Industrial Management category: 1113 books
The Price of Everything
Finding Method in the Madness of What Things Cost
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Everything has a price, but it isn't always obvious what that price is.
Many of the prices we pay seem to make little sense. We shell out $2.29 for a coffee at Starbucks when a nearly identical brew can be had at the corner deli for less than a dollar. We may be less willing to give blood for...
The Org
The Underlying Logic of the Office
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
We create organizations because we need to get a job done--something we couldn't do alone--and join them because we're inspired by their missions (and our paycheck). But once we're inside, these organizations rarely feel inspirational. Instead, we're often baffled by what we encounter: clueless managers,...
Joy, Inc.
How We Built a Workplace People Love
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2013
The moment you walk into Menlo Innovations, you can sense the atmosphere full of energy, playfulness, enthusiasm, and maybe even . . . joy. As a package-delivery person once remarked, “I don’t know what you do, but whatever it is, I want to work here.”
Every year, thousands of...
Big Potatoes
The London Manifesto for Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
When it was first published in January 2010, the Big Potatoes manifesto quickly created an international circle of enthusiasts – people who believed, and still believe, that the pace of technological innovation in the West is too slow. Now, a little later, what the Economist (12 January 2013) has...
A Bigger Prize
How We Can Do Better than the Competition
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Get into the best schools. Land your next big promotion. Dress for success. Run faster. Play tougher. Work harder. Keep score. And whatever you do-make sure you win.
Competition runs through every aspect of our lives today. From the cubicle to the race track, in business and love, religion...
Working Together
How Workplace Bonds Strengthen a Diverse Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2003
The typical workplace is a hotbed of human relationships--of friendships, conflicts, feuds, alliances, partnerships, coexistence and cooperation. Here, problems are solved, progress is made, and rifts are mended because they need to be - because the work has to get done. And it has to get done among...
by Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Robert Steven Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Self-awareness is the bedrock of emotional intelligence that enables you to see your talents, shortcomings, and potential. But you won't be able to achieve true self-awareness with the usual quarterly feedback and self-reflection alone.
This book will teach you how to understand your thoughts...
Power Score
Your Formula for Leadership Success
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
ghSMART, the bestselling team behind Who: The A Method for Hiring, returns with a breakthrough formula for how the best leaders and teams deliver results.
“ghSMART is the world’s top firm for helping leaders hire talented teams and run them at full power. Nothing is more important.”—Marshall...
Summary and Analysis of Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
Based on the Book by Charles Duhigg
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Smarter Faster Better tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Charles Duhigg’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.
This...
The Psychology of Fear in Organizations
How to Transform Anxiety into Well-being, Productivity and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
In the context of global economic recession, fear has become institutionalized in many organizations, both in the private and public sectors. Board directors are under pressure from shareholders, senior executives are attempting to maintain sales in a nervous market and many people are concerned about...
The CEO’s Playbook
Turning the Employees You Have into the Dream Team You Always Wanted
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Explains changes and revolutions in business trends, and how to keep up
Reveals the biggest barriers to business success
Teaches leaders how to bridge communication barriers within their team
Offers simple and elegant tools to approach (and answer) any business and team question a leader may face
Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science
Strategies and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2007
Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science fills the gap between 21st century literature on evaluation and what is happening in practice. It features detailed examples of how evaluations actually unfold in practice to develop people, programs, and organizations. Commonly accepted strategies for practicing evaluation are outlined, followed by comprehe
Mitarbeiter wirksam motivieren
Mitarbeitermotivation mit der Macht der Psychologie
Language: German
Release Date: September 27, 2018
Dieses kompakte Buch zeigt Ihnen aktuelle Erkenntnisse der Psychologie zur Motivation von Mitarbeitern, mit denen Sie die Arbeitsleistung um 20 bis 40 Prozent steigern können! – Dies ist dringend nötig, denn Mitarbeiter verbringen laut Studien häufig die Hälfte ihrer Arbeitszeit unproduktiv,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Human and organizational factors have a substantial impact on the performance of planning and scheduling processes. Despite widespread and advanced decision support systems, human decision makers are still crucial to improve the operational performance in manufacturing industries. In this text, the...