You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
China's phenomenal rise in economic power has amazed the world. While manufacturing operations have developed at lightning speed, the business environment has evolved more slowly. Many companies are struggling to decide where they are going, how to manage their operations more effectively, and how to establish win-win relationships with customers and other companies. Working in the world's fasted growing economy, largest population and most ancient culture, Eva Wong, Chairperson and President of Top Human Group, has spent 10 years developing, practicing and refining the Ren Coaching Model. The Power of Ren: China's Coaching Phenomenon traces the development of this unique coaching technology...
One of the more dangerous contemporary threats to the quality of life is the collaboration of the political establishment with the criminal underworld--the political-criminal nexus (PCN). This active partnership increasingly undermines the rule of law, human rights, and economic development in many parts of the world. States in transition are especially at risk. Despite the magnitude of the threat, there is little understanding of the security threats by the PCNs and how and why political-criminal relationships are formed and maintained. Menace to Society is the first attempt to develop an analytical framework for making generalizations about this contemporary scourge. Case studies of Colomb...
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the organization, problems, issues and prospects of the civil service in Hong Kong. It examines the origin and development of the civil service, efforts to deal with the changes before and after the transition, and the process of managing public services with references to its changing role and responsibilities. The book will be of interest to academics, civil servants, professionals and students, as well as researchers interested in the role of civil servants in changing societies, and can be used for teaching courses on public administration and Asian studies.
Entrepreneurial alertness plays an important role in the processes of opportunity exploration and exploitation. A central thesis of this dissertation is that opportunity creation requires a certain transformation of an individual entrepreneur’s mental schema. This study examines entrepreneurial alertness at the individual level. A comprehensive model of entrepreneurial alertness are created and tested via structural equation modeling on the basis of survey data from 1080 entrepreneurs in two coastal regions of P. R. China.
None
Friendship and fraud is a dangerous mix Joel Fitch has watched every twist - happy movie there is about con men, and he thinks he knows it all. After nineteen years of being a sucker, Joel's going to take everything he's learned from the screen and finally get his. He's going to be a master con artist. Richard Mordecai is a real - life swindler....
The Fully Updated, Indispensible Study of Sustainable Design Principles Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building is the first textbook to merge principles, theory, and practice into an integrated workflow. This book introduces the technologies and processes of sustainable design and shows how to incorporate sustainable concepts at every design stage. This comprehensive primer takes an active learning approach that keeps students engaged. This book dispenses essential information from practicing industry specialists to provide a comprehensive introduction to the future of design. This new second edition includes: Expansive knowledge—from history and philosophy to technolog...
Governing Hong Kong - Legitimacy, Communication & Political Decay