Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Case Examples -- The Philip Morris Plant in Cabarrus County, North Carolina -- US Steel Plant at Fairless Hill, PA -- References -- Exercises -- Hiring Office Workers -- Educating the CEO -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 2 Select on Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability -- Select on Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability -- Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability Predict Broad and Diverse Outcomes -- Overall Job Performance -- Counterproductive Work Behavior -- Organizational Citizenship -- Teamwork and Collective Effort -- Attitudes - Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment -- Withdrawal Behaviors -- How Do Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability Affect Job Performance? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Endnotes -- Unit II: Global Business Environment -- Chapter 3: Economic Environment -- Introduction -- Economic Systems -- Free Market Economy -- Command Economy -- Mixed Economy -- Transition Economy -- Asian Capitalism -- Japan -- East Asian Countries -- China -- Economic Indicators -- Income Level and Distribution -- Economic Growth: GDP -- International Business in Action: Daimler Expands in India -- Alternatives to GDP -- Inflation -- Infrastructure -- Region Focus: the Making of a Global Giant -- Population -- Economic Stability -- Industry Focus: Internationalization of Argentina's Manufacturing Sector -- Closing Case: Index of Economic Freedom -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Mini Projects -- Endnotes -- Chapter 4: Political and Legal Environment -- Introduction -- Political Environment -- Political Ideologies and Systems -- Political Risk -- International Business in Action: Google in China -- Legal Environment -- Legal Systems -- Legal Jurisdiction -- Region Focus: Industrial Carnage in Bhopal -- Ethics in International Business -- Human Rights -- Industry Focus: Articulating Corporate Values -- Environmental Issues -- Corruption and Bribery -- Closing Case: Ethical Survival of TNCs -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Mini Projects -- Endnotes -- Chapter 5: Cultural Environment -- Introduction -- Culture and its Relevance for International Business -- Cultural Environment -- Elements of Culture -- Language -- Non-verbal Communication -- Religion -- Values and Attitudes -- International Business in Action: Islamic Banking -- Customs and Manners -- Aesthetics -- Industry Focus: Emergence of the Creative Industry -- Cultural Dimensions in International Business -- Hofstede's Dimensions of Culture -- Schwartz's Classification -- Trompenaars' and Hampden-Turner's Classification…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Review Questions -- Chapter 6 Developing the Project Budget and Engaging Stakeholders -- Creating the Cost Management Plan -- Performing Plan Cost Management -- Creating the Cost Management Plan -- Estimating Costs -- Estimating Techniques -- Estimating Costs for an Agile Project -- Creating the Cost Estimates -- Establishing the Cost Baseline -- Techniques for Developing the Project Budget -- Developing the Cost Baseline -- Understanding Stakeholders -- Exam Spotlight -- Analyzing Stakeholders -- Stakeholder Engagement Plan -- Mentoring Stakeholders -- Engaging Stakeholders in an Adaptive Methodology -- Communicating the Plan -- Planning Communications -- Determining Communication Needs -- Documenting the Communications Management Plan -- Communicating on an Agile Team -- A Closer Look at Adaptive Methodologies -- Exam Spotlight -- Other Methodologies -- Combining Methodologies -- Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Chapter 7 Identifying Project Risks -- Understanding Risk -- Creating the Risk Management Plan -- Exam Spotlight -- Risk Attitude -- Conducting Risk Meetings -- Documenting the Risk Management Plan -- Identifying Potential Risks -- Data Gathering and Data Analysis Techniques for Identifying Risks -- Documenting the Risk Register -- Identifying Risks Using an Agile Approach -- Analyzing Risks Using Qualitative Techniques -- Performing Qualitative Risk Analysis -- Ranking Risks in the Risk Register -- Quantifying Risk -- Performing Quantitative Risk Analysis -- Updating the Risk Report -- Developing a Risk Response Plan -- Exam Spotlight -- Strategies for Creating Risk Responses -- Documenting the Risk Responses Plan -- Assessing Risks Using an Agile Approach -- Planning for Project Compliance -- Project Case Study: New Kitchen Heaven Retail Store…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Parent State -- The Child State -- Point Counterpoint -- The Adult State -- Analysing Transactions -- Complementary Transactions -- Crossed Transaction -- Duplex or Ulterior Transactions -- Transactional Analysis and Business -- How to Manage Conversations -- Structural Analysis -- Understanding Ego States -- Child State -- Information Bytes 4.1 -- Parent State -- Adult State -- Certain Habits of Ineffective Conversationalists -- Summary -- Assess Your Knowledge -- Use Your Knowledge -- Web-based Exercise -- Further Reading -- Endnotes -- Chapter 5: The Language of Persuasion -- Introduction -- Attitudes, Beliefs, Values, and Behaviour -- The Process of Persuasion -- Step 1: Analyse the Audience -- Step 2: Segment the Audience -- Step 3: Determine Specific Persuasive Techniques for Specific Audiences -- Information Bytes 5.1 -- Step 4: Commit the Audience to Action -- Step 5: Follow Up -- Barriers to Persuasion -- Point Counterpoint -- Persuasion Strategies At Work -- Communication Bytes 5.1 -- Rhetoric -- Ethos -- Pathos -- Logos -- Agree to Disagree Reasonably -- Summary -- Assess Your Knowledge -- Use Your Knowledge -- Web-based Exercises -- Further Reading -- Endnotes -- Chapter 6: Communicating in a Diverse Work Environment -- Introduction -- Culture -- Point Counterpoint -- Information Bytes 6.1 -- Hierarchy and Status -- Teamwork Versus Individualism -- Punctuality -- Communication Bytes 6.1 -- Technology -- Cultural Contexts -- Information Bytes 6.2 -- Concepts of Culture -- International Communication -- Direct Versus Indirect Communication -- Accents and Fluency -- Chain of Command -- Information Bytes 6.3 -- Physical Aspects -- Non-verbal Communication -- Proverbs and Culture -- Intercultural Communication and the Workplace -- Information Bytes 6.4 -- Cultural Conflicts -- Resolving Cultural Conflicts…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Intelligent Communication Technology Shaping Stories with the Help of Artificial Intelligence -- 5 Writing Business Messages -- Communication Close-up at Lumen/Kaleigh Moore -- Adapting to Your Audience: Being Sensitive to Audience Needs -- Using the "You" Attitude -- Maintaining Standards of Etiquette…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- A01_INTE1689_FM -- Chapter 1_FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- INTRODUCTION -- ELEMENTS OF GLOBALIZATION -- Economic Globalization -- Cultural Globalization -- Political Globalization -- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- GROWTH OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- Economic Forces -- Political Forces -- Technological Forces -- INTERNATIONAL VERSUS DOMESTIC BUSINESS -- MOTIVES FOR FIRM INTERNATIONALIZATION -- MODES OF ENTRY -- Trade-related Entry Modes -- Contractual Entry Modes -- Investment-related Entry Modes -- EMERGING TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- FDI Moves in Search of Energy -- Pharmaceutical FDI Moves in Response to the 'Patent Cliff' -- Mega-regional Agreements -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 2 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- INTRODUCTION -- ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT -- Economic Systems -- Economic Indicators -- Economic Growth -- Economic Development -- POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT -- Political Ideologies and Systems -- Political Risk -- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS NEGOTIATION -- Objectives of International Business Negotiation -- Bargaining Power of the TNC -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 3 THE INTERNATIONAL CULTURALAND LEGAL ENVIRONMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- ELEMENTS OF CULTURE -- Language -- Non-verbal Communication -- Religion -- Values and Attitudes -- Customs and Manners -- Aesthetics -- LEGAL ENVIRONMENT -- Global Legal Systems -- Legal Jurisdiction -- ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- KEY Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 4_INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEORIES -- Introduction -- International Trade Theories -- Mercantilist Doctrine -- Classical Approach -- Factor Proportions Theory -- Leontief Paradox -- Linder's Income-preference Similarity Theory -- Product Life-cycle Theory -- The New Trade Theory…”

“…Most students think that what they learned in school is useful for them or their future. Students’ attitudes towards school are associated with their reading skills. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Cause Related Marketing -- Caux Round Table Principles -- Centre for Corporate Governance (Nairobi) -- CERES -- CH2 Building, Melbourne -- Chapman Report (2006) (Australia) -- Cheating -- Chief Executive Officer -- Chief Sustainability Officer -- Christianity and CSR -- Christine Parker -- Civil Regulation -- Climate Change -- Clinton Global Initiative -- Club of Rome -- Co-determination -- Co-operation -- Co-ownership -- Coalation of Environmentally -- Responsible Economies -- Code of 'best practice' and norms of behavior -- Colin Scott -- Collaborative Advantage -- Collective bargaining/trade unions -- Combined Assurance -- Combined Code (June 2008) -- Command and Control -- Commonwealth Association of CG -- Communicating with Stakeholders -- Communities of Practice -- Community -- Community activism -- Community of practice -- Community outrage -- Community relations -- Company Directors and CSR -- Competition -- Competitive advantage -- Compliance/Legal Compliance -- Compliant Finance -- Comply-or-explain -- Comprehensive Environmental Responses , Compensation and Liability Act -- Confucian Ethics -- Consumer Driven Corporate Responsibility -- Consumerism Consumers' protection -- Core Principles of CSR Approaches Corporate -- Corporate Activism -- Corporate Citizenship -- Corporate codes of conduct -- Corporate giving -- Corporate Governance -- Corporate Governance as a Tool for Alleviating -- Developmental Issues -- Corporate Governance Reporting -- Corporate killing -- Corporate manslaughter -- Corporate Mission, Vision and Values -- Corporate moral agency -- Corporate negligence -- Corporate outrage -- Corporate Political Connection -- Corporate Reputation -- Corporate Responsibility Index -- Corporate Responsibiliy Maturity -- Corporate Secretaries -- Corporate Social Entrepreneurship -- Corporate Social innovation -- Corporate Social -- Irresponsibility -- Corporate Social Marketing -- Corporate Social Opportunity -- Corporate Social Performance -- Corporate Social Performance Measurement -- Corporate social responsibility -- Corporate Social Responsibility Report -- Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy -- Corporate social responsiveness (Carroll, Frederick and Ackerman) -- Corporate Strategy -- Corporate Sustainability -- Corporation as Psychopath -- Corporatism -- Corruption and National Development -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Cradle to cradle -- Cradle to grave -- Critical reflection in corporate management -- Critiques of Corporate Social Responsibility -- Cross-cultural attitudes to CSR -- CSR and Africa -- CSR and Catholic Social Teaching -- CSR and Corruption -- CSR and Poverty -- CSR and Spirituality -- CSR Butterfly effect -- CSR Communication -- CSR Continuum - core business to broader goals -- CSR Europe -- CSR Evolutionary Journey - CSR Journey, CSR Organisational Evolutions -- CSR Frameworks -- CSR Innovation -- CSR Lifecycle -- CSR Measurement -- CSR: Australian Standard AS8003 [world first] -- CSRwire -- Cultural differences in values/ethics and decision-making -- Culture and Organization Performance -- Cultures, businesses, and global CSR -- Customer value creation -- Dame Anita Roddick -- Data protection -- David Henderson -- Decent work -- Definitions of social responsibility -- Deming 14 points model -- Demographic change -- Design for Environment (sep entry Hannover Principles) -- Development -- Dialogue -- Director Competencies and Skills -- Director Interlocks -- Director Role Position Description -- Disability -- Disclosure (CSR reporting) -- Discrimination -- Distributive Justice -- Diversity -- Dividend -- Dow Jones Sustainability Index -- Downsizing -- Due Diligence -- Duties of employees (comlpy with contract, comply with law, respect employers property) -- E-Waste -- Earth Summitt (separate entry on Rio declaration and on Agenda 21) -- Earthscan (publisher) -- EC Non-Discrimination Law -- Eco-Efficiency -- Eco-innovation -- Ecolabel -- Ecological economics -- Ecological footprint -- Ecology (separate entries on human and industrial) -- Econology -- Economic Globalization -- Economic sociology -- Economic Sociology of the CSR Movement -- Ecopreneurship -- Ecosystem -- Ecotoxity -- Education -- Elkington, John -- Embedded CSR -- Emissions trading -- Employability -- Employee participation/'ownership -- Employee Surveillance -- Employee volunteer programmes -- Employers' Forum on Age -- Employers' Forum on Disability -- EMS -- Endemic -- Energy Biofuels -- Energy—renewable -- Energy-solar -- Engagement/Stakeholder Engagement -- Enlightened Self-Interest -- Enron -- Environmental Accounting -- Environmental Audit -- Environmental ethics -- Environmental governance -- Environmental impact assessment -- Environmental law -- Environmental Management System -- Environmental protection agencies (all countries) -- Environmental Report Verification -- Environmental sustainability index (World economic forum) -- Environmental, Social and Governance Factors in Investment -- Environmental, Social and Governance Risk -- Environmentally Sensitive Accounting -- Equal Opportunity -- Equal Pay -- Equator Principles -- Ethic of responsibility to other stakeholders -- Ethical absolutism v. ethical relativism -- Ethical Corporation -- Ethical CSR -- Ethical Egoism & CSR -- Ethical problems in financial markets -- Ethical Theories -- Ethical Trading Initiative -- European Corporate Governance Institute -- European Multistakeholder Forum -- European Union Directive - The 8th Company Law Directive on Disclosure & Transparency -- European Urban Charter 1992 and 1998 -- Evolution of Corporate Governance Reports in the UK and Ireland -- Executive remuneration and CSR -- Externalities -- Externally Driven Business Case (EDBC) -- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) -- Exxon Mobil -- Exxon Valdez -- Factor 4 / Factor 10 -- Fair Pensions -- Fair Trade -- Fair wages -- Family Business and Corporate Social Responsibility -- Fiduciary duty -- Filial Piety & CSR -- Financial Regulations -- Financial Reporting Council (UK) -- Five Capitals Framework (Forum for the Future) -- Forest Stewardship Council -- Fortune at the bottom of the pyramid (Prahalad) -- Franchising Fraud prevention, detection and auditing -- Free range/cage-free/crate free/ethically raised -- Freedom of conscience -- Freedom of speech -- Friedman, Milton -- FTSE4Good Index -- G20.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Developing a unifying vision and policy framework for well-being in Dubai schools -- Opportunities -- Schools benefit from a broad understanding of well-being and a common language -- KHDA is uniquely positioned to drive change of practices and attitudes on well-being in the Dubai private school sector. -- Formally establishing KHDA's role in supporting student well-being could strengthen the well-being agenda -- Areas for improvement -- A coherent well-being vision for schools could support more strategic planning in schools and encourage improvements -- Potential next steps -- Establishing a policy framework for well-being in schools -- Why this is needed…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…National Laws and Norms -- D. Attitudes toward AI-Powered Machines -- V. Conclusion -- 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Setting Investment Targets -- Allocating Funding to Initiatives -- Using the Right Investment Method for Initiatives -- Product Funding: Using a Venture Capital Approach to Investment in Complex Problem Domains -- Project Funding: Using a Project-Led Approach in Simple Contexts -- Investing in Team Capacity -- Annual Investment in Product Team Capacity Based on Strategic Need -- Invest in the Capacity to Manage BAU as Well -- Reviewing Funding Allocation -- Allocating Team Capacity to Deliver Outcomes, Projects, and Programs -- Quicker to Adapt -- Trusting Teams to Manage Funds -- Decision Rights: Empowering People -- Strategic Level: Setting Intent -- Tactical Level: Determine the Outcomes to Invest In -- Operational Level: Delivering the Outcomes -- You Build It, You Run It -- Trusting People to Make Decisions -- Project and Program Managers -- Everyone Is Responsible for Enterprise Value -- Performance: Monitoring Value -- Value-Driven Projects: Govern for Value, Not for Predictability -- The Illusion of Control -- Value Review -- Plan-Driven Projects: Govern for Adherence to a Plan -- Summary -- Chapter 8 How We Source and Manage Talent -- Sourcing Strategy -- Recruiting -- Be Clear on Your Value Proposition -- Hire for Attitude as Well as Aptitude -- The Need for T-shaped as Well as I-shaped People -- Explorers, Villagers, and Town Planners -- Hire for Diversity in Thinking -- Developing -- Invest in Mastery through Coaching, Training, and Mentoring -- Develop A Growth Mindset -- Reduce Cognitive Load -- Retaining -- Create a Flexible Environment -- Create a Career Path -- Ensure a Continuous Talent Development -- Summary -- Chapter 9 How We Lead -- Adopting New Leadership Behaviors -- Embracing Servant Leadership -- Instilling Intrinsic Motivation -- Clarify Purpose and Ensure Alignment -- Empower People Through Trust…”