e-books in Strategic Management & Organizational Studies category
Competitive Strategies for Growth- lardbucket.org , 2011
The development of competitive strategy is difficult because there are a lot of moving parts that might potentially guide the effort. Executives appreciate how the 3-Circle model simplifies the integration of customer, firm, and competitor analysis.
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Business Strategyby Kim Warren - lardbucket.org , 2014
This book is written in a compact and easy-to-read style to help managers quickly understand the underlying causes of strategic challenges so that they can take action to improve performance. It uses clear examples to show how things can go well...
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An Introduction to Cooperation and Mutualismby Michael Boland - University of Minnesota , 2017
This textbook introduces readers to the idea of cooperation and mutualism. Cooperatives and mutuals are participatory organizations in which members participate in control and governance, receive economic benefits through patronage refunds ...
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Rethinking Gamificationby Mathias Fuchs, et al. - meson press , 2015
Gamification marks a major change to everyday life. Gamification describes the permeation of economic, political, and social contexts by game-elements such as awards, rule structures, and interfaces that are inspired by video games.
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Knowledge Management Strategies and Applicationsby Muhammad Mohiuddin, et al. - InTech , 2017
Knowledge Management Strategies and Applications focuses on the way organizations can create knowledge, share existing knowledge, and disseminate them among the stakeholders, most importantly among the employees, managers, customers, and suppliers.
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Knowledge Services: A Strategic Framework for the 21st Century Organizationby Guy St. Clair - De Gruyter Open , 2016
Guy St. Clair brings together not only enlightening ideas, but also practical procedures for framing, completing, owning, and sharing knowledge and defining success across organizations. He brings this to life with telling stories ...
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Building Strategy and Performanceby Kim Warren - The Saylor Foundation , 2013
This book uses a blend of frameworks and illustrations to teach you how to tackle the challenge of driving performance into the future. It shows what causes performance to deteriorate and what you can do to change this trajectory for the better.
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Mastering Strategic Managementby Dave Ketchen, Jeremy Short - The Saylor Foundation , 2011
Teaching the strategic management course can be a challenge for many professors. This book covers all of the traditional topics that standard texts cover, but in an exciting way that will assist you in engaging your students in your course.
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Fundamentals of Global Strategyby Cornelis de Kluyver - The Saylor Foundation , 2013
Creating a global competitive advantage has become a key strategic issue for many companies. Crafting a global strategy requires making decisions about which strategy elements can and should be globalized and to what extent.
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Focusing on Organizational Changeby William Judge - The Saylor Foundation , 2013
This book offers an alternative to the traditional approach by focusing on building the change capacity of the entire organization in anticipation of future pressures to change. It offers a method for diagnosing your organizational change capacity.
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Corporate Governanceby Cornelis de Kluyver - The Saylor Foundation , 2013
It is designed to help students understand corporate governance by looking at the subject from both a macro- and micro-perspective. Clear coverage on why proper corporate governance has become a moral imperative and how to corporations achieve it.
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Strategic Planning for Business: A Self Help Manualby John Blakemore - MASC Pty Limited , 2011
New strategic issues have emerged. This guide is written for the small-to-medium sized enterprise. It provides a framework for such businesses to refocus their efforts and prepare for the new opportunities created by the information age.
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In Pursuit of World Class Excellenceby Dawei Lu - Bookboon , 2012
The book represents a forefront management development in today's globalised competitive environment. It introduces concept based discussion on business excellence as the ultimate measure of sustainable success for organisations across industries.
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Performance Improvement Guideby Jeff Wright - US Coast Guard , 2013
The Performance Improvement Guide is a book of very helpful improvement tools. The PIG also contains explanations of many key elements related to improvement as well as some detailed instruction, such as how to develop a strategic plan.
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Business Models: Networking, Innovating and Globalizingby Christian Nielsen, Morten Lund (eds.) - BookBoon , 2013
This book emphasizes how three major tendencies in business -- networking, innovating and globalizing -- are achieved through a business model perspective and how business models and profitability to greater extent become intertwined.
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Corporate Governance and Risk Managementby David Crowther, Shahla Sefi - BookBoon , 2012
It is clearly accepted that good governance is fundamental to the successfully continuing operating of any organisation. One factor which is significantly affected by such governance is that of risk assessment and management ...
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Risk Management Made Easyby Andy Osborne - BookBoon , 2012
Written in an informal style, this book brings the concepts of effective risk management to a wider audience than that served by most books on the subject. It will benefit anyone looking to implement an effective risk management program.
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Business Dynamics in the 21st Centuryby Chee-Heong Quah, Ong Lin Dar - InTech , 2012
This book introduces new insights into new problems regarding performance and quality improvement, networking and logistics in the interconnected world, as well as developments in monetary and financial environment surrounding enterprises today.
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Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurshipby Andrea Larson - Saylor Foundation , 2011
The deep roots of sustainability thinking are now evident in widespread and increasingly visible activities worldwide, and Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship explores this evolution; its necessity, its implications and its progression.
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Economic Theory of Teamsby Jacob Marschak, Roy Radner - Yale University Press , 1972
The book is concerned with economic, that is, optimal, efficient ways of providing information and of allocating it among decision-makers who constitute a team: optimal, that is, with respect to common interests and beliefs.
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Operations Strategyby Ted James - BookBoon , 1911
Operations strategy is is considered in many organizations as the implementation of an improvement approach such as lean operations. The author also covers business process reengineering, enterprise resource planning, project management, etc.
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Business Strategy- Wikibooks , 2010
Business (or Strategic) management is the art, science, and craft of formulating, implementing and evaluating decisions that will enable an organization to achieve its objectives. Strategic management is the highest level of managerial activity.
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The Flexible Enterpriseby David Gewirtz - John Wiley & Sons , 1996
Companies need to continually adapt to changing conditions in order to survive. In The Flexible Enterprise, you'll find a proven methodology for managing repeated change and building on your company's strengths as you adjust to changing market needs.
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Risk Management Trendsby Giancarlo Nota - InTech , 2011
The book Risk Management Trends offers to both researchers and practitioners new ideas, experiences and research that can be used either to better understand risks in a rapidly changing world or to implement a risk management program in many fields.
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Change Managementby Olaf Passenheim - BookBoon , 2010
Only those who manage the changes professionally during ongoing operations with minimal stress will be successful in the future. The book explains different change management approaches and provides numerous checklists and best practice examples.
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Thinking Strategicallyby MTD Training - BookBoon , 2010
Thinking strategically requires research, analysis, and forethought. In this textbook you'll receive an insight into the strategic thinking. What does it take to formulate a strategy? And how does strategic thinking differ from normal thinking?
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Risk Management for Enterprises and Individualsby Etti Baranoff, Patrick Lee Brockett, Yehuda Kahane - Flat World Knowledge , 2009
This book is intended for the Risk Management and Insurance course where Risk Management is emphasized. This book may represent one of the most critical topics of study that the student of the 21st century could ever undertake.
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Organizational Behaviorby Talya Bauer, Berrin Erdogan - Saylor Foundation , 2010
A new Organizational Behavior textbook that bridges the gap between theory and practice with a distinct experiential approach. The book gives students the vocabulary, framework, and critical thinking skills necessary to diagnose situations.
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Corporate Social Responsibilityby David Crowther, Gueler Aras - BookBoon , 2008
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has recently become central to the strategic decision making of every organization. This book introduces the reader to the issues involved and their application in strategic decision making.
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Organizational Theoryby Jorgen Laegaard - BookBoon , 2006
Organizational theory is the systematic study and application of knowledge about how people act within organizations. This book introduces different theories within field of organization as well as to the different types of organizations structures.
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Studying Strategyby James Rowe - BookBoon , 2008
This book introduces some of the key writers, ideas, models and approaches in Strategic Management. Hopefully the book will bring together ideas and models from other areas of business and management study to support the planning of strategy.
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