In his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking approach for tackling the perilous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here he turns his focus to the individual, revealing the three indispensable virtues of an ideal team player.

Organizational Behavior provides the information you want, when you want it. Reflecting the most recent research and events within the field of OB, the 19th Edition continues its hallmark focus on clear writing, cutting-edge content, and intuitive pedagogy. There's a reason why Robbins's textbooks have educated millions of students and have been translated into 20 languages: because of a commitment to provide engaging, cutting-edge material that helps you understand and connect with this impo...

Now in its eighth edition, this trusted Procurement and Supply Chain Management text provides a complete introduction to the important principles underlying the subject area using a flexible managerial perspective. Fully updated and restructured to reflect contemporary thinking and practice, this highly respected textbook covers the latest developments in procurement and supply chain management with clear and well-structured content. Strong case studies that are relevant and engaging compleme...

This thought-provoking book looks at how AI technologies are changing organizations, society and the world of work, combining breadth, critical analysis and academic rigour.

Het boek dat de start was van de Lean-beweging door Jim Womack en Dan Jones.

Jim Womack en Dan Jones hebben (in de nasleep van hun MIT-onderzoek) Lean geïntroduceerd buiten Toyota. Hun eerste boek was vooral een beschrijving van de verschillen in prestaties tussen Toyota, overige Japanse autoproducenten, Europese autoproducenten en Amerikaanse autoproducenten. In dit tweede boek gaan ze dieper in op de onderliggende principes en kenmerken van Lean, en kijken ze voorbij de auto-industrie.

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The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to twelve weeks Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelve-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking.

Managing Maintenance Resources shows how to reduce the complexity involved in engineering, or re-engineering, a maintenance organization. It recognises that this is a complex problem involving many inter-related decisions - such as whether or not resources should be centralized, contractor alliances be entered into or flexible working be adopted. This book provides a unique approach to modeling maintenance-production organizations.

It enables the identification of problems and delivers guidel...

Grasp the fundamentals of Human Resource Management with this engaging and accessible text, ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Covering all the basics, as well critically reflecting on the institutions and practices of business life, the seventh edition of Managing and Organizations is essential reading for anyone studying organizational behavior at undergraduate or postgraduate level.