Is 'development' passe? Is it merely a by-product or a 'trickle down' effect of economic growth, spurred by globalisation? Will poverty simply diminish with increased global markets? This state-of-the-art critical 'development' reader deals with these and other related questions. "Globalisation,...

Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- Group decision making -- Consensus reaching process -- Part II: Consensus models with the minimum adjustments and aggregation operators -- Minimum adjustments consensus models -- Maximum expert consensus models -- Part III: Consensus in the multiple attribute...

This book brings together the research of philosophers and social scientists. It examines those areas of scientific practice where reliance on the subjective judgment of experts and practitioners is the main source of useful knowledge to address, and, possibly, bring solutions to social...

Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What is a Co-creative Meeting? -- 3 Dysfunctional Meeting Culture -- 4 Interdependency of Meetings and Organizations -- 5 Maxims of the Co-creative Meeting -- 6 Phases and Roles -- 7 Designing for Co-creativity -- 8 Institutionalizing Co-creative Meetings -- 9...

The book examines the social processes which have shaped the development and organisation of various marketing practices and activities, and the markets associated with them. Drawing on the figurational-sociological approach associated with Norbert Elias the contributors explain how various...

Historische Einordnung -- Epistemologische Grundlagen -- Ökonomische Theorie -- Gesellschaftstheorie und normative Positionen -- Untersuchung der Vorwürfe der Normativität und Unwissenschaftlichkeit.

Bisher wird Vertrauen zum einen als Ergebnis langfristig stabiler und sicherer Zustände betrachtet. Zum anderen herrscht die Vorstellung der „managebility“ von Vertrauen, wonach sich Vertrauen durch instrumentelle Akte des Managements erzeugen lässt. Peter Raunicher dagegen untersucht...

This volume brings together 11 articles on Gustav von Schmoller, Max Weber, and Joseph Schumpeter. It aims to identify the methodological essence of the German Historical School (GHS) that flourished between the 1840s and the 1930s. Schmoller was a leader of the GHS, and Weber and Schumpeter,...

This book is devoted to analyzing contemporary capitalism both in Japan and in the world economy by using the theoretical framework of the French régulation theory and by revisiting the theory of civil society in postwar Japan. The Japanese theory of civil society proposed unique thinking about...

Effective leadership requires the capacity to successfully manage conflict. This edited volume examines the causes and consequence of conflict in groups, organizations and communities, and identifies ways that conflict can be managed and resolved