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Management in Islamic Countries

Principles and Practice

The recent growth and interest in Islamic finance has left many business CEOs, students, and managers around the world without an inside view of Islamic management—until now. This book offers an Islamic perspective on business ethics, marketing, leadership, and human resource management, and the author explains it all with a true inside understanding. The author also includes insight into the Islamic religion and how that affects business and overall management. From a personal, firsthand experience and perspective, the author provides an authentic picture of Islamic management. This book includes models, exercises and examples, discussion questions, and study questions; and if you’re conducting research into this area, it includes references for additional readings.

This book includes models, exercises and examples, discussion questions, and study questions; and if you’re conducting research into this area, it includes references for additional readings.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development

Principles and Practice

How can Academic Developers provide evidence of the effectiveness and ‘added value’ of their work to the key stakeholders within their institutions? Written for Academic Developers, academic administrators and others responsible for promoting organizational change, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development is a professional guide that shares best practice advice and provides developers with useful frameworks for effective evaluation and monitoring of their work. Through case studies and up-to-date examples from experts in the field, this collection explores the nuances of evaluative practice and the tensions inherent in claiming a causal link between academic development and organizational transformation. As higher education institutions continue to seek effective ways to determine the impact of academic development on organizational transformation in general and student learning in particular, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development is sure to be an invaluable resource.

Through case studies and up-to-date examples from experts in the field, this collection explores the nuances of evaluative practice and the tensions inherent in claiming a causal link between academic development and organizational ...

Strategic Management

Principles and Practice

Global examples, multiple perspectives and dynamic presentation make this important new textbook the complete introduction for modern strategy courses. Encouraging students to “be conscious of the perspectives, context and complexity that produce ideas about strategy”, the experienced author team situate learning within a diverse range of environments to reflect the globalized and turbulent nature of today’s business. “Key Debates” situated in every chapter provide a balanced introduction and highlight the subject’s vibrancy by asking the student to tackle vital strategic questions such as: “Are the five forces still relevant for today?”, “Do boards control their executives?”, “Should strategy be stable over time, or should it be changing?” and “Is related better than unrelated diversification?” Case Studies, Business Vignettes, Key Terms, Guided Further Reading and detailed Chapter References round out a comprehensive pedagogical framework while a complete supplements package ensures you can seamlessly integrate Witcher & Chau into your teaching for 2010 and beyond.

There is no sensible management at any level of any. udy Giuliani, ex-mayor of
New York City, points out in his book, Leadership, that purpose is fundamental to
how a leader manages an organization. He commented, when 'consider[ing] an
agency I tried to look at its core purpose and direct every decision based on how
well it helped advance that purpose ... aligning the resources and focus along
with that purpose ... finding the right organizational structure starts with a mission.

Community-Based Research and Higher Education

Principles and Practices

Community-Based Research and Higher Education is the long-awaited guide to how to incorporate a powerful and promising new form of scholarship into academic settings. The book presents a model of community-based research (CBR) that engages community members with students and faculty in the course of their academic work. Unlike traditional academic research, CBR is collaborative and change-oriented and finds its research questions in the needs of communities. This dynamic research model combines classroom learning with social action in ways that can ultimately empower community groups to address their own agendas and shape their own futures. At the same time it emphasizes the development of knowledge and skills that truly prepare students for active civic engagement.

COMMUNITY-BASED. RESEARCH. IN THE PREvIoUs cHAPTER, we
considered different ways that CBR might contribute to an organization's
planning, implementation, and evaluation processes, as well as how the
distinctive features of ...

Managing Academic Libraries

Principles and Practice

Managing Academic Libraries: Principles and Practice is aimed at professionals within the Library and Information Services (LIS) who are interested in learning more about the management of academic libraries. Written against a backdrop made up of the changes that digital technology has brought to academic libraries, this book uncovers how the library has changed its meaning from a physical to virtual icon and its effect on culture. The book aims to provide managers and students of LIS at all levels with the necessary management principles and practices needed to respond proactively to diverse audiences, while also keeping a focus on the purposes of higher education. In addition, readers will find an examination of various aspects of library management and reviews on key management techniques that can be used for successful interpretation and implementation of academic library mission statements. Provides tactics on how to manage the centrality of learning and reading in academic libraries Includes best practices on managing a learning organization Covers proactive management principles and practices that are needed to respond to diverse audiences

Written against a backdrop made up of the changes that digital technology has brought to academic libraries, this book uncovers how the library has changed its meaning from a physical to virtual icon and its effect on culture.

Islamic Finance

Principles and Practice, Second Edition

¾Islamic Finance is essential reading for students of economics, finance and Islamic studies. Moreover, a detailed examination of both financial products and fiscal and monetary policies ensures that it will also appeal to banking staff, financial jour

Ahmad, Imad-ad-Dean (1998), 'The dinar: indispensability of hard money to the
Islamic monetary regime', paper presented to the American Muslim Social
Scientists, Chicago, 30 October, www.minaret.org/OLD/MONETARY.HTM and ...

Public Relations

Principles and Practice

The text examines in detail the theory behind the principles and practice of public relations. The book draws on the opinions, views, expertise and understanding of a range of practitioners and theorists. Information is supported by case vignettes, detailed case studies and end-of-chapter questions; to tackle the issues involved in the principles of public relations as we begin the new millennia. The text will help students and practitioners develop knowledge and skills in the arena of public relations.

INTRODUCTION This chapter considers the key dimensions of the public
relations function within organisations, emphasising the fact that public relations
should be regarded as a management discipline. The characteristics of Grunig's
models ...