Book 1 -
Process, Sensemaking, & Organising Oxford University Press / Edited by - Tor Hernes and Sally Maitlis
This book is the first in a series of volumes which explore perspectives on process theories, an emerging approach to the study of organizations that focuses on (understanding) activities, interactions, and change as essential properties of organizations rather than structures and state — an approach which prioritizes activity over product, change over persistence, novelty over continuity, and expression over determination. Process and sensemaking may be seen as mutually interlocking phenomena and, as such, are cornerstones in process thinking, This book brings together contributions from an international group of scholars energized by process organization studies.
Book 2 - Minority Cultures and indigenous people
Written by Sebastian Jones
Minorities and indigenous people are often among the most discriminated, marginalised and excluded communities across the world. They are often debarred from partaking in socio‐economic life, hardly have access to political power and regularly encounter hurdles in expressing their identity. Minorities and indigenous cultures have been critical in strengthening communities and providing activists with a platform to fight for their rights. ghettoization, discrimination and a lack of legal identification hamper their access to social security.
Book 3 - Corruption in society
Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations / James. T. Gire & Abdul Karim Bangura
Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations is the first book to address the notion of corruption in a truly multidisciplinary manner, augmented with empirical evidence. The prevalent definition in books and articles on corruption is that it is a dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those with political and/or economic power, typically involving bribery. This political-economy or public choice denotation, while very useful, is inadequate for a comprehensive understanding of the concept because the notion of corruption appears in every discipline. For example, in the field of chemistry, chemical corruption concerns (a) the incorporation of defective compounds into experiments to better simulate conditions on the early-Earth and to help us understand how the first molecules of life formed and (b) how to make chemicals appear safer, sometimes dodging restrictions on their use, by minimizing the estimates of how much is released into the environment. In order to address this shortcoming, this book provides a discipline-by-discipline conceptualization of corruption buttressed with evidence from the discipline.
Book 4 - The Political Christopher Nolan
Liberalism and the Anglo-American Vision (Politics, Literature & Film)
Many of Christopher Nolan’s films ironically both embrace the tradition of surrealist and Avant-Garde filmmaking while simultaneously providing (at least tacit) support for the Anglo-American liberal world order. For Nolan, this world order, which relies on global capitalism, technocratic supremacy, and ultimate control of world cultural production, is a much greater alternative to either left- or right-wing challenges to this liberalism. In Nolan’s films, this liberalism must occasionally use violence and violate some of its core principals of privacy and freedom to maintain its dominance. Nonetheless, Anglo-American liberalism, in Nolan’s vision provides a world that is freer, more humane, and more prosperous than other anarchic, Marxist, or fascist alternatives.
Book 5 - Human behaviour Or Technology Influences Economic Growth
John Lok, Lawrence Lok
Can human behaviour influence economic development or technology influences economic development? Can robot influence human or organizational behavioural change in order to bring economic benefit? Can construction apply facility management method to help it to bring long term reducing cost economic benefit? Can technology become one kind of production resource in order to help organizations to reduce cost? Technology will bring only positive benefit to organizational development or negative influence also. Can education or government policy may bring economic development. Which factor is the best method to bring economic development. I shall attempt to explain above factors whether which is the best factor to help our economy to develop.
Book 6 - The Relationship advantage Thomas Kern & Leslie P. Willcocks
(Please note book has spine damage from reduces price, but still in good condition, never read)
The post-contract relationship in IT outsourcing often determines the success or failure of an outsourcing venture. Using five longitudinal case studies, the authors address the various factors involved in outsourcing relationships and present pointers to assist managers and practitioners achieve the 'relationship advantage' in outsourcing.
Book 7 - Housebuilding, planning and community action
John R Short, Stephen Fleming and Stephen J. G. Witt
The book provides a detailed consideration of the various actors and their interactions and explores the fight from Community groups and parish councils to halt development, in opposition to the governments reluctance to discourage economic growth. It focuses on four groups closely involved in the production, allocation, and consumption of new housing: speculative housebuilders, local planning authorities, parish councils, and community/residents groups. The motivations and actions of each group are examined, and the tensions between them are highlighted, set within the context of central government attitudes towards planning and private housebuilding.
Book 8 - Reaserch Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights
By Sionaidh Douglas-Scott / Nicholas Hatzis
The place of human rights in EU law has been a central issue in contemporary debates about the character of the European Union as a political organisation. This Research Handbook explores the principles underlying fundamental rights norms and the way such norms operate in the case law of the Court of Justice.
Book 9 - Forecasting Demand for U.S. Ground Forces
by Matthew Lane & More
This report identifies potential future demands for U.S. ground forces under different scenarios, including size, location, and capabilities. It is designed to help the U.S. Army manage risk across different potential strategic and operational concerns and inform decisions regarding Army future force planning, posture, and investments.
Book 10 - Statistics and Causality
Methods for Applied Empirical Research: 2 (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)
Written by a group of well-known experts, Statistics and Causality: Methods for Applied Empirical Research focuses on the most up-to-date developments in statistical methods in respect to causality. Illustrating the properties of statistical methods to theories of causality, the book features a summary of the latest developments in methods for statistical analysis of causality hypotheses.
The book is divided into five accessible and independent parts. The first part introduces the foundations of causal structures and discusses issues associated with standard mechanistic and difference-making theories of causality. The second part features novel generalizations of methods designed to make statements concerning the direction of effects. The third part illustrates advances in Granger-causality testing and related issues. The fourth part focuses on counterfactual approaches and propensity score analysis. Finally, the fifth part presents designs for causal inference with an overview of the research designs commonly used in epidemiology. Statistics and Causality
Book 11- General Principles of Law: European and Comparative Perspectives
Stephen Weatherill (Author, Editor), Stefan Vogenauer (Author, Editor)
Examining general principles of law provides one of the most instructive examples of the intersection between EU law and comparative law. This collection draws on the expertise of high-profile and distinguished scholars to provide a critical examination of this interaction. It shows how general principles of EU law need to be responsive to national laws. In addition, it is clear that the laws of the Member States have no choice but to be responsive to the general principles which are developed through EU law. Viewed through the perspective of proportionality, legal certainty, and fundamental rights, the dynamic relationship between the ingenuity of the Court of Justice, the legislative process and the process of Treaty revision is comprehensively illustrated.
Book 12 - Multilayered Structures of International Criminal Law
By Hiromi Sato
This book discusses the multilayered legal structures concerning the regulation of crimes under international law. It covers both core crimes and other types of crime under international law, and examines relevant substantive and procedural rules alike. Pursuing such a comprehensive approach is essential to understanding the basic frameworks of international criminal law, since the varied perspectives on international crimes are connected to different systems of enforcement. Being aware of this interrelatedness is conducive to an in-depth examination of individual topics in both substantive and procedural aspects. On the basis of such an inquiry, this book concisely provides a systematic overview of international criminal law.