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Book SynopsisDebunking much of the received wisdom regarding the sources of leadership team dysfunctionality, Leadership Team Alignment presents a targeted strategy for building and managing a top executive team to gain competitive advantage. Frédéric Godart and Jacques Neatby bring a wealth of practical experience and in-depth knowledge, with over eight hundred hours of direct observation with more than fifty leadership teams across the globe and thousands of hours working with executives. With this book, they offer solutions to manage conflict and create environments that effectively address misalignments in organizations. Godart and Neatby take readers through the dual role of leadership team members, the challenges of power games, and the risks of siloed leaders. They give clear advice on how to improve aspects of any leadership team, based on its size and structure and the nature of the organization. While organizational challenges may be inevitable, this book provides leadership teams the tools to correctly diagnose leadership team misalignment, with evidence-based remedies and strategically oriented interventions to maximize organizational performance.Trade Review"Equal parts pragmatic and inspiring, this book bridges a gaping gap: What we think we know about leadership and what it really takes to have an effective leadership team. With actionable insights and spot-on commentary, it's an eye-opening account of what works, what doesn't and why 'best practices' just got strategically better."—Craig S. Smith, Group President, Marriott International Inc."Leveraging decades of work on the ground with leaders from across the globe, Godart and Neatby fill their book with actionable insights to create a robust practitioner-oriented guide. Consistently emphasizing the real over the ideal, Leadership Team Alignment illustrates how members of high performing teams can effectively work together to successful pursue their organization's multiple objectives."—Julia Battilana, Professor of Business Administration and Social Innovation, Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School"Leadership teams are where things get done in most organizations, and they often don't work. Godart and Neatby's important new book helps leaders understand the inevitable conflicts and find solutions that actually increase trust and alignment."—Herminia Ibarra, The Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour. London Business School"In Leadership Team Alignment: From Conflict to Collaboration, Godart and Neatby paint a realistic picture of the uniqueness of top teams and the challenges that often result. Informed by hundreds of hours of observing and working with leadership teams, they address typical behaviors of CEOs and executives and the common pitfalls and traps they fall into, offering a suite of recommendations and practical action items along the way to achieving alignment. It fills an important gap in the business literature."—Michael Walsh, CEO, LexisNexis Legal & Professional"While companies face an increasingly challenging and changing environment, while the way the management is leading becomes more and more crucial to recruit and retain employees, this book offers you to analyze your leadership team in a very concrete an efficient way and suggests actionable remedies if necessary. From theory to practice, there is definitely no more room for misalignment."—Eric Forest, Partner, Deloitte France"C-suite executives will want to take a look."—Publishers WeeklyTable of Contents0. Introduction: Why This Book, Who It's For, and What's in It for You 1. The Dual Role of LT Members 2. Power Games at the Top 3. Of Hubs, Spokes, and Silo Busting 4. Who Really Sits on Your LT, and What Is Its Role? 5. Getting Your LT's Size and Composition Right 6. Assess Your LT and Fix It

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPraise for Dr. Travis Bradberry’s best-selling emotional intelligence books: “We need no more convincing that emotional intelligence is at the core of life success. What we need are practical ways of improving it. Bradberry’s brilliant new book is a godsend. It will change your life.” —Joseph Grenny, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Crucial Conversations “The authors’ positive strategies are immensely powerful and will change the way you look at your life, your work, and the world.” —Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, author of the bestseller It’s Your Ship “This book is a wake-up call for anyone who wants to dramatically improve their work life and strengthen their relationships. Dr. Bradberry offer powerful research, practical strategies, and fascinating stories that will transform the way we think about ourselves and how we interact with those we care about the most.” —Jim Loehr, New York Times bestselling author, The Power of Full Engagement “Dr. Bradberry has created a gem that is powerful and easy to read. This book provides a captivating look at the things that matter most in life. I highly recommend this book.” —Matt Olmstead, executive producer, Prison Break and NYPD Blue “Dr. Bradberry has succeeded in creating a practical summary of emotional intelligence. Without being simplistic, this book is accessible to managers and employees who need a quick yet sophisticated understanding of the topic. This book and TalentSmartEQ® e-learning are important components of Nokia’s management and employee development programs.” —Jennifer Tsoulos, M.S., human resources, Nokia Mobile PhonesTable of ContentsEMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE HABITS The Power of Emotional Intelligence How to Take the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal Test SECTION 1: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AT LARGE Beat Stress and Stay Calm Make Yourself Even More Likeable Neutralize Toxic People Increase Your HappinessIncrease Your Confidence Increase Your Mental Strength Know When You’re Being Lied ToDevelop A Growth Mindset Clean Up Your Sleep Hygiene Read Body Language Like A Pro Maintain A Positive Attitude Be Utterly Authentic Increase Your Self-Control Control Your Anger Unlock the Power of Your Personality Increase Your Intelligence Make Smart Decisions Crush Cognitive Biases Make Your Relationships Last SECTION 2: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AT WORK Become a Great Leader Increase Your Productivity Practice Mindfulness Get Motivated Make Your Workplace a Better Place Survive A Bad Boss Learn Your Lesson Break the Bad Habits That Are Holding You Back Build Powerful New Success Habits Master Conflict Master Communication Beat Procrastination Accelerate Your Climb up the Corporate Ladder Be Persuasive and Get Your Point Across Avoid Integrity Traps Create True Work Life Balance APPENDIX: Research Report: The Latest Discoveries in Emotional Intelligence Notes

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Book SynopsisSilver Medal Winner, Success and Motivation, 2012 Axiom Business Book Awards An essential guide for mastering failure in order to achieve your goals Success is often just a momenta goal fulfilled, soon to be replaced with new goals. But failure is the ambitious person''s constant companion, often dogging us for months, years or even decades before we finally reach our aim. In the groundbreaking book Why People Fail, Siimon Reynolds, one of the world''s most successful entrepreneurs, explores the main causes of failure, in any field, and reveals solutions for overcoming them and creating a successful personal and professional life. Why People Fail offers strategies and ideas for defeating the sixteen most common failure habits such as destructive thinking, low productivity, stress, fixed mindset, lack of daily rituals, and more. Outlines the common habits that lead to failure and shows how to overcome them FeatureTrade Review“This is a book on success disguised as a book on failure. A little like real life. Straightforward, clear, and actionable.” —Seth Godin, author, Poke the Box “Why People Fail is a wonderful gem of a book. Reynolds hasdone all of us an extraordinary service by reading and listeningto everything there is on self-improvement, testing it in his life, discovering what works, and then pulling it all together for us to use. It is a stunning collection of practical tips, proven techniques, and useful advice on how to make your life more meaningful and fulfilling. Buy this book and put it to use today, and tomorrow you'll be on your way to turning your failures into successes.” —Jim Kouzes, bestselling author, The Leadership Challenge and Credibility, and The Dean's Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University “Reynolds has done it again! In Why People Fail, the successful entrepreneur and internationally-recognized expert on achievement shows business leaders, educators, coaches, and anyone who's struggled to succeed, how to incorporate a handful of simple ideas into a powerful plan for triumph.” —Marshall Goldsmith, bestselling author, MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There Table of ContentsIntroduction ix 1 Unclear Purpose 1 2 Destructive Thinking 13 3 Low Productivity 27 4 Fixed Mindset 41 5 Weak Energy 55 6 Not Asking the Right Questions 67 7 Poor Presentation Skills 81 8 Mistaking IQ for EQ 95 9 Poor Self-Image 107 10 Not Enough Th inking 121 11 No Daily Rituals 135 12 Stress 151 13 Few Relationships 165 14 Lack of Persistence 175 15 Money Obsession 189 16 Not Focusing on Strengths 203 Conclusion 215 Recommended Reading 229 Acknowledgments 233 The Author 235

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Book SynopsisThe fundamental concepts of leadership that will guide, inspire and reassure aspiring or established leaders.Designed to challenge and inspire anyone who is seeking a deeper understanding of management, Lessons in Leadership provides a series of reflections on the very fundamentals of leadership as a management function.In the midst of current global concerns about the quality of leadership, this book is both a practical handbook and a vital contribution to the ongoing debate about what kind of leadership we should be encouraging in today's volatile and uncertain world.Sometimes it's easy to lose sight of the basics in this dynamic sector. To help steer both current and future leaders to greatness, John Adair has distilled his vast experience into 12 key guiding concepts, including: Leading from the front; Integrity; The strategic leader; Warmth and humanity; and Sharing dangers and hardships.Leadership and change go hand in handTrade ReviewJohn Adair takes us on an evocative journey from the origins of leadership thought … to reflections on practical wisdom and judgment. In doing so, he achieves his humble aim of sowing within us the seeds of inspiration. -- Phil James * Chief Executive, The Institute of Leadership & Management *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 First thoughts 2 Leading from the Front 3 Sharing dangers and hardships 4 Discovering the Three-Circles model 5 The role of leader 6 A general framework 7 Enthusiasm 8 Integrity 9 Tough and demanding but fair 10 Warmth and humanity 11 Humility 12 The strategic leader 13 Practical Wisdom 14 What the leader believes and hopes Conclusion

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Book Synopsis"Chef Charles Carroll has answered our prayers and delivered a book, a bible, a life's journal shared by a real chef in today's modern kitchen. " Chef John Folse, CEC, AAC "From time to time, I buy motivational books for my managing partners and chefs, and this book is my all-time favorite gift.Table of ContentsForeword vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii About the Author xv Chapter 1 What Makes You Tick? 1 Chapter 2 Testing the Kitchen Atmosphere 14 Chapter 3 How Is Your Attitude? 25 Chapter 4 Build Your Leadership Team First 35 Chapter 5 What Is Your Mission? 53 Chapter 6 The Principles That Guide Us 61 Chapter 7 Program Survival: Living It! 65 Chapter 8 Educational Environment 71 Chapter 9 Fostering Success 84 Chapter 10 How to Get People to Want to Work for You 93 Chapter 11 Hire Right the First Time 101 Chapter 12 Incentive Programs 111 Chapter 13 Discipline and Competition 119 Chapter 14 Did You Listen Well the First Time? 125 Chapter 15 Forms to Help You 130 Chapter 16 Why Do It? 134 Appendix A Certificates and Forms 140 Appendix B Life and Work Tips from Chef Carroll 157 Appendix C A Collection of Quotations 159 Glossary 167 Index 173

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Book SynopsisThe Dynamics of International Business offers a comparative, chronological overview of the strategic and structural evolution of international firms.Organized around eras of global economic development, the text synthesizes research on the internationalization of firms, highlighting crucial turning points in the evolution of the international economy. A particular emphasis is placed on the relationship between historical evidence and the theoretical frameworks available for its interpretation. Each period is illustrated by a selection of short case studies from a variety of industry sectors, including the Levant Company, NestlÃ, Singer, Saint Gobain and NEC.An essential textbook for courses in business and economic history, this book will also be a valuable resource for scholars and students of international business more generally. Trade Review'A profound overall picture of the long-term development of international business ... [that] can be recommended to all historians interested in long-term trends in international business.' - Jarkko Keskinen, International Small Business Journal 'A splendid history of the multinational enterprise from medieval Europe to present day business. Practically every chapter has a case study illustrating the theme of the chapter. Colli shows with great skill how the organizational and administrative forms of multinational enterprise have altered through time. His book puts the multinational enterprise into the context of the changing world order.' - Mira Wilkins, Professor, Florida International University, USA'A convincing presentation of the historical roots of today’s most dynamic economic actor: International business. Colli understood to combine major trends with illustrative detail. A masterpiece on economic history.' - Harm G. Schröter, Professor, University of Bergen, Norway'This is the textbook I was looking for when I set up a new history course on International Business and Nation States. It gives the students a much needed long-term perspective on the development of international business.' - Ben Wubs, Associate Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands'An innovative book which brings together the role of markets, firms and entrepreneurs to explain the past and current challenges and dynamics of international business in the global economy. It will be of great interest to those studying or teaching international business and its history.' - Teresa da Silva Lopes, Professor, University of York, UK'Intelligently integrates theories and case studies to illuminate key periods of change in world business history. A welcome, much needed contribution that should be required reading in any international business history course.' - Paloma Fernández Pérez, Senior Lecturer, University of Barcelona, SpainTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. International Business before the Industrial Revolution 1.1 The Adventures of Pietro Querino 1.2 Long-distance Trade before the Industrial Revolution: Relevance 1.3 Long-distance Trade before the Industrial Revolution: Geographies 1.4 Risk Management in Pre-Industrial International Business 1.5 Avoiding, Preventing and Mitigating Risk 1.6 Transaction and Information Costs in Long-distance Trade before the Industrial Revolution 1.7 The Persistence of Market Exchange in the Pre-industrial Period 2. The Age of Companies 2.1 New Organisational Devices 2.2 Nature and Rationales 2.3 Structural Features 2.4 Organisational Structures 2.5 Internalising International Competitive Advantages: Opportunities and risks 3. International Business in the First Industrial Revolution (1800-1870) 3.1 Eighteen-Thirty-Three A.D. 3.2 International Business in the First Industrial Revolution: Migrating entrepreneurship 3.3 The Information and Communication Revolution 3.4 Global Migration in a Global World 3.5 Input Mobility 3.6 Forms of Enterprise in the First Global Economy: Merchants and Traders 3.7 Forms of Enterprise in the First Global Economy: Free-standing companies 4. Enterprises and Entrepreneurs in an Age of Globalisation (1870-1914) 4.1 A Nineteenth-Century Born Global 4.2 The Second Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Big Business 4.3 Big Business and the ‘Modern Multinationals’ 4.4 Integrating Backward 4.5 Integrating Forward 4.6 Why Produce Abroad? 4.7 Where to Invest, and How? 4.8 Varieties of Multinationals 5. International Entrepreneurship between Crisis and Rebirth (1914-1954) 5.1 The Clay Pot Breaks 5.2 The Wars: Stimulating internationalisation 5.3 The War: The negative effects 5.4 The End of Globalisation 5.5 Global Entrepreneurship in the Interwar Years 5.6 International Cartels and Co-Operative Agreements 5.7 Governance and Organisation 6. International Entrepreneurship in a New Global Economy (1945-1990) 6.1 Rebuilding the Global Economy: opportunities and threats 6.2 The Unstable Framework after the Second World War 6.3 The Origins of American Supremacy 6.4 The Recovery of the Global Economy 6.5 The European Challenge 6.6 The Japanese Challenge 7. Epilogue: The Last 25 Years in the Light of the Past 7.1 Foreign Investments in the New Global Economy 7.2 Multinational strategies in the New Global Economy 7.3 Corporate Architectures in the New Global Economy

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Book SynopsisAmidst rapid and fundamental shifts in the economic, geo-political, technological, and societal landscape, this cutting-edge book makes the timeless case that research can be informed by problems in the 'real world' and make important contributions to theory and practice.Throughout the book, the authors argue that there is a 'sweet spot' where both scholarly and practical research can be done simultaneously. It offers readers insightful and rich examples of how this can be achieved, including frameworks, examples, ideas, and tools which will guide researchers in the lifelong task of defining themselves as researchers and crafting their own unique research practice. It also features critical insights into careers oriented toward having impact on practice, reflective questions that make the principles personal and relevant, and a framework to help develop the network of connections required for research to impact practice.Speaking to the graduate student in all of us, How to Do Relevant Research will greatly benefit Ph.D. students and early career academics who gravitate towards this kind of research but worry about its feasibility and instrumentality, mid-to-late career scholars who do research for practice and teach young scholars how to do it, and to researchers in a think-tank or consultancy who want their work to be scientifically sound and practically useful.Trade Review‘This book is a very powerful statement of how management research can be relevant for management practice and why that is important. I used a preprint with my doctoral students to enable them to think about how their scholarship can be both rigorous and relevant. The reflective questions scattered throughout the book are an added bonus that guide students to reflect for themselves about what matters to them about research. I strongly recommend this book for academics pondering their links with practice.’ -- Jean M. Bartunek, Boston College, US‘Minimizing the rigor-relevance trade-off is the holy grail not only of management research but for all the social sciences. This ingenious and timely book is full of actionable insights and wisdom on what its authors call “sweet spot research” as organizations confronting pervasive disruption need the research of business schools more than ever.’ -- Geoffrey Garrett, The University of Southern California, US‘How to Do Relevant Research shows how to achieve both rigor and relevance by building a solid bridge between academics in the ivory tower and practitioners in the world. It inspires meaning, purpose and action in a community of scholars where research is often void of societal relevance and filled with instrumental careerism. It provides a compelling explanation of why sweet spot research is responsible research, why it is good for everyone, and how it can inspire a collective dream of making the world a better place for all people. This book is a wonderful gift to all current and aspiring scholars, not only those in management but in all professional disciplines.’ -- Anne S. Tsui, Co-founder, Responsible Research in Business and Management (www.rrbm.network) 67 President, Academy of Management (www.aom.org); Founding President, International Association for Chinese Management Research (www.iacmr.org)‘This book is a treasure. Mirvis, Mohrman and Worley have named and confronted head-on the challenges and struggles of the research philosophies and practices in our field. Through erudite summaries, penetrating questioning and reflective exercises they have built an integrating framework that can be a transformational force in the future of organizational scholarship. This is a book, not only to be read, but also to be subjected to deep reflection and application.’ -- David Coghlan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland‘Mirvis, Mohrman and Worley have written the definitive primer on how to do research that matters to both academics and practitioners. For those early in the journey of doing relevant research, the book is a “must read.” Clear, informative, and useful. For those with experience doing relevant research, the book is a “thankful read.” Illuminating, evocative, confirming.’ -- Thomas G. Cummings, The University of Southern California, US‘At last a book that is philosophically sound and demonstrates there is no tradeoff between rigor and relevance. How to Do Relevant Research needs to be required reading for every management and business school professor and graduate student. It gives us lots of examples of how to do research that makes a difference. This will be the saving grace of business schools – if people pay attention.’ -- R. Edward Freeman, University of Virginia, US‘If you want to make a difference to practice and theory, How to do Relevant Research by Mirvis, Mohrman and Worley is on target. I wish I had the wisdom in this book when I was a doctoral student or in early career – it would have helped me accelerate my contributions to theory and practice.’ -- Michael Beer, Harvard Business School; Co-founder TruePoint; Co-Founder Center for Higher Ambition Leadership‘This is an indispensable guide for scholars and practitioners. Mirvis, Mohrman, and Worley offer decades of exceptional experience. Their practical frameworks and vivid examples show practitioners how to tap the vast trove of useful evidence produced by scholars, and show scholars how to connect and ground their research in the pivotal issues, values, and decision frameworks used by practitioners.’ -- John Boudreau, University of Southern California, US‘An important and engaging contribution to doing research that enhances practice. More than a “how to” guide, Mirvis, Mohrman, and Worley’s years of experience in engaged research compel us to pay attention to the necessity of relevant scholarship. If you aren’t already doing and communicating useful, relevant research, this elegant book should inspire you to act. And if you are, then this exploration should energize you to build and connect.’ -- – Gavin M. Schwarz, University of New South Wales Business School, Australia‘At a time when executives seek evidence-based insight into effective practice, academics pursue opportunities for thought leadership, and accrediting bodies and funding agencies call for greater impact from research, this book guides scholars about how to best balance theory, rigor, and relevance. I strongly recommend this book to practitioner scholars and academics who are seeking to elevate their engaged scholarship and potential impact.’ -- John Mooney, Pepperdine University, US‘This is an important book on relevant and useful research that should be read by any scientist who is interested in making a difference to both practice and the academy. Based on decades of work, Mirvis, Mohrman and Worley provide a coherent roadmap for the complex and exciting journey into the borderland between academy and industry.’ -- Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, California Polytechnic State University, US and Co-Author of Collaborative Inquiry for Organization Development and Change‘Many organizational scholars, including Presidents of the Academy of Management, have urged us to do research that is both rigorous and relevant. This book shows us HOW to do this – at all academic career-phases. Coming from world-renowned scholars who have done this (and still do), this book’s refreshingly reflective and authentic tips promise to inspire and enable more organizational scholars to rigorously conduct relevant research thereby exponentially increasing the reach and impact of organizational science. This is needed now more than ever!’ -- Debra L. Shapiro, University of Maryland, US and Past President, Academy of Management (2016)‘This excellent book is must reading for anyone who wants to conduct relevant research that advances knowledge for theory and practice. It finds the sweet spot between contributing to theory and producing knowledge relevant to the problems faced in management and organizational practice. It suggests practical and proven ways to engage in a network of activities and relationships that enable relevant research.’ -- Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota, US‘A most welcome and well written guide to practical scholarship that is both rigorous and useful. For those stuck in the ivory tower, it’s also a liberatory call to action research!’ -- Hilary Bradbury, Editor in Chief, Action Research Journal, Curator, Foundation AR+‘This book offers a time-tested methodology on how to execute research that delivers relevant knowledge for practice. It resonates with the CEEMAN Manifesto on excellence and relevance in education and research and answers the question of professors and their doctoral students: “How do you do it”?!’ -- Danica Purg, President of IEDC-Bled School of Management, Bled, Slovenia and President of CEEMAN, The International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies‘This book is timely given the current global crisis and potential ones that businesses will likely face. Social science researchers have a role to play in solution making but are often missing from the solution making space occupied by managers. Mirvis, Mohrman and Worley provide concrete guidance to researchers to get to the ‘sweet spot’ where knowledge produced is both relevant and rigorous. They ask us to reflect on our research paradigms and professional identity, and to find inspiration in the many examples of research-practice collaborations that they share in the book. A must-read for researchers at any stage of their career seeking to produce research insights that impact practice.’ -- Garima Sharma, Georgia State University, US‘This book is long overdue. With examples of relevant research all over the world, it enables scholars to smell the aroma of practice and practitioners to taste the cooking of academics. I recommend this work to academics around the globe. For practitioners who are venturing into the scholarly world (i.e., getting doctoral degrees), this is must have book.’ -- Baniyelme D. Zoogah, President; Africa Academy of Management; Xavier University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface and acknowledgements PART I WHAT AND WHY 1. Theory-driven, practice-driven, and “sweet spot” management research 2. Developing your research philosophy 3. Creating value in organizational research: a relational view 4. Relevant research: yesterday and today PART II HOW 5. Theorizing and practice 6. Research and practice 7. Communicating research to scholars and practitioners 8. Managing research relationships in the field 9. Being a sweet spot researcher Index

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Book SynopsisAPMG is a leading global Examination Institute and the Official Accreditor of the UK Government's Cabinet Office and the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). They accredit professional training and consulting organizations and manage certification schemes for knowledge-based workers.Richard Smith (Editor) is a specialist in organizational development-related people development issues. He works with clients as diverse as Unilever, Nestle, Mars and Harvard Business School. He is the Chief Examiner for APMG Change Management products and lead author of the first global Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBoK) for the Change Management Institute. He is also a Fellow of the CIPD.Trade Review"This is a book which would be of principal benefit to people who are beginning to be more responsible for managing significant changes in their organisations. It would also be very useful to anyone further along the path into more senior roles, since it reviews and puts into a practical context a wide range of change, behavioural and management theories.... The book is full of well-researched and academically tested information and practical guidance from successful change managers.... 5 stars: Exceptional, a "must read" for any manager or leader." * Quentin Kopp for the Chartered Management Institute Book Club *"It... includes numerous charts, graphs, and case studies in the course of exploring a change manager's processes. References and insights into how change management concepts can be applied across the board to a wide variety of scenarios makes this a solid reference." * California Bookwatch, The Business Shelf, Midwest Book Review *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: A change management perspective – Richard Smith; Chapter - 02: Defining change – Robert Cole, David King and Rod Sowden; Chapter - 03: Managing benefits: Ensuring change delivers value – Stephen Jenner; Chapter - 04: Stakeholder strategy – Patrick Mayfield; Chapter - 05: Communication and engagement – Ranjit Sidhu; Chapter - 06: Change impact – Caroline Perkins; Chapter - 07: Change readiness, planning and measurement – Nicola Busby; Chapter - 08: Project management: Change initiatives, projects and programmes – Ira Blake; Chapter - 09: Education and learning support – Richard Smith; Chapter - 10: Facilitation – Dan Skelsey; Chapter - 11: Sustaining change – Helen Campbell; Chapter - 12: Personal and professional management – Ray Wicks; Chapter - 13: Organizational considerations – Tim Cole, Martin Lunn, Una McGarvie and Eric Rouhof

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Book SynopsisThis third edition of Competing Values Leadership serves as the key source for understanding and using the Competing Values Framework, one of the most widely used and highly cited frameworks in the world for understanding human behavior, leadership, and organizations. The authors of the framework, who have been at the foundation of developing, applying, and studying this framework for more than four decades, explain how it helps foster successful leadership, innovation, culture change, financial performance, organizational effectiveness, and value creation.In addition to explaining why the Competing Values Framework is among the most important frameworks in the history of business, this edition addresses some criticisms of the framework and provides empirical evidence for its validity, reliability, and usefulness. The authors also provide practical tools and actions that can assist any organization in improving its performance.This book is widely applicable to several fields, including financial strategy, culture change, human resource management, leadership roles, and organizational change. Both academics and business leaders will find it to be an illuminating and useful tool and reference. It has also proven to be a valuable resource in executive education programs.Trade Review‘[The authors] continue to shape how organizations succeed through leadership by integrating two critical concepts: navigating paradox and creating value. The theory, research, and solutions-based insights from their Competing Values Framework offer all leaders ideas and tools that will have immediate and sustainable impact.’ -- Dave Ulrich, University of Michigan, US and The RBL GroupTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I THE COMPETING VALUES FRAMEWORK AND VALUE CREATION 1. Introducing the competing values way of thinking 2. Clarifying the meaning of value 3. The quadrants in the Competing Values Framework 4. Tensions and trade-offs: from either/or to both/and thinking 5. Creating value through new leadership behaviors PART II TECHNIQUES FOR APPLICATION 6. Predicting value creation through financial performance 7. Fostering innovation by applying the Competing Values Framework 8. Enhancing leadership competencies and organizational culture 9. Applying leadership levers for organizational change 10. The double helix of leadership and change: integrating the Competing Values model with Theory U 11. Responding to criticisms of the Competing Values Framework 12. Conclusions about the structure of value References Index

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Book Synopsis*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*HOW DOES A PIT CREW CHANGE FOUR WHEELS IN 1.9 SECONDS?AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR A COMPANY LIKE BLACKBERRY?WHAT IS RON DENNIS' SECRET TO GOOD TIME MANAGEMENT?AND HOW CAN THAT HELP TV PRODUCERS?WHY IS F1 THE PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR LEADERSHIP, MOTIVATION AND STRATEGY?AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM IT?In The Winning Formula, driver, commentator and entrepreneur David Coulthard opens the doors to the secretive world of F1 and reveals in simple, entertaining and utterly compelling terms how he has been able to master this mind-boggling variety of disciplines by applying the skills honed from his years at the top of the world's most demanding motorsport.By recounting his own stories, and combining them with first-hand experience of stellar individuals such as Lewis Hamilton, Ron Dennis, Sir Frank Williams, Christian Horner and Sebastian Vettel, Coulthard provides a fascinating fly-on-the-wall insight into F1 but at the same time offers an invaluable guide to the business of sport and the sport of business.

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Book SynopsisThe authors of the classic Influence Without Authority explain the unique challenges of influencing powerful people Learn to overcome your difficulties with a boss who is uninterested in your concerns, or resistant to giving needed support.Table of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments xi PART I Fundamentals 1 Chapter 1 The World Has Changed: To Be Successful You Need to Influence Up 3 Chapter 2 How Power Differentials Blind Smart People 19 Chapter 3 How Power Differentials Give Smart People Laryngitis 33 Chapter 4 Overview of the Steps Required to Access and Infl uence Powerful People 45 Chapter 5 The Influence Model at Work: Moving a Tough Boss 65 PART II Building a Powerful Partnership with Your Boss 79 Chapter 6 Partnership: The Critical Mind-Set to Overcome Power Gaps 81 Chapter 7 Building a Partnership Relationship with Your Boss 97 Chapter 8 The Art—and Responsibility—of Helping Your Boss Succeed 113 Chapter 9 Recovering from Failed Talks with Your Boss 125 PART III Influencing Powerful People 145 Chapter 10 Framing Your Change Strategy: Fitting Your Approach to the Players 147 Chapter 11 What Do the Powerful Care About? 165 Chapter 12 Action Steps for Gaining Access to Powerful People 177 Chapter 13 Clinching the Deal: “Exchanging” to Build Trust with the Powerful 195 Chapter 14 The Contours of Change: Dr. Pomahac and the Challenge of Influencing Multiple Senior Managers and Surgeons to Allow the First Facial Transplant in the United States 211 Chapter 15 Influence across Multiple Organizations 219 Additional Resources 231 Notes 235 Index 239

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Book Synopsis“A road map for restoring dignity and compassion.” —Adam Grant, New York Times best-selling author of Give and Take An urgent yet hopeful analysis of the twenty-first-century surge in dehumanization, and how we can reverse it.Trade Review"A brilliant, timely reminder of how the power of humanity touches all aspects of our lives." -- Jonah Berger, author of Contagious"What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to see others as fully human? In this compelling book, Adam Waytz shows how the answer to these questions can help us reduce human conflict and improve lives." -- Carol Dweck, author of Mindset"[Adam Waytz] employs copious amounts of scientific, psychological, and corporate research as well as firsthand experience to provide a road map to a more people-friendly world.… Knowledgeable insights and solutions for increasing sensitivity and overall humane functioning in an often cold world." -- Library Journal"An interesting foray into the realm of emotional intelligence." -- Kirkus Reviews"This is an enlightening book about human-ness, the inherent value it provides, and how we are losing it.… Waytz argues that it’s a poor choice when we allow present-day forces of separation to take the human from our relationships: the relation gets removed, leaving just the ships, passing at sea." -- Robert B. Cialdini, author of Influence and Pre-Suasion"Adam Waytz is a leading thinker about the issues arising from the emerging era of pervasive human-machine interaction. Drawing from his social psychology foundation, The Power of Human offers important insight and practical suggestions to master this new definition of humanity." -- Brad Keywell, CEO of Uptake

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Book SynopsisColin Barrow is a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University and the former Head of the Enterprise Group. Over the past 40 years, he has lectured and researched in business schools across the world. He is also the author of The Business Plan Workbook, The 30 Day MBA, The 30 Day MBA in Marketing and The 30 Day MBA in International Business and Supply Chain Management. He is based in Cornwall, UKTable of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: The fundamentals of business finance; Chapter - 01: Financial business reports; Chapter - 02: The rules of the game; Chapter - 03: Analysing financial reports; Chapter - 04: Finance as a value creator; Section - TWO: Corporate capital structures; Chapter - 05: The role of business structures in financing business; Chapter - 06: Debt finance; Chapter - 07: Equity; Section - THREE: Financial strategies and special topics; Chapter - 08: Risk and management; Chapter - 09: Business tax and profit reporting procedures; Chapter - 10: Mergers and acquisitions; Chapter - 11: Business plans and budgets;

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Book SynopsisCarmine Gallo is the bestselling author of Talk Like TED and The Storyteller's Secret. He is a communications coach for widely admired brands such as Pfizer, LinkedIn, Intel and Coca-Cola, and a keynote speaker known for teaching the world's most respected business leaders how to deliver dynamic presentations and share inspiring stories. He is a columnist for Forbes and Entrepreneur. He is the head of Gallo Communications in California, where he resides with his wife.Trade ReviewUnique and actionable insights that will help anyone sharpen their communication skills -- Admiral James Stavridis, Vice Chairman, Global Affairs, The Carlyle Group and 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Carmine Gallo examines more than two decades of Bezos letters to reveal the writing and communication strategies that should be taught to everyone with a story to tell -- Marc Randolph, Co-Founder and First CEO of Netflix.A rewarding and informative take on how to craft a convincing message * Publishers Weekly *Boasts Amazon-like efficiency in laying out practical drills and specific exercises to apply the Bezos way of thinking to your own company or work * Financial Times *

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Book SynopsisFormer IBM CTO Mark Minevich discusses critical technology management issues for CTOs, with insights and best practices from global C-Level leaders. Topics include strategic roles, privacy, offshore outsourcing, project execution, technology alignment, future technologies, leadership, risk-taking, and risk management.

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Book SynopsisThe answer to better productivity isn’t more hours—it’s less waste and fewer things that induce distraction and persistent stress.It’s time to stop celebrating Crazy, and start celebrating Calm, Fried and Hansson assert.Fried and Hansson have the proof to back up their argument.

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Book SynopsisInstant Wall Street Journal Bestseller!Congratulations, you''re a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don''t really know what you''re doing.That''s exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of 25. She stared at a long list of logistics--from hiring to firing, from meeting to messaging, from planning to pitching--and faced a thousand questions and uncertainties. How was she supposed to spin teamwork into value? How could she be a good steward of her reports'' careers? What was the secret to leading with confidence in new and unexpected situations?Now, having managed dozens of teams spanning tens to hundreds of people, Julie knows the most important lesson of all: great managers are made, not born. If you care enough to be reading this, then you care enough to be a great manager.

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Book SynopsisGiven the breadth in the conflict and conflict management literatures, there have been few if any compilations that offered good coverage and quality depth, until now. This work provides both a good and timely review as well as insightful integration and extension of existing conflict research. As we would expect from these authors, the writing is good throughout and the chapters are well-organized, focused and concise. This is good reading that is sure to become a staple for conflict researchers.'- Allen C. Amason, Dean, College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University, US'The Handbook of Conflict Management Research is an important integration of the research literature that has blossomed over the last couple of decades. This volume of spectacular pieces of work will be a critical addition to the library of any serious scholar of conflict.'- Max H. Bazerman, Harvard Kennedy School, USManaging conflict in the workplace is one of the major challenges facing the leaders and managers of modern organizations. This comprehensive Handbook draws together current thoughts and research in conflict management.Specifically, it brings a wealth of knowledge from authorities in the field on emerging issues such as power in conflict, cognition and emotions in conflict, leading conflict from multiple perspectives and cultural orientations, the role of context in conflict and the teaching of conflict management. By enhancing the knowledge base around conflict and conflict management, this Handbook provides guidance to improve human interactions at the individual, dyad, team, organizational and societal levels.Altogether, the Handbook provides a crucial avenue for researchers and practitioners continued engagement in conflict research and management theory.Contributors: N.M. Ashkanasy, O.B. Ayoko, B. Barry, J. Bear, K. Behfar, C. Bendersky, J. Brett, K. Bollen, J. Brett, E.R. Burris, R.R. Callister, N. Chen Yi-feng, D. Conlon, R.E. de Vries, F.R.C. De Wit, S. Einarsen, M. Euwema, A.J. Ferguson, C.M. Fisher, M.J Gelfand, D.E. Gibson, E. Giebels, B. Gray, L.L. Greer, E.Hall, K. Hamilton, J.R. Harrington, A.C. Homan, K.A. Jehn, P.J. Jordan, A.A. Kane, S-H Kim, M.A. Korsgaard, L.M. Leslie, R.J. Lewicki, E.L. Lingo, B.J. Lucas, K.L. McGinn, S. Mohammed, M. Muchiri, P.C. Patel, R.S. Peterson, R.L. Pinkley, R.E. Ployhart, J.T. Polzer, R.A. Posthuma, M. Redeker, E.M. Rehel, F.A. Rink, S. Rispens, J. Sanchez-Burks, P. Satterstrom, J.E. Sawyer, D. Scheepers, M. Schweitzer, D.L. Shapiro, S-I. Shih, J. S. Tan, R. Tesler, D. Tjosvold, S.M.B. Thatcher, L.L. Thompson, G. Todorova, A.C. Troth, E.G. Ufkes, M. Ulrich, K.J.P.M. van Erp, R. Volkema, R. Wei, L.R. Weingart, K.M. Westerlaken, A. WongTrade Review‘Given the breadth in the conflict and conflict management literatures, there have been few if any compilations that offered good coverage and quality depth, until now. This work provides both a good and timely review as well as insightful integration and extension of existing conflict research. As we would expect from these authors, the writing is good throughout and the chapters are well-organized, focused and concise. This is good reading that is sure to become a staple for conflict researchers.’ -- Allen C. Amason, Dean, College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University, US'The Handbook of Conflict Management Research is an important integration of the research literature that has blossomed over the last couple of decades. This volume of spectacular pieces of work will be a critical addition to the library of any serious scholar of conflict.’ -- Max H. Bazerman, Harvard Kennedy School, USTable of ContentsPART I: ON THE NATURE OF CONFLICT 1. Types of Conflict: The History and Future of Conflict Definitions and Typologies Karen A. Jehn 2. Beneficial and Detrimental Effects of Conflict Sonja Rispens 3. Cooperative and Competitive Conflict Management in Organizations Dean Tjosvold, Alfred Wong and Nancy Yi Feng Chen 4. The Emergence of Intragroup Conflict: Variations in Conflict Configurations M. Audrey Korsgaard, Robert E. Ployhart and Michael D. Ulrich 5. Understanding High-stakes Conflicts Ellen Giebels, Elze G. Ufkes and Kim J. P. M. van Erp 6. Identifying Gaps between the Conceptualization of Conflict and its Measurement Corinne Bendersky, Julia Bear, Kristin Behfar, Laurie R. Weingart, Gergana Todorova and Karen A. Jehn PART II: ON THE EFFECTS OF CULTURE AND DIVERSITY 7. Power in Teams: Effects of Team Power Structures on Team Conflict and Team Outcomes. Lindred L. Greer 8. Conflict Cultures: A New Frontier for Conflict Management Research and Practice Michele J. Gelfand, Jesse R. Harrington and Lisa M. Leslie 9. 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Anger at Work: Examining Organizational Anger Norms Impact on Anger Expression Outcomes Ronda R. Callister, Barbara Gray, Donald E. Gibson, Maurice E. Schweitzer and Joo Seng Tan PART V: CONFLICT AND NEGOTIATION 18. Reframing Hierarchical Interactions as Negotiations to Promote Change in Health Care Systems Patricia Satterstrom, Jeffrey T. Polzer and Robert Wei 19. Negotiation Processes as Sources of (And Solutions to) Interorganizational Conflict Elizabeth Long Lingo, Colin M. Fisher and Kathleen L. McGinn 20. Getting Something out of Nothing: Reaping or Resisting the Power of a Phantom BATNA Donald E. Conlon, Robin L. Pinkley and John E. Sawyer 21. Lies, Damn Lies,and Negotiation: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Nature and Consequences of Deception at the Bargaining Table Bruce Barry and Erin M. Rehel PART VI: ON THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT 22. Approaches to the study of employee’s territoriality, conflict, emotions and well-being Oluremi B. Ayoko, Neal M. Ashkanasy and Karen A. Jehn 23. Ethics in International Business Negotiations Richard A. Posthuma, Si-Hyun Kim and Roger Volkema 24. Understanding the messy relationship between faultlines and conflict Sherry M.B. Thatcher and Pankaj C. Patel PART VII: CONFLICT AND LEADERSHIP 25. Intragroup Conflict and the Interpersonal Leadership Circumplex: Matching Leadership Behaviors to Conflict Types Astrid C. Homan, Marleen Redeker and Reinout E. de Vries 26. Conflict at multiple levels: Transformational leadership and followers’ cultural orientation Oluremi B. Ayoko and Michael Muchiri PART VIII: LEARNING AND TEACHING CONFLICT MANAGEMENT/NEGOTIATION 27. Negotiator Bandwidth Leigh Thompson, Brian Lucas and Erika Hall 28. Mediating Hierarchical Labour Conflicts: Dynamics and Interventions Katalien Bollen and Martin C. Euwema 29. Teaching Negotiation: The State of the Practice Roy J. Lewicki INDEX

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Book SynopsisCovering the work in intermittent demand forecasting and the research findings in the following topics: time series (parametric) methods; bootstrapping, both parametric and non-parametric; causal models; and neural networks, this book shows how these methods may be implemented and how they may complement existing operational functions, and more.Trade ReviewIntermittent demand forecasting may seem like a specialized area but actually is at the center of sustainability efforts to consume less and to waste less. Boylan and Syntetos have done a superb job in showing how improvements in inventory management are pivotal in achieving this. Their book covers both the theory and practice of intermittent demand forecasting and my prediction is that it will fast become the ‘bible’ of the field. Spyros Makridakis, Professor, University of Nicosia, and Director, Institute for the Future and the Makridakis Open Forecasting Center (MOFC) We have been able to support our clients by adopting many of the ideas discussed in this excellent book, and implementing them in our software. I am sure that these ideas will be equally helpful for other supply chain software vendors and for companies wanting to update and upgrade their capabilities in forecasting and inventory management. Suresh Acharya, VP, Research and Development, Blue Yonder As product variants proliferate and the pace of business quickens, more and more items have intermittent demand. Boylan and Syntetos have long been leaders in extending forecasting and inventory methods to accommodate this new reality. Their book gathers and clarifies decades of research in this area, and explains how practitioners can exploit this knowledge to make their operations more efficient and effective. Thomas R. Willemain, Professor Emeritus, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTable of ContentsPreface xix Glossary xxi About the Companion Website xxiii 1 Economic and Environmental Context 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Economic and Environmental Benefits 3 1.2.1 After-sales Industry 3 1.2.2 Defence Sector 4 1.2.3 Economic Benefits 5 1.2.4 Environmental Benefits 5 1.2.5 Summary 6 1.3 Intermittent Demand Forecasting Software 6 1.3.1 Early Forecasting Software 6 1.3.2 Developments in Forecasting Software 6 1.3.3 Open Source Software 7 1.3.4 Summary 7 1.4 About this Book 7 1.4.1 Optimality and Robustness 7 1.4.2 Business Context 8 1.4.3 Structure of the Book 9 1.4.4 Current and Future Applications 10 1.4.5 Summary 10 1.5 Chapter Summary 11 Technical Note 11 2 Inventory Management and Forecasting 13 2.1 Introduction 13 2.2 Scheduling and Forecasting 13 2.2.1 Material Requirements Planning (MRP) 13 2.2.2 Dependent and Independent Demand Items 14 2.2.3 Make to Stock 15 2.2.4 Summary 15 2.3 Should an Item Be Stocked at All? 15 2.3.1 Stock/Non-Stock Decision Rules 16 2.3.2 Historical or Forecasted Demand? 18 2.3.3 Summary 18 2.4 Inventory Control Requirements 19 2.4.1 How Should Stock Records be Maintained? 19 2.4.2 When are Forecasts Required for Stocking Decisions? 22 2.4.3 Summary 24 2.5 Overview of Stock Rules 25 2.5.1 Continuous Review Systems 25 2.5.2 Periodic Review Systems 26 2.5.3 Periodic Review Policies 28 2.5.4 Variations of the (R, S) Periodic Policy 29 2.5.5 Summary 30 2.6 Chapter Summary 30 Technical Notes 31 3 Service Level Measures 33 3.1 Introduction 33 3.2 Judgemental Ordering 34 3.2.1 Rules of Thumb for the Order-Up-To Level 34 3.2.2 Judgemental Adjustment of Orders 34 3.2.3 Summary 35 3.3 Aggregate Financial and Service Targets 35 3.3.1 Aggregate Financial Targets 36 3.3.2 Service Level Measures 36 3.3.3 Relationships Between Service Level Measures 38 3.3.4 Summary 39 3.4 Service Measures at SKU Level 39 3.4.1 Cost Factors 39 3.4.2 Understanding of Service Level Measures 40 3.4.3 Potential Service Level Measures 40 3.4.4 Choice of Service Level Measure 41 3.4.5 Summary 42 3.5 Calculating Cycle Service Levels 42 3.5.1 Distribution of Demand Over One Time Period 43 3.5.2 Cycle Service Levels Based on All Cycles 44 3.5.3 Cycle Service Levels Based on Cycles with Demand 45 3.5.4 Summary 47 3.6 Calculating Fill Rates 48 3.6.1 Unit Fill Rates 48 3.6.2 Fill Rates: Standard Formula 49 3.6.3 Fill Rates: Sobel’s Formula 51 3.6.4 Summary 53 3.7 Setting Service Level Targets 53 3.7.1 Responsibility for Target Setting 53 3.7.2 Trade-off Between Service and Cost 54 3.7.3 Setting SKU Level Service Targets 55 3.7.4 Summary 56 3.8 Chapter Summary 56 Technical Note 57 4 Demand Distributions 59 4.1 Introduction 59 4.2 Estimation of Demand Distributions 60 4.2.1 Empirical Demand Distributions 60 4.2.2 Fitted Demand Distributions 62 4.2.3 Summary 64 4.3 Criteria for Demand Distributions 64 4.3.1 Empirical Evidence for Goodness of Fit 64 4.3.2 Further Criteria 64 4.3.3 Summary 65 4.4 Poisson Distribution 65 4.4.1 Shape of the Poisson Distribution 66 4.4.2 Summary 67 4.5 Poisson Demand Distribution 67 4.5.1 Poisson: A Priori Grounds 67 4.5.2 Poisson: Ease of Calculation 67 4.5.3 Poisson: Flexibility 68 4.5.4 Poisson: Goodness of Fit 69 4.5.5 Testing for Goodness of Fit 70 4.5.6 Summary 72 4.6 Incidence and Occurrence 72 4.6.1 Demand Incidence 72 4.6.2 Demand Occurrence 73 4.6.3 Summary 74 4.7 Poisson Demand Incidence Distribution 75 4.7.1 A Priori Grounds 75 4.7.2 Ease of Calculation 75 4.7.3 Flexibility 76 4.7.4 Goodness of Fit 76 4.7.5 Summary 79 4.8 Bernoulli Demand Occurrence Distribution 79 4.8.1 Bernoulli Distribution: A Priori Grounds 79 4.8.2 Bernoulli Distribution: Ease of Calculation 80 4.8.3 Bernoulli Distribution: Flexibility 81 4.8.4 Bernoulli Distribution: Goodness of Fit 81 4.8.5 Summary 82 4.9 Chapter Summary 82 Technical Notes 83 5 Compound Demand Distributions 87 5.1 Introduction 87 5.2 Compound Poisson Distributions 88 5.2.1 Compound Poisson: A Priori Grounds 89 5.2.2 Compound Poisson: Flexibility 89 5.2.3 Summary 89 5.3 Stuttering Poisson Distribution 90 5.3.1 Stuttering Poisson: A Priori Grounds 91 5.3.2 Stuttering Poisson: Ease of Calculation 91 5.3.3 Stuttering Poisson: Flexibility 93 5.3.4 Stuttering Poisson: Goodness of Fit for Demand Sizes 93 5.3.5 Summary 95 5.4 Negative Binomial Distribution 96 5.4.1 Negative Binomial: A Priori Grounds 96 5.4.2 Negative Binomial: Ease of Calculation 96 5.4.3 Negative Binomial: Flexibility 97 5.4.4 Negative Binomial: Goodness of Fit 98 5.4.5 Summary 99 5.5 Compound Bernoulli Distributions 100 5.5.1 Compound Bernoulli: A Priori Grounds 100 5.5.2 Compound Bernoulli: Ease of Calculation 100 5.5.3 Compound Bernoulli: Flexibility 100 5.5.4 Compound Bernoulli: Goodness of Fit 101 5.5.5 Summary 101 5.6 Compound Erlang Distributions 101 5.6.1 Compound Erlang Distributions: A Priori Grounds 103 5.6.2 Compound Erlang Distributions: Ease of Calculation 104 5.6.3 Compound Erlang-2: Flexibility 104 5.6.4 Compound Erlang-2: Goodness of Fit 104 5.6.5 Summary 105 5.7 Differing Time Units 105 5.7.1 Poisson Distribution 106 5.7.2 Compound Poisson Distribution 106 5.7.3 Compound Bernoulli and Compound Erlang Distributions 107 5.7.4 Normal Distribution 108 5.7.5 Summary 110 5.8 Chapter Summary 110 Technical Notes 111 6 Forecasting Mean Demand 117 6.1 Introduction 117 6.2 Demand Assumptions 118 6.2.1 Elements of Intermittent Demand 119 6.2.2 Demand Models 119 6.2.3 An Intermittent Demand Model 120 6.2.4 Summary 121 6.3 Single Exponential Smoothing (SES) 121 6.3.1 SES as an Error-correction Mechanism 122 6.3.2 SES as aWeighted Average of Previous Observations 122 6.3.3 Practical Considerations 125 6.3.4 Summary 126 6.4 Croston’s Critique of SES 126 6.4.1 Bias After Demand Occurring Periods 126 6.4.2 Magnitude of Bias After Demand Occurring Periods 128 6.4.3 Bias After Review Intervals with Demands 128 6.4.4 Summary 129 6.5 Croston’s Method 129 6.5.1 Method Specification 129 6.5.2 Method Application 130 6.5.3 Summary 131 6.6 Critique of Croston’s Method 132 6.6.1 Bias of Size-interval Approaches 132 6.6.2 Inversion Bias 132 6.6.3 Quantification of Bias 133 6.6.4 Summary 134 6.7 Syntetos–Boylan Approximation 134 6.7.1 Practical Application 134 6.7.2 Framework for Correction Factors 135 6.7.3 Initialisation and Optimisation 135 6.7.4 Summary 138 6.8 Aggregation for Intermittent Demand 138 6.8.1 Temporal Aggregation 138 6.8.2 Cross-sectional Aggregation 141 6.8.3 Summary 142 6.9 Empirical Studies 143 6.9.1 Single Series, Single Period Approaches 143 6.9.2 Single Series, Multiple Period Approaches 144 6.9.3 Summary 145 6.10 Chapter Summary 145 Technical Notes 146 7 Forecasting the Variance of Demand and Forecast Error 151 7.1 Introduction 151 7.2 Mean Known, Variance Unknown 151 7.2.1 Mean Demand Unchanging Through Time 152 7.2.2 Relating Variance Over One Period to Variance Over the Protection Interval 152 7.2.3 Summary 153 7.3 Mean Unknown, Variance Unknown 153 7.3.1 Mean and Variance Unchanging Through Time 154 7.3.2 Mean or Variance Changing Through Time 155 7.3.3 Relating Variance Over One Period to Variance Over the Protection Interval 156 7.3.4 Direct Approach to Estimating Variance of Forecast Error Over the Protection Interval 158 7.3.5 Implementing the Direct Approach to Estimating Variance Over the Protection Interval 160 7.3.6 Summary 160 7.4 Lead Time Variability 161 7.4.1 Consequences of Recognising Lead Time Variance 161 7.4.2 Variance of Demand Over a Variable Lead Time (Known Mean Demand) 162 7.4.3 Variance of Demand Over a Variable Lead Time (Unknown Mean Demand) 163 7.4.4 Distribution of Demand Over a Variable Lead Time 164 7.4.5 Summary 165 7.5 Chapter Summary 165 Technical Notes 166 8 Inventory Settings 169 8.1 Introduction 169 8.2 Normal Demand 170 8.2.1 Order-up-to Levels for Four Scenarios 170 8.2.2 Scenario 1: Mean and Standard Deviation Known 170 8.2.3 Scenario 2: Mean Demand Unknown Standard Deviation Known 172 8.2.4 Scenario 3: Mean Demand Known Standard Deviation Unknown 175 8.2.5 Scenario 4: Mean and Standard Deviation Unknown 176 8.2.6 Summary 177 8.3 Poisson Demand 177 8.3.1 Cycle Service Level System when the Mean Demand is Known 177 8.3.2 Fill Rate System when the Mean Demand is Known 178 8.3.3 Poisson OUT Level when the Mean Demand is Unknown 179 8.3.4 Summary 181 8.4 Compound Poisson Demand 181 8.4.1 Stuttering Poisson OUT Level when the Parameters are Known 181 8.4.2 Negative Binomial OUT Levels when the Parameters are Known 183 8.4.3 Stuttering Poisson and Negative Binomial OUT Levels when the Parameters are Unknown 183 8.4.4 Summary 184 8.5 Variable Lead Times 184 8.5.1 Empirical Lead Time Distributions 184 8.5.2 Summary 185 8.6 Chapter Summary 185 Technical Notes 186 9 Accuracy and Its Implications 193 9.1 Introduction 193 9.2 Forecast Evaluation 194 9.2.1 Only One Step Ahead? 194 9.2.2 All Points in Time? 194 9.2.3 Summary 195 9.3 Error Measures in Common Usage 195 9.3.1 Popular Forecast Error Measures 195 9.3.2 Calculation of Forecast Errors 197 9.3.3 Mean Error 197 9.3.4 Mean Square Error 198 9.3.5 Mean Absolute Error 198 9.3.6 Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) 198 9.3.7 100% Minus MAPE 199 9.3.8 Forecast Value Added 199 9.3.9 Summary 200 9.4 Criteria for Error Measures 200 9.4.1 General Criteria 200 9.4.2 Additional Criteria for Intermittence 201 9.4.3 Summary 201 9.5 Mean Absolute Percentage Error and its Variants 201 9.5.1 Problems with the Mean Absolute Percentage Error 202 9.5.2 Mean Absolute Percentage Error from Forecast 202 9.5.3 Symmetric Mean Absolute Percentage Error 203 9.5.4 MAPEFF and sMAPE for Intermittent Demand 204 9.5.5 Summary 205 9.6 Measures Based on the Mean Absolute Error 205 9.6.1 MAE: Mean Ratio 205 9.6.2 Mean Absolute Scaled Error 206 9.6.3 Measures Based on Absolute Errors 207 9.6.4 Summary 208 9.7 Measures Based on the Mean Error 208 9.7.1 Desirability of Unbiased Forecasts 209 9.7.2 Mean Error 209 9.7.3 Mean Percentage Error 210 9.7.4 Scaled Bias Measures 210 9.7.5 Summary 211 9.8 Measures Based on the Mean Square Error 211 9.8.1 Scaled Mean Square Error 212 9.8.2 Relative Root Mean Square Error 212 9.8.3 Percentage Best 213 9.8.4 Summary 213 9.9 Accuracy of Predictive Distributions 214 9.9.1 Measuring Predictive Distribution Accuracy 214 9.9.2 Probability Integral Transform for Continuous Data 215 9.9.3 Probability Integral Transform for Discrete Data 215 9.9.4 Summary 217 9.10 Accuracy Implication Measures 218 9.10.1 Simulation Outline 218 9.10.2 Forecasting Details 218 9.10.3 Simulation Details 219 9.10.4 Comparison of Simulation Results 220 9.10.5 Summary 221 9.11 Chapter Summary 221 Technical Notes 221 10 Judgement, Bias, and Mean Square Error 225 10.1 Introduction 225 10.2 Judgemental Forecasting 225 10.2.1 Evidence on Prevalence of Judgemental Forecasting 226 10.2.2 Judgemental Biases 226 10.2.3 Effectiveness of Judgemental Forecasts: Evidence for Non-intermittent Items 229 10.2.4 Effectiveness of Judgemental Forecasts: Evidence for Intermittent Items 230 10.2.5 Summary 231 10.3 Forecast Bias 232 10.3.1 Monitoring and Detection of Bias 232 10.3.2 Bias as an Expectation of a Random Variable 234 10.3.3 Response to Different Causes of Bias 235 10.3.4 Summary 236 10.4 The Components of Mean Square Error 236 10.4.1 Calculation of Mean Square Error 236 10.4.2 Decomposition of Expected Squared Errors 236 10.4.3 Decomposition of Expected Squared Errors for Independent Demand 238 10.4.4 Summary 239 10.5 Chapter Summary 240 Technical Notes 240 11 Classification Methods 243 11.1 Introduction 243 11.2 Classification Schemes 244 11.2.1 The Purpose of Classification 244 11.2.2 Classification Criteria 245 11.2.3 Summary 245 11.3 ABC Classification 246 11.3.1 Pareto Principle 246 11.3.2 Service Criticality 246 11.3.3 ABC Classification and Forecasting 247 11.3.4 Summary 248 11.4 Extensions to the ABC Classification 248 11.4.1 Composite Criterion Approach 249 11.4.2 Multi-criteria Approaches 250 11.4.3 Classification for Spare Parts 250 11.4.4 Summary 251 11.5 Conceptual Clarifications 251 11.5.1 Definition of Non-normal Demand Patterns 251 11.5.2 Conceptual Framework 252 11.5.3 Summary 253 11.6 Classification Based on Demand Sources 254 11.6.1 Demand Generation 254 11.6.2 A Qualitative Classification Approach 254 11.6.3 Summary 255 11.7 Forecasting-based Classifications 255 11.7.1 Forecasting and Generalisation 256 11.7.2 Classification Solutions 257 11.7.3 Summary 258 11.8 Chapter Summary 259 Technical Notes 260 12 Maintenance and Obsolescence 263 12.1 Introduction 263 12.2 Maintenance Contexts 264 12.2.1 Summary 265 12.3 Causal Forecasting 265 12.3.1 Causal Forecasting for Maintenance Management 266 12.3.2 Summary 268 12.4 Time Series Methods 268 12.4.1 Forecasting in the Presence of Obsolescence 269 12.4.2 Forecasting with Granular Maintenance Information 272 12.4.3 Summary 273 12.5 Forecasting in Context 273 12.6 Chapter Summary 275 Technical Notes 276 13 Non-parametric Methods 279 13.1 Introduction 279 13.2 Empirical Distribution Functions 280 13.2.1 Assumptions 281 13.2.2 Length of History 281 13.2.3 Summary 282 13.3 Non-overlapping and Overlapping Blocks 282 13.3.1 Differences Between the Two Methods 282 13.3.2 Methods and Assumptions 284 13.3.3 Practical Considerations 284 13.3.4 Performance of Non-overlapping Blocks Method 285 13.3.5 Performance of Overlapping Blocks Method 285 13.3.6 Summary 286 13.4 Comparison of Approaches 286 13.4.1 Time Series Characteristics Favouring Overlapping Blocks 286 13.4.2 Empirical Evidence on Overlapping Blocks 287 13.4.3 Summary 289 13.5 Resampling Methods 289 13.5.1 Simple Bootstrapping 289 13.5.2 Bootstrapping Demand Sizes and Intervals 290 13.5.3 VZ Bootstrap and the Syntetos–Boylan Approximation 292 13.5.4 Extension of Methods to Variable Lead Times 293 13.5.5 Resampling Immediately After Demand Occurrence 293 13.5.6 Summary 294 13.6 Limitations of Simple Bootstrapping 294 13.6.1 Autocorrelated Demand 294 13.6.2 Previously Unobserved Demand Values 295 13.6.3 Summary 296 13.7 Extensions to Simple Bootstrapping 296 13.7.1 Discrete-time Markov Chains 296 13.7.2 Extension to Simple Bootstrapping Using Markov Chains 297 13.7.3 Jittering 299 13.7.4 Limitations of Jittering 300 13.7.5 Further Developments 300 13.7.6 Empirical Evidence on Bootstrapping Methods 300 13.7.7 Summary 302 13.8 Chapter Summary 302 Technical Notes 303 14 Model-based Methods 305 14.1 Introduction 305 14.2 Models and Methods 305 14.2.1 A Simple Model for Single Exponential Smoothing 306 14.2.2 Critique ofWeighted Least Squares 307 14.2.3 ARIMA Models 307 14.2.4 The ARIMA(0,1,1) Model and SES 308 14.2.5 Summary 309 14.3 Integer Autoregressive Moving Average (INARMA) Models 309 14.3.1 Integer Autoregressive Model of Order One, INAR(1) 310 14.3.2 Integer Moving Average Model of Order One, INMA(1) 312 14.3.3 Mixed Integer Autoregressive Moving Average Models 312 14.3.4 Summary 313 14.4 INARMA Parameter Estimation 313 14.4.1 Parameter Estimation for INAR(1) Models 313 14.4.2 Parameter Estimation for INMA(1) Models 314 14.4.3 Parameter Estimation for INARMA(1,1) Models 314 14.4.4 Summary 315 14.5 Identification of INARMA Models 315 14.5.1 Identification Using Akaike’s Information Criterion 315 14.5.2 General Models and Model Identification 316 14.5.3 Summary 317 14.6 Forecasting Using INARMA Models 317 14.6.1 Forecasting INAR(1) Mean Demand 318 14.6.2 Forecasting INMA(1) Mean Demand 318 14.6.3 Forecasting INARMA(1,1) Mean Demand 319 14.6.4 Forecasting Using Temporal Aggregation 319 14.6.5 Summary 319 14.7 Predicting the Whole Demand Distribution 319 14.7.1 Protection Interval of One Period 320 14.7.2 Protection Interval of More Than One Period 320 14.7.3 Summary 322 14.8 State Space Models for Intermittence 322 14.8.1 Croston’s Demand Model 323 14.8.2 Proposed State Space Models 324 14.8.3 Summary 325 14.9 Chapter Summary 325 Technical Notes 325 15 Software for Intermittent Demand 329 15.1 Introduction 329 15.2 Taxonomy of Software 330 15.2.1 Proprietary Software 330 15.2.2 Open Source Software 332 15.2.3 Hybrid Solutions 333 15.2.4 Summary 333 15.3 Framework for Software Evaluation 333 15.3.1 Key Aspects of Software Evaluation 334 15.3.2 Additional Criteria 335 15.3.3 Summary 336 15.4 Software Features and Their Availability 336 15.4.1 Software Features for Intermittent Demand 336 15.4.2 Availability of Software Features 337 15.4.3 Summary 338 15.5 Training 339 15.5.1 Summary 340 15.6 Forecast Support Systems 340 15.6.1 Summary 341 15.7 Alternative Perspectives 341 15.7.1 Bayesian Methods 342 15.7.2 Neural Networks 342 15.7.3 Summary 343 15.8 Way Forward 343 15.9 Chapter Summary 345 Technical Note 345 References 347 Author Index 365 Subject Index 367

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Book SynopsisWhat is a boundary? Simply put, a boundary is a property line that defines ownership, and responsibility. Beginning with a lucid description of how brains actually work, the author applies those principles to the critical aspects of a leader's work: how to manage teams, coach direct reports, and instill an organization with values and culture.Trade Review"...the book offers a valuable perspective and ideas." -- Booklist

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Book SynopsisA Practical Guide to Using the Principles of Servant Leadership Leadership is a calling. And servant leadership—the idea that managing with respect, honesty, love, and spirituality empowers employees—helps individuals answer that calling. Bestselling author and former Fortune 500 executive James A. Autry reveals the servant leader’s tools, a set of skills and ideals that will transform the way business is done. It helps leaders nurture the needs and goals of those who look to them for leadership. The result is a more productive, successful, and happier organization, and a more meaningful life for the leader. Autry reveals how to remain true to the servant leadership model when handling day-to-day and long-term management situations, including how to: •Provide guidance during conflict and crisis •Assure your continued growth and progress as a leader •Train managers in the principles of servant l

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Book SynopsisHow to solve critical business challenges by generating more and better ideas Every organization needs a steady supply of fresh, relevant ideas, but managers can?t just lock teams in a room with a mandate to brainstorm and hope for the best.Trade Review“In a world of hyper-competition and nonstop reinvention, the only sustainable form of business leadership is thought leadership—generating more good ideas faster than anybody else. In Idea Stormers, Bryan Mattimore sets out a collection of insatiably useful practices and revealing case studies to help you and your colleagues rethink your approach to creativity. So here's an idea: buy this book, apply its uncommon wisdom, and out-think the competition.” —William C. Taylor, cofounder, Fast Company; author, Practically Radical “A fun and engaging tour of the creative process. I love Mattimore's stories, which place their emphasis on real-life examples and proven techniques. This book is sure to boost your imagination and your group's creative willpower; indeed, it'll put white caps on your gray matter! Highly recommended.” —Roger von Oech, author, A Whack on the Side of the Head and the Creative Whack Pack “To stay ahead of the competition it is absolutely necessary to embrace innovation and creativity, whatever field you are in. In Idea Stormers, Bryan Mattimore clearly articulates must-have processes for leaders to embrace and use to inspire innovative thinking across all functions. One of his most important messages is that leaders should leverage creativity across their organizations. He believes (and I agree) that everyone in your company has the potential to create great ideas that will add value to your culture and your bottom line. All you need to do is engage your associates, make them feel valued, and use some of the techniques in this book to unleash their ideas!” —Kay Krill, chief executive officer, ANN Inc., Ann Taylor, and LOFT “Idea Stormers is a practical facilitator's manual for inspiring creative thinking. It also shows you how to translate new ideas into real world applications. Highly recommended.” —Michael J. Gelb, author, How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci “As a creative thinking expert, I am very familiar with Bryan Mattimore and his outstanding work in the ideation and innovation consulting field. Bryan is one of the best facilitators and corporate creativity consultants in the world. He is among my heroes who inspire, teach, and guide others in the corporate world on how to create original and implementable ideas that make a difference in our competitive business environment. Mattimore’s newest book, Idea Stormers, offers a host of creative-thinking tools and techniques. More importantly, it provides an excellent framework for unleashing the creativity of groups, no matter what their role or function is within an organization. Mattimore’s behind-the-scenes look at his successes with teams provide you with lessons and techniques to create, inspire, facilitate, and drive creative collaboration to generate the ideas you need to achieve uncommon results. Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Mattimore shows us how together we can generate original ideas, make good ideas great, and create game-changing ones.” —Michael Michalko, author, Thinkertoys, Cracking Creativity, ThinkPak and Creative Thinkering “Question everything! Hands-on and ready-to-go, here are techniques to get you started.” —Seth Godin, author, Purple Cow “Bryan Mattimore has helped me create breakthrough new products for Godiva, generate innovative promotions for The Food Network, and most recently, with re-positioning Good Morning America. I know firsthand that the ideation techniques and innovation processes in Idea Stormers work, and that they can unleash the creative potential of any team. Idea Stormers should be required reading for anyone on the front lines of marketing innovation!” —Adam Rockmore, senior vice president marketing, ABC Daytime and News and SOAPnetTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction: Idea Engines 1 1 A Map of the Creative Mind: Embracing Seven Creative Thinking Mind-Sets 11 2 Beyond Brainstorming: Understanding Individual and Group Ideation Techniques 23 3 Your Ideation Tool Kit: The Seven All-Time Greatest Ideation Techniques 49 4 Innovation Overview: Strategies and Tools of a Successful Innovation Process 71 5 Real-World Challenges: Applying Ideation Techniques and Innovation Processes 99 6 Idea Meets World: Navigating the Road from Good Idea to Successful Innovation 133 7 Thinking Like a Facilitating Leader I: The Who, Where, and How of Planning and Leading Group Ideation Sessions 155 8 Thinking Like a Facilitating Leader II: New Product Ideation Session Design 175 9 Thinking Like a Facilitating Leader III: Five Strategies for Inventing Ideation and Innovation Processes 199 Conclusion 221 Notes 225 Acknowledgments 227 About the Author 231 Index 233

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Book SynopsisUnique prospective on the big data analytics phenomenon for both business and IT professionals The availability of Big Data, low-cost commodity hardware and new information management and analytics software has produced a unique moment in the history of business. The convergence of these trends means that we have the capabilities required to analyze astonishing data sets quickly and cost-effectively for the first time in history. These capabilities are neither theoretical nor trivial. They represent a genuine leap forward and a clear opportunity to realize enormous gains in terms of efficiency, productivity, revenue and profitability. The Age of Big Data is here, and these are truly revolutionary times. This timely book looks at cutting-edge companies supporting an exciting new generation of business analytics. Learn more about the trends in big data and how they are impacting the business world (Risk, Marketing, Healthcare, Financial Services, etc.Table of ContentsForeword xiii Preface xix Acknowledgments xxi Chapter 1 What is Big Data and Why is It Important? 1 A Flood of Mythic “Start-Up” Proportions 4 Big Data is More Than Merely Big 5 Why Now? 6 A Convergence of Key Trends 7 Relatively Speaking . . . 9 A Wider Variety of Data 10 The Expanding Universe of Unstructured Data 11 Setting the Tone at the Top 15 Notes 18 Chapter 2 Industry Examples of Big Data 19 Digital Marketing and the Non-line World 19 Don’t Abdicate Relationships 22 Is IT Losing Control of Web Analytics? 23 Database Marketers, Pioneers of Big Data 24 Big Data and the New School of Marketing 27 Consumers Have Changed. So Must Marketers. 28 The Right Approach: Cross-Channel Lifecycle Marketing 28 Social and Affiliate Marketing 30 Empowering Marketing with Social Intelligence 31 Fraud and Big Data 34 Risk and Big Data 37 Credit Risk Management 38 Big Data and Algorithmic Trading 40 Crunching Through Complex Interrelated Data 41 Intraday Risk Analytics, a Constant Flow of Big Data 42 Calculating Risk in Marketing 43 Other Industries Benefit from Financial Services’ Risk Experience 43 Big Data and Advances in Health Care 44 “Disruptive Analytics” 46 A Holistic Value Proposition 47 BI is Not Data Science 49 Pioneering New Frontiers in Medicine 50 Advertising and Big Data: From Papyrus to Seeing Somebody 51 Big Data Feeds the Modern-Day Donald Draper 52 Reach, Resonance, and Reaction 53 The Need to Act Quickly (Real-Time When Possible) 54 Measurement Can Be Tricky 55 Content Delivery Matters Too 56 Optimization and Marketing Mixed Modeling 56 Beard’s Take on the Three Big Data Vs in Advertising 57 Using Consumer Products as a Doorway 58 Notes 59 Chapter 3 Big Data Technology 61 The Elephant in the Room: Hadoop’s Parallel World 61 Old vs. New Approaches 64 Data Discovery: Work the Way People’s Minds Work 65 Open-Source Technology for Big Data Analytics 67 The Cloud and Big Data 69 Predictive Analytics Moves into the Limelight 70 Software as a Service BI 72 Mobile Business Intelligence is Going Mainstream 73 Ease of Mobile Application Deployment 75 Crowdsourcing Analytics 76 Inter- and Trans-Firewall Analytics 77 R&D Approach Helps Adopt New Technology 80 Adding Big Data Technology into the Mix 81 Big Data Technology Terms 83 Data Size 101 86 Notes 88 Chapter 4 Information Management 89 The Big Data Foundation 89 Big Data Computing Platforms (or Computing Platforms That Handle the Big Data Analytics Tsunami) 92 Big Data Computation 93 More on Big Data Storage 96 Big Data Computational Limitations 96 Big Data Emerging Technologies 97 Chapter 5 Business Analytics 99 The Last Mile in Data Analysis 101 Geospatial Intelligence Will Make Your Life Better 103 Listening: Is It Signal or Noise? 106 Consumption of Analytics 108 From Creation to Consumption 110 Visualizing: How to Make It Consumable? 110 Organizations are Using Data Visualization as a Way to Take Immediate Action 116 Moving from Sampling to Using All the Data 121 Thinking Outside the Box 122 360° Modeling 122 Need for Speed 122 Let’s Get Scrappy 123 What Technology is Available? 124 Moving from Beyond the Tools to Analytic Applications 125 Notes 125 Chapter 6 The People Part of the Equation 127 Rise of the Data Scientist 128 Learning over Knowing 130 Agility 131 Scale and Convergence 131 Multidisciplinary Talent 131 Innovation 132 Cost Effectiveness 132 Using Deep Math, Science, and Computer Science 133 The 90/10 Rule and Critical Thinking 136 Analytic Talent and Executive Buy-in 137 Developing Decision Sciences Talent 139 Holistic View of Analytics 140 Creating Talent for Decision Sciences 142 Creating a Culture That Nurtures Decision Sciences Talent 144 Setting Up the Right Organizational Structure for Institutionalizing Analytics 146 Chapter 7 Data Privacy and Ethics 151 The Privacy Landscape 152 The Great Data Grab isn’t New 152 Preferences, Personalization, and Relationships 153 Rights and Responsibility 154 Playing in a Global Sandbox 159 Conscientious and Conscious Responsibility 161 Privacy May Be the Wrong Focus 162 Can Data Be Anonymized? 164 Balancing for Counterintelligence 165 Now What? 165 Notes 167 Conclusion 169 Recommended Resources 175 About the Authors 177 Index 179

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Book SynopsisEmpowerment produces the conditions for high performance. Especially for middle managers and below. Empowered cultures attract and retain talent. They produce high achievement, high accountability and high commitment.Table of ContentsPrologue: To Read or Not to Read ix Introduction: Why Empowerment Now and Again xv 1 Managers in the Middle 1 Part One Politics in the Workplace—Rekindling the Entrepreneurial Spirit 7 2 Personal Choices That Shape the Work Environment 9 The Road Most Traveled 9 Now You See It, Now You Don’t 11 Choosing an Entrepreneurial Path 12 When to Play It Safe 19 3 A Culture of Empowerment 21 The Bureaucratic Cycle 22 The Entrepreneurial Cycle 24 The Patriarchal Contract 26 Myopic Self-Interest: The Myth That Advancement and Self-Esteem Are Related 35 Manipulative Tactics 50 4 The Empowerment Choice 59 The Entrepreneurial Contract 66 Enlightened Self-Interest 78 Authentic Tactics 87 Part Two Positive Political Skills at Work 97 5 Creating a Vision of Greatness 99 Claiming Our Autonomy by Creating a Vision 99 What Is a Vision and Why Is It Important? 100 Creating the Vision 106 Communicating Our Vision 117 Coaching Others in Creating Their Vision 119 6 Negotiating with Allies and Adversaries 127 The Critical Skills: Negotiating Agreement and Negotiating Trust 128 7 Balancing Autonomy and Interdependence 151 Political Scripts 153 The Right Use of Scripts 167 Interdependence 169 Autonomy and Interdependence 171 Finding Peace with the Boss 172 8 Facing Organizational Realities 177 Nonsuicidal Courageous Acts 179 9 Enacting the Vision 187 Moving Toward Tension 188 Final Thoughts 189 Annotated Bibliography 195 About the Author 197 Acknowledgments 199 Index 201

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive collection of the field''s most provocative, influential new work Business Forecasting compiles some of the field''s important and influential literature into a single, comprehensive reference for forecast modeling and process improvement. It is packed with provocative ideas from forecasting researchers and practitioners, on topics including accuracy metrics, benchmarking, modeling of problem data, and overcoming dysfunctional behaviors. Its coverage includes often-overlooked issues at the forefront of research, such as uncertainty, randomness, and forecastability, as well as emerging areas like data mining for forecasting. The articles present critical analysis of current practices and consideration of new ideas. With a mix of formal, rigorous pieces and brief introductory chapters, the book provides practitioners with a comprehensive examination of the current state of the business forecasting field. Forecasting performance is ultimately limitedTable of ContentsForeword xv Preface xix Chapter 1 Fundamental Considerations in Business Forecasting 1 1.1 Getting Real about Uncertainty (Paul Goodwin) 3 1.2 What Demand Planners Can Learn from the Stock Market (Charles K. Re Corr) 9 1.3 Toward a More Precise Defi nition of Forecastability (John Boylan) 14 1.4 Forecastability: A New Method for Benchmarking and Driving Improvement (Sean Schubert) 22 1.5 Forecast Errors and Their Avoidability (Steve Morlidge) 36 1.6 The Perils of Benchmarking (Michael Gilliland) 46 1.7 Can We Obtain Valid Benchmarks from Published Surveys of Forecast Accuracy? (Stephan Kolassa) 48 1.8 Defi ning “Demand” for Demand Forecasting (Michael Gilliland) 60 1.9 Using Forecasting to Steer the Business: Six Principles (Steve Morlidge) 67 1.10 The Beauty of Forecasting (David Orrell) 76 Chapter 2 Methods of Statistical Forecasting 81 2.1 Confessions of a Pragmatic Forecaster (Chris Chatfi eld) 82 2.2 New Evidence on the Value of Combining Forecasts (Paul Goodwin) 92 2.3 How to Forecast Data Containing Outliers (Eric Stellwagen) 95 2.4 Selecting Your Statistical Forecasting Level (Eric Stellwagen) 98 2.5 When Is a Flat-line Forecast Appropriate? (Eric Stellwagen) 102 2.6 Forecasting by Time Compression (Udo Sglavo) 104 2.7 Data Mining for Forecasting: An Introduction (Chip Wells and Tim Rey) 112 2.8 Process and Methods for Data Mining for Forecasting (Chip Wells and Tim Rey) 120 2.9 Worst-Case Scenarios in Forecasting: How Bad Can Things Get? (Roy Batchelor) 126 2.10 Good Patterns, Bad Patterns (Roy Batchelor) 135 Chapter 3 Forecasting Performance Evaluation and Reporting 143 3.1 Dos and Don’ts of Forecast Accuracy Measurement: A Tutorial (Len Tashman) 144 3.2 How to Track Forecast Accuracy to Guide Forecast Process Improvement (Jim Hoover) 160 3.3 A “Softer” Approach to the Measurement of Forecast Accuracy (John Boylan) 170 3.4 Measuring Forecast Accuracy (Rob Hyndman) 177 3.5 Should We Defi ne Forecast Error as e = F − A or e = A − F? (Kesten Green and Len Tashman) 184 3.6 Percentage Error: What Denominator? (Kesten Green and Len Tashman) 188 3.7 Percentage Errors Can Ruin Your Day (Stephan Kolassa and Roland Martin) 195 3.8 Another Look at Forecast-Accuracy Metrics for Intermittent Demand (Rob Hyndman) 204 3.9 Advantages of the MAD/Mean Ratio over the MAPE (Stephan Kolassa and Wolfgang Schütz) 211 3.10 Use Scaled Errors Instead of Percentage Errors in Forecast Evaluations (Lauge Valentin) 217 3.11 An Expanded Prediction-Realization Diagram for Assessing Forecast Errors (Roy Pearson) 228 3.12 Forecast Error Measures: Critical Review and Practical Recommendations (Andrey Davydenko and Robert Fildes) 238 3.13 Measuring the Quality of Intermittent Demand Forecasts: It’s Worse than We’ve Thought! (Steve Morlidge) 250 3.14 Managing Forecasts by Exception (Eric Stellwagen) 259 3.15 Using Process Behavior Charts to Improve Forecasting and Decision Making (Martin Joseph and Alec Finney) 262 3.16 Can Your Forecast Beat the Naïve Forecast? (Shaun Snapp) 276 Chapter 4 Process and Politics of Business Forecasting 281 4.1 FVA: A Reality Check on Forecasting Practices (Michael Gilliland) 282 4.2 Where Should the Forecasting Function Reside? (Larry Lapide) 288 4.3 Setting Forecasting Performance Objectives (Michael Gilliland) 294 4.4 Using Relative Error Metrics to Improve Forecast Quality in the Supply Chain (Steve Morlidge) 297 4.5 Why Should I Trust Your Forecasts? (M. Sinan Gönül, Dilek Önkal, and Paul Goodwin) 309 4.6 High on Complexity, Low on Evidence: Are Advanced Forecasting Methods Always as Good as They Seem? (Paul Goodwin) 315 4.7 Should the Forecasting Process Eliminate Face-to-Face Meetings? (J. Scott Armstrong) 319 4.8 The Impact of Sales Forecast Game Playing on Supply Chains (John Mello) 327 4.9 Role of the Sales Force in Forecasting (Michael Gilliland) 340 4.10 Good and Bad Judgment in Forecasting: Lessons from Four Companies (Robert Fildes and Paul Goodwin) 349 4.11 Worst Practices in New Product Forecasting (Michael Gilliland) 358 4.12 Sales and Operations Planning in the Retail Industry (Jack Harwell) 363 4.13 Sales and Operations Planning: Where Is It Going? (Tom Wallace) 372 About the Editors 381 Index 383

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Book SynopsisWhy we choose companies and brands in the same way that we unconsciously perceive, judge, and behave toward one another People everywhere describe their relationships with brands in a deeply personal way we hate our banks, love our smartphones, and think the cable company is out to get us.Trade ReviewWinner, Business: Motivational, 2014 International Book Awards Silver Medal Winner, Networking, 2014 Axiom Business Book Awards “Spotlights what it takes for companies and brands to earn and keep customer loyalty in the digital age.” —Entrepreneur.com (selected as a “Best Business Book to Get Cozy With This Fall”) “This insightful book explains in simple terms why trust is at the heart of every healthy relationship—not just between people, but between companies and their customers. The Human Brand will cause you to completely rethink your current approach to customer relationships, and that’s a good thing.” —Tom Long, chief executive officer, MillerCoors “The Human Brand is a brilliant synthesis of psychological science and marketing wisdom. Engaging, insightful, and deeply original, this is an essential book for every business reader.” —Daniel Gilbert, author, Stumbling on Happiness, and Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University “The Human Brand is a must-read for those who want a truly evolved understanding of how to earn loyalty and create lasting relationships with customers. It's a timely look at how modern corporations hold onto customers—and how we drive them away.” —Beth Comstock, chief marketing officer, General Electric “Chris Malone has a unique talent for uncovering customer insights that challenge conventional wisdom and uncover new growth opportunities. In The Human Brand, he and Susan Fiskeoffer a new way to understand brands, deliver more memorable customer experiences, and drive profitable growth.” —Ravi Saligram, president and chief executive officer, OfficeMax, Inc. “Susan Fiske’s renowned work on warmth and competence explains how we unconsciously judge people and companies. The Human Brand is a must-read for anyone with an interest in why we make the choices we do.” —Jennifer Aaker, coauthor, The Dragonfly Effect, and professor, Stanford University Graduate School of Business “The Human Brand offers truly ground-breaking insights on the psychology of customer choice and loyalty, challenging us to rethink what really matters to our customers and what it takes to build strong and authentic relationships with them.” —Ann Muhkerjee, chief marketing officer, Frito-Lay North America “Today’s technology makes it appear as if marketing has become more complex. In fact, it hasn’t – especially for those brands who think and act like ‘the shop on the corner.’ People’s connection to what they buy, and who they buy it from, is what’s important. That’s been the same for generations. The challenge is in making large brands appear ‘small.’ The Human Brand cuts through the complexities of ‘marketing local’ in the digital age to tell the simple truth: connections are key.” —Patrick Doyle, president and chief executive officer, Domino’s Pizza, Inc. “How do we earn the lasting loyalty of others? Chris and Susan provide fundamental, yet powerful, insights into building relationships that matter. They challenge us to ‘come out from behind the curtain’ and lead with courage, conviction and heart. Never before has the humanization of brands and leadership been so vital to success.” —Jay Gould, president and chief executive officer, American Standard Brands “By re-focusing us on the primal foundations of survival, The Human Brand takes a major, comprehensive step towards understanding the real drivers of commercial success. If you care about what ignites, engages and sustains deep, strong relationships with your brand and company, read this book.” —Susan Fournier, coauthor, Consumer-Brand Relationships, and professor, Boston University School of Management “In all the noise and all the confusion, these insights on what really matters for corporations to maintain true customer loyalty make The Human Brand invaluable.” —John Williams, president and chief executive officer, Domtar Corporation “The insights detailed in The Human Brand have completely reshaped our thinking and approach to building lasting alumni relationships and financial support. Our resurgent alumni results in both areas are a testament to the timely and timeless value of warmth, competence and worthy intentions.” —Daniel J. Curran, president, University of Dayton “Malone and Fiske offer compelling new evidence on the dangers of excess focus on short-term shareholder value. Their anecdote-rich book is helpful for any business concerned with how to retain customer loyalty and trust in these complex times.” —Noreena Hertz, author, The Silent Takeover and Eyes Wide Open, and professor, Duisenberg School of Finance “The important insights in The Human Brand help explain why B Corporations are able to attract the best talent and the most evangelical customers, and why they deliver lasting benefits to our society and to shareholders.” —Jay Coen Gilbert, cofounder, B LabTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction: Back to the Future 1Why our immediate future so strongly resembles our distant past 1 Warmth and Competence 19The two timeless judgments that drive our behavior toward others 2 The Loyalty Test 39Why we expect companies and brands to commit to us fi rst 3 The Principle of Worthy Intentions 61The simple and reliable way to demonstrate warmth and competence 4 The Price of Progress 85How faceless commerce leads to a focus on discounts 5 Take Us to Your Leader 105What we learn from the people behind the things we buy 6 Show Your True Colors 127Why mistakes and crises are a golden loyalty opportunity 7 The Relationship Renaissance 151Navigating the road ahead Notes 169 About the Authors 185 Index 187

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Book SynopsisThe world s most forward-looking CEOs recognize the real challenge facing business today: a fundamental shift in the nature of commerce.Table of ContentsForeword ixSir Richard Branson Preface xi Introduction: Profit from Tomorrow’s Bottom Line 1 1 Adopt the Right Aspirations 23 2 Create New Corporate Structures 39 3 Apply True Accounting Principles 55 4 Calculate True Returns 71 5 Embrace Well-Being 87 6 Level the Playing Field 107 7 Pursue Full Transparency 123 8 Redefine Education 143 9 Learn from Nature’s Model 167 10 Keep the Long Run in Mind 179 Conclusion: Get Ready to BreakThrough 193 Notes 211 Acknowledgments 229 About the Authors 235 Index 239

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