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Managing Change Initiatives - Real and Simple (Hardcover): Cenred Harmsworth, Jack Jacoby Managing Change Initiatives - Real and Simple (Hardcover)
Cenred Harmsworth, Jack Jacoby
R883 Discovery Miles 8 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Knowledge Management in Developing Economies - A Cross-Cultural and Institutional Approach (Hardcover, illustrated edition):... Knowledge Management in Developing Economies - A Cross-Cultural and Institutional Approach (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Kate Hutchings, Kavoos Mohannak
R3,406 Discovery Miles 34 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This important book brings together a set of original key contributions to knowledge management in developing economies. It encompasses a wide range of countries throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America as well as the transition economies of the former socialist countries in Eastern Europe. These carefully selected country case studies represent a broad range of issues in managing knowledge. They consider the way in which knowledge management processes and practices are influenced by local culture and institutions as well as by interaction with the broader international community. The need for an aggregated analytical approach in untangling the increasingly complex process through which knowledge processes are created, transferred and deployed is also highlighted. The book provides a strong nexus between theory and practice by offering solutions to problems such as: minimising knowledge leakage, creating knowledge-sharing cultures and promoting management learning. Presenting the latest research on intercultural knowledge management, this book will be warmly welcomed by researchers, students and lecturers with an interest in international management and knowledge management. Its strong focus on practitioner implications will provide international managers with invaluable suggestions on how to maximise knowledge sharing in international joint ventures and subsidiary operations.

Emerging Ecosystem-Centric Business Models for Sustainable Value Creation (Hardcover): Xenia Ziouvelou, Frank McGroarty Emerging Ecosystem-Centric Business Models for Sustainable Value Creation (Hardcover)
Xenia Ziouvelou, Frank McGroarty
R5,333 Discovery Miles 53 330 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A hyperconnected, constantly evolving world has emerged. A world where people (internet of people), things (internet of things), and data (internet of data) are linked together, shaping the global economy while demanding new, innovative approaches for value creation. The era of hyper-connectivity is no longer characterized by centralized firm-centric business structures and traditional intra-firm and inter-firm processes. Open, distributed ecosystemic formations have started to emerge, utilizing cutting edge technologies to harness the collective power, co-creation ability, and intelligence of the crowd, the data, and the environment in an open participatory value co-creation mode. However, the question has become whether the frameworks, models, and tools that organizations use to create value will remain the same in the new business environment and within the organizations themselves. Existing literature on ecosystems, business models, and business model innovation are starting to examine these aspects. Emerging Ecosystem-Centric Business Models for Sustainable Value Creation explores emerging technology-enabled ecosystems and ecosystem-centric business models in theory and practice, from a business and technological perspective, and in a range of industrial settings, aiming to contribute to the existing knowledge of innovative technology-advanced ecosystems and business models, facilitating their design, implementation, and sustainable value creation. It examines the dynamics of this technology-powered revolution and how it is influencing the foundations of value creation and business modeling in novel ecosystemic formations across the HMD triangle: human, machine, and data. The target audience of this book is researchers and professionals in the fields of innovation, business, and strategy as well as computer science and information technology, along with managers, executives, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in new ways to create value in emerging and future ecosystems via innovative ecosystem-centric business models and strategies.

Firm Mobility and Organizational Networks - Innovation, Embeddedness and Economic Geography (Hardcover, illustrated edition):... Firm Mobility and Organizational Networks - Innovation, Embeddedness and Economic Geography (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Joris Knoben
R3,233 Discovery Miles 32 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Joris Knoben illustrates that the number of firm relocations has grown steadily and considerably over the last decade and, at the same time, relationships between organizations have become more important to firm performance. It is often argued that these relationships require geographical stability, and so the author explores how these two seemingly contradictory observations can be reconciled. Insights from economic geography and organization science are utilized to develop a multidisciplinary firm-level perspective on the causes and consequences of firm relocation. Subsequently, this framework is tested empirically. The results show that incorporating the level of embeddedness as well as the spatial mobility of firms into a single framework leads to significantly better explanations of both the spatial behavior of firms as well as of the outcomes of this behavior. All-in-all, the findings indicate that there is a tradeoff between spatial mobility and inter-organizational stability. This multidisciplinary perspective on the relations between organizational networks, spatial firm mobility, and firm performance will be of great interest to a range of scholars, including organization scientists, regional scientists and economic geographers and, managers of relocating companies as well as consultants in this field.

Hot Seat - What I Learned Leading a Great American Company (Paperback): Jeff Immelt Hot Seat - What I Learned Leading a Great American Company (Paperback)
Jeff Immelt; As told to Amy Wallace
R493 R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Financial, Commercial, and Mortgage Mathematics and Their Applications, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Arun J.... Financial, Commercial, and Mortgage Mathematics and Their Applications, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Arun J. Prakash, Dilip K. Ghosh
R2,998 Discovery Miles 29 980 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Ideal for college students in intermediate finance courses, this book uniquely applies mathematical formulas to teach the underpinnings of financial and lending decisions, covering common applications in real estate, capital budgeting, and commercial loans. An updated and expanded version of the time-honored classic text on financial math, this book provides, in one place, a complete and practical treatment of the four primary venues for finance: commercial lending, financial formulas, mortgage lending, and resource allocation or capital budgeting techniques. With an emphasis on understanding the principles involved rather than blind reliance on formulas, the book provides rigorous and thorough explanations of the mathematical calculations used in determining the time value of money, valuation of loans by commercial banks, valuation of mortgages, and the cost of capital and capital budgeting techniques for single as well as mutually exclusive projects. This new edition devotes an entire chapter to a method of evaluating mutually exclusive projects without resorting to any imposed conditions. Two chapters not found in the previous edition address special topics in finance, including a novel and innovative way to approach amortization tables and the time value of money for cash flows when they increase geometrically or arithmetically. This new edition also features helpful how-to sections on Excel applications at the end of each appropriate chapter. Lays the foundation of all the topics that are typically covered in a financial management textbook or class Demonstrates how the mastery of a few basic concepts-such as the time value of money under all possible situations-allows for a precise understanding of more complex topics in finance Describes how all advanced capital budgeting techniques can be reduced to the simplest technique-the payback period method Examines traditional financial techniques using simple interest rate and accounting rate of return methods to conclusively show how these practices are now defunct

Organizational Performance - The Key to Success in the 21st Century (Hardcover): Curt J Howes Organizational Performance - The Key to Success in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
Curt J Howes
R659 Discovery Miles 6 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Public Sector Enterprise Resource Planning - Issues in Change Management (Hardcover): Rainer A. Sommer Public Sector Enterprise Resource Planning - Issues in Change Management (Hardcover)
Rainer A. Sommer
R3,393 Discovery Miles 33 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Worldwide, public sector organizations are implementing commercial packaged software solutions, or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, to increase productivity and customer service as well as to deploy manageable business processes. To that end, this book provides workable solutions from experienced public sector program and project managers, consulting leaders and academic researchers who have proven expertise in large scale public sector ERP implementation.Existing research shows that while public sector enterprises generally agree by consensus, and thus have different management cultures than their private sector counterparts, their management practices are driven by a private sector model. Given the tremendous growth in public sector ERP spending and the risks associated with such politically-charged projects, new approaches to change management must be explored. The contributors present expertly researched federal, commercial and academic views on how public sector organizations are integrating their business processes, and how they relate to the private sector experience. The discussion covers all aspects of the new private sector management paradigm, including strategic planning, change management, process change, and information system implementation. The contributors provide details on the implementation steps, and make suggestions for how public sector program managers and contractor teams should plan change management and ERP initiatives. Researchers and students in the areas of management, public sector enterprises and public policy will find the volume's insights of great value. Managers with oversight in public sector organizations will find the volume of great practical interest.

Make The Leap - Success, Failure, and Other Hard-Won Lessons of Leadership (Hardcover): Ingar Skaug Make The Leap - Success, Failure, and Other Hard-Won Lessons of Leadership (Hardcover)
Ingar Skaug; As told to Jon Gangdal
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Llamas Rule - Essays in Hospitality Marketing and Management (Hardcover): Larry Mogelonsky Llamas Rule - Essays in Hospitality Marketing and Management (Hardcover)
Larry Mogelonsky
R906 Discovery Miles 9 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

We live in a rapidly changing world. The spread of mobile and internet-based tools has altered how customers discover and purchase new products. If your business does not adapt to meet this latest consumer revolution, you will be left behind. Specifically for the hospitality industry, hoteliers and aspiring hoteliers must be able to comprehend how all aspects of hotel operations are impacted. The inspiration for "Llamas Rule" is to give hoteliers a new tool in their arsenal- one that takes into account all the recent changes to our system of commerce. This is not an introductory textbook on the hospitality industry, but rather a compilation of selected topics that highlight both modern success stories and potential pitfalls. This book will bolster your management skills by explaining many of the sales, marketing, branding, technological and psychological principles at work behind such contemporary facets of hotel operations as websites, travel agencies, internet-based sales channels and mobile apps as well as the more traditional aspects like on-site amenities, guestroom features, F&B, reservations, housekeeping and the front desk operations. Above all, it is stressed that the success of a property, even with all that has changed in recent years, nonetheless depends on the relationship a hotel fosters with its guests. This is the hotelier's guidebook that recognizes future developments while celebrating the past.

How to Inspire Outstanding Ideas - All You Need to Know to Create Amazing Solutions (Hardcover): Tj Xia How to Inspire Outstanding Ideas - All You Need to Know to Create Amazing Solutions (Hardcover)
Tj Xia
R999 Discovery Miles 9 990 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Case for Wasting Time and Other Management Heresies (Hardcover): Howard Pines The Case for Wasting Time and Other Management Heresies (Hardcover)
Howard Pines
R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Understanding the basic tenets of management is certainly important, but following the conventional wisdom-such as not "wasting time"-is not necessarily the key to solving problems or achieving personal success. Providing advice that goes against that conventional wisdom is exactly what this book is about, whether it concerns how to get things done as you move up in a company or how to develop relationships and support both inside and outside an organization. In fact, not only is the advice unconventional-and in many cases heretical-so too are the subjects covered. For example, the importance of validating assumptions is not something you are likely to read about in most business books. But as Howard Pines explains, if you don't, you are likely to make both embarrassing and sometimes costly errors. Similarly, while there are many books that will tell you how to get a job, there are virtually no others that explain how to determine the best time and way to leave a job and/or a business. In addition, even when discussing aspects of business that are covered in other books, such as negotiating or dealing with change, the author enables you to see those subjects in a way that is both different and helpful. "Wasting Time" does not, however, provide simple answers. Rather, based on the author's fifty years of hands-on experience as a human resources executive, successful HR consultant, and business owner, the book shows how even issues that appear to be straightforward may, in reality, provide interesting dilemmas that require creative thinking and non-traditional approaches if you want to achieve the best solution

Gamification - Playing for Profits (Hardcover, 3rd ed.): Chris Collins Gamification - Playing for Profits (Hardcover, 3rd ed.)
Chris Collins
R568 R523 Discovery Miles 5 230 Save R45 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Straight Talk - Thriving In Business (Hardcover): Danny Creed Straight Talk - Thriving In Business (Hardcover)
Danny Creed
R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
140 Simple Messages To Guide Emerging Leaders - 140 Actionable Leadership Messages for Emerging Leaders and Leaders in... 140 Simple Messages To Guide Emerging Leaders - 140 Actionable Leadership Messages for Emerging Leaders and Leaders in Transition (Hardcover)
Eddie Turner
R635 Discovery Miles 6 350 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Informing View of Organization - Strategic Perspective (Hardcover): Bob Travica Informing View of Organization - Strategic Perspective (Hardcover)
Bob Travica
R6,721 Discovery Miles 67 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Businesses are incorporating automated processes and information technology, as cost cutters or productivity boosters, into their business strategy now more than ever. However, as information systems (IS) research is further focusing on IS strategy, as well as advancing business strategy research, there is a need to examine the increasing integration of technology and automation through a clear framework. Informing View of Organization is such a framework. Informing View of Organization: Strategic Perspective features coverage on a wide range of topics such as group informatics, infoprocesses, and big data. This book is ideally designed for academics, students, managers, information technology professionals, computer engineers, programmers, and researchers interested in organization-technology interaction.

Corporate Social Responsibility - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Hardcover): Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee Corporate Social Responsibility - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Hardcover)
Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee
R3,366 Discovery Miles 33 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This challenging and somewhat controversial book provides a critical perspective on contemporary discourses of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee questions the win-win assumptions of CSR and identifies the limits of the good that corporations can do, illustrating that the ability of firms to enhance social welfare is constrained by their current form and purpose; that of a shareholder value maximizing entity. The book shows how supranational institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization are complicit in an 'economic capture' of social issues through a combination of material, institutional and discursive power that results in undermining economic democracy. Taking a political economy perspective, the author analyzes recent conflicts between transnational corporations and local communities in developing countries and exposes the limits of stakeholder theory in addressing the needs of marginalized communities. He concludes by discussing alternatives to the current system that could result in meaningful social outcomes, and provides a critical research agenda for CSR. Linking theory to practice, this critical look at corporate social responsibility will provide much material to fuel the debate amongst academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of management, international business and ma

It Depends - Employee Relations Case Studies for Human Resources Professionals and Students (Hardcover): Angela Champ It Depends - Employee Relations Case Studies for Human Resources Professionals and Students (Hardcover)
Angela Champ
R707 Discovery Miles 7 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Moral Foundations of Management Knowledge (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Marie-Laure Djelic, Radu Vranceanu Moral Foundations of Management Knowledge (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Marie-Laure Djelic, Radu Vranceanu
R3,929 Discovery Miles 39 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book sheds light on 'hidden' aspects of management theory by questioning its moral foundations: ethical and moral principles tend to become over time, deeply embedded, if not buried, in the intellectual and disciplinary subfields of management, particularly when the latter vie for scientific status. In the process, they often become invisible or indecipherable both to those who advance and diffuse knowledge as well as to those who receive, interpret and apply it. The contributors to this book explore in various subfields of management thought a number of important moral and ethical issues. What is the definition of 'good behaviour' - and hence of 'bad behaviour' - implicit behind the theories we use and produce? Can we find, historically, a trace of moral and ethical dilemmas and debates in those intellectual subfields that tend to posture today as morally neutral? What is the conception of human nature and social reality embedded in modern management thought and theories? How do those implicit and hidden cognitive schemes influence the development of research and knowledge in those various subfields? How do they prevent certain issues from emerging? How do they shape debates, practices and beliefs - leaving little room to approach the world differently and to depart from mainstream perspectives? This unique treatment of the moral foundations of knowledge management will provide a stimulating read for academics, students and professionals focusing on business and management, business administration, sociology, organizational behaviour and moral philosophy.

Examining Cultural Influences on Leadership Styles and Learning From Chinese Approaches to Management - Emerging Research and... Examining Cultural Influences on Leadership Styles and Learning From Chinese Approaches to Management - Emerging Research and Opportunities (Hardcover)
Valerie Zhu
R3,179 Discovery Miles 31 790 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

For businesses to remain competitive, managers must continuously update their leadership methods. By attempting to learn from foreign experiences and approaches, managers can gain significant value in cross-cultural comparisons in the business realm. Examining Cultural Influences on Leadership Styles and Learning From Chinese Approaches to Management: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an informative scholarly reference source that examines the cultural aspects of management styles and techniques. Highlighting relevant topics such as leadership development, value systems, validity tests, and organizational communication, this publication will benefit all academicians, professionals, practitioners, managers, and business owners that are interested in discovering a more inclusive way to hone their leadership skillsets.

Robert's Rules of Order - A Complete Guide to Robert's Rules of Order (Hardcover): Robert Briggs Robert's Rules of Order - A Complete Guide to Robert's Rules of Order (Hardcover)
Robert Briggs
R548 R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
U-Turn Leadership - Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Leadership (Hardcover): Elmer D Gates U-Turn Leadership - Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Leadership (Hardcover)
Elmer D Gates
R775 R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Save R91 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Golden Age of Drive-Thru It - The True Potential of It and How It Sells Itself Short (Hardcover): Kedar Sathe The Golden Age of Drive-Thru It - The True Potential of It and How It Sells Itself Short (Hardcover)
Kedar Sathe
R590 R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Save R50 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Personal technology continues to evolve every day, but business technology does not follow that trend. Business IT is often treated as a necessary evil that can't be relied upon to take companies to the next level in their corporate evolution. In "The Golden Age of Drive-Thru IT," author Kedar Sathe offers useful, wide-ranging, and imaginative advice about how to revive and strengthen IT departments.

Sathe, who has been programming computers since age fourteen, discusses how businesses must establish and execute new IT strategies to maintain and increase their bottom line. "The Golden Age of Drive-Thru IT" describes various aspects of technology and how IT can rise to every occasion and become a strategic enabler. It shows how IT can become nimble and flexible, yet produce robust and graceful solutions that allow companies to drive toward success in an efficient and enriching fashion.

"The Golden Age of Drive-Thru IT" communicates how innovative ideas and smart, enthusiastic contributors will allow IT transformations to take place, reinvent itself, rise to its true potential, and stop selling itself short.

A CEO Only Does Three Things - Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite (Hardcover): Trey Taylor A CEO Only Does Three Things - Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite (Hardcover)
Trey Taylor
R740 R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 Save R53 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Let's Get Down to Business - Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur (Hardcover): Rayshion Sashington Mba Mbc Let's Get Down to Business - Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur (Hardcover)
Rayshion Sashington Mba Mbc
R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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