Decision Making category: 1513 books
The Quest for Global Dominance
Transforming Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Anil K. Gupta, Vijay Govindarajan, and Haiyan Wang are among the most distinguished experts in the field of globalization. In The Quest for Global Dominance they present the lessons from their twenty-year study of over two hundred corporations. They argue that, in order for a company to create and...
Solving Tough Problems
An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Adam Kahane has worked on some of the toughest, most complex problems in the world. He started out as an expert analyst and advisor to corporations and governments, convinced of the need to calculate “the one right answer.” After an unexpected experience in South Africa during the transition away...
by H. Evan Woodhead
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2016
There is a time-honored five-step method for problem-solving. Define the problem. Generate lots of ideas for possible solutions. Choose the best solution from among the alternatives. Implement the chosen solution. Use the implemented solution to produce the intended benefits. And it often fails spectacularly.Problem...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Smart people make a smart city. This volume presents a collection of papers on the concept of smartness, smart development and the international practices in the field. There are five key topic areas: the conceptual, smart economy, smart specialisation, smart city and public governance. The concept...
Implementing Beyond Budgeting
Unlocking the Performance Potential
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2008
Written by Bjarte Bogsnes, Beyond Budgeting pioneer, Implementing Beyond Budgeting reveals best practices from actual cases where the author headed up implementation of Beyond Budgeting in large global companies. Beginning with a Foreword by Robert Kaplan, cofounder of the Balanced Scorecard, this...
by Kathy Bartlett
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Have you ever been here?
Hands shaking, Joe mops his face with an already saturated handkerchief. Just as fast as he swipes the sweat away, his forehead is gushing again like Niagara Falls.
He stares at his empty cup and considers yet another dose of coffee. No, he decides, his hands...
by Bruce Sinclair
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017
Grab the top spot in your industry by seizing the power of IoT
Smart products are everywhere. They’re in our companies, in our homes, in our pockets. People love these products. But what they love more is what these products do—and for anyone running a business today, outcomes are the key.
The...
by Mark Price,Walter Mores,Hundley M. Elliotte
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Your handbook to successful LSS deployment in federal services Implementing Lean Six Sigma in a federal agency can be a vastly different process than applying it in the private sector; with government comes a host of unique challenges and complexities. Written by an author team that ranks among the...
Type R
Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Forget Type As and Bs. The future lies with Type Rs-the resilient individuals, leaders, businesses, families, and communities who turn challenges into opportunities in times of upheaval, crisis, and change.
In Type R, Ama Marston and Stephanie Marston explore Transformative Resilience and the...
Work with Me
How to Get People to Buy into Your Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Lead from any level with the power of buy-in
Work with Me shows you how to master the art of the 'buy-in.' You achieve better results when people go along with your ideas because they want to, not because they have to; the key is knowing how to build that kind of commitment This is the art...
by love.interest
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
While not designed as a textbook, this book is more or less a fast forward associates of the arts in business. Never forget the lesson learned in this book. I actually taught you how to earn some extra spending money online. This is your income.
by Brian Tracy
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Hiring and firing are difficult to get right . . . and potentially costly to get wrong--both for your career and for the business. Do you really want to take that kind of risk? Business expert Brian Tracy says you don’t have to!Hiring and Firing is the indispensable guide you absolutely must have...
The Power of Business Process Improvement
10 Simple Steps to Increase Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Adaptability
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
Baffled by repeated mistakes in your department? Want to focus your employees' limited time on more valuable work? The answer to these challenges and more is business process improvement (BPI). Every process in every organization can be made more effective, cost-efficient, and adaptable to changing...
by Thomas McCarty, Lorraine Daniels, Michael Bremer
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2004
EXTREME SIX SIGMA:
A new series that takes Six Sigma to the next level
The Six Sigma Operational Methods Series goes beyond simply explaining Six Sigma basics to interested managers--these are hard-core working tools of statistical methods, quantitative and intense, aimed at mathematically...