Business & economics / Management

International Human Resource Management

by Dennis Briscoe & Randall Schuler

This is an ideal foundation text for anyone studying or working in the International Human Resource Management (IHRM) arena. This text utilizes and incorporates most of what is currently known, researched or...

Strategic Management and Online Selling: Creating Competitive Advantage with Intangible Web Goods

by Susanne Royer

Focusing on Business to Customer (B2C) internet business, and on firms that offer intangible products and/or services that can be directly consumed via the world wide web, Strategic Management and Online Selling...

Managers and Mandarins in Contemporary China: The Building of an International Business

by Jie Tang

This study explores the question as to whether the way in which Chinese management handles conflict is fundamentally different from elsewhere or much the same. It does so by examining in detail an international...

Managing Global Legal Systems: International Employment Regulation and Competitive Advantage

by Gary W. Florkowski

Presenting a framework for understanding the corporate strategy-public policy interface as it relates to human capital management, this unique text treats legal systems as factors that must be actively managed...

Human Resource Management in Developing Countries

by Pawan S. Budhwar & Yaw A. Debrah

Focusing on HRM developments in thirteen developing countries across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, this book explores the contextual functions of HR in these countries. In addition, it analyzes the more...

Bourne on Company Law

by Nicholas Bourne

An ideal introductory textbook, Bourne on Company Law offers a succinct overview of the fundamental areas covered in LLB and GDL courses. Clear and easy to follow, the book is presented in short, sub-headed...

Organization and Organizing: Materiality, Agency and Discourse

by Daniel Robichaud & Francois Cooren

This timely collection addresses central issues in organizational communication theory on the nature of organizing and organization. The unique strength of this volume is its contribution to the conception of...

Profiting From Uncertainty: Strategies for Succeeding No Matter What the Future Brings

by Paul Schoemaker

What manager is not anxious about the future? We live in a white-knuckled age of rapid technological change and global instability. But uncertainty is not the enemy, says management expert Paul J. H. Schoemaker....

Simulation

by Sheldon M. Ross

The 5^th edition of Ross's Simulation continues to introduce aspiring and practicing actuaries, engineers, computer scientists and others to the practical aspects of constructing computerized simulation studies...

Performance Evaluation and Attribution of Security Portfolios

by Bernd R. Fischer & Russ Wermers

Just how successful is that investment?  Measuring portfolio performance requires evaluation (measuring portfolio results against benchmarks) and attribution (determining individual results of the portfolio's...

Taking Smart Risks: How Sharp Leaders Win When Stakes are High

by Doug Sundheim

Lead your company to sustainable success by taking the RIGHT RISKS

“From Sherwin Williams to Moo.com, Doug Sundheim is onto something here: your work is worth fighting for. A worthy read for everyone in your...

Drucker: A Life in Pictures

by Rick Wartzman

A Photographic Celebration of the Life and Work ofthe Legendary Peter Drucker

Born on November 19, 1909, Peter Drucker grew up in Austria and moved to Germany at the age of seventeen. When the Nazis rose to power...

Leadership at a Distance: Research in Technologically-Supported Work

by Suzanne P. Weisband

This volume offers insights from a noted group of scholars who discuss the complex phenomenon of leadership in distributed work settings - also known as leadership at a distance. Editor Suzanne Weisband addresses...

Work and Life Integration: Organizational, Cultural, and Individual Perspectives

by Ellen Ernst Kossek & Susan J. Lambert

Work-family researchers have had much success in encouraging both organizations and individuals to recognize the importance of achieving greater balance in life. Work and Life Integration addresses the intersect...

Transformational Leadership

by Bernard M. Bass & Ronald E. Riggio

Transformational Leadership, Second Edition is intended for both the scholars and serious students of leadership. It is a comprehensive review of theorizing and empirical research that can serve as a reference...

The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting

by Linda K. Stroh & Homer H. Johnson

This is a very good time for consultants. As corporations have been reorganizing and downsizing, merging and globalizing, the consulting business has been booming.

The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting...

Positioned: Strategic Workforce Planning That Gets the Right Person in the Right Job

by Dan L. Ward, Rob Tripp & BILL MAKI

Talent practices from the world's top companies and foremost workforce planning strategists.

Facilitator's Guide Management Extra

by Elearn

Management Extra brings all the best management thinking together in one package. These are practical training suitable for Diploma level qualifications in management. They are ideal for delivering management...

Considering Computer Contracting?

by Michael Powell

Considering computer contracting?

If you are, then read this book. It explores the many aspects of the computer contracting world and gives sound practical advice to both the newcomer and the experienced contractor....

Get A Grip: An Entrepreneurial Fable . . . Your Journey to Get Real, Get Simple, and Get Results

by Gino Wickman & Mike Paton

It’s time to take your business to the next level.

Eileen Sharp and Vic Hightower were frustrated. After years of profitable, predictable growth, Swan Services was in a rut. Meetings were called and discussions...