1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910895280003321

Titolo

Food aid operations : report on operations by members of the Food Aid Convention

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, April 2009-[July 2012?]

Descrizione fisica

Online-Ressource

Disciplina

310

630

640

320

Soggetti

Zeitschrift

Statistik

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Gesehen am 09.02.2017

Herausgeber früher teils: International Grains Council



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019198603321

Autore

Cain Clive Thomas

Titolo

Profitable partnering for lean construction / / Clive Thomas Cain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004

ISBN

9786610213306

9781280213304

1280213302

9780470796450

0470796456

9780470773765

0470773766

9781405148054

1405148055

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

690/.068/1

Soggetti

Building - Cost control

Partnership

Building materials

Delivery of goods

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 (p. [227]-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Profitable PartneringforLean Construction; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: What is Partnering?; Chapter Two: Why Partner At All?; Chapter Three: The Unchanged UK Demandfor Improvement; The two key differentiators ofconstruction best practice; The six goals of constructionbest practice; Chapter Four: The International Demand forImprovement; Chapter Five: Partnering in the VirtualCompany; Chapter Six: Setting Up Strategic Supply-SidePartnerships; Action plan for setting upstrategic supply-side partnerships

A protocol to underpin therelationship between a mainconstruction contractor andlong-term, strategic,supply-side partnersChapter Seven: The Client's Role in Partnering; Internal change process fordemand-



side clients to replacelowest price tendering withvalue-based selection; Value-based selection of a fullyintegrated design and constructionsupply-side team (or virtualcompany); Chapter Eight: Effective Leadership; Chapter Nine: The Buzzwords Explained; Further Reading and Help; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The lean procurement techniques given in this practical guide could save clients up to 40% of total design and construction costs; case history evidence is included to prove that the techniques really work. The guide goes on to explain in equal depth the lean construction techniques that supply-side design and construction firms (including trades contractors) need to adopt to deliver the savings while boosting their profit margins.Written in an accessible style, it explains why lean construction techniques will only deliver this high level of savings if they are underpinned by

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953446703321

Autore

Jeong Ho-Won

Titolo

Conflict management and resolution : an introduction / / Ho-Won Jeong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-26510-0

1-135-26511-9

1-282-37690-X

9786612376900

0-203-86497-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

327.17

658.4/053

658.4053

Soggetti

Conflict management

Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I The anatomy of conflict resolution and management; 1 Perspectives on conflict resolution; 2 Managing intractable conflict; 3 Conflict transformation; Part II Dimensions of conflict management; 4 Identity; 5 Power; 6 Structure; Part III Settlement and resolution procedures; 7 Conceptions and practice; 8 Negotiation; 9 Mediation; 10 Facilitation; 11 Reconciliation; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Conflict Management and Resolution provides students with an overview of the main theories of conflict management and conflict resolution, and will equip them to respond to the complex phenomena of international conflict. The book covers these four key concepts in detail:negotiationmediationfacilitationreconciliation.It examines how to prevent, manage and eventually resolve various types of conflict that originate from inter-state and inter-group competition, and expands the existing scope of conflic