Download or read book The Little Book of Quotations on Sustainable Business written by Wayne Visser and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of 100 quotations on sustainable business by Dr Wayne Visser is designed to challenge and question, as much as to inspire and inform. The quotes - taken from the extensive writings of Dr Visser - range from the role of business in tackling our global sustainability challenges to why our efforts on sustainability have so far failed to make a meaningful difference. The key message is that, for sustainability to be achieved, we need to change the way we perceive business: its purpose, its methods and its impacts.
Download or read book The Little Book of Quotations on Social Responsibility written by Wayne Visser and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of 100 quotations on social responsibility by Dr Wayne Visser is designed to challenge and question, as much as to inspire and inform. The quotes - taken from the extensive writings of Dr Visser - range from the role of business in society and companies' accountability to stakeholders, to the importance of social justice and the need for transformative - rather than defensive, charitable, promotional or strategic - CSR. The key message is that, for business to survive and thrive in an age of responsibility, it must embrace an ambitious social purpose.
Download or read book The Little Book of Quotations on Transformational Change written by Wayne Visser and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of 100 quotations on transformational change by Dr Wayne Visser is designed to challenge and question, as much as to inspire and inform. The quotes - taken from the extensive writings of Dr Visser - range from the science and dynamics of complex systems change to the role of business, technology and innovation in creating positive impact in the world. The key message is that change is an iceberg, with the deepest, invisible layers - our values, worldviews and mindsets, holding the most promise for profound transformational change.
Download or read book Purpose Inspired Reflections on Conscious Living written by Wayne Visser and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Poetry of Business written by Wayne Visser and published by Kaleidoscope Futures. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was time to leave. A bitter-sweet time. The CEO felt sadness, but also contentment. The business he had conceived and birthed and nurtured was mature enough to stand on its own feet now; to live out its own life. Ironically, the way he saw it, the company was not the legacy he was leaving at all. The real value was in the way in which the business lived and breathed and kept its people engaged and passionate. That was the real gift he had given them. And that was why he was leaving behind his scruffy notebooks in the boardroom cabinet - those dog-eared, tea-stained pages on which, over the years, he had jotted down his ideas. Scrawled untidily were the lessons he had learned along the way: about how to make a business 'fit for human beings'; about how to survive in commerce and still sleep soundly at night; about how to create a company that served society, instead of the other way around. So many thoughts ...
Download or read book Production Management and Business Development written by Bohuslava Mihalčová and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trends in economic development rely on increasing human knowledge, which stimulate the development of new, sophisticated technologies. With their utilization production is raised and the intent is to decrease natural resources consumption and protect and save our life environment as much as we can. At the same time, increasing pressure is observed both from competition and customers. The way to be competitive is by improving manufacturing and services offered to the customer. These are the major challenges of contemporary enterprises. Organizations are improving their activities and management processes. This is necessary to manage the seemingly intensifying competitive markets successfully. Enterprises apply business-optimizing solutions to meet new challenges and conditions. This way ensuring effective development for long-term competitiveness in a global environment. This is necessary for the implementation of qualitative changes in the industrial policy. "Process Control and Production Management" (MTS 2018) is a collection of research papers from an international authorship. The authors present case studies and empirical research, which illustrates the progressive trends in business process management and the drive to increase enterprise sustainability development.
Download or read book The Little Book of Big Management Wisdom written by James McGrath and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The full text downloaded to your computer. With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends Print 5 pages at a time Compatible for PCs and MACs No expiry (offline access will remain whilst the Bookshelf software is installed. eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the VitalSource Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad/Android app. When the eBook is purchased, you will receive an email with your access code. Simply go to http://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/ to download the FREE Bookshelf software. After installation, enter your access code for your eBook. Time limit The VitalSource products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your VitalSource products whilst you have your VitalSource Bookshelf installed. The Little Book of Big Management Wisdom outlines 90 of the greatest management quotations ever. The majority of quotes have been taken from legendary business leaders and commentators, including Warren Buffet and Peter Drucker. However, there are a few surprise inclusions from such people as Robert Frost and Elvis Presley. Each quotation, what it means, how to use it and the questions you should be asking, is outlined in two pages so you can immediately start to apply it in the real world. Packed with advice on how to deal with a wide range of management issues, this book will provide you with the insight and skills you require to succeed. Manage and develop your business Manage yourself and your career Motivate and lead people Turn your customers into partners Plan effectively Make better decisions All you want to know and how to apply it - in a nutshell.
Download or read book The Little Book of Gratitude Quotes written by Kathleen Welton and published by Little Quote Books. This book was released on 2011-03-12 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 365 Inspiring Quotations to Be Grateful, Joyful, and Peaceful Award Winner in the Self-Help: Journals & Quotes category of the 2013 International Book Awards. Award Finalist in the Self-Help: Journals & Quotes category of The USA "Best Books 2011" Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. "You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late." Ralph Waldo Emerson "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." Marcel Proust "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Henry David Thoreau "Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings." William Arthur Ward The Little Book of Gratitude Quotes is an uplifting collection of 365 quotes that encourages kindness, thankfulness, and being appreciative for what life offers. The book shares unforgettable quotes from more than 100 authors including Emily Dickinson, Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Keats, Eleanor Roosevelt, and William Shakespeare. Thematically arranged in twelve sections that include "Compassion," "Forgiveness," "Kindness," "Success," and "Wisdom" the book includes a gratitude checklist and lots of food for thought. Timeless, classic, and filled with grace, The Little Book of Gratitude Quotes is the perfect exchange of thanksgiving and praise. An accoutrement to both giving and receiving thanks, this charming tutorial is organized to show appreciation every day, year in and year out, to those who make a difference in our lives--and it celebrates our willingness to spread kind words. These quotes have stood the test of time and each can be used for inspiration, motivation, or encouragement. Classic. Simple. Inspiration.
Download or read book The Little Book of Sustainability written by Wendy Stubbs and published by . This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To be sustainable we need to shift our mindset - to view the world through a different lens. We need to move from an unconstrained economic growth lens to a sustainability lens."In the past 10 years we have heard a lot about financial crises, environmental crises such as massive oil spills and extreme weather events (droughts, floods, hurricanes ...), and social crises such as extreme poverty. And yet, we don't seem to be making much progress in addressing the underlying causes of these issues. Why?The Little Book of Sustainability questions the environmental and social sustainability of what has been our business-as-usual model and finds it seriously wanting. The book scrutinises the current modus operandi of the business world and recommends a new way of doing things. For real change to be embraced, you need both dissatisfaction with the status quo and a compelling vision of a new model.The Little Book of Sustainability is about a new way of doing business, one that assures the wellbeing of current and future generations. The book draws on original research and case studies of organisations that have embraced sustainability principles to construct a new business model, the sustainability business model. The Little Book of Sustainability provides a very readable guidepost to what "right" might look like for the future 21st century corporation.
Download or read book My Little Blue Planet written by The Mill and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story for children about why we should care for our little blue planet, the only home we have, to teach ecology, sustainability and responsibility.
Download or read book Hunter S Thompson s Little Book of Selected Quotes written by Helios Publishing and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can." -- Hunter S. Thompson Selected Quotes by Hunter S. Thumpson now at your fingertips Perfect for casual reading, taking ideas, inspiration Makes for a great gift choice "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" Hunter S. Thompson
Download or read book The Little Book of Quotes for Life and Business written by Nicole Adams and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every once in a while we need to take a step back, evaluate what's really important in life and recharge our batteries. This is especially important for the hard-working species of small business owners, freelancers and other solopreneurs. The inspirational quotes compiled in this book apply to business and personal life in equal measure and will motivate you to make the most of each day and create the successful life you deserve.
Download or read book The Little Blue Book written by George Lakoff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides guidelines for United States Democrats to connect moral values to important policies, using practical tactics to guide political discourse away from extreme positions.
Download or read book The Little Book of Big Management Theories written by James McGrath and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Profits and Sustainability written by Geoffrey Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the history of green entrepreneurship since the nineteenth century, and its spread globally in industries including renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, ecotourism, recycling, architecture, and finance.
Download or read book Materials and Sustainable Development written by Michael F. Ashby and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, from noted materials selection authority Mike Ashby, provides a structure and framework for analyzing sustainable development and the role of materials in it. The aim is to introduce ways of exploring sustainable development to readers in a way that avoids simplistic interpretations and approaches complexity in a systematic way. There is no completely "right" answer to questions of sustainable development – instead, there is a thoughtful, well-researched response that recognizes concerns of stakeholders, the conflicting priorities and the economic, legal and social aspects of a technology as well as its environmental legacy. The intent is not to offer solutions to sustainability challenges but rather to improve the quality of discussion and enable informed, balanced debate. - Winner of a 2016 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association - Describes sustainable development in increasingly detailed progression, from a broad overview to specific tools and methods - Six chapter length case studies on such topics as biopolymers, electric cars, bamboo, and lighting vividly illustrate the sustainable development process from a materials perspective - Business and economic aspects are covered in chapters on corporate sustainability and the "circular materials economy" - Support for course use includes online solutions manual and image bank
Download or read book Australian National Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
