Management Theory

In this selection from The Fortune Book Club, two Pace University Business professors show you how to apply economics to business decision-making. Other programs from the Portable M.B.A. series are available in management, marketing, and entrepreneurship.

As individuals, companies, and countries struggle to recover from the economic crisis, many are narrowly focused on forecasts for the next week, month, or quarter. Yet they should be asking what the global economy will look like in the years to come—where will the long-term risks and opportunities arise? These are the questions that Daniel Altman confronts in his provocative and indispensable book.

How do we stay safe? Should we? What if our attempts are exposing us even more to the very risks we are avoiding? Would acceptance of danger make us more secure? Is there such a thing as foolproof? In Foolproof, Greg Ip presents a macro theory of human nature and disaster that explains how we can keep ourselves safe in our increasingly dangerous world.

Existing narratives about how we should organize are built upon, and reinforce, a concept of "good management" derived from what is assumed to be a fundamental need to increase efficiency. But this assumption is based on a presentist, monocultural, and generally limited view of management's past. A New History of Management disputes these foundations. By reassessing conventional perspectives on past management theories and providing a new critical outline of present-day management, it highlights alternative conceptions of "good management".

In a well-managed classroom, the teacher is in charge, and the lessons run smoothly despite disruptive behaviour by students. Transform your classroom into one where you are in charge of the teaching-learning process and the success of your students by using Proven Classroom Management Strategies. You will find some of the best classroom management strategies available.

Bots & Bosses: The Hilariously Chaotic Symphony of Management in the Age of AI is a comprehensive yet accessible guide that helps managers understand how AI can enhance their work rather than threaten it. This book helps to illuminate how AI can automate routine tasks, help with data-driven decision-making, and even strengthen the personalization of employee management without erasing the human touch that is so integral to effective leadership.

Qualitative Leadership study that examined outdated leadership theories and the phenomenon of organizational leaders transitioning from academically recommended leadership theories to their own non-traditional leadership practices. Continual change was identified as an ongoing phenomenon. Current leadership theories are outdated and not keeping pace with continual change, vast technological advancements, and expectations by stakeholders for transparency.

The Hope-Driven Leader is not about feel-good theory or dry data. It's an action guide informed by the thousands of people Gill has coached in both the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds around the globe. Whether you are a rising star or a seasoned leader in your own business, a corporation, or your community, The Hope-Driven Leader offers you a roadmap for instilling positive beliefs and behaviors into the core of your being and the culture of your workplace. Let the journey begin!

Radio DJs and producers utilize tricks of the trade and skills to keep their audiences engaged, tuned in, and wanting more. Teach Like a DJ will provide you with stories, examples, and professional tools that can be used directly in the classroom and provide results. Teach Like a DJ reveals experiences, environments, and opportunities for all students to be engaged more than ever. Engage your students from bell to bell from the first day of your class until the break and beyond.

Da concepção de um sonho à sua concretização, este audiolivro apresenta dicas sobre onde e como aplicar conceitos teóricos da Qualidade, seja em uma grande empresa, em um pequeno negócio ou em suas metas pessoais.

Regardless of your career background or level of expertise, whether you're a seasoned professional or a beginner, How to Make Money with AI equips you with the essential knowledge, tools, and strategies required to excel in an AI-driven world. Prepare to embark on your journey to financial prosperity and unlock the immense potential of this transformative technology. Progressing tenfold awaits you!

Richness or reach? For business leaders, it used to be a fundamental strategic tradeoff: focus on "rich information", customized products and services tailored to a niche market, or reach out to a broad, general market with watered-down information.

This book is a good guide and provides basics on AI and cybersecurity to beginners and dummies. Also, it is helpful to answer the questions of businesses, like how to implement AI and Cybersecurity in a company? How and when to link an AI? What are the available cyber securities that could be comfortable to understand and access within the scope of a business and a person? And other similar questions.

Wie gelange ich an die Macht? Und wenn ich sie habe - wie erhalte ich sie? Machiavellis Klassiker "Der Fürst" gilt noch heute als Standardwerk und Pflichtlektüre für Politiker und Manager.

Die Kunst des Krieges mag ein sehr altes Werk sein, doch seine Beobachtungen und Schlüsse sind auch heute noch anwendbar. Kein Wunder, dass das Büchlein zu den meistgelesenen Werken der Business-Literatur zählt!

Agile coaching remains a prominent career progression trend for many agile practitioners like scrum master and agile project managers who feel like they outgrew the shoes of their digital delivery roles. This audiobook is my attempt to summarize the learning and observations from inside the agile professional space, explaining in simple terms what an agile coach is really supposed to do and how they are different from agile delivery roles such as scrum master and, ultimately, how to properly transition into a coaching role.

Foreign aid organizations collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually, with mixed results. Part of the problem in these endeavors lies in their execution. Dan Honig argues that high-quality implementation of foreign aid programs often requires contextual information that cannot be seen by those in distant headquarters. Drawing on a novel database of over 14,000 discrete development projects, Honig concludes that aid agencies will often benefit from giving field agents the authority to use their own judgments to guide aid delivery.

Georg Simmel (1858 - 1918), war Philosoph und Soziologe. Sein Essay über die "Psychologie des Geldes" war bahnbrechend - weil wissenschaftlich und zugleich allgemeinverständlich! Ein faszinierendes, zeitloses Werk.

Was ist eine Masse? Laut Sigmund Freud ein "provisorisches Wesen, das aus heterogenen Elementen besteht, die sich für einen Augenblick miteinander verbunden haben." Doch wie verhält sich der Einzelne innerhalb dieser Masse? Aufbauend auf Gustave le Bons Grundlagenwerk kommt Freud zu äußerst interessanten Schlussfolgerungen.

In den Jahren 1915 - 1917 hielt Sigmund Freud eine Vorlesungsreihe mit dem Namen "Einführung in die Psychoanalyse" - der Grundstein dieser Disziplin schlechthin. Hier vorliegend sind die Vorlesungen V - XV über den Traum, mit den Themen: Voraussetzungen und Techniken der Deutung, Manifester Trauminhalt, Kinderträume, die Traumzensur, Die Symbolik im Traum, Die Traumarbeit, Analysen von Traumbeispielen, Archaische Züge, Die Wunscherfüllung, Unsicherheiten und Kritiken.