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Humanistic Management eBook Series

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  • Alternative Theories of the Firm

    Edited by Michael Pirson, David M. Wasieleski, Erica L. Steckler ...
    Series series Humanistic Management
    The Theory of the Firm is commonly viewed as axiomatic by business school academicians. Considerations in spanning organizational structures, their boundaries and roles, as well as business strategies all relate to the Theory of the Firm. The dominant Theory of the Firm poses that markets act perfectly to maximize the well- being of society when people act to maximize the personal utility of their ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Love and Organization

    Lessons of Love for Human Dignity, Leadership and Motivation

    Edited by Michael Pirson ...
    Series series Humanistic Management
    Organizations are not human, but they are made up of people. Examining the organization, functioning, growing and developing and moving together as one unit, the well-being and success of that organization depends on the well-being of people that make it up.Love, in its various forms, is the energy that motivates and fuels creativity, care, innovation, progress and well-being. Traditionally, ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

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  • Organization Theory

    Selected Classic Readings

    Edited by Derek S. Pugh ...
    This book spans seventy years of theory from Max Weber's seminal writings on bureaucratic organization to the latest management thinking represented by Handy, Peters and Waterman. Covering three main areas of interest, those of the structure of organizations, management and decision making, as well as that of organizational behaviour, this thoroughly revised and updated edition contains a vast ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis

    Edited by Walter W. Powell, Paul J. DiMaggio ...
    Long a fruitful area of scrutiny for students of organizations, the study of institutions is undergoing a renaissance in contemporary social science. This volume offers, for the first time, both often-cited foundation works and the latest writings of scholars associated with the "institutional" approach to organization analysis.In their introduction, the editors discuss points of convergence and ... Read more

    $58.99 CAD

  • Transformative Learning in Practice

    Insights from Community, Workplace, and Higher Education

    Edited by Jack Mezirow, Edward W. Taylor ...
    The leading authorities in the field produced this comprehensive resource, which provides strategies and methods for fostering Transformative Learning (TL) practice in a wide variety of higher and adult education settings. The book answers relevant questions such as: What are effective practices for promoting TL in the classroom? What is it about TL that is most helpful in informing practice? How ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • Organizations and Organizing

    Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives

    by Gerald F. Davis, W. Richard Scott ...
    This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations. This book is a valuable tool for the reader, as we are all intertwined with organizations in one form or another. Numerous other disciplines besides sociology are addressed in this book, including economics, political science, strategy and ... Read more

    $331.99 CAD

  • Transforming Schools

    Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication, Collaboration

    by Professor Miranda Jefferson, Professor Michael Anderson ...
    Transforming Schools demonstrates how transformation is no longer an option in teaching and learning - it has become a necessity. Changes in the way we work and the challenges of issues such as climate change, poverty and migration mean that teaching and learning need to alter to incorporate capacities that will help us meet those challenges. The 4Cs: Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Society and Economy

    Framework and Principles

    by Mark Granovetter ...
    Society and Economy—a work of exceptional ambition by the founder of modern economic sociology—is the first full account of Mark Granovetter’s ideas about the diverse ways in which society and economy are intertwined.The economy is not a sphere separate from other human activities, Granovetter writes. It is deeply embedded in social relations and subject to the same emotions, ideas, and ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges

    Edited by Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Emilio Marti, Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich, Christopher Wickert ...
    Series Book 79 - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
    The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.Societal grand challenges have moved from a marginal concern to a mainstream issue within the field of organization and management studies. Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges unpacks how diverse forms of organizing help tackle - or reinforce - grand challenges, while emphasizing the need for researchers to ... Read more

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  • A Guide to Effective School Leadership Theories

    by Matthew Lynch ...
    Educational administrators know that leadership requires hundreds of judgments each day that require a sensitivity and understanding of various leadership strategies. Bridging the gap between the academic and practical world, A Guide to Effective School Leadership Theories provides an exploration of ten dominant leadership strategies to give school leaders a solid basis in theory and practical ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Human Capital

    Edited by Alan Burton-Jones, J.-C. Spender ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Macroeconomic research on human capital - the stock of human capabilities and knowledge - has been extensively published but to date the literature has lacked a comprehensive analysis of human capital within the organization. The Oxford Handbook of Human Capital has been designed to fill that gap, providing an authoritative, inter-disciplinary, and up to date survey of relevant concepts, research ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Leadership: The Key Concepts

    Edited by Antonio Marturano, Jonathan Gosling ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    This is an indispensable and authoritative guide to the most crucial ideas, concepts and debates surrounding the study and exercise of leadership. Bringing together entries written by a wide range of international experts, this is an essential desktop resource for managers and leaders in all kinds of institutions and organizations, as well as students of business, sociology and politics.Topics ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD