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The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment $3.77 The creators of the revolutionary performance management tool called the Balanced Scorecard introduce a new approach that makes strategy a continuous process owned not just by top management, but by everyone. In The Strategy-Focused Organization, Robert Kaplan and David Norton share the results of ten years of learning and research into more than 200 companies that have implemented the Balanced Sc…

People and Profits?: The Search for A Link Between A Company’s Social and Financial Performance (Series in Organization and Management) $28.94 What is the relationship between the social performance of companies and their financial performance? More colloquially, can a firm effectively attend to both people and profits as it conducts its business? This question has been investigated in no fewer than 95 empirical studies published since 1972. The authors have assembled a compendium of this research to give researchers and practitioners al…

Business Words You Should Know: From accelerated Depreciation to Zero-based Budgeting – Learn the Lingo for Any Field $6.05 Do you know what Accounting Noise is? How about Illiquid? Bricks and Clicks? Any idea what GAAP, LBO, RFP, or SOW stand for? Let’s face it: You can’t survive the corporate jungle today unless you speak the language. It’s time to learn!With this easy-to-use, easy-to-understand guide, you will:Learn key business vocabulary and how to use it confidentlyBe able to reference critical terms from all are…

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21– The Budget Process and the Impact of Human Behavior

Participatory Budgeting and Human Capabilities $93.99 Participatory Budgeting is an experience of direct democracy inspired by the Paris Commune. It promotes the participation of people in local decisions. Notwithstanding that the participation is restricted to the government budget, its tremendous social importance comes from the process of educating people about how they can be active members in the social collective they are part of. This expanded engagement in social activity develops the participants themselves in two ways. First, it develops their awareness and understanding of the entire social environment they are presently part of, far beyond only budgetary matters. This understanding of their subordination and of the block that capitalism imposes on their human goal of self development then serves to motivate them to end their subordination, and to do with the system of capitalism that subordination is an essential part of. Second, this activity begins to develop the social and technical skills necessary for selfgovernance in a nonhierarchical society. Activity such as participatory budgeting thus can serve as the foundation for both the desire and ability to create a different future. Author: Schnerwald Da Silva, Carlos Eduardo Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 92 Publication Date: 2010/06/08 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.22 inches

Human Behaviour and Traffic Networks $301.11 How do people behave in different traffic situations? Are there general laws for mathematical modelling of decision dynamics? The answers, given at the first international workshop on Human Behaviour in Traffic Networks, are presented in this volume. In 13 articles, wellknown experts report about their current work on experiments and modelling in this area. The topics range from psychological behaviour in traffic situations, traffic simulations of various aspects and market analysis to experiments with human participants used in experimental economics. The articles filled with many illustrations are aimed at interested students as well as experts in this field. Author: Schreckenberg, Michael/ Schreckenberg, Michael/ Selten, Reinhard Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 318 Publication Date: 2004/06/24 Language: English Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 inches

Linguistic Behaviour $76.47 First published in 1976, this book presents a view of language as a matter of systematic communicative behaviour. Professor Bennett discusses the problems involved in topics such as teleology, belief and intention, form and content, meaning, convention, and syntactic structure, whilst underlining the importance of behaviour in both human and nonhuman forms of communication. For the major points of reference in Bennetts discussions, a select bibliography is included, which roots his thesis in a broader corpus of linguistic and philosophical study. This book will be of interest to the student and scholar as well as to the general enthusiast of the philosophy of language. Author: Bennett, Jonathan/ Bennett, Stephen/ Bennett, Jonathan Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 1979/09/20 Language: English Dimensions: 8.50 x 5.50 x 0.68 inches

SelfDestructive Behaviour $101.96 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles In human context, selfdestructive behaviour is a widely used phrase that conceptualises certain kinds of destructive acts as belonging to the self. It also has the property that it characterises certain kinds of selfinflicted acts as destructive. The term comes from objective psychology, wherein all apparent selfinflicted harm or abuse toward oneself is treated as a collection of actions, and therefore as a pattern of behaviour. Acts of selfdestruction may be merely metaphorical ( social suicide ) or literal (suicide). Generally speaking, selfdestructive actions may be deliberate, born of impulse, or developed as a habit. The term however tends to be applied toward selfdestructions that are potentially habitforming or addicting, and are thus potentially fatal. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Publication Date: 2010/12/25 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.37 inches

The New Economics of Human Behaviour $66.91 This volume views important social and political issues through the eyes of economists. Pioneered by Gary Becker, this approach asserts that all actions, whether working, playing, dating, or mating, have economic motivations and consequences, and can be analyzed using economic reasoning. Intended as an introduction to the current state of the field, the essays are informal and nontechnical, while still using uptodate economic reasoning to illuminate such topics as crime, marriage, discrimination, immigration, fads and fashions. Author: Tommasi, Mariano/ Ierulli, Kathryn/ Becker, Gary Stanley Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 260 Publication Date: 1995/08/24 Language: English Dimensions: 8.94 x 5.93 x 0.57 inches

Ethical Behaviour in Organizations $154.53 For too long organizational scientists have not attended adequately to the problems of unethical behaviour in organizations. The literature is punctuated with the occasional article or book but the topic should be a central concern, because of the human consequences attached to organizations and their representatives. Managing ethical behaviour is thus undoubtedly a critical problem, which requires an in depth understanding of the many factors that contribute to unethical behaviour. Author: Naude, Ingrid Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 216 Publication Date: 2010/06/02 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.49 inches

Ethological Studies of Child Behaviour $49.91 This 1972 volume contains specially written reports by research workers in zoology, psychology and psychiatry applying methods of comparative ethology in studies of human behaviour. It is intended as a contrast to popular researches in animal behaviour. There has been a considerable increase in the number of descriptive/analytical studies of human behaviour concerned principally with the behaviour of children and their mothers, and the methods have become widely used. The present collection of papers assesses the value of the methods and clarifies the particular contributions which they may make to an understanding of human behaviour. The papers cover a range of topics familiar from animal studies: nonverbal communication, motherinfant interaction, play and aggressive behaviour, but also range widely into more usual subjects for developmental psychology: crosscultural studies, development of skills, class differences in motherinfant interactions. This is essentially a book for research workers, teachers and students of behavioural sciences. Author: Jones, Nicholas Blurton/ Jones, Blurton/ BlurtonJones, N. G. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 412 Publication Date: 1974/07/11 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.92 inches

Behaviour and Social Organisation $47.45 This is a comprehensive account of the behaviour and social organisation of humans and other animals. The development and evolution of all types of behaviour are reviewed using uptodate examples. There is a full survey of all the classic behavioural research including the latest information available. The concepts of aggression and altruism are explained. there are detailed accounts of social organisation in insect and ape communities. Finally, the book discusses human behaviour and social organisation: the development of individuals within society and the biological and cultural bases of human social behaviour are examined. Author: Reiss, Michael/ Sants, Harriet/ Cornwell, Alan Series Title: Cambridge Social Biology Topics Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 108 Publication Date: 1987/03/05 Language: English Dimensions: 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 inches

Corporate Finance: Capital, Budgeting, and Divisions $24.51 This is an examination of working capital, budgeting, and divisions and it relates to corporate finance. Explores the following topics: cash conversion cycle, return on capital, economic value added, just in time, economic order quantity, discounts and allowances, factoring, capital investment decisions, the investment decision, the financing decision, managerial finance, financial accounting, management accounting, mergers and acquisitions, balance sheet analysis, business plan, and corporate action.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. Author: Branum, Miles Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 110 Publication Date: 2010/12/14 Language: English Dimensions: 9.69 x 7.44 x 0.23 inches

Health and Behaviour $221.44 An array of international experts discuss aspects of health care, such as the sociology of health care in developing countries, the mental health aspects of general health care and the dangers to children through disease, malnutrition and other factors. These chapters are essential reading for those concerned with improving health carebe they health personnel, behavioral scientists, or laypeople interested in human behavior and its relation to health. Author: Hamburg, David A./ Sartorius, Norman Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 240 Publication Date: 1989/08/17 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.68 inches

Consumer Behaviour by George, Saji [Paperback] $151.35 Consumer behaviour is one of the most complicated and dynamic mechanism. Understanding Consumer Behaviour had never been easy though many attempts are made to understand human behaviour through various theories and case studies. It remains a contemporary subject not only for researchers but also for marketers. Many researches had been conducted but consumers have always been elusive and demanding. The only way for marketers to be effective is having conviction towards radical and continuous change. For the purpose, continuous evaluation and monitoring is important, and one of the methods is marketing investigation. The fundamental question of this investigation has been to explore the target market for notebook computers, to find out the right marketing mix for notebook computers and to form certain valid hypothesis for future research. The study also covers the factors influencing consumer behaviour and also the purchase process which the consumers undergo in purchase of notebook computers. The data included is primary in nature. The work would be of immense value to marketers, consumers and researchers in the domain. Author: George, Saji Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 2010/06/10 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.68 inches

Hormones and Human Behaviour By Donovan, Bernard T. $49.91 Author: Donovan, Bernard T. Series Title: The Scientific Basis of Psychiatry Publication Date: 2011/11/18 Number of Pages: 223 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Height: 8.75

Complexities of Production and Interacting Human Behaviour By Aruka, Yuji $186.49 Author: Aruka, Yuji (EDT) Publication Date: 2011/03/29 Number of Pages: 272 Binding Type: Hardcover Language: English Depth: 0.75 Width: 6.50 Height: 9.25

Unorthodox Behaviour $10.99 Unorthodox Behaviour

Health and Behaviour: Selected Perspectives $92.4 An array of international experts discuss aspects of health care, such as the sociology of health care in developing countries, the mental health aspects of general health care and the dangers to children through disease, malnutrition and other factors. These chapters are essential reading for those concerned with improving health carebe they health personnel, behavioral scientists, or laypeople interested in human behavior and its relation to health. Author: Hamburg, David A./ Sartorius, Norman Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Publication Date: 2007/02/01 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.54 inches

The Development and Integration of Behaviour $93.99 The main part of the book begins with a study of behavioral development in animals, progresses to the neural and endocrine aspects of behavior, and then to the social behavior of nonhuman primates. The final transition from monkeys to humans, which Hinde made in his own research, leads to an impressive section on the development of social behavior in humans. The last scientific chapter relates to Dr. Hindes deep concern about aggression and the peculiarly human institution of war. His own commentaries to the book discuss the recurring theme of crossing and recrossing the boundaries among different levels of analysis and the need to study processes. In the final section, his former student Jane Goodall and the late Niko Tinbergen write of their memories of this inspiring man. Author: Bateson, Patrick Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 520 Publication Date: 1991/05/30 Language: English Dimensions: 8.98 x 5.99 x 1.13 inches

Human Adaptation $54.81 This book examines the concept of adaptation in four major fields in the human sciences. Genetic aspects are first considered through an examination of the human genes which have so far been identified as conferring survival value in particular environmental circumstances. The drift versus selection argument is also fully reviewed. The second contribution concerns the physiological changes which occur when individuals move from one environment to another. In the past, most attention has been given to the mechanisms of these changes, but here the focus is on the effects. The third contribution is directed at the analysis of behaviour especially social behaviour. The application of kin selection and reciprocal attraction theories to humans is explored and the value of these approaches explained, whether the behaviour has a genetic basis or not. The final essay deals with the relevance of the adaptation concept to the social sciences and especially to social anthropology. It demonstrates that an ecological approach to understanding the nature and structure of human societies demands attention to adaptation. Reprinted in paperback for the first time and with a new foreword, this book, which serves as an excellent teaching text, clearly shows how attempts at integration in each of these various fields can benefit the study of human evolution, social structure and organization from all perspectives. Author: Harrison, G. A./ Morphy, H./ Morphy, Howard Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Publication Date: 1998/06/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.20 x 6.07 x 0.39 inches

Capital Budgeting $60.54 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Capital budgeting (or investment appraisal) is the planning process used to determine whether a firms long term investments such as new machinery, replacement machinery, new plants, new products, and research development projects are worth pursuing. It is budget for major capital, or investment, expenditures. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 68 Publication Date: 2010/12/10 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.16 inches

Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice $65.4 Capital investment decisions are a constant challenge to all levels of financial managers. Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice shows you how to confront them using stateoftheart techniques.Broken down into four comprehensive sections, Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice explores and illustrates all aspects of the capital budgeting decision process. Pamela Peterson and Frank Fabozzi examine the critical issues and limitations of capital budgeting techniques with an indepth analysis of: Classifying capital budgeting proposalsDetermining the relevant cash flows for capital budgeting proposalsAssessing the economic value of a capital budgeting proposal using different techniquesIncorporating risk into the capital budgeting decisionEvaluating whether to lease or borrowtobuy Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice provides the knowledge, insight, and advice that will allow you to handle one of the most important aspects of your firms financial management. Advanced enough for practitioners yet accessible enough for the novice, Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice is your complete guide to understanding and benefiting from the essential techniques of capital budgeting. Author: Peterson, Pamela P./ Fabozzi, Frank J. Series Title: Frank J. Fabozzi Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 243 Publication Date: 2002/02/05 Language: English Dimensions: 9.36 x 6.22 x 0.93 inches

Society, Behaviour, and Climate Change Mitigation $253.31 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted increasing greenhouse gas concentrations and discernible human influence on global change. Limiting the changing global climate will require policies, programmes, and measures to deploy new mitigation technologies and entrepreneurial opportunities. The social, behavioural, and cultural changes, however, are poorly understood at present. Traditional conceptual frameworks for mitigation assessment do not sufficiently take into account social and psychological factors such as individual motivation and personality (e.g., convenience, fun culture, social prestige), communication, and decision patterns within administrations and companies, or cultural traditions and life styles of societal groups. Therefore, this book focuses on these aspects and related conceptual frameworks for mitigation assessment. Its aim is to encourage and develop more effective mitigation policies worldwide, to assist marketing aspects of energy service companies, technology producers, and utilities in gaining better understanding of their customers decisions, and to provide material for relevant courses at universities and other research institutions. Author: Jochem, Eberhard/ Sathaye, Jayant/ Bouille, Daniel Series Title: Advances in Global Change Research (Hardcover) Series Number: 8 Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 260 Publication Date: 2001/01/31 Language: English Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.69 inches

Strange Behaviour (Bonus Tracks) $15.99 Strange Behaviour (Bonus Tracks)

Congressional Budgeting: A Representational Perspective $110.68 In Congressional Budgeting, Patrick Fisher analyzes the problems inherent in the congressional budget process, and studies why congress makes the budgetary decisions that it does. In their desire to limit the tyranny of the majority, the framers of the Constitution designed a legislature that would be constrained and deliberate. While the institutional structure of Congress (i.e. bicameralism and the committee system) and American government in general (i.e. separation of powers) make the budget process more difficult, it does not make producing a sensible budget impossible. Fisher argues that it is the representational nature of Congress that makes budgeting such a flawed process. Budgeting requires Congress to compromise parochial interests for the well being of the entire nation, focusing on macrolevel budget decisions. It is the parochial nature of congressional budgeting that is key to understanding the predicament Congress confronts when budgeting. Author: Fisher, Patrick Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 194 Publication Date: 2004/12/03 Language: English Dimensions: 5.50 x 8.50 x 0.56 inches

Human Motivation $100.37 Human Motivation, originally published in 1987, offers a broad overview of theory and research from the perspective of a distinguished psychologist whose creative empirical studies of human motives span forty years. David McClelland describes methods for measuring motives, the development of motives out of natural incentives and the relationship of motives to emotions, to values and to performance under a variety of conditions. He examines four major motive systems achievement, power, affiliation and avoidance reviewing and evaluating research on how these motive systems affect behaviour. Scientific understanding of motives and their interaction, he argues, contributes to understanding of such diverse and important phenomena as the rise and fall of civilisations, the underlying causes of war, the rate of economic development, the nature of leadership, the reasons for authoritarian or democratic governing styles, the determinants of success in management and the factors responsible for health and illness. Students and instructors alike will find this book an exciting and readable presentation of the psychology of human motivation. Author: McCelland, David C./ McClelland, David C. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 676 Publication Date: 1988/01/29 Language: English Dimensions: 9.11 x 7.60 x 1.56 inches

Budgeting and Organizational Culture $116.3 Recently, public higher education institutions have increasingly turned their attention to incentive based budgeting models as internal resource allocation models. However, these models have been criticized for bringing market forces, competitiveness, and businesslike perceptions into the higher education environment. In recent years, the literature on incentive budgeting systems has grown; mostly, through institutional case studies. However, most of these studies focused on the formal structures and on the financial outcomes. The literature lacks any exploration of the effects that such changes have on an organizations culture. However, incentive based budgeting systems involve more than simply formulas. They also bring a new frame of mind into higher education organizations. Decentralization of the decisionmaking process is one such change that is attached to incentive based budgeting systems. Thus, incentive based budgeting models affect the whole institution, its formal and informal structures as well as its culture. This study focuses on responsibility center management (RCM) and its perceived effects on the culture of decisionmaking at a higher education institution. Author: Cekic, Osman Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 148 Publication Date: 2010/06/28 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.34 inches

Beyond Budgeting by Moeini, Hassan [Paperback] $27.53 Scholary Paper aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Wirtschaft Investition und Finanzierung, Note: 1,6, University of Wales, Newport,, 32 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Abstract: This report will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of budgeting. It will demonstrate the effects of applied budgeting in todays enterprises. Alternatives to the traditional budgeting process will be given; consisting of Better Budgeting as an improvement of the system and Beyond Budgeting as a way of abolishing the whole process. Author: Moeini, Hassan Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 28 Publication Date: 2007/11/26 Language: English Dimensions: 8.50 x 5.51 x 0.07 inches

EP Movie Magic Budgeting 7 $195 Entertainment Partners Movie Magic Budgeting 7 is an innovative budgeting and cost estimation tool used by the top production professionals around the world. It features an intuitive, flexible format that allows users to create and edit comprehensive budgets of all sizes, for all types of productions.

A Primer on School Budgeting $67 Does the prospect of preparing your school districts budget seem daunting? Beginning school administrators, often having only one theoretical course on the subject under their belt, see the budget development process as a nightmare. New administrators, teachers, and board members who have little experience with budgeting are justifiably concerned by the prospect of their involvement in budgeting. This book leads the reader through all stages of the process, from the theoretical underpinnings (history, types of budgets, etc.) and practical considerations (revenue planning, budget calendar, etc.) through to the adoption of the budget and its implementation. Includes sample budgets, and tips for administration of a budget once it is in place. Author: Kratz, Robert N./ Scott, Charles A./ Zechman, Harry T. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 149 Publication Date: 1998/04/28 Language: English Dimensions: 8.78 x 6.40 x 0.40 inches

Corporate Behaviour $78.07 Corporate behaviour (or corporate behavior) is the behaviour of a corporation or corporations (or company or companies). The corporate behaviour of forprofit (capitalist) corporations and notforprofit (noncapitalist) corporations differ due to the fundamental drive for profit in forprofit corporations, compared to the nonmonetary goals often held by notforprofit corporations. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 78 Publication Date: 2010/06/01 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.18 inches

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