The Oxford Essential Guide to the U.S. Government

The Oxford Essential Guide to the U.S. Government

Author: John J. Patrick

Publisher: Berkley

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780425176153

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Every aspect of the U.S. government is profiled--from its people and places to its operations and procedures. The approximately 930 A-Z entries feature biographies of notable government leaders, analysis of 100 landmark Supreme Court cases, information on visiting government sites, and much more.


The Oxford Book of Work

The Oxford Book of Work

Author: Keith Thomas

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13:

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Compiled by a respected social historian, this unique anthology on the changing experience of work draws upon more than 500 writers from classical antiquity to modern times.


The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work

The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work

Author: Ruth Yeoman

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-01-03

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 019109238X

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The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work examines the concept, practices and effects of meaningful work in organizations and beyond. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume reflects diverse scholarly contributions to understanding meaningful work from philosophy, political theory, psychology, sociology, organizational studies, and economics. In philosophy and political theory, treatments of meaningful work have been influenced by debates concerning the tensions between work as unavoidable and necessary, and work as a source of self-realization and human flourishing. This tension has come into renewed focus as work is reshaped by technology, globalization, and new forms of organization. In management studies, much empirical work has focused on meaningful work from the perspective of positive psychology, but more recent research has considered meaningful work as a complex phenomenon, socially constructed from interactive processes between individuals, and between individuals, organizations, and society. This Handbook examines meaningful work in the context of moral and pragmatic concerns such as human flourishing, dignity, alienation, freedom, and organizational ethics. The collection illuminates the relationship of meaningful work to organizational constructs of identity, belonging, callings, self-transcendence, culture, and occupations. Representing some of the most up to date academic research, the editors aim to inspire and equip researchers by identifying new directions and methods with which to deepen scholarly inquiry into a topic of growing importance.


The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing

The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing

Author: Thomas S. Kane

Publisher: OXFORD University Press

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 9780195167450

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Whether you're composing a letter, writing a school thesis, or starting a novel, The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing offers expert advice on how to think more creatively, how to conjure up ideas from scratch, and how to express those ideas clearly and elegantly. No matter where you find yourself in the writing process - from the daunting blank page to the rough draft that needs shaping to the small but important questions of punctuation - you'll find what you need in this one handy, all-inclusive volume.


The Oxford Essential Office Handbook

The Oxford Essential Office Handbook

Author: Berkley Publishing Group

Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group

Published: 2004-07

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780425197035

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From the most trusted name in reference comes this office assistant that covers every aspect of office work, including business writing, e-mail and phone etiquette, making presentations, mail safety, and a glossary of essential business terms. Original.


The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization

The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization

Author: Stephen Ackroyd

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 0199299242

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Aims to bring together, present, and discuss what is known about work and organizations and their connection to broader economic change in Europe and America. This volume contains a range of theoretically informed essays, which give comprehensive coverage of changes in work, occupations, and organizations.


The Oxford Handbook of Management

The Oxford Handbook of Management

Author: Adrian Wilkinson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 595

ISBN-13: 0198708610

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Management, the pursuit of objectives through the organization and co-ordination of people, has been and is a core feature-and function-of modern society. Some 'classic' forms of corporate and bureaucratic management may be seen as the prevalent form of organization and organizing in the 20th century, but in the post-Fordist, global, knowledge-driven contemporary world we are seeing different patterns, principles, and styles of management as old models are questioned. The functions, ideologies, practices, and theories of management have changed over time, as recorded by many scholars, and may vary according to different models of organization, and between different cultures and societies. Whilst the administrative, corporate, or factory manager may be a figure on the wane, management as an ethos, organizing principle, culture, and field of academic teaching and research has increased dramatically in the last half century, and spread throughout the world. The purpose of this Handbook is to analyse and explore the evolution of management; the core functions and how they may have changed; its position in the culture/zeitgeist of modern society; the institutions and ideologies that support it; and likely challenges and changes in the future. This book looks at what management is, and how this may change over time. It provides an overview of management - its history, development, context, changing function in organization and society, key elements and functions, and contemporary and future challenges.


The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force in International Law

The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force in International Law

Author: Marc Weller

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 1377

ISBN-13: 0199673047

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This Oxford Handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of one of the most controversial areas of international law. Over seventy contributors assess the current state of the international law prohibiting the use of force, assessing its development and analysing the many recent controversies that have arisen in this field.


The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations

The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations

Author: Thomas G. Weiss

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-11-13

Total Pages: 1025

ISBN-13: 0199560102

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This major new handbook provides the definitive and comprehensive analysis of the UN and will be an essential point of reference for all those working on or in the organization.


The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy

The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy

Author: Matthew D. Adler

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016-04-21

Total Pages: 985

ISBN-13: 0199325839

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What are the methodologies for assessing and improving governmental policy in light of well-being? The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary treatment of this topic. The contributors draw from welfare economics, moral philosophy, and psychology and are leading scholars in these fields. The Handbook includes thirty chapters divided into four Parts. Part I covers the full range of methodologies for evaluating governmental policy and assessing societal condition-including both the leading approaches in current use by policymakers and academics (such as GDP, cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, inequality and poverty metrics, and the concept of the "social welfare function"), and emerging techniques. Part II focuses on the nature of well-being. What, most fundamentally, determines whether an individual life is better or worse for the person living it? Her happiness? Her preference-satisfaction? Her attainment of various "objective goods"? Part III addresses the measurement of well-being and the thorny topic of interpersonal comparisons. How can we construct a meaningful scale of individual welfare, which allows for comparisons of well-being levels and differences, both within one individual's life, and across lives? Finally, Part IV reviews the major challenges to designing governmental policy around individual well-being.