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Sustaining a Culture of Process Control and Continuous Improvement
Author Philip J. Gisi
This comprehensive book presents a methodology for continuous process improvement in a structured, logical, and easily understandable framework based on industry accepted tools, techniques, and practices. It begins by explaining the conditions necessary for establi....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity
Author Ian C. Macmillan , Rita Gunther McGrath
You've been charged with growing your business. Incremental growth can no longer deliver the results you need. You need truly dynamic growth - and you need to achieve it without risking a hugely expensive gamble. How can you encourage innovative new ventures and pu....
Release Date 2009/03 -
Management Tips: From Harvard Business Review
Author Harvard Business Review
As a manager, you’re shouldering more and more responsibilities—from maximizing your team’s performance to increasing your company’s market share to building profitable customer relationships. On top of all that, you need to orchestrate your own time and keep your c....
Release Date 2011/10 -
What Were They Thinking?: Unconventional Wisdom About Management
Author Jeffrey Pfeffer
Every day companies and their leaders fail to capitalize on opportunities because they misunderstand the real sources of business success.Based on his popular column in Business 2.0, Jeffrey Pfeffer delivers wise and timely business commentary that challenges conven....
Release Date 2007/07 -
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management
Author Robert I. Sutton , Jeffrey Pfeffer
The best organizations have the best talent. . . Financial incentives drive company performance. . . Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management “wisdom” isn’t wise at all—but, instead, flawe....
Release Date 2006/03 -
Harvard Business Review on Greening Your Business Profitably
Author Harvard Business Review
Protect the earth and your bottom line.If you need the best practices and ideas for turning sustainability into competitive advantage--but don't have time to find them--this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This colle....
Release Date 2011/05 -
Author Harvard Business School Press
In challenging times, companies must serve their customers faster and more efficiently. This makes improving your business processes more critical than ever. In this book, you'll learn key steps for carrying out a business process improvement initiative, including ....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Due Diligence and the Business Transaction: Getting a Deal Done
Author Jeffrey W. Berkman
Due Diligence and the Business Transaction: Getting a Deal Done is a practical guide to due diligence for anyone buying or selling a privately held business or entering into a major agreement with another company.When you're buying a business, it's wise to conduct....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Fieldbus and Networking in Process Automation
Author Sunit Kumar Sen
Fieldbuses, particularly wireless fieldbuses, offer a multitude of benefits to process control and automation. Fieldbuses replace point-to-point technology with digital communication networks, offering increased data availability and easier configurability and inter....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Business Process Automation with ProcessMaker 3.1 : A Beginner’s Guide
Author Dipo Majekodunmi
Use this practical, hands-on guide to get started with ProcessMaker. The book provides clear steps for you to walk through and set up ProcessMaker on your own system and make processes run faster and smarter. You will model and build a complete business process for....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Designing Efficient BPM Applications
Author Antoine Mottier , Christine McKinty
Looking for efficiency gains in your business? If you’re a business analyst, this practical guide will show you how to design effective business process management (BPM) applications. Every business uses business processes—these everyday tasks help you gain and ret....
Release Date 2016/03 -
Author Erik Van Veenendaal , Graham Bath
This book covers the syllabus for the Improving the Test Process module of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Expert Level exam.To obtain certification as a professional tester at the Expert Level, candidates may choose to take a course ....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Author Bernd Ruecker
In today’s IT architectures, microservices and serverless functions play an increasingly important role. But how can you create meaningful, comprehensive, and connected business solutions if the individual components are decoupled and independent by design? This book prov....
Release Date 2021/03 -
Author Sharon Rowe
Tiny isn't a size—it's a state of mindToo many of us feel trapped by work that keeps us from living our purpose. We fantasize about starting our own business, yet we're warned against falling into debt, working eighty hours a week, and coping with the press....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Need-to-Know Technologies for a Successful Future
Author Jim Keogh
Need-to-know Technologies for a Successful Future provides the necessary knowledge you must have to succeed in your career. It is meant to introduce you to the terms and technologies that you need to know to be successful in business and jobs related to technology.....
Release Date 2018/12 -
Create a Management Development Program
Author Jim Stroup
Management development is defined as a planned learning process that may include mentoring, training, college courses, and job rotations to prepare employees with the skills required to manage the day-to-day work of an organization. This process enables employees to....
Release Date 2008/02 -
Author John Ullmen , Samuel Culbert
The boss/subordinate relationship is an age-old problem cited in almost every management book and on-the-job survey as an area rife with dishonesty and inefficiency. All too often, subordinates spin the truth for those above while bosses fail to establish the c....
Release Date 2001/01 -
Process Mapping and Management
Author Sue Conger
Process Mapping & Management is a 10-chapter book comprised of three sections: Process mapping mechanics, process improvement analysis, and process redesign and justification. Written for executives and graduate students the text offers practical techniques for ....
Release Date 2011/06 -
Statistical Process Control for Managers
Author Victor E. Sower
If you have been frustrated by very technical statistical process control (SPC) training materials, then this is the book for you. This book focuses on how SPC works and why managers should consider using it in their operations. It provides you with a conceptual und....
Release Date 2014/08 -
JMP 11 Quality and Process Methods
Author SAS Institute
Quality and Process Methods describes tools for evaluating and improving processes. The book begins by discussing creating control charts, which let you visualize process measurements over time, quantify common cause variation, and identify special cause variation. ....
Release Date 2013/09 -
JMP 12 Quality and Process Methods
Author SAS Institute
JMP 12 Quality and Process Methodsfocuses on the Fit Model platform and many of its personalities. Linear and logistic regression, analysis of variance and covariance, and stepwise procedures are covered. Also included are multivariate analysis of variance, mix....
Release Date 2015/03 -
JMP 13 Quality and Process Methods
Author SAS Institute
JMP 13 Quality and Process Methods describes tools for evaluating and improving processes. The book begins by discussing creating control charts, which let you visualize process measurements over time, quantify common cause variation, and identify special cause var....
Release Date 2016/09 -
Get Along, Get It Done, Get Ahead
Author Geraldine Hynes
This book goes beyond descriptions of culture-bound business practices or prescriptions for valuing diversity. Because intercultural dynamics take place in domestic as well as multinational companies, all business professionals must be competent in interpersona....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Author Antonio Pérez Márquez
Managing a servitization strategy is a tough managerial challenge due to the delicate and high business implications. What do you need to know to achieve the outcomes the company wants? A reliable, practical, and effective instrument and a relevant dynamic managerial capability for motivation and ad....
Release Date 2022/11 -
Author Claire Rosen
Imaginarium: The Process Behind the Pictures is a compendium of practical advice and information covering the photographic process—from idea cultivation through execution. The guidance in this book is written with an understanding of the nature of artists at their ....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Author Richard Wilde
The Process: A New Foundation in Art and Design is a compendium of 13 experimental projects designed to teach conceptual thinking and problem solving to art and design students.The projects, created by Judith Wilde and Richard Wilde, focus on developing formal excel....
Release Date 2015/01 -
Author Esteban Aliverti , Mauricio Salatino , Mariano Nicolas De Maio
Learn about the components, tooling, and integration points that are part of the JBoss Business Process Management (BPM) frameworkIn DetailjBPM6 Developer Guide will guide you through each level of the jBPM6 platform, allowing you to model and build applications tha....
Release Date 2014/08 -
Author Douglas Reynolds
Monitor and automate complex JavaScript tasks and processes by obtaining a practical understanding of GruntAbout This BookGain a solid knowledge of Grunt to achieve better process management by improving consistency, productivity, reliability, and quality of codeIns....
Release Date 2016/03 -
Process Control Design for Industrial Applications
Author Pierre Borne , Dan Stefanoiu , Amira Gharbi , Dumitru Popescu
This book presents the most important methods used for the design of digital controls implemented in industrial applications. The best modelling and identification techniques for dynamical systems are presented as well as the algorithms for the implementation of t....
Release Date 2017/04 -
Automate it! - Recipes to upskill your business
Author Chetan Giridhar
Put your life on autopilot and make your business processes efficient with the magic and power of Python!About This BookLearn how to construct Python scripts to scrape data, manipulate files, and access websites' APIsGet to know about the different types of bots, ....
Release Date 2017/01