Management decision making

Momentum is your greatest ally – with it you can do anything, without it you will stall.

Projects are becoming more complex and traditional project management is proving inadequate.

This volume originates from two workshops, both focusing on themes that are reflected in the title of the volume.

This book encompasses the study of hybrid switching di usion processes and their applications.

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This graduate-level textbook covers modelling, programming and analysis of stochastic computer simulation experiments, including the mathematical and statistical foundations of simulation and why it works.

This book introduces impact-driven research paths in computer science, information systems and cybersecurity with practical insights, effective instructions, and examples.

This book describes a wide range real-case applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) in maritime related subjects including shipping, port, maritime logistics, cruise ports, waterfront developments, and shipping finance, etc.

The present work is an extended version of a manuscript of a course which the author taught at the University of Hamburg during summer 1969.

The Fifth Purdue International Symposium on Statistical Decision The- was held at Purdue University during the period of ory and Related Topics June 14-19,1992.

What people are saying about The New How"e;How are you going to get rid of your Air Sandwich if you don't even know what it is?

Like the preceding volumes, and met with a lively response, the present volume is collecting contributions stressed on methodology or successful industrial applications.

Disaster, disruption and change are recurring challenges in business.

Cooperative Models in International Relations Michael D.

A study of some of baseball's best & worst decisions, what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how they shaped the game.

This book illustrates the application of grey systems theory to management science research, by developing selection procedures for grey analytical methods suitable for forecasting, decision-making, and analysing variable relationships.

This book is dedicated to the consolidation and to the expansion of theoretic systems thinking as a necessary integration of the general reductionist and analytical attitude dominant in our culture.

Semi-infinite programming (briefly: SIP) is an exciting part of mathematical programming.

Recent research on joint or dyadic decision making has received renewed attention from behavioral scientists.

This book provides a handy, unified introduction to the theory of compact extended formulations of exponential-size integer linear programming (ILP) models.

Implementing a food safety management system (FSMS) is a regulatory requirement for every firm in global food supply chains.

Standards have become widespread regulatory tools that are set to promote global trade, innovation, efficiency, and quality.

This book is an extension of the author's first book and serves as a guide and manual on how to specify and compute 2-, 3-, and 4-Event Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN).

People are facing more and more NP-complete or NP-hard problems of a combinatorial nature and of a continuous nature in economic, military and management practice.

Quantitative models and computer-based tools are essential for making decisions in today's business environment.

Should you sweat the small stuff?

The action plan you need to ensure everyone's understood-digitally and across generationsAccording to social scientist and award-winning CEO Dr.

The authors of this Festschrift prepared these papers to honour and express their friendship to Klaus Ritter on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.

Das vorliegende Buch liefert eine Einführung in das Gebiet des Operations Research und ist primär für Studenten nichtmathematischer Fachrichtungen, insbesondere für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler gedacht.

Die Beiträge dieses Buches beschäftigen sich in wissenschaftlich anspruchsvoller und verständlicher Form mit praktischen Anwendungen und aktuellen theoretischen Entwicklungen des Operations Research und angrenzender Gebiete wie Künstliche Intelligenz und Wirtschaftsinformatik.

Leadership has become a prevalent concept across a variety of disciplines, among them history, politics, management studies, economics, and psychology.

This book takes the reader through real-world examples for how to characterize and measure the productivity and performance of NFPs and education institutions-that is, organisations that produce value for society, which cannot be measured accurately in financial KPIs.

Positive influence (without authority) is the superpower that most people never learn to use at work.

Operational Research (OR) deals with the use of advanced analytical methods to support better decision-making.

The global business environment is becoming more complex and business activities are increasing in speed.

This work represents the third entry of the series of works on "e;Chaos, Complexity and Leadership"e;.

This book illustrates the importance effective cost management systems inproviding a supportive environment in which reliable and relevant managementinformation can be generated.

This new edition of Stochastic Linear Programming: Models, Theory and Computation has been brought completely up to date, either dealing with or at least referring to new material on models and methods, including DEA with stochastic outputs modeled via constraints on special risk functions (generalizing chance constraints, ICC's and CVaR constraints), material on Sharpe-ratio, and Asset Liability Management models involving CVaR in a multi-stage setup.

This new Handbook addresses the state of the art in the application of operations research models to problems in preventing terrorist attacks, planning and preparing for emergencies, and responding to and recovering from disasters.

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Christoph Johannes untersucht Fragestellungen der energieorientierten Losgrößen- und Reihenfolgeplanung bei zeitabhängigen Energiepreisen.

Disjunctive Programming is a technique and a discipline initiated by the author in the early 1970's, which has become a central tool for solving nonconvex optimization problems like pure or mixed integer programs, through convexification (cutting plane) procedures combined with enumeration.

A good business model should describe how an organization creates and delivers value, meaning that financial modelling is a vital tool for business strategy, allowing hypotheses and scenarios to be translated into numbers.