Business & Economics - Education

In "The Art of Less: Minimalism of Mind, Space, and Heart, " discover the transformative power of minimalism in every facet of your life. This book is a guide to declutter not just your physical surroundings but also your thoughts and emotions, fostering a...

One of the major challenges for modern organizations is the management of individual and collective knowledge, which is at the root of specific practices designed to optimize knowledge acquisition, maintenance and application. There are, however, still a disproportionately low number of studies focused on...

From the classroom to the boardroom, whether you are the CEO of a multi-national corporation, or a prospective business student with aspirations of achieving a Master of Business Administration degree, management sciences, this book contains the no-frills, boiled-down ingredients of the MBA experience. The...

Like the waters of a fishbowl that grow cloudy if left untended, our lives fill up with impurities and toxins. How do we find success in our personal lives and business lives? We put life principles in to filter the junk and make freedom...

The formation of health professionals is critical for the health system to function and to achieve its universal health coverage (UHC) goals. This is well recognized by the majority of governments that plan to ensure enough training places and aim to regulate in order...

An increasing number of developing countries are introducing school-based management (SBM) reforms that are aimed at empowering principals and teachers or at strengthening their professional motivation, thereby enhancing their sense of school ownership. Many of these reforms have also strengthened parental involvement in the...

Early childhood development outcomes play an important role throughout a person's life, affecting one's income-earning capacity and productivity, longevity, health, and cognitive ability. The deleterious effects of poor early childhood development outcomes can be long-lasting, affecting school attainment, employment, wages, criminality, and social integration...

Why abolish school fees in Africa? The answer seems obvious: to achieve the right to education for all and thus promote equitable participation in economic growth and political action. However, moving from a system based on user fees, which stifled enrollment of the poorest...

Economic and social changes, fast evolution of technology, and the growing importance of Internet services and international communications--all these require secondary education providers to adapt what is taught and learned in schools. However, in Africa the content of secondary curricula is in most cases...

This study is based on research on secondary textbook and school library provision in Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Togo, as well as existing recent country reports on textbook provision and an extensive desk research. Considerable variations exist in...

This World Bank Working Paper discusses equity and efficiency issues in secondary education transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its main purpose is to identify and analyze national, regional, and local measures that may lead to the development of more efficient and seamless transitions between post-primary...

Engineering for Business features teaching materials and case studies developed for senior undergraduate courses in engineering and business and graduate-level classes in Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering and Management, and Technology Management.Author: Colin O. BenjaminISBN-10: 0761835520ISBN-13: 9780761835523Publisher: University Press of AmericaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2009Pages: 278Format: PaperbackWeight:...

The rapidly growing trend of higher education programs specially tailored for managers of nonprofit agencies is no more than fifteen years old, but now these programs include thousands of students at nearly one hundred universities and colleges worldwide. Business management education developed at the...

This book includes empirical and theoretical original papers written by researchers from different countries and universities. The target audience of this book is researchers, students and academics interested in business, economics and education.Author: Patrycja Chodnicka-JaworskaISBN-10: 363192478XISBN-13: 9783631924785Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der WLanguage:...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. In an era...

Do emotions control your investing decisions?If you've ever bought a stock out of fear of missing out... or sold too soon because of panic... you already know that psychology is the real battlefield of the stock market.In The Confident Investor, Ethan Wells shows you...

Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with a bound book, use ISBN 0133831612. A popular text by renowned authors Jana Echevarria and Anne Graves, Sheltered Content...

From newer and passionate sales professionals to veteran entrepreneurs, 7th Power of 7 outlines and provides everything necessary to master the art of selling and create stability and consistency throughout the years. With Tim Mulcahy's 7 Fundamentals of Sales, and Marco's review of the...

From newer and passionate sales professionals to veteran entrepreneurs, 7th Power of 7 outlines and provides everything necessary to master the art of selling and create stability and consistency throughout the years. With Tim Mulcahy's 7 Fundamentals of Sales, and Marco's review of the...

Reconnecting Business Schools with Business is a provocative call to action for business schools worldwide. This groundbreaking book argues that traditional business schools have strayed from their core mission: to be professional schools that directly serve and advance the practice of business.Drawing parallels to...

It is well known the global community is looking towards business to play its role in creating a just and fair economy. This increases the urgency and relevance of new approaches to management education that can engage and foster socially responsible leaders who are...

An easy-to-understand guide to the brain, its structure and function from a systems perspective. Focus in this edition lies on substance abuse--alcohol, drugs and their effects on a healthy brain. Addiction is a disease as presented here, but a preventable one.Author: David BalogISBN-10: 1541369556ISBN-13:...

This book presents a graphic picture of the backgrounds, development, status, and needs of business education in the changing South. The data have been compiled and analyzed in a regional framework with the results carefully evaluated and presented in a fair, logical, and clear-cut...

This is an in-depth yet practical guide for Masters students showing how to design, develop and successfully deliver research questionnaires.Author: Yuksel EkinciISBN-10: 1446273563ISBN-13: 9781446273562Publisher: Sage Publications LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/12/2015Pages: 184Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.68h x 7.25w x 0.60d

Are you tired of management theories that sound brilliant in boardrooms but crumble under real-world pressure? Dr. Kenneth Anderson has distilled decades of executive leadership into twenty transformational principles that actually work-because they've been proven in the trenches.From his tenure as President of Love...

The education sector and workforce each face significant challenges in adapting to the unprecedented pace of technological advancement. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, and other disruptive technologies is reshaping job roles and even entire industries, creating a pressing need for individuals and...

Does your family have a clear inspiring vision or purpose? Have you formally shared your dream in writing with your family? Do you or the leaders in your family know how to establish a motivating vision for your family? Are you willing to make...

Written by a leader in event sustainability management, this book is a practical, step-by-step guide taking readers through the key aspects of how to identify, evaluate, and manage event sustainability issues and impacts and to use the event for good - events of any...

This comprehensive guide is perfect for anyone seeking to navigate the complexities of insurance, including individuals, business owners, students, attorneys, risk managers and insurance professionals.Highlights of this book include: New insights into managing risk and emerging industry trends. Expanded sections on pricing, claims processes,...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Education is a hot topic. From the stage of presidential debates to tonight's dinner table, it is an issue that most Americans are deeply concerned about. While there are many strategies for improving the educational process, we need a way to find out what...

An MBA-level toolkit in hours, not years.Business today moves fast - global, digital, and competitive. Traditional MBAs are valuable, but not everyone has the time or resources for two years of study. What professionals need instead is clarity, structure, and practical tools they can...

Tired of dreaming and ready to build? This is the step-by-step guide founders are calling their essential playbook.The Everyday Entrepreneur's Playbook delivers actionable strategies and real world insights for launching, growing, or scaling your startup or side hustle. More than theory, it's a practical...

EARLY CHILDHOOD TECHNOLOGY PLANNING is a valuable resource for early childhood professionals, librarians and college students to explore the area of technology and young learners. This planning guide defines early childhood technology and the rationale for using it with young children. There is a...

A Project Manager's Guide to Passing the Project Management Exam - This book contains detailed directions for preparing for the exam, along with chapter summaries and detailed review questions. We have also updated our material dealing with the Professional Responsibilities section. Organized to cover...

This open-minded, multidisciplinary approach challenges existing world views on the endogenous and exogenous forces that drive markets and economies. Nine narrative chapters and a conclusion provide an accessible history of key premises and assumptions in the mental models proposed by several major economists since...

Author: Raymond HerronISBN-13: 9798232588571Publisher: Raymond HerronLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2025Pages: 140Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d

Author: Lindsey Baker,Joe BakerISBN-13: 9798993053370Publisher: BakerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/10/2025Pages: 170Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d

This book considers Human Centric Artificial Intelligence as AI which possesses an ethical dimension in addition to its technical capabilities.Author: Margherita PaganiISBN-10: 1032263024ISBN-13: 9781032263021Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2025Pages: 138Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d

Struggling with supply chain bottlenecks, inventory management challenges, or inefficiencies in your merchandising operations?This book is your practical guide to overcoming these common obstacles with low-cost solutions, tailored specifically for startups, SMEs, and small businesses.In The SME Supply Chain Guidebook: Simplify, Scale, Succeed, you'll...

In recent times, the fastest growing part of the higher education system has been business schools. With an established set of university based business schools in the USA since the early part of the 20th century, the growth since then has come in Europe...

Workers' skills are an essential asset for firms to recover from the COVID-19 shock and succeed in the twin digital and green transitions. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) face special barriers to investing in human capital because of their size and more limited access...

This report analyses the pay system in Israel's public sector, and provides recommendations to align it with the strategic priorities of the government. It recommends ways to simplify job classification and better match pay to market rates, particularly in areas where the public sector...

In supporting children's development, countries invest in the future successes of economies and societies. Awareness of the critical role early childhood education and care (ECEC) plays in setting a strong foundation for children's learning, development and well-being has grown among policy makers worldwide.Author: OecdISBN-10:...

In the context of considerable labour market change, many adults in Canada are being challenged to consider alternative career paths, and to upskill or retrain. Career guidance has the potential to facilitate employment transitions: not only from the education system to the labour market,...

A Fast Company Press bookLearning is the bridge that takes us from where we are today to where we want to go tomorrow.In today's rapidly changing world, learning can be a powerful asset. Learning how to learn can help you acquire new skills, change...

Artificial intelligence can be free or inexpensive and still is a tool that will boost productivity and creativity, help generate efficiency, and support innovation that leads to business growth. Knowing how to ask AI the right questions is called "prompt engineering". This six-page laminated...

How to Read a Paragraph introduces the importance of purposeful skilled reading and lays out methods by which to develop close reading skills using the tools of critical thinking. Developing these skills enables students to read for deep understanding, to properly analyze and assess...

Thriving in the Future Job Market" is an insightful exploration of the rapidly evolving job market landscape expected in 2025 and beyond. This book delves into the specialized skills, professions, and industry trends that will shape the future of work, providing readers with valuable...

The COVID-19 crisis has reiterated the importance of adult learning and career guidance services as many adults have lost their jobs and now require upskilling and reskilling opportunities in order to keep pace with the rapidly evolving world of work. Yet, in order to...