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This book provides a fundamental and practical introduction to Enterprise Engineering, demonstrating how to employ this approach to map the essence of an organization at the core level of internal cooperation.

This book explores the theoretical foundations and applications of military operational logistics (OpLog). OpLog theory has two facets: qualitative and quantitative.The qualitative facet is imbedded in the theory of operational level of war or operational art.

It provides conceptual frameworksand simple tools for identifying and addressing the complexities of managinggeographically dispersed, virtually linked organizations, which may have grownorganically or inorganically into a potpourri of multiple cultures,capabilities and practices.

This book compiles brand new case studies on the intricacies and market entry strategies of different companies in China. With a special focus on marketing, positioning, and branding, this book presents issues and solutions of both large multinationals and small niche market players.

This book presents an innovative and integrated approach to the theory and practice of corporate governance, offering a set of instruments - developed and tested by the author - that boards can use to apply effective strategic direction and control.

This book presents an evidence-based discussion of two critical areas that are gaining importance in the business world and personal development alike: namely, coaching and being a coach.

Inthis book, leading CEOs, CIOs and experts from international corporationsexplore the role of digitalization and cloud-based processes as the mainbusiness drivers of the 21st century.

This book provides a practical approach to designing and implementing a Knowledge Management (KM) Strategy. The knowledge pyramid represents the usual concept of knowledge transformations, where data is transformed into information, and information is transformed into knowledge.

It draws from a large number of best practices of companies from automotive to railway, to convince other functional departments and higher management that supply management plays the most fundamental role in any organization due to the high number of value adding activities which are coming from suppliers.

Business model innovations are conceived and implemented by a special type of entrepreneur: business model pioneers. This book presents 14 compelling case studies of business model pioneers and their companies, who have successfully introduced new business ideas to the market.

This book takes a process approach of identifying, evaluating, selecting, managing and developing suppliers to create more value for customers.

This book demonstrates the challenges for Corporate Communications in the era of the Industrial Internet and the Internet of things, and how companies can adapt their communication strategies to meet them.

This book answers questions such as: How do you market green electricity or bio-methane?

This book introduces the basic principles for applying enterprise resource planning (ERP) to business needs. Describes the use of ERP for monitoring and controlling business processes; offers practical solutions to the design and implementation of ERP.

Business architecture professionals, researchers, and others working in the field of strategic business management will benefit from this comprehensive volume and its hands-on examples of successful business architecture management practices.

This book shows how business process management (BPM), as a management discipline at the intersection of IT and Business, can help organizations to master digital innovations and transformations.

In a world moving towards services, driving service productivity is a central challenge for leaders and members of all types of organisations: for service businesses there is a clear need to be "productive", but it is far less clear what this exactly means.

As such, CEOs need to adopt new business models for these established industries, while many companies have to reinvent themselves by developing new products for new markets. Issues such as organizational transformation, new product development, implementing a new organizational spirit, and many more are discussed.

This book offers an essential manual for project managers, project management offices (PMO's), trainers and consultants, addressing the psychological side of project management. It adds a psychological perspective to personnel management, decision-making, information and knowledge management and communication in project work.

The International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) decision to require aviation organizations to adopt Safety Management Systems poses a major problem especially for small and medium sized aviation companies. Furthermore, the book highlights the importance of Corporate Risk Management independent of Safety Management Systems based on ICAO.

This book explores leadership and management in social sector organizations, which include, NGOs, non-profits, social enterprises, social businesses, and cross-sector collaborations focusing on advancing human dignity and social justice.

How should firms' control systems be designed and used to formulate and implement strategies that will contribute to competitive advantage and sustained high performance?

This book takes the reader on a tour of the eight stages of HR development, introduces the critical factors, and highlights many practical recommendations for strategic HR development practice in business. Includes case studies and checklists.

The transformation of the IT industry towards the model of an IT factory is the core theme of this book, which takes the latest findings from applied research, consulting and IT business practices and combines them into a consistent and innovative approach to IT services.

As new business models emerge from the crucible of globalization, new technology, and changing demographics, this volume explains why change management can be so challenging and describes successful practical techniques for strategy implementation.

This book examines established firms that have endured for a century and more, presenting ten lessons that reveal the fundamentals of long-term corporate strategy. Countering short-term thinking, these are principles to be pondered and used case-by-case.

This book is designed to help practitioners and academics to assess the added value of HR practices. It provides hands-on recommendations for choosing effective means to manage HR and specific suggestions aimed at facilitating the measurement of HR practices' impact on value creation.

This reference book shows how the Zero Outage method leads to more stability in operations, more reliability in projects and, ultimately, to greater customer satisfaction.