Industrial Management category: 1113 books
Workplace Democracy
An Inquiry into Employee Participation in Canadian Work Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1982
This book begins with a historical review of how authority in the Canadian workplace has changed over the past century. It proceeds to outline a theory of organization which provides a broad conceptual framework for the empirical analysis which follows. This theory is based on five concepts: the values...
Network and Discrete Location
Models, Algorithms, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Praise for the First Edition
This book is refreshing to read since it takes an important topic...
and presents it in a clear and concise manner by using examples that include visual presentations of the problem, solution methods, and results along with an explanation of the mathematical and procedural...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2004
Personality has always been a predictor of performance. This book of original chapters is designed to fulfill a need for a contemporary treatment of human personality in work organizations. Bringing together top scholars in the field, this book provides a comprehensive study of the role of personality...
Training and Assessing Non-Technical Skills
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
Providing a practical guide to the training and assessment of non-technical skills within high-risk industries, this book will be of direct interest to safety and training professionals working within aviation, healthcare, rail, maritime, and other high-risk industries. Currently, each of these industries...
Manufacturing Scheduling Systems
An Integrated View on Models, Methods and Tools
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
The book is devoted to the problem of manufacturing scheduling, which is the efficient allocation of jobs (orders) over machines (resources) in a manufacturing facility. It offers a comprehensive and integrated perspective on the different aspects required to design and implement systems to efficiently...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Aging and Work in the 21st Century, 2nd edition, reviews, summarizes, and integrates existing literature from various disciplines with regard to aging and work, but with a focus on recent advances in the field. Chapter authors, all leading experts within their respective areas, provide recommendations...
The Best Place to Work
The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
For readers of Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, and Freakonomics, comes a captivating and surprising journey through the science of workplace excellence.
Why do successful companies reward failure?
What can casinos teach us about building a happy workplace?
How do you design an office that enhances...
Summary of The Third Wave
by Steve Case | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
**Summary of The Third Wave by Steve Case | Includes Analysis **
Preview:
The Third Wave relates AOL co-founder and former CEO Steve Case’s reflections on his career and the future of the technology industry in America. Part memoir, part analysis of the industry, The...
Managing Motivation
A Manager's Guide to Diagnosing and Improving Motivation
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2008
This slim motivation guidebook was written to bridge the gap between the academic research on motivation and to present it in a form that is useful to the practicing manager. In essence, the book presents a theory of motivation and how to use it without ever mentioning the word "theory"....
Uso, disuso, riuso. Criteri e modalità per il riuso dei rifiuti come materiale per l'edilizia
Criteri e modalità per il riuso dei rifiuti come materiale per l'edilizia
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Questo primo report esplora un percorso di ricerca per verificare se, come e in che misura determinati rifiuti, opportunamente selezionati, possano, se adeguatamente trattati, essere oggetto di riuso (e non riciclo e/o recupero) per realizzare altri e differenti prodotti richiesti dal mercato. In...
An Intelligent Career
Taking Ownership of Your Work and Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Written by three career experts, An Intelligent Career is a playbook for the modern knowledge worker, providing a complete guide that will allow workers to take a composite, dynamic view of a life's work in the 21st century. "Knowledge work" is fundamental in today's economy. It is the basis...
The Anatomy of Ethical Leadership
To Lead Our Organizations in a Conscientious and Authentic Manner
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Performance at all costs, productivity without regard to consequences, and a competitive work environment: these are the ethical factors discussed in The Anatomy of Ethical Leadership, which highlights issues in workplace culture while looking into a brighter future for labour ethics. Langlois maintains...
Leadership - What Really Matters
A Handbook on Systemic Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2011
What does really matter for daily leadership? How would a good and effective manager be characterized? Daniel F. Pinnow describes in a very illustrative way the essentials of collaborating with people in the business environment. This standard reference book exists as a 4th edition in German and is...
Adaptability
The Art of Winning In An Age of Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Adaptability is the key human trait. The ability to adapt faster and smarter than the situation is what makes the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win. Our history is a story of adaptation and change. And in this time of brutal competition and economic uncertainty, it has...