Vivimos en un mundo globalizado e hiper conectado (la galaxia) en el que los cambios se suceden a gran velocidad). Para sobrevivir en él y continuar siendo rentables, las empresas (las naves) necesitan conocer lo que ocurre a su alrededor y ser lo suficientemente ágiles y flexibles para poder adaptarse y anticiparse en continuo. Ante este panorama, innovar ya no es una opción, es una necesidad que sienten la mayoría de las empresas. Este libro pretende simplemente ayudar a las pequeñas y medianas empresas a innovar. A transformarse en organizaciones AFABLES (ágiles, flexibles, abiertas y rentables). Es una guía de acompañamiento en el camino del cambio. Con su ayuda, entenderás qué es y cómo funciona la innovación; qué puedes hacer para estar conectado con el exterior y detectar las oportunidades y amenazas del entorno; cómo generar una cultura de innovación en tu nave; cómo entrenar personas y configurar tripulaciones para innovar; recorrerás todo el proceso de lanzamiento de la idea al mercado.Y todo ello de una manera sencilla y práctica, con multitud de herramientas y ejemplos en el lenguaje que manejas en tu día a día. Se trata de que la leas y empieces a practicar en tu área, en tu departamento, en tu empresa. Porque a innovar se aprende innovando y las cosas las hacen las personas que saben, pueden y quieren hacerlas. ¡Disfruta mucho de este vuelo!

The "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table. Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a diverse array of business sectors, In Search of Excellence describes eight basic principles of management -- action-stimulating, people-oriented, profit-maximizing practices -- that made these organizations successful. Joining the HarperBusiness Essentials series, this phenomenal bestseller features a new Authors' Note, and reintroduces these vital principles in an accessible and practical way for today's management reader.

Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.

We make choices all the time - about trivial matters, about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. And we are also constantly judging the decisions other people make as rational or irrational. But what kind of criteria are we applying when we say that a choice is rational? What guides our own choices, especially in cases where we don't have complete information about the outcomes? What strategies should be applied in making decisions which affect a lot of people, as in the case of government policy? This book explores what it means to be rational in all these contexts. It introduces ideas from economics, philosophy, and other areas, showing how the theory applies to decisions in everyday life, and to particular situations such as gambling and the allocation of resources. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Public libraries are keystone public institutions for any thriving community, and as such can be leaders in making cities better places to work, play, and live. Here, Dudley shows how public libraries can contribute to 'placemaking', or the creation and nurturing of vital and unique communities for their residents.

This publication deals with key issues in land tenure, especially as they relate to food insecurity and rural development situations. Land tenure issues are frequently ignored in rural development interventions, with often long-lasting, negative results. This guide is designed to assist technical officers in governments and civil society in understanding why and how land tenure issues should be considered in rural development projects. It analyses important contexts such as environmental degradation, gender discrimination, and conflicts, where land tenure is currently of critical concern.

Learn what a flipped classroom is and why it works, and get the information you need to flip a classroom. You’ll also learn the flipped mastery model, where students learn at their own pace, furthering opportunities for personalized education. This simple concept is easily replicable in any classroom, doesn’t cost much to implement, and helps foster self-directed learning. Once you flip, you won’t want to go back!