Organisation Change: Development and Transformation looks at the development of organisations and the ways organisations evolve to reflect what's going on around them, as well as ways you can approach this transformation. The text also discusses the future directions of change management, and why gaining a competitive advantage is the goal of many organisations. To emphasise the relationship between theory to practice, this text provides 10 local and international case studies, descriptions from practitioners and a range of online cases.

This innovative reassessment of ritual murder accusations brings together scholars working in history, folklore, ethnography, and literature. Favoring dynamic explanations of the mechanisms, evolution, popular appeal, and responses to the blood libel, the essays rigorously engage with the larger social and cultural worlds that made these phenomena possible. In doing so, the book helps to explain why blood libel accusations continued to spread in Europe even after modernization seemingly made them obsolete. Drawing on untapped and unconventional historical sources, the collection explores a range of intriguing topics: popular belief and scientific knowledge; the connections between antisemitism, prejudice, and violence; the rule of law versus the power of rumors; the politics of memory; and humanitarian intervention on a global scale.

This innovative reassessment of ritual murder accusations brings together scholars working in history, folklore, ethnography, and literature. Favoring dynamic explanations of the mechanisms, evolution, popular appeal, and responses to the blood libel, the essays rigorously engage with the larger social and cultural worlds that made these phenomena possible. In doing so, the book helps to explain why blood libel accusations continued to spread in Europe even after modernization seemingly made them obsolete. Drawing on untapped and unconventional historical sources, the collection explores a range of intriguing topics: popular belief and scientific knowledge; the connections between antisemitism, prejudice, and violence; the rule of law versus the power of rumors; the politics of memory; and humanitarian intervention on a global scale.

Organisational Behaviour, Core Concepts and Applications, 2 nd Australasian edition is the ideal text for a one-semester Organisational Behaviour course. Fourteen concise, relevant and tightly focused chapters are designed to engage rather than overwhelm students, and the highly visual presentation further enhances the text's appeal. Numerous real world examples throughout the text examine how organisations in the Australian, New Zealand and Asian region are responding to the challenging economic environment brought upon by the global financial crisis. Coupled with the latest research in the field, this text is an essential analysis of contemporary organisational behaviour.