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“bert a spector”

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  • Discourse on Leadership

    A Critical Appraisal

    by Bert A. Spector ...
    In a wide-ranging and provocative new study, Bert A. Spector provides a critical analysis of past and present theories of leadership. Spector asserts that our perception of leadership influences who we vote for, who we hire and promote, and ultimately, who we choose to grant our authority to. Focusing on leadership in discourse, the book sets out to explore how the notion of leadership has been ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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  • In Defense of a Liberal Education

    by Fareed Zakaria ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world’s most valuable educational tradition.**The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the liberal arts, and they seem to have an unlikely ally in President Obama. While ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Slow Professor

    Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy

    by Maggie Berg, Barbara K. Seeber ...
    If there is one sector of society that should be cultivating deep thought in itself and others, it is academia. Yet the corporatisation of the contemporary university has sped up the clock, demanding increased speed and efficiency from faculty regardless of the consequences for education and scholarship.In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Men and Women of the Corporation

    New Edition

    by Rosabeth Moss Kanter ...
    In this landmark work on corporate power, especially as it relates to women, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the distinguished Harvard management thinker and consultant, shows how the careers and self-images of the managers, professionals, and executives, and also those of the secretaries, wives of managers, and women looking for a way up, are determined by the distribution of power and powerlessness within ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Reinventing Diversity

    Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose, and Performance

    by Howard J. Ross ...
    Diversity in business and other organizations has been a goal for more than a quarter of a century, yet companies struggle to create an inclusive work place. In Reinventing Diversity, one of America's leading diversity experts explains why most diversity programs fail and how we can make them work. In this inspiring guide, Howard Ross uses interviews, personal stories, statistics, and case studies ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Management

    A Very Short Introduction

    by John Hendry ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    John Hendry, a leading management scholar, looks at the nature and practice of Management in this Very Short Introduction. Tracing the development of management over the last century, he looks not only at what managers do, but also provides an insight to modern management theory. He considers the influences of national and organizational culture, the relationship between power and domination, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Organizations and Organizing

    Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives

    by W Richard Scott, Gerald F. Davis ...
    This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations. This book is a valuable tool for the reader, as we are all intertwined with organizations in one form or another. Numerous other disciplines besides sociology are addressed in this book, including economics, political science, strategy and ... Read more

    $225.00 USD

  • The Powers to Lead

    by Joseph Nye, Jr. ...
    What qualities make a leader succeed in business or politics? In an era when the information revolution has dramatically changed the playing field, when old organizational hierarchies have given way to fluid networks of contacts, and when mistrust of leaders is on the rise, our ideas about leadership are clearly due for redefinition. With The Powers to Lead, Joseph S. Nye offers a sweeping look at ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • The Leader's Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages

    by J. Thomas Wren ...
    This book serves as a guided introduction to the richly diverse perspectives on leadership throughout the ages and throughout the world.This book serves as a guided introduction to the richly diverse perspectives on leadership throughout the ages and throughout the world. Each of the selections, introduced by the editor, presents enlightening thoughts on a different aspect of leadership. Writings ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice

    Edited by Nitin Nohria, Rakesh Khurana ...
    Scores of books and articles have been written in the popular press and mainstream marketplace about leadership: who leaders are, what they do, and why they matter. Yet in academia, there is a dearth of rigorous research, journal articles, or doctoral programs focused on leadership as a discipline. Why do top business schools espouse mission statements that promise to "educate the leaders of the ... Read more

    $32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Models of Innovation

    The History of an Idea

    by Benoit Godin ...
    Series series Inside Technology
    Benoît Godin is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal.Models abound in science, technology, and society (STS) studies and in science, technology, and innovation (STI) studies. They are continually being invented, with one author developing many versions of the same model over time. At the same time, models are regularly criticized. Such is the case with the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • An Analysis of James Surowiecki's The Wisdom of Crowds

    Why the Many are Smarter than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economics, Societies, and Nations

    by Nikki Springer ...
    Series series The Macat Library
    In The Wisdom of Crowds, New Yorker columnist, Surowiecki, explores the question of whether the many are better than an elite few – no matter their qualifications – at solving problems, promoting innovation and making wise decisions. Surowiecki’s text uses multiple case studies and touches on the arenas of pop culture, sociology, business management and behavioural economics among others. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD