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  • Vietnam Today

    A Guide to a Nation at a Crossroads

    by Mark A. Ashwill ...
    "Pulsating with energy and steeped in dreams."Vietnam stands at a crossroads. Located in the geographical center of Southeast Asia, Vietnam is a complex mixture of the ancient and the modern. A Soviet-style legacy contrasts with an emerging Western-style market economy. Vietnam is faced with pressing political, social and economic challenges, and yet it is full of hope and potential.Here is a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Vietnamese Higher Education at a Crossroads

    Transformation During the Digital Age

    Edited by Duong Van Thanh, Mark Ashwill, Hoang Anh Tuan ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This edited volume explores key challenges facing Vietnamese universities amidst digital transformation, navigating the intersection of technology and cultural values, competition, and open education. Chapters in this book offer insights into the current landscape of Vietnamese higher education, outlining strategies for institutional success and preparing students for post-graduation careers. ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

  • Human Resource Development in Vietnam

    Research and Practice

    Edited by Hien Thi Tran, Tam To Phuong, Huyen Thi Minh Van, Gary N. McLean, Mark A. Ashwill ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Despite recent high GDP growth rates, Vietnam remains a developing country in need of developing human resources (HR) of both genders. This can be done through education, workplace training, corporate social responsibility, policies for gender equality, support for entrepreneurship, and other practices and policies. Yet, national human resource development (NHRD) is a relatively new concept in ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

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  • Beyond the Checklist

    What Else Health Care Can Learn from Aviation Teamwork and Safety

    by Suzanne Gordon, Patrick Mendenhall, Bonnie Blair O'Connor ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    The U.S. healthcare system is now spending many millions of dollars to improve "patient safety" and "inter-professional practice." Nevertheless, an estimated 100,000 patients still succumb to preventable medical errors or infections every year. How can health care providers reduce the terrible financial and human toll of medical errors and injuries that harm rather than heal? Beyond the Checklist ... Read more

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  • The Challenger Launch Decision

    Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA

    by Diane Vaughan ...
    "An in-depth account of the events and personal actions which led to a great tragedy in the history of America's space program." —James D. Smith, former Solid Rocket Booster Chief, NASA, Marshall Space Flight CenterWhen the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986, millions of Americans became bound together in a single, historic moment. Many still vividly remember exactly where they ... Read more

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  • Exploring Resilience

    A Scientific Journey from Practice to Theory

    Edited by Siri Wiig, Babette Fahlbruch ...
    Series series SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
    Resilience has become an important topic on the safety research agenda and in organizational practice. Most empirical work on resilience has been descriptive, identifying characteristics of work and organizing activity which allow organizations to cope with unexpected situations. Fewer studies have developed testable models and theories that can be used to support interventions aiming to increase ... Read more

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  • Nonprofit Governance

    Innovative Perspectives and Approaches

    Edited by Chris Cornforth, William A. Brown ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Corporate Governance
    The current fashion for rolling back the state has seen the nonprofit or third sector playing an increasing role in what were previously the heartlands of the public sphere. The growing significance of the sector and its increasing reliance on public funds mean it has also attracted increased scrutiny. From outside the sector concerns have been raised about the accountability and performance of ... Read more

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  • China Airborne

    by James Fallows ...
    More than two-thirds of the new airports under construction today are being built in China. Chinese airlines expect to triple their fleet size over the next decade and will account for the fastest-growing market for Boeing and Airbus. But the Chinese are determined to be more than customers. In 2011, China announced its Twelfth Five-Year Plan, which included the commitment to spend a quarter of a ... Read more

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  • Beyond Safety Training

    Embedding Safety in Professional Skills

    Edited by Corinne Bieder, Claude Gilbert, Benoît Journé, Hervé Laroche ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book investigates why, despite more and more resources devoted to safety training, expectations are not entirely met, particularly in the industrial sectors that have already achieved a high safety level. It not only reflects the most precious viewpoints of experts from different disciplines, different countries, with experiences in various ... Read more

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  • Vietnam, Now

    A Reporter Returns

    by David Lamb ...
    When he left war-ravaged Vietnam some thirty years ago, journalist David Lamb averred "I didn't care if I ever saw the wretched country again." But in 1997, he found himself living in Hanoi, in charge of the Los Angeles Times's first peacetime bureau and in the midst of a country on the move, as it progresses toward a free-market economy and divorces itself from the restrictive, isolationist ... Read more

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  • Frontline Crisis Response

    Operational Dilemmas in Emergency Services, Armed Forces, and Humanitarian Organizations

    by Jori P. Kalkman ...
    Frontline crisis response is challenging. Emergency responders, soldiers, and humanitarian aid workers all operate at the frontlines of threatening, uncertain crisis situations on a daily basis. Under intense pressure, they need to make a range of difficult decisions: to follow preexisting plans or improvise; to abide by top-down instructions or take discretionary actions; to get emotionally ... Read more

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