Economists and others have long believed that by balancing the costs of such public goods as air quality and wilderness areas against their benefits, informed policy choices can be made. This book argues that the contingent valuation (CV) method offers the most promising approach for determining pub[...]
Contemporary aerial photographs of New York are placed alongside historical photographs to depict the evolution of the city, its skyline, and its landscape over the years.[...]
The Drinking Man's Diet, granddaddy and originator of all low-carb diets, was first published in 1964. It does not encourage drinking, but understands that upwards of 60 million people in the United States alone enjoy a carb-free cocktail every now and then. A cheeky approach to staying svelte while[...]
The "Third Edition" of this key resource provides a means of understanding and changing organizational culture in order to make organizations more effective. It provides validated instruments for diagnosing organizational culture and management competency; a theoretical framework (competing values) [...]
Considered a healthy low-carb diet because of its insistence on the right number of carbs per day, this new edition of the classic work is a down-to-earth cookbook that lists the carb counts for many foods.[...]
"Positive Organizational Scholarship" is a book that helps establish a new field of study in the organizational sciences. It examines a variety of positive dynamics in organizations that give rise to extraordinary outcomes, often described by words, such as excellence, thriving, flourishing, abundan[...]
This thoroughly updated book serves as the key source for understanding the Competing Values Framework, one of the most widely used and highly cited frameworks in the world. The authors, who have been at the foundation of developing, applying and studying this framework for over three decades, expla[...]
Creating value in a firm is an enormously complex endeavor. Yet, despite its complexity, value creation is the objective of every enterprise, every worker, and every leader. The Competing Values Framework can help leaders understand more deeply and act more effectively. In the first book to comprehe[...]
* Hva er organisasjonskultur?* Hvordan kan du beskrive kulturen i din organisasjon?* Hvor godt er kulturen tilpasset strategien og de nye utfordringer og krav organisasjonen står overfor?* Hvilken miks av verdier er viktig i din organisasjon?* Hvilken lederkompetanse trengs?Forfatterne ønsker med [...]