Develop the mindset and presence to successfully manage others for the first time. If you read nothing else on becoming a new manager, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you transition from being an outstanding individual contributor to becoming a great manager of others. This book will inspire you to: Develop your emotional intelligenceInfluence your colleagues through the science of persuasionAssess your team and enhance its performanceNetwork effectively to achieve business goals and for personal advancementNavigate relationships with employees, bosses, and peersGet support from aboveView the big picture in your decision makingBalance your team's work and personal life in a high-intensity workplace This collection of articles includes "Becoming the Boss," by Linda A. Hill; "Leading the Team You Inherit," by Michael D. Watkins; "Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themselves," by Carol A. Walker; "Managing the High-Intensity Workplace," by Erin Reid and Lakshmi Ramarajan; "Harnessing the Science of Persuasion," Robert B. Cialdini; "What Makes a Leader?" by Daniel Goleman; "The Authenticity Paradox," by Herminia Ibarra; "Managing Your Boss," by John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter; "How Leaders Create and Use Networks," by Herminia Ibarra and Mark Lee Hunter; "Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?" by William Oncken, Jr., and Donald L. Wass; and BONUS ARTICLE: "How Managers Become Leaders," by Michael D. Watkins.

This book provides a contemporary and thought-provoking exploration of the concept of practical wisdom--what it is and how it can be incorporated into evaluation practice. It defines what practical wisdom is, explores its roots, where it stands today, what constitutes the ""wise"" evaluator, and how we can develop sound judgment in an unpredictable and chaotic time. It brings together evaluation thought leaders and practitioners to examine the concept of practical wisdom. The authors' enlightening essays are interwoven with reflective strands comprised of commentaries, examples, and new ideas added by Hurteau and her colleagues that offer a recursive and intricate pattern of reflection on the topic of practical wisdom. This is a rare book because it moves beyond evaluation methodology to explore how practical wisdom can help us develop new and better solutions for difficult evaluation situations. It will become a standard reference for practitioners, trainers. and teachers of evaluation because it considers the history, ethics, and competencies that underpin practical wisdom, and examines the ways that this untaught skill can be applied, to do, as House says, "the right thing in the special circumstances of performing the job.

The Microeconomics of Wellbeing and Sustainability: Recasting the Economic Process explores the civil economy tradition in economic thought. Gaining increasing consensus worldwide, this alternative-not heterodox-view of the economic process and agents explains how modern economics is placing increasing emphasis on the determinants of subjective wellbeing and environmental sustainability. With support from behavioral economics, this book makes a foundational contribution that will help users better understand and prepare for future economic challenges.

Der Autor zeigt anhand eines mathematischen Modells und eines heuristischen Loesungsverfahrens, dass es im Komplettladungsverkehr durch den Aufbau bereits weniger zusatzlicher Unternehmensstandorte fur einen Ladungstausch gelingen kann, die Anzahl auswartiger UEbernachtungen des Fahrpersonals zu reduzieren. Dadurch kann die Attraktivitat des Berufsbildes des Kraftfahrers erhoeht und somit einer der aktuell groessten Herausforderungen fur die deutsche Transport- und Logistikbranche begegnet werden.

Knowledge management is the fast-track route to leveraging the intellectual capital in your organisation.

It covers the key areas of knowledge management, from identifying knowledge in an organisation to promoting and facilitating knowledge sharing and innovation.

It takes examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful business, including Shell Oil, British Aerospace, Dow Chemical and the World Bank, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Peter drucker, Michael Polanyi, and Ikujiro Nonaka.

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Regina Schlindwein analysiert die Erstellung von Dienstleistungen aus produktionstheoretischer Sicht und entwickelt neue Methoden zur Effizienzmessung, die den Einfluss externer Faktoren berucksichtigen. Durch die Effizienzbeurteilung deckt die Autorin Leistungsdefizite einzelner Dienstleistungsanbieter auf, die den Ausgangspunkt fur moegliche Leistungsverbesserungen darstellen. Da die Dienstleistungsproduktionen stochastisch sind, werden sie durch multivariat verteilte Aktivitaten beschrieben, sodass zur Berechnung der Effizienzmasse Methoden der stochastischen mathematischen Programmierung, insbesondere das Chance Constrained Programming, zum Einsatz kommen.

Steffen Reik untersucht die Heterogenitat der Kunden in Bezug auf ihre Informationsasymmetrie zu den Verkaufern eines Vertrauensgutes. Er beweist, dass die Existenz informierter Kunden nicht zwangslaufig zu effizienteren Markten fuhrt, sondern tatsachlich effiziente Gleichgewichte stoeren und die soziale Wohlfahrt negativ beeinflussen kann. Da bei Vertrauensgutermarkten, wie sie auch im Gesundheitswesen und der Finanzbranche vorkommen, eben diese Informationsasymmetrie ursachlich fur Marktineffizienzen ist und das betrugerische Verhalten der Verkaufer erst ermoeglicht, wirken die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit intuitiven Vorstellungen entgegen. Sie ist damit nicht nur fur Theoretiker, sondern insbesondere auch fur Praktiker innerhalb von Vertrauensgutermarkten von hoher Relevanz.

In recent years, most applications deal with constraint decision-making systems as problems are based on imprecise information and parameters. It is difficult to understand the nature of data based on applications and it requires a specific model for understanding the nature of the system. Further research on constraint decision-making systems in engineering is required. Constraint Decision-Making Systems in Engineering derives and explores several types of constraint decisions in engineering and focuses on new and innovative conclusions based on problems, robust and efficient systems, and linear and non-linear applications. Covering topics such as fault detection, data mining techniques, and knowledge-based management, this premier reference source is an essential resource for engineers, managers, computer scientists, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

A hydrocode refers to a computer program used for the study of the dynamic response of materials and structures to impulse (primary blast), impact (involving everything from car and aircraft collisions to impacts of space structures by assorted debris).
The understanding of hydrocodes requires knowledge of numerical methods in the code as well as a keen understanding of the physics of the problem being addressed. This can take many years to learn via codes. There are currently a number of titles addressing the physics of high pressure and high rate material but nothing introducing the novice to the fundamentals of this highly technical and complicated study. This title bridges the gap, bringing together the large body of literature, scattered through diverse journals, government and corporate reports and conference proceedings. As valuable as the text are the cited references and the combination will take years off the preparation time of future code users.
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Andreas Dellnitz zeigt in der vorliegenden Arbeit den Weg zu Skaleneffekte ausnutzenden Unternehmens- bzw. Aktivitatsveranderungen auf und gibt dem Leser eine Antwort auf die Frage "Wie sich Effizienz und Produktivitat bei Aktivitatsanderungen verhalten". Im klassischen Selbstbewertungsfall demonstriert er anhand von deutschen Dreispartentheatern, dass sowohl Effizienz als auch Produktivitat mittels eines interaktiven Algorithmus hypothetisch verbesserbar sind. Im Kreuzbewertungsfall koennen Verbesserungsbemuhungen hingegen in einem Zielkonflikt zwischen Effizienz und Produktivitat munden - die jeweiligen Unternehmen befinden sich dann in einer sogenannten Produktivitatslucke.

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018 BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES A groundbreaking take on how complexity causes failure in all kinds of modern systems--from social media to air travel--this practical and entertaining book reveals how we can prevent meltdowns in business and life "Endlessly fascinating, brimming with insight, and more fun than a book about failure has any right to be, Meltdown will transform how you think about the systems that govern our lives. This is a wonderful book."--Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better A crash on the Washington, D.C. metro system. An accidental overdose in a state-of-the-art hospital. An overcooked holiday meal. Surprising new research shows that all these events--and the myriad failures that dominate headlines every day--share similar causes. By understanding what lies behind these failures, we can design better systems, make our teams more productive, and transform how we make decisions at work and at home. Weaving together cutting-edge social science with riveting stories that take us from the frontlines of the Volkswagen scandal to backstage at the Oscars, and from deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico to the top of Mount Everest, Chris Clearfield and Andras Tilcsik explain how the increasing complexity of our systems creates conditions ripe for failure and why our brains and teams can't keep up--with an emphasis on practical solutions. It's an eye-opening, empowering, and entirely original book--one that will change the way you see our complex world and your own place in it.