Tilde University Press

Case study skills; how to analyse problems in case studies.

Winter (management, marketing, and international business, Australian National U.) helps undergraduate and graduate students in business understand how to analyze problems in case studies about management and organizational change and development. Cases are accessible to arts/humanities and education students as well. He uses a tutorial consisting of "speech bubbles" and highlighted text from studies (presented in appendices) to guide students through active reading tools of qualitative text analysis and understanding the meaning of different case situations. The modules address analytical techniques to solve the basic problem and have activities for applying active reading and problem analysis techniques. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Human resource development; managing learning and knowledge capital, 3d ed.

Delahaye, a trainer and change management consultant, discusses adult learning in human resource development. He describes theories and individual differences in learning, the stages of human resource development, the research skills needed, designing learning experiences and factors such as organizational orientation and resources. Coverage also includes implementation of strategies like the skill session, the lecture, role play, experiential and action learning, and mentoring. Concluding chapters address evaluation, challenges, and aspects of organizational culture, leadership, and knowledge management, ending with a case study. This edition has a new chapter on creating and embedding knowledge, a new model linking the major theories, and an integrated model describing the process of managing knowledge in an organization. It also has models based on new research on workplace and individual learning and coverage of youth and older learners, the implications of national culture, and blended and e-learning. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The leader in you; developing your leadership potential.

Miller (management, Southern Cross U., Australia) and Dalglish (management, Queensland U. of Technology, Australia) help current and prospective leaders in any field develop the qualities needed. They demonstrate how to develop an individual leadership profile and an individual skills profile that culminates in the development of a plan for leadership improvement, and they delineate the practical skills needed in everyday environments. They place the study of leadership in a global context, then discuss values and ethics and their role in business leadership, the role of the person as a leader, key personality traits and cognitive factors, leadership development and its theories, charismatic and transformational models, the role of cultural diversity, power and influence, change, communication skills, teams, and the external environment. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Success at university; what they haven't told you.

Moss and Fleming (psychology, Monash U., Australia) draw from psychology research on learning, concentration, memory, innovation, effort, engagement, social skills, mood, decision making, leadership, and influence to describe the skills students need to succeed at college. They make suggestions for understanding material, motivation, making decisions, being creative, relationships, mental health, taking exams, resumes and interviews, and writing style, with writing guidelines drawn from an analysis of about 5,000 assignments, theses, and job applications. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Women at work; research, policy and practice.

For undergraduate and graduate students, Murray (business, U. of Southern Queensland, Australia) et al. compile 12 essays by a group of Australian business and workplace researchers who examine issues related to women and work in the country in terms of organizations, the workplace, and community. They discuss changes in female labor force participation and patterns of occupational segregation over the last century; pay inequity, especially at the executive level; factors and policies affecting better work-life outcomes; diversity management; legislative frameworks for sex discrimination, sexual harassment, equal opportunities, new employment relations, and parental leave legislation; the impact of life cycle working patterns on retirement incomes; executive job design and bias; the interaction between gender, organizational hierarchy, and leadership in executive roles; the reasons for and ways to overcome the lack of women leaders; their portrayal in television crime dramas; and negotiations in terms of gender. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)