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Recent titles in the library (Management, 8 August 2008)

Friday, August 8th, 2008
best business books

The contested commons : conversations between economists and anthropologists / edited by Pranab Bardhan and Isha Ray.

Global corporate power / edited by Christopher May.

Leadership in the new millennium / Rodney Overton.

The matrix organization reloaded : adventures in team and project management / Marvin R. Gottlieb.

The six secrets of change : what the best leaders do to help their organizations survive and thrive / Michael Fullan.

Multinational enterprises and emerging challenges of the 21st century / edited by John H. Dunning, Tsai-Mei Lin.

International development studies : theories and methods in research and practice / Andrew Sumner and Michael Tribe.

The MBA companion / Paul Dainty and Moreen Anderson.

How to rule the world : the coming battle over the global economy / Mark Engler.

Performance management systems : a global perspective / edited by Arup Varma, Pawan S. Budhwar and Angelo DeNisi.

The working landscape : founding, preservation, and the politics of place / Peter F. Cannava.

Trust within organizations of the new economy [electronic resource] : a cross-industrial study / Marco Tulio Zanini.

Cornerstones of strategic management / by Laurie Dickie & Carolyn Dickie.

The voice of authority : 10 communication strategies every leader needs to know / Dianna Booher.

The executive’s guide to corporate events & business entertaining : how to choose and use corporate functions to increase brand awareness, develop new business, nurture customer loyalty and drive growth / Judy Allen.

Career choice in management and entrepreneurship : a research companion / edited by Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Ayala Malach-Pines.

The definitive job book : rules from the recruitment insiders / Anne Watson.

Resumes for computer careers / the editors of McGraw-Hill.

Australian master human resources guide / CCH Australia, Macquarie Graduate School of Management [and] Baker & McKenzie.

Giving notice : why the best and the brightest leave the workplace and how you can help them stay / Freada Kapor Klein, Martha Mendoza, Kimberly Allers .

100 minds that made the market / Kenneth L. Fisher.

Please send any new title suggestions in this area to Cristina Ghiculescu at c.ghiculescu@library.uq.edu.au

Recent titles in the library (Business Organisation and Communication, 30 July 2008)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

business book stack

Decision-making style inventory / Richard H. Johnson, William C. Coscarelli assisted by JaDean Johnson.

Emotional labor : putting the service in public service / Mary E. Guy, Meredith A. Newman, Sharon H. Mastracci.

Managing performance improvement / Michael D. Tovey, Mary-Anne L. Uren.

International journal of managing projects in business [electronic resource].

The new development management : critiquing the dual modernization / edited by Sadhvi Dar & Bill Cooke.

International business : competing in the global marketplace / Charles W.L. Hill.

Managing life, learning and work in the 21st Century [electronic resource] : issues informing the development of an Australian Blueprint for Career Development / by Mary McMahon, Wendy Patton, Peter Tatham

Organizing cross-functional new product development projects [electronic resource] : the phase-specific effects of organizational antecedents/ by Tobias Huth.

Diversity at work / edited by Arthur P. Brief.

Experiencing recruitment and selection / Jon Billsberry.

Critical representations of work and organization in popular culture / Carl Rhodes and Robert Westwood.

Global corporate power / edited by Christopher May.

Leadership in the new millennium / Rodney Overton.

The matrix organization reloaded : adventures in team and project management / Marvin R. Gottlieb.

The six secrets of change : what the best leaders do to help their organizations survive and thrive / Michael Fullan.

Multinational enterprises and emerging challenges of the 21st century / edited by John H. Dunning, Tsai-Mei Lin.

International development studies : theories and methods in research and practice / Andrew Sumner and Michael Tribe.

The MBA companion / Paul Dainty and Moreen Anderson.

How to rule the world : the coming battle over the global economy / Mark Engler.

Performance management systems : a global perspective / edited by Arup Varma, Pawan S. Budhwar and Angelo DeNisi.

Please send any new title suggestions in this area to Cristina Ghiculescu at c.ghiculescu@library.uq.edu.au

Recent titles in the library (Business Organisation and Communication, 25 June 2008)

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Directory of bodies [electronic resource] : mandates, membership, officers.

Measuring globalisation [electronic resource] : activities of multinationals. Volume I, Manufacturing = Mesurer la mondialisation : activités des multinationales. Volume I, Secteur manufacturier.

Measuring globalisation [electronic resource] : activities of multinationals. Volume II, Services, 2000-2004 = Mesurer la mondialisation : activités des multinationales. Volume II, Services, 2000-2004

Communication and management at work / Thomas Klikauer.

Facets of corporate identity, communication and reputation / edited by T.C. Melewar.

People management skills for technical professionals / Charlene Tribelhorn.

Conflict coaching : conflict management strategies and skills for the individual / Tricia S. Jones, Ross Brinkert.

Clearings in the forest : on the study of leadership / Nathan Harter.

Entrepreneurship, geography, and American economic growth / Zoltan J. Acs, Catherine Armington.

Entrepreneurial learning : conceptual frameworks and applications / edited by Richard T. Harrison and Claire M. Leitch.

International handbook of research on indigenous entrepreneurship / edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson.

The bridge at the edge of the world : capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability / James Gustave Speth.

Negotiate your way to success [electronic resource] : 24 steps to building agreement / Steven P. Cohen.

Negotiating globally [electronic resource] : how to negotiate deals, resolve disputes, and make decisions across cultural boundaries / Jeanne M. Brett.

Leading the way : evaluating and assessing leadership programs : evaluation of existing leadership programs and assessment of the relationship between these and the attraction of women to leadership positions in rural industries / Jo Eady.

Models of enterprise-level project performance [computer file] : comparative studies of organizational form, control mode and feedback mechanisms in the construction and IT services industries / Li Liu.

Bioblogs : resumes for the 21st century / Michael Holley Smith.

Gender in management [electronic resource]

Stress buster [videorecording]

Please send any new title suggestions in this area to Cristina Ghiculescu at c.ghiculescu@library.uq.edu.au

Recent titles in the library (Business Organisation and Communication, 29 May 2008)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Statistical techniques in business & economics / Douglas A. Lind, William G. Marchal, Samuel A. Wathen.

Handbook of sustainable development / edited by Giles Atkinson, Simon Dietz, Eric Neumayer.

Human values and ethics in the workplace / Glenn Martin.

Make poverty business : increase profits and reduce risks by engaging with the poor / Craig Wilson and Peter Wilson.

Strategic brand management : building, measuring and managing brand equity / Kevin Lane Keller.

Statistical modeling for management / Graeme D. Hutcheson, Luiz Moutinho.

The winner’s attitude : change how you deal with difficult people and get the best out of any situation / Jeff and Val Gee.

2005 workplace diversity practices : survey report / Evren Esen.

151 quick ideas to inspire your staff / by Jerry R. Wilson.

Conflict management & mediation / Jennifer Martin.

Trust, risk, and uncertainty / edited by Sean Watson and Anthony Moran.

Sustainable development and environmental management : experiences and case studies / edited by Corrado Clini, Ignazio Musu and Maria Lodovica Gullino.

International business and globalization / edited by John D. Daniels and Jeffrey A. Krug.

Challenges of managing information quality in service organizations / [edited by] Latif Al-Hakim

The complete guide to conflict resolution in the workplace / Marick F. Masters and Robert R. Albright.

Changing organizational culture : cultural change work in progress / Mats Alvesson and Stefan Sveningsson.

The Blackwell handbook of principles of organizational behavior [electronic resource] / edited by Edwin A. Locke.

Strategic performance management / by Andre de Waal.

Human resource management in Japan : changes and uncertainties : a new human resource management system fitting to the global economy / Philippe Debroux.

151 quick ideas to recognize and reward employees / by Ken Lloyd.

Please send any new title suggestions in this area to Cristina Ghiculescu at c.ghiculescu@library.uq.edu.au

Recent titles in the library (Business Organisation and Communication, 14 May 2008)

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Property : land your dream job! : Australia / by Helen Isbister and Morris Bryant.

Work from home : finding freedom in your spare room / by Claire Buckis.

Time to talk : making the workplace more enjoyable through the conversations you have with your team / Kathy Catton.

Conflict resolution [electronic resource] : mediation tools for everyday worklife / Daniel Dana.

The psychology of conflict and conflict management in organizations / edited by Carsten K.W. De Dreu, Michele J. Gelfland.

Population and Australia’s future labour force / Peter McDonald and Glenn Withers.

Be your own boss : making it big in business : Australia / by Sarah James.

Going global : jobs that take you around the world : Australia / by Vanessa McQuarrie.

Corporate governance : theories, principles, and practice / John Farrar.

Make it happen before lunch : 50 cut-to-the-chase strategies for getting the business results you want / Stephan Schiffman.

Don’t follow the crowd : suggesting a new approach in industry and politics/ Wendelin Wiedeking.

‘Dirty deeds done cheap’? : employment relations and the organisation of work in the NSW commercial cleaning industry / Shaun F. Ryan.

Doing business in Europe / Gabriele Suder.

Please send any new title suggestions in this area to Cristina Ghiculescu at c.ghiculescu@library.uq.edu.au

Recent titles in the library (Business Organisation and Communication, 2 May 2008)

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Strategies for policy making / Grover Starling.

Institutions, production, and working life / edited by Geoffrey Wood and Philip James.

Inside the box : leading with corporate values to drive sustained business success / David S. Cohen.

Organizational knowledge in the making [electronic resource]: how firms create, use, and institutionalize knowledge / Gerardo Patriotta.

The making of modern management : British management in historical perspective / John F. Wilson and Andrew Thomson.

Building innovation capability in organizations : an international cross-case perspective / Milé Terziovski.

Shifting boundaries of the firm: Japanese company-Japanese labour / Mari Sako.

Smarter consulting : how to start up and succeed as an independent consultant / Mike Johnson.

More than just jobs [electronic resource] : workforce development in a skills-based economy / edited by Sylvain Giguère.

Human resource management : ethics and employment / edited by Ashly H. Pinnington, Rob Macklin, Tom Campbell.

Supervision : managing for results / John W. Newstrom.

Non-verbal communication in the global marketplace [videorecording].

The values of bureaucracy / edited by Paul du Gay.

Risk management guide for small business / Department of State and Regional Development.

Business organisation and management for Queensland / Aliisa Mylonas, Jill Harvey, Jacky Hodges.

Conflict resolution strategies [videorecording] / produced by Lexicon Media.

Flexible work solutions : a guide to preparing, implementing and sustaining flexible work arrangements for employees and managers / Vilma Faoro.

Managing projects, managing people / author, David Parker Michael Craig.

Work a little less, live a little more / Mark McKeon.

Organisations and management in social work / Mark Hughes and Michael Wearing.

Please send any new title suggestions in this area to Cristina Ghiculescu at c.ghiculescu@library.uq.edu.au

Recent titles in the library (Business Organisation and Communication, 18 April 2008)

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Risk management guide for small business / Department of State and Regional Development.

Quantitative methods for business and management / Frank Dewhurst.

Business organisation and management for Queensland / Aliisa Mylonas, Jill Harvey, Jacky Hodges.

Conflict resolution strategies [videorecording] / produced by Lexicon Media.

Flexible work solutions : a guide to preparing, implementing and sustaining flexible work arrangements for employees and managers / Vilma Faoro.

Managing projects, managing people / author, David Parker Michael Craig.

Work a little less, live a little more / Mark McKeon.

America at work : choices and challenges / edited by Edward E. Lawler and James O’Toole.

Superannuation and retirement income planning / Diana Beal.

Lessons from pension reform in the Americas [electronic resource] / edited by Stephen J. Kay and Tapen Sinha.

Organisations and management in social work / Mark Hughes and Michael Wearing.

Challenging biographies : re-locating the theory and practice of careers work / Andrew Edwards (editor) [contributors] Hazel Reid, Linden West, Bill Law.

Please send any new title suggestions in this area to Cristina Ghiculescu at c.ghiculescu@library.uq.edu.au

Recent titles in the library (Economics)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Please send any new title suggestions in this area to Jennifer Creese at j.creese@library.uq.edu.au

Recent titles in the library (Business Organisation and Communication, 1 April 2008)

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Corporate governance in Japan [electronic resource] : institutional change and organizational diversity / edited by Masahiko Aoki, Gregory Jackson, Hideaki Miyajima.

Private equity, corporate governance and the dynamics of capital market regulation / editor, Justin O’Brien.

The Pfeiffer book of successful communication skill-building tools / edited by Jack Gordon.

Shackleton’s way : leadership lessons from the great Antarctic explorer / Margot Morrell, Stephanie Capparell foreword by Alexandra Shackleton.

Exploring identity : concepts and methods / edited by Alison Pullen, Nic Beech and David Sims.

Organizational behavior / Robert Kreitner, Angelo Kinicki.

Unmanaging : opening up the organization to its own unspoken knowledge / Theodore Taptiklis.

The Oxford handbook of corporate social responsibility / edited by Andrew Crane … [et al.].

Management and organization review .

Please send any new title suggestions in this area to Cristina Ghiculescu at c.ghiculescu@library.uq.edu.au