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This book is for those interested to know more about Islamic banking. In addition, it provides insights to both regulators and practitioners to focus their efforts in balancing their portfolio and improving the health of their Islamic banks for the future. Past studies have shown that Islamic banks, unlike their conventional banking counterparts, were better able to weather the global financial crisis partly due to the nature of the Islamic finance which prohibits excessive risk taking. In this book, the authors review the Islamic finance in terms of governance and firms characteristics. We elaborate the relationships between corporate governance and firm characteristics with Risk Weighted C...
Providing insight into the currently applied models, basic definitions and functions of work discipline systems within organisations, this book analyses the risks, limitations and the potential of developing organisational discipline structures. It examines various examples and manifestations of unethical and criminal behaviour in the workplace and places special emphasis on informal punishment structures and the conditions under which they occur. Difficult topics are tackled including sabotage, theft, bullying, financial fraud, sexual harrassment and blackmail. Assessing the effectiveness of work discipline systems upon organisational behaviour, this innovative book offers practical solutions for managers, as well as new approaches for those studying human resource management.
This edited book is a compilation of research studies conducted in the areas of business, management and economics. These cutting-edge articles will be of interest to researchers, academics, and business managers.
In this book Jan Kopia assesses the problems of the evaluation of integrated management systems. Current scientific research results and its practicality within organizations are presented. This includes aspects of organizational performance and its measurement comprising its shift from purely financially measured methods to multidimensional approaches. Practical solutions for the evaluation of management systems are suggested, which show the strategic relevance of management systems and its influence on process performance. The presented evaluation model offers an extended use of the balanced scorecard together with the strategic map-process, the execution premium and the plan-do-check-act-cycle of management systems providing an approach for scientists and practitioners to use and extend it.
This book utilizes 16 cases that reflect the reaction, response, managerial problems and success of seven Asian countries in adopting green concepts, such as: green behavior, sustainability marketing, green marketing, green organization, eco-tourism, green human resource practices, and corporate social responsibility.
The Social Sciences Empowered contains papers presented at the 7th International Congress on Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Science 2018 (ICIBSoS 2018), held 21-22 July 2018, Bangkok, Thailand, 22-23 September 2018, Bali, Indonesia, 6-7 October 2018, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, and 24-25 November 2018, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. ICIBSoS 2018 provided the economic and social analysis necessary for addressing issues in Humanities disciplines such as Education, Sociology, Anthropology, Politics, History, Philosophy, Psychology as well as food security. Contributions to these proceedings give necessary insight into the cultural and human dimension of such diverse research areas as transport, climate change, energy and agriculture. ICIBSoS 2018 also analyses the cultural, behavioural, psychological, social and institutional drivers that transform people’s behaviour and the global environment. ICIBSoS 2018 proposes new ideas, strategies and governance structures for overcoming the crisis from a global perspective, innovating the public sector and business models, promoting social innovation and fostering creativity in the development of services and product design.
New This book is a complementary teaching note for “A Handbook of ASEAN Business Cases: Emerging Issues in Business and Management” published earlier (ISBN: 9781543767032/ 9781543767049) which comprises seven business and management cases that demonstrate different company issues and managerial problems in ASEAN countries. This teaching note is useful for instructors at undergraduate and postgraduate levels who will be using the cases. The instructors may use this teaching note as complementary class materials to the teaching case in guiding the students to learn the practical issues in the industry. The teaching note will provide complete guidance for the instructors in attempting the case questions through case synopsis, learning objectives, instructed teaching approach and plan, and suggested case answers.
This book is for those interested to know more about organizational innovation in developing countries. Given the importance of innovation as a necessity for effectiveness, survival and competitiveness of the organizations, several studies have persuaded to identify factors that can stimulate organizational innovation. Therefore authors aim to provide insights to the suitable leadership style and organizational context as two key factors in fostering innovation in the organization.
This book comprises seven business and management cases that demonstrate different company issues and managerial problems in ASEAN countries. The book is useful for college and university lecturers, practitioners and students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. As a comprehensive understanding of the business environment is essential, college and university lecturers may use this book as class materials in guiding the students to learn the practical issues in the industry. Case questions are developed to provide a preliminary understanding of the issues being discussed. On the other hand, practitioners may benefit from understanding the problems and challenges faced by different types of companies. It is hoped that this book will provide practical knowledge to its readers.
The 2015 International Congress on Economics, Social Sciences and Information Management (ICESSIM 2015), held 28-29 March 2015 in Bali, Indonesia, aimed to provide a platform for the sharing of valuable knowledge and experience in the context of changing economics and social settings. Information technology has changed many aspects in our life, inc