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Professional Management Consulting: A Guide for New and Emerging Consultants (Routledge-Solaris Applied Research in Business Management and Board Governance)
by Alan J. BlackmanAt a time when consulting has increasingly come under scrutiny by governments and communities, Professional Management Consulting: A Guide for New and Emerging Consultants redefines “management consulting” and reinforces what it means to be a professional. With a focus on the importance of ethical practice and continuous personal development for building reputation, this easy‑to‑read book sets a new benchmark for aspiring consultants.Based on sound research and supported by the author’s background in leadership, management consulting practice, research, business strategy, and academia over several decades, Blackman brings together a range of tried and tested theoretical models commonly used by successful consultants. Drawing on his own experiences as a director of the industry’s peak body, the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes, he provides a clear explanation on what a management consultant is and how and why clients use consultants to help them solve complex problems and manage change. With an emphasis on the importance of building and recognising relationships as a basis for problem‑solving and implementing change, this book is an essential contribution to the profession worldwide.This book is a vital resource for new and emerging professional consultants. It is suitable as an introductory text for business/commerce and engineering undergraduate students and a secondary reading for graduate students in engineering and management.
From Pitch to Profit: How to Build Genuine Trust and Achieve Business Success with The Infinite Sales System
by Julia EwertLearn a proven, easy-to-follow, and repeatable approach for connecting with clients, winning negotiations, and increasing revenue — no matter your industry From Pitch to Profit reveals how you can win more clients and grow your business using The Infinite Sales System®: a strategic, tried-and-tested process that follows the same expert techniques used by the world’s best negotiators. Successful business is not about an aggressive used-car-sales approach. It’s about one-on-one communications that lead to trust and partnership. From Pitch to Profit gives you the strategies and easy-to-learn skills you need to build the genuine relationships that lead to higher sales and revenue. What does selling have in common with negotiating a hostage situation? How do you stand out amongst the competition? How do you sell effectively while staying true to yourself? How do you follow up, and when do you play the long game? From Pitch to Profit answers these questions and more, taking you step by step through how you can drive more business, consistently and efficiently. You’ll learn the conversations you need to connect with prospective clients and grow your profits — from a stellar first impression to building real, mutual trust. Discover the exact questions you need to ask in the first sales meeting — and get an actionable plan for following up more effectively. Learn how to spot the clues that will tell you what clients need from you to buy in. Successfully convert more match-fit customers. Generate more predictable revenue with higher margins. From Pitch to Profit gives you a proven, scalable process for selling a product or service, managing your clients, and successfully developing your business into a sustainable revenue machine.
The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Becoming an Exemplary Leader (J-B Leadership Challenge: Kouzes/Posner)
by James M. Kouzes Barry Z. PosnerA brand new edition of the bestselling book that helps students and young people to develop critical leadership skills The Student Leadership Challenge is based on four decades of research on what people are doing when at their personal-best as leaders. With an approach tailored specifically to young and emerging leaders, this guide introduces The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership operating system, incorporating stories of leadership development from real students, as well as reflective and critical thinking activities at the end of each chapter. Readers will have opportunities to engage in each of The Five Practices, building leadership skills that translate to real world applications. This fourth edition has been updated with new stories about topics critical to today's youth, including climate change, social justice, mental health, and virtual learning. Included with the book is access to the online Student Leadership Practices Inventory, so readers can achieve insight into their current leadership skills. Learn The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, and how they help you succeed while in school and in life Get inspired by stories of students around the world who exhibit exemplary leadership Practice critical leadership behaviors and engage in thought-provoking reflections Assess your own potential with the Student Leadership Practices Inventory As a result of reading and interacting with The Student Leadership Challenge, readers will emerge with a concrete leadership framework and new skills that they can take with them, wherever the future leads.
The World's Biggest Cash Machine: Manchester United, the Glazers, and the Struggle for Football's Soul
by Chris Blackhurst'Jaw-dropping revelations . . . The incredible story of [Man United] laid bare in new book' - Daily Mail'A gripping tale, full of insight. Blackhurst is an enormously talented writer' – City A.M.From Chris Blackhurst, the former Editor of the Independent, comes The World's Biggest Cash Machine, a gripping and tightly reported account of how the Glazers, owners of Manchester United, became the most maligned figures in the Premier League, and how they changed the beautiful game forever.Manchester United’s supporters span the globe and cross generations. But, with few exceptions, they are united in their anger with the American family who bought their club in 2005, plunging it into record levels of debt. The Glazers’ reign has become synonymous with the financialization of football, and has coincided with fan protests and a decline of Manchester United’s fortunes on the pitch . . . if not on the balance sheet.But what defines this secretive family, and do these astute businessmen deserve the opprobrium they receive? In this captivating account, informed by interviews with key figures behind the scenes, journalist and commentator Chris Blackhurst charts the gripping story of the world’s biggest football club – as well as exploring the wider transformation of the Premier League into a playground for billionaire owners.'Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you . . . if it doesn't make you angry, you need to check your pulse' – Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland, on Too Big to Jail
Macroeconomics: Institutions, Instability, And The Financial System
by Wendy Carlin David SoskiceThis authoritative new textbook integrates the modern monetary framework, based on the 3-equation model of the demand side, the supply side and the policy maker, with a model of the financial system. As a result, the authors comprehensively address the limitations of the mainstream macroeconomic model exposed by the financial crisis and the Eurozone crisis. The book guides the reader through the three principal steps required to integrate the financial system within the macroeconomic model. Firstly, the authors examine how the margin of the lending rate over the policy rate is set in the commercial banking sector, how money is created in a modern banking system and how the central bank can take account of the working of the banking system in order to achieve its desired policy outcome. Secondly, the authors explore the characteristics of the financial system that result in vulnerability to a financial crisis, with implications for fiscal balance. The economy depends on the continuity of core banking services and governments cannot afford to let them fail. This means that important banks do not bear the full cost of their lending decisions. As a result, they may have an incentive to take on excessive risk. Thirdly, a simple model is developed of the behaviour of highly-leveraged financial institutions as the basis for a leverage or financial cycle in the economy. In addition, the book extends the 3-equation model to the open economy and uses a simple 2-bloc version of the 3-equation model to introduce global imbalances. The case of a common currency area is handled within the core model - both at the Eurozone level and at the level of member countries. Every chapter emphasises how the different actors in the economy behave and interact: what are they trying to achieve and what limits their ability to put their intentions into practice? This is extended to the modelling of growth, where the role of innovation rents in the Schumpeterian model is highlighted. It is essential that students understand previous periods of growth, stability and crisis in preparing for future shocks. With this in mind, the book enables the reader to interpret long run historical data and to compare institutional detail in different eras and across the world. Consequently, this text not only develops the critical thinking skills required for academic success, but ensures the reader can analyse data, trends, and policy debates with the confidence necessary for a career in economics or finance. As a result, it is essential reading for all those interested in learning more about the current macroeconomic system and the role played by financial institutions. Online Resource Centre: For students: Conduct a range of exercises with the closed and open economy versions of the model using the Excel-based macroeconomic simulator. Develop your understanding with additional technical material available in the accompanying web appendices. For registered lecturers: Access the solutions to end of chapter questions from the book.
Organizational Strategies for Work-Life Balance: For Whom, Why, and Under What Conditions (Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making)
by M. Joseph Sirgy Dong-Jin LeeThis book provides a systematic review of the research literature related to the effectiveness of organizational policies and programs on work-life balance (WLB). It discusses policies and practices related to workload management, flextime, flexplace, alternative job arrangements, and family care. Based on the evidence, the authors make specific recommendations to organizational executives and HR directors to design and implement work-life balance policies and programs to maximize their effectiveness and help employees achieve their optimal level of work-life balance. Specifically, the authors discuss how to: (1) identify employees with greater need for WLB programs, (2) evaluate environmental circumstances for WLB programs (3) design effective WLB policies and programs, (3) facilitate effective implementation of WLB policies and programs, (4) provide management support for WLB policies and programs, and (5) evaluate performance of WLB policies and programs. Written lucidly by experts in the field and with many case studies and examples, this book appeals to a wide range of academic and professional readers.
The World Trade Organization and Food Security in West Africa: Prospects for the ECOWAS Region (Contemporary African Political Economy)
by Godwin S. IchimiThis book explores the multilateral control of agro-economic spaces in West African developing countries through international trade, spearheaded by the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Agriculture. Responding to growing food insecurity in the region, Ichimi here examines the web of intricacies in this arrangement by discussing some of the main international trade policies directly and indirectly impacting on food security in West Africa and critically engaging with empirical praxis as well as the theoretical underpinnings vis-a-vis multilateral strategies adopted for the amelioration of the crisis. In so doing, he expose how multilateral trading agreements under the auspices of the World Trade Organization produce negative outcomes for the food security status of a large and growing population in West Africa, privileging primary commodity production and export, maintaining the preference for food imports, and driving the pattern of agricultural investment towards an inexorable dependence of the sector on the dictates of the international market.
The China Railway Express and the Belt and Road Initiative
by Yi Liu Jiechang Xia Hang Yuan Ziyan XuThis book presents an overview of the development of China-Europe express train in the broader context of BRI. It analyzes the benefits to the regions along the route from the safe, smooth and stable operation of the train in recent years, involving the strong impetus for building a new pattern of dual cycle development and driving the recovery of the economy in the post-pandemic era. Based on in-depth case studies of the operations in many regions, this book proposes measures in order to promote the high-quality development of China-Europe train: to improve infrastructure and enhance port capacity; to unify international standards and improve the efficiency of train customs clearance; to open up the European market and actively organize the return source of goods; to standardize government administrative intervention according to market orientation; to strengthen the construction of digital infrastructure with the focus on connectivity; to cultivate international logistics talentsand build a high-quality China-Europe express train talent team.
Agiles Marketing: Wie Marketing in dynamischen Zeiten zum Business Enabler wird
by Jens Kröger Stefanie MarxDieses Buch vermittelt einen umfassenden Überblick zu relevanten Basics, Methoden und Tools, wie Sie Ihre Marketingorganisation und -teams durch Agilität erfolgreich und effizient aufstellen können. Bei Agilität geht es in erster Linie um ein Mindset, radikal kundenzentrierte Kommunikation, eine bewegliche Aufbauorganisation, um crossfunktionales Arbeiten über Abteilungsgrenzen hinweg sowie um permanente Erfolgsmessung und Anpassung. Bei erfolgreicher Umsetzung kann damit eine wegweisende und starke Rolle der Marketingabteilung im Gesamtunternehmen erreicht werden. Marketing kann so zum Business Enabler werden und in den Bereichen Kundenbeziehung, Innovation und Organisation Wirkung entfalten. Vor allem die letzten Jahre haben mit der Corona-Pandemie, Kriegen und Rezession sowie tiefgreifenden technologischen Fortschritten, gezeigt, dass Anpassungsfähigkeit und ein entsprechendes Mindset kritikale Voraussetzungen für performantes Marketing sind, welches wiederum den Erfolg der Gesamtunternehmung sichern kann. Am Ende des Buches werden Sie wissen, was Agilität im Marketing bedeutet, welche agilen Methoden Sie dabei unterstützen können und wie die Team-Organisation und die Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Fachabteilungen ausgestaltet werden kann. Vor allem zeigen die beiden Autoren auf, wie Sie mit einer dynamikrobusten Marketingabteilung die drei Wirkebenen Kundenbeziehung, Innovation und Organisation erfolgreich gestalten und dadurch Marketing zu einem wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktor des Unternehmens machen. Aus dem Inhalt Wieso agiles Marketing eine geeignete Antwort auf dynamische Zeiten ist Konsequente Entwicklung eines agilen Mindsets in (Marketing-)Teams Werte und Prinzipien des agilen Marketings Methoden und Tools zur operativen Umsetzung agilen Marketings Wie Marketing durch Agilität zum Business Enabler werden kann und Mehrwert für die Gesamtorganisation stiftet Eine pragmatische Starthilfe für Ihren Weg zur agilen Marketingorganisation Verankerung der Fachabteilung Marketing in der Organisation
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
by Erin Meyer Reed Hastings*** Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year ***It's time to do things differently. Trust your team. Be radically honest. And never, ever try to please your boss.These are some of the ground rules if you work at Netflix. They are part of a unique cultural experiment that explains how the company has transformed itself at lightning speed from a DVD mail order service into a streaming superpower - with 190 million fervent subscribers and a market capitalisation that rivals the likes of Disney.Finally Reed Hastings, Netflix Chairman and CEO, is sharing the secrets that have revolutionised the entertainment and tech industries. With INSEAD business school professor Erin Meyer, he will explore his leadership philosophy - which begins by rejecting the accepted beliefs under which most companies operate - and how it plays out in practice at Netflix.From unlimited holidays to abolishing approvals, Netflix offers a fundamentally different way to run any organisation, one far more in tune with an ever-changing fast-paced world. For anyone interested in creativity, productivity and innovation, the Netflix culture is something close to a holy grail. This book will make it, and its creator, fully accessible for the first time.
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
by Henry KissingerHenry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and the world'Leaders,' writes Henry Kissinger in this compelling book, 'think and act at the intersection of two axes: the first, between the past and the future; the second between the abiding values and aspirations of those they lead. They must balance what they know, which is necessarily drawn from the past, with what they intuit about the future, which is inherently conjectural and uncertain. It is this intuitive grasp of direction that enables leaders to set objectives and lay down a strategy.'In Leadership, Kissinger analyses the lives of six extraordinary leaders through the distinctive strategies of statecraft which he believes they embodied. After the Second World War, Konrad Adenauer brought defeated and morally bankrupt Germany back into the community of nations by what Kissinger calls 'the strategy of humility'. Charles de Gaulle set France beside the victorious Allies and renewed its historic grandeur by 'the strategy of will'. During the Cold War, Richard Nixon gave geostrategic advantage to the United States by 'the strategy of equilibrium'. After twenty-five years of conflict, Anwar Sadat brought a vision of peace to the Middle East by a 'strategy of transcendence'. Against the odds, Lee Kwan Yew created a powerhouse city-state, Singapore, by 'the strategy of excellence'. Although when she came to power Britain was known as 'the sick man of Europe', Margaret Thatcher renewed her country's morale and international position by 'the strategy of conviction'.To each of these studies, Kissinger brings historical perception, public experience and - because he knew each of their subjects, and participated in many of the events he describes - personal knowledge. The book is enriched by insights and judgements such as only he could make, and concludes with his reflections on world order and the indispensability of leadership today.
The Life Brief: The Simple Tool to Unlock What You Really Want from Life
by Bonnie Wan"The ultimate tool to set us on our true path towards success and joy" Deepak Chopra"Bonnie is Oprah - meets Brene Brown - meets Simon Sinek."Elle Harrison, author of Wild CourageWe all have moments when we doubt the path we're on. So ask yourself: what do you really, really want? And how can you make that happen?Making meaning out of messiness, The Life Brief distils the practice of brand strategy into its simplest, clearest, and most effective form to help you realign your path with your dreams - personally, professionally, culturally and spiritually.World-leading strategist Bonnie Wan first encourages you to Get Messy, with ways to cut through limiting beliefs and false assumptions about what's possible. Then her guidance to Get Clear offers prompts for finding clarity around what you truly, deeply want. And finally, Get Active catapults you into the steps to making those desires a reality.This blueprint has already been transformative for thousands of other people, and now we can all learn how to break through the clutter, identifying the fears and beliefs holding us back, and create a life that is wholly our own.You cannot have it all, but you can have all that matters"This book is a wonderful invitation. Take it."Dave Evans, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Designing Your Life'An inspiring and important way of thinking."Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful Children
Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
by Shane ParrishThe instant New York Times bestseller'An indispensable guide' James Clear, author of Atomic Habits'A game-changer' Morgan Housel, author of The Psychology of Money'A must-read' Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck'A masterwork' Ryan Holiday, author of The Daily StoicWe all face thousands of decisions every day. They are part of the fabric of our lives. There’s just one problem: most of us have no idea how to make them.Here, Shane Parrish – ‘the former spy who helps Wall Street mavens think smarter’ (New York Times) – draws upon conversations with the world’s leading entrepreneurs and experts to offer a simple, revolutionary method to clear your head and make better decisions. It will help you unlock the life you seek.__‘Shane Parrish doesn’t just teach clear thinking – he lives it . . . A lucid manual for overcoming cognitive biases and making better decisions.’ Adam Grant, author of Originals‘If you want results – good ones – that you can achieve confidently again and again, read this book.’ Annie Duke, author of Thinking in Bets‘Incisive. Practical. Full of vivid examples, and enormously fun to read.’ Jim Collins, author of Good to Great
Place Marketing and Temporality (ISSN)
by Gary WarnabyMuch city marketing and branding activity is future-oriented; aimed at achieving a forward-looking vision for places. The aim of this activity is to attract visitors, residents and/or inward investment, and focus on communicating attractive place attributes to create a differentiated spatial ‘product’ that will appeal to particular target audiences. In seeking to achieve this, place marketing campaigns have been criticized for emphasizing generic attributes, such as accessibility, infrastructure and a skilled workforce—which can serve to homogenize places which in reality are very different. However, a city’s distinctive character is a consequence of its history and development over time, and this book analyses the role of these temporal dimensions in place marketing and branding. The book analyses how the past—both material (i.e. the historic built environment) and intangible (i.e. routines, practices and the ‘character’ of the populace)—is appropriated, in order to ‘sell’ the city into the future. It acknowledges the inherent selectivity involved and discusses the factors influencing what is remembered from the past—and equally importantly, what is forgotten. Adopting a range of theoretical approaches to understanding temporality in this context, the book will appeal to advanced students, academic researchers and reflexive place branding practitioners by introducing a ‘temporal paradox’ incorporating both fixity (the material and immaterial elements of the city’s past) and fluidity (relating to the creation of the place product as a dynamic assemblage of individual elements and attributes aimed at particular target audiences).
Place Marketing and Temporality (ISSN)
by Gary WarnabyMuch city marketing and branding activity is future-oriented; aimed at achieving a forward-looking vision for places. The aim of this activity is to attract visitors, residents and/or inward investment, and focus on communicating attractive place attributes to create a differentiated spatial ‘product’ that will appeal to particular target audiences. In seeking to achieve this, place marketing campaigns have been criticized for emphasizing generic attributes, such as accessibility, infrastructure and a skilled workforce—which can serve to homogenize places which in reality are very different. However, a city’s distinctive character is a consequence of its history and development over time, and this book analyses the role of these temporal dimensions in place marketing and branding. The book analyses how the past—both material (i.e. the historic built environment) and intangible (i.e. routines, practices and the ‘character’ of the populace)—is appropriated, in order to ‘sell’ the city into the future. It acknowledges the inherent selectivity involved and discusses the factors influencing what is remembered from the past—and equally importantly, what is forgotten. Adopting a range of theoretical approaches to understanding temporality in this context, the book will appeal to advanced students, academic researchers and reflexive place branding practitioners by introducing a ‘temporal paradox’ incorporating both fixity (the material and immaterial elements of the city’s past) and fluidity (relating to the creation of the place product as a dynamic assemblage of individual elements and attributes aimed at particular target audiences).
The Untapped Power of Discovery: How to Create Change That Inspires a Better Future
by Karen Golden-BiddleDespite being a game-changer in powering human growth, discovery remains a mystery. How can it produce ahas and insights to meet the challenge of new realities and reimagine organizational management?This book lays out a process of inquiry that drives belief change and leads to discoveries, empowering leaders, groups, and the organization with a powerful tool for navigating an uncertain future. Discovery lights the intellectual spark for every breakthrough in science, technology, pharmaceuticals, and more—but fear and inertia can harden beliefs and practices that no longer fit the new realities. To counter this, discovery can be cultivated rather than suppressed, using a new, three-phase process, a management practice that consistently generates the ahas and insights that underpin all transformation. Based on years of research and real-world observation, this book inspires and equips leaders at all levels to champion this discovery process and fuel genuine, sustained change in their communities and organizations.Accompanied by a website that includes proprietary tools, audio and video clips, and a downloadable workbook, this book is an enriching resource for current and aspiring leaders and managers across industries, as well as management consultants, HR professionals, corporate educators, and business students..
The Untapped Power of Discovery: How to Create Change That Inspires a Better Future
by Karen Golden-BiddleDespite being a game-changer in powering human growth, discovery remains a mystery. How can it produce ahas and insights to meet the challenge of new realities and reimagine organizational management?This book lays out a process of inquiry that drives belief change and leads to discoveries, empowering leaders, groups, and the organization with a powerful tool for navigating an uncertain future. Discovery lights the intellectual spark for every breakthrough in science, technology, pharmaceuticals, and more—but fear and inertia can harden beliefs and practices that no longer fit the new realities. To counter this, discovery can be cultivated rather than suppressed, using a new, three-phase process, a management practice that consistently generates the ahas and insights that underpin all transformation. Based on years of research and real-world observation, this book inspires and equips leaders at all levels to champion this discovery process and fuel genuine, sustained change in their communities and organizations.Accompanied by a website that includes proprietary tools, audio and video clips, and a downloadable workbook, this book is an enriching resource for current and aspiring leaders and managers across industries, as well as management consultants, HR professionals, corporate educators, and business students..
Intelligent Systems of Computing and Informatics
by Anand J. Kulkarni Chin Kim On Abdul Karim, Samsul Ariffin Hijazi, Mohd Hanafi AhmadSince 2011, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0) has played a significant role in education, research, and industry. Data technologies have also evolved rapidly to cater to the rapidly growing size of the data as well as to enhance the security of the shared data through multiple resources and platforms.Intelligent Systems of Computing and Informatics aims to develop a new Intelligent Systems of Computing and Informatics (ISCI) to cater to the needs of industries in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of affordable and clean energy and sustainable cities and communities.Comprising 20 chapters by experts from all over the world, this book covers such topics as data technologies, machine learning, signal and image processing, software systems efficiency, computer networking, Internet of Things, and computational intelligence for real-life problems.Key Features: Develops a new system for computing and informatics Provides the state of the art of current research and studies in intelligence systems Written by experts in the field of computing and informatics This book is aimed at postgraduate students, researchers working in various research and development (R&D) agencies, and practitioners, as well as scientists that have an interest in ISCI.
Intelligent Systems of Computing and Informatics
Since 2011, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0) has played a significant role in education, research, and industry. Data technologies have also evolved rapidly to cater to the rapidly growing size of the data as well as to enhance the security of the shared data through multiple resources and platforms.Intelligent Systems of Computing and Informatics aims to develop a new Intelligent Systems of Computing and Informatics (ISCI) to cater to the needs of industries in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of affordable and clean energy and sustainable cities and communities.Comprising 20 chapters by experts from all over the world, this book covers such topics as data technologies, machine learning, signal and image processing, software systems efficiency, computer networking, Internet of Things, and computational intelligence for real-life problems.Key Features: Develops a new system for computing and informatics Provides the state of the art of current research and studies in intelligence systems Written by experts in the field of computing and informatics This book is aimed at postgraduate students, researchers working in various research and development (R&D) agencies, and practitioners, as well as scientists that have an interest in ISCI.
Public Health: A Global Perspective
by Hari SinghPublic health is the science and art of improving the health and well-being of communities. Public health interventions go beyond individual healthcare to focus on preventing diseases and injuries, promoting healthy behaviors, and addressing sociocultural, economic, and environmental factors that impact health.While topics of public health, such as maternal health, child health, and epidemiology of infectious and noncommunicable diseases, require familiarity with clinical terms and concepts, the author demystifies medical knowledge to make it accessible to a wider audience. Challenges faced by low-income countries, as well as success stories from developed nations, are included to make the book relevant for global readers.With a focus on essentials and priority issues, the author employs simple and straightforward language to present situational cases that shed light on global public health challenges and possible interventions. To stimulate analytical thinking and encourage readers to approach the subject with scientific rigor, concepts and facts are substantiated with their background, rationale, or application. Readers should be able to relate learnings with their field experience.While this book is primarily for public health practitioners, including community health nurses and physicians, social workers, and health managers, it may be a valuable resource for anyone interested in public health and its application in creating healthier societies.
Public Health: A Global Perspective
by Hari SinghPublic health is the science and art of improving the health and well-being of communities. Public health interventions go beyond individual healthcare to focus on preventing diseases and injuries, promoting healthy behaviors, and addressing sociocultural, economic, and environmental factors that impact health.While topics of public health, such as maternal health, child health, and epidemiology of infectious and noncommunicable diseases, require familiarity with clinical terms and concepts, the author demystifies medical knowledge to make it accessible to a wider audience. Challenges faced by low-income countries, as well as success stories from developed nations, are included to make the book relevant for global readers.With a focus on essentials and priority issues, the author employs simple and straightforward language to present situational cases that shed light on global public health challenges and possible interventions. To stimulate analytical thinking and encourage readers to approach the subject with scientific rigor, concepts and facts are substantiated with their background, rationale, or application. Readers should be able to relate learnings with their field experience.While this book is primarily for public health practitioners, including community health nurses and physicians, social workers, and health managers, it may be a valuable resource for anyone interested in public health and its application in creating healthier societies.
Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning
by Mark Fackler William J. Brown Clifford G. Christians Kathy Brittain Richardson Peggy J. Kreshel Yayu Feng Holly K. OvertonThrough original case studies and analyses of real-life media experiences, Media Ethics challenges readers to think analytically and critically about ethical situations in mediated communication.This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical principles of ethical philosophies, facilitating awareness and critical reflection of ethical issues. In each chapter, the authors examine case studies spanning several continents and geopolitical and cultural contexts. To provide a framework for analyzing the cases and exploring the steps in moral reasoning, the book introduces the Potter Box, a powerful tool for moral analysis. Focusing on a wide range of ethical issues faced by media practitioners and news organizations, the cases in this new twelfth edition include the most prominent concerns in journalism, broadcasting, advertising, public relations, and entertainment today. It explores new topics such as the use of ChatGPT in newsrooms, the privacy implications of biometric technologies, the role of public relations in political campaigns, and advertisers’ approach to sustainability and climate change.This core textbook is ideal for classes in media and communication ethics, journalism, public relations, advertising, entertainment media, and popular culture.Online instructor and student resources, including video introductions to each chapter, PowerPoint slides, sample discussion and exam questions, and links to further resources, are available at www.routledgelearning.com/mediaethics.
Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning
by Mark Fackler William J. Brown Clifford G. Christians Kathy Brittain Richardson Peggy J. Kreshel Yayu Feng Holly K. OvertonThrough original case studies and analyses of real-life media experiences, Media Ethics challenges readers to think analytically and critically about ethical situations in mediated communication.This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical principles of ethical philosophies, facilitating awareness and critical reflection of ethical issues. In each chapter, the authors examine case studies spanning several continents and geopolitical and cultural contexts. To provide a framework for analyzing the cases and exploring the steps in moral reasoning, the book introduces the Potter Box, a powerful tool for moral analysis. Focusing on a wide range of ethical issues faced by media practitioners and news organizations, the cases in this new twelfth edition include the most prominent concerns in journalism, broadcasting, advertising, public relations, and entertainment today. It explores new topics such as the use of ChatGPT in newsrooms, the privacy implications of biometric technologies, the role of public relations in political campaigns, and advertisers’ approach to sustainability and climate change.This core textbook is ideal for classes in media and communication ethics, journalism, public relations, advertising, entertainment media, and popular culture.Online instructor and student resources, including video introductions to each chapter, PowerPoint slides, sample discussion and exam questions, and links to further resources, are available at www.routledgelearning.com/mediaethics.
What Do Corporations Want?: Communicative Capitalism, Corporate Purpose, and a New Theory of the Firm
by Timothy Kuhn'Corporate purpose' has become a battleground for stakeholders’ competing desires. Some argue that corporations must simply generate profit; others suggest that we must make them create social change.Leading organization studies scholar Timothy Kuhn argues that this 'either/or' thinking dramatically oversimplifies matters: today’s corporations must be many things, all at once.Kuhn offers a bold new Communicative Theory of the Firm to highlight the authority that creates corporations’ identities and activities. The theory provides a roadmap for navigating that battleground of competing desires to produce more responsive corporations.Drawing on communicative and new materialist theorizing, along with three insightful case studies, this book thoroughly redefines our understandings of what corporations are 'for'.
What Do Corporations Want?: Communicative Capitalism, Corporate Purpose, and a New Theory of the Firm
by Timothy Kuhn'Corporate purpose' has become a battleground for stakeholders’ competing desires. Some argue that corporations must simply generate profit; others suggest that we must make them create social change.Leading organization studies scholar Timothy Kuhn argues that this 'either/or' thinking dramatically oversimplifies matters: today’s corporations must be many things, all at once.Kuhn offers a bold new Communicative Theory of the Firm to highlight the authority that creates corporations’ identities and activities. The theory provides a roadmap for navigating that battleground of competing desires to produce more responsive corporations.Drawing on communicative and new materialist theorizing, along with three insightful case studies, this book thoroughly redefines our understandings of what corporations are 'for'.