What fuels long-term business success? Not operational excellence, technology breakthroughs, or new business models, but management innovation--new ways of mobilizing talent, allocating resources, and formulating strategies. Through history, management innovation has enabled companies to cross new performance thresholds and build enduring advantages. In The Future of Management, Gary Hamel argues that organizations need management innovation now more than ever.

Why? The management paradigm of...

The second EMEA edition of Richard L. Daft's popular textbook, Management, has been fully updated to ensure that new European, Middle East and African content provides students with a practical approach to key concepts and theories with regional examples to enrich their learning. A wide range of inspiring real-world features are revealed as the student is guided through and prepared for the various challenges facing a modern manager.

This title is available with MindTap, a flexible online lea...

The first four editions of the Dutch edition of Sales Management have been received with great enthusiasm both in higher education and in industry. There seems to be a great need for a complete and practical textbook, tailored to the sales practice. The international edition of this popular book is now available, edited with a European perspective.

Project Management, A practical Approach is de Engelstalige editie van Projectmanagement.

- Verbeterde structuur en aandacht voor actuele onderwerpen als Scrum;

- zeer praktijkgerichte aanpak;

- website met flitscolleges, spreadsheetmodellen en checklists.

Project Management laat studenten op een unieke en laagdrempelige manier kennismaken met projectmatig werken om projecten succesvol aan te pakken. Niet alleen in het bedrijfsleven, ook in het onderwijs worden steeds meer werkzaamheden proje...

- Provides a complete overview of the hospitality industry;

- includes an extensive chapter on intercultural hospitality experiences;

- offers interesting analysis as well as engaging real-world examples.

Hospitality Experience is an exciting introduction to hospitality management. Step-by-step it shows students how to create and manage unique hospitality experiences. The book provides clear answers to important questions regarding hospitality management, beginning with what it is and who the...

Introduction to Facility Management is a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic and divers field of facility management. It answers questions such as: What is facility management? What does a facility management professional do? How can we classify FM-products and services? How do you set up a facility management organisation? How do you manage service processes using a master dashboard? Reflecting on current events, the book defines new and exciting roles for facility management profes...

Management models: many students will come across them in their studies, yet it is only when actually working with them that the function and benefit of management models are revealed. Students often find it hard to select and apply management models. This textbook will assist them to do so. 101 Management Models is aimed particularly at students of economic and technical studies and social sciences in higher education.

This is Service Design Thinking introduces an inter-disciplinary approach to designing services. Service design is a bit of a buzzword these days and has gained a lot of interest from various fields. This book, assembled to describe and illustrate the emerging field of service design, was brought together using exactly the same co-creative and user-centred approaches you can read and learn about inside. The boundaries between products and services are blurring and it is time for a different w...

A tale about strategy done differently

The One-Hour Strategy follows Martin, the new sales team lead at Waters & Flows, which attracted him because of their unique way of doing strategy. We shadow Martin as he onboards with his new colleagues, who walk him through each aspect of their One-Hour Strategy, answering his questions and addressing his reservations. Along the way, Martin learns:

• Why employees at every level in the firm should be involved in strategy

• How strategic competence ...

If you want to accelerate your business and career and stand out like a tall giraffe surrounded by tiny field mice, now is the time to get serious and get going.

In this book, high performance expert Paul Rulkens offers the best ideas, insights and techniques to get everything you can out of everything you have -- from business growth to maximizing your own performance.

In 'The Power of Preeminence' you will learn the critical skills and inside secrets to:

- Focus on the few things necessary...