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The Annotated Works of Henry George
Progress and Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Henry George (1839–1897) rose to fame as a social reformer and economist amid the industrial and intellectual turbulence of the late nineteenth century. His best-selling Progress and Poverty (1879) captures the ravages of privileged monopolies and the woes of industrialization in a language of eloquent...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
This volume analyses employee participation in under- researched countries and whose economic institutions differ from the Anglo-American context. Part one of the volume is dedicated to China. In a context in which economic decisions made by companies are closely influenced by the political institutions...
Shop Class as Soulcraft
An Inquiry into the Value of Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
**A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands **
Called "the sleeper hit of the publishing season" by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as Soulcraft became an instant bestseller, attracting readers with its radical...
Invisible Hands, Invisible Objectives
Bringing Workplace Law and Public Policy Into Focus
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
The global financial crisis and recession have placed great strains on the free market ideology that has emphasized economic objectives and unregulated markets. The balance of economic and noneconomic goals is under the microscope in every sector of the economy. It is time to re-think the objectives...
Finders Keepers
Attracting and Retaining Top Sales Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Are You Chasing a Purple Squirrel? (purple squirrel n: an ideal job candidate who, in reality, does not exist)
Too often, managers waste time chasing a purple squirrel. A sales candidate may be skilled at selling, but can he or she relate to your industry sales cycle, costing systems, delivery schedules,...
by Matt Ferguson, Lorin M. Hitt, Prasanna Tambe
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
"Companies that can unleash the passions and gifts of their people will have a competitive advantage in the landscape of the future--becoming curators instead of keepers of talent. This book gives readers some of the keys to cracking that code."
--CARLEEN HAAS, VICE PRESIDENT AND...
Race and the Invisible Hand
How White Networks Exclude Black Men from Blue-Collar Jobs
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2003
From the time of Booker T. Washington to today, and William Julius Wilson, the advice dispensed to young black men has invariably been, "Get a trade." Deirdre Royster has put this folk wisdom to an empirical test—and, in Race and the Invisible Hand, exposes the subtleties and discrepancies...
by David S. Loughran
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Between 2000 and 2011, younger veterans were more likely to be unemployed than younger non-veterans. This difference falls rapidly with age and time. The evidence supports the hypothesis that veteran unemployment reflects engagement in job search. There is little evidence that veterans are disadvantaged...
When Mandates Work
Raising Labor Standards at the Local Level
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Starting in the 1990s, San Francisco launched a series of bold but relatively unknown public policy experiments to improve wages and benefits for thousands of local workers. Since then, scholars have documented the effects of those policies on compensation, productivity, job creation, and health coverage....
Employee Rights & Employer Wrongs - Canada
How to Identify Employee Abuse and Stand Up For Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
THE BOOK YOUR BOSS AND HR DEPARTMENT DON’T WANT YOU TO READ
Chances are you don’t understand the majority of the terminology in your employment contract. So how would you know when your boss is overstepping their rights – or what to do about it? With 49% of North American employees...
Delta Empire
Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
In Delta Empire: Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South Jeannie Whayne employs the fascinating history of a powerful plantation owner in the Arkansas delta to recount the evolution of southern agriculture from the late nineteenth century through World War II.
After his father's...
by Francesco Caselli
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Technology Differences over Space and Time looks at how countries use their productive resources—such as workers, skills, equipment and structures, and natural resources. Francesco Caselli develops methods to assess the efficiency with which productive inputs are used, and how these efficiencies...
Employee Rights & Employer Wrongs - U.S.
How to Identify Employee Abuse and How to Stand Up For Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
THE BOOK YOUR BOSS & HR DEPARTMENT DON’T WANT YOU TO READ
Chances are you don’t understand the majority of the terminology in your employment contract…and if you're a private sector employee in the U.S., the chances are yet greater that you don't even have an employment contract. ...
The Dynamics of Conflict
A Guide to Engagement and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
The Dynamics of Conflict
When it was published in 2000, Bernie Mayer's The Dynamics of Conflict Resolution quickly became one of the seminal works in the conflict resolution field. The book bridged the gap between abstract theoretical approaches and practical handbooks and became an immensely...