True Kaizen: Management's Role in Improving Work Climate and Culture (McLoughlin Collin)(Pevná vazba)

True Kaizen: Management's Role in Improving Work Climate and Culture (McLoughlin Collin)(Pevná vazba)

What does it take to manage an organization to success? No matter what industry you are in, an organization is primarily a group of people. This book focuses on that ever-important human element. In the rush to get 'lean', many organizations focus solely on tools for increasing productivity, but

The Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate (Ashkanasy Neal M.)(Pevná vazba)

In The Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate: Second Edition, a team of leading international scholars presents the state-of-the-art in the field, ten years after the publication of the award-winning First Edition. Following the Preface by Edgar Schein, 33 entirely new chapters document

Language and Culture at Work (Schnurr Stephanie)(Paperback)

Language and Culture at Work provides an overview of the complex role that culture plays in workplace contexts. Eight chapters cover the core aspects of culture at work, comprising: Face and politeness Decision making Leadership Identity Gender Work-life balance The authors draw on

The Shaken and the Stirred: The Year's Work in Cocktail Culture (Schneider Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

The 360 Gaze: Immersions in Media, Society, and Culture (Stiegler Christian)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive study of the pervasive role of immersion and immersive media in postmodern culture, from a humanities and social sciences perspective. Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and other modes of digitally induced immersion herald a major cultural and economic shift in

Arctic: Culture and Climate (Lincoln Amber)(Pevná vazba)

For more than 25,000 years, Arctic peoples have made warm and hospitable homes in diverse and innovative ways out of ecosystems of ice. For the first time in their long history, however, Arctic communities are facing the real possibility that the foundations of their way of life--sea ice and

Fathers, Childcare and Work: Cultures, Practices and Policies (Musumeci Rosy)(Pevná vazba)

The work-life balance of fathers has increasingly come under scrutiny in political and academic debates and this collection brings together qualitative and quantitative analyses to explore their approaches to reconciling paid work and care

Work, Psychiatry and Society, C. 1750-2015 (Ernst Waltraud)(Pevná vazba)

Breaks new ground in the history of psychiatry by focusing on the role of work in mental-health

Women and Work in Rural India (Ramachandran V.)(Pevná vazba)

This book is a compilation of papers examining women's role in rural production systems in India. The book is divided into six sections; the first section explores conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues with respect to understanding women's work. The second, third, and fourth sections

Ball Redbook, 2: Crop Culture and Production (Nau Jim)(Pevná vazba)

This essential resource for growers includes techniques and advice that work in real-life production, not just in the lab or trial greenhouses. Information is offered on how to decide what to grow, as well as tips on temperature, media, plant nutrition, irrigation, water quality, light, crop

Styling South Asian Youth Cultures: Fashion, Media and Society (Begum Lipi)(Pevná vazba)

For South Asia, fashion and consumption have come to play an increasingly important role in the lives of young people and in the formation of youth cultures. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have all, in related and distinctive ways, been producing

The Spirit of Kaizen: Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time (Maurer Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Discover the power of KAIZEN to make lasting and powerful change in your organization 'Maurer uses his knowledge of the brain and human psychology to show what I have promoted for the past three decades--that continuous improvement is built on the foundation of people courageously using their

Leadership Skills (Ferguson Publishing)(Pevná vazba)

Understanding the role of a leader in the work environment can make the work experience more rewarding and satisfying. This work helps students understand the qualities of all successful leaders, such as courteousness, compassion, decisiveness, and willingness to give and receive

Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text (Marshall John)(Pevná vazba)

For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students

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

Cairo's Ultras: Resistance and Revolution in Egypt's Football Culture (Close Ronnie)(Pevná vazba)

- The Ultras Ahly Football Club fans achieved global recognition for their role in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution - There is a strong interest globally in Ultras groups, from fans of street culture and sports alike - The author dowses rumor with clear, self-observed facts and places the Ultras

Handbags: The Making of a Museum (Wilcox Claire)(Pevná vazba)

An exploration of the role of the handbag in the history of culture, fashion, and material production The history of the handbag--its design, how it has been made, used, and worn--reveals something essential about women's lives over the past 500 years. Perhaps the most universal item of

Climate Crisis for Beginners (Prentice Andy)(Pevná vazba)

This book explains, in simple language and with clear illustrations, what the climate is, and how it is changing very rapidly at the moment, and the effects this is having on our planet. It tackles suggestions about what needs to change in the way people live, from power stations to farming, and

The Emotional Mind: The Affective Roots of Culture and Cognition (Asma Stephen T.)(Pevná vazba)

Tracing the leading role of emotions in the evolution of the mind, a philosopher and a psychologist pair up to reveal how thought and culture owe less to our faculty for reason than to our capacity to feel.Many accounts of the human mind concentrate on the brain's computational power. Yet, in

Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis: Neoliberal Exceptionalism and the Culture of Uncare (Weintrobe Sally)(Pevná vazba)

Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis tells the story of a fundamental fight between a caring and an uncaring imagination. It helps us to recognise the uncaring imagination in politics, in culture - for example in the writings of Ayn Rand - and also in ourselves. Sally Weintrobe argues that

Team Work Quality: Why It Matters in Enhancing the Creativity of Software Organizations (Subramaniam Rajalakshmi)(Pevná vazba)

Software organizations in South Asia have particular organizational cultures and hierarchies, where teamwork and creativity are essential. Investigating research methodologies and collected data from team leaders across these industries, Team Work Quality subjects them to statistical analysis in

Tourism, Tradition and Culture: A Reflection on Their Role in Development (Harrison David)(Pevná vazba)

David Harrison has contributed to the academic study of tourism over the last thirty years. This book brings together a collection of his published material that reflects the role played by tourism in 'development,' both in societies emerging from Western colonialism and in societies previously

Lexicon of Tribal Tattoos: Motifs, Meanings, and Origins (Fiksa Radomir)(Pevná vazba)

Tattoos have played an important role in human culture for thousands of years. Ideal for the tattoo artist, anthropologist, or tattoo fan, this visual lexicon covers tattoos from hundreds of different cultures and lists meanings, reasons for wearing, and rites of passage and indicates placement for

Improving Quality of Care in Family Planning: A Research and Advocacy Agenda for India (Satia Jay)(Pevná vazba)