This book is the first systematic exploration of audit as a principle of social organization and control. The author critically examines the reasons, means, and consequences of this audit explosion. He raises important questions about the efficacy of audit processes, suggests that the consequences of this must be evaluated, and contrasts these theories and practices of Trust....
Get Fired Up Without Burning Out
Carol Grace Anderson
More than ever...we need to get and stay fired up! This book is full of solutions for a fired-up attitude, real balance, dealing with change, and the top-ten secrets to a fired-up life!...
The Southeast Asia Handbook (REGIONAL HANDBOOKS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT)
Patrick Heenan, Monique Lamontagne
The Regional Handbooks of Economic Development series provides accessible overviews of countries within their larger domestic and international contexts, focusing on the relations among regions as they meet the challenges of the twenty first century. The series allows the non-specialist student to explore a wide range of complex factors-social and political as well as economic-that affect the growth of developing regions in Asia, Europe, and South America. Each Handbook provides an overview chapter discussing the region's economic conditions within an historical and political context, as well as 20 or more chapter-length essays written by recognized experts, which analyze the key issues affecting a region's economy: its population, natural resources, foreign trade, labor problems, and economic inequalities, and other vital factors. In addition, the volumes offer useful support materials, including a series of appendices that include a detailed chronology of events in the......
Economic Development in Subsaharan Africa: Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of the International Economic Association, Tunis (IEA CONFERENCE VOLUME)
tunisia International Economic Association World Congress 1995 Tunis, Ibrahim Elbadawi, Benno Ndulu, B. J. Ndulu, African Economic Research Consortium
The economic reforms taking place in sub-Saharan African coutnries now--assisted by multilateral and bilateral donors--should not only be sustained, but should also be critically appraised. From this exercise or appraisal, approipriate reform and development strategies are already emerging. The objective of this volume is to contribute to this strategy of reform and vision of development in SSA so that the current economic decline can be arrested, sustainable economic growth restored, and a lasting impact on poverty achieved....
Using Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research (Organizational Research Methods)
Thomas W. Lee, Sage Pubns
Offering a broad description of qualitative research, this book facilitates the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in organizational research. It examines the methods and tactics for both generating and testing management theories, including guidelines for deciding whether to use qualitative methods and overviews of four specific research designs. It describes how qualitative data is collected and analyzed and when and how to quantitatively analyze qualitative data. The author articulates the critical roles for reliability and validity and in the final chapter offers conclusions and recommendations for writing articles that report qualitative studies....
This book is the first systematic exploration of audit as a principle of social organization and control. The author critically examines the reasons, means, and consequences of this audit explosion. He raises important questions about the efficacy of audit processes, suggests that the consequences of this must be evaluated, and contrasts these theories and practices of Trust....
More than ever...we need to get and stay fired up! This book is full of solutions for a fired-up attitude, real balance, dealing with change, and the top-ten secrets to a fired-up life!...
The Regional Handbooks of Economic Development series provides accessible overviews of countries within their larger domestic and international contexts, focusing on the relations among regions as they meet the challenges of the twenty first century. The series allows the non-specialist student to explore a wide range of complex factors-social and political as well as economic-that affect the growth of developing regions in Asia, Europe, and South America. Each Handbook provides an overview chapter discussing the region's economic conditions within an historical and political context, as well as 20 or more chapter-length essays written by recognized experts, which analyze the key issues affecting a region's economy: its population, natural resources, foreign trade, labor problems, and economic inequalities, and other vital factors. In addition, the volumes offer useful support materials, including a series of appendices that include a detailed chronology of events in the......
The economic reforms taking place in sub-Saharan African coutnries now--assisted by multilateral and bilateral donors--should not only be sustained, but should also be critically appraised. From this exercise or appraisal, approipriate reform and development strategies are already emerging. The objective of this volume is to contribute to this strategy of reform and vision of development in SSA so that the current economic decline can be arrested, sustainable economic growth restored, and a lasting impact on poverty achieved....
Offering a broad description of qualitative research, this book facilitates the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in organizational research. It examines the methods and tactics for both generating and testing management theories, including guidelines for deciding whether to use qualitative methods and overviews of four specific research designs. It describes how qualitative data is collected and analyzed and when and how to quantitatively analyze qualitative data. The author articulates the critical roles for reliability and validity and in the final chapter offers conclusions and recommendations for writing articles that report qualitative studies....