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A culture of rapid improvement A culture of rapid improvement Raymond C. Floyd Become a corporate change agent Learn to implement and cultivate a culture of improvement with the assistance of one of the world's most respected experts Managing a business so that it achieves … OL11982301W
Intervening and Changing Intervening and Changing Jaap Boonstra Presenting new thinking in organizational psychology from the Netherlands , Intervening and Changing is a guide to applying global thinking and democratic values to achieve innovation. Expertly steer… OL15172737W
The Wisdom of Bees The Wisdom of Bees Michael O'Malley "It seemed to me that the bees were working on the very same kinds of problems we are trying to solve. How can large, diverse groups work together harmoniously and productively? Perhaps we could take… OL15187582W
Organizations and unusual routines Organizations and unusual routines Ronald E. Rice "Everyone working in and with organizations will, from time to time, experience frustrations and problems when trying to accomplish tasks that are a required part of their role. This is an unusual ro… OL15488693W
Employee morale Employee morale Bowles, David Dr "Performance is the key outcome of high morale, and the reason why it should be taken so seriously: with research gathered from some of the world's largest employee opinion databases and best academi… OL15531575W
Beyond performance Beyond performance Scott Keller "What makes your company great today, however, won't necessarily make it great tomorrow. Evolving is critical to long-term corporate performance and health. Humankind's greatest invention isn't the… OL15936115W
Elephant in the room Elephant in the room Diana McLain Smith "A systematic look at how relationships determine the success of leaders and their enterprises, along with tools to help strengthen and change themSince time immemorial, relationships have determined… OL15942320W
Coherence in the midst of complexity Coherence in the midst of complexity Hugo K. Letiche "Complexity and emergence (the appearance and impact of the new) can be the bane of managers and their organizations. Both complexity and emergence threaten to upset adherence to predefined categori… OL15947735W
The Power of Habit The Power of Habit Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj,Charles Duhigg A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. The patterns insi… OL16015154W
Intercultural rhetoric and professional communication Intercultural rhetoric and professional communication Barry Thatcher "This book explores the theory and practice of rhetoric and professional communication in intercultural contexts, providing a framework for translating, localizing, and internationalizing communicati… OL16176279W
Please fire me Please fire me Adam Chromy A collection of humorous workplace stories, from the popular website, illustrates how to survive the corporate machine. OL16495697W
Personal relationships Personal relationships Tammy D. Allen,Lillian Turner de Tormes Eby "We know that positive, fulfilling and satisfying relationships are strong predictors of life satisfaction, psychological health, and physical well-being. This edited volume uses research and theory … OL16564798W
The politics of working life The politics of working life Edwards, Paul,Judy Wajcman xvi, 316 p. : 24 cm OL16922815W
Knowledge management Knowledge management Carl Frappaolo Covers the key areas of knowledge management, from identifying knowledge in an organization and knowledge-based incentive plans to promoting and facilitating knowledge sharing and innovation and know… OL16942868W
Power at Work Power at Work Darren Mccabe Using both qualitative and quantitative data derived from fieldwork in Lanzhou between 2001 and 2004, this much-needed work on ethnicity in Asia offers a major sociological analysis of Hui Muslims in… OL16979540W
Successful manager's handbook Successful manager's handbook Moi Ali This essential practical guide to effective management techniques shows how to achieve a high level of excellence in business. Combining the work of experts in various fields, the Successful Manager'… OL17679520W
Take responsibility Take responsibility Randy Spitzer "Descibes how business leaders can create a resonsibility culture by changing the social contract between management and employees, encouraging emergent leaders, and delivering customer value"--Provi… OL18557058W
The asshole survival guide The asshole survival guide Robert I. Sutton Sutton starts with diagnosis: what kind of asshole problem, exactly, are you dealing with? From there, he provides field-tested, evidence-based, and sometimes surprising strategies for dealing with a… OL19721497W
Frugal innovation Frugal innovation Navi Radjou Business in the developed world is changing. Tighter budgets and dwindling natural resources, along with new technologies and empowered consumers, are driving disruptive trends like the sharing and c… OL19998808W
Management & Organisational Behaviour Management & Organisational Behaviour Laurie J. Mullins Presenting a managerial approach to the study of organisational behaviour, with an emphasis on improving working performance through a better understanding of human resources, this book contains summ… OL20122649W
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