Managing The Business

Author : Gilbert G. Lenssen,N. Craig Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789402411447

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Managing Sustainable Business by Gilbert G. Lenssen,N. Craig Smith Pdf

This book offers 32 texts and case studies from across a wide range of business sectors around a managerial framework for Sustainable Business. The case studies are developed for and tested in executive education programmes at leading business schools. The book is based on the premise that the key for managing the sustainable business is finding the right balance over time between managing competitiveness and profitability AND managing the context of the business with its political, social and ecological risks and opportunities. In that way, a sustainable business is highly responsive to the demands and challenges from both markets and societies and managers embrace the complexity, ambivalence and uncertainty that goes along with this approach. The book presents a framework that facilitates the adoption of best business practice. This framework leads executives through a systematic approach of strategic analysis and business planning in risk management, issues management, stakeholder management, sustainable business development and strategic differentiation, business model innovation and developing dynamic capabilities. The approach helps broaden the understanding of what sustainable performance means, by protecting business value against sustainability risks and creating business value from sustainability opportunities.

Author : Umit S. Bititci
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119025696

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Managing Business Performance by Umit S. Bititci Pdf

Motivate, engage, and achieve lasting success with more effective performance management Managing Business Performance offers a unique blueprint for achieving organisational excellence through improved productivity, efficiency, engagement, and morale. With a unique approach that acknowledges the human aspect of performance management, this book combines technical and social know-how to give you a solid framework for designing, configuring, and managing performance improvement initiatives with sustainable results. You'll find practical models, techniques, and tools that take you beyond management theory into advice that you can use, with clear explanations that steer you toward the customisations that would best suit your organisation. International case studies illustrate these ideas in action, providing an intimate look at how cultural differences impact management strategies, and insight into how they can be managed. Organisational performance tools and techniques are well established, but many organisations will never realise their full benefit. This book helps you get more out of your performance strategy by showing you how the organisation's complex social nature impacts real-world outcomes, and how it can be used to drive better performance. Blend technical and social management strategies Keep people motivated and engaged See better results with more staying power Get the very best from your organisation Performance management strategies that fail to take people into account are counterproductive. There's no better way to de-motivate, demoralise, and disengage the people upon whom the organisation depends. Sustainable success requires a blended approach that utilizes the most effective science within the art of people management, and Managing Business Performance gives you a solid foundation for better business performance strategy.

Author : Rick Clare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0981129277

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Managing Business Analysts by Rick Clare Pdf

This book is full of advice and guidance on how to take on the management of BAs, written from many perspectives. Here you will read about how BAs manage themselves and how they might manage other BAs. You will also encounter information on how Project Managers (PMs) can best make use of the BAs on their teams and on how Senior Management can adapt corporate processes to take advantage of the skills that BAs bring to the table. How will off-shoring affect the use of BAs? How do they fit into the corporate organization charts? What kind of specialized training will they require? This book can help with these questions, and provide expert-level guidance from people who have been there and done that. Here are just some of the subjects addressed in this book: How do PMs manage BAs? How do BAs manage BAs? How do BAs manage when they find themselves responsible for projects? How do functional or line managers manage BAs? How should we train our BAs? What does the career ladder for BAs look like? How should BAs be organized in my company? How do I persuade my senior management that BAs bring great value? This book is a collaborative effort, consisting of the views and contributions of a wide variety of experts in the BA arena. The contributing authors include two Vice-Presidents of the IIBA(r), the Presidents of training and consulting companies, well-known international authors, working BA Managers, Trainers, Project Managers, and a number of international contributors. This group s wide range of backgrounds and subject matter expertise provide a perfect blend of theory and real-world experience, and this book should become an excellent resource for you as you manage your way through the world of business analysi

Author : Thomas Zellweger
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783470716

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Managing the Family Business by Thomas Zellweger Pdf

This innovative textbook covers the most important managerial challenges facing family businesses. It is research-based and includes theory and practice along with concepts, cases and reflection questions to illustrate the key topics.

Author : Peter Wilson,Sue Bates
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470868409

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The Essential Guide to Managing Small Business Growth by Peter Wilson,Sue Bates Pdf

A cliche it may be but we are living in ever more turbulent times. Business decision-making has become more challenging and unpredictable than ever: we see unforeseen and often cataclysmic changes in consumer demand, both at home and in export markets; customers continue to demand more, more quickly and for less; new laws and regulations abound; competitors steal loyal customers; and, increasingly, the advice that once could be found from a 'Small Business Adviser' has been replaced by a call centre. Hand in hand with these challenges, the risks associated with expansion, or a new strategy, have grown significantly. In the context of a small business, where a manager has not necessarily had the breadth of experience of someone in a larger organization or formal management learning, they can seem extremely daunting. This book addresses the issues confronting managers/owners of SMEs by providing practical, jargon-free advice on which a SME can create a sound platform from which to prosper. * Uncomplicated and jargon free to appeal to the SME director or manager who has little time to read * Can be used as a continuous read or a source of ides for dealing with the day-to-day problems of running and growing a small business * Based on the practical experience of the authors with examples taken from consulting practice

Author : David Ford,Lars-Erik Gadde,Hakan Hakansson,Ivan Snehota
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470721094

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Managing Business Relationships by David Ford,Lars-Erik Gadde,Hakan Hakansson,Ivan Snehota Pdf

No company is an island in the world of business. Each company is locked into a complex network of relationships with its customers, suppliers and other counterparts. What happens in these relationships is critical to the success of any business. Managing a company's relationships and its position in the network is a central, but often misunderstood aspect of business. This new edition of Managing Business Relationships aims to help managers and students understand the reality of business networks and how to manage in them. It has been entirely rewritten to include the latest thinking and research from the IMP (Industrial Marketing and Purchasing) Group and includes new chapters on Intermediation in Business Networks, the Economics of Business Relationships and the Practice of Business Networking. Features: • Provides a structured way to understand business networks and their meaning for the practicing manager. • Offers a complete analysis of management in different relationships including those with customers, suppliers, distributors and development counterparts. • Presents a practical analysis of the problems and choices that managers face in developing and changing their relationships and a guide to the critical skills of business networking. The book is vital reading for students of business marketing, purchasing, business networks and relationship management. It is also a valuable resource for all managers operating in business networks, including those in marketing, purchasing, strategy, technical development and distribution.

Author : Lawrence J. Gitman,Carl Mcdaniel,Amit Shah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1998109313

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Introduction to Business by Lawrence J. Gitman,Carl Mcdaniel,Amit Shah Pdf

Author : M. Forsgren,J. Johanson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317762478

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Managing Networks in International Business by M. Forsgren,J. Johanson Pdf

The book introduces a unique and innovative perspective for the study of international business networking. In contrast to the standard construction of models for optimal strategic decision-making, the essays in this book emphasise interpretation, learning by doing, trust and co-operation in the international business community. The editors focus upon business relationships within and between firms as well as the importance of middle management in the international arena.

Author : Timo Saarinen,Markku Tinnilä,Anne Tseng
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781591406310

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Managing Business in a Multi-channel World by Timo Saarinen,Markku Tinnilä,Anne Tseng Pdf

This book addresses the concerns of existing companies who wish to succeed in the new multi-channel environment as it develops and becomes commonplace.

Author : Jeffrey Kenneth Prager,Scott Stroud
Publisher : Builderbooks
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0867187352

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Managing Your Business with 7 Key Numbers by Jeffrey Kenneth Prager,Scott Stroud Pdf

Use 7 Key Numbers to help you earn greater profits with less time and energy Many builders and contractors struggle to get a clear picture of where their business is at the moment - and where it's headed financially. By the time you compare your accounting reports with your job costing, estimating and change orders, and pipeline, it's too late to make adjustments to guarantee profit. This book will help you see where you stand every day, with every job, by monitoring just 7 Key Numbers that drive all profits and cash flow, including - Number of leads - Sales conversion rate - Customer retention rate Stay on top of every job! Follow the steps in this book to create a process that will let you know when costs or scheduling deviate from the estimate--in time to respond before those changes cost you money. "Managing Your Business with 7 Key Numbers is exceptionally well written, organized, and presented. Specifically directed at professionals engaged in construction, Managing Your Business with 7 Key Numbers is as thoroughly "user friendly' as it is informative, making it very highly recommended." Small Press Bookwatch Oregon, WI

Author : Michela Addis,Andrea Rurale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000225297

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Managing the Cultural Business by Michela Addis,Andrea Rurale Pdf

The arts and cultural sector has always been a challenging area in which to find business success; the advent of the global health crisis due to COVID-19 has greatly amplified these challenges. Thanks to the expertise of 22 scholars, this text elaborates on the most common key strategic mistakes and misunderstandings to help arts and cultural organizations finding success. This book starts by looking at the evolution of competition in those industries. Several new and challenging drivers shape the competitive environments of arts and cultural organizations. A customer-centric approach helps in identifying ten crucial managerial processes in which strategic mistakes are commonly made. This book proposes a revised managerial vision of the key processes that constitute every arts and cultural organization. Each chapter offers an innovative analysis of a classic managerial problem, describing popular mistakes and providing case-based insights derived from real world important examples. Specifically, each chapter elaborates on two illuminating examples, one of which is always chosen among the Italian arts and cultural organizations, thus belonging to the world’s leading cultural sector. Speaking to current and student arts managers, this insightful book channels national and supranational cultural heritage to provide essential reading for managers of present and future arts and cultural organizations.

Author : Kathryn Rudie Harrigan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Corporate reorganizations
ISBN : 9780669170825

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Managing Maturing Businesses by Kathryn Rudie Harrigan Pdf

While fully two-thirds of all businesses in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan are experiencing stagnant or slowing demand, most companies in these categories are either unaware of their true situation or do not dare to confront it. Blind to alternatives beyond complete divestiture or milk

Author : Katarina Kaarbøe,Paul N. Gooderham,Hanne NËrreklit
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781782544531

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Managing in Dynamic Business Environments by Katarina Kaarbøe,Paul N. Gooderham,Hanne NËrreklit Pdf

This timely and innovative book focuses on budgeting control and ongoing Beyond Budgeting trends and its consequences for the organization.

Author : David H. Maister
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781471109652

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Managing The Professional Service Firm by David H. Maister Pdf

Professional service firms differ from other business enterprises in two distinct ways: first they provide highly customised services thus cannot apply many of the management principles developed for product-based industries. Second, professional services are highly personalised, involving the skills of individuals. Such firms must therefore compete not only for clients but also for talented professionals. Drawing on more than ten years of research and consulting to these unique and creative companies, David Maister explores issues ranging from marketing and business development to multinational strategies, human resources policies to profit improvement, strategic planning to effective leadership. While these issues can be complex, Maister simplifies them by recognising that 'every professional service firm in the world, regardless of size, specific profession, or country of operation, has the same mission statement: outstanding service to clients, satisfying careers for its people and financial success for its owners.'

Author : Martin Davis
Publisher : Entrepreneur Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-09-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1932531548

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Managing a Small Business Made Easy by Martin Davis Pdf

Expert guidance on managing your business for maximum profit This book examines the elements critical to running a business, picking up where the bestselling Start Your Own Business leaves off, with tips on leadership, customer service, financials, and more. It includes lessons from seasoned businesspeople experienced in the situations new entrepreneurs face daily.