الوصف: Collaboration is often seen as a palliative for the many wicked problems challenging our communities. These problems affect some of the most vulnerable and unempowered people in our community. They also carry significant implications for policy processes, programs of service and, ultimately, the budgets and resourcing of national and sub-national governments.The road to collaboration is paved with good intentions. But, as John Butcher and David Gilchrist reveal,'good intentions'are not enough to ensure well-designed, effective and sustainable collaborative action. Contemporary policy-makers and policy practitioners agree that ‘wicked'problems in public policy require collaborative approaches, especially when those problems straddle sectoral, institutional, organisational and jurisdictional boundaries.The authors set out to uncover the core ingredients of good collaboration practice by talking directly to the very people that are engaged in collaborative action. This book applies the insights drawn from conversations with those engaged in collaborations for social purpose—including chief executives, senior managers and frontline workers—to the collaboration challenge. Backed up by an extensive review of the collaboration literature, Butcher and Gilchrist translate their observations into concrete guidance for collaborative practice. The unique value in this book is the authors'combination of scholarly work with practical suggestions for current and prospective collaborators.

المؤلفون: John Butcher, David Gilchrist

نوع المادة: eBook.

الموضوعات: Intergovernmental cooperation, Public administration, Public-private sector cooperation--Government policy, Organizational change, Interorganizational relations, Nonprofit organizations--Government policy, Strategic planning

تصنيفات: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consulting, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General

الوصف: Digital transformation has become more than a buzzword from the media since companies figured out the importance of rethinking business processes during global challenges. On its own, the term assumes integration of digital technology into all areas of a business, resulting in fundamental changes to how the company operates and delivers value to customers. Taking care of and choosing the optimal ICT tools is a constant struggle; the final decision may depend on the consultant's experience. Including all business stakeholders in this process is a must. Creating innovative company culture, continuous learning, and developing new skills with flexible and open communication and willingness to experiment are a challenge. This complex, comprehensive approach can include implementing new systems, integrating existing systems, and using data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning to drive better outcomes. By adapting and exploiting digital technology in new ways, businesses can gain better and more detailed customer experiences and build stronger relationships with their clients. In addition, digital transformation can help organizations to be more agile and responsive, which can lead to less time needed for different processes or the ability to adapt quickly to changing conditions. In a time when change is the only constant – and it is hitting us every day not to forget about that – it is essential to think about digital transformation constantly. Technology improvement, availability, and scalability give us no room for excuses for not using them. Who can say that we are not living in dynamic and exciting times? The Authors have taken their 20 years of practical experience and put it into this handbook, in which many cases can be found where not every time is a success story. This book is prepared to provide some insights, give you a fresh overview of what such change can enable, and set up an environment for new technology that will arrive shortly.

المؤلفون: Krunoslav Ris, Milan Puvača

نوع المادة: eBook.

الموضوعات: Organizational change, Technological innovations--Management, Information technology--Management

تصنيفات: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Digital, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / Financial, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, COMPUTERS / Networking / General

الوصف: This book is an investigation into the evolving nature and consequences of strategic management in public governance. It is prompted by the practical as well as the academic interest in the application of strategic management to public governance and to the public sector.The main features of this book are its management focus, its use of published statistics and expert ratings to develop empirical insights into the capabilities and processes of strategic management in government, and its concern for practical relevance. Although this book deals with governments, it is a management book and not a political book. It is, in fact, a management book that'frames'strategic management in government as a tool of (or enabler of) the public governance process. This is relatively novel. The book's management focus has several themes, which can be summed up as comprising: the use by government of long-term strategic visions and strategies, effective management of the delivery of strategic visions and strategies, the performance of national governments, and the implications of strategic state capabilities for the quality of public services, for sustainability, and for managing strategic crises.This book will be relevant reading to researchers, scholars, advanced students, policy makers and public administrators in the fields of strategy, strategic management, and public governance.

المؤلفون: Paul Joyce

نوع المادة: eBook.

الموضوعات: Public administration, Strategic planning, Organizational change

تصنيفات: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business

الوصف: This book is a comprehensive guide to an exciting new approach that managers at any level can use to transform their corners of government.Whether people want more government or less, everyone wants an efficient government. Traditional thinking is that this requires a government to be run more like a business. But a government is not a business, and this approach merely replaces old problems with new ones.In their six-year, five-country study of seventy-seven government organizations-ranging from small departments to entire states-Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder found that the predominant private-sector approaches to improvement don't work well in the public sector, while practices that are rare in the private sector prove highly effective. The highest performers they studied had attained levels of efficiency that rivaled the best private-sector companies.Rather than management making the improvements, as is the norm in the private sector, these high-performers focused on front-line-driven improvement, where most of the change activity was led by supervisors and low-level managers who unleashed the creativity and ideas of their employees to improve their operations bit by bit every day.You'll discover how Denver's Department of Excise and Licenses reduced wait times from an hour and forty minutes to just seven minutes; how the Washington State Patrol garage tripled its productivity and became a national benchmark; how a K8 school in New Brunswick, Canada, boosted the percentage of students reading at the appropriate age level from 22 percent to 78 percent; and much more.

المؤلفون: Alan G Robinson, Dean M. Schroeder

نوع المادة: eBook.

الموضوعات: Organizational change, Administrative agencies--Reorganization, Government productivity

تصنيفات: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development

الوصف: Longlisted for the 2021 Porchlight Business Book Awards, Big Ideas & New Perspectives“She offers something both broad and scarce: a compelling new story about how to create a desirable future.”—New York Times An award-winning author and leading international economist delivers a hard-hitting and much needed critique of modern capitalism in which she argues that, to solve the massive crises facing us, we must be innovative—we must use collaborative, mission-oriented thinking while also bringing a stakeholder view of public private partnerships which means not only taking risks together but also sharing the rewards. Capitalism is in crisis. The rich have gotten richer—the 1 percent, those with more than $1 million, own 44 percent of the world's wealth—while climate change is transforming—and in some cases wiping out—life on the planet. We are plagued by crises threatening our lives, and this situation is unsustainable. But how do we fix these problems decades in the making? Mission Economy looks at the grand challenges facing us in a radically new way. Global warming, pollution, dementia, obesity, gun violence, mobility—these environmental, health, and social dilemmas are huge, complex, and have no simple solutions. Mariana Mazzucato argues we need to think bigger and mobilize our resources in a way that is as bold as inspirational as the moon landing—this time to the most ‘wicked'social problems of our time.. We can only begin to find answers if we fundamentally restructure capitalism to make it inclusive, sustainable, and driven by innovation that tackles concrete problems from the digital divide, to health pandemics, to our polluted cities. That means changing government tools and culture, creating new markers of corporate governance, and ensuring that corporations, society, and the government coalesce to share a common goal.We did it to go to the moon. We can do it again to fix our problems and improve the lives of every one of us. We simply can no longer afford not to.

المؤلفون: Mariana Mazzucato

نوع المادة: eBook.

الموضوعات: Business and politics, Sustainable development, Economic policy, Capitalism, Organizational change, Organizational effectiveness

تصنيفات: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business

الوصف: The COVID-19 pandemic changed world dynamics, working scenarios, as well as professional and emotional dimensions. The virus has emerged as a significant threat for the continuity of business. Keeping the gravity of the problem in mind, companies must understand the need for change and must now update their strategy to account for pandemics. The next pandemic may be more severe than the current one, meaning that organizations need to devise mechanisms and business models to fight with these situations and maintain business continuity. They should not only look forward to saving plants, machinery and infrastructure, but also concentrate on employee welfare, customer engagement and satisfaction during this crisis time. The book will not only present the evidence of various effective solutions to run a business in the time of a pandemic, but also put forward the new models and practices of business being followed by people at the time of crisis. It aims to create a bridge between existing business models and proposed business solutions, focusing on existing theories and most importantly case studies from recent happenings. This rich collection of chapters will provide insights regarding the business challenges, opportunities and practices during pandemic situations like COVID-19, making it particularly valuable to researchers, academics and students in the fields of strategic management, leadership and disaster management.

المؤلفون: Vikas Kumar, Gaurav Gupta

نوع المادة: eBook.

الموضوعات: Crisis management, COVID-19 (Disease)--Economic aspects, Strategic planning, Organizational change

تصنيفات: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business

الوصف: Q. Who should take the lead in fixing market capitalism?A. Business—not government alone.The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass migrations from poor to rich countries, religious fundamentalism, the misuse of social media, and cyberattacks—these are just a few of the threats to continuing prosperity that we see dominating the headlines every day.How can capitalism be sustained? And who should spearhead the effort? Critics turn to government. In their groundbreaking book, Capitalism at Risk, Harvard Business School professors Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine argue that while robust governments must play a role, leadership by business is essential. For enterprising companies—whether large multinationals, established regional players, or small startups—the current threats to market capitalism present important opportunities.In this updated and expanded edition of Capitalism at Risk, Bower, Leonard, and Paine set forth a renewed and more urgent call to action. With three additional chapters and a new preface, the authors explain how the eleven original disruptors of the global market system clash with the digital age, and they provide lessons on how to take action. Presenting examples of companies already making a difference, Bower, Leonard, and Paine show how business must serve both as innovator and activist—developing corporate strategies that effect change at the community, national, and international levels.Filled with rich insights, this new edition of Capitalism at Risk presents a compelling and constructive vision for the future of market capitalism.

المؤلفون: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard, Lynn S. Paine

نوع المادة: eBook.

الموضوعات: Organizational change, Industries--Social aspects, Business ethics, Economic policy, Economic development--Forecasting, Leadership

تصنيفات: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism

الوصف: Behaviour change programs fail more often than they succeed. Failure is avoidable, but not if we keep attempting change the same way.Negotiating Change is the culmination of decades of work with global corporations in ethics, communications, behaviour change and regulatory and social compliance. The book provides a text for corporate leaders, their advisors and academics and students from several disciplines to explain why the current approach to behaviour change and compliance fails, and documents why the author's approach has been successful in more than 60 countries. The book synthesises research insights from evolutionary psychology, behavioural sciences, neuroscience and neurochemistry into a practical guide. It explains why systems for behavioural guidance and control based on beliefs, religions, ethics, cultures and the law are ineffective in our globalised, hyper-connected, multi-cultural world. The author proposes that harm, first introduced by Hippocrates to guide the practice of medicine, provides a more useful linguistic model to engage. Harm and the Harm Principles provide an objective, independent and universal measure for assessing behaviour, applying equally regardless of race, religion, gender, age or status. Harm is culturally neutral and operates independently of laws, philosophies or codes of conduct. Harm transcends geography and time. Corporations are particularly vulnerable as they operate not just across jurisdictions and cultures, but their behaviour is influenced by the very nature of incorporation, corporate structure and stock-market pressure. Negotiating Change contains tools for boards and senior executives who want to build a more trustworthy organisation. It will not stop bad people doing bad things, but at least the self-righteous mask of legality will be removed.

المؤلفون: Mike Lotzof

نوع المادة: eBook.

الموضوعات: Organizational behavior, Organizational change, Leadership

تصنيفات: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development, LAW / Jurisprudence, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance

الوصف: This book extends our understanding of how different cross- functional business and management disciplines, such as innovation and entrepreneurship, strategic management, marketing and HRM, individually and collectively underpin innovation in business management.Business Models for Strategic Innovation develops insights from cross-disciplinary business knowledge streams and their cutting edge discipline-specific practical implications to create a cross- functional business innovation management model. Novel cross- disciplinary knowledge plays an imperative role in business innovation and we know that innovative management processes have significant implications for effective cross- functional management. In this context, each chapter of the book presents fresh insights on diverse business knowledge- streams as well as their applied implications on cross- functional business innovation management. Finally, centred on these cross- disciplinary business theories and their cutting edge implications, the last chapter of this book proposes a model of strategic cross- functional business innovation management process.This academically rigorous work uses innovative theoretical propositions and state- of- the- art empirical analysis in order to enable cross- functional management teams to support organisation- wide business innovation processes.

المؤلفون: S.M. Riad Shams, Demetris Vrontis, Yaakov Weber, Evangelos Tsoukatos

نوع المادة: eBook.

الموضوعات: Diffusion of innovations--Management, Strategic planning, Organizational change, Technological innovations--Management

تصنيفات: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / New Business Enterprises, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Computers & Information Technology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Information Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / E-Commerce / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, COMPUTERS / Information Technology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Research & Development

الوصف: Recent decades have seen a significant transformation of the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. This includes rise in the number of organisations and people employed, shift from charities and philanthropic agencies to hybrid social enterprise business models, competing stakeholder interests and increasing expectations regarding accountability and transparency. The role of NFPs has also become more complex – they not only serve the disadvantaged and fulfil social needs but also actively advocate for and implement public policies and promote social and economic inclusion.The growth and complexity has brought with it a need for innovative and entrepreneurial approaches to leadership that stems from an in-depth understanding of the changing nonprofit landscape. Addressing this need, for Not for Profits and Social Enterprises will help readers navigate extant challenges by drawing on conceptual literature, both theoretical and empirical and emphasising practical real world experience through case studies and vignettesThe key aim of this book is to help existing and future NFP leaders at all organisational levels to support their organisations and employees and in turn clients and communities, through theoretical insights and practical approaches by focusing on transformational leadership aspects for contemporary Not for Profits. for Not for Profits and Social Enterprises is key reading for researchers, academics and policy makers in the areas of Non-profit Management, Leadership, Public Sector Management and Charity Management as well as related disciplines such as Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship.

المؤلفون: Ken Wiltshire, Aastha Malhotra, Micheal Axelsen

نوع المادة: eBook.

الموضوعات: Organizational change, Leadership, Nonprofit organizations--Management

تصنيفات: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership