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Formal Organizations: A Comparative Approach (Stanford Business Classics) Peter M. Blau, W. Richard Scott
 Stanford University Press. Upon its publication in 1962, this book became one of the founding texts of organizational sociology. Bringing together diverse approaches, it presented a new focus of interest: the formal organization. Blau and Scott raised the level of analysis from attention solely on individual participants and work groups to a broader understanding of organizations as collective actors. In the book, the authors reviewed multiple types of studies?including case studies, experimental research, and surveys?and integrated them to define new central themes. They used their own empirical studies of two social welfare agencies to illustrate the ways in which varying organizational contexts shape work group and participant attitudes and activities. "Formal Organizations" served to integrate research on both formal and informal systems, authority and leadership, and stressed the importance of links to the wider environment. This reissue, which includes a new introduction by Scott, makes......
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New Directions in Macromodelling, Volume 269 : Essays in Honor of J. Michael Finger (Contributions to Economic Analysis) A. Welfe
 Book DescriptionThe monograph concentrates on recent developments in modelling economic processes on macro level. Namely there are two main areas of interest: co-integration analysis and the use of high frequency time series. Special emphasis is put on testing, application of VEqCM models to I(1) as well as I(2) variables and structuralization of VAR. Volatility is analysed within traditional and Bayesian approach....
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Driving Company Growth: Top CEOs on Developing a Vision, Adding Value, and Creating a Financial Impact (Inside the Minds) Aspatore Books Staff
 Book DescriptionInside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world?s most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: Richard C. Breon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Spectrum Health ? "Establishing a Vision"; for the Organization Gordon Gee, Chancellor, Vanderbilt University ? "An Academic Point of View"; Harold Bevis, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director, Pliant Corporation ? "Creating Sustainable Value as a CEO in the Manufacturing Industry";......
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Strategic Executive Development : The Five Essential Investments (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professiona) James F. Bolt
 Book Description Strategic Executive Development-- written by three leaders in the field of executive development, James F. Bolt, Michael McGrath and Michael Dulworth--shows how world-class companies use executive development to drive business strategy and affect growth. This important resource presents five strategic uses of executive development that produce demonstrable business impact. Based on empirical data gathered from their extensive research and consulting, and a comprehensive survey of executive development in leading organizations, this book answers the key question: What are the investments in executive development that have the biggest impact? Using illustrative case studies, the authors clearly demonstrate how executive development is being successfully implemented at some of the world's most recognizable and enduring companies, including Texas Instruments. These cases describe what is working and why, offer insights into the......
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The Oxford Dictionary Of Dance (Oxford Paperbacks) Debra Craine
 Book DescriptionHere is a lively, informative roadmap to a truly protean art form, an ideal resource for everyone who loves Swan Lake or the Rockettes, Merce Cunningham or Fred Astaire. The Oxford Dictionary of Dance offers wide coverage of dancers, choreographers, teachers, composers, technical terms, major works, important films, and organizations involved in the dance world. It embraces the new activity within traditional forms like ballet as well as the stream of new dance languages invented by fresh generations of choreographers and the many dance forms imported from the rest of the world. Readers will find information on classical ballet, Spanish flamenco, Indian Bharata Natyam, Japanese Butoh, and jazz. The volume also covers post-modern dance, examining everything from Balanchine to recent practitioners of Eurocrash, minimalism, and contact improvisation. Ranging from the history of music to the changing design of the ballet shoe, here is a comprehensive and affordable......
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