Fairness, Collective Bargaining, and Incomes Policy

Willman, Paul

Oxford University Press

Understanding Management: Social Science Foundations

Management is a fragmented and interdisciplinary area of study, with a lot of academic branches. Willman argues this tree is narrower at its roots, and these roots lie primarily in social science. Key to the purpose of the book is to present management theory as applied social science.Developed out of a core management course at Master's level, this book introduces the field to students who may have little prior knowledge of management. Willman interprets 'management' broadly to embrace the sub-disciplines of strategy, finance, accounting, marketing, organisational behaviour and operations management. The text aims to show how they arose and how they relate, thus engaging the reader in a little history.The book is integrative, in that it seeks to find common concerns in disparate literatures. It is also critical in that it seeks to comparatively evaluate contributions to the management field both in terms of theoretical contribution and practical impact. It is intended to be accessible to a range of readers, presenting technical materials in an informal way. Finally, it is introductory in that it assumes no previous knowledge of the academic management field.

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Management is a fragmented and interdisciplinary area of study, with a lot of academic branches. Willman argues this tree is narrower at its roots, and these roots lie primarily in social science. Key to the purpose of the book is to present management theory as applied social science. Developed out of a core management course at Master's level, this book introduces the field to students who may have little prior knowledge of management. Willman interprets 'management' broadly to embrace the sub-disciplines of strategy, finance, accounting, marketing, organisational behaviour and operations management. The text aims to show how they arose and how they relate, thus engaging the reader in a little history. The book is integrative, in that it seeks to find common concerns in disparate literatures. It is also critical in that it seeks to comparatively evaluate contributions to the management field both in terms of theoretical contribution and practical impact. It is intended to be accessible to a range of readers, presenting technical materials in an informal way. Finally, it is introductory in that it assumes no previous knowledge of the academic management field.

Traders: Risks, Decisions, and Management in Financial Markets

This is a book about traders in financial markets: what they do, the kind of people they are, how they perceive the world they inhabit, how they make decisions and take risks. This is also a book about how traders are managed-the best and the worst examples-and about the institutions they inhabit: firms, markets, cultures, and theories of how the world works. How these institutions function, how traders are managed, and how traders view the world, all have profound effects on the wider financial environment. This book explores these relationships and their implications theoretically and empirically. The data discussed in this book draw on a three-year project researching the psychological and social influences on the behavior and performance of traders in investment banks. 118 traders and managers in four leading organizations participated. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews supplemented by questionnaires, measures of personality, risk propensity and a novel computer based measure designed to assess illusion of control and other cognitive biases. The authors' approach to writing this book is explicitly interdisciplinary. They draw on sociology, psychology and economics in order to illuminate the work of traders and the world they inhabit. The book is a significant contribution to the growing body of research and literature which suggests that if we are to effectively understand financial markets and the actors who inhabit them, the insights of neo-classical financial economics need supplementing with a broader range of social science approaches. The book will be of value to researchers interested in the functioning of financial institutions and markets, to those with an interest in market regulation and to practitioners wishing to benefit from an analytical perspective on the challenges facing traders and their managers.

Nicholson, Nigel

Fenton-O'Creevy, Mark

Soane, Emma

Investing

This is a book about traders in financial markets: what they do, the kind of people they are, how they perceive the world they inhabit, how they make decisions and take risks. This is also a book about how traders are managed-the best and the worst examples-and about the institutions they inhabit: firms, markets, cultures and theories of how the world works. How these institutions function, how traders are managed, and how traders view the world, all have profound effects on the wider financial environment. This book explores these relationships and their implications theoretically and empirically. The data discussed in this book on a three-year project researching the psychological and social influences on the behavior and performance of traders in investment banks. One hundred and eighteen traders and managers in four leading organizations participated. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews supplemented by questionnaries, measures of personality, risk propensity and a novel computer based measure designed to assess illusion of control and other cognitive biases. The authors' approach to writing this book is explicitly interdisciplinary. hey draw on sociology, psychology and econics in order to illuminate the work of traders and the world they inhabit. The book is a significant contribution to the growing body of research and literature suggesting that if we are to effectively understand financial markets and the actors who inhabit them, the insights of neo-classical financial economics need supplementing with a broader range of social science approaches. The book will be of value to researchers interested in the functioning of financial institutions and markets, to those with an interest in market regulation and to practitioners wishing to benefit from an analytical perspective on the challenges facing traders and their managers.

It is fashionable to speak of trade unions in the UK as organizations in decline. However, it is their organization and, in particular, their financial status, that ultimately dictates unions' ability to survive, recruit and influence employers. This book provides the first systematic picture of union financial status for thirty years, and reveals a dramatic picture. Though, overall, unions have become financially less healthy in the postwar period, many unions experienced an improved financial position during the membership contraction of the Thatcher years. The authors also show that the long term financial decline of unions has been affected more by competition among unions for membership, than by the effects of traumatic industrial disputes.

Union Business: Trade Union Organisation and Financial Reform in the Thatcher Years

Morris, Tim

Aston, Beverly

Economics

Cambridge University Press

An attempt to provide a theoretical and practical analysis of the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974 in the UK, and its central ideas of self-regulation and workforce involvement. The development and impact of the legislation and its practice in industry is examined.

Safety at Work: The Limits of Self-Regulation (Cambridge Studies in Management, Series Number 12)

Bamford, Martin

Dawson, Sandra

Clinton, Alan

Union Business: Trade Union Organisation and Financial Reform in the Thatcher Years (Cambridge Studies in Management (Hardcover))

In college basketball, there is no greater rivalry than the University of Kentucky and their in-state rival 80 miles to the north the University of Louisville. Going back almost a hundred year, theses giants among their peers undoubtedly have proved time and again that their rivalry is the GREATEST in College Basketball!  From the humble beginnings with a peach basket and an over inflated soccer ball, the game has grown into a passionate game where the fans live, eat and breath the game and support their teams! UK vs UofL College Basketballs Greatest Rivalry - Enough Said is the definitive book to once and for all, settle the question, Who has the Greatest Rivalry?

UK vs UofL College Basketball No. 1 Rivalry - Enough Said!

Sports & Outdoors

Basketball

Bearhead Publishing

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Fairness, Collective Bargaining, and Incomes Policy

Understanding Management: Social Science Foundations

Understanding Management: Social Science Foundations

Traders: Risks, Decisions, and Management in Financial Markets

Traders: Risks, Decisions, and Management in Financial Markets

Union Business: Trade Union Organisation and Financial Reform in the Thatcher Years

Safety at Work: The Limits of Self-Regulation (Cambridge Studies in Management, Series Number 12)

Union Business: Trade Union Organisation and Financial Reform in the Thatcher Years (Cambridge Studies in Management (Hardcover))

UK vs UofL College Basketball No. 1 Rivalry - Enough Said!