Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies
About the Book Series
Management and business studies are firmly established as a popular, important and significant area of study in the academic world. Bringing together theories and thought from a wide range of disciplines, this series features cutting -edge research addressing all the major issues in business and management today, helping to define and advance the field.
Middle Managers In Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By John G. Burgoyne, Yves-Frederic Livian
July 08, 2016
Based on research on the European Human Capital and Mobility Programme, this book provides an overview of the evolution of middle management in Europe, including: * comparative analysis of their changing role * analysis of the evolution of managerial practices * a study of the consequences of ...
Foresight in Organizations: Methods and Tools
1st Edition
By Patrick van der Duin
May 09, 2016
Foresight for Organizations will acquaint the reader with various foresight methods and tools, to show the reader how these methods are used, what the pitfalls are and how the methods relate to each other....
Careers in Creative Industries
1st Edition
Edited
By Chris Mathieu
September 04, 2015
This book comprises current, original, empirical studies of career-making in theatre, music, film, TV, visual arts, fashion design, and architecture from Asia, Europe, and North America. This format facilitates comparative analysis of central features of career-making within as well as across both ...
Regulatory Governance and Risk Management: Occupational Health and Safety in the Coal Mining Industry
1st Edition
By Binglin Yang
September 04, 2015
Regulatory Governance and Risk Management will be the first book addressing the diffusion of risk-based governance in the coal mining industry from a health and safety standpoint. More specifically, it aims to understand a puzzling phenomenon. Since the 1990s, the approach of risk-based governance ...
Risk Management and Corporate Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Abol Jalilvand, Tassos Malliaris
September 04, 2015
The asymmetry of responsibilities between management and corporate governance both for day-to-day operations and the board’s monthly or quarterly review and evaluation remains an unresolved challenge. Expertise in the area of risk management is a fundamental requirement for effective corporate ...
Research Methods for Human Resource Management
1st Edition
Edited
By Karin Sanders, Julie Cogin, Hugh Bainbridge
June 25, 2015
Since the beginning of the century, there have been calls for the integration of traditional individualistic (micro) and management (macro) paradigms in Human Resource Management studies. In order to understand this so-called ’black box,’ the HR field needs research which is more sensitive to ...
Measuring Business Excellence
1st Edition
By Gopal K. Kanji
June 09, 2015
Business Excellence and Total Quality Management (TQM) models provide a means of measuring the satisfaction of customers, employees and shareholders simultaneously. A number of such models currently exist, but, the author argues, none of these address all dimensions of TQM.This book introduces the ...
Power and Influence in the Boardroom
1st Edition
By John Gennard, James Kelly
June 09, 2015
In the last decade there has been an increasing interest in the role of people management in formulating key business decisions. This book offers a counterbalance to the predominant view that Human Resource and Personnel managers have little influence in the strategy making process.The book offers ...
AIDS and Business
1st Edition
By Saskia Faulk, Jean-Claude Usunier
April 10, 2015
The spread of HIV/AIDS affects businesses in all sectors, all industries and all countries. For companies and organizations everywhere, the question is no longer whether to take action on HIV/AIDS but which actions to take. Complete with an impressive collection of complex background and ...
Innovation as Strategic Reflexivity
1st Edition
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By Lars Fuglsang, Jon Sundbo
February 09, 2015
This book presents a new view of innovation, seeking to disclose how strategic reflexivity is embodied in specific innovation practices and management roles.From an evolutionary point of view, the contributors argue that firms and organisations are increasingly forced to take into account the ...
The Evaluation of Transportation Investment Projects
1st Edition
By Joseph Berechman
April 24, 2014
Throughout the world, the use of some kind of a formal transportation project evaluation procedure is a requirement. Yet, by and large, these are partial; in fact, much weight is often placed on the initial -pre-engineering -phases of the planning process, when vital information, such as accurate ...
Global Advertising, Attitudes, and Audiences
1st Edition
By Tony Wilson
September 09, 2013
Global Advertising, Attitudes and Audiences is a post-Mcdonaldization view of marketing power, consumer pleasure, and audience protest. The psychological process wherein consumers actively make sense of advertising and branding and integrate them with living is fundamentally important in thinking ...