The Purpose Economy, Expanded and Updated
The Purpose Economy, Expanded and Updated

Author: Aaron Hurst

Publisher: Elevate Publishing

Published: 2016-10-11

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0996465529

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In 2014 Aaron Hurst, Ashoka fellow and founder of Imperative and Taproot Foundation, published The Purpose Economy, the book that catalyzed the purpose revolution. With his prediction that purpose was the next major economic era, many are now racing to find answers and direction toward discovering their personal, professional, and organizational purpose. Leaders from around the world have embraced Hurst’s work and have asked for more. In this expanded and updated edition Hurst unpacks critical new research and tools for individuals and organizations to find purpose and thrive in this new era. Based on interviews with thousands of entrepreneurs, new survey-backed metrics, and refined societal trends, Hurst shows that this new era is fueling demand for purpose-centered professionals who not only create more satisfying careers, but also contribute more productively to teams and organizations. A new view of success based on relationships, impact, and growth is spreading across the globe, and individuals and organizations that embrace that view have emerged as the leaders of the new economy.

The Purpose Economy
The Purpose Economy

Author: Aaron Hurst

Publisher:

Published: 2019-02-05

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 9781717901323

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In 2014 Aaron Hurst, Ashoka fellow and founder of Imperative and Taproot Foundation, published The Purpose Economy, the book that catalyzed the purpose revolution. With his prediction that purpose was the next major economic era, many are now racing to find answers and direction toward discovering their personal, professional, and organizational purpose. Leaders from around the world have embraced Hurst's work and have asked for more.In this expanded and updated edition Hurst unpacks critical new research and tools for individuals and organizations to find purpose and thrive in this new era.Based on interviews with hundreds of entrepreneurs, a new survey of over 100,000 people and refined societal trends, Hurst shows that this new era is fueling demand for purpose-centered professionals who not only create more satisfying careers, but also contribute more productively to teams and organizations.A new view of success based on relationships, impact, and growth is spreading across the globe, and individuals and organizations that embrace that view have emerged as the leaders of the new economy.

The Purpose Economy
The Purpose Economy

Author: Aaron Hurst

Publisher: Elevate Publishing

Published: 2014-04-02

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 193749845X

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A series of shifts are happening in our economy: Millennials are trading in conventional career paths to launch tech start-ups, start small businesses that are rooted in local communities, or freelance their expertise. We are sharing everything, from bikes and cars, to extra rooms in our homes. We now create, buy and sell handcrafted products in our local communities with ease. Globally recognized entrepreneur, founder of Taproot Foundation and CEO of Imperative, Aaron Hurst, argues in his latest book that while these developments seem unrelated at first, taken together they reveal a powerful pattern that points to purpose as the new driver of the American economy. Like the Information Economy, which has driven innovation and economic growth until now, Hurst argues that our new economic era is driven by connecting people to their purpose. It's an economy where value lies in establishing purpose for employees and customers through serving needs greater than their own, enabling personal growth and building community. Based on interviews with thousands of entrepreneurs, Hurst shows this new era is already fueling demand for a whole host of products and services and transforming how millennials view their careers. A new breed of startups like Etsy, Zaarly, Tough Mudder, Kickstarter, and Airbnb are finding new ways to create value by connecting us with our local communities. At the same time, companies like Tesla and Whole Foods are making the march from just appealing to affluent buyers to becoming mainstream brands. Hurst calls these companies, along with the pioneering entrepreneurs who founded them, the Purpose Economy's taste-makers. This book is at once a personal memoir of Aaron Hurst’s own awakening as a purpose driven entrepreneur, when he left a well-paying tech job in 2001 to launch Taproot, creating a pathway for millions of professionals and Fortune 500 companies to volunteer for nonprofits. It's also a blueprint for a new economic era that is transforming companies, markets and our careers to better serve people and the world.

Moving Beyond Grades to Purposeful Learning
Moving Beyond Grades to Purposeful Learning

Author: David Wei Loong Hung

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-10-16

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9819947057

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This book explores future directions in Singaporean education as it moves beyond its historically formative goals of survival, efficiency and performance, and its emphasis on grades and formal credentialing. It examines the future of education via the 4Life framework, a four-form model for purposeful learning centered around social-emotional regulation and the well-being of the individual learner: Life-long learning, the learning that occurs over a learner's lifespan; Life-deep learning, a deep understanding of learned content and adaptive expertise; Life-wide learning, learning in multiple contexts besides the school environment; and Life-wise learning, learning which focuses on the learner's values, morals, character and historical empathy. This book also illustrates how purposeful learning serves to equip learners with the knowledge, skills, dispositions and competencies they need to thrive as adaptive workers in the economy of the future.

Principles of Management
Principles of Management

Author: Oliver Laasch

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2021-03-10

Total Pages: 843

ISBN-13: 152975657X

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There is now widespread understanding that business and management must evolve and act responsibly in the world giving full consideration to people and planet, not just profit. Principles of Management: Practicing Ethics, Sustainability, Responsibility was the first official textbook of the United Nations global initiative network, Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). Now fully revised and updated with three brand new chapters on communicating, innovating and leading, this accessible and engaging textbook provides an introduction to management while empowering you to think ethically and sustainably in order to become a responsible manager. It also includes essential workplace skills for the 21st century and coverage of the various management occupations that you will go on to fill after your studies. Exclusive interviews with management pioneers and professionals help bring theories and concepts to life throughout the text as do the all new case studies which include Lego, Patagonia and Greta Thunberg. Worksheets and exercises make for an active learning experience alongside the supporting online resources provided to your lecturer for dissemination. The textbook includes coverage of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are central to business education and practice today. It can be used for introductory management courses as well as courses that cover business ethics, business and society, corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability and responsible management.

Business and Corporation Engagement with Higher Education
Business and Corporation Engagement with Higher Education

Author: Morgan R. Clevenger

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2019-01-18

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1787546578

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Multiple scholars and practitioners provide models and theories to understand the inter-organizational relationships between businesses and higher education. This work illuminates the complexities, expectations and long-term impact of such relationships.

Economic Expansion and Structural Change
Economic Expansion and Structural Change

Author: T. L. Johnston

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-30

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1000803341

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Originally published in 1963, The Landsorganisationen I Sverige (LO – Swedish Confederation of Trades Unions), enjoys an international reputation as a trade union movement with progressive ideas on wage policy and collective bargaining. The authors of this volume who are trade union economists, deal critically with credit policy; plead for free trade; are outspoken on company taxation, wage policy, the labour market and the location of industry. Throughout the authors are outspoken in their emphasis on growth and change, which they interpret as change in the outlook of the unions as well as in that of industry and of the government.

Principles of Business & Management
Principles of Business & Management

Author: Oliver Laasch

Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited

Published: 2024-03-07

Total Pages: 881

ISBN-13: 152967753X

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In light of seismic global events including the Covid-19 pandemic; the Black Lives Matter movement; the war in Ukraine; and extreme weather incidents propelled by climate change, there has never been a more important time to learn about management in ways that not only benefit business, but also help confront the world’s challenges, support people and planet, and contribute to peace and prosperity for all. Fully revised and once again endorsed by the UN’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative, this popular textbook equips you with the skills to become a responsibly, ethically and sustainably minded business professional. Featuring two brand-new chapters on Behaving and Digitalizing, over 50 new and updated case studies, pioneer interviews and practitioner profiles, as well as a wide range of exercises and worksheets, the book also integrates the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to help promote sustainable development as essential to business and management today. This essential textbook can be used for a wide range of courses from introductory business/management to responsible/sustainable management, business ethics, business and society, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Oliver Laasch is a Chaired Professor of Responsible Management at ESCP Business School, and an Adjunct Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Manchester.

Conscious Business in Germany
Conscious Business in Germany

Author: Nicolas Josef Stahlhofer

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-11-23

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 3319697390

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This book presents conscious business as a constantly expanding and powerful approach to reinvent and shape organizations in a human and beneficial manner. In particular it examines the core characteristics, main drivers and challenges of conscious businesses in Germany. The book offers a structured overview of the current situation of the concept and outlines important issues that need to be considered in order to make independent decisions. Four case studies of successful conscious companies – differing in terms of their size, industry, legal form and international orientation – reveal concrete best practices and provide evidence for the approach’s ability to deliver business paradigms that are simultaneously purposeful and profitable.