Strategic Management (color)
Strategic Management (color)

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Published: 2020-08-18

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 9781949373943

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Strategic Management (2020) is a 325-page open educational resource designed as an introduction to the key topics and themes of strategic management. The open textbook is intended for a senior capstone course in an undergraduate business program and suitable for a wide range of undergraduate business students including those majoring in marketing, management, business administration, accounting, finance, real estate, business information technology, and hospitality and tourism. The text presents examples of familiar companies and personalities to illustrate the different strategies used by today's firms and how they go about implementing those strategies. It includes case studies, end of section key takeaways, exercises, and links to external videos, and an end-of-book glossary. The text is ideal for courses which focus on how organizations operate at the strategic level to be successful. Students will learn how to conduct case analyses, measure organizational performance, and conduct external and internal analyses.

Managing from Clarity
Managing from Clarity

Author: James L. Ritchie-Dunham

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2001-08-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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From the Backcover: 'Most organizations can't execute strategy. Complexity is their enemy. Managing from Clarity provides a roadmap for introducing systems thinking to your organization. Read it; it's a snapshot of how strategy will be managed in the 21st Century.' David P. Norton, President, Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, co-author of the best-selling The Balanced Scorecard and The Strategy-Focused Organization 'If you're not a systems thinker, you're not a good business leader. A few born leaders do it through intuition. For all the rest, there's Managing from Clarity. The book will spell out for you how to build your strategic agenda and how to align your leadership team around it.' Francis Gouillart, CEO, Emergence Consulting, co-author of the best-selling Transforming the Organization 'this book [turns] the art of system dynamics interventions into science for the first time. For those of us who live the successes and the frustrations of organizations every day, this is a gift.' Jorge Rufat-Latre, Director, Strategos 'a powerful set of ideas and frameworks for anyone with strategic responsibility.' Kim Warren, Teaching Fellow, Strategic & International Management, London Business School, author of Competitive Strategy Dynamics 'Finally, someone has harnessed the power of System Dynamics and crafted it into a useful tool for strategy development and strategic management . . . [this book] demonstrates the potential insight that can come from systems thinking and its power to align an organization around a single view of the business model and strategic direction.' Michael J. Puleo, Director, Deloitte Consulting 'combine[s] the conceptual insights from the academic literature with the savvy of consultants to provide a sound approach to managing any organization.' James S. Dyer, The Fondren Centennial Chair in Business, University of Texas at Austin 'an intelligent and vivid introduction to an extremely powerful set of concepts and tools for strategy development.' Andreas Koch, Principal, L.E.K. Consulting

Management Information Systems
Management Information Systems

Author: James C. Emery

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780195043921

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Most businesses don't make the most of their management information system, often using MIS only to handle routine transactions like payroll and billing, failing to grasp both the power and limitations of information technology. This book tells managers what they need to know to play an effective role in the deployment and operation of an information system, revealing how they can use these systems to enhance performance at all levels: operational, where the work gets done, as well as tactical and strategic, where policy and planning are shaped. In nontechnical language, with myriad concrete examples, this book shows how an effective MIS can help a firm work smarter--going beyond merely reducing clerical staff to helping management gain an important strategic advantage in the marketplace.

The Strategic Managing of Human Resources
The Strategic Managing of Human Resources

Author: John Leopold

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9780273713869

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Starting from the premise that managing human resources strategically is crucial for long term organizational success, this work is essential reading for both future line managers as well as specialist Human Resource Managers.

Management and Leadership in Social Work
Management and Leadership in Social Work

Author: Todd W. Rofuth

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780826130679

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Full of expert guidance on leadership and management, this unique book is geared specifically to the needs of social work administrators, educators and practitioners in both academic and agency settings. The contents are fully comprehensive and encompass both theoretical approaches to management and leadership plus a wide variety of practical strategies that can be directly applied to practice. Topics blend the art and science of leadership and management and incorporate all competencies and practice behaviors required by Network for Social Work Management (NSWM) and Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). These include understanding different leadership styles, practicing self-reflection and self-care, methods to motivate teams and mentor others, developing strategic plans, understanding financial management, marketing, fundraising, human resources, program evaluations, community collaboration, and much more. Additionally, the text illustrates the parallels/disparities between social work practice skills, knowledge, and ethics, and those of leadership and management. Instructor resources include PowerPoints for each chapter, lecture notes, and sample syllabi. Print version of the book includes free, searchable, digital access to entire contents. KEY FEATURES: Geared specifically to the needs of social work educators and practitioners in academic and agency settings Incorporates all competencies and practice behaviors required by NSWM and CSWE as cited in each chapter Discusses the differences between management and leadership along with best practices Fosters knowledge and skill development through the use of competency-based real-life cases, self-reflective exercises, and thought-provoking questions Offers examples of how to motivate and work with different age cohorts, community groups, and other stakeholders Addresses the challenges of financial management and fundraising Exhibits specific problem-solving and decision-making strategies

Service Chain Management
Service Chain Management

Author: Christos Voudouris

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 3540755047

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Service chain management enables service organisations to improve customer satisfaction and reduce operational costs. In this book, Christos Voudouris and his BT colleagues together with experts from industry and academia present the latest innovations and technologies used to manage the operations of a service company. The viewpoints presented are based on the BT experience and on associated research and development. Service chain management is looked at both from the enterprise perspective and from the standpoints of the service professional and customer. The focus is on real-world challenges.

Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management

Author: John B. Miner

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 760

ISBN-13:

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A detailed overview of human resource management from a strategic perspective is provided in this text. To illustrate this approach, a human resource management model is tied to the strategic planning process, and then this model is utilized throughout the book to explain how subjects interrelate. By introducing key definitions, concepts and background in the beginning of the text, students have a foundation for understanding the later discussions on strategic management, strategic planning, portfolio planning, and strategy-human resource linkages. Also emphasized is human resource issues outside of the human resource departments. Subsequent chapters review the relationships among various human resource management activities, the organization's strategies, and the company's external influences, including labour force characteristics, governmental regulations, labour unions, and cultural variations. This text also evaluates how to align corporate strategy and human resource practice by considering various approaches to cost/benefit analysis and the costing of human research activities.

Strategic Human Resource Development
Strategic Human Resource Development

Author: Jim Grieves

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2003-02-18

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780761949442

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By challenging the reactive, prescriptive and formulaic theories of late 20th century change management, Strategic Human Resource Development seeks to draw the boundaries for a new discipline that views change as an internal and proactive approach to organizations.

The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital
The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital

Author: David A. Klein

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-11-03

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1136355936

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The fourth in the readers' series Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy, The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital analyzes the link between the strategic and operational roles of intellectual capital in the organization. The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital is the perfect resource for the growing number of companies pursuing a strategic approach to managing their intellectual capital and harnessing and leveraging their knowledge, experience, and expertise more systematically to attain a competitive advantage.