Learning, Unlearning and Re-Learning Curves
Learning, Unlearning and Re-learning Curves (Volume IV of the Working Guides to Estimating & Forecasting series) focuses in on Learning Curves, and the various tried and tested models of Wright, Crawford, DeJong, Towill-Bevis and others. It explores the differences and similarities between the various models and examines the key properties that Estimators and Forecasters can exploit.A discussion about Learning Curve Cost Drivers leads to the consideration of a little used but very powerful technique of Learning Curve modelling called Segmentation, which looks at an organisation's complex learning curve as the product of multiple shallower learning curves. Perhaps the biggest benefit is that it simplifies the calculations in Microsoft Excel where there is a change in the rate of learning observed or expected. The same technique can be used to model and calibrate discontinuities in the learning process that result in setbacks and uplifts in time or cost. This technique is compared with other, better known techniques such as Anderlohr's. Equivalent Unit Learning is another, relative new technique that can be used alongside traditional completed unit learning to give an early warning of changes in the rates of learning. Finally, a Learning Curve can be exploited to estimate the penalty of collaborative working across multiple partners. Supported by a wealth of figures and tables, this is a valuable resource for estimators, engineers, accountants, project risk specialists, as well as students of cost engineering.
Best Fit Lines & Curves
Best Fit Lines and Curves, and Some Mathe-Magical Transformations (Volume III of the Working Guides to Estimating & Forecasting series) concentrates on techniques for finding the Best Fit Line or Curve to some historical data allowing us to interpolate or extrapolate the implied relationship that will underpin our prediction. A range of simple 'Moving Measures' are suggested to smooth the underlying trend and quantify the degree of noise or scatter around that trend. The advantages and disadvantages are discussed and a simple way to offset the latent disadvantage of most Moving Measure Techniques is provided. Simple Linear Regression Analysis, a more formal numerical technique that calculates the line of best fit subject to defined 'goodness of fit' criteria. Microsoft Excel is used to demonstrate how to decide whether the line of best fit is a good fit, or just a solution in search of some data. These principles are then extended to cover multiple cost drivers, and how we can use them to quantify 3-Point Estimates.With a deft sleight of hand, certain commonly occurring families of non-linear relationships can be transformed mathe-magically into linear formats, allowing us to exploit the powers of Regression Analysis to find the Best Fit Curves. The concludes with an exploration of the ups and downs of seasonal data (Time Series Analysis). Supported by a wealth of figures and tables, this is a valuable resource for estimators, engineers, accountants, project risk specialists as well as students of cost engineering.
Navigating Data Science in the Age of AI
The rapid rise of generative intelligence is apparent from its adoption prospects across industrial sectors. Business leaders are prioritizing applications of Generative Intelligence although the challenges related to this technology adoption also need to be addressed in detail. Navigating Data Science in the Age of AI: Exploring Possibilities of Generative Intelligence can offer significant contributions in the field of generative intelligence in the context of data science and help stakeholders formulate strategies to tackle its adoption, implementation, and control challenges. This volume takes a comprehensive view of the application of AI in the area of data science and how technology is transforming businesses in a range of industries. From FinTech to the use of chatbots to decision making to banking, the potentials as well as challenges are wide and far-reaching. The research presents a diverse range of authors from around the globe, bringing their unique perspectives and expertise to the conversation. Advances in Digital Technology and Data-Driven Business Practices examines the possibilities, challenges and ethics of a range of technologies applied in business, including: Metaverse, Marketing Automation, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing, Analytics and Data Analysis, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Adopting and adapting to these technologies is essential for staying competitive and effectively reaching target audiences.
The Fundamentals of Business Process Management
Business executive processes are not as laser-centered on seeing through a task from beginning to end, as they are centered around arranging and extending the eventual fate of organizational activities. An illustration of a process management may be a CEO determining how best to put together the marketing group's time and energy for a PR set-off campaign. Process involves distributing resources, characterizing time spans, and making sure that the structures are set up and upgraded. Functional processes operational cycles concern business process. This field is concerned with dissecting, planning, carrying out, and constantly working on hierarchical cycles. While former contributions zeroed in on the (re-)plan of single cycles, modern research requires an all-encompassing perspective on the administration of business processes (BPs). With that in mind, this volume presents business process as an incorporated arrangement of corporate skills associated with vital structure, administration, techniques, innovation, individuals, and culture. The volume provides significant standards of process thinking, portraying the fundamental ability of business process, and examining settings as a significant achievement variable in business process.
The AMA Trainers’ Activity Book
The American Management Association's seminar and course leaders are among the most insightful and skilled educators in the business, consistently delivering outstanding, innovative exercises to improve individual and organizational performance. The AMA Trainers' Activity Book presents 25 exercises used successfully by AMA's seminar leaders throughout the world. Reflecting the most up-to-date concerns of participants, trainers, and managers, the book addresses fundamental learning categories including learning and creativity, communication and connection, influence, compromise, problem solving, and leadership. Easily adapted for use with both individuals and teams, the collection includes exercises on topics such as: - Making Great Decisions - Clarifying Goals and Values - Developing Your Brand - Managing Difficult Projects - Building a Positive Work Environment You'll find eye-opening discussions of training issues such as: - Information Retention - Problem-Based Learning - Focused Listening - Perspective Switching - And much more In addition, a special activity template gives you all the information you need at a glance, and helps you incorporate the exercises seamlessly into your established routine, improving your training sessions immediately. The AMA Trainers' Activity Book presents the combined efforts of the very best trainers and seminar leaders anywhere, in conjunction with the world's preeminent learning organization. It is a practical and comprehensive tool for better training, smarter learning, and higher performance in any organization.
Wonderlicious
"Wonderlicious shows what world-class cultures and service with wonder actually look like and how to bring it back to life and leadership." - Doug Lipp, Former Head of Disney University Training Team at Walt Disney Studios, Speaker, and Author of Disney U"Peter reinvented customer service in commercial real estate in a manner that is still emulated globally." - Henry Chamberlain, President and COO, BOMA International, North America"For CEOs, CMOs, business leaders, and owners, Peter shows that the qualities which cost little can bring the greatest return. The advice in this book is not just inspiring but deeply practical, ready to be applied." - Jeannette Flynn, Director of 4D Marketing, Australia Inspiring heart-led workplaces and best-in-class serviceWith over thirty-five years of transforming luxury hotels, commercial properties, and their teams from status quo to best-in-class, Peter has revitalized the hearts of some of the world's most recognized brands. His approach goes beyond KPIs and mission statements, bringing wonder back to life, leadership, and service in a way that creates extraordinary results.It is not uncommon to see Peter take the stage in front of the world's most prominent leaders. Whether he's tying red ribbons around asparagus, hosting potato-peeling competitions with top executives, or wearing a superhero cape over his three-piece suit, his wonderlicious approach goes all out to bring appreciation, connection, and humility back into the workplace.Peter guided his teams to twice claiming the United Kingdom's Hotel of the Year, the International Office Building of the Year, and the Best Customer Experience in the World. He has been saving "recipes" of wonder-these tested lessons-in handwritten notes throughout his career. His vision? To show how wonder isn't just for children, nor is heart-led hospitality only for esteemed hotels, but a way to inspire workplaces, service, and lives.
Navigating Supply Chain Cyber Risk
Cybersecurity is typically viewed as the boogeyman, and vendors are responsible for 63% of reported data breaches in organisations. And as businesses grow, they will use more and more third parties to provide specialty services. Typical cybersecurity training programs focus on phishing awareness and email hygiene. This is not enough. Navigating Supply Chain Cyber Risk: A Comprehensive Guide to Managing Third Party Cyber Risk helps companies establish cyber vendor risk management programs and understand cybersecurity in its true context from a business perspective.The concept of cybersecurity until recently has revolved around protecting the perimeter. Today we know that the concept of the perimeter is dead. The corporate perimeter in cyber terms is no longer limited to the enterprise alone, but extends to its business partners, associates and third parties that connect to its IT systems. This book, written by leaders and cyber risk experts in business, is based on three years of research with the Fortune 1000 and cyber insurance industry carriers, reinsurers, and brokers and the collective wisdom and experience of the authors in Third Party Risk Management, and serves as a ready reference for developing policies, procedures, guidelines, and addressing evolving compliance requirements related to vendor cyber risk management. It is unique since it provides strategies and learnings that have shown to lower risk and demystify cyber risk when dealing with third and fourth parties.The book is essential reading for CISOs, DPOs, CPOs, Sourcing Managers, Vendor Risk Managers, Chief Procurement Officers, Cyber Risk Managers, Compliance Managers, and other cyber stakeholders, as well as students in cyber security.
Project Management for the Oil and Gas Industry
A lot of managerial finessing is needed to handle the present era of the operations of the oil and gas industry, under the pressure of environmental issues. The recent emergence of the techniques of Agile Systems offers a tremendous collection of new approaches for addressing the managerial impediments to oil and gas operations.Agile Systems and Environmental Concerns covers how agile systems are based on principles that emphasize team collaboration, continual planning, and continual learning, thus making an operation more responsive and adaptive to operational changes. Agile is an iterative approach to project management that helps teams achieve results faster and more accurately.This volume contains a variety of agile management tools and techniques to address communication, cooperation, and coordination requirements related to risk management and environmental issues, ideal for practitioners, designers, consultants, contractors, risk and quality managers, along with project managers and systems engineers involved in oil and gas projects, and related industries.
Project Management for the Oil and Gas Industry
This volume focuses on the broad scope of systems engineering and recent energy technology developments as they relate to the oil and gas industry, which remains a lifeline to communities around the world. In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to, among other things, curtail the catastrophe that will befall the world from the increasing menace of global warming and climate change. The best way to achieve most or all the goals is to use a comprehensive systems-based approach, specifically, leveraging the efficacy of systems engineering for project management in the oil and gas industry.Systems Engineering and Technology presents the systems-based interrelationships of energy generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption. This volume will expand on elements of the first edition to encapsulate new developments in technologies, from a systems approach. In tackling climate change problems, both qualitative and quantitative approaches must be pursued. This allows us to bring in technological approaches as well as human-centered social considerations.The premise of this volume is that a systems engineering approach is the key to making the desired progress, where renewables and conventional oil and gas can coexist. This book contains a mix of technical, social, economic, engineering, and political considerations ideal for practitioners, designers, consultants, contractors, risk and quality managers, along with project managers and systems engineers involved in oil and gas projects, and related industries.
Your Small Business Blueprint
Your Small Business Blueprint: Build, Launch, and Grow Your Dream StartupAre you overwhelmed by the endless decisions and challenges of launching a startup? Many entrepreneurs dive in without a clear roadmap, only to find themselves struggling to stay afloat. But it doesn't have to be this way.Your Small Business Blueprint is your step-by-step guide to building a successful and profitable business from the ground up. Whether you're just starting or pivoting an idea into a full-fledged company, this book simplifies the process, helping you minimize risks and maximize results.Inside, you'll learn how to: Research your market and craft a solid business planChoose the perfect name and legal structure for your businessIdentify your profit potential and set actionable goalsBuild a marketing and sales strategy that attracts loyal customersTrack your progress and drive sustainable growthPacked with practical advice and actionable strategies, Your Small Business Blueprint empowers you to take control of your entrepreneurial journey and turn your vision into reality.Stop guessing and start building with confidence-your blueprint for success starts here.Get your copy today and take the first step toward launching your thriving startup!
Ideology and Shop-Floor Industrial Relations
First Published in 1981, Ideology and Shop-Floor Industrial Relations is based on data obtained in observational research amongst managers, shop stewards and workers, examines the informal processes by which accommodations are or are not, reached by managers and workers. Since the publication of the Donovan Report industrial relations research has increasingly moved away from studies of formal procedures and institutions and focused more on informal custom and practice. In this book, the authors develop a theory of workplace rule making, and argue that it is in negotiations over such detailed and often minor daily industrial issues that the relationship between capital and labour is worked out. This book is a must read for scholars of industrial economics and management studies.
Circular Economy Opportunities and Pathways for Manufacturers
The Evolution of Procurement and Supply Management Transformations
Written by an expert with over two dozen years in the field, The Evolution of Procurement and Supply Management Transformations shows the common mistakes made by companies and how they can learn from them for future efforts. To truly improve procurement transformations, organizations must move beyond temporary fixes and adopt a holistic, well-supported approach. Like navigating a highway full of roadblocks, patchwork solutions only offer short-term relief while increasing frustration and inefficiency. From automation to sustainable sourcing, The Evolution of Procurement and Supply Management Transformations offers actionable strategies to help you navigate these transformations and drive long-term success. Drew proves that regularly evaluating supplier performance, risk management, process efficiency, and stakeholder satisfaction provides transparency and fosters stronger collaboration across the organization. This guide promotes a different way of thinking and what questions to ask for success. It is a must-read for forward-thinking professionals looking to stay ahead and be fully informed in a constantly changing field.
Earnings Manipulation through Classification Shifting
The book discusses about a particular technique of earnings manipulation - classification shifting. Classification shifting is misclassification of items in the financial statements in order to inflate operating earnings or cash flows. Several companies have been sanctioned by regulators in engaging in such type of manipulation, which is a violation of accounting rules. The first two chapters in the book examine this misclassification in the income statement, while the final chapter does so in the cash flow statement.
Digital Transformation and Business Sustainability
Digital transformation brings new opportunities, but also disruption, to the way businesses work. The application of technologies such as blockchain, AI, Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data has the potential to revolutionize how businesses operate and incorporate sustainable practices within manufacturing processes and supply chains, creating value and redeveloping business models. Digital technologies can also enable more efficient collaboration between various partners across the globe and increase transparency in the supply chain. But while the adoption of new technology can have benefits for businesses, customers and the environment, individual businesses' uptake of new technologies is highly variable, leading to disruption in the supply and value chains.Digital Transformation and Business Sustainability: From Theory to Practice provides insights into the principle of digital transformation and the key technologies that enable businesses to put the principle into practice. The early chapters set out what digital transformation means for business and how an organization can be ready for it. This book then asks a series of critical questions about digital transformation, such as whether it enables inclusive markets and how compatible it is with digital inclusion and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The issue of business sustainability is then addressed in a series of chapters looking at digital transformation and the circular economy.Featuring diverse cases and examples drawn from across the global economy, and assessing both the theory and practice of digital transformation, this book is an ideal resource for postgraduate students on management courses, professionals on executive education courses, researchers and lecturers.Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 license.
Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an L&d Pro
Use Marketing Strategies to Captivate and Persuade Your Audience At first glance, marketing and L&D may seem like an unlikely combination. But upon closer inspection, both fields share two core goals: getting people's attention and influencing their behavior. Marketing involves captivating, persuading, and creating value--all of which are key to learning design. When done well, learning design grabs participants' attention like a great marketing campaign and engages them emotionally and intellectually to make learning stick. In this innovative volume, marketing and L&D experts Bianca Baumann and Mike Taylor ask: How can L&D pros make learning programs more effective by thinking like expert marketers?To answer that question, Baumann and Taylor explore the potential of marketing-inspired L&D, diving into essential marketing principles, strategies, and techniques and applying them to learning experience design to improve learning transfer. With a learner-centric perspective, the authors explain the science of marketing, how to use personas, and how to craft a successful learner journey. They cover effective writing, the use of powerful graphics, how to plan and execute a winning learning campaign, how to harness technology, and the all-important activities of evaluation and learning analytics.L&D pros will learn new ways to capture their target audience's attention and influence their behavior. Each chapter includes engaging stories from Baumann and Taylor's work in the field, case studies, and definitions of essential marketing concepts and how they apply directly in the L&D environment, plus activities and tools instructional designers can apply immediately to transform their learning programs.
The Future of the Office, with a New Afterword by the Author
A GLOBE & MAIL BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF 2021 Now with an updated introduction and a new afterword by the author The COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented experiment that reshaped white-collar work and turned remote work into a kind of "new normal." A little over a year into the pandemic, with vaccines more widely available, employers began to think about bringing employees back to the office. Both employers and employees had great trepidation about what the future held. Into this fraught moment stepped Wharton professor Peter Cappelli with The Future of the Office, which provided employers and employees with guidance as they faced urgent decisions with limited information. Cappelli's insights have proven remarkably prophetic and provide valuable insights for those wrestling with these issues today. In an updated introduction, Cappelli reminds readers where we were at that historical inflection point and what was at stake. He offers insight into what today's readers can take away from the book and why the questions raised a year into the pandemic still apply today. In an all-new afterword, Cappelli shares what we have learned since the book first published. Employers, he says, have failed to grapple with the hardest challenges about remote work and remain in a state of indecision, often prioritizing financial results over employee well-being. Employees want to keep remote work in the mix, but evidence shows that these arrangements are not working as well as the in-person alternative.He offers insights that have the potential to positively transform the way we work. But he cautions that the challenges--and our questions about what works--are sure to linger for a long time. Whether you're an executive crafting company policy, a manager leading hybrid teams, or an employee navigating this shifting landscape, The Future of the Office provides a unique lens for understanding the pandemic's impact on work and the strategic choices that lie ahead.
Influence of National Culture on the Formalization of Management Systems
Digital Transformation in Procurement
With digitalization a consistent theme on every procurement leader's agenda, this book provides a practical approach, empowering leaders to skilfully navigate the intricacies of digital transformation in procurement. Many procurement leaders struggle to deliver their digitalization agendas due to slow, costly and underwhelming results. Digital Transformation in Procurement is designed to help procurement leaders embrace digital transformation and drive top-line growth. Covering the essential success factors, the impact of digitalization on people, organization processes and technology, this book helps leaders in procurement make digitalization transformation a success and deliver value at scale. Exploring the impact of digital transformation on procurement, this book covers key challenges, new technologies and how procurement leaders can make digitization work for them. Digital Transformation in Procurement is a practical resource offering valuable insights, frameworks and examples from global procurement transformation programmes. Taking a holistic approach to digital transformation, this is the book every procurement leader needs to launch their new procurement strategy for the digital age.
Isd from the Ground Up
Your All-In-One Guide to ISDKnown as "the man who wrote the book on ISD," Chuck Hodell offers a comprehensive and practical handbook on core instructional systems design (ISD) practices and principles with a practitioner's eye.This updated fifth edition covers all the basics and many advanced tenets of ISD, walking you through each phase, including advanced concepts such as microlearning, social media, and leveraging technology. Stand-alone chapters offer crucial support to practitioners building foundational skills, while in-depth tutorials on subjects such as collaborating with experts offer rich insights to guide the credentialed designer.This fully revised and expanded volume offers new case studies, discussion questions, and sample design and lesson plans, ISD From the Ground Up demystifies the learning design process. Whether you are just getting your feet wet or have extensive experience in ISD, this industry staple provides the essential building blocks and more for ISD mastery.
