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Seeking Transformation Through Information Technology: Strategies for Brazil, China, Canada and Sri Lanka
ISBN: 9781461429777 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ability to harness Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) is increasingly at the heart of national competitiveness and sustainable development. As countries seek a way out of the present period of economic contraction, they are trying to weave ICT into their development strategies, in the same way enterprises have learned to use ICT to transform their business models and strategies. This integration offers a new path to development that is responsive to the challenges of our times. In "Seeking Transformation Through Information Technology," Nagy Hanna and Peter Knight provide... The ability to harness Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) is increasingly at the heart of national competitiveness and sustainable devel... |
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Managing Science: Methodology and Organization of Research
ISBN: 9781461427568 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is science? How is it performed? Is science only a method or is it also an institution? These are questions at the core of Managing Science, a handbook on how scientific research is conducted and its results disseminated. Knowledge creation occurs through scientific research in universities, industrial laboratories, and government agencies. Any knowledge management system needs to promote effective research processes to foster innovation, and, ultimately, to channel that innovation into economic competitiveness and wealth. However, science is a complicated topic. It includes...
What is science? How is it performed? Is science only a method or is it also an institution? These are questions at the core of Managing Science
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Forget the Urgent!: Rather Focus on the Important
ISBN: 9781481249034 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most managers in the world have the same complaint: "I don't have enough time," and very often they feel urgent issues and emergencies to deplete their available time. It is a common place to say that the urgent is always interrupting or even blocking the important. "The urgent has only three sources: poor empowerment, or an important thing was delayed too much, or a surprise caught you unprepared." This book is a journey of discovery. Through its pages the reader will have the opportunity to reflect on the validity of many assumptions and beliefs that are taken for granted in management...
Most managers in the world have the same complaint: "I don't have enough time," and very often they feel urgent issues and emergencies to deplete thei...
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Organizational Adaptation to Discontinuous Technological Change: The Effects of Family Influence and Organizational Identity
ISBN: 9783658013141 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adaptation to discontinuous technological change constitutes a major, yet vincible challenge for established companies. This book reveals crucial differences between the challenges that family-owned and managed firms face as compared to non-family firms. Series of case studies in the German retailing and book publishing industries illustrate those differences. Empirical evidence as presented in the book further shows how organizational identity affects whether and in what way firms adapt to radical shifts in their environment.
Adaptation to discontinuous technological change constitutes a major, yet vincible challenge for established companies. This book reveals cruci...
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Corporate Foresight: Towards a Maturity Model for the Future Orientation of a Firm
ISBN: 9783790828276 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever wondered why even large companies fail when faced with changes in their environment? Would you be surprised to learn that the average life expectancy of a Fortune 500 company is below 50 years? This book presents findings from 19 case studies in multinational companies such as Siemens, Volkwagen, General Electric, Philips and Deutsche Telekom. Rene Rohrbeck proposes a Maturity Model to assess how prepared a company is to respond to external (disruptive) change. He uses data from 107 interviews with board members, corporate strategists, innovation managers, and corporate...
Have you ever wondered why even large companies fail when faced with changes in their environment? Would you be surprised to learn that the average li...
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Ethics and the Internal Auditor's Political Dilemma: Tools and Techniques to Evaluate a Company's Ethical Culture
ISBN: 9781498767804 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book helps auditors understand the reality of performing the internal audit role and the importance of properly managing ethical standards. It provides many examples of ethical conflicts and proposes alternative actions for the internal auditor. Internal auditors are well-schooled on the IIA Standards, but the reality is that the pressure placed on internal auditors related to execution of work and upholding ethical standards can be very difficult. Regardless of best practice or theory, auditors must be personally prepared to manage through issues they run across. This book helps auditors understand the reality of performing the internal audit role and the importance of properly managing ethical standards. It... |
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Strategic Management for the Plastics Industry: Dealing with Globalization and Sustainability, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781466505865 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Any general management book can give you the basics of quality assurance, strategic planning, logistics, and more. But how do you apply that knowledge to a company that requires not only sound business practices but also sound science to succeed? And how do you deal with the impact of globalized competition, a fluctuating world economy, and growing pressure from environmental groups and government regulators? Revised and updated throughout, Strategic Management for the Plastics Industry: Dealing with Globalization and Sustainability, Second Edition continues to combine... Any general management book can give you the basics of quality assurance, strategic planning, logistics, and more. But how do you apply that knowle... |
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Presenting Futures
ISBN: 9789048178759 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welcome to the ?rst volume of the Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society Nanotechnology, hailed as "the next industrial revolution" (NSTC 2000) and c- tiqued for being little more than "hype" (Berube 2006), is the site of a great deal of social and intellectual contest. With some ten billion dollars being spent worldwide on nanotechnology research and development annually and a market forecast of trillions of dollars in sales in the medium-term future (Lux Research 2006), nations and ?rms are pursuing nano-related goals with high levels of both effort and - pectations. Yet according to the...
Welcome to the ?rst volume of the Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society Nanotechnology, hailed as "the next industrial revolution" (NSTC 2000) and c-...
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The Fuzzy Firm: The New Networked Organization In The Gig Economy
ISBN: 9789082012316 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essence of our enterprises is changing by the advance of technology; why we produce, what we produce, and how we produce. Where the 20th century corporation focused on efficient production using labor and capital, the firm of 21st century will co-create and innovate using knowledge, networks, and entrepreneurship. This book describes the imminent transformation of our firms from stable hierarchies to fluid networks. The project will become the dominant form of organization, large corporations will disintegrate in new network forms such as communities and crowds and new labor relations...
The essence of our enterprises is changing by the advance of technology; why we produce, what we produce, and how we produce. Where the 20th century c...
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Qualitative Research Methods in Organisation Studies
ISBN: 9788741256450 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a methodolgy textbook designed to introduce students and researchers to the four most commonly used qualitative methods in organisation studies: interviews, focus groups, observation and document studies. The four methods are presented in relation to three theoretical perspectives, realism, phenomenology and construcitivism, providing the reader with a deeper understanding of qualitative studies. The four methods are also illustrated by real-life examples in key areas of organisation studies, including HRM, marketing, CSR and performance auditing. Each chapter features practical...
This is a methodolgy textbook designed to introduce students and researchers to the four most commonly used qualitative methods in organisation studie...
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Multidisciplinary Studies in Knowledge and Systems Science
ISBN: 9781466639980 / Angielski / Twarda / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An increasing amount of data and information has indicated the need for effective knowledge modeling tools for extracting useful information and providing decision aids for various applications. Multidisciplinary Studies in Knowledge and Systems Science brings together valuable research on the adoption of a systems approach to the theory and practice of managing information and people in knowledge intensive activities and processes. By emphasizing the understanding of technical, social, and philosophical frameworks, this book is essential for academics, practitioners, and students interested...
An increasing amount of data and information has indicated the need for effective knowledge modeling tools for extracting useful information and provi...
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Intelligent Strategies for Meta Multiple Criteria Decision Making
ISBN: 9781461356325 / Angielski / Miękka / 197 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Multiple criteria decision-making research has developed rapidly and has become a main area of research for dealing with complex decision problems which require the consideration of multiple objectives or criteria. Over the past twenty years, numerous multiple criterion decision methods have been developed which are able to solve such problems. However, the selection of an appropriate method to solve a particular decision problem is today's problem for a decision support researcher and decision-maker.
Intelligent Strategies for Meta Multiple Criteria Decision-Making deals... Multiple criteria decision-making research has developed rapidly and has become a main area of research for dealing with complex decision problems whi...
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Models, Methods, Concepts & Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process
ISBN: 9781461356677 / Angielski / Miękka / 333 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Models, Methods, Concepts and Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process is a volume dedicated to selected applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) focused on three themes: economics, the social sciences, and the linking of measurement with human values. (1) The AHP offers economists a substantially different approach to dealing with economic problems through ratio scales. The main mathematical models on which economics has based its quantitative thinking up to now are utility theory, which uses interval scales, and linear programming. We hope that the...
Models, Methods, Concepts and Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process is a volume dedicated to selected applications of the A...
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Large Scale Linear and Integer Optimization: A Unified Approach
ISBN: 9781461372585 / Angielski / Miękka / 740 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a textbook about linear and integer linear optimization. There is a growing need in industries such as airline, trucking, and financial engineering to solve very large linear and integer linear optimization problems. Building these models requires uniquely trained individuals. Not only must they have a thorough understanding of the theory behind mathematical programming, they must have substantial knowledge of how to solve very large models in today's computing environment. The major goal of the book is to develop the theory of linear and integer linear optimization in a unified...
This is a textbook about linear and integer linear optimization. There is a growing need in industries such as airline, trucking, and financial engine...
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Operations Research in the Airline Industry
ISBN: 9781461375135 / Angielski / Miękka / 473 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 260 2 Crew Legalities and Crew Pairing Repair 264 3 Model and Mathematical Formulation 266 4 Solution Methodology 271 5 Computational Experiences 277 6 Conclusion 285 REFERENCES 286 10 THE USE OF OPTIMIZATION TO PERFORM AIR TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT Kenneth Lindsay, E. Andrew Boyd, George Booth, and Charles Harvey 287 1 Introduction 288 2 The Traffic Flow Management (TFM) Problem 289 3 Recent TFM Optimization Models 292 4 The Time Assignment Model (TAM) 302 5 Summary and Conclusions 307 REFERENCES 309 11 THE PROCESSES OF AIRLINE SYSTEM OPERATIONS CONTROL Seth C. Grandeau, Michael D. Clarke, and...
260 2 Crew Legalities and Crew Pairing Repair 264 3 Model and Mathematical Formulation 266 4 Solution Methodology 271 5 Computational Experiences 277 ...
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Rapid Product Development: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Production Engineering (8th Icpe) Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Jap
ISBN: 9781461379300 / Angielski / Miękka / 605 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rapid Product Development is a spectrum of integrated actlYllles from initial requirements through research & development, design, simulation, modeling, analysis, prototyping, testing, production, deployment, training, maintenance, repair, disposal and recycling, along with many other intermediate and supporting elements such as quality, reliability, information integration and supporting infrastructures. This term distinguishes leading edge manufacturing technologies, processes, information systems and management practices from their more conventional predecessors in traditional...
Rapid Product Development is a spectrum of integrated actlYllles from initial requirements through research & development, design, simulation, modelin...
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Supported Self-Development: How Managers Can Use the Skills They Already Have To Develop Their Employees
ISBN: 9781482314656 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many managers are uncomfortable when it comes to developing their employees. What managers don't realize is that most already have the skills they need to develop their employees. Supported Self-Development (SSD) shows them how. The book also gives HR professionals a practical tool they can use to assist the managers they support. Supported Self-Development presents a practical method for developing employees that is brief and easy to understand and apply. Conceptual models are minimized. Familiar business concepts like project management and SMART goals are used as starting points to...
Many managers are uncomfortable when it comes to developing their employees. What managers don't realize is that most already have the skills they nee...
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China Cultural and Creative Industries Reports 2013
ISBN: 9783642381560 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection provides access to up to date, very high quality research and critical perspectives on China's CCIs on an industry by industry basis. Industries dealt with by this collection include: advertising, architecture, art and antiques, computer games, crafts, design, designer fashion, film and video, music, performing arts, publishing, software, TV and radio, digital media. The collection combines recently translated work by acknowledged experts on individual sectors of the creative industries from within China with more critical work by internationally-based experts on China's CCIs...
This collection provides access to up to date, very high quality research and critical perspectives on China's CCIs on an industry by industry basis. ...
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Stakeholder Trust in Family Businesses
ISBN: 9783658016029 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite broad anecdotal evidence, little is known about the antecedents and outcomes of stakeholder trust when dealing with a family business. The topic has received little systematic attention, which is surprising given its importance as a potential competitive advantage for family businesses and the influence of family businesses in many markets around the world. In his dissertation, Hannes Hauswald tries to address this gap. In the course of three essays, he explores what drives stakeholder trust when dealing with family businesses. Furthermore, he sheds light on the outcomes of...
Despite broad anecdotal evidence, little is known about the antecedents and outcomes of stakeholder trust when dealing with a family business. ...
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Business Research Methods: An Applied Orientation
ISBN: 9783319005386 / Angielski / Twarda / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since research is best learned by doing, this book emphasizes a hands-on, do-it yourself approach. The readers have many opportunities to see how business researches affect and support management decision. The book used a case study approach for all the chapters with interactive videos. The book gave emphasis to quantitative data analysis using a software program, IBM SPSS 20.0. The data analysis chapters illustrate in detail each step in running the software programs. The software programs files are provided for all data sets: outputs, demonstration movies, and screen captures are on the...
Since research is best learned by doing, this book emphasizes a hands-on, do-it yourself approach. The readers have many opportunities to see how busi...
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