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Books > Academic & Education > University Of Johannesburg > Management

Practising Strategy - A Southern African Context (Paperback, 2nd Edition): Peet Venter, Tersia Botha Practising Strategy - A Southern African Context (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
Peet Venter, Tersia Botha 7
R674 R594 Discovery Miles 5 940 Save R80 (12%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Given the common acknowledgement that strategy implementation is the greatest challenge to managers in the 21st century and the greatest reason for strategy failure we decided to focus on strategy implementation. Rather than promoting the unrealistic idea of strategy as a purely rational and deliberate outcome, this book acknowledges and explores the idea that strategy is often emergent, messy and experimental.

The 2nd edition of this book offers five key approaches:

  • It focuses on strategy implementation and not just on the thinking and analytical aspects of strategic management.
  • It explores the idea that strategy is often emergent, messy and experimental, unlike other strategic management books, which unrealistically portray it as a neat, analytical and rational process.
  • It unpacks the recent concept that other strategists, not only just senior management, influence strategic direction.
  • It recognises strategy as something people do rather than something an organisation possesses. Since people are building blocks of strategy, it is a cognitive and political activity.
  • It uses primary research conducted among southern African top and middle managers and draws on these managerial perspectives to enrich the text with first-hand accounts of strategy experience.

The second edition features a number of new chapters, focusing on strategy implementation and change management, resource allocation and responsible leadership. It also includes a more detailed coverage of managing strategic risk.

Managing Human Resource Development - A Strategic Learning Approach (Paperback, 5th Edition): Marius Meyer Managing Human Resource Development - A Strategic Learning Approach (Paperback, 5th Edition)
Marius Meyer 1
R1,322 R1,070 Discovery Miles 10 700 Save R252 (19%) In Stock

This book is about the most important and valuable resource of today, the management and development of human resources. The authors of this publication have attempted to scan the horizon of international best practices in the field of human resource development.

The authors have identified international best practices and integrated them into the principles of the National Qualifications Framework and South African Qualifications Authority requirements, and also aligned with the National Skills Development Strategy vision for 2015.

Small Business Management - Launching and Growing Entrepreneurial Values (Paperback, S.A. Edition): Nkoana Radipere, Justin... Small Business Management - Launching and Growing Entrepreneurial Values (Paperback, S.A. Edition)
Nkoana Radipere, Justin Longenecker
R910 R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Save R198 (22%) In Stock

Small Business Management lays out, step by step, the knowledge and insights needed to lead and manage a small business. It provides instruction and guidance that will greatly improve your odds for success as you take your own entrepreneurial journey. This edition presents the best information available today about launching and growing small businesses in South Africa.

Retail Management - A South African Perspective (Paperback, 2nd Edition): N. Terblanche Retail Management - A South African Perspective (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
N. Terblanche 2
R529 R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Save R40 (8%) Ships in 7 - 11 working days
Information Technology Project Management (Paperback, 8th edition): Kathy Schwalbe Information Technology Project Management (Paperback, 8th edition)
Kathy Schwalbe
R1,309 R1,171 Discovery Miles 11 710 Save R138 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Gain a strong understanding of IT project management as you learn to apply today's most effective project management tools and techniques with the unique approach found in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 8E. This book emphasizes the latest developments and skills to help you prepare for the Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exams. While this edition reflect content from the latest the PMBOK (R) Guide, it goes well beyond the Guide to provide a meaningful context for project management. Hundreds of timely examples highlight IT projects, while quick quizzes, discussion questions, exercises, and ongoing cases reinforce your learning. Time-saving template files assist in completing tasks. Examples from familiar companies featured in today's news, an Agile case, MindView software, and a guide to using Microsoft Project 2013 help you master IT project management skills that are marketable around the globe.

Introduction To Business Management (Paperback, 11th Edition): Barney Erasmus, Sharon Rudansky-Kloppers, Johan Strydom Introduction To Business Management (Paperback, 11th Edition)
Barney Erasmus, Sharon Rudansky-Kloppers, Johan Strydom 2
R726 R595 Discovery Miles 5 950 Save R131 (18%) In Stock

Introduction to Business Management 11e offers an overview of business management within the South African context. The textbook is written for undergraduate students who are doing a course in introductory business management as part of their degree or diploma at a university or university of technology.

Features:

  • Using features such as Small Business Perspectives, and Critical Thinking boxes, the new edition of Introduction to Business Management provides an accessible overview of business management in the South African context.
  • Changes to legislation that impacts on business
  • Updates on corporate social investment
  • New examples and case studies that reflect changes to the business environment
Entrepreneurship a South African Perspective (Paperback, 3rd edition): G. Nieman, C. Nieuwenhuizen Entrepreneurship a South African Perspective (Paperback, 3rd edition)
G. Nieman, C. Nieuwenhuizen
R760 R699 Discovery Miles 6 990 Save R61 (8%) Ships in 7 - 10 working days

Entrepreneurship - a South African perspective provides an overview of entrepreneurship and important related topics in the field of entrepreneurship. In addition it is a guide to becoming a successful entrepreneur. It describes and illustrates new venture creation within a South African context: the start-up process, the growth stages and the challenges in the maturity phase of the business. It provides exercises, activities and numerous case studies based on the latest research in South Africa. In this third edition of Entrepreneurship all the chapters have been updated, and some chapters, including those on corporate entrepreneurship, e-business and the resource requirements of legal and related aspects, have been substantially revised. To provide a more practical context, profiles of typical entrepreneurs are also included. Contents include the following: Seeing, locating, measuring and opening the window of opportunity; Developing the business plan; Determining the resources required; Fair trade, competition and consumer protection; The role of national government in developing and enabling the small business environment; Controlling and planning for growth; Key issues of business success or failure; E-commerce opportunities; Corporate entrepreneurship in South Africa. Entrepreneurship is aimed at undergraduate students at all higher education institutions in South Africa, as well as managers, management consultants and trainees, developers and presenters of in-house business courses.

Hospitality Industry Handbook On Legal Requirements For Hospitality Businesses (Paperback, 4th Edition): Lisa Gordon-Davis,... Hospitality Industry Handbook On Legal Requirements For Hospitality Businesses (Paperback, 4th Edition)
Lisa Gordon-Davis, Peter Cumberlege
R567 R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Save R68 (12%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Hoteliers, restaurateurs, licensees and catering managers will, in the course of their work, enter into many legal relationships with other parties whilst at the same time being required to adhere to all of the statutory laws that apply to their business. A sound knowledge of the law is therefore important to the professional owner or manager, as are knowledge of business management and the fundamental skills of the profession.

Foodservice Management: Principles and Practices, Global Edition (Paperback, 13th edition): June Payne-Palacio, Monica Theis Foodservice Management: Principles and Practices, Global Edition (Paperback, 13th edition)
June Payne-Palacio, Monica Theis
R1,980 Discovery Miles 19 800 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

For courses in foodservice management or administration; hospitality management; quantity food production and/or purchasing; foodservice accounting/financial management; menu planning; foodservice marketing/merchandising, or related topics.

Authored by leading industry experts with years of teaching experience, the Thirteenth Edition of Foodservice Management: Principles and Practices offers a comprehensive, current, and practical overview of foodservice operations and business principles. Covering topics like food safety, human resources, finance, equipment, design, marketing, and filled with real-life case studies, this text gives college students a deep understanding of the issues they will face in any type of foodservice operation. Rich with graphics and photos, its visually appealing design is organized for maximum student engagement and understanding.

This edition has been updated to reflect new trends in sustainability and food safety issues.

The hospitality industry handbook on nutrition and menu planning (Paperback, 2nd ed): L. Gordon-Davis, van Rensburg L. The hospitality industry handbook on nutrition and menu planning (Paperback, 2nd ed)
L. Gordon-Davis, van Rensburg L.
R750 R660 Discovery Miles 6 600 Save R90 (12%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

South Africa's hospitality industry has to cater for extremely diverse nutritional needs - those of foreign tourists, as well as South Africans from all cultural and religious sectors. Eating patterns and trends are constantly changing and it is a challenge to ensure that healthy and nutritional meals are planned and prepared - whether cooking for hundreds of guests, customers or for families at home. Nutrition principles, dietary guidelines and ideas on how to fully utilise South African food resources are explored in this practical and interactive hospitality industry handbook and it concludes with a detailed section on menus and menu planning activities.

Harnessing Value in the Supply Chain - Strategic Sourcing in Action (Hardcover): E Banfield Harnessing Value in the Supply Chain - Strategic Sourcing in Action (Hardcover)
E Banfield
R4,063 Discovery Miles 40 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A definitive roadmap for implementing effective supply chain management

Strategic sourcing redefines the traditional approach to buying and using materials and services. Purchasing and supplier programs are receiving substantial attention in current professional literature, but there is little information on implementing supplier strategies and techniques.

Harnessing Value in the Supply Chain offers a specific, step-by-step approach to the strategic sourcing process, developed by the author at Southern California Edison. This unique reference provides expert guidance on designing, launching, executing, evaluating, and maintaining a sourcing project. It includes illustrations, examples, and templates for immediate use. Finally, supply chain management and strategic sourcing are presented in a usable, comprehensive, and cost-effective framework.

To illustrate this approach, the book describes the experience of Southern California Edison, a utility company that achieved $150 million in annual cost reduction through a strategic sourcing program. The story is told from the perspective of the people who led the revolutionary change at SCE, as wellas the suppliers. A detailed method on how to duplicate SCE's success is included in the book.

This book is unique in that it fully traces a strategic sourcing initiative from conception to implementation—and it is the only book that documents the SCE story. Harnessing Value in the Supply Chain is a powerful tool that will help organizations optimize their resources and develop relationships to sustain effective supply chain management.

Human Resource Champions - The Next Agenda for Adding Value and Delivering Results (Hardcover): David Ulrich Human Resource Champions - The Next Agenda for Adding Value and Delivering Results (Hardcover)
David Ulrich
R912 R775 Discovery Miles 7 750 Save R137 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For companies striving to meet the competitive challenges of today and tomorrow - including globalization, technology, profitability through growth, and capacity for change - the management of human resources holds the key to future success. Ulrich urges a shift of the HR professional's mentality from "what I do" to "what I deliver" and identifies four distinct roles that human resources staff must assume in order to make the transition: strategic partner, administrative expert, employee champion, and change agent. Full of examples from dozens of companies that have transformed their HR functions, Human Resource Champions provides hands-on tools that show HR professionals how they can operate in all four areas simultaneously. It offers specific recommendations for HR staff and line managers about how to establish a partnership to deliver value and make their organizations more competitive.

Slicing Pie Handbook - Perfectly Fair Equity Splits for Bootstrapped Startups (Paperback): Mike Moyer Slicing Pie Handbook - Perfectly Fair Equity Splits for Bootstrapped Startups (Paperback)
Mike Moyer
R436 Discovery Miles 4 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Entrepreneurs and early-stage company participants get taken advantage of so frequently that we hardly notice. Bad equity deals are the rule, not the exception. The Slicing Pie Handbook outlines a framework for perfectly fair equity splits for early-stage, bootstrapped startup companies.

Based on model popularized by the book Slicing Pie.

The Slicing Pie Handbook will help you determine the right share for people who contribute the things you need to start your company including help, equipment, supplies, rent and even credit. You will learn how to fairly allocate equity when people contribute and how to fairly recover equity when people leave the company.

The Performance Management Handbook For Emerging Markets (Paperback): Mark Bussin The Performance Management Handbook For Emerging Markets (Paperback)
Mark Bussin
R801 Discovery Miles 8 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There are thousands of books and gurus on the subject of performance management. Yet, there are so few examples of where it is practised well.

Everyone knows what performance management is, have read the books, have heard the gurus, yet there are so few outstanding success stories. This book is different for the following reasons:

  • It is based on years of personal experience in implementing hundreds of performance management systems in companies.
  • Contributors to the book have actually done and experienced what they are writing about, with particular experience in emerging markets.
  • It is underpinned by empirical research.
  • It is practical and, for once, tells you how to do it, with no missing steps or information. There are tool kits, forms and check lists that can be used instantly.
  • It is written in plain English with no bamboozling jargon, with many practical examples and templates that you can amend to suit your needs.

It also includes practical examples of different types of performance appraisal methodologies, namely the Outputs Approach; Traditional Approach; Balanced Scorecard and Multirater/360o.

Carriage of Goods by Sea (Paperback, 7th edition): John Wilson Carriage of Goods by Sea (Paperback, 7th edition)
John Wilson
R1,986 Discovery Miles 19 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is the definitive guide to all aspects of this important part of International Trade Law. Relied upon by generations of students and practitioners alike, this market leading text is renowned for combining a critical, in-depth examination of all aspects of the law relating to the carriage of goods by sea.

Managing Human Resources, Global Edition (Paperback, 8th edition): Luis Gomez-Mejia, David Balkin, Robert Cardy Managing Human Resources, Global Edition (Paperback, 8th edition)
Luis Gomez-Mejia, David Balkin, Robert Cardy
R999 R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Save R800 (80%) Ships in 7 - 10 working days

Prepare future managers with an understanding of HR skills. Managing Human Resources gives future managers a solid business understanding of human resource management skills. The approach used in this text makes human resources relevant to anyone who has to deal with HR issues in the workplace, even those who do not hold the title of manager. The 8th Edition is updated to include new introductory vignettes, new case studies, and a focus on emerging trends in HR.

Understanding Food - Principles and Preparation (Hardcover, 5th edition): Amy Brown Understanding Food - Principles and Preparation (Hardcover, 5th edition)
Amy Brown
R1,366 R1,155 Discovery Miles 11 550 Save R211 (15%) Special order

UNDERSTANDING FOOD: PRINCIPLES AND PREPARATION is your introductory guide to learning about foods, food preparation, food service, and food science. Integrating these key topics with relevant information about nutrition and the food industry, the Fifth Edition gives you a thorough overview of the different dimensions of food principles-and insight into the variety of career options available in the food industry. Numerous photographs and illustrations help you understand and apply what you read.

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