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Book Measuring More Than Money

Download or read book Measuring More Than Money written by Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly readable and authoritative book on the social economics of job quality comes at a critical time as policy-makers, employers and unions seek to rebuild jobs after the economic crisis. The team of authors are leading experts on European employment trends and policy and have produced an excellent study that proposes a new index of job quality for Europe. Given its depth and breadth of coverage of theory and already existing indicators, the book is likely to be a landmark study. Readers will enjoy the engaging review of past and present works of classical political economy and behavioural economics and will benefit from the expert critical appraisal of more than 20 existing proposals for job quality indices. Most importantly, the authors design and test a new European Job Quality Index that provides a reliable and coherent measure of five critical dimensions of the character of contemporary jobs. Measuring More than Money is a much-needed analysis that will interest both specialists and anyone concerned about job quality. The proposed indicator deserves to be adopted and will enable policy-makers to make good their commitment to sustainability and equality across Europe by monitoring and responding to a good job quality measure. Damian Grimshaw, University of Manchester, UK Is a job a job? If you looked at unemployment data, you would think so. But economists since Adam Smith know that jobs differ in quality: difficulty or pleasure of doing it. Thus they tend to assume that market would equalize wage per unit of difficulty of a job, and that they do not need to worry about intrinsic job quality. Rafael de Bustillo shows that this wrong and that in an era of plenty for many (although not for all), the challenge is to create high-quality jobs and to find ways of comparing them in terms of fulfillment afforded to workers. The book thus addresses a new and growing field of study: for it certainly matters if we are happy or unhappy in an activity that takes almost one-third of our lives and often defines who we are. Branko Milanovic, World Bank and University of Maryland, US This is a book every labour economist or sociologist interested in job quality should read. It provides a well written overview of the depth and breadth of this field, presenting a systematic review of this complex multidimensional concept and discussing more than twenty of the indicators currently in use. The volume goes beyond the current literature by developing a sound, empirically tested Job Quality Index for the European Union. It was definitely a pleasure reading this volume. Kea Tijdens, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Mainstream economics traditionally restricts the analysis of the labour market to purely monetary factors, such as earnings, leaving aside many other characteristics that might affect the desirability of certain jobs. By contrast, this unique volume explores the alternatives and problems faced by researchers in quantifying and measuring a broader notion of job quality. The contributors expertly explore the different approaches to measurement and analyze both the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods within a European context. Job quality is a crucial link between the economy and well-being. This original book proves that it can and should be measured, proposing a theoretically based multidimensional Index of Job Quality that is tested in the EU member States. The index proves particularly useful to measure the differences in job quality by country, occupation, gender and age. Based on solid theory and data, this book will prove essential for postgraduate students, researchers and academics of labour economics, sociology, industrial relations, and European studies as it presents a coherent discussion of the concept and components of job quality, and of the difficulties of measuring it. The book also proposes a new aggregate index of job quality that can contribute to the evaluation of European employ

Book More than Money

Download or read book More than Money written by Paul Godfrey and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is poverty inevitable? No, says author Paul Godfrey. More than Money shows how organizations can win the fight against poverty and create prosperity for people at the base of the pyramid in the developing and developed world. This book presents a novel framework that shows how five types of interrelated capital—institutional, human, social, organizational, and physical—enable development and sustainable growth. In addition to a widely-applicable model, Godfrey provides principles to guide application. Core chapters articulate each specific form of capital and provide examples of how it contributes to the triple bottom line. Not just a theoretical examination of poverty, More than Money delivers timely advice to organizations that produce goods and services, implement policies, and create meaningful change on the ground. This book will guide social innovators and entrepreneurs in business, government, and civil society settings as they create a vision, assemble a team of strong partners, and effectively measure social innovation.

Book More than Money

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Oham
  • Publisher : eBook Partnership
  • Release : 2016-05-18
  • ISBN : 1783019530
  • Pages : 37 pages

Download or read book More than Money written by Charles Oham and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than Money details the theory and practical experiences of people and social entrepreneurs who have realised that having a lack of money should never be a barrier to fulfilling one's objectives.Over centuries, individuals have used other forms of capital to live out their dreams and now should not be an exception given the huge challenges we face in society.Pierre Bourdieu, the famous sociologist of our time lamented on the way society focused and depended on money that was finite while being ignorant of other forms of capital that could be used to actualize one's dreams, this book builds on his work and that of others.More than Money gives individuals the tools to navigate their way out of debt and lack through an understanding of, and the use of different types of capitals.This book will enable people most especially social entrepreneurs to overcome the challenges affecting humanity in the developed and developing world by allowing them to be creative in financing their objectives. Poverty, malnutrition and a lack of basic goods and services in society can be skilfully tackled with the use of other forms of capitals and not just by money. Capitals such as social, human, cultural, symbolic and environmental capital can replace money in addressing various needs.It is time for us not to be constrained by a lack of money but by understanding that there are other ways of making that dream come true. Capital Literacy is a pragmatic answer to most of the financial challenges a person or community may face.

Book More Than Money

Download or read book More Than Money written by Mark Albion and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book redefines the meaning of risk, and asks business students to look at risk in a new way. A consciousness-raising book and a how-to, Albion helps MBA students give themselves permission to be who they really want to be in order to create a meaningful life.

Book Value Change in Global Perspective

Download or read book Value Change in Global Perspective written by Paul Abramson and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-08-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pioneering work, Paul R. Abramson and Ronald Inglehart show that the gradual shift from Materialist values (such as the desire for economic and physical security) to Post-materialist values (such as the desire for freedom, self-expression, and the quality of life) is in all likelihood a global phenomenon. Value Change in Global Perspective analyzes over thirty years worth of national surveys in European countries and presents the most comprehensive and nuanced discussion of this shift to date. By paying special attention to the way generational replacement transforms values among mass publics, the authors are able to present a comprehensive analysis of the processes through which values change. In addition, Value Change in Global Perspective analyzes the 1990-91 World Values Survey, conducted in forty societies representing over seventy percent of the world's population. These surveys cover an unprecedentedly broad range of the economic and political spectrum, with data from low-income countries (such as China, India, Mexico, and Nigeria), newly industrialized countries (such as South Korea) and former state-socialist countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. This data adds significant new meaning to our understanding of attitude shifts throughout the world. Value Change in Global Perspective has been written to meet the needs of scholars and students alike. The use of percentage, percentage differences, and algebraic standardization procedures will make the results easy to understand and useful in courses in comparative politics and in public opinion. Paul R. Abramson is Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University. Ronald Inglehart is Professor of Political Science and Program Director, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.

Book How Will You Measure Your Life   Harvard Business Review Classics

Download or read book How Will You Measure Your Life Harvard Business Review Classics written by Clayton M. Christensen and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 2010, Harvard Business School’s graduating class asked HBS professor Clay Christensen to address them—but not on how to apply his principles and thinking to their post-HBS careers. The students wanted to know how to apply his wisdom to their personal lives. He shared with them a set of guidelines that have helped him find meaning in his own life, which led to this now-classic article. Although Christensen’s thinking is rooted in his deep religious faith, these are strategies anyone can use. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.

Book The Measure of Poverty

Download or read book The Measure of Poverty written by United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book More than Money  EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition

Download or read book More than Money EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book More than Money  EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition

Download or read book More than Money EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition written by Mark S. Albion and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Handbook on Measuring Quality of Employment

Download or read book Handbook on Measuring Quality of Employment written by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employment is a key driver of social and economic development. It is also at the centre of most people's lives and the quality of an individual's employment is an important element of his or her well-being. At the same time, labour markets are evolving and the conditions of employment are continuously changing, which affects the lives of workers and their households. This development has been accompanied by growing interest in quality of employment and demands from policymakers, governments and researchers for more systematic information on the quality of employment to complement the well-established quantitative labour market indicators. The Framework offers a coherent structure for measuring quality of employment and provides practical guidance for compiling and interpreting a number of proposed indicators.

Book Irish Political Economy Vol2

Download or read book Irish Political Economy Vol2 written by Tom Boylan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2004. This is a collection of carefully selected works and material, attempts to extend the current state of scholarship in the area of Irish Political Economy. The range and variety of material presented should be of interest not only to students of economic thought but also to those working in such fields as Irish Studies, history, politics, sociology and intellectual history. Volume 2 includes the Value and Distribution.

Book The Money Trail

Download or read book The Money Trail written by Justin Sacks and published by Spotlight Poets. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Generosity  It s More than Money

Download or read book Generosity It s More than Money written by Chris Kleinsmith and published by Apostolic Touch Publications. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proverbs 11:24 (MSG) The world of the generous gets larger and larger How big do you want your world to be? The word world here refers to your life, sphere, your influence and status. The world of the generous gets larger and larger. God has a desire to make your world bigger. God can change your world as you know it. In the below parable we read about how the world of the servants got bigger, as their master gave them greater influence in more cities. Their reach and influence was increased. When I talk about generosity, I don’t want you to think about money. Generally when people hear the word generosity, they default to thinking about finances. Generosity includes finances but it’s not limited to finances. A person can give money, but that does not make him generous. Generosity is about being liberal. It is living with an open heart and hands.

Book OECD Guidelines on Measuring the Quality of the Working Environment

Download or read book OECD Guidelines on Measuring the Quality of the Working Environment written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication presents an internationally agreed set of guidelines for producing more comparable statistics on the quality of the working environment, a concept that encompasses all the non-pecuniary aspects of one's job, and is one of the three dimensions of the OECD Job Quality framework.

Book The Measurement of Moral Judgement  Volume 2  Standard Issue Scoring Manual

Download or read book The Measurement of Moral Judgement Volume 2 Standard Issue Scoring Manual written by Ann Colby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-09-30 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work was originally issued as a two-volume set, published in 1987 and 1988. It constitutes a definitive presentation of the system of classifying moral judgment built up by Lawrence Kolberg and his associates over a period of twenty years. Researchers in human development and education around the world, many of whom have worked with interim versions of the system - indeed, all those seriously interested in understanding the development of moral judgment - will find it a useful and accessible resource. Volume 2 includes the scoring systems for three alternate, functionally equivalent forms of Kohlberg's moral judgment interview.

Book Measure Up

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anjana Chatterjee
  • Publisher : Master Math
  • Release : 2018-01-01
  • ISBN : 1682973212
  • Pages : 17 pages

Download or read book Measure Up written by Anjana Chatterjee and published by Master Math. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master Math applies the Singapore Math teaching method to the math curriculum. With a simple and engaging format, including guidance for parents and teachers, this is a valuable resource for learning length, weight size and capacity.

Book Bounce

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barry J. Moltz
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2008-04-18
  • ISBN : 0470257172
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Bounce written by Barry J. Moltz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional business wisdom tells you that there’s always something to learn from failure. Not true, says Barry Moltz. Sometimes, failure just stinks. Bounce! explains how success and failure are simply normal outcomes in the regular lifecycle of a business and that process over the long term matters far more than individual outcomes. This book shows you how to build a business that can “bounce” through these cycles for long-term success. If you run a business, better make it Bounce!