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Managing Creativity in Science and Hi-Tech
ISBN: 9783642246340 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Addressing the issues unique to managers of creative technical staff, this guide reflects not only Ronald Kay's long experience observing and teaching successful management techniques, but also treats the expanding challenges due to increasingly globally-based projects and staff. As before, Kay's guide helps readers to prepare themselves, graduate students and others to understand and improve their managerial skills and covers such practical, yet sometimes overlooked, steps such as: individual and team behavior of creative technical staff; managing their own and others' R&D projects; hiring,...
Addressing the issues unique to managers of creative technical staff, this guide reflects not only Ronald Kay's long experience observing and teaching...
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Mining for Strategic Competitive Intelligence: Foundations and Applications
ISBN: 9783642277139 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The textbook at hand aims to provide an introduction to the use of automated methods for gathering strategic competitiveintelligence. Hereby, the text does not describe a singleton research discipline in its own right, such as machine learning or Web mining. It rather contemplates an application scenario, namely the gathering of knowledge that appears of paramount importance to organizations, e.g., companies and corporations. To this end, the book first summarizes the range of research disciplines that contribute to addressing the issue, extracting from each those grains that... The textbook at hand aims to provide an introduction to the use of automated methods for gathering strategic competitiveintelligence. Hereby, the t... |
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Corporate Volunteering: Unternehmen Im Spannungsfeld Von Effizienz Und Ethik
ISBN: 9783834918130 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 297 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In der aktuellen Debatte uber die Rolle von Unternehmen in der sich wandelnden Gesellschaft stellt sich immer starker die Frage nach der sozialen Verantwortung. Experten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis untersuchen auf der Grundlage einer reprasentativen Befragung von mehr als 2.000 in der Schweiz tatigen Unternehmen das gemeinnutzige Engagement dieser Unternehmen und ihrer Mitarbeiter. Auerdem werden anhand von Fallstudien und Evaluationen konkreter Corporate-Volunteering(CV)-Programme wichtige Erkenntnisse zur Einbettung und Umsetzung von CV-Aktivitaten in Betrieben dargestellt. Untersucht... In der aktuellen Debatte uber die Rolle von Unternehmen in der sich wandelnden Gesellschaft stellt sich immer starker die Frage nach der sozialen V... |
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Zukünftige Entwicklungen in Der Mobilität: Betriebswirtschaftliche Und Technische Aspekte
ISBN: 9783834932327 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 643 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Forschung zur Mobilitat weist eine sehr dynamische Entwicklung und groe thematische Breite auf. Deshalb ist es notwendig, zukunftige Trends im Automotive Engineering, im Automotive Management, kunftige Mobilitatskonzepte und die Zukunft der mobilen Kommunikation gemeinsam zu betrachten. Der Tagungsband prasentiert die Beitrage des 3. Wissenschaftsforums Mobilitat, das im Juli 2011 an der Universitat Duisburg-Essen stattfand.
Die Forschung zur Mobilitat weist eine sehr dynamische Entwicklung und groe thematische Breite auf. Deshalb ist es notwendig, zukunftige Trends im Aut...
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Integration of Preference Analysis Methods Into QFD for Elderly People: A Focus on Elderly People
ISBN: 9783834932334 / Angielski / Miękka / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Especially in industrial countries the portion of elderly people is growing in many societies. Their needs are more intensified than the demands of younger people in many aspects. Companies need the right tools (e.g. market research methods for elderly people) to detect these needs, preferences, and demands of elderly people. Samah Abu-Assab verifies two existing research methods and suggests a new one for determining the preferences of elderly people. The new method seems to be promising and adequate for the elderly target group.
Especially in industrial countries the portion of elderly people is growing in many societies. Their needs are more intensified than the demands of yo...
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A Strategic Fit Perspective on Family Firm Performance
ISBN: 9783834933560 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Corinna M. Lindow substantiates, develops, and tests a strategic fit perspective on family firm performance in order to contribute to explaining previous inconclusive findings. In particular, she aims at investigating whether strategic fit determines family firm performance and what role family influence plays. Based on a sample of German family firms, the author indicates that, against expectations, family firms' performance is not driven by strategic fit but through the effective use of family-specific factors such as family business governance and family culture. Further, the results...
Corinna M. Lindow substantiates, develops, and tests a strategic fit perspective on family firm performance in order to contribute to explaining previ...
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Managing Business Portfolios Effectively: On the Explanatory Power of the Parenting Advantage Concept
ISBN: 9783834935007 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This dissertation fundamentally investigates the ability and explanatory power of the parenting advantage concept to effectively manage business portfolios. It contributes to a largely ignored field of corporate strategy research: namely, the parenting role and value‐added strategies of corporate headquarters.
This dissertation fundamentally investigates the ability and explanatory power of the parenting advantage concept to effectively manage business portf...
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The Relationship Between Organizational Structure and Organizational Ambidexterity: A Comparison Between Manufacturing and Service Firms
ISBN: 9783834936295 / Angielski / Miękka / 167 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In strategic management and organizational theory, organizational effectiveness denotes the broadest domain of business performance. "What is the optimal structural configuration for organizational ambidexterity and to what extent is it contingent upon firm type?" To answer this research question, this study employs a two-step approach. In the first step, Sebastian Kortmann determines a structural configuration that generally supports organizational ambidexterity. Then, in a second step, he draws upon structural contingency theory and investigates to what extent this optimal structural...
In strategic management and organizational theory, organizational effectiveness denotes the broadest domain of business performance. "What is the opti...
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The Key to the C-Suite: What You Need to Know to Sell Successfully to Top Executives
ISBN: 9780814438947 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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En Busca de la Excelencia = In Search of Excellence
ISBN: 9780718082420 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. El 'mejor libro de negocios de todos los tiempos', basado en un estudio de las empresas mejores administradas de Estados Unidos de una gran variedad de sectores empresariales, este libro describe ocho principios basicos de la gerencia.
El 'mejor libro de negocios de todos los tiempos', basado en un estudio de las empresas mejores administradas de Estados Unidos de una gran variedad d...
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Leaders in the Historical Study of American Education
ISBN: 9789460917530 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume consists of twenty six autobiographical essays by leading historians of American education which document the enormous variety of paths taken to get into this field. A companion to earlier volumes on philosophy of education and curriculum studies, the historians in this volume reflect a wide variety of interests that underlay accomplishment in this scholarly field. They come from diverse backgrounds that have animated their scholarly careers in compelling ways. Readers in any variety of educational or historical study should learn from this volume how unplanned careers can still...
This volume consists of twenty six autobiographical essays by leading historians of American education which document the enormous variety of paths ta...
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Leaders in the Historical Study of American Education
ISBN: 9789460917547 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume consists of twenty six autobiographical essays by leading historians of American education which document the enormous variety of paths taken to get into this field. A companion to earlier volumes on philosophy of education and curriculum studies, the historians in this volume reflect a wide variety of interests that underlay accomplishment in this scholarly field. They come from diverse backgrounds that have animated their scholarly careers in compelling ways. Readers in any variety of educational or historical study should learn from this volume how unplanned careers can still...
This volume consists of twenty six autobiographical essays by leading historians of American education which document the enormous variety of paths ta...
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Zheng He's Art of Collaboration: Understanding the Legendary Chinese Admiral from a Management Perspective
ISBN: 9789814379663 / Angielski / Miękka / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Know your enemies, know yourself," advised Sun Zi in his famous Art of War (AoW). In contrast, the legendary Admiral Zheng He would have said, "Know your collaborators, know yourself," and this would be the essence of his Art of Collaboration (AoC). This book offers a fresh new approach to doing business and providing leadership in the twenty-first century, where Zheng He's peaceful and win-win collaborative paradigm present in his AoC provides an alternative to the aggressive and antagonistic mindset inherent in Sun Zi's AoW. The author has culled from the existing literature on the...
"Know your enemies, know yourself," advised Sun Zi in his famous Art of War (AoW). In contrast, the legendary Admiral Zheng He would have said, "Know ...
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Making of Captains of Lives, The: Prison Reform in Singapore: 1999 to 2007
ISBN: 9789814383820 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tells a story of successful prison reform that brought the recidivism rate of prisoners down from 44 per cent to 24 per cent. In the process of this reform, the entire Prison Service was transformed from a custody focused mindset to a rehabilitation centred cultured. This change was wrought despite the lack of enthusiasm of the then political leadership having oversight of the service. The author describes his personal role in the reform effort, the methodology used to engender change in organizational culture and the struggles for the soul of the prison service and the hearts and...
This book tells a story of successful prison reform that brought the recidivism rate of prisoners down from 44 per cent to 24 per cent. In the process...
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Mid-Career Library and Information Professionals : A Leadership Primer
ISBN: 9781843346098 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As librarians move into the middle of their careers, they are more ready than ever to take on new leadership opportunities. Literature on leadership is expanding in the field of library and information sciences, and more and more seminars and workshops are being offered for new and seasoned leaders. This book asks the questions: 'What about us?' and, 'Where is the leadership advice and training for those who are no longer new librarians, but are also not yet seasoned leaders?' The title illustrates how to work the middle, from being in the sophomore slump progressing to the next leaders in...
As librarians move into the middle of their careers, they are more ready than ever to take on new leadership opportunities. Literature on leadership i...
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Management and International Review: Challenges of Globalization
ISBN: 9783409126441 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This special issue is devoted to the topic of globalization, one of the most emotionally charged terms in international business today. While globalization is not really a new phenomenon, advances in transportation and communications technology as well as decreasing trade barriers have increased the pace and magnitude of cross border interactions, bringing them to the forefront of discussion for scholars.
This special issue is devoted to the topic of globalization, one of the most emotionally charged terms in international business today. While globaliz...
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Governance Innovations and Strategies
ISBN: 9783834904263 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume collects contributions on governance innovations and strategies. In this respect, the principal-agent-modern-corporation (PAMC) framework of corporate governance has been a long-time dominant paradigm. The articles point at three important limitations of this classical PAMC-framework.
This volume collects contributions on governance innovations and strategies. In this respect, the principal-agent-modern-corporation (PAMC) framework ...
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Management and International Review
ISBN: 9783409125444 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The major changes in strategy and structure in MNEs increasing levels of global integration, innovation by design, new network structures, outsourcing of major value-chain activities, E-commerce and the backlash against globalization.
This special issue includes an overview of the integration-responsiveness framework. The major changes in strategy and structure in MNEs increasing levels of global integration, innovation by design, new network structures, outsourcing...
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The Limits to Globalization and the Regional Strategies of Multinational Enterprises
ISBN: 9783409142403 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The papers in this Special Issue show that a new theory of international management built to explain regional-level strategy and structure is required. It presents different approaches that show the necessity of selectivity in internationalization on all levels of economic relations.
The papers in this Special Issue show that a new theory of international management built to explain regional-level strategy and structure is required...
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Management International Review
ISBN: 9783409127196 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alan M. Rugman's and Cecilia Brain's paper examines the R&D and strate gies of the world' s largest finns in the phannaceuticals sector and finds a high degree of intra-regional sales. R&D and sales are more concentrated within North America and Europe than in Asia. In addition, the relative size of the US market, compared to other parts of the triad, creates imbalances with respect to R&D, sales and international strategy. The paper written by Bruce Kogut and Anca Metiu addresses the question of what limits the international distribution of work between rich and poor coun tries in the...
Alan M. Rugman's and Cecilia Brain's paper examines the R&D and strate gies of the world' s largest finns in the phannaceuticals sector and finds a hi...
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