This book aims to extend the concept of Agility beyond the four declarations of the Manifesto and apply it to various projects, organizations, and even society. The book delves into the intricacies of Agile and highlights its significance in modern...Loe edasi...
The premise of this book is that leadership is poorly understood because human systems are poorly understood. With this book, you will gain a new understanding of human systems and of how to improve yourself and improve the system you are in. High p...Loe edasi...
This practical workbook provides guidance for applying tacit knowledge to the field of Human Resource Management (HRM) to promote positive workplace culture and creativity....Loe edasi...
This book takes a deeper, systems approach to leading a hybrid organisation to help managers understand the real, beneath the surface issues. Drawing on social psychology and behavioural and management science, the book gives leaders the tools to ad...Loe edasi...
This book is a comprehensive guide that equips organizations and individuals with the necessary tools and knowledge to streamline operations, optimize resources, and deliver superior customer value through implementing Lean Six Sigma methodologies....Loe edasi...
Applied as a discrete activity focused on a priority need or on new or changed roles; as a linkage between more formal programs and the workplace or blended with other elements in a program, this book distils current and previous practice and theory...Loe edasi...
With ever-increasing competitive pressures, the need to reduce the time-to-value (or time-to-bail) of a Big Idea has never been greater. The focus of this book is describing the Digital Office Complex and the accompanying digital teaming and governi...Loe edasi...
Aimed at a workforce whose life and career expectations have changed drastically in recent years, this book helps readers make informed choices about their careers enabling students, educators and professionals to prioritise well-being and offer th...Loe edasi...
The world of hybrid and remote management is a territory that has yet to be completely exploredthis book provides some simple navigational aids to help managers and leaders find their way....Loe edasi...
This is an engaging and practical management book to help organisations not just implement flexible working, but also rethink all aspects of traditional work in the post-pandemic landscape to reap the benefits of working smarter. It is essential rea...Loe edasi...
The book defines many of the terms popularized by process improvement programs, such as center of excellence and business transformation. It documents these practices and explains how to perform future activities in accordance with the recorded prac...Loe edasi...
The coronavirus pandemic forced work back into the home on a massive scale. The long-held belief that work and home are separate spheres of economic life was turned on its head overnight....Loe edasi...
This book is critical of international human resource management as a discipline and practice, and discursively analyses structural and societal issues of control and compliance of the historically gendered and racialised occupation of nursing....Loe edasi...
This book examines flexible working from a psychological perspective and presents empirical research evidence to address what forms of flexible working there are and how they are evolving....Loe edasi...
This is a short guide on sit-stand working in the office. It reviews the research on sitting and standing at work from the 1950s to present, and provides guidance for specialists, therapists, practitioners, and managers. The book is illustrated with...Loe edasi...
This ground-breaking book offers one of the first real qualitative sociological investigations of a relatively new form of employment, to see what life is like on the post-industrial assembly line, whilst also taking a close look at the nature of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jul-2018, Kirjastus: Apple Academic Press Inc., ISBN-13: 9781315114897)
This new book, The Future of Organizations: Workplace Issues and Practices, provides valuable insights into how organizations are changing and evolving and how human resource personnel, employers, and employees are reacting to these emerging workpla...Loe edasi...
The Lean Expert: Educating and Elevating Lean Practitioners Throughout Your Organization outlines a method that can help organizations engage associates and empower them to achieve expert status in the nine core principles of Lean...Loe edasi...
An introduction to three types of interactive media - computer conferencing, audiographics and video conferencing - which explains how each type can be used in the open learning environment. It describes attributes and limitations, analyzing appropr...Loe edasi...
In this book, first published in 1996, state of the art demand modelling techniques are used to delve into critical issues raised by the question of telecommuting. The benefits and costs of telecommuting are investigated in an effort to inform the p...Loe edasi...
Organizations are implementing virtual teams using web technologies as a cost-effective measure for training and project development. In Working at a Distance, Cassandra Smith provides a detailed, comprehensible virtual team business model for manag...Loe edasi...
Leading scholars Greenhaus and Powell investigate the difficult choices that contemporary employees must face when juggling work and family, looking to identify the smart choices that all parties should make to promote greater work-life balance....Loe edasi...
Smart Flexibility: Moving Smart and Flexible Working from Theory to Practice is an engaging and practical management book to help organisations implement smart working.Written for managers at the leading edge of change, Andy Lake takes a strategic,...Loe edasi...
Keizer examines changing employment practices in Japan, focusing on the position of the Japanese firm that is confronted with the need to address the changing economic circumstances while also maintaining some fit with the wider set of institutions...Loe edasi...
We have witnessed a rapid evolution in a wide range of mobile technology. This book charts the profound international implications these technological changes, have for workers and business organizations....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-May-2008, Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9781119197041)
As our society continues its transition from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age, new challenges are being introduced into the workplace. Organizational models are shifting toward large, global networks of employees connected to each other through...Loe edasi...
A guide to starting, running, and improving your call center, this guide covers various things from choosing the best site and buying the right equipment to managing agents, monitoring productivity, and enhancing customer relationships....Loe edasi...
Bringing together studies of everyday local practices in workplaces within information society, this book has a special focus on social space and the agency of actors. it includes both theoretical reviews and qualitative research....Loe edasi...
Based on five years of research in high school and community college programs, this book explores the potential for using work-based learning as part of a broad education reform strategy....Loe edasi...
As more people choose to work from home, the challenges for both the home worker and traditional management increase. This work focuses on developing the right skills to cope with this environment and stress the importance of knowing what the homewo...Loe edasi...
Based on extensive original research this work explores the attitudes of Japanese employees towards their work, their company and on related issues, and finds they are much more complicated than those portrayed by Western stereotypes....Loe edasi...
This book contributes to the debate within the UK and abroad on the reality of workplace unionism in an era of change. It presents both qualitative and quantitative research to provide new and comprehensive evidence on trade union strategies....Loe edasi...
In this work leading scholars take stock of the evidence and implications of the new workplace, drawing on examples from a variety of contexts, they seek to characterize the nature of contemporary workplace change, and assess its implications....Loe edasi...
Based on findings of the Joseph Rowntree report, this book provides an up-to-the-minute review of current research on flexibility, job insecurity and work intensification. It examines impacts on individuals, their families and the workplace....Loe edasi...
This book explores the influence of collaborative relationships among dual career couples on innovation and productivity. It proposes a new definition of egalitarianism....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-1999, Kirjastus: Europa Publications Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781351227063)
Considers teleworking among LIS staff, as well as teleworkers as users of LIS services.Information and ideas about the types of information work that are suitable for teleworking. Management issues, case studies, Further reading and list of Internet...Loe edasi...
This book is an up-to-date, groundbreaking and comprehensive assessment of teleworking. It includes contributions from a wide range of subject areas and examines all facets of telework, including, homeworking to centre-based working....Loe edasi...
