Business-IT strategic alignment grows in importance as organizations strive to link business and technology in light of their digital transformation agendas. Our research study used a field survey design to examine (a) the role of knowledge management processes in the relationship between contextual factors and alignment in a multinational corporation (MNC), and (b) the role of IT projects in the relationship between alignment and the performance and effectiveness of an MNC.The results of our research study had at least four implications to leaders in MNCs: (a) the effects of top managers' knowledge of IT on strategic business-IT alignment; (b) the importance of business-IT alignment to organizational performance and effectiveness; (c) the importance of internal context to knowledge integration; and (d) the role of senior management in knowledge management and strategic management of IT. A theoretical and practical perspective of business-IT strategic alignment in MNCs is provided.

Harold Smart has been leading people of all ages since he was in his teens, and to get the job done, he's had to live up to his last name. For instance, when he teamed up with his brother-in-law to open a service station in a mid-sized town, a competitor told them they?d be out of business in six months. Someone was out of business that soon?but not them! In this guide for business professionals, Smart shuns excuses from managers and business owners who don't get the job done. He reveals how to: avoid flawed management models; cultivate loyalty among employees; eliminate unnecessary layers of management; and succeed by keeping things as simple as possible. When you come right down to it, good management is all about solving problems. To get better at problem solving, it's imperative that you listen to people who?ve been in the trenches fixing things their entire lives.

Principled Governance when Everything Matters is an essential handbook for Directors, Managers, Counsellors and Students, indeed for everyone challenged to answer the question: How do we get along? The democratic world has taken half a millennium to shift its governing principle from the power of might to the rule of law. Through centuries of errors (and trials), we have created a framework of regulation, accountability, and oversight, which, though now widely practiced, is still poorly understood. Principled Governance when Everything Matters is a guided tour of the field, led by an expert who spent three decades at boardroom and council tables, advising directors and managers in business and civil society. This accessible volume will be invaluable to all practioners providing context and analysis that will help them better understand their responsibilities and execute their duties. Principled Governance is based on David S. Fushtey's comprehensive academic text The Director and Manager: Law and Governance in a Digital Age - Machiavelli Had It Easy. That 1000-page volume has been reviewed and revised by a team of subject-area experts, who have drawn out the most useful, relevant - often crucial - lessons. The result is an engaging guide for students of business, civil society, and law, and for the continuing education of directors and the executives who advise them.

Negotiation is a critical skill needed for effective management. Negotiation 9e by Roy J. Lewicki, David M. Saunders, and Bruce Barry explores the major concepts and theories of the psychology of bargaining and negotiation, and the dynamics of interpersonal and intergroup conflict and its resolution. It is relevant to a broad spectrum of management students, not only human resource management or industrial relations candidates.

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As digital technology continues to revolutionize the world, businesses are also evolving by adopting digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital marketing, and analytical methods into their daily practices. Due to this growing adoption, further study on the potential solutions modern technology provides to businesses is required to successfully apply it across industries. AI-Driven Intelligent Models for Business Excellence explores various artificial intelligence models and methods for business applications and considers algorithmic approaches for business excellence across numerous fields and applications. Covering topics such as business analysis, deep learning, machine learning, and analytical methods, this reference work is ideal for managers, business owners, computer scientists, industry professionals, researchers, scholars, practitioners, academicians, instructors, and students.

This book presents a simple framework and guidelines for implementing visible and uniform auditable standards of quality in government that can fundamentally and permanently reshape its efficiency, effectiveness, and value. It opens the possibility of a day in the not-too-distant future when a quality audit can provide a uniform and valid report card on every government agency that is a companion to an annual audit of the financial books. Its easy-to-use quality standards are objective, measurable, and transformational. The standards provide the missing link for the implementation of quality in government both because they align with fundamental good management technique and support any other quality disciplines already in place in any given jurisdiction. The standards are designed to mirror the three fundamental levels of leadership in government: (1) Work unit supervisors and managers at the "front line" of government service, (2) chief executives, department directors and their deputies as "executive management" of government agencies, and (3) elected leadership at the top, who provide "public management" and must define the priorities, outcomes, programs, and budgets. No book has had a bigger potential to positively transform government since Reinventing Government. It is a "must read" for elected leaders, public sector managers, and citizens who wonder why government is so often unable to achieve excellence.