Operational research

Increasingly in the public discourse there are references to the knowledge economy, knowledge society, knowledge workers and knowledge organisations.

Increasingly in the public discourse there are references to the knowledge economy, knowledge society, knowledge workers and knowledge organisations.

Traces the flow of management ideas from lectures and seminars given by management gurus to organizational practice and beyond.

Management education and training was a key influence on Canadian capital and labour in the post-World War II decades, however it has been the subject of comparatively little academic inquiry.

Management education and training was a key influence on Canadian capital and labour in the post-World War II decades, however it has been the subject of comparatively little academic inquiry.

Global Business Intelligence refers to an organization's ability to gather, process and analyze pertinent international information in order to make optimal business decisions in a timely manner.

Global Business Intelligence refers to an organization's ability to gather, process and analyze pertinent international information in order to make optimal business decisions in a timely manner.

This book helps readers develop a comprehensive understanding of diagnostics for strategic decision-making, with a focus on a method called rapid due diligence.

This book helps readers develop a comprehensive understanding of diagnostics for strategic decision-making, with a focus on a method called rapid due diligence.

This book provides a new understanding of the constellations of logics in Japanese management practices in Asia and the West.

This book provides a new understanding of the constellations of logics in Japanese management practices in Asia and the West.

It is commonly quoted that the majority of change initiatives fail and equally common is the reasoning that failure is due to a lack of adequate planning and robust processes to deliver change to the organisation.

It is commonly quoted that the majority of change initiatives fail and equally common is the reasoning that failure is due to a lack of adequate planning and robust processes to deliver change to the organisation.

This accessible textbook demonstrates how to recognize, simplify, model and solve optimization problems – and apply these principles to new projects.

This accessible textbook demonstrates how to recognize, simplify, model and solve optimization problems – and apply these principles to new projects.

Enables readers to improve risk assessments and how they use them, by grounding their practice on scientific principles.

Enables readers to improve risk assessments and how they use them, by grounding their practice on scientific principles.

This book presents a selection of studies that have applied Operational Research methods to improve emergency planning in healthcare, to include both A&E and public health emergencies like epidemic and natural disasters.

In the world of digital business, the line between strategy and tactics is blurring.

How do humans make choices, both when facing nature and when interacting with one another?

How do applications affect behavior?

Through key research papers from Palgrave's Journal of Operational Research, this book showcases how Operational Research can be applied to sports in a variety of ways, including: timetabling fixtures; scheduling officials; forecasting outcomes; optimizing tactics and strategy; analyzing the effects of rules and laws; planning issues, and performance measurement.

Entrepreneurial Marketing for SMEs contextualizes the practice of marketing amongst SMEs, and critically discusses major issues of Entrepreneurial Marketing with a relevant and up-to-date academic body of knowledge.

This book analyzes the emerging concept of diversity intelligence, which values the differences in employees without attempting to make everyone alike.

This fascinating new core textbook, authored by a highly respected academic with over a decade of industry experience, takes a global and strategic approach to the important topic of operations management (OM).

Behavioral research is making a significant impact on many academic disciplines.

This book presents a collection of studies that have applied analytical methods to improve preparedness, planning, and a faster response to A&E and public health emergencies like epidemic and disease outbreak.

Today's world is complex and getting more so each day.

The approach to project management is too often formulaic, describing what should be done, but not describing why those actions are important.

With a revised understanding of the science and philosophy behind human needs, businesses will be better equipped to provide long-term satisfaction for their customers.

Inside the Multi-Generational Family is an inside look at how familial relationships affect the success or the failure of the family business.

Dynamic Systems in Management Science explores the important gaps in the existing literature on operations research and management science by providing new and operational methods which are tested in practical environment and a variety of new applications.

Demystifying Talent Management questions the explanation of talent, that anyone who has 'more' has a talent, and demonstrates how the term 'talent' has become an empty signifier.

The different stages of a festival's evolution provide a plethora of opportunities for us to better understand our culture, the relationships we build, what we value in our culture and our communities, and how we socialize and interact with one another.

Higher Education Consumer Choice provides a comprehensive and highly focused critical analysis of research on HE consumer choice behaviour in the UK and around the world.

Radical Decision Making offers a controversial new framework to the conventional strategic change management conversation.

This text bridges the gulf between theoretical economic principles of negotiation and auction theory and their multifaceted applications in actual practice.

In Profit From Science , author George Danner presents solutions to the big problems that modern business face solutions that are grounded in logic and empiricism.

People are an organizations' biggest asset and easily amount to 30% of company costs so even small improvements can have a bottom-line impact.

Uncertainty in Entrepreneurial Decision Making fills an existing gap in understanding three key concepts of business management: entrepreneurship, uncertainty, and strategy.

The psychological dimension of managing risk is of crucial importance, and its study has led to the identification of specific do's and don'ts.

Multi-rational Management explains the concept of multirational management and illustrates it with many practical examples.

Based on the 2005 publication The Financial Appraisal Profile Model , this book discusses how the FAP model can present an integrated process for the appraisal of financial and strategic benefits and the assessment of risk in ICT (Information Communication Technology) project proposals.

Management Control and Uncertainty recognizes that all control takes place under conditions of uncertainty: it does now, and it always has done.

A Guide to SME Finance is a brief guide to designing and implementing an SME finance program within a commercial bank or other financial institution, such as an NGO.

The Theory of Entrepreneurship examines the interiors of the entrepreneurial value creation process, and offers a new unified and comprehensive theory to afford empirical investigations as well as delineate a broader view of the entrepreneurial contextual milieu.

In this exciting work, Link and Scott summarize more than a decade of their research on public support of R&D in small, entrepreneurial firms, concluding public R&D investments, primarily funded by the U.

Professionals Making Judgments examines the role of judgment in professional work.

The energy sector has more trading volume than any other commodity.

Unmasking Project Management helps professionals in information technology (IT) and business identify successful approaches to management of information systems (MIS) that will work for their organizations and projects.