Learning curves are now recognized throughout the business community as valuable aids to improving productivity in the workplace. This volume is a clear and concise handbook intended to provide both the technical and the non-technical reader with a basic understanding of the underlying theory of learning curves, as well as ready access to commonly used learning curve models, formulas, and tables.

Since the book itself is meant to be a handy reference guide, it is organized to make needed information easily available. After a review of basic learning curve theory and a comparison of the most frequently used models, an extensive list of equations is accompanied by everyday examples that illustrate the correct application of learning curve theory as well as solutions to problems that may arise. Tables, graphs, and charts, easily located in the appendixes, can facilitate computations, and a bibliography lists articles, pamphlets, and books that describe learning curve theory and its various uses over the past fifty years. Learning curve analysis, simplified and presented here in a convenient manual, will enable accounting, financial, and purchasing specialists to improve not only employee proficiency forecasting, but also the efficiency of their own productivity.

Responding to the needs of market researchers, business analysts, CI professionals, and other decision makers who understand online technology, Vibert provides a series of problem-driven, analytical frameworks to help them make better sense--and use--of the vast amounts of information now available and easily accessed on the Internet. Organizational decision makers, forced to understand complex competitive environments, have two important aids; analytical tools and information sources. To be truly effective, these tools must be used in concert. Vibert's book focuses on these tools and their usages. In doing so it provides ways for organizational decision makers to protect their own operations as they seek to gain better knowledge of their competitors.

Analysts, market researchers, corporate trainers, CI professionals, and others in decision-making capacities, in industries enabled by the Internet, will see quickly how well the content of Vibert's book fits what they do day-to-day. Academics and other teachers will find that the book challenges the traditional case method style of teaching by showing how real-time analysis can be brought into the classroom, the corporate training suite, and other places where information and knowledge are transmitted. Vibert maintains that real-time teaching or training depends on the use of library resources--and the world's largest library is the Internet. Unfortunately, the net has grown so large so fast that stakeholders lack ways to organize the vast quantities of information available there. It is these ways, these tools and resources, that Vibert provides in his discussion of question-driven analytical frameworks, the core of his book.

For me, managing awesome teams was both rewarding and exciting. I learned early on that great managers take care of their team members; they do the right things for the right reasons. By helping team members focus on the same vision, they will begin to feel as if they're playing a championship game every day. People like to win and most dream of being on a winning team. The saying Life is a journey not a destination, is so true. Hopefully this book will provide you with some of those right things to do, or Silver Bullets you might say.

HOW TO UNDERSTAND people so you can increase your sponsoring rate and develop the skills to be an effective leader? WHY YOU NEED A DREAM, how to discover and build it, and set goals to achieve it? HOW TO INCREASE your enthusiasm and develop the attitudes and habits of a winner, so you'll be an example for others? HOW TO BLAST - THROUGH your obstacles and accomplish your goals, so you get free and live your dream? HOW TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE, not just busy, and Inspire others to take action, so your group can grow? Inside You is the Reason Why --- Your Dream. When people take total responsibility for their own success and stop making and accepting excuses, their business can really start to blossom.

A GLOBE & MAIL BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented experiment that reshaped white-collar work and turned remote work into a kind of "new normal." Now comes the hard part. Many employees want to continue that normal and keep working remotely, and most at least want the ability to work occasionally from home. But for employers, the benefits of employees working from home or hybrid approaches are not so obvious. What should both groups do? In a prescient new book, The Future of the Office: Work from Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We All Face, Wharton professor Peter Cappelli lays out the facts in an effort to provide both employees and employers with a vision of their futures. Cappelli unveils the surprising tradeoffs both may have to accept to get what they want. Cappelli illustrates the challenges we face by in drawing lessons from the pandemic and deciding what to do moving forward. Do we allow some workers to be permanently remote? Do we let others choose when to work from home? Do we get rid of their offices? What else has to change, depending on the approach we choose? His research reveals there is no consensus among business leaders. Even the most high-profile and forward-thinking companies are taking divergent approaches:Facebook, Twitter, and other tech companies say many employees can work remotely on a permanent basis. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and others say it is important for everyone to come back to the office.Ford is redoing its office space so that most employees can work from home at least part of the time, and GM is planning to let local managers work out arrangements on an ad-hoc basis. As Cappelli examines, earlier research on other types of remote work, including telecommuting offers some guidance as to what to expect when some people will be in the office and others work at home, and also what happened when employers tried to take back offices. Neither worked as expected. In a call to action for both employers and employees, Cappelli explores how we should think about the choices going forward as well as who wins and who loses. As he implores, we have to choose soon.

Critical to the success of any organization is a characteristic called dynamism. Exactly the opposite of anhedonia, or listlessness, dynamism is identified with intensity, enthusiasm, and motivation, qualities that enable people in organizations to get things done. Psychologist Wayne Pace clarifies the meaning of dynamism and its various roles in organizational functioning, provides ways to enhance and measure it, and introduces to human resource professionals a new model of career progression based upon it. Better grounded in scientific principles and data than other books dealing with topics like vitality and enthusiasm and written in a direct, positive, credible, and easy to grasp style, Pace's book covers an unusually wide range of topics--from work systems to language and interpersonal style, to modes of thinking, to mindsets--all of which he sees as dimensions of organizational dynamism and all of which play crucial roles in saving the organization from anhedonia. He makes clear that we cannot design work systems that alone will compel outstanding performance. Instead, we must find ways to release the power of individual workers themselves. His book shows why work systems are so detrimental to enthusiasm and what can be done to reverse their effects. The result is an essential explication for human resource and organizational development specialists and an enlightening introduction for top management everywhere.

Pace develops his ideas from a theory of credibility consisting of three dimensions: expertise or competence, trust or confidence, and dynamism or enthusiasm. Focusing his attention on the latter, he explores the underlying mindsets that affect decisions to devote energy to work. He introduces new practices, such as Altra Teams, E-prime language, and Natural Work Goals and explores the mental sets and perceptions that workers have, things that affect the amount of energy, enthusiasm, and vigor they can devote to doing their work. He goes on to explain four work perceptions--performance, opportunity, fulfillment, and expectations or aspirations--which he identifies as basic to the way modern workers approach their tasks. Not only does his book offer a theory and explanation of dynamism, but it also provides concrete instruments to measure it and how well it is developing in your own organization. He then introduces the concepts of organizational learning and learning organizations, and closes with a chapter containing incidents, cases, and personal reports that show how other organizations actually can--and do--release dynamism in their own work settings.

Build an innovative new startup using the resources of an existing corporation The Corporate Explorer Fieldbook: How to Build New Ventures in Established Companies is a one-of-a-kind collection of the tools, methodologies, and techniques you need to build successful, market-ready ventures from within existing organizations. The accomplished authors explain how to develop a practical strategy, gather market insights, develop a Jobs-To-Be-Done market canvas, collect customer research, reduce organizational risk, and more. You’ll learn how to beat the odds when introducing a new product or service into the marketplace and how to select, develop, and compensate the right people in your company to act as corporate explorers. Finally, the book explains how to secure authentic and enthusiastic buy-in for your new venture at the executive level. The Corporate Explorer Fieldbook will also teach you to: Conduct micro-experiments to distinguish legitimate business opportunities from ideas that lack traction Perform customer discovery interviews for ideating, incubating, and scaling ideas Generate breakthrough ideas from within large companies An indispensable companion to the newly published Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game, the Corporate Explorer Fieldbook is a must-read, step-by-step guide for corporate entrepreneurs seeking to launch new ventures from within their existing organizations.

Life Is A Carousel is the story of a young immigrant who manages to live a life that epitomizes the best of the American Dream. Living a life of ease and comfort in homeland, he is forced to flee to the U.S. where he must adjust to a new environment and begin a new life. Life Is A Carousel is filled with both humor and hope and is also a book with a message. It can convey that even when someone has lost everything, there is still hope. Believing in God and believing that if one has faith, ambition and is willing to go "All Out" one can succeed.... and do it with honor and integrity. Life Is A Carousel my friend, Come, Hop on, take a spin. We have tales to tell, and once you have been, We hope you will want to ride again.

Korea has been going through major changes since 1992, including a civilian government, opening of financial markets, restructuring of "chaebols," changing roles of women, and new relations with North Korea. There have also been cultural changes which reflect on the Korean way of doing business and of living. The knowledge and skills for coping with these changes need to be mastered by those who want to interact with Koreans. The need for interpersonal relationships and good communication should be emphasized. Case studies and examples are used to illustrate effective transcultural management and communications. This is a reference to understanding changing cultures and business practices in Korea for scholars, and a comprehensive guide to Korean business practice, protocol, and communications styles for professionals.

Western professionals doing business in Korea will find this material important in their business operations, communications, and interpersonal relations with Koreans. Other Asian business professionals will find the work useful in providing an insight to both the Western and Korean cultures. Scholars and students in Asian studies, Korean studies, and international business areas will find beneficial information.

Before the passage of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988, thousands of companies used polygraph examinations to assess job applicants' predisposition to engage in dishonest activities. Despite the virtual outlawing of this procedure, screening alternatives are still needed in business. In this work, Dr. John Jones presents the current research on honesty, or integrity, tests, providing a thorough discussion of the available alternatives as well as a summary of the Model Guidelines to be used for honesty testing programs. The book covers the history of honesty testing, the current state-of-the-art research, and assessments of future trends and applications.

The work is divided into four separate sections. The first four chapters chronicle the 40-year history of integrity testing, summarize how companies attempt to control employee theft, and review research showing that the use of honesty tests yields a meaningful return-on-investment. The second section focuses on current research trends. Among the topics discussed are the psychometric properties of a leading integrity test, the theoretical foundation for overt honesty tests, the accuracy of tests and ways to reduce classification errors, applicants' reactions to tests, and the organizational climate of honesty. The five chapters in section three cover future directions in preemployment testing, including discussions of tests designed to predict productivity, turnover, drug use, violence, and accidents. The final section provides practical information for companies seeking to implement integrity testing, such as integrating tests into the selection process and maintaining applicants' privacy rights. This work will be a useful reference for professionals in the fields of security management, human resources, and organizational behavior and for courses in business management, as well as a valuable addition to both public and academic libraries.

thebrandgym is a refreshingly simple, practical guide to boosting brand and business performance in a digital age. This new and updated edition 'reboots' the whole brand vision to action process, to be fit for purpose in today's digital age, and is illustrated with inside stories from brand leaders such as Snapchat, Airbnb, Burberry, Dove, Lego and many others. Leaders from these companies share their tips and tricks for success, and warn you of the traps to avoid, while the programme of 11 Workouts is packed with practical tools and tips to raise your game in key areas including insight, brand positioning, innovation and internal engagement. The comprehensive programme covers four key stages of growth creation: . Brand-led Growth: focusing branding on driving profitable growth by 'Following the Money', not the latest marketing trends including pruning the portfolio to concentrate on fewer, bigger brands . Bring Your Vision to Life: blending the best of digital and human insight to create an inspiring and purposeful positioning that is then brought to life to align and engage the team delivering the brand . Grow the Core: driving distinctiveness through product, service, identity and communication including the use of digital technology to upgrade or even re-invent your core business. Expanding distribution, including harnessing exciting new digital routes to the consumer . Stretch from the Core: extending and then stretching the core using products and packaging, including innovative new ways to deliver your brand promise using digital technology. AUTHOR: David Taylor is founder and Group Managing Partner of the brandgym and has led the writing of this book. He has been named one of the world's 50 leading marketing thinkers by the CIM. He started his career in brand management with P&G before doing an MBA at INSEAD. He then started and successfully grew the Paris office of marketing consultancy Added Value, prior to starting the brandgym in 2002. The brandgym is a global network of senior-only brand coaches and the whole team has contributed to this fully updated and expanded 3rd edition of this book.

This is the definitive sourcebook for collecting information required for corporate merger and acquisition research. A particular strength of the Guide is its focus on time-sharing online databanks for information retrieval. Readers can learn which databanks can be used for M&A research, and search examples and techniques are described. The authors use their research expertise to identify appropriate strategies, provide database tips and techniques, and point out unique features of the many M&A research tools discussed in the Guide. In addition, they discuss issues such as database cost and comprehensiveness and the currency of information delivery by identifying those databases offering current awareness capabilities. Examples of search sessions in electronic databases are provided to illustrate the creation and use of current awareness profiles.

Monitoring M&A activity, researching specific deals, using Securities and Exchange Commission filings, researching with specialized M&A transaction databases, using electronic databanks to find acquisition candidates, tracking complex corporate relationships and international M&As are the primary subjects of coverage. The database categories--both print and electronic sources--include: filings databases, transaction databases, directory databases, monitoring databases, financial databases, legal databases and bibliographic databases. The Guide is a tool for the users of corporate change information that include economists, accountants, attorneys, financial analysts and officers, managers, academics, and students of business.

Provides a network approach to understanding trade and trade policy from Antiquity to the present. Argues that trade has occurred, is occurring, and will continue to occur within well-defined, stable networks (e.g. empires, multinational firms, free-trade areas). Is able to rationalize the many puzzles that currrently plague international economics. Results can be generalized to all trade activity, ranging from economic to social, to political.

Listen to people in every field and you'll hear a call for more sophisticated leadership—for leaders who can solve more complex problems than the human race has ever faced. But these leaders won't simply come to the fore; we have to develop them, and we must cultivate them as quickly as is humanly possible. Changing on the Job is a means to this end. As opposed to showing readers how to play the role of a leader in a "paint by numbers" fashion, Changing on the Job builds on theories of adult growth and development to help readers become more thoughtful individuals, capable of leading in any scenario. Moving from the theoretical to the practical, and employing real-world examples, author Jennifer Garvey Berger offers a set of building blocks to help cultivate an agile workforce while improving performance. Coaches, HR professionals, thoughtful leaders, and anyone who wants to flourish on the job will find this book a vital resource for developing their own capacities and those of the talent that they support.

Most decision-making methods in use today are flawed and result in less than optimal results. Choosing By Advantages (CBA) is a tested and effective system for determining the best decision by looking at the advantages of each option. It is an easy to use process that will be valuable to businesses, government agencies, engineers, and individuals.

Not only will the CBA system allow you to make the best decision in any scenario, it will also make it easy to show why the decision was the correct one. CBA is suprisingly simple to follow and will improve one's ability to create the best possible results in any given situation.

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