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La ventaja del introvertido: Cómo los introvertidos compiten y ganan
by Matthew Owen PollardMatthew Pollard, un reconocido experto en ventas y un introvertido, ha creado y perfeccionado un sistema de venta transparente, auténtico y de baja presión, sin técnicas de cierre duro o de venta de bulldogs. La ventaja del introvertido te equipará con un sistema completo enfocado a la venta transparente, auténtica y de baja presión. Los extrovertidos rara vez se quedan cortos de palabras, y sus conversaciones y argumentos de venta nunca se sienten forzados para ellos. El mundo de las ventas es natural para los extrovertidos. Pero los introvertidos no se sienten cómodos con las tácticas tradicionales como empujar agresivamente un producto o hablar sobre las objeciones de un cliente. Lo que hace que La ventaja del introvertido sea tan poderoso y práctico es que explica cómo los introvertidos pueden sentirse igual de cómodos y sinceros en el mundo de las ventas también, ¡sin cambiar lo que son! La estrategia de 7 pasos de Matthew esboza lo que se necesita para obtener resultados fiables y repetibles, desde la implementación de preguntas bien preparadas hasta la adopción del poder de la historia. En La ventaja del introvertido aprenderás: * Cómo encontrar la confianza natural * Cómo prepararte para cada situación * Cómo esquivar las objeciones que de otra manera expondrían tu incomodidad * Cómo pedir la venta (sin preguntar) * Cómo beneficiarte de un proceso que no depende de la personalidad, y ¡simplemente disfrutar de las ventas! Tanto si persigues las ventas como una carrera como si eres un pequeño empresario que no quiere vender, pero necesita hacerlo, La ventaja del introvertido es tu guía para el éxito de las ventas. The Introvert's Edge Matthew Pollard, an awarded sales authority and fellow introvert, has created and perfected a system for selling in a transparent, authentic and low-pressure way–with no hard closing or bulldog sales techniques. The Introvert’s Edge will equip you with a comprehensive system focused on transparent, authentic, and low-pressure selling. Extroverts are rarely short on words, and their conversations and sales pitches never feel sales-y to them. The world of sales just comes natural to the extrovert. But introverts aren’t comfortable with traditional tactics like aggressively pushing a product or talking over a customer’s objections. What makes The Introvert’s Edge so powerful and practical is that it explains how the introvert can feel equally comfortable and sincere in the sales world as well—without changing who they are! Matthew’s 7-step strategy outlines what you need for reliable and repeatable results, from implementing well-prepared questions to embracing the power of story. In The Introvert’s Edge you will learn: * How to find natural confidence * How to prepare for every situation * How to sidestep objections that would otherwise expose their uncomfortableness * How to ask for the sale (without asking) * How to profit from a process that doesn’t rely on personality, and simply enjoy sales! Whether you’re pursuing sales as a career or you’re a small business owner who doesn’t want to sell but needs to, The Introvert’s Edge is your guide to sales success.
La verdadera confianza: El valor asombroso de una mujer que teme a Dios
by Mary A. Kassian¿Qué pasaría si dejáramos de poner nuestra confianza en las cosas de este mundo y, en cambio, pusiéramos nuestra confianza en el único que es verdaderamente digno de confianza?A medida que comiences a aplicar el material de cada capítulo, descubrirás:el verdadero significado de la confianzala diferencia entre el miedo negativo y el miedo positivo, ycómo cambiar la herramienta del miedo del Enemigo con una confianza fuerte.Sé sincera: ¿Quién de nosotras no está plagada de miedos, inseguridades y dudas sobre sí misma?La sabiduría popular dice que la solución es simplemente creer más firmemente en nosotras mismas. Pero la galardonada autora y conferenciante Mary A. Kassian explica que la forma de combatir el miedo es con más miedo, miedo de un tipo diferente.En esta continuación de su popular libro La verdadera fortaleza, Kassian recurre de nuevo a sus vastos conocimientos bíblicos para mostrarnos una forma mejor de navegar por la vida. Compara la definición bíblica de confianza con las trilladas fórmulas de autoayuda del mundo y nos pone en el camino correcto.Tanto si buscas más confianza como si ya te sientes llena de ella, cuando te apoyes en una fuente de confianza que es inmutable, firme y digna de confianza, te parecerás más a la mujer audaz y valiente que Dios quiso que fueras.The Right Kind of ConfidentWhat if we stopped placing our confidence in the things of this world—and instead put our trust in the only one who is truly trustworthy?As you begin to apply each chapter&’s material, you&’ll discoverthe true meaning of confidence,the difference between negative fear and positive fear, andhow to turn the Enemy&’s tool of fear on its head with strong confidence.Be honest: Who among us isn&’t plagued with fears, insecurities, and self-doubt?Popular wisdom says the solution is to simply believe more strongly in ourselves. But award-winning author and speaker Mary A. Kassian explains that the way to combat fear is with more fear—fear of a different kind.In this follow-up to her popular book The Right Kind of Strong, Kassian again draws on her vast biblical knowledge to show us a better way to navigate life. She compares the Bible&’s definition of confidence with the world&’s well-worn self-help formulas and sets us on the right path.Whether you&’re seeking more confidence or already feeling full of it, when you lean into a source of confidence that is unchanging, firm, and trustworthy, you&’ll become more like the bold, courageous woman God created you to be.
La vida que mereces: La cuarta vía para la realización personal en un entorno sostenible
by Álex Rovira Pascual OlmosUna alternativa al sistema actual basada en la búsqueda de un sendero que armonice lo material con lo espiritual, la productividad con la satisfacción personal. Vivimos en un entorno profundamente disfuncional que está dando lugar a mayores índices de corrupción, desempleo, desesperanza y la creciente falta de confianza en nuestros semejantes. Nos encontramos, por lo tanto, ante un reto crucial: recomponer, redefinir o reinventar un sistema social y político capaz de brindarnos a todos una vida digna, una convivencia fructífera y sostenible, en la que no tenga cabida el abuso, la especulación, el cortoplacismo ni la depredación. Ante el fracaso de otras vías, este libro pretende buscar soluciones que tengan en cuenta los ámbitos personales, laborales y sociales, en pos de un equilibrio básico o esencial que esté al alcance de todos. La alternativa que plantea La vida que mereces se basa en la construcción de un camino que armonice lo material con lo espiritual, la productividad con la satisfacción personal, la competitividad del sistema con la autorrealización de las personas. Álex Rovira y Pascual Olmos proponen un nuevo modelo asentado en tres principios: las motivaciones profundas de las personas, la creatividad y una tecnología social y ecológicamente responsable. Reseñas:«Estamos produciendo seres humanos enfermos para tener una economía sana.»Erich Fromm «Más allá de la ecología está el Eco-Ser, una nueva forma de armonía y equilibrio moral, que trata de asumir la naturaleza como parte de nuestro espíritu. En La vida que mereces, los autores Pascual Olmos y Álex Rovira trazan la Cuarta Vía para esa conquista.»Manuel Vicent, escritor y periodista «Lo único que nos llevaremos de este mundo es lo que hayamos sido capaces de dar. El líder en La vida que mereces lo da todo, busca la felicidad de los demás, saca lo mejor de cada quien y se fija en los aspectos positivos del equipo, que todos tenemos.»Luis Conde, socio fundador de Seeliger y Conde «La vida que mereces plasma la esencia de una sociedad y sus empresas cimentadas en el valor de las personas, que se asocia a una gestión ejemplar, ya sea pública o privada. La búsqueda de un futuro lleno de esperanza que merezca ser tomado y vivido por nuestros hijos como un legado ético.»Juan A. Corbalán, campeón internacional de baloncesto y director de teamsoul «¿La sostenibilidad se contrapone a la rentabilidad de una empresa? ¿La eficacia y la humanidad son incompatibles en el buen directivo? ¿Son los valores la antesala de la creación de valor? Los autores Pascual Olmos y Álex Rovira nos explican estas y otras interacciones que se dan en nuestra vida, en la empresa y en el mundo en que nos ha tocado vivir.»Alberto Durán, vicepresidente ejecutivo de la Fundación ONCE «Innovación social, sentido de la vida, compromiso, cuidar el talento y alentarlo, convicción, utopía... son las cuestiones sobre las que Pascual Olmos y Álex Rovira ponen el foco para trazar una Cuarta Vía que, como la besana, alumbra nuevos modelos de gestión, donde la naturaleza y la humanidad se abrazan y se sostienen.»Rosalía Mera, presidenta de la Fundación Paideia Galiza
La vida que quiero: Una hoja de ruta hacia tu felicidad
by Laura RibasUn manual de vida que te ayudará a conocerte mejor, a realizar tus sueños, a alcanzar tus objetivos, y a navegar hacia tu mejor destino. Realizarse en la vida es como navegar. El deseo de una vida mejor es el destino que marcas en el mapa, las coordenadas hacia las que apuntas. Las corrientes, las tempestades y los vientos en contra son los problemas y los retos que surgen inevitablemente. El timón es tu voluntad, la brújula es la voz de tu ser esencial, y las técnicas de navegación son tus recursos internos y externos para sortear los problemas hasta llegar al puerto elegido. Laura Ribas te invita a soñar con una vida que realmente te haga feliz, te ayuda a marcar el rumbo hacia tu mejor destino, a escuchar las señales de tu ser esencial para tomar las decisiones adecuadas, y a permanecer firme en tu propósito, venciendo los obstáculos que surjan durante el viaje. Este libro te desencallará, te motivará y te enseñará exactamente cómo trazar la ruta hacia tu mejor vida. Reseñas:«Laura Ribas es una brillante excepción, destaca por tu integridad, fuerza e inteligencia. Es algo que percibes desde el minuto cero y sabes que su intervención marcará un antes y un después. Si vas a trabajar con ella, estás en muy buenas manos».Raimon Samsó, autor «Laura es un tipo de mentora que ve en ti lo que tú aún no eres capaz de ver. Laura es una empresaria exitosa, es mentora de mentores, generosa, inspiradora y una visionaria y estratega innata. Si estás buscando inspiración, motivación y un claro plan de acción sin relleno no busques más porque Laura es la persona indicada».Vilma Núñez, CEO de Grupo Convierte Más «Lo tienes todo para vivir la vida que quieres, y este libro está aquí para recordártelo y también para ayudarte a conseguirlo. Es un libro brillante, honesto, y no cesa de desafiarte a que crees tu mejor vida. Me cuesta imaginar que alguien que lo lea y complete los ejercicios siga viendo todo de la misma forma. Es imposible».Maïder Tomasena, empresaria y CEO de La Escuela de Copywriting «Laura Ribas te invita a convertirte en capitán de tu propia vida, a dejar atrás la insatisfacción y a realizarte en el mayor sentido de la palabra: hacer realidad la vida que quieres. Este es un libro fundamental para navegar los desafíos actuales y lograr vivir en tus propios términos. Si estás listo para iniciar el viaje de tu vida, llévate este libro a casa y ponte manos a la obra con su lectura y sus ejercicios prácticos. La vida que quieres te espera».Lea Kaufman, autora de Apodérate de tu cuerpo y El puente a la consciencia
La vostra vacanza a Disney World: Un manuale guida di riferimento rapido
by NIkita MillerManuale guida per un viaggio a Disney World - Questo libro non si ritiene una guida integrale su Disney World. Sono disponibili molte guide altamente dettagliate e massicce che soddisfano questo scopo, ma nell’utilizzarle trovai che sono talmente dettagliate che devo leggere molto per trovare quello che stavo semplicemente cercando. Ho scritto questo libro per le persone che necessitano una panoramica utile e veloce sui quattro principali parchi a tema (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, e Disney Studios), dove si può mangiare, dove si può stare, in modo da formare una conoscenza operativa senza spendere delle ore nella lettura. Le grandi guide sono più utili a riempire dei spazi vuoti.
LaCroix Sparkling Water
by Das Narayandas Kerry Herman Tomomichi AmanoLaunched in 1981 as an "all occasion" sparkling water brand, LaCroix Sparkling Water has had a number of ups and downs as a brand. After being purchased by National Beverage in 1996, the brand was re-positioned as a new, colorful, fun alternative to the other sparkling water players at the time. As time passed; however, the brand was faced with internal turmoil as well as shifting customer expectations. How did LaCroix react to change both within the company and within the industry?
LaCroix Sparkling Water (Abridged)
by Das Narayandas Kerry Herman Tomomichi AmanoLaunched in 1981 as an "all occasion" sparkling water brand, LaCroix Sparkling Water has had a number of ups and downs as a brand. After being purchased by National Beverage in 1996, the brand was re-positioned as a new, colorful, fun alternative to the other sparkling water players at the time. As time passed; however, the brand was faced with internal turmoil as well as shifting customer expectations. How did LaCroix react to change both within the company and within the industry?
Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us
by Dan LyonsNew York Times bestselling author Dan Lyons exposes how the "new oligarchs" of Silicon Valley have turned technology into a tool for oppressing workers in this "passionate" (Kirkus) and "darkly funny" (Publishers Weekly) examination of workplace culture.At a time of soaring corporate profits and plenty of HR lip service about "wellness," millions of workers--in virtually every industry--are deeply unhappy. Why did work become so miserable? Who is responsible? And does any company have a model for doing it right?For two years, Lyons ventured in search of answers. From the innovation-crazed headquarters of the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, to a cult-like "Holocracy" workshop in San Francisco, and to corporate trainers who specialize in ... Legos, Lyons immersed himself in the often half-baked and frequently lucrative world of what passes for management science today. He shows how new tools, workplace practices, and business models championed by tech's empathy-impaired power brokers have shattered the social contract that once existed between companies and their employees. These dystopian beliefs--often masked by pithy slogans like "We're a Team, Not a Family"--have dire consequences: millions of workers who are subject to constant change, dehumanizing technologies--even health risks. A few companies, however, get it right. With Lab Rats, Lyons makes a passionate plea for business leaders to understand this dangerous transformation, showing how profit and happy employees can indeed coexist.
LabCDMX: Experiment 50
by Maria Fernanda Miguel Mitchell WeissThere were probably 30,000 public buses, minibuses, and vans in Mexico City. Though, in 2015, no one knew for certain since no comprehensive schedule existed. This was why el Laboratorio para la Ciudad (or LabCDMX) had spawned an effort to generate a map of the labyrinth system that provided an estimated 14 million rides a day. Gabriella G mez-Mont, the Lab's founder and director, had led her team in a project to crowd-source the routes from volunteer riders in what came to be known as Mapat n CDMX. After four pilots and a two-week "mapping marathon" later, she wondered exactly what to make of the lab's fiftieth experiment? Was Mapat n successful?
LabCDMX: Experiment 50
by Maria Fernanda Miguel Mitchell B. WeissThere were probably 30,000 public buses, minibuses, and vans in Mexico City. Though, in 2015, no one knew for certain since no comprehensive schedule existed. This was why el Laboratorio para la Ciudad (or LabCDMX) had spawned an effort to generate a map of the labyrinth system that provided an estimated 14 million rides a day. Gabriella G mez-Mont, the Lab's founder and director, had led her team in a project to crowd-source the routes from volunteer riders in what came to be known as Mapat n CDMX. After four pilots and a two-week "mapping marathon" later, she wondered exactly what to make of the lab's fiftieth experiment? Was Mapat n successful?
LabCDMX: Experiment 50
by Maria Fernanda Miguel Mitchell B. WeissThere were probably 30,000 public buses, minibuses, and vans in Mexico City. Though, in 2015, no one knew for certain since no comprehensive schedule existed. This was why el Laboratorio para la Ciudad (or LabCDMX) had spawned an effort to generate a map of the labyrinth system that provided an estimated 14 million rides a day. Gabriella G mez-Mont, the Lab's founder and director, had led her team in a project to crowd-source the routes from volunteer riders in what came to be known as Mapat n CDMX. After four pilots and a two-week "mapping marathon" later, she wondered exactly what to make of the lab's fiftieth experiment? Was Mapat n successful?
LabCDMX: Experiment 50
by Maria Fernanda Miguel Mitchell B. WeissThere were probably 30,000 public buses, minibuses, and vans in Mexico City. Though, in 2015, no one knew for certain since no comprehensive schedule existed. This was why el Laboratorio para la Ciudad (or LabCDMX) had spawned an effort to generate a map of the labyrinth system that provided an estimated 14 million rides a day. Gabriella G mez-Mont, the Lab's founder and director, had led her team in a project to crowd-source the routes from volunteer riders in what came to be known as Mapat n CDMX. After four pilots and a two-week "mapping marathon" later, she wondered exactly what to make of the lab's fiftieth experiment? Was Mapat n successful?
LabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology
by Jenny E. Sabin Peter Lloyd JonesLabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology introduces the concept of the research design laboratory in which funded research and trans-disciplinary participants achieve radical advances in science, design, and applied architectural practice. The book demonstrates to natural scientists and architects alike new approaches to more traditional design studio and hypothesis-led research that are complementary, iterative, experimental, and reciprocal. These originate from 3-D spatial biology and generative design in architecture, creating philosophies and practices that are high-risk, non-linear, and design-driven for often surprising results.Authors Jenny E. Sabin, an architectural designer, and Peter Lloyd Jones, a spatial biologist, present case studies, prototypes, and exercises from their practice, LabStudio, illustrating in hundreds of color images a new model for seemingly unrelated, open-ended, data-, systems- and technology-driven methods that you can adopt for incredible results.
Label Launch: A Guide to Independent Record Recording, Promotion, and Distribution
by Veronika KalmarWhether you're in a band, a business entrepreneur or just interested in the music business, Label Launch will let you take your fantasies of holding the reigns at your own record label into reality. In fun, easy-to-understand language Veronika Kalmar takes you step-by-step through the intricate process of running a label from the moment you think about entering the biz until your first CD, vinyl single, or demo tape rolls off the press. Topics covered include:Funding your labelManeuvering through the legal mazeSelling your product online and offPicking and signing bandsPromotion and touringAvoiding the most common pitfalls of a new labelAnd even tells you when it's time to sell out to "the man."Kalmer has culled information from the best in the independent record business interviewing heads of labels who have made a great success and those that almost didn't make it.
Labelled with Love: A History of the World in Your Record Collection
by Andy Bollen‘… an instant classic and a required part of the library of anyone fascinated with the record business.’ – Danny Goldberg, bestselling author of Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt CobainChess Records tested their acquisitions out on people waiting at a nearby bus stop: if the crowd were bopping, they had a hit.Sub Pop rejection letters start with the harsh, yet funny, ‘Dear Loser’.Atlantic Records signed Led Zeppelin on Dusty Springfield’s recommendation.Labelled with Love is an odyssey through your record collection and the world beyond it, from the Jazz Age to punk, the civil rights movement to Thatcherism, the Beatles to Britpop, and Ella Fitzgerald to The Ramones. Long-time music obsessive Andy Bollen tracks popular music through the influential labels that have shaped the last eighty years, chronicling each company with the passion of a fan but the eye of a satirist. This is an informative and revealing look at the leading labels, bands and music that rocked our worlds and shaped our lives.
Laberinto de sociedades, el off shore en España
by Bruno Varela García de Paredes¿Qué son las sociedades off-shore? Una guía imprescindible para entender los paraísos fiscales de la mano de quien ha sido y es un experto en el tema.
Labor Activists and the New Working Class in China
by Parry P. LeungLabor Activists and the New Working Class in China is an ethnographic work examining an export jewelry industrial district in Pearl River Delta of China. While well known that China is undergoing an unprecedented capitalist transformation, few have noted the new working class of China are also actively striving to alter their fate through labor struggles. Parry Leung lived for twelve months in the migrant worker dwelling sites, and kept close contact with the strike activists. Leung illuminates how strikes emerge and transform in an authoritarian state, by enhancing our understanding on the informal agency power of strike organizers in labor activism.
Labor And Legality: An Ethnography Of A Mexican Immigrant Network (Case Studies In Contemporary Anthropology Series)
by Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz<P>Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network is an ethnography of undocumented immigrants who work as busboys at a Chicago-area restaurant. <P>Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz introduces readers to the Lions, ten friends from Mexico committed to improving their fortunes and the lives of their families. <P>Set in and around "Il Vino," a restaurant that could stand in for many places that employ undocumented workers, Labor and Legality reveals the faces behind the war being waged over "illegal aliens" in America. <P>Gomberg-Muñoz focuses on how undocumented workers develop a wide range of social strategies to cultivate financial security, nurture emotional well-being, and promote their dignity and self-esteem. <P>She also reviews the political and historical circumstances of undocumented migration, with an emphasis on post-1970 socioeconomic and political conditions in the United States and Mexico.
Labor And Monopoly Capital: The Degradation Of Work In The Twentieth Century
by Harry BravermanThis widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverman, whose years as an industrial worker gave him rich personal insight into work, Labor and Monopoly Capital overturned the reigning ideologies of academic sociology. This new edition features an introduction by John Bellamy Foster that sets the work in historical and theoretical context, as well as two rare articles by Braverman, "The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century" (1975) and "Two Comments" (1976), that add much to our understanding of the book.
Labor Before the Industrial Revolution: Work, Technology and their Ecologies in an Age of Early Capitalism (Perspectives in Economic and Social History)
by Thomas Max SafleyOne cannot conceive of capitalism without labor. Yet many of the current debates about economic development leading to industrialization fail to directly engage with labor at all. This collection of essays strives to correct this oversight and to reintroduce labor into the great debates about capitalist development and economic growth before the Industrial Revolution. By attending to the effects of specific regulatory, technological, social and physical environments on producers and production in a set of specific industries, these essays use an “ecological” approach that demonstrates how productivity, knowledge and regime changed between 1400 and 1800. This book will be of interest to researchers in history, especially labor history, and European economic development.
Labor Disorders in Neoliberal Italy
by Noelle J. MoléPsychological harassment at work, or "mobbing," has become a significant public policy issue in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. Mobbing has given rise to specialized counseling clinics, a new field of professional expertise, and new labor laws. For Noelle J. Molé, mobbing is a manifestation of Italy's rapid transition from a highly protectionist to a market-oriented labor regime and a neoliberal state. She analyzes the classification of mobbing as a work-related illness, the deployment of preventive public health programs, the relation of mobbing to gendered work practices, and workers' use of the concept of mobbing to make legal and medical claims, with implications for state policy, labor contracts, and political movements. For many Italian workers, mobbing embodies the social and psychological effects of an economy and a state in transition.
Labor Divided in the Postwar European Welfare State
by Dennie Oude NijhuisThis book explains how the success of attempts to expand the boundaries of the postwar welfare state in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom depended on organized labor's willingness to support redistribution of risk and income among different groups of workers. By illuminating and explaining differences within and between labor union movements, it traces the historical origins of 'inclusive' and 'dual' welfare systems. In doing so, the book shows that labor unions can either have a profoundly conservative impact on the welfare state or act as an impelling force for progressive welfare reform. Based on an extensive range of archive material, this book explores the institutional foundations of social solidarity.
Labor Economics and Industrial Relations: Markets and Institutions (Wertheim Publications In Industrial Relations)
by Clark Kerr Paul D. StaudoharIn twenty-three original essays this book surveys the course of labor economics over the more than two centuries since the publication of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. It fully examines the contending theories, changing environmental contexts, evolving issues, and varied policies affecting labor's participation in the economy. Beginning with George P. Shultz, who provides the foreword, the contributors are among the most distinguished scholars in labor economics and industrial relations. These essays represent some of their finest work and apply the ideas for which they are best known. <P><P>Highlights include John T. Dunlop on internal labor markets, John Kenneth Galbraith on power relationships in the economy, Robert M. Solow on explanation of unemployment, Jacob Mincer on human capital, Lloyd G. Reynolds on labor in developing countries, Richard A. Lester on wage differentials, Edward F. Denison on productivity, Richard Freeman on union/non-union differentials, F. Ray Marshall on human resource development, and Thomas A. Kochan on policy making. While the intellectual framework of the book looks partly to the past - explaining the labor factor in classical and neoclassical systems - its emphasis is on contemporary problems that will figure prominently in future developments, such as the operation of internal labor markets, dispute resolution, concession bargaining, equal employment opportunity, and individual labor contracting. This book is required reading for students and scholars of labor economics.
Labor Economics in an Islamic Framework: Theory and Practice (Islamic Business and Finance Series)
by Muhammad Tahir Toseef Azid Umar Burki Muhammad Junaid Khawaja Nasim Shah ShiraziThe labor market in Islam is governed by the Islamic laws of fairness, justice, and reward that is equivalent to the job done. Most of the literature in the field discusses the normative aspect of the labor market, whereas few attempts can be seen to address more positive aspects. There is a need for new theoretical and empirical models for the Islamic labor market, which should differ from established approaches. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the nature, scope, and dimensions of the labor market in an Islamic context, from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It presents and discusses labor economics and then compares the similarities and differences between conventional and Islamic views of the labor market, explaining where they meet, and critically justifying why they differ, under the umbrella of Shari'ah. The book raises pertinent issues, which it analyzes from both standpoints and widens the discourse to include norms, morality, and related institutions such as social security and welfare. A unique feature of the book is that it examines labor economics practices among a specific group of countries, and studies the labor conditions within these countries, where the majority of the population follow the teachings of Islam in their daily lives. The book proposes practical strategies for the development of new models for the Islamic labor market which are compatible with the modern world. The book will enable academics and practitioners of Islamic economics to make economic sense of Shari'ah compliance and human resource development.
Labor Forces and Landscape Management
by Hiroyuki Shimizu Chika Takatori Nobuko KawaguchiThe purpose of this book is to present a new proposal for landscape management labor accounts. Many matured countries are now confronting an aging society and a shrinking population. Land degradation in those countries is basically caused by a lack of local labor forces. It is very important, therefore, to consider and develop methods to provide appropriate labor forces for the sustainable management of landscapes or to reduce or shrink landscape management areas sustainably with available labor forces. Landscape management labor accounts provide a foundation for such development. This book consists of four main parts. The first part is concerned with forming concepts, definitions, and overviews. Change in land management policies, research topics, and issues on landscape management are dealt with in the second part. The third part consists of case studies on landscape management labor accounts. Major landscape types chosen for case studies include urban areas, flatland farmlands, Satoyama, and coastal neighborhoods. In the last part of this section, integration methods to develop landscape management labor accounts on different scales are considered. The fourth part of the book is a detailed exposition of contemporary trials to solve issues of land management for the future in the field of urban, rural, forest, river, and coastal planning. Also discussed is the connection of ecosystem service studies and perspectives on the development of landscape management labor accounts with world landscape management research.