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The Strategic Constitution

Making, amending, and interpreting constitutions is a political game that can yield widespread suffering or secure a nation's liberty and prosperity. Given these high stakes, Robert Cooter argues that constitutional theory should trouble itself less with literary analysis and arguments over founders' intentions and focus much more on the real-world consequences of various constitutional provisions and choices. Pooling the best available theories from economics and political science, particularly those developed from game theory, Cooter's economic analysis of constitutions fundamentally recasts a field of growing interest and dramatic international importance. By uncovering the constitutional incentives that influence citizens, politicians, administrators, and judges, Cooter exposes fault lines in alternative forms of democracy: unitary versus federal states, deep administration versus many elections, parliamentary versus presidential systems, unicameral versus bicameral legislatures, common versus civil law, and liberty versus equality rights. Cooter applies an efficiency test to these alternatives, asking how far they satisfy the preferences of citizens for laws and public goods. To answer Cooter contrasts two types of democracy, which he defines as competitive government. The center of the political spectrum defeats the extremes in "median democracy," whereas representatives of all the citizens bargain over laws and public goods in "bargain democracy." Bargaining can realize all the gains from political trades, or bargaining can collapse into an unstable contest of redistribution. States plagued by instability and contests over redistribution should move towards median democracy by increasing transaction costs and reducing the power of the extremes. Specifically, promoting median versus bargain democracy involves promoting winner-take-all elections versus proportional representation, two parties versus multiple parties, referenda versus representative democracy, and special governments versus comprehensive governments. This innovative theory will have ramifications felt across national and disciplinary borders, and will be debated by a large audience, including the growing pool of economists interested in how law and politics shape economic policy, political scientists using game theory or specializing in constitutional law, and academic lawyers. The approach will also garner attention from students of political science, law, and economics, as well as policy makers working in and with new democracies where constitutions are being written and refined.

The scope of the book is simply breathtaking."--Geoffrey Garrett, Yale University "I found this book to be incredibly stimulating.

A Strategic Guide to Technical Communication, second edition

A Strategic Guide to Technical Communication incorporates useful and specific strategies for writers, to enable them to create aesthetically appealing and usable technical documentation. These strategies have been developed and tested on a thousand students from a number of different disciplines over twelve years and three institutions. The second edition adds a chapter on business communication, reworks the discussion on technical style, and expands the information on visual communication and ethics into free-standing chapters. The text is accompanied by a passcode-protected website containing materials for instructors (PowerPoint lectures, lesson plans, sample student work, and helpful links).

The text is accompanied by a passcode-protected website containing materials for instructors (PowerPoint lectures, lesson plans, sample student work, and helpful links).

STRATEGIC MARKETING

Making Decisions for Strategic Advantage

This systematically organized and accessible text gives an in-depth analysis of the multidimensional aspects of strategic marketing. It is a harmonious blend of theoretical aspects and real-world applications, equipping the students with the requisite knowledge and skills for understanding the subject. It illustrates how to design effective marketing strategies to compete in a highly dynamic and competitive market. Divided into five parts, the text attempts to bridge the gap between the science and the art of marketing strategy. The book provides a stimulating learning environment. Initially, it gives a thorough analysis of the framework that would help managers make their businesses effective. Then it goes on to discuss such topics as customer behaviour and customer relationship management, along with competitor analysis. The text concludes with the strategies that fall within the scope of marketing mix, viz. product, marketing communication, personal selling, distribution and pricing. KEY FEATURES • Provides Case Studies in the context of Indian business at the end of each chapter to reinforce the understanding of the theory. • Besides chapter-end summary and exercises, the text gives a glossary of terms. • The text emphasizes managerial viewpoint to facilitate decision-making. • Uses teach-yourself technique so that students can learn the concepts through self-study. Primarily intended as a text for postgraduate students of management and commerce, the book would also be useful to practising managers.

Divided into five parts, the text attempts to bridge the gap between the science and the art of marketing strategy. The book provides a stimulating learning environment.

Strategic Human Resource Management

Designed around current human resourse management courses, this text recognises as central to overall corporate strategy the evolution that is taking place from conventional personnel management to strategic human resource management.

Strategic Management

Awareness and Change

Human Resource Management

A Strategic Approach to Employment

As more firms move outside the domestic borders into the dynamic world of international business, the globalisation of world markets apperas to be gaining momentum. This globalisation of business is forcing managers to grapple with complex issues as they seek to gain or sustain a competitive advantage. Faced with unprecedented levels of foreign competition at home and abroad firms are beginning to recognize not only that international business is high on top management list of priorities but that finding and nurturing the human resources required to implement and international or global strategy is of critical importnace. This book covers all aspects of human resource management and its imact on both individuals and organizations. The text builds on a foundation of research and theory, taking a practical approach focusing on critical issues and successful practices.

This book covers all aspects of human resource management and its imact on both individuals and organizations.

Strategic Negotiation

A first-rate organizational business plan demands an understanding of the commercial imperatives that will define success or failure over a five-year (or longer) period. And realizing this plan will involve complex and often multi-level or multi-party negotiations. Gavin Kennedy, a long-standing world expert on negotiation, provides guidance for senior executives who are involved in such negotiations. Part One focuses on the foundations of strategic negotiation: the commercial imperatives - what the organization must do to restructure and resource its operations to achieve commercial success - and the negotiation strategies associated with each. Part Two includes the tools for successful negotiation: bid strategies; techniques for analyzing your position before you start and reassessing it during the negotiation; and the negotiation agenda and how to design and compile it.

Gavin Kennedy, a long-standing world expert on negotiation, provides guidance for senior executives who are involved in such negotiations.Part One focuses on the foundations of strategic negotiation: the commercial imperatives - what the ...