Howard Thomas: 82 books
by Howard Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Senescence is a journey from the Big Bang to the Big Sleep. It tells the story of life, death and everything in between. We learn about autumn leaves, Josef Stalin's toes, fruit ripening, the inventor of Marmite and the precarious state of the world's food supply. Senescence can be read...
Strategic Leadership in the Business School
Keeping One Step Ahead
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Business schools have come under fire in recent years with criticisms centring on their academic rigour and the relevance of business education to the 'real' world of management. Alongside this ongoing debate, increasing international competition and media rankings have led to a fierce struggle between...
by Howard Thomas Foster, Mary Theresa Bonhage-Freund, Lisa D. O'Steen
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
The Muskogee Indians who lived along the lower Chattahoochee and Flint River watersheds had, and continue to have, a profound influence on the development of the southeastern United States, especially during the historic period (circa 1540–1836). Our knowledge of that culture is limited to what...
Latin America
Management Education's Growth and Future Pathways
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2018
Latin American business schools have grown in scale and quality in recent decades, yet they have received a relatively low level of attention globally when compared to schools from other parts of the world. This book seeks to address this dearth of attention and provide an in-depth examination of...
Africa
The Future of Management Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
Africa is commonly perceived as a global growth region and a continent on the move, with a huge demand for managerial skills to ensure sustainable economic growth. In order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges to management education development in Africa, it is important to understand...
Promises Fulfilled and Unfulfilled in Management Education
Reflections on the Role, Impact and Future of Management Education: EFMD Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
This is the first of two volumes written to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of EFMD. Through an open-ended interview research process, it seeks to explore the perspectives and views of a wide range of experts drawn not only from the European environment but also from the United States and other global...
Securing the Future of Management Education
Competitive Destruction or Constructive Innovation?
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
This is the second of two volumes written to celebrate the 40th anniversary of EFMD. Drawing on interviews conducted with leaders in the world of management education, the first volume took a retrospective view, focusing on the evolution of management education and providing the context that led management...
by Michael Legutke, Howard Thomas, Christopher N. Candlin
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Process and Experience in the Language Classroom argues the case for communicative language teaching as an experiential and task driven learning process.
The authors raise important questions regarding the theoretical discussion of communicative competence and current classroom practice. They...
by Richard R. Smith, Fermin Diez, Howard Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Human capital - the performance and the potential of people in an organisation - has become an increasingly urgent issue for business leaders. Dramatic demographic shifts, the globalisation of organisations, increasing business complexity, and generational differences are causing many organisations...
The Business School in the Twenty-First Century
Emergent Challenges and New Business Models
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Questions about the status, identity and legitimacy of business schools in the modern university system continue to stimulate debate amongst deans, educational policy makers and commentators. In this book, three world experts share their critical insights on management education and new business school...
Rethinking the Business Models of Business Schools
A Critical Review and Change Agenda for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Management education growth and the rise in accompanying business schools over the last few decades are fuelled by global economic development, coupled with the promise of success in business careers. Recently, questions have been raised about the value and relevance of a traditional business school...
Reimagining Business Education
Insights and Actions from the Business Education Jam
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
'Reimagining Business Education’ discusses the rationale for, and design of, the first Business Education Jam. It reviews key challenges facing business education and articulates a vision for how the role and delivery of business education could be reimagined. This book is critically important during...
by Helen Ougham, Howard Thomas, Susan Waaland
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
A stunning landmark co-publication between the American Society of Plant Biologists and Wiley-Blackwell.
The Molecular Life of Plants presents students with an innovative, integrated approach to plant science. It looks at the processes and mechanisms that underlie each stage of plant life and...
Inclusive Growth
The Global Challenges of Social Inequality and Financial Inclusion
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2019
Inclusive growth ensures the benefits of a growing economy extend to all segments of society. Unleashing people’s economic potential starts with connecting them to the vital networks that power the modern economy. Implementing inclusive growth is a means of democratizing productivity and it is essential...