Designing solutions for your business problems

a structured process for managers and consultants

This text shows that good solutions do not emerge on their own, but are designed, refined and executed with a clear, client- centered objective in mind. The author provides a toolbox to help build skills in developing realistic goals and valid hypotheses, planning the solution ...

Corporate governance and risk

a systems approach

INDICE CHAPTER 1: Order from Chaos. A discussion of market behavior#how it is affected by human emotions and by economic supply and demand. The Action/Reaction theory of a natural cycle that circulates throughout the market. CHAPTER 2: What Is a Reaction Swing? The ...

Linear programming

.Vol. 2: Theory and extensions

Linear programming represents one of the major applications of mathematics to business, industry, and economics. It provides a methodology for optimizing an output given that is a linear function of a number of inputs. George Dantzig is widely regarded as the founder of the subject ...

Managerial economics

theory and practice

Managerial economics is the application of economic theory and quantitative methods (mathematics and statistics) to the managerial decision-making process. This book will appeal to students with limited prior training in economics and quantitative methods. It assumes that students will have had mathematics training at least ...

Statistical analysis of management data

Statistical Analysis of Management Data is especially designed to provide doctoral students with a theoretical knowledge of the basic concepts underlying the most important multivariate techniques and with an overview of actual applications in various fields. The content herein addresses both the underlying mathematics and ...

Business modeling and data mining

This text provides practical guidance on how to identify and structure real-world business questions in terms that can be answered by quantitative models and data mining. It also addresses what problems data mining can usefully address and how. The author then describes how these findings ...

Business research methods

Business Research Methods is an exciting new text which provides a comprehensive introduction to the main theories and practices in the field of business research methods. Illustrated with numerous current examples highlighting specific issues faced by business school students, the book is designed to show ...

Understanding knowledge management

critical and postmodern perspectives

Knowledge management has emerged as a new perspective on organizations. Conceiving of firms as being based on their capacity to create, distribute and make use of knowledge, Knowledge Management theory takes an alternative view of the nature of the firm. Understanding Knowledge Management presents an ...

Decision making using game theory

an introduction for managers

Game theory is a key element in most decision making processes involving two or more people or organisations. This book explains how game theory can predict the outcome of complex decision making processes, and how it can help you to improve your own negotiation and ...

Dominar el cuadro de mando integral

manual práctico basado en más de 100 experiencias

#El libro dispone de una gran cantidad de experiencias actuales. Representa una importante aportación a la literatura dedicada al management.# Robert S. Kaplan, profesor de Leadership Development, Harvard Business School y director de Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Boston. #La implementación del Cuadro de Mando Integral representa ...

Satisficing games and decision making

with applications to engineering and computer science

In our day-to-day lives we constantly make decisions which are simply #good enough# rather than optimal. Most computer-based decision making algorithms, on the other hand, doggedly seek only the optimal solution based on rigid criteria and reject any others. In this book, Professor Stirling outlines ...

Workfolw management wip SAP WebFlow

a practical manual

It is now possible to gain competitive advantages based on consolidated R/3 system implementations. One of the most important optimisation aspects is a more consistent process integration in order to bring about fast, secure and cost effective business processes. This approach inevitably leads to ...

The practice of business statistics

using data for decisions

This text and CD-ROM immerses students in the course immediately, involving them in practical, statistics-supported business decision making from the outset. Using real data to provide a context for tackling modern business problems, the book introduces a range of core ideas early including data production ...

Distributed decision making

Distributed decision making (DDM) has become of increasing importance in quantitative decision analysis. In applications like supply chain management, service operations, or managerial accounting, DDM has led to a paradigm shift. The book provides a unified approach to such seemingly diverse fields as multi-level stochastic ...

Análisis económico financiero de las decisiones de gestión empresarial

Esta obra contiene una amplia guía de los conceptos y de los instrumentos sobre los que deben basarse las decisiones directivas y que constituyen los fundamentos claves del análisis económico-financiero del management empresarial.

Métodos cuantitavos para la toma de deciciones

En este libro se trata el uso de modelos cuantitavos en la resolución de problemas de gestión y administración de sistemas complejos, con especial énfasis en la toma de decisiones. Ha sido escrito para dos tipos de usuarios: para los directivos que pueden sacar provecho ...

Systems thinking

creative holism for managers

Too often, today#s managers are sold simple solutions to complex problems. But as many soon discover, simplicity is rarely effective in the face of complexity, change and diversity. Despite apparent promise, quick-fix panaceas fail because they are not holistic or creative enough. They focus ...

Smart business metrics

measure what really counts and manage what makes the difference

Understanding your organization#s key performance drivers is crucial to the success of your business. Too often, the wrong operating targets are set, and bad targets can bring bad performance. Smart Business Metrics provides the tools that will enable you to make strategic decisions based ...

Managing projects in organizations

how to make the best use of time, techniques, and people

In this third edition of Managing Projects in Organizations, J. Davidson Frame updates and expands on his classic book to provide an accessible introduction to the field of project management. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of consulting and training experience, Frame's most current ...

Time management

Effective time management is one of today's most overlooked--yet essential --keys to career growth in business and management. Time Management provides hands-on techniques and tools for making every minute count as it dispels myths that can actually cost instead of save valuable time. It ...