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  • Understanding College and University Organization

    Theories for Effective Policy and Practice: Volume I — The State of the System

    by James L. Bess, Jay R. Dee ...
    Now available in paperback, this two-volume work is intended to help readers develop powerful new ways of thinking about organizational principles, and apply them to policy-making and management in colleges and universities.The book is written with two audiences in mind: administrative and faculty leaders in institutions of higher learning, and students (both doctoral and Master's degree) studying ... Read more

    $72.82 CAD

  • Understanding College and University Organization

    Theories for Effective Policy and Practice: Volume II — Dynamics of the System

    by James L. Bess, Jay R. Dee ...
    Now available in paperback, this two-volume work is intended to help readers develop powerful new ways of thinking about organizational principles, and apply them to policy-making and management in colleges and universities. The book is written with two audiences in mind: administrative and faculty leaders in institutions of higher learning, and students (both doctoral and Master's degree) ... Read more

    $75.57 CAD

  • Bridging the Divide between Faculty and Administration

    A Guide to Understanding Conflict in the Academy

    by James L. Bess, Jay R. Dee ...
    Conflicts between faculty and administration have become particularly virulent and disruptive in recent years, as institutions have struggled to adapt to intensifying pressures for efficiency and accountability. Analyzing common sources of conflict and challenges on campus that impede attempts to address these conflicts, Bridging the Divide between Faculty and Administration provides a theory ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Literary Expressions of African Spirituality

    by Kameelah L. Martin, Beauty Bragg, Mario Chandler, Darryl Dickson-Carr, John C. Hawley, Melvin Rahming, Erica L. Still, Artress Bethany White, James Manigault-Bryant, Georgene Bess Montgomery, Roberto Strongman ...
    With a focus on the connected spiritual legacy of the black Atlantic, Literary Expressions of African Spirituality leads the way to more comprehensive trans-geographical studies of African spirituality in black art. With essays focusing on African spirituality in creative works by several trans-Atlantic black authors across varying locations in the Ameri-Atlantic diaspora, this collection reveals ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

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    Context, Strategy and Collaboration

    Edited by Maggie Preedy, Christine Wise, Nigel D Bennett ...
    Series series Published in association with The Open University
    Drawing together current thinking and research by leading writers in the field, this Reader will help you to understand and critically analyse key strategic aspects of educational leadership, including:- leadership perspectives and values- external and internal contexts- autonomy and accountability- partnership and collaboration- leading strategy and change.The book explores major challenges for ... Read more

    $108.79 CAD

  • Understanding Organizations

    Theories and Images

    by Udo Staber ...
    Understanding Organizations: Theories and Images introduces students to the key principles of understanding, designing, and managing organizations in an accessible and practical way. The book provides a conceptual toolkit containing the essential models, theories and concepts needed for working in, managing and evaluating organizations.Key Features:Insightful anecdotes discuss how for- and not-for ... Read more

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  • Useful Research

    Advancing Theory and Practice

    by Susan Albers Mohrman, Ed Lawler ...
    Features a who's who of leading management scholars Takes a stand on a major controversy in academia: should organizational research aspire to be relevant to practitioners? A sequel to the seminal book, Doing Research That is Useful for Theory and Practice, also edited by Ed Lawler, Susan Mohrman, and Associates For decades there has been an ongoing, at times heated, debate over how relevant to ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Writing Your Doctoral Dissertation

    Invisible Rules for Success

    by Rita S. Brause ...
    Increasing numbers of adults are enroling in doctoral programmes, but their earlier college lives often do not prepare them for the rules of the academic game. Many have no idea what a dissertation looks like, how it gets that way, or what options are available to them. This book is a practical guide for students who need help in progressing from the decision to write a dissertation to the ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Strategy as Practice

    An Activity Based Approach

    by Paula Jarzabkowski ...
    Series series SAGE Strategy series
    `An important and extremely welcome addition to the strategic management field. In this book the author builds on the work of an emerging community of scholars to lay out theoretical and methodological underpinnings of an activity-based framework for applying the practice lens to strategy′ - Academy of Management Review`Paula Jarzabkowski has astutely signaled an agenda for future scholarship that ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Organizational Control

    Edited by Sim B. Sitkin, Laura B. Cardinal, Katinka M. Bijlsma-Frankema ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Management
    Organization scholars have long acknowledged that control processes are integral to the way in which organizations function. While control theory research spans many decades and draws on several rich traditions, theoretical limitations have kept it from generating consistent and interpretable empirical findings and from reaching consensus concerning the nature of key relationships. This book ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Organization Practice

    A Guide to Understanding Human Service Organizations

    by Mary Katherine O'Connor, F. Ellen Netting ...
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  • Public Policy in Action

    Perspectives on the Policy Process

    by Victor Bekkers, Menno Fenger, Peter Scholten ...
    This comprehensive textbook explores the policy process from a multitude of perspectives, including rationalism, culturalism, institutionalism and from a political point of view. This allows students to discover key concepts from the policy science literature and gain a deeper understanding of how public policy is discussed academically and shaped empirically.Public Policy in Action gives a ... Read more

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