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Book Synopsis Public Productivity Handbook by : Marc Holzer
Download or read book Public Productivity Handbook written by Marc Holzer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone hoping to improve teamwork, performance, and budgeting, training, and evaluation programs in their organization should look no further. Completely revised, Public Productivity Handbook, Second Edition defines the role of leadership, dimensions of employee commitment, and multiple employee-organization based relationships for effective internal and external connections. It's coverage of new and systematic management approaches and well-defined measurement systems provides guidance on correct utilization of human resources that ensure improvements in productivity and performance. The authors discuss such topics as citizen-driven government and performance, public sector values and productivity, privatization, and productivity barriers in the public sector.
Book Synopsis Proactive Marketing for the New and Experienced Library Director by : Melissa U.D. Goldsmith
Download or read book Proactive Marketing for the New and Experienced Library Director written by Melissa U.D. Goldsmith and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic libraries have continually looked for technological solutions to low circulation statistics, under-usage by students and faculty, and what is perceived as a crisis in relevance, seeing themselves in competition with Google and Wikipedia. Academic libraries, however, are as relevant as they have been historically, as their primary functions within their university missions have not changed, but merely evolved. Going beyond the Gate Count argues that the problem is not relevance, but marketing and articulation. This book offers theoretical reasoning and practical advice to directors on how to better market the function of the library within and beyond the home institution. The aim of this text is to help directors, and ultimately, their librarians and staff get students and faculty back into the library, as a result of better articulation of the library's importance. The first chapter explores the promotion of academic libraries and their function as educational systems. The next two chapters focus on the importance of the role social media and virtual presence in the academic library, and engaging and encouraging students to use the library through a variety of methods, such as visually oriented special collections. Remaining chapters discuss collaboration and collegiality, formalized reporting and marketing. - Offers clear, concise writing, with thoughtful discussions of the problems facing academic libraries - Demonstrates comprehensive and thoughtful research that informs theoretical approaches to realistic outcomes that address these problems - Provides helpful tables, illustrations, and photographs that evidence the collaborative nature of contemporary academic libraries - Provides practical examples from actual experiences that can be adapted by readers
Book Synopsis Regional Powers and Security Orders by : Robert Stewart-Ingersoll
Download or read book Regional Powers and Security Orders written by Robert Stewart-Ingersoll and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new theoretical framework through which to understand the role of regional powers in creating and maintaining regional security orders. As a result of the retreat of the global powers since the end of the Cold War, it has become clear that international security dynamics are less explicable without considering the regional level as a primary focus for most states. The authors contend that these dynamics, which include the identification, management and prevention of security threats, are heavily influenced by regional powers. The regional level in this text is defined on the basis of regional sub-systems, more specifically Regional Security Complexes. Within this context, the authors utilize their framework to address how security orders are defined and how regional powers are identified. The focus then turns to an analysis of how the roles and foreign policy orientations of regional powers, conditioned by the presence of material capabilities, affect the development of regional security orders. The authors then present a comparative analysis of Russia, Brazil and India within their own security complexes to demonstrate an application of the framework. This book will be of interest to students of regional security, international security, foreign policy and International Relations in general.
Book Synopsis This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring by : Ray D. Waddell
Download or read book This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring written by Ray D. Waddell and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book that looks at the business of concert promotion. Concerts are part art, part party—and a big part business. This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring is the first to focus on that all-important business aspect, from creating a show, to selling a show, to organizing the show, to staging the show. Working with venues, personnel, booking, promoting, marketing, publicity, public relations, financial management, and much more are covered in this indispensable one-volume resource. And the ideas and techniques explained here can be used for every type of concert promotion, including college shows, artist showcases, club gigs, as well as major events handled by local promoters, nationwide promoters, and worldwide promoters. Concert promoters and tour managers at every level need to know This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring
Book Synopsis Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music by : Joseph Horowitz
Download or read book Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music written by Joseph Horowitz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 A provocative interpretation of why classical music in America "stayed white"—how it got to be that way and what can be done about it. In 1893 the composer Antonín Dvorák prophesied a “great and noble school” of American classical music based on the “negro melodies” he had excitedly discovered since arriving in the United States a year before. But while Black music would foster popular genres known the world over, it never gained a foothold in the concert hall. Black composers found few opportunities to have their works performed, and white composers mainly rejected Dvorák’s lead. Joseph Horowitz ranges throughout American cultural history, from Frederick Douglass and Huckleberry Finn to George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and the work of Ralph Ellison, searching for explanations. Challenging the standard narrative for American classical music fashioned by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, he looks back to literary figures—Emerson, Melville, and Twain—to ponder how American music can connect with a “usable past.” The result is a new paradigm that makes room for Black composers, including Harry Burleigh, Nathaniel Dett, William Levi Dawson, and Florence Price, while giving increased prominence to Charles Ives and George Gershwin. Dvorák’s Prophecy arrives in the midst of an important conversation about race in America—a conversation that is taking place in music schools and concert halls as well as capitols and boardrooms. As George Shirley writes in his foreword to the book, “We have been left unprepared for the current cultural moment. [Joseph Horowitz] explains how we got there [and] proposes a bigger world of American classical music than what we have known before. It is more diverse and more equitable. And it is more truthful.”
Book Synopsis Exploring Proactive Market Strategies by : Harald Brege
Download or read book Exploring Proactive Market Strategies written by Harald Brege and published by Linköping University Electronic Press. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In discussions of firm strategy, proactivity is often mentioned as an enabler of effective goal accomplishment and high performance. However, it is rarely explained what, more precisely, being more proactive actually entails, or even indeed defined what is meant by the term ‘proactivity’ in this particular context. This dissertation seeks to investigate proactivity and its role in shaping firms’ market strategies. From prior research on proactivity in the strategic marketing domain, we know that proactive firms, on average, develop more radical innovation, are better at managing complex and highly competitive environments, and seem to achieve higher business performance. However, few, if any, of these prior studies properly define proactivity and take a more holistic perspective on its impact on firms’ market strategies. In this dissertation I propose a definition of proactivity through three main proactive characteristics: being future-oriented, taking the initiative, and driving change. Thus, a proactive firm does not wait for things to happen and then react to those events. Instead, it keeps a long-term horizon on its scanning for market intelligence and takes action before things happen, in order to create the change needed to improve its situation. While certainly not all proactive actions are successes, particularly not if the firm lacks proper awareness of the situation or exceeds its capabilities in its striving to shape events, proactive firms do have access to a broader set of opportunities than their less proactive competitors. To understand how proactivity influences market strategies, it is first necessary to understand market strategy itself a bit closer. I define market strategies as firms’ strategies for creating customer value. According to the market orientation literature, the basis of achieving long-term high firm performance is to consistently provide customers with superior value to that of the competition. Thus, firms’ market strategies are squarely at the center of their efforts to become more successful. To study these strategies and the effects they have, it is necessary to go beyond strategy documents and study the actual activities that firms perform to implement them. A market strategy, in my conceptualization, can thus be perceived as a coherent set of activities aimed at fulfilling certain goals, leading to the creation of customer value. These activities can then be further categorized according to the strategic orientations that drive the firm’s strategy-making, with customer orientation, competition orientation and innovation orientation being the orientations that have the most impact on market strategies. From this conceptual foundation, the dissertation takes four different approaches to investigating proactive market strategies, each presented in one of the four appended papers. In the first paper, a conceptual typology of different types of market strategies based on different value-creation logics – which are the combinations of responsiveness and proactivity that influence a firm’s value-creation efforts – is presented. In the second paper, the market strategies of five proactive firms are investigated to find three generic proactive market strategies, each representing a typical way for firms to employ proactivity in their market strategies. The third paper uses fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to investigate the configurations of proactivity, market environment and different market strategies that consistently lead to high market-strategic effectiveness. Finally, the fourth paper goes more in-depth in exploring the activities that firms employ to create value for customers, with particular focus on the different activities that are performed during different stages of contact with a customer. Through this thorough investigation of proactive market strategies, this dissertation presents a holistic view of proactivity and its impact on firms’ market strategies and their associated activities. As this is the first proper holistic view of proactivity in market strategy and also the first attempt to properly define proactivity in the market-strategic context, the dissertation also provides directions for future research. ”Vi måste vara mer proaktiva” är en fras som säkerligen har dragits på många strategimöten. I såväl internationaliserade jättar som lokala småföretag, tjänsteföretag likväl som tillverkande industrier, har det i styrelserum, ledningsmöten, pratats om behovet att vara mer proaktiv. Det uppenbara är att proaktivitet ses som något positivt, något som kan hjälpa företaget bli bättre, mer konkurrenskraftigt, och så vidare. Men vad menar man egentligen med att vara proaktiv i det här sammanhanget? Och hur påverkar det egentligen företags prestationsförmåga? Harald Brege vid Linköpings Universitet har studerat proaktivitet och hur företag kan använda det för att öka effektiviteten på sina marknadsstrategier, d.v.s. deras strategier för att skapa kundvärde. Proaktivitet är en nyckel som kan låsa upp möjligheter för företag att bli bättre på att hantera en föränderlig och komplex omvärld och stärka sin konkurrenskraft. Slår man upp ordet ”proaktiv” i SAOL får man veta att det betyder förebyggande eller förutseende, men för att kunna användas som ett verktyg för strategiutveckling behövs en mer användbar definition än så. Ur ett strategiskt perspektiv så har proaktivitet tre huvudsakliga komponenter: att vara långsiktig, att ta initiativet och att driva förändring. Det viktigaste för ett proaktivt företag är att inte vara passiva och vänta på att något händer som tvingar dem till förändring eller att bara reaktivt agera på det som finns i omvärlden. Istället så blickar man framåt, identifierar de potentiella sätt som en situation kan utvecklas på och tar sedan initiativet och agerar för att förändra situationen så att den passar företaget bättre. Dock så räcker det inte bara att bli proaktiv och så får man stora vinster på direkten. För att proaktiviteten ska bli framgångsrik så måste ett företag dels arbeta för att skaffa en grundlig förståelse av sin omgivning, dels se till de olika delarna i deras marknadsstrategi hänger ihop och arbetar mot samma mål. Är strategin otydlig eller om företaget håller på med saker de inte har insikt i så är proaktivitet istället sannolikt att ge dåliga resultat. Genom att arbeta för att förstå sina kunder på djupet så kan proaktiva företag snabbt komma med lösningar till behov, inklusive behov som kanske inte ens kunderna själva hade identifierat. Genom att aktivt arbeta med att förändra kunders uppfattning av vad en leverantör ska göra för dem och att påverka politiker och andra intressenter så kan proaktiva företag forma sina marknader för att bättre passa dem. Genom att driva produktutveckling som fokuserar på morgondagens produkter och att testa nya möjligheter, inte bara småförbättringar av samma gamla produkter, så kan proaktiva företag skapa innovativa nya erbjudanden som vänder upp och ner på marknaden. Dessa tre exempel belyser de tre generiska proaktiva marknadsstrategier som har identifierats: kundengagemang, marknadsformande, och innovationsledarskap.
Book Synopsis New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance by : Edwin A. Locke
Download or read book New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance written by Edwin A. Locke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book concentrates on the last twenty years of research in the area of goal setting and performance at work. The editors and contributors believe goals affect action, and this volume has a lineup of international contributors who look at the recent theories and implications in this area for IO psychologists and human resource management academics and graduate students.
Book Synopsis PROACTIVE INNOVATION - A SIMPLE METHOD FOR ACHIEVING AN INNOVATIVE COMPANY by : Sergio Richter
Download or read book PROACTIVE INNOVATION - A SIMPLE METHOD FOR ACHIEVING AN INNOVATIVE COMPANY written by Sergio Richter and published by Sergio Richter. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PROACTIVE Innovation® is the quintessential compendium for executives, consultants, and visionary leaders eager to challenge paradigms and shape the organizations of tomorrow. If your company aims to adapt to a constantly evolving world and yet lacks a strategy that positions it as a market leader, this book will provide you with the necessary tools and knowledge. Born from collaboration with hundreds of postgraduate students, companies from various sectors, and government programs focused on innovation, PROACTIVE Innovation® stands out not only for its profound content but also for its visually captivating design that turns strategic ideas into tangible, applicable tools. Within its pages, you will explore the essential components of a successful innovation management system, all backed by real-life experiences and complemented with insights from leading business experts. Moreover, you will find guidelines to personalize and apply these concepts in your organizational context. This book will prepare you to design and implement an innovation management system aligned with the principles of the renowned ISO 56000 standards family, presented with a pragmatic and accessible approach. You will delve into the best practices for innovation management focused on creating real value. PROACTIVE Innovation® is designed for those ready to dive into the economy of innovation. If you are prepared to rewrite the rules and be a pioneer in change, welcome to the era of PROACTIVE Innovation®! What other authors have said: “In this book, Sergio gives you the knowledge and tools to succeed in this new paradigm, to see changes as opportunities rather than threats. If you have to read one book to get into innovation management, this is your book. It explains all the concepts and schools of thought, illustrates them with personal experiences in the world of innovation that few have lived, and allows you to apply them quickly. As you progress through the pages of this book, you will discover the beauty and challenges of innovation, but you will also discover one of the leaders in this field, humble, knowledgeable, and excited to share. Enjoy your reading.” Antonio Dávila, Professor at the 'Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne', previously served as a professor at the 'IESE Business School', the 'Harvard Business School', and the 'Stanford Graduate School of Business'. He is the co-author of the must-read books: 'The Innovation Paradox' (2015), 'Making Innovation Work: How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit from It' (2006), and 'Malea Fashion District' (2014). “Two things struck me about Sergio when I first met him. One was his exquisite ability to teach. The other, his capacity to explain complicated matters with simplicity. Sergio is not only a distinguished author and leader but has also become an unparalleled traveling companion. Through his wisdom, experience, and generosity, I have had the immense privilege of learning valuable lessons about innovation and leadership. Every conversation with him is an opportunity to absorb the essence of his vision and his passion for driving change in the business world. So, delve into this book with the assurance that you will not only acquire precious knowledge but also share a space with a true leader and mentor on the path toward innovation.” Joshua Aguilar, entrepreneur and author of the international bestsellers Diario Emprendedor and The Millionaire of Silicon Valley, has been recognized for his work in Forbes, Entrepreneur, El País, The New York Public Library, Mac Life, among other publications.
Book Synopsis Being a Proactive Grandfather by : Richard Eyre
Download or read book Being a Proactive Grandfather written by Richard Eyre and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistics tell us that, as male Baby Boomers, we probably have another twenty to thirty good years ahead of us, and most have grandchildren. But how much time and mental energy will we expend on these living legacies? How much will we prioritize them, and how proactive and deliberate will we be as granddads? New York Times #1 bestselling author, Richard Eyre encourages grandfathers to ask themselves a very important question: what kind of grandfather will you be? Will you be a “disengaged grandfather,” who downsizes to an adults-only condo in Sun City by a golf course and rarely sees his grandkids? Will you be a “limited grandfather,” a “supportive grandfather,” or—best of all—will you be a “proactive grandfather”? Only when we choose to be proactive does grandfathering become effective, consequential, and truly fun. At this level, you deliberately ponder the needs you can uniquely fulfill, and you set goals and plans to enhance your grandchildren’s lives (in concert and in teamwork with the goals and stewardship of their parents). This approach will stretch and test you, but it will also reward you with levels of fulfillment, well-being, love, and peace otherwise unobtainable.
Book Synopsis Managing and Litigating the Complex Surety Case by : Philip L. Bruner
Download or read book Managing and Litigating the Complex Surety Case written by Philip L. Bruner and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous edition, 1st, published in 1998.
Book Synopsis Proactive Personality and Behavior for Individual and Organizational Productivity by : Andrew J DuBrin
Download or read book Proactive Personality and Behavior for Individual and Organizational Productivity written by Andrew J DuBrin and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book describes how proactive behavior, driven by a proactive personality, contributes to individual and organizational productivity. A consolidation of available research on the nature of proactivity in the workplace, this book explo
Book Synopsis ProActive Sales Management by : William Miller
Download or read book ProActive Sales Management written by William Miller and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the president of a major sales company and experienced sales management trainer, author William Miller provides sales managers a proven method for successfully managing both sales processes and salespeople. Packed with specific, field-tested techniques, ProActive Sales Management teaches you how to: motivate a sales team; get your sales team to prospect and qualify; create a proactive sales culture; effectively coach and counsel up and down the sales organization; reduce reports to one sheet of paper and 10 minutes a week; forecast with up to 90 percent accuracy; and take A players to A+ levels. Today’s sales managers have to be quicker than ever, being more proactive about hiring the best performers and retaining them while multitasking with managing complex sales processes in order to close more deals. Filled with all new metrics and tactics for making the numbers in today’s sales environment, ProActive Sales Management is an invaluable resource for this brand of highly in-demand leaders.
Book Synopsis More ProActive Sales Management by : William Miller
Download or read book More ProActive Sales Management written by William Miller and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2009-02-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the concrete advice and practical, powerful strategies revealed in its predecessor, More ProActive Sales Management provides harried sales managers with a proven method for managing the sales process and their people. Packed with specific, field-tested techniques, this helpful guide focuses on the five primary areas in which mistakes occur: internal team decisions, upward decisions, sales decisions, infrastructure decisions, and decisions regarding the manager himself. Readers will learn how to: regain control of their time • create a proactive sales culture • motivate a sales team • use simple yet powerful metrics • weed out failures quickly • coach and counsel up and down the sales organization • reduce reports to one sheet of paper and 10 minutes a week • forecast more confidently. This book shows sales managers at every level how to manage for great results!
Book Synopsis Sustainable Conservation of UNESCO and Other Heritage Sites Through Proactive Geosciences by : Gad Mohamed El-Qady
Download or read book Sustainable Conservation of UNESCO and Other Heritage Sites Through Proactive Geosciences written by Gad Mohamed El-Qady and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-02-10 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents up-to-date geoscience technologies for heritage investigations and conservation, covering various sub-disciplines of geophysics, geodesy, 3D laser scanning technology, hydrogeology, and rock mechanics applied to the exploration of new heritage sites, mapping and visualization, as well as hazard mitigation. The current shift toward interdisciplinary ways of thinking highlights the added value of merging arts with sciences and other disciplines for better management and preservation of cultural heritage. Featuring advanced scientific investigations in 40 case studies around the globe, the book demonstrates how a better understanding of natural processes coupled with conservation approaches, mainly based on sustainable practices such as the use of traditional knowledge in recovery techniques and building local capacities, can ensure effective conservation.
Book Synopsis ProActive Selling by : William Miller
Download or read book ProActive Selling written by William Miller and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2012-07-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True sales pros know they must tailor their methods to the buyer if they want to make their numbers every year. Featuring dozens of enlightening examples, this book gives you the tools to adapt your approach with the buyers in mind and maintain control at every stage of the sale. In ProActive Selling, author William Miller shows salespeople how to: qualify and disqualify prospects sooner, shift their focus to the most promising accounts, examine buyers' motivations from every angle, quantify the value proposition early, double the number of calls returned from prospective customers, appeal to the real decision-makers, use technology (e.g. cloud, video, social media, etc) to generate leads and shorten sales cycles, and increase the effectiveness of every interaction. Most sales professionals make the mistake of using the same sales patterns over and over. With an essential understanding about the different needs of customers, this revised and updated second edition of ProActive Selling equips you to succeed with any company, in any industry.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-02-05 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945 by : David Fanning
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945 written by David Fanning and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following their entry into Austria and the Sudetenland in the late 1930s, the Germans attempted to impose a policy of cultural imperialism on the countries they went on to occupy during World War II. Almost all music institutions in the occupied lands came under direct German control or were subject to severe scrutiny and censorship, the prime objective being to change the musical fabric of these nations and force them to submit to the strictures of Nazi ideology. This pioneering collection of essays is the first in the English language to look in more detail at the musical consequences of German occupation during a dark period in European history. It embraces a wide range of issues, presenting case studies involving musical activity in a number of occupied European cities, as well as in countries that were part of the Axis or had established close diplomatic relations with Germany. The wartime careers and creative outputs of individual musicians who were faced with the dilemma of either complying with or resisting the impositions of the occupiers are explored. In addition, there is some reflection on the post-war implications of German occupation for the musical environment in Europe. Music under German Occupation is written for all music-lovers, students, professionals and academics who have particular interests in 20th-century music and/or the vicissitudes of European cultural life during World War II.
