Best International Development Organizations - April 2024

Organization Development: The Process of Leading Organizational Change

Organization Development: The Process of Leading Organizational Change, Fourth Edition offers a comprehensive look at individual, team, and organizational change, covering classic and contemporary organization development techniques. Today′s practitioners seek a solid foundation that is academically rigorous, but also relevant, timely, practical, and grounded in OD values and ethics. In this bestselling text, author Donald L. Anderson provides  students with the organization development tools they need to succeed in today’s challenging environment of increased globalization, rapidly chang... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1506316573
• ASIN: 1506316573
• ISBN: 1506316573
• Brand: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Manufacturer: SAGE Publications, Inc

Cybersecurity Program Development for Business: The Essential Planning Guide

"This is the book executives have been waiting for. It is clear: With deep expertise but in nontechnical language, it describes what cybersecurity risks are and the decisions executives need to make to address them. It is crisp: Quick and to the point, it doesn't waste words and won't waste your time. It is candid: There is no sure cybersecurity defense, and Chris Moschovitis doesn't pretend there is; instead, he tells you how to understand your company's risk and make smart business decisions about what you can mitigate and what you cannot. It is also, in all likelihood, the only book ever wr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 111942951X
• ASIN: 111942951X
• ISBN: 111942951X
• Manufacturer: Wiley

The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation: Best Practices from the Leading Organization in Facilitation

Sponsored by the International Association of Facilitators, The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation offers the need-to-know basics in the field brought together by fifty leading practitioners and scholars. This indispensable resource includes successful strategies and methods, foundations, and resources for anyone who works with groups. The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation provides an overview of the field for new and aspiring practitioners and a reliable reference for experienced group facilitators, including chapters on  Creating positive ongoing client relationships Building trust and i... [Read More]

• ASIN: 078797160X
• ASIN: 078797160X
• ISBN: 078797160X
• Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

Organization Development: A Data-Driven Approach to Organizational Change

This hands-on guide--for planning, diagnosing, implementing, and evaluating organization development interventions--gives scientifically based information, tools, suggestions, and guidelines for those who must manage the human side of change. In Organization Development, leading experts and pioneers: * Present a unified framework for understanding OD * Demonstrate OD's effectiveness for improving individual and organizational performance * Specify what types of goals, values, practices, and interventions should (and should not) represent OD You'll gain a clear understanding of the processes,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0787957186
• ASIN: 0787957186
• ISBN: 0787957186
• Brand: Brand: Pfeiffer
• Manufacturer: Pfeiffer

Governance and Policy in Sport Organizations

Now in a fully updated new edition, this textbook introduces readers to the power and politics of sport organizations. It explores the managerial activities essential to good governance and policy development, and looks at the structure and functions of individual organizations within the larger context of the global sport industry. Reflecting the latest industry changes, it draws on a fresh selection of real-world examples to demonstrate the types of dilemmas that sport managers face every day. Professional administrators from a wide variety of sport organizations also offer their insights, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1138086347
• ASIN: 1138086347
• ISBN: 1138086347
• Manufacturer: Routledge

Business Analysis: Best Practices for Success

The definitive guide on the roles and responsibilities of the business analyst Business Analysis offers a complete description of the process of business analysis in solving business problems. Filled with tips, tricks, techniques, and guerilla tactics to help execute the process in the face of sometimes overwhelming political or social obstacles, this guide is also filled with real world stories from the author's more than thirty years of experience working as a business analyst. Provides techniques and tips to execute the at-times tricky job of business analyst Written by an industry expert ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1118076001
• ASIN: 1118076001
• ISBN: 1118076001
• Brand: Brand: Wiley
• Manufacturer: Wiley

Organization Development: A Process of Learning and Changing, 2nd Edition

New to the second edition of this text are two chapters on defining the client and the Burke-Litwin model of organizational development and change. All the other chapters, except for chapter three, have been revised to reflect changes in the field of organizational development. The book presents an overview of organizational development, discusses the organization and the factors which will influence its structure and development in the future, contains a synopsis of each chapter presented to encourage the reader to develop a position and make choices and describes the theories underlying the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0201508354
• ASIN: 0201508354
• ISBN: 0201508354
• Manufacturer: Financal Times Management

Governing Failure: Provisional Expertise and the Transformation of Global Development Finance

Jacqueline Best argues that the 1990s changes in IMF, World Bank and donor policies, towards what some have called the 'Post-Washington Consensus,' were driven by an erosion of expert authority and an increasing preoccupation with policy failure. Failures such as the Asian financial crisis and the decades of despair in sub-Saharan Africa led these institutions to develop governance strategies designed to avoid failure: fostering country ownership, developing global standards, managing risk and vulnerability and measuring results. In contrast to the structural adjustment era when policymakers w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 110703504X
• ASIN: 110703504X
• ISBN: 110703504X
• Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't

• ASIN: 0066620996
• ASIN: 0066620996
• ISBN: 9780066620992
• Brand: HarperBusiness
• Manufacturer: HarperBusiness

Truly Global: The Theory and Practice of Bringing Your Company to International Markets

TODAY'S ECONOMY IS INCREASINGLY BORDERLESS. Every company that seeks to grow beyond its national boundaries needs a globalization team to help develop, translate, adapt, and promote products to international markets. This team is vital to ensuring that customers receive product information and support in their own language in a personalized and seamless way. From a company's website, to product interfaces and documentation, to telephone and online support, providing this culturally specific experience is essential to building a brand across international borders with a solid enterprise approac... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1460287053
• ASIN: 1460287053
• ISBN: 1460287053
• Manufacturer: FriesenPress

How the Aid Industry Works: An Introduction to International Development

International development is big business. Official global aid flows from North to South are over $100 billion annually. China and India, former aid recipients, are rapidly entering the field as aid providers themselves, and international charity is being redefined with the resources of private donors like the Gates Foundation, for example, outstripping the annual budget of long-time donors like the UK, Canada or the World Health Organization.Lacking in the literature on international development is an introductory text that provides an overview of the practices of the “business” of develo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1565492870
• ASIN: 1565492870
• ISBN: 1565492870
• Brand: Brand: Kumarian Press
• Manufacturer: Kumarian Press

Strength-Based Leadership Coaching in Organizations: An Evidence-Based Guide to Positive Leadership Development

Positive organizational psychology, with its focus on the identification and development of strengths, is a natural ally to executive development and leadership coaching. However, this approach is only just beginning to come to the attention of organizations and consequently, the research base for strength-based coaching is in its early stages of development. Strength-based Leadership Coaching in Organizations reviews strength-based approaches to positive leadership development and evaluates the evidence for their effectiveness, critically assesses their apparent distinctiveness, and considers... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0749474432
• ASIN: 0749474432
• ISBN: 0749474432
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Kogan Page

Business Development: A Market-Oriented Perspective

This textbook answers the basic questions: "What is business development?"  "What does the business developer do?" and "What characterises good, structured, effective business development?"  Distinguishing business development and the tasks of the business developer from traditional approaches of strategic management, entrepreneurship, and strategic marketing, this textbook will enable the market-oriented business developer to conceive, craft, and implement superior business plans. The book is divided into three modules focusing on the market-oriented business developer’s mindset, on pr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 047068366X
• ASIN: 047068366X
• ISBN: 047068366X
• Brand: Wiley
• Manufacturer: Wiley

Active Baby, Healthy Brain: 135 Fun Exercises and Activities to Maximize Your Child's Brain Development from Birth Through Age 5 1/2

Movement, play, and active exploration in the first five years of a child’s life are essential to the development of his or her body and brain. Now Active Baby, Healthy Brain presents 135 massages, exercises, and activities that engage your child’s love of play while also stimulating his or her brain development in multiple areas, including:BalanceCross-pattern movementVisualizationVestibular (inner ear) stimulationLateralityFine and gross motor skillsEach activity is presented on its own page with step-by-step instructions, appealing illustrations, and illuminating sidebars. The detailed ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1615190066
• ASIN: 1615190066
• ISBN: 1615190066
• Brand: The Experiment
• Manufacturer: Experiment, The

The World Trading System - 2nd Edition: Law and Policy of International Economic Relations

Since the first edition of The World Trading System was published in 1989, the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations has been completed, and most governments have ratified and are in the process of implementing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). In the Uruguay Round, more than 120 nations negotiated for over eight years, to produce a document of some 26,000 pages. This new edition of The World Trading System takes account of these and other developments. Like the first edition, however, its treatment of topical issues is grounded in the fundamental legal, constitutional, institut... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0262600277
• UPC: 000262600277
• ASIN: 0262600277
• ISBN: 0262600277
• Manufacturer: The MIT Press

International Human Resource Development : Learning, Education and Training for Individuals and Organizations

This ideal handbook will provide both thought-provoking questions and answers to the key factors in HR development today. This third edition has been fully updated and revised with a new international focus with case studies

• UPC: 17484058

International Organizations and Development, 1945-1990

This volume explores how international organizations became involved in the making of global development policy, and looks at the driving forces and dynamics behind that process, critically assessing the consequences their policies have had around

• UPC: 37784093

International Development Organizations and Fragile States : Law and Disorder

International Development Organizations And Fragile

• UPC: 986450690

The European Union in International Organisations and Global Governance : Recent Developments

Books : EUROPEAN UNION IN INTERNATIONAL

• UPC: 439077354

The Alms Bazaar: Altruism Under Fire - Non-Profit Organizations and International Development

The phenomenon of the transnational mega-charity is examined as are the threats to the independence of voluntary organizations from governments, UN agencies and from charities themselves. This is also a story about lessons of heroism

• UPC: 26661971

Handbook for Strategic HR : Best Practices in Organization Development from the OD Network

The role of human resources is no longer limited to hiring, managing compensation, and ensuring compliance. Learn the skills HR professionals need to become key partners in leading their

• UPC: 20973946

The Development of International Refugee Protection through the Practice of the UN Security Council - eBook

This paper examines the ambivalent influence of the UN Security Council’s practice on the development of international refugee protection since the early 1990s. While the international refugee protection regime did not originally foresee a role

• UPC: 154651811

International Organizations and Development, 1945-1990 - eBook

This volume explores how international organizations became involved in the making of global development policy, and looks at the driving forces and dynamics behind that process, critically assessing the consequences their policies have had around

• UPC: 811710536

International Development Organizations and Fragile States - eBook

This book addresses a conundrum for the international development community: The law of development cooperation poses major constraints on delivering aid where it is needed most. The existence of a state with an effective government

• UPC: 638592833

Best Practices in Leadership Development and Organization Change - eBook

In this important book, successful organizations—including well-known companies such as Agilent Technologies, Corning, GE Capital, Hewlett Packard, Honeywell Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, MIT, Motorola, and Praxair—share their most effective approaches, tools, and specific methods for leadership

• UPC: 488455205