"This book evaluates operational strategies and interpersonal skill development for the successful management of modern organizations, highlighting various governance and interaction techniques that assist in mediating organizational controversies"--

This Handbook draws on current research and case studies to consider how managers can become more creative across four aspects of their business: innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership and organisation – and does so in an accessible, engaging and user-friendly format. -- That managers need...

'This very impressive Handbook takes established research topics about women in management and treats them in fresh and novel ways. The chapters are intellectually interesting, sound, and provocative, and meet the editors' aspiration to stimulate high quality research on women's experiences in...

1. Introduction -- 2. The trust process -- 3. Governance seen from a framing point of view : the employment relationship and relational signalling -- 4. Trust and power as means of coordinating the internal relations of the organization : a conceptual framework -- 5. Calculativeness, trust and...

The devastating events that beset financial markets in the summer of 2007 led to a huge contraction in global economic output and left the financial and banking systems in the core economies of the United Kingdom, United States and Europe on the brink of destruction. The ensuing fallout from...

Abstract: Das deutsche Gesundheitswesen ist in einem tiefgreifenden Wandel begriffen. Wie andere Sozialsektoren so verändern sich auch interdependent das rechtliche Steuerungsregime, die Finanzierungsmodalitäten, die Betriebsformen und ihre Konfiguration zu einer Versorgungslandschaft, wobei...

In even the most market-oriented economies, most economic transactions occur not in markets but inside managed organizations, particularly business firms. Organizational economics seeks to understand the nature and workings of such organizations and their impact on economic performance. This...

1. Faith, Family, and Firm: A Case Study of Bob Chapman -- 2. Karl Schlecht and Putzmeister: Salvaging a Humanistic Ideal Amid Ruthless Global Competition -- 3. Humanistic Leadership in the Amish Community: Leading from the Edge -- 4. Confucian Humanistic Leadership: Social Influence Processes...