The corporate university handbook : designing, managing, and growing a successful program / / Mark Allen, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455695603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : AMACOM, , [2002]; ©2002
• ISBN: 1-281-77022-1; 9780814426646; 9786611770228; 0-8144-2664-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.3/1243
• Soggetti: Employer-supported education; Employees - Training of; Organizational learning; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: What Is a Corporate University, and -- Why Should an Organization Have One? -- Mark Allen, Ph.D., Director of Executive Education, -- Pepperdine University -- Part 1: Designing a Corporate University -- Chapter 1: Creating a Corporate University: -- Diary of a Launch -- Mike Morrison, Ph.D., Dean, University of Toyota -- Chapter 2: Running a Corporate University Like a Business: -- A Financial Model -- Jim Moore, Consultant andformer Director, -- SunU, Sun Microsystems -- Chapter 3: Corporate University Structures -- That Reflect Organizational Cultures -- Karen Barley, Vice President, Corporate University -- Enterprise -- Chapter 4: The Corporate University as a Strategic Lever: -- Integrating the Strategic Objectives of the Firm with the -- Desired Outcomes of the Corporate University -- Tom McCarty, Director of Consulting, Motorola University -- Chapter 5: Strategic Partnerships for Corporate Universities -- Mark Allen, Ph.D. -- Part 2: Managing a Corporate University -- Chapter 6: Best Practices in Corporate ; Universities -- Robert M. Fulmer, Ph.D., Professor of Management, -- Pepperdine University -- Chapter 7: The Corporate University Training Function -- Linda H. Lewis, Senior Vice President, Learning and -- Education, Charles Schwab -- Chapter 8: Using Technology to Enhance Learning in -- Corporate Universities -- Brandon Hall, Ph.D., Consultant and President, -- brandonhall.com -- Chapter 9: Measurement in Corporate University Learnin -- Environments: Is It Gonna Show? Do We Wanna Know? -- Laree Kiely, Ph.D., Consultant andformer Professor, -- University of Southern California -- Chapter 10: Measuring ROI in Corporate Universities: -- Death of the Student Day and Birth of Human Capital -- Matt Barney, Ph.D., Director, Performance Excellence anc -- Measurement, Motorola University -- Part 3: International Perspectives -- Chapter 11: Corporate Universities in Europe -- Annick Renaud-Coulon, Author and Consultant, Paris -- Chapter 12: Corporate Universities in Australia and -- Southeast Asia -- Ian Dickson, Ph.D., Deakin University, Australia -- Conclusion: Whither Corporate Universities? -- Mark Allen, Ph.D. -- Index 269 -- About the Authors 273.
• Sommario/riassunto: Once the province of only the largest corporations, corporate universities are fast becoming the standard at smaller companies as well. This comprehensive handbook is a valuable resource for companies of all sizes who are considering (or already developing) enhanced professional learning programs. Featuring contributions from experts at ten different corporate universities, academic institutions, and consulting firms, the book addresses the three major components of corporate university success: organization, content, and processes. From structural and financial models to the role of technolog

Animal cities : beastly urban histories / / edited by Peter Atkins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791704503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-4094-8338-X; 1-317-18085-2; 1-315-56716-4; 1-317-18084-4; 1-4094-4656-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AtkinsP. J (Peter J.)
• Disciplina: 591.756
• Soggetti: Urban animals - History; Urban ecology (Biology)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Animal Wastes and Nuisances in Nineteenth-Century London; 3 The 'Charmed Circle'; 4 The Urban Blood and Guts Economy; 5 This Nefarious Traffic: Livestock and Public Health in Mid-Victorian Edinburgh; 6 Undesirable Nature: Animals, Resources and Urban Nuisance in Nineteenth-Century Paris; 7 Locating the Transformation of Sensibilities in Nineteenth-Century London; 8 Fowls and the Contested Productive Spaces of Australian Suburbia, 1890-1990; 9 Between the Muzzle and the Leash: Dog-walking, Discipline, and the Modern CityReferences; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a number of valuable case studies that illustrate some of the perspectives that may be adopted in the study of animals in the urban context. It covers areas such as, working and productive animals in the nineteenth century, animal spectacles in the nineteenth century, contested animal spaces in the city and the problem of the public companion animal and its role in changing attitudes to public space. This book will be of interest to historical geographers, urban, cultural, social and economic historians and historians of policy and ; planning.