From her own experience in various agencies and organizations, Rusaw knows that to inspire change in any organization and particularly in the public sector, change agents must understand that change is primarily collective, nonrational, and nonlinear. People who seek to create change cannot stand apart from the problems, issues, and concerns raised by their constituents, but must merge themselv…

Transformational Leadership, Second Edition is intended for both the scholars and serious students of leadership. It is a comprehensive review of theorizing and empirical research that can serve as a reference and starting point for additional research on the theory. It can be used as a supplementary textbook in an intense course on leadership--or as a primary text in a course or seminar focusi…

Create Your Own ETF Hedge Fund As a psychologist, I find this book and the ETF Digest web site to do an excellent job of helping us separate our emotional reactions to the market from our more cognitive ones. As humans, we always emotionally want to gain more resources, but are constantly afraid we are about to lose everything. Dave Fry helps to balance these two points of view so we can move f…

This study examines Social Entrepreneurship, a term that has come to be applied to the activities of grass-roots activists, NGOs, policy makers, international institutions, and corporations, amongst others, which address a range of social issues in innovative and creative ways. This study examines Social Entrepreneurship, a term that has come to be applied to the activities of grass-roots activ…

From the balance of payment exposure to foreign exchange and interest rate risk, to credit derivatives and other exotic options, futures, and swaps for mitigating and transferring risk, this book provides a simple yet comprehensive analysis of complex derivatives pricing and their application in risk management. The risk posed by foreign exchange transactions stems from the volatility of the ex…

THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT message in this book is very simple. People change what they do less because they are given analysis that shifts their thinking than because they are shown a truth that influences their feelings. This is especially so in large-scale organizational change, where you are dealing with new technologies, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, new strategies, cultural tra…

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 …

The global negotiations over climate change involved over 180 countries and innumerable observers and other participants, addressing enormously complex and economically vital issues with conflicting agendas. For the UN to create an effective and well-supported international regime required enormous and very skilful organization. Using the metaphor of a theatrical production, this book shows how…

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.

This book is the fundamental starting point for the study of continuity and change in the global social, economic and political system over the longest historical term. Bringing together eminent interdisciplinary scholars, World System History considers the nature of social continuity back through history, resulting in a book which cuts across boundaries in social science and deals with at leas…