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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “lech suwala”
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  • Family Business and Regional Development

    Edited by Rodrigo Basco, Roger Stough, Lech Suwala ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
    This book explores the relationship between families, firms, and regions and the extent to which these relationships contribute to regional economic and social development.Although family business participation in economic activities has been a common phenomenon since pre-industrial societies, and its importance has evolved throughout time and across spatial contexts, the book suggests that these ... Read more

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  • Flip the System

    Changing Education from the Ground Up

    Edited by Jelmer Evers, René Kneyber ...
    Education is threatened on a global scale by forces of neoliberalism, through high stakes accountability, privatization and a destructive language of learning. In all respects, a GERM (Global Education Reform Movement) has erupted from international benchmark rankings such as PISA, TIMMS and PIRL, causing inequity, narrowing of the curriculum and teacher deprofessionalization on a truly global ... Read more

    $69.99 CAD

  • Educational Goods

    Values, Evidence, and Decision-Making

    by Harry Brighouse, Helen F. Ladd, Susanna Loeb, Adam Swift ...
    "An ambitious effort that succeeds in providing a fundamentally new way to talk about and . . . think about policy choices in education." —Jeffrey R. Henig, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityWe spend a lot of time arguing about how schools might be improved. But we rarely take a step back to ask what we as a society should be looking for from education—what exactly should those who make ... Read more

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  • Creating The World We Want To Live In

    How Positive Psychology Can Build a Brighter Future

    by Bridget Grenville-Cleave, Dóra Guðmundsdóttir, Felicia Huppert, Vanessa King, David Roffey, Sue Roffey, Marten de Vries ...
    This book is about hope and a call to action to make the world the kind of place we want to live in. Our hope is to provoke conversation, and gently challenge possibly long-held views, beliefs, and ideologies about the way the world works and the people in that world.Written by eminent researchers and experienced practitioners, the book explores the principles that underpin living well, and gives ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Economic Complexity and Human Development

    How Economic Diversification and Social Networks Affect Human Agency and Welfare

    by Dominik Hartmann ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    This book combines the human development approach and innovation economics in order to explore the effects that structural economic change has on human development.While economic diversification can provide valuable new social choices and capabilities, it also tends to lead to more complex decision processes and changes to the set of capabilities required by people to self-determine their future. ... Read more

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  • A World-Class Education

    Learning from International Models of Excellence and Innovation

    by Vivien Stewart ...
    In the 20th century, the United States was the world leader in education—the first country to achieve universal secondary education and the first to expand higher education beyond the elite class. Now other countries are catching up and leaping ahead—in high school graduation rates, in the quality and equity of their K-12 education systems, and in the proportion of students graduating from college ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • All Systems Go

    The Change Imperative for Whole System Reform

    by Michael Fullan ...
    "Michael Fullan has once again hit the ball out of the park—a grand slam. All those interested in whole system education reform will want to read this book from cover to cover."—Sir Michael Barber, Former Head of Tony Blair′s Delivery UnitAuthor of Instruction to Deliver*"*All Systems Go is exactly what we need at this crucial time. Fullan boldly challenges politicians and professionals to unite ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Change Wars

    Edited by Michael Fullan, Andy Hargreaves ...
    Series series Leading Edge
    What can organizations do to create changes that are both profound and enduring? This anthology explores why traditional change strategies have failed and examines constructive alternatives. International experts prove successful change can be a realistic goal. Real examples of pilot projects, model schools, and other groundbreaking endeavors illustrate precisely how theory translates into ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • The New Imperatives of Educational Change

    Achievement with Integrity

    by Dennis Shirley ...
    Series series Routledge Leading Change Series
    The New Imperatives of Educational Change is a clarion call to move beyond the standardized testing and marketplace competition that have become pervasive in school systems to focus instead on creating the conditions that will encourage all students to become critical and independent thinkers. Dennis Shirley presents five new imperatives to guide educators and policymakers towards a re-thinking of ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • Towards Resilient Organizations and Societies

    A Cross-Sectoral and Multi-Disciplinary Perspective

    Edited by Rómulo Pinheiro, Maria Laura Frigotto, Mitchell Young ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book brings together scholars in the fields of management, public policy, regional studies, and organization theory around the concept of resilience. The aim is to provide a more holistic understanding of the complex phenomenon of resilience from a multi-sectorial, cross-national, and multidisciplinary perspective. The book facilitates a conversation across diverse disciplinary ... Read more

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  • The SAGE Handbook of Family Business

    Edited by Leif Melin, Mattias Nordqvist, Pramodita Sharma ...
    The SAGE Handbook of Family Business captures the conceptual map and state-of-the-art thinking on family business - an area experiencing rapid global growth in research and education since the last three decades.Edited by the leading figures in family business studies, with contributions and editorial board support from the most prominent scholars in the field, this Handbook reflects on the ... Read more

    $147.99 CAD

  • Taming the Big Green Elephant

    Setting in Motion the Transformation Towards Sustainability

    by Ariel Macaspac Hernández ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In this open access publication it is shown, that sustainable low carbon development is a transformative process that constitutes the shifting from the initially chosen or taken pathway to another pathway as goals have been re-visited and revised to enable the system to adapt to changes. However, shifting entails transition costs that are accrued through the effects of lock-ins that have framed ... Read more

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