Organizational Resource Management: Theories, Methodologies, and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780367377250 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 138 str.

Jussi Kantola

Opis

Managers face serious and complex challenges when managing the required resources for the benefit of their organization. This book presents a unique approach that aims to tackle these management challenges. This approach precisely defines the meaning of organizational resources for management on three levels: concept level, organizational resource level, and situation level. With this approach, managers can lead their people and manage their resources in a more targeted way, providing better results with less effort. The author includes real-world case studies that illustrate how this approach can be used in several different fields.

Spis treści

Introduction. Framework for Organizational Resource Management. Evolute Approach. Pursoid: Innovation Competence of Human Resources. Helix: Organizational Commitment and Engagement in Business Organizations. Kappa: Future Challenges for Sales Function. Chronos and Kairos: Understanding and Managing Time. Organizational Resource Innovation. Other Approaches and Methods. Discussion and Future Work.

O autorze

Jussi I. Kantola is a professor in the department of production at the University of Vaasa, Finland. Before that, during 2009–2012, he was associate professor in the Knowledge Service Engineering department at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). During 2003–2008 he worked in the Tampere University of Technology, Pori, Finland, and the University of Turku, Finland, in various research roles, including that of research director in the IE and IT departments. He earned his first PhD in industrial engineering from the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1998, and his second PhD in industrial management and engineering from Tampere University of Technology, Pori, Finland, in 2006. During 1999–2002 he worked as an IT and business process consultant in the United States and in Finland for Romac International and ABB. His current work interests include the Evolute approach and system, design theories, and fuzzy and ontology applications.