Get The Best From Yourself, Your Co-Workers, & Yo... more

Get The Best From Yourself, Your Co-Workers, & Your Staff.Are your employees driven to excel... or comfortable just doing enough to get by? As a manager or supervisor, youve probably found that one of your toughest challenges is motivating your people to deliver exceptional performance. In this handbook, you'll discover how to improve employee motivation through five key areas: team-building, communication, delegation, recognition, and financial incentives. Youll learn what works and what doesnt in todays volatile, ever-changing business environment.... less

Our environment can be defined as the physical, c... more

Our environment can be defined as the physical, chemical, and biological world that surrounds us, as well as the complex of social and cultural conditions affecting an individual or community. This broad definition includes both the natural world and the built or technology environment, as well as the cultural and social contexts that shape human lives. This encyclopedia will help corporate professionals that face the responsibility of handling both environmental policy/issues and occupational safety issues within organizations.Volume 1:Plastic Wastes Management, Control, Recycling and Disposal Provides a technological review of the plastics industry, production and consumption statistics, definitions of major end use markets, and disposal paths for plastics.Volume 2:Medical Waste Management and DisposalThe results of EPA studies to characterize the types, numbers, and sizes of medical waste generators; and the types and amounts of regulated medical waste generated.Volume 3:Hazardous Materials and Waste ManagementIt provides an overview of both the technology and compliance requirements that will assist environmental managers in addressing facility management of hazardous wastes, pollution control, and waste minimization.Volume 4:Approaches to Implementing Solid Waste Recycling FacilitiesRecycling programs have to be responsive to public needs and provide legitimate environmental justification. Recycling and solid waste managers job is getting complex and challenging. This volume will provide a basis for the development of judgement that will be critical in recycling decision-making.... less

with basic principles relating to the freedom of ... more

with basic principles relating to the freedom of the Press - from its constitutional, philosophical and legal standingpoint alongwith common law and statutory law bearing on the staus and liabilities of the Press as an establishments... less

The venture capital (VC) industry plays an import... more

The venture capital (VC) industry plays an important role in nurturing entrepreneurship and innovation, and its role varies from country to country. This book attempts to compare the VCIs of different countries through the full range of pertinent variables, from business angels at one extereme to investee firms at the other. A wide and realistic picture of the industrys functions is presented. The analysis is based on the four main determinants of the VC industry: sources of financing, institutional infrastructure, exit mechanisms, and entrepreneurship and innovation generators. In addition, the special role of VC financing in the biomaterials industry is explained.Understanding the factors that contribute to the emergence of a successful venture capital industry is important for academics, VC associations, policy-making institutions, government agencies, and investors themselves. How can a countrys venture capital infrastructure give it a competitive edge in the global economy? What is the role of VC in the new economy? How have VC industries developed differently in different countries? Are there any lessons for successful VC industry development that can be applied across nations and cultures? How do you measure the maturity of a countrys VC industry? The editor and her contributors attempt to answer all these questions, among others. She concludes by offering policy suggestions for countries aiming to establish thriving VC industries of their own.... less

Human Resource Management In An International Con... more

Human Resource Management In An International Context is designed for those studying HRM as part of an MBA or a postgraduate/undergraduate business and management degree. It will also interest students who wish to gain a greater understanding of HRM issues in their international context and those who wish to practise HRM internationally as specialists or as general managers.The text provides a comprehensive and critical grounding in HRM theory and practice evident in many texts and organisations, but moves beyond this to look at the application and experience of people management strategies in a wide range of different countries and cultural contexts. The focus is not limited to HRM in multi-national companies, but includes practical examples and theoretical insights from a wider range of organisations (public, private and voluntary, manufacturing and service, large and small) from across the globe.... less

Take 50 simple steps toward a safer, healthier & ... more

Take 50 simple steps toward a safer, healthier & happier future.If you, like so many others, are eager to alter the course of climate change, let 50 Simple Steps be your roadmap! This practical and approachable guide to protecting our planet from global warming will inspire and empower you to begin making changes for a greener lifestyle today.50 Simple Steps will: Show you how something as simple as drinking fair trade coffee can help fight global warming Teach you how a sustainable lifestyle benefits other pressing issues including national security and the future of our economy Create awareness, enthusiasm, and support for your green lifestyle Offer new ideas even if you are already environmentally savvy Improve your quality of life by saving you money and improving your health Change the way you think and shop... less

Along with Relevant Provisions of Statutes and te... more

Along with Relevant Provisions of Statutes and text in Section-wise format with short notes... less

Along with Relevant Provisions of Statutes and te... more

Along with Relevant Provisions of Statutes and text in Section-wise format with short notes... less

Leading experts present cutting-edge ideas and cu... more

Leading experts present cutting-edge ideas and current research on product placement! The Handbook of Product Placement in the Mass Media: New Strategies in Marketing Theory, Practice, Trends, and Ethics is the first serious book in English to examine the wider contexts and varied texts of product placement, related media marketing strategies, and audience impacts. The contributors are national experts in a variety of mass media specialties history, law, and ethics (both media ethics and medical ethics); cultural and critical analysis; content analysis and effects; visuality; marketing, advertising, public relations, and promotion; and digital technology and futures.This first-of-its-kind book features interviews with leading critics and proponents of product placement (including the Pulitzer Prize-winning media critic of the LA Times and the Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, DC). Youll also find a lively roundtable of many of the major contributors (in Q&A format), a review of a recent video on product placement, and a helpful resource guide to publications and Web sites that further enhance the value of the book.... less

International Business And Culture is a book devo... more

International Business And Culture is a book devoted to the effects of culture on international business operations. Many costly errors have been made by international businesses that have not realized the extent to which the needs and behaviors of consumers and employees vary among regions and nations. Change has created many conflicts between the established ways and the introduction of new ideas and different behaviors. As firms further their internationalization efforts more and more employees will find that they are being exposed to greater cultural diversity. This is increasingly the case due to efforts to expand hiring of indigenous persons to staff foreign locations. Often new managers from foreign subsidiaries are provided training in the domestic offices exposing not only them, but also those around them, to different ways of thinking. This internationalization of the workplace has placed increased pressures on human resource departments, managers and staff. As such, companies will find it increasingly difficult to respond to differing languages, values and perceptions in a manner that maximizes diverse personal qualities and achieves company goals. As Internet use, international travel and communication speed all increase it is certainly reasonable to assume that the velocity at which cultures collide will increase as well. The seven articles included in this book provide valuable insights into dealing with these issues.... less