Brand identity and its impact on customer loyalty
Branding is the marketing practice of actively shaping your brand. That's the basic definition, but there is so much more that goes into it. Branding is what your business needs to break through the clutter and grab your ideal customer's attention. It's what transforms first-time buyers into lifetime customers and turns an indifferent audience into brand evangelists. It's what you need to stand out, make an impact, and take your business to the next level.
Agile and Lean Governance of Project Portfolios
The subject of this research is project portfolio governance, and its improvement based on agile and lean methods and concepts. The existing project portfolio frameworks and governance processes use traditional principles, regulation, planning, and control methods. Whilst this is an area of intensive research, the agile and lean governance is a relative new domain, for which a certain cognisance and practical results related to influence of agile approach and methods on governance processes, risks, and quality are missing. The new conceptual governance framework, emerging as one of the main scientific contributions from this research, improves the management of project portfolio processes' execution and reduces the risks of portfolio components' implementation. The scientific contribution from this research is foremost methodological in introducing of agile and lean project portfolio governance concepts, methods, and processes, followed by the referent agile process governance framework and its taxonomy, and finally in the evaluation of the possibility for the application of the agile governance framework, with the aim of the portfolio components' implementation risks reduction.
Tourist Hotel and Local Community Livelihood Development
This study focuses on assessing the contribution of tourist hotels in socio-economic development. Three villages in Mto wa Mbu ward in Monduli district namely, Barabarani, Majengo and Migombani were involved. Survey data were collected using household questionnaire survey, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), Semi-structured Interviews, and by observation. The study found that about 9.3% of the local communities could see benefits out of tourism hotels/lodges available in the area. The benefits included social projects on construction of schools, dispensary and provision of clean water. About 33.3% of the local communities could see direct benefits, where the benefits included employment opportunities. The study revealed major limiting factors on achieving win-win situations among stakeholders which include; poverty, poor education, lack of community initiatives, personal-interest, poor policy implementations, lack of transparency, poor, technology and bureaucracy. The study concludes that these investments have the potential of improving local communities' livelihood.
Address Book
This Address Book is a perfect way to keep your contacts and information in a single place. Each interior page includes space and sections to record & write: NameAddressHome NumberCell NumberWork NumberFax NumberE-mailBirthdayNotesGreat for home or office. Will also make a wonderful gift for birthday or Christmas. Simple and easy to use for writing all your important contacts information. Large size is 8.5x11, 104 pages, white paper, black ink, soft matte finish cover, paperback.
Improving Convention Center Management Using Business Analytics and Key Performance Indicators, Volume I
Improving Convention Center Management Using Business Analytics and Key Performance Indicators presents sound practical advice from an author who successfully lived the experience. Transitioning from a traditional business model to one that is data driven and entrepreneurial can be difficult. This book explains the rationale and importance of each indicator along with data collection issues and presentation advice. It guides you through that process from launch and trial, up to making analytics an indispensible part of your management strategy.
Improving Convention Center Management Using Business Analytics and Key Performance Indicators, Volume II
Improving Convention Center Management Using Business Analytics and Key Performance Indicators presents sound practical advice from an author who successfully lived the experience. Transitioning from a traditional business model to one that is data driven and entrepreneurial can be difficult. This book explains the rationale and importance of each indicator along with data collection issues and presentation advice. It guides you through that process from launch and trial, up to making analytics an indispensible part of your management strategy.
Orienteering Problems
This tutorial introduces readers to several variants of routing problems with profits. In these routing problems each node has a certain profit, and not all nodes need to be visited. Since the orienteering problem (OP) is by far the most frequently studied problem in this category of routing problems, the book mainly focuses on the OP. In turn, other problems are presented as variants of the OP, focusing on the similarities and differences. The goal of the OP is to determine a subset of nodes to visit and in which order, so that the total collected profit is maximized and a given time budget is not exceeded.The book provides a comprehensive review of variants of the OP, such as the team OP, the team OP with time windows, the profitable tour problem, and the prize-collecting travelling salesperson problem. In addition, it presents mathematical models and techniques for solving these OP variants and discusses their complexity. Several simple examples and benchmark instances, together with their best-known results, are also included. Finally, the book reviews the latest applications of these problems in the fields of logistics, tourism and others.
The Multi-Criteria Approach for Decision Support
Chapter 1: The Multicriteria approach decision.- Chapter 2: The Multi-objective Optimization Problem with Fuzzy Goal Programming.- Chapter 3: Fuzzy Modes and Effects Analysis by using Fuzzy AHP.- Chapter 4: Multicriteria approach to classification systems of control aircraft flight: application Promethee method.- Chapter 5: The multicriteria approach assessment human risks: application the Analytical Hierarchy Process and PROMETHEE methods.
Exploring Meso-Level Dynamic Capabilities to Address the Capability Rigidity Paradox
In this book Florian Andresen aims to unpack the "capability rigidity paradox" within the dynamic capability view. Consequently, he tackles one of the core challenges in strategic management of the past decades. Providing a novel and thorough literature review on dynamic capabilities from the point of this paradox, the author discusses the current state of the literature to derive the core shortcomings meticulously. A case study of capability evolution in the German Armed Forces is interpreted against the backdrop of a strategy as process and practice lens, thus, allowing to propose the concept of meso‐level dynamic capabilities without falling prey to the capability rigidity paradox.
The Handbook of Financial Modeling
Financial modeling is a crucial concept for business leaders to understand and execute effectively, but few have the tools necessary to do so. While many professionals are familiar with financial statements and accounting reports, not many are truly proficient at building an accurate and practical financial model from the ground up. The Handbook of Financial Modeling provides these skills and so much more. Now in its second edition, The Handbook of Financial Modeling takes into account the new tech released since its successful initial release. Author Jack Avon uses his expertise to analyze the changes and improvements in industry-wide financial modeling through the past five years, in addition to instilling core concepts for readers of all experience levels. Approaching your company's financial issues with a modeler's perspective will transform and improve the rest of your business career's trajectory. Financial professionals, students, business leaders, aspiring CFOs, and more will come away with all the tools necessary to precisely and efficiently monitor an organization's assets and project future performance. The engaging case studies and Avon's expert analysis leave you prepared to monitor and predict your organization's finances effectively. Financial modeling's latest technology is at your fingertips, and this book's deep understanding of the topic ensures that you stay ahead of the pack. What You Will Learn Approach financial issues and solutions from a modeler's perspective Discover the importance of thinking about end users when developing a financial model Plan, design, and build a fully functional financial modelWho This Book Is ForAnalysts who would typically be middle management, VPs, and associates. It is also written for business graduates and MBA students.
Transforming Organizations Through Flexible Systems Management
A Generic Flexibility Evaluation Model.- Strategic Flexibility through Cross-Border Acquisitions: Market Response in Indian Context.- Impact of Disinvestment on Transforming the Performance of Indian Public Enterprises.- Effect of Vital Organizational Processes on Flexibility.- Employers' Perception on the Antecedents of Graduate Employability for the Information Technology Sector.- Big Data: Enabling Transformation through Empowerment.- E-Assessment - A Digital Solution for Promoting e-Governance.- Giving off a Rosy Glow: Exploring the Link between Self- Efficacy Optimism, Personal Optimism and Career Planning in Indian Sub-Continent.- Technology-Driven Workplace Transformation.- Supportive Culture: A Transformational Strategy.- Framework for Sustainable Healthcare Waste Management in India.- Sentiment Analysis: An Effective Way of Interpreting Consumer's Inclinations towards a Brand.- Channel Collaboration in E-Commerce: A Study on Channel Relationship from the Perspective of Vendors Selling on Online Platforms, the E-Retailers.- Examining Adoption of eNAM Platform for Transforming Agricultural Marketing in India.- Prioritizing Best Practices for Logistics Service Providers.- Framework for Green Flexible Manufacturing System.
Integrating Soft Computing Into Strategic Prospective Methods
This book discusses how to build optimization tools able to generate better future studies. It aims at showing how these tools can be used to develop an adaptive learning environment that can be used for decision making in the presence of uncertainties. The book starts with existing fuzzy techniques and multicriteria decision making approaches and shows how to combine them in more effective tools to model future events and take therefore better decisions. The first part of the book is dedicated to the theories behind fuzzy optimization and fuzzy cognitive map, while the second part presents new approaches developed by the authors with their practical application to trend impact analysis, scenario planning and strategic formulation. The book is aimed at two groups of readers, interested in linking the future studies with artificial intelligence. The first group includes social scientists seeking for improved methods for strategic prospective. The second group includes computer scientists and engineers seeking for new applications and current developments of Soft Computing methods for forecasting in social science, but not limited to this.
Applications of Operations Research and Management Science for Military Decision Making
Based on many years of applied research, modeling and educating future decision makers, the authors have selected the critical set of mathematical modeling skills for decision analysis to include in this book. The book focuses on the model formulation and modeling building skills, as well as the technology to support decision analysis. The authors cover many of the main techniques that have been incorporated into their three-course sequence in mathematical modeling for decision making in the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School.The primary objective of this book is illustrative in nature. It begins with an introduction to mathematical modeling and a process for formally thinking about difficult problems, illustrating many scenarios and illustrative examples. The book incorporates the necessary mathematical foundations for solving these problems with military applications and related military processes to reinforce the applied nature of themathematical modeling process.
India and the Knowledge Economy
Provides a comprehensive assessment of India's knowledge economy performance and prospectsSuggests a new way of thinking about innovation and knowledgeOffers concrete recommendations for action by policy makers
The Digital Supply Chain Challenge
The challenges facing supply chain professionals are changing rapidly. Today, far from focusing on capital expenditures and logistics such as warehousing and distribution, supply chain executives are expected to understand all aspects of the business, appreciate the constraints and expectations of upstream and downstream partners, and possess sufficient technological savvy to navigate the bewildering array of options presented by Industry 4.0 and supply chain digitalization (SCD). This book is for them.The Digital Supply Chain Challenge: Breaking Through is a distillation of the authors' 50+ years of combined supply chain experience, both at the coal face and in the classroom. Their insights and observations - captured in short articles and best-practice case studies - are brought together in one place for supply chain executives to consult at different times during their SCD voyage, to find benchmarks, relevant insights or even just to help formulate the right questions along the way. It is a sort of handbook to the essentials of digital supply chain transformation.
Komplexes Probleml繹sen
Probleml繹sekompetenz ist ein wichtiges Bildungsziel, bei dem es vor allem darum geht, sich mit neuen Gegebenheiten auseinanderzusetzen, sich an ver瓣nderte Bedingungen anzupassen und auf neue Herausforderungen flexibel reagieren zu k繹nnen. Dies ist eine in Zeiten der Automatisierung und k羹nstlichen Intelligenzen immer bedeutsamere F瓣higkeit. Auch die Schule kann dabei einen ma?geblichen Beitrag leisten. Dieses Buch analysiert am Beispiel der PISA-Studie sehr anschaulich die Stellhebel zur Kompetenzentwicklung. Kaum eine Studie erhebt so viele Kontextvariablen, die mit dieser F瓣higkeit in Verbindung gebracht werden k繹nnen, um daraus erfolgreiche Strategien und Methoden f羹r den Unterricht und die F繹rderung von Kindern und Jugendlichen abzuleiten.
New Methods and Applications in Multiple Attribute Decision Making (Madm)
This book presents 27 methods of the Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM), which are not discussed in the existing books, nor studied in details, using more applications. Nowadays, decision making is one of the most important and fundamental tasks of management as an organizational goal achievement that depends on its quality. Decision making includes the correct expression of objectives, determining different and possible solutions, evaluating their feasibility, assessing the consequences, and the results of implementing each solution, and finally, selecting and implementing the solution. Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is sum of the decision making techniques. MCDM is divided into the Multiple Objective Decision Making (MODM) for designing the best solution and MADM for selecting the best alternative. Given that the applications of MADM are mostly more than MODM, wide various techniques have been developed for MADM by researchers over the last 60 years, and the currentbook introduces some of the other new MADM methods.
Modern Web Performance Optimization
Web-based platforms have become vehicles for enterprises to realize their digital strategy and are key to positive user engagement. The performance of these platforms can make the difference between an effective sale and a negative review. There exist several tools and methodologies to enhance your digital platform's performance, and Modern Web Performance Optimization has arrived to walk you through them with an expert's guidance. Author Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar breaks the study of web performance optimization down into four digestible, applicable dimensions: performance patterns, framework and methods, process and tools, and the modern web. This multi-faceted approach ensures a broad optimization of your platforms and avoids the typical pitfalls of neglecting essential steps that so many often do. Shivakumar analyzes web performance ecosystem components such as validation, governance, metrics, key performance indicators, assessments, and monitoring, just to namea few. The book discusses reference architectures and relevant tools and technologies for successfully implementing a best practices-driven solution. Modern web frameworks such as HTML5 and PWA are also covered. Modern Web Performance Optimization puts readers from any level of experience at ease. Accessible templates, real-world case studies, and your very own performance optimization checklist make this book an engaging and interactive learning opportunity for platform owners across industries. Developers, engineers, project managers, and more are set up for long-term success with Modern Web Performance Optimization at their fingertips. What You Will LearnAnalyze the performance optimization across end-to-end layersUtilize a comprehensive web optimization framework for digital projectsImplement proven methods, best practices, and tools for webperformance optimization Who This Book Is ForSystem administrators, front-end developers, professionals looking to understand how to optimize their online presence
Od Strategije Do Akcije
Postoji priča koja govori o strategiji, a ide ovako: Sjedile tri zabe na lopoču cijeli dan i negdje predvečer jedna zaba odluči skočiti u vodu. Nagradno pitanje je: Koliko je zaba ostalo na lopoču? Iako dobivam različite odgovore, od niti jedna pa do sve tri, mozda ce vam se najtočniji odgovor činiti - dvije zabe. Ipak, točan odgovor je TRI. Dakle, jedna je zaba odlučila, ali nije skočila. U ovoj knjizi cemo pokusati ovu zabu, a i sve ostale naučiti - ne samo donijeti odluku i strategiju, nego i kako da vasu vrhunsku strategiju pretvorite u odlične taktičke i operativne zamisli te da ih sve zajedno prevedete u akcije koje ce donijeti vrijednost vama i vasim klijentima.
Make Your Organization a Center of Innovation
The call for innovation within both society and all sectors of enterprise at large grows louder every day. In order to achieve this, organizations need to attract talent with the insight and creativity necessary to be able to understand the needs of not only this generation, but also future generations. Make Your Organization a Center of Innovation introduces key frameworks that can be adapted to any business or team focused on innovation. Some aspects that are crucial for an organization to become a center of innovation are change management, process mining, and overall company strategy. Author Stijn Van Hijfte also introduces you to newer techniques that are still making their way up the ladder to overall industry adoption. These include AI, blockchain, and intelligent automation. Van Hijfte also takes care to ensure you choose the right innovation strategy for your specific company goals, as opposed to solely showing off the latest industry trends within the topic.Make Your Organization a Center of Innovation is perfect for business leaders, students, recruiters, and more. You will come away with insights about how to best prepare your team's stakeholders for the changes that innovation brings. The mission and vision of your organization should always be promoting new ideas, but a roadmap is needed to implement them effectively. Make Your Organization a Center of Innovation is the guide you've been seeking.What You Will LearnDiscover key innovation and idea generation frameworks that can be molded to suit your organizationPrepare stakeholders for the changes that will take placeChoose the right strategy for the mission and vision of the company Create an environment that actually promotes new ideasWho This Book is ForProfessionals that have an interest in innovation and want to have a high-level understanding of technologies and trends that could be useful in their search towards new solutions.
Disrupting Logistics
This book presents trends, developments, and examples of how digital disruption is currently reshaping the logistics industry. Logistics is the invisible force behind the global economy, influencing and providing a lens into all economic activities. Chapters written by respected experts in the field describe how new technologies such as autonomous vehicles, blockchain, Internet of things (IoT), and state-of-the-art freight management solutions are fundamentally changing supply chain solutions. Special emphasis is placed on promising start-ups and venture capital firms around the world that are now investing in the future of logistics."Supply chains hold significant room for optimization to the benefit of customers, industry participants, authorities and the environment. This book provides a unique set of perspectives from industry leaders covering a wide range of topics. It is a 'must read' for anyone seeking to understand and contribute to a better tomorrow in supply chains logistics." -- Thomas Bagge, Chief Executive Officer and Statutory Director DCSA"The need for standardisation and digitalisation in logistics is no longer an option. This book gives insights from industry experts, shows trends and innovations in platforms, underlines the need for transparency and how big data and analytics can make a world of difference. It's an incredible resource if you wish to better understand the new normal of logistics." -- Global Chief Digital & Information Officer, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company"This book presents readers with a straightforward and comprehensive assessment of supply chain innovation and trends and their impact on the industry. With contributions from several industry leaders, it provides critical knowledge and insight that supply chain and logistics managers need to implement disruptive technologies strategically." -- Rene Jacquat, Founder / Advisor, LogiChain Solutions
Export Beruflicher Aus- Und Weiterbildung
Im diesem Sammelband adressieren die Autoren charakteristische Herausforderungen des Exports von digitalen Lerndienstleistungen im Bereich der beruflichen Aus- und Weiterbildung. Sie stellen disziplin羹bergreifende Methoden und Modelle vor, mit denen die erforderliche Flexibilit瓣t auf Seiten der Dienstleister in der Planung, Vermarktung und Evaluation f羹r einen wachsenden internationalen Markt erreicht wird. Im Verbundprojekt kuLtig wurden anhand kulturangepasster, digitaler Lerndienstleistungen f羹r die Aus- und Weiterbildung in China die Praktikabilit瓣t und Transferf瓣higkeit der entwickelten L繹sungen aufgezeigt und wissenschaftlich begleitet.
The Cost of Free Shipping
Amazon is the most powerful corporation on the planet and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, has become the richest person in history, and one of the few people to profit from a global pandemic. Its dominance has reshaped the global economy itself: we live in the age of 'Amazon Capitalism'. 'One-click' instant consumerism and its immense variety of products has made Amazon a worldwide household name, with over 60% of US households subscribing to Amazon Prime. In turn, these subscribers are surveilled by the corporation. Amazon is also one of the world's largest logistics companies, resulting in weakened unions and lowered labor standards. The company has also become the largest provider of cloud-computing services and home surveillance systems, not to mention the ubiquitous Alexa. With cutting-edge analyses, this book looks at the many dark facets of the corporation, including automation, surveillance, tech work, workers' struggles, algorithmic challenges, the disruption of local democracy and much more. The Cost of Free Shipping shows how Amazon represents a fundamental shift in global capitalism that we should name, interrogate and be primed to resist.
Big Data Analytics and Intelligence
Big Data Analytics and Intelligence is essential reading for researchers and experts working in the fields of health care, data science, analytics, the internet of things, and information retrieval.
Learning & Development in Organisations
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT in ORGANISATIONS: STRATEGY, EVIDENCE and PRACTICE provides a comprehensive and thematic overview of the thinking, research evidence and practice of strategic L&D in organisations, to help students of L&D and HRM to acquire a deep understanding of the field and to inform the practice of L&D professionals. Each chapter incorporates pedagogical features to enable the student or practitioner to apply the concepts to organisational life, link theory to practice and signpost readers to the best available evidence on L&D practices.The three key sections of the book cover different aspects of L&D: - Section One: Concepts and Context of L&D in Organisations: The concepts of L&D, the external and internal context of L&D and the key dimensions of strategic L&D in organisations, including the key theoretical and conceptual foundations of strategic L&D;- Section Two: Theory and Practice of L&D: The main theories, concepts, models and practices that underpin strategic L&D in organisations;- Section Three: Developing the L&D Professional and the Future Role of L&D: The changing roles of L&D practitioners in organisations, their competence development, professional ethics and the future of strategic L&D.LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT in ORGANISATIONS: STRATEGY, EVIDENCE and PRACTICE is published in association with the Irish Institute of Training and Development and aims to set the agenda for L&D professionals in the future.
The Cultural Influence on Mass CustomizationTheCultural Influence on Mass Customization
This thesis empirically proofs a cultural influence on mass customization ‐ the personalization of mass products towards individual tastes - a topic of increasing importance in today's international markets. Based on quantitative research, the author observes differences in preferences among German and Chinese participants for varying product groups and mass customization stages. Contrasts in willingness‐to‐pay for mass‐customized goods are explored and the investigated cultural influence is attributed to specific cultural dimensions.
Energieorientierte Losgr繹?en- Und Reihenfolgeplanung Bei Zeitabh瓣ngigen Energiepreisen
Grundlagen und Ver瓣nderungen im Strommarkt 2.0.- Ans瓣tze der simultanen Losgr繹?en- und Reihenfolgeplanung.- Mathematische Optimierungsmodelle zur energieorientierten Losgr繹?en- und Reihenfolgeplanung.- Fallstudienbasierte Anwendung und Validierung
Economic Substance Regulations
International angelegte Steuervermeidungsstrategien von Unternehmen sind in der Vergangenheit in den Fokus der 繹ffentlichen Wahrnehmung ger羹ckt. Offshore-Strukturen wurden u. a. durch multinationale Unternehmen zur Gewinnverlagerung und -verk羹rzung genutzt. Die OECD hat als Antwort darauf einen BEPS-Aktionsplan entwickelt, der zur Bek瓣mpfung dieser Praktiken vorsieht, dass die Gesellschaft bei Ausf羹hrung einer relevanten T瓣tigkeit eine wirtschaftliche Substanz (Economic Substance) aufweisen muss. Die seitens der OECD aufgestellten Mindestanforderungen bilden den internationalen Standard und wurden in zahlreichen Niedrigsteuerjurisdiktionen umgesetzt. Das essential vermittelt kompakt das erforderliche Grundwissen zu Economic Substance Regulations und informiert praxisnah 羹ber deren Umsetzung in den einzelnen Staaten.
The Human Vector
A startling new scientific approach for businesses that maximizes employee energy and performance during these disruptive times. The Human Vector is a much-needed business management toolset, a true antidote to strife and turmoil that has engulfed businesses worldwide but especially in America. With multitudes working unsupervised from home, the Vector is a bridge that will ensure productivity from distance working. This book is a beacon for organizations to follow with the Vector's proven new lessons in business operations and how to follow corporate leadership through scientific management techniques. It teaches how to hire, streamline operations and develop implicit trust between ownership, management and employees. The Vector brings new age practices, that marry a new European management style with American business know how.
Games in Management Science
Highlights the latest treatment of emerging and revisited problems in management science that honors the scientific achievements of Professor Georges ZaccourExamines a wide variety of game theory applications Includes contributions from established experts in their respective fields
Offshoring of White-Collar Services
This is one of the few books on the market dealing with offshoring of professional services, a dynamic phenomenon of high relevance in the global economy. The market for offshore services is worth more than 1 trillion dollars annually and employs millions of people. Global offshoring of services has been recently undergoing a profound transformation due to automation and robotisation of tasks. It can be associated with the increased codifi cation of knowledge, commoditisation of services and advancement in technology. The global perspective has been supplemented by a detailed analysis of offshoring in Central and Eastern Europe. It witnesses a dynamic growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in professional services, resulting in capital and knowledge transfers. This books is a result of a holistic approach and an interdisciplinary research. It is enriched with conclusions from meetings with representatives of: authorities responsible for attracting FDI; associations of offshoring fi rms; and enterprises operating in professional services. It was also a result of numerous discussions with scholars during academic conferences and research seminars.
Normatives Entscheiden
In knapper Form stellt dieses essential die Theorie des Erwartungsnutzens verst瓣ndlich dar. Wer sich in kurzer Zeit einen sicheren Umgang mit Modellen der Nutzenmaximierung erwerben will, kommt an diesem Buch nicht vorbei. Es setzt am Ursprung der Theorie des Erwartungsnutzens an, leitet die Modelle aus der These des rationalen Verhaltens ab und diskutiert ihre Wirksamkeit an allgemeing羹ltigen F瓣llen wie dem Problem des Fahrers bei der Wahl seiner Route oder dem Problem des Investors bei der Wahl der Mischung zweier Wertpapiere. Das essential f羹hrt den Leser in origineller Weise auf den wissenschaftlichen Pfad der normativen Entscheidung 羹ber unsichere Gewinne oder Verluste. In der zweiten Auflage wird dem Leser die Bewertung von Verlusten am Beispiel der Routenwahl eines Fahrers einfacher und klarer vermittelt; entsprechend sind die Aufgaben und L繹sungen 羹berarbeitet worden. Die Versicherung unsicherer Gewinne wird erg瓣nzt durch die Berechnung der Risikopr瓣mie voneinander unabh瓣ngiger Investitionen in allgemeiner Form.
Dynamic Profiles for Voting Advice Applications
Electronic participation is an emerging and growing research area that makes use of internet solutions to enhance citizens' participation in government processes in order to provide a fair and efficient society. This book examines recommender-system technologies and voting advice applications as tools to enable electronic citizen participation during election campaigns. Further, making use of fuzzy classification, it provides an evaluation framework for eParticipation. A dynamic voting advice application developed for the 2017 Ecuador national election serves as a real-world case study to introduce readers to the practical implementation and evaluation issues. The book concludes with a comprehensive analysis of the 2017 election project based on altmetrics, Google Analytics and statistics from the case study.
Essential Skills for Administrative Support Professionals
Organizations can't thrive without good managers to direct people, planning, and events. And many managers couldn't survive without their right hands - their administrative support professionals, or admin professionals.Also known as an administrative assistant, administrative secretary, executive assistant, or even office manager, the admin professional handles an astonishing variety of tasks in today's organizations.For example, they draft business correspondence, manage projects, create and maintain databases, schedule their boss's time, and conduct research. They also order office supplies, work with contractors and vendors, answer and handle telephone calls, create spreadsheets and reports, and plan and coordinate small and large meetings and events. It's no wonder that many managers consider their admin professionals to be their partners.Admin professionals are often highly capable of operating state-of-the-art hardware and software. They are usually good communicators and are able to adapt to different personalities and work styles. Nowadays, admin professionals work side-by-side with their boss. They also often attend meetings in their boss's place and have authority to speak on behalf of the boss.In this book, you'll learn about the skills needed to be a successful admin professional, including communication skills, organizing and managing skills, problem-solving skills, and basic office skills.You'll also learn how to work effectively for your boss by anticipating your boss's needs, making your boss look good, and keeping your boss informed.Finally, you'll learn some effective methods for communicating your boss's decisions to the people who will carry them out.
Steuertipps F羹r Youtuber, Blogger Und Influencer
Basiswissen und Gesch瓣ftsstrategien f羹r k羹nftige Internetstars und Influencer sowie f羹r K羹nstler und Medienschaffende. Dieses Buch f羹hrt praxisnah und verst瓣ndlich durch alle wesentlichen steuerlichen Themengebiete wie Meldepflichten, Rechtsform, Versicherungen, Einnahmen und Ausgaben u.v.m. Aufgrund der vielen steuerrechtlichen Fragen auf diesem neuen Gebiet ist es auch f羹r Steuerberater interessant, die sich schnell und umfassend mit der Materie vertraut machen wollen. Neben den unterschiedlichen Steuerarten und Rechtsfragen werden auch Fragen der Abgrenzung zur steuerrechtlichen Liebhaberei und die Kleinunternehmerregelung nach 禮 19 UStG behandelt. Jedes Kapitel enth瓣lt anschauliche Beispiele aus der beruflichen Praxis der Autoren. - Mit kommentierten Musterrechnungen und praktischen Tipps, um im Alltag Steuern zu sparen und die eigene Buchhaltung zu optimieren.
Supply Chain Management
This book explains supply chain management (SCM) using the strategy-structure-process-performance (SSPP) framework. Utilizing this well-known framework of contingency theory in the areas of strategic management and organizational design, SCM is firmly positioned among management theories. The author specifically proposes a theoretical foundation of SCM that will be relevant to such areas as operations management, logistics management, purchasing management, and marketing. Both the static and dynamic sides of SCM are reported. On the static side, supply chain strategies are divided into three patterns: efficiency-oriented, responsiveness-oriented, and the hybrid efficiency- and responsiveness-oriented pattern. For each strategy, suitable internal and external supply chain structures and processes are proposed. On the dynamic side, the big issue is to overcome performance trade-offs. Based on theories of organizational change, process change, and dynamic capabilities, the bookpresents a model of supply chain process change. On structure, the focus is on the role of an SCM steering department. Illustrative cases are included from such diverse industries as automobiles (Toyota and Nissan ), personal computers (Fujitsu), office equipment (Ricoh), air-conditioning (Daikin), tobacco (Japan Tobacco), chemicals and cosmetics (Kao), and casual fashion (Fast Retailing and Inditex).The strategy and organization of SCM is systematically presented on the basis of the SSPP framework. In particular, the relationships among three management elements--strategy, structure, and process--can be identified in an SCM context. From many of the cases contained in this volume, there emerges an understanding of how to analyze the success and failure factors of SCM using the SSPP framework. In addition, the reader sees not only the static side SCM such as process operation but also its dynamic side such as process innovation and process improvement.
The Emergence of Modern Hospital Management and Organisation in the World 1880s-1930s
The Emergence of Modern Hospital Management and Organisation in the World 1880s-1930s analyzes core themes from a business history perspective to reach a new understanding about the history of modern large scale healthcare institutions, from the United States to China, with particular attention to Spain.
The New Frontiers of Space
There are few industries in today's world as dynamic and dramatically changing as the space sector, with new ventures and initiatives being announced on a daily basis. As well as emerging countries improving their launching and manufacturing capabilities, private actors are beginning to join public bodies in the space race, and participating in what is frequently being referred to as the new space era. With fantastic opportunities arising for business and economics, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the space sector, exploring recent initiatives, and the most important areas of investment in the industry, including emerging fields of activities such as asteroid mining and space tourism. It also addresses traditional and non-traditional security issues in the sector, together with discussing their legal implications. This interdisciplinary book provides insights for practitioners and researchers alike, particularly those involved in technology and innovation management, emerging markets, international relations, and security studies.
Managing Your Career
The world of work has undergone remarkable changes in the recent past. Mergers, offshoring, downsizing, and technology have all come together to effect enormous changes in what were once fairly predictable environments.For example, do you remember when these things were common assumptions about the workplace? Working 9 to 5, operating by the book, and keeping your nose to the grindstone. A hierarchical chain of command was the norm, it was commonly believed that the company knows best, and there was a notion that once people were trained they were forever educated.Well, times have changed and those assumptions are no longer true. Select each statement describing how work used to be to learn how it translates today. The whole notion of what a career is has changed. Having a career used to mean fitting into the ranks of a single profession, industry, or company and moving up one step at a time. The company decided when you were ready to move.Nowadays, the traditional career path still exists, but the notion of what constitutes a career is more fluid and individualistic. The individual decides when it's time to move. And, as a last resort, the next step may even be a job hop to another company.With all of this freedom, however, comes complications. You are responsible for making your own career choices, and it's not always clear which way offers the straightest path toward your goal.For this reason, you need to take stock of where you are now and where you want to be. Then, establish a career plan. Your plan is your personal map that leads you through the confusing and often difficult decisions you need to make in order to achieve your career goals.In this course, the process for creating your career plan will be explained. The first topic will cover how to take an inventory of your values, interests, skills, and lifestyle aspirations. The second topic will help you to identify your strengths and weaknesses. In the third topic, you'll pull it all together and develop a career plan that's based on your individual attributes and what you want to achieve in your career.Think about your career up to this point. Have you drifted along like a passenger in a boat, going wherever the currents of life take you? Or have you taken intentional steps and been proactive about guiding the direction your career path takes?Every so often, you should step back and give some serious thought about whether your career is on track. Are you heading in a direction you're happy with? Are you on a path that will help you reach your goals?If the answer to either of these questions is "no," you should seriously explore your career options. In fact, exploring all potential options is an important part of staying on the right track with your career. So what are your options? Well, you can move up when you're on the right path. Or you can move over when the right path exists elsewhere in your company. Finally, you can move on when your company doesn't offer any path that will help you reach your goals.
Risk Management
As a manager, it can be a challenge to ensure your team's project is finished on time and within budget. Risks such as rising costs, new regulations, and volatile markets can all affect your project's goals. But what exactly is risk? A risk can be described as the combination of the likelihood and consequences of an event occurring. To mitigate or avoid these consequences, your organization needs to have an effective risk management strategy in place.Risk management enables you to highlight the risks that your project is exposed to. It also allows you to develop a contingency plan to overcome them. Some of its main aims are to secure an organization's cash flow, to protect its reputation and resources, and to ensure projects stay within budget.Risk management consists of a three-step process. First, you identify the potential risks to your project. Second, you assess the risks in terms of their probability and severity, and prioritize them accordingly. And third, you deal with the biggest risks to your project by creating an effective plan of action.This course describes how to carry out the first step, identifying risks. You'll learn about the different risk identification techniques involved, such as root cause analysis and documentation reviews, and you'll find out when they should be used. You'll then examine one specific technique, brainstorming, in further detail. You'll learn how to prepare and conduct your session and manage group dynamics. You'll then have an opportunity to practice facilitating a brainstorming session in a simulated situation.At the end of this course, you should be better able to identify risks to your project. And you should find it easier to overcome some of the challenges of conducting a brainstorming session.There are four questions you must ask when assessing opportunities for your department or individual project.The first question is, "What events would increase the probability of the opportunity occurring?" There are many variables you may be able to change with regard to an opportunity's likelihood.The second question is, "How can we encourage those events to occur?" This involves deciding what actions to take to improve the chances an opportunity will come about.Once an opportunity presents itself the third question is, "How can we capitalize on an opportunity that occurs?" Make sure you have the right resources in place to get the most benefit from the opportunity.The fourth and final question is, "How will we know when the opportunity has occurred?" Set out triggers and a timeline to measure the opportunity's progress.As a manager, you probably have to deal with risks from time to time in your organization. Some risks are negative and may pose a threat to your plans. Others have an upside and offer positive opportunities. Whatever type of risk you encounter, it's important to deal with both threats and opportunities in an effective way.To help deal with risk effectively, you need to put a risk management - or RM - process in place. The first stage in this process is to identify the risks you're dealing with. Stage two is to assess the risks you've identified. And at stage three you deal with the risks. This course focuses on stage three of the risk management process - dealing with risk.When dealing with risks, it's important to choose the most efficient and cost-effective response in each case.This course describes various ways of responding to threats effectively. So, you'll be better equipped to manage threats when they do occur.The course also outlines various responses you could consider when you encounter an opportunity. This should help you to seize opportunities and make the most of them.In addition, the course describes the importance of contingency planning. This involves planning responses in case risk events actually occur. It also involves assigning reserves so that the responses can be implemented when necessary.
Management Guide for Executives
Everyone thinks that their personal behaviour is excellent, but others do not care. I have seen people crying on the dais while speaking and even during interviews. At the negotiation table, I have witnessed both parties fighting, and the process fizzled out.In some cases, you will find a leader who is unaware of the style she/he is following and an executive who does not know the problems of his subordinates. When he sits to make his own future plans, he starts walking in a dream. He listens and starts debating.All these and some more common issues in playing a managerial role inspired me to made me want to write this book. I would have immense pleasure to learn that the thoughts in this book have guided you to move on the right track.
Inventory Log
This Inventory Log book contains inventory sheets. Perfect for maintaining product inventory records in both a business and home setting. Each interior page includes space to record details to write for: Sheet NumberDateStock LocationCounted ByNumberItemLocationQuantityGreat for help keeping your inventory organized. Simple and easy to use. Perfect to use in inventorying firearm collection, art, church, stamp collectors, farmers, insurance purposes, garden, livestock, equipment, products acquisition, medication, coin and more. Size is 6x9 inches, 102 pages, quality white paper, soft matte finish cover, paperback. Get your copy today!
Die Assistenz in Der Digitalen Transformation
Die Arbeitswelt 4.0 ist vor allem durch die zunehmende Digitalisierung gepr瓣gt. Viele Prozesse werden immer st瓣rker digital unterst羹tzt, bis hin zur vollst瓣ndigen Automatisierung. Das hat Auswirkungen auf das Berufsbild und die Aufgaben der Assistenz und bringt sowohl Herausforderungen als auch Chancen mit sich.Dieses Buch stellt die sich wandelnde Rolle der Assistenz im Office 4.0 und deren gestalterische M繹glichkeiten vor. Dazu portraitiert es die Meinungen verschiedener Assistenzen und Entscheider in renommierten Unternehmen, die wertvolle Einblicke in ihren Arbeitsalltag geben. In diesem Zusammenhang werden auch die Technologie der digitalen Assistenten und deren Nutzungsm繹glichkeiten im B羹roalltag ausf羹hrlich beleuchtet und viele praktische Tools vorgestellt, die Arbeit abnehmen und Raum f羹r neue Aufgaben schaffen k繹nnen. Zahlreiche Beispiele aus der Praxis geben inspirierende Anregungen und zeigen, dass Management-Assistenzen ein wichtiger Treiber der digitalen Transformation sind.?ber die Buchreihe "Fit for Future"Die Zukunft wird massive Ver瓣nderungen im Arbeits- und Privatleben mit sich bringen. Tendenzen gehen sogar dahin, dass die klassische Teilung zwischen Arbeitszeit und Freizeit nicht mehr gelingen wird. Eine neue Zeit - die sogenannte "Lebenszeit" - beginnt. Laut Bundesregierung werden in den n瓣chsten Jahren viele Berufe einen tiefgreifenden Wandel erleben und in ihrer derzeitigen Form nicht mehr existieren. Im Gegenzug wird es neue Berufe geben, von denen wir heute noch nicht wissen, wie diese aussehen oder welche T瓣tigkeiten diese beinhalten werden. Betriebs繹konomen schildern m繹gliche Szenarien, dass eine stetig steigende Anzahl an Arbeitspl瓣tzen durch Digitalisierung und Robotisierung gef瓣hrdet sind. Die Reihe "Fit for future" besch瓣ftigt sich eingehend mit dieser Thematik und bringt zum Ausdruck, wie wichtig es ist, sich diesen neuen Rahmenbedingungen am Markt anzupassen, flexibel zu sein, seine Kompetenzen zu st瓣rken und "Fit for future" zu werden. Der Initiator der Buchreihe Peter Buchenau l瓣dt hierzu namhafte Experten ein, ihren Erfahrungsschatz auf Papier zu bringen und zu schildern, welche Kompetenzen es brauchen wird, um auch k羹nftig erfolgreich am Markt zu agieren. Ein Buch von der Praxis f羹r die Praxis, von Profis f羹r Profis. Leser und Leserinnen erhalten "einen Blick in die Zukunft" und die M繹glichkeit, ihre berufliche Entwicklung rechtzeitig mitzugestalten.
Haltung
Sie ist zu einer Art Fetisch unserer Wirtschaftsdebatten geworden - die "Haltung". Kaum ein gro?es CEO-Interview, in dem nicht irgendwann die Frage nach seiner oder Ihrer Haltung beziehungsweise der seines oder ihres Unternehmens zu diesem oder jenem gro?en gesellschaftlichen Thema auftaucht. In der Regel haben die Chefs auch ein einigerma?en brauchbares Arsenal an PR-tauglichen Floskeln parat. Aber das reicht nicht. Den entt瓣uschten Interviewern nicht. Und uns als B羹rgern erst recht nicht. Und dennoch - wir wollen, dass unsere Vorstandschefs Haltung zeigen. Wir wollen, dass unsere Unternehmen erkennbar Position beziehen - und zwar gerade auch dann, wenn es weh tut. Genau das aber tun sie nicht. Wie auch? Keiner hat ihnen ja gesagt, wie Haltung beziehen geht. Oder woran man sich orientiert, wenn man eine Haltung explizit machen und mit konkreten Handlungsmustern verkn羹pfen will. Dieses Buch leistet dies. Es sucht nach einem gesellschaftlichen Teilbereich, der in der Entwicklung und Einforderung von Haltung Erfahrung hat. Und findet ihn - in der Architektur. Architekten sind es gewohnt, Haltungen zu entwickeln. Im Studium fordern Professoren diese ein, sp瓣ter die Bev繹lkerung. Was leisten Eure Geb瓣ude, warum wollt Ihr, dass unsere St瓣dte so aussehen, wie Ihr sie Euch vorstellt? Architekten sind, wenn sie ihrem Handwerk auf 羹berzeugende Weise nachkommen, Haltungsmeister. Von ihnen kann man lernen, wie "Haltung" geht. Um diese Lernprozesse - dargestellt am Beispiel der Architektur/ pr瓣gender Architekten - zu initiieren, schreibt Alexander Gutzmer, Chefredakteur der Architekturzeitschrift Baumeister und Professor f羹r Medien und Kommunikation an der Berliner Quadriga-Hochschule, dieses Buch.
Angewandte Optimierung Mit IBM Ilog Cplex Optimization Studio
Das Buch f羹hrt anwendungsorientiert in die Optimization Programming Language (OPL) zur Modellierung linearer und ganzzahliger linearer Optimierungsprobleme im Rahmen des IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio ein. Es beinhaltet zehn aufeinander aufbauende Lektionen, erg瓣nzt um zahlreiche Aufgaben und Anwendungsstudien.Das Buch richtet sich an Lehrende und Studierende der Betriebswirtschaftslehre mit quantitativer Ausrichtung (Operations Research), (Wirtschafts-)Informatiker, (Wirtschafts-)Mathematiker und Wirtschaftsingenieure und kann an Universit瓣ten und Hochschulen in entsprechenden Vorlesungs- und Kursangeboten eingesetzt werden. Zudem eignet es sich zum Selbststudium f羹r Praktiker, die mit der Modellierung und Optimierung von Planungs- und Entscheidungsproblemen befasst sind und einen fundierten Einstieg in die Software ben繹tigen.?ber die buchbegleitende Website sind unter anderem Aufgabenl繹sungen und s瓣mtliche Programm-Codes abrufbar: www.opl-buch.de
The Competitiveness Report of Zhongguancun Listed Companies (2018)TheCompetitiveness Report of Zhongguancun Listed Companies (2018)
Chapter1 Overview of Zhongguancun Listed Companies in 2017.- Chapter2 The Market Performance of ZLCs in 2017.- Chapter3 Profitability of ZLCs in 2017.- Chapter4 Debt Paying Abilities of ZLCs in 2017.- Chapter5 Operating Capability of ZLCs in 2017.- Chapter6 Innovation Capabilities of ZLCs in 2017.- Chapter7 Investment, Financing and Cash Position of ZLCs in 2017.- Chapter8 Human Resources Status and Tax Expenses of ZLCs in 2017.- Chapter9 Analysis of Dominant Industries at Zhongguancun.- Chapter10 Status of Continuous Trading ZLCs.- Chapter11 Conclusion.
Realistic Business Forecasting
'Realistic Business Forecasting' bridges the gap between the academic methodology of forecasting and the practical application of these techniques in any business. There are plenty of books which cover topics of business strategy, such as an assessment of political and legal influences on an industry (a PEST analysis) or an analysis of the market and competitors. Similarly, people wishing to find books on the topic of forecasting will find an abundance of books which go into detail on a wide array of techniques. What Adam felt was missing was a text which blended these two issues; for example, once a firm has determined that a country's economy is likely to weaken and its currency is expected to decline, how can this information be quantified and incorporated into a practical business strategy?In business, a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis is not an academic exercise, it is a means to build on a company's strengths, relative to its competitors. It is conducted to eliminate (or at least mitigate) relative weaknesses and assess factors in the macro-environment which the firm can use to its advantage, or against which it can build defences. The missing link is how all these factors are related to forecasting and this book provides that link.A critical part of any project is whether it is economically viable, but too many organisations leave the forecasting element as an afterthought. Adam Simmons has combined his commercial and academic experience to overcome this problem.He has created a practical and accessible guide for any business large or small, in any sector, to help them build their strategies, in advance, based on 'Realistic Business Forecasting'.
Quantitative Methods for ManagementA Practical Approach
This book focuses on the use of quantitative methods for both business and management, helping readers understand the most relevant quantitative methods for managerial decision-making. Pursuing a highly practical approach, the book reduces the theoretical information to a minimum, so as to give full prominence to the analysis of real business problems.Each chapter includes a brief theoretical explanation, followed by a real-life managerial case that needs to be solved, which is accompanied by a corresponding Microsoft Excel(R) dataset. The practical cases and exercises are solved using Excel, and for each problem, the authors provide an Excel file with the complete solution and corresponding calculations, which can be downloaded easily from the book's website. Further, in an appendix, readers can find solutions to the same problems, but using the R statistical language.The book represents a valuable reference guide for postgraduate, MBA and executive education students, as it offers a hands-on, practical approach to learning quantitative methods in a managerial context. It will also be of interest to managers looking for a practical and straightforward way to learn about quantitative methods and improve their decision-making processes.
