Working patterns and practices Books

Over the last few decades, advances by African-Americans in the business world have been both impressive and well-documented. But even a cursory glance at the statistics reveals that African-Americans still face very real obstacles along the path to...

Often, leaders with solid experience and technical capabilities are promoted into leadership positions. They find themselves leading a team and facing a variety of situations they never encountered previously.In Thriving Leaders: Learn the Skills to Lead...

95% of knowledge workers are on multiple teams.75% of those teams don't exist on the organisation chart.We are on multiple teams because modern organisations need to operate as dynamic networks of teams to keep up with a rate of change that is outpacing...

The Incredible Power of Staff Networks sets out to serve two important functions: make the business case for staff networks so that board members, those in HR and anyone involved in the corporate health of an organisation can tap into the powerful...

In increasingly competitive, 'knowledge worker' environments, people working at all levels prize their freedom and resist direction. The challenging job of leading them can often feel like the business of 'herding cats'. Herding Professional Cats offers...

Whether you’re new to the world of work or feel like you’re stagnating or overlooked, this book is your ticket to getting recognised and building the career you want! In #StagnationMustFall, Siphiwe Moyo shares the hidden hurdles, aha!...

This book offers a concise and analytical portrait of the contemporary world.The author encompasses concepts and theories from multiple disciplines notably sociology, anthropology, business, and economics to examine major global trends and...

Although world-class firms like GE and Motorola have relied on Six Sigma to build their performance cultures, these processes are all too often left out of human resources (HR) functions. This lack of Six Sigma principles is even more surprising because...

Organizations are not human, but they are made up of people. Examining the organization, functioning, growing and developing and moving together as one unit, the well-being and success of that organization depends on the well-being of people that make it...

When trying to embed changes or new mindsets and behaviors, organizations tend to focus on following a particular methodology rather than clearly defining the underlying behaviors that will deliver the sustainable behavioral change and align the thought...

Libraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces expands the "dysfunctional" concept in the professional and academic LIS discourse by exposing the internal problematics of libraries, especially at the social and organizational levels.Including...

Based on the study of a police organization in England, this book explores the role of social relations in the ways that people construct, mobilize, consume, and reconstruct meaning about wellbeing. Wellbeing is a powerful, institutionalized concept in...

This book focuses on using plants in spatial design to reduce the infectiousness of viruses in different working and living spaces. It presents strategies for interior and exterior green designs with plants that are likely effective for flu virus...

"Unprecedented" is the adjective most often ascribed to everything about Donald Trump. Trump @ Work is about the unprecedented impact that Donald Trump and his Presidency and style has had on attitudes and perceptions of leadership and management. This...

People need dignity and autonomy at work. Ifthey are denied this, there will be a strong tendency to resist working conditions and misbehave at work.This bookpresents and analyses stories about people's resistance in working life that make us reflect...

¿Qué es la cultura FAIL? ¿Por qué hablar de fallar y aprender para innovar y liderar?¿Qué tienen en común la explosión del Apolo 13, un paquete mal entregado de FedEx y una aspiradora a la que se le...

Hanoi Tourism, Vietnam. Travel Guide, History Information. Hanoi, one of the most beautiful of the colonial Indochinese cities, is often the start or end point of a trip to Vietnam, and what a great welcome or farewell it is. Oozing with charm, Hanoi has...

Palestine History from the Beginning. Find out more about this nation in the book. Palestine was a common name used until 1948 to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. In its history, the Assyrian, Babylonian,...

If you want to learn about how leadership and culture jointly influence creativity in organizations and societies, this book provides you with the insight you are looking for. The contributors are scholars from diverse backgrounds - engineering, business...

If you want to learn about how leadership and culture jointly influence creativity in organizations and societies, this book provides you with the insight you are looking for. The contributors are scholars from diverse backgrounds - engineering,...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution requires a greater focus on skills such as collaboration, building relationships, compassion, empathy and ingenuity. Whether you’re a student in school or a professional looking to grow your career, Live, Love,...

This new handbook, with contributions from experts around the world, is the most comprehensive treatise on work design and job analysis practice and research in over 20 years. The handbook, dedicated to Sidney Gael, is the next generation of Gael's...

In a world of uncertainty and unprecedented change, your company culture is key to helping your business survive and your people thrive, no matter the location - office, home or beach.Good culture is why people buy from you, supply, invest in, join,...

Unlock Your Leadership Potential and Create a High-Performance TeamThe Effective Leader is a game-changer in the field of Leadership development programs. It provides the ultimate guide on how to take your leadership to the next level and create a team...

Imagine a world where people loved going to work thanks to leaders who were inspiring, supportive and create a culture that lifts each team member up. If this has not been your experience, you are not alone. There are, however, companies and leaders that...

The workplace has been changed in recent decades by the rise of digital technologies.Parts of a single labor process can be moved around the world, with implications not only for individual workplaces, but for the working class as a whole.Computer...

A facilitator has been traditionally defined as someone who helps a group of people understand their objectives, and assists them in planning to achieve them, without taking a position in the discussion. Recently, the International Standards...

As companies continue their efforts to improve work performance, they must ensure that their ongoing Lean activities include a healthy appreciation for, and recognition of, human performance. Ignoring the human component of work performance can be a...

Transforming Newsrooms offers a practical guide to navigating structural and culture change for news organizations facing economic disruption in today's rapidly changing media landscape.　 Even when the need for change is obvious, the best ideas and...

Our world has changed, probably for good. Until now, the shift from brick-and-mortar to the smartphone has been about service, cost, and convenience. Now, it's also a matter of public health. How do we win this uncertain new game? How do we prosper in a...

The book defines many of the terms popularized by process improvement programs, such as center of excellence and business transformation. It documents these practices and explains how to perform future activities in accordance with the recorded practices.

Business schools teach the transactional tools one needs to work in business. They teach various strategic planning and decision-making models such as SPACE or SWOT or decision trees or weighted grids. They teach about the various functions of an...

Sexual harassment is a malign specter hovering over workplaces everywhere. One touch of its foul breath can devastate businesses, causing them to lose millions of dollars, not to mention waste bundles of time and energy.

Territorial Games analyzes 10 of these insidious and instinctual acts of gamesmanship -- such as camouflage...occupation...shunning...intimidation -- and it supplies positive strategies for combating territorial behavior.

Based on twenty years of management research, observations, practices, and experiences, The Ten Commandments of Quality Management will create the next generation of great leaders!Author Ajit Silva compares and contrasts the behavior patterns of...

Organizations are ethically, morally, and legally required to maintain safe workplaces that protects employees, visitors and anyone who frequents their establishments. But why do organizations that employee uniformed security personnel as part of their...

"It's time to start helping the helpers, Tell Me My Story shows us the way." - Jonathan Fields, Founder of Good Life Project® & bestselling author of SPARKEDThe work of serving others never ends, and it demands a great deal from those who take it...

The Compendium is a publication of Starling Insights, a membership-based platform that is a resource for and by the community of leaders, experts, and practitioners working to bring new ideas and tools to the governance and supervision of cultural,...

In today's competitive world, most of the young and the elderly are restless due to unreasonable expectations of their parents, children, partners, relatives, friends, colleagues, leaders and subordinates. We are afraid of failures, impatient and eager...

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 established new regulations concerning thetreatment of whistleblowing employees and lawyers. The main objective forthese new mechanisms was to prevent further corporate scandals as recentlyhappened in the USA. Employees and...

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, organizational and institutional leaders find themselves navigating a wholly new world-rethinking structures, facing significant financial challenges, and attempting to empower emotionally depleted and distanced...

The world is facing multiple, overlapping crises at every scale—local, national and global. How do we begin to untangle these problems when everyone has a different opinion? How do we integrate such divergent viewpoints and work together to create...

Most leaders recognize the impact a culture of engagement and ownership has on their bottom-line performance; yet in most cases the creation of such a culture remains shrouded in mystery. In simple, easy to follow language, "Culture in 4D"...

Leadership drives purpose, culture drives passion, and strategy drives performance. Together, the 3Ps - purpose, passion and performance - equal profit. And profit is the life-giving blood keeping the economy flowing and growing.How do I maximise the...

This revised and expanded second edition of WORK, ETHICS & ORGANISATIONAL LIFE is written from a multidisciplinary perspective, with personal ethical development at its core.The guiding pedagogical principle of the text is that of a...

Throughout the book "Rock Star Millennials: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders" the author shared a number of stories about leadership and personal development. This book is the companion piece that takes those lessons learned and puts them into...