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Business Education Index 2000 (Business Education Index)
Manufacturer: Delta Pi Epsilon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1881530191 |
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Globalisation, Trade Liberalisation, and Higher Education in North America: The Emergence of a New Market under NAFTA? (Higher Education Dynamics)
C.W Barrow , S. Didou-Aupetit , and J. Mallea Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1402018622 |
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This volume analyzes the emerging relationship between trade liberalisation, post-industrialisation, and higher education policy in Canada, Mexico, and the USA. In separate case studies, the authors analyze higher education policy in Canada, Mexico, and the USA using a common theoretical framework that identifies economic globalisation, international trade liberalisation, and post-industrialisation as common structural factors exerting a significant, if often indirect, influence on higher education in the three countries. This study - the result of trilateral co-operation between three scholars in Canada, Mexico, and the USA - is the first effort to document the extent of NAFTA's impact on higher education. It is of interest to university professors working in higher education, economics, and political science; professionals and researchers in higher education associations, and non-governmental organizations involved in higher education policy. This text can also be used as a supplemental text in graduate courses on higher education policy and administration or courses on international higher education.
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20/20 Foresight: Crafting Strategy in an Uncertain World
Hugh Courtney Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1578512662 |
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In the midst of a changing economy, most executives continue to use a strategy toolkit designed for yesterday's more stable marketplace. As a result, strategies emerge that neither manage the risks nor take advantage of the opportunities that arise in highly uncertain times.
Now, McKinsey & Company consultant Hugh Courtney argues that managers must move beyond the outdated "all-or-nothing" view of strategy in which future events are either certain or uncertain. Instead, he suggests a simple-yet powerful-alternative: Understand the level of uncertainty you are facing in a given situation, and you will make better, more informed strategic choices.
Based on an international review of the key strategy problems faced by over one hundred leading companies, Courtney reveals how executives can develop 20/20 foresight--a view of the future that separates what can be known from what can't. While executives with 20/20 foresight can rarely develop perfect forecasts of the future, says Courtney, they can isolate the "residual uncertainty" they face and use this insight to create competitive advantage in today's turbulent markets.
Unveiling a revolutionary framework for diagnosing to which of the four levels of residual uncertainty a specific strategy choice corresponds, 20/20 Foresight shows how readers can leverage this knowledge to answer three key strategic questions: 1) Shape or adapt to uncertainty? 2) Make strategic commitments now or later? and 3) Follow a focused or diversified strategy?
20/20 Foresight also:
· shows strategists how to tailor every aspect of the decision-making process-from formulation to implementation-to the level of uncertainty faced,
· describes the strategic-planning processes readers can use to monitor, update, and revise strategies as necessary in volatile markets, and
· includes a toolkit for identifying, developing, and testing new strategy options-complete with guidelines for applying the right tool to the right situation at the right time.
A comprehensive approach to strategy development under all possible levels of uncertainty and across all kinds of industries, this is the essential guide for making tough strategic choices in a changing world.
Hugh Courtney is an Associate Principal with the Global Strategy Practice at McKinsey & Company in Washington D.C.
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Nothing impressive.......2003-10-28
Nothing impressive.......2003-10-28
Measuring Degrees of Probability Amidst Uncertainty.......2003-07-22
* Should we shape or adapt?
* Should we begin the process now or later?
* Should we focus or diversify?
* Which new tools and frameworks are needed?
* Which new strategic-planning and decision-making processes are needed?
Of course, Courtney fully realizes that the revelations of the STI research can only guide and inform appropriate answers to questions such as these. He agrees with Mike Hammer that searching for a "silver bullet" is a fool's errand, noting that "there [is] no easy one-size-fits-all solution that could be translated from theory into practice. Business strategists needed new theory [and, in italics] new practices if they wanted to make better strategy choices."
At the height of the Cold War, I recall someone noting that Russian historians could predict the past with absolute certainty. This book's title does not suggest that if you read this book, you can see the future. ("Man plans and then God laughs.") Rather, instead of burying uncertainties in meaningless base case forecasts or avoiding rigorous analysis of uncertainties altogether, Courtney suggests that we "embrace uncertainty, explore it,, slice it, dice it, get to know it." If we do this well? "[You] will reach a wonderful goal: 20/20 foresight." The best available information serves as the basis of the most reliable forecasts which, in turn, improve the chances of devising the soundest strategies.
After summarizing the appropriate toolkit for each level of residual uncertainty (see figures 6-1 through 6-4), and having also suggested various tools and frameworks needed to develop 20/20 foresight, Courtney offers five additional tools in the Appendix: The Uncertainty Toolkit. He briefly but brilliantly explains how to use scenario planning, game theory, decision analysis, system dynamics models, and management "flight simulators." Although this book will obviously be of substantial value to senior-level executives in larger organizations, I think it will be invaluable to others such as CEOs and other decision-makers in small companies. The challenge for all of them is to "tailor strategy to the level of uncertainty," whatever the nature and extent of their competitive marketplace may be. Here in a single volume is about all they need to begin the process. Another thought: This book would be an excellent choice as the basis of a one-day or (preferably) two-day offsite executive "retreat" for strategic planning. Reading it in advance would be required. The first two chapters would be excellent for assisting situation analysis, then on to the next five chapters which could serve as the core of the agenda. (I also recommend that Hammer's The Agenda be consulted, at least by the person who leads the group discussion. And, by the way, that person should NOT be the CEO.) The session would conclude with a review of the consensus achieved, followed by a discussion of how to communicate and collaborate effectively while using various tools, including the five recommended in the Appendix.
Courtney would be the first to point out that, over time, other sources of information and guidance may become necessary. For that reason, he includes clusters of annotated "Recommended Readings" to assist his reader's selection process. Thoughtfully, he adds to their number with other suggestions within his extensive notes.
For at least some individual executives and some organizations, this may well prove to be for them the most valuable business book published during the first decade of the 21st century.
To those who share my high regard for it, I specifically want to recommend (again) Hammer's book as well as Jim O'Toole's Leading Change, Jason Jennings' Less Is More: How Great Companies Use Productivity As a Competitive Advantage, Peter Schwartz' The Art of the Long View: Paths to Strategic Insight for Yourself and Your Company, and finally, Carla O'Dell's If Only We Knew What We Know: The Transfer of Internal Knowledge and Best Practice.
Impressive, systematic approach to handling uncertainty.......2003-01-02
Analytically rigorous uncertainty.......2002-09-26
* Management should operate with a four step process:
- Define the strategic issue and the level of residual uncertainty
- Frame possible solutions
- Analyze possible solutions and make strategy choices
- Monitor and update strategy choices over time
* The appropriate approach is issue related, not organization related. Organizations in stable environments may encounter major strategic issues involving high residual uncertainty, while those in very dynamic environments may have issues involving low uncertainty. The strategic process must be appropriate to the situation.
The book is concerned with how to answer the five basic questions above in the context of each level of uncertainty, and which tools are most appropriate for guiding the decision process. The tools discussed in the Appendix "The Uncertainty Toolkit" are:
scenario planning
game theory
decision analysis
systems dynamics models
management flight simulators.
In essence, what the author has done is to frame a set of known tools and principles within McKinsey's preferred structure of analytical rigour. If you still believe that 'classical' strategic planning round the business case is the only way to approach strategy, the book may help widen your options. If you are already familiar with the various tools offered, the main benefit of the book will be to provide a useful reminder that levels of uncertainty differ, and a framework for thinking about your own situation and response to it. Perhaps the most important message in the book is not to assume uncertainty until you have carried out the analysis needed to separate the knowable from the truly uncertain.
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The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed
Michael L. George , John Maxey , David T. Rowlands , Michael George , David Rowlands , and Mark Price Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0071441190 |
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Bestselling Lean Six Sigma author Michael George provides the first pocket guide for deployers of Lean Six Sigma
The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook blends Lean and Six Sigma tools and concepts, providing expert advice on how to determine which tool within a "family" is best for different purposes. Packed with detailed examples and step-bystep instructions, it's the ideal handy reference guide to help Green and Black Belts make the transition from the classroom to the field.
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Very handy book.......2007-10-10
Used Books are Bargins!.......2007-09-15
A Good Compendium at a Bargain Price.......2007-08-24
Good Book!.......2007-07-08
Excellent Reference.......2007-07-04
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Lean Six Sigma: A Tools Guide
Murray Adams , Mark Kiemele , Lee Pollock , and Tom Quan Manufacturer: Air Academy Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Ring-bound Similar Items:
ASIN: 1880156075 |
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Inside Teams: How Twenty World-Class Organizations Are Winning Through Teamwork (Jossey-Bass Management Series)
Richard S. Wellins Manufacturer: Proquest Info & Learning ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0608251569 |
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Team power revealed through real-world examples of successThis book gives you a real-world perspective on using teams to reengineer your organization. You'll discover what it takes to achieve aggressive and challenging goals for quality, productivity, and cost-effectiveness.
Inside Teams covers:
Go behind the scenes with Colgate-Palmolive, Miller Brewing, Company, Wilson Sporting Goods, and others and prepare your organization for reengineering through teamwork.
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The Intellectual Legacy of Thorstein Veblen: Unresolved Issues (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)
Rick Tilman Manufacturer: Greenwood Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0313299463 |
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Scholars attempting to place Veblen in a particular intellectual tradition will only succeed in reaping frustration and confusion until it is recognized that he was primarily sui generis and eclectic. This is the recurring theme that is made explicit in the introduction, conclusion, and some of the chapters of this work. Veblen was a thinker of such depth and power that he was able to create his own intellectual paradigm. The result of his endeavors is that more than a few intellectuals including his followers, the institutional economists, have spent their careers trying to understand the paradigm and to develop it in several directions for their own purposes.
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The Intellectual Legacy of Thorstein Veblen: Unresolved Issues. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues
Malcolm Rutherford Manufacturer: Association for Evolutionary Economics ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000987LMI Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Economic Issues, published by Association for Evolutionary Economics on March 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1352 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Choosing and Using Music in Training
Liz Brant , and Tony Harvey Manufacturer: Gower Pub Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0566084260 |
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Being more productive!.......2001-11-18
Sure we've heard the teens say they study better with their walkman, and if you've been in Long's Drugs or the Body Shop recently maybe you've noticed that it's *not* muzak, but "music." Brant and Harvey explain clearly how music affects our bodies and brains to bring us to a state of concentration that will promote creativity, energy, reflection. We have examples from history and from current research which back up the intuitive feelings that most people have about how music can help or hinder them in their daily tasks. So this book is a great resource for any trainer, especially with the CD - instead of carrying around 20 difference disks, I now have it all on one disk - 75 minutes of well-chosen music that takes my group from 'welcoming', through 'creativity - energizing -reflecting ' to 'departing.' They loved it! We had a very successful session, but the questions raised about the music made the participants not only appreciate my efforts as a trainer, but also it made them think about the music choices *they* could make when working on their own - which of course, is always the long term goal of the trainer.
If you are an NLP practitioner, then you will be familiar with the use of music for accelerated learning, but Choosing and Using Music in Training is a useful resource, and certainly should be a textbook for any 'train the trainer' workshops. The authors also cover how to use music, the importance of silence!, choosing equipment, licenses, and a useful FAQ section.
As a memeber of ASTD, I would say this is all you need to get you on the right track!
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I Sent You a Letter... Did You Reply?: True Tales of a Junk Mail Whiz
Henry Cowen Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1553690893 Release Date: 2006-07-06 |
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Hundreds of true short stories - some funny, some sad, some just informative - about a career creating direct mail advertising for companies in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
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The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: How to Be Effective in Any Unruly Organization
Richard N. Haass Manufacturer: Brookings Institution Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0815733534 |
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Required reading.......2003-06-26
A public good.......2002-10-25
Enter Richard Haass's book the Bureaucratic Entrepreneur, an update of his 1993 primer the Power to Persuade. Haass has held a number of positions in previous government administrations, including at the NSC and the Defense and State Departments. His book is packed with words of wisdom for the harried bureaucrat who at the end of the day may wonder just what he accomplished. Although Haass's advice appears machiavellian (he argues that Machiavelli is often misunderstood) and the author does not have a firm grasp on whether his audience is the entry-level employee or the senior-level political appointee, it is worth putting up with these drawbacks for the original focus and insight on managing and leading in the public sector. The bibliography alone is reason enough to buy the book.
Low-level or high, every public-sector employee should read the Bureaucratic Entrepreneur before starting his or her new government job. They should then re-read it every few years to ensure that they are on track and using the tools Haass lays out to be effective in one of the most "unruly" organizations around.
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Instructional Design in the Real World: A View from the Trenches (Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management)
Manufacturer: Information Science Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1591401836 |
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management
Manufacturer: Idea Group Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1591404665 Release Date: 2005-06-09 |
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management
Manufacturer: IGI Global ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1591402956 |
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management features the most current research findings in all aspects of information resources management. From successfully implementing technology change to understanding the human factors in IT utilization, this important volume addresses many of the managerial and organizational applications to and implications of information technology in organizations. Volume three will prove to be instrumental in the improvement and development of the theory and practice of information resources management while educating organizations on how they can benefit from and improve their information resources and all the tools utilized to gather, process, disseminate, and manage this valuable resource. *Note: This book is part of a new series entitled "Advanced Topics in "Information Resources Management". This book is Volume Three within this series (Vol. III, 2004).
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management (Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management Series)
Manufacturer: Idea Group Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1591404657 Release Date: 2005-06-09 |
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management is a series of books, which feature the most current research findings in all aspects of information resources management. From successfully implementing technology change to understanding the human factors in IT utilization, these volumes address many of the managerial and organizational applications to and implications of information technology in organizations. Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management, Volume 4 is a part of this series.Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management, Volume 4 presents new concepts in handling and sharing information resources with organizations and individuals worldwide. This book provides insight into and assistance in learning how to successfully implement information resources and technology in the companies, schools, and homes of those who depend upon it.
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management (Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management Series)
Manufacturer: IGI Global ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1591409306 |
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management Series, Vol. 1 (Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management Series)
Manufacturer: IGI Global ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1930708440 |
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management features the latest research findings dealing with all aspects of information resources management, managerial and organizational applications, as well as implications of information technology organizations. Volume two aims to be instrumental in the improvement and development of the theory and practice of information resources management while educating organizations on how they can benefit from their information resources and all the tools utilized to gather, process, disseminate, and manage this valuable resource.*Note: This book is part of a new series entitled "Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management". This book is Volume Two within this series (Vol. II, 2003).
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management features the latest research findings dealing with all aspects of information resources management, managerial and organizational applications, as well as implications of information technology organizations. It aims to be instrumental in the improvement and development of the theory and practice of information resources management, appealing to both practicing managers and academics. In addition, it educates organizations on how they can benefit from their information resources and all the tools needed to gather, process, disseminate and manage this valuable resource.
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Computer Supported Cooperative Work: Issues and Implications for Workers, Organizations, and Human Resource Management (Advanced Topics in Organizational Behavior series)
Michael D. Coovert , and Lori L. (Lea) Foster Thompson Manufacturer: Sage Publications, Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0761905731 |
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This volume, intended for students and business professionals, provides an introduction to Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). The authors illustrate CSCW in action and discuss general trends in computer support systems including artificial intelligence, extended realities, and new strategies for interacting with technology. The changing job and worker requirements that accompany CSCW are examined from both a behavioral and technical standpoint. In addition, the authors discuss the implications for various aspects of human resource management including personnel selection, training, leadership, and performance appraisal. Written for the non-computer specialist, the book is easy to understand and will be useful to students in business, psychology, and computer courses and to business professionals implementing CSCW technologies.
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Good Overview.......2004-10-08
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Information and Communications Technology for Competitive Intelligence (Advanced Topics in Global Information Management)
Dirk Jaap Vriens Manufacturer: IGI Global ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1591401429 |
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Addressing the need for information and communications technology (ICT) tools for competitive intelligence (CI) activities, this book covers conceptual issues such as the relation of strategy formulation, viability, and ICT. Also included are practical guidelines for implementing ICT tools to monitor strategy, and case studies on Intranet usage for CI activities.
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management, Vol. 1 [A book review from: Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services]
D. Fidishun Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000RR3616 |
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This digital document is a journal article from Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management, Volume 3
Manufacturer: Idea Group Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0002K7BDM Release Date: 2005-03-22 |
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Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management features the most current research findings in all aspects of information resources management. From successfully implementing technology change to understanding the human factors in IT utilization, this important volume addresses many of the managerial and organizational applications to and implications of information technology in organizations. Volume three will prove to be instrumental in the improvement and development of the theory and practice of information resources management while educating organizations on how they can benefit from and improve their information resources and all the tools utilized to gather, process, disseminate, and manage this valuable resource. *Note: This book is part of a new series entitled "Advanced Topics in "Information Resources Management". This book is Volume Three within this series (Vol. III, 2004).Books:
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