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“elisa thomas”

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  • Universities and Regional Engagement

    From the Exceptional to the Everyday

    Edited by Tatiana Iakovleva, Elisa Thomas, Laila Nordstrand Berg, Rómulo Pinheiro, Paul Benneworth ...
    Series series
    The study of universities’ role in regional engagement has traditionally been focusing on exceptional cases. This book presents a reconceptualization which embraces its underlying complexity and proposes a roadmap for a renewed research agenda. Starting from the grassroots level of universities’ everyday engagements, the book delves into the manifold ways in which university knowledge agents build ... Read more

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  • Diversity at Work

    The Practice of Inclusion

    by Barbara R. Deane ...
    Series Book 33 - J-B SIOP Professional Practice Series
    Diversity at Work: The Practice of InclusionHow can organizations, their leaders, and their people benefit from diversity? The answer, according to this cutting-edge book, is the practice of inclusion. Diversity at Work: The Practice of Inclusion (a volume in SIOP’s Professional Practice Series) presents detailed solutions for the challenge of inclusion—how to fully connect with, engage, and ... Read more

    $82.00 USD

  • Wicked Problems in Public Policy

    Understanding and Responding to Complex Challenges

    by Brian W. Head ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This is an open access book.This book offers the first overview of the ‘wicked problems’ literature, often seen as complex, open-ended, and intractable, with both the nature of the ‘problem’ and the preferred ‘solution’ being strongly contested. It contextualises the debate using a wide range of relevant policy examples, explaining why these issues attract so much attention.There is an increasing ... Read more

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  • In Defense of Disciplines

    Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in the Research University

    by Jerry A. Jacobs ...
    Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity. Challenging the belief that blurring the boundaries between traditional academic fields promotes more integrated research ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Co-Production and Co-Creation

    Engaging Citizens in Public Services

    Edited by Taco Brandsen, Bram Verschuere, Trui Steen ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
    Co-production and co-creation occur when citizens participate actively in delivering and designing the services they receive. It has come increasingly onto the agenda of policymakers, as interest in citizen participation has more generally soared. Expectations are high and it is regarded as a possible solution to the public sector’s decreased legitimacy and dwindling resources, by accessing more ... Read more

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  • The Changing Landscape of the Academic Profession

    Faculty Culture at For-Profit Colleges and Universities

    by Vicente M. Lechuga ...
    The rapid success of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) only recently has caught the attention of scholars in academe. The continuing expansion of the proprietary higher education sector has lead to fundamental questions regarding the purpose and function of FPCUs. As new technologies continue to emerge, education is becoming of increasing import to employees seeking to upgrade their ... Read more

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  • Collaborating for Our Future

    Multistakeholder Partnerships for Solving Complex Problems

    by Barbara Gray, Jill Purdy ...
    Organizations turn to multistakeholder partnerships (MSPs) to meet challenges that they cannot handle alone. By tapping the resources of diverse stakeholders, MSPs develop the capability to address complex issues and problems, such as health care delivery, poverty, human rights, watershed management, education, sustainability, and innovation. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • 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

    $34.99 USD

  • 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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  • Managing the Digital University

    Paradigms, Leadership, and Organization

    by Łukasz Sułkowski ...
    Series series Routledge Open Business and Economics
    The reflection on university management is based on the question about the shape of universities of the future. Civic, responsible, sustainable, virtual, digital, and many other universities can be mentioned among the concepts present in the literature. All these names describe an important distinctive feature of a university, which will gain more and more importance in the future. However, given ... Read more

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  • Public Innovation through Collaboration and Design

    Edited by Christopher Ansell, Jacob Torfing ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
    While innovation has long been a major topic of research and scholarly interest for the private sector, it is still an emerging theme in the field of public management. While ‘results-oriented’ public management may be here to stay, scholars and practitioners are now shifting their attention to the process of management and to how the public sector can create ‘value’.One of the urgent needs ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Comprehensive Internationalization

    Institutional pathways to success

    by John K. Hudzik ...
    Series series Internationalization in Higher Education Series
    This book is a timely insight into the internationalization of higher education institutions. The internationalization of higher education is a global phenomenon, but with substantial variation in how it is made operational in individual institutions. Comprehensive Internationalization focuses on desirable practices in institutions and their actual approaches to implement a more integrated, ... Read more

    $85.99 USD