Download or read book Corporate Dreams written by James Hoopes and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public trust in corporations plummeted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, when “Lehman Brothers” and “General Motors” became dirty words for many Americans. In Corporate Dreams, James Hoopes argues that Americans still place too much faith in corporations and, especially, in the idea of “values-based leadership” favored by most CEOs. The danger of corporations, he suggests, lies not just in their economic power, but also in how their confused and undemocratic values are infecting Americans’ visions of good governance. Corporate Dreams proposes that Americans need to radically rethink their relationships with big business and the government. Rather than buying into the corporate notion of “values-based leadership,” we should view corporate leaders with the same healthy suspicion that our democratic political tradition teaches us to view our political leaders. Unfortunately, the trend is moving the other way. Corporate notions of leadership are invading our democratic political culture when it should be the reverse. To diagnose the cause and find a cure for our toxic attachment to corporate models of leadership, Hoopes goes back to the root of the problem, offering a comprehensive history of corporate culture in America, from the Great Depression to today’s Great Recession. Combining a historian’s careful eye with an insider’s perspective on the business world, this provocative volume tracks changes in government economic policy, changes in public attitudes toward big business, and changes in how corporate executives view themselves. Whether examining the rise of Leadership Development programs or recounting JFK’s Pyrrhic victory over U.S. Steel, Hoopes tells a compelling story of how America lost its way, ceding authority to the policies and values of corporate culture. But he also shows us how it’s not too late to return to our democratic ideals—and that it’s not too late to restore the American dream.
Download or read book Smart Cities in Canada Digital Dreams Corporate Designs written by Mariana Valverde and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Smart cities" use surveillance, big data processing and interactive technologies to reshape urban life. Transit riders can see the bus coming on a map on their phones. Cities can measure and analyze the garbage collected from every household. Businesses can track individuals' movements and precisely target advertisements. Google's failed Sidewalk Labs proposal in Toronto, which drew sharp criticism over surveillance and privacy concerns, is just one of the many smart city projects which have been proposed or are underway in Canada. Iqaluit, Edmonton, Guelph, Montreal, Toronto and other cities and towns are all grappling with how to use these technologies. Some cities have quickly partnered with digital giants like Uber, Bell and IBM. Others have kept their distance. Big tech companies are hard at work recruiting customers and shaping – sometimes making – public policy on data collection and privacy. Smart Cities for Canada: Promise and Perils is the first book on smart cities in Canada. In this collection, experts from across the country investigate what this new approach means for the problems cities face, and expose the larger issues about urban planning and democracy raised by smart city technology. This is a valuable, timely, independent‐minded book for Canadians.
Download or read book Airborne Dreams written by Christine R. Yano and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of Pan Ams Nisei stewardess program (1955&–1972), through which the airline hired Japanese American (and later other Asian and Asian American) stewardesses, ostensibly for their Asian-language skills.
Download or read book When Dreams Don t Work written by Ronna Jevne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Dreams Don't Work: Professional Caregivers and Burnout presents a fresh perspective on burnout. This book examines the origins and qualities of the dreams (visions) of professional caregivers and the ways those very qualities are risk factors for burnout. ""When Dreams Don't Work: Professional Caregivers and Burnout"" also looks at the institutions in which professional caregivers (medical, educational, pastoral, law enforcement, and firefighting) invest their professional dreams, and how those institutions contribute to the burnout process.
Download or read book Land of Sunshine State of Dreams written by Gary R Mormino and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida is a story of astonishing growth, a state swelling from 500,000 residents at the outset of the 20th century to some 16 million at the end. As recently as mid-century, on the eve of Pearl Harbor, Florida was the smallest state in the South. At the dawn of the millennium, it is the fourth largest in the country, a megastate that was among those introducing new words into the American vernacular: space coast, climate control, growth management, retirement community, theme park, edge cities, shopping mall, boomburbs, beach renourishment, Interstate, and Internet. Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams attempts to understand the firestorm of change that erupted into modern Florida by examining the great social, cultural, and economic forces driving its transformation. Gary Mormino ranges far and wide across the landscape and boundaries of a place that is at once America's southernmost state and the northernmost outpost of the Caribbean. From the capital, Tallahassee--a day's walk from the Georgia border--to Miami--a city distant but tantalizingly close to Cuba and Haiti--Mormino traces the themes of Florida's transformation: the echoes of old Dixie and a vanishing Florida; land booms and tourist empires; revolutions in agriculture, technology, and demographics; the seductions of the beach and the dynamics of a graying population; and the enduring but changing meanings of a dreamstate. Beneath the iconography of popular culture is revealed a complex and complicated social framework that reflects a dizzying passage from New Spain to Old South, New South to Sunbelt.
Download or read book How to Quit Your Day Job and Live Out Your Dreams written by Kenneth Atchity and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to let go and achieve the life you ve always dreamed...
Download or read book Escape from Corporate America written by Pamela Skillings and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does your corporate career leave you stressed out, burned out, or just plain bummed out? You’re not alone. The good news is that there’s a way out–and you’re holding it. Written by career expert and corporate escapee Pamela Skillings, Escape from Corporate America inspires the cubicle-bound and the corner-office-cornered to break free and create the career of their dreams–without going broke. With no-nonsense advice and unflagging humor, Skillings shows you how to • assess your job’s “suck” factor–from terminal boredom to boss from hell • identify your true calling–brainstorm fantasy careers and test-drive your dream jobs • develop your Escape Plan–set goals, figure out your timing, and evaluate your finances and health insurance options • find jobs that don’t bite–entrepreneurial corporate environments, energetic start-ups, the nonprofit sector, and flexible work options • be your own boss–explore entrepreneurship and freelancing, assemble an advisory team, and start a business while you collect a paycheck • follow your creative dreams–learn how to make time for your artistic passion and develop a plan to quit your day job • overcome any obstacle–deal with fear, doubt, negative people, and other bumps along the road Plus, Skillings shares success stories from dozens of corporate escape artists, including celebrity TV chef Andrea Beaman, Cranium CEO Richard Tait, and many others. Full of practical strategies and fun-to-follow exercises, Escape from Corporate America will help disgruntled office workers everywhere find more meaningful, fulfilling careers.
Download or read book Fortune Telling Book of Dreams written by Chronicle Books and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handy little reference guide packed with information to help you predict your future through interpreting your dreams. Inspired by a vintage book, this delightful guide deciphers dreams to predict the future. It compiles more than one thousand dream symbols and reveals what they portend for the dreamer. This handy little book is irresistible to pick up; its content is so compelling, it’s impossible to put down.
Download or read book The Corporate Dream written by Hank Johnson and published by Carol Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1990 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gleaned from Johnson's years of experience in creating the Spiegel mail-order company, the practical information in this book will work for anyone who is trying to advance in business. His advice can't be learned in school of from a business textbook.
Download or read book Catching a Deckload of Dreams written by John Van Amerongen and published by Documentary Media LLC and University of Washington. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing the Corporate Dream written by William R. Torbert and published by Irwin Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Building Stakeholder Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility written by B. Fryzel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how companies engage in CSR activities, how their corporate identity determines the way in which they perceive the stakeholders and, as a result, engage in dialogue-based relations with them.
Download or read book Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability written by Suzanne Benn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-09 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since this classic book was first published in 2003, sustainability has increasingly become mainstream business for leading corporations, whilst the topic itself has also been a hotly debated political issue across the globe. The sustainability phase models originally discussed in the book have become more relevant with ever more examples of organizations at later stages in the development of corporate sustainability. Bringing together global issues of ecological sustainability, strategic human resource management, organizational change, corporate social responsibility, leadership and community renewal, this new edition of the book further develops its unified approach to corporate sustainability and its plan of action to bring about corporate change. It integrates new research and brings illustrative case studies up to date to reflect how new approaches affect change and leadership. For the first time, a new positive model of a future sustainable world is included - strengthened by references to the global financial crisis, burgeoning world population numbers and the rise of China. With new case studies including BP's Gulf oil spill and Tokyo Electric Company's nuclear reactor disaster, this new edition will again be core reading for students and researchers of sustainability and business, organizational change and corporate social responsibility.
Download or read book Success Unlimited written by Ayo Akinremi PhD and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2022-03-09 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to take responsibility for your thoughts and actions to establish a mindset that leads to success? Success Unlimited might be the book you're seeking if you’ve ever wondered what makes a person successful. It’s one of those unique books on success that explores how your mindset can help you achieve your full potential. If you’ve ever wondered what makes a person successful or how to achieve a growth mindset, this book is for you. Author, Ayo Akinremi, believes that the law of seed and harvest governs life. In this book on success, you will see how to achieve a growth mindset, and he will show you how to train your mind to be successful using biblical success principles. When you sow the right seed, you’ll see that you open your life to the divine privilege to expect a corresponding harvest. Just as sowing good deeds often leads to good deeds done in return, this book on success will open your eyes to the idea that whatever is coded in your heart leads to your reality. Three sections make this one of the most straightforward books on success to understand. The first section unpacks one of the main principles of success and will open your eyes to the connection between your inner consciousness and your external reality. The second section explains how you can selectively control the traffic flowing through your mind, significantly influencing your internal environment, and how to apply the law of dynamic equilibrium to transform your consciousness and reality. Finally, it describes the coding and expression pathways that connect your inner world of consciousness and your outer world of reality and how you can transform your life by re-coding your mind and building a growth mindset using spiritual truths. The third section introduces the law of change. You will learn the processes of mentally recalibrating and re-engineering, the concept of purity, and its application to personal and team leadership. You will also learn how to continuously grow your mindset to leverage pleasant and painful past experiences to your advantage. The author shares his experience of pain and progress. He shares his “six-month guarantee strategy” to help you sharpen your focus on things that matter to maximize the privilege of life. Biblical success principles and biblical verses come together to help you unlock your full potential and achieve success.
Download or read book Nanobot Dreams written by Raven Fisher and published by Publifye AS. This book was released on 2024-09-16 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Nanobot Dreams"" plunges readers into a world where microscopic machines have become an integral part of human biology. Dr. Eliza Chen, a brilliant nanoengineer, creates a groundbreaking medical nanobot to cure neurological disorders. However, when her daughter becomes the first test subject, an unexpected side effect emerges: the ability to share and manipulate dreams. This discovery sets off a chain of events that challenges the very fabric of society and human consciousness. As the technology spreads, Eliza finds herself at the center of a storm of ethical dilemmas, corporate greed, and personal conflicts. The line between mind and machine blurs, raising profound questions about the nature of reality and free will. With the power to reshape humanity's consciousness at stake, Eliza races against time to control her creation. This technological thriller seamlessly blends hard science fiction with philosophical exploration, offering a thought-provoking journey into a future where the boundaries of human experience are pushed to their limits.
Download or read book Dreams and Details written by Jim Hagemann Snabe and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ny teknologi ændrer konstant forudsætningerne for succes og det gør det nødvendigt at genopfinde sin virksomhed og sit lederskab til de nye betingelser
Download or read book Success and Betrayal written by Sarah Hardesty and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1987-11-15 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Simon & Schuster, Success and Betrayal offers the groundbreaking insight into the myth of the unlimited potential, the mystique of power, and the elusive path to the top. In their hard hitting book, two successful corporate managers describe a classic series of "landings" that women must confront both to thrive in the corporate environment and to achieve a guiltless balance between career and personal life.
