Organizational Behavior is designed to help students, professionals, and managers develop the competencies and skills that are needed to effectively contribute to an organization. This proven text's strengths lie in its classic research, coverage of contemporary and emerging OB topics, and excellent case selection. Throughout the text, seven core competencies-Managing Self, Managing Diversity, Managing Ethics, Managing Across Cultures, Managing Teams, Managing Communications, and Managing Change-are emphasized and illustrated for the student.

Provides academics and practitioners with a detailed analysis of the interface between foreign investment and environmental law.

A comprehensive insight into the legal framework of international economic relations, comprising the law of the World Trade Organization, investment law, and international monetary law, this book highlights the context of human rights, good governance, environmental protection, development, and the role of the G20 and multinationals.

The law of international responsibility is one of international law's core foundational topics. Written by international experts, this book provides an overview of the modern law of international responsibility, both as it applies to states and to international organizations, with a focus on the ILC's work.

Suele causar extrañeza presentar el estudio del arbitraje de inversiones junto con los derechos humanos; sin embargo, regímenes que en el pasado se veían sin punto de conexión hoy en día deben encontrarse para dar respuesta a nuevas realidades y buscar una armonización necesaria. La actual situación medioambiental y la posición del hombre frente a ella nos demuestra que el recién reconocido derecho humano al medio ambiente sano debe ser integrado con los demás derechos que regulan situaciones que lo afectan o podrán llegar a afectarlo. Entonces, la integración con el derecho de inversiones es inevitable. Mantener una visión aislada de los dos regímenes desconoce no solo la evolución del derecho, sino la urgente necesidad de proteger el medio ambiente y, por ende, el derecho que todo ser humano tiene a gozar de este de una manera sana. Por tanto, deben hallarse nuevos actores y nuevas formas de protección para lograr un equilibrio entre ambos.

This book represents the first harvest in the English language of the work of the Land Research Action Network (LRAN). LRAN is an international working group of researchers, analysts, nongovernment organizations, and representatives of social movements. -- pref.

The effective integration of water and reclaimed wastewater still requires close examination of public health issues, infrastructure and facilities planning, wastewater treatment plant siting, treatment process reliability, economic and financial analyses, and water utility management. This book assembles, analyzes, and reviews the various aspects of wastewater reclamation, recycling, and reuse in most parts of the world. It considers the effective integration of water and reclaimed wastewater, public health issues, infrastructure and facilities planning, waste-water treatment plant siting, treatment process reliability, economic and financial analysis, and water utility management.