Age: 1758 books
The Memory Hole
The U.S. History Curriculum Under Siege
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
The U.S. history curriculum is under attack. Politicians, political analysts, and ideologues seek to wipe clean the slate of the American past and replace it with one of their own invention. The basis for this new narrative comes from political beliefs of the present, rather than any systematic examination...
Social Studies and the Press
Keeping the Beast at Bay?
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
This volume is a first for the Research in Management Consulting series. As research and theory building in management consulting have grown rapidly during the past several years, the series is dedicated to capturing the latest thinking from applied scholars and scholarly practitioners in this field....
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
We have assembled a distinguished international panel of leaders and scholars in management education whose contributions reflect diverse perspectives on management theory and practice. Gerald Ferris and his associates conceptualize political skill to include self and social astuteness, influence and...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Managing technological innovations and related policy and strategy issues have been a central focus of the new millennium. This book series presents an interdisciplinary scholarship and dialogue on the management of innovation and technological change in a global context from a variety of perspectives,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Strategic Alliances for Innovation and R&D is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that focuses on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series cover new views of interdisciplinary...
Apocalyptic Leadership in Education
Facing an Unsustainable World from Where We Stand
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Mainstream educational leadership has lost much of its footing as a progressive practice. More managers than wisdom?keepers, educational leaders no longer have authority to critique the toxicities of the present and imagine alternative futures. In public schools and higher education, the neoliberal emphasis...
Internationalizing Your Campus
Fifteen Steps and Fifty Federal Grants to Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
This book is about getting organized, establishing clarity of thought, following the guidelines, and taking care to get the application right the first time. Accomplishing those steps can lead to funding. It is also about matching the campus mission to the grant's legislative intent. Some sample steps...
Economic and Legal Foundations of Modern Russian Society
A New Institutional Theory
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Modern societies develop very quickly. However, along with rapid economic growth, comes risk to the economic system. That is why there is a need for study of the institutional base on which modern society is built to enable more effective management and better forecasting for further development....
The Virtual World of Work
How to Gain Competitive Advantage through the Virtual Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
The purpose of this book project is to analyze why the workplace is changing so rapidly, identify the enabling factors and understand what we can do to best prepare for the future. The analysis led to four significant factors which are all fundamental to the formation of the future world of work. They...
Complexity and Knowledge Management
Understanding the Role of Knowledge in the Management of Social Networks
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
It seems as if attempts to use knowledge to understand and manage social networks are everywhere. Millions, if not billions, of dollars are being spent in an attempt to derail terrorist networks, with much of it being invested in making sense of massive data streams. There is growing concern that...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The Curriculum and Pedagogy book series is an enactment of the mission and values espoused by the Curriculum and Pedagogy Group, an international educational organization serving those who share a common faith in democracy and a commitment to public moral leadership in schools and society. Accordingly,...
Canaries Reflect on the Mine
Dropouts' Stories of Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
In Canaries Reflect on the Mine: Dropouts’ Stories of Schooling, Jeanne Cameron invites the reader to see schooling and early school leaving through the eyes of high school dropouts themselves. The transcendent desires revealed by this research to be known and valued, to learn with purpose and autonomy...
Mathematics Teacher Education in the Public Interest
Equity and Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Mathematics teacher education has a critical role to play in preparing teachers to put at center stage goals to support equity in mathematics education and to diversify student interest and participation in mathematics. These goals must also resonate with broader public interest goals to improve educational...