If you are not relentlessly fixated with relevance today, you will be ruthlessly annihilated by irrelevance tomorrow.

How relevant are you? Is your relevance under threat?

In a world where everything is changing before our eyes, nothing matters more than your ability to stay relentlessly relevant. Relentless Relevance is your must-read guide to thriving in chaos. Part business blueprint, part manifesto for forward-thinkers, this compelling book draws from insights in technology, culture, and human behaviour to empower individuals and organisations to rewrite their stories. Building on the provocative ideas of his bestselling book Legacide, Richard Mulholland makes a powerful case for abandoning legacy thinking. With sharp wit and actionable wisdom, he challenges you to reimagine the future and embrace the reinvention necessary to remain indispensable.

"I found myself asking the question, ‘Am I still relevant?’ What I discovered is that if you find yourself asking the question, the answer is no. Mostly because it’s the wrong question. The right question is, ‘What can I do today to stay relevant?’ You see, relevance is not a milestone anymore; it’s the path that we travel." – Richard Mulholland

Be prepared to shift from comfort to curiosity.

The 29th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, contains the papers presented at the 29th European Symposium of Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE) event held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, from June 16-19, 2019. It is a valuable resource for chemical engineers, chemical process engineers, researchers in industry and academia, students, and consultants for chemical industries.

Meetings are an essential part of our everyday lives. There are numerous things to know, and what actions need to be taken, essentially to make the meetings run smoothly and to avoid arguments regarding procedural matters.

Nothing is more annoying and counter-productive than to have to deal with interruptions, which are often a result of participants at the meeting, including at times the chairman, not knowing the correct way of doing things. One often hears participants passing remarks such as ‘That was a bad meeting’, ‘the chairman made wrong decisions’, or the more positive ‘well, that was time well spent!’

Key features of this book:

• Clarifying the rules
• Getting things done efficiently at meetings
• Useful for corporate libraries
• Facilitate getting an inexperienced person acquainted with the subject

Labour Disrupted exposes the precariousness of union organisation and how labour movements have had to respond to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. It addresses issues related to the fourth industrial revolution on the working class, and the challenges of skills development and inclusiveness.

Labour Disrupted reflects on the past and the future of labour, primarily in South Africa but also globally. It focuses on how South Africa’s lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic further exposed key contradictions and challenges that labour movements face.

The contributions include a diverse range of topics currently engaged with by those actively engaged in the field of labour movement. Essays by academics and activists tackle thorny issues: from redefining democracy in South Africa, to experiences of inclusiveness (or lack thereof) in workplace environments by women, young people, migrant workers, LGBTI people and people living with disabilities. The volume addresses contemporary issues related to the use of technology and the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on the youth and the working class, and the challenges of skills development and restructuring in the workplace.

Labour Disrupted shows new forms of organising and alliances that labour movements are involved in to address issues of social justice in education, health and community solidarity.

Master the fundamental concepts and today's applications of operations (OM) and supply chain management (SCM) with OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, 3rd Edition by award-winning authors Collier and Evans.

This edition provides balanced coverage of both manufacturing and service businesses with updates, recent developments and new concepts that highlight the latest changes in OM and SCM. This edition clearly explains concepts while using contemporary practical examples ideal for business students, updated boxed features and new and updated case studies. Discussions highlight new concepts and new Excel techniques and digital tools, while solved problems illustrate key formulas and computations.

MindTap online learning platform is also available to support both manual calculations and the use of Excel spreadsheet templates and models. MindTap's algorithmic homework and interactive learning tools encourage students to apply qualitative and quantitative reasoning to today's OM and SCM concepts.

This introductory textbook to Business Management covers all the topics most important to those interested in the business world and managing businesses in South Africa, Africa and globally.

They include:

• General management, including planning, organising, leading and control
• Financial management
• Operations management
• Purchasing
• Logistics and supply chain management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing management and public relations
• Human resource management.

The book also covers the business environment, entrepreneurship, business ethics and contemporary trends in 4IR relevant to management. It has been written by distinguished authors, all experts in their respective fields from various universities and the private sector, who share their knowledge and experience with a theoretically sound but practical approach. The intended readers are undergraduate students studying Introductory Business Management as part of a degree or diploma at a university, university of technology or private college.

The 21st century world of work requires HR practitioners to operate in the knowledge-based economy, aligning the HR strategy with that of the business, ensuring its human capital contributes to the organisation’s market value. It is imperative for HR practitioners, both generalists and specialists, to adhere to good governance and ethical practices as posited by the SA Board for People Practices (SABPP) HR System Standards. The content of this book is grounded on the HR professional practice standards, providing contemporary theories as the underpinning theoretical knowledge, combined with practical applications. Careers: An Organisational Perspective is a market-leading textbook on careers in the modern organisational context. The seventh edition reflects the most recent research and trends on the new unfolding nature of careers in the fast emerging digital-era employment environment. The book retains its popular blend of up-to-date theory, classical and contemporary research, application activities and real-life case scenarios that represent the cultural diversity of South Africa.

Content

PART 1: Introduction to HR
CHAPTER 1: Development of HR as a discipline
CHAPTER 2: HR Profession

PART 2: HR Alignment to Business Strategy
CHAPTER 3: Strategic HRM
CHAPTER 4: Talent Management
NEW: CHAPTER 5: HR Risk Management

PART 3: HR Value Chain (HR Architecture)
CHAPTER 6: Workforce Planning
CHAPTER 7: Learning & Development
CHAPTER 8: Performance Management
CHAPTER 9: Reward and Recognition
NEW: Chapter 10: Employee Wellness
Chapter 11: Employment Relations Management
NEW: Chapter 12 Organisational Development

PART 4: HR Delivery & Value
NEW: Chapter 13 HR Service Delivery
NEW: Chapter 14 HR Technology

PART 5: HR Metrics
NEW: Chapter 15 HR Measurement System