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Accountability is a hot issue in business as organizations face the toughest recession in years. Yet the notion of accountability is confused with punishment, fault, blame and guilt. Accountability expert Linda Galindo has created a program for building a mindset for personal accountability and responsibility for organizational results. The Accountability Experience training program outlines a 3-step process that leads from accepting responsibility to self-empowerment to take personal action and finally to answering for the outcome through accountability. The Participant Workbook takes the participant through the exercises to understand and master the personal accountability process.

This much-needed systematic 2006 exploration of the emerging field of organizational discourse addresses scholarly perspectives and empirical applications of the concepts. The interpretive, functional, critical, and structurational perspectives are examined in detail. Issues discussed include the constructive potential of discourse; prominent interpretive approaches; the role of discourse, in particular metaphor, in fostering certain organizational outcomes; a critical view addressing the power and political dimensions of discourse; and the dual aspects of discourse as both communicative actions and deep structures, interrelated through the modality of interpretive schemes. Application chapters illustrate how discourse theory can be employed in field research, aiding the analyst in gaining a deeper understanding of the social context and of the effects of discourse on that context. In particular, a view of discourse as situated symbolic action, and a structurational view of discourse are illustrated empirically, using examples from a major IT organization and a global consulting firm.

Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance, Second Edition, provides a concise presentation of vital topics and emerging themes in corporate governance within the private sector, while maintaining the key elements of the successful first edition. This definitive book not only exposes the fundamental principles of corporate governance, it builds upon them by illustrating how they are applied. It includes several prominent case studies, and directors' duties and liability are illustrated by drawing on the most recent Australian court cases. Although grounded in Australian corporate governance, the book will appeal to practitioners and students of law and business management internationally. Principles of corporate governance are explicated for readers in all jurisdictions, with specific reference to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the implications for corporate governance developments in the future.

The 'corporate social responsibility' ('CSR') movement has been described as one of the most important social movements of our time. This book looks at what the CSR movement means for multinationals, for states and for international law. International law is often criticized for being too 'state-centred', and ill-equipped to deal with the challenges of globalization. However, drawing from many and varied examples of state, NGO and corporate practice, this 2006 book argues that, while international law has its limitations, it presents more opportunities for the CSR regulation of multinationals than many people assume. The main obstacles to better regulation are, therefore, not legal, but political.

Proportional Optimization and Fairness is a long-needed attempt to reconcile optimization with apportionment in just-in-time (JIT) sequences and find the common ground in solving problems ranging from sequencing mixed-model just-in-time assembly lines through just-in-time batch production, balancing workloads in event graphs to bandwidth allocation internet gateways and resource allocation in computer operating systems. The book argues that apportionment theory and optimization based on deviation functions provide natural benchmarks for a process, and then looks at the recent research and developments in the field. Individual chapters look at the theory of apportionment and just-in-time sequences; minimization of just-in-time sequence deviation; optimality of cyclic sequences and the oneness; bottleneck minimization; competition-free instances, Fraenkels Conjecture, and optimal admission sequences; response time variability; applications to the Liu-Layland Problem and pinwheel scheduling; temporal capacity constraints and supply chain balancing; fair queuing and stride scheduling; and smoothing and batching.

This digital document is a journal article from Forest Ecology and Management, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: Precommercial thinning is a silvicultural treatment commonly used to reduce the number of stems in densely regenerated stands. When applied to organic or mineral wetland sites, this treatment drastically eliminates a great portion of the canopy, which is responsible for maintaining evapotranspiration processes. The water table is susceptible, therefore, to rise in those sites where evapotranspiration is a significant regulator of the hydrological balance. The objective of this study was to investigate and quantify water table rise after precommercial thinning on post-harvest, drained forested wetlands, and to relate this rise to factors influencing evapotranspiration processes. The water table rose after precommercial thinning regardless of soil type, the distance to the drainage ditch, or the year of observation. In the second year after thinning on mineral soils, canopy openings were invaded by abundant and vigorous ground vegetation. Water table rise was significantly lower at that time than for the preceding year, indicating a tendency for faster hydrological recovery on mineral soil sites. The water table rise was related to the basal area removed, indicating the importance of woody vegetation in regulating water table depth in forested wetlands. Seasonal patterns in water table depth further illustrated the role of vegetation in the hydrological balance of such sites. Light to moderate thinning practices, therefore, appeared to be the most appropriate recommendation to avoid watering-up in young forested wetland stands.

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Whats your entrepreneurial style This powerful, practical book gives you proven techniques to help you maximize your personal and business potential and make more money than ever before. BRIAN TRACY, author of The Psychology of Selling Stop trying to fit the mold of some successful entrepreneur youve seen and start tapping your own DNAthis book will show you how. JOHN JANTSCH, author of Duct Tape Marketing and The Referral Engine This book is the ultimate roadmap to building a thriving business and life as an entrepreneur. Joe Abrahams ideas and insights are fresh, innovative, timeless, and guaranteed to produce real results and position you for long-term success. IVAN MISNER, New York Times bestselling author of The 29% Solution and founder of BNI and Referral Institute Joe is the next-generation version of Michael Gerber. ERIC PLANTENBERG, founder and CEO, Freedom Personal Development Are you interested in knowing your strengths and weaknesses as an entrepreneur and the strategies that work best for your particular DNA If so, read this insightful and helpful book. RAFAEL PASTOR, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Vistage International About the Book: Entrepreneurial DNA proves the simple but critical fact that not all entrepreneurs are cut from the same cloth. After all, nobody would put Donald Trump, a multilevel marketer, and the owner of a local pizza parlor in the same category. Everyone possesses unique entrepreneurial DNAand discovering yours is the critical first step to success. To help you build a successful business or optimize results within your current business, serial entrepreneur and business strategist Joe Abraham has developed the BOSI systema simple, structured process for determining your own entrepreneurial tendencies, strengths, and growth areas. With the BOSI system, you can create a strategic plan mapped to your entrepreneurial DNA that will improve all aspects of your business and leadership journey. Abrahams system provides four entrepreneurial categories that people fall into. Which type of entrepreneur are you Builder: Strategic, always looking for the upper hand Talent: creating scalable business ventures Opportunist: Speculative, always in the right place at the right time Talent: making money fast Specialist: Focused, in it for the long term Talent: providing exceptional client service Innovator: Inventive, with a desire to make an impact Talent: creating game-changing products At least one of these four categories describes youor perhaps a combination of two. Learning what type of entrepreneurial DNA you possess is critical to how you should structure and deploy your game plan in business. Whether youre serious about becoming a successful entrepreneur or improving your existing business, start with Entrepreneurial DNA. Youll discover your unique BOSI profi le and gain tremendous insight into how to engage the right people and develop plans and processes to match who you are.

The Beginner's Guide to Low-Risk Entrepreneurship You want to start your own business, but "risk" isn't your middle name. You're not alone. Many successful entrepreneurs are averse to risk--but they have learned the tricks to working around it. And now you can too, with School for Startups. This practical guide shows you how to build a business the smart way--without risking major assets such as your house, savings account, or health insurance. You'll learn how to increase your chance of success by: Funding your venture without investors Entering international markets Taking full advantage of tools on the Web Marketing your product or service for little or no cost Deploying a third party to package and ship products Taking control of an existing business or franchise The authors present hundreds of the best ideas for new businesses, along with case studies proving the effectiveness of their approach. Also included with the book is a code you can use to register for The Entrepreneur School (www.theentrepreneurschool.com), where you can access exclusive webinars and supplementary material.

Anticipating risks has become an obsession of the early twenty-first century. Private and public sector organizations increasingly devote resources to risk prevention and contingency planning to manage risk events should they occur. This book shows how we can organize our social, organizational and regulatory policy systems to cope better with the array of local and transnational risks we regularly encounter. Contributors from a range of disciplines - including finance, history, law, management, political science, social psychology, sociology and disaster studies - consider threats, vulnerabilities and insecurities alongside social and organizational sources of resilience and security. These issues are introduced and discussed through a fascinating and diverse set of topics, including myxomatosis, the 2012 Olympic Games, gene therapy and the recent financial crisis. This is an important book for academics and policy makers who wish to understand the dilemmas generated in the anticipation and management of risks.