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"A purpose-driven organization, one aligned around a goal that goes beyond the bottom line to touch on deeper human aspirations, is one of the most powerful forces on earth. But simply having a greater goal, important as that is, isn't enough. Leaders also have to know how to make that goal the foundation of their overall strategy, and how to execute that strategy while staying true to the larger purpose. Using a business fable format, Ken Jennings and Heather Hyde lay out a five point plan they call "The Star Model" that guides leaders through the process of creating profoundly motivating purpose, achieving enthusiastic buy-in from the organization, and aligning an entire organization, at all levels, to this greater goal. Incorporating their research and many years of experience in strategic advisory services, executive development, and culture change, Jennings and Hyde tell the story of Alex Beckley, the new president of a medical products company who receives a dramatic wake-up call that demands he live and lead differently. The Star Model transforms not only his work life, but his personal life as well. "--

In this book, Justin Jennings argues that globalization is not just a phenomenon limited to modern times. Instead he contends that the globalization of today is just the latest in a series of globalizing movements in human history. Using the Uruk, Mississippian, and Wari civilizations as case studies, Jennings examines how the growth of the world's first great cities radically transformed their respective areas. The cities required unprecedented exchange networks, creating long-distance flows of ideas, people, and goods. These flows created cascades of interregional interaction that eroded local behavioral norms and social structures. New, hybrid cultures emerged within these globalized regions. Although these networks did not span the whole globe, people in these areas developed globalized cultures as they interacted with one another. Jennings explores how understanding globalization as a recurring event can help in the understanding of both the past and the present

This title provides a wide-ranging interpretation of political thought in France from the 18th century to the present day. At its heart are the dramatic and violent events associated with the French Revolution of 1789 and the birth of the First Republic in 1792

Determining the public good and evaluating local economic development : critique of the U.S. Supreme Court's Kelo v. new London decision / James Jennings, J. S. Jordan-Zachery -- Pretexts, paranoia, and public space : rethinking the right to the city after 9/11 / Don Mitchell -- Changing neighborhood : mobilization and community planning in Asian ethnic enclaves / Michael Liu and Kim Geron -- Playing Cape Town : politics of stadium development for the 2010 World Cup / Tony Roshan Samara -- Black community responses to hurricanes Hugo and Andrew : continuing struggles for land and social justice / David McBride -- Revisiting the Roxbury master plan in Boston : key accomplishments for equity planning / James Jennings -- The procedural fix in California and its implications for an equitable planning theory / Robert W. Smith -- Contesting community development : promoters and critics / James DeFilippis, Robert Fisher, and Eric Shragge

Where were you when America elected Barack Obama? Kate Jennings was in New York, eyes wide open, completing her take on an amazing time: ""the run-up to the election ... a time when every day felt like a year and we became slightly crazed from worry but also mesmerised, unable to switch off the cable news stations, obsessively tracking the DOW, VIX, LIBOR spreads, polls in red states. So much at stake.""American Revolution is a dazzling and perceptive look at the United States between hope and despair: an election-year kaleidoscope. Jennings describes how and why the US economy fell off a clif

Introduction: Charity, voluntarism, and development -- Resettlement and change -- Faith and development -- International NGOs -- Oxfam -- Oxfam and the RDA in the 1960s -- Oxfam and Ujamaa in the early to mid-1970s -- Shifting priorities, 1976-1980 -- Conclusion: Voices from the past -- Epilogue