Gone are the days of the hegemony of la pensée unique (or the one-and-only-way of thinking) and the euphoria created by the globalization of markets. Rising unemployment and insecurity, the insidious dismantling of public services, repeated fi nancial crises, ecological imbalances and US unilateralism: all these have helped to undermine the neoliberal discourse. People have lost their confi de…

Is your nonprofit organization ready for increased scrutiny, reporting requirements, regulations, and increased expectations from donors? This combination reference/workbook prepares you and shows you how Sarbanes-Oxley best practices can benefit your organization. It includes: * A structured description of Sarbanes-Oxley and its implications for nonprofits * Detailed discussions on governance,…

This book provides a comprehensive map of creativity at work that will help you recognize your creative situation and act accordingly. With this systematic approach, you can diagnose and assess what practices will work best for your circumstances. We provide examples from a variety of firms and tools that meet the requirements of each type of situation. Whether you are a top executive steering …

a few days after the terrorist devastation of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the wind was from the south. We could smell the burning in my apartment in northern Manhattan. Like most Americans, I felt an overwhelming urge to do something useful. This book is my response to that urge. Though it is based on my career as a professor, this is not a scholarly book in the purest sense. …

This book discusses why firms grow and decline. How does competition affect this process? Industry evolution today depends critically on innovations and R&D investments. The book analyzes the theory of Schumpeterian innovations in many forms and its impact on the selection and adjustment process in industry evolution. Both Walrasian and non-Walrasian adjustment mechanisms in evolution are discu…

this book is about how to manage change constructively, and how to help your company, division, and people deal with the upheavals of change.You?ll also learn practical things you can do to make change initiatives more successful and less painful for the people you manage.

In recent years, a commitment to increased accountability and improved performance has become essential in both governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations. To help managers and executives in their ongoing quest for greater accountability and improved performance Theodore H. Poister, offers a comprehensive resource for designing and implementing effective performance measurement systems a…

What organization would want a poor or, even worse, a shabby reputation? So why do so few managements pay serious attention to what should be a powerful and positive asset? The reason is that a good reputation does not happen by accident: it requires bold, visionary managers with commitment and integrity. And, despite legislation, guidelines and best practice standards, too many managements are…

Does the world need yet another book on globalization? Not a day goes by without impassioned authors and activists, whether anti- or pro-globalization, putting their oars into these agitated waters. Magazines and newspapers also write incessantly on the issue, and polls are taken and discussed on why there is ?global rage? or why, as it happens, many support the process, especially in developin…

Aerospace giant Rockwell Collins typified the old-fashioned corporate approach to organizational learning: lackluster offerings in bland classroom settings, with little connection to the needs of employees or the goals of the company. Enter Cliff Purington and Chris Butler, who in three years transformed Rockwell into a full-fledged learning organization. With a strategy-based and technology-dr…