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"Unraveling Environmental Disasters" provides scientific
explanations of the most threatening current and future
environmental disasters, including an analysis of ways that the
disaster could have been prevented and how therisk of similar
disasters can be minimized in the future.
Treats disasters as complex systems.Provides predictions based upon
sound science, such as what the buildup of certain radiant gases in
the troposphere will do, or what will happen if current
transoceanic crude oil transport continues.Considers the impact of
human systems on environmental disasters."
'This book is about one super-important concept. You must learn
about 'Strategic Inflection Points', because sooner or later you
are going to live through one.' - Steve Jobs There are moments in
any business when massive change occurs, when all the rules shift
fast and forever. They can make or break companies and individuals,
and they can happen at any moment. Andrew Grove calls such moments
strategic inflection points, and he lived through several as CEO of
Intel, where he transformed the company into the world's largest
computer chipmaker, and the 7th most profitable company in the
Fortune 500. Drawing on decades of personal experience and insight,
as well as examining timeless examples from other companies, Grove
reveals how to identify and exploit the key moments of change that
generate either drastic failure or incredible success. Only the
Paranoid Survive is a classic lesson in leadership that anyone in
any industry will benefit from. Because we must all assume that
something will change - and soon.
Navigating Conflict: Tools for Difficult Conversations is perfect
for readers who want positive outcomes from personal, professional,
and workplace challenges.From reading this powerful guidebook,
you'll gain: A step-by-step roadmap for handling conflict and tough
and touchy situations Strategies for effectively handling yourself
under fire Tools for dealing with toxic individuals, personality
conflicts, office politics, and problematic family situations
Field-tested skills, strategies, tools. and tactics for every type
of conflict Assessment inventories and action steps they can use to
assess and perfect their skills Readers will find engrossing
real-life stories; skills, strategies, and tactics they can
immediately use, and will walk away knowing exactly how to achieve
the results they want regardless of the other person's skills or
behavior.
Citizenship and Management in Public Administration is an exciting
journey into the nexus between two separate but close worlds:
citizenship orientations and citizenship behavior as reflected in
political science theory on one hand, and organizational sciences,
work studies, management, and public administration on the other.
The authors have combined theoretical thinking with empirical
findings to support their theories, and the data presented has been
collected over almost a decade of field studies and surveys of
public organizations. Dealing with the nature and meaning of
citizenship, this book looks at behavior and involvement in modern
public worksites. The interdisciplinary studies are all concerned
with achieving better integration of the theories and ideas on
citizenship and bureaucracies, which are more frequently treated as
independent domains in the social sciences. However, the authors
suggest that they are closely related and should be analyzed in
relation to one another. This unique book will appeal to academics
of management and organizational behavior, public administration
and those involved in researching the not-for-profit, or third,
sector.
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