Working patterns and practices Books

The idea of human resource management has become topical and controversial. The term suggests that people in any organization are an asset to be upgraded and fully utilized rather than merely a variable cost to be minimized. This in turn implies that the...

This book is a comprehensive leadership development book that reimagines the classical elements of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire as metaphors for effective leadership principles. It focuses on helping leaders unlock their leadership potential by grounding...

After writing a book about risk-based decision making, Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty and one on influencing decision making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon, Bryan is embarking on a new...

This book explains practical culture change based on engaging frontline workers and citizens in real engagements including at aluminum fabrication and bauxite refineries, social service agencies, and citizen engagement projects.

Brilliant Minds, Ignorant Minds is a gripping and thought-provoking debut novel by Vernon M. O'Garra that shines a light on the systemic racism Black professionals face in the American healthcare system and beyond. Based on real-life experiences,...

For decades, companies have invested billions in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives-yet the results have fallen short. Why? Because diversity alone doesn't drive innovation or performance. It takes intentional leadership development,...

This book offers an exploration of the continuous training of individuals, a subject crucial to business competitiveness and societal progress in today's rapidly changing world. It examines how lifelong learning helps workers adapt their skills to meet...

In an increasingly interconnected and technologically driven world, workplace learning must adapt to meet global demands, embrace diversity, and integrate emerging technologies. The rapid pace of innovation, combined with post-pandemic shifts, has made...

In today s work environment, fostering gender equity and strengthening communication has become essential to enhance workplace productivity. As companies strive for innovation and resilience, having a diverse perspective ensures equitable opportunities...

In A Test for Our Time: Crisis Leadership in the Next Normal, Dr. Stephen S. Tang offers an inspiring testament to courage, resilience, and trust in times of chaos and calamity. As CEO of OraSure Technologies Inc., Tang shares his journey through...

The leadership of tomorrow is here today! Unlock the future of leadership with The PinLeader Path, a groundbreaking guide to identify, engage, and develop effective human and AI leadership for your organizational culture.Dr. Shanda Gore rolls...

This book is a profound exploration of this enigmatic phenomenon that plagues leaders and organizations, offering insights, solutions, and guidance for those navigating the complex terrain of leadership.

Lean Human Resources addresses a critical issue facing organisations undertaking lean transformation or attempting to create a lean culture of continuous improvement. People are the single biggest factor necessary to ensure success, but it is common for...

The Uprising of Women in Philanthropy tells the inspiring, never-before-told, story of the Global Women's Funding Movement -- considered the women's movement's greatest secret - and how it enabled women from all walks of life to harness the power of...

This book provides an overview of communication-centered theory and research regarding organizational knowledge and learning. It brings the work of scholars in communication, management, information technology, and other disciplines together in a...

During the past two decades, corporate management has come to take an active role in health promotion programming for employees, offering health education, screenings, therapy, and even leisure initiatives. However, little attention has been given to how...

First published in 1994, Locating Gender combines a case-study approach with significant theoretical development to challenge explanations of occupational segregation. It examines the diversity of women's employment experience, gender segregation within...

Perhaps more than ever before, young people entering the workforce are searching for meaning and authenticity in their careers. This book helps managers understand the postmodern worldview held by generation Z and younger millennials, how it influences...

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This innovative book considers the cost of cognitive overload and psychological distress on human sustainability, and suggests ways to prevent employees from becoming a psychologically depleted workforce.

After decades of implementing Lean tools, organizations are getting serious about the heart and soul of Lean management. They are developing people to continuously improve.

First published in 1991, this book investigates not only the processes of industrial relations themselves but also the climate in which they work. As we all as studying union behaviour, it views the topic from the wider perspective of human resource...

Learn to love Mondays because you love what you do, where you do it, and who you do it with. Managers everywhere know the feelings of being overwhelmed, overworked, and underappreciated - like sinking in quicksand. If you find yourself saying "it's just...

Develop powerful leadership skills with this concise guide to managing multigenerational and culturally diverse teams. Assess your leadership competencies using eight proven questionnaires that target critical areas for improvement. Build leadership...

The theme of this book is that leadership and professional effectiveness are enhanced when interspersed with other key leadership attributes including those mentioned above, assertiveness, a sense of humor, and strategic thinking ability.

This book offers a theoretical framework visualizing the complexity of working life. It increases the knowledge and awareness of individuals, companies and society regarding different factors and work patterns and aims to support reflections and...

The demand and supply chain planning process for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers has evolved over the years. It has gone from a disjointed, unconnected, slow, inaccurate, fairly manual set of processes to an integrated, timely process enabled...

Social Scientist Kurt Lewin said, "No research without action, and no action without research." Too much of the current DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) approach is insight-based instead of action-based. Even though institutional racism is...

Presenting a collective international story, this book demonstrates the importance of compassion as an act of self-care in the face of change and disruption, providing guidance on how to cope under trying conditions in higher education settings...

Where attention goes, energy follows.Tired of working in an Every-thing workplace, where you're so busy you can never catch your breath? Or fed up with the frustrations of a No-thing workplace, where getting anything done is impossible?From personal...

Running a thought leadership business is hard, but it doesn't have to be...There's no doubt that running a speaking, training and advisory business can be a challenge. Trying to juggle IP creation, dealing with meeting planners and clients as well as...

Kindness and leadership aren't often synonymous. Ask someone to describe "good leadership" to you and you will hear many adjectives used: authentic, bold, challenging, charismatic, decisive, empowering, fearless, goal-oriented, humble, inspiring,...

This book helps magnify one's inner power: the power of one's mind. The book calls on business professionals to unleash their "inner leader." When they recognize the power of their inner leader, they will become unstoppable.

Are you being ignored by your team? Are you trusted by those you lead? Is it a challenge to get organizational buy-in no matter what you try? You might be tempted to think the problem is everyone else, but a breakdown in communication is often linked to...

Everything about work changed in 2020. Billions of people were sent home from the office, unsure of what they'd be coming back to, or when. Organizations crammed decades of transformation into weeks. And every leader was asked for the same, impossible...

Predictions around disruption to the world of work declare there is a new work order. Young people today may have 17 jobs in five different careers. Portfolio careers are on the rise i.e. not one job, one employer, but multiple jobs and employers,...

Managers are struggling to help their increasingly remote teams work together smoothly and productively. Discover the Trust Wheel model that enables effective leadership across logistical, cultural, and communication gaps to ensure your team reaches its...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This book presents the mechanics of implementing visuality on the value-add level known as Work That Makes Sense (WTMS). The step-by-step WTMS process described in this book teaches operators a proven method for translating information deficits into...