This book provides an overview of the gas industry and markets in the CIS. This region's strategic importance as one of the largest gas producers has largely been ignored- with the exception of Russia. The book is comprised of 10 country chapters, covering production, decision-making and regulation, domestic market reform, and trade issues.
Sales Management is a comprehensive textbook designed to meet the requirements of management students specializing in Marketing at post graduate level. It covers the entire arena of theoretical and practical aspects of sales management as a subject, and uses numerous industrial examples, exhibits, and illustrations for learning.
The book is divided in 5 parts. The first part, Personal Selling, begins with an overview of the key concepts of personal selling with various approaches and strategies, and goes on to discuss the personal selling process in detail. The second part, Organization of Sales Force Functions, talks about managing the sales force and elucidates on sales organization and territory. Following this, the third part, Managing the sales team, starts
Selwyn's Law of Employment is the market leading textbook on employment law. Now in its seventeenth edition, it has long been viewed as essential reading for students of employment law and employment law practitioners together with those studying the law in a business or professional environment. Astra Emir has taken over from the late Norman Selwyn as author and continues his approach of providing clear and succinct analysis of all areas of employment law from both an individual and collective standpoint. The breadth of coverage of case law and statutory material is unrivalled and ensures the reader is fully up to date on all areas of this fast moving area of the law. Online Resource Centre This book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, which offers reliable
This innovative text provides an accessible account of recent developments in sentencing and punishment from the standpoint of penal theories, policy aims, punishment practice and human rights. It reviews - from philosophical, legal and practical perspectives - changing ideas as to what counts as 'just' punishment, and provides an integrated discussion of the law and legitimacy of the process of calculating and implementing punishment. Sentencing and Punishment covers the key themes and topics studied on sentencing and punishment courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It explains and evaluates recent and proposed changes in penal policy and sentencing practice and gives a detailed account of punishment in custody and the community. The book is accompanied by
This textbook can be used throughout the undergraduate years of study and help develop students' competencies and locate social welfare theory and practice within a global, regional, and national context.
What enables businesses to succeed over the long haul and through changes in markets and technologies? Drawing on 30 years' research into some of the world's most successful companies - Microsoft, Apple, Intel, Google, Toyota - Cusumano distils six fundamental principles to equip businesses to survive and thrive in today's rapidly-changing markets.
Now in its eleventh edition, Steiner & Woods EU Law is rightfully regarded as one of the best and most trusted EU law textbooks available. The book includes a well-balanced range of topics for students taking undergraduate courses on EU law. It offers a careful blend of institutional and substantive coverage and focuses on explaining the law clearly for an undergraduate readership, as well as raising areas for debate. The end of chapter further reading lists highlight where to go for more in-depth research and flowcharts help to visually represent the workings of the EU to give a clear understanding of these processes. Online Resource Centre The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre offering teaching and learning support, including a customisable test
Strategic Advertising Management offers a systematic look at advertising within a theoretical and strategic planning framework. The authors present an overview of 'how advertising works' and what is required from a manager's perspective, in the development of an effective communication plan. The new edition has been fully updated with more coverage of new media throughout the text and the inclusion of a section on advertising for social marketing. Online Resource Centre For Students: Flashcard glossary Additional questions Further reading updates Web links Links to video Examples of Advertising For Lecturers: Suggested IPA case histories Suggested classroom exercises PowerPoint slides
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Clare Kelliher
David Mankin
Publishing date:2012
What makes good HR strategy and how do you develop it? These are questions commonly asked by HR professionals and are just two of the fundamental issues tackled by the authors in this comprehensive and innovative new textbook.
Written in a clear and accessible style specifically for students, Strategic Human Resource Management is the perfect stand-alone text for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying modules in Strategic HRM. Drawing from the latest academic research and topical insights from the industry, it aims to build upon basic knowledge of the subject to provide students with a clear guide to the theory and practice of managing people strategically.
The text adopts a user-friendly structure and is broken down into four key concepts to help
Strategy and Strategists provides an illuminating exploration of strategy and its implications for business. Adopting a critical and reflective approach, the authors guide the reader through the complexities of strategy, clearly presenting the conflicting viewpoints and arguments in this exciting and fast-moving field.
Business examples throughout the text elucidate strategy theory, providing future managers and executives with the awareness and knowledge necessary to test perspectives and draw their own conclusions. Linking literature to contemporary developments, this engaging textbook is invaluable reading for all students of strategy.
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Volume XVIII of 'Studies in Contemporary Jewry' offers a view of Jews and violence. It construes violence broadly, including deviance and crime, verbal threat and incitement, coercion, force and the resort to arms in individual, collective and communal, and state contexts. The essays span events in Israel, Russia, Germany, and the United States.
More than two millennia ago the famous Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote the classic work on military strategy, The Art of War. Now, in a new edition of Sun Tzu and the Art of Business, Mark McNeilly shows how Sun Tzu's strategic principles can be applied to twenty-first century business.
This book examines how tax policies contributed to the financial crisis; whether taxation can play a role in the reform efforts to establish a sounder and safer financial system; and the pros and cons of various tax initiatives.
The seventh edition of Textbook on Administrative Law has been substantially revised and updated to provide a concise and topical account of this fast-moving area of law. The guiding theme of this acclaimed textbook is how accountability is achieved through a 'grievance chain' comprising Parliament, informal methods of dispute resolution, ombudsmen, tribunals, and, particularly, by the courts through judicial review. This edition remains as accessible as ever, fully exploring the core areas of the subject and setting them in a contextual framework. In addition to wide-spread recognition as an invaluable core text for LLB and GDL students, Textbook on Administrative Law is a stimulating introduction for for undergraduate LLB students, postgraduate students in public
The ninth edition of Textbook on Civil Liberties and Human Rights provides a straightforward and stimulating account of this fascinating area of law. This essential textbook covers all the main topics taught on undergraduate civil liberties and human rights modules. It provides thorough, critical coverage of crucial areas such as police powers, freedom of expression, terrorism, and public order. Throughout the text the law is set in its social and political context. There is full discussion of all relevant post Human Rights Act 1998 jurisprudence, as well as analysis of the latest decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights.
The fifth edition of Textbook on Immigration and Asylum Law continues to provide students with expert coverage of case law and legislation, along with dynamic analysis of the political context and social impact of the law, and a strong focus on human rights. An essential text for students at all levels, the book deftly guides the reader through this fascinating and constantly developing area of law. Online Resource Centre This book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, which contains the following resources designed to support the book: - Twice-yearly updates providing easy access to changes and developments in the law - Problem questions to test knowledge and develop analytical skill - Guidance on how to answer the end-of-chapter questions - A selection of
Trusted by students for over 25 years, this popular book continues to provide an interesting, accessible, and original account of contemporary land law. The fourteenth edition builds upon this unique and straightforward approach, ensuring Textbook on Land Law remains the ultimate practical land law text for students. Using a fictional case study to illustrate the key principles of land law, the authors clearly demonstrate the real-life applications of this often abstract subject, while clarifying complex areas and common points of confusion. Further examples, sample documents and extracts all provide valuable context and help readers to fully understand how the law works in practice. Known for its clear and direct writing style, the 14th edition continues to combine
Josh Lerner, leading Harvard Business School professor, explores what lies behind successful innovation, and what managers and companies can learn from successful and unsuccessful cases. He combines both analysis of in-house innovation in corporate research labs, with more finance based venture capital investment in innovation.
Providing analysis and interpretation on the construction of the Bermuda Form this book also addresses the dispute resolution process and covers the legal and practical issues which arise in the international arbitration of large and complex disputes under it.
Since the Bermuda Form was developed in response to the collapse of the US excess liability insurance market it has become an industry standard on which such insurance is written. Bermuda Form arbitrations have since been conducted in London or Bermuda over a period of more than 20 years and represent hugely detailed, complex, lengthy and expensive pieces of litigation. This book is a valuable guide even for experienced practitioners in this difficult area of the law, adding significantly to
the nascent body of
Over the course of the next 25 years, it is estimated that nearly eighty percent of global economic growth will originate in previously poor places. Large countries with burgeoning populations such as China, India, and Brazil have economies that have exponentionally grown over the last few decades, and projections indicate that they will continue to do so for some time to come. While the challenge that this 'rise of the rest' poses to the United States' current
economic hegemony has risen concern amongst economists and businesses.
In The Coming Prosperity, Philip Auerswald argues that the introduction of the majority of the world's population into the global economy should be considered a source of opportunity. As technology spreads and communication between
The history of how computers spread to over 20 nations globally in less than six decades, exploring economic, political, social and technological reasons and consequences. It is based on extensive research into primary and secondary sources, and concludes with a discussion of implications for key players in the globalized economy.
Globalization, Rodrik argues, rests on shaky foundations. Despite the benefits it has brought to much of the world, there are profound conflicts of interest between democracy, national determination, and full economic globalization. He traces the idea's history, pinpoints its weaknesses, and points the way forward to a new 'smart globalization'
As China is transformed, relations between society, the state, and the city have become central. The Great Urban Transformation investigates what is happening in cities, and the development of quasi-property markets in China.
