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Inside Technology eBook Series

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  • Models of Innovation

    The History of an Idea

    by Benoit Godin ...
    Series series Inside Technology
    Benoît Godin is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal.Models abound in science, technology, and society (STS) studies and in science, technology, and innovation (STI) studies. They are continually being invented, with one author developing many versions of the same model over time. At the same time, models are regularly criticized. Such is the case with the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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  • The Slow Professor

    Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy

    by Maggie Berg, Barbara K. Seeber ...
    If there is one sector of society that should be cultivating deep thought in itself and others, it is academia. Yet the corporatisation of the contemporary university has sped up the clock, demanding increased speed and efficiency from faculty regardless of the consequences for education and scholarship.In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of ... Read more

    $18.80 USD

  • The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis

    Edited by Walter W. Powell, Paul J. DiMaggio ...
    Long a fruitful area of scrutiny for students of organizations, the study of institutions is undergoing a renaissance in contemporary social science. This volume offers, for the first time, both often-cited foundation works and the latest writings of scholars associated with the "institutional" approach to organization analysis.In their introduction, the editors discuss points of convergence and ... Read more

    $33.74 USD

  • Institutions and Organizations

    Ideas, Interests, and Identities

    by W. Richard Scott ...
    Creating a clear, analytical framework, this comprehensive exploration of the relationship between institutional theory and the study of organizations continues to reflect the richness and diversity of institutional thought—viewed both historically and as a contemporary, ongoing field of study. Drawing on the insights of cultural and organizational sociologists, institutional economists, social ... Read more

    $63.17 USD

  • The Gifts of Athena

    Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy

    by Joel Mokyr ...
    The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world. Its result is now often called the knowledge economy. But what are the historical origins of this revolution and what have been its mechanisms? In The Gifts of Athena, Joel Mokyr constructs an original framework to analyze the ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Transforming Conflict through Insight

    by Cheryl A. Picard, Kenneth R Melchin ...
    Examining the difficulties of conflict resolution, Transforming Conflict through Insight demonstrates how applying Bernard Lonergan's philosophy of insight to mediation can lead to more productive and constructive negotiations. Kenneth R. Melchin and Cheryl A. Picard provide both an overview of conflict research and an introduction to Lonergan's "insight theory," offering an outstanding piece of ... Read more

    $30.77 USD

  • In Defense of Disciplines

    Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in the Research University

    by Jerry A. Jacobs ...
    Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity. Challenging the belief that blurring the boundaries between traditional academic fields promotes more integrated research ... Read more

    $22.04 USD

  • Key Concepts in Organization Theory

    by Ann L Cunliffe, John Teta Luhman ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    From agency theory to power and politics, this indispensable guide to the key concepts of organization theory is your compass as you navigate through the often complex and abstract theories about the design and functioning of organizations. Designed to complement and elucidate your textbook or reading list, as well as introduce you to concepts that some courses neglect, this historical and ... Read more

    $59.12 USD

  • Marketing

    A Critical Textbook

    by James Fitchett, Gavin Jack, Ming Lim, Michael Saren, Mark Tadajewski, Nick Ellis, Matthew Higgins ...
    Written by a team of renowned experts in the field, Marketing: A Critical Textbook provides a unique introduction and overview of critical approaches to marketing.Ideally suited to advanced students of marketing, the book uses examples and ′real world′ case studies to illustrate and discuss major alternative and critical perspectives on the subject, enabling students to constructively question the ... Read more

    $90.71 USD

  • Making Sense of Social Theory

    by Charles H. Powers ...
    Making Sense of Social Theory opens by carefully exploring what it means to follow the scientific method in a field like sociology. The book goes on to analyze sociology as a genuine science with a body of explanatory insights. Sociological theory is applied in ways that make its relevance and power apparent so that theory no longer stands divorced from real world research or practice. Making ... Read more

    $43.01 USD

  • Crippling Epistemologies and Governance Failures

    A Plea for Experimentalism

    by Gilles Paquet ...
    Series series Governance Series
    In Crippling Epistemologies and Governance Failures, Gilles Paquet criticizes the prevailing practices of the social sciences on the basis of their inadequate concepts of knowledge, evidence and inquiry, concepts he claims have become methodological “mental prisons”. Paquet describes the prevailing policy development process in Canada in terms of its weak information infrastructure, poor ... Read more

    $10.43 USD

  • Rethinking Undergraduate Business Education

    Liberal Learning for the Profession

    by Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, William M. Sullivan, Jonathan R. Dolle ...
    Series Book 20 - Jossey-Bass/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
    Business is the largest undergraduate major in the United States and still growing. This reality, along with the immense power of the business sector and its significance for national and global well-being, makes quality education critical not only for the students themselves but also for the public good.The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's national study of undergraduate ... Read more

    $40.00 USD