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RRP: 24,95 € Taschenbuch : 286 Seiten ISBN-10 : 3869804092 Publisher : BusinessVillage GmbH (19 Mar. 2018) Language : German
In Zeiten zunehmender Dynamik erkennen immer mehr Unternehmen, dass das tayloristische „Command & Control“ nicht mehr funktioniert. Auch die Reduktion auf Teal Organisations oder Holokratie und andere Kochrezepte bringen keineswegs die erhofften Erfolge. Wir müssen erkenne... Read more
RRP: £12.99; Paperback: 96 pp; Publisher: Matador; Language: English; ISBN: 9781785899287
It is difficult to think of a business process that is as widely unpopular, dysfunctional and discredited as traditional budgeting, yet businesses carry on doing it because they believe that there is no alternative .
But there is - yet over a decade after the creation of the Beyond Budgeting movement, many business people are unaware of i... Read more
RRP: £36.55 Paperback: 204 pp Publisher: Inform-IT, Knowledge Center for Service Management Language: English ISBN: 978-9491710353
USM is a universal, methodical way of managing service delivery. The USM method provides a standardized management system for a service organization to manage its people, its resources, its routines, and its services.
USM can be used in all service organizations and teams o... Read more
RRP: £8.68 Paperback: 220 pp Publisher: SAGE Response; ISBN 978-9386446732
Traditional education has been extremely biased towards science, owing primarily to the success that science has demonstrated in the last three centuries. While the methods of science are greatly, if not fully, responsible for its success, these are grossly inadequate in the context of societal systems and the complexities that managers and le... Read more
RRP: £22.21 Paperback: 406 pages Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (9 Dec. 2016) ISBN-10: 1138242675
Patterns of Strategy shows how the strategic fit between organisations drives strategic direction. It is essential reading for those who wish to understand how to manoeuvre their organisation to change its strategic fit to their advantage.
The 80 ‘patterns’ of strategy help you explore options for collaboration ... Read more
RRP: £50 Paperback : 212 pages ISBN : 9811013500 Publisher : Springer; Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 edition (18 Sept. 2016) Language: : English
This fully-updated and re-imagined version of the classic book offers a detailed outline for developing an action research project, focused specifically on Critical Participatory Action Research. Elaborates a new view of 'participation' and of ... Read more
RRP: £15.50 Paperback: 240 pp Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers; ISBN 978-1626567207
This book reveals what it takes for consultants of all types, as well as organizational leaders, to be really helpful in dealing with the complex, systemic, constantly changing organizational problems of today. They need to rapidly create a relationship of trust and openness that enables clients, subordinates, and team members to revea... Read more
RRP: Taschenbuch 29.99€, E-Book: 9.99 € 188 Seiten, Books on Demand, ISBN: 3739201622
"Alles ist mit allem Verbunden" Was früher ein abstraktes Denkmodel war, ist durch die Vernetzung und die damit zunehmende Komplexität real geworden. Christoph Keese schreibt in seinem richtungsweisenden Bestseller "Silicon Valley" von 2014 über die Bedeutung der Kybernetik als Leitwissenschaft der digitalen Zukunft. "Es geht um die »Vorhersa... Read more
RRP: £25.17 Paperback : 286 pages ISBN : 978-0199565269 Publisher : Oxford University Press (30 Sept. 2015) Language: : English
The book describes what it means to say the world is complex and explores what that means for managers, policy makers and individuals.
The first part of the book is about the theory and ideas of complexity. This is explained in a way that is thorough but not mathematical. It c... Read more
RRP: £45.72 Paperback : 508 pages ISBN : 1137432683 Publisher : Red Globe Press (17 Jun. 2015) Language: : English
What is Soft Systems Methodology? How can it help make sense of complex business scenarios, providing solutions to challenging problems?
Soft Systems Thinking, Methodology and the Management of Change identifies the challenges encountered by practitioners of SSM and provides the means of overcom... Read more