Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration (Public Administration and Public Policy)

By Dennis Soden, Brent R. Steel

Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 840
Publication Date: 1999-07-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824719891
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824719890
Binding: Hardcover

Presenting case studies involving Rwanda, Nepal, Australia, Japan, and Mexico, including "real-time" policy and administrative questions, this versatile reference/text provides a wide perspective on national and international environmental problems and policies, featuring discussions with a regional emphasis as well as global significance. Pooling the work of over 60 international contributors in disciplines ranging from anthropology to political science, the Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration illustrates how environmental concerns are incorporated into administrative functions and policy processes.

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Handbook of Administrative Ethics, Second Edition, (Public Administration and Public Policy)

By Terry Cooper

Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 792
Publication Date: 2000-10-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824704053
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824704056
Binding: Hardcover

Delineating implications for administrative ethics from other fields such as sociology, psychology, and philosophy, this reference provides a comprehensive review of administrative ethics in the public sector. Detailing the context within which contemporary ethics training has developed, the book examines the effectiveness of ethics training, legal and organizational devices for encouraging desired conduct, and other topics of particular relevance to the political and social contexts of public administration. Written by over 25 leading scholars in public administration ethics, the book creates a taxonomy for administrative ethics using the categories of modern philosophy.

Summary: A chapter by chapter review by Apoorv Durga and K. R. Balaji
Rating: 3

The 'Handbook of Administrative Ethics', edited by Terry L. Cooper is divided into seven major sections which are further divided into 29 chapters. Scholars in the field of administrative ethics have written all the chapters. The book tries to Delineate implications for administrative ethics from other fields such as sociology, psychology, and philosophy, and provides a comprehensive review of administrative ethics in the public sector. It recommends useful research techniques for generating various categories of knowledge concerning administrative ethics and examines the effectiveness of ethics training and legal and organizational devices for encouraging desired conduct. It is designed to help public administrators become more effective decision makers through consciously addressing and systematically confronting ethical issues. The book provides techniques that help managers consider all the factors involved in a decision and ensure that they balance professional, personal, and organizational values. The focus of the book is mainly on public sector and it does not cover issues related to private sector. In 'The Emergence of Administrative Ethics as a Field of Study in the United States', Terry L. Cooper traces the growth of administrative ethics as a field of study from its early years in the late nineteenth century to the present. The focus of this chapter is on the literature of administrative ethics since the late nineteenth century. Coopers examines the treatment of this subject in numerous books and articles. In 'Research and Knowledge in Administrative Ethics', George Frederickson talks about different approaches to research in public administration. The dominant of these is positivist, rational, and empirical. It is by research that knowledge of ethical issues, attitudes towards ethics, and ethics behavior is developed. In the positivist family, there are five methods. These are: surveys, experimentation, interview, use of data and the use of case studies. The post-positivist or subjective research methods in the study of administrative ethics include history, naturalistic inquiry, and stories. Frederickson basically describes the differences and similarities between the different approaches by drawing examples from numerous sources. In 'Ethics Education in Public Administration', Catron and Denhardt talk about the necessity of ethics education, the contents of ethics courses, and the strategies for incorporating ethics into the curriculum. 'Ethics in Inservice Training' describes the lack and need of the training of ethics and associated things in the public sector services. Hejka-Ekins first describe different approaches to ethics education. This is mainly based on John Rohr's work. There is a difference between "compliance ethics" and "integrity ethics". Compliance ethics refers to compliance of employees regarding legal or official rules and statutes while integrity ethics attempts to impart ethical standards and values. Compliance ethics specify "what employees should not do" where as integrity ethics lay stress on "what employees should do". Another differentiation is based on "Fusion ethics" and "Integration ethics". The chapter then describes the currents training efforts in the US public sector. At the federal level, the Office of Government ethics is responsible for providing directions to officers and employees in executive agencies. At the state level, The Council of State Governments/Council has compiled guidelines in its COGEL Blue Book. This is based on a huge data which is compiled biennialy. At the local level, The Municipal Reference Service of the National League of Cities and the International City Management Association play an active role in defining ethics. At the professional level, The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training is responsible for providing training to all law enforcement officers in the state of California. Similarly, there are other bodies in different states. Section II, "Philosophical Perspectives in Public Administration", includes five chapters. In "The Use of Philosophy in Administrative ethics", Charles J. Fox, clearly differentiates between the study of philosophy and ethics. Fox identifies two kinds of orientations. These are foundationalist teleological (consequentialist) and deontological (duty oriented) orientations is the literature. He next talks about the current challenges of different philosophies and orientations. David Hart in "Administration and the Ethics of Virtue" describes administrative ethics as a virtue. The ethics of virtue have been divided into six categories: the cardinal virtues; moral excellence; moral action; moral intentionality and voluntarism; moral reinforcement and refreshment; and living the best life. The four cardinal virtues are: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Temperance. The chapter concludes with the qualities of a virtuous administrator. Ralph Chandler in "Deontological Dimensions of Administrative Ethics" talks about one of the two orientations described by Fox in "The Use of Philosophy in Administrative ethics" i.e., Deontological ethics. He defines and explains the meaning and implications of deontological ethics. He also summarizes the work of eighteenth century philosopher Immanuel Kant which led to the theory of Kantiansim. He also discusses two other so called 'single rule deontological' theories. These are: Ethical and Cultural Relativism and Agapism. The next chapter "A Teleological Approach to Administrative Ethics" by Gerald M. Pops discusses the second approach as opposed to the "Deontological approach" as described above. This is the consequential approach because unlike deontological approach, this is not concerned with duty to principle, but to the goodness of the consequences of one's act. Section III, "Contexts of Administrative Ethics" deals with the organizational setting and public realm in which public administration is practiced. The first chapter "Organizational Structure as a Context for Administrative Ethics" by Kathryn G. Denhardt discusses relationships between the organization structure and administrative ethics. The organization structure plays an important role in shaping an employee's values resulting in his behavior. Although it might not directly impact the behavior but there could be hidden aspects which effect an employee's behavior. There are four ways in which the organization affects the culture. It acts as an embodiment of values and institutionalizes it; it shapes and reinforces values; it acts as a shield against outside influences; and finally it acts as a pathological organism that influences those within it. Next chapter, "Governmental Ethics and Organizational Culture", by Leigh E. Grosenick essentially discusses the role of ethics vis-a-vis Governmental organizations. It discusses the role of culture in shaping employee's ethical/unethical behavior. Curtis Ventriss, in chapter 12, "The 'Publicness' of Administrative Ethics" begins with a distinction between administrative ethics and public ethics, arguing for the latter as a broader and more appropriate perspective within which to develop an administrative ethic. Ventriss then offers some observations about the surprising lack of attention to the meaning of "public" in the study of public administration and moves on to a review of literature that addresses this subject. This material is classified into four categories: classical, neo-classical, consequential and organizational. Section IV, "Maintaining Ethical Conduct: External Controls", examines various legal and organizational devices for encouraging desired conduct. According to Jeremy F. Plant, the author of "Codes of Ethics", codes of ethics help to define acceptable conduct. A code can be written or in written but for it to be enforceable, it should be written. A written code can be enforces by any authority which has the jurisdiction power. E.g. a lot of companies has an element of this code in their mission statement. Some companies have such codes inscribed on each and every wall. In such cases, it is usually up to the employees but in other cases, like the systems of laws, such codes and mandatory. The author goes on to review the literature on this topic and concludes by taking the example of the code of ethics of the International city Management Association. The next chapter. "Ethics Legislation" by Harriet McCullough traces the history of laws related to ethics since 1960. "Locks are only for gentlemen" and hence we need legislation. It provides balanced, in-depth coverage of controversial topics in the areas of law and ethics within the business environment and introduces issues via specific legal cases.

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Strategic Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Public Administration and Public Policy)

By Alan W. Steiss
Publisher: CRC

Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: 2003-01-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824708741
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824708740
Binding: Hardcover

The central resource for process improvement and innovation, this book includes valuable techniques to identify and improve organizational processes, as well as manage the change that accompanies implementation. Strategic Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations discusses SWOT analysis, TQM, systematic innovation, Six Sigma, quality function deployment, process mapping, gap analysis, and activity based costing. With helpful references to secondary sources and a comprehensive glossary, this text will benefit public administrators, financial managers, public planners, investment managers, policy analysts, and public policy specialists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration (Public Administration and Public Policy)

By Jeremy Plant
Publisher: CRC

Number Of Pages: 656
Publication Date: 2007-02-22
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1574445650
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781574445657
Binding: Hardcover

In the past few decades, the field of transportation has changed dramatically. Deregulation and greater reliance on markets and the private sector has helped to reconfigure the transport industries, while the rise of intermodal goods and global commerce has produced efficiencies of operation and a greater interdependence among transport modes. In addition, security issues have moved to the forefront as officials struggle with the challenge of protecting the vast transportation system while maintaining its operational efficiencies and effectiveness.

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration addresses the changes facing the field of transportation. Organized into five sections, it describes and analyzes major modes of transportation and components of the contemporary transportation system. Later chapters consider policy and administration and focus on managing transportation systems and assets. The final section covers security and protection of transportation systems. The handbook explores continuing development in the US and other nations, with an emphasis on the challenges created by technological change, globalization of the world economy, and the threat of terrorism. It examines the current state of major modes of transportation (air, rail, highways, waterways, ports, urban mass transit) and presents public policies and management approaches to make transportation systems efficient, innovative, and responsive.

Drawing from scholars in a wide range of disciplines, including public policy, public administration, geography, economics, business logistics, engineering, and management, the Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration serves as a comprehensive, single-volume reference for scholars, students, public officials, business and civic leaders, and transportation practitioners.

Summary: many problems of limited, aging capacity
Rating: 4

Last week, a cover article in US News and World Report talked about commuting in the US. How increasing vehicle ownership and usage has turned many cities into commuting nightmares. Starting with [no surprise!] Los Angeles.

Which is timely backdrop for this book. The editors look at the national situation of transportation and ask how it could be improved. Nor is this confined to roads. Air transport, ports and railways all get their say. For all 4 modalities, there has been sustained increased usage over recent decades. Drived in part by greater international trade or globalisation.

This has led to some ports like Long Beach and Los Angeles being heavily congested. One chapter discusses the upgrading of the Alameda corridor, which is a railway link going from Long Beach to downtown Los Angeles. The current situation has huge bottlenecks for unloading the large cargo ships. Leading to delays and higher costs. As well as greater pollution by idling trucks.

That chapter about the Alameda corridor is instructive. For it shows how ports, rails and roads often have to be considered as closely related entities. At least where cargo is concerned.

The book also reflects our current times. Six chapters at the end are devoted to security. Protecting against terrorism. Railroads are seen as a crucial weakness. For much hazardous material is transported by train. Often, these routes go through or near heavily populated urban regions. Think Bhopal. Another aspect focusing much government attention is defending seaports against possible nukes arriving in cargo ships.

Handbook of Employee Benefits and Administration (Public Administration and Public Policy)

By Christopher G. Reddick, Jerrell D. Coggburn

Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: 2008-04-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 142005192X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781420051926
Binding: Hardcover

Fiscal realities and changing social priorities are requiring a dramatic shift in the way that benefits are selected and awarded to employees, especially in the public sector. This means that public administrators and policy researchers must consider new parameters and contingencies, both financial and social, when evaluating choices and making policy decisions.

The Handbook of Employee Benefits and Administration provides HR managers, consultants, and students and scholars in public administration with a comprehensive overview of this critical employee component. Respected experts in government and academia delve into an exploration of all major benefits, including retirement and healthcare, with a specific emphasis on growing concerns and trends within the public sector.

Satisfying the demand for authoritative research on HR Management, this essential resource provides analysis and insight on the most pressing areas of concerns.

Public employee benefits — examines ethical principles and economic considerations; compares federal employee benefits to those of the private sector

Health and retirement benefits — explores the changing environment of state and local government pensions and retirement planning in the US and UK; compares public and private sector wage and health benefit compensation

Financial management— considers growing challenges and the trend towards outsourcing

Contemporary benefits — discusses emerging opportunities, such as higher education and domestic partner benefits

Featuring keen analysis and concise summaries in each chapter, with an emphasis on future trends, this exhaustive reference offers public policy administrators and researchers the current information and insight needed to shape future discussions of benefit packages for public employees.

International Public Policy and Management (Public Administration and Public Policy)

By David Levi-Faur, Eran Vigoda-Gadot

Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 488
Publication Date: 2004-11-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824753380
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824753382
Binding: Hardcover

An impressive study of economic, state, social, and international restructuring, International Public Policy and Management explores new patterns and advances in the global integration of policies that result from an ever-increasing pace of shared knowledge, regulations, and norms in countries around the globe. It considers the impact of globalized knowledge on society and its effects on societal norms, values, and quality of life and contains up-to-date theories and practices for both scholars and practitioners interested in policy development and implementation. This book helps administrators create improved strategic management policies and political arrangements in modern, rapidly changing communities and environments. This volume is essential for all practitioners and public service managers, public and government administrators, political scientists, sociologists, and public policy and public management specialists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in political science, sociology, public affairs, and political development.

Managing Performance in the Public Sector

By de Brujin

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 122
Publication Date: 2007-01-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415403197
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415403191
Binding: Hardcover

This title responds to the growing importance of performance measurement within political and administrative agendas. It looks at the effects of performance measurement on organizations, its risks and limitations and proposes new and positive ways in which measuring performance can be used. This is an excellent addition to the subject area, which is becoming more and more widely taught on management and administration courses worldwide.

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Marketing in the 21st Century [Four Volumes] (Praeger Perspectives)

By Bruce D. Keillor

Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Number Of Pages: 880
Publication Date: 2007-07-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0275992756
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780275992750
Binding: Hardcover

Marketing is the crucial connection between company and customer; no enterprise can expect to succeed without a substantial investment in its marketing efforts. Not surprisingly, marketing is one of the core areas of study in the hundreds of business schools and MBA programs around the world, and a vital department of virtually every business. This dynamic set showcases the most current trends, issues, ideas, and practices in marketing, especially as the field evolves in the context of globalization and advances in technology. From branding to public relations, e-tailing to customer-retention strategies, overseas expansion to promoting sports products, Marketing in the 21st Century covers the full spectrum of marketing-related issues, in their business and cultural contexts. Written by leading academic thinkers and business practitioners, the four volumes highlight emerging and innovative practices, illustrated through examples from around the world. Volume 1, New World Marketing, provides insights and tools for conducting business internationally, with emphasis on market research, market entry, and distribution strategies, and coverage of emerging markets, including China, India, and Eastern Europe. Volume 2, Interactive and Multi-Channel Marketing, explores the impact of new technologies on acquiring and retaining customers, including discussion of direct and interactive marketing techniques, customer data analysis, and ethics in marketing. Volume 3, Company and Customer Relations, deals with such issues as reputation and trust building, relationship marketing, sales management, and customer privacy. Volume 4, Integrated Marketing Communication, covers consumer demographics, multi-media communication strategies, and micromarketing. Collectively, these volumes represent the state of the art in the field. They are an essential resource for anyone studying, teaching, researching, or practicing the art and science of marketing.

Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies

By Michael E. Gerber
Publisher: Collins
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2008-03-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0061568147
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780061568145
Binding: Hardcover

A business without a dream is like a life without a purpose.
—Michael Gerber

Dream Vision Purpose Mission

These words have been defining the life of Michael Gerber, bestselling author and international small business guru. He created E-Myth Worldwide in 1977 to transform the way that small business owners grow their companies. Now he's created In The Dreaming Room as a place where entrepreneurs and future entrepreneurs come to discover how to make their dreams a reality.

Michael's Dream: to inspire people to dream by awakening the entrepreneur within them.

Michael's Vision: to be the authority for helping dreamers everywhere create the small businesses they once could only imagine.

Michael's Purpose: to transform the lives of ordinary people by providing them with the thrill of creation while creating the means to generate their own and others' economic freedom.

Michael's Mission: to create a turnkey system for awakening the entrepreneur within every person who wishes to go into business for themselves, while providing them with the support for doing it.

And he has done it. In Awakening the Entrepreneur Within you are invited into the Dreaming Room, where your own entrepreneurial dreams will come alive and become reality. Michael will help you shape your dream into a viable, economically successful company! As he writes: It is time to dream. It is time to care about something bigger than you. It is time to imagine something sorely needed in the world—the world you live in—that somebody would pay to have. It is time to look around you and ask yourself, 'What's missing in this picture?'

If you see something missing in your world, it's time to start dreaming. Let Michael Gerber welcome you to the Dreaming Room.

Summary: Man in Search of Personal Meaning...Even as He Gives Meaning to Business
Rating: 4

It isn't easy writing a review of someone who long ago wrote one of the seminal business books, one that schooled millions on taking a systematic approach to building a small to medium size business. I respect Gerber immensely for his contribution to business thought leadership. As a result, I wanted to like this book especially after being somewhat bored by some of his more recent books that seemed to just be twisting the E-Myth routine.

This book really engaged me. Gerber's focus on the role of vision and passionate purpose in business success matched my own observations over 25 years of consulting to companies of all size. The best systems in the world will not make a "me-to" business a raging success. On the other hand, vision without implementation and process building also makes for a flawed business.

I especially liked Gerber's treatment of the four dimensions of the Entrepreneurial Personality. I really related to his construct that success requires one to be skilled in, or acquire talent in, dreaming, thinking, storytelling, and leading. Every day, I become more aware of the power of storytelling, both as to the stories we tell ourselves (see Debbie Ford, Joe Caruso et al) and the stories we tell employees and customers. I was delighted to see Gerber's elevation of this skill to top ranking.

Covering a model of business success in a single book is no easy task. I would give this book a five star for readers looking for a sound introduction to small business success in a single book. For avid readers of Gerber's earlier books, I believe you will find some fresh thinking that warrants a four star rating. Any avid readers looking for Gerber to abandon his past thesis and offer up something 100% new will undoubtedly be disappointed.

I expect that many serious students of the art of writing will be somewhat put-off by the first and last chapters which, for me, felt out of synch with the rest of the book. If you believe that good books must, at minimum, start strong and end strong, these two chapters took away from my appreciation of the book as a serious business guide. Hence, my four star rating.

Astute readers and philosophers will detect, in the aforementioned first and last chapters, a man who has made important contributions to the business world nevertheless seemingly still in search for real meaning in his own life. If that is actually the case, kudos to Gerber for having the guts to share that with us. But, how sad that at this stage of his life (70) he is still searching for meaning. Here is hoping that the author soon finds his life purpose and the peace that goes with such discovery, and that his next book is a departure from the E-Myth line and instead shares his insights on "man's search for meaning."

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Entrepreneurship As Social Change: A Third New Movements in Entrepreneur

By Chris Steyaert, Daniel Hjorth

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Number Of Pages: 327
Publication Date: 2007-02-07
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1845423666
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781845423667
Binding: Hardcover

This book - the third in the Movements in Entrepreneurship series - examines entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon. It provides an in-depth study of the social aspects of entrepreneurship, illustrating how entrepreneurship affects society. The need to move beyond economy to disclose entrepreneurship in its societal forms is demonstrated, as is the relevance of our understanding of entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon.

The contributors show that entrepreneurship is a society-creating force and as such, it evokes new questions for entrepreneurship research and attempts to engage with new theoretical formulations. They begin with discussions on early Schumpeter and a rhetorical analysis of the current academic literature on social entrepreneurship. They go on to present myriad contextual examples of how entrepreneurship can shape social change, and indicate how this is initiated through various social settings, relationships and communities.

Through rich empirical work this book explores the social of `social entrepreneurship' and in doing so shows us how entrepreneurship is at home where society is created. As such, it will prove a fascinating read for academics, researchers and students with an interest in entrepreneurship, sociology and economic sociology.

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Entrepreneurship: The Way Ahead

By Harold Welsch

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2004-02-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415323932
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415323932
Binding: Hardcover

The creation of new business organizations for economic prosperity is the keystone of commercial development. The study of this process has occupied the minds of scholars for centuries and the need to move from theories of entrepreneurship to the actual 'doing' of entrepreneurship is intense. Theorizing about entrepreneurship has been done across many disciplines, but what can be taken from the existing traditions to contribute to our teaching and learning experiences?
Written for educators, researchers, and practitioners, Entrepreneurship: The Way Ahead offers insight and perspective on entrepreneurship from the foremost academic leaders in the field. Taking a contemporary approach to entrepreneurial processes, the book considers how the convergence of individual, opportunity and environment ultimately lead to success or failure, while illuminating the true relationship between entrepreneurship and technological and social issues. It also explores innovations and developments in entrepreneurship education and training, while evaluating existing literature and research.
Entrepreneurship: The Way Ahead represents some of the most advanced thinking in the field of entrepreneurship, providing an essential grounding of new theory for researchers and entrepreneurial managers alike.

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Hiring and Building the Team (The Entrepreneur's Guide)

By Ken Tanner

Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2008-01-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0275995437
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780275995430
Binding: Hardcover

There are few absolutes in business, but here is one: Thriving businesses employ a superior team. No matter how great the idea, how strong the entrepreneur's finances, how excellent the location, or how magnetic the advertising, the success or failure of the business rides on the quality of the workforce. And here's another absolute: Long-term financial success depends on keeping effective employees from jumping ship. In this book, business veteran Ken Tanner guides entrepreneurs through the three critical components of staffing a business--recruiting, teambuilding, and retention. As he shows time and again through advice, anecdote, and example, solving these challenges is like adding rocket fuel to the entrepreneurial business. Yet new business owners tend to take a lax view of personnel issues. They hire the first person who walks through the door or interview using a canned sheet of questions snagged from the Internet. "Teambuilding" consists of showing the new employee where to sit and who to go to for answers. And retention? What's that? The Entrepreneur's Guide to Hiring and Building the Team begins by helping entrepreneurs understand why staffing is so important. Then it guides them through the entire process of recruiting to attract top-notch talent to the budding organization. But that's only the start, Tanner maintains. It's critical to get these talented people to work together to drive the business, and it's equally critical to keep each employee challenged, motivated, and satisfied--the keys to retention. Tanner shows how to: *Identify holes in the workforce before hiring. *Cast a wide net to find the best potential hires. *Interview well to uncover stellar candidates. *Create a purpose for the team. *Understand human dynamics and handle conflicts. *Lead the team. *Understand employee needs to better motivate them. *Push the right buttons to retain employees for the long term. The ultimate success of the business depends on doing these things well, something every entrepreneur will grasp after reading this book.

Entrepreneurship in a Global Context (International Business and the World Economy, 5)

By Sue Birley

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 189
Publication Date: 1997-03-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415131324
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415131322
Binding: Hardcover

This collection presents selected papers from the Fourth Annual Global Conference on Entrepreneurial Research, held in 1994 at INSEAD, France. Covering a wide selection of themes, methodological approaches and organization types, the papers cover all aspects of current entrepreneurship theory in economics, organizational sociology, marketing, leadership and finance. Other issues discussed include gender and networking, strategies in entrepreneurial growth, job satisfaction and franchising. Case studies highlight specific examples of entrepreneurship around the world, including the reform of state-owned enterprises in China and Vietnam, regional business creation in Quebec and the Italian tannery industry.

Contributors include: Howard Aldrich, Amanda Elam Brickman, William Bygrave, Richard N. Cardozo, Paul Severn, Anne Sickels, Gilles Roy, Rita Gunther McGrath, Steven Spinelli, Benoit Leleux, S. Venkataraman, Luc Vallee.

Entrepreneurship and New Value Creation: The Dynamic of the Entrepreneurial Process

By Alain Fayolle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 262
Publication Date: 2007-12-17
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521855187
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521855181
Binding: Hardcover

Why do some individuals decide they want to create businesses and then actually do so? Why do others decide against this course of action, even though they appear to have what it takes to succeed? These two questions were among the first that researchers in the field of entrepreneurship tried to answer. Today, it seems that the problem is much more difficult to solve than it first appeared thirty years ago. The venture creation phenomenon is a complex one, covering a wide variety of situations. The purpose of this book is to improve our understanding of this complexity by offering both a theory of the entrepreneurial process and practical advice on how to start a new business and manage it effectively. Entrepreneurship and New Value Creation is a highly original, research-driven book that will appeal to graduate students, researchers and reflective practitioners concerned with the dynamics of the entrepreneurial process.

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Effectuation: Elements of Entrepreneurial Expertise (New Horizons in Entrepreneurship)

By Saras D. Sarasvathy
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2008-03-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1843766809
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781843766803
Binding: Hardcover

Entrepreneurship [Three Volumes]: The Engine of Growth (Praeger Perspectives)

By Maria Minniti, Andrew Zacharakis, Stephen Spinelli, Mark P. Rice, Timothy G. Habbershon

Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Number Of Pages: 832
Publication Date: 2006-11-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0275989860
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780275989866
Binding: Hardcover

Entrepreneurship--"creativity plus ambition"--is credited for technological invention and the rise of corporate empires and directly linked to economic development around the world. This multi-volume set of original essays showcases emerging theory and practice in entrepreneurship to illuminate its many facets. From technology commercialization to new venture spinoffs, entrepreneurial personality characteristics to government policies in support of small business, these volumes cover the full spectrum of issues relating to entrepreneurship, including business models, entrepreneurial "mindset," market research, capitalization, intellectual property, risk and uncertainty, and organizational culture. Volume 1, "People," focuses on the intersection between individuals and entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on the cognitive, economic, social, and institutional factors that influence people's behavior with respect to entrepreneurship. Volume 2, "Process," explores such topics as idea generation, market entry, financing, team building, and growth strategies, following the lifecycle of a new venture. Volume 3, "Place," considers the context in which entrepreneurship is practiced, including corporate venturing, family enterprise, franchising, and public policies designed to promote entrepreneurship and economic development. Featuring contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, and with a global perspective throughout, this unique set illuminates the dynamic role that entrepreneurship plays in promoting knowledge and economic opportunity, exploring new models, trends, and practices in entrepreneurship that will be of interest to a wide array of academics, professionals, and newcomers to the field.

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The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur (Demos Papers)

By Charles Leadbeater

Publisher: Demos
Number Of Pages: 115
Publication Date: 1997-03-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1898309531
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781898309536
Binding: Paperback

HR from the Heart: Inspiring Stories and Strategies for Building the People Side of Great Business

AMACOM/American Management Association; 1st edition
ISBN: 0814407560
256 pages March 2003 CHM

Human resources professionals are entrusted, perhaps more than any other corporate designates, with the well-being of their organization's population. They bridge the gaps between the individual and the collective, the person and the purpose. The most successful and effective HR professionals see their careers as a calling, and their work, though driven by corporate goals, is graced by a sense of purpose, a profound generosity, and a love for what they do and the constituencies they serve. HR from the Heart is a book for HR practitioners who love their jobs -- or want to. Libby Sartain, one of the country's top human resources executives, reveals how HR professionals create a synergy between business objectives and the needs and wants of employees. This inspiring book is equal parts motivational message and how-to, confessional and career guide. Filled with stories from Sartain's considerable experience, HR from the Heart offers a first-hand perspective on forging relationships, selling HR to the company, taking diversity beyond "by the book," keeping policy in perspective, and more -- all while making the right career moves, staying engaged, and forwarding the strategic goals of the company.

Planning and Managing Human Resources, Second Edition

By William J. Rothwell, H. C. Kazanas
Publisher: HRD Press
Number Of Pages: 582
Publication Date: 2002-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0874257182
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780874257182
Binding: Paperback

Sharpen your strategic thinking and planning skills. Anticipate problems, rather than merely react to them. Craft HR programs and other initiatives designed to meet your organization's needs for knowledge capital. The completely revised and updated new edition of Planning & Managing Human Resources will help you successfully implement the steps of strategic planning for human resources. Learn how to establish a strategic human resources plan that will contribute to your organization's business plan and ensure you outperform your competitors.
There is no better guide to continuously improving your personnel department.
Planning and Managing Human Resources is the most comprehensive book available on Human Resources and all its functions. Packed with exercises and case studies, the book will be useful to HR practitioners, HR or personnel managers, specialists in HR planning—any HR practitioner, regardless of title.
The authors explore the important roles practitioners play in the continuous improvement of their organization's HR departments—organizational coordinator, work analyst, workforce analyst, auditor, environmental scanner, forecaster, planning formulator, integrator, planning manager and planning evaluator.
The book also sheds new light on HR "practice areas" as ways to implement an HR grand strategy:
Career planning and management Recruitment and selection Training Organization development Job redesign Employee assistance programs Labor relations Compensation and benefits

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People and Organizations: Explorations of Human-Centered Design

(Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management)
By William B. Rouse
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Number Of Pages: 472
Publication Date: 2007-06-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470099046
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470099049
Binding: Hardcover

This book is about people who operate, maintain, design, research, and manage complex systems, ranging from air traffic control systems, process control plants and manufacturing facilities to industrial enterprises, government agencies and universities. The focus is on the nature of the work these types of people perform, as well as the human abilities and limitations that usually enable and sometimes hinder their work. In particular, this book addresses how to best enhance abilities and overcome limitations, as well as foster acceptance of the means to these ends.
Summary: Too ExpensiveRating: 2
This book should be selling for no more than $39.95. I'd like to buy it, but not at this price. As a publisher I can tell you it costs a penny a page to publish a book like this. I am adding this book to my list of books I would buy and review if they were more reasonably priced.

The Human Side of Leadership: Navigating Emotions at Work

By Rick Ginsberg, Timothy Gray Davies
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2007-07-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0275991326
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780275991326
Binding: Hardcover

Any management decision that involves people (in other words, any management decision) has an emotional component. Given the ubiquitous nature of emotions as part of the human psyche, one would expect leaders and managers to be well-trained and equipped to deal with emotions in the workplace. On the contrary, the emotional side of being a leader is largely ignored in formal and informal training programs, often resulting in miscommunication between managers and their employees, and contributing to workplace stress. Though concepts such as "emotional intelligence" have entered the mainstream, systematic development of skills in managing emotions in the workplace have yet to emerge, and are often relegated to the "touchy-feely" end of the spectrum. This book argues that without acknowledging the powerful influence of emotions--their own as well as others'--managers are doomed to fail in their interactions with employees, peers, and bosses, and ultimately in their ability to manage and lead effectively. Ginsberg and Davies draw from primary research, including interviews with managers in a variety of settings, to introduce readers to the "emotional side of leadership" and demonstrate its positive effects on individual and organizational performance. They present practical tools for honing emotional navigation skills and applying them toward decision making, problem solving, communication, feedback, and performance improvement.
Summary: Highly Recommended to Deal with Emotional Work SituationsRating: 5
It is not enough to have the technical skills and knowledge to be an effective manager and/or leader. The most difficult challenges are often the ones related to dealing with emotionally-laden situations with colleagues, supervisees, bosses, and "customers" (which can be students in an academic setting). This book provides guidance for dealing with these situations and includes lots of interesing examples from various types of work settings. I found it really helpful to me as a leader/manager. I have been able to put several of the suggestions to good use. The book was also very interesting to read.