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Record Nr.

UNINA9910357818703321

Autore

Blay-Palmer Alison

Titolo

Sustainable food system assessment : lessons from global practice / / edited by Alison Blay-Palmer, Damien Conaré, Ken Meter, Amanda Di Battista, Carla Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2019

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2020

ISBN

0-429-43989-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 263 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Collana

Routledge studies in food, society and the environment

Disciplina

338.19

Soggetti

Food supply - Environmental aspects

Sustainable agriculture

Nutrition policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Earthscan from Routledge" -- title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Sustainable Food System Assessment provides both practical and theoretical insights about the growing interest in and response to measuring food system sustainability. Bringing together research from the Global North and South, this book shares lessons learned, explores intended and actual project outcomes, and highlights points of conceptual and methodological convergence. Interest in assessing food system sustainability is growing, as evidenced by the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and the importance food-systems initiatives have taken in serving as a lever for attaining the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This book opens by looking at the conceptual considerations of food systems indicators, including the place-based dimensions of food systems indicators and how measurements are implicated in sense-making and visioning processes. Chapters in the second section cover operationalizing metrics, including the development of food systems indicator frameworks, degrees of indicator complexities, and practical constraints to assessment. The final section focuses on the outcomes of assessment projects, including impacts on food policy and communities involved, highlighting the importance of building



connections between sustainable food systems initiatives. The global coverage and multi-scalar perspectives, including both conceptual and practical aspects, makes this a key resource for academics and practitioners across planning, geography, urban studies, food studies and research methods. It will also be of interest to government officials and those working within NGOs"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254842003321

Autore

Gronwald Klaus-Dieter

Titolo

Global Communication and Collaboration : Global Project Management, Global Sourcing, Cross-Cultural Competencies / / by Klaus-Dieter Gronwald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-662-53150-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 180 p. 126 illus.)

Disciplina

658.3008

Soggetti

Electronic data processing - Management

Application software

Economics

Culture

International economic integration

Globalization

Project management

IT Operations

Computer and Information Systems Applications

Cultural Economics

Emerging Markets and Globalization

Project Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Global Sourcing Initiative -- The Challenges of Working



with Emerging Economies -- Introduction to Intercultural Competence -- International Project Management. -Working in Virtual Teams -- Conflict Management in International Projects -- The Global Sourcing Roleplay and Process Simulation -- Appendix -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Speed, social change, historical inheritance and cultural gaps are key factors which have significant impact on global collaboration and global sourcing. The author explains how working in virtual teams in a global, multicultural environment requires a significant amount of organizational and behavioral change of people and organizations. Understanding cultural differences in working styles is important for successful global project management. Major theories of international management, company internationalization, cultural dimensions and distances will be discussed to develop cross-cultural competencies and conflict management styles for international project managers. They will understand modern theories and methods of international management and will be able to apply these to practical project management problems. They understand the benefits and challenges of international cooperation and know how to identify modes of cooperation that are relevant to the needs ofinternational teams.