En este libro te ofrecemos aquellas herramientas, que nuestra experiencia nos confirma que son necesarias para el éxito empresarial indistintamente de las características individuales de la empresa.
The "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table. Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a diverse array of business sectors, In Search of Excellence describes eight basic principles of management -- action-stimulating, people-oriented, profit-maximizing practices -- that made these organizations successful. Joining the HarperBusiness Essentials series, this phenomenal bestseller features a new Authors' Note, and reintroduces these vital principles in an accessible and practical way for today's management reader.
Benchmarking has become a key tool in the water industry to promote and achieve performance targets for utilities. The use of this tool for performance improvement through systematic search and adaptation of leading practices, has expanded globally during the past decade. Many ongoing projects worldwide aim to address different needs and objectives, in varying contexts, with outstanding results and impact. Benchmarking Water Services provides valuable information to everyone interested in benchmarking in the water industry. The text is aimed at utilities considering joining a benchmarking project, experienced practitioners in charge of organizing a benchmarking exercise, consultants, regulators and researchers. The document is presented with a clear practice oriented approach and can be used as a how-to-benchmark guide presented from different perspectives (participants, organizers, supervising bodies). Readers will gain practical insight on real life benchmarking practices and will benefit from the experiences gained in some of the leading benchmarking projects of the water industry (including the IWA-WSAA benchmarking efforts, the European Benchmarking Co-operation and the several benchmarking projects carried out in Austria and Central Europe). The manual also presents the new IWA Benchmarking Framework, which aims to harmonize the terms used to describe benchmarking and performance indicators practices in the water industry, guaranteeing a more fluent and efficient communication. This Manual of Best Practice is edited by the IWA Specialist Group on Benchmarking and Performance Assessment, and co-published by AWWA and IWA Publishing. Praise for Benchmarking Water Services: "The continual trend of conceptual to specifics throughout the book provides for an educational experience each time the book is either casually perused or carefully studied." "The authors (Cabrera, Haskins and Fritiz) diligently pursue the focus of improvement." "Benchmarking Water Services is an in depth and practical ‘must have’ guide for any utility currently engaged in or planning to develop a benchmarking process" - Gregory M. Baird (2012) Benchmarking: An International Journal 19:2. More information about the book can be found on the Water Wiki in an article written by the author: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/TheNewIWABenchmarkingFramework A Spanish language version of this book is available as a free eBook: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/eBookTitlesfromIWAPublishingFreetoDownload-Volume2#HBenchmarkingParaServiciosdeAgua
Planificar es decidir hoy lo que vamos a hacer en el futuro. Hay muchas razones para pensar que no solo merece la pena planificar sino que es totalmente necesario para la supervivencia de las pymes. Una de ellas es que está constatado que quien utiliza adecuadamente el plan de marketing aumenta la rentabilidad de su empresa. Y lo consigue porque el plan de marketing obliga a hacer una vigilancia más sistemática de la evolución del mercado y aumenta la capacidad de reacción ante los imprevistos. De ahí que el plan de marketing constituye una excelente «hoja de ruta» en la que, tras una importante reflexión y análisis, se plasman los objetivos de mercado que tiene la empresa (qué queremos conseguir), se definen las estrategias comerciales y de marketing (cómo hacerlo), se detallan las acciones que se van a poner en marcha para alcanzarlos (qué haremos) y se acuerda el presupuesto necesario para ello (con qué medios). Por ello, se muestra como un instrumento muy útil de implementación, justificación y control de las decisiones comerciales y de marketing. Las principales modificaciones introducidas en esta tercera edición consisten en que se hace un énfasis especial en la digitalización porque: está modificando las cadenas de valor de sus respectivos sectores; están incurriendo en ellos nuevos actores ajenos al mismo; y les está obligando a replantear su modelo de negocio. Por lo que el autor recomienda que cuando hablamos de marketing no debemos olvidar el marketing digital, que tanto impulso está cogiendo desde 2013. En otras palabras, el plan de marketing debe ser integral, es decir, off y on line. El libro El plan de marketing en la pyme está pensado por y para la pequeña y mediana empresa. Está escrito con la voluntad de ofrecer a la dirección de la pyme un instrumento de trabajo práctico, útil y eficaz que conduzca al lector paso a paso en la elaboración de un plan de marketing. Se trata de un libro de divulgación, cuya fuerza reside en haber incorporado dos planes de marketing reales (el de SDV Consultores y el de Coopaman) de dos empresas representativas de las pymes más pequeñas. La proximidad de los casos expuestos garantiza una lectura más interesante para gran parte de los gestores de pymes (99,12%), ya que el 5,18% son empresas pequeñas y el 93,94% restante son microempresas. Índice Prólogo.- Opiniones de profesionales sobre el libro.- Presentación.- Parte I: Presentación del plan de marketing.- Aportación del marketing a la PYME.- Importancia del plan de marketing para la PYME.- Parte II: Cómo tener éxito con su plan de marketing.- Cómo una PYME puede elaborar, con éxito, su plan de marketing.- Cómo hacer el seguimiento y el control del plan de marketing.- El plan de marketing de SDV Consultores.- Epílogo: Hacia una nueva era empresarial.- Bibliografía.
Vacant urban land--the product of land market activity, the actions of private agents, and the policies of public agents--is an important challenge for policy makers. Vacant lots on the urban fringe and in central and interstitial areas have affected growth patterns in Latin America. Contributors to this book analyze the problems and opportunities related to vacant urban land in five cities: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Quito, Ecuador; Lima, Perú; and San Salvador, El Salvador.
The 'Pocket Guide to Health Promotion' is a short, punchy and practical guide aimed at students and practitioners. The book includes precise definitions and examples of key concepts and methods in health promotion practice and a chapter by chapter description of the management planning, strategy selection, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programmes. Written in an accessible and concise style, the book offers the reader a practical and flexible resource that is ideal for students and practitioners looking to plan and implement health promotion activities. A must buy for those new to health promotion or who want a pocket guide to this core health activity. "Clearly written and practical, this excellent guide will prove indispensible to practitioners of health promotion globally, and a very useful starting point for students. It will be worth buying a pocket to put it in!" David Ross, Professor of Epidemiology and International Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK "The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion is easy to navigate with complex concepts in health promotion explained in a user-friendly way. Whether you are practicing health promotion or studying the discipline, this will be a welcome addition to any book shelf." Dr James Woodall, Co-Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research & Course Leader MSc Public Health, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an unrivalled account of its crucial subject. The third edition of Cities of Tomorrow is comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new literature published since its original appearance, and to view the 1990s in historical perspective. This is the definitive edition, reviewing the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth century.
KEY BENFIT:David's Strategic Managementoffers a skills-oriented, practitioner perspective that has been updated with modern cases to reflect current research and strategy. This text covers strategy formulation issues such as business ethics, global vs. domestic operations, vision/mission, matrix analysis, partnering, joint venturing, competitive analysis, and includes a brand new cohesion case on the Walt Disney Company. For management professionals, small business owners and others involved in business.
This book explores key metropolitan management issues, presents practical principles of good governance as they apply to the metropolis, and unfolds cases of institutional and programmatic arrangements to tackle such issues.