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This book answers all the questions you've ever wanted to ask
top-ranking women directors: How did they make it to the top? What
do they think of their success? How does it affect their lives? It
brings individual stories of accomplishment together with expert
research into the emergence of women entrepreneurs, aspects of
leadership, and the politics of breaking into the boardroom. Here,
nineteen top-achieving businesswomen tell the stories of their
career success. A groundbreaking study of women in management,
entrepreneurship and the politics of leadership, it includes
interviews with Barbara Cassani of Go Fly airlines, Camelot's
Dianne Thompson, Pearson's Dame Majorie Scardino and Anita Roddick
of The Body Shop. All winners of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman
of the Year Award, their diverse lives have been brought together
here for the first time. A fascinating insight into the minds and
lives of some of the world's top businesswomen, this is a must-read
for those seeking inspiration and advice.
First published in 2004, this volume recognises that, as society
changes, so must its organisations; as organisations change, so
must their management competencies. The requirement for
organisations to be flexible, innovative and adaptable in
environments of increasing complexity and uncertainty is also a
requirement of any organisation's most essential resource: its
people. They not only work for the organisation - they are the
organisation. The second edition of this highly successful book
provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking examination of the
operational and strategic skills, demands and responsibilities of
the modern workforce, and in particular its management. Reflected
here are the manager's new and changing priorities. Attention is
given to the manager's role, the motivation to work and succeed,
and teamworking. Also emphasised is the new psychological contract,
highlighting reliance on self whilst maintaining sensitivity to
diversity concerns. Providing clear and decisive leadership
requires the projection of a vision that captures the imagination
of others, but inevitably managers face conflict and adversity.
Working in Organisations therefore discusses how power and politics
can be moulded to positive advantage. The challenges facing
organisations go beyond cost and profitability, as political and
environmental challenges have forcefully entered into managerial
responsibility. The book asks 'What is the ultimate purpose and
contribution of organisations?' and highlights profound governance
and ethics concerns. The design of organisations is also explored,
and how creating appropriate structures will in turn focus
resources to achieve desired ends. This book provides a broad
coverage of key issues, ranging from a close examination of the
manager's job to a discussion of the corporate and social forces
that determine our lives. Written in an easy-to-read style and
bursting with case examples, Working in Organisations acts as
mentor and guide to those whose quest is for ever greater
sustainable accomplishment. Written by a distinguished team of
authors, this book will continue to be welcomed as the definitive
text on organisational culture and change for academics,
researchers and managers around the world.
Have you ever wondered how top-ranking women directors made it to the top, what they think of their success, and how it affects their Lives? Women with Attitude answers all these questions and more, as nineteen of Britain's top-achieving businesswomen tell the stories of their career success. All winners of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award, their diverse lives have been brought together here for the first time. A fascinating insight into the minds and lives of some of the World's top businesswomen, Women with Attitude is a must-read for anybody who wants advice from women who have progressed to the top. eBook available with sample pages: 0203218094
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The Hod King (Paperback)
Josiah Bancroft; Read by John Banks
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From the 1770s onwards, John Banks (1740-1805) taught natural
philosophy and gave courses of public lectures across the north
west of England. Much of his work aimed to show engineers,
mechanics and artisans how they could benefit from expanding their
practical and theoretical knowledge. In this 1803 publication,
Banks ranges across mechanics, hydraulics and the strength of
materials. He considers various designs for important industrial
machines, such as watermills, pumps and steam engines, offering
calculations of their power. Drawing on his own experiments, as
well as those of others, he shows readers how to estimate the
strength of wooden and iron beams, and how to calculate the airflow
from a pair of bellows. Diverse in its topics, the book sheds light
on how rational calculation came to be applied to the machinery of
the industrial revolution. Banks' Treatise on Mills (2nd edition,
1815) is also reissued in this series.
From the 1770s onwards, John Banks (1740-1805) lectured on natural
philosophy across the north-west of England. Much of his work aimed
to show engineers, mechanics and artisans how they could benefit
from expanding their theoretical knowledge. First published in
1795, and reissued here in its 1815 second edition, this work shows
how to calculate the power limits of waterwheels, millstones and
other commercially important machines. In the author's words, a key
aim is to avoid wasted effort 'in attempting what men of science
know to be impossible'. Starting with the mechanics of circular
motion, he leads the reader step by step through a series of worked
problems, showing the theory's practical applications. He then
moves on to his experiments on the flow of water, and uses his
results to better analyse the various types of waterwheel. Banks'
On the Power of Machines (1803) is also reissued in this series.
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