Business and Management

Quality management is multidisciplinary field of study with the purpose of preparing people with the expertise, commitment, and skills for management, marketing, and operations positions in the various expanding industries and important sectors.

This book brings together a blend of different areas of machine learning and recent advances in the area.

What does it mean to be yourself at work?

This book is at the cutting edge of the ongoing 'neo-Schumpeterian' research program that investigates how economic growth and its fluctuation can be understood as the outcome of a historical process of economic evolution.

Automatic person authentication, the identification and verification of an individual as such, has increasingly been acknowledged as a significant aspect of various security applications.

This book discusses the rapidly growing interest in economic diversification through partnerships between industry, university and government (IUGP), with a focus on the economic diversification of the state of Qatar.

Despite its rapid economic development, Japan lacks a large public relations industry and its role is viewed very differently from its Western counterparts.

This book investigates how global business cycles impact the economies of developing countries.

What do the world's top managers have in common?

Using theoretical frameworks to explore the political, organizational, and cultural dynamics of performance budgeting, this book examines the adoption of performance budgeting in a variety of countries, how it has been implemented, and why it succeeded or failed.

In the fall of 1990, the Danish government started a comprehensive research pro- gramme to improve the competitiveness of the Danish food sector: The Research and Development Programme in the Danish Food Sector (Det F!

'A warts-and-all memoir of an ex-cop from probationer days on.

Praise for the Fifth Edition of The Responsible Administrator "e;Cooper's fifth edition is the definitive text for students and practitioners who want to have a successful administrative career.

Criminal Evidence is a well-respected and trusted introduction to the rules of criminal evidence for criminal justice students and professionals.

While methods of artificial intelligence (AI) were until a few years ago exclusively a topic of scientific discussions, today they are increasingly finding their way into products of everyday life.

Needs Assessment for Learning and Performance offers comprehensive coverage of the knowledge and skills needed to develop and conduct needs assessments and to analyze, interpret, and communicate results to clients and organizations.

This unique book provides a platform for resilience research, combining knowledge from various domains, such as genetics, primatology, archeology, geography, physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, medicine, ecology, psychology, risk management and systems science, in order to examine specific concepts.

The Practical, Easy-to-Use Guide to Lean Sigma Problem-Solving Lean Sigma delivers results-if you use the right tools and techniques.

​Ein nachhaltiges Humanressourcenmanagement sucht Ursachen und Lösungen für Personalknappheit sowohl in den ressourcenabgebenden Systemen als auch im Unternehmen selbst.

Do you want to move your company in a new direction?

Lange Zeiten galten Universitäten als die unantastbaren Zentren der hohen Wissenschaften sowie als die Schmieden der akademischen Eliten.

This volume presents selected papers from the International Conference on Urban Intelligence and Applications (ICUIA), which took place on May 10-12, 2019 in Wuhan, China.

First published in 1998.

Performance appraisal is a key tool for meeting the managerial needs of the modern organization.

Praise for The Power of Feedback "e;Some books are worthy of being recommended simply because of their subject matter.

Sir Alan Walters ex-chief economic advisor to PM Margaret Thatcher Whether it succeeds or fails, Europe is everyone's concern.

This book provides much-needed guidance in making sound business decisions for the business leader or decision maker, especially investment appraisal practitioners such as strategic planners, business analysts, financial partners, and supply chain experts.

Power Partnering is a brilliant yet refreshingly simple approach that breaks innovative thinking and acting down into four distinct contexts, allowing people to respond to complex situations in highly creative and innovative ways.

Learn to Create Effective MicrolearningMicrolearning is an essential tool that talent development professionals can use to fully engage their learners and tackle organizational performance needs.

This volume concentrates on different forms of honesty and dishonesty in management and their consequences for managers, firms and society.

This book presents a study of cooperatives as a two-layer entrepreneurial model, and analyzes cooperative enterprises.

Every person has the potential to contribute to an organization as long as they have access to the right opportunities and connections, yet it sometimes is all too obvious that the stigma associated with a person's disability can have a negative impact on their ability to develop healthy work relationships with peers and supervisors.

Praise for the first edition: 'An excellent text for exploring marketing communications in the 21st century.

Advances in digital technology have driven large decreases in the costs of data transfer and telecommunications.

Is it really possible to find peace during one of the busiest and stress-filled times of the year?

Using empathy around the workplace.

Launch a money-making venture from the comfort of your own home.

Wie gestalte ich meinen Unterricht interessanter?

How companies are using lean development to revolutionize their product and service offerings-vital lessons any business leader can use as an engine of innovationHow did Ford Motors use Lean Development to pull off one of the most impressive corporate turnarounds in history?

Wer war Joseph Caspar Witsch?

This book examines how the emergence of new media brings brought challenges to the North American sport industry, discussing challenges in terms of a shift from an information economy to an attention economy perspective.

This professional guidebook highlights brand development and management for cities, regions, countries, and destinations.