Managers today seem to have to be jacks of all trades. Delegating, co-operating,

motivating, planning and even keeping up to date with developments as

well as taking training courses: this is what is expected of managers today.

But who can possibly do all these things at the same time?

Coen Dirkx and Anton van den Dungen show us which skills you need to be a

manager, how to obtain these skills and how to put them into practice without

becoming completely snowed under. Using models, recommenda...

What if your customer experience could do more than delight — what if it could change behavior, fuel loyalty, and accelerate your sustainability goals? Consumers want to make better choices — but too often, businesses make it hard. That’s where customer experience comes in.

This book shows you how to design CX that makes sustainable behavior the easy, obvious and rewarding choice. Build on interviews with 12 leaders in the field, guided by Kyden’s practical method for Sustainable Expe...

Strategic HRM in Action brings strategic HRM theory to life through four engaging case studies, showcasing the practical application of HR systems in real-world settings. The authors illustrate how business strategy - whether cost-centric, product-centric, customer-centric, or agile - shapes the development of HR practices. The book demonstrates how aligning HR with stratgeic goals enhances organizational performance and drives long-term success.

Blending theory, scientific research, and rea...

Unlock the secrets to successful investor pitching. In the competitive world of startups and entrepreneurship, a powerful pitch can be the difference between securing the funding that propels your business and being overlooked. This book is your ultimate guide to mastering the art of the pitch, providing you with the tools and insights to turn ideas into investments and offer a glimpse into the methods used by investors.

Drawing from real-life case studies of entrepreneurs who have successfu...

Archaeological research on early villages has repeatedly shown that despite their small size these settlements were anything but simple. Excavations at the Late Neolithic and early Aeneolithic village of Monjukli Depe in the Kopet Dag foothills of Turkmenistan contribute to a picture of this complexity. General uniformities in house plans and material culture conceal underlying variability in material and social practices. Small-scale analyses of the preparation and use of space in buildings,...

This book brings together a selection of papers delivered at the Video Game Cultures 2023 conference, held from 7 to 9 September 2023 at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. An interdisciplinary collection drawing on disciplines from literary and cultural studies through to evolutionary psychology, this book critically investigates many developments in video game cultures, technologies, practices, texts, paratexts, and genres. Through examining ideas such as narrative and time, gender and s...

Pre-dating the urban revolution in Western Asia, a network of agricultural settlements developed in the forest-steppe zone northwest of the Black Sea in the late 5th and first half of the 4th millennium BCE, some of which are among the largest prehistoric mega-sites in Europe. These enormous so-called Trypillia communities are unique in many respects, and the dynamics of their formation and their development have long been a topic of intensive research. For more than ten years now, research o...

This collection provides interdisciplinary discussions of the impact of the heritage of modernity in archaeology and related disciplines from a theoretical and philosophical point of view. The ways the philosophical and scientific heritage of modernity shapes current human scientific thought is a much-discussed topic in archaeology, anthropology, and beyond. From central themes of modernity, such as reductionism, materialism, and physicalism, there is a connection to central archaeological an...

The Consolidated B-32 Dominator was a powerful American bomber used by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Notably, it holds the distinction of being the last Allied aircraft to see combat in the war, and its final mission also marked the last American airman to be killed in combat during World War II.