Integrated Conceptual Framework for Nascent Entrepreneurial Behavior
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.
Cost Behavior Analysis and Industries' Financial Performance
Build Your Beverage Empire
Launch or Build Your Beverage Venture With Expert AdviceDive into a dynamic world of beverage entrepreneurship where traditional rules are rewritten! In this enlightening guide, you'll explore the exciting realm of online sales, social media buzz, and direct consumer engagement, reaching beyond the confines of convenience stores to platforms like Amazon, TikTok, and Meta. Discover how small-scale beginnings, starting with just one pallet, reshape the industry."The post-COVID era has revolutionized the beverage supply chain, sales, and distribution, creating unprecedented opportunities."For the savvy entrepreneur, this means the ability to connect directly with your ideal customers.This book is more than a guide; however, it's a real blueprint for success. You'll gain invaluable insights into developing and marketing innovative beverages. Uncover groundbreaking strategies and techniques to carve out a unique niche and outshine the competition. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or looking to launch a new beverage product, the industry is ripe with possibilities. The new beverage business world includes online sales, social media promotion, and finding your consumers not only in a convenience store but on Amazon, TikTok, or Meta. Beverage development also changed; gone are the days of ordering five truckloads; in exchange, beverage entrepreneurs can start with one pallet.COVID changed the entire supply chain for the beverage business alongside beverage sales and distribution. This is amazing for consumers ordering beverages online and for entrepreneurs, as they can now sell directly to their perfect customers and drop ship to their homes.Yes, you'll see the blueprint and step-by-step guide on how to develop and sell beverages. You will also discover cutting-edge ideas and techniques to disrupt the beverage industry and separate yourself from the competition. If you are considering launching a new product or business as an entrepreneur, the beverage industry might be for you.Topics Covered Include: ✔ How to Start Your Business✔ Beverage Development✔ Beverage Marketing✔ Beverage e-Distribution✔ Beverage Formulation✔ Entrepreneurship Mind-Set✔ Beverage Packaging✔ Beverage Sales✔ Beverage Distribution✔ Beverage Business Funding✔ Beverage Online MarketingIn this third edition of the book, Jorge Olson decided to rewrite the entire text, not only updating it but expanding it to cover more material on online marketing, Amazon sales, much more detail on beverage development and formulation, and unique details on beverage business modeling and creating your business plan to get funding. This book is a complete guide for beverage entrepreneurs on how to start their new business.What's New in The Third Edition?How to leverage social media to sell more drinksSell online, including your store, social media, and AmazonBeverage development and contract manufacturingSmall batch white label and private-label beverage productionPost-COVID opportunities and how to take advantage of them
Building the Bridge to Inspirational Leadership
In Building the Bridge to Inspirational Leadership, Matt Sims reveals how to create an environment where high performance thrives, by focusing on people first. This actionable guide offers the core principles that great leaders use to unlock the potential in every individual and inspire lasting success. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience leading change and transformation at the highest level, Matt introduces the essential principles of Leadership: Respect for People, Authenticity, Engagement, Empowerment, Continuous Learning, and Continuous Improvement. These principles are the foundation for creating high-performance cultures where people are motivated, inspired, and able to reach their full potential. Inside, you'll learn how to: Build a people-focused culture that encourages respect, value, and motivation. Lead with authenticity and trust to empower people to take ownership. Engage and inspire your team, fostering accountability and shared responsibility. Empower your people to drive decision-making and use continuous improvement to achieve excellence. Inspire continuous growth and development by unlocking human potential. Use real-world examples and practical tools to create lasting transformation. Packed with actionable insights and proven strategies, this book gives you the tools to become a better leader and build a team that thrives, performs, and transforms. The Bridge to Inspirational Leadership - A proven framework for High Performance
Probability, Statistics and Other Frightening Stuff
Probability, Statistics and Other Frightening Stuff (Volume II of the Working Guides to Estimating & Forecasting series) considers many of the commonly used Descriptive Statistics in the world of estimating and forecasting. It considers values that are representative of the 'middle ground' (Measures of Central Tendency), and the degree of data scatter (Measures of Dispersion and Shape) around the 'middle ground' values.A number of Probability Distributions and where they might be used are discussed, along with some fascinating and useful 'rules of thumb' or short-cut properties that estimators and forecasters can exploit in plying their trade. With the help of a 'Correlation Chicken', the concept of partial correlation is explained, including how the estimator or forecaster can exploit this in reflecting varying levels of independence and imperfect dependence between an output or predicted value (such as cost) and an input or predictor variable such as size.Under the guise of 'Tails of the unexpected' the book concludes with two chapters devoted to Hypothesis Testing (or knowing when to accept or reject the validity of an assumed estimating relationship), and a number of statistically-based tests to help the estimator to decide whether to include or exclude a data point as an 'outlier', one that appears not to be representative of that which the estimator is tasked to produce. This is a valuable resource for estimators, engineers, accountants, project risk specialists as well as students of cost engineering.
Doing Meritocracy Right
A practical guide to more fully achieving a meritocratic society. As America's most vaunted cultural value, meritocracy is celebrated by some as an institution and derided by others as a myth--or even a trap. Thomas A. Cole argues in Doing Meritocracy Right that if meritocracy is to persist as an institution--and it must--it requires structural support in the private sector. For America to achieve a version of meritocracy that more closely matches our aspirations, our business leaders must first offer equity of opportunity for individuals to demonstrate and develop their talents on equal terms. Drawing on his decades of experience in advising CEOs and corporate boards, personally serving on the boards of major not-for-profits, and leading a large global law firm, Cole cites elite professional-service institutions--consultancies and law firms especially--as improbable laboratories for equity of opportunity. These workplaces, out of self-interest, are laser-focused on the quality of their professionals, seeking out talent and representation and then judging these individuals on (ideally) equal terms once they're in place. Here, Cole sees an opportunity that no public initiative or platitudes can deliver: if workplaces seek out representational diversity by applying, with thought and care, a single standard of merit--one that emphasizes character--and by providing training and mentoring on an equitable basis, then they will offer a ladder to social and economic mobility that serves both individuals and society. Cole argues that a meritocratic society is achieved in two interrelated stages: access to education; and post-education promotion to membership in the elite. The latter, he says, is the domain of business. Cole argues that the private sector is better positioned to effect reform and he encourages leaders in the private sector to pursue reform both in their organizations, in government, and in the universities and communities where they have influence. Meritocracy in the private sector can't control the many American inequities that exist on the ground of American society. But it can do social good by serving as a reliable, merit-determined path to the highest echelons of business and industry. Cole sets the stage for the discussion of reforms with a "brief history of our imperfect meritocracy," and rounds out the book with a to-do list for business leaders.
Impact of Online Business on Economy of India - A case of Jharkhand
Circular Economy: The Next Level of Company Success
Without any doubt, the current prevailing Linear Economy principle of take-make-dispose is inherently unsustainable: Raw materials are extracted, transformed into products, and discarded as waste after use. The resulting environmental and economic challenges brought together both practitioners and academics to develop more sustainable methods for production and consumption. Especially the concept of Circular Economy has received a lot of attention. But despite many technical solutions, a key question for practical implementation has remained unanswered until now: How can enterprises integrate Circular Economy into their business strategy to leverage success? This book examines the topic of Circular Economy in an entrepreneurial context. It describes ten options for companies to retain value and identifies drivers and enablers for implementing Circular Economy in businesses. A survey among more than 500 industry experts revealed the extent to which retention options were implemented in practice. For the first time, relevant drivers and enablers for each retention option were identified. On top of this, case studies of successful circular market offerings shed light on each retention option in detail. The knowledge gained from research and the further shared experiences of experts that contributed to this book result in a 6-step management model. This model provides guidance on how to implement Circular Economy in organisations as an element of operational excellence and as a source of product, service, and business innovation. Now, every enterprise can start the journey. As the survey and the cases show: Circular Economy is a promising way to the next level of company success. The book at hand will help organisations to develop their own individual approach that matches their business model. In short, you will find: First comprehensive analysis of 10 retention options, their drivers, and enablers. Survey of more than 500 companies and in-depth case studies for each retention option. Practical research-based implementation model for companies.
The Possibility Wheel
This is a practical guide to improved medium-term decision-making for business leaders. The quality of decisions made by organisations and governments affects us all: decisions made with old paradigm assumptions may not take advantage of opportunities presented by the new, emerging paradigm; they restrict our ability to develop resilient choices. In The Possibility Wheel, Patricia Lustig and Gill Ringland collate and analyse the trends that underlie the changes that are overturning our economy and society. They provide a clear framework for making sense of what is happening around the world: Presenting evidence from the best sources Outlining 'Forces for Change' that surround us Evaluating the disruptive 'Threats' that we face and examining the fracturing social and economic 'Backbones' on which we all rely. Then they offer a toolset (the Possibility Wheel) to help senior executives and management teams make informed and resilient choices and strategic decisions. The Possibility Wheel brings global evidence to play in your locality and organisational context -- so you can explore opportunities, develop resilient choices, make more robust decisions and enjoy better outcomes.
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Public Participation in Governance of Industrial Safety Risks
This open access book contributes to the increasing trend toward greater public participation in decision-making in many areas of public life, particularly in the field of the environment and sustainable development. It describes the outcome of a two-day workshop, organized by the Foundation for an Industrial Safety Culture in 2023, that addresses the continuing sensitivities surround the impact of hazardous industrial activities. Public Participation in Governance of Industrial Safety Risks brings together international academic experts as well as industrial and institutional representatives to shed light on the topics discussed during this workshop. Through the viewpoints of experts from various disciplines, industrial sectors, and countries, it offers an opportunity to gain a better grasp of the multiplicity and complexity of participatory processes and to understand their expected benefits, their drawbacks, and potential pitfalls. The work supports the making of better-informed decisions, especially by industrial or regulatory actors, to engage or not with public participation.
Digital Resilience, Cybersecurity and Supply Chains
In the digital era, the pace of technological advancement is unprecedented, and the interconnectivity of systems and processes has reached unprecedented levels. Digital Resilience, Cybersecurity and Supply Chains considers the intricacies of digital resilience, including cyber and operational resilience, and supply chain resilience.
Becoming a Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt
This book was written by three expert Master Black Belts certified by the American Society for Quality (ASQ). Moreover, they are from different parts of the world and industry, which brings great diversity to the contents of the book.
Effectiveness of Tea Farming for the Tea Farmer's Welfare in Rwanda
Evaluating Economic Integration's Impact on Cross-Border Supply Chain
Research, Development and Innovation in the Creative Industries
What does effective research and development look like in the creative industries and how might it lead to successful innovation? This book is an answer to that question.
Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing, EDOC 2024, held in Vienna, Austria, during September 10-13, 2024. The 18 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: AI, ML and Agents; BPM and WFM; Business Models, Platforms and Strategic Management; Enterprise and IT Architecture; IT and Software Architecture; Modeling Methods, Data and Component; Process Mining and Monitoring; and Sustainability and Resilience.
