Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
Courage
The Backbone of Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
In Courage, Gus Lee captures the essential component of leadership in measurable behaviors. Using actual stories from Whirlpool, Kaiser Permanente, IntegWare, WorldCom and other organizations, Lee shows how highly successful executives face and overcome their fears to develop moral intelligence. These...
by Jeremy S. Hyman, Lynn F. Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2019
Are you among the 22 million students now enrolled in college? Or a high school student thinking of joining them shortly? Or perhaps a parent of a college-bound junior or senior? Then this book is just for you. Written by college professors and successfully used by tens of thousands of students, The...
Changing the U.S. Health Care System
Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
The Fourth Edition of Changing the U.S. Health Care System addresses the key topics in health care policy and management, presenting evidence-based views of current issues. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field who integrates evidence to explain the current condition and presents support...
Enterprise Risk Management
A Guide for Government Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
**Winner of the 2017 Most Promising New Textbook Award by Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA)!
Practical guide to implementing Enterprise Risk Management processes and procedures in government organizations**
Enterprise Risk Management: A Guide for Government Professionals...
High Altitude Leadership
What the World's Most Forbidding Peaks Teach Us About Success
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2008
Leadership is often a risky, lonely role possessing nearly unbearable lows and fleeting highs. Despite this emotionally and intellectually draining roller coaster, a handful of leaders deliver stunning results, with great consistency. They push past current leadership trends in order to achieve the...
Best Practices in Faculty Evaluation
A Practical Guide for Academic Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
Praise for Best Practices in Faculty Evaluation
"Jeffrey Buller, a leading and respected voice in higher education, has written a truly practical and highly useful book on the increasingly important topic of faculty evaluation. This highly readable book is a 'must have/must read' book...
by Richard D. Howard, Gerald W. McLaughlin, William E. Knight
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Institutional research is more relevant today than ever before as growing pressures for improved student learning and increased institutional accountability motivate higher education to effectively use ever-expanding data and information resources.
As the most current and comprehensive volume...
by Mitchell Brown, Kathleen Hale
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
A complete guide to applied research, featuring original data and detailed case studies
Applied Research Methods in Public and Nonprofit Organizations takes an integrative approach to applied research, emphasizing design, data collection, and analysis. Common case studies across chapters illustrate...
Empowered Educators in China
How High-Performing Systems Shape Teaching Quality
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
BEST PRACTICES FROM CHINA'S HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOL SYSTEM
Empowered Educators in China is one volume in a series that explores how high-performing educational systems from around the world achieve strong results. The anchor book, Empowered Educators: How High-Performing Systems Shape Teaching...
Identity Development of College Students
Advancing Frameworks for Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Identity Development of College Students
Building off the foundational work of Erik Erikson and Arthur Chickering, Identity Development of College Students adds broad and innovative research to describe contemporary perspectives of identity development at the intersection of context, personal...
The Road to Reinvention
How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
Companies, communities, and individuals fall for many reasons, but one of the most common—and easily avoidable—is the failure to reinvent. When people and organizations rest on prior successes rather than driving purposeful transformation, they discover too late that they have lost their market...
The Trustworthy Leader
Leveraging the Power of Trust to Transform Your Organization
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
How leaders from the best workplaces build trust in their organizations
The Trustworthy Leader reveals the benefits organizations enjoy when trustworthy behavior is practiced consistently by their leaders. Drawing from examples from the Best Companies to Work For, Lyman, cofounder of Great...
How to Prepare a Standout College Application
Expert Advice that Takes You from LMO* (*Like Many Others) to Admit
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Demystifying the process of completing a college application
Written by two former admissions officers at top universities and current admissions coaches, this book is a must-have for preparing a winning college application. The authors reveal the mystery behind what college admissions officers...
by John Forrer, James (Jed) Kee, Eric Boyer
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
A comprehensive guide to public sector collaboration with private and nonprofit organizations for better service delivery
Governing Cross-Sector Collaboration tackles the issues inherent in partnerships with nongovernmental actors for public service delivery, highlighting the choices available...