Brings innovative new strategic management models to the field of public management, to help public managers adapt their practices in an era of New Public Management reforms New chapter on open, co-operative and collaborative strategy-making, in line with the most innovative approaches to strategy An expanded list of mini-cases, a very popular feature of the first edition, as well as new chapter summaries to help reinforce learning Takes a comparative and international view for advanced level...

Anyone managing an artists career needs to be well versed and have a savvy understanding of the moving parts of the music business. Learn how and why those moving parts "move," as well as how to manage and navigate a music-based career. Artist Management for the Music Business gives a comprehensive view of how to generate income through music and how to strategically plan for future growth.

The book is full of valuable practical insights. It includes interviews and case studies with examples ...

Taking a strategic imperative perspective, this book introduces business leaders to a key differentiator that contributes to competitive advantage and financial sustainability: cultural competence.

Brand Psychology brings together theory and practice from the fields of psychology, design, and marketing to demystify the brand development process. It explores the behavioral science behind brand building, looking at the psychological principles at play whenever a brand is built and communicated.

Bringing together the foremost experts in climate change leadership, this book proposes models of how climate change leadership capabilities can be developed in organisations, and sets out the qualities and approaches needed by leaders to successfully develop and implement climate change mitigation and adaptation policies.

The goal of this book is to help health care organizations (HCOs) understand, prepare, implement, and leverage digital transformation. The book opines that, to be successful, digital transformation must be led, and supported, by senior management.

Personal, useful, actionable, and grounded in research, this book will shift your thinking from ‘strategy development’ to ‘strategy discovery’ to enable you to deal with today’s business challenges, engage your staff, and boost your business performance.

Digital Business Strategy responds to the need for clarification of the increasing, but fragmented, knowledge of digital business strategy. It systematically presents topical knowledge by reviewing previous research and developing frameworks for the content of digital business strategy and its relationships with relevant factors.

This pathbreaking book, written by leading thinker in gender and organisations, Elisabeth Kelan, raises awareness of certain forms of gender binarity and inequality that are reinforced through digitalisation, so that organisations can understand more deeply the key issues involved, and how to promote more gender equitable workplaces.

The intent of this book is to equip all healthcare delivery organizations with a guide for putting the value-based concept into practice. With updated material and case studies, this book defines the practice of value-based health care as Value Management.