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Risk Management in Projects

By: Martin Loosemore

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This expanded new edition covers the entire risk management process to give a full presentation of how risk is perceived by the public. It demystifies risk management, examining the subject in simple and practical terms, with no technical jargon.

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Taylor & Francis

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0415260558

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9780415260558

Human Resource Management in Construction Projects

Strategic and Operational Approaches

By: Martin Loosemore,Andrew Dainty,Helen Lingard

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Human Resource Management in Construction Projects

Strategic and Operational Approaches

By: Martin Loosemore,Andrew Dainty,Helen Lingard

This book is aimed at project managers and students of project management who until now, have been handed the responsibility for human resource management without adequate knowledge or training.

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Routledge

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1134506848

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9781134506842

Risk Management in Projects

By: Martin Loosemore,John Raftery,Charles Reilly,David Higgon

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Risk Management in Projects

By: Martin Loosemore,John Raftery,Charles Reilly,David Higgon

Project managers in construction and civil engineering need to base their decisions on realistic information about risk and public perceptions of risk. This second edition of the original practical and straightforward text retains the easy-to-read format, but has been expanded to encompass the entire risk management process and to give a fuller presentation of how risk is generally perceived. Two new chapters cover risk identification and risk response, and the chapters on risk analysis have been completely reorganized. There is also greater emphasis on the theory behind the principles, and an expanded bibliography is given to guide an exploration of the subject in greater detail. The book demystifies risk management by presenting the subject in simple and practical terms, free of technical jargon, and case studies are used extensively to enliven the text and to illustrate the concepts discussed.

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Routledge

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1134509219

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9781134509218

Social Enterprise in the Construction Industry

Building Better Communities

By: Martin Loosemore,Dave Higgon

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Social Enterprise in the Construction Industry

Building Better Communities

By: Martin Loosemore,Dave Higgon

Through the emerging lens of social enterprise, this book examines how the global construction industry can engage more effectively with the communities in which it builds, addressing disadvantage and environmental degradation to leave a positive legacy for future generations. Combining insights from leading research and real-life case studies of social enterprise in the construction sector, the result is a practical framework which will help social enterprises, clients, consultants and construction firms work collectively to build a thriving social enterprise sector. Readers of this timely book will learn to embrace social enterprise and an important new sector in the global construction industry. They will learn to see community involvement as an opportunity rather than a risk, and fully understand the broader role they can play in building a fairer and more sustainable society.

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275

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Routledge

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1317583922

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9781317583929

Innovation, Strategy and Risk in Construction

Turning Serendipity Into Capability

By: Martin Loosemore

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Innovation, Strategy and Risk in Construction

Turning Serendipity Into Capability

By: Martin Loosemore

1. Serendipity and innovation -- 2. The innovation process -- 3. Innovation in construction -- 4. The history and future of innovation in the construction industry -- 5. Strategy and innovation -- 6. Organizing for innovation -- 7. Managing the risks of innovation -- 8. Conclusion : we need a reality-check.

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Routledge

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1136673555

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9781136673559

When More Is Not Better

Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency

By: Roger L. Martin

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When More Is Not Better

Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency

By: Roger L. Martin

American democratic capitalism is in danger. How can we save it? For its first two hundred years, the American economy exhibited truly impressive performance. The combination of democratically elected governments and a capitalist system worked, with ever-increasing levels of efficiency spurred by division of labor, international trade, and scientific management of companies. By the nation's bicentennial celebration in 1976, the American economy was the envy of the world. But since then, outcomes have changed dramatically. Growth in the economic prosperity of the average American family has slowed to a crawl, while the wealth of the richest Americans has skyrocketed. This imbalance threatens the American democratic capitalist system and our way of life. In this bracing yet constructive book, world-renowned business thinker Roger Martin starkly outlines the fundamental problem: We have treated the economy as a machine, pursuing ever-greater efficiency as an inherent good. But efficiency has become too much of a good thing. Our obsession with it has inadvertently shifted the shape of our economy, from a large middle class and smaller numbers of rich and poor (think of a bell-shaped curve) to a greater share of benefits accruing to a thin tail of already-rich Americans (a Pareto distribution). With lucid analysis and engaging anecdotes, Martin argues that we must stop treating the economy as a perfectible machine and shift toward viewing it as a complex adaptive system in which we seek a fundamental balance of efficiency with resilience. To achieve this, we need to keep in mind the whole while working on the component parts; pursue improvement, not perfection; and relentlessly tweak instead of attempting to find permanent solutions. Filled with keen economic insight and advice for citizens, executives, policy makers, and educators, When More Is Not Better is the must-read guide for saving democratic capitalism.

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Harvard Business Press

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1647820073

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9781647820077

Are We There Yet?

The Digital Transformation of Government and the Public Service in Australia

By: Martin Stewart-Weeks,Simon Cooper

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Are We There Yet?

The Digital Transformation of Government and the Public Service in Australia

By: Martin Stewart-Weeks,Simon Cooper

Digital transformation across the public sector has stalled. After over 25 years of considerable time, money, and effort at national, state, and local levels, we’re still not 'there' yet. The reason is that successive waves of investment in digital transformation have focused largely on improving the transactional functions and activities of government. They have failed to embrace a bigger challenge - the need for governing and government to rethink a new 'theory of the business' - which that same revolution has caused and to which it is an inescapable part of the answer. This is a unique, timely, and distinctly Australian look at a global phenomenon by two 'reflective practitioners'. Their personal and practical experience of digital transformation in government and the public sector in Australia suggests it is a story missing half its plot. Packed full of insights from government and digital leaders from around Australia and across the world, this is a much-needed practical guide for public servants and leaders in any jurisdiction. It contains insights and ideas about the way digital technologies, and their associated tools, platforms, and cultures, are changing the business of governing and the design and delivery of public policy and services. "Are We There Yet? lucidly diagnoses how digital technologies, including AI and big data, are transforming the role of the public servant and the project of governance itself. Stewart-Weeks and Cooper describe the important shift from power to problem-solving and explain how to harness digital transformation to make government work better for all of us.” - Beth Noveck, author of Wiki Government, former Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the Obama White House, Professor in Technology, Culture & Society, New York University and Chief Innovation Officer for New Jersey "I've read a lot about the potential impact of digital technology on public services … this is the first book to persuade me that the power of digital, properly conceived, really can transform the nature of democratic governance." - Professor Peter Shergold AC, Chancellor, Western Sydney University, Former Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

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Public Purpose

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064851076X

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9780648510765

Searching for W.P.M. Kennedy

The Biography of an Enigma

By: Martin L. Friedland

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Searching for W.P.M. Kennedy

The Biography of an Enigma

By: Martin L. Friedland

In this highly entertaining biography, W.P.M. Kennedy emerges as a complicated yet compelling figure in the academic and legal history of Canada.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487525257

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9781487525255

The Law of Real Property

By: Robert Megarry,William Wade,Charles Harpum,Stuart Bridge,Martin J. Dixon

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The Law of Real Property

By: Robert Megarry,William Wade,Charles Harpum,Stuart Bridge,Martin J. Dixon

Megarry and Wade : The Law of Real Property

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1955

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Sweet & Maxwell

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0414045963

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9780414045965

Innovation in Small Professional Practices in the Built Environment

By: Shu-Ling Lu,Martin Sexton

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Innovation in Small Professional Practices in the Built Environment

By: Shu-Ling Lu,Martin Sexton

From the book’s Foreword by Trevor Mole, Managing Director,Property Tectonics; President of the European Association ofBuilding Surveyors and Construction Experts: ‘Shu-Ling and Martin have built on their research workand that of others to produce an understandable and readableinsight into innovation in small professional service firms. Theyhave successfully unravelled the complex behavioural andorganisational forces taking place and created a framework to helppractitioners understand the issues and to fashion the rightenvironment in which to foster innovation and deliver economicvalue.’ Small professional practices in the built environment arecrucial to the success and long-term viability of the design,construction and property industries. This research-based bookaddresses the urgent need to better understand the nature andprocess of innovation in these important firms. The authors offer an analysis of both why and howinnovation is a key competitive factor for small professionalpractices in the built environment. As these practices are locatedin different business environments and behave in different ways toother types of industry firms, the context-specific methodology todesign, implement and assess innovation in small professionalpractices presented in this book will appeal to researchers andpractitioners in surveying and design. Innovation in Small Professional Practices in the BuiltEnvironment makes a significant contribution to anunderdeveloped area of innovation by offering new theoretical andpractical insights and models grounded in results from a 22-monthcase study of a small professional practice.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444316109

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9781444316100

Sword and Scales

An Examination of the Relationship between Law and Politics

By: Martin Loughlin

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Sword and Scales

An Examination of the Relationship between Law and Politics

By: Martin Loughlin

This short and accessible book provides a provocative re-assessment of the various tangled relationships between law and politics and in so doing examines legal and political thinking on such critical areas as justice,the state, constitutionalism and rights. It introduces lawyers especially to certain important themes in some of the key texts in political thought and introduces political scientists to the legal dimensions of a number of central themes of political studies. Written by one of the leading theorists in constitutional law, the book should prove to be an indispensable companion for any student or teacher interested in law and politics. Contents I. Law and Politics in the Conversation of Mankind II. Justice III. The State IV. Constitutionalism V. Conclusions

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847312578

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9781847312570

Innovation, Strategy and Risk in Construction

Turning Serendipity Into Capability

By: Martin Loosemore

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Innovation, Strategy and Risk in Construction

Turning Serendipity Into Capability

By: Martin Loosemore

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Routledge

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The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century

Stories

By: George R. R. Martin,Philip K. Dick,Anne McCaffrey

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The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century

Stories

By: George R. R. Martin,Philip K. Dick,Anne McCaffrey

Explosive and provocative battles fought across the boundaries of time and space—and on the frontiers of the human mind. Science fiction’s finest have yielded this definitive collection featuring stories of warfare, victory, conquest, heroism, and overwhelming odds. These are scenarios few have ever dared to contemplate, and they include: “Superiority”: Arthur C. Clarke presents an intergalactic war in which one side’s own advanced weaponry may actually lead to its ultimate defeat. “Dragonrider”: A tale of Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern, in which magic tips the scales of survival. “Second Variety”: Philip K. Dick, author of the short story that became the movie Blade Runner, reaches new heights of terror with his post-apocalyptic vision of the future. “The Night of the Vampyres”: A chilling ultimatum of atomic proportions begins a countdown to disaster in George R. R. Martin’s gripping drama. “Hero”: Joe Haldeman’s short story that led to his classic of interstellar combat, The Forever War. “Ender’s Game”: The short story that gave birth to Orson Scott Card’s masterpiece of military science fiction. PLUS SEVEN MORE EPIC STORIES “Among Thieves” by Poul Anderson “Hangman” by David Drake “The Last Article” by Harry Turtledove “The Game of Rat and Dragon” by Cordwainer Smith “To the Storming Gulf” by Gregory Benford “Wolf Time” by Walter Jon Williams “The Scapegoat” by C. J. Cherryh Guaranteed to spark the imagination and thrill the soul, these thirteen science fiction gems cast a stark light on our dreams and our darkest fears—truly among the finest tales of the twentieth century.

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Del Rey

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0345439899

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9780345439895

Learn C++ Today!

By: Martin L. Rinehart

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Learn C++ Today!

By: Martin L. Rinehart

Type & Learn C++ is a turnkey package that will teach novice programmers how to master C++ programming. Everything readers need to begin programming is here. Readers will write code in their first sitting and will be able to write professional quality programs by the end of the book. Disk contains a special C++ compiler.

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Wiley

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1568843100

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Book's by Martin Loosemore

Risk Management in Projects

Risk Management in Projects

Human Resource Management in Construction Projects

Human Resource Management in Construction Projects

Risk Management in Projects

Risk Management in Projects

Social Enterprise in the Construction Industry

Social Enterprise in the Construction Industry

Innovation, Strategy and Risk in Construction

Innovation, Strategy and Risk in Construction

When More Is Not Better

When More Is Not Better

Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet?

Searching for W.P.M. Kennedy

Searching for W.P.M. Kennedy

The Law of Real Property

The Law of Real Property

Innovation in Small Professional Practices in the Built Environment

Innovation in Small Professional Practices in the Built Environment

Sword and Scales

Sword and Scales

Innovation, Strategy and Risk in Construction

Innovation, Strategy and Risk in Construction

The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century

The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century

Learn C++ Today!

Learn C++ Today!

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