Gower imprint: 30 books
Spiritual Capital
A Moral Core for Social and Economic Justice
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Presenting a thorough, comprehensive theory of spiritual capital based on solid academic research, 'Spiritual Capital' serves to reinforce and amplify the notion of a moral economic core that is beginning to feature in contemporary economic arguments. In this rare major work wholly dedicated to the...
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Business Competitiveness
The Fragility of Interdependence
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Every generation leaves both assets and liabilities to the next. Alert people can see we are going to leave our children and grandchildren with a nearly unsolvable test of energy supplies; waste polluting the air and water; and the appalling problem of a huge and uncontrollable explosion in world...
Wealth, Welfare and the Global Free Market
A Social Audit of Capitalist Economics
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Can the free market system continue to operate in a traditional way in a world that is now globally connected, financially dysfunctional, and becoming environmentally damaged by excessive consumption? Can an alternative approach that respects human culture and values at least as much as it does profit...
Islam and Sustainable Development
New Worldviews
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
In Islam and Sustainable Development, Odeh Al-Jayyousi addresses the social, human and economic dimensions of sustainability from an Islamic perspective. Islam is sometimes viewed as a challenge, threat and risk to the West, but here we are reminded that the celebration of cultural diversity is a...
Forecasting for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Models for New Product and In-Market Forecasting and How to Use Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Forecasting for the Pharmaceutical Industry is a definitive guide for forecasters as well as the multitude of decision makers and executives who rely on forecasts in their decision making. In virtually every decision, a pharmaceutical executive considers some type of forecast. This process of predicting...
The CEO: Chief Engagement Officer
Turning Hierarchy Upside Down to Drive Performance
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
You may be a senior executive wondering how to engage hundreds or thousands of employees in your vision, strategy or the transformation of the business; or a specialist in HR, communication and change, tasked with the challenge of 'aligning and mobilising' your people. In either case, you no longer...
Reframing Economic Policy towards Sustainability
Explored through a case study into aviation
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
In a globalized world economy, delivering the aspirations of sustainability is proving to be difficult. Progress is held back by competing objectives within a complex interplay of factors. Finding solutions to the ‘wicked problem’ of sustainability seems to be beyond the reach of policy makers....
Working Together
Organizational Transactional Analysis and Business Performance
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Organizational Transactional Analysis is a discipline whose focus is on enabling effective communication at all levels of the organization. It looks at development and change from the individual, team, department and organizational levels. This book, and Organizational TA as a whole, operates from...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
Social Capital and Corporate Development in Developing Economies
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Many different companies can significantly contribute to the integrated goals and targets of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals, such as poverty reduction by 2030. Poverty is not only about people living on less than $1.25 per day, but more fundamentally, it is their lack of capabilities...
by Phil Jones
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
'If you don't communicate your strategy in a way that your people understand and find compelling, how can you expect them to help you succeed with it? Research suggests only 5% of the people in an organization understand its strategy. If that is true for your organization, whose strategy are the other...
The Ethical Kaleidoscope
Values, Ethics, and Corporate Governance
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
The study of corporate governance is a relatively modern development, with significant attention devoted to the subject only during the last fifty years. The topics covered in this volume include the purpose of the corporation, the board of directors, the role of shareholders, and more contemporary...
Women in Management Worldwide
Progress and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
'Excellent', 'Outstanding' and 'Inspirational' were words used to describe the highly acclaimed and award winning first edition of Women in Management Worldwide. Edited by two of the world's most eminent researchers into the role of women in work and management, their findings from around the world...
by Baker Ahmad Alserhan
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
The Principles of Islamic Marketing fills a gap in international business literature covering the aspects and values of Islamic business thought. It provides a framework and practical perspectives for understanding and implementing the Islamic marketing code of conduct. It is not a religious book....
by Malcolm Prowle
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
The public sector in the UK has undergone radical change over the last two decades. Consequently, managers and service professionals have had to adopt new ways of working and acquire a wide range of new managerial skills to deal with the changes that have taken place. The continuing process of change...