Industrial Management category: 1113 books
Performance Management for Different Employee Groups
A Contribution to Employment Systems Theory
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2009
Manage managers based on competencies and informal networks – Set task-based output goals for professional specialists – Control temporary workers at the agency level – Ensure that contractors are managed effectively as part of boundary-crossing networks.
This book provides a framework...
Design Science Research
A Method for Science and Technology Advancement
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Consolidating existing knowledge in Design Science, this book proposes a new research method to aid the exploration of design and problem solving within business, science and technology. It seeks to overcome a dichotomy that exists in the field between theory and practice to enable researches to find...
Product Lifecycle Management (Volume 2)
The Devil is in the Details
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
This second volume moves beyond a general introduction to product lifecycle management (PLM) and its principal elements to provide a more in-depth analysis of the subjects introduced in Volume 1 (21st Century Paradigm for Product Realisation).
Providing insights into the emergence of PLM and...
Emotional Labor in the 21st Century
Diverse Perspectives on Emotion Regulation at Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
This book reviews, integrates, and synthesizes research on emotional labor and emotion regulation conducted over the past 30 years. The concept of emotional labor was first proposed by Dr. Arlie Russell Hochschild (1983), who defined it as "the management of feeling to create a publicly observable...
by Stephan Proksch
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
This book draws on a wide range of practical examples to describe how conflicts within organisations are traditionally managed and the complementary conflict management methods that can be employed. Stephan Proksch clearly explains these innovative methods and their potential applications. The central...
Team Leadership in High-Hazard Environments
Performance, Safety and Risk Management Strategies for Operational Teams
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Safety performance is a complicated issue, particularly in high-hazard environments, where time and other constraints can be amplified, and result in numerous impacts. From an organizational and business perspective, safety and production/performance are often seen as competing goals. When production...
Project Management Simplified
A Step-by-Step Process
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
Are projects a problem for you? Do your projects cost too much, take too long, or are just not quite right? If so, Project Management Simplified: A Step-by-Step Process is the book for you. It applies well-defined processes for managing projects to managing change in our lives. It describes an approach modeled on a process used successfully in busi
by John Stark
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
This third volume provides an executive overview of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and details the roles that executives play in PLM initiatives. This book also explains why PLM emerged, why it is so important, the principles of PLM strategy, and the typical steps in a PLM initiative. Throughout...
by Andre Costin
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2008
Managing Difficult Projects pulls together the principles and practice of project management and presents useful diagnostic approaches, tools and structures in a clear and practical way.
The book focuses on the diagnosis and resolution of “difficult” problems whether in large or small complex...
by Harun Pirim, Umar Al-Turki, Bekir Sami Yilbas
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
This book introduces general supply chain terminology particularly for novice readers, state of the art supply chain management and optimization issues and problems in manufacturing. The book provides insights for making supply chain decisions, planning and scheduling through supply chain network....
by Thomas D. Schneid, Shelby L. Schneid
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
The goal of this book is to prepare safety and health professionals to recognize and address human resource issues, applicable laws and regulations, as well as change management techniques used to alter the safety culture within their operations. This book will provide awareness to avoid or address...
Performance Management im Wandel
Sollten Unternehmen ihre Mitarbeiterbeurteilungen abschaffen?
Language: German
Release Date: January 8, 2018
Das vorliegende essential befasst sich mit der Beurteilung von Mitarbeitern und gibt einen Überblick über den neuesten Stand von Forschung und Praxis. Dazu werden die Ergebnisse einer Befragung von 125 Unternehmen zum Thema „Mitarbeiterbeurteilung im Wandel“ vorgestellt, die mit Unterstützung...
Strategie und Management produzierender Unternehmen
Handbuch Produktion und Management 1
Language: German
Release Date: November 26, 2010
Produzierende Unternehmen stehen heute in einem Spannungsfeld, das von unterschiedlichen Anspruchsgruppen und einer hohen wirtschaftlichen Dynamik geprägt ist. Daher ist es wichtig, Entscheidungen unter Berücksichtigung aller relevanten Aspekte schnell und sicher zu treffen. Das Nachschlagewerk...
Management und die Liebe
Plädoyer für eine humanistisch geprägte Führung
Language: German
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Dieses Buch identifiziert eine überraschende Quelle für ein zukunftsfähiges Management: Die Liebe. – Nicht die romantische Liebe, sondern die Liebe als thematische Klammer für Qualitäten, ohne die Führungskräfte nicht auskommen werden: emotionaler Reichtum, Akzeptanz für die Grenzen der...