Management and management techniques Books
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Digital Technologies in the New Socio-Economic
Book SynopsisThis book contains contributions from the IX International Scientific Conference “Digital Transformation of the Economy: Challenges, Trends and New Opportunities,” which was organized by Samara State University of Economics (SSEU, Samara, Russia), 2021, and devoted to the 90th anniversary of this higher education institution.Digital technologies became even more in demand during the pandemic, when companies, state authorities, and educational organizations were forced to switch to a remote format of work. The “forced” digitization of the usual ways of activity required rapid and decisive changes. Understanding the ongoing digital transformation implies the relevance of further in-depth research of this issue in the context of various socioeconomic systems, interdisciplinary interactions, and cooperation between scientists and practitioners. The book is an attempt to analyze these changes and consider them from the point of view of various scientific areas (economics, management, education, law, sociology, and others). This book addresses theoretical and practical aspects by studying the digital technology application in terms of the new socioeconomic reality development: big data in the digital economy, data collection and exchange, artificial intelligence, intelligent communications, digital platforms and strategies for the sustainable development of socioeconomic systems, and new requirements of professional and business education. It provides significant value for scientists, teachers, and students of higher educational institutions.Table of ContentsBig Data Application in the Digital Economy: Legal, Technical and Economic Aspects.- Issues on “Big Data” and Personal Data Correlation and Differentiation.- The Use of Big Data in Digital Economy and Related Legal Aspects.- Information in the Digital Economy as a Subject of Criminal Law Protection.- Regulatory “Sandboxes” on Russian Market: Theoretical and Legal Aspect of Specialized Regulation.- Current Issues of Training Economic Security Personnel for the Digital Economy.- Big Data in the Digital Economy: Prospects for Application and Legal Regulation.- Information Security as a Condition for Sustainable Development in the Global World.- Stream of Commerce Involving Big Data: Legal Aspects.- Digital Innovation in the Light of the Experimental Legal Regime.- Big Data Applications in the Pharmaceutical Industry.- Personal Data Protection as a Basis of Digitalization.- Legality of Sanctional Mechanisms Use in the Internet.- «Big Data» in Labor Relations.- Big Data Application in Information Support of Organization Management: Problems and Prospects.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Successfully Managing S/4HANA Projects: The
Book SynopsisThe book describes the complete project process in individual steps for SAP S/4HANA project management based on the SAP ACTIVATE implementation methodology. By imparting knowledge based on experience with real SAP projects, the book supports project managers in developing skills and qualifications that will lead them to the successful management of SAP projects. In this context it emphasizes the crucial role of human interaction from the start to the successful completion of projects and provides useful tips on how to recognize and avoid pitfalls.Enriched with a wide range of material such as templates, checklists and practical examples, the book provides concrete guidance for project managers and participants on how to successfully manage ongoing projects. The book is valuable for both beginners and experienced project managers and also gives decision makers and stakeholders an excellent insight into the planning and management of large projects.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. What makes an SAP-Project so different?.- Chapter 3. The SAP S/4HANA project: How it should be.- Chapter 4. The SAP S/4HANA Project: How it is.- Chapter 5. The underestimated success factor: people.- Chapter 6. Project Planning, Control and Quality Assurance.- Chapter 7. Examples of real-live SAP-S/4HANA Projects.- Chapter 8. Consultants: Boon or Bane? Benefit or Burden?.- Chapter 9. Tools for project support.- Chapter 10. 12 Commandments for a successful SAP project.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Quantitative Corporate Finance
Book SynopsisThis textbook presents a comprehensive treatment of the legal arrangement of the corporation, the instruments and institutions through which capital can be raised, the management of the flow of funds through the individual firm, and the methods of dividing the risks and returns among the various contributors of funds.Now in its third edition, the book covers a wide range of topics in corporate finance, from time series modeling and regression analysis to multi-factor risk models and the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Guerard, Gultekin and Saxena build significantly on the first edition of the text, but retain the core chapters on cornerstone topics such as mergers and acquisitions, regulatory environments, bankruptcy and various other foundational concepts of corporate finance.New to the third edition are examinations of APT portfolio selection and time series modeling and forecasting through SAS, SCA and OxMetrics programming, FactSet fundamental data templates. This is intended to be a graduate-level textbook, and could be used as a primary text in upper level MBA and Financial Engineering courses, as well as a supplementary text for graduate courses in financial data analysis and financial investments.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Capital Formation, Risk, and the Corporation.- Chapter 2. The Corporation and Other Forms of Business Organization.- Chapter 3. The Corporation Balance Sheet.- Chapter 4. The Annual Operating Statements: The Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement.- Chapter 5. Financing Current Operations and Efficiency Ratio Analysis.- Chapter 6. Financing Current Operations and the Cash Budget.- Chapter 7. Capital and New Issue Markets.- Chapter 8. The Equity of the Corporation: Common and Preferred Stock.- Chapter 9. Long-Term Debt.- Chapter 10. Debt, Equity, the Optimal Financial Structure and the Cost of Funds.- Chapter 11. Investing in Assets: Theory of Investment Decision Making.- Chapter 12. Regression Analysis and Estimating Regression Models.- Chapter 13. Time Series Modeling and the Forecasting Effectiveness of the U.S. Leading Economic Indicators.- Chapter 14. Risk and Return of Equity and the Capital Asset Pricing Model.- Chapter 15. Multi-Factor Risk Models and Portfolio Construction and Management.- Chapter 16. Options.- Chapter 17. Real Options.- Chapter 18. Mergers and Acquisitions.- Chapter 19. Liquidation, Failure, Bankruptcy, and Reorganization.- Chapter 20. Corporation Growth and Economic Growth and Stability.- Chapter 21. International Business Finance.- Chapter 22. Management-Stockholder Relations: Is Optimal Behavior All that is Necessary?.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Quantitative Corporate Finance
Book SynopsisThis textbook presents a comprehensive treatment of the legal arrangement of the corporation, the instruments and institutions through which capital can be raised, the management of the flow of funds through the individual firm, and the methods of dividing the risks and returns among the various contributors of funds.Now in its third edition, the book covers a wide range of topics in corporate finance, from time series modeling and regression analysis to multi-factor risk models and the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Guerard, Gultekin and Saxena build significantly on the first edition of the text, but retain the core chapters on cornerstone topics such as mergers and acquisitions, regulatory environments, bankruptcy and various other foundational concepts of corporate finance.New to the third edition are examinations of APT portfolio selection and time series modeling and forecasting through SAS, SCA and OxMetrics programming, FactSet fundamental data templates. This is intended to be a graduate-level textbook, and could be used as a primary text in upper level MBA and Financial Engineering courses, as well as a supplementary text for graduate courses in financial data analysis and financial investments.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Capital Formation, Risk, and the Corporation.- Chapter 2. The Corporation and Other Forms of Business Organization.- Chapter 3. The Corporation Balance Sheet.- Chapter 4. The Annual Operating Statements: The Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement.- Chapter 5. Financing Current Operations and Efficiency Ratio Analysis.- Chapter 6. Financing Current Operations and the Cash Budget.- Chapter 7. Capital and New Issue Markets.- Chapter 8. The Equity of the Corporation: Common and Preferred Stock.- Chapter 9. Long-Term Debt.- Chapter 10. Debt, Equity, the Optimal Financial Structure and the Cost of Funds.- Chapter 11. Investing in Assets: Theory of Investment Decision Making.- Chapter 12. Regression Analysis and Estimating Regression Models.- Chapter 13. Time Series Modeling and the Forecasting Effectiveness of the U.S. Leading Economic Indicators.- Chapter 14. Risk and Return of Equity and the Capital Asset Pricing Model.- Chapter 15. Multi-Factor Risk Models and Portfolio Construction and Management.- Chapter 16. Options.- Chapter 17. Real Options.- Chapter 18. Mergers and Acquisitions.- Chapter 19. Liquidation, Failure, Bankruptcy, and Reorganization.- Chapter 20. Corporation Growth and Economic Growth and Stability.- Chapter 21. International Business Finance.- Chapter 22. Management-Stockholder Relations: Is Optimal Behavior All that is Necessary?.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Design Thinking in Education: Innovation Can Be
Book SynopsisEducation needs new ways to prepare individuals and societies for the multitude of changing challenges in the twenty-first century. In today's world—characterized by digitization, increasing speed, and complexity—design thinking has established itself as a powerful approach to human-centered innovation that can help address complicated problems and guide change in all areas of life. Design thinking formats not only teach skills that benefit people as they expand their "toolbox," but also create affective and cognitive outcomes. This book includes experiences, approaches, and reflections on design thinking in education from different perspectives of renowned design thinking experts from the network of the Hasso Plattner Institute and its School of Design Thinking. Using real-world examples, the book provides insights into requirements and protocols that design thinking practitioners can apply to transform their academic or professional ecosystem. It will be of interest for readers who work in or are interested in a wide variety of educational contexts.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Design Thinking in Higher Education Setting.- Beyond Brainstorming: Introducing Medgi, an Effective, Research-Based Method for Structured Concept Development.- Combining DT and Entrepreneurship Education: The DTE-Model.- Design Thinking - Enabling Creativity and Innovation in Digital Engineering Students.- Walls, Furniture, People – Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Space in Design Thinking.- Integrating Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship: Case Study Universidad Mayor (Chile).- Where Context Matters - Design Thinking in South Africa.- Massive Open Online Design: Learning from Scaling Design Thinking Education.- Design Thinking, Neurodesign and Facilitating Worthwhile Change: Towards a Curriculum for Innovation Engineering.- Towards a Culturally Responsive Design Thinking Education.- Design Thinking in Professional Education and Organizational Contexts.- Design Thinking for Leaders – Made Possible by Innovation and Agility.- Strategic DT as a New Instrument for Leadership in Digital Transformation.- Human-Centeredness in Professional Education – On the Use and Application of a Human-Centered Approach in the Field of Professional Education. - Mastering the Fundamentals of Design Thinking by Teaching the Skills of Improvisation.- The Certification Program for Design Thinking Coaches at the HPI Academy.- Outlook: Design Thinking in Education for the Big Picture.- DT and the UN Sustainable Development Goals Design Thinking and Youth Empowerment Case Study For US Girls (US) and Start-up Africa (Kenya).- Contextualizing Design Thinking with Multiple Intelligences The Global SUGAR Program as a Case.- IQ grows in WeQ mode.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Asset Management for Infrastructure Systems:
Book SynopsisThis book offers a broad overview of asset management processes for different utilities, with a special emphasis on energy and water. It provides readers with important practical considerations concerning the development of new competitive structures and procedures for guaranteeing a sufficient supply of energy and water in a regulated environment, using clearly defined technical and economic cornerstones. On the one hand, asset owners expect suitable interests from their investment and business growth; on the other hand, regulators focus more on a reliable and cost-effective customer supply. This book shows how to take into consideration these different perspectives in the process of designing new structures, and how to guarantee organizational transparency. It describes essential principles and boundary conditions for ensuring the optimal use of resources in a network, covering issues relating to equipment service life, IT landscape and computer programs, operational costs management, and investment and maintenance strategies, highlighting their impact on the organization of the company. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition, includes extensive information about IEC standard (IEC/TS 63060), and cover operation research methods focusing on the optimization of the maintenance tasks. Furthermore, a discussion on the political environment has been included, with a special emphasis on the European situation and the “Green Deal”: specifically, some measures to cope with the topic of energy transition are presented. Last, but not least, a brand-new chapter on condition assessment has been included.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Tasks of the Asset Management.- Control functions.- Integration into the business organization.- System landscape in the area of Asset management.- Statistic.- Condition assessment.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG An Ancient Greek Philosophy of Management
Book SynopsisManagement consultancy practice is particularly concerned with helping clients implement strategic organisational change. But what exactly are organisations, and management consultancy interventions in them? Management consulting is said to be a knowledge-intensive industry. But what kind of knowledge do management consultants possess, and how far can we rely on it? Management consultants are often criticised for unethical exploitation of their clients. But how ought management consultants to behave in order to meet acceptable ethical standards? These are questions about the philosophical topics of ontology, epistemology and ethics. The ancient Greek philosophers thought deeply about these topics, and their ideas remain fresh and relevant even to so modern a subject matter as management consulting. Writing between the end of the sixth and the end of the fourth century BCE, these philosophers were drawing upon an intellectual tradition that was very different from our own, and were responding to social and economic conditions that were wholly unlike ours. Approaching these philosophical questions from a perspective that is radically different from our own, their work provides a rich resource for novel thinking about management consulting. From the speculations of the Presocratic philosophers Heraclitus, Parmenides, Leucippus and Democritus about the nature of the universe to the thought of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle about the nature of human beings, this book uses the work of these great thinkers as a lens through which to study major philosophical questions about management consulting. Examined in this way, many established assumptions and principles of management consultancy practice seem questionable, and new ways of thinking possible.Table of Contents1. Learning from Ancient Greek Philosophy.- 2. Aristotle and the Function of Management Consultants.- 3. Aristotle and Management Consultants’ Ethical Obligations.- 4. Aristotle and Ethical Choices of Clients.- 5. Plato and the Ethics of Management Consultancy Interventions.- 6. Heraclitus and the Nature of Management Consultancy Interventions.- 7. Plato on Leadership.- 8. Plato, Aristotle and Management Consultancy Knowledge.- 9. Management Consulting and Heraclitus’s Unity of Opposites.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Crisis Management for Small and Medium-Sized
Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth introduction to crisis management and leadership in SMEs, as well as methods, approaches and cases against the background of different crises; external ones in particular. Featuring contributions from research and practice, this book covers a plethora of SMEs from different sectors to match the diverse nature of small business practice. The combination of a sound theoretical framework for small firm crisis management along with practical instruments/methods and cases, help to improve the organizational resilience of SMEs. The authors also guide the reader to resources beyond the book, including an online “Crisis Toolkit” comprised of material such as further publications, crisis management blueprints, guidelines, checklists, and company cases on crisis management-related issues. Table of Contents1. Crisis management – From a theoretical point of view.- 2. Crisis management Practices in Small and Medium-sized Firms.- 3. Crisis: A Philosophical Insight.- 4. Managing crisis in SMEs.- 5. Crisis management and leadership: A search for competencies in SMEs.- 6. Crisis management from the perspective of sustainable supply chains.- 7. Different crises in family SMEs and how to prepare for them.- 8. Crisis management in the Public Sector in Times of COVID-19 – Insights from Peru.- 9. Crisis management in SMEs from a leadership perspective.- 10. Crisis management in German Leasing Companies.- 11. Preparing for Crises – Enhancing Resilience.- 12. Crisis management and risk management in SMEs: towards an integrated early warning system.- 13. Conclusions & Outlook.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Advances in Design Engineering II: Proceedings of
Book SynopsisThis book contains the papers presented at the XXX International Congress INGEGRAF, “Digital Engineering, its application in Research, Development and Innovation”, held on 24–25 June 2021 in Valencia, Spain.The book reports on cutting-edge topics in product design and manufacturing, such as industrial methods for integrated product and process design; innovative design; and computer-aided design. Further topics covered include virtual simulation and reverse engineering; additive manufacturing; product manufacturing; engineering methods in medicine and education; representation techniques; and nautical, engineering and construction, aeronautics and aerospace design and modeling. The book has six sections, reflecting the focus and primary themes of the conference. The contributions presented here will not only provide researchers, engineers, and experts in a range of industrial engineering subfields with extensive information to support their daily work; but also they are intended to stimulate new research directions, advanced applications of the methods discussed, and future interdisciplinary collaborations.Table of ContentsPrefaceOrganization Committee, Scientific Committee Part 1 - Engineering and Construction - New Methodologies BIM Part 2 - Teaching - Learning in Graphic Engineering Part 3 - Product Design & Development Part 4 - Manufacturing and Industrial Process Design Part 5 - Graphical Bioengineering Part 6 - Innovation in Design
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Palgrave MacMillan Sustainable Enterprise Value Creation:
Book SynopsisThis Open Access book provides a practical guide to the creation of sustainable enterprise value and implementation of the principles of stakeholder capitalism for corporate boards and management teams. The authors argue that business leadership is on the threshold of a new era driven by major shifts in technology, society, political economy and climate change. They set this transition in international and historical context and outline a comprehensive leadership agenda for fully integrating environmental, social, governance (ESG) and data stewardship risks and opportunities into corporate governance, strategy, reporting and partnerships. This systematic approach is illustrated with good practices by leading companies and includes an explanation of how sustainability reporting is making the leap into formal accounting standards set by the same body that oversees international financial accounting standards and what companies should do to prepare. The book''s combination of scholarly analysis and practical guidance make it a valuable resource for anyone seeking to navigate the new business context, whether from the perspective of a board director, C-suite executive, manager, policymaker, scholar or student.This is an open access book.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives:
Book SynopsisEBES conferences have been intellectual hub for academic discussion in economics, finance, and business fields and provide network opportunities for participants to make long lasting academic cooperation. This is the 21st issue of the Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics (EBES’s official proceeding series) which includes selected papers from the 34rd EBES Conference – Athens. Due to the COVID-19, the conference presentation mode has been switched to "online/virtual presentation only”. In the conference, 148 papers by 296 colleagues from 40 countries were presented. Both theoretical and empirical papers in this volume cover diverse areas of business, economics, and finance from many different regions. Therefore, it provides a great opportunity to colleagues, professionals, and students to catch up with the most recent studies in different fields and empirical findings on many countries and regions.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Effect of HR Practices on the Fulfilment of a Psychological Contract in the Context of the Polish Organizational Culture.- Chapter 2. A Seat at the Table: Exploring 4.0 Leadership Attributes Using a Thematic Approach.- Chapter 3. Are Co-working Spaces Communitarian, and Open? Organizational Values from the Dynamic Perspective.- Chapter 4. Sources of Finance and In-house R&D: A Study of Electronic Firms in India.- Chapter 5. Empirical Evidence on How Smart Connected Products’ Capability Maturity Impacts Players’ Portfolio Strategy: A Case Study on Siemens.- Chapter 6. Transition Towards a Low-carbon Economy: The Contribution of Italian Listed Utilities.- Chapter 7. Business Ecosystem: More Than a New Name for Supply Chain?.- Chapter 8. What Affects the Strategy Type of the Biggest Russian Corporations?.- Chapter 9. Data Envelopment Analysis on Relative Efficiency Assessment and Improvement: Evidence from Chinese Bank Branches.- Chapter 10. Sustainability of the Hungarian Social Cooperatives.- Chapter 11. ICT as an Employee Engagement Driver: Evidence from Russian Firms.- Chapter 12. Analysis of the Textile Supply Chain from a Circularity Perspective, a Case Study.- Chapter 13. Government Relations Management - A Specific Form of Interaction Between Business and State in the Republic of Moldova.- Chapter 14. Digital Marketing Adoption Framework for Small Businesses in Egypt: A Grounded Theory Approach.- Chapter 15. Islamic Advertising Revisited: Implications of Islamic Principles in Advertising.- Chapter 16. Analysis of Nonfinancial Reporting and Integrated Reporting Application – the Case of State-owned Companies in Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia – Some Initial Evidence.- Chapter 17. Position and Strategy of Constituents in the IFRS 16 Project on Lease with Special Attention to Large Audit Firms’ Comment Letters.- Chapter 18. The Effect of Performance Accountability Reporting on Public Trust for NPOS in Qatar.- Chapter 19. The Economic Policy Uncertainty Spillovers of the United Kingdom on Its Top Trading Partners.- Chapter 20. A Contribution to General Equilibrium Theory.- Chapter 21. Soft Skills Acquisition for the Knowledge Economy: a Research Strategy for Policy Evolution in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Intermediate and Emergent Economies.- Chapter 22. Discovering an Entrepreneurial Intention Among Youngsters.- Chapter 23. Slovakia’s Year in the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives:
Book SynopsisEBES conferences have been intellectual hub for academic discussion in economics, finance, and business fields and provide network opportunities for participants to make long lasting academic cooperation. This is the 22nd volume of the Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics (EBES’s official proceeding series) which includes selected papers from the 35th EBES Conference – Rome 2021. Due to the COVID-19, the conference presentation mode has been switched to "online/virtual presentation only”. In the conference, 142 papers by 302 colleagues from 48 countries were presented. Both theoretical and empirical papers in this volume cover diverse areas of business, economics, and finance from many different regions. Therefore, it provides a great opportunity to colleagues, professionals, and students to catch up with the most recent studies in different fields and empirical findings on many countries and regions.Table of ContentsPart 1. Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 1. Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs are More Prone to Exit Than Non-immigrant Entrepreneurs?.- Chapter 2. Hawkers’ Attitude on Environmentally-friendly Food Packaging Practices in Night Market.- Part 2. Human Resources Management & Education.- Chapter 3. Innovation and Creativity Among Individuals in Work Environments: The Effect of Personality, Motivation, Psychological, and Task-oriented Factors.- Chapter 4. Skills Shortages in Post-transition Economies.- Chapter 5. How Hybrid Learning Can Enhance the Student Experience and Teaching Outcomes in the Wake of Covid-19: A Case Study of a Business School in the United Kingdom.- Part 3. Management.- Chapter 6. Knowledge Management in a Political Context: A Case Study About the Members of the German Bundestag.- Chapter 7. The Principlism Method Applied Utilitarianist in Mathematical Calculations for an Ethical Decision.- Part 4. Marketing.- Chapter 8. Neuromarketing: A Review Regarding Marketing Field.- Chapter 9. Innovative Financial Indicators: From Roi to Marketing Roi.- Part 5. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).- Chapter 10. Analysis of the Relationship Between Strategic Networking and Performance Among Croatian Service Sector SMEs.- Chapter 11. Assessing the Effects and Policy Interventions Amidst Covid-19 Crisis: Focus on Georgian SMEs.- Part 6. Finance.- Chapter 12. The Technological Impact in Finance: A Bibliometric Study of Fintech Research.- Chapter 13. The Factors Determining the Specific Nature of Formation of the Capital Structure: Evidence from Maritime Sector.- Chapter 14. Measuring Corporate Social Responsibility by Constructing an Index: An Empirical Evidence from Oman.- Chapter 15. On the Relationship Between Macroeconomic Factors and S&P BSE Auto Index: An ARDL Approach.- Part 7. Growth & Development.- Chapter 16. Economic Policies and Their Impacts on Growth.- Chapter 17. Three Decades on Renewable Climate Policy: A Bibliometric Analysis.- Chapter 18. The Potential Use of Blockchain Technology for Data Collection and Measurement of Trade in Services.- Part 8. Regional Studies.- Chapter 19. The Design of Fiscal Rules in the European Monetary Union.- Chapter 20. The Perspectives on Non-state Social Protection.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Corporate Governance in the Banking Sector:
Book SynopsisThis book gives an overview of the most important theories on Corporate Governance, investigating the myth and the reality of it. It argues that within the banking sector exist two new agency costs (i.e., bank depositors and shareholders vs. directors and bank depositors vs. shareholders and directors). These agency problems are difficult to reduce for two reasons. First, banks are complex and opaque. Second, government implicit guarantees and the deposit insurance systems reduce the monitoring of depositors. This book also takes a deep dive into research on CG in the banking sector via a unique and innovative literature review covering the time period between 2000-2020. It finds that some specific CG characteristics affect banks: risk appetite, performance, accounting quality, compensation and corporate social responsibility disclosure. Furthermore, this publication contends that institutional investors are changing CG for the better, describing how major financial markets factors such as rating agencies and sell-side financial analysts make CG visible. Additionally, it investigates how managerial biases and irrational investors can affect CG negatively, leading to company distress. All-in-all, this book makes a threefold contribution: for regulators, it offers suggestions on how to improve banks’ supervision; for researchers, it suggests new research topics; and for practitioners, it connects CG theory with real cases of CG failure.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Meaning of Corporate Governance and Its Role in the Banking Sector.- Chapter 2. Corporate Governance Theories and the Banking Sector.- Chapter 3. Corporate Governance in the Banking Sector: A Literature Review.- Chapter 4. CG Stock Markets and the Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) Indicators.- Chapter 5. Corporate Governance and Behavior Finance.- Chapter 6. Why Corporate Governance Matters - Spectacular Defaults.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Proceedings on 18th International Conference on
Book SynopsisThis book proposes theoretically developed and practically tested solutions for manufacturing and business improvements achieved in the period between two conferences. It enables presentation of new knowledge and exchange of practical experience in industrial systems engineering and management. It brings together prominent researchers and practitioners from faculties, scientific institutes, and different enterprises or other organizations .This is the 18th edition of the conference. The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad organizes a scientific conference on industrial systems engineering and management field of science and practice, once in three years. Table of ContentsProduction Systems Effective Production Systems Industrial Products Design Manufacturing Processes Design Production and Service Processes Design Production Control and Management Industrial Systems Organization Technology Technological Structures Design Production Structures Design Industrial Production Systems Revival Simulation and Modeling of Production Systems Lean Manufacturing World Class Manufacturing Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation Automation of Working Processes Industrial Robotics Non-Industrial Robotics and Automation Medical Robotics Development and Application of Mechatronic Systems AI and Intelligent Systems Internet of Things Material Handling Automation Automatic Identification Systems Digital Fluid Power Remote Engineering Augmented Reality Applications in Automation Industrial Network Protocols Computer - Integrated Production Systems Information Management and Communication Systems Models, Methods and Techniques in Information Systems (Re)Engineering, Architectures and Platforms for Information Systems (Re)Engineering, Information Systems for Industry 4.0 Digital Learning Environment, Database Systems – Theoretical, and Practical Aspects Data models, design, structures, semantics, query languages, and algorithms for data management Big Data and NoSQL Systems Information System Integration Information Systems Security CAE/CAD/CAM Systems in Industrial Engineering Software quality assurance and control Empirical research in software engineering E-Government Systems Business Information Systems ERP Systems and Their Applications Business Process Integration and Management Artificial Intelligence Data Mining and Machine Learning Quality, Effectiveness and Logistics Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001, ISO 9004) Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001, EMAS) Reliability and Effectiveness of Technical Systems Occupational Health and Safety Management System (ISO 45001) Maintenance Lean Maintenance Engineering Problem Solving Technical Diagnostics Logistic Green & Reverse Logistics E Logistics Operations Management Lean Logistics Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma Supply Chain Management Customer Relationship Management Food Safety Management Systems (HACCP, ISO 22000, GlobalGAP) Information Security Management Systems (ISO 27001, ISO 27002, IASME) GDPR (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) Risk Management (ISO 31000, ISO/TR 31004) Energy Management Systems (ISO 50001) Laboratory Accreditation (ISO 17020, ISO 17025) Integrated Management Systems Engineering Management Management of Manufacturing and Service Processes Product Lifecycle Management - PLM Sustainable Development Technological Forecasting Corporative Strategies Marketing & Corporate Communication Industrial Entrepreneurship Technological Management Investment Management Project Management Human Resources Management Energy Management Corporate Restructuring Business Processes Automation Distance Learning and Virtual Teams Insurance Engineering and Management Media Engineering and Management Management of healthcare organizations Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) The role of Central and Eastern Europe within BRI - Regional Perspective Social Media and E-commerce Connecting BRI Global Project Management Under BRI Quality Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Management and BRI The role of entrepreneurship and innovation within BRI Services industry and BRI Modern Education Technologies in BRI Development.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Reflective Goal Setting: An Applied Approach to
Book SynopsisThis book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the Reflective Goal Setting model, its theoretical framework and origins, and its practical applications for personal development, improved coping and reduced stress, academic growth and performance and leadership.Divided into three parts, the author begins by examining the particular importance of personal development, and in particular soft and interpersonal skills development. It addresses the limitations of current personal development and leadership education and training for the transfer of learning, before outlining how Reflective Goal Setting fulfils this need. It presents a critical review of Goal Setting Theory and approaches to reflective practice that demonstrates how the Reflective Goal Setting model was developed from, and builds upon, these earlier approaches. Drawing on original research and illustrative case studies, the author details the cyclical five step process of the Reflective Goal Setting model across 5 chapters - forming Part 2 of the book. Part 3 examines the practical applications and impact of using Reflective Goal Setting, employing illustrative case studies from a variety of settings including higher education, professional development and executive education.This innovative work will provide a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in Organisational and Industrial Psychology, Education, and Business and Management and indeed anyone who wants to work on their own personal development.Table of ContentsPart 1. The Development of Reflective Goal Setting 1. Introduction to Reflective Goal setting 2. Reflective Goal Setting and the Transfer of Learning 3. Reflective Goal Setting, Goal Setting Theory, and the Importance of Writing About Goals 4. The Nature and Importance of Reflection and Keeping a Reflective Diary Part 2. The Reflective Goal Setting Model 5. Stage 1: Enhancing Self-Awareness 6. Stage 2: Selecting Suitable Goals 7. Stage 3: Visualising Successful Goal Behaviours 8. Stage 4: Formulating a Goal Statement 9. Stage 5: Putting Goals into Practice Part 3. Practical Applications of Reflective Goal Setting 10. Reflective Goal Setting for Managing Stress and Enhancing Coping 11. Reflective Goal Setting and Its Impact on Academic Growth and Performance 12. Reflective Goal Setting for Leader Personal Development 13. Conclusions
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Advances in Manufacturing III: Volume 2 -
Book SynopsisThis book reports on cutting-edge research and technology aimed at increasing the efficiency of production processes and to foster the implementation of Industry 4.0 solutions in manufacturing. Gathering peer-review contributions to the 7th International Scientific Technical Conference MANUFACTURING 2022, held in Poznan, Poland on May 16-19, 2022, it describes advanced engineering methods to optimize different stages and aspects of the production process, including product design, production scheduling, equipment maintenance and safety. It discusses the applications of augmented/virtual and mixed reality within the manufacturing industry and for education and training purposes, and highlights cutting-edge solutions for green and sustainable production. Offering a timely, practice-oriented reference guide for both researchers and practitioners in manufacturing, this book is also intended to contribute bridging the gap between university and industry, fostering a closer communication and cooperation between them. Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Creative Business Education: Exploring the
Book SynopsisThis volume critically analyses the conceptual contours of pedagogical transformations in the field of creative business education. It calls for an integrated and ethnographic approach to understand, to analyse and to innovate creative curricula that is different from traditional business and management educations and its compliant culture. The book argues for a pluriversal vision based on social intelligence, critical thinking, inclusivity and creativity resulting in a holistic pedagogy that understands the social needs of people and of the planet. The critical reflections on everyday realities of life is central to this intercultural pedagogic approach to understanding and explaining different forms of contemporary crisis. The book brings together interdisciplinary academic practitioners and their praxis with different philosophical orientations within a single ethnographic and theoretical narrative to reclaim global citizenship rights in the age of artificial intelligence, democratic deficit, hyperreality and alienation. In this way, the volume breaks away from the narrow silo of disciplinary boundaries to outline the pedagogical praxis of creative and critical business education that challenges existing knowledge, power and institutions while offering alternative pedagogic approaches to learning, teaching and research.Table of Contents1. Future of Creative Business Education2. Towards interculturality in international creative business and management in Higher Education3. The meaning of creativity through the ages: from inspiration to artificial intelligence4. The global citizen, globalized lifestyles and pedagogy5. Storytelling & Ethics: Understanding ethical storytelling for the purpose of business education 6. ‘My God I’m wearing Tesco!’: Fashion, pre-teen femininity and the commercialisation of childhood7. Inclusive teaching strategy in creative industry education8. Implications of pedagogical disassociation in U.K. higher education business schools: a culturally responsive outlook9. Understanding Trends of Collaboration and Creative Practice in the Fashion Industry: A Critical Approach Towards Curriculum Development in Higher Education10. Student Voices: Journalism in Creative Education11. Hyper-reality – A dangerous modern phenomenon12. Creative Tourism and Creative Tourists: a review13. Accelerated Times: post-capitalism and music industry pedagogy14. Cultural and creative districts: A literature review and a taxonomy15. Innovation through Engaged Learning: Working with Mode 2 knowledge and Intrapreneurship16. Professionalisation and Identification in UK Higher Arts Education17. Interdisciplinary Limits of Creative Business Education
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Springer International Publishing AG Soils in the Hindu Kush Himalayas: Management for
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the nature and properties of soils of Hindu Kush-Himalayas and their management for agricultural land use. It discusses all aspects of climatic variations and potential of resources in the Himalayan region including examples from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Tibet), India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. Chapters cover the geology of the parent material of native soils, soils microbes, flora and fauna. Soil classification has been given in detail to better understand the nature of soils for judicious management strategies. The authors present land use practices and suggestions for changes in land use to benefit from the full potential of the soils in this region. Their ultimate aim is to find ways of feeding the ever-increasing population and raising the standard of life for the people living in the Himalayan mountain region. Table of ContentsForeword by Dr. I.P. Abrol.- Foreword by Prof. K. M. Bujarbaruah.- Foreword by Dr Saroj Kumar Sanyal.- Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Climate and Environment.- 3. Phsyiography and Resources.- 4. Geology of Hindu Kush-Himalayan Soils.- 5. Soil Microbes and Biofertilizers.- 6 Soils of Hindu Kush-Himalayas.- 7. Land Use and Management.
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Springer International Publishing AG Philosophy Inc.: Applying Wisdom to Everyday
Book SynopsisWhile most managers are primarily concerned with being able to make decisions quickly, manage meetings efficiently and drive innovation, there is often little time for reflection in a business world where opinions must be formed and decisions taken on the hoof. It often seems counterintuitive to stop the clock and take time to think things through. Philosophy, on the other hand, addresses the basic questions of our existence, our identity, our role in the world and the models for living that might inspire our actions. By understanding philosophy, it becomes more possible to provide meaning to many of our management practices and to business at large, while enhancing self-satisfaction and happiness at work. This latest book from Professor Santiago Iniguez presents a collection of management ideas inspired by renowned philosophers. It provides a framework, as well of a series of business situations, for analyzing decisions from the perspective of values and principles. With insights on topics such as, how to gain respect at work, how to cultivate an optimistic outlook and how to shrug off failure, it offers timeless advice for managers that can be applied for their personal and professional development. Offering a unique perspective and valuable insights on what leadership is, and the relevance of values and principles to becoming a successful, recognized manager, this book presents a thoughtful guide to anyone who wants to install meaning into their management practices and their lives.Table of Contents1 Part I: Wisdom—Why Should We Practice Philosophy?.1.1 What Does Philosophy Have to Tell Us About Business?. 1.2 Why Managers Should Develop the Habit of Examining Their Actions. 1.3 Philosophy and Common Sense: Lessons from a Seventeenth-Century Cleric. 1.4 Does Meritocracy Apply to Business?. 1.5 Do We Deserve Our Talent? Not According to John Rawls. 1.6 The Matthew Effect: Michael Sandel on Merit. 1.7 Inculcating Knowledge in the Young: John Locke’s Golden Rules of Children’s Education. 2 Part 2: Leadership—Who Do I Want to Be?. 2.1 Beware of the Charismatic Candidate. 2.2 Why Humility Is a Sign of Strength. 2.3 Where Would Business Be Without Its Supporting Actors?. 2.4 Why Are Geniuses Often Unreasonable? The Case of J.S. Bach. 2.5 True Leaders Only Win the Argument When They’re Right. 2.6 Let’s Be Honest, Success Is Usually the Exception. 2.7 Why It’s Natural to Sometimes Feel Like an Imposter. 2.8 What’s in a Name: Do You Want to Be Remembered or Forgotten?. 3 Part 3: Insight—What Can I know?. 3.1 Why the Days of Magical Realism Are Far from Over. 3.2 What David Hume Can Tell Us About Cause and Effect in Business. 3.3 Just How Rational Are We?. 3.4 How to Keep Your Head in the Fog of War. 3.5 You May Not Know It, But You’re Probably Guilty of the Naturalistic Fallacy. 3.6 Why Not All Prophecies Need to Be Fulfilled. 3.7 What Do Plato and Steve Jobs Have in Common?. 3.8 Who Wants to Live in a Goldfish Bowl?. 4 Part 4: Vision—What Does the Future Look Like?. 4.1 What Would Thomas Hobbes Made of Mark Zuckerberg?. 4.2 What Will Reality Mean When We’re All Living in the Metaverse?. 4.3 Siri Would Certainly Have Given Wittgenstein Food for Thought. 4.4 What Makes a Robot Tick?. 4.5 Let’s Not Forget: Robots Are Neither Good Nor Bad; They’re Our Creation. 4.6 The Remote Working Debate: It’s Not Just About Productivity and Convenience. 4.7 Why Have So Few Philosophers Written About Work?. 4.8 Let’s Remember That Education Is Not Just About Transferring Knowledge, It’s a Journey. 5 Part 5: Honesty—How Should I Behave?. 5.1 What Makes the Best Strategic Mindset: Business First, or Ethics Above All Else?. 5.2 Kant and Appiah, Two Routes to Cosmopolitanism. 5.3 Speaking Truth to Power: The Pros and Cons. 5.4 Why Keeping One’s Council Is Often the Best Course of Action. 5.5 Pay Credit Where Credit Is Due and You’ll Be Seen as a Better Leader. 5.6 What Schopenhauer Can Teach Us About Respect. 5.7 Where to Draw the Line on Lying?. 5.8 Why Teaching the Humanities Is the Best Way to Improve Management Studies. 6 Part 6: Optimism—Is Happiness Attainable?. 6.1 If Life Is a Comedy, Why Not Laugh More?. 6.2 Aristotle, a Man Who Understood Happiness. 6.3 Why It’s Best to Accentuate the Positive, Within Reason. 6.4 Solitude, Plus Contemplation, Equals Happiness. 6.5 Will We Ever Really Understand Humor?. 6.6 Why We Need to Learn to Laugh in the Workplace. 6.7 Finding the Strength to Go On: Resilience Explained.
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Springer International Publishing AG Circular Business Management in Sustainability:
Book SynopsisThis book gathers research and best-practices concerning the achievement of sustainable development goals in both community generation and business growth. It highlights the organizational aspects relating to the realization of green innovation. It covers models for optimizing the use of both natural and human resources. It reports on assessment methods and advanced models to analyze community and business performance in the context of sustainable development. Further, it proposes solutions to reduce the effects of environmental pollution, increase energy efficiency, and managing resources and waste, to foster sustainable development. Gathering the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable, Circular Management and Environmental Engineering (ISCMEE 2022), held on October 19-20, 2022, as a hybrid event from İzmir, Turkey, this book offers a timely snapshot on circular business management knowledge and methods for both researchers and professionals in the field of engineering management, business and economics, and energy and environment.
£142.49
Springer International Publishing AG A Better World, Inc.: Corporate Governance for an
Book SynopsisThe first edition of A Better World, Inc. showed how companies can profit by solving global problems. Increasingly, companies and investors are capitalizing on these opportunities. The three factors necessary for success were revealed to be effective corporate governance, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration. Racial equity and justice, and gender equity, were also themes in the original edition. By drawing on new research and case studies, this updated edition shows that inclusion and sustainability are in fact fundamental prerequisites for prosperity for companies and society. Specifically, racial inequity and injustice, and gender inequity, are systemic problems that impede businesses from achieving their greater potential in the global marketplace; in the meantime, society suffers as well. The second edition of A Better World, Inc. builds on the first by showing that companies have the power and incentives – and their boards of directors have the responsibility and the authority – to drive solutions to social, economic, and environmental challenges. Readers will learn how companies and their boards, together with nonprofits and governments, can drive prosperity by centering equity and sustainability.This edition is organized to address environmental, social, and governance practices, which are priority interests for investors, media, the public, government, and others to assess company practices and profitability. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Climate and Environment.- Chapter 3: Economic Development.- Chapter 4: Education.- Chapter 5: Health.- Chapter 6: Human Rights.- Chapter 7: Corporate Governance for an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Prosperous Future.
£28.49
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Brand Gender als Markenpersönlichkeit: Wie starke
Book SynopsisDieses Buch untersucht Möglichkeiten, die wichtigste Eigenschaft einer Marke, nämlich ihren Wert, zu steigern. Mit dem Fokus auf das Brand Gender analysiert Theo Lieven, wie sich die Projektion von Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen auf Marken auswirkt und wie Marken sich damit effektiv und effizient führen lassen. Anhand detaillierter Beispiele argumentiert er, dass indifferente Marken mit schwachen männlichen und weiblichen Merkmalen den geringsten Wert haben, während androgyne Marken mit sowohl starken weiblichen als auch starken männlichen Merkmalen den höchsten Wert aufweisen. Es wird aufgezeigt, welche Faktoren dazu führen, dass eine Marke als männlich und/oder als weiblich wahrgenommen wird. Mit dem Ziel, eine umfassende Theorie zu entwickeln und Praktikern einen Leitfaden zur Steigerung des Werts ihrer Marken zu geben, legt dieses Buch die Grundlage für ein globales Markenpersönlichkeitsmodell.Table of ContentsDie Marke als Person.- Einfache Kategorisierung durch Gender.- Globale Markenführung mit Brand Gender und Brand Equity.- Androgynie, Konsumentengeschlecht und Kulturunterschiede.- Brand Gender und Equity durch Markendesign.- Kreation einer starken Sportschuhmarke.- Die unabhängigen Effekte von Logo, Produkt und Marke.- Product Gender und Produktbewertung.- Brand Gender und das Geschlecht des Markenrepräsentanten.- Brand Gender, Behavioral Branding und Brand Equity.- Brand Gender und Markenallianzen.- Wie man Persönlichkeitsmodelle gestaltet.- Der Effekt des Brand Gender auf die Equity – ein Trugschluss?.- Zusammenfassung, Diskussion und Fazit.
£49.49
Springer International Publishing AG Charting Change: A Visual Toolkit for Making
Book SynopsisExecutives are under escalating pressure to deliver increasing profits every quarter, while technology advances at an increasing rate. In such a pressure-cooker environment, leaders must hard-wire their organizations to be mindful of costs while simultaneously becoming more flexible and faster at planning and executing the change programs required by innovation and the shifting demands of the customer. The companies that successfully innovate and stay at the top of their industries have one thing in common – they learn fast and manage change well.Charting Change provides a set of visual tools that will help you build a coherent approach to change, identifying both the things that will help make the effort successful, and those people and barriers that will try to block the way. Leaders that read and absorb this book will be able to make productive use of the tools to drive buy-in, alignment, and successful change outcomes across the organization, its systems, and its culture.This second edition features new topics such as architecting for change, overcoming resistance to change, and systems thinking, as well as new visual tools such as the Organizational Agility Framework. This book will help leaders and managers visualize, plan, and execute change and transformation in a more accessible, visual, and collaborative way. Once you are done reading Charting Change you will approach any big change with confidence.Table of Contents1. Changing Change2. Architecting for Change (introduce pyramid model and hypothetical business architecture example)· BONUS FEATURE – Guest Expert TBD: Specialized Business Architecture topic3. Planning Change4. Understanding the Current State· BONUS FEATURE – NHS Case Study: Challenging Top-Down Change5. Exploring Readiness for Change and Transitions· BONUS FEATURE – Guest Expert TBD (reaching out to Bill Taylor and Charlene Li): Overcoming Resistance to Change6. Envisioning the Desired State· BONUS FEATURE – Seth Kahan (Guest Expert): Generating Dramatic Surges of Progress7. Picking the Right Target for Your Change Effort8. The Benefits of Change9. The People Side of Change (enhance chapter with information on stakeholder mapping)· BONUS FEATURE – Guest Expert TBD: Our Internal Wiring (neuroplasticity and other topics)10. Building a Continuous Change Culture· BONUS FEATURE – Guest Expert TBD: learning culture or flexible organization topic11. Barriers and Obstacles to Change· BONUS FEATURE – Matthew E. May (Guest Expert): Reverse Engineer Your Strategy by Asking “What Must Be True?”12. Not Everything About Change is Wonderful13. Change Doesn’t Happen in Isolation (Systems Thinking Chapter)· BONUS FEATURE – Guest Expert TBD: Latest in Systems Thinking14. Breaking It Down (enhance chapter with information about agile approach to change backed by the right pacing for change – to avoid change saturation), upgrade mind-sets section on p116 with icons from the infographic – include an introduction of Organizational Agility Framework)15. Now What (The Resource Challenge)· BONUS FEATURE – Beth Montag-Schmaltz (Guest Expert): Bracing for the Next Wave of Change16. Building the Case for Change· BONUS FEATURE – Brett Clay, PhD (Guest Expert): Selling Change17. Communicating Change· BONUS FEATURE – Kate Hammer (Guest Expert): StoryFORMing· BONUS FEATURE – Ty Montague and Rosemarie Ryan (Guest Experts): StoryDoing ® and Organizational Change18. Leading Change (enhance with new content about what it takes to be a good change leader)· BONUS FEATURE—Tanveer Naseer (Guest Expert): How Successful Leaders Champion Change in Today’s Organizations19. Innovation Is All about Change· BONUS FEATURE—Babak Forutanpour (Guest Expert—Case Study): Don’t Dream Alone: Story of Grass-Roots Innovation in a Fortune 500 Company20. Project and Portfolio Management Are about Change (enhance with Visual Project Charter information – including a visual)· BONUS FEATURE—Dion Hinchcliffe (Guest Expert): How Companies Are Discovering New Pathways for Digital Transformation21. Successful Digital and Business Transformations· BONUS FEATURE – Shep Hyken (Guest Expert): Customer Transformation Topic22. The Future of Change· BONUS FEATURE—Rohit Talwar (Guest Expert): Dancing with Disruption: Forces Shaping the Future of Business· BONUS FEATURE—Ayelet Baron (Guest Expert): Change Is Abundant in the Twenty-First Century
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Springer International Publishing AG Managing Globalized, Deglobalized and
Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth exploration of the complexities surrounding supply chain globalization, de-globalization, and the prospective re-globalization. It not only presents the interplay of these phenomena but also navigates their root causes through the lens of organizational, economic and political theories. The analysis spans across multiple fields, enabling readers to grasp the full breadth and depth of the dynamics at play. In this book, you'll delve into the intricacies of global sourcing and production. These discussions will help you understand the layers of complexities inherent in managing global supply chains. You'll explore the risks and uncertainties associated with international supply chain operations, gaining insight into building resilient and adaptive systems capable of thriving amidst constant change. You'll also learn about the sustainability challenges emerging within the global supply chain environment. How can firms ensure that their supply chains remain economically viable, socially responsible, and environmentally friendly? These and other topics find their discussions in the pages of this book. This book offers considerable value for various readers. Students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels can gain essential understanding of concepts and phenomena related to supply chain globalization. Operational managers can find practical implications and strategies for managing their global supply chains amidst an unpredictable international trade environment. Finally, the book doesn't only focus on the present. It forecasts potential future developments and proposes new research directions in the fields of supply chain management, strategic management, and international business. Thus, it's also an indispensable resource for scholars seeking fresh perspectives and avenues for exploration.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Operations and supply chain1.1 Operations management1.2 Supply chain management1.3 Globalized supply chain1.4 Deglobalized supply chain1.5 Chapter summaryChapter 2: Theories of globalization and deglobalization2.1 Macro economics and political science theories2.1.1 Mercantilism2.1.2 Classical economics2.1.3 Economic logics of supply chain globalization and deglobalization2.1.4 Realism2.1.5 Liberalism2.2 A political economy view on global operations and supply chain management2.2.1 Operations and supply chain management studies with a view of political economy2.3 Organizational theories2.3.1 Transaction cost economics2.3.2 Resource-based view2.3.3 Resource dependence theory2.3.4 Institutional theory2.4 Chapter summaryChapter 3: Managing globalized and deglobalized supply chains3.1 Supply base complexity3.1.1 Another view on supply base complexity3.2 Risks in global supply chains3.2.1 Supply base complexity and risk3.2.2 Risk management and opportunity management3.3 Sustainable supply chains3.3.1 Sustainability and CSR3.3.2 Trade-offs and alignments of 3Ps3.3.3 ESG3.3.4 Sustainability issues in the supply chain3.4 Chapter summaryChapter 4: Reglobalization4.1 Theories relating to reglobalization4.2 From deglobalized to reglobalized supply chain4.3 Outer-space supply chain4.3.1 Outer space as supply sources4.3.2 Outer space as markets4.4 Concluding remarks
£94.99
Springer International Publishing AG Applied Statistics for Business and Management
Book SynopsisThis book illustrates the capabilities of Microsoft Excel to teach applied statistics effectively. It is a step-by-step exercise-driven guide for students and practitioners who need to master Excel to solve practical statistical problems in industry. If understanding statistics isn’t your strongest suit, you are not especially mathematically-inclined, or if you are wary of computers, this is the right book for you. Excel, a widely available computer program for students and managers, is also an effective teaching and learning tool for quantitative analyses in statistics courses. Its powerful computational ability and graphical functions make learning statistics much easier than in years past.The 2nd edition of Applied Business Statistics for Business and Management capitalizes on these improvements by teaching students and practitioners how to apply Excel to statistical techniques necessary in their courses and workplace. Each chapter explains statistical formulas and directs the reader to use Excel commands to solve specific, easy-to-understand business problems. Practice problems are provided at the end of each chapter with their solutions.Table of ContentsStatistics and Data.- Summarizing Data.- Descriptive Statistics and Graphing.- Normal World.- Survey Design.- Sampling.- Inference.- Probability.- Correlation.- Simple Linear Regression.- Multiple Regression.- Significance Tests.- Non Linear Regression.- Survey Reports.
£94.99
Palgrave Macmillan Process Management and Burnout Prevention
Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. (A Very Short) History of Process Management.- 3. (A Very Short) Introduction to Burnout .- 4. Identifying Burnout Using Process Management Inventory .- 5. Burnout Prevention Using Process Management Tools.- 6. Let's Practise and Make It Tangible.- 7. Can a Firm Develop a Burnout Resilience Capability?.- 8. Epilogue.
£79.99
Springer Business Growth in Times of Instability
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Future We Face.- Chapter 3: Understanding Cognitive Processes in High-Stakes Environments.- Chapter 4; Blinded by the Logics.- Chapter 5: Navigating A World of Chaos.- Chapter 6: The Time for Private.- Chapter 7: External Approaches for Market Share Growth.- Chapter 8: Internal Strategies for Business Development.
£71.24
Springer-Verlag GmbH Advances in Design Simulation and Manufacturing VIII
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG AIEmpowered Industrial Relations
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De Gruyter Management, Spirituality and Religion:
Book SynopsisCelebrating a decade of progress in the fast developing field of management, spirituality and religion, this book provides the crème de la crème of academic scholarship in this crucial field of interest that lies in the intersection of religion/spirituality with management and organization studies, bridging the humanities, the social sciences and business and management. The very best articles that won the coveted ‘best paper of the year’ award, sponsored by the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada and published in the top ranked interdisciplinary Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, illustrate the development of thinking over the past decade, showcasing diverse theoretical orientations and methodological approaches, written by the leading scholars in the field. This authoritative collection will be a valued addition to university libraries as much as to specialized interest groups. The book will be serving as key text for teaching and a ‘must read’ for anyone wishing to inform themselves of this growing field of scholarship.
£77.90
De Gruyter The Innovation Tribe
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Springer International Publishing AG International Business Management: Succeeding in
Book SynopsisThis textbook explores the theoretical and practical aspects of managing international business operations while also dealing with multi-cultural, multi-national and global issues of managing business expansion beyond the domestic market. A second, revised edition of Managing Internationally: Succeeding in a Culturally Diverse World, each chapter contains up-to-date material, in-depth coverage of topics, visual aids (i.e., charts, tables, etc.), and vignettes, making this new edition engaging, visually appealing and easily accessible for students taking International Business Management courses. The contents of this textbook are separated into four parts. Part one offers introductory information on the scope and importance of international business management as well as the social and ethical challenges. Part two covers cultural and behavioral topics. Part three discusses the strategic and operational aspects of international business management. Part four explores human resources and labor relations. To assist students, each chapter starts a preview section which includes an outline of the chapter indicating the important aspects along with a brief description of the major issues. Following the preview is a vignette that encapsulates the crux of the chapter, often presented in an amusing and engaging manner. To further help students focus on key issues, the text includes the list of useful business cases to which students can refer. To assist professors in teaching from this book, ancillary teaching materials such as sample syllabi, slides, tests and answer keys will be available for download. Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction.- CH 1: The Management of International Business.- CH 2: Socio-Ethical Issues and International Management.- Part II: Cultural and Behavioral.- CH 3: International Management and the Cultural Context.- CH 4: International Communication and Negotiation.- CH 5: Management Leadership and Motivation in an International Context.- Part III: Strategic and Operational.- CH 6: International Environment and Strategy.- CH 7: International Strategic Alliance.- CH 8: Organization of Multinational Operations.- CH 9: Control of International Operations.- CH 10. International Management Information System.- Part IV: Human Resources.- CH 11: International Human Resource Management.- CH 12: International Labor Relations.- Appendix A: Major Leadership Theories.- Appendix B: Major Motivation Theories.- Appendix C: Charter of the United Nations.- List of Cases.- Name Index.- Subject Index.
£85.49
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Call Center-Steuerung: So optimieren Sie den
Book SynopsisDieses Buch zeigt zielführend entscheidende Kriterien und Wirkfaktoren aus den Bereichen Mensch, Organisation und Technik für die effiziente Call Center-Steuerung. Ziel ist es, den Erfolg eines Call Centers mittel- und langfristig sichern und optimieren zu können.Table of ContentsCall Center-Steuerung - Planung und Realisierung - Erfolgsfaktoren - Call Center-Betrieb - Call Center als vernetztes System - Wirkfaktoren: Übersicht, Beispiele, Interpretationen - Anwendung und Nutzung in der Praxis
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Gabler Investition Vertrauen: Prozesse der
Book SynopsisMargit Osterloh und Antoinette Weibel zeigen Wege zum Aufbau und zur Wiedererlangung des Vertrauens in Unternehmen auf der Grundlage neuer Erkenntnisse der verhaltenswissenschaftlichen Managementlehre, der Sozialpsychologie sowie der psychologischen Ökonomik. Die Autorinnen erläutern die Funktion von Vertrauen als zentraler Ressource in der Wissensgesellschaft, die Grundlagen des Vertrauens und vertrauenskritische Bereiche. Veranschaulicht werden die theoretischen Ausführungen anhand zahlreicher praktischer Fallbeispiele.Trade Review"[...] ein sehr gründliches Buch, das den Leser fordert, ihn aber auch durch neue Erkenntnisse bereichert." Raiffeisen Zeitung, 08.11.2007 "Hat man sich konkreten Vertrauensproblemen in Unternehmen zu stellen, will man Hilfestellungen zum Aufbau von Vertrauen erhalten und aus einschlägigen Erfahrungen lernen, sollte man zum Buch von Margit Osterloh und Antoinette Weibel greifen. Gut strukturiert und unter Berücksichtigung der Erkenntnisse der Vertrauensforschung werden dort die Möglichkeiten ausgelotet, in Beziehungen zwischen Individuen und innerhalb bzw. zwischen Organisationen eine besondere Investition zu tätigen, nämlich jene in Vertrauen." Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 27.07.2007 "Fallbeispiele runden die Ausführungen ab und schaffen einen guten Mix zwischen Theorie und Praxis. Das Buch ist eine lohnende Anschaffung für Manager und Studierende." io new management, 06/2007 "Sehr praxisnah schildert das Duo, wie Vertrauen entsteht und wie es weiterentwickelt werden kann. [...] Von diesen beiden könnte Jack Welch noch eine Menge lernen." Financial Times Deutschland, 19.03.2007 "Das Buch ist unbedingt empfehlenswert, weil es nicht moralisierend und mit normativen Forderungen daher kommt wie ähnliche Bücher zum Thema, sondern sehr nüchtern und überzeugend darlegt, wie eine Vertrauensorganisation in und zwischen Unternehmen geschaffen werden kann." OrganisationsEntwicklung, 04/2006 "Die Autorinnen gehen dem schillernden Begriff des Vertrauens nach und zeigen sehr differenziert und anregend, inwiefern er das Schmiermittel der Wirtschaft ist. [...] ein kluges und auch sehr ansprechend aufgebautes und gegliedertes Buch [...], das jedem empfohlen sei, der mehr über Sinn und Zweck des Wirtschaftens lernen will." www.business-wissen.de, 24.11.2006Table of ContentsVertrauen - eine besondere Investition Vertrauen - ein schillernder Begriff Vertrauen und Kontrolle - ein prekäres oder ein trautes Verhältnis? Vertrauen und Fairness Vertrauen durch Führung Corporate Governance und Vertrauen Vertrauen in geographisch verteilten Gruppen Die Schurter AG - das Beispiel einer Vertrauensorganisation
£56.99
Gabler State of the Art des Business Process Redesign: Darstellung und Vergleich bestehender Methoden
Book SynopsisImmer mehr Unternehmen beschäftigen sich mit der Reorganisation ihrer Prozesse. Der Ansatz einer prozeßorientierten Neugestaltung hat sich mittlerweile als wirksames Mittel zur Verbesserung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in den Unternehmen etabliert. Trotzdem herrscht an vielen Orten Unsicherheit über das konkrete Vorgehen, gerade auch wegen einer Vielzahl gescheiterter Projekte. "State of the Art des Business Process Redisgn", entstanden aus einem Projekt zwischen dem Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik St. Gallen und acht Unternehmen, liefert einen systematischen Überblick über die wichtigsten, zur Zeit verfügbaren Methoden. Gegenüber der 1. Auflage sind zwei interessante Methoden hinzugekommen. Verzeichnis: Systematischer Überblick über die wichtigsten, zur Zeit verfügbaren Methoden.Table of ContentsMethoden aus unterschiedlichen Denkrichtungen, insbesondere der Managementlehre, der Organisationslehre und der Wirtschaftsinformatik Methoden aus unterschiedlichen Umfeldern, Beratungsunternehmen und Forschungsinstituten Methoden aus unterschiedlichen Regionen, Europa und USA
£37.99
Walter de Gruyter Das Neue Lexikon Der Betriebswirtschaftslehre:
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£35.96
Walter de Gruyter Öffentliche Bauaufträge
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£28.80
Walter de Gruyter Projektfinanzierung
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£38.67
Walter de Gruyter Weiterbildung Im Mittelstand: Personalentwicklung
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£28.80
Walter de Gruyter Jahrbuch Für Wirtschaftsprüfung, Interne Revision
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£42.50
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Wirtschaftlichkeit Industrieller
Book Synopsis0 Einleitung.- 1 Zuverlässigkeitsmanagement.- 2 Wirtschaftlichkeit der Zuverlässigkeitssicherung.- 3 Wirtschaftlichkeit der Zuverlässigkeitsrechnung in der Produktion.- 4 Wirtschaftlichkeit der Zuverlässigkeitssicherung für den Käufermarkt.- 5 Erkenntnisse.- 6 Abkürzungen und Symbole.- 7 Literaturverzeichnis.Table of Contents0 Einleitung.- 1 Zuverlässigkeitsmanagement.- 2 Wirtschaftlichkeit der Zuverlässigkeitssicherung.- 3 Wirtschaftlichkeit der Zuverlässigkeitsrechnung in der Produktion.- 4 Wirtschaftlichkeit der Zuverlässigkeitssicherung für den Käufermarkt.- 5 Erkenntnisse.- 6 Abkürzungen und Symbole.- 7 Literaturverzeichnis.
£44.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Product Lifecycle Management
Book SynopsisProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an essential means to cope with the challenges of global competition. This is the first English-language book on PLM that introduces the reader to the basic terms and fundamentals of PLM. The text provides a solid foundation for starting a PLM development project. It gives ideas and examples of how PLM can be utilized. In addition, it offers insight into how PLM can assist in creating opportunities and in making real eBusiness possible.Table of ContentsFundamentals.- Product lifecycle management systems.- Product structures.- Integration of the PLM system with other applications.- Deployment of the PLM system.- Business benefits of a PLM system.- Challenges of product management in manufacturing industry.- Service industry and PLM.- The role of product information management in collaborative business development.- Understanding the product lifecycle.- Product and product management strategy as a part of business strategy.- e-Business: electronic business and PLM.- Digest.
£53.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Preistheorie und Industrieökonomik
Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch analysiert die Preisbildung auf Märkten mit unvollständiger Konkurrenz: die Marktformen des Monopols, des Monopsons, des bilateralen Monopols, der monopolistischen Konkurrenz und des Oligopols. Ferner behandelt die Autorin den nicht-kooperativen Wettbewerb sowie wettbewerbsbehindernde Strategien durch Kooperationen, Verhinderung von Markteintritten und Verdrängung. Das Lehrbuch verbindet die Bereiche Preistheorie und Industrieökonomik und kann begleitend zu Vorlesungen eingesetzt werden. Es ist ebenso zum Selbststudium geeignet.Table of ContentsEinführung und Grundlagen.- Monopol, Monopson und bilaterales Monopol.- Monopolistische Konkurrenz.- Oligopole 1: Mengen- und Preiswettbewerb.- Oligopole 2: Weitere Strategien im Wettbewerb.- Wettbewerbsbehindernde Strategien.- Ansätze zur Bestimmung der Marktstruktur.- Grundbegriffe der Spieltheorie.
£42.74
Campus Verlag Strategy for Managing Complex Systems: A
Book SynopsisStrategy for Managing Complex Systems demonstrates that management and management theory have strong foundations in systems science, and most specifically in the cybernetics of truly complex organismic, self-organizing, and evolving systems. As Fredmund Malik shows, we live in a world of highly complex systems, many of which are both extremely fragile and extremely powerful. Nevertheless our institutions are ill-equipped to deal with changes in these systems, as we have little knowledge of their structures, the mechanisms of their behavior, and how to control them. This combination of societal ignorance and systems power, Malik argues, underscores the urgency of studying complex systems more thoroughly, rather than indulging in quick fixes. Only when we understand and value complex systems' potential for managing contemporary society's institutions and organizations will we be able to implement necessary improvements. This book provides the basics of such cybernetic management, showing how we might create robust, self-organizing systems that are both functional and sustainably viable.
£60.80
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Product Lifecycle Management
Book SynopsisProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an essential means to cope with the challenges of global competition. This is the first English-language book on PLM that introduces the reader to the basic terms and fundamentals of PLM. The text provides a solid foundation for starting a PLM development project. It gives ideas and examples of how PLM can be utilized. In addition, it offers insight into how PLM can assist in creating opportunities and in making real eBusiness possible.Table of ContentsFundamentals.- Product lifecycle management systems.- Product structures.- Integration of the PLM system with other applications.- Deployment of the PLM system.- Business benefits of a PLM system.- Challenges of product management in manufacturing industry.- Service industry and PLM.- The role of product information management in collaborative business development.- Understanding the product lifecycle.- Product and product management strategy as a part of business strategy.- e-Business: electronic business and PLM.- Digest.
£42.74
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Angewandte Psychologie für das Human Resource
Book SynopsisAuch wenn Personalmanager keine Psychologen sein müssen, was sie tun, ist angewandte Psychologie: u. a. Menschen und ihre Rollen im Unternehmen verstehen und beeinflussen, Wandel in Organisationen gestalten. Dafür kann die Kenntnis psychologischer Instrumente und Theorien sehr hilfreich sein. Dieser Leitfaden basiert auf einer Weiterbildung für Personalmanager am Institut für Angewandte Psychologie (Zürich) und beleuchtet aktuelle Themen wie z. B. Talent-, Performance- und Demografie-Mangement – mit zahlreichen Tipps, Checklisten und Fallbeispielen.Table of ContentsI. Grundlagen, Rollen und Kompetenzen im HRM.- Theoretische Grundlagen des Human Resources Management.- Die Entwicklung der Personalfunktion.- Organisationsverständnis und Rollen im Human Resources Management.- II. HRM und Strategie, Kultur und Wandel in Organisationen.- Strategisches Human Resources Management.- Organisationskultur – Analyse, Gestaltung und Entwicklung.- Wandel in Organisationen – Grundlagen und Prinzipien des Change Managements aus systemischer Perspektive.- III. HRM–Kernfunktionen.- Gestaltung von HRM-Strukturen und Prozessen.- Arbeits- und Organisationsgestaltung.- Auswahl von Personal.- Beurteilungs- und Feedbackprozesse:Teil I: Psychologie in Beurteilungs- und Feedbackprozessen.- Teil II: Performance Management.- Entwicklung von Kompetenzen.- Gestaltung von Laufbahnen: Grundlagen, Laufbahnorientierungen und Laufbahntheorien.- „Talent Management“: Gestaltung von Laufbahnen, Laufbahnmodelle für Talente.- Trennung vom Unternehmen.- IV. HRM-Rolle in Interaktion mit Linie und Teams.- Human Resources Management als Kooperationspartner der Führungskräfte.- Das HRM in der Beratungsrolle.- HRM im Konfliktmanagement.- Gruppen und Teams in Organisationen.- Herausforderung Demographie und Wandel der Arbeitsgesellschaft.- Arbeit und Gesundheit – Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement.- Internationales HRM.
£61.74
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Angewandte Psychologie für die
Book SynopsisIn Zeiten rasanter Veränderungen in Organisationen und der Wirtschaft insgesamt sind auch Bildungsfachleute und Personalentwickler gefordert, ihre Kernaufgaben neu zu definieren. Dazu bietet die angewandte Psychologie einen Orientierungsrahmen. In dem Band vermitteln Praktiker die psychologischen Grundlagen für eine moderne, nachhaltige betriebliche Bildungsarbeit und Personalentwicklung. Dabei greifen sie auch aktuelle Themen wie E-Learning, erlebnisorientiertes Lernen, Bildungsmarketing, Performance Management oder Corporate Learning auf.Table of ContentsGrundlagen, Kompetenzen und Rollen.- Grundlagen zu Bildung und Didaktik.-Organisationsverständnis, Rollen in Organisationen und die Rolle der Bildungsfachleute in Organisationen.- Kompetenzen von Bildungsfachleuten.- Unser Verständnis von Bildungsmanagement.- Lernpsychologie.- Kulturelle Aspekte des Lernens und Führens.- Lernen Erwachsener.- Voraussetzung für gelingende Lernprozesse aus neurobiologischer Sicht.- Unterschiedlichkeiten beim Lernen.- Lernstile.- Unterschiede in Bezug auf Geschlecht und Herkunft.- Entwicklung der Personalentwicklung in Organisationen.- Curriculare Planungsphasen von Lehr-/Lernprozessen in der Aus- und Weiterbildung.- Gestaltung von Bildungsveranstaltungen: Methoden und Trends.- Überblick zu aktiven Methoden und Methoden für komplexe Situationen.- E-Learning und Neue Medien in der betrieblichen Aus- und Weiterbildung.- Erweiterte Lehr- und Lernformen.- Grossgruppenveranstaltungen.- Erlebnisorientiertes Lernen und Outdoor-Training.- Lernprozesse von Gruppen begleiten.- Bildungsmanagement-Prozesse.- Strategisches Bildungsmanagement.- Evaluation von Lernprozessen.- Bildungsmarketing.- Qualitätsmanagement in Organisationen.- Beraten und Lernen.- Grundlagen der Kommunikation für die Moderation und Beratung.- Moderation und Visualisation.- Beratung aus der Rolle als Bildungsfachperson.- Management-Development.- Management-Entwicklung als strategischer Prozess.- Führungskräfte-Entwicklung.- Performance-Management.- Corporate Learning und Grundlagen des Change Management aus systemischer Sicht.- Gesellschaftliche Aspekte & Einflüsse auf das Lernen.
£56.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Sales Excellence: Systematic Sales Management
Book SynopsisThis book presents a very novel and strategic approach to Sales Management, an area that has suffered from a lack of sophistication in practice. This content-rich and thought-provoking book has a very unique positioning: It considers the sales performance of an organization at a very high, strategic level and offers specific guidance in managing not just a few direct reports but an entire organization?s sales function. The book includes many useful tools and guidelines and is enhanced with numerous examples that help bring the concepts to life and make them very approachable for the trade market. A checklist-based scoring system that is utilized throughout the book allows readers to specifically evaluate their own company as well as to track its progress as concepts are applied over time. This work is an essential resource and thought-provoking read for ambitious Sales Managers, including CEO-level executives.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“This book covers all the topics that are relevant for the daily tasks of a Sales Manager. It is more relevant … not only for experienced managers but also for managers who are still looking for their appropriate style. … Sales Excellence is a must read for sales managers from the top down to the first line. The book does a great job of segmenting the important aspects of the things you can control as a manager.” (inspireandaction.wordpress.com, 2013)A systematic approach to sales is an essential component for the success of a company. The “Sales Excellence-Approach” is extensive, without being complicated, and pleasantly practically oriented.Uwe RaschkeMember of the Board of Management, Robert Bosch GmbH“Only those who manage their sales systematically will have long term success. This is especially true for retail banking. The Sales Excellence concept is a scientific approach that is oriented practically.”Rainer NeskeMember of the Management Board and Head of Private and Business Clients, Deutsche Bank AGSales, too, must contribute to increase the company value. The productivity of using resources within sales becomes more and more important. Sales Excellence represents an outstanding help in making sales management more systematic. Achim BergChairman of the Management, Microsoft AG Germany and Area Vice President International Control and managing sales without destroying necessary intuition or improvisation represents a great challenge. However, this can be achieved with the help of the approach presented here.Hans W. ReinersPresident of the Division Styrol-Synthetics BASF AGTable of ContentsIntroduction.- Sales Strategy - Setting the Fundamental Course.- Sales Management - Designing Structures and Processes, Managing People and Living the Culture.- Information Management as the Key to Professionalism in Sales.- Customer Relationship Management - Staying on the Ball!.
£71.24
