International Business Law and Its Environment or Teamwork and Project Management

International Business Law and Its Environment

Author: Richard Schaffer

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW AND IT'S ENVIRONMENT, 4th Edition employs a comparative approach that emphasizes private law and facilitates effective managerial decision-making. The authors balance the legal challenges of doing business in developing and non-market-economy countries with the economic and political issues that commonly arise.

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Emphasizing both public and private law, this textbook is designed for courses in international business law, international business transactions, or the law of international trade and investment. Schaffer (business law, Appalachian State U.) and two co-authors discuss international and US trade law, international commercial transactions, and the regulation of the international marketplace. A sampling of topics includes the resolution of international disputes, liability of air and sea carriers, sales contracts, the WTO, NAFTA, GATT, the European Union, labor law, environmental law, and intellectual property rights. The volume does not contain bibliographical references. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Teamwork and Project Management

Author: Karl A Smith

Teamwork and projects are at the heart of the approach Karl Smith uses in teaching students of all levels. While knowing that it isn't easy for students to work effectively in project teams or for faculty to organize and manage them, Smith has been convinced through personal experience in the classroom that the potential for extraordinary work from teams makes it worth the effort. In writing Project Management and Teamwork, his goals for the reader were as follows: for he or she to understand the dynamics of team development and interpersonal problem solving; to identify strategies for accelerating the development of true team effectiveness; to understand the critical dimensions of project scope, time, and cost management; to understand critical technical competencies in project management; and to explore a variety of "best practices" including anticipating, preventing, and overcoming barriers to project success. The assumption is that projects and teamwork are a central part of engineering work in the world outside the classroom.