Operations Management provides a framework for addressing operational process and supply chain issues, in an easy-to-understand format. Using a systemized approach, the text focuses on real-life practices and issues of current interest. It also lets you experience the role of a manager through hands-on problems, cases and exercises.

The 14th Edition shows how businesses can respond when faced with the unexpected, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine–Russia war, and inflation, so you’re ...

In onze veranderende wereld kunnen complexe problemen enkel aangepakt worden als organisaties samenwerken. Individuele organisaties zijn niet in staat om deze complexiteit het hoofd te bieden. Ze moeten hun expertise noodgedwongen verbinden aan die van andere en maken hierdoor steeds vaker deel uit van organisatienetwerken. In dit boek verkennen we de fascinerende wereld van organisatienetwerken. Hoe en waarom moeten we steeds vaker streven naar iets dat onze eigen organisatie overstijgt?

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A crucial read.' Marshall Goldsmith'A must-read.' Marcus BuckinghamChange and innovation are the cornerstones of dynamic and modern business. Or so we are told. Whether it’s a merger or re-org; a new process, policy, or IT “solution”; or reconfiguring the office layout, change has become the ultimate easy button for leaders, who pursue it with abandon and thereby unleash an endless torrent of disruption on employees.

The result is life in the blender: a perpetual state of upheaval, unce...

This is an exciting and innovative core textbook that focuses on the micro-level analysis of TM as a dynamic capability. Now in its second edition and fully updated throughout, it systematically addresses the major tools and techniques needed for businesses to successfully conduct TM activities. Arguing that there is no single best way to manage technology in a company and there is no mechanistic route to success, this accessible handbook provides a wealth of resources designed to increase th...

This definitive, bestselling text in the field of change management provides comprehensive guidance of everything needed to successfully navigate times of change. Making Sense of Change Management provides a thorough and accessible overview for students and practitioners alike. Without relying on assumed knowledge, it comprehensively covers the theories and models of change management and connects them to workable approaches and techniques that organizations of all types and sizes can use to ...

Based on research conducted in more than seventy countries over a forty-year span,Cultures and Organizations examines what drives people apart-when cooperationis so clearly in everyone's interest. With major new contributions from MichaelMinkov's analysis of data from the World Values Survey, as well as an account ofthe evolution of cultures by Gert Jan Hofstede.

The guide all MBAs and exec ed students need. If you're enrolled in an MBA or executive education program, you've probably encountered a powerful learning tool: the business case. But if you're like many people, you may find interpreting and writing about cases mystifying and time-consuming.

In The Case Study Handbook, Revised Edition, William Ellet presents a potent new approach for efficiently analyzing, discussing, and writing about cases. Early chapters show how to classify cases accordin...

dwarsligger 583 Chris Anderson De TED-methode De officiële gids voor spreken in het openbaar

Chris Anderson, de man achter het wereldberoemde ideeën-imperium TED, legt in deze dwarsligger uit hoe iedereen een impactvolle en inspirerende presentatie kan geven.

De TED-methode legt uit hoe de beste presentaties tot stand komen en geeft je waardevolle tools om zelf het meeste uit je presentaties te halen. Maar let op: er is geen vaste formule. Of het nu gaat om de inhoud, het beeldmateriaal of...

For undergraduate and graduate Principles of Management courses. This text connects theory with practice, incorporating the latest research findings to make management relevant and exciting to aspiring managers.

Maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen stellen HR-organisaties voor grote uitdagingen. Het wordt steeds lastiger om medewerkers te werven, te binden en te boeien. Tegelijk moeten HR-afdelingen óók nog aantoonbare bijdragen leveren aan de duurzaamheidsagenda en aan de strategische koers en doelen van de organisatie.

HR-organisaties kunnen daarom niet meer volstaan met matige processen en ouderwetse systemen. Van HR- afdelingen wordt excellente dienstverlening verwacht in de vorm van int...