Robert Walpole and the Nature of Politics in Early Eighteenth Century England by Jeremy Black

Robert Walpole and the Nature of Politics in Early Eighteenth Century England by Jeremy Black

Part of a series for undergraduates which looks thematically at the period under discussion, each volume including chapters on the economy, society, government, politics and warfare, religion and culture.

Dr. Black is Professor of Management Practice in Global Leadership and Strategy at INSEAD. He specializes in strategy, organizational transformations, leading change in turbulent times, and stakeholder engagement.

Across his career Dr. Black has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, and North America. During that time, he has worked with over 200 organizations and 10,000 executives. Much of this work has been with senior teams as they determine strategic direction, identify needed culture shifts, define required leadership capabilities to implement their strategies, and align systems, technology, and processes to support the organizational transformation. In addition, he is frequently a keynote speaker at conferences and events on the topics of leading change, organizational culture, global leadership, innovation, and strategy.

He is the author or co-author of over 100 articles and cases. His research has been published in the most respected academic journals, such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, as well as in practitioner oriented journals such as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, and Human Resource Management Journal, and he has published articles in and had his work featured in a variety of newspapers and magazines such as Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek. He is frequently sought out by and appeared in both print and live media.

He is the author or co-author of 18 books, including best-selling textbooks, Management: Meeting New Challenges, Organizational Behavior, and International Business Environments: Text and Cases, as well as books written for practicing executives, such as Failure to Globally Launch, It Starts with One: Changing Individuals Changes Organizations, The Global Leadership Challenge, and International Assignments: An Integration of Research and Practice.

Dr. Black received his undergraduate degree in psychology and English from Brigham Young University, where he graduated with honors. He earned his master's degree from the business school at Brigham Young University, where he was on the dean's list and graduated with distinction. After graduation, he worked for a Japanese consulting firm, where he eventually held the position of managing director. Dr. Black returned to the U.S. and received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of California, Irvine.

Dr. Black started his career on the faculty at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College. Later he was a professor of business administration at the University of Michigan and Executive Director of the school's Asia Pacific Human Resource Partnership. Prior to rejoining INSEAD, Dr. Black was Professor of Global Leadership and Strategy at IMD in Switzerland. At INSEAD Dr. Black served for four years as Associate Dean of Executive Development Programs for the Americas, as the founder and program director of Learning to Lead and Leading for Results, and as the program director for a variety of company-specific programs including, Astra Zeneca, Ciba, Ernst & Young, Lexmark, HSBC, IFF, Jones Lang LaSalle, Manpower, National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia, Nissan, NYSE, Rio Tinto, Siam Cement, Shell, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Toshiba, and Western Union among many others.

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ISBN 13	9780333455753
ISBN 10	0333455754
Title	Robert Walpole and the Nature of Politics in Early Eighteenth Century England
Author	Jeremy Black
Series	British History In Perspective
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	1990-10-19
Number of pages	160
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