Author: Kazi Abdur Rouf
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532059981
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The book narrates Grameen Bank (GB) and its sister organizations’ multiple services in Bangladesh and other MFIs’ services in different countries that the author has received from his working experience. The author was involved in GB credit, plus many programs in Bangladesh. The book informs readers about Grameen Bank’s multidimensional services that have been functioning in Bangladesh since its inception 1976. Many articles of the book published in different international journals, like International Journal of Research Studies in Management and International Journal of Research Studies in Education, Emerald Publishing UK. The book describes how Grameen Bank (GB) women borrowers and other MFIs’ borrowers have handled their microcredit borrowing, their savings, and how MFIs could serve better to microborrowers for their social, political. and economic empowerment within their community. Each article of the book also contains how MFIs could serve better integrated financial services (socioeconomic services for the microborrowers) to disadvantaged women that can lead to better provision of integrated microcredit services to them. The book is also looking for solutions to empower microborrowers’ socioeconomic development in Bangladesh in addition to Grameen group-based microcredit program.
Grameen Bank Multiple Services in Bangladesh
Social Thoughts and Their Implications
Author: Kazi Abdur Rouf
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532059620
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The book contains social economy and green economy development different concepts, theories, ideas; community development different thoughts, citizenry skills development concepts, poverty eradication and good governance approaches, local living economics propositions and their implications in Bangladesh and in Canada with examples. It narrates different concepts, theories, and approaches to green management development practices for sustainable business development. The book has its roots analysing social development different thoughts and services to identify gaps and to solve environmental degradation problems, employment generation, poverty reduction, and to identify sustainable ‘bottom-up’ social development approaches. The discussions of the book explore the process of empowerment of gender development, good governance, and raising community solidarity capital development among disadvantaged people in Bangladesh and Canada. Civil society agencies have been working for people’s citizenship development, local resource development, ecological development, women empowerment, and community organizing, thrive to civic education and develop networking among villagers since Bangladesh independence 1972. By reading this book, readers can find latest information on social, economic and green development different schemes and services initiated by NGOs and their implementing strategies and outcomes in Bangladesh and in Canada that are narrated in the book. The book writes in a debate form in order to analyse social development different thoughts with examples to explore appropriate initiatives need to be taken for improving disadvantage people livelihoods in Bangladesh and Canada.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532059620
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The book contains social economy and green economy development different concepts, theories, ideas; community development different thoughts, citizenry skills development concepts, poverty eradication and good governance approaches, local living economics propositions and their implications in Bangladesh and in Canada with examples. It narrates different concepts, theories, and approaches to green management development practices for sustainable business development. The book has its roots analysing social development different thoughts and services to identify gaps and to solve environmental degradation problems, employment generation, poverty reduction, and to identify sustainable ‘bottom-up’ social development approaches. The discussions of the book explore the process of empowerment of gender development, good governance, and raising community solidarity capital development among disadvantaged people in Bangladesh and Canada. Civil society agencies have been working for people’s citizenship development, local resource development, ecological development, women empowerment, and community organizing, thrive to civic education and develop networking among villagers since Bangladesh independence 1972. By reading this book, readers can find latest information on social, economic and green development different schemes and services initiated by NGOs and their implementing strategies and outcomes in Bangladesh and in Canada that are narrated in the book. The book writes in a debate form in order to analyse social development different thoughts with examples to explore appropriate initiatives need to be taken for improving disadvantage people livelihoods in Bangladesh and Canada.
The Routledge Companion to Marketing and Society
Author: Krzysztof Kubacki
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000640930
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The Routledge Companion to Marketing and Society focuses on marketing for social impact as the use of marketing strategies, tools and techniques to improve the well-being of society. As such it does not exclude the use of marketing to increase profit and shareholder value but rather prioritises the social impact of marketing, both positive and negative (even if largely unintended). This companion is a scholarly reference providing an overview of marketing for social impact in terms of its current and emergent themes, debates and developments, as well as reflections on the future of the field. Using marketing tools and techniques for social impact is commonly accepted as an effective commercial strategy (e.g. corporate social responsibility, cause-related marketing) and increasingly accepted as an approach to planned social transformation that can be used to influence positive social change in behaviours such as recycling, healthy eating, domestic violence and human trafficking. This reference volume serves as an authoritative and comprehensive statement on the state of contemporary scholarship focusing on the diverse subject of the social impact of marketing. It features 25 chapters written by international subject specialists within six themed sections, including consumer issues, marketing tools, commercial marketing and non-profit marketing. It will find a global audience of scholars and researchers within marketing and cognate fields, interested in using marketing tools and techniques to create social impact in areas such as public health, social and behaviour change communication, sociology and cultural studies.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000640930
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The Routledge Companion to Marketing and Society focuses on marketing for social impact as the use of marketing strategies, tools and techniques to improve the well-being of society. As such it does not exclude the use of marketing to increase profit and shareholder value but rather prioritises the social impact of marketing, both positive and negative (even if largely unintended). This companion is a scholarly reference providing an overview of marketing for social impact in terms of its current and emergent themes, debates and developments, as well as reflections on the future of the field. Using marketing tools and techniques for social impact is commonly accepted as an effective commercial strategy (e.g. corporate social responsibility, cause-related marketing) and increasingly accepted as an approach to planned social transformation that can be used to influence positive social change in behaviours such as recycling, healthy eating, domestic violence and human trafficking. This reference volume serves as an authoritative and comprehensive statement on the state of contemporary scholarship focusing on the diverse subject of the social impact of marketing. It features 25 chapters written by international subject specialists within six themed sections, including consumer issues, marketing tools, commercial marketing and non-profit marketing. It will find a global audience of scholars and researchers within marketing and cognate fields, interested in using marketing tools and techniques to create social impact in areas such as public health, social and behaviour change communication, sociology and cultural studies.
Grameen Bank
Author: Shahidur R. Khandker
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821334638
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
World Bank Technical Paper No. 295. The progress made by the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in privatizing state-owned enterprises has created millions of new shareholders. But for the citizenry to buy and sell shares, these countries must develop stock markets and related institutions such as brokerages, clearing and settling organizations, and regulatory agencies. This paper examines the role of capital markets in the new market economies of Central and Eastern Europe and to what extent governments in the region should encourage the development of such markets. The authors address questions of whether the capital markets will serve merely as a forum for trading stocks or become a source of new equity capital to help restructure the enterprises of the region and whether governments should take a hands-off approach by letting the necessary institutions develop as they are needed or should actively create stock exchanges and establish the overall legal and regulatory framework.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821334638
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
World Bank Technical Paper No. 295. The progress made by the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in privatizing state-owned enterprises has created millions of new shareholders. But for the citizenry to buy and sell shares, these countries must develop stock markets and related institutions such as brokerages, clearing and settling organizations, and regulatory agencies. This paper examines the role of capital markets in the new market economies of Central and Eastern Europe and to what extent governments in the region should encourage the development of such markets. The authors address questions of whether the capital markets will serve merely as a forum for trading stocks or become a source of new equity capital to help restructure the enterprises of the region and whether governments should take a hands-off approach by letting the necessary institutions develop as they are needed or should actively create stock exchanges and establish the overall legal and regulatory framework.
ICTs for Health, Education, and Socioeconomic Policies: Regional Cases
Author: Driouchi, Ahmed
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1466636440
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Advancing technologies play an important role in the interactions between health, education, and socioeconomic policies. The subsequent outcomes between these areas require a better understanding and assessment in order to pursue further efficient coordination. ICTs for Health, Education and Socioeconomic Policies: Regional Cases discusses the benefits that can be gained from the interactions between health, education, and socioeconomic areas. Providing a regional focus on the Southern Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Arab economies, this book is essential for researchers, scholars, developers, policy makers, and graduate students interested in these specific regions and studies.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1466636440
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Advancing technologies play an important role in the interactions between health, education, and socioeconomic policies. The subsequent outcomes between these areas require a better understanding and assessment in order to pursue further efficient coordination. ICTs for Health, Education and Socioeconomic Policies: Regional Cases discusses the benefits that can be gained from the interactions between health, education, and socioeconomic areas. Providing a regional focus on the Southern Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Arab economies, this book is essential for researchers, scholars, developers, policy makers, and graduate students interested in these specific regions and studies.
Collaborative Communication Processes and Decision Making in Organizations
Author: Nikoi, Ephraim
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1466644796
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Although organizational decision-making can be very complex, the understanding of technology applications is significant in not only determining the usefulness of virtual groups in organizations, but also in the designing of electronic collaborative activities. Collaborative Communication Processes and Decision Making in Organizations focuses on the role of technology in organizational decision-making processes and activities, providing academics and management teams with current research in the field of virtual teams in organizations. This publication is an essential resource for instructors and students of organization and group communication, and institutions that have networks of offices and employees in multiple geographical locations.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1466644796
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Although organizational decision-making can be very complex, the understanding of technology applications is significant in not only determining the usefulness of virtual groups in organizations, but also in the designing of electronic collaborative activities. Collaborative Communication Processes and Decision Making in Organizations focuses on the role of technology in organizational decision-making processes and activities, providing academics and management teams with current research in the field of virtual teams in organizations. This publication is an essential resource for instructors and students of organization and group communication, and institutions that have networks of offices and employees in multiple geographical locations.
Remote Work and Collaboration: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 152251919X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 765
Book Description
The implementation of teleworking has enhanced the workforce and provided more flexible work environments. This not only leads to more productive workers, but it allows for a more diverse labor force. Remote Work and Collaboration: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines the benefits and challenges of working with telecommuting associates in the modern work environment. Including innovative studies on unified communications, data sharing, and job satisfaction, this multi-volume book is an ideal source for academicians, scientists, business entrepreneurs, practitioners, managers, and policy makers actively involved in the contemporary business industry.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 152251919X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 765
Book Description
The implementation of teleworking has enhanced the workforce and provided more flexible work environments. This not only leads to more productive workers, but it allows for a more diverse labor force. Remote Work and Collaboration: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines the benefits and challenges of working with telecommuting associates in the modern work environment. Including innovative studies on unified communications, data sharing, and job satisfaction, this multi-volume book is an ideal source for academicians, scientists, business entrepreneurs, practitioners, managers, and policy makers actively involved in the contemporary business industry.
Studies in Development Strategy and Systemic Transformation
Author: K. Griffin
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230510418
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Studies in Development Strategy and Systemic Transformation contains eleven essays by Keith Griffin on many of the contemporary leading issues in economic development. Topics covered include the role of culture in long-term economic growth, globalization and economic governance, human development, and the effects of the distribution of productive wealth on the pace of development. There are also discussions of alternative reform strategies in the transition economies and of an investment-led strategy of structural adjustment in Subsaharan Africa.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230510418
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Studies in Development Strategy and Systemic Transformation contains eleven essays by Keith Griffin on many of the contemporary leading issues in economic development. Topics covered include the role of culture in long-term economic growth, globalization and economic governance, human development, and the effects of the distribution of productive wealth on the pace of development. There are also discussions of alternative reform strategies in the transition economies and of an investment-led strategy of structural adjustment in Subsaharan Africa.
Sustaining Self-Help Groups for Quality of Life and Community Development
Author: Jose Kattakkara C.M.I.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 166419651X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Provide Help and Create Hope For the past 12 years I have been working with the nursing homes in USA in the capacity of a priest and a social worker. I am providing care in 24 nursing homes, assisted living facilities and hospices in 4 districts (counties) in the State of Texas as well as visiting hospitals and area prisons. I consider it more than a job but rather a life-giving commitment for life enrichment and to make the people happier with a professional and spiritual outlook. It is a holistic approach for the well-being of every resident to improve the quality of life. We cannot divide body and soul and treat separately. Physical, psychological, social and spiritual wellbeing are intimately connected, go hand in hand and support each other for self fulfilment and self-realization. In these nursing homes I meet people from all over the world. For example, the majority are from USA, then from Mexico, Cuba, Honduras, Germany, England, Japan, Bangladesh, China, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Italy and Vietnam. People from these countries practice different religions. They are from different colour, ethnicity and race. I hear the residents speaking in different languages although they do not fully understand, yet are able to communicate their immediate needs. They live under one roof as members of the same family and eat the same food in the same dining room cooked by the same staff in the same kitchen. When I conduct prayer services or gatherings, those who are interested will come no matter which faith or religion they follow. As someone said to me “although I belong to a different religion I would love to come and join here for prayer.” I have never felt any discrimination based on religion, language, nationality or racism in these facilities. In these nursing homes there is no division or hate based on religion, colour or race but only bridges which promote solidarity, love, harmony and universal brotherhood. If these people can live under one roof, eat the same food and pray together then what excuses do we have? No religion teaches division, hate or retaliation but promotes only Love and compassion. My wish is to see the promotion of religion of Humanity by everyone and the practice of God’s Love everywhere.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 166419651X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Provide Help and Create Hope For the past 12 years I have been working with the nursing homes in USA in the capacity of a priest and a social worker. I am providing care in 24 nursing homes, assisted living facilities and hospices in 4 districts (counties) in the State of Texas as well as visiting hospitals and area prisons. I consider it more than a job but rather a life-giving commitment for life enrichment and to make the people happier with a professional and spiritual outlook. It is a holistic approach for the well-being of every resident to improve the quality of life. We cannot divide body and soul and treat separately. Physical, psychological, social and spiritual wellbeing are intimately connected, go hand in hand and support each other for self fulfilment and self-realization. In these nursing homes I meet people from all over the world. For example, the majority are from USA, then from Mexico, Cuba, Honduras, Germany, England, Japan, Bangladesh, China, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Italy and Vietnam. People from these countries practice different religions. They are from different colour, ethnicity and race. I hear the residents speaking in different languages although they do not fully understand, yet are able to communicate their immediate needs. They live under one roof as members of the same family and eat the same food in the same dining room cooked by the same staff in the same kitchen. When I conduct prayer services or gatherings, those who are interested will come no matter which faith or religion they follow. As someone said to me “although I belong to a different religion I would love to come and join here for prayer.” I have never felt any discrimination based on religion, language, nationality or racism in these facilities. In these nursing homes there is no division or hate based on religion, colour or race but only bridges which promote solidarity, love, harmony and universal brotherhood. If these people can live under one roof, eat the same food and pray together then what excuses do we have? No religion teaches division, hate or retaliation but promotes only Love and compassion. My wish is to see the promotion of religion of Humanity by everyone and the practice of God’s Love everywhere.
Innovation in Social Welfare and Human Services
Author: Rolf Rønning
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317910990
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Innovation is an oft-heard buzzword in both public and private sectors concerned with the organisation and delivery of services to vulnerable individuals. This thoughtful volume explores what innovation might actually involve in the context of contemporary human services. Highlighting both the importance and utility of innovation but also promoting a more reflective approach, the book distinguishes between innovation and improvement and discusses the relevant differences between private sector, public sector and non-profit organisations. It looks at how innovation is often as much a result of the power relations between the involved actors, and the structural context, as a result of popularly identified ‘drivers’ and ‘barriers’. Including numerous case studies, the book illustrates and explains innovations in welfare services at different levels, looking at the macro level (innovations in social policy), the meso level (innovation at organisational level) and the micro-level (user-driven innovations). Arguing the innovation is nothing new in human services, the authors emphasise the importance of innovation being developed and supported by those working within those organisations. New and creative solutions to problems encountered in everyday work by front-line workers can be taken up to improve services provided and make a difference for the users, rather than change being externally imposed upon them by those without insider knowledge. Innovation in Social Welfare and Human Services is an important read for researchers and practitioners interested in the administration, leadership and organisation of social services.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317910990
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Innovation is an oft-heard buzzword in both public and private sectors concerned with the organisation and delivery of services to vulnerable individuals. This thoughtful volume explores what innovation might actually involve in the context of contemporary human services. Highlighting both the importance and utility of innovation but also promoting a more reflective approach, the book distinguishes between innovation and improvement and discusses the relevant differences between private sector, public sector and non-profit organisations. It looks at how innovation is often as much a result of the power relations between the involved actors, and the structural context, as a result of popularly identified ‘drivers’ and ‘barriers’. Including numerous case studies, the book illustrates and explains innovations in welfare services at different levels, looking at the macro level (innovations in social policy), the meso level (innovation at organisational level) and the micro-level (user-driven innovations). Arguing the innovation is nothing new in human services, the authors emphasise the importance of innovation being developed and supported by those working within those organisations. New and creative solutions to problems encountered in everyday work by front-line workers can be taken up to improve services provided and make a difference for the users, rather than change being externally imposed upon them by those without insider knowledge. Innovation in Social Welfare and Human Services is an important read for researchers and practitioners interested in the administration, leadership and organisation of social services.