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42) Beyond violence
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1973]
Edition
[first U.S. edition].
Physical Desc
175 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 255 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Amanda Goodall has spent a decade researching what makes organizations tick, everywhere from the business world to hospitals and healthcare systems, football and basketball teams, and Formula 1 organizations. By debunking the cult of managerialism (the notion that smart people can run anything and the emphasis on leadership personality), Goodall reshapes our understanding of bosses and the traits necessary for organizational success. She identifies...
Author
Publisher
HRD Press
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (v, 198 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
What does it mean to lead? Are there natural born leaders? Can leadership be taught? Throw out everything you thought you knew. Leaders Without Titles challenges the way we determine who our leaders should be and uncovers the factors that really influence the ability to lead.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wyatt Palmer is just another undersized freshman hoping to fit in at high school, but when his best friend Matt Diaz's pet ferret ends up in the hands of the Bevins, the most popular boys at Coral Cove High, Wyatt and Matt try to get the animal back by attending a party for the cool clique and stumble onto the Bevin family's dark secret.
53) Clique here
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From middle-grade darling Anna Staniszewski comes the story of a girl who might just have being popular down to a science. Lily loves science and hanging out with her best friend, Katie. But after a really embarrassing incident, she jumps at the chance to switch schools. She's ready to start over. With the scientific process, anything is possible! After a summer spent coming up with theories and prepping for the switch, Lily starts her new school...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Biologist Rob Dun grew up listening to stories of the Mississippi River, how it flooded his grandfather's town of Greenville, swallowing up the townsfolk and leaving behind a muddy wasteland. Years later, Dunn discovered the cause of the great deluge. The Army Corps of Engineers had tried to straighten the river, cutting off its meandering oxbows in order to allow for the easy passage of boats. They had tried to bend nature to their own design. But...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two cognitive scientists explain how the human brain relies on the communal nature of intelligence and knowledge, constantly gathering information and expertise stored outside our mind and bodies, to overcome its shortcomings of being error prone, irrational and often ignorant, "--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"This book is concerned with how people come together to achieve a productive purpose. Human survival has always depended upon our ability to form and sustain social organisations. People have a deep need to be creative and to belong. By creating positive organisations we can fulfil these needs and build a worthwhile society. Such organisations do not occur by chance; a positive organisation is created by the hard work of leaders and members and influenced...
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