Books

Scientific and professional monographs on organization, leadership, non-profit organizations, research methodology and tourism.

About the books

  1. The Attraction of Photography: A Phenomenology of the Gaze

    Milan Ambrož · UgodneStrani.si, Blejska Dobrava, 2026

    Not the motif, not the story, not the meaning, but something that happens in the moment of looking. The moment when the gaze lingers, when the image needs no explanation, only presence. The Attraction of Photography: A …

  2. Research Methodology in the Social Sciences: A Pragmatic Approach to Research in the Social Sciences

    Milan Ambrož · Alma Mater Europaea – ECM, Alma Mater Press, Maribor, 2023

    The monograph is a significant contribution to an integrative approach to research in the social sciences. Its starting point is the integration of theoretical and practical approaches in planning and carrying out a …

  3. The Paradigm of the Modern Organization

    Milan Ambrož · Faculty of Organisation Studies, Novo mesto, 2021

    A scientific monograph on the paradigms of the modern organization, published by the Faculty of Organisation Studies in Novo mesto. It builds on the author’s research into organizational theories and the study of …

  4. Researcher’s Gaze: Principles, Methods, and Practices

    Milan Ambrož, Lea-Marija Colarič-Jakše · International Publishing House of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Arts; Faculty of Tourism, Maribor, 2015

    The monograph Researcher’s Gaze: Principles, Methods, and Practices was written to show undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and everyone who needs methodological knowledge in the social and business …

  5. Tourismscapes of Difference: Tourism, Tourists and Imaginary

    Milan Ambrož, Boris Bukovec · Faculty of Organisation Studies, Novo mesto, 2015

    The monograph Tourismscapes of Difference lays a historical, methodological, anthropological and sociological foundation for discussing the collective and individual gaze of the tourist on tourist space. Through the …

  6. The Wholeness and Triviality of Organization

    Milan Ambrož, Marija Ovsenik · Institute for Management, Ljubljana, 2010

    The principal author tests and develops the experimental model, which is described in the monograph »Turbulent Organization«. Empirical findings of the study in health and social service organizations show that there …

  7. The Turbulent Organization

    Milan Ambrož · B & B, Kranj, 2009

    The principal author of the monograph theoretically and empirically develops the model of experimental organization. The basis for the development of innovative potential is to be found in the organizational dimensions …

  8. Management of the Business Process Changes

    Milan Ambrož, Marija Ovsenik · Turistica, College of Tourism Studies, Portorož, 2006

    The principal author observes the process of the organizing paradigm changes. A post-industrial organizational pattern is taking place, changing the way organizations manage. Internal processes of the company are aimed …

  9. Sociology of Tourism: Travelling Cultures

    Milan Ambrož · Turistica, College of Tourism Studies, Portorož, 2005

    The monograph develops the sociological theory of tourism. It reveals the motivational structures of the tourists and designs the different social types – tourist types. The author questions the concept of anomie as a …

  10. Non-profit Sector in the Field of Social Services

    Milan Ambrož, Marija Ovsenik · Dom štampe, Zenica, 2002

    The department of social services is in the process of structural changes that accompany the destruction of the welfare state. The principal author tries to develop the concept of non-profit autopoietic systems in the …

  11. Creative Leadership of Business Processes

    Milan Ambrož, Marija Ovsenik · Turistica, College of Tourism Studies, Portorož, 2000

    The authors are looking for new approaches to the development of human resources in the management of organizations. At the core of attention of the monograph are organic organizational paradigms developed from the …

  12. Non-profit Autopoietic Systems

    Milan Ambrož, Marija Ovsenik · Alinea, Zagreb, 1999

    The monograph explores the different ways of organizing the non-profit area that will be crucial in satisfying general needs at the societal level in the future. The principal author argues that the welfare state is a …

  13. Non-profit Autopoietic Systems

    Milan Ambrož, Marija Ovsenik · Institute for Self-development, Škofja Loka, 1999

    Global changes in the business world, which becomes increasingly unpredictable and complex, are mirrored in the area of services and non-profit organizations. The concept of the welfare state is constantly changing and …

  14. The Way to Excellence: Leadership in the Complex and Insecure World

    Milan Ambrož, Traudi Mihalič · Institute for Self-development, Škofja Loka, 1998

    Managers and owners of post-modern organizations are faced with new challenges triggered by sudden changes in the business world. The monograph The Way to Excellence emerged as a valuable output of a business venture in …

  15. Self-development for the Competitive Organization

    Milan Ambrož, Traudi Mihalič · College for Social Work, Ljubljana, 1996

    Entrepreneurs and managers continually seek talented people for the realisation of their goals. The monograph deals with the competencies that are at the core of the self-development of employees. The most attractive …