Showing posts with label Management. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Management. Show all posts

Friday, March 18, 2011

Recent Advances in Control and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences)



Recent Advances in Control and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences)
George Yin,Qing Zhang | 1996-05-24 00:00:00 | Springer | 229 | Management
In a competitive world, research in manufacturing systems plays an important role in creating, updating and improving the technologies and management practices of the economy. This volume presents some of the most recent results in stochastic manufacturing systems. Experts from the fields of applied mathematics, engineering and management sciences review and substantially update the recent advances in the control and optimization of manufacturing systems. Recent Advances in Control and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems consists of eight chapters divided into three parts which focus on Optimal Production Planning, Scheduling and Improvability and Approximate Optimality and Robustness. This book is intended for researchers and practitioners in the fields of systems theory, control and optimization, and operation management as well as in applied probability and stochastic processes.

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Knowledge Management: Organizational and Technological Dimensions



Knowledge Management: Organizational and Technological Dimensions
Joseph Davis,Eswaran Subrahmanian,Art Westerberg | 2005-04-06 00:00:00 | Physica-Verlag HD | 204 | Management

This book includes a collection of stimulating papers that address the critical knowledge management issues at the interface between the organization and information technology. They are authored by established researchers in the KM field and successful consultants and practising managers. Some of the themes explored in the papers include:

- Conceptual foundations of KM

- Diverse forms of organizational knowledge

- Information technology-based solutions to support knowledge sharing

- KM and innovation

- Roles of communities-of-practice and communities-of-interest

- Approaches to knowledge externalization in organizations

- KM and development

- KM experiences in large projects and organizations.



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Monday, March 14, 2011

Female Entrepreneurship: Implications for Education, Training and Policy (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)



Female Entrepreneurship: Implications for Education, Training and Policy (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)
Nancy M. Carter,Colette Henry,Barra O. Cinneide,Kate Johnston | 2006-10-24 00:00:00 | Routledge | 240 | Management

This informative book is a comprehensive, research-based text on for educators, trainers and policy makers.  It provides an insightful analysis into the range of issues facing female entrepreneurs around the world, along with recommendations as to how support agencies, educators and trainers can best respond to the challenge of encouraging more women to get involved in the new business creation.

Based on a collection of research papers from international scholars based in the UK, mainland Europe, the USA and Australia, it provides a superbly comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities faced by female entrepreneurs worldwide. With contributors from Sara Carter, Candida Brush, John Watson and Elisabet Ljunggren, the book helps advance the general understanding of female entrepreneurship and helps set a research agenda on how best to promote female owned/led businesses nationally and internationally.



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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Selling and Sales Management



Selling and Sales Management
David Jobber | 2009-01-01 00:00:00 | FT Press | 568 | Management
Selling and Sales Management 8/e is essential reading for all marketing and management students and practitioners, in particular those with specific interests in the world of sales. The text is split into five logical parts: Sales Perspective, Sales Technique, Sales Environment, Sales Management and Sales Control. This edition places emphasis on international aspects of selling and sales management whilst also covering all of the important elements of the marketing mix. Topics covered include Sales Strategies, Key Account Management, Sales Forecasting and Budgeting, and the Role of Selling in Marketing.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Managing High-Technology Programs and Projects, 2nd Edition



Managing High-Technology Programs and Projects, 2nd Edition
Russell D. Archibald | 1992-01-01 00:00:00 | John Wiley & Sons | 400 | Management
Don’t just manage a project…master it! Managing High-Technology Programs and Projects 2nd Edition As diverse as high-technology programs and projects are, there are as many factors that they hold in common, such as time and budget parameters and their multidisciplinary nature. Yet there has never been a single source that every project manager can consult to manage any kind of project, from start-up to close-out. Managing High-Technology Programs and Projects, Second Edition is just such a book. In concise yet thorough detail, it presents a practical, proven system for managing all types of programs and projects, with emphasis on high-technology projects. Illustrated with numerous forms and illustrations, plus checklists for project start-up and close-out, it offers step-by-step coverage of:

•Understanding the differences and similarities among different types of programs and projects
•Organizing the project management function
•Setting up the project team and building project commitment
•Starting up a project rapidly and efficiently
•Managing multiple projects
•Selecting project planning and scheduling software packages
•Conducting in-progress evaluations and providing product direction
•Ensuring the effective completion of the project—on time, within budget and meeting specifications
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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Support Center Complete Handbook



Support Center Complete Handbook
Ivanka Menken, Gerard Blokdijk | 2009-01-01 00:00:00 | Emereo Pty Ltd | 614 | Management
The Art of Service is the leader in publications, certification and training for IT Service Management help desk, support center, and service desk professionals.

Support center analysts provide front line support and act as the primary contact for customers. For this reason, it is important that these help desk professionals provide the highest quality customer care with every interaction.

This Support Center Analyst book focuses on strategies for effective customer care and problem resolution, as well as the fundamentals for help desk, support center, and customer support processes and tools, and an introduction to ITIL® processes.

"Covers every detail, including some missed in other books - This thorough book provides a clear roadmap to designing, implementing and operating a help desk. The author leaves no key process out and completely covers everything from initial concept to measuring support effectiveness and process improvement."

This book delivers everything for Support staff who want to develop a knowledge and understanding of help desk and support center operations:

* How to assess customer business needs and exceed customer expectations

* Critical processes and procedures to resolve incidents quickly and consistently

* Numerous Support Center Blueprints, templates and checklists

* Processes and procedures for Incident, Problem and Service Level Management

* Ways to create win-win interactions with customers, management, and team members

* An awareness of ITIL® processes

Table of Contents:

Introduction, What Is Itil?, Reasons For Implementation, Implementing Itil, Implementation Of Service Strategy, Implementing Service Design, Implementing Service Transition, Implementing Service Operation, Implementation Of Csi, Case Studies, The It Service Management Itil V3 Benchmark Checklist, Service Strategy - The Practice Of Service Management, Service Design - Service Management As A Practice, Service Transition - Service Management As A Practice, Service Operation - Service Management As A Practice, Continual Service Improvement- Service Management As A Practice, Conclusion, Customer Service, Instant Feedback, Setting The Right Kpis, Customer Service - An Imperative, Golden Rule #1: Put The Customer First, Golden Rule #2: Stay Close To Your Customers, Golden Rule #3: Pay Attention To The Little Details, Conclusion, Five Rules Of Customer Care, Choosing The Right Customer Service Representatives, Significant Points, Nature Of The Work, Work Environment., Training, Other Qualifications, And Advancement, Education And Training., Other Qualifications., Advancement., Employment, Job Outlook, Employment Change., Job Prospects., Projections Data, Earnings, Related Occupations, Differentiating Your Organization Through Customer Focus, The Customer Focus Model, The Customer Focus Approach, Conclusion, Hiring The Best Customer Service Representatives, The Interview And Selection Process, Sample Customer Service Focused Interview Questions, Interviewing, Tips On Interviewing, Checking References, Recording A Profile Of Impressions, Recruiting, Assessing Your Recruitment And Selection Practices, Appendix Sample Customer Service Plan, Acme Customer Service Plan, Background, Executive Order, Principles, Approach/scope, Our Customers, Standards, Process Attributes, Quality Attributes, Organization-wide Standards, Future Efforts, Incident Management Introduction Roadmap, Incident Management Presentation, Supporting Documents, Business Justification Document, Objectives And Goals, Policies Objectives And Goals, Incident Category Definition, Communication Plan, Incident Management Process Flow, Reports Kpi's And Metrics, Incident Ticket Template, Incident Management Process, Implementation And Project Plan, Introduction, Introduction To Service Desk, Introduction To Incident Management...AND MUCH MORE
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81 Challenges Smart Managers Face



81 Challenges Smart Managers Face
Tim Connor | 2007-03-01 00:00:00 | Sourcebooks, Inc | 256 | Management
Find out what separates great managers from the rest!
A great manager approaches the job with a set of skills and attitudes that can guarantee success, no matter the industry or organization, but most of today's managers face myriad tough challenges, which can jeopardize their careers and wreak havoc on the bottom line.
Bestselling author and sales expert Tim Connor offers a unique look at 81 challenges that thousands of managers face every day, including learning how to delegate, setting and reaching goals, hiring the right employees and keeping it all in balance. He gives managers at all levels the insight to figure out what mistakes are holding them back, and the tools to fix them once and for all.
81 Challenges Smart Managers Face gets to the heart of the key issues in any workplace and shows managers how to bring out the best in themselves, their employees and their companies.
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Friday, March 4, 2011

The Networking Survival Guide, Second Edition



The Networking Survival Guide, Second Edition
Diane Darling | 2010-01-01 00:00:00 | McGraw-Hill | 288 | Management
Praise for the first edition of The Networking Survival Guide

“Any way you look at it, other people are your greatest resource. Diane Darling’s in-depth, easy-to-follow instructions will fill your life with opportunities to meet these people and reap the rewards.”
Nicholas Boothman, author of How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less and How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less

Network your way to the highest levels of success!

No matter how smart and talented you are, you need the help of others to reach your true potential. Solid connections with the right people are just as important as being good at what you do.

This fully revised edition of The Networking Survival Guide reveals tried and- true networking tactics, as well as new ways to harness the extraordinary influence of social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. It teaches you how to:

* Identify and develop mutually beneficial relationships
* Create a strategy so your network is in place before you need it
* Succeed at networking even if you’re an introvert
* Use the proper etiquette in any situation
* Turn conversations into opportunities
* Become a resource for fellow networkers
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Statistics for Six Sigma Made Easy



Statistics for Six Sigma Made Easy
Warren Brussee | 2004-01-01 00:00:00 | McGraw-Hill | 250 | Management
A veteran GE manager explains the tools of Six Sigma--in plain English

This is the first simple, low-level guide to using the powerful statistical tools of Six Sigma to solve real-world problems. Warren Brussee, a Six Sigma manager who helped his teams generate millions of dollars in savings, shows how to plot, interpret, and validate data for a Six Sigma project. The basic statistical tools in the book can be applied to manufacturing, sales, marketing, process, equipment design, and more. Best of all, no background in statistics is required to start improving quality and initiating cost-saving improvements right away.
Features dozens of Six Sigma statistical problem-solving case studies
Presents a simplified form of the most common Six Sigma tools
Simplifies Greenbelt training with one concise reference
Explains how to use Excel to make Six Sigma problem-solving calculations
Includes all the basic Six Sigma formulas and tables
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life



Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life
Guy W. Lecky-Thompson | 2002-01-01 00:00:00 | FT Press | 1 | Management
Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long



Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long
David Rock | 2009-01-01 00:00:00 | HarperBusiness | 304 | Management
Meet Emily and Paul, the parents of two young children. Emily is a newly promoted executive in a large corporation, while Paul has his own business as a consultant. Their lives, like all of ours, are filled with a bewildering blizzard of emails, phone calls, yet more emails, meetings, projects, proposals, and plans. For them, just staying ahead of the storm has become a seemingly insurmountable task.

In this book, we travel inside the brains of Emily and Paul as they attempt to sort the vast quantities of information they're presented with and figure out how to prioritize, organize, and act on it. Fortunately for Emily and Paul—and for readers of Your Brain at Work—they're in good hands: David Rock knows how the brain works—and more specifically, how it works in a work setting.

Your Brain at Work explores:

Why your brains feels so taxed, and how to take full advantage of your mental resources

Why it's so hard to focus, and how to better manage distractions

How to maximize your chance of finding insights that can solve seemingly insurmountable problems

How to keep your cool in any situation, so that you can make the best decisions possible

How to collaborate with others more effectively

Why providing feedback is so difficult, and how to make it easier

How to effectively change other people's behavior

Rock shows how it's possible not only to survive in today's overwhelming work environment but to succeed in it—and still feel energized at the end of the day, with a sense of accomplishment.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

101 Tips For Graduates: A Code Of Conduct For Success And Happiness In Your Professional Life



101 Tips For Graduates: A Code Of Conduct For Success And Happiness In Your Professional Life
Susan Morem | 2005-01-01 00:00:00 | Facts on File | 212 | Management
Graduation is an emotional and challenging time, and having a trusted source to turn to for guidance can help graduates get a head start. 101 Tips for Graduates is the perfect handbook for those heading into the work force or onto higher education. Outlined here are the key principles everyone needs to know about work skills, communications skills, leadership skills, social skills, self-discipline, and demonstrating a positive attitude. Each of the 101 tips is explained in an informal tone, and many are illustrated by real-life examples from the author's experiences in the corporate world and as a career consultant and professional speaker. Perfect for anyone looking for advice on the road to success or just hoping to sharpen their professional image, 101 Tips for Graduates discusses all the essential do's and don'ts of the business world.
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Friday, February 11, 2011

Market Research in Health and Social Care



Market Research in Health and Social Care
Mike Luck,Rob Pocock,Mike Tricker | 2000-09-13 00:00:00 | Routledge | 328 | Management
A comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the relevance, planning, and management of market research in the areas of health and social care that have developed in Britain and most other industrialized countries.

Key features include:
* an explanation of how managed care markets provide the context for market research;
* a comprehensive guide to choosing the appropriate survey method;
* recommendations for commissioning, monitoring and implementing results;
* practical advice on producing successful student projects;
* and a comparative international perspective.

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Buffett Beyond Value: Why Warren Buffett Looks to Growth and Management When Investing



Buffett Beyond Value: Why Warren Buffett Looks to Growth and Management When Investing
Prem Jain | 1900-01-01 00:00:00 | | 0 | Management
If there is one book you should read on Warren Buffett, this is it! Instead of analyzing every little detail of Buffett's life, Jain focuses on Buffett's investment thesis. Contrary to popular opinion, following naive value strategies is unlikely to turn you into a successful investor (as I have found out for myself). Instead, Jain's extensive analysis reveals Buffett's preference for growth companies selling at reasonable prices and managed by outstanding people. More importantly, Jain helps investors to identify such investing opportunities by summarizing the main lessons from each of Buffett's investments and from Buffett's writings. From market efficiency to market psychology, from accounting to corporate governance, this book has it all. I highly recommend it to anyone who is serious about investing in the market.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Bioterrorism Preparedness, Attack and Response, Volume 4 (Advances in Health Care Management)



Bioterrorism Preparedness, Attack and Response, Volume 4 (Advances in Health Care Management)
John Blair,Myron Fottler,Hon. Albert C. Zapanta | 2004-07-14 00:00:00 | Elsevier Science | 384 | Management
A volume that provides a view into the world of Bioterrorism and how it could affect the healthcare system of the United States. It will lead the reader along a journey that shows ramifications to health, politics, and everyday common actions. The book starts out by informing the reader of biological agents and then leads into how organizations and the government should respond in the case that such agents are unleashed.

A full understanding of bioterrorism preparedness and response cannot be achieved effectively by considering these phenomena in a vacuum nor informed only by the bioterrorism literature in its current form.

The authors identify the key factors that make up the essential pieces of bioterrorism preparedness, attack and response. This volume puts what is normally thought of bioterrorism preparedness issues in their equally important security and terrorist strategy contexts.

Here, the editors have sought to bring experts' insights on as many of the interlinking factors as possible into one volume. This thematic volume's objectives are to facilitate the reader's understanding of the new reality that creates certainty in the uncertainty facing them in the future.

* Knowledge of Bioterrorism
* Advances skills of preparedness
* Shows ramifications of a terrorist attack
* Gives the reader a view of possible terrorist attacks
* A look into security and terrorist strategy

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The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008



The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
Paul Krugman | 2009-09-08 00:00:00 | W. W. Norton & Company | 224 | Management
Krugman’s facility with both arcane details and vast unified explanations boils down complexity so much that the reader often wonders: Why didn’t I see it that way myself?
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Crossroads of Entrepreneurship (International Studies in Entrepreneurship)



Crossroads of Entrepreneurship (International Studies in Entrepreneurship)
Guido Corbetta,Morton Huse,Davide Ravasi | 2004-03-31 00:00:00 | Springer | 279 | Management

Combines different disciplinary perspectives: management, economics, sociology, business history.

Addresses current topics like ethnic entrepreneurship, the role of the state and state-owned companies in promoting entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and family business, collective entrepreneurship, differences in entrepreneurship dynamics around the world.

Gathers perspectives from different countries and research traditions.

Softcover version of the original that published in March 2004.



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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Managing Complexity: Insights, Concepts, Applications (Understanding Complex Systems)



Managing Complexity: Insights, Concepts, Applications (Understanding Complex Systems)
Dirk Helbing | 2007-01-01 00:00:00 | Springer | 394 | Management
Each chapter in "Managing Complexity" focuses on analyzing real-world complex systems and transferring knowledge from the complex-systems sciences to applications in business, industry and society. The interdisciplinary contributions range from markets and production through logistics, traffic control, and critical infrastructures, up to network design, information systems, social conflicts and building consensus. They serve to raise readers’ awareness concerning the often counter-intuitive behavior of complex systems and to help them integrate insights gained in complexity research into everyday planning, decision making, strategic optimization, and policy. Intended for a broad readership, the contributions have been kept largely non-technical and address a general, scientifically literate audience involved in corporate, academic, and public institutions
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Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Organising for Innovation and Change



Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Organising for Innovation and Change
Oswald Jones,Fiona Tilley | 2003-04-21 00:00:00 | Wiley | 292 | Management
SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) comprise 990f all businesses in the UK, account for 550f non-governmental jobs and provide 510f the national turnover. Competitive Advantage in SMEs, Organising for Innovation and Change draws on the experience of staff at Manchester Metropolitan University, focusing on how smaller firms can improve company performance to create and sustain long-term competitive advantage.

The book draws on up-to-date empirical data and the latest research to illustrate ways in which SMEs can become:

  • More innovative by introducing new products and services
  • More effective through better use of information technology
  • More efficient by broadening management skills and knowledge

    Competitive Advantage in SMEs, Organising for Innovation and Change has been written for final year undergraduate students and postgraduate students studying small business management. It will also be a valuable resource for those already owning and managing small firms.

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  • Tuesday, January 25, 2011

    Managing the Modern Law Firm: New Challenges, New Perspectives



    Managing the Modern Law Firm: New Challenges, New Perspectives
    Laura Empson | 2007-01-01 00:00:00 | Oxford University Press | 263 | Management
    Featuring contributions from both legal practitioners and management researchers, Managing the Modern Law Firm seeks to present the latest insights from Management Studies in an approachable, practical, and relevant manner for lawyers involved directly and indirectly with the management of law firms.
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