ICMLG2015-The 3rd International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance

ICMLG2015-The 3rd International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance
Author: Coral Ingley and James Lockhart
Publisher: Academic Conferences and Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2015-03-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1910309850

The conference committee encourages contributions on this wide range of topics through the use of a variety of rigorous approaches, including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action-based research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are enthusiastically welcomed. PhD research, proposals for roundtable discussions, practitioner contributions and product demonstrations based on the conference themes are also invited.

Sustainability and Energy Management

Sustainability and Energy Management
Author: Gregor Weber
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2017-11-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 365820222X

In this book Gregor Weber deals with enterprises and the pool of challenges including energy efficiency and sustainability they are confronted with. His research results in a two level model supporting enterprises on innovative and responsible business practices. It was awarded with the “Project Sustainability 2017” by the Council of Sustainable Development of the German government as well as with the “German Industry Award 2017”. ​

Wealth Management and Investment in Islamic Settings

Wealth Management and Investment in Islamic Settings
Author: Toseef Azid
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2022-09-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811936862

This book addresses the theory, practices, challenges, key issues and potential future policies concerning investment and wealth management in connection with Islamic finance. There is a noted scarcity of literature on Islamic approaches towards wealth management from a jurisprudential perspective, and so this book aims to address this lacuna in available literature. It demonstrates strategies for wealth management in keeping with the Qur’an and Sunn’ah, posing questions relating to interest and investment, and proposing financial models for benefiting the poorer segments of society while simultaneously satisfying economic necessities in keeping with Islamic law. Given its breadth of scope, combining perspectives from scholars and practitioners with extensive experience in the banking and finance sector from different Islamic settings including Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Brunei and Indonesia, this edited volume will benefit practitioners, researchers, and graduate students studying finance, economics and business management in an Islamic context.

Research Handbook on Start-Up Incubation Ecosystems

Research Handbook on Start-Up Incubation Ecosystems
Author: Adam Novotny
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2020-02-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1788973534

This insightful and comprehensive Handbook explores the concept of start-up incubation ecosystems, investigating the various factors that interact to provide a nurturing environment suitable for the successful development of start-ups and illustrating the critical part this plays within entrepreneurial ecosystems. Chapters include literature reviews, theoretical studies, and empirical research featuring both quantitative and qualitative methods, using data from a range of countries analyzed by an international team of authors.

Handbook of Employee Commitment

Handbook of Employee Commitment
Author: John P. Meyer
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2016-09-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1784711748

A high level of employee commitment holds particular value for organizations owing to its impact on organizational effectiveness and employee well-being. This Handbook provides an up-to-date review of theory and research pertaining to employee commitment in the workplace, outlining its value for both employers and employees and identifying key factors in its development, maintenance or decline. Including chapters from leading theorists and researchers from around the world, this Handbook presents cumulated and cutting-edge research exploring what commitment is, the different forms it can take, and how it is distinct from related concepts such as employee engagement, work motivation, embeddedness, the psychological contract, and organizational identification.

Men and Women of the Corporation

Men and Women of the Corporation
Author: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2008-08-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 078672384X

In this landmark work on corporate power, especially as it relates to women, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the distinguished Harvard management thinker and consultant, shows how the careers and self-images of the managers, professionals, and executives, and also those of the secretaries, wives of managers, and women looking for a way up, are determined by the distribution of power and powerlessness within the corporation. This new edition of her award-winning book has a major new afterward in which the author reviews and analyzes how attitudes and practices within the corporate power structure have changed in the 1990s.

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs
Author: Ann Brashares
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780761319597

Profiles Steve Jobs, and describes how his friendships and knack for electronics led him to develop Apple and Macintosh personal computers, computer animation, and desktop publishing despite competition from IBM and Microsoft.

Mid and Late Career Issues

Mid and Late Career Issues
Author: Mo Wang
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415804957

This new book looks at the unique career issues faced by those workers in their mid and late career stages, particularly with regard to the psychosocial dynamics of mid and late careers. With the growth in aging workers worldwide, we need a deeper understanding of the unique challenges and issues as well as the practical implications related to the shifting demographics to an older workforce, particularly the aging of the baby boom generation. This book reviews, summarizes and integrates the literature on a wide variety of issues and organizational realities related to these workers. Numerous case studies based on one-on-one interviews with older workers and recent retirees provides illustrative examples of the key concepts discussed in each chapter. Students, researchers, and professionals in industrial organizational psychology, human resource management, developmental psychology, vocational psychology and gerontology will find this authoritative book of interest.

Emiratization in the UAE Labor Market

Emiratization in the UAE Labor Market
Author: Georgia Daleure
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-09-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 981102765X

This book combines classic and recent studies investigating challenges to Emiratization – full employment of Emirati nationals who make up only about 10% of the total workforce – in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The book offers a comprehensive overview of the events leading to the country’s rapid growth and development, as well as important social and cultural issues arising as the country transitioned from an isolated traditional economy to an open globalized one, and explores the specific challenges of incorporating Emiratis in their own vibrant economy. This topic is of interest to scholars, policymakers, and those considering investing or seeking employment in the UAE since it emerged as a Western-friendly, politically stable, and prospering oil-producing country in a region plagued by political, social, and economic turmoil.

The New Public Leadership Challenge

The New Public Leadership Challenge
Author: S. Brookes
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2010-05-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230277950

Drawn from the results of five seminars this unique book looks at the four areas of: public sector reform; essential features for public leaders; public leadership in action; and the outline of a public leadership approach for the future. It seeks to give public leadership a firm foothold within the study of leadership in general.