Management & Management Techniques

Current Topics in Management presents basic research on the theory and practice of management and administration. Volume 12 contains eleven contrib...

First published in 2001, this volume demonstrates how computer-based learning has the potential to provide a highly motivating learning experience,...

Henri Fayol is one of the most important management theorists of the twentieth century. Guthrie and Peaucelle present a study of Fayol's management...

Given the significant changes in the banking environment and the resultant pressures on banks to change their systems and procedures, this book is ...

The Strategic Planning and Deployment Excellence System (SPADES) provides a path to long-term success in the environment of rapidly changing techno...

A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business...

This new edition of Civil Engineering: Supervision and Management updates and revises the best practical guide for on-site engineers. Written from ...

Project Management Bootcamp is a pragmatic guide for those who need to understand how to deliver projects successfully. The reader journeys through...

The performance of megaprojects is questionable, and a large percentage of them fail in one dimension or another. The challenges that contribute to...

No one likes change. Too often its viewed as something that must be endured; something to get through as fast as possible so that everything can re...

Power Partnering is a brilliant yet refreshingly simple approach that breaks innovative thinking and acting down into four distinct contexts, allow...

This edited volume looks at whether it is possible to be more transparent about uncertainty in scientific evidence without undermining public under...

Setting out best practices and professional guidance for creating LGBT+ inclusive workplaces, this approachable and easy to follow book guides curr...

First published in 1963, Edgar Ansteys work gives a detailed account on the inner workings of the committee. Within a committee, different interest...

Organizations around the world are rating their improvement efforts as not producing the desired long-term results. Dr. Harringtons research indica...

Humans are naturally wired to solve problems. Implement the right solutions and the problems generally go away. Paradoxes are quite different. They...

Following corporate scandals and the recent bankruptcy of large financial institutions, the public believes that one of the responsibilities of gov...

Value proposition, an old concept, is taking on new significance in todays innovation-driven environment. Business focus has shifted from developin...

Effective management of a communications network can be a difficult and costly activity, and even more so when the network crosses international bo...

Learn how to assign homework that truly enhances learning and isn't just busywork. This important book defines what deliberate homework looks like ...

The key to success in life and business is to become a master at Conversational Intelligence. It's not about how smart you are, but how open you ar...

Organizations of every type struggle to remain relevant in their marketplace. They continuously strive to introduce new products and services at a ...

Projects are constantly beset by problems, often caused by seemingly small mistakes which collectively lead to larger issues. Why do project manage...

Effective sustainability communication can deliver business value. Get it wrong, however, and the reputational damage will be costly. Stakeholders,...

Much has been said and written about the 'financial tsunami' and subsequent economic dislocation that occurred in the opening decade of the 21st Ce...

When it comes to perceptions of what is a sustainable economy and how it may be realised, companies expanding into Central and Eastern European mar...

Despite ubiquitous powerful technologies such as networked computers, global positioning systems, and cell phones; human failures in decision-makin...

Consumption of alcohol is a globally ubiquitous, often controversial activity, and business organizations in this sector are of significant social ...

The proceedings of the CIB W65 Symposium on the Organization and Management of Construction conference are presented here and in the companion volu...

In this fourth and final volume of the CARE-ing for Integral Development series, Ronnie Lessem integrates all that has come before in terms of: Com...

The concept of digitalization captures the widespread adoption of digital technologies in our lives, in the structure and functioning of organizati...

This book is concerned with the rapid and varied changes in the nature of work and work relationships which have taken place in recent years. While...

From the perspective of delivering successful projects, the value of a skilled project sponsor and project manager outweighs many other factors. Pr...

The open source phenomenon has attracted an increased interest among commercial firms and governments. It is becoming one of the most influential p...

Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance, Second Edition presents an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and methods that ...

Every day we hear stories about the consequences of human frailties for individuals, their families and friends, and their organizations. Some of t...

When a venture seems to be faltering, do you persist and hope that things will get better or do you cut your losses? This may be one of the most im...

Savvy managers no longer look at contracts and the law reactively but use them proactively to reduce their costs, minimize their risks, secure key ...

Occupational Risk Control contains a practical theory of risk based on the principles of the physical sciences. The book provides details of the im...

This book focuses on leadership -- what it is, how it works, and how complex, multi-layered and multi-dimensional it is -- and how it will change i...

The proceedings of the CIB W65 Symposium on the Organization and Management of Construction conference are presented here and in the companion volu...

There is no widely recognized method for producing specifications of repair, improvement and conversion work, yet consistent documentation is funda...