Multisystemic Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation in Contexts of Change (Ungar Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Multisystemic Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation in Contexts of Change (Ungar Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Multisystemic Resilience brings together for the first time in one volume a wide range of resilience scholars who have been wrestling with how to explain processes of recovery, adaptation, and transformation in contexts of change and adversity. With contributions from psychologists, epigeneticists,

Bangladesh I: Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation in Developing Countries (Islam MD Nazrul)(Pevná vazba)

An initial overview of the climate change impacts on key sectors, mitigation and adaptation strategies in BangladeshStep-by-step case study analysis helps the reader to learn the current climate change impacts and mitigation polices in BangladeshDiscusses the role of indigenous peoples for sharing

Managing Silence in Workplaces (Vemuri Sivaram)(Pevná vazba)

Silence within the workplace restricts change, transformation and the innovation of organizations. It can also be detrimental to the health and well-being of individual employees. Managing Silence in Workplaces investigates the costs of silence to the individual, the organization and society at

Good Hand - A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood and Transformation in an American Boomtown (F. Smith Michael Patrick)(Pevná vazba)

Michael Stipe (Stipe Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Portraits of resilience and vulnerability, with QR-linked audio of comments and anecdotes from StipeIn this third, photo-based chapter of the Damiani series, Michael Stipe explores strength, courage and vulnerability, pausing the project abruptly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What follows is a

Competitive Drivers for Improving Future Business Performance (Martins Carlos)(Pevná vazba)

Discusses the use of digital skills to manage change in volatile contexts and provides fundamental understanding of competitive advantage to guarantee superior performances. The book features research on a range of topics, such as consumer experience, strategic leadership, and flexible

Community Resilience and Environmental Transitions (Wilson Geoff)(Paperback)

This book discusses the resilience of communities in both developed and developing world contexts. It investigates the notion of 'resilience' and the challenges faced by local communities around the world to deal with disturbances (natural hazards or human-made) that may threaten their long-term

Connected by Design: Seven Principles for Business Transformation Through Functional Integration (Stutzman Chris)(Pevná vazba)

In a world of fierce global competition and rapid technological change, traditional strategies for gaining market share and achieving efficiencies no longer yield the returns they once did. How can companies drive consumer preference and secure sustainable growth in this digital, social, and mobile

Leading in a Culture of Change (Fullan Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The new edition of the best-selling guide for powerful, morally-grounded change leadership in any organization. Change is an inevitable, essential part of the modern world. Change prevents stagnation, fosters creative solutions, and propels innovation. With change comes challenges: to survive and

Security, Resilience and Planning: Planning's Role in Countering Terrorism (Coaffee Jon)(Pevná vazba)

Security, Resilience and Planning offers key concept and practical guidance about the role of planners in countering terrorist risk, using a range of international case

Women in Colonial Latin America, 1526 to 1806 - Texts and Contexts(Pevná vazba)

Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World (Ebrahim Alnoor)(Pevná vazba)

The social sector is undergoing a major transformation. We are witnessing an explosion in efforts to deliver social change, a burgeoning impact investing industry, and an unprecedented intergenerational transfer of wealth. Yet we live in a world of rapidly rising inequality, where social sector

Handbook of Climate Change and Biodiversity (Leal Filho Walter)(Pevná vazba)

Water Management and Climate Change in the Focus of International Master Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.- Mangrove Conservation Policies in the Gulf of Guayaquil.- Biodiversity Issues Should be Better Taken into Account in the Energy Transition.- Approaches to Ecosystem Services and

A New History of Yachting (Bender Mike)(Pevná vazba)

An overview of the history of yachting in its social, cultural, political and economic contexts. Shortlisted for the Maritime Foundation's Mountbatten Award 2018 This book, by a leading expert in the field, is the first major history of yachting for over a quarter of a century. Setting

Adaptation Under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime (Barno David)(Pevná vazba)

A critical look into how and why the U.S. military needs to become more adaptable. Every military must prepare for future wars despite not really knowing the shape such wars will ultimately take. As former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates once noted: We have a perfect record in predicting the

Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts: An Anthology (Halkias Georgios T.)(Pevná vazba)

This diverse anthology of original Buddhist texts in translation provides a historical and conceptual framework that will transform contemporary scholarship on Pure Land Buddhism and instigate its recognition as an essential field of Buddhist studies. Traditional and contemporary primary sources

The Great Adaptation: Climate, Capitalism and Catastrophe (Felli Romain)(Pevná vazba)

When capitalism doesn't fight climate change but rather tries to make a buck out of it The Great Adaptation tells the story of how scientists, governments and corporations have tried to deal with the challenge that climate change poses to capitalism by promoting adaptation to the consequences of

Change and the politics of certainty (Edkins Jenny)(Pevná vazba)

The book engages with our desire to seek change in a world of increasing inequality, exclusion and violence. Deploying practical, academic and autobiographical illustrations, the book argues that although we might need to traverse the fantasy of certainty and security, we do not need to give up on

Leading Transformation: How to Take Charge of Your Company's Future (Furr Nathan)(Pevná vazba)

The only way to lead breakthrough change is by overcoming the human foibles and biases--incrementalism, habits and routines, discomfort with ambiguity, politics and fear--that hold people back. This book reveals an innovative process, and an unusual set of tools, grounded in the latest research in

Second Lives, Second Chances: A Surgeon's Stories of Transformation (Laub)(Pevná vazba)

The engrossing memoir of a plastic and reconstructive surgeon involved in groundbreaking and life-changing procedures Through his work in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Dr. Donald Laub changed the lives of thousands of people who had been shunned by society. Dr. Laub's influence fostered the

Adaptation in the Age of Media Convergence (Fehrle Johannes)(Pevná vazba)

1. One of the first book length contributions to the emerging field of adaptation & convergence culture. 2. Connects the diverse range of new phenomena relevant to adaptation studies from fan culture and mash ups to studies that rethink the fields of adaptation studies and convergence culture from

Occupational Stress and Well-Being in Military Contexts (Harms Peter D.)(Pevná vazba)

This volume examines the causes and consequences of stress in the military, focussing on how stress and well-being shape the experiences of military personnel both in and out of the combat

Crazy Faith: It's Only Crazy Until It Happens (Todd Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Relationship Goals and pastor of Transformation Church is back with a new, robust, life-changing message for readers. Michael Todd is the lead pastor of Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and author of Relationship Goals, a candid, inspiring guide

Tourism and Resilience: Individual, Organisational and Destination Perspectives (Hall C. Michael)(Paperback)

This is the first authored overview of resilience in tourism and its relationship to the broader resilience literature. The book examines resilience at individual, organisation and destination levels, and with respect to the wider tourism system. It is designed to be an upper-level undergraduate