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Springer International Publishing AG Datadriven Decisionmaking for Product Managers
Book SynopsisThis book is an essential guide for product managers seeking to harness the power of data to drive their product decisions. It is a detailed resource for developing and maintaining data literacy, a core skill for product managers. Through a structured approach supported by practical insights and illustrative examples, readers will learn to prioritize decisions based on quantitative data rather than intuition, understand core data concepts, and analyze and leverage data effectively. Product managers will discover how data can transform decision-making processes, enabling evidence-based selection, prioritization, and resource allocation for product features. By using customer feedback, user behavior data, market research, and performance metrics, product managers can foster a culture that leverages data to create successful products. This introductory primer and reference guide is indispensable for product managers aiming to integrate data-driven methodologies into their practice, ensuring their decisions are informed, strategic, and impactful.
£29.69
University of Toronto Press The Bartering Mindset
Book SynopsisWe use money to solve our everyday problems, and it generally works well. Despite its economic benefits, however, money has a psychological downside: it trains us to think about negotiations narrow-mindedly, leading us to negotiate badly. Suggesting that we need a non-monetary mindset to negotiate better, The Bartering Mindset shows us how to look outside the monetary economy to the bartering economies of the past, where people traded what they had for what they needed. The book argues that, because of the economic difficulties associated with bartering, barterers had to use a more sophisticated form of negotiation a strategic approach that can make us master negotiators today. Now available in paperback, this book immerses readers in the assumptions made by barterers, collectively referred to as the bartering mindset, and then demonstrates how to apply this mindset to modern, monetary negotiations. The Bartering Mindset concludes that our individual, organizaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 The Limits of the Monetary Mindset 2 The Bartering Mindset 3 Step 1: Deeply and Broadly Defi ne Your Needs and Offerings 4 Steps 2–3: Map Out the Full Range of Transaction Partners and the Full Range of Their Possible Needs and Off erings 5 Step 4: Anticipate the Most Powerful Set of Partnerships across the Market 6 Step 5: Cultivate the Most Powerful Set of Partnerships across the Market 7 Integrating the Bartering and Monetary Mindsets 8 Objections to the Bartering Mindset 9 Conclusions and Applications Notes Index
£17.99
Cambridge University Press Economics of Visual Art
Book SynopsisHow can arts managers, artists, and art market observers approach the study of economics? Accompanied by hand-drawn illustrations, wide-ranging case studies, and expansive discussion resources, this interdisciplinary microeconomics primer engages with complex and, at turns, political questions of value and resourcefulness with the artist or manager as the decision-maker and the gallery, museum or studio as ''the firm''. Whitaker arms the reader with analytic and creative tools that can be used in service to economic sustainability for artists and organizations. By exploring the complexities of economics in application to art, design and creative industries, this book offers ways to approach the larger world as an art project.Trade Review'In spite of the romantic ideal that creative expression should exist independently of calculation and exchange, art and artists are intimately entangled in markets. In this lucid and wide-ranging book, Amy Whitaker combines incisive economic analysis with great insight to and sympathy with the world inhabited by artists. This is an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand a unique sphere of economic and cultural life.' William Davies, University of London, author of Nervous States and The Limits of Neoliberalism'These ten chapters are a great introduction to microeconomics and to the modern art market. There are case histories from various aspects of the art world, such as a fascinating section on the founding history of the Tate in London, a discussion of artists' rights, and an overview of auction theory. Highly recommended.' Don Thompson, author of The $12 Million Stuffed Shark and The Orange Balloon Dog'Whitaker hits an elusive target: an engaging instructional text on the basics of economics for visual artists. While conventional wisdom tells us that artists are 'bad with money,' it doesn't have to be so! Whitaker's book is engagingly written, and each topic clearly explained, so both experts and new learners will come away with valuable new knowledge. This book is, in equal parts, a handbook for artists who want to have greater control over their work and finances, a teaching resource for arts advocates and instructors, and a treatise on how economic theorizing and research benefit from an artist's perspective.' Jennifer Lena, Associate Professor of Arts Administration and Sociology, Columbia University, author of Entitled and Measuring Culture'Amy Whitaker invites us to think from art to economics and from economics to art. Patiently, lucidly, and entertainingly, she explains the principles of economics and their application to the art world. Humanely, insightfully, and profoundly, she illuminates the forms of value that art creates and asks how economics can recognize them.' Bill Deresiewicz, Author, The Death of the Artist & Excellent Sheep'To understand the workings of the art market, it is necessary to know some economics. This book takes on the challenge of teaching economics by explaining the basic concepts of microeconomics in an unusual context – the peculiarities of supply and demand for visual art. The book, copiously illustrated with the work of artists, will appeal to students of arts management, cultural professionals, artists, and anyone keen to know more about how the art world works.' David Throsby, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University, author of The Economics of Cultural Policy'This book is a wonderful account of how economics interacts with the art market. Amy Whitaker has succeeded in providing an interesting and useful text for anyone who is interested in either economics or the art market. She does a service to economics, by thoroughly reviewing a cultural application of economic analysis. Likewise, art students will have a greater understanding of the market mechanism. Bravo!' Kathryn Graddy, Dean and Fred and Rita Richman Distinguished Professor in Economics, Brandeis International Business School, co-author of Essentials of Economics'Amy Whitaker is that rare person who understands both art and business, and how they interact. With this book she takes a deep dive into all aspects of the economics of art, from pricing to how art is legitimated, so enabling readers to better understand the structure of the market as well as more intangible notions, such as that of 'taste'.' Georgina Adam, Financial TimesTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. Markets; 2. Cost; 3. Price; 4. Structure; 5. Failure; 6. Power; 7. Labor; 8. Property; 9. Investment; 10. Systems.
£56.99
Pearson Education Managing your Team through Change
Book SynopsisRichard Newton is an experienced executive who has worked both as a management consultant and a senior manager in a number of major corporations. Over the past twenty years he has built a superb track record in the successful delivery of projects and business change, the setting up and management of project and business improvement teams, and advising companies on how to ensure successful delivery on an ongoing basis. He is an advocate and successful practitioner of simple approaches to project and change management.Table of Contents 1. Understand the journey and your role in it 2. Start from the right place 3. Finding clarity, making clarity 4. Identifying changes 5. Plan the change 6. Change and do the day job 7. Adapting to and adopting change 8. Talking about change 9. Arrive, sustain and move on Appendix 1: Summary questions Appendix 2: The executive’s role Appendix 3: Increasing your knowledge and getting help Appendix 4: Join the community
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Business & Management: Volume 14
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Improving Supply Chains in the Oil and Gas
Book SynopsisThis book analyses and proposes solutions to one of the core challenges faced in the Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) supply chains in the oil and gas industry, a field that is currently impacted by low oil prices, emerging technologies and a societal transition to cleaner energies. It describes the end-to-end nature of the oil and gas supply chain, and challenges paradigms and accepted ways of working within the industry – such as wastes driven by broken interfaces, naivete regarding supply chains, and the practice that considers re-organisation to be the answer to these challenges – and identifies opportunities to shift this paradigm towards reliability and value. Moreover, the book shares the authors’ front-line experience and encourages readers to consider deploying the solutions presented in their own contexts. The insights from the book’s 12 modules are based on personal experiences and are industry-generic, allowing them to be transferred to other MRO supply chains. Readers are encouraged to use this book as a reference for their own supply chain transformations. The book is primarily intended for practitioners, including chief operating officers, chief financial officers, chief supply chain officers, engineers and heads of procurement, purchasing, operations, and materials management.Table of Contents1. Lower Forever.- 2. The OPEX Challenge.- 3. Supply Chain Development in Oil & Gas Industry.- 4. The Missing Pieces.- 5. 12 Modules for Supply Chain Transformation.- 6. When Culture Meets Transformation.- 7. Getting Started.
£33.74
Springer International Publishing AG Public-Private Stewardship: Achieving
Book SynopsisThis book offers a defense acquisition perspective that provides action orientations and decision making to increase the value-for-money (VFM) of public-private partnerships (PPPs) through public-private stewardship (PPS). The differing motives of the public and the private sector are not conducive to partnership that leads to optimal outcomes. PPS is offered to practitioners and academics as a solution to failures of PPPs by following the public stewardship tenets of fiduciary responsibility and advancing the public interest while factoring in the additional elements of the private sector. The public values of transparency, accountability, responsibility, responsiveness, efficiency, effectiveness, equity, diversity, inclusion, fairness, and security, among others, can be shared in success between the public and private partners. By establishing shared values aligning with each stakeholder’s measures for success, it is possible to devise value propositions for stakeholder decision making that supports inter-organizational strategy, operations, tactics, goals, and objectives. PPS practices can further ensue as the public-private steward utilizes tools of expertise and organizational capacity. The book provides seven portraits of practitioners in the practice of PPS to assist PPP stakeholders achieve VFM. PPS is illustrated using examples in the Department of Navy (DON) and Department of Defense (DOD).Table of ContentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Leadership as StewardshipChapter 3. Political Actor for Political SettlementChapter 4. The Catalyst of the Public InterestChapter 5. Implementation Through CommunicationChapter 6. Transparent Engagement Across OrganizationChapter 7. Progress from Learning and AdaptationChapter 8. Stewardship Theory Over Agency TheoryChapter 9. Conclusion
£31.49
Saurabh Publishing House Disaster Management
Book SynopsisGeneticist Quinn meets ancient warrior Wyck who must protect a prophetic time bomb in her DNA. Despite duty, their feelings complicate matters as they navigate desire and retribution in a battle to save the world.
£18.74
Cengage Learning India Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective
Book SynopsisShort cases at the end of each Chapter are updated and build on what students have learned in the Chapter.
£34.19
Elsevier Science Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning for IT Professionals
Book SynopsisSuitable for anyone in the IT field charged with keeping information secure and systems up and running, this title gives you the planning and risk management techniques for business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR).Table of ContentsChapter 1: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Overview Chapter 2: Legal and Regulatory Environment Chapter 3: Project Initiation Chapter 4: Risk Assessment Chapter 5: Business Impact Assessment Chapter 6: Risk Mitigation Chapter 7: BC/DR Plan Development Chapter 8: Emergency Response and Recovery Chapter 9: Training, Testing & Auditing Results Chapter 10: BC/DR Plan Maintenance Case Study A: Utilities Case Study B: Healthcare Case Study C: Financial Case Study D: Small/Medium Business Glossary Checklists Resources
£64.91
Oxford University Press Working Capital Management
Book SynopsisAs soon as a firm starts operating and furthermore, the moment it starts to grow, it needs to come to a decision about how to invest funds, how much cash and inventory to hold on to, how much financing to provide to customers, how to obtain the necessary funds, how much debt to take on and in which terms-all the answers to these questions have serious consequences for a firm''s cash flow and profitability.Working Capital Management is a hands-on look at the crucial decision of how to define and finance the operating investments of a business. Starting with an overview of the fundamental framework of corporate finance, the authors set out to define the central, and usually underestimated, role that working capital plays within this structure. They show not only how to prevent the losses that result from mishandling of working capital, but also how to fully exploit the strategic potential that intelligent, expert management of working capital allows. The book is the first to emphasize thTrade ReviewGiven the breadth of recent capital market disruptions, companies have undergone a thorough reevaluation of their capital structure objectives. Working capital management choices have become strategically more important as they have a direct impact into financial sustainability. This book gives light to a very complex subject in a very easy to understand manner. * Lisandro Miguens, Managing Director, Senior Country Officer, J.P. Morgan *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1: Corporate Finance Chapter 2: Working Capital Chapter 3: Working Capital, Seasonality, and Growth Chapter 4: Financial Analysis and Working Capital Chapter 5: Cash Management Chapter 6: Managing Account Receivables Chapter 7: Managing Inventories Chapter 8: Managing Account Payables Chapter 9: Short-term Debt Chapter 10: Working Capital and Corporate Strategy Chapter 11: Working Capital Financing Costs Chapter 12: Patterns in Working Capital Notes References Index
£51.30
Palgrave MacMillan Us The Vested Outsourcing Manual A Guide for Creating Successful Business and Outsourcing Agreements
Book SynopsisIn this must-have guide for creating and implementing successful outsourcing processes and partnerships, Vitasek drives the principles of Vested Outsourcing beyond theory into practice. From shared vision, desired outcomes to win-win and long-term success the manual will help managers build an agreement vested in each other's success.Trade Review"Vested Outsourcing truly flips conventional outsourcing on its head. This book is a must read for any company outsourcing that is trying to achieve fast, good and cheap." - Peter Sheahan, Author of the bestselling book Flip "The journey to a truly collaborative agreement is practically guaranteed if you follow the step-by-step process outlined in this great book." - Dawn Tiura Evans, President and CEO, Sourcing Interests Group "Vested Outsourcing offers a robust approach for developing high-performing strategic relationships. Read this book and learn how you can take your strategic relationships to the next level." - Tim Cummins, CEO, International Association for Contracting and Commercial Management "The Vested Outsourcing Manualshould be a must-read for every organization engaged in outsourcing." - Joe Andraski, President and CEO, Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association "This is truly a landmark work, presenting logical, practical, and sound principles and practices for establishing and governing mutually rewarding outsourcing relationships that can withstand the challenges of changing market conditions.It is a masterpiece of common sense." - Jim Groton, renowned dispute resolution expert and former President of the American College of Construction Lawyers "We've had tremendous success in applying Vested thinking with strategic clients; The Vested Outsourcing Manual now gives us a systematic approach to apply the concepts more broadly." - Lauralee Martin, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer ofJones Lang LaSalleTable of ContentsIntroduction PART I: LAYING THE FOUNDATION Review of Vested Outsourcing 5 Rules Creating a System that has a flexible framework WIIFWe/ Creating a Shared Vision PART II: CREATING A PROCESS BY THE RULES Rule 1: Outcome-Based vs. Transaction-Based Business Model Intent Rule 2: Focus on the WHAT, not the HOW Statement of Objectives Rule 3: Clearly Defined and Measurable Desired Outcomes KPIs/Metrics Rule 4: Pricing Model with Incentives to Optimize Cost/Service Tradeoffs Matching Incentives Continuous Alignment Rule 5: Insight vs. Oversight Governance Structure Relationship Management Framework Change Management/ Agility Transformation Management Process Exit Management, People Changes Other PART III: GETTING TO WE Collaboration, not Negotiation Writing the Contracts Conclusion Appendix
£87.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Manufacturing Operations Strategy Texts and Cases by Terry Hill
Book SynopsisTERRY HILL is Professor of Operations Management at Templeton College, Oxford, UKand is a leading, international figure in the field of operations management. Before moving into higher education he spent several years in operations management and continues to have a successful consultancy practice. He has held previous appointments at Bath and Warwick Universities.ALEX HILL is Principal Lecturer in the School of Business Strategy and Operations and a member of the Operations Research Group (ORG) at Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK.
£74.99
Springer Lean Business Systems and Beyond
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Springer Purchasing and Supply Management
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Springer Manufacturing Management Principles and Concepts
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Springer Inventory Management Demystified
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Springer Designing for Quality An Introduction to the Best of Taguchi and Western Methods of Statistical Experimental Design
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Springer Quality Handbook for Composite Materials And Present
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Springer Quality Auditing A Tool for Excellence
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Springer Practitioners Guide to Quality and Process Improvement
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Springer Robust Design and Analysis for Quality Engineering
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Springer Manufacturing Excellence The Competitive Edge
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Springer Practical Benchmarking The Complete Guide A complete guide
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Springer Ultrasonic Methods of Nondestructive Testing 2 NonDestructive Evaluation Series
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Springer An Introduction to Computer Aided Production Management
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