The coming wave: AI, power and our future
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An Economist, Financial Times, Guardian, Prospect and Sunday Times Book of the Year*
Shortlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year
This is the only book you need to understand our new world – from the ultimate AI insider, the CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind.
'If you want to understand the rise of AI, this is the best book to read' BILL GATES
'Important' YUVAL NOAH HARARI
'Astonishing' STEPHEN FRY
'Stunning' RORY STEWART
Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. In a world of quantum computers, robot assistants and abundant energy, they will organise your life, operate your business, and run government services.
None of us are prepared.
Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The next decade, he explains, will be defined by a wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. These will create immense prosperity but also present risks.
How do we ensure the flourishing of humankind? How do we maintain control over these technologies? And how do we find the narrow path to a successful future? In this groundbreaking book we learn how to think about the essential challenge of our age.
How We Sold Our Future: The failure to fight climate change
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For decades we have known about the dangers of global warming. Nevertheless, greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. How can we explain our failure to take the necessary measures to stop climate change? Why are societies, despite the mounting threat to ourselves and our children, so reluctant to take action?
In this important new book, Jens Beckert provides an answer to these questions. Our apparent inability to implement basic measures to combat climate change is due to the nature of power and incentive structures affecting companies, politicians, voters, and consumers. Drawing on social science research, he argues that climate change is an inevitable product of the structures of capitalist modernity which have been developing for the past 500 years. Our institutional and cultural arrangements are operating at the cost of destroying the natural environment and attempts to address global warming are almost inevitably bound to fail. Temperatures will continue to rise and social and political conflicts will intensify. The tragic truth is: we are selling our future for the next quarterly figures, the upcoming election results, and today’s pleasure. Any realistic climate policy needs to focus on preparing societies for the consequences of escalating climate change and aim at strengthening social resilience to cope with the increasingly unstable natural world. Civil society is the only source of pressure that could build the necessary strength and support for climate protection.
Economics
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Discover how the dynamic world of economics influences our daily lives, society, political decisions and environmental concerns. This thirteenth edition of Economics by David Begg, Gianluigi Vernasca, Eric Golson and Bridget Kauma, supports students understanding of economics by blending foundational principles with contemporary issues and applications.
Covering the latest economic topics, such as the global implications of war, the effects of macro-inflation and the role of AI in the labour market this new edition provides a thorough and insightful exploration that fosters critical thinking and informed decision-making. Perfect for anyone looking to deepen their economic knowledge and apply it effectively.
Key Features:
•Up to date insights: Fully updated chapters, including new material on AI, the continued impact of COVID-19 on consumer’s confidence and expanded material on climate change.
•Engaging pedagogy: Across each chapter, theory is met with topical case studies, boxes on economic concepts and activity applications, showcasing the relevance and application of the material.
•Flexible learning: Economics is written with the reader in mind to allows students to learn at their own pace. End of chapter questions are graded by difficulty and math boxes are optional for technical ability to be scaffolded.
•Expert authors: Written by renowned economists with extensive experience in academia and practice.
•Digital material: A wealth of online resources including adaptive learning technology, application-based activities, graphing and maths prep, question banks and a full suite of instructor resources.
Who Is Government? The untold story of public service
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Who works for the government and why does their work matter? Michael Lewis, bestselling author of The Big Short and The Fifth Risk, along with an all-star team of writers and storytellers, takes us on a riveting journey into a hidden world
The government is a vast, complex system that citizens pay for, rebel against, rely upon, dismiss, and celebrate. It’s also our shared resource for addressing the biggest problems of society. And it’s made up of people, mostly unrecognized and uncelebrated, doing work that can be deeply consequential and beneficial to everyone.
Michael Lewis invited his favourite writers to find someone doing an interesting job for the government and write about them. The stories they found are unexpected, riveting, and inspiring, including a former coal miner devoted to making mine roofs less likely to collapse, saving thousands of lives; an IRS agent straight out of a crime thriller; and the manager who made the National Cemetery Administration the best-run organization, public or private, in the entire country. Each essay shines a spotlight on the essential behind-the-scenes work of exemplary federal employees.
Whether they’re digitizing archives, chasing down cybercriminals, or discovering new planets, these public servants are committed to their work and universally reluctant to take credit. Who is Government? shows how the essential business of government makes our lives possible, and how much it matters.
Wellbeing and Policy
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As wellbeing becomes an increasingly explicit policy goal in countries across the world, the demand for evidence upon which to base intervention is growing. Featuring 41 contributing authors from 18 countries, this book surveys and synthesizes recent developments in wellbeing science and policy to highlight key lessons learned and to offer actionable insights for policy-making.
Opening with a foreword by Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, and an introductory chapter surveying the fundamentals of wellbeing policy, the book reviews the links between wellbeing and various domains, including income, work, health, family, altruism and empathy, ageing, gender, education, housing, environment, crime, democracy, migration, religion, digital technology, and art, culture, and creativity. The book also examines the state of the art on wellbeing policy frameworks in diverse contexts, including developed and developing countries, small and large states, across the world, documenting interventions by governmental, private, or non-governmental organizations. Case studies include Bhutan, New Zealand, Finland, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Malta.
This book is essential reading for anyone interested in progressing towards a wellbeing economy including policy-makers, academics, and students in economics, public policy, public administration, and behavioural and political science.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Digital Transformation in Accounting
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Digital Transformation in Accounting is a critical guidebook for accountancy and digital business students and practitioners to navigate the effects of digital technology advancements, digital disruption, and digital transformation on the accounting profession.
Drawing on the latest research, this book:
Unpacks dozens of digital technology advancements, explaining what they are and how they could be used to improve accounting practice.
Discusses the impact of digital disruption and digital transformation on different accounting functions, roles, and activities.
Integrates traditional accounting information systems concepts and contemporary digital business and digital transformation concepts.
Includes a rich array of real-world case studies, simulated problems, quizzes, group and individual exercises, as well as supplementary electronic resources.
Provides a framework and a set of tools to prepare the future accounting workforce for the era of digital disruption.
This book is an invaluable resource for students on accounting, accounting information systems, and digital business courses, as well as for accountants, accounting educators, and accreditation / advocacy bodies.
Hierarchies and Exclusion in Humanitarianism
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While humanitarians generally present themselves as ‘do-gooders’ and use this image to gather support and funding, this edited volume addresses hierarchies and exclusions in humanitarianism – an issue that has gained increased attention. Contributions analyse how hierarchies, power asymmetries and exclusion emerge, are maintained and can ultimately be challenged in humanitarian governance. Leading scholars on humanitarianism coming from a variety of disciplinary fields such as international relations, philosophy, organisational science and management, and sociology analyse exclusion dynamics at the individual, organisational and structural levels. Authors thereby combine data from a diverse range of methods, including ethnography, survey and statistical analysis. The volume informs current efforts to increase inclusiveness and equity in humanitarian practice.
Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the race that will change the world
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Winner of the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award
The astonishing story of the people fighting to control the future of generative artificial intelligence – and, therefore, the future of humanity. From award-winning journalist Parmy Olson.
Two titans of Silicon Valley, Microsoft and Google, rushed to embrace artificial intelligence. Microsoft entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT. Google acquired DeepMind. Together, they now had the resources of the two leading AI companies in the world – and, with it, the potential for unlimited riches.
But what is the cost of this arms race?
Who will win out between Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind) and Sam Altman (Open AI)?
And, as we outsource ever more to this technology, what will be left for humans to do?
Featuring a cast of larger-than-life characters, from Elon Musk and Peter Thiel to Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin, Supremacy is a story of ambition, exploitation and secrecy, as gripping as any thriller.
With exclusive access to sources at the top of the industry, Supremacy is your essential guide to the history – and the future – of the greatest invention of our time.
European Union Politics
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Written by experts, this is the most complete, issues-led textbook on European Union politics. With contemporary issues and debates presented alongside thorough coverage of the theory, institutions, policies, and history of the EU, European Union Politics effortlessly guides students to a clear understanding of this complex area.
Key Features:
- With its comprehensive exploration of the EU's history, theories, institutions, policies, and ongoing debates, European Union Politics is appropriate for a wide range of Politics and International Relations modules.
- Straightforward writing style and useful learning tools in European Union Politics make it the perfect introduction for students new to the subject.
- New contributors to this edition add to the already established pool of contributors of European Union Politics, consisting of leading academics and scholars in EU politics, offering readers an authoritative perspective on key debates.
- Divided into sections like "Issues and Debates" and "Policies and Policy-making", the book's structure helps students critically engage with EU studies and simplifies complex themes.
- Case and example boxes throughout the text demonstrate the relevance of EU theories, institutions, and policies, and help students to understand the workings of the EU in practice.
New to this Edition:
- A thorough and extensive empirical updating of content, which takes account of recent developments in the European Union.
- Three brand new chapters cover gender and sexuality in the European Union, digital policy in the EU, and the war in Ukraine.
- Two newly authored and completely rewritten chapters cover trade and the EU, and the future of the EU.
Leadership: Practice and perspectives
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The definitive introduction to the study of leadership, Roe's Leadership presents key theories and issues whilst examining leadership practice through a range of distinctive case study examples.
This accessible and comprehensive textbook is designed specifically to develop students' understanding of leadership in a variety of contexts. Assuming no prior executive experience, the book combines a wealth of diverse case studies with an engaging writing style to illustrate the practical application of leadership theory in the real-world.
Key Features
– Written in a conversational and engaging style, this textbook communicates sometimes complex theories in easy to understand terms, making it ideal for students with limited first-hand experience of leadership.
– A clear two-part structure helps students navigate this topic, by starting with the basic leadership frameworks before moving on to explore the issues and themes that surround the subject.
– A broad variety of learning features including case studies, Pause for Thought boxes, and questions encourage students to apply theory to practice, to think more critically, and to test their own understanding.
– A comprehensive set of online resources are available for both students and instructors to help enhance teaching and learning.
New to This Edition
– New case studies representing diverse contemporary events and figures, including Taylor Swift, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Siya Kolisi, and Elon Musk.
– Updated coverage of leadership development routes like Modern Apprenticeships.
– Additional perspectives explored in discussions of leadership and diversity.
– Enhanced content reflecting key cultural, political, and technological advancements.
Corporate governance: principles, policies and practices
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Key features
- Expert insight: Provides an authoritative analysis by one of the world's leading corporate governance scholars.
- Global case studies: Numerous international case studies and case vignettes illustrate corporate governance in real-world organizations such as Alibaba Group (China), Volkswagen (Germany), Australian Securities Exchange (Australia), Yukos Oil Company (Russia), and AstraZeneca (United Kingdom / Sweden).
- Cultural perspectives: A dedicated chapter on 'Corporate governance around the world' provides a comparative perspective of governance practices in regions such as North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, highlighting cultural impacts.
- Interactive e-book: Delivers an immersive learning experience and extra learning support through self-assessment activities and multimedia content.
- Structured learning: A clear three-part framework logically introduces the theories, policies, and practical applications of the subject.
New to this edition
- Practitioner insights: Video interviews with practitioners embedded in the e-book provide engaging, real-world perspectives on corporate governance.
- Career advice: Career advice videos offer practical tips and insights from industry practitioners to help students think ahead to their future career paths and professional aspirations.
- 'Dialogue Scenarios': Based on the author's real-life experiences, these scenarios illustrate how directors tackle governance challenges and highlight the importance of human behaviour inside and outside the boardroom, expanding students' grasp of the subject beyond legal practices and economic theories.
- A new definition of corporate governance focuses on its essence rather than simply what is "done", subsequently inviting students to undertake a deeper exploration of trust, power, and accountability.
Comparative Health Systems: A new framework
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The standard classifications of health systems don't allow for the complexity and variety that exists around the world. Federico Toth sets out a new framework for understanding the many ways in which health systems can be organized and systematically analyses the health systems chosen by 27 OECD countries. He provides a great deal of up-to-date data on financing models, healthcare spending, insurance coverage, methods of organizing providers, healthcare personnel, remuneration methods for doctors and hospitals, development trajectories and recent reforms. For each of the major components of the healthcare system, the organizational models and the possible variants from which individual countries can ideally select are defined. Then, based on the organizational solutions actually adopted, the various national systems are grouped into homogeneous families. With its clear, jargon-free language and concrete examples, this is the most accessible comparative study of international healthcare arrangements available.
Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design
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In the Fifth Edition of the bestselling text Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches, John W. Creswell and Cheryl N. Poth guide researchers in selecting the best option for their studies by exploring, evaluating, and applying five qualitative research approaches: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. For each of these qualitative inquiry traditions, the authors explore the philosophical underpinnings, history, defining features, common data procedures, and writing structures. With expanded content reflecting technological developments in the qualitative research process, more inclusivity and diversity in examples, and updated references, the Fifth Edition is an ideal introduction to the theories, strategies, and practices of qualitative research.
Risk management: Guidelines for managing an emerging risk to enhance resilience
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The Economy of Ireland: Policy making in a global context
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Authored by some of the most distinguished economists in Ireland, the 15th edition of this well-established textbook examines the background, development and ongoing issues surrounding the economy of Ireland.
The Economy of Ireland considers the evolution of the Irish economy over time; the policy priorities for a small regional economy in the eurozone; the role of the state in policy making; taxation and regulatory policy; and the challenge of sustainable development. This provides a framework for analysing policy issues at a national level, including the Irish labour market and migration, inequality and poverty, and the care economy. The book then considers issues at a sectoral level, from agriculture and trade to the education and health sectors.
Fully updated with the latest available data, contemporary examples and references, as well as discussion and analysis of current topical issues, all chapters have been extensively revised for the new edition. With two brand new chapters on Behavioural Economics and Demography, and updated material and analysis on taxation, inequality, sustainable development and ethics, this is an ideal text for students studying modules on Irish Economics.
Failed State: Why Britain doesn't work and how to fix it
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Excellent . . . persuasive . . . convincing' – The Times
'Funny, whipsmart and devastating. Sanity on steroids' – Emily Maitlis
'Fantastic. An exquisite analysis' – The Secret Barrister
Why does nothing work in Britain?
It’s harder than ever to get a GP appointment. Burglaries go unpunished. Rivers are overrun with sewage. Real wages have been stagnant for years, even as the cost of housing rises inexorably. Why is everything going wrong at the same time?
It's easy to blame dysfunctional politicians who are out for themselves. But, in reality, it’s more complicated. Politicians can make things better or worse, but all work within our state institutions. And ours are utterly broken.
In Failed State, Sam Freedman, one of Britain's leading policy experts, offers a devastating analysis of where we’ve gone wrong. With historical depth and plenty of infuriating examples, he explains why British governance has fallen so far behind. Speaking to politicians of all stripes, civil servants and workers on the frontline, this book bursts with insight on the real problems that are so often hidden from the front pages. The result is a witty, landmark book that paves the way for a fairer and more prosperous Britain.
Slow down or die: the economics of degrowth
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One of the most deeply ingrained beliefs of our age is that perpetual economic growth is the solution to most, if not all, of society's problems. In Slow Down or Die, French economist Timothée Parrique brilliantly challenges this myth, demonstrating how producing more won't solve climate change, poverty, or inequality. In fact, our obsession with growth is accelerating social and ecological collapse.
Parrique proposes a different vision - a "post-growth" economy, where we look beyond the vagaries of GDP and measure our economies through how well we provide for each other. Instead of infinitely accumulating wealth, our goal must be a just, equitable, and sustainable society. Accessible and inspiring, Slow Down or Die is a radical call to embrace a future of shared prosperity, where slowing down is the key to a better, sustainable future.
How Ireland's LGBTQ+ Youth Movement Was Built
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This book offers a unique insider perspective from a queer author and activist who was centrally involved in Ireland’s journey from 1993, the year when homosexuality was decriminalised, to 2015, when it became the first country in which marriage equality was enacted by popular vote. It is the first comprehensive study of the impact of LGBTQ+ youth civil society as a leading force on Irish public policy change.
Interdisciplinary in nature, it uses both activist and academic frames to reassess LGBTQ+ activism histories. It draws on personal, historical and policy analysis to provide a comprehensive account of how civil society can drive progressive change in difficult conditions.
Essential reading for understanding the significant public policy changes that have occurred in Ireland, this book provides deep insight into the dynamics of organised social change over long periods of time and offers lessons for future work in this area.
Human Resource Management
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Human Resource Management: People and Organisations provides thorough coverage of key HR topics and their context to enable students to excel in their academic studies and begin a successful career as a people professional.
Now fully updated for a third edition, Human Resource Management: People and Organisations covers everything from essential UK employment law and managing the employment relationship through to resourcing and workforce planning, employee engagement and reward management. There is also expert discussion on organisation design and development as well as advice on how to improve organisational performance. This edition now includes brand new chapters on people management in an international context, wellbeing at work and equity, diversity and inclusion
The reconstruction of workplace conflict resolution: The road to the Workplace Relations Commission in Ireland
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Many attempts have been made in recent decades by liberal market economies to reconstruct public workplace conflict resolution agencies in response to major changes in patterns of workplace conflict. These have often been hampered or stymied by political schisms, stalemate or inertia. The radical reconstruction of conflict resolution in Ireland marks out a major exception to the international pattern and represents a case of successful adaptation and innovation in conflict resolution services and supports. Drawing on detailed primary research, and aimed at scholars, policy makers, professionals and students, this book examines the drivers of innovation in the Irish case and shows how the new state agency for workplace conflict resolution, the Workplace Relations Commission, operates and maintains the confidence of employers, unions, people at work and government. The Irish case is considered in comparative context, and current strategic challenges facing the Workplace Relations Commission are assessed.
Work and organizational psychology
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Providing a complete and contemporary overview of the evolving and fascinating world of work, this new edition of Work and Organizational Psychology is the perfect textbook, outlining not only key theoretical ideas, but how they relate to the role of psychologists advising today’s organizations.
Integrating the fields of human resource management and organizational behaviour, the text begins with a chapter to give the reader an insight into the domain of work and organizational psychology, the development of the field of work and organizational psychology, tasks and competencies of organizational and work psychologists, and careers in work and organizational psychology. The remainder of the book is divided into thirteen chapters which address the core areas of work and organizational psychology.
The book is supported by a range of pedagogical features, spotlighting issues of theoretical, ethical, or contemporary interest, whilst also enabling students to engage in active learning.
Qualitative research methods for everyone: An essential toolkit
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Bridging theory and practice, this is an essential guide to qualitative research. Written by renowned sociologist Karen O’Reilly, the book distills decades of experience into valuable lessons and expert insights. Packed with exercises and summaries, it transforms research challenges into exciting opportunities for exploration.
Evaluation in the Post-Truth World
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Evaluation in the Post-Truth World explores the relationship between the nature of evaluative knowledge, the increasing demand in decision-making for evaluation and other forms of research evidence, and the post-truth phenomena of antiscience sentiments combined with illiberal tendencies of the present day. Rather than offer a checklist on how to deal with post-truth, the experts found herein wish to raise awareness and reflection throughout policy circles on the factors that influence our assessment and policy-related work in such a challenging environment. Journeying alongside the editor and contributors, readers benefit from three guiding questions to help identify specific challenges but tools to deal with such challenges: How are policy problems conceptualized in the current political climate? What is the relationship between expertise and decision-making in today’s political circumstances? How complex has evaluation become as a social practice?
Evaluation in the Post-Truth World will benefit evaluation practitioners at the program and project levels, as well as policy analysts and scholars interested in applications of evaluation in the public policy domain.
Presencing: 7 practices for transforming self, society and business
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A revolutionary guide to catalysing multi-system change and planetary healing.
Experience 7 practices combined with powerful frameworks to create a more integrated and conscious future from the bestselling author of Theory U.
We are living in a time of unprecedented crisis and breakdown. But amid the chaos, small "islands of coherence" are emerging-localized pockets of pioneering thought leaders taking action to begin to catalyse multi-system transformation.
Incorporating proven frameworks like Social Fields and the Collective Evolutionary Mirror, the authors share transformative real-world stories of these islands of coherence from the frontlines of change across the globe. You'll go inside the experiences of paradigm-shifting change makers and gain powerful practices for sensing and actualizing the future that wants to emerge.
This book outlines 7 critical contributions for elevating our civilization including:
becoming aware
generative listening
dialogue and co-sensing
presencing
ecosystem leadership
co-creating across boundaries
build unity
With this holistic guide, you'll discover how your local actions can cascade into a planetary movement for human and ecological flourishing. The next renaissance is emergent-be a part of birthing it into reality.
Cite Them Right: The essential referencing guide
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Cite them right is renowned as the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide to referencing text available to students and authors. Academics and teachers rely on the advice in Cite them right to guide their students in the skills of identifying and referencing information sources and avoiding plagiarism.
Comprehensive and accessible, it provides readers with detailed examples of print and electronic sources, business, government, technical and legal publications, works of art, images and much more. Packed with practical tips and example sources in both citations and reference lists, it makes referencing manageable and easy to follow for everyone.
The fully revised and updated 13th edition contains:
- Coverage of new sources, including registered designs and AI-generated material
- Guidance on working with AI tools as part of the process of working on an assignment so that students understand the implications for maintaining academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism
- A short test-yourself quiz which helps students to assess their understanding of key topics
The Improvement Guide: A practical approach to enhancing organizational performance
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This new edition of this bestselling guide offers an integrated approach to process improvement that delivers quick and substantial results in quality and productivity in diverse settings. The authors explore their Model for Improvement that worked with international improvement efforts at multinational companies as well as in different industries such as healthcare and public agencies. This edition includes new information that shows how to accelerate improvement by spreading changes across multiple sites. The book presents a practical tool kit of ideas, examples, and applications.
Frameworks for Policy Analysis
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Frameworks for Policy Analysis argues that, in order to bring relevance back to policy analysis, we need to approach policy situations as complex phenomena and employ multiple ways of looking at things in order to understand the essential elements of each policy case. The book is an exploration of distinct, sometimes radically different, models for analysis, but it is also a reference for these multiple methodologies that all come under the term "analysis." Along with classic and recent models, the book introduces some new concepts that serve to deepen our analysis and aspire to what Geertz calls "thick description." This text, written for advanced courses in policy analysis, is an answer to the critical gap between the complexity and dimensionality of policy situations and the abstract and formal character of policy analysis, in general. The book begins by introducing the reader to dominant models of analysis, pointing out their limitations and the potential for transcending these limits. It also introduces new analytical approaches that help to merge text and context, increasing the dimensionality and authenticity of the analysis.
Collaborative Planning: shaping places in fragmented societies
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- "...A major, carefully argued contribution, which should raise the discourse among planning theorists to a new level - a level reserved for a book that succeeds in the ambitious task of weaving together, into one fabric, theories of planning and theories in planning". - Rachelle Alterman and Tamy Stav, Town Planning Review.
- "...[A] visionary and important work..." - A.McArthur, Planning and Design.
- "A brilliant exposition of the development of theoretical concepts of planning in the second half of the 20th century." - A. Gilg, Perspectives in Rural Policy and Planning .
Spatial and environmental planning is an essential feature of all but the very simplest of societies. Its form and role and the principles on which it should be based, however, have become increasingly controversial questions. In this important book Patsy Healey draws on a wide range of new thinking in social, political and spatial theory to provide a framework for planning which is rooted in the institutional realities of our increasingly fragmented societies but designed to foster communication and collaborative action. The second edition includes a major new chapter assessing recent developments in theory and practice.
Advanced Introduction to Innovation and Public Values
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Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.
This illuminating book explores how societies reshape themselves through innovation, reviewing methods for foreseeing, guiding and evaluating these changes. It demonstrates how a community can use shared goals and priorities to promote and pursue outcome-oriented public values innovation.
John Nelson and Barry Bozeman examine the impacts of innovation on public values such as economic prosperity and equity, national security, public health and safety, and environmental wellbeing. They discuss the positive and negative features of these impacts, including job creation and destruction, economic restructuring, shifting circumstances for conventional warfare and cyberattacks, and pollution output or remediation. The Advanced Introduction to Innovation and Public Values synthesizes existing social and policy scholarship into practical guidance, advocating for innovation that advances prosperity, health, and liberty for all citizens.
Key Features:
Articulates the novel concept of ‘public values innovation’ to assess the impact of innovation systems on public priorities
Outlines frameworks by which governments, corporations and civil society shape the aims, content and outcomes of innovation
Investigates the role of existing innovation systems, which run primarily through markets and private corporations, in shaping innovation outcomes―sometimes to public detriment
Students and scholars of organisational innovation, the economics of innovation, public policy and administration, engineering, and the sciences will greatly benefit from this insightful book. It is also an essential resource for policymakers and practitioners in public, private, and nonprofit innovation policy and management.
The Oxford Handbook of Metaphor in Organization Studies
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Metaphors for organization and management have been a subject of strong interest in the area of organizational studies since the 1980s. Metaphors enhance the understanding of organizations and provide a mechanism for critiquing current practices, increasing effectiveness, and improving communication. The Oxford Handbook of Metaphor in Organization Studies provides a comprehensive reference for researchers, educators, and managers. The book comprises twenty-nine chapters, which are authored by over forty contributors, many of whom have played major roles in the development of the field over the years. The theoretical underpinnings of organizational metaphors are explored. An array of metaphorical contexts for understanding management and organizations is presented. The various uses of metaphor as a tool in research, education, and management are addressed, as are the limitations of metaphors. Finally, future research directions related to metaphors in organizational studies and management are proposed.
Extreme Teaming: Lessons in complex, cross-sector leadership
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Today’s global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work by teams of experts operating across different professions, organizations, and industries. Extreme Teaming provides new insights into the world of complex, cross industry projects and the ways they must be managed.
Leading experts Amy Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey analyze contemporary cases that expose the complex demands of cross-boundary collaboration on management, and inform our understanding of teams. Containing powerful insights and practical guidelines that allow managers to bridge professional divides and organizational boundaries in order to work together effectively, this is a new exploration of the challenges involved in today’s global enterprises.
The authors demonstrate that the work done in the modern organization is less and less about looking inward and creating strong teams inside the company, and more about teaming across boundaries – that often are in flux.
Extreme Teaming is a must-read book for all courses related to leading open innovation; teamwork and collaboration; project management; and cross-boundary work.
Policy-Making in the EU
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With unrivalled breadth and depth of coverage, this is the definitive guide to EU policy-making. The ninth edition of Policy-Making in the European Union provides students and scholars with a strong understanding of the processes and institutions involved in EU policy-making. In particular, it assesses policy-making in a more politicized context.
Key Features:
- Gives students a solid grounding in theories and empirics of EU policy-making
- Details the processes and institutions central to EU policy-making
- Analyses a wide range of policy areas in greater detail than any competing text, considering substantive material in both a practical and theoretical context
- Concludes with a clear assessment of the challenges that have shaped and will continue to shape policy-making, including the politicization of the EU, Brexit, geopolitical shifts, and Covid-19
New to the this edition:
- Detailed assessments of the implications of greater geopolitical contestation, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022
- Evaluation of the implications of the UK's departure for EU policy-making
- Coverage of the EU's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and what it reveals about EU policy-making
Positive Tipping Points: how to fix the climate crisis
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We can all play a part in triggering positive tipping points that accelerate us out of the climate crisis.
How do we get out of a climate crisis of our own making?
As global change escalates, we are already starting to experience damaging tipping points in the social, ecological and climate systems that we depend upon - and much worse is to come. These shocks tell us we have left it too late for incremental change to save us: we need to change course fast to avoid the worst, yet we are acting far too slowly. Our supposed leaders appear paralysed by the complexity of the situation or, worse still, determined to maintain the status quo. This is leading to increasing despair, especially among young people.
At the same time, hopeful signs of change are also growing fast. The climate movement, the spread of electric vehicles, and the rise of renewable energy are all examples of change accelerating in the right direction. They have all passed tipping points where their uptake becomes self-propelling, taking the status quo by surprise - and they are spreading worldwide. To get ourselves out of trouble in time, we need more of these positive tipping points towards global sustainability, which eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, reverse the destruction of nature, and promote social justice.
This book identifies the positive tipping points that can help us avoid the worst from damaging tipping points. It takes the reader on a journey through understanding how tipping points happen, showing how tipping points have transformed human societies in the past, and facing up to the profound risks that climate tipping points pose to us all now. Then, it offers hope and empowerment in a series of uplifting examples of social and technological changes that started small but are already spreading rapidly to transform our societies to a more sustainable state. It identifies the positive tipping points that are still needed, the forces that are opposing them, and the actions that can trigger them, showing how we can all play a part in triggering positive tipping points that accelerate us out of the climate crisis.
