Successful Public Policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand examines how governments can develop and sustain successful public policies through a collection of detailed case studies from Australia and New Zealand. The book seeks to shift attention from policy failure toward the identification and explanation of effective public policy achievements. It explores the origins, development, imp…
Talent Management in Higher Education explores the relatively underexamined field of talent management in higher education institutions. The book examines how talent is defined in academia, how talent management practices are implemented and perceived by employees, and how these practices influence academic performance. Using a multi-level and multi-actor perspective, the book places contempora…
Energy-Sector Workforce Development in West Virginia: Aligning Community College Education and Training with Needed Skills by Gabriella C. Gonzalez, Sean Robson, Andrea Phillips, Gerald Paul Hunter, and David S. Ortiz examines the alignment between community college education and training programs and the workforce needs of West Virginia’s energy sector. The study investigates the skills and …