SCM is a rapidly emerging paradigm that is transforming the organization of business operations as firms seek ever new and innovative ways of finding the elusive mantra of competitive advantage. Little work to date has been undertaken on the creative sector. This e-book hopes to address this, by offering some interesting and informative exploratory work in different areas of the sector. One aim was to offer some insights and lessons that could be drawn on by the wider business community.
New Perspectives in Employee Engagement in Human Resources is a unique collection of articles that represent the very highest level of scholarship in the field. The articles published in this collection identify some emergent themes which include: - career development - career satisfaction - employee driven innovation
New Perspectives in Hospitality Management is a unique collection of articles that represent the very highest level of scholarship in the sphere of hospitality research. The articles published in this collection identify some emergent themes that have subsequently established themselves as key trends among academics in the field.
New Perspectives in Economics: A United States Focus is a new collection of topical articles that examine the changing economic landscape in the United States of America. This book provides researchers, professionals, managers and policy makers with an easy-to-read selection of interesting research articles.
Built Environment and Property Management - A Focus on Australia is a unique collection of articles that represent the highest level of scholarship in the field, identify emerging themes. These include: - Corporate social responsibility - Green buildings - Management efficiency The articles provide insight access to the thought-leaders of today.
New Perspectives in Policing: Stress, Public Perception' examines the evolving nature of Policing policy, practice and management in an era of ever increasing demands for efficiency, transparency and accountability. The collection assesses the impact of public perception and stress, presenting detailed analyses and new conceptual frameworks.
Women, Warfare and Representation considers the various ways the American servicewoman has been represented throughout the 20th century and how those representations impact the roles she is permitted to inhabit. While women have a relatively short history in the American military, the last century shows an evolution of women's direct participation in war despite the need to overcome societal sex-role expectations. The primary focus is on the American case, but Emerald Archer also introduces a comparative element, showing how women's integration in the military differs in other countries, including Great Britain, Canada and Israel. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the book draws on military history, theory and social psychology to offer a more complete and integrated history of women in the military and their representation in society.
The received account on African evangelical Christianity regarding social witness in a section of Western scholarship is that it is anti-development and a-political. Such an account heavily draws from an instrumentalist and functionalist assessment of such Christianity without recourse to its emic perspective. Using the case-study method, this book presents an ethnographic examination of this functionalist reading by investigating, describing and analysing evangelical Christian theological and socio-political consciousness within the context of oil and conflict in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. Adopting approaches from practical theology, congregational studies, and anthropology of religion, the author challenges such a reading using data gathered from three congregations in the region. His discourse revolves around answers to the following four critical questions: • What are the underlying theological issues and beliefs of Nigerian evangelical Christians within the context of oil and conflict? • What is their prevalent praxis within the context of Nigeria’s political economy of oil and conflict? •How accurate is the received account that African evangelical and ‘fundamentalist’ Christianity lacks social responsibility and is a-political and anti-development? • What would a contextual political theology for Nigeria’s political economy of oil look like? The theological issues are varied and the prevalent praxis nuanced, which then serves as a veritable critique of the claim that African evangelical Christianity lacks social responsibility due to its preoccupation with soul-winning. Whereas such Christianity places much emphasis on the winning of souls as an expression of its spirituality, it is neither oblivious nor indifferent to its socio-political milieu. Rather it sees such spirituality as a form of political praxis. Some of the trajectories of the spirituality include a theology of conversion, a theology of prayer, and an ethics of crude oil, with Total Freedom as the nomenclature for the specific theological perspective offered for Nigeria’s political economy of oil. While locating this theological perspective within the taxonomy of Liberation Theology, the affinity and dissonance between the two are identified.
Action research was conceived as a method of collaborative, self-reflective problem-solving in a community context. Yet many believe it has evolved too far away from its original, directly activist roots. As a direct response to calls for a rejuvenation of the social agenda of ‘action research’, this volume provides an all-inclusive road map to generating and implementing politically active grass-roots research activities. It is a priceless practical guide for the newly minted researcher wanting to make a tangible difference in their profession and in the world. Where some action research models have been criticized for losing focus on the participatory and social justice roots of this type of research, this book puts social justice activism squarely center stage, guiding the researcher through the theoretical, methodological and practical considerations and constraints of developing, implementing and sustaining research in the cultural professions. Lcating and contextualizing the history and theory of action research, critical theory and other related methodologies and concepts, this volume takes the reader on a journey that begins with the formation of a question, puzzle or research idea right through to the publication of a report on your finished project. Including discrete sections on every stage in the process, from generating a social justice activism agenda, through forming a team and empowering participants, to ensuring the implementation of your agenda and publishing and disseminating your work. Engaging their readers with a fresh acronym, PAtR—Participatory Activist Research—the authors give fresh impetus to those looking for a systematic way to understand and shape practice in their daily work, their profession and their world. This is an outstanding book that represents a critical research process sorely needed in the academy today. Any researcher interested in making an intervention into the egregious social conditions wrought by neoliberal capitalism would do well to read this book. An important contribution to the literature on research methodology. Peter McLaren, Professor, School of Critical Studies in Education, University of Auckland This is an outstanding book that represents a critical research process sorely needed in the academy today. Any researcher interested in making an intervention into the egregious social conditions wrought by neoliberal capitalism would do well to read this book. An important contribution to the literature on research methodology. Peter McLaren, Professor, School of Critical Studies in Education, University of Auckland
According to management author and speaker John P. Kotter, ''as the world speeds up, more and more change is needed; you need more leadership from more people to be able to keep up. Companies that have struggled with that, that are still basically over-managed and under-led, are going under.
Find out about driving growth and innovation, strategic leadership in ''permanent whitewater'', the platform-driven organization and why so-called success formulas fail in this leadership briefing.
Nowhere in the world of business are you likely to find a more strongly debated yet elusive concept than leadership. The earliest definitions of leadership painted it as a skill that only particular people possessed, a skill that made some people better than others at motivating and stimulating followers.
At the centre of every successful organization is the knowledge of key managers and their ability to apply it. In a globally competitive world, it is becoming increasingly important to capture knowledge, develop people and establish lifelong learning to continue to compete at the leading edge of business.
Policies which help employees balance their work and non-work priorities have become increasingly popular among employers in recent years. Find out why in this Briefing.
It has been claimed that - astonishingly - almost 90 percent of success in leadership positions is attributable to Emotional Intelligence (EI). According to the Emotional Intelligence Homepage, EI has been around a lot longer than you may think. The first traces of EI date back to a graduate student paper written in 1985 and further work carried out by two university professors in 1990.
Take a look at the job of a chief customer officer, investigate strategic conversations with customers and learn about performance improvement through core values in this Briefing.
Change, de-layering, re-engineering, downsizing, mergers, acquisitionsOC the business world has been afoot with enough turbulence in recent times to keep the ''fasten your seatbelts'' sign almost permanently illuminated!. Corporations are facing unprecedented challenges brought about by the relentless progress of globalization and new technologies.
At present the corporate spotlight is well and truly fixed on social responsibility, transparent accounting and board governance with the emphasis upon fair treatment for shareholders and employees alike. And upon first glance it would appear that the customer has got lost somewhere along the way - that service quality is no longer a necessity and excellence a thing of the past.
There is no doubt that we have entered a ''new economy'' - and we are not talking about globalization, new technology or the increasing pace of business any more. These factors are old hat by now. This ''new economy'' is one where people and their assets have come to the fore and where knowledge is more than power; it is the difference between success and failure.
In the public sector, performance and accountability are two key management challenges. Broaden your knowledge about practices around the world in this Briefing.
What are some of the key issues you should know about when considering your marketing strategy?. Use this Briefing to read up on global giants such as DuPont, and learn about the importance of integrating key functions in pursuit of success.
Maintenance management of healthcare facilities is a complex subject which has gradually matured to become an established research and development topic. Use this Briefing to find out about strategies for action, how to manage risks and also the central themes in the development of a healthcare facilities management model.
When Total Quality Management (TQM) first broke onto the management scene, it was hailed as a revolutionary idea that would speed up production, increase efficiency, and generally bring success to any organization that pledged allegiance to it. TQM was supposed to bring quality to the whole organization, changing cultures and breaking down departmental barriers.
According to recent figures, only 20-36% of organizations that have attempted to implement a TQM program have achieved some sort of significant or even tangible improvements in quality, productivity, competitiveness or financial return. So why is this much hailed management tool failing to live up to expectations? One possible reason is the all-encompassing nature of Total Quality Management.
OC Branding'' has been one of the most prominent of corporate buzzwords in recent years. But what is it all about? Although opinions will vary dramatically, there are some fundamental issues that underpin it. Branding is about distinguishing yourself from the competition.
Information Technology wields a remarkable amount of power in today's business world. According to Jay Kandampully, quantum advances in technology, communication and digital sciences (together with the proliferation of the Internet) have enabled organizations to transform the challenges of the past into the opportunities of the future.
Back in the 1960s, a marketing revolution took place. Primarily driven by the introduction of the television into millions of homes across America and Europe, companies quickly began to realize the potential of this new medium for selling products. On the back of this, marketing became extremely influential - a ''wunderkind driving corporate strategy and growth'' according to 3M marketing director Allan J.
The issues covered in this Briefing include managing dispersed teams, mentoring, consulting, motivation and diversity. In other words, some of the most important issues facing today's HR professional.
Today we are living in a data age. Millions of pieces of information are generated and used by organizations every day - and developments in technology have helped to make the storage and manipulation of this information much easier. But while marketers have been rubbing their hands together at the comparative ease at which they are now able to gather, analyze and interpret masses of customer data, serious underlying issues of privacy and data protection are threatening to not only damage business relationships, but also ask searching questions as to the conduct of corporations in today's information society.
Take a look at the various ways in which technology has impacted the healthcare sector. What is there to know about online patient support systems? How can the Internet affect the provision of education and training for healthcare professionals?
Not since the passage of the Securities and Exchange Commission Act of 1934 have matters of corporate governance received such concentrated attention. According to the Encyclopaedia of Corporate Governance, the subject has ''succeeded in attracting a good deal of public interest because of its apparent importance for the economic health of corporations and society in general.
The unique features of the Web, such as hypertext and hypermedia, the large number of websites with good quality information sources, current developments in electronic commerce, and the developments in digital publishing, work together to provide a fascinating environment wherein diverse teaching and learning experiences can be developed.
Particularly since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, much attention has been given to the development and implementation of disaster management systems. Although you never know when a disaster is going to happen or what form it will take, it is possible to prevent and contain both man made and natural disasters.
E-biz'', ''e-commerce'', ''dotcom.''. Such terms are becoming more and more synonymous with modern business as each day passes. But what is all the hype about? Can doing business 'over the wires' really have a deep and lasting effect on your organization?. The answer appears to be an emphatic yes.
Clinical governance was introduced in 1997 as a comprehensive framework to improve healthcare quality in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. Use this briefing to find out how the framework is actually working in practice.
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