Formalization of the Informal Economy
This Brief provides a cutting-edge evaluation of the application of digital technologies to tackle the informal economy. Employing institutional theory to explain the informal economy, this book reveals that the informal economy arises when formal institutional failings trigger a gap between the formal rules of the game and social norms. Chapters outline how use of digital technologies by public authorities, such as tax, social security and labor authorities, can alter social norms so that they accord with the formal rules of the game and generate a formalization of the informal economy. Setting out the e-government tools that can improve the relationship between businesses, employers, workers and citizens, and government, this book will be essential reading for academics and advanced students studying development economics, labor economics, public economics, behavioral economics, economic sociology and institutional economics as well as for government policymakers working in related fields.
Innovation Strategy How to Develop New Products and Services that Grow Your Business
ग्राहक शोध का संचालनग्राहक शोध एक महत्वपूर्ण प्रक्रिया है जो व्यवसायों को अपने ग्राहकों को बेहतर ढंग से समझने और उनकी जरूरतों और इच्छाओं को पूरा करने में मदद करती है। यह व्यवसायों को अपने उत्पादों और सेवाओं को बेहतर बनाने, नए उत्पादों और सेवाएं विकसित करने और अपनी मार्केटिंग रणनीतियों को परिष्कृत करने में मदद कर सकता है।ग्राहक शोध कई तरीकों से किया जा सकता है। सबसे आम तरीकों में से कुछ हैं सर्वेक्षण सर्वेक्षण ग्राहक डेटा एकत्र करने के सबसे सामान्य तरीकों में से एक है। सर्वेक्षण ऑनलाइन, फोन पर, या व्यक्तिगत रूप से आयोजित किए जा सकते हैं। सर्वेक्षणों में खुले और बंद दोनों प्रकार के प्रश्न शामिल हो सकते हैं।साक्षात्कार साक्षात्कार ग्राहक डेटा एकत्र करने का एक और तरीका है। सा
Cutting the Costs of Stenographic Services
This practical guide to cutting the costs of stenographic services is a must-read for businesses of all sizes. Using real-world examples and case studies, the Remington Typewriter Company shows readers how to reduce their costs and improve efficiency when it comes to stenography. With step-by-step instructions and actionable advice, Cutting the Costs of Stenographic Services is an essential resource for anyone looking to optimize their workflow.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization
This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the travelling salesman is used as a common thread to illustrate all the techniques discussed. This problem is ideal for introducing readers to the subject because it is very intuitive and its solutions can be graphically represented. The book features a wealth of illustrations that allow the concepts to be understood at a glance. The book approaches the main metaheuristics from a new angle, deconstructing them into a few key concepts presented in separate chapters: construction, improvement, decomposition, randomization and learning methods. Each metaheuristic can then be presented in simplified form as a combination of these concepts. This approach avoids giving the impression that metaheuristics is a non-formal discipline, a kind of cloud sculpture. Moreover, it provides concrete applications of the travelling salesman problem, whichillustrate in just a few lines of code how to design a new heuristic and remove all ambiguities left by a general framework. Two chapters reviewing the basics of combinatorial optimization and complexity theory make the book self-contained. As such, even readers with a very limited background in the field will be able to follow all the content.
Annual Proceedings
Join the National Association of Corporation Training in this illuminating collection of articles, proceedings, and discussions on the most important issues facing professional trainers and educators. From the latest trends in corporate learning to best practices for employee development, readers will find valuable insights and actionable strategies for achieving success in the training field.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Production Planning and Control
This comprehensive text provides a detailed look at the principles and practices of production planning and control. Bock covers a range of topics, from forecasting and scheduling to inventory control and quality assurance. He also explores the role of technology in modern production management and offers practical advice for optimizing production processes. This is essential reading for managers and scholars in the field of production management.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Systems Analysis for Business Management
Systems Analysis for Business Management is a comprehensive guide to using systems analysis to improve business performance. L Stanford Optner presents a step-by-step approach to defining problems, gathering data, and designing effective solutions. This book is a must-read for any business owner or manager who wants to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their organization.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Systems Analysis for Business Management
Systems Analysis for Business Management is a comprehensive guide to using systems analysis to improve business performance. L Stanford Optner presents a step-by-step approach to defining problems, gathering data, and designing effective solutions. This book is a must-read for any business owner or manager who wants to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their organization.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Production Planning and Control
This comprehensive text provides a detailed look at the principles and practices of production planning and control. Bock covers a range of topics, from forecasting and scheduling to inventory control and quality assurance. He also explores the role of technology in modern production management and offers practical advice for optimizing production processes. This is essential reading for managers and scholars in the field of production management.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Twentieth Century Typewriter Instructor
This book provides a comprehensive guide to touch typing on a typewriter, with a focus on speed, accuracy, and efficiency. E. N. Miner covers topics such as finger placement, key patterns, and typing exercises, and provides numerous examples to illustrate his points. Whether you are a typist, a writer, or simply interested in the history of technology, this book is an essential resource.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Improving Processes for Health Care Delivery
This work prepares current and future managers and consultants focused on health care delivery systems to improve the efficiency of processes that deliver care. This material will help you manage capacity, improve patient flow, estimate process costs, and conduct experiments that lead to process improvement. Essential tools covered include process mapping and measurement, data collection and analysis, and the use of discrete event simulation as a tool for virtual experimentation and improvement. Tools are introduced with no assumption of prior training. Many examples of settings, problems, and solutions are presented, along with a generalized approach to process improvement that is specifically tailored to health care settings. Readings, exercises, and cases suitable for discussion or end-course projects are also provided. Writing is based on a decade of experience teaching at the MBA and MS levels, managing dozens of improvement processes, and a host of our prior scholarly publications, book chapters, and case studies.
Advanced Digital Auditing
This open access book discusses the most modern approach to auditing complex digital systems and technologies. It combines proven auditing approaches, advanced programming techniques and complex application areas, and covers the latest findings on theory and practice in this rapidly developing field. Especially for those who want to learn more about novel approaches to testing complex information systems and related technologies, such as blockchain and self-learning systems, the book will be a valuable resource. It is aimed at students and practitioners who are interested in contemporary technology and managerial implications.
Trademark Parody in Light of the Legal System
This work leads the reader to learn about situations that, by virtue of free expression, give way to creations called "parodies "1 of trademarks, being these facts generators of conflicts between the owner of the trademark and the one who intends to take advantage of this intangible asset without the authorization of its owner. For Dessemontet, parody is "a burlesque representation of an existing work for the purpose of criticism", the best known form being literary satire. This author identifies three characteristic elements of parody: 1. It satirizes the work from which it is inspired. There is an economic effect, but it is not similar to that resulting from plagiarism because there is no direct exploitation of another work that displaces that of the original work; the second creation does not replace the first. 3. It must be a creation with its own originality, even if it must be recognized as the parodied work. The essential of the parody is to appear to the public as an original work, which does not generate confusion between the parodied work and the creation inspired by it, being the border between both works more difficult to determine than it seems (Bugallo Monta簽o, (2014).
Teacher's Key For Use With Modern Filing
Modern Filing is a comprehensive textbook on office systems and provides practical guidance on file management, indexing, and record keeping. This Teacher's Key provides detailed answers to the textbook's questions, making it an excellent resource for teachers and students of business and office management courses.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
How To Become A Private Secretary
This insightful guide provides readers with practical advice on how to become a successful private secretary. It covers everything from the skills and qualities required for the job, to the responsibilities and challenges that come with it. A must-read for anyone interested in pursuing a career as a private secretary.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Learning from the Past, Present, and Future to Drive Profits to New Levels
The content of this book is centered around three seemingly diverse themes. The first theme is why it's so important for companies to learn from the past, the present, and the future. The author covers some of the key learnings from the distant and current past, and how these learnings changed the course for many companies. He discusses new learnings that have been developed in our current state and will continue to be brought forward. He provides a look into the future, just to make sure companies understand that they should always be looking for better ways to function. The second theme is centered around problem-solving, problem prevention, and decision-making. That is, how to successfully define problems that already exist in your current reality, how to prevent problems from occurring in the future, and how to make much more effective decisions. Problems have plagued many companies for many years and knowing how to follow a structured approach to solve them should prove to be very useful. And perhaps even more important than solving problems, is how companies can go about preventing the problems from occurring in the first place. Think about how your company might look if the plethora of problems to solve didn't exist. And with current or potential problems, many decisions must be made. The final theme in this book is how to successfully implement the Theory of Constraints, and then combine Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints. The Theory of Constraints should be considered the "missing link" in most improvement initiatives. The author presents, in detail, why combining the Theory of Constraints with Lean and Six Sigma and all of the associated improvement tools and techniques will take your company to new levels of profitability. He introduces two new roadmaps. One roadmap is on how to implement the Theory of Constraints, while the other new roadmap is how to implement my Ultimate Improvement Cycle.
Artificial Intelligence for Business
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the business world at an unprecedented pace. From automating mundane tasks to predicting consumer behaviour, AI is changing the way businesses operate across all sectors. This book is an exploration of AI in business applications, highlighting the diverse range of ways in which AI is being used across different industries. The book begins with an overview of AI in business and its impact on the workforce. It then explores the role of AI in marketing, advertising, and tourism. The use of AI in personalized recommendations and chatbots is discussed in detail. The book then moves on to examine how AI is changing the retail industry, improving supply chain management, and enhancing the customer experience. The media and entertainment industry is also examined, with a focus on how AI is being used to personalize content and improve the user experience. The book also explores the use of AI in human resources, insurance, legal, and finance. The impact of AI on talent identification, recruitment, underwriting, document analysis, and financial forecasting is discussed in detail. In the healthcare and sports industries, AI is transforming the way we approach diagnosis, treatment, and training. The book examines how AI is being used to analyse medical images, develop personalized treatment plans, and improve patient outcomes. The use of AI in sports performance analysis is also discussed in detail. Finally, the book explores the use of AI in agriculture, energy, education, and the public sector. The potential of AI to optimize crop yields, reduce energy consumption, and improve the quality of education is discussed in detail. The book also examines how AI is being used to improve public services, such as transportation and emergency services. This book is a valuable resource for academics, researchers, professionals, and policymakers who are interested in understanding the potential of AI in the business world. The contributions from leading experts and researchers provide a comprehensive overview of AI in business applications, and how it is transforming different sectors. The book also examines the ethical dilemmas that arise from the use of AI in business, such as the impact on privacy and data security, and the potential for bias in AI algorithms. It provides valuable insights into how businesses can ensure that the use of AI is ethical and responsible. In conclusion, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the potential of AI in the business world. It provides a comprehensive overview of AI in business applications and how it is transforming different sectors. The book examines the ethical dilemmas that arise from the use of AI in business, providing valuable insights into how businesses can ensure that the use of AI is ethical and responsible. We hope that readers will find this book informative and thought-provoking.
The impact of BPM on the economic and financial performance of institutions
Worldwide, BPM (Business Process Management) is used as a method to diagnose deviations and identify opportunities to improve processes, with the aim of increasing tangible and intangible quality, making operations more profitable, reducing costs/expenses and consequently maximising profitability. This study aims to analyse and discuss the correlation between BPM and the economic and financial performance of a company in the insurance market. This study is based on documentary and theoretical research relating to process management and its correlation with costs and expenses and was developed from a case study of a specific company and its results can be applied to similar companies. Applied in nature and with a combined approach, quantifiable data was used with regard to process time and costs, as well as qualitative data from documentary data collection, of an exploratory-descriptive nature in which the researcher developed familiarity with the environment and phenomenon, allowing for more precise research, clarifying the concepts obtained after documentary and bibliographical research on the subject.
Supply Chain and Logistics Management
This textbook discusses supply chain management and provides comprehensive overview of all the key activities and issues of supply chain and logistics functions as an integrated discipline.
Build Excite Ignite
Is it time you stopped working yourself to death for someone else's gain?When burnout almost beat him, Jim dropped out of the rat-race to find a better path, one with more freedom, wealth, and fulfilment. If you're ready to break free and learn the exact steps to create or scale a service-based business from someone who did it himself, Build Excite Ignite is your ticket to success.In this book, Jim shares the Level Up Formula, giving you the tools and knowledge to: Master your mindset and tackle life with a winner's mentalityNail your niche and identify your target audienceCraft an offer no-one can refuseDesign a powerful and effective lead magnetCreate content that resonates with eager-to-buy clientsMake sales feel totally natural (your services will practically sell themselves)Set up your business to scale - more freedom for you!From hitting rock bottom to ascending to the summit of success, Jim has walked through the fire and knows what it takes to Build a scalable business, Excite your audience, and Ignite your sales. Why burn yourself out for someone else's profit? Answer the call. Pursue your passion. Build a business that works for you faster.
Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones
This book offers a comprehensive overview of smartphone security, focusing on various operating systems and their associated challenges. It covers the smartphone industry's evolution, emphasizing security and privacy concerns. It explores Android, iOS, and Windows OS security vulnerabilities and mitigation measures. Additionally, it discusses alternative OSs like Symbian, Tizen, Sailfish, Ubuntu Touch, KaiOS, Sirin, and HarmonyOS.The book also addresses mobile application security, best practices for users and developers, Mobile Device Management (MDM) in enterprise settings, mobile network security, and the significance of mobile cloud security and emerging technologies such as IoT, AI, ML, and blockchain. It discusses the importance of balancing innovation with solid security practices in the ever-evolving mobile technology landscape.
Organizational Models for Industry 4.0
This book draws on a neo-institutional theory to characterize service-oriented manufacturing firms in relation to more familiar organizational forms, such as lean and agile. It sheds light on whether being lean is a prerequisite for agile organizations and whether agile organizations are precursors of service-oriented organizations. The book empirically examines the prevalence of such organizations using representative samples of manufacturing firms in an industrialized country. This approach makes it possible to "zoom in" and determine whether the extent of adoption of digital manufacturing innovations, digital services, and service-oriented business models varies with organizations' size, industry, product complexity, lot size, type of design process, and type of manufacturing process. In turn, it shows which digital manufacturing innovations, lean practices, and services contribute to leanness-related performance capabilities like quality and costs; agility-related capabilities like fast delivery, flexibility and innovation; and service-oriented capabilities like high service performance and digitalization. In addition, it explores the question of whether lean, agile, and service-oriented performance capabilities contribute to financial performance separately or jointly.
Lean Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
This book provides a step-by-step guide to implementing lean at SMEs using an approach that has been tested and fine-tuned at over a hundred organizations across India, South East Asia and the Middle East. The book approaches Lean through an implementation project cycle flow and enables the reader to understand the imperative for Lean, how to diagnose current operations, how to plan and deploy Lean and shows a path for long-term sustenance. Diverse situations such as meeting the demand fluctuations, designing a facility, or improving profit margin etc. are included in the case studies from multiple sectors, to ensure that every reader finds a situation similar to their organizational situation. While the publicly available literature on lean offers a large collection of tools and techniques, given each organization's unique context, the choice of the right sequence of tools differ. The book offers guidelines in terms of which solutions work in which context, backed by real-cases, which is a big help to the resource constrained SMEs. This book is an equally good resource for the organizations that have already implemented lean, as it provides realistic pointers about sustaining, tackling supply chain uncertainties and going beyond Lean by integrating emerging technologies and management principles. It is an excellent resource for students and researchers studying this area and also for corporates, professionals and industry watchers.
Designing Physical Interaction Platforms
Physical interaction platforms (PIPs) such as living labs, innovation labs or co-working spaces serve as environments for ideas, experiments, and collaborative innovation. They play a key role in value creation by orchestrating ecosystem actors and facilitating interaction, e.g. the exchange of goods, services, or social currency such as information. This book explores how PIPs can be systematically designed. It adopts a platform perspective, focusing on value creation for manifold actors as a fundamental element for the sustainable operation of a platform. Well-established insights from the design of digital platforms are taken as a foundation and adapted to the physical world. This analysis is compiled of 4 major studies, structured along the lifecycle of a PIP. The first study explores design dimensions of PIPs as a basis for a design process. The second study explores the design process of a PIP itself. The third study explores sustainable innovation of PIP during later stages of their lifecycle. The fourth study applies the findings and models from studies 1-3 in a PIP design process and evaluates them. This book addresses both scholars and practitioners alike. The models and the knowledge generated contribute to the scholarly understanding of spaces for innovation and value creation while enabling designers to create sustainably successful and engaging PIPs.
What Every Engineer Should Know about Digital Accessibility
Accessibility is a core quality of digital products to be deliberately addressed throughout the development lifecycle. What Every Engineer Should Know About Digital Accessibility will prepare readers to integrate digital accessibility into their engineering practices. Readers will learn how to accurately frame accessibility as an engineering challenge so they are able to address the correct problems in the correct way.Illustrated with diverse perspectives from accessibility practitioners and advocates, this book describes how people with disabilities use technology, the nature of accessibility barriers in the digital world, and the role of engineers in breaking down those barriers. Accessibility competence for current, emerging, and future technologies is addressed through a combination of guiding principles, core attributes and requirements, and accessibility-informed engineering practices.FEATURES Discusses how technology can support inclusion for people with disabilities and how rigorous engineering processes help create quality user experiences without introducing accessibility barriers Explains foundational principles and guidelines that build core competency in digital accessibility as they are applied across diverse and emerging technology platforms Highlights practical insights into how engineering teams can effectively address accessibility throughout the technology development lifecycle Uses international standards to define and measure accessibility quality Written to be accessible to non-experts in the subject area, What Every Engineer Should Know About Digital Accessibility is aimed at students, professionals, and researchers in the field of software engineering.
How to Collaborate
- Are you sure there's more to your business, but you can't quite find what's missing?- Do you feel stuck in the day-to-day routine? Uninspired? Or discouraged with where you find your business self?- Do you feel overwhelmed or like you're going it alone?How to Collaborate can help you discover answers to your entrepreneurial questions, offering the collaboration business model as a way to swing out of the doldrums and into a fresh, new paradigm. Combining an infectious joie de vivre with sensible, tried-and-true experience, this business text will help novice collaborators see how to develop new relationships and to become less isolated and more connected with their business colleagues. With insights about basic collaboration models, possible partners for working together, ways to get the collaboration going, some necessary legal mumbo jumbo, and much more, readers are given a comprehensive road map that they can use over and over to create fruitful, collaborative relationships.Peppered with real life stories and concrete examples, this down-to-earth guide illustrates some of the amazing results that collaboration can create. The author easily admits that she has learned much from her mistakes, and she is happy to share her lessons, helping readers to avoid falling into the same potholes that she encountered. How to Collaborate focuses readers on their future successes, encouraging them to unlock their own out-of-the-box thinking to realize their individual strengths and talents. Written with humility and a true desire to help fellow business owners, the author demonstrates both her love and deep understanding of the collaborative model. This book is one of those destined to sport dog-eared pages, highlighted passages, and written-in margins; in fact, the author recommends readers do so. This handbook isn't meant to collect dust on a shelf, but to accompany the reader on their business journey, inspiring them to collaborate for increased profits, enhanced relationships, and fresh enthusiasm. Unusual in a business book, How to Collaborate is lively and demonstrates a deep sense of humour, each of which contribute to it being an enjoyable, while informative, read. Throughout its pages, the author's life attitude rings out: "Remember to have fun, 'cause if you aren't having fun, why are you doing it?"
How to Collaborate
- Are you sure there's more to your business, but you can't quite find what's missing?- Do you feel stuck in the day-to-day routine? Uninspired? Or discouraged with where you find your business self?- Do you feel overwhelmed or like you're going it alone?How to Collaborate can help you discover answers to your entrepreneurial questions, offering the collaboration business model as a way to swing out of the doldrums and into a fresh, new paradigm. Combining an infectious joie de vivre with sensible, tried-and-true experience, this business text will help novice collaborators see how to develop new relationships and to become less isolated and more connected with their business colleagues. With insights about basic collaboration models, possible partners for working together, ways to get the collaboration going, some necessary legal mumbo jumbo, and much more, readers are given a comprehensive road map that they can use over and over to create fruitful, collaborative relationships.Peppered with real life stories and concrete examples, this down-to-earth guide illustrates some of the amazing results that collaboration can create. The author easily admits that she has learned much from her mistakes, and she is happy to share her lessons, helping readers to avoid falling into the same potholes that she encountered. How to Collaborate focuses readers on their future successes, encouraging them to unlock their own out-of-the-box thinking to realize their individual strengths and talents. Written with humility and a true desire to help fellow business owners, the author demonstrates both her love and deep understanding of the collaborative model. This book is one of those destined to sport dog-eared pages, highlighted passages, and written-in margins; in fact, the author recommends readers do so. This handbook isn't meant to collect dust on a shelf, but to accompany the reader on their business journey, inspiring them to collaborate for increased profits, enhanced relationships, and fresh enthusiasm. Unusual in a business book, How to Collaborate is lively and demonstrates a deep sense of humour, each of which contribute to it being an enjoyable, while informative, read. Throughout its pages, the author's life attitude rings out: "Remember to have fun, 'cause if you aren't having fun, why are you doing it?"
Supply Network Dynamics and Control
This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in network dynamics and control with applications to supply chains, manufacturing and logistics systems. It systemizes these developments in the form of new taxonomies and methodological principles to shape the research domain of supply network dynamics control. Uniquely, the book links the fundamentals of control and system theories and artificial intelligence with supply chain and operations management. It addresses the needs of researchers and practitioners alike, revealing the challenges and opportunities of supply chain and operations management by means of dynamic system analysis.
Anti-History
There has been a surge of ANTi-History research over the last 15 years. ANTi-History brings together the most impactful efforts to develop, apply and critique ANTi-History in one comprehensive book.
Impactful Facility Management For Megaprojects and Beyond
Facility management is increasingly a multi-disciplinary practice. In the context of megaprojects, it is a primary enabler of success - commercial, economic, and environmental. Impactful FM is a chronicle of the complex science that is facility management for megaprojects and beyond.Get conversant with all aspects of FM for megaprojects.Impactful Facility Management for Megaprojects and Beyond will teach you how to conceptualize and implement contemporary best practices and automation-driven facilities transformation using an eight-pillar strategy with sustainability and technology at its heart.This is Facility Management for a new worldAli Alsuwaidi is a passionate visionary FM leader. Throughout his career spanning over 25 years now, he has been able to learn and share his knowledge, connect with leaders and experts, and proactively bring FM professionals and various stakeholders together. He is driven by energizing individuals and organizations to improve and become agents of change. The most creative of leaders connect people and encourage them to see the big sustainable picture and achieve win-win situations for all involved stakeholders - Ali is an exemplification of this approach.
Build4Skills
This handbook shows how the Build4Skills program integrates traineeships into ADB-backed infrastructure construction projects in Asia and the Pacific to provide cost-efficient training that boosts employability and makes projects more inclusive. Designed as a practical step-by-step guide, it includes templates that layout trainee requirements. It sets out how to integrate Build4Skills traineeships, coordinate with contractors and institutions, and deliver effective training. It explains how building training into projects requires marginal budget increases, why offering work-based training benefits contractors, and how strategic cooperation can create innovative solutions to global challenges.
Digital Management Practice
The book illustrates how managers and knowledge workers can effectively harness collective and artificial intelligence to counteract the effects of exponential change and successfully implement digitization within their organizations. The author applies the proven management principles of Peter F. Drucker to the new challenges of the digital age, enhancing them with the concepts of collective and artificial intelligence. This approach also takes into account the insights of Daniel Kahneman regarding "Thinking, Fast and Slow" and the associated cognitive biases and deficits in human thinking. By leveraging innovative tools - collective and artificial intelligence - these deficits can be mitigated, aiding in decision-making. The use of these tools in innovation management and work organization is also discussed. Readers are provided with practical tips and strategies for implementation. Embark on an exciting journey through digital management practices and successfully navigate thechallenges of the digital world.
Women in accountancy in leadership and decision-making positions
In recent years, women professionals in public accounting have become increasingly interested in gaining access to leadership and decision-making positions in organisations, whether public or private. For this reason, this document presents a statistical analysis of the participation of women in the main national and international accounting regulatory bodies, The aim is to highlight the female leadership style in order to stop underestimating women and recognise that they have the potential and capacity to perform any position that involves high levels of leadership and decision-making and thus meet the current needs of organisations.
The Third Culture
We are currently witnessing the emergence of a 'third culture', driven by unprecedented developments that are changing the playing field. These include advances in AI, big data analysis and robotics. The traditional 'two cultures' view (S. P. Snow) distinguishes between the sciences and the humanities. The wisdoms these two cultures offer are separated from each other, with little to no interaction or mutual comprehension. However, over the past two decades, and for the first time in human history, a new, third culture has appeared. This new culture, rooted in new technologies, not only pursues its own form of rationality but also supports advances in the original two cultures, deepening and expanding our individual and collective consciousness so that we can see more and do better. It will eventually give rise to new forms of consciousness based not on biochemical signals, but on copper wires and lithium chips. These new machine intelligences will change the world and force us to realise: we are no longer alone. The human species' position in the twenty-first century will be fundamentally redefined: not as a conductor leading the orchestra, but a single string player within it.
Digital Government
Digitization, the global networking of individuals and organizations, and the transition from an industrial to an information society are key reasons for the importance of digital government. In particular, the enormous influence of the Internet as a global networking and communication system affects the performance of public services.This textbook introduces the concept of digital government as well as digital management and provides helpful insights and strategic advice for the successful implementation and maintenance of digital government systems.
Quality Function Deployment and Systems Supportability
This book not only presents the overall development of quality function deployment (QFD) and what it has been used for to date but a new product support orientation by which it can be employed. It is product and service "system" focused and presents how blending the processes and elements of supportability and analysis into a QFD-modeled methodology can achieve optimal cost savings and performance efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, a working model is provided that will assist those that elect to use such an approach to current/new product and/or service development.QFD is widely spreading throughout the world because of its outstanding usefulness. It is aimed to fulfill the customer's expectation of a product or service design. Organizations of all sizes are using it to (1) save product and service design and development time, (2) focus on how the product or service might satisfy the customer and (3) improve communication at all levels of an organization during the development process.Based on these three reasons, today's traditional QFD can be divided into three branches and analyzed. First, QFD can be implemented effectively for developing new products and designs by establishing the linkage between design stages through the manufacturing environment. However, research has found that traditional QFD is quite weak in implementing modifications to existing product and service design during its predicted lifecycle. Second, most research to this point has been squarely focused on the "voice of the customer" for prioritizing customer needs. While certainly needed, the "voice of the system" that is being used to produce the product/service and how they operate during its intended life cycle has been given less attention. Third, QFD is often viewed as overly labor-intensive and thus costly, and, because of its team-based development logic, manual in nature by those involved during its development and implementation.Research has shown that life cycle sustainment planning and support for current or proposed products and/or services requires a seamless and balanced life cycle support methodology. To achieve this type of support, twelve functional elements have been identified that form the product support infrastructure. A new approach, one that views product support as an integrative activity where all twelve product support elements are assessed over the entire product and/or service life cycle is being deployed.With this deployment comes a need to ensure Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) are achieved and functional alignment obtained by balancing supportability element cost and provisioning throughout the entire product and/or service lifecycle, not just during the development stage, and to view the system as the "customer" and thus listen to the "Voice of the System" when assessing supportability requirements. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is such a tool.This book contains four sections. Section 1 provides an initial overview of QFD origins, and history and highlights some of its use today. It addresses how QFD fits within the organization, increasing revenue, and reducing cost. It outlines a step-by-step strategy for successfully deploying QFD within the organization. Section 2 examines the evolving product and/or service requirement, creating the design solution using QFD, assessing supportability characteristics using QFD, and performing functional supportability analysis using QFD. Section 3 provides a guide for developing the life cycle supportability solution using QFD methodology on an ongoing basis, and managing processes throughout the systems lifecycle. Section 4 addresses using QFD in an imperfect world and will provide insight into how to use QFD beyond the standard "house of quality" concept.
Contemporary Logistics in China
This book provides interpretation of China's logistics development in a new development paradigm and the rural logistics construction under the Rural Revitalization Strategy. Subjects covered in this book encompass the macro-factors pertaining to the overall development in logistics technologies and facilities, region-specific policies and plans, industry-wide transformation in transport, manufacturing, commerce and agriculture. Specifically, this book highlights the impact of COVID-19 on China's logistics industry, and demonstrates the efforts and contributions of China's logistics in the fight against COVID-19 in 2020. Aligns with the previous volumes, the ultimate aim of this book is to present a timely portrait of the rapid growth of China's logistics market and the status quo of its logistics industry. In so doing, the book offers an in-depth analysis of critical issues involved in the ongoing dynamic and multi-faceted development and provides a valuable reference resource for interested readers in the academic and professional fields.
Combinatorial Models for Scheduling Sports Tournaments
This book introduces solutions for sports scheduling problems in a variety of settings. In particular the book covers timetabling, the traveling tournament problem, carryover minimization, breaks minimization, tournament design, tournament planning, and referee assignment. A rich selection of applications to sports such as football, baseball, basketball, cricket or hockey are employed to illustrate the methods and techniques. In a step-by-step tutorial format the book describes the use of graph theory concepts, local search operators and integer programming in the context of sports scheduling. The methods presented in this book are essential to sports scheduling in all its dimensions, from tournaments that are followed by millions of people across the world, with broadcast rights that amount to hundreds of millions of dollars in some competitions, to amateur leagues that require coordination and logistical efforts due to the large number of tournaments and competitors.
Impactful Facility Management For Megaprojects and Beyond
Facility management is increasingly a multi-disciplinary practice. In the context of megaprojects, it is a primary enabler of success - commercial, economic, and environmental. Impactful FM is a chronicle of the complex science that is facility management for megaprojects and beyond.Get conversant with all aspects of FM for megaprojects.Impactful Facility Management for Megaprojects and Beyond will teach you how to conceptualize and implement contemporary best practices and automation-driven facilities transformation using an eight-pillar strategy with sustainability and technology at its heart.This is Facility Management for a new worldAli Alsuwaidi is a passionate visionary FM leader. Throughout his career spanning over 25 years now, he has been able to learn and share his knowledge, connect with leaders and experts, and proactively bring FM professionals and various stakeholders together. He is driven by energizing individuals and organizations to improve and become agents of change. The most creative of leaders connect people and encourage them to see the big sustainable picture and achieve win-win situations for all involved stakeholders - Ali is an exemplification of this approach.
Digital Transformation Success
Discover the key to digital transformation success in this comprehensive guide. In today's rapidly advancing technological landscape, companies are promised innovative business models, enhanced customer experiences, and productivity improvements through digital initiatives. However, it's disheartening that 70% of these endeavors fail to meet their goals, resulting in lost investments and frustrated stakeholders.The root cause of these failures often lies in the lack of alignment across organizations. Achieving alignment is crucial, encompassing both vertical alignment - which involves aligning goals from the CEO down to even low-level single contributors - and horizontal alignment - which enables seamless collaboration across functional areas. To address this challenge, the book introduces Process Inventory, a powerful framework that not only establishes a common language but also aligns resources throughout the organization, driving a new level of operating efficiency and agility necessary to thrive in this digital era. This comprehensive guide delves beyond guiding principles, providing readers with detailed methods, modeling techniques, operating models, and real-world case studies. By leveraging the Process Inventory framework, organizations can enhance existing disciplines like Change Management, Risk Management, and Operational Excellence, enabling effective digital technology design and propelling them into the forefront of the digital age.What You'll Learn​The transformative power of the Process Inventory framework to drive Digital Transformation success by aligning resources, organizational goals, and efforts, leading to unparalleled agility. How the Process Inventory serves as the connective tissue that redefines how an organization operates, enabling operational excellence and enhanced efficiency.How Process Inventory directly supports the seamless implementation of cutting-edge digital technologies like machine learning, intelligent process automation, and microservices.Key best practices, including building and maintaining models, engaging stakeholders, and attaining maximum value from this framework. How Process Inventory seamlessly integrates with and elevates existing disciplines such as Process Modeling, Enterprise Architecture, Risk Management, Lean/Six Sigma Process Improvement, Change Management, and Business Architecture. Who This Book Is ForForward-thinking Business Executives committed to achieving their digital transformation agendaVisionary Leaders, including COOs and CIOs, striving to elevate their organization's efficiency and effectivenessIndividual practitioners and teams dedicated to driving transformation strategies and techniques within their organizationProcess Center of Excellence personnel entrusted with mapping out and managing processes for their organization's success
Innovation in Life Sciences
The Life Science industry has been subject to a digital revolution upending all facets of the value chain with data-driven approaches like Gene Therapy, Personalized Medicine, Advanced Cell and Tissue Engineering, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Digital Twins, Internet-of-Medical-Things (IoMT) and Software-as-a-Medical-Device (SaMD). Our edited volume offers comprehensive coverage of the digital disruption sweeping through the industry. From drug discovery to manufacturing and life-cycle management, we explore the profound impact of digitalization. Our authors delve into open innovation, sci-fi prototyping, and the digital transformation of medical imaging and healthcare. This volume goes beyond theory to provide practical insights. We present business-oriented case studies, examine M&A topics, venture capital, and other investor perspectives, all with a strong focus on digitalization's role. Furthermore, we explore the cultural and ethical challenges that arise andthe necessary management changes demanded by this digital revolution.
Supply Chain Risk Mitigation
This book covers central issues in mitigating supply chain risks from various perspectives. Today's supply chains are vulnerable to disruptions that can have a significant impact on firms, business and performance. The aim of supply chain risk management is to identify the potential sources of risks and implement appropriate actions in order to mitigate supply chain disruptions. In this regard, the book presents a wealth of methods, strategies and analyses that are essential for mitigating supply chain risks. As a comprehensive collection of the latest research and cutting-edge developments in supply chain risk and its mitigation, the book is structured into four main parts, addressing supply chain risk strategies and developments; supply chain risk management review; supply chain sustainability and resilience; and supply chain analysis and risk management applications. The contributing authors are leading academic researchers and practitioners, who combine findings and research results with a practical and contemporary view on how companies can best manage supply chain risks and disruptions, as well as how to create resilient and sustainable supply chains. This book can be used as an essential resource for students and scholars who are interested in pursuing research or teaching courses on the rapidly growing field of supply chain management. It also offers an interesting and informative read for managers and practitioners who need to deepen their understanding of effective supply chain risk management.
The Lean Engineering Travel Guide
Lean is an essential way of working in a world that is accelerating and becoming more complex. It revalues the human dimension in the company by encouraging individual thinking and initiative and gives meaning to teams that are more and more challenged by competitiveness and innovation. This book is designed as a travel guide. The first part includes all the traditional sections from the 'front end' of a travel guide, including some basic vocabulary, tips, and a historical section about some of the pioneers of Lean in Engineering. The journey begins in the second part, which explains a number of Lean Engineering practices in some detail and the best itineraries to develop better products, discussing the underlying intentions and offering advice for implementation. Numerous concrete cases illustrate this part with case material drawn from the authors' own experiences. Part Three is a brief guide to where and how to get started. Currently, there are no books on Lean Engineering written by practising engineers who have themselves experienced the adjustment of Lean principles to the business and challenges of new product development. The authors describe tools and practices that have already been widely tested and improved by many engineers with different cultures and skills in the Thales Group and other companies. Lean Engineering as we describe it has thus been able to demonstrate its effectiveness for several years. In addition, the authors describe new unique practices invented within the framework of their activities and which thus do not exist anywhere else (e.g., causal influence diagram (CID), Pull-Scheduling Board).
The Trusted Learning Advisor
WINNER: Goody Business Book Awards 2023 - Leadership - HR and Employee DevelopmentHow can I make learning part of the overall company strategy? How do I convince key stakeholders of the value of L&D? How can I develop a proactive approach to L&D rather than reactive? L&D professionals can achieve all these things and more by becoming a trusted learning advisor rather than an order taker. The Trusted Learning Advisor is full of practical tips, tools, and case studies outlining the path learning practitioners need to follow to transform from order takers into strategic consultative business partners. This essential guide includes strategies for developing skills needed to build trust and relationships with stakeholders, practical advice on connecting the learning strategy to business strategy, and communicating all of this to the organization. It also has additional support on critical thinking, communication and influencing skills as well as advice on how to master a growth mindset. Written by an author with over 20 years' experience in the industry, locate the skills that are needed by L&D professionals to become strategic consultive partners by driving value for organizations and unlocking potential. This is crucial reading for all L&D practitioners looking to develop their role as well as positively impact lives through the power of learning and adding true value to the organization.
An Introduction to Optimization
An Introduction to Optimization Accessible introductory textbook on optimization theory and methods, with an emphasis on engineering design, featuring MATLAB(R) exercises and worked examples Fully updated to reflect modern developments in the field, the Fifth Edition of An Introduction to Optimization fills the need for an accessible, yet rigorous, introduction to optimization theory and methods, featuring innovative coverage and a straightforward approach. The book begins with a review of basic definitions and notations while also providing the related fundamental background of linear algebra, geometry, and calculus. With this foundation, the authors explore the essential topics of unconstrained optimization problems, linear programming problems, and nonlinear constrained optimization. In addition, the book includes an introduction to artificial neural networks, convex optimization, multi-objective optimization, and applications of optimization in machine learning. Numerous diagrams and figures found throughout the book complement the written presentation of key concepts, and each chapter is followed by MATLAB(R) exercises and practice problems that reinforce the discussed theory and algorithms. The Fifth Edition features a new chapter on Lagrangian (nonlinear) duality, expanded coverage on matrix games, projected gradient algorithms, machine learning, and numerous new exercises at the end of each chapter. An Introduction to Optimization includes information on: The mathematical definitions, notations, and relations from linear algebra, geometry, and calculus used in optimization Optimization algorithms, covering one-dimensional search, randomized search, and gradient, Newton, conjugate direction, and quasi-Newton methods Linear programming methods, covering the simplex algorithm, interior point methods, and duality Nonlinear constrained optimization, covering theory and algorithms, convex optimization, and Lagrangian duality Applications of optimization in machine learning, including neural network training, classification, stochastic gradient descent, linear regression, logistic regression, support vector machines, and clustering. An Introduction to Optimization is an ideal textbook for a one- or two-semester senior undergraduate or beginning graduate course in optimization theory and methods. The text is also of value for researchers and professionals in mathematics, operations research, electrical engineering, economics, statistics, and business.
Operations Research and Management
This textbook introduces quantitative methods in operations management, based on operational research. Written for undergraduate and graduate students as well as practitioners, this book serves as a valuable compendium of essential tools for project planning, control, and strategic decision-making.Drawing from the expertise of both experienced scientists and seasoned practical managers, the descriptions of each tool are a harmonious blend of theoretical insights and real-world applicability. With a focus on accessibility, the authors have thoughtfully combined abstract concepts with easy-to-follow examples and detailed case studies.Readers will benefit from the abundance of well-explained recommendations and practical problem-solving approaches, where the book offers guidance on how to solve presented issues by using commercial software. Whether one seeks to refine project management, optimize operations, or make strategic choices, this book equips readers with theknowledge and proficiency required to excel in the dynamic field of operations management.
