Servant Leadership
Attitudes, Skills and Behaviours
Servant Leadership: Attitudes, Skills and Behaviours is for hands-on learners who want to develop a leadership style that will build effective organizations, achieve outstanding results and cultivate productive, 360-degree relationships. This book details a holistic leadership approach that builds a community of workers through a common mission and values, as well as through a shared vision. All workers, especially those in early career stages, will benefit by developing servant leadership attitudes, skills and behaviours. This book is dedicated to the increasingly popular servant leadership style, and is presented in an…
Develop a servant leadership style that builds effective organizations and achieves outstanding results. This book details a holistic leadership approach that builds community through a common mission. It features examples, tips, practices, and questions for self-reflection.
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Managing Enterprise Resource Planning Adoption and Business Processes
A Holistic Approach
The recent decades have witnessed many ERP failures attributable to a plethora of mistakes, and the author writes this book aiming to correct these malpractices concerning ERP adoption. The author presents an adoption methodology, called the Full Lifecycle ERP Adoption Reference (FLEAR) model, to promote holistic project management. Furthermore, from a holistic perspective, successful ERP adoption cannot be achieved in isolation of other business and organizational issues such as IT-business strategic alignment, IT governance, change management, and business process changes. Unlike many ERP books in the market which cover…
Recent decades have witnessed many avoidable ERP failures and malpractices concerning its adoption. The author presents an adoption methodology, called the Full Lifecycle ERP Adoption Reference (FLEAR) model, which will prevent the reoccurrence of such downfalls.
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Human Resource Management at the Crossroads
Challenges and Future Directions
This book contains a selection of theoretical and empirical studies that highlight a number of complexities and challenges for Human Resource Management (HRM) in organizations. It serves to illustrate the difficulty in explaining the role of human resources and the complexities implicit in the management of people working together, highlighting several challenges that HRM managers face today. Several chapters provide an accurate picture of relevant topics and issues, by putting together different approaches and levels of analysis that undoubtedly enrich one another. Contributions include theoretical and empirical analyses of how…
This book contains studies on the challenges of Human Resource Management. It analyzes how technology impacts the future of work, employee well-being, the management of careers and diversity, employee commitment, and other key topics facing HRM managers today.
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How do affect, cognition, and their interplay influence managerial decision-making at the individual, group, and organizational levels? How can these influences be fostered or reduced? This book conceptually and empirically answers such questions, and considers important theoretical issues for future research about the complex functioning of the human mind in managerial decision-making.
How do affect and cognition shape managerial decisions? This book unpacks their interplay at the individual, group, and organizational levels, revealing how these powerful influences can be harnessed or mitigated.
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This book argues that the apparent omnipotence of algorithms today is not what it seems, particularly, in marketing, where they actually offer less than they could. Considering the reasons behind this, it also notes that Big Data has relaunched a kind of data glorification and automated procedures that, culturally, marketing has already recognized and overcome at least once. This first generation of “programmatic marketing”, which the giants of the digital economy launched 15 years ago and consolidated worldwide, can be significantly improved, with corresponding business results as well, but, first,…
This book argues that the omnipotence of algorithms in marketing is not what it seems. Programmatic marketing can be improved, but first we must understand the strategic and cultural boundaries of Big Data, which repeats mistakes marketing has already overcome once.
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Competing on Talent in Today’s Business World
A Blueprint for New Ways of Hiring
It is currently an exciting time for organizations with regard to the recruitment of talent. The business and organizational pressures for finding and hiring the best people could not be greater. Recruitment has not changed as a process—a vacancy still needs a suitable hire. However, the landscape, tools, technologies, behaviors and expectations regarding how an organization approaches sourcing and acquiring talent are changing rapidly. This book chronicles one organization’s journey as it goes about re-orienting the focus of its talent acquisition capability from the current reactive process to a strategic…
In a rapidly changing landscape, acquiring top talent is a competitive advantage. This book provides a roadmap to transform recruitment from a reactive process to a strategic program, learning from best practices to consistently source and recruit the very best people available.
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This collection highlights six main aspects of global issues in business and organization studies, including the digital side of governmental processes. It also explores wellbeing at work through the development of a questionnaire as an alternative to the impractical wellbeing model. In addition, the volume analyzes the organizational behavior of ISIS and offers insights into secrecy by analyzing several scenes from John Grisham’s The Firm. The collection then considers marketing innovations in the context of global markets and presents sustainability in the global food industry. The volume serves to demonstrate…
This collection explores global issues in business, from wellbeing at work and marketing innovations to sustainability in the food industry. The volume analyzes the organizational behavior of ISIS and offers insights into secrecy by analyzing scenes from John Grisham’s The Firm.
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Marketing is generally an expensive practice of facilitating exchanges of values, goods and services to maximise benefits for the stakeholders. In most cases, the return on marketing investments is minimal or fails to justify the endeavours. This book introduces cost-effective marketing strategies that require minimal organisational resources to achieve organisational benefits including financial outcomes and the wellbeing of employees and customers. These strategies are approached from 1) the human perspective; 2) the product perspective; and 3) the technological perspective, for instance, the use of artificial intelligence. This book begins with…
As the return on marketing often fails to justify the cost, this book introduces cost-effective strategies to achieve benefits with minimal resources. It explores human, product, and technological perspectives, like AI, to enhance employee performance and customer loyalty.
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This book provides a comprehensive outlook of expected long-term economic changes in the Western Balkans, inspiration for involved decision-makers, and ways to leverage the opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic. It considers how the organizational aspects of enterprises, changes in consumer behavior, the rise of informational technologies, and the expansion of the digital market can create economic growth based on lower carbon consumption and sustainable growth based on green and clean solutions. The length and depth of the current economic crisis will depend on a combination of effective policies, incentives and…
This book provides a comprehensive outlook on long-term economic changes in the Western Balkans. It offers decision-makers ways to leverage the rise of digital technologies for sustainable growth based on green and clean solutions.
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Organizational Culture in the Middle East
A Lebanese Perspective
This volume provides new insights into organizational behaviour through the eyes of Lebanese organizations. It presents unique explorations into topics such as linking corporate entrepreneurship and human resource practices in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and the effect of perceived emotional intelligence of leaders on employee commitment in the Lebanese banking sector. It also considers the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an organizational culture on customers’ trust in insurance companies, among others.
This volume provides new insights into organizational behaviour in Lebanon. It explores topics like corporate entrepreneurship in SMEs, the effect of leaders’ emotional intelligence on employee commitment, and the impact of corporate social responsibility on customer trust.
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One of the main economic players responsible for Singapore’s economic success is its small and medium-sized enterprises or SMEs. Their overall success has helped propel the country and its people forward. From economic policies to politics, Singapore is a planned and regulated economy. Singapore’s economic success story is actually the result of a form of capitalism carefully calibrated and controlled by the government. An important element or aspect of good critical success factors (CSFs) emerges from the role being played by the government. The existence of good government or public…
In Singapore’s government-controlled economy, pro-business policies are vital. Yet, no comprehensive model exists to predict which firms will succeed or fail. This quantitative book attempts to fill this gap by testing the key factors for success.
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The 21st century has seen leaders of all types failing in their efforts to earn the respect, trust, and confidence of their employees, customers, and society. This unique book explains how and why leaders fail to earn the trust of others and why ethics, integrity, and moral behaviour are so critically important for leaders of today and tomorrow. More importantly, it also provides a perspective for helping leaders to understand how they can earn the trust, followership, commitment, and extra-role behaviour so critical for success in today’s globally competitive work…
Caldwell explains how and why leaders fail to earn the trust of others and why ethics, integrity, and moral behaviour are so critically important for leaders of both today and tomorrow.
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This book serves to illustrate the difficulty in explaining the role of human resources and the complexities implicit in the management of people working together in various kinds of organisations, and, more specifically, the existing links between the management of human capital and the functioning of the organisation. Several chapters provide an accurate picture of topics and issues that are relevant today in the area of human resource management, by bringing together different approaches and levels of analysis that undoubtedly enrich one another. The opening chapters are theoretical reviews and…
This book explains the links between human capital management and an organisation’s performance. Chapters provide an accurate picture of relevant topics in human resource management, including commitment systems, social networks, and happiness at work.
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Overcoming Knowledge Sharing Barriers through Communities of Practice
Empirical Evidence from a Big Automotive Supplier
Managing knowledge for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of processes and for accelerating innovations is widely recognized as a major source of sustained competitive advantage. The growing importance of knowledge sharing has fostered the development of a growing body of research in different disciplinary areas and in different sectors. The analyses of the barriers that obstruct knowledge flows are paramount for improving organizational performance. The researcher has analyzed the literature on this argument and he has found that knowledge sharing barriers can be grouped into…
This book analyzes the barriers obstructing knowledge flows and their impact on new product development in an automotive R&D supplier. It uses innovative social network analysis to map collaboration, identify problems, and improve organizational performance.
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This book brings together papers presented at the 3rd Conference of Research in Economics and Management (CIREG) held in Morocco in May 2016. With a focus on the challenges of SMEs and innovative solutions, they highlight the contribution of researchers in the fields of business and management, with all their micro and macro-economic aspects. They shed light on the universal scientific vision of the importance of SMEs with answers relevant to their local context and adapted to their specific national situation. The relevance of SME research lies in…
This collection of research papers focuses on the challenges of SMEs and innovative solutions. Highlighting work in business and management, with micro and macro-economic aspects, it provides answers relevant to local contexts. This first volume is focused on economic issues.
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Communication and Information Technology in Society
Volume 1 Real Communication
This volume explores a number of significant and interdisciplinary questions relevant to the wider debate regarding the theoretical and practical employment of communication technologies in a variety of research fields, including economics, education, science, and psychology, among others. Providing particular insights into the state of communication technologies in Poland, a country in major transition regarding such technologies, the contributions to this book adopt a psycho-pedagogical approach to their chosen subject matter.
This interdisciplinary volume explores communication technologies across fields like economics, education, and science. Adopting a psycho-pedagogical approach, it offers insights into Poland, a country in major transition regarding such technologies.
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Communication and Information Technology in Society
Volume 2 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Management
This book discusses a number of issues related to the various dimensions of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in management, and their economic and psycho-pedagogical uses. It answers several important questions concerning this research area, and its interdisciplinary approach serves to answer a number of key questions in this field. It offers a contribution to the wider social and scientific discussion on the theoretical and practical use of ICT, in management, economics, education, and psychology, in addition to several other scientific…
This book discusses the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in management, economics, education, and psychology. With an interdisciplinary approach, it answers key questions and contributes to the discussion on the theoretical and practical use of ICT.
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These volumes explore a number of significant and interdisciplinary questions relevant to the wider debate regarding the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in a variety of research fields, including management, education, science, and the media. Bringing together research from European countries currently in a state of transition, all three volumes mark a significant contribution to the wider discussion on the role of ICT in today’s world.
These volumes explore significant questions about the use of ICT in fields like management, education, and science. Featuring research from European countries in transition, this is a major contribution to the discussion on the role of ICT in today’s world.
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This book represents a tool for comparative analysis and a source for case studies for researchers and academics dealing with the business environment. It offers insights into the Czech business environment in the case of starting business in this country or being a potential investor or customer. It explores various facets of the Czech business environment, focusing on the quality and sustainability factors that influence Czech industries. The first part of the book presents the importance of quality and sustainability in business, before the second part explores these ideas in…
This monograph represents a tool for comparative analysis for researchers and academics dealing with the business environment. It discusses various facets of the Czech business environment, focusing on the quality and sustainability factors that influence Czech industries.
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Welcome to the new world of industry where business is for me, business is for the people, business is for me and the people, and the people are for business. You may ask yourself, are these things not the same? The answer is “No”. Should they be the same? The answer is “Yes”. So, the real question becomes, “Why not”? In this book, the authors explain the cause for the difference between the “me” and the “people” in the field of business. This book can be used to measure the…
In business, “me” and “the people” are not the same, but they should be. This book explains the cause for this difference and shows you how to measure and bridge the distance between them. Do not just describe it. Take action. Actually embrace it and do it.
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