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Managing Relationships in Transition Economies

By: Nancy K. Napier,David C. Thomas

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Managing Relationships in Transition Economies

By: Nancy K. Napier,David C. Thomas

The transition from socialist or communist economy to market economy in many countries has been dramatic, unpredictable, and mostly on the surface, observable in new consumption patterns or higher standards of living. But deeper change in the managerial mindset in these new market economies has been much slower and less evident. It is crucial to business success for foreign managers to understand their transition economy counterparts. This book examines the interactions that foreign and transition economy managers have in building business relationships, the influences behind those interactions, how the interactions themselves change over time, and how to manage the process of building relationships more smoothly.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313039577

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Insight

Encouraging Aha! Moments for Organizational Success

By: Nancy K. Napier

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Encouraging Aha! Moments for Organizational Success

By: Nancy K. Napier

An expert shows how to cultivate "aha" moments—flashes of insight—that lead to business innovation and personal success. Insight: Encouraging Aha! Moments for Organizational Success helps individuals and organizations create the conditions that lay the groundwork for the distinct "Aha!" instances of insight—when connections between different pieces of information are revealed and ideas come together in ways that have never existed before. Insight examines three stages of the Aha! experience, from the early confusion and chaos of "too much information," to how people organize and try out what they learn, to the "Aha!" moment itself. It then examines techniques people use to spark the creative aha experience—techniques that will work in a private business, education, government, nonprofit, and any other organizational setting. The book is based on interviews with over 100 people of all ages, backgrounds, and professions—from software developers to dancers, from detectives to football coaches—as well as the latest research results from management, psychology, and neuroscience studies about the workings of the brain in creative situations.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313366446

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9780313366444

The Creative Discipline

Mastering the Art and Science of Innovation

By: Nancy K. Napier,Mikael Nilsson

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The Creative Discipline

Mastering the Art and Science of Innovation

By: Nancy K. Napier,Mikael Nilsson

Why are some organizations more creative than others? What sets innovative, high-performing organizations apart? Can creativity and innovation be learned and enhanced? The answer to the last question, say creativity experts Nancy Napier and Mikael Nilsson, is a resounding yes. And with general consensus that creativity and innovation drive business growth, fostering creativity couldn't be more important. In The Creative Discipline, Napier and Nilsson illustrate six key factors that power creative, high-achieving organizations, and they provide managers with guidelines for incorporating those factors into their own companies. Business people will learn how innovative organizations get superior results from employees not just through disciplined methods of thinking, but also through free-flowing work spaces and work practices that help supercharge the imagination. Combining research on creative organizations in several sectors, this book argues that innovative organizations known for doing things differently (and profitably) approach creativity and innovation in similar, disciplined ways, regardless of industry or field. That discipline fosters new ideas, solutions, and approaches, and it ensures that the flow of creativity is constant. The Creative Discipline demonstrates that: -Innovative, high-performing organizations have three disciplines in common: (1) within discipline mastery, (2) out of discipline thinking, and (3) a disciplined process that leads to innovation. -Innovative organizations also have three factors that strengthen the creative disciplines: faces (creative entrepreneurs, leaders, and teams); places (the physical and organizational infrastructure that is reflected in offices, buildings, and location); and traces (elements that act as catalysts for creativity—the culture, networks, and policies that support creative and innovative endeavors). The book explains each factor for creative success in detail. Best, Napier and Nilsson show creativity and innovation at work in a range of sectors from sports to software to theater and contemporary circus. They also show how innovative practices in developed countries like the U.S. and Sweden compare to those in developing countries like Vietnam. Companies can learn to innovate and in the process reap benefits like higher sales and profits, greater productivity—while regaining a valuable element missing in so many workplaces: fun.

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0275998851

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What we See, Why we Worry, Why we Hope: Vietnam Going Forward

By: Nancy K. Napier,Vuong Quan Hoang

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What we See, Why we Worry, Why we Hope: Vietnam Going Forward

By: Nancy K. Napier,Vuong Quan Hoang

What we See, Why we Worry, Why we Hope: Vietnam Going Forward explores key factors that affect Vietnam’s ability to move forward as a global economic player. While we see challenges, we see many reasons for hope, including a new generation of leaders. "We – the Vietnamese entrepreneurs and businesspeople – who have the wish of making Vietnam a better place to work and live have both worries and hopes for our home country. The authors have done a nice job of presenting a new Vietnam, a multi-colored society and an emerging market economy, with a simple and fun-to-read style. The book delivers many important messages to western readers and I appreciate the efforts by the authors trying to bring Vietnam to the world, and the world to Vietnam." - Vu Quang Hoi, Chairman, The Bitexco Group "A cogent and compelling look at contemporary Vietnam with all its complexities and contradictions.Vuong Quan Hoang and Nancy Napier have given us a well-written and accessible guide to understanding the changes that Vietnam has gone through in the last decade. This book will be of great use to anyone wanting to understand Vietnam today" - Anya Schiffrin, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs "The book is very well written and the stories are inspirational. The book has great value to be read by all Vietnamese, especially the younger generations." - Loke Kiang Wong, Retired Captain Singapore Navy, Contributor to Vietnamica.net

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Boise State University CCI Press

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0985530588

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Managing Relationships in Transition Economies

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What we See, Why we Worry, Why we Hope: Vietnam Going Forward

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