organizational Learning through Problem Absorption: a Processual View ; Temporal Sensemaking: Managers' Use of Time to Frame Organizational Change ; Studying Metaphors-in-use in their Social and Institutional Context - Sensemaking and Discourse Theory ; Future-oriented Sensemaking: Temporalities and Institutional Legitimation
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Oxford University Press How Matter Matters
Book SynopsisAlthough human lives towards the second half of the twentieth century became increasingly mediated by objects and artifacts and have depended heavily on the functioning of technical systems, materiality in a broad sense became relatively marginalized as a topic of research interest. This volume contributes to redressing the balance by drawing together the work of scholars involved in exploring the sociomaterial dimensions of organizational life. It will look at the way material objects and artifacts are conceived in organizations, and how they function in interaction with human agents.The book offers a new conceptual repertoire and vocabulary that allows deeper thought and discussion about the inherent entanglement of the social and material. Like the preceding volumes in the Perspectives on Process Organization Studies series, the book displays the richness that characterizes process thinking, and combines philosophical reflections with novel conceptual perspectives and insightful empTrade ReviewReview from previous edition Praise for the series: "As we become more willing to convert reified entities into differentiated streams, the resulting images of process have become more viable and more elusive. Organization becomes organizing, being becomes becoming, construction becomes constructing. But as we see ourselves saying more words that end in "ing," what must we be thinking? That is not always clear. But now, under the experienced guidance of editors Langley and Tsoukas, there is an annual forum that moves us toward continuity and consolidation in process studies. This book series promises to be a vigorous, thoughtful forum dedicated to improvements in the substance and craft of process articulation." * Karl E. Weick, Rensis Likert Distinguished University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology, University of Michigan, USA *"Perspectives on Process Organization Studies will be the definitive annual volume of theories and research that advance our understanding of process questions dealing with how things emerge, grow, develop, and terminate over time. I applaud Professors Ann Langley and Haridimos Tsoukas for launching this important book series, and encourage colleagues to submit their process research and subscribe to PROS." * Andrew H. Van de Ven, Vernon H. Heath Professor of Organizational Innovation and Change, University of Minnesota, USA *"The recent decades witnessed conspicuous changes in organization theory: a slow but inexorable shift from the focus on structures to the focus on processes. The whirlwinds of the global economy made it clear that everything flows, even if change itself can become stable. While the interest in processes of organizing is not new, it is now acquiring a distinct presence, as more and more voices join in. A forum is therefore needed where such voices can speak to one another, and to the interested readers. The series Perspectives on Process Organization Studies will provide an excellent forum of that kind, both for those for whom a processual perspective is a matter of ontology, and those who see it as an epistemological choice." * Barbara Czarniawska, Professor of Management Studies, School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden *Table of Contents1. Introducing the Third Volume of Perspectives on Organization Studies ; 2. Ma(R)King Time: Material Entanglements and Re-Memberings: Cutting Together-Apart ; 3. Reflections on Sociomateriality and Dialogicality in Organization Studies: from Inter-' to Intra-Thinking ... in Performing Practices ; 4. Materializing the Immaterial: Relational Movements in a Perfume s Becoming ; 5. Media as Material: Information Representations as Material Foundations for Organizational Practice ; 6. Knowledge Eclipse: Producing Sociomaterial Reconfigurations in the Hospitality Sector ; 7. The Emergence of Materiality within Formal Organizations ; 8. Reclaiming Things: An Archaeology of Matter ; 9. Untangling Sociomateriality ; 10. Doing By Inventing the Way of Doing: Formativeness as the Linkage of Meaning and Matter ; 11. Otherness and the Letting-be of Becoming: Or, Ethics Beyond Bifurcation
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Oxford University Press CONSTRUCT IDENTITY AROUND ORGANIZ PROS P
Book SynopsisConstructing Identity in and around Organizations is the second volume in Perspectives on Process Organization Studies, a series which explores an emerging approach to the study of organizations that focuses on (understanding) activities, interactions, and change as essential properties of organizations rather than structures and state - an approach which prioritizes activity over product, change over persistence, novelty over continuity, and expression over determination. The constructing of identities - those processes through which actors in and around organizations claim, accept, negotiate, affirm, stabilize, maintain, reproduce, challenge, disrupt, destabilize, repair or otherwise relate to their sense of selves and others - has become a critically important topic in the study of organizations. This volume attempts to amplify - and possibly refract - contemporary debates amongst identity scholars that question established notions of identity as essence, entity, or thing. It calls Table of ContentsPART I: IDENTITY AND ORGANIZATIONS; PART II: GENERAL PROCESS PERSPECTIVES
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Oxford University Press Strategic Intelligence
Book SynopsisChanges in technology, customer demands, competition, and the social character challenge organizations to innovate and change. How they change depends on their leaders, and their knowledge, and philosophy. To create a better future for organizations and to improve the wellbeing of customers, collaborators and communities, leaders need to be strategic thinkers. This book describes the qualities of strategic intelligence and provides the conceptual tools that equip leaders to improve and transform organizations in the age of knowledge work. These qualities include foresight, visioning, partnering both within and outside the organization, and engaging and motivating collaborators. To develop these qualities, it is necessary to articulate a leadership philosophy and to gain knowledge of systems, variation, personality psychology, and the theory of knowledge. This book uniquely integrates leadership, personality and organization. Michael Maccoby has almost unparalleled experience of workingTrade ReviewBeautifully written, rich in ideas, and thought-provoking. * Judith Spitz, CIO, Verizon *I think this book is great! It is well-written with emphasis on the importance of companies and their employees being open to learning. * Salvatore R. Maddi, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California *This book is a nice summary of Maccobys work over several decades but also an additional value added where he adds concepts and tools. * Berth Jönsson, Former HR VP of Volvo *This integrates Maccobys personal experiences with the general/teachable lessons he derived from them. The two levels play off each other well and keep the book moving along briskly. The whole builds a multi - layered picture of organizations that fully use human capacity. * Charles Heckscher, Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University *We live in a repeating context of unexpected happenings where the practice of strategic intelligence is always under constant demand. The next time I am invited to teach undergraduates or graduate students at the universities in Pittsburgh or elsewhere, I will plan to have Strategic Intelligence as one of the significant texts to enhance my course on "Leadership Ethics in a global society. * Carnegie Samuel Calian, President Emeritus, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Learning from Practice ; 2. Strategic Intelligence ; 3. Leadership for Change ; 4. Leadership Philosophy- An Essential Tool for Change ; 5. Visioning Change ; 6. Understanding the Personalities of Leaders, Followers, and Collaborators ; 7. Smart Motivation for Change ; 8. Dialogues with Deming ; 9. Building on the Work of Ackoff, Deming and Fromm ; Appendix: Developing Strategic Intelligence for Leading Change
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Oxford University Press Neighbor Networks
Book SynopsisThere is a moral to this book, a bit of Confucian wisdom often ignored in social network analysis: Worry not that no one knows you, seek to be worth knowing. This advice is contrary to the usual social network emphasis on securing relations with well-connected people. Neighbor Networks examines the cases of analysts, bankers, and managers, and finds that rewards, in fact, do go to people with well-connected colleagues. Look around your organization. The individuals doing well tend to be affiliated with well-connected colleagues. However, the advantage obvious to the naked eye is misleading. It disappears when an individual''s own characteristics are held constant. Well-connected people do not have to affiliate with people who have nothing to offer. This book shows that affiliation with well-connected people adds stability but no advantage to a person''s own connections. Advantage is concentrated in people who are themselves well connected. This book is a trail of argument and evidence Trade ReviewWinner of the 2011 Academy of Management's George R. Terry Book Award 'for outstanding contribution to the advancement of management knowledge.'Scholars interested in rigorous analytical approaches to social capital, social dynamics, or network phenomena will greatly enjoy Neighbor Networks. * Brian Rubineau, Industrial and Labor Relations Review *The core contribution of Neighbor Networks is the rich detail devoted to explaining when it matters to be connected to well-connected others. Theoretically, the book explains how the social capital benefits accruing to individuals are largely the result of their immediate networks. Empirically, the book offers a bevy of evidence in support of these claims. The contribution also delineates the cases of closure in neighbour networks (and the effects of such closure on reputation and relationship development) and the benefits of having a strategic partner inside a neighbor network. This is a fine book of interest to graduate students and researchers across the social sciences. * Martin Kilduff and Blaine Landis, Administrative Science Quarterly *Burt ... has an impressive ability to establish connections between "classical" theories and to show how they relate to network concepts. Would you expect a book about social networks to rely on references as varied as Weber, Veblen, Durkheim, Von Hayek, McClelland, and many others? Burt is not merely theorizing on brokerage across social groups; he is one of the brokers that are described in the book. A broker who spans structural holes across disciplines, questions theories and levels of analysis, and who combines all this in a theory of his own. * Barthélémy Chollet, M@n@gement *Table of ContentsPART I: ESTABLISHING SECONDHAND BROKERAGE; PART II: TESTING THE PERIMETER; PART III: EXPLORING IMPLICATIONS
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Oxford University Press Imagining Womens Careers
Book SynopsisThis book is about women's careers, how they think about and enact their working lives, and how these patterns change or stay the same over time. Cohen develops the concept of career imagination which shows how women define and delimit what is possible, legitimate and appropriate in career terms.Trade ReviewThis is an authoritative and thought-provoking book, which makes maximum use of the methodology of semi-structured in-depth interviews to reconsider many assumptions about the apparently straightforward notion of the career. It left me thinking about what the implications of this research might be for the two domains largely left out of this particular story: how men see their careers in our increasingly fragmented work environment, and where the myths of motherhood fit into womens career imaginations. * Ruth Garland, LSE Blog *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; 1. Women's career lives: 1993-2010 ; 2. Telling career stories ; 3. The cast ; 4. The transition from employment to self-employment ; 5. Changing contexts ; 6. Developing careers through time ; 7. As in work, so too in retirement ; 8. The importance of others ; 9. The career imagination ; References
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Family Meetings How to Build a Stronger Family and a Stronger Business A Family Business Publication
Book SynopsisRegular meetings help build a strong family. And a strong family has a much better chance at long term success. In Family Meetings, authors Aronoff and Ward show that holding regular meetings is one of most important ways of ensuring less conflict and more collaboration.Trade Reviewok provides the vehicle. We've already recommended it to several family businesses!' - Jim and Lin Roscoe, Roscoe Steel & Culvert Co.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Value if Family Meeting Unfounded Fears PART I: TEN BENEFITS OF EFFECTIVE FAMILY MEETINGS Building a Stronger Family Building a Stronger Business Planning for Future Ownership Planning Family Participation Managing Inherited Wealth Opening Up the Succession Process Preserving Family Tradition and History Professionalizing the Business Managing Relations between Family and Board of Directors Recognizing and Resolving Conflict PART II: HOW TO HOLD EFFECTIVE MEETINGS Overcoming Misconceptions and Fears When is the Right Time? Who Should Run the Meeting? The Agenda, Location Whom Do We Invite Openers Icebreakers Documenting the Meeting Closing the Meeting Running Ongoing Meetings Family Retreats Communication Organization How Issues Change as the Business Evolves Forming a Family Council Role and Rituals and Ceremonies Avoiding Pitfalls PART III: SOME MILESTONES REACHED THROUGH FAMILY MEETINGS Planning the Future of the Business Smoothing Ownership Succession Encouraging Family Members in Stewardship Developing Family Skills Creating a Family Mission Statement Summary Index
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Financing Transitions Managing Capital and Liquidity in the Family Business A Family Business Publication
Book SynopsisThis book establishes the principles and patterns necessary to laying the foundation for capital and liquidity planning. Through an in-depth examination of financial situations, it leads family businesses to making wise, well-timed choices about the future of the business and the family.Trade Review'While each volume contains helpful 'solutions' to the issues it covers, it is the guidance on how to tackle the process of addressing the different issues and the emphasis on the benefits which can stem from the process itself which make the Family Business Leadership Series of unique value to everyone involved in a family business - not just the owners.' - David Grant, Director (retired), William Grant & Sons Ltd. (Distillers of fine Scotch) 'These books deserve a place in every business-owning family's library' - Léon Danco, Cleveland, OH 'I think the Family Business Leadership Series books are excellent. They are extremely concise and practical, and they have the information you need.' - Gigi Cohen, EVP, Magid Glove & Safety Mfg. Co., LLC, Chicago, ILTable of ContentsBalancing Liquidity, Growth and Control Managing Patient Capital and Shareholder Liquidity Managing the Cost of Patient Capital The Role of Family Governance in Family Effect Keeping, Selling, or Expanding the Family Business Internal Financial Solutions: Meeting Shareholders' Immediate, Current, and Ongoing Liquidity Needs External Financial Solutions: Matching the Right Form of Capital to the Right Strategy Private Equity as a Growing Source of Capital Summary Index The Authors
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Palgrave Macmillan The Family Constitution
Book SynopsisDesigned for families planning to drafta Family Agreement, families deciding whether or not to begin the process, and those that have already established a Family Agreement, this book illustrates the fundamental components and their importance to the success of the family business.Trade Review'The authors address a most critical and delicate topic in a concrete and thought-provoking way, without imposing pre-defined solutions. It is clear that the book is a result of practical experience. Anyone concerned about their family business should read it, even if they have not yet planned a family constitution, to reflect upon the future.' - Michele Alessi Anghini, CEO, Alessi Spa, Italy 'The Concept of a 'Family Constitution' is a powerful one. Not just for the 'family' but also for the non-family executives. Daniela Montemerlo and John Ward's book provides both a comprehensive framework for understanding the subject and also a very thoughtful approach on how to execute it well. It will be of value to those about to develop or revisit a family agreement or constitution. I totally subscribe to their premise that it's the 'going through the process' rather than 'striving for the perfect document' which is the outcome where real value for both business and family is realized.' - John Varley, Non-family CEO, The Clinton Devon Estates, Devon 'The authors have combined their theoretical preparation with their wide practical experience, giving us a new, very actual vision on family constitutions' formulations and on their effect over time.' - Gioacchino Attanzio, CEO, AldAF, Italian Association of Family Firms, Italy 'The book provides an insight to a structured way of creating a family constitution which addresses all possible issues. Personally, we as a family would not have been able to make such a robust constitution for our business without the help of this book.' - Rohit George, AV George Group of Companies, IndiaTable of ContentsForeword The Fundamental Components of a Family Agreement What Shapes the Family Agreement Purposes of Family Agreements The Contents of Family Agreements It's the Process That Matters Types of Family Agreements Successful Conditions for Developing Family Agreements Afterword APPENDICES I. Family Philosophy Statement Example II. Owners' Contract III. Family Business Protocol Notes and Suggested Readings Web Sites The Authors Index
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Palgrave Macmillan Building a Successful Family Business Board
Book SynopsisIn Building a Successful Family Business Board, the authors show why private firms need the in-depth expertise and objective feedback that a well-chosen board, including qualified independent directors, can provide, and demonstrates how owners and directors can work together to ensure a long and profitable life for the firm.Trade Review"This book is an outstanding collection of "best practices" as well as many new concepts. It both validated existing methods and introduced fresh ideas for the Advisory Board of my 102 year-old family business." - Ron Saslow, President & CEO of Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company "Several years ago, as Welch Allyn struggled to transition from the 3rd to the 4th generation of family ownership, John Ward visited our company, and personally advised us through the next phase in our evolution as a family business. Now, John has collaborated with Jennifer Pendergast and Stephanie Brun de Pontet to produce a book detailing the benefits of evolving the family business in both ownership and governance structure, to ensure that the family business can not just survive, but thrive, for many generations beyond the founder. Their first hand experience can provide valuable insights to any family business concerned with smooth and successful transitions between generations. As my company celebrates our 95th of family ownership, we are grateful for the lessons shared by John, Jennifer, and Stephanie in this book." - Eric R. Allyn, Welch Allyn, Inc. "An active independent board is the single greatest resource for the modern family business and have become essential to the success of family businesses in our globally competitive world. This guide shows how to blend committed family members with talented non-family directors to produce an effective, independent board and flourishing family business. Great boards sustain great companies." - Lanse Crane, Chairman and CEO of Crane & Co. "One of the significant weaknesses in a family business is the lack of the type of honest, objective feedback which is provided by a thoughtfully constructed Board of Directors. These authors have provided an extremely valuable resource for family business owners which not only provides the rational for utilizing boards but the equally important "how to" implement this process." - Lee Hausner, Managing Director First Foundation AdvisorsTable of ContentsIndependent Boards of Directors and Family Business: Introduction to a Powerful Alliance Truth and Myths About Boards Meeting the Challenge The Role of the Board in the Family Business The Special Value of Independent Directors to the Family Business The Vital Role of the Board in Family Business Continuity Planning Designing the Board Finding and Selecting Directors Managing the Board Making The Most of Your Board Linking Family and Business Governance in Later Generations How You Can Contribute As a Director Close: Our Call to Action Appendices
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Improving Project Performance Eight Habits of Successful Project Teams
Book SynopsisThe approach to project management is too often formulaic, describing what should be done, but not describing why those actions are important. This book outlines the what and how of project management, emphasizing why actions matter, the overall intention of the formulaic steps, and the strengths or weakness of various tools and techniques.Trade Review"For all those involved in project management, this is a book you simply must read. Improving Project Performance is a superbly written text that explains beautifully the intricacies of project management and illustrates ways to proactively shape project execution. This is project management on the front foot. Read it. Practice it. It works!" - Will Grocott, Head of OEM Vehicle Programs, Axeon, UK "A must read book for every project manager. Where other books focus on the what-to-do and how-to-do-it, this book takes focus on the key behaviors of the team. It s all about how to shape and manage those behaviors to create a successful project team that is focused on the outcome. In the end it s always about individual and team dynamics that are the key to a successful project. This book is a great tool for enabling project managers to achieve that success." - Paul Lavin, President, A*L Group "Jerry Wellman has the right credentials to author this book. He has the academic research coupled with 30 years of experience in Aerospace project management. His eight point plan for project management is enlightening. I recommend the approach for both the novice and the seasoned professional project manager." - Jay Lovelace, retired, Honeywell VP and GMTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgement Project Management Habit # 1 - Foster and Nurture a Shared Project Vision Habit # 2 - Translate the Project Vision Into Coherent Requirements Habit # 3 - Build an Integrated Plan for Accomplishing the Vision Habit # 4 - Continually Monitor Performance Against the Plan Habit # 5 - Acknowledge and Accommodate Both Uncertainty and Ignorance Habit # 6 - Embrace But Control Change Habit # 7 - Continually Act to Influence the Future Habit # 8 - Continually Communicate Epilogue
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Are Bad Jobs Inevitable Trends Determinants and Responses to Job Quality in the TwentyFirst Century 2 Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment
Book SynopsisCHRIS WARHURST Professor of Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. FRANCOISE J. CARRÉ Research Director at the Center for Social Policy at the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA. PATRICIA FINDLAYProfessor of Work and Employment Relations at the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde Business School and Director of the Scottish Centre for Employment Research, University of Strathclyde, UK. CHRIS TILLY Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology and Director of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California Los Angeles, USA.Trade Review'If we care about the type of societies we live in, then the issue of job quality is of critical importance. This book makes an important contribution to our understanding the issue by bringing together new and high quality scholarship from around the world to help us understand how bad jobs can be made better.' - Dr Andy Charlwood, University of York, UK 'This new book cuts through the speculation and hyperbole which has characterised much of the debate over job quality and the changing nature of work, to focus in on the 'bad jobs' which are becoming increasingly important across the globe. It provides valuablee new evidence on the number of bad jobs and their growth, and offers clear explanations for their increase in recent years. Most importantly, it moves the debate forward by questioning the inevitability of bad jobs and sets out strategies for making jobs better. The book makes an important contribution to current debates over job quality in sociology, HRM, economics and social policy. It is essential reading for students, academics, practitioners and policy makers with interests in job quality and the question of how to make bad jobs better' - Dr Chris Forde, University of Leeds, UK 'These essays on poor quality jobs are essential reading for their unique contributions to methodological issues in the study of job quality and to the study of job quality in international comparative perspective. They are noteworthy for their rich discussions of institutions and social norms in producing low-wage work, and should be required reading for anyone interested in changing the incentives that shape employers' business strategies.' - Dr Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research, USA 'At an aspirational level job quality does matter, but the real question is can it be achieved and if so how? This book makes a significant contribution on both some of the issues that can help answer the question in the positive and on some of the issues that need to be solved ... I strongly recommend reading this excellent book: Are Bad Jobs Inevitable? Trends, Determinants and Responses to Job Quality in the Twenty-First Century. When I read it I found serendipity all over the place. I hope that you get as much out of it as I did.' - E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction 'Job Quality: Issues and Developments'; P.Findlay, C.Warhurst, C.Tilly & F.Carre 'Job Quality Trajectories Across Europe'; F.Green 'Job Quality in the US'; P.Osterman 'Job Quality in Australia'; B.Pocock & N.Skinner 'Economic Policy and Job Quality in the Great Recession'; E.Appelbaum 'A Framework for International Comparative Analysis of the Determinants of Job Quality'; F.Carre & C.Tilly 'Corporate Governance and Work Organisation – Creating the Conditions for Better Jobs'; T.Huzzard 'Making Bad Jobs Better: the Case of Frontline Healthcare Workers'; J.S.Dill, J.Craft Morgan & A.L.Kalleberg 'When Good Jobs Go Bad: the Declining Quality of Auto Work in the Global Economy; J.S.Rothstein 'Labour Flexibility and Precarious Employment in Hourly Retail Jobs in the US: How Frontline Managers Matter; S.Lambert & J.Henly 'Strengthening Labour Standards Enforcement through Partnerships with Worker Organisations'; J.Fine & J.Gordon 'Under the Radar: Workplace Violations in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York'; R.Milkman, A.Bernhardt, N.Theodore, D.Hechathorn, M.Auer, J.DeFilippis, A.Luz Gonzalez, V.Narro, J.Perelshteyn, D.Polson & M.Spiller 'Regulated Flexibility: Employment Standards Legislation and the not so Inevitable Persistence of Bad Jobs'; M.Thomas 'Good or bad jobs? Contrasting workers' expectations and jobs in Mexican call centres'; J.L. Álvarez Galván 'Thirty Years of Hospital Cleaning in England and Scotland – An Opportunity for Better Jobs'; A.Munro 'Are Bad Jobs Inevitable? Incentives to Learn at the Bottom End of the Labour Market'; S.James & E.Keep.
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