Business and Management

The design of an organization--the accountability system that defines roles, rights, and responsibilities throughout the firm--has a direct impact on the performance of every employee.

The book presents applications of stochastic calculus to derivative security pricing and interest rate modelling.

This book examines China, the world's largest auto market since 2008 and the story of how Chinese auto-makers developed is the story of the Chinese economy in microcosm.

Finally, a user's guide for people with entrepreneurial brains and those they work and live with.

Führen bedeutet längst nicht mehr planen und Ziele zu setzen.

Communicating Effectively shows busy managers how to combine proven techniques and strategies with the latest technologies for successful, results-directed interaction.

This book attempts to encompass in-process measurement and control holistically as opposed to dealing with the bits and pieces.

V Vorwort Der Wunsch nach reibungslosem, sychronisiertem Funktionieren voneinander ab­ hängiger Prozesse ist nicht nur eine elementare Zielsetzung in der Produktion, sondern ein originäres Ziel rationalen Handeins und somit nicht neu.

In an era of longer hours and shorter contracts, of tighter margins and frequent organizational change, stress can undermine both the mental health and performance of employees.

Although software development is one of the most complex activities carried out by man, sound development processes and proper project management can help ensure your software projects are delivered on time and under budget.

The first portion of Dr.

This book explores how we make sense of ourselves when work is precarious and intrinsically alienating.

Since the 1980s, the characteristics model in economics has been applied to the field of finance, and offers a fresh perspective for understanding financial behaviour.

This new textbook introduces students to the essential concepts, theories and perspectives of Global Marketing and these are supported by real-world case studies from North America, Europe and the emerging markets of China, India and Latin America.

Praise for Leading Organization Design "e;Sheds light on the challenges of organization design in a complex enterprise and more importantly provides an insightful and practical roadmap for business decisions.

This book purports to investigate and compare the economic development experiences in both Taiwan and South Korea in last two decades.

Joseph Alois Schumpeter is arguably the most important economist of the 20th century.

Data Mining and Predictive Analysis: Intelligence Gathering and Crime Analysis, 2nd Edition, describes clearly and simply how crime clusters and other intelligence can be used to deploy security resources most effectively.

With its use of football stories, Gridiron Leadership provides a fresh, new approach to capturing and understanding the concepts and practice of leadership, strategy, and execution.

Sustainable Management Development in Africa examines how African management and business scholarship can serve African and multinational management and organizations operating in Africa.

Examines the nature and process of private policymaking in US firms and how this interacts with public policymaking.

Feminist critique has yet to deconstruct the new 'superwoman' ideal: the modern woman who can and must have everything, but who, in reality, is never good enough.

This one-of-a-kind guide provides project managers, executives, and customers alike with an in-depth start-to-finish process that ensure win-win solutions when things go awry.

Project Risk Management Guidelines covers the basic principles, practices, and techniques for managing risk in projects, especially large-scale and complex projects.

Every organization makes plans for updating products, technologies, and business processes.

This book is a reference for continuous improvement project (CIP) leaders/facilitators in manufacturing and service organizations, students (undergraduate and graduate), academics responsible for managing senior projects (Capstone Projects) and teaching quality courses, and researchers interested in how organizations could produce more effective and efficient continuous improvement initiatives and projects.

Über den Sinn und Zweck der Unternehmung läßt sich gut räsonieren.

LEAD Safety concentrates on self-development and education in safety leadership.

Stopping Losses from Accidental and Malicious Actions Around the world, users cost organizations billions of dollars due to simple errors and malicious actions.

Based on the Job Definition Format (JDF) new workflow concepts are developed which will help create integrated workflows in the graphic arts industry.

Taoism for Beginners is a practical guide to applying the key notions, concepts and beliefs underlying Taoism's various branches and schools.

The past twenty years has seen the emergence of an industry standard model of presentation - the slide show.

As our economy shifts from recession to recovery, our current economic climate is ripe for transformation.

Social media have radically shifted the way people relate with each other and with organizations in technology-mediated ways; few areas are being impacted more strongly than Human Resources or Personnel Management.

Mind your business with this updated edition of the bestselling online business how-to guide Have a computer, an Internet connection, and a dream?

Julia Gentgen stellt ein integriertes Entscheidungsmodell für deutsche Banken vor, das zur Behandlung von Problemkrediten sowohl die Kosteneffizienz der jeweiligen Transaktionsform als auch die erforderlichen Kompetenzen zur Bearbeitung berücksichtigt.

Culture transformation expert Siobhan McHale defines culture simply: ';It's how things work around here.

There are thousands of books about thinking.

The new wave in business process re-engineering.

When the going gets tough, the tough need inspiration-and that's what Great Thoughts to Sell By provides.

Competition between market centers is a driving force for innovation, dynamic growth, and reasonable pricing structures.

There is a need for a book that provides a model of learning that is appropriate for online learning as well as teaches the user how to create potent Flash applications to deliver online learning content.

Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI collects recent papers of selected authors from 21 countries in the domain of occupational safety and hygiene (OSH).

Meeting consumer needs and desires, while promoting cleaner production and sustainable consumption, is one of the greatest challenges facing industry today.

Developing and executing marketing strategies is a vital aspect of any business and few books currently cover this with relation to creative industries.