Put ideas into practice using theoretical concepts and real-life examples The MBA Handbook, 9th Edition, by Cameron is a vital resource for MBA and other postgraduate management students to gain maximum learning benefit from their programme. This clearly structured handbook addresses the specific challenges of management study and the transferable skills required to meet these, including: Managing self, time, stress and the risks associated with study Learning and professional development, including reflective and action learning, critical reading and thinking and using data and other evidence Working with others, including teamwork and leadership, group creativity and problem solving Demonstrating learning, including academic writing for assignments and exams, making presentations, building portfolio, and assessment for and during employment Consultancy, research and project management With real-life case studies, business examples, new activities and exercises in every chapter, this successful text is designed to prepare and support you early in your studies, at key points during the programme, and well into your subsequent career. It also aids distance learning students and covers issues relating to EFL and ESL students. Praise for The MBA Handbook 'A practical and thorough handbook, that prepares MBA students to balance work and study.' -- Harriet Richmond, Subject Leader of HRM and Organisational Behaviour, University of Northampton 'The MBA Handbook appropriately introduces theoretical concepts and real-life examples to underpin practice-based exercises and thinking.' -- Jayne Mothersdale, National Teacher Fellow, Leeds Beckett University 'The main strength is the generic nature of the book. This makes it a very useful 'one-stop' resource for MBA students.' -- Dr Angela McGrane, Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University Pearson, the world's learning company.

PMBOK Guide is the go-to resource for project management practitioners. The project management profession has significantly evolved due to emerging technology, new approaches and rapid market changes. Reflecting this evolution, The Standard for Project Management enumerates 12 principles of project management and the PMBOK Guide – Seventh Edition is structured around eight project performance domains.

This edition is designed to address practitioners’ current and future needs and to help them be more proactive, innovative and nimble in enabling desired project outcomes.

This edition of the PMBOK Guide:

• Reflects the full range of development approaches (predictive, adaptive, hybrid, etc.);
• Provides an entire section devoted to tailoring the development approach and processes;
• Includes an expanded list of models, methods, and artifacts;
• Focuses on not just delivering project outputs but also enabling outcomes; and
• Integrates with PMIstandards+™ for information and standards application content based on project type, development approach, and industry sector.

The increase in smartphone usage and new technologies embedded in smart devices have led to innovative developments and applications throughout a variety of industries. However, new techniques such as spatial augmented reality are becoming more affordable for business, allowing consumers to experience and interact with the world as they never have before. AR and VR have vast implications for management and can allow companies to increase their sustainability and reduce their CO2 footprint. Managerial Challenges and Social Impacts of Virtual and Augmented Reality is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the applications of VR, AR, and related technologies from the perspectives of managers and marketers in the industry and discusses the social impact of these technologies. While highlighting topics such as consumer analysis, privacy ethics, and relationship marketing, this book is ideally designed for managers, marketers, technology developers, managing directors, business professionals, academicians, students, and researchers seeking current studies on the evolution of interactive technology.

Increasing globalization, cutthroat competition, recurrent financial crises, and new social media technology provide unimaginable strain on companies to rethink their human resources practices. Such ever-growing business environments particularly call upon companies to develop sustainable leadership practices and create a well-established organizational climate. By promoting an organizational value system, the leader can influence the work behavior and attitudes of the employees and results. Corporate Leadership and Its Role in Shaping Organizational Culture and Performance is an essential reference source that investigates the influence of corporate leadership on the organizational culture and performance of a company and ways in which this understanding can improve firm effectiveness, nurture entrepreneurial behavior and practices, and establish innovative processes. Featuring research on topics such as intellectual capital, job satisfaction, and gender inequality, this book is ideally designed for managers, executives, business leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, academicians, and students.

One global leadership challenge is managing the complexity of the political and economic climate of a society. As the global environment changes, it is essential for global leaders to adapt and develop flexible strategies for resolving conflicts and achieving peace. Global Leadership Initiatives for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding provides emerging research on a leader's role in the international, national, and nongovernmental organization within post-conflict resolution and peaceful leadership. While highlighting topics, such as civil society organizations, leadership education, and social reconstruction, this book explores leadership theories and practice models to conceptualize the intersection of leadership within conflict management and resolution. This book is an important resource for leaders, scholar-practitioners, educators, and researchers seeking current research on the strategic and diplomatic methods of a peaceful global organization.