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The rate of failure of IT projects has remained little changed in
survey after survey over the past 15-20 years-over 40-50%. This has
happened in spite of new technology, innovative methods and tools,
and different management methods. Why does this happen? Why can't
the situation be better? One reason is that many think of each IT
effort as unique. In reality many IT projects are very similar at a
high, strategic level. Where they differ is in the people and exact
events-the detail. If you read the literature or have been in
information systems or IT for some time, you have seen the same
reasons for failure and the same problems and issues recur again
and again. In this book IT Management experts Ben Lientz and Lee
Larssen show you how to identify and track the recurring issues
leading to failure in IT projects and provide a proven, modern
method for addressing them. By following the recommendations in
this books readers can significantly reduce the risk of IT failures
and increase the rate of success. Benefits of using this approach:
* Issues are identified earlier-giving more time for solution and
action. * Issues are resolved more consistently since the approach
tracks on their repetition. * You get an early warning of problems
in IT work-before the budget or schedule fall apart. * Management
tends to have more realistic expectations with an awareness of
issues. * Users and managers have greater confidence in IT due to
the improved handling of issues. * Since the number of issues tends
to stabilize in an organization, the IT organization and management
get better at detecting, preventing, and dealing with issues over
time-cumulative improvement. * Giving attention to issues make
users more realistic in their requests and acts to deter
requirement changes and scope creep.
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information. There's no doubt that a manager's job is getting
tougher. Do it better, do it faster, do it cheaper are the
pressures every manager faces. And at the heart of every manager's
job is decision-making: deciding what to do and how to do it. This
well-respected text looks at how quantitative analysis techniques
can be used effectively to support such decision making. As a
manager, developing a good understanding of the quantitative
analysis techniques at your disposal is crucial. Knowing how, and
when, to use them and what their results really mean can be the
difference between making a good or bad decision and, ultimately,
between business success and failure. Appealing both to students on
introductory-level courses and to MBA and postgraduate students,
this internationally successful text provides an accessible
introduction to a subject area that students often find difficult.
Quantitative Analysis for Decision Makers (formerly known as
Quantitative Methods for Decision Makers) helps students to
understand the relevance of quantitative methods of analysis to
management decision-making by relating techniques directly to
real-life business decisions in public and private sector
organisations and focuses on developing appropriate skills and
understanding of how the techniques fit into the wider management
process. Key features: The use of real data sets to show how
analytical techniques are used in practice "QADM in Action" case
studies illustrating how organisations benefit from the use of
analytical techniques Articles from the Financial Times
illustrating the use of such techniques in a variety of business
settings Fully worked examples and exercises supported by Excel
data sets Student Progress Check activities in each chapter with
solutions A 300+ page Tutors Solutions Manual
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Today's economy is rapidly shifting and extremely complex. As we
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checklists encompass a guide that can be used to institute an
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The next crisis might be here now, or it might be around the
corner. In The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More
Resilient Than Before, two history-making experts in crisis
leadership-James, dean of The Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania, and Wooten, president of Simmons
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no other time in recent history have leaders in every industry and
on every continent grappled with so many changes that have
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book, James and Wooten provide tools and frameworks for addressing
and learning from crises, and they provide insight into what you
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profit, and the planet-prepared leadership should be the fourth "P"
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research on crisis leadership, diversity and inclusion, management
strategy, and positive leadership to the table to help leaders
better prepare themselves to lead through crises-and for whatever
lies around the corner.
Getting what you want - even if you are the boss - isn't always
easy. Almost every organization, big or small, works among a
network of competing interests. Whether it's governments pushing
through policies, companies trying to increase profits, or even
families deciding where to move house, rarely can decisions be made
in isolation from competing interests both within the organization
and outside it. In this accessible and straightforward account,
Hans de Bruijn and Ernst ten Heuvelhof cast light on
multi-stakeholder decision-making. Using plain language, they
reveal the nuts and bolts of decision-making within the numerous
dilemmas and tensions at work. Drawing on a diverse range of
illustrative examples throughout, their perceptive analysis
examines how different interests can either support or block
change, and the strategies available for managing a variety of
stakeholders. The second edition of Management in Networks
incorporates a wider spread of international cases, a new chapter
giving an overview of different network types, and a new chapter
looking at digital governance and the impact of big data on
networks. This insightful text is invaluable reading for students
of management and organizational studies, plus practitioners - or
actors - operating in a range of contexts.
'Brilliant and highly entertaining, this book is essential reading
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foresight is crucial for avoiding pitfalls and disaster - and yet
it's something we spend nearly no time developing. Retired
four-star general Stan McChrystal has lived a life associated with
the deadly risks of combat; he has been forced to analyse and
prepare for situations he didn't even know were possible. As a
business consultant, he has seen how hundreds of individuals and
organizations - too often and to great cost - fail to mitigate
risk. Why? Because they focus on the probability of something
happening instead of the interface through which any and all risks
can be managed. In Risk: A User's Guide, McChrystal presents a new
system of responding to risk. He lays out ten dimensions of control
which we can adjust at any given time, no matter the context:
narrative, bias, action, timing, adaptability, communication,
technology, diversity, structure and leadership. Drawing on
compelling examples ranging from military history to the business
world, and offering infinitely practical exercises to improve
preparedness, McChrystal illustrates how these ten factors are
almost always in effect - and how, by considering them constantly,
individuals and organizations can exert mastery over every
conceivable sort of risk that they might face. We may not be able
to see into the future, but Risk gives us a framework for improving
our resistance and building a strong defense against what we know
-- and what we don't. -------- 'A brilliant user's guide that
demonstrates how managing risk is about how we lead, rather than
getting mathematical equations right.' - Annie Duke, bestselling
author of Thinking In Bets and How To Decide 'Measured, meticulous,
and filled with practical, pragmatic wisdom from both war and
peace, McChrystal's clear-eyed, unsentimental guidance cuts to the
heart of our precarious existence. A must-read leadership bible.' -
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mastering all dimensions of risk. For soldiers, educators, CEOs,
entrepreneurs, government leaders, and everyone in between.' -
Keith Krach, former Undersecretary of State and CEO of DocuSign
While executives are keen to harness organizational knowledge and
improve business performance, the topic of how academics can
produce rigorous and relevant theory in working relationships with
practitioners is a much contested topic. Many aspects of this
knowledge co-creation can create tensions, and the ways in which
research is conducted and published can affect practitioner
acceptance, as well as its consequent uptake and use in different
contexts. Expertly compiled by Jean Bartunek and Jane McKenzie,
with contributions from global thinkers in the field, this book
offers a concise and up-to-date review of the essential analysis
and action underlying scholarly engagement with the world of
business. It discusses the sorts of capabilities academics need to
collaborate effectively with practitioners and illustrates good
practice through international case studies drawn from acknowledged
centres of excellence. These show how to negotiate different
constituencies with different priorities, values, and practices to
work together to produce research of rigor and relevance. It will
be a key reference and resource for all researchers who are engaged
with practitioners, and an invaluable tool for training academics
to develop research with impact.
Gain a strong understanding of the role of management science in
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techniques with instant feedback, problem walk-throughs and
step-by-step tutorials.
Sharpen your instincts in a world full of uncertainty and risk. The
training to become a fighter pilot is among the most competitive
and difficult in the world with fewer than one-in-a-thousand
succeeding. Pushing a cutting-edge jet to its limits at over 1,000
mph means that every split-second decision can have catastrophic
consequences. Throughout his high-pressure career in the cockpit of
the world's most advanced and expensive weapons systems, Hasard Lee
learned to master skills at the apex of decision-making theory and
practice. Now he shares gripping firsthand accounts from his time
as a fighter pilot, and distills what he's learned into a powerful
ACE Helix framework that can be used in business and in life,
revealing how to: • LEARN BETTER AND FASTER • CULTIVATE MENTAL
TOUGHNESS • DEVELOP THE SKILLS TO QUICKLY ASSESS, CHOOSE, AND
EXECUTE • AND MUCH, MUCH MORE These combat-tested techniques have
already benefitted CEO's, astronauts, CIA agents and many others,
and now The Art of Clear Thinking will enable anyone to perform at
their peak.
In a category saturated with breezy, self-help volumes, Russell
Korobkin's long-awaited The Five Tool Negotiator stands apart as a
revelatory guide for anyone eager to improve their bargaining
skills. The nationally renowned author, who has spent three decades
studying successful negotiations, now shares five distinct "tools"
that we can all readily utilise: Bargaining Zone Analysis,
Persuasion, Deal Design, Power and Fairness Norms. Drawing on his
academic research, Korobkin incorporates lively anecdotes that
bring to life concepts from the disparate fields of psychology,
economics and game theory, along with fascinating social science
experiments. These invaluable tools can be applied to everyday
negotiations and transactions-from consumers hoping to obtain the
best price for a used car to executives trying to close a
multimillion-dollar deal. Intuitively accessible and reassuringly
persuasive, this is a vital guide to mastering the critical skills
of negotiation at the social, cultural and human level.
This book provides administrators in public and non-profit
organizations with direction and a framework from which to lead
their organizations effectively. Taking a global approach to the
issues administrators need to examine when managing a group of
employees at any level (including budgeting and expenditures,
forecasting, policy creation and execution, communication and
reporting), this book explores the driving forces in organizational
decision making. Author Nick Valcik takes a holistic view on
organizational management, beginning with the core aspects of
public organizations and the leadership competencies necessary to
manage an organization successfully. Designed to be used on
undergraduate and graduate courses in public administration and in
public affairs programs, the book discusses the basics of
organizational structure, delves into risk management issues, and
offers a set of tools that can be used by administrators to make
informed decisions based on actual data or documented processes.
Throughout the book, real world case studies provide students and
practitioners with a clear understanding of how exactly the right
decision tool may be applied when facing a particular decision in
any organization.
'Highly instructive . . . provides thoughtful analysis' Financial
Times 'Exactly what any prospective-or sitting-board member needs'
Arianna Huffington 'A must read . . . highly engaging . . . an
indispensable guide to how boards function, malfunction, and, most
importantly, should operate better' Mohamed A. El-Erian Corporate
boards have never been under greater pressure. They face hostility
from every quarter: society, investors, and regulators. A Harvard
study found that 51 percent of 18-29 year olds do not support
market capitalism; in 2018, the Founder-CEO of Blackrock, the
world's largest investor, warned CEOs of public companies that they
"must not only deliver financial performance but also show how it
makes a positive contribution to society;" On the 2020 campaign
trail, U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren applauded
such talk but warned that they expected action. HOW BOARDS WORK is,
at its core, about the need for corporate boards to fundamentally
change. Not least of which is the need for the boards and the
corporations that they lead to adapt to the rapid changes in
business, geopolitics, technology and societal norms currently
afoot. Most people, including business executives and employees,
even shareholders and many legislators, understand little about
what boards actually do. HOW BOARDS WORK will fill that vacuum by
bringing readers into boardrooms for an insider's view of the
tensions and shortcomings of boards, the conflicting priorities and
trade-offs they face, and why some fail and others succeed.
For decades business management teams have learned lessons and
absorbed wisdom from an array of disciplines - psychology,
sociology, biology and more - but philosophy, and the wisdom it
embodies, has long been overlooked. World-renowned business
philosopher Anders Indset wants to correct this oversight through
his mission to introduce practical philosophy into every
organisation. Intended as a source of inspiration, Philosophy@Work
explores the integration of philosophical tenets into the business
landscape, and how they can be applied to personal development, the
art of leadership and coping with the forces of change. Within its
pages are reflections from twenty-seven of the world's leading
business thinkers, including Dorie Clark, Erica Dhawan, Mark
Esposito, Stew Friedman, Marshall Goldsmith, Anil K. Gupta,
Gianpiero Petriglieri, Haiyan Wang and many more. Through articles,
interviews, and essays, they share their insights into the profound
impact philosophy can have on business. This is a starting point to
a world of practical applied philosophy, a first glimpse into the
beginning of a new era.
Bring your company into the digital era without compromising your
core business In The Digital Transformer's Dilemma: How to Energize
Your Core Business While Building Disruptive Products and Services,
the authors show companies how to go digital while also advancing
their core business. The book emphasizes how to strike a difficult
balance between establishing a new (digital) business and
re-vitalizing - and digitizing - the legacy business. The core of
the book is focused on the actual implementation of the digital
transformation across both businesses, providing concrete tips,
tricks, tools and action plans across six key dimensions: Crafting
a flexible organization Using technology as a driver Designing the
necessary processes Building transformational leaders
"Right-skilling" the workforce of the future Galvanizing cultural
change The Digital Transformer's Dilemma is a very visual book,
filled with dozens of engaging illustrations that bring the
contained concepts to life on the page. Based on 100+ interviews
with senior executives at leading companies (such as Nestle,
Novartis, Volkswagen, BNP Paribas, BASF and Michelin) and smaller
hidden champions, numerous illuminating case studies, and the
authors' own experience from working in international management
consulting and years of academic experience, the book highlights
the fundamental principles required for executives and
businesspeople to transform legacy organizations into digitally
empowered companies.
It's not what we know, but how we learn. This is the key that
Learning to Read the Signs uses in order to evaluate and apply
ideas and facts to one's organization life. The book asks the
reader to go back to and reclaim pragmatism: an activity of thought
involving four parts: Investigation, Hypothesis, Action, and
Testing. Pragmatism is a method of interpretation or inquiry which
offers to the thoughtful business practitioner a way to better
understand the reality in which we operate, to think critically and
creatively, and for business people to think together to make the
best use of all our perspectives and talents. Questions raised in
this book include: What are the signs telling us? Where are we
headed and why? Why are things going the way they are? What is our
purpose?
With the right mindset and insight, anyone can become a
millionaire. Are you tired of just paying bills until you die? Are
you wasting your life at a job that doesn't make you fulfilled or
financially secure? Then Future Proofing You: Twelve Truths for
Creating Opportunity, Maximizing Wealth, and Controlling Your
Destiny in an Uncertain World is for you. In this life-changing
book, celebrated author and entrepreneur Jay Samit, who's worked
with such visionaries as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Reid Hoffman, and
hundreds of successful entrepreneurs, shares the key understandings
and step-by-step process for becoming rich and never needing
another job again. To prove the power of his 12 Truths, Samit also
details the journey of how he mentored a broke millennial with
these principles and empowered him to go from being on welfare to
becoming a self-made millionaire in one year. Building upon the
principles in his internationally acclaimed book Disrupt You, Samit
explains: How to identify an idea and market to start your business
How to build a virtual company with little or no capital The latest
free software tools for managing your business Ways to get a piece
of a trillion-dollar opportunity bigger than mobile How to harness
the three primary fears of others to generate more sales Strategies
for finding the right mentors to accelerate your success Techniques
to structure any deal for creating recurring revenue and lasting
wealth This book is perfect for anyone who is tired of jobs with no
security, hopes to truly realize their professional and personal
potential, and is looking for a way to build a better life for them
and their family. Future Proofing You also belongs on the
bookshelves of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs everywhere who hope
to inspire their teams to become something greater than what they
already are.
"This is one of the most important Agile books since The Phoenix
Project." -Charles Betz, Principle Analyst, Forrester Research
Winner of the Bronze Medal in Leadership from the Axiom Business
Book Awards. It's no secret that we are living in the Digital Age.
Technology companies make up seven of the world's ten largest firms
by market capitalization. And the key to their success is the key
to all modern organizations. Jonathan Smart, business agility
practitioner, thought leader, and coach, reveals the patterns and
antipatterns that will help organizations from every industry
deliver better value sooner, safer, and happier through high levels
of engagement, inclusion, and empowerment. Through his decades of
experience in the technology world, Smart provides business leaders
with a blueprint for creating a world-class organization of the
future. Through Agile and Lean ways of working, business leaders
can empower teams to improve production, grow together, and create
better services for their customers. These better ways of working
have overflowed from the IT department to every corner of
successful organizations, taking root in every industry from
aerospace to accounting, insurance to shipping. This book is not
about software development. It is not a book about the computer
industry. This book is about applying agility across the entire
organization. It's a book that will put you at the front of change
and ahead of the competition. "A true business-wide perspective on
Digital Transformation and the need for whole business agility."
-Adam Banks, Non Executive Director and Former CTIO of AP Moller
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