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  • The Power of Social Innovation

    How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite Community Networks for Good

    by Stephen Goldsmith ...
    THE POWER of SOCIAL INNOVATIONCivic leaders across the U.S. and throughout the world are discovering creative ways to overcome the obstacles that seal the doors of opportunity for too many.These inspiring individuals believe that within our communities lie the entrepreneurial spirit, compassion, and resources to make progress in such critical areas as education, housing, and economic self-reliance ... Read more

    $37.00 USD

  • Collaborative Cities

    Mapping Solutions to Wicked Problems

    by Stephen Goldsmith, Kate Markin Coleman ...
    Dynamic problems require dynamic collaboration and technology.Our communities today face difficult issues—such as climate change, access to health care, and homelessness—which are tangled, complicated, and constantly evolving. Coined “wicked problems” more than 40 years ago by the University of California’s professors Horst Rittel and C. West Churchman, these issues exceed the capacity of any one ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Growing Fairly

    How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development

    by Kate Markin Coleman, Stephen Goldsmith ...
    Series series Brookings / Ash Center Series, "Innovative Governance in the 21st Century"
    Tested, practical ideas to meet current and future skilling needs of both workers and employersThe labor market in the United States faces seemingly contradictory challenges: Many employers have trouble finding qualified applicants for current and future jobs, while millions of Americans are out of work or are underemployed—their paths to living-wage jobs blocked by systemic barriers or lack of ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • Governing by Network

    The New Shape of the Public Sector

    by William D. Eggers, Stephen Goldsmith ...
    A fundamental, but mostly hidden, transformation is happening in the way public services are being delivered, and in the way local and national governments fulfill their policy goals. Government executives are redefining their core responsibilities away from managing workers and providing services directly to orchestrating networks of public, private, and nonprofit organizations to deliver the ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • A New City O/S

    The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Governance

    by Neil Kleiman, Stephen Goldsmith ...
    Series series Brookings / Ash Center Series, "Innovative Governance in the 21st Century"
    Proposing an entirely new governance model to unleash innovation throughout local governmentAt a time when trust is dropping precipitously and American government at the national level has fallen into a state of long-term, partisan-based gridlock, local government can still be effective-indeed more effective and even more responsive to the needs of its citizens. Based on decades of direct ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Responsive City

    Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance

    by Stephen Goldsmith, Susan Crawford ...
    Leveraging Big Data and 21st century technology to renew cities and citizenship in AmericaThe Responsive City is a guide to civic engagement and governance in the digital age that will help leaders link important breakthroughs in technology and data analytics with age-old lessons of small-group community input to create more agile, competitive, and economically resilient cities. Featuring vivid ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • Smarter Government

    How to Govern for Results in the Information Age

    by Martin O'Malley ...
    This is the new way of governing.The time has come for the rise of the tech savvy executive: an individual who innately understands the need to help the use of technology rise at the same level across the entire organization. In Baltimore and in Maryland, Governor Martin O’Malley has done all of these things and more.Smarter Government: How to Govern for Results in the Information Age is about a ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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    How Business, Government, and Social Enterprises Are Teaming Up to Solve Society's Toughest Problems

    by William D. Eggers, Paul Macmillan ...
    Government Alone Can’t Solve Society’s Biggest ProblemsWorld hunger. Climate change. Crumbling infrastructure. It’s clear that in today’s era of fiscal constraints and political gridlock, we can no longer turn to government alone to tackle these and other towering social problems. What’s required is a new, more collaborative and productive economic system. The Solution Revolution brings hope ... Read more

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  • Getting to Diversity

    What Works and What Doesn’t

    by Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev ...
    “This book has the potential to change CEO mindsets, human resource practices, manager behavior, and employee well-being—if only enough people grab it and heed its powerful messages.” —Rosabeth Moss Kanter, author of Think Outside the Building“Dobbin and Kalev have spent their careers studying why diversity initiatives fail and what it takes to fix them. Their data-driven book doesn’t just ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

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  • International Management Behavior

    Global and Sustainable Leadership

    by Henry W. Lane, Martha L. Maznevski ...
    This is the seventh edition of International Management Behavior, an established text for students and executives developing the knowledge, perspective and skills required for leading and managing people in global business.This guide provides a comprehensive overview of international management, structured around the core challenges and opportunities faced by global managers. This encompasses: the ... Read more

    $47.00 USD

  • Great Jobs for Sociology Majors

    by Stephen Lambert ...
    It isn't always obvious what a college major can offer to the workplace. Great Jobs books help students and recent college graduates explore the possibilities in their majors and provide:Guidance on how to present a major as a workplace asset during an interviewA primer for new college grads on how to conduct a job searchWays to use a college major in the real world ... Read more

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  • Human Resources Management

    by Alan S. Gutterman ...
    The human resources function is at the forefront of a company's efforts with respect to two of the key elements of organizational design—people and organizational structure. While human resources practices differ around the world, it would seem to be universally true that in order for companies to successfully achieve their strategic goals and objectives they must strive to attract, motivate, and ... Read more

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