Konkelen, streken uithalen, samenzweren zijn in een organisatie een alledaagse bezigheid. Wie spant met wie samen? Wie zijn er 'twee handen' op een buik? Wie manipuleert wie, waartoe en hoe? Mensen die vertrouwen op de formele verhoudingen, op het 'nette' spel, komen bedrogen uit. Beslissingen komen niet alleen tot stand door rationele afwegingen van voor- en tegenargumenten. Nee, het andere spel, het ondergrondse politieke machtsspel, is minstens even belangrijk.

In dit boek geeft Joep Schri...

Social enterprise is an up and coming phenomenon around the world. Businesseswith the primary aim of bettering the world. Social enterprises are claiming a distinct place amongst commercial enterprises, charities, and public sector organizations.This book paints an inspiring picture of the social enterprise, what it is and what it is not. How it works and what the challenges are. With a wide range of examples from the Netherlands, most of which can be found elsewhere across the world. A book ...

Ondernemen doe je met passie, bevlogenheid en vanuit je hart. Als kostwinner moet je echter voldoende omzetten. Ondernemer én kostwinner zijn betekent laveren in een spanningsveldHerken jij dit spanningsveld tussen een inkomen moeten genereren en je ondernemersdroom willen realiseren? Zit je niet lekker in je vel en heb je last van financiële, emotionele of mentale stress, dan heeft dit een weerslag op jou en je onderneming. Tegelijkertijd: the show must go on, want je bent kostwinner. Het ...

The Professional Product Owner will help product owners and their organizations refocus on value as the primary objective. The authors offer detailed practices for identifying where value can be found, measuring it, and maximizing it throughout the entire product lifecycle. Drawing on their combined 40+ years of experience in using agile and Scrum in product delivery, the authors show how to go beyond merely writing requirements and managing product backlogs, to take accountability and drive ...

Taking us through every stage in our lives, from the womb to falling in love to old age, Dick Swaab shows that we don't just have brains: we are our brains.

The New York Times bestseller

"It's no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read." -David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal

"It has my vote for science book of the year." -Parul Sehgal, The New York Times

"Hands-down one of the best books I've read in years. I loved it." -Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal

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Who Moved My Cheese? is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life - whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession, health or spirital peace of mind. And the maze is where you look for what you want - the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in. This profound book from bestselling author, Spencer Johnson,...

Andrew Harrison has expertly authored this engaging text on the business environment, offering theoretical rigour, along with a truly global focus, and an understanding of the economic dimensions of the subject. The text takes a unique approach exploring the business environment at different spatial levels (global, international, national, and regional), in different dimensions (culture, ethics, internationalization, markets, technology, and risk) and in the maingeopolitical regions (Europe, ...

The founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum on how the impending technological revolution will change our livesWe are on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. And this one will be unlike any other in human history.Characterized by new technologies fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will impact all disciplines, economies and industries - and it will do so at an unprecedented rate. World Economic Forum data predicts t...