By John Purcell, Nicholas Kinnie, Juani Swart, Bruce Rayton, Susan Hutchinson

Do human resource management practices actually work? This timely and engaging volume examines the links between people management practices and organizational performance. Focusing on the...

Published July 22nd 2008 by Routledge.

By Susanne Tietze

Globalization processes have resulted in the emergence of business and management networks in which the sharing of knowledge is of crucial importance. Combining two contemporary...

Published May 6th 2008 by Routledge.

Management in Networks

On multi-actor decision making

By Hans de Bruijn, Ernst ten Heuvelhof

Getting what you want – even if you are the boss – isn’t always easy. Almost every organization, big or small, works among a network...

Published May 2nd 2008 by Routledge.

Sociology, Work and Industry

Fifth edition

By Tony J. Watson

This popular text effectively explains and justifies the use of the sociological imagination to understand the nature of institutions of work, occupations, organizations, management and...

Published April 30th 2008 by Routledge.

Baldrige Award Winning Quality -- 17th Edition

How to Interpret the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence

Edited by Mark Graham Brown, Mark Graham Brown

Now in its 17^th fully updated edition, this volume is the most widely used...

Published April 17th 2008 by Productivity Press.

Facets of Corporate Identity, Communication and Reputation

Edited by T.C. Melewar

Corporate branding and communication is big business. Companies throughout the world invest millions in strategies which aim to reinvent their profile in subtle yet important...

Published April 9th 2008 by Routledge.

International Human Resource Management

A European Perspective

Edited by Michael Dickmann, Paul Sparrow, Chris Brewster

Conducting business across national borders is nothing new; the Knights Templar were banking internationally as long ago as 1135. But modern globalization processes raise different...

Published April 3rd 2008 by Routledge.

Edited by Ralph Stacey, Douglas Griffin

What role do values play in organizational life? How do they shape the efficiency and effectiveness of organizational change? This volume examines what we actually...

Published March 31st 2008 by Routledge.

Strategic Management of Knowledge Resources

By Federica Ricceri

It is widely held that the successful management of knowledge resources within industry creates value. However, how this value is created is less clear. This...

Published March 26th 2008 by Routledge.

Complexity, Management and the Dynamics of Change

Challenges for Practice

By Elizabeth McMillan

In this profoundly important text, Elizabeth McMillan shows how the insights of complexity science can allow today’s managers to embrace the challenges and uncertainty of...

Published March 19th 2008 by Routledge.