Business Books

Human Resource Management In Australia and New Zealand

Pieter Nel et al. — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:23:44 PST

Human Resource Management: in Australia and New Zealand provides a comprehensive approach to the subject. Firstly, it provides the reader with a perspective covering both the Australian and New Zealand contexts. Secondly, it integrates behavioural aspects aligned to organisation behaviour in the overall context of the management of people in the workplace. The book deliberately includes chapters on motivation and teamwork to give a practical approach in exploring the interdependency between human resources and organisational behaviour in the workplace. Thirdly, the themes in the book address contemporary issues which cover specific human resource components such as human resources information systems (HRIS) and equal employment opportunity (EEO). This provides learners with an overall perspective of not only the human resource functions, but also the more contemporary issues that impact on the core functions of human resource management. Fourthly, the chapter on international human resource management in particular focuses on issues extending beyond standard human resources within a particular country. It also provides the international perspective necessitated by the global economy within which both Australian and New Zealand organisations operate. [Retrieved from publisher's website: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780195575705.do]

The Eclipse of Keynesianism: The Political Economy of the Chicago Counter-revolution

Robert Leeson — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:48:53 PDT

This book examines the process by which Keynesianism, with its sympathetic view of the role of government in the economy and society, lost influence amongst economists and policy makers and was replaced by more negative views about government intervention and more positive views about the role of the market as a social organiser.

The Taylor Rule and the Transformation of Monetary Policy

Evan F. Koenig et al. — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:51:15 PDT

Twenty years ago, John Taylor proposed a simple idea to guide monetary policy. Quickly the idea spread, not only through academia, but also to the trading floors of Wall Street and the Federal Reserve's boardroom in Washington. Now, two decades later, the Taylor rule remains a focal point for discussions of monetary policy around the world.

In The Taylor Rule and the Transformation of Monetary Policy, a veritable contributors' "who's who" from the academic and policy communities explain and provide perspectives on John Taylor's revolutionary thinking about monetary policy. From the Great Inflation of the 1970s through the Great Moderation of the 1980s and 1990s to the Great Deviation following the 2001 recession, the contributors analyze Taylor's influences on monetary theory and policy around the world. They explore some of the literature that Taylor inspired and help us understand how the new ways of thinking that he pioneered have influenced actual policy here and abroad.

Sustainability at work: Readings, cases and policy

Suzanne Benn et al. — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:14:15 PST

In the words of leading ecologist Tim Flannery, we have become the 'furture eaters', living beyond the earth's ability to replace the resources we consume. An ecological crisis - i.e. climate change - is slowly building. It is now gaining momentum as we witness the melting of the world's glaciers and a range of related issues including widespread weather volatility, desertification and food shortages. As many now agree, we need a fundamental transformation of how we live and work.

The aim of this book is familiarise students with the theory and practice of sustainability and environmental sustainability at work.

Diversity at work: Working with and managing diversity

Carolyn Dickie et al. — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:57:15 PST

The ‘diversity’ concept provides an essential means of developing an inclusive, competitive workplace in a comprehensive and encompassing manner.

The aim of this book is to familiarise students with the theory and practice of diversity and diversity management at work. It provides clarity and focus to the areas of diversity and diversity training, and outlines the nature of diversity understanding and research for the benefit of employees, managers, educators and training professionals.

This book can also be an experiential learning tool for people interested in 21st century business. It has theoretical, conceptual and practical content – as well as numerous discussion points and examples – which will challenge current and future business leaders.

Sex, sailors and colonies: Narratives of ambiguity in the works of Pierre Loti

Hélène de Burgh — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:29:46 PST

This book focuses on the oeuvre of nineteenth-century author and naval captain Julien Viaud (1850-1923) who wrote under the pseudonym Pierre Loti. Considered a best-seller in his day and a distinguished naval figure, Loti's contribution to French naval and literary history is significant. This work suggests a new reading of Loti's literature that positions his texts within the critical theoretical paradigms of Postcolonialism and Queer Theory. This study examines both Loti's fictional and non-fictional opus. It explores the dominant themes relayed throughout his oeuvre including his portrayal of exotic sexuality as being underpinned by a desire to elude articulation, his uncertain approach to colonialism given the constant shift between his identity as a colonising sailor and sympathising exoticist and Loti's own self-representation in both his fictional and non-fictional works. His constant re-invention of «Pierre Loti» as a persona in his writing creates a question about who Loti really is and how much of the man is represented in the so-called autobiographical text. These seemingly disparate themes of sexuality, colonialism and personal identity are all interrogated as posssible sites of ambiguity, thus revealing the general scope and complexity of Loti's work. [Retrieved from publisher's website]

Cases in HR Practice and Strategy

Mike Fazey — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:44:41 PST

The fundamental purpose of this book is to help students and practioners to bridge the gap between theory and practice.

Drawing on more than 25 years experience as a practioner, the author describes a range of realistic cases and business scenarios typically encountered by HR professionals.

An Introduction to Business Communication

Mike Fazey — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:34:37 PDT

This book is designed to help student to develop learning and study skills and introduces them to communication issues and methods that apply to business practice.

The first part of the book (chapters 1-6) covers key literacy skills as well as research and planning skills that are applicable to studying business.

The second part (chapters 7-12) covers communication in the business environment and helps students to develop the interpersonal and team communication skills required of business professionals, as well as raising awareness of the communication conventions and standards of the business world.

ISBN: 978 1 12 117029 2

American Power and Policy

Robert Leeson — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:06:56 PST

In the twentieth century, the United States replaced the United Kingdom as the centre of both the output of economic literature and the international economy. Having examined the structure of influence within the Keynesian and the Anti-Keynesian Traditions, (volume 1 and 2), this volume, the third of the trilogy, focuses more directly on economists and it highlights a multi-layered structure of influence within the policy process. Unpublished archival evidence illuminates aspects of the process by which the USA emerged as a dominant player in the world economy. [From Publisher's website]

ISBN: 9781403949561

Canadian Policy Debates and Case Studies in Honour of David Laidler

Robert Leeson — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:56:29 PST

This volume brings together some of the worlds leading economists, to focus primarily on Canadian policy issues and case study debates in honor of David Laidler. The book commemorates his success and active participation in the research and analysis of monetary policy. [From Publisher's website]

ISBN: 978-0-230-23734-6

David Laidler's Contributions to Economics

Robert Leeson — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:38:47 PST

This book examines and extends the work of David Laidler, one of the world's most important economists, with particular attention to the areas of monetary economics, public policy and history of thought. The breadth and scope of the chapters reflect the range of Laidler's intellectual achievements, and are a definitive tribute to his outstanding contribution to economics.

The volume brings together some of the world's leading economists, contributors include Milton Freidman, Axel Leijunhufud, Michael Bordo, Anna Schwartz, in addition to central bankers, think tank directors and political scientists. [From Publisher's website]

ISBN: 9780230018983

Human Resource Policy: Concepts, Processes and Applications

Mike Fazey — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:11:04 PDT

Contemporary thought in HRM focuses very much on HR strategy, but neglects the policy function as the vital link between strategy and practice. The aim of this book is to provide students and practitioners with a conceptual framework and practical guidelines to establish and maintain an effective HR policy function.

ISBN: 978-0-7346-1098-0

A Computable General Equilibrium Model for Environmental Policy Analysis: The Case of Deforestation in the Philippines

Luz C. Stenberg et al. — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:42:45 PDT

The deterioration of forest resources and poor economic performance in the Philippines calls for a serious rethinking in economic policies addressing both environmental and economic objectives. In order to protect the Philippine forests, the government implemented the Master Plan for Forestry Development covering a 25-year period (i.e. 1991-2015). However, after 16 years of implementation, the Philippine forestry industry has experienced a further reduction in production and in areas devoted to old-growth forests. The annual allowable cut remains excessive as it was prior to 1990. This proves to be an important forestry policy instrument as the findings in this book suggest that the volume of timber or the rate of deforestation is directly affected by the annual allowable cut rather than by population growth and poverty.

ISBN: 978-1-60692-250-7

Leadership in Charitable Non-Government Organisations (NGOs): Integrating individual and organisational beliefs

Lucy Morris — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:52:20 PDT

Human service community NGOs occupy a significant position in western civil society, holding roles such as employer, service provider, volunteer, carer, victim, advocate, partner and leader. They claim a shared philosophical and moral basis to support these roles and this unquestioned assumption causes significant consequences for their future as they embrace commercial practices and governance models. Does the NGO have the capacity to provide ethical leadership now with its shifting values systems, an increasing loss of meaningful relationships as defined by spiritual formation and entrenched gender discrimination in a postmodern, global environment? All this indicates a collapse in NGO activities through leadership fragmentation and a rise in managerial and bureaucratic technocracy. The book uses postmodernism, feminism and narrative practices to explore relationships within NGOs between employers and employees on leadership, ethics, values and spirituality. It examines emerging tensions on faith, gender, business operations and asks ‘what next?’. The book is intended for community, government and business professionals and leaders who work with human service NGOs.

ISBN: 9783836428989

Due to copyright restrictions this book is unavailable for download.

Valuable Charities, Invaluable Women

Lucy Morris — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:40:27 PDT

A feminist critique of the role of women in charitable organisations

Charities and nonprofit (NP) organisations are an accepted feature of Australian civil society. In 2006-07 it was estimated there were 700,000 in the nonprofit sector. The most economically significant NPs employed 995,000 people. In 2008, 87% of these were women. This workforce gender profile has not changed throughout the sector’s history and it has significant implications for how care work is conceptualised, valued and included in broader society, politically, economically and culturally. This is a feminist critique of women’s experience of working in charities. It explores the Australian context, feminist philosophy, ethics, leadership, spirituality, power and business reality of charitable work as women’s work; with its impact on the recipients of charitable services. This book offers an interpretation of the underlying assumptions of Australian charities’ philosophical constructs, the different role they hold in society and a feminist perspective of the women ‘s experience who work within them. Anyone who works with charities or is researching the sector and its contribution to Australian life will be interested in the book.

ISBN: 9783639161250

Due to copyright restrictions this book is unavailable for download

Michael Porter: critical evaluations in business and management

John C. Wood et al. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:42:54 PDT

Michael Porter (b. 1947) has been described by The Economist as ‘the doyen of living management gurus’. Boldly introducing the language and concepts of economics into management theory, his work has focused on how a firm (or a region) can build a competitive advantage and develop a competitive strategy.

Supplemented with the editors’ introduction, which places the gathered work in its historical and intellectual context, this new four-volume collection from Routledge brings together the best and most influential critical writing on Porter. (Accessed from Publisher)

ISBN: 9780415325844 (set)

ISBN: 9780415325851 (1)

ISBN: 9780415325868 (2)

ISBN: 9780415556439 (3)

ISBN: 9780415556446 (4)

Henri Fayol: Critical evaluations in business and management

John C. Wood et al. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:38:32 PDT

Henri Fayol, (1841-1925) along with F. W. Taylor, is one of the founders of 'classical management'. Fayol's work was the first significant attempt to develop principles of top-level management and one of the first attempts to analyse the different activities that constitute management. Fayol viewed management as a process of administration consisting of five activities: planning/forecasting, organizing, co-ordinating, commanding and controlling. These two volumes place Fayol's ideas in their historical context and provide access to his key writings. The set includes assessments of his work by his contemporaries, as well as current thinking about his ideas on management. In two volumes. (Accessed from Publisher)

Part I: Henri Fayol: Life and Times. Part II: French Society at Time of Fayol. Part III: State of Administration at Time of Fayol. Part IV: Major Work in English. Part V: Parts from Major Work in English. Part VI: Other Works Translated in English. Part VII: Assessment of Contribution (1937-1969). Part VIII: Assessment of Contribution (1970-1999). Part IX: Fayolism and Related Subjects. Part X: Rejection of Fayol's Management Ideas.

ISBN: 0415248205

ISBN: 0415248183 (v. 1)

ISBN: 0415248191 (v. 2)

F. W. Taylor: critical evaluations in business and management

John C. Wood et al. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:25:43 PDT

This collection focuses on Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), the initiator of 'scientific management'. Taylor set out to transform what had previously been a crude art form into a firm body of knowledge. His work is synonymous with breaking down tasks into the smallest detail, diagnosing the abilities of workers, and then fitting the two together to achieve greater efficiency. His methods have been associated with both massive increases in productivity and an obsession with control. In four volumes.

Volume I Part I: Taylor a Potted History. Part II: Taylor's Influence. Part III: Scientific Management and Management.

Volume II Part IV: Scientific Management and Industry. Part V: Scientific Management and Business Operations.

Volume III Part VI: Scientific Management and Education. Part VII: Scientific Management and Government. Part VIII: Scientific Management and the Military. Part IX: Scientific Management and Society. Part X: Scientific Management and Workers.

Volume IV Part XI: Scientific Management in other Disciplines. Part XII: Scientific Management Around the World - a) Scientific Management in Britain. b) Scientific Management in Western Europe. c) Scientific Management in Eastern Europe. d) Scientific Management in Asia.

ISBN: 0415248248

ISBN: 0415248213 (v. 1)

ISBN: 0415248221 (v. 2)

ISBN: 041524823X (v. 3)

ISBN: 0415276667 (v. 4)

Henry Ford: critical evaluations in business and management

John C. Wood et al. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:11:12 PDT

This collection includes evaluations of and responses to the contributions made by Henry Ford and the ways in which his influence helped shape the understanding of management practices.

Henry Ford was an eccentric, and occasionally enlightened, thinker and remains a controversial figure today. He developed F.W. Taylor's ideas of scientific management (the subject of another four volume collection in this series), turning them into a whole 'system of production'. Ford's system was characterized by highly efficient, high volume and vertically integrated production, with high wages and low prices. His methods helped make the motor car the defining product of the twentieth century and also ensured his own iconic status. In two volumes. (Accessed from Publisher)

ISBN: 0415248256 (v. 1)

ISBN: 0415248264 (v. 2)

ISBN: 0415248272 (set)

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth: critical evaluations in business and management

John C. Wood et al. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:02:31 PDT

Husband and wife, Frank Gilbreth (1868-1924) and Lilian Gilbreth (1878-1972), are the figures most closely identified with time and motion studies. Pushing F.W. Taylor's ideas to the limit, they sought ways to determine 'the one best way to do work'. Their lasting influence is evident in the fact that the process charts and other techniques they devised remain essentially unchanged in modern systems analysis. Along with this, they were also interested in the human aspect of work, emphasizing the need for training and worker involvement. The collection makes available, in one place, some of the most significant writings gathered from a variety of sources. The works are invaluable, not only for reference purposes, but as contributions to the history of management thought as well as the analysis of contemporary theory and the study of strategic management. In two volumes. (Accessed from Publisher)

ISBN: 0415248280 (set)

ISBN: 0415309476 (Vol.2)

ISBN: 0415309468 (Vol.1)