Acclaim for the first edition:'The editors have succeeded in putting together an excellent group of authors who present a well informed and balanced analysis of the formation of political systems in t...
Key practitioners who work in and with EU business associations come together with leading policy makers from the EU institutions and research academics to analyze change factors for the associations ...
With growing concern about the oceans and the resources of this realm has come a proliferation of international and national efforts aimed at protecting this environment. This volume constitutes the i...
Essays on the new 'flexible' nature of the constitutional arrangements of the European Union.
The use of economic modeling techniques in industrial ecology research provides distinct advantages over the customary approach, which focuses on the physical description of material flows. The thirte...
Drawing on the concept of hermeneutics the book argues that the successes and setbacks of conflict transformation in Teso can be understood through analyzing the impact of memory, identity, closure an...
Why do some companies continue to be successful while others experience difficulties and even failure? In Leading Strategic Change, Eric Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle demonstrate that the key to long-t...
Marek Kosmulski, a leading authority in the field of surface chemistry(Hirsch index of 22), takes a new approach to provide chemists with the most detailed and specific resource on the points of zero ...
Why did the European Union experience a stark variation in the levels of conflict between the late 1970s, when budgetary disputes dominated European politics, and the 1990s, when political actors were...
The current warming trends in the Arctic may shove the Arctic system into a seasonally ice-free state not seen for more than one million years. The melting is accelerating, and researchers were unable...
One of today's most popular change methods, Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has been used to undertake transformational initiatives in dozens of organizations, ranging from McDonald's to the U.S. Navy to Sa...
The Theory and Practice of Change Management
In the convulsive environment that followed the First World War and the Russian Revolution, the issues of policing and public order were of primary importance to the various governments of Interwar Eu...
Kenneth Arrow and Gerard Debreu have throughout their careers continuously produced ideas at the very frontier of economics. Together, they have made unparalleled contributions on the properties of ge...
Birding can become an addiction. It starts when you hang a bird feeder in the backyard. Then you buy a bird book to identify the birds you see. Then, before you know it, you're keeping a life list and...
How can the Earth's finite water resources be managed sustainably to meet the growing needs of humans and of nature in ways that avert the looming crisis? The need to find answers to this question has...
To date, research on the economic implications of climate change on fisheries has been both limited and fragmented. The contributors to this volume remedy the lack of attention by investigating the ec...
In this groundbreaking book, organizational effectiveness experts Edward Lawler and Christopher Worley show how organizations can be s global economy. Instead of striving to create a highly reliable S...
Aimed at knowledge management professionals and students in the field of knowledge management, information science, information systems and software engineering, the book provides answers to the ‘wha...
From the bestselling author of Ecohouse, this fully revised edition of Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change provides unique insights into how we can protect our buildings, cities, infra-st...
'At last, a self-help guide that is based on proper research. Perfect for busy, curious, smart people' --Simon Singh, author of Fermat's Last Theorem'A triumph of scientifically proven advice over mis...
Eileen Mulligan is a successful and sought-after personal coach. In LIFE COACHING, her powerful coaching techniques will help you reassess your life, redefine success and set new goals. Using question...
Formulating strategy is one thing. Executing it throughout the entire organization... well, that' s the really hard part. Without effective execution, no business strategy can succeed. Unfortunately, ...
Protest injustice. Campaign for change. Vote for your future. Featuring contributions from C4 anchor Jon Snow, Avaaz.com founder Jeremy Heimans, leader of Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution Joshua Wong...
The volume presents translations and editions of crucial mahāmudrā texts of Tibetan Buddhism. The Invocation by Bängar Jampäl Zangpo is considered one of the most important teachings of the Kagyü t...
The book offers a description and demonstration of a method for changing health behaviours based on brief negotiation with clients. It is written in a very stimulating style, engaging the reader from ...
"At one level a profoundly simple and important idea, that just happens to overturn everything we thought we knew about marketing to the individual." Adam Morgan, Founder, Eatbigfish "Mark Earls helps...
Economic Value Added-is a measure of the true economic performance of a company and a strategy for creating shareholder wealth. It is also a method of changing corporate priorities and behavior throug...
Due to political pressures, prior to the 1990s little was known about the nature of human foraging adaptations in the deserts, grasslands, and mountains of north western China during the last glacial ...
Management of Change (MOC) is a process for evaluating and controlling adjustments to facility design, operations, organization, or activities