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Title Wood quit a lucrative career to found the
International facility management nonprofit Room to Read. Described by the San
Francisco Chronicle as “the Andrew Carnegie
Author (s) of the developing world,” he strived to bring the
Kathy O. Roper & Lisa J. Borello lessons of the corporate world to the nonprofit
sector—and succeeded spectacularly.
Publisher & Year
Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : In his acclaimed first book, Leaving Microsoft
Wiley/Blackwell, 2014 to Change the World, Wood explained his
vision and the story of his start-up. Now, he
This up-to-date compilation of topics on the tackles the organisation’s next steps and its
maturity and changes occurring within facility latest challenges—from managing expansion
management worldwide offers insights in to to raising money in a collapsing economy
the growth and development of FM and its to publishing books for children who literally
impact on today’s business organisations. have no books in their native language. At its
heart, Creating Room to Read shares moving
International Facility Management presents a stories of the people Room to Read works to
comprehensive and diverse collection of topics help: impoverished children whose schools
that provides current, cutting edge research in and villages have been swept away by war or
the evolving field of FM. The editors here offer natural disaster and girls whose educations
a holistic approach to both the study and the would otherwise be ignored.
practice of facility management, incorporating
the perspective of scholars and practitioners People at the highest levels of finance,
from across the globe. government, and philanthropy will embrace
the opportunity to learn Wood’s inspiring
Topics covered deal with the changes occurring business model and blueprint for doing good.
in the field today and include key research areas And general readers will love Creating Room
for both academics and practitioners. The to Read for its spellbinding story of one man’s
focus is on actual practice of FM organisations mission to put books within every child’s reach.
rather than on what FM should be - and
the authors examine the latest techniques, ISBN
models and case studies to provide a unique 9789675718083
exploration of the new global world of facility Title
management. Getting started in the real estate industry
Author (s)
Chapters here cover the changing spectrum Ho Chin Soon
of topics including sustainability and energy Publisher & Year
conservation, and workplace transitions for Kuala Lumpur: Ho Chin Soon, 2012
greater collaboration. The international scope
and emphasis on maturity and professionalism Title
of the field further sets this book apart from its Rekod cerapan air pasang surut 2012.
competitors. Geodesi. Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan
Malaysia
ISBN Author (s)
9780142180501 Malaysia. Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan
Title Malaysia. Seksyen Geodesi
Creating Room to Read : a story of hope in Publisher & Year
the battle for global literacy Kuala Lumpur: Ho Chin Soon, 2012
Author (s) Title
John Wood Jadual ramalan air pasang surut 2015
Malaysia = Tide tables 2015 Malaysia
Publisher & Year
New York : Viking, 2013 Author (s)
Malaysia. Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan
What’s happened since John Wood left
Microsoft to change the world? Just ask six Publisher & Year
million kids in the poorest regions of Asia Kuala Lumpur : Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan
and Africa. In 1999, at the age of thirty-five, Malaysia, 2015
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