Optimization Via Relaxation and Decomposition
This book offers an up-to-date description of relaxation/approximation and decomposition techniques, demonstrating how their combined use efficiently solves large-scale optimization problems relevant to engineering, particularly in electrical, and industrial engineering, with a focus on energy. Specifically, it presents linear and nonlinear relaxations and approximations that are relevant to optimization problems, introduces complicating constraints and complicating variables decomposition techniques that can take advantage of relaxations and approximations, and examines their applications in the engineering field. Written in an accessible engineering language and filled with numerous illustrative examples and end-of-chapter exercises for all chapters, this book is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in power engineering and industrial engineering. Moreover, business students with a keen interest in decision-making problems will also benefit greatly from its practical insights.
The Little Book of Data
Data is not about number crunching. It's about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time.Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don't think they need to understand data, or it's too complicated, or worse, using it is somehow unethical. Yet as data and AI (just an accelerated way to put data to work) move to the center of professional and civic life, every professional and citizen needs to harness this power.In The Little Book of Data, each chapter illustrates one of the core principles of solving problems with data by featuring an expert who has solved a big problem with data--from the entrepreneur creating a "loneliness score" to the epidemiologist trying to save lives by finding disease "hotspots."The stories are told in a fast-moving, vivid, sometimes comic style, and cover a wide frame of reference from adtech to climate tech, the bubonic plague, tiny submarines, genomics, railroads, bond ratings, and meat grading. (That's right. Meat.)Along the way Evans injects lessons from his own career journey and offers practical thought-starters for readers to apply to their own organizations.By reading The Little Book of Data, you will achieve the fluency to apply your data superpowers to your own mission and challenges--and you will have fun along the way.You will be, in other words, a data person.
The Essentials of Service-Supply Chain
A service supply chain is a network of resources and processes used to create and deliver a service to a customer. Unlike a traditional product supply chain that focuses on physical goods, a service supply chain centers around intangible offerings and often involves a high degree of customer interaction. It's crucial to understand that while there are similarities, the intangibility of services introduces unique challenges. Understanding and effectively managing service supply chains is critical for organizations that want to deliver high-quality services and meet customer expectations. It requires a different approach than managing traditional product supply chains, focusing on the intangible aspects of service delivery and the importance of the customer experience.
Crucifix of Awareness
In our fast-paced world, navigating the internal conflicts that arise within our minds can be more challenging than facing external adversaries. The real battles are silent, fought within the hidden corridors of our consciousness, where doubt and fear often hold sway. "Crucifix of Awareness" is a transformative guide that seeks to illuminate this often-overlooked domain, offering pathways to turn turmoil into triumph through self-mastery.This book introduces innovative approaches to understanding and resolving the conflicts that lie at the heart of human experience. It merges psychological insights with practical strategies to help you understand the root causes of inner conflict and how to overcome them. The journey within these pages is about equipping yourself with new tools and perspectives, ensuring that you not only confront but conquer the battles that limit your potential.At the heart of this exploration are fresh approaches designed to address conflict at its root, for example, the Trichotomy Conflict Equation. The equation is straightforward yet profoundly effective, crafted to help you dismantle the barriers that lead to internal discord. By focusing on energy dynamics, emotional intelligence, and effective communication, you are guided toward mastering your internal conflicts and fostering peace.Throughout this book, you will find narratives and examples that provide context to the lessons taught. These stories are drawn from diverse backgrounds and demonstrate how mastering inner conflicts has led to profound personal growth. The rich tapestry of experiences shared will function as a catalyst, encouraging your journey of transformation.
Transformation Mindsets
Change is hard-but it can also be exhilarating. In Transformation Mindsets: A Playbook for Agents of Change, Jonathan Briggs shares over three decades of experience helping leaders, educators and teams embrace the challenges of a rapidly evolving world and turn them into opportunities for growth.This practical guide introduces 13 powerful mindsets, from fostering curiosity to embracing digital tools, each supported by tried-and-tested workshop recipes and activities. This is not a book about theory but about action: creating, experimenting and learning by doing. Whether you're guiding your business through transformation, redesigning education for the digital era or simply figuring out where to begin, this book offers the tools and inspiration you need.Drawing on his work in building Hyper Island, consulting for global brands like Unilever, DBS and Coca-Cola, and running workshops across Sweden, Singapore and beyond, Jonathan weaves together engaging stories and practical insights. Transformation Mindsets is a hands-on playbook for anyone who believes that the future is something we can shape together-with the right mindset and a willingness to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in.
Project Management Professional PMP Unleashed
Hey, ever wondered what it takes to turn a project from chaos to a masterpiece? Welcome to Project Management Professional Unleashed: Sculpting Success Through Harmony and Valor. This isn't your typical project management book. It's a journey into the heart of leading with vision. It's about building teams that hum with synergy. It dives into wrangling conflict with finesse. You'll learn to dance with schedules and budgets. It's packed with real-world stories-like a manager rallying a software team with a bold vision or a construction lead pivoting styles to match crew vibes. The book spans 17 chapters. Each one's a fresh take on the craft. Think leadership that inspires. Teams that evolve. Stakeholders who gel. Risks that get tamed. It's all here-short, punchy insights drawn from the PMP exam outline. From virtual team hacks to procurement wizardry, it's your guide to sculpting project wins. So, what makes this book stand out? It's got a competitive edge other books miss. Most guides give you dry checklists or recycled jargon. Not this one. It blends gritty research-like transformational leadership or agile learning-with practical magic.
Knowledge Management
This textbook on knowledge management draws on the authors' more than thirty years of research, teaching, and consulting experience. The first edition of this book brought together European, Asian, and American perspectives on knowledge-based value creation; The second edition included digital transformation's impact on knowledge work and management. This third edition features substantial updates to all chapters, reflecting the implications of digital technology on knowledge work and knowledge management with special reference to Artificial Intelligence. In particular, it addresses three new topics: blending human and machine intelligence, critical thinking, and ethical use of knowledge, and managing knowledge for sustainable development. The book is intended not only for academic education but also as an essential guide for managers, consultants, trainers, coaches, and all those engaged in business, public administration, or non-profit work who are interested in learning about organizations in a knowledge economy. Given its wealth of case studies, examples, questions, exercises, and easy-to-use knowledge management tools, it offers a true compendium for understanding and implementing knowledge management initiatives.
The Standards Effect
Set the Standard-Shape Your Future.Behind every high-performing organization, there's something most people overlook: standards.Not the boring kind-the kind that create clarity, unlock alignment, and give teams the freedom to move fast without breaking everything in the process.In The Standards Effect, Kadir ?zbayram shows how smart standards can become your biggest growth accelerator.Drawing on real-world experience, ?zbayram weaves insight with humor and humanity. The result? A practical guide for leaders who want to turn chaos into clarity and complexity into confidence.Inside, you'll learn: The First-Ever Standards Management Capability Model - A foundational blueprint for transforming how organizations scale standards globally.The 8-Step Standards Management Process - Practical, proven, and designed to work in complex environments.The C4 Data Quality Framework - Fixing bad data at the root so your teams stop wasting time and start making better decisions.AI Standardization & Compliance - How to govern AI ethically, scalably, and fully transparently.Governance & Role Setup - Get the right people in the right roles, with clear ownership and accountability.Handling Exceptions Without Chaos - Learn the art of when to enforce, when to flex, and when to break the rules-strategically.Whether you're a CIO, Standards Manager, enterprise architect, or the go-to person when clarity is needed most-this book gives you the structure, mindset, and tools to create meaningful, sustainable change.Because in the end, success comes down to one thing: Bringing the right Topic to the right People at the right Time.That's the rTPT Principle. And it changes everything.
Essays on Pollution Control in Economics and Management Science
The AI Metaverse Revolution
The AI Metaverse Revolution: Transforming Multi-Business Scenarios (Volume 2) explores the profound convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Metaverse, and its transformative effects on business decision-making and strategy. As these technologies evolve, they offer businesses unprecedented tools for operating more efficiently, engaging customers in innovative ways, and responding to rapidly shifting market dynamics. By examining the role of AI in analysing vast data sets and the insights gained from virtual environments within the Metaverse, this volume provides a comprehensive guide to harnessing these cutting-edge technologies for competitive advantage. Through in-depth analysis and real-world examples, the diverse range of global contributors explore how AI and the Metaverse are driving a new era of business possibilities across industries. From AI-powered data analysis that enables businesses to make informed, real-time decisions; to personalised customer experiences created through behavioural analysis in virtual spaces, this volume presents actionable strategies for integrating AI and the Metaverse into modern business practices. It offers readers a roadmap for navigating this technological revolution, positioning AI and the Metaverse as essential components of future-proof business strategy.
Digital Transformation for Greater Customer Benefit and Efficiency
Atd's Handbook for Measuring and Evaluating Training
Get the A-to-Z Resource on Training EvaluationFully revised and updated, ATD's Handbook for Measuring and Evaluating Training is the comprehensive go-to reference for talent development professionals in need of immediate measurement and evaluation (M&E) guidance. Edited by M&E powerhouse Patti Phillips, with contributions from 30 expert practitioners, this handbook provides an essential roadmap to developing effective processes to prove the value and impact of your learning and development programs.Training measurement and evaluation is one of the top frustrations of a talent development professional's job. At first glance, it appears to be a drain on precious time and resources, yet it is a critical function for understanding the results and proving the value of L&D programs. If not conducted properly, it can yield questionable results, lack of accountability, and stakeholder skepticism. All to say, TD professionals must have a solid foundation in measurement and evaluation to do their jobs effectively.With this handbook, you'll feel confident each time you face an M&E challenge, from planning the evaluation and collecting and analyzing data to optimizing results and making evaluation efforts work in your organization. You will use the data to improve your training programs and meet the standards your organization strives for.The updated edition includes new chapters on how to tell the evaluation story to business leaders, visualize data in reports, and leverage artificial intelligence smartly as well as refreshed chapters on all the M&E fundamentals. Rich in real-life application, it offers practitioner tips, knowledge checks, and support resources and references. Your advisors along the way are an impressive array of experts from the field, each chosen for their knowledge, experience, and actual results in specific areas.Whether you're a trainer, manager, professor, or student of training evaluation, this handbook has been designed to meet your needs.
Purpose
This book intends to reveal the latent purpose required to champion, lead, and enact digital transformation. It articulates that a purposeful approach, as followed in this book, is urgently required and may help the world's population harness the power of technology. The book is based on over twenty years of the author's research, thinking, discussions, publications, and observations about how technology influences us. He also builds upon his understanding of sciences-physics, chemistry, neuroscience, and others-to bring out the notion of purpose-the purpose of digital transformation. The book is a scientific endeavor to define and address the paradox surrounding digital technologies, framing it as a problem underlined due to unclarity in purpose. The lack of understanding of purpose may hurt individuals, organizations, and societies. The book, therefore, identifies purpose as a way to lead digital transformations. In doing so, it outlines complex and interwoven linkages between life, organization, and digital technologies. Thinking about digital technologies as an element devoid of links with life is dangerous. We are intertwined with technology today. So, to digitally transform, the books espouses a new way to look at ourselves and life, using the neuroscientific lens. Unraveling the linkages between the organization, life, and digital technologies, the book outlines a model for purposeful digital transformation.
