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2012.
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1 online resource (284 pages).
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"Japanese management styles and their relationship to Japanese business success have been aridly studied and analysed in the West, but rarely do Western observers understand fully the importance of cultural and historical factors in the Japanese economic miracle. This book provides a unique insight into the unseen world of Japanese business by intertwining the history, growth and performance of ASICS, a major Japanese corporation, with the life of...
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[2020]
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1 online resource
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""Assignment: Pentagon" is the essential guide for the newly assigned military person, fresh civilian, or interested outsider to the Pentagon's informal set of arrangements, networks, and functions that operate in the service and joint service world."--
3) Organization development in the largest global organization: the history of OD in the U.S. military
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Publication Date
[2022]
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1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : illustrations.
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"The U.S. military, as the core constituent of the Department of Defense, collectively represents the largest and most complex organization on earth. As such, the U.S. military implemented the largest formal OD programs in the world. These programs, from inception to present day, utilized diverse and evolving OD intervention typologies to garner congruence with the environment. The research for this book, accomplished using an inductive, grounded...
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Fully aligned with the latest 2006 Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) for both the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Association of Project Management (APM), this book is a vital study aid for any Project Management Professional (PMP) qualification and reference that practising project managers will want to keep to hand. Each of the core project management topics and principles is explained and applied through a careful balance...
6) Managing
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Henry Mintzberg first became a star with his 1973 classic book, The Nature of Managerial Work, which overturned many standard views of what managers do and how they do it. Since then, Mintzberg has written many other important and bestselling books, such as The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning and Managers Not MBAs. In this new book Mintzberg provides the most comprehensive, most authoritative, and most revealing examination of managing yet written....
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The author appreciates that managers are busy people. So he has taken his classic book Managing, done some updating, and distilled its essence into this shortened text. The essence of the book remains the same: what the author has learned from observing twenty-nine managers in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. The book considers the intense dynamics of this job as well as its inescapable conundrums, for example: How is...
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Publication Date
2003
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133 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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Introducing the concept of Total Risk Management as the key method for reducing risk, this work explains the connection between project management (the job) and commercial management (the contract), and the need for running them in tandem. It aims to make the reader learn to appreciate the commercial dimensions of important projects.
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2020.
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1 online resource.
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Monografia zawiera artykuły z obszaru nauk o zarządzaniu i jakości, przygotowane przez badaczy wywodzących się z głównych ośrodków naukowych w kraju. Składa się z dwudziestu tekstów, w których omówiono bieżące kwestie dotyczące zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem - zarówno z perspektywy teorii, jak i praktyki. Z punktu widzenia zawartości merytorycznej w książce wyodrębniono trzy części. Pierwsza jest poświęcona...
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[2015]
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1 online resource
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All projects are inherently risky, and especially complex ones can potentially be the downfall for even the most experienced project manager. From technical challenges to resource issues to overwhelming and unrealistic deadlines to the rarely dependable commitment of your subcontractors, any number of things can go completely wrong--any day of the week! Therefore, perhaps the most essential component of every project manager's job is the ability to...
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Publication Date
2015.
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1 online resource (243 pages)
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Disruptive incidents can affect any organisation and occur at any moment. ICT outages, cyber attacks, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, pandemics, supply chain failures and other unexpected events can all affect productivity and in many cases place a company's survival in serious jeopardy. This book examines the three essential components of validating a business continuity plan - exercising, maintenance and review - and outlines a controlled...
17) Management
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2014
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1 online resource
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The strength of any organization is determined by the quality of its managers. What they do and how they do it is the key determinant of corporate success. Luckily, great managers are made ... not born. In this concise book, success expert Brian Tracy reveals how to become invaluable to your company by boosting your managerial skills. You'll learn how to set performance standards; delegate productively; define key result areas; concentrate attention...
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A practical on-the-job resource for project managers in any industry, The Project Management Tool Kit has helped get countless projects completed on time and on budget. Now in an extensively revised third edition, this indispensable resource enables you to succeed amid shifting priorities, budget cuts, interruptions, and other obstacles. The book addresses 100 specific project challenges, including all of the processes identified in the fifth edition...





