Through personal accounts and revelations, this book explores bullying at work and offers solutions to help overcome this stressful, often isolating experience facing many women and men. 256 pages. (more)
Leadership and associated power issues lie at the core of group life in a variety of contexts. Even the most informal of groups typically have some form of leadership in their organization, and the... (more)
This Book is organized in four sections. Part I, Framing the Challenge, provides grounding in the historical context, the emergent need, and the challenges of working in the borderland between... (more)
The Enlightened Organization is concerned with the organization and its responsibility for enabling success by putting in place processes (including leadership and communication) that will enable it... (more)
The Fifth Discipline draws the blueprints for an organisation where people expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nutured,... (more)
The purpose of this volume is to showcase alternative theoretical and methodological approaches to work and family research, and present methodological alternatives to the widely known shortcomings... (more)
Sharing the results of her four-year research journey in simple, jargon-free language, Jessica Pryce-Jones exposes the secrets of being happy at work. It focuses on what happiness really means in a... (more)
"Changing Organizational Culture" is a practical handbook that discusses the various methods of uncovering organizational beliefs and resolving conflict. It includes useful exercises and has an... (more)
This book is essential reading for anyone involved or interested in consultancy. Suitable for independent consultants, partnerships, associates, and new entrants to large consultancy practices, it... (more)
Reassess your leadership style, discover how to connect with people, and become a leader who can make things happen in the real world. Built on a unique four-year experiment working alongside real... (more)
This book is about achieving excellent Change Management using a variety of techniques and contains many new concepts and applications for consultants, would-be consultants and everyone involved in... (more)
The teaching of organization theory and the conduct of organizational research have been dominated by a focus on decision-making and the concept of strategic rationality. However, the rational model... (more)
Personnel psychology (or human resource management) examines differences amongst individual employees and the consequences for the organization. All elements that influence the employee/organization... (more)
Contains sample scenarios, case studies, and client-consultant dialogues to show readers what 'Flawless Consulting' is really all about, the Fieldbook's practical approach also features hands-on... (more)
In The Collaborative Leader, L. Michael Hall and Ian McDermott answer key questions about leadership. What is collaboration? How does it relate to leadership? How do you do it effectively? How do you... (more)
Based on a sweeping, ten country study, The Work-Family Interface in Global Context comprises the most comprehensive and rigorous cross-cultural study of the work-family interface to date. Just as... (more)
As organizations grow increasingly complex and unpredictable, the topic of proactivity at work has become of great importance for contemporary workplaces. Proactivity drives performance and... (more)
Introducing, explaining and contextualizing current leadership conceptsthis book cross-references each of the entries to provide a clear definition, an explanation of historical usage and lay out... (more)
When times are hard, leadership makes the greatest difference. So says the evidence. This book shows how to make the kind of difference that all organizations, both public and private sector, want... (more)
Positive Psychology at Work brings the fields of positive psychology and appreciative inquiry together for the first time to provide leaders and change agents with a powerful new approach to... (more)
The Revolt of the Primitive explores the psychological dynamics of political correctness and gender warfare. Author Howard Schwartz argues that perceptions of men as abusers, sexual predators, and... (more)
This revised edition of a well-known and widely used text in community organizing and development fully examines the broad and changing political and social settings that influence actions; while... (more)
By drawing upon works of Freud, Klein, Spielrein, Alford and Marcuse, this book examines death instinct triggers that induce thoughts of mortality salience and subsequent death fear manifestations.... (more)
See catalogue number 26346 for the paperback edition. "Changing Organizational Culture" is a practical handbook that discusses the various methods of uncovering organizational beliefs and resolving... (more)
"From the Ground Up" takes a close look at how social-change organizations address challenges related to leadership, staff development, decision-making, resource needs, and collaborations. Chetkovich... (more)