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  • Time Autonomy and Work in France, Germany, and China

    Historical Insights and Emerging Trends

    by Jens Thoemmes ...
    Drawing on case studies from France, Germany, and China, this book argues that the dynamic interactions between time and autonomy have fundamentally reshaped the evolution of work. Jens Thoemmes details how time autonomy transitioned from early efforts to reduce working hours to today’s complex debates about managing work time. Initially focused on reclaiming time from employers during the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Organizations and Working Time Standards

    A Comparison of Negotiations in Europe

    by Jens Thoemmes ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies
    Collective bargaining between employers and trade unions has profoundly changed working conditions in companies around the globe. But why do we start work at the age of 10, 16, 18 or 24? Why do we work 6, 8, 10 or more hours a day? These questions are becoming increasingly pertinent as working norms are fractured and fragmented by country. This book brings an entirely new perspective to our ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • The Responsible Company

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  • The Leader's Code

    Mission, Character, Service, and Getting the Job Done

    by Donovan Campbell ...
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  • If Aristotle Ran General Motors

    The New Soul of Business

    by Tom Morris ...
    Discover the secrets to building great morale and productivity in your organization, drawing on the timeless wisdom of classical philosophy.In If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Tom Morris, who taught philosophy at Notre Dame for fifteen years, shares the knowledge he garnered from a lifetime of studying history's wisest thinkers and shows how to apply their ideas in today's business environment. ... Read more

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  • Integral Community Enterprise in Africa

    Communitalism as an Alternative to Capitalism

    by Anselm Adodo ...
    Series series Transformation and Innovation
    At a time of global economic crisis and disillusionment with capitalism, Adodo offers refreshing and positive insight into a more integral way of business management, enterprise and community development as well as holistic healing in Africa. For over three decades, Africa was the recipient of billions of dollars in aid funds that were meant to catapult the continent from undeveloped to developed ... Read more

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  • Social Innovation

    Solutions for a Sustainable Future

    Edited by René Schmidpeter, Thomas Osburg ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Social Innovation is becoming an increasingly important topic in our global society. Those organizations which are able to develop business solutions to the most urgent social and ecological challenges will be the leading companies of tomorrow. Social Innovation not only creates value for society but will be a key driver for business success. Although the concept of Social Innovation is discussed ... Read more

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  • Dear Minister Poletti

    How to change the world of work in Italy

    by Dottor Paolo Brunelli ...
    The revolution of the labor market in Italy. In a letter all the information to change the labor market in Italy. A letter full of suggestions, updates and hopes for the Italian people. A letter other than one that the Italian government has received from the European Commission. A letter even more important that just shows how the work will heal Italy. ... Read more

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  • We Count, We Matter

    Voice, Choice and the Death of Distance

    by Christopher Steed ...
    Series series Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
    This book examines the meaning of Brexit, the election of Trump and the rising tide of populist revolt on the right amidst the collapse of the left. Exploring the reaction against the establishment or ‘the system’, the author contends that we are witnessing a new divide between those who wish to see an interconnected world and those who seek distance: as transport and technology shrink the world, ... Read more

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  • Inventing Equal Opportunity

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    Equal opportunity in the workplace is thought to be the direct legacy of the civil rights and feminist movements and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Yet, as Frank Dobbin demonstrates, corporate personnel experts--not Congress or the courts--were the ones who determined what equal opportunity meant in practice, designing changes in how employers hire, promote, and fire workers, and ... Read more

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  • Diversity and Inclusion in the Global Workplace

    Aligning Initiatives with Strategic Business Goals

    Edited by Carlos Tasso Eira de Aquino, Robert W. Robertson ...
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