Climate Changed is an honest, humane account about the rapid downsizing of the world’s natural resources and the consequences this has for millions of people who, year after year, are displaced from their home countries because of politically-instigated and economically-justified war and conflict. Based on interviews with 110 refugees who arrived into Europe from 2015 to 2018 and observations of refugee camps, border crossings, inner-city slums, social housing projects, NGO and related refugee...
'Coleman and Ferguson have done something remarkable: they've written an evidence-based book on the complex topic of conflict and made it easy to read, easy to understand, and, best of all, easy to use. A genuine winner' Robert B. Cialdini, author of Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionA PRACTICAL GUIDE TO NAVIGATING WORKPLACE CONFLICTS Work conflict is risky. It can go bad and poison employee health, work relationships and organizational climates, or it can go well and help to energize probl...
The Structure of the Defense Industry (Routledge Library Editions: International Security Studies)
Proponents of arms control and disarmament are often confronted with the argument that reductions in defense expenditure lead to cutbacks in military industries and thus to economic hardship. While a reduction in defense production would cause some economic dislocation, this would be mitigated by the ability of the economy to adapt to changing patterns of production. This book, first published in 1983, assesses the likely effects of reductions in defense industries by an examination of the roles...
The Crowdsourcing Handbook - Everything You Need to Know about Crowdsourcing
by Jason Brand, Auteur
Mobbing - Handbuch fur Mobbing-Betroffene, ihre Angehoerigen und Menschen, die sich und andere vor Mobbing schutzen wollen
by Christoph Bisel
A Preface to Peace (Routledge Library Editions: International Security Studies)
by Harold Callender
This book, first published in 1944, assesses the prospects of peace following the Allied victory in the Second World War. It examines the tasks that victory would impose on the victors; the development during the war of US policies, military and political; the errors that caused the war; and the viewpoints and needs of the Allied powers. Concluding that the future peace could be only achieved through the power and influence of the United States, it argues that the process of uniting the Allies i...
We are facing a new and urgent challenge when collaborating across organizations, and with broader stakeholder groups: how to overcome polarization. It has never been harder to find a common vision, when opinions are often considered as facts. This book empowers changemakers and business leaders to understand how successful organizations in the 21st century require leaders to become fluent in collaborating outside of traditional business boundaries. Such collaboration often involves working wi...
Essentials of Negotiation (McGraw-Hill International Editions: Management & Organization)
by Roy J Lewicki, John Minton, Bruce Barry, and David M Saunders
Lewicki, Barry, Saunders, and Minton's: "Essentials of Negotiations, 3e" is a short paperback derivative from the main text, Negotiation. It explores the major concepts and theories of the psychology of bargaining and negotiation, and the dynamics of interpersonal and inter-group conflict and its resolution. Nine of the 13 chapters from the main text have been shortened by about 1/3 for this volume. The other four chapters of the main text have also been shortened and are downloadable from the b...
We naturally create stories to help us make meaning of our world, but in conflict situations the kinds of stories we typically tell ourselves can actually make it harder for us to manage and resolve the conflict constructively. This book provides an accessible framework for understanding why people tell their conflict stories the way they do, and how to help them move away from conflict stories that prevent them from understanding and responding to conflict in an effective way. Presented using...
Outsourcing and Insourcing in an International Context
by Marc J Schniederjans, Ashlyn M Schniederjans, and Dara G Schniederjans
Designed for upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses in strategic management and other courses, this text focuses on concepts, processes, and methodologies for firms involved in outsourcing-insourcing decisions. It covers the international risk factors of this strategy, presenting a view of the positive and negative aspects of outsourcing.
The author of the world’s best-selling book on negotiation draws on his nearly fifty years of experience and knowledge grappling with the world’s toughest conflicts to offer a way out of the seemingly impossible problems of our time. Conflict is increasing everywhere, threatening everything we hold dear—from our families to our democracy, from our workplaces to our world. In nearly every area of society, we are fighting more and collaborating less, especially over crucial problems that demand so...
Forging Bonds in a Global Workforce: Build Rapport, Camaraderie, and Optimal Performance No Matter the Time Zone
by Andy Molinsky and Melissa Hahn
Our Extractive Age: Expressions of Violence and Resistance emphasizes how the spectrum of violence associated with natural resource extraction permeates contemporary collective life. Chronicling the increasing rates of brutal suppression of local environmental and labor activists in rural and urban sites of extraction, this volume also foregrounds related violence in areas we might not expect, such as infrastructural developments, protected areas for nature conservation, and even geoengineerin...
À la Recherche de l'Intelligence Perdue
by Guillaume Brunet, Lorraine Gaudreau, and Agathe Riverin
Live through a conflict… and resolve it with intelligence. An achievable goal if both parties remain intelligent and share a common interest Who hasn’t lived a conflict with a colleague, a client, a boss, a business partner? Obviously, remaining in conflict, not achieving one’s objectives, and failing to perform are not viable options. It’s difficult for all to intelligently solve a conflict, but not impossible. We’ll dive into it through diverse real experiences seen through the eyes of this bo...
Lion Taming: Working Successfully with Leaders, Bosses and Other Tough Customers
by Steven L. Katz
Business Continuity Management and Resilience: Theories, Models, and Processes
An indispensable tool kit for engaging and harnessing healthy conflict to drive success and happiness, and eliminate the pain and stress of toxic conflict. While most people view conflict as a bad thing that should be avoided at all costs, the reality is that embracing conflict in a healthy way is the single greatest factor in driving success and avoiding painful failure. Don't Get Mad at Penguins breaks down the factors that escalate conflict to dangerous heights and shows us how to defuse con...
ILM Understanding Negotiation and Networking in the Workplace
The Leading Series is our range of workbooks designed especially for learners pursuing ILM qualifications. BPP Learning Media specialises in the publishing of user-friendly books which are up-to-date and focused on relevant subject areas and offer you a wealth of expertise from our authors and tutors.
Voluntary Organisations and Public Service Delivery (Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Pro)