Remotely Possible

Many organizations are shifting to a remote workforce in order to be competitive and many more are built as remote-first outfits. The sudden global experiment brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic ha…

Mind over Matter and Artificial Intelligence

This book explores mind over matter in a digital age and presents the importance of continued transformation of the mind to promote humane Artificial Intelligence for greater good. In doing so, it …

Critical Thinking for Managers

This book discusses critical thinking as a tool for more compassionate leadership, presenting tried and tested methods for managing disagreement, for anticipating and solving problems, and for enha…

Leader-Member Exchange and Organizational Communication

It is hard to overstate the importance of the leader-member exchange relationship. Employees who share a high-quality relationship with their leader are more likely to earn a higher salary, climb t…

Social Justice and Education in the 21st Century

The world is not an equal place. There are high- and low-income countries and high- and low-income households. For each group, there are differential educational opportunities, leading to different…

Work-Life Interface

In today’s globalised world economy, it is becoming increasingly pressing to shine a light on the interface of work and private life. In order to fully understand the issue we must take an inclus…

Understanding and Developing Student Engagement

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-415-84338-6

Collation

xix, 286 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

378.1 Bry u

Exploring Gender at Work

A timely work that reviews the phenomenon of gender and its many manifestations of equality. Well-suited for increasing awareness and justice in academic and professional environments, this collect…

Managing Work in the Digital Economy

This book provides well-founded insights and guidance to (self-)manage work in a globalized and digitalized knowledge economy with a perspective of the year 2030. International researchers and prac…

Work-life Integration in Africa

This book examines how individuals and organizations in Africa have found ways to integrate work and life roles effectively. It reflects on the notions that while many cultures have embraced womenâ…

Expertise at Work

Expertise, which combines knowledge, years of experience in one domain, problem-solving skills, and behavioral traits, is a valuable resource for organizations. To understand the diverse picture of…

The Flexible Workplace

With current socio-economic development trends and changing work landscapes, modern workplaces are progressively becoming a subject of flexibilisation and hybridisation. Contemporary office environ…

Human Resource Development in Vietnam

Despite recent high GDP growth rates, Vietnam remains a developing country in need of developing human resources (HR) of both genders. This can be done through education, workplace training, corpor…

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: ASIAN STUDENTS EDITION

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

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Collation

xv, 397 p. : tab. ; 21 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

330.91 Kin e

Scaling-up Solutions for Farmers

This book provides a unique account of cross-sectoral innovations through efficient partnerships based on the hands-on experience of internationally renowned contributors specialised in the field o…

Breaking the Silos for Planetary Health

This book translates the latest theoretical perspectives on the emerging field of Planetary Health Studies into the practical reality of global political decision makers. It builds on the scientifi…

Innovations and Traditions for Sustainable Development

This book highlights the vital necessity for combining sustainable development processes from different areas, with applications in areas such as science, education and production sectors. These se…

Towards Implementation of Sustainability Concepts in Developing Countries

This book focuses on sustainability concepts in architecture and urban design, environmental issues, and natural resources. Today it has become essential to reduce carbon emissions, protect habitat…

Revitalising Rural Communities

This book highlights the challenges and opportunities of (re)constructing a sustainable rural community on the outskirts of the urban community. Based on knowledge and experience accumulated throug…

Circular Economy

This book highlights the notion of Circular Economy under the umbrella of Sustainability because of the widespread momentum it is gaining. Today the whole world is certainly in emergent need of an …

Advanced Studies in Efficient Environmental Design and City Planning

This book explains how learning from past mistakes in urban design can help to enhance sustainable cities and how the principles of Green Urbanism can yield more resilient urban settlements. Enviro…

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (ELCA) that was developed about three decades ago demands a broadening of its scope to include lifecycle costing and social aspects of life cycle assessment as …

Sustainable Development in the Anthropocene

In the Anthropocene sustainable development responds to socio-economic, environmental and political crises provoked by humankind due to global warming and the great acceleration of human interventi…

Geo-intelligence for Sustainable Development

Globally, concerns for the environment and human well-being have increased as results of threats imposed by climate change and disasters, environmental degradation, pollution of natural resources, …

Data-driven Analytics for Sustainable Buildings and Cities

This book explores the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary fields of energy systems, occupant behavior, thermal comfort, air quality and economic modelling across levels of building, communitie…

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging plays a major role in the environmental footprints of products from any industrial sector, and thus is important to address the sustainability issues of packaging. Packaging and the packa…

Sustainable Development of Water and Environment

This book addresses the improvement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development by de-coupling growth from natural resource…

Sustainability in Natural Resources Management and Land Planning

This book includes contributions from scientists and representatives from government and non-governmental organisations working in the field of land management and use and on management of fires. T…

Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work, SECON…

Edition

2nd

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-118-06335-4

Collation

696 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

331.702 Bro c

Aligning Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies in Asia

This book provides policymakers, researchers, and other interested audiences with knowledge on how to quantify and integrate and advance co-benefits in their decisions. It begins with an introducto…