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Authoritative and realistic guide to achieving corporate change.
Examines the advantages and disadvantages of business process re-engineering as a tool for change; approaches and methodologies being used; success factors and implementation issues; and the implications for organisations and those who work in them.
This major new work from the extensive ongoing research program by Colin Coulson-Thomas has something for everyone and a lot of things for most of us... The drive behind Winning Companies Winning People is to identify the common traits of those who are successful contrasted with the traits of those who are not. Placed a bit uncomfortably in the context of Winners and Losers, Colin challenges each of us to assess ourselves against the results of the research that clearly identifies these two distinct types of people (and businesses) along with the unique traits of each.
Presents the findings of a survey of nearly 300 chief executives and senior managers.
'Developing Directors' is essential reading for chairmen and directors, consultants and trainers charged with the task of developing dynamic boardroom teams to lead the organisations of today. It provides practical advice on identifying the qualities, competencies and approaches needed for greater directorial contribution.
This challenging and highly practical book draws on the findings from an international study designed to help practitioners and researchers understand the factors and processes that enable healthcare organisations in the United States and Europe to achieve - and sustain - high quality services for their users. The in-depth case-studies from seven leading hospitals give an international, evidence-based outlook that focuses on both the organisational and cultural processes of quality improvement. Implication for research and practice are considered, and a checklist of possible challenges has been drawn up to help identify any 'gaps' in initiatives. Healthcare policy makers and shapers including hospital chief executives and NHS directors will find this book enlightening, as will healthcare quality improvement and service development researchers and professionals. Clinicians with an interest in quality improvement will also find much of interest.
Providing an introduction to the establishment, development and managerial issues confronting the smaller enterprise, this text is particularly concerned with the kinds of action and behaviour that seem to characterise successful new business ventures.
"A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the strangest commodity chains of our times to explore the unexpected corners of capitalism. Here, we witness the varied and peculiar worlds of matsutake commerce: the worlds of Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, industrial forests, Yi Chinese goat herders, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions also lead us into fungal ecologies and forest histories to better understand the promise of cohabitation in a time of massive human destruction."--Publisher's description.
I (Still) Believe explores the all-important question of whether serious academic study of the Bible is threatening to one’s faith. Far from it—faith enhances study of the Bible and, reciprocally, such study enriches a person’s faith. With this in mind, this book asks prominent Bible teachers and scholars to tell their story reflecting on their own experiences at the intersection of faith and serious academic study of the Bible. While the essays of this book will provide some apology for academic study of the Bible as an important discipline, the essays engage with this question in ways that are uncontrived. They present real stories, with all the complexities and struggles they may ho...