ISBN13: 9780538443951 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Examine ethical situations in the workplace through the lens of ethical decision-making models with ETHICS IN THE WORKPLACE. Drawing from news headlines and … >>
The Myths of Innovation
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Mar 192011
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In this new paperback edition of the classic bestseller, you’ll be taken on a hilarious, fast-paced ride through the history of ideas. Author Scott Berkun will show you how to transcend the false stories that many business experts, scientists, and much of pop culture foolishly use to guide their thinking about how ideas change the world. With four new chapters on putting the ideas in the book to work, updated references and over 50 corrections and improvements, now is the time to get past the myths, and change the world. Continue reading »
Greening Aid?: Understanding the Environmental Impact of Development Assistance Reviews
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Mar 182011
Every year, billions of dollars of environmental aid flow from the rich governments of the North to the poor governments of the South. Why do donors provide this aid? What do they seek to achieve? How effective is the aid given? And does it always go to the places of greatest environmental need?
From the first Earth Summit in Stockholm in 1972 to the G8 Gleneagles meeting in 2005, the issue of the impact of aid on the global environment has been the subject of vigorous protest and debate. How much progress has there been in improving environmental protection and clean-up in the developing world? What explains the patterns of environmental aid spending and distribution – is it designed to address real problems, achieve geopolitical or commercial gains abroad, or buy political mileage at home? And what are the consequences for the estimated 4 million people that die each year from air pollution, unsafe drinking water, and lack of sanitation?
 China’s Management Revolution: Spirit, Land, Energy (think: act International Management Knowledge)As one of the world’s largest economies China is facing many unique management challenges in the wake of the financial crisis. The future presents many opportunities for growth and commerce but new management skills must be developed to cope with these issues. |
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 Leading Change Toward Sustainability: A Change-Management Guide for Business, Government and Civil SocietyAlthough an increasing number of organisations have embraced the idea of sustainability in the last decade, why do so many initiatives fail, leading to wasted resources, frustration and cynicism? Why have so few organisations successfully adopted more sustainable policies or practices? And when they do get launched, why do so many efforts plateau after a … >> |
 Agenda for a Sustainable America (Environmental Law Institute) Reviews“Sustainability” is quickly becoming a household word in the United States. Public alarm over climate change has helped to make sustainable development a major public policy issue and a topic of growing importance in the daily lives of Americans. This book is a comprehensive assessment of U.S. progress toward sustainable development and a roadmap of necessary … >> |
 Captives as Commodities: The Transatlantic Slave TradeISBN13: 9780131942158 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Part of Prentice Hall’s Connection: Key Themes in World History series. |
 The Values-Based Safety Process: Improving Your Safety Culture with Behavior-Based SafetyBehavior-Based Safety, based on the work of B.F. Skinner, includes identifying critical behaviors, observing actual behaviors and providing feedback that lead to changed and improve behavior. The Values-Based Safety Process: Improving Your Safety Culture with a Behavioral Approach, Second Edition provides a concise and practical guide for implementing a behavior-based safety system within any organization. … >> |
 International Exploration Economics, Risk, and Contract AnalysisText provides a practical perspective on international exploration economics and risk analysis, petroleum fiscal system analysis and design, contract negotiations; and economic, financial, and accounting aspects of production sharing contracts and royalty/tax systems. DLC: Petroleum industry and trade–Finance. |
 The Unwritten Laws of Business ReviewsISBN13: 9780385521260 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed The bestselling business classic that Raytheon CEOWilliam Swanson made famous.Every once in awhile, there is a book with a message so timeless, so … >> |