A Practical Guide to Post-Occupancy Evaluation and Researching Building User Experience
A Practical Guide to Post-Occupancy Evaluation offers high-level pragmatic guidance and case study examples on how to conduct a Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) to determine whether a workplace project is successful and uncover the lessons learned for future projects. For designers, POEs provide essential predesign feedback, informing the design brief to determine occupant requirements and help focus expenditure. For those in charge of a building or buildings, POE offers proactive building management and can also be used as part of the change management programme in larger projects, informing the occupants of progress. The practical guidance offered in this book will help the workplace industry understand if a design meets the requirements of an occupier and measure the success of and value offered by a workplace project.This book will be of interest to professionals in the workplace industry responsible for delivering and evaluating capital projects as well as those studying interior design, architecture, surveying, facilities management and building services engineering.
Supply Chain Strategies
Supply Chain Strategies demonstrates how organizations must take strategic decisions in order to manage their supply chains to sustain competitiveness in the global economy.
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.
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.
Managerial and Technological Innovations at Saturn Corporation
This book is a case study of the Saturn Corporation and its innovative management and technological practices. It explores how the company was able to succeed in a highly competitive industry by leveraging technological innovation and effective management practices. The authors, Arnoldo C Hax and Richard G Lefauve, are experts in the field of management and their insights into the Saturn Corporation provide valuable lessons for any business leader who wants to create a successful and sustainable 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.
A Curriculum for the 21st Century
An analysis of constructivism, considering the different variables and points of view from a philosophical, social and psychological conception, allows us to have a more complete vision of this position and its benefits to achieve a quality education with truly meaningful learning in our students. Having clear that all constructive learning involves a construction that is done through a mental process that ends with the acquisition of new knowledge, we can understand that the previous knowledge that the student possesses will be key to the construction of this new knowledge. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the different situations where constructivism has been linked to the Educational Reform in Chile, as far as psychological and didactic aspects are concerned; however, it is worth mentioning the importance and transcendence of the constructivist theoretical and educational position, which cannot be reduced to its incidence in this reform process, basically because these usually involve numerous relations with educational policies that, logically, refer to political problems.
Research Methods for the RIM Professional
In this era of "big data," records and information management (RIM) professionals who have a basic understanding of the foundational theories buttressing data analysis, such as research methods, have increased value to their organizations. This book serves as an introduction to research methods, using examples that are specifically relevant to archives and RIM professionals, where possible. It will also help IGP candidates improve the knowledge and skills referenced in the DACUM chart domain of "Managing Information Risks and Compliance."
Development of Smart Context-Aware Services for Cargo Transportation
With a focus on cargo transportation, this book addresses the development of approaches intended to secure an infrastructure of smart services to support the adaptive implementation of online multi-modal freight transport management processes. It discusses the development of multi-criteria decision-making components and their integration into the multi-layered computer-based information management of intelligent systems. Through detailed descriptions of various components of intelligent transport management systems, the book demonstrates how to develop the services needed in the right place and at the right time, and how to properly adapt to user needs, making necessary interventions to ensure the safety of the transportation process. Further, it describes the main ways to increase the autonomy and efficiency of user-vehicle interaction and shows how Information and Communications Technology (ICT) structural support for current and past situations in AI-based systems can help to anticipate future developments in freight transportation.
Organizational Training Methods
Introduction What are the HRM strategy difference between past traditional HRM and nowadays HRM? How to improve training methods to raise employees performance ? How nowadays reward strategy can bring what kinds of benefits to organizations. In my this book, I shall discuss these topic as below: This first topic concerns reward management strategy. Reward management is nowadays considered as an important topic in order to achieve the goals of a company. Employees are considered as the main factor which plays an important role in the organization. The success of each and every organization is its dedicated employee's .Current world is filled with changes and competition. In order to survive in the current situation companies should be having employees who are loyal and expert in their own field. New technologies are developed constantly and the companies are eagerly trying to catch up those talented employees with right expertise in their own areas. So, fair award management can attract talented employees to choose the organization to work. When the organization has good reward management, then it will bring good organizational development, good learning and training, good performance management, good sourcing and staff, good employee engagement. In my this book, I shall explain how and why good reward management will bring all above these any one of human resource related issues to let readers to make accurate and reasonable analysis. I will explain how any why effective department communication, excellent technological input, effective human resource development training, good employee motivation strategy and effective performance measurement strategy can influence any organization's overall performance to be more effective. I shall indicate the reasons to explain why above any one of these factors have indirect relationship to influence the organization's overall performance effectiveness. Readers can learn how and why HRM strategy changes can influence organization's overall performance to achieve more effectiveness to compare traditional HR strategy. The second topic concerns sale training strategy. Every organizations need have excellent salespeople to help them to promote their products to sell in order to achieve sale growth. In fact, one supermarket stock keeper or one restaurant waiter, their jobs can be salespeople duty, if one client enquires the stock keeper whether is the food location or any stocks are existence in supermarket. If he can answer enquiries immediately. Then, he can promote the kind of brand food to sell easily. If the restaurant client enquires the waiter that the cooker needs to cook how long time to finish the kind of food, then he can also promote the kind of food to let the client to choose to eat easily. So, learning salespeople sale psychology and skill, which is important to influence any businesses successes. I shall explain how to know salespeople psychology and every salesperson's strengths or weaknesses of sales skills, in order to find whether whom has which kinds of weaknesses to his/her sale skill to improve. I also indicate any actual business organizations to let readers to evaluate whether their poor sales teams' sale skills, it is one major factor to influence their long term sale growth in success. My recommendation how entrepreneur chooses to achieve whose marketing or/and economy or / and salespeople training strategy to achieve to raise organizational more efficiency and effectiveness. I shall indicate why some UK and US some large business organizations whose weakness and strengths to cause whose organizations inefficient and I shall give recommendation how they can change their marketing or/and economy or/and human resource ( organizational behavior) strategy to achieve more efficiency or effective. Practical application of any salespeople training psychological strategy theory is provided through case studies.
How to Reduce Factory Costs
This practical guide for factory managers offers a wealth of tips and strategies for reducing costs and improving efficiency. Drawing on his extensive experience in the industry, the anonymous author shares real-life examples of cost-cutting measures that have been successful in a variety of factories. Topics covered include labor, materials, overhead, and more.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.
Digitalization, Technology and Global Business
This book explores the impact that changes brought by digitalization are having in the way global businesses are run and grown. The main changes in recent years have come from the ubiquitous presence of technology in our daily life (and therefore in business) and also by the direction globalization is taken. Consequently, companies need to review their sources of growth.This book has four primary missions. The first is to critically analyze the impact of digitalization and technology on incumbent international business theories. The second is to deeply understand how digitalization and technology can continue to create growth opportunities. The third is to engage with the opportunities and challenges that digital models and new technologies, digital platforms and Artificial Intelligence in particular, are bringing to the current business and economic environment. And finally, the fourth is to think on possible scenarios and trends that can be the source of growth in the future. This book will be of interest to academics of digital business, international business and innovation and society. It will also be of interest to practitioners and policymakers.
Accelerated Action Learning
In a knowledge-based society, people should not simply collect knowledge but should utilize and apply it to solve a problem. Action learning makes organizational members learn while solving real problems in the workplace. However, traditional action learning might not be effective for rapidly changing environments, because it is typically a process that requires substantial time. Therefore, this book provides a guideline on how to apply action learning quickly in workplaces--especially in virtual settings. Action learning allows the organization to develop people while, at the same time, getting work done. It is an alternative to classroom-based and online learning programs. In addition, it can also be an alternative to the instructional systems design (ISD) model or the successive approximation model (SAM) as a means of developing planned instruction if used for that purpose. Action learning can be an effective tool for Web 2.0 learning. Many organizations are now using self-directed teams and other team formats for work. It makes sense to revisit planned on-the-job training and learning with an emphasis on teams. Action learning is a process involving a small group with facilitators and action-learning process managers, so it is one of the best options for team-based problem-solving. This book provides real action learning cases. There are needs that have emerged in these post-pandemic times. There is a need to explain how action learning can be applied to various settings, issues, and challenges. Since COVID-19 occurred, many people must work in virtual or hybrid settings. This book gives trainers--who could be HR managers, operating managers, or learning and development professionals--guidelines that can be used in virtual settings to meet the new needs. Essentially, this book is written for team facilitators, supervisors, managers, or team members who wish to plan action-oriented, problem-based, and work-related learning experiences in real time. Because many action-learning books are written for an academic audience, it is not easy to put action learning into practice. Therefore, the goal of this book is to provide guidelines on how action learning starts, what basic principles should be considered, and what tools and techniques are needed for rapid action learning. The book is intended to be a primer on how to facilitate a planned learning project in a team or workgroup.
Accelerated Action Learning
In a knowledge-based society, people should not simply collect knowledge but should utilize and apply it to solve a problem. Action learning makes organizational members learn while solving real problems in the workplace. However, traditional action learning might not be effective for rapidly changing environments, because it is typically a process that requires substantial time. Therefore, this book provides a guideline on how to apply action learning quickly in workplaces--especially in virtual settings. Action learning allows the organization to develop people while, at the same time, getting work done. It is an alternative to classroom-based and online learning programs. In addition, it can also be an alternative to the instructional systems design (ISD) model or the successive approximation model (SAM) as a means of developing planned instruction if used for that purpose. Action learning can be an effective tool for Web 2.0 learning. Many organizations are now using self-directed teams and other team formats for work. It makes sense to revisit planned on-the-job training and learning with an emphasis on teams. Action learning is a process involving a small group with facilitators and action-learning process managers, so it is one of the best options for team-based problem-solving. This book provides real action learning cases. There are needs that have emerged in these post-pandemic times. There is a need to explain how action learning can be applied to various settings, issues, and challenges. Since COVID-19 occurred, many people must work in virtual or hybrid settings. This book gives trainers--who could be HR managers, operating managers, or learning and development professionals--guidelines that can be used in virtual settings to meet the new needs. Essentially, this book is written for team facilitators, supervisors, managers, or team members who wish to plan action-oriented, problem-based, and work-related learning experiences in real time. Because many action-learning books are written for an academic audience, it is not easy to put action learning into practice. Therefore, the goal of this book is to provide guidelines on how action learning starts, what basic principles should be considered, and what tools and techniques are needed for rapid action learning. The book is intended to be a primer on how to facilitate a planned learning project in a team or workgroup.
Unleashing Society’s Innovative Capacity
This is an open access book. Europe faces significant challenges in the coming decades: geopolitical, demographic, technological, increased competition, climate-related, and health issues due to an aging population, to mention a few. Given these challenges, technological progress and new ways of handling complex issues will be key to continued prosperity and growth. To accomplish a growth process driven by innovation and entrepreneurship, the institutional environment must take into account a multitude of different policy areas that interact to either strengthen or weaken an economy's innovative potential. Innovation is not only about R&D and higher education but is also intimately related to entrepreneurship. Similarly, entrepreneurship is not only about low start-up costs and favorable tax rates. Hence, a consistent and coordinated policy environment conducive to innovation and entrepreneurship is required to translate innovation into high-growth firms and macro-level growth. This book presents the basic cornerstones required to provide a policy regime that can nurture such dynamics. The authors draw extensively on empirical analysis of the development of the Swedish economy, which has been transformed from a so-called "sclerosis" state in the 1980s until the early 1990s to an economy characterized by successful entrepreneurship and innovation. This transformation resulted from a reform agenda that has been gradually rolled out, beginning in the mid-1980s. The authors argue that the Swedish experience provides useful lessons for other nations as well.
Unleashing Society's Innovative Capacity
This is an open access book. Europe faces significant challenges in the coming decades: geopolitical, demographic, technological, increased competition, climate-related, and health issues due to an aging population, to mention a few. Given these challenges, technological progress and new ways of handling complex issues will be key to continued prosperity and growth. To accomplish a growth process driven by innovation and entrepreneurship, the institutional environment must take into account a multitude of different policy areas that interact to either strengthen or weaken an economy's innovative potential. Innovation is not only about R&D and higher education but is also intimately related to entrepreneurship. Similarly, entrepreneurship is not only about low start-up costs and favorable tax rates. Hence, a consistent and coordinated policy environment conducive to innovation and entrepreneurship is required to translate innovation into high-growth firms and macro-level growth. This book presents the basic cornerstones required to provide a policy regime that can nurture such dynamics. The authors draw extensively on empirical analysis of the development of the Swedish economy, which has been transformed from a so-called "sclerosis" state in the 1980s until the early 1990s to an economy characterized by successful entrepreneurship and innovation. This transformation resulted from a reform agenda that has been gradually rolled out, beginning in the mid-1980s. The authors argue that the Swedish experience provides useful lessons for other nations as well.
Deploying Enterprise Systems
This book focuses on topics that business managers and project teams in global enterprises need to understand and follow to successfully deploy an Enterprise System (ES) for their organization. It explains: Why this type of software product will appeal to global organizations with the promise to replace their older individual systems with a single integrated ES and how an ES allows companies to integrate their unique operations with a single system of many integrated modules that are designed to provide prebuilt and tested applications; New concepts, steps, risks, and methods that an organization should follow to successfully create and deploy an ES; and the top 10 reasons that ES projects fail and the practices to manage these risks. In addition, the book describes a new Implementation Model and methods to ensure success in deploying an ES across a firm with several divisions, international operations, product lines, and infrastructure. Essentially, this book: Describes, in non-technical terms, what business functions this new software product will improve Shows how an enterprise should use this software product to accomplish their goals to install and use this new technology to upgrade their older systems Explains what an organization's management and project teams should avoid during selecting, planning, and implementing their ES to avoid common mistakes Describes the skills and experience (including IT and general management) the Project Manager must have to lead the project team(s) to implement this advanced system.
Basic Mathematical Programming Theory
The subject of (static) optimization, also called mathematical programming, is one of the most important and widespread branches of modern mathematics, serving as a cornerstone of such scientific subjects as economic analysis, operations research, management sciences, engineering, chemistry, physics, statistics, computer science, biology, and social sciences. This book presents a unified, progressive treatment of the basic mathematical tools of mathematical programming theory. The authors expose said tools, along with results concerning the most common mathematical programming problems formulated in a finite-dimensional setting, forming the basis for further study of the basic questions on the various algorithmic methods and the most important particular applications of mathematical programming problems. This book assumes no previous experience in optimization theory, and the treatment of the various topics is largely self-contained. Prerequisites are the basic tools of differential calculus for functions of several variables, the basic notions of topology and of linear algebra, and the basic mathematical notions and theoretical background used in analyzing optimization problems. The book is aimed at both undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in mathematical programming problems but also those professionals who use optimization methods and wish to learn the more theoretical aspects of these questions.
Managing Globalized, Deglobalized and Reglobalized Supply Chains
This book provides an in-depth exploration of the complexities surrounding supply chain globalization, de-globalization, and the prospective re-globalization. It not only presents the interplay of these phenomena but also navigates their root causes through the lens of organizational, economic and political theories. The analysis spans across multiple fields, enabling readers to grasp the full breadth and depth of the dynamics at play. In this book, you'll delve into the intricacies of global sourcing and production. These discussions will help you understand the layers of complexities inherent in managing global supply chains. You'll explore the risks and uncertainties associated with international supply chain operations, gaining insight into building resilient and adaptive systems capable of thriving amidst constant change. You'll also learn about the sustainability challenges emerging within the global supply chain environment. How can firms ensure that their supply chains remain economically viable, socially responsible, and environmentally friendly? These and other topics find their discussions in the pages of this book. This book offers considerable value for various readers. Students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels can gain essential understanding of concepts and phenomena related to supply chain globalization. Operational managers can find practical implications and strategies for managing their global supply chains amidst an unpredictable international trade environment. Finally, the book doesn't only focus on the present. It forecasts potential future developments and proposes new research directions in the fields of supply chain management, strategic management, and international business. Thus, it's also an indispensable resource for scholars seeking fresh perspectives and avenues for exploration.
Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement
This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement, EuroSPI 2023, held in Grenoble, France, in August-September 2023.The 47 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 100 submissions. The papers are organized according to the following topical sections: SPI and emerging and multidisciplinary approaches to software engineering; digitalisation of industry, infrastructure and e-mobility; SPI and good/bad SPI practices in improvement; SPI and functional safety and cybersecurity; SPI and agile; SPI and standards and safety and security norms; sustainability and life cycle challenges; SPI and recent innovations; virtual reality and augmented reality.
Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement
This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement, EuroSPI 2023, held in Grenoble, France, in August-September 2023.The 47 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 100 submissions. The papers are organized according to the following topical sections: SPI and emerging and multidisciplinary approaches to software engineering; digitalisation of industry, infrastructure and e-mobility; SPI and good/bad SPI practices in improvement; SPI and functional safety and cybersecurity; SPI and agile; SPI and standards and safety and security norms; sustainability and life cycle challenges; SPI and recent innovations; virtual reality and augmented reality.
Coffee Talk
You are looking for a team building game that is simple to run at your next office team building meeting. You want it to be an easy to run icebreaker that promotes team bonding. You are a busy manager and want people to connect and engage and get to know each other a bit better. Coffee Talk is the answer. The benefits of this team building book include: Easy to understand team building game that can be easily implemented at your next meeting.Fast paced and inclusive team building game that encourages a safe way for everyone to participate.Tested team building games from an expert in the field.Professionally designed team building game that includes step-by-step instructions.The kindle version can be "flipped through" like a card deck - and it fits on your phone so you have it everywhere you go!This intimate and interactive team-building game will have you and your team getting to know one another with the flip of a page. This is the premiere way to get your groups talking and a real hit at your next meeting, retreat or road trip! The book is bilingual (French and English.). It's unique design is like having a deck of cards in your hand.The team building author has been an international motivational speaker and team building designer for over 30 years. He is the author of over 25 books, 100's of team building games, and dozens of team building apps. Tyler Hayden is the founder and creative mind behind www.teambuildingschool.com, which is a one-stop-shop for team building courses and downloadable team building games, icebreakers, and office team building.His business clients include: TD Bank, Subaru, Honeywell, Michelin, and Pratt-Whitney.
Bizarrchitecture
Suffused with helpful diagrams and interesting morsels of information Bill leads us on a journey through some of the experiences which piqued his curiosity and led him to pursue a career in Business Architecture. Then, armed with the approach and skills that gave him, he moves on to weightier matters that affect us all. Are things REALLY how we think or are told they are? How did they get to be that way? Why DO people get angry at the wrong things? Finally we are treated to an insight into what it's like to suffer a stroke, and to some of the things he learned in his pursuit of recovery.
Reclaiming School in the Aftermath of Trauma
This monograph contains eight thought-leading contributions on various topics related to supply chain finance and risk management: "Disruption Mitigation and Pricing Flexibility" by Oben Ceryan and Florian L羹cker. "Optimal Newsvendor IRM with Downside Risk" by Paolo Guiotto and Andrea Roncoroni. "Competitive Forward and Spot Trading Under Yield Uncertainty" by Lusheng Shao, Derui Wang, and Xiaole Wu. "The Impact of Commodity Price Uncertainty on the Economic Value of Waste-to-Energy Conversion in Agricultural Processing" by Bin Li, Onur Boyabatlı, and Buket Avcı. "Corporate Renewable Procurement" by Selvaprabu Nadarajah. "Blockchain-Based Digital Payment Obligations for Trade Finance" by Jing Hou, Burak Kazaz, and Fasheng Xu. "Long-term Service Agreement in Power Systems" by Panos Kouvelis, Hirofumi Matsuo, Yixuan Xiao, and Quan Yuan. "The Bullwhip Effect in Servicized Manufacturers" by Jiang Shenyang, Jiang Zhibin, Niu Yimeng, and Wu Jing.
Cultural Enablers
When done well, implementing the principles found in the Cultural Enablers dimension of the Shingo Model leads to an organizational culture that assures a safe environment, places a special emphasis on the development of its people, and engages and empowers everyone in the pursuit of continuous improvement.This fifth book of the Shingo Model series is laid out in a format similar to a Shingo workshop. You'll find chapters devoted to both of the principles, examples from organizations from around the world, an overview of key systems and ideal behaviors, and a few expanded case studies to aid your learning.Cultural Enablers is designed to help all organizations on their journey towardexcellence. You will better understand the concepts of respect and humility, and how these two principles can be brought to life through the creation of your own ideal behaviors. Although the systems listed here are not exhaustive, you'll discover an overview of a few systems that are critical to developing a world-class culture of continuous improvement that is characterized by high levels of engagement and daily problem solving.
Modern Economic Regulation
Economic regulation affects us all, shaping how we access essential services such as water, energy and transport, as well as how we communicate with one another in the digital world. Modern Economic Regulation describes the core insights of economic theory on which regulatory policies are based and connects this with evidence of how regulation is applied. It focuses on fundamental questions such as: why are certain industries regulated? What principles can inform regulation? How is regulation implemented? Which regulatory policies have been more, or less, effective in practice? All chapters in this second edition are fully updated to reflect the latest research and evidence, while five new chapters cover behavioural economics and the regulation of rail, aviation, payment systems and digital platforms. Each chapter contains discussion questions and topical case studies, and online materials include over 60 applied exercises that explore real-life regulatory problems from around the world.
Modern Economic Regulation
Economic regulation affects us all, shaping how we access essential services such as water, energy and transport, as well as how we communicate with one another in the digital world. Modern Economic Regulation describes the core insights of economic theory on which regulatory policies are based and connects this with evidence of how regulation is applied. It focuses on fundamental questions such as: why are certain industries regulated? What principles can inform regulation? How is regulation implemented? Which regulatory policies have been more, or less, effective in practice? All chapters in this second edition are fully updated to reflect the latest research and evidence, while five new chapters cover behavioural economics and the regulation of rail, aviation, payment systems and digital platforms. Each chapter contains discussion questions and topical case studies, and online materials include over 60 applied exercises that explore real-life regulatory problems from around the world.
Business Model Innovation for Energy Transition
This book presents a dynamics model-based perspective for attaining the energy transitions by business model innovation. It examines how dynamic business modelling and innovation studies can assist in the sustainability transitions field, highlighting the role of technological innovation system (TIS) and dynamic performance management (DPM). In the last decade, renewables have operated in the context of emerging societal transitions. Indeed, one of the current challenges for the energy sector is to transform business models in tune with shifting societal and market conditions. This work shows how dynamic business modelling captures the feedback loops and the behaviour of performance measures to contribute the energy transitions. Besides, this book offers an in-depth discussion on innovation measurement to designing index of green technology, which it will prove useful to those studying management sciences, energy, innovation, and sustainability.
Recent Advances in the Theory of Third-Degree Price Discrimination
​This book provides an updated overview of the recent progress in the theoretical study of third-degree price discrimination. It is a marketing tactic and is said to be present if the unit price is different across different groups of buyers. Its welfare evaluation is often difficult because it entails two countervailing effects: on one hand, it exploits surplus from consumers who have high willingness-to-pay, but on the other hand, it generates gains from trade from consumers who otherwise would not purchase the good. Recognizing this difficulty, we provide new insights on evaluation of third-degree price discrimination in consideration of network effects and vertical product differentiation. Our analysis is particularly useful for the industries related to information and communication technologies (ICT) because these two elements characterize them. Furthermore, we also study the welfare effects of third-degree price discrimination under imperfect competition other than monopoly.At first, it seems that it may complicate the analysis under monopoly. However, we argue that the main thrusts of analysis under monopoly carry over to the case of oligopoly. We also take into account behavioral aspects and their implications for studying third-degree price discrimination. Overall, this book is designed to provide implications for contemporary management and policy issues by advancing theoretical issues in industrial organization.
Bizarrchitecture
Suffused with helpful diagrams and interesting morsels of information Bill leads us on a journey through some of the experiences which piqued his curiosity and led him to pursue a career in Business Architecture. Then, armed with the approach and skills that gave him, he moves on to weightier matters that affect us all. Are things REALLY how we think or are told they are? How did they get to be that way? Why DO people get angry at the wrong things? Finally we are treated to an insight into what it's like to suffer a stroke, and to some of the things he learned in his pursuit of recovery.
The Illusion of Control
This book comprehensively assesses the growing importance of project data for project scheduling, risk analysis and control. It discusses the relevance of project data for both researchers and professionals, and illustrates why the collection, processing and use of such data is not as straightforward as most people think. The theme of this book is known in the literature as data-driven project management and includes the discussion of using computer algorithms, human intuition, and project data for managing projects under risk. The book reviews the basic components of data-driven project management by summarizing the current state-of-the-art methodologies, including the latest computer and machine learning algorithms and statistical methodologies, for project risk and control. It highlights the importance of artificial project data for academics, and describes the specific requirements such data must meet. In turn, the book discusses a wide variety of statistical methods available to generate these artificial data and shows how they have helped researchers to develop algorithms and tools to improve decision-making in project management. Moreover, it examines the relevance of project data from a professional standpoint and describes how professionals should collect empirical project data for better decision-making. Finally, the book introduces a new approach to data collection, generation, and analysis for creating project databases, making it relevant for academic researchers and professional project managers alike.
Military logistics technology throughout history
Discover the military logistics techniques that have been applied by armies from ancient times to the present day and the errors and successes in the practical application of basic logistical principles. From the study of this technical-historical book, we will conclude that, as it has been throughout history, "an army moves on its stomach". It will be demonstrated once again that the scientific branch of the Art of War (logistics) less commented and taken into account, is in fact the cornerstone of success in war, always counting in our study, in addition, with the influence of the human spirit, "which can upset the cold logistical calculations", since in war "the moral is to the physical (logistics) as three is to one".
Maritime Decarbonization
This volume analyses maritime decarbonization from various perspectives. It contains unique approaches and tools in four areas: scenarios, value chains, enablers, and partnerships.Decarbonization has become a very important focus in the maritime industry. Anyone that delves into the topic quickly appreciates its breadth and complexity. Minimizing greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in maritime practices at large and doing it swiftly is far from simple. The Paris 2015 climate goals and the IMO ambitions may be the industry's guiding lights. But is this enough? Probably not. At the managerial level a paradigm shift is needed: from a fixed mindset that is calling for compensation to a growth mindset that seeks to capture the benefits of decarbonization. This will require a structured approach in the form of practical frameworks and clear recommendations. In this book 75 scholars and industry and subject matter experts have joined forces to explore different scenarios, value chain designs, decarbonization enablers, and partnership models to develop frameworks and recommendations around how to effectively work and make progress. The books offers a valuable mix of theory, practical tools, and real-life cases.
Advances in Management Accounting
Volume 34 of Advances in Management Accounting uses a variety of methods, from experiments to surveys, to build upon existing knowledge within the management accounting discipline. Containing a diverse range of authors from Australia, China, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, this theoretically sound and practical research has a cutting-edge, wide-reaching appeal. Showcasing chapters on performance measurement, management control, incentive compensation and budgeting, this edited collection appeals particularly to management accountants in practice, analysing topics such as the effects that narcissism, psychological pressure, honesty, fairness, service quality and corporate social responsibility have on both performance and the roles of management accountants. Advances in Management Accounting (AMA) publishes thought-provoking volumes that advance knowledge in the management accounting discipline and are of interest to both academics and practitioners. The series seeks thoughtful, well -developed articles on a variety of current topics in management accounting, broadly defined. All research methods including survey research, field tests, corporate case studies, experiments, meta-analyses, and modeling are welcome.
The 2-Hour Workshop Blueprint
Even for experienced facilitators, putting together a 2-hour workshop can be daunting.Where to start? What to include? How to engage the audience? How to create impact and positive results? Above all, how to do all this quickly and effectively?Drawing on years of experience designing and delivering workshops all over the world, Leanne Hughes' '2-Hour Workshop Blueprint' gives you a formula to create sessions that hit the mark every time. Leanne's SPARK framework takes you step by step, from first contact with a client all the way through to post-session review and follow-up.Cut your design & development time and create impactful and memorable sessions that engage participants from the start. Leave them asking, when's your next workshop?
SAP Ui Frameworks for Enterprise Developers
Dive into the world of SAP UIs and begin your journey to becoming a development expert. In this book, you will learn the latest cutting-edge web technologies and gain a comprehensive understanding of the user experience concept that undergirds the SAP Fiori design system. SAP UI Frameworks for Enterprise Developers is filled with hands-on tutorials that will guide you through every step of the development journey, from setting up your coding editor to building your first application using UI5, SAP Fiori Elements, UI5 Web Components, or Fundamental Library Styles. Authors Marius Obert and Volker Buzek understand that staying ahead in the rapidly evolving UI technology landscape can be challenging, so they've included insights into upcoming industry-wide trends and future innovations. This book will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to build intuitive applications with an eye-catching, SAP Fiori-conforming user interface.Don't miss this opportunity to take your UI development skills to the next level!What You Will LearnGain an overview of the technologies that can be used to implement enterprise-ready SAP Fiori UIs ready to be deployed in the cloud as well as on-premisesDiscover resources for connecting with domain experts to stay on top your game and learn about innovations in the SAP ecosystemSurvey industry-wide technologies trends, like micro frontends and PWA, and relate these trends to both enterprise software and new projects led by SAPWho This Book Is For This book is intended for anyone interested in building intuitive enterprise user interfaces with modern web technologies in the greater SAP universe.
Supply Chain Analytics
This textbook offers a detailed account of analytical models used to solve complex supply chain problems. It introduces a unique risk analysis framework that helps the reader understand the sources of uncertainties and use appropriate models to improve decisions in supply chains. This framework illustrates the complete supply chain for a product and demonstrates the supply chain's exposure to demand, supply, inventory, and financial risks. Step by step, this book provides a detailed examination of analytical methods that optimize operational decisions under different types of uncertainty. It discusses stochastic inventory models, introduces uncertainty modeling methods, and explains methods for managing uncertainty. To help readers deepen their understanding, it includes access to various supplementary material including an online interactive tool in Python. This book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students of supply chain management with a focus on supply chain analytics. It also prepares practitioners to make better decisions in this field.
The Effect of Economic Integration on Local and Regional Development
Essay from the year 2023 in the subject Economics - Industrial Economics, grade: A, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the effect of economic integration on local and regional development in Africa. It explores the potential benefits, challenges, and opportunities that come with economic integration among African countries. The study acknowledges the importance of economic integration in accelerating growth and development on the continent, and highlights the need for effective national economic frameworks and policies to support regional integration efforts. Economic integration is seen as a blueprint for African countries to reap the benefits of globalization and integration into the global economy. The paper reviews the concept of economic integration, the stages of integration, and the benefits it brings, such as expanded markets, increased efficiency, and economies of scale. However, it also acknowledges the challenges facing economic integration in Africa, including poor governance, low political commitment, and weak institutional frameworks. The paper analyzes the progress of the East African Community (EAC) as an example of regional economic integration and highlights the positive impacts it has had on market access, trade negotiation capacity, transport and communication infrastructure, and the free movement of people and goods. The study concludes that economic integration has the potential to transform the African economic landscape, but the challenges need to be addressed, including addressing corruption, strengthening institutional frameworks, and harmonizing policies. The paper recommends the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as a means to accelerate greater integration among African nations and remove barriers to trade and development.
Looking for Information
This fifth edition is redesigned to reflect the breadth of research across information behaviour studies, with a new streamlined, six-chapter structure, presenting a refreshed look at information needs and seeking practices, while also embracing contemporary concepts such as information use, creation, and embodiment.
Research Regarding the Influence of Social Media on the Quality of Services in the Sharing Economy
The paper coordinated by Prof. Dr. Bogdan Cristian Onete is a topical subject in the context of the present informational era. It suggests a distinct approach regarding social media and the peer-to-peer platforms from the perspective of the quality of services and collaborative consumption. The research of the paper includes a quantitative research regarding the implications of peer-to-peer platforms concerning the consumer, and a qualitative research with regards to social media and its degree of influence on the quality of services. This research presents many interesting findings regarding the consumer perception of quality of services in the context of the sharing economy. These findings are valuable for all parties working in the domain of the sharing economy or collaborative consumption.
Aligning Instructional Design with Business Goals
Evaluation-oriented instructional design that delivers business results. Rethink how to design training instruction to meet bottom-line business goals. With his eight-step framework for measurement and evaluation-focused instructional design, Kristopher Newbauer offers a straightforward process for helping instructional designers and talent development (TD) leaders demonstrate and actualize their value while also transforming their attitude toward an often-dreaded practice. With Aligning Instructional Design With Business Goals, improve your business acumen by adopting the language of your business leaders. Enhance the partnership among measurement and evaluation specialists, instructional designers, and business leaders to improve the TD function. Uncover the root cause of performance gaps to design more meaningful instruction--and thus increase ROI. With case studies and examples to illustrate, learn to: Promote your TD function as a strategy for achieving business goals. Ensure TD programs are aligned to the company's strategic objectives. Design and develop effective TD programs. Demonstrate to business leaders measurable added value in revenue and employee success.
21st Century Sports
Discover the exciting future of sports in the digital age with "21st Century Sports: How Technologies Will Change Sports in the Digital Age." This thought-provoking book, now in its second edition, delves into the transformative power of technology on the world of sports within the next five to ten years and beyond. Written by esteemed academics from prestigious institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Cambridge, alongside seasoned practitioners with extensive technological expertise, this collection of essays offers profound insights. Through their comprehensive analysis, the authors explore the profound impacts of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, blockchain, web3 and robotics on sports. Uncover how these technologies will revolutionize not only the nature of sports itself but also consumer behavior and existing business models. Athletes, entrepreneurs, and innovators working in the sports and other industries will find invaluable guidance to identify trendsetting technologies, gain deeper insights into their implications, and stay ahead of the competition, both on and off the field. In this new edition, a special focus is given to technology convergence, featuring chapters on the future of fandom, sports in the third connected age and in new digital worlds like the Metaverse. This book is your gateway to the dynamic world where technology and sports intersect, offering a compelling vision of what lies ahead.
Digital Transformation - Towards New Frontiers and Business Opportunities
In the business world, digital transformation involves finding and developing new strategies and modernizing the information technology of private and public companies. This book presents practices, challenges, and opportunities related to digital transformation. It includes fourteen chapters that address digital transformation in a variety of industries, including finance, construction, education, marketing, and more.
Knowledge Preservation and Curation
In order to achieve its full value, knowledge must flow and be continuously used. Knowledge use, reuse, and repurposing has been a challenge discussed in knowledge sciences literature for over three decades. Based on a review of research and conversations with business stakeholders, the authors investigate and offer solutions to two key challenges - preserving and curating knowledge. Knowledge Preservation and Curation focusses on business value and processes rather than traditional legal and financial requirements, and further, explores preservation and curation in known and unknown business futures. Real-world examples from cutting-edge private and public sector organizations are included, and give unique insight into the world of knowledge management.
Operations Research
This is the third edition of a textbook that has been used in a number of undergraduate courses and covers the standard models and techniques used in decision-making in organizations. The main emphasis of the book is on modelling business-related scenarios and the generation of decision alternatives. Fully solved examples from many areas are used to illustrate the main concepts without getting bogged down in technical details. The book presents an approach to operations research that is heavily based on modelling and makes extensive use of sensitivity analyses. It is the result of the authors' many years of combined teaching experience. The third edition includes new topics such as nonlinear programming and reliability theory, as well as additional material on multi-attribute decision-making. Each chapter includes a number of fully solved problems that allow students to practice or self-study. Additional problems are available on the book's accompanying website.
Beyond Hybrid Working
This is an engaging and practical management book to help organisations not just implement flexible working, but also rethink all aspects of traditional work in the post-pandemic landscape to reap the benefits of working smarter. It is essential reading for anyone involved in workplace change and increasing organisational efficiency.
Managing Organisational Politics
"Understanding organisational politics is critical for coaches who want to bring a systemic lens to their work. This fascinating title brings this topic to life, blending insight and practice on diverse themes from gender to digital and from presence to psychological safety."Prof Jonathan Passmore, Professor of Coaching & Behavioural Change, Henley Business School, UK"This book is an invaluable guide for anyone wanting to create an inclusive work environment despite the complexities of office politics... Whether you're a seasoned executive or just starting your career, this book is a must-read for anyone seeking to thrive in today's competitive business environment."Dr Riza Kadilar, EMCC Global President, The Netherlands For employees, managing politics is a core skill. For coaches and mentors, there is the constant dilemma of how to help a client thrive in a political environment while remaining authentic. Coaching, Mentoring and Organisational Politics draws on the experiences of coaches, mentors, leaders and managers from around the world. As all organisations are political environments, politics are likely to affect every coach at some point in their professional career. The authors expertly navigate this complex topic, going beyond collating existing concepts and undertaking new, first-hand research into what issues are considered "political" and the challenges they pose for leaders. The book: - Includes case studies from a wide range of organisations, from the public sector to 'Big 4' firms- Contains an Organisational Politics Awareness Tool to encourage reflection and dialogue- Offers practical approaches for maintaining integrity Coaching, Mentoring and Organisational Politics is an invaluable guide for coaches and mentors struggling to navigate the complexities of professional politics or who simply want to learn how to best support their clients in politicised environments. David Clutterbuck is the co-founder of the European Coaching and Mentoring Council (EMCC) and Practice Lead for Coaching and Mentoring International. He is visiting professor of coaching and mentoring at four universities and has authored over 75 books. Tim Bright is a co-founder of EMCC Turkey and works internationally as a coach and consultant. He is currently based in Istanbul with OneWorld Consulting. Lise Lewis is an executive coach and award-winning coach supervisor with an international practice. She is the immediate past President of EMCC Global and currently its Special Ambassador, and is also the founder of Bluesky International. Riddhika Khoosal is an organisation development consultant, facilitator, speaker and coach. She delivers programmes for some of the world's largest organisations, helping leaders around the globe improve their wellbeing and performance.
