Organizations use the results of the project monitoring systems to inform all manner of decisions, including allocating resources, budgets, and strategic selection of future projects. Despite being studied for decades, project monitoring still is more of an art than a science, and if left...

The current global economic situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent economic slowdown has considerably changed the working conditions of a relatively large group of employees, thereby reducing their protection against financial and health obstacles. In this context, the...

This chapter describes and examines psychoanalytic and socioanalytic approaches to organisational change research. Initially, a range of relevant psychoanalytic theories are described leading to a primary focus on those approaches that prioritise a combination of whole systems and psychoanalytic...

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, its utility to humans has increased substantially, resulting in human-AI interaction becoming a common occurrence. The domains and applications of human-AI interaction have rapidly expanded in both real-world and research contexts to meet the...

Globalisation is under significant threat due to the climate of uncertainty and conflicting trends caused by the new challenges of climate change impact further multiplied by the COVID-19 pandemic. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) effort is directly affected by finding new ways and strategies....

Management and organisation studies have a long relationship with history. However, methodological and theoretical debates developed in other fields receive less attention than they should. The same is true for the use of records and archives. This chapter explores what can be considered an...

Financial inclusion allows people to access and use a variety of financial services to save, to borrow and to effectively manage risks. Access to financial services can help build financial resilience by increasing users' ability to smooth consumption during an emergency. For many poor people,...

Covid-19 has affected the way businesses carry out their activities. It has brought to fore the fact that business activities can be brought to a standstill very quickly, and spurred entrepreneurs and managers to have working alternatives to ensure business continuity. This chapter looks at the...

This chapter argues for a Problem-based, Positive, Paradigmatic, Pluralistic (PPPP) approach to teaching microeconomics. In this approach, pluralistic perspectives for dealing with the major problems facing society are presented alongside each other in a positive light. This helps students...