Wicked World advocates the need to acknowledge the complex contexts in which managers, professionals and policymakers operate. Conventional tools do not serve us well in these new contexts, and regularly, aggravate the situation. This book offers a systemic perspective in exploring complex challenges and a sensemaking framework to deal with interconnected, persistent problems. Looking beyond the problem; seeking deeper patterns and linkages to other problems; realizing that cause and effect m...

Which roles and practices do you adopt to effectively guide businesses towards a sustainable future? And what skills and competencies do you need to establish sustainable transformation? In '7 Roles to Create Sustainable Success', Carola Wijdoogen shares the insights of 25 professionals around the world and her own experiences as Chief Sustainability Officer of Dutch Railways (NS), which she helped transform into a climate-neutral, circular and inclusive railway company. For example, the Neth...

A new and refreshing approach for managers, advisors and students with challenging terminology and insights to make organizations future-proof.

This book describes a new paradigm about strategic managing. Aimed at leaders to keep a future-proof course in turbulent times by making the right strategic choices for their organization. Well-known strategy models and approaches for strategy development are hardly applicable for making and implementing strategic choices in the current age of increas...

This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is especially relevant to students outside the United States. For management and non-management majors taking an undergraduate course in the principles of management.

REAL managers, REAL experiences With a renewed focus on job-relevant skills, the newest edition of this bestselling text helps management and non-management students alike better prepa...

This book combines relevant theoretical insights and concrete communication skills necessary for effective counselling and coaching. The authors first explore the helper’s basic attitude. Secondly, they discuss views from client-centred, cognitive behavioural and social learning theories that are important for good helping.

Bridging theory and practice they describe the helper in four roles: confidant, communicative detective, teacher, and coach. The helper uses these roles within a three s...

In popular imagination few phenomena are as strongly associated with medieval society as knighthood and chivalry. At the same time, and due to a long tradition of differing national perspectives and ideological assumptions, few phenomena have continued to be the object of so much academic debate. In this volume leading scholars explore various aspects of knightly identity, taking into account both commonalities and particularities across Western Europe. Knighthood and Society in the High Midd...

Human rights prosecutions are the most prominent mechanisms that victims demand to obtain accountability. Dealing with a legacy of gross human rights violations presents opportunities to enhance the right to justice and promote a more equal application of criminal law, a fundamental condition for a more substantive democracy in societies. This book seeks to analyse the impact, advances, and difficulties of prosecuting perpetrators of mass atrocities at national and international levels. What ...

For courses in Introductory Psychology Throughout Psychology, Saundra Ciccarelli and J. Noland White employ a learner-centred, assessment-driven approach that maximises student engagement, and helps educators keep students on track. The authors draw readers into the discipline by showing how psychology relates to students' own lives.

Clear learning objectives, based on the recommended APA undergraduate learning outcomes, guide learners through the material. And assessment tied to these learni...

This book is not just for reading. Design thinking is something you need to actually do. Reading about design thinking will increase your knowledge, but by doing it, you will learn what design thinking can mean for you, in your studies and your work. In this book we encourage you to take action: design thinking by doing.

Since the end of the last millennium, design thinking has received an increasing amount of attention from the business community, social organizations, universities and colle...

Summary Blockchain technology has come a long way since the initial vision published by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. Big buzz words like "bitcoin," "blockchain," and "cryptocurrency" are everywhere. Companies and governments have started to use blockchain technology in earnest and will increasingly do so for the foreseeable future. This book takes an in-depth look at blockchain technology and how users can take advantage of its potential.

Since its initial conception, blockchain has encompasse...