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    15.024 Applied Economics for Managers | Sloan School of Management

    15.024 Applied Economics for Managers | Sloan School of Management

    The fact of scarcity forces individuals, firms, and societies to choose among alternative uses – or allocations – of its limited resources. Accordingly, the first part of this summer course seeks to understand how economists model the choice process of individual consumers and firms, and how markets work to coordinate these choices. It also examines how well markets perform this function using the economist's criterion of market efficiency. Overall, this course focuses on microeconomics, with some topics from macroeconomics and international trade. It emphasizes the integration of theory, data, and judgment in the analysis of corporate decisions and public policy, and in the assessment of changing U.S. and international business environments.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Microeconomics
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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  • Courseware 
    15.875 Applications of System Dynamics

    15.875 Applications of System Dynamics

    15.875 is a project-based course that explores how organizations can use system dynamics to achieve important goals. In small groups, students learn modeling and consulting skills by working on a term-long project with real-life managers. A diverse set of businesses and organizations sponsor class projects, from start-ups to the Fortune 500. The course focuses on gaining practical insight from the system dynamics process, and appeals to people interested in system dynamics, consulting, or managerial policy-making.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Business consultants Social psychology
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
    OER
  • Courseware 
    16.660J Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods (MIT)

    16.660J Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods (MIT)

    This course covers the fundamental principles, practices and tools of Lean Six Sigma methods that underlay modern organizational productivity approaches applied in aerospace, automotive, health care, and other sectors. It includes lectures, active learning exercises, a plant tour, talks by industry practitioners, and videos. One third of the course is devoted to a physical simulation of an aircraft manufacturing enterprise or a clinic to illustrate the power of Lean Six Sigma methods. The course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial efficiency Lean manufacturing Six sigma (Quality control stard)
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
    OER
  • Others 
    5S for the Office

    5S for the Office

    Learners read how each of the steps in 5S can be used to organize an office.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Work environment Organizational behavior Office management
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Video 
    6 Core Elements of BPM

    6 Core Elements of BPM

    The video is about the six core arguments of BPM. It can help you to understand different aspects of a holistic BPM and why these six core elements are important to the success of BPM implementations.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    7 Tools for Building a Business People Trust

    7 Tools for Building a Business People Trust

    Why do we trust some companies and not others? Using real-world examples, digital trust advisor Marcos Aguiar decodes this make-or-break quality -- and offers seven tools to help leaders design a foundation of trust into their business ecosystems in order to achieve long-term success.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Trust Corporate culture
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    A Business Against Racism

    A Business Against Racism

    Villy Wang is in the business of rewriting stereotypes, empowering youth of color to take back their narratives through storytelling. In this moving talk, Wang explains how she developed a program to train kids in filmmaking so they can create new, authentic stories and break the cycle of bias perpetuated in media.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Motion pictures -- Production direction Racism Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Open (Access) Journal-Article 
    A Lean Six Sigma framework to enhance the competitiveness in selected automotive component manufacturing organisations

    A Lean Six Sigma framework to enhance the competitiveness in selected automotive component manufacturing organisations

    This article investigates the integration of Lean and Six Sigma tools as a unified approach to continuous improvement and develops a Lean Six Sigma framework for selected automotive component manufacturing organisations in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa.

    Subjects:
    Management and Business Information Technology
    Keywords:
    Production management Automobile supplies industry Six sigma (Quality control stard)
    Resource Type:
    Open (Access) Journal-Article
     
    OER
  • Video 
    A Model for Initiating Conflict Resolution (Screencast)

    A Model for Initiating Conflict Resolution (Screencast)

    In this screencast you'll identify and write assertive "I" statements that focus on BCF (behavior, consequences, and feelings).

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Conflict management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • e-book 
    A Primer on Sustainable Business

    A Primer on Sustainable Business

    As you read A Primer on Sustainable Business, we challenge you to not think of sustainability as a program, an initiative, or an activity. Rather, sustainability is a mind-set, a philosophy, and worldview. Throughout each chapter, you are challenged to alter the way you view your job, the workplace, the business, and the world. Whether you are an executive, an entrepreneur, or an employee, A Primer on Sustainable Business will help you understand the big picture of what it means to be a sustainable business and will give you the information you need to begin your journey toward sustainability.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Corporations -- Environmental aspects Sustainability Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Video 
    APQC Process Classification Framework

    APQC Process Classification Framework

    This lecutre is about the design and an excellent of business processes. Established frameworks from the American Productivity and Quality Council (APQC) is introduced.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • e-book 
    An Introduction to Cooperation and Mutualism

    An Introduction to Cooperation and Mutualism

    This textbook introduces readers to the idea of cooperation and mutualism. Cooperatives and mutuals are participatory organizations in which members participate in control and governance, receive economic benefits through patronage refunds or net income, and become owners through equity. These mutual-benefit organizations exist alongside non-profit organizations and investor-benefit organizations through the global economy.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Management -- Employee participation Industrial management Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Presentation 
    Analyzing Word Frequencies in Large Text Corpora using Inter-arrival Times and Bootstrapping

    Analyzing Word Frequencies in Large Text Corpora using Inter-arrival Times and Bootstrapping

    This video was recorded at European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD), Athens 2011. Comparing frequency counts over texts or corpora is an important task in many applications and scientific disciplines. Given a text corpus, we want to test a hypothesis, such as "word X is frequent", "word X has become more frequent over time", or "word X is more frequent in male than in female speech". For this purpose we need a null model of word frequencies. The commonly used bag-of-words model, which corresponds to a Bernoulli process with fixed parameter, does not account for any structure present in natural languages. Using this model for word frequencies results in large numbers of words being reported as unexpectedly frequent. We address how to take into account the inherent occurrence patterns of words in significance testing of word frequencies. Based on studies of words in two large corpora, we propose two methods for modeling word frequencies that both take into account the occurrence patterns of words and go beyond the bag-of-words assumption. The first method models word frequencies based on the spatial distribution of individual words in the language. The second method is based on bootstrapping and takes into account only word frequency at the text level. The proposed methods are compared to the current gold standard in a series of experiments on both corpora. We find that words obey different spatial patterns in the language, ranging from bursty to non-bursty/uniform, independent of their frequency, showing that the traditional approach leads to many false positives.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Computational linguistics Text processing (Computer science) Discourse analysis -- Data processing
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
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  • Open (Access) Journal-Article 
    Applying DMAIC Methodology to Reduce Defects of Sewing Section in RMG: A Case Study

    Applying DMAIC Methodology to Reduce Defects of Sewing Section in RMG: A Case Study

    This work walks around the use of DMAIC methodology of six sigma to lessen the defect rate in sewing section of FCI (BD) LTD. Throughout five phases of DMAIC methodology, named Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control, this approach minimizes defects analytically. In different phases, different types of six sigma tools were exercised.

    Subjects:
    Management and Business Information Technology
    Keywords:
    Clothing trade Production management Six sigma (Quality control stard)
    Resource Type:
    Open (Access) Journal-Article
     
    OER
  • Video 
    BPM in Industry

    BPM in Industry

    Cover the adoptions of BPM in organizations, why they are being adopted, to what extent they're being adopted and what if organizations fail to adopt a BPM

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    BPM in Organisations

    BPM in Organisations

    It covers the principle of Business Process Management and also give you a comparisons between Functional Management and Business Process Management.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Courseware 
    BUS208: Principles of Management

    BUS208: Principles of Management

    Management is the organization and coordination of work to produce a desired result. A manager is a person who practices management by working with and through people in order to accomplish his or her organization's goals. When you think of the term manager, you may be imagining your supervisor as he or she hires and terminates employees and makes major decisions above your authority. However, although you may not view yourself in this way, you yourself may also be a manager. In fact, many of us practice management skills in the workplace every day. You may have a team of employees that you manage, or lead a project that requires management strategy, or demonstrate leadership qualities among your peers. These are all scenarios that require you to apply the principles of management. In this course, you will learn to recognize the characteristics of proper management by identifying what successful managers do and how they do it. Understanding how managers work is just as beneficial for the subordinate employee as it is for the manager. This course is designed to teach you the fundamentals of management as they are practiced today. This course will illustrate how management evolves as firms grow in size. It is based upon the idea that the essential purpose of a business is to produce products and services in order to meet the needs and wants of the marketplace. A manager marshals an organization's resources (its people, finances, facilities, and equipment) toward this fundamental goal. In this course, you will explore the tasks that today's managers perform and delve into the key knowledge areas that managers need to master in order to run successful and profitable businesses.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Management
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Others 
    Basic Quality Principles: Process for Achieving Quality in an Organization

    Basic Quality Principles: Process for Achieving Quality in an Organization

    In this learning activity you'll define and explain the broad steps in achieving quality in an organization.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Quality control Quality assurance Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Courseware 
    Big Data Strategies to Transform Your Business

    Big Data Strategies to Transform Your Business

    While big data infiltrates all walks of life, most firms have not changed sufficiently to meet the challenges that come with it. In this course, you will learn how to develop a big data strategy, transform your business model and your organization. This course will enable professionals to take their organization and their own career to the next level, regardless of their background and position. Professionals will learn how to be in charge of big data instead of being subject to it. In particular, they will become familiar with tools to: - assess their current situation regarding potential big data-induced changes of a disruptive nature, - identify their options for successfully integrating big data in their strategy, business model and organization, or if not possible, how to exit quickly with as little loss as possible, and - strengthen their own position and that of their organization in our digitalized knowledge economy The course will build on the concepts of product life cycles, the business model canvas, organizational theory and digitalized management jobs (such as Chief Digital Officer or Chief Informatics Officer) to help you find the best way to deal with and benefit from big data induced changes. During the course, your most pressing questions will be answered in our feedback videos with the lecturer. In the assignments of the course, you will choose a sector and a stakeholder. For this, you will develop your own strategy and business model. This will help you identify the appropriate organizational structure and potential contributions and positions for yourself.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Business -- Data processing Big data
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Others 
    Building Relationships Through Active Listening

    Building Relationships Through Active Listening

    Learners will examine the four steps to listen actively to improve relationships.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Interpersonal relations Interpersonal communication Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • e-book 
    Building Strategy and Performance

    Building Strategy and Performance

    This book uses a balanced blend of frameworks and illustrations to teach you how to tackle the challenge of driving performance into the future. Kim Warren takes special care with this new textbook, Building Strategy and Performance, to ensure that it delivers instruction on how to deliver strategy powerfully over a sustained period of time. This book helps you to show your students where the levers are that they can control and how to choose what to do, when, and how much to achieve their specific goals. This book effectively outlines the dynamics of strategy, how one drives performance - past, today and into the future. It shows what causes performance to improve or deteriorate and what your students can do to change this trajectory for the better. But don't take our word for it, review the book now to see if it can help you to deliver the kind of tactical strategy course you desire for your students.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Success in business Strategic planning Organizational effectiveness Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Video 
    Business Development

    Business Development

    This video series is designed to teach bench researchers how scientists in scientific enterprises structure business deals to achieve strategic goals. Content covers an overview of the business development process and includes identifying gaps, deal types and structure, and defining success. Concepts will be reinforced using practical examples from academic and industry settings.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Business planning Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    Business Model

    Business Model

    Business Model

    Course related:
    MM2B05 Introduction to Marketing
    Subjects:
    Management and Marketing
    Keywords:
    Business planning Strategic planning
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Courseware 
    Business Model Implementation

    Business Model Implementation

    Designing a new business model is one thing, but how do you actually put it into practice? How do you move from your current model to a new business model? In this business and management course, you will learn how to make a practical action plan to implement your new business model. You will create a business model roadmap that will include practical activities that take into consideration the possible risks associated with moving to a new business model. You will also learn about the practical factors that need to be taken into consideration during the transition process, i.e. the competency of your people and your IT, in order to successfully implement a new business model.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Business planning Strategic planning Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Video 
    Business Model Innovation: Beating Yourself at Your Own Game

    Business Model Innovation: Beating Yourself at Your Own Game

    It seems as though Uber upended the taxi industry in less time than it takes to drive across Manhattan at rush hour. How did they do it, and what can legacy companies learn from their example? Business transformation expert Stefan Gross-Selbeck distills the unique qualities of today's most successful start-ups and shares strategies for replicating this spirit of hyper-innovation and disruption in any business.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Business enterprises -- Technological innovations New business enterprises
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Courseware 
    Business Model Metrics and Advanced Tools

    Business Model Metrics and Advanced Tools

    Do you want to enhance your business model by creating a clear focus or implement your new business model innovation into your IT? In this business and management course, we will discuss business model agility and how specific business model metrics will help you focus on the overall goals of our business. You will also learn about advanced tools to help support the bridge between business model thinking and IT implementation.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Business planning Information technology -- Management Strategic planning Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Business Model Testing

    Business Model Testing

    The world is changing rapidly and full of uncertainties. The future success of a business model depends on how well it is adapted to changing circumstances. Do you want to become aware of the relevant developments in technology, markets and society? And understand how this affects your business? This business and management course will teach you how to stress test your business model. You will learn how to identify the relevant trends and uncertainties and how they impact your business model. You will analyse the strong and weak parts of your business model and look for opportunities to make your business model more robust and future proof. You will learn through real-world examples from well-known companies and interact with fellow entrepreneurs. By the end of this course, you will be able to stress test your own business model to analyse its future success.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Business planning Strategic planning Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • e-book 
    Business Plan Development Guide

    Business Plan Development Guide

    This textbook and its accompanying spreadsheet templates were designed with and for students wanting a practical and easy-to-follow guide for developing a business plan. It follows a unique format that both explains what to do and demonstrates how to do it.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Business planning Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Video 
    Business Process Management

    Business Process Management

    A basic introduction to Business Process Management

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Presentation 
    Business Process Mining and Formalization

    Business Process Mining and Formalization

    This video was recorded at COIN / ACTIVE Summer School on Advanced Technologies for Knowledge Intensive Networked Organizations, Aachen 2010. Part 1. Context Computing. Context is used as a term for packaging information for a particular need. A criterion for selecting or prioritization information from a broader pool of information could be called contextual model. Search can be contextual: http://searchpoint.ijs.si. The relevance of Context in computing seems to be growing. Many application areas see an opportunity in extending its value by introducing "context sensitivity". More details do to be found in ISWC2006 Tutorial on "context sensitivity": http://videolectures.net/iswc06_athens_ga/ Part 2. Text Mining & Light Weight Semantics. Videolectures discusses the following topics: - levels of text representations - modeling the data (Support Vector Machine) - classification into large taxonomies (DMoz) - visual & contextual search (Search Point) - multilingual search - news bias, news visualization - text enrichment (Enrycher) - knowledge based summarization - question answering (AnswerArt) - Cyc knowledge base and reasoning

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Data mining Information resources management Business -- Data Processing Management information systems
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Others 
    Business Records Management

    Business Records Management

    In this interactive lesson, learners read the rules for filing business records and then test their knowledge in a series of exercises. Immediate feedback is provided

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Records -- Management Filing systems
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Video 
    Business Strategy

    Business Strategy

    This video series is designed to teach bench researchers how scientists develop and execute strategy. Content includes an overview of how scientific enterprises use business strategy such as determining value proposition, identifying stakeholders, and defining vision. Concepts will be reinforced using practical examples from academic and industry settings.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Strategic planning
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Others 
    CEO report : the psychology of the unknown : what great problem-solvers do when they get stuck

    CEO report : the psychology of the unknown : what great problem-solvers do when they get stuck

    This CEO Report is about tapping into the psychological thought-processes of how great problem-solvers see, interpret and makes sense of being stuck with complexity and what they do (or fail to do) to progress. To uncover these underlying thinking patterns we administered a rigorous and systematic interview approach from clinical psychology called, Repertory Grid Technique (RGT). Our sample consists of fifty (50) seasoned CEOs /Executives spanning a wide range of industry sectors. Seven (7) inherent latent themes emerged from our analysis as to what are the core drivers (habits of mind) that help executives open up the alternatives whenever they find themselves stuck with complexity.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Chief executive officers -- Psychology Problem solving
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Presentation 
    COIN Baseline services and negotiation support

    COIN Baseline services and negotiation support

    This video was recorded at COIN / ACTIVE Summer School on Advanced Technologies for Knowledge Intensive Networked Organizations, Aachen 2010. Organized by COIN FP7 Integrated Project (http://www.coin-ip.eu/) and ACTIVE FP7 Integrated Project (http://www.active-project.eu), the summer school seeks to bring together students, scholars and researchers from industry in order to foster collaboration and interoperability through innovative software solutions and share the recent research developments from well-established researchers and educators. The main topics of the summer school are: Interoperability and collaboration models and solutions, Enterprise interoperability and collaboration services, Innovative knowledge and semantically powered technologies, Knowledge process and context modeling, Pro-active knowledge tools, Large scale analytics and reasoning tools, Business cases and real case studies. More about the event at http://coin-active-ss.ijs.si/

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Enterprise application integration (Computer systems) Internetworking (Telecommunication) Management information systems Information resources management
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Presentation 
    COIN System Demos

    COIN System Demos

    This video was recorded at COIN / PlanetData Winter School on Knowledge Technologies for Complex Business Environments, Ljubljana 2011. Organized by COIN FP7 Integrated Project and PlanetData FP7 Network of Excellence, the school seeks to bring together students, scholars and researchers from industry in order to foster collaboration and interoperability with innovative services and project large-scale data management in business environments. The main topics of the winter school are: Interoperability and collaboration models and solutions, Enterprise interoperability and collaboration services, Innovative knowledge and semantically powered technologies, Knowledge process and context modelling, Pro-active knowledge tools, Large scale analytics and reasoning tools, Business cases and real case studies.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Enterprise application integration (Computer systems) Internetworking (Telecommunication) Management information systems Information resources management
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Presentation 
    COIN meets Science 2.0

    COIN meets Science 2.0

    This video was recorded at COIN / PlanetData Winter School on Knowledge Technologies for Complex Business Environments, Ljubljana 2011. Organized by COIN FP7 Integrated Project and PlanetData FP7 Network of Excellence, the school seeks to bring together students, scholars and researchers from industry in order to foster collaboration and interoperability with innovative services and project large-scale data management in business environments. The main topics of the winter school are: Interoperability and collaboration models and solutions, Enterprise interoperability and collaboration services, Innovative knowledge and semantically powered technologies, Knowledge process and context modelling, Pro-active knowledge tools, Large scale analytics and reasoning tools, Business cases and real case studies. Detailed information can be found here.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Information resources management Internetworking (Telecommunication) Management information systems
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Presentation 
    COIN services and innovation

    COIN services and innovation

    This video was recorded at COIN / PlanetData Winter School on Knowledge Technologies for Complex Business Environments, Ljubljana 2011. Organized by COIN FP7 Integrated Project and PlanetData FP7 Network of Excellence, the school seeks to bring together students, scholars and researchers from industry in order to foster collaboration and interoperability with innovative services and project large-scale data management in business environments. The main topics of the winter school are: Interoperability and collaboration models and solutions, Enterprise interoperability and collaboration services, Innovative knowledge and semantically powered technologies, Knowledge process and context modelling, Pro-active knowledge tools, Large scale analytics and reasoning tools, Business cases and real case studies.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Enterprise application integration (Computer systems) Internetworking (Telecommunication) Management information systems Information resources management
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Others 
    Cellular Manufacturing

    Cellular Manufacturing

    Learners read about the benefits of grouping machines together for an efficient flow of the product.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Production planning Manufacturing cells
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Courseware 
    Circular Economy

    Circular Economy

    This course explores the Circular Economy: how businesses can create value by reusing and recycling products, how designers can come up with amazingly clever solutions, and how you can contribute to make the Circular Economy happen.

    Subjects:
    Management and Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Keywords:
    Sustainable development Industrial management -- Environmental aspects Environmental economics
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Presentation 
    Collaboration and Interoperability – COIN Approach

    Collaboration and Interoperability – COIN Approach

    This video was recorded at COIN / ACTIVE Summer School on Advanced Technologies for Knowledge Intensive Networked Organizations, Aachen 2010. Organized by COIN FP7 Integrated Project (http://www.coin-ip.eu/) and ACTIVE FP7 Integrated Project (http://www.active-project.eu), the summer school seeks to bring together students, scholars and researchers from industry in order to foster collaboration and interoperability through innovative software solutions and share the recent research developments from well-established researchers and educators. The main topics of the summer school are: Interoperability and collaboration models and solutions, Enterprise interoperability and collaboration services, Innovative knowledge and semantically powered technologies, Knowledge process and context modeling, Pro-active knowledge tools, Large scale analytics and reasoning tools, Business cases and real case studies. More about the event at http://coin-active-ss.ijs.si/

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Enterprise application integration (Computer systems) Internetworking (Telecommunication) Management information systems Information resources management
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Courseware 
    Communication for Managers

    Communication for Managers

    In this course, students develop and polish communication strategies and methods through discussion, examples, and practice with an emphasizes on writing and speaking skills necessary for effective leaders. The course includes several oral and written assignments which are integrated with other subjects, and with career development activities, when possible.

    Subjects:
    Management and Communication
    Keywords:
    Business presentations Leadership Business communication
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Video 
    Compare 2 process manager animation

    Compare 2 process manager animation

    From the animation of two process managers, who do you think is a better process manager for the organization?

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Presentation 
    Content as basis for Social Connectness …as basis for better User Experience

    Content as basis for Social Connectness …as basis for better User Experience

    This video was recorded at COIN / PlanetData Winter School on Knowledge Technologies for Complex Business Environments, Ljubljana 2011. Organized by COIN FP7 Integrated Project and PlanetData FP7 Network of Excellence, the school seeks to bring together students, scholars and researchers from industry in order to foster collaboration and interoperability with innovative services and project large-scale data management in business environments. The main topics of the winter school are: Interoperability and collaboration models and solutions, Enterprise interoperability and collaboration services, Innovative knowledge and semantically powered technologies, Knowledge process and context modelling, Pro-active knowledge tools, Large scale analytics and reasoning tools, Business cases and real case studies. Detailed information can be found here.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Online social networks Computer software -- Development -- Social aspects Computer networks -- Social aspects Social networks
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • e-book 
    Corporate Governance

    Corporate Governance

    Corporate Governance by de Kluyver is a primer on corporate governance. It is designed to help students understand corporate governance by looking at the subject from both a macro- and micro-perspective. Historical data and examples including the recent scandals that have torn the fabric of capitalism pave a pathway to the principal challenges facing today's corporate boards, and how to successfully manage them. Topics Include: Clear coverage on why proper corporate governance has become a moral imperative and how to corporations achieve it. Discussions on recent governance reforms in the United States. Outlines of the roles that each individual in the corporate governance process must take on and how to effectively execute on those roles. Exploration on the future of corporate governance in the epilogue Take some time to review Corporate Governance by de Kluyver to see if it is a good fit for your strategy courses.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Textbooks Corporate governance
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • e-book 
    Corporate Governance

    Corporate Governance

    This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to ethics in business and provides modules in Ethical Leadership, Ethical Decision-Making, Social Responsibility, and Corporate Governance. Students will actively study ethical theory by carrying out exercises to help them build theory-based tools for encountering ethical problems in business practice. They will also work with cases in business ethics designed to give them practice in developing skills of ethical leadership, ethical decision-making, and carrying out socio-technical analyses to respond to issues of social responsibility. This course will culminate in an Ethics Bowl competition in which students will practice ethics advocacy in a variety of organizational contexts in business.

    Subjects:
    Management and Business Ethics
    Keywords:
    Business ethics Textbooks Corporate governance
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Video 
    Crash Course Business Entrepreneurship

    Crash Course Business Entrepreneurship

    In 17 episodes, Anna Akana will teach you entrepreneurship skills to help you start and run a small business. This course is based on a college-level curriculum with a variety of reference texts, including the Strategyzer Business Model Canvas. By the end of the course, you will be able to: (1) Evaluate the quality of an idea and take steps to turn it into a small business (2) Understand the legal basics of business entity formation, sales, costs, and other finances (3) Develop a clear value proposition for your business and customer relationships (4) Navigate other businesses, including both competition and key partners (5) Define success for yourself as an entrepreneur, and recognize failure

    Course related:
    HTM2302 Accounting and Control in Hospitality and Tourism
    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Entrepreneurship
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Others 
    Cycle Time and One-Piece Flow

    Cycle Time and One-Piece Flow

    In a series of three interactive exercises, learners explore the relationship between process cycle time and defect detection, and between process cyle time and smaller batch sizes. The techniques of lean/JIT are applied to achieve the continuous improvement (kaizen) goal of reducing inventory by pursuing one-piece flow.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Production planning Production control
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • e-journal 
    David Publishing Company

    David Publishing Company

    In this journal platform, you can find the articles which published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The journal covers a various disciplines, including:
    Biomedical & Life Sciences
    Business & Management
    Chemistry & Material Science
    Computer & Communications
    Earth & Environmental Science
    Engineering
    Humanities
    Physics & Mathematics
    Social Sciences

    Subjects:
    Management, Physics, Chemistry, Computing, Mathematics and Statistics, Biology, and Environmental Sciences
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Computer science Management Physics Mathematics Social Sciences Chemistry Engineering Environmental sciences Humanities Biology
    Resource Type:
    e-journal
     
  • e-book 
    Developing New Products and Services

    Developing New Products and Services

    Developing New Products and Services by Sanders is an outstanding contribution to market research. The book focuses on the upfront activities and ideas for new product and service development. A central theme of Developing New Products and Services is that there is, or should be, a constant struggle going on in every organization, business, and system between delivering feature-rich versions of products and services using extravagant engineering and delivering low-cost versions of products and services using frugal engineering. Students will come away with this notion and how to manifest it as a contributing employee at any company. A number of powerful concepts and tools are presented so your students can better understand how to facilitate new product development. For example, three templates are featured that facilitate new product and service development. The FAD (features, attributes, and design) template is used to identify the features and attributes that can be used for product and service differentiation. The Ten–Ten planning process contains two templates: an Organizational and Industry Analysis template and the Business Plan Overview template. These two templates coupled with the FAD template can be used to develop a full-blown business plan. In addition, Developing New Products and Services includes the following topics: entrepreneurship, technology and product life cycles, product and service versioning, product line optimization, creativity, lock-in real options, business valuation, and project management. Evaluate Developing New Products and Services by Sanders for your marketing courses today.

    Subjects:
    Management and Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Keywords:
    Product differentiation New products Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • e-book 
    Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) (Business and Economics)

    Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) (Business and Economics)

    DOAB provides a searchable index to the information about these books, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository.

    Subjects:
    Economics and Management
    Keywords:
    Business Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Video 
    Distinguishing Leadership and Management Activities (Screencast)

    Distinguishing Leadership and Management Activities (Screencast)

    In this screencast, students read about the key differences between management and leadership activities. They will review typical supervisory activities as either management or leadership.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Leadership
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    Don't choose between operational excellence and customer intimacy

    Don't choose between operational excellence and customer intimacy

    This video talks about how the world's greatest companies actually focus on value propositions.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Presentation 
    ERP Innovation Lab

    ERP Innovation Lab

    This video was recorded at COIN / ACTIVE Summer School on Advanced Technologies for Knowledge Intensive Networked Organizations, Aachen 2010. Organized by COIN FP7 Integrated Project (http://www.coin-ip.eu/) and ACTIVE FP7 Integrated Project (http://www.active-project.eu), the summer school seeks to bring together students, scholars and researchers from industry in order to foster collaboration and interoperability through innovative software solutions and share the recent research developments from well-established researchers and educators. The main topics of the summer school are: Interoperability and collaboration models and solutions, Enterprise interoperability and collaboration services, Innovative knowledge and semantically powered technologies, Knowledge process and context modeling, Pro-active knowledge tools, Large scale analytics and reasoning tools, Business cases and real case studies. More about the event at http://coin-active-ss.ijs.si/

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Enterprise application integration (Computer systems) Internetworking (Telecommunication) Management information systems Information resources management
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Presentation 
    ERP-systems for SMEs in Ukraine, Best Practices

    ERP-systems for SMEs in Ukraine, Best Practices

    This video was recorded at Workshop on Advanced IT Solutions and Competitiveness of SMEs, Lviv 2006. It is generally recognized that the competitiveness of SMEs in the present-day business environment ultimately relies upon effective implementation of the most up-to-date information technologies. However, the Ukrainian IT space is characterized with highly noticeable information gap between IT-saturated export-oriented software development companies and ordinary businesses or governmental agencies. The seminar has provided perfect platform for the interaction between local SMEs, communicating their IT needs, and IT service providers like Intellias, briefing on their enterprise-based IT offerings. The seminar has assembled insightful speakers from Ukrainian and international IT companies, as well as representatives from research institutions, consulting firms and IT experienced SMEs. The case studies from Western Ukrainian companies, possessing experience in implementation of IT solutions in industrial process, have illustrated emerging difficulties in aligning IT automated process with qualifications and professional level of the involved personnel. The practical aspects of introducing ERP systems for optimization of production process have been presented by Vitaly Pyasetsky (Lvivkholod public corporation) and Andriy Tsehelyk (Enzyme joint-stock company). The discussion has further focused on the international experience of the implementation of the information technologies as well as networking and partnership practices. Valuable contributions to the topic has been made by Maria-Luisa Sanseverino E4 Project Coordinator from Centro Ricerche Fiat and Patric Sitek from Bremen Institute of Industrial Technology and Applied Work Science. Particular emphasis has been placed on the E4 Project: Extended Enterprise Management in Enlarged Europe including collaboration initiatives and close involvement of the Eastern European enterprises within its framework. The discussion has been reinforced by the case study on Ivano Frankivsk business portal, assembling best practices from abroad business development agencies.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Enterprise resource planning Small business Ukraine Management information systems
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Courseware 
    ESD.10 Introduction to Technology and Policy

    ESD.10 Introduction to Technology and Policy

    This course explores perspectives in the policy process - agenda setting, problem definition, framing the terms of debate, formulation and analysis of options, implementation and evaluation of policy outcomes using frameworks including economics and markets, law, and business and management. Methods include cost/benefit analysis, probabilistic risk assessment, and system dynamics. Exercises include developing skills to work on the interface between technology and societal issues; simulation exercises; case studies; and group projects that illustrate issues involving multiple stakeholders with different value structures, high levels of uncertainty, multiple levels of complexity; and value trade-offs that are characteristic of engineering systems. Emphasis on negotiation, team building and group dynamics, and management of multiple actors and leadership.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Policy sciences -- Economic aspects Political planning -- Economic aspects
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
    OER
  • Courseware 
    ESD.60 Lean/Six Sigma Processes

    ESD.60 Lean/Six Sigma Processes

    Students of this course will develop a broad understanding of Lean/Six Sigma principles and practices, build capability to implement Lean/Six Sigma initiatives in manufacturing operations, and learn to operate with awareness of Lean/Six Sigma at the enterprise level. All course materials are organized around a common "single-point lesson" (SPL) format, with some of the SPLs provided by the instructor and guests and with some developed and delivered by student teams.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Quality control Six sigma (Quality control stard)
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
    OER
  • Others 
    Eliminating Office Waste

    Eliminating Office Waste

    Learners review office processes to find ways to save time.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Work environment Organizational behavior Office management
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • e-book 
    Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit

    Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit

    This book is designed for upper year undergraduate students and graduate students studying fundamental entrepreneurship concepts.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Textbooks Entrepreneurship
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Courseware 
    Entrepreneurship for Engineers

    Entrepreneurship for Engineers

    Are you an entrepreneur, or do you have a passion for building your own technology startup? This course will help and encourage you to start a successful technology-based venture. If you always wanted to become an entrepreneur, or if you are simply interested in putting a new technology to innovative use, this course is for you. This course helps you understand the process of entrepreneurship from a technology-oriented background. The course is made up of modules that are presented by experts in the field of entrepreneurship and technology. Modules include: - Team Building - Opportunity Recognition - Financing - Customer Acquisition

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Technological innovations -- Economic aspects Entrepreneurship High technology industries -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Entrepreneurship without Borders

    Entrepreneurship without Borders

    This course examines opportunities and problems for entrepreneurs globally, including Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Linkages between the business environment, the institutional framework, and new venture creation are covered with a special focus on blockchain technology. In addition to discussing a range of global entrepreneurial situations, student groups pick one particular cluster on which to focus and to understand what further development would entail. Classroom interactions are based primarily on case studies.

    Subjects:
    Management, Finance, and Business Information Technology
    Keywords:
    Entrepreneurship Blockchains (Databases) International business enterprises
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • e-book 
    Exploring Business

    Exploring Business

    The author's goals in writing Exploring Business Version 2.0 was simple: introduce students to business in an exciting way. Exploring Business is adapted from a work produced by a publisher who has requested that they and the original author not receive attribution. This adapted edition is produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing through the eLearning Support Initiative. Though the publisher has requested that they and the original author not receive attribution, this adapted edition reproduces all original text and sections of the book, except for publisher and author name attribution. This textbook has been used in classes at: College of Alameda, Columbia Basin College, Flagler College, Johnson County Community College, Pasadena City College, Penn State University, Renton Technical College, San Diego Mesa College, Sierra College, Yuba College.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Presentation 
    Express path to interoperable solutions – Case of the Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Serbia

    Express path to interoperable solutions – Case of the Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Serbia

    This video was recorded at CeGD eGovernance Academy Seminar Series (SEeHealth): The Roadmap from Concept to Practice, Ljubljana 2010. The key of mutual integration of health care institutions lies in their interoperability, gathering and common utilization of data by different applications. Seemingly, imperceptible and smooth applications' integration enables an efficient mutual linkage of all departments within a single health care institution as well as horizontal and vertical linkage of more health care institutions, all with the aim of improvement of health and quality of patient's life. Health care system quality improvement needs a continuous rationalization of resources funds, which leads towards optimization of business processes and availability of all necessary information in the shortest possible period. All necessary information and data on patients must be available independently on location or time of such a necessity. The greatest obstacles for interoperability represent heterogeneous applications. Such heterogeneity can be presented by the fact that they were written in various program languages, that they are intended for utilization at different types of computers or the fact that they use various communication networks and data transfer methods. IT managers in hospitals must decide how to contribute to cross‐organizational integration and what strategy and means to choose for achieving interoperability. If a system is poor in its interoperability, any increasing functions or little changes could stop its working properly. Interoperability must be ensured at technical, semantic and process levels but also in a legislative level, where all recommendations for legal and lawful solutions are given, which remove the most frequent obstacles – human and bureaucratic factors. The Oncology Institute of Vojvodina as a referent center for oncology and a center for medical informatics signed its own Integrated hospital and business information system. The information system at the IOV consists of the following modules: 1. hospital‐clinical IS 2. laboratory IS 3. pharmaceutical IS 4. radiological IS 5. invoicing (accounting) IS 6. business IS 7. managerial IS All of these modules are mutually optimally integrated, and their interoperability at the level of communicational protocols (HL7, DICOM, internal interface), semantics (the same code‐records, rules) and legislative level (the same accounting calculations) enables the user to see all these complex modules as one system. Thus, we created necessary preconditions for our integration into information society, which is a 21st century strategy at the state level.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences, Management, and Computing
    Keywords:
    Health services administration -- Data processing Management information systems Health services administration -- Computer networks
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Others 
    Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

    Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

    Learners follow the FMEA process to predict potential failures and to prevent them. This activity uses the example of getting to work to help participants comprehend the concepts and to apply them to their own work processes.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Six sigma (Quality control stard) Corporate culture Production management -- Quality control Process control
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Video 
    Family Businesses Are Here to Stay, And Thrive

    Family Businesses Are Here to Stay, And Thrive

    What do Wal-Mart, Mars and Newscorp have in common? They're family businesses. Vikram Bhalla analyzes the unique strengths and weaknesses of family businesses today, contrasting them with the humble mom-and-pop store the term usually brings to mind. Vikram's research reveals that family businesses in emerging economies are the fastest-growing and most ambitious breed of companies in the world. He maps out some valuable lessons that these successful ventures can share for both family and traditional companies.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Family-owned business enterprises
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Courseware 
    Farmer's Agribusiness Training Course: Module 3 - Entrepreneurship. Lesson 5: Credit Management

    Farmer's Agribusiness Training Course: Module 3 - Entrepreneurship. Lesson 5: Credit Management

    This Farmers' Agribusiness training course has been developed to help both farmers and farmer organisations. Its intention is to provide access to provide access to additional skills and knowledge that will allow farmers to move from a 'farm' to a 'firm'. This lesson describes funding possibilities, the process for sourcing funds, the measures that should be taken to ensure effective utilization of funds, repayment procedures.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Entrepreneurship Credit -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
    OER
  • e-book 
    Work

    Financial Strategy for Public Managers

    Financial Strategy for Public Managers is a new generation textbook for financial management in the public sector. It offers a thorough, applied, and concise introduction to the essential financial concepts and analytical tools that today's effective public servants need to know. It starts “at the beginning” and assumes no prior knowledge or experience in financial management. Throughout the text, Kioko and Marlowe emphasize how financial information can and should inform every aspect of public sector strategy, from routine procurement decisions to budget preparation to program design to major new policy initiatives. They draw upon dozens of real-world examples, cases, and applied problems to bring that relationship between information and strategy to life. Unlike other public financial management texts, the authors also integrate foundational principles across the government, non-profit, and “hybrid/for-benefit” sectors. Coverage includes basic principles of accounting and financial reporting, preparing and analyzing financial statements, cost analysis, and the process and politics of budget preparation. The text also includes several large case studies appropriate for class discussion and/or graded assignments.

    Subjects:
    Management and Finance
    Keywords:
    Budget Public administration Finance Public -- Management Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • e-book 
    Focusing on Organizational Change

    Focusing on Organizational Change

    Never before have strategic leaders been confronted with so much overwhelming change. The traditional approach is to teach the leader or leaders how to direct or control the organizations' reaction on a monthly, weekly, or even daily basis. This approach is stressful and overwhelming for executive leaders, makes middle managers feel torn between honoring their senior leaders and listening to the demands of front line employees, and is alienating for front line employees. Focusing on Organizational Change offers an alternative to the traditional approach by focusing on building the change capacity of the entire organization in anticipation of future pressures to change. Based on systematic research of more than 5,000 respondents working within more than 200 organization or organizational units conducted during the previous decade, this book offers a clear and proven method for diagnosing your organizational change capacity. While building organizational change capacity is not fast or easy, it is essential for effective leadership and organizational survival in the 21st century.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Organizational change Personnel management Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Courseware 
    Free Online Course: Six Sigma: Define and Measure from edX | Class Central

    Free Online Course: Six Sigma: Define and Measure from edX | Class Central

    An introduction to the Six Sigma methodology and DMAIC cycle for process improvement with a focus on the Define and Measure phases.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
    OER
  • e-book 
    Fundamentals of Business - 2nd Edition

    Fundamentals of Business - 2nd Edition

    Fundamentals of Business, Second Edition (2018) is an 372-page open education resource intended to serve as a no-cost, faculty customizable primary text for one-semester undergraduate introductory business courses. It covers the following topics in business: Teamwork; economics; ethics; entrepreneurship; business ownership, management, and leadership; organizational structures and operations management; human resources and motivating employees; managing in labor union contexts; marketing and pricing strategy; hospitality and tourism, accounting and finance, and personal finances. The textbook was designed for use in Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business introductory level business course, MGT1104 Foundations of Business and is shared under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial ShareAlike 4.0 license. What’s new? This version of the book, the Second Edition, improves upon the 2016 edition. Improvements include: - Correction of errata identified in the 2016 compilation and many minor improvements. - Renumbering of chapters and added front matter. - Addition of new content: the PESTEL model in Chapter 2, Qualtrax case study in Chapter 7, and substantive revision of Chapter 16 Hospitality and Tourism. - Addition of desktop and mobile friendly navigation features and interactive self-quizzing (Pressbooks version only). - Addition of links to related external videos. - Addition of a low-resolution version. - Addition of accessibility features. Accessible PDFs: Figures now include alternative text (AltText) which enables access by users of screen reader software. - Broader format availability: PDF, epub, mobi, html, PressbooksXML, and OpenDocument (ODF) which is unformatted text editable with MSWord. - Addition of a feedback form for reporting errata - Addition of a faculty listserv and sharing portal. - Errata and corrections made to the Pressbooks version. No changes made to other formats. Features of the book. Each chapter lists learning objectives at the beginning of the chapter and key takeaways at the end of the chapter. The Pressbooks version of this book also includes interactive self-quizzing. Editable files are available in HTML, Open Document, PressBooks XML, ePub, MOBI, and PDF. Selected graphics produced by Brian Craig are available CC BY 4.0 via WikimediaCommons. A testbank is now available by request for this book. The testbank is available to any instructor who has adopted Fundamentals of Business in their course.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Business Industrial management Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • e-book 
    Fundamentals of Global Strategy

    Fundamentals of Global Strategy

    The globalization of the competitive landscape has forced companies to fundamentally rethink their strategies. Whereas once only a few industries such as oil could be labeled truly global, today many—from pharmaceuticals to aircraft to computers—have become global in scale and scope. As a consequence, creating a global competitive advantage has become a key strategic issue for many companies, and students need to possess an understanding of the impact of global strategies on a business. Crafting a global strategy requires making decisions about which strategy elements can and should be globalized and to what extent, and de Kluyver's Fundamentals of Global Strategy can help you illuminate these facts to your students. Fundamentals of Global Strategy poses the following questions for your students to analyze: What markets and/or regions should a company compete in and why? To what degree can and should products and services be standardized? Is it advantageous to adopt a more or less uniform market positioning worldwide? What value-added activities should it keep in-house, outsource, or relocate for competitive advantage? How can competitive responses be most effectively coordinated on a global basis?

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Globalization Strategic planning International business enterprises Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Courseware 
    Global Strategy and Organization

    Global Strategy and Organization

    This subject focuses on the specifics of strategy and organization of the multinational company, and provides a framework for formulating successful and adaptive strategies in an increasingly complex world economy. Topics include the globalization of industries, the continuing role of country factors in competition, organization of multinational enterprises, and building global networks. This particular version of the subject is taught and tailored specifically to those enrolled in the MIT Sloan Fellows Program.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    International business enterprises -- Management Globalization
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • e-book 
    Guidelines for Improving the Effectiveness of Boards of Directors of Nonprofit Organizations

    Guidelines for Improving the Effectiveness of Boards of Directors of Nonprofit Organizations

    The purpose of this book is to help boards of directors of nonprofit organizations improve their performance after completing the online board self-assessment tool found at www.boardcheckup.com. However, it can also be used as a stand-alone resource for any board seeking to enhance its effectiveness in that it also contains the diagnostic questions on which the online tool is based. The approach taken here is similar to that which lies behind health checkups for individuals. Doctors usually begin by asking us to review a lengthy list of many possible health issues and we check those about which we have concerns. The doctor and patient then focus their discussions on these issues. The typical process proceeds through the following three stages: Understanding the symptoms. The doctor and patient begin by trying to define the issues more clearly. Diagnosis. Effort is made to understand the causes of the problems through tests and further examination. Treatment. Once the problem has been properly diagnosed, a treatment program to remedy it is begun. While the Board Check-Up survey on which this book is based does not pretend to be as scientifically rigorous as a medical examination, it is based on the same logic. It begins by having those who belong to, or relate to, boards provide their perceptions of how well the board is working by guiding them through a list of potential "health issues”, i.e. statements of possible problems, issues or challenges that boards might encounter in their work. These statements have been derived from comments made by those who serve on boards or interact with them as well as from the work of researchers and consultants who have studied boards over the past 30 years. Once issues (symptoms) have been identified, they become the focal point for discussions that explore how serious they are, what might be causing them (diagnosis) and what can be done to resolve them (treatment). As noted above, this book is intended to help boards assess performance and make decisions to improve the effectiveness of the governance process. Each chapter deals with one of the nine dimensions of governance effectiveness. It starts with the items dealing with that dimension on the Board Performance Self-Assessment Questionnaire. These items represent the symptoms that indicate possible issues, problems or challenges faced by the board. This is followed by a discussion of possible reasons that such symptoms might exist (diagnosis) The third part of each chapter looks at what might be done to alleviate the symptoms once a diagnosis is made (treatment). Included in this final part of the chapter are references to websites, books and articles that provide additional advice and assistance on how to deal with the issues raised.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Nonprofit organizations -- Management Directors of corporations Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Others 
    Heijunka

    Heijunka

    Learners view a heijunka box and read how this tool is used for scheduling production in a pull system.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Production management Industrial productivity
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Video 
    Hong Kong’s MTR by the numbers

    Hong Kong’s MTR by the numbers

    A video about the history, the evolution and statistics of MTR

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    How A Start-up in The White House Is Changing Business As Usual

    How A Start-up in The White House Is Changing Business As Usual

    Haley Van Dyck is transforming the way America delivers critical services to everyday people. At the United States Digital Service, Van Dyck and her team are using lessons learned by Silicon Valley and the private sector to improve services for veterans, immigrants, the disabled and others, creating a more awesome government along the way. "We don't care about politics," she says. "We care about making government work better, because it's the only one we've got."

    Subjects:
    Management of Health Care Services and Management
    Keywords:
    Organizational change
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    How Businesses Can Plan for The Road to Recovery

    How Businesses Can Plan for The Road to Recovery

    How should companies navigate a world of rapid change? Rich Lesser, CEO of Boston Consulting Group, and head of TED Chris Anderson discuss a three-phased approach: flatten, fight, future. In the wake of so much uncertainty, Lesser shares how he's advising business leaders to plan around these phases -- to keep employees safe while continuing to build strong businesses.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Leadership
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    How Businesses Can Serve Everyone, Not Just Shareholders

    How Businesses Can Serve Everyone, Not Just Shareholders

    Companies worldwide are pledging to play a more meaningful role in the well-being of their employees, customers and the environment. How can they turn their promises into action? From creating a representative boardroom to committing to measurable sustainability goals, business leader Dame Vivian Hunt discusses the necessary changes companies can make to embrace stakeholder capitalism -- and shares how it could change business for good.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Social change Industries -- Social aspects Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    How IKEA Is Growing Its Business While Shrinking Emissions

    How IKEA Is Growing Its Business While Shrinking Emissions

    IKEA currently makes up 0.1 percent of all global carbon emissions -- but by 2030, they're planning to be carbon negative across their business. Discussing new thinking about the lifespan of their products, from the forest to the landfill, Jesper Brodin and Pia Heidenmark Cook of Ingka Group (IKEA) share their company's steps towards sustainably sourcing materials like cotton and wood and redesigning products to extend their use without compromising on quality or affordability.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Strategic planning Ikea (Firm) Industrial procurement Purchasing
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    How Small Business Can Benefit from "Village Banking"

    How Small Business Can Benefit from "Village Banking"

    Small businesses in the US are failing at an alarming rate. Nearly half close their doors by year 5, and 70% fail by year 10. The main reason? They run out of money. Compare that to small businesses in Ecuador and Guatemala that have a nearly 100% loan repayment rate with 85% of borrowers going on to expand their business. What's the secret to their success? Business strategist Ruchi Shah shares a community-based solution that every small business can learn from.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Small business Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    How To Build A Business That Lasts 100 Years

    How To Build A Business That Lasts 100 Years

    If you want to build a business that lasts, there may be no better place to look for inspiration than your own immune system. Join strategist Martin Reeves as he shares startling statistics about shrinking corporate life spans and explains how executives can apply six principles from living organisms to build resilient businesses that flourish in the face of change.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Success in business Leadership Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    How We Can Actually Pay People Enough -- with Paypal CEO Dan Schulman

    How We Can Actually Pay People Enough -- with Paypal CEO Dan Schulman

    Capitalism urgently needs an upgrade, says PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, and it starts with paying people enough to actually invest in their futures. He explains the epiphany that led PayPal to create a whole new metric for adequate pay, Net Disposable Income, and why investing in employees' financial health is just good business. After the talk, host Modupe Akinola makes the case for going one step further and considering how fair pay might actually mean something pretty different for every employee. Listen and subscribe to "TED Business" and more podcasts from the TED Audio Collective at audiocollective.ted.com.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Capitalism Leadership Wages
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Courseware 
    How to Design a Successful Business Model

    How to Design a Successful Business Model

    Do you want to start or grow your own business, go international, or avoid bankruptcy? In this business and management course, you will learn the key steps to take to design or innovate your own business model. You will learn about the trade-offs to be made, and the design issues that are critical for a viable and sustainable business model. This course will help you answer questions like, how do I create a simple business model in a structured way, how do I engage my users and how do I create value for my customers as well as revenue for my company.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Business planning Strategic planning Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • e-book 
    Human Relations

    Human Relations

    Human Relations by Laura Portolese-Dias addresses all of the critical topics to obtain career success as they relate to professional relationships. Knowing how to get along with others, resolve workplace conflict, manage relationships, communicate well, and make good decisions are all critical skills all students need to succeed in career and in life. Human Relations is not an organizational behavior; rather, it provides a good baseline of issues students will deal with in their careers on a day-to-day basis. It is also not a professional communications, business English, or professionalism textbook, as its focus is much broader — on general career success and how to effectively maneuver in the workplace. From communication challenges to focusing on one's own emotional intelligence, the examples throughout Human Relations will help students understand the importance of the human side in their career. This book's easy-to-understand language and tone is written to convey practical information in an engaging way. Every chapter opens with a realistic example which introduces a concept to be explained in detail later. Each chapter contains relevant examples, YouTube videos, figures, learning objectives, key takeaways, exercises, and a chapter-ending case that offer different ways to promote learning. Many of the end-of-section exercises offer self-assessment quizzes, so students may engage in self-understanding and development.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Interpersonal relations Personnel management Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • e-book 
    Human Resource Management

    Human Resource Management

    Human Resource Management teaches HRM strategies and theories that any manager—not just those in HR—needs to know about recruiting, selecting, training, and compensating people. Most students will be managing people at some point in their careers and not necessarily in a human resource management capacity. As businesses cut back, they may outsource HR duties to outside vendors. Or, in smaller businesses, the HR department is sometimes small or non-existent, and managers from other departments have to perform their own HRM. Therefore, teaching HRM from the perspective of a general manager, in addition to an HR manager, provides more relevance to students' careers and will give them a competitive advantage in the workplace. This text also provides practical applications of theory relevant to today's workplace. You won't find discussions about “posting vacancies on a job board” or “sending memos.” In the real world, HRM leverages technology in every aspect of the job—from online training modules to technology for better managing flex-time workers and telecommuters. Consider how most companies have gone “paperless” with pay stubs by using software. While such technology has made HRM easier, it has also created a new set of challenges. For example, how does a manager actually implement a new pay system? Therefore, it's important for students to understand what kinds of platforms exist in today's workplace to enhance their effectiveness as future managers. The conversational style of Human Resource Management engages students, while the academic rigor of its content provides them with the tools that any manager needs—whether they work in HR or a different department. PLUS it offers an array of supplements that gives them practice creating real HR documents and role-playing real HR scenarios. Add value to your students' education, enhance the relevance of your curriculum, and make your students more employable by adopting this book for your HRM class. Read it now online today!

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Personnel management Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • e-journal 
    IBIMA Publishing

    IBIMA Publishing

    In this journal platform, you can find the articles which published under the open license. The journal including the disciplines:
    Agriculture Sciences
    Environmental Sciences
    Social Sciences
    Computer Science

    Subjects:
    Marketing, Finance, Environmental Sciences, Economics, Computing, Accounting, Management, and E-Commerce
    Keywords:
    Electronic commerce Marketing Periodicals Industrial management Agriculture Computer science Management Economics Social sciences Environmental sciences Information technology Accounting Finance
    Resource Type:
    e-journal
     
  • Others 
    IBUS330 E-Portfolio

    IBUS330 E-Portfolio

    IBUS 330 is a three-credit, upper-division core course for the BSBA degree and a prerequisite for all advanced International Business courses. In addition to providing an introduction to the field it also includes a major emphasis on culture. As a part of a multi-year process of continual development and improvement, the current course redesign of the writing component specifically addresses a major problem and criticism of online courses; namely the lack of any significant writing component in the curriculum. The continual development of writing and several enhancements to address the other major problems/criticisms of online mega courses is addressed in this report.

    Subjects:
    Management and English language
    Keywords:
    Business education
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
    OER
  • Others 
    ISO 14000 Family - Environmental Management

    ISO 14000 Family - Environmental Management

    ISO 14001 sets out the criteria for an environmental management system and can be certified to. It maps out a framework that a company or organization can follow to set up an effective environmental management system. Designed for any type of organization, regardless of its activity or sector, it can provide assurance to company management and employees as well as external stakeholders that environmental impact is being measured and improved.

    Course related:
    CSE40467 Environmental Management System
    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    ISO 14000 Series Stards Environmental protection -- Stards Production management--Environmental aspects
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Video 
    ISO14001

    ISO14001

    A recorded seminar related to ISO14001

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management -- Environmental aspects ISO 14000 Series Stards
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Others 
    Incident Report

    Incident Report

    Learners write an account of a workplace incident and evaluate statements for objectivity.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial accidents
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • e-book 
    Industrial Engineering

    Industrial Engineering

    This book presents the current state of the art of industrial engineering and provides useful information to those who wish to optimize their business practices while increasing customer service and quality.

    Subjects:
    Management and Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Industrial engineering Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Presentation 
    Industry 1: Managing Richly Connected Information

    Industry 1: Managing Richly Connected Information

    This video was recorded at 5th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), Athens 2006. We examine research issues that arise when most information items in an enterprise can be linked to each other via short paths, implicit or explicit. In such high-recall settings, the treatment of metadata management, indexing and ranking needs new attention. Additional issues arise as to the best way to handle updates to the connections, whether on or off the transaction path. Even traditional techniques, such as classification and clustering of documents, which stand to benefit from the extra information provided by the so-called network of meaning, need to be reexamined for how best to exploit the extra information. The talk ends with an examination of some promising avenues for using high recall as a driver for the next wave of business process automation

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Information resources management Management information systems
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Presentation 
    Information and knowledge interoperability

    Information and knowledge interoperability

    This video was recorded at COIN / ACTIVE Summer School on Advanced Technologies for Knowledge Intensive Networked Organizations, Aachen 2010. Organized by COIN FP7 Integrated Project (http://www.coin-ip.eu/) and ACTIVE FP7 Integrated Project (http://www.active-project.eu), the summer school seeks to bring together students, scholars and researchers from industry in order to foster collaboration and interoperability through innovative software solutions and share the recent research developments from well-established researchers and educators. The main topics of the summer school are: Interoperability and collaboration models and solutions, Enterprise interoperability and collaboration services, Innovative knowledge and semantically powered technologies, Knowledge process and context modeling, Pro-active knowledge tools, Large scale analytics and reasoning tools, Business cases and real case studies. More about the event at http://coin-active-ss.ijs.si/

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Enterprise application integration (Computer systems) Internetworking (Telecommunication) Management information systems Information resources management
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • e-book 
    International Business

    International Business

    International Business is one of the most challenging and exciting courses to teach in the Business School. To teach a current, dynamic and complete course you need a textbook by authors as passionate and informed about International Business as you are. Carpenter and Dunung's International Business: The Opportunities and Challenges of a Flat World provides exploration into building, leading, and thriving in global organizations in an increasingly flat world. The authors define ”Flat world“ as one where service industries that dwarf manufacturing industries in terms of scale and scope, an Internet that pervades life and work, and networks define modern businesses, whether service or manufacturing. Carpenter and Dunung's text is designed to speak to technologically-savvy students who see national borders as bridges and not barriers. The authors use the lexicon of international business, and additionally, develop students' knowledge of international contexts with the aim that they may launch, run, and work in any organization that is global in scope (or is wrestling with global competition or other global threats). The textbook is organized in 5 Sections: Section 1 introduces the global business course and concludes with a chapter on seizing global opportunities. Section 2 develops student knowledge about key facets of the global business environment, while Section 3 develops knowledge about how a student or organization can exploit opportunities in that global environment. Section 4 is devoted to entrepreneurship in a flat world — this section will explore why the entrepreneurial context is changing, provide lenses for identifying and capitalizing on entrepreneurial opportunities, and Section 5 shows how key organizational activities can be managed for global effectiveness. Every chapter has five enumerated learning objectives, each of these five sections concludes with a short summary (”Key Takeaways“) and five review questions. In addition, each chapter concludes with a mini case on a unique global business that encompasses the topics shown in the chapter. The authors even provide a set of end-of-chapter questions that are mapped to AACSB learning standards, so that you will be able to measure how well students are grasping course content that aligns with the AACSB guidelines. Request a desk copy of Carpenter and Dunung's International Business: The Opportunities and Challenges of a Flat World to experience its current and progressive look at International Business for yourself.

    Subjects:
    Management and International Trade
    Keywords:
    Strategic planning International business enterprises -- Study teaching Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Presentation 
    Interview with Anatoliy Furda

    Interview with Anatoliy Furda

    This video was recorded at Workshop on Advanced IT Solutions and Competitiveness of SMEs, Lviv 2006. It is generally recognized that the competitiveness of SMEs in the present-day business environment ultimately relies upon effective implementation of the most up-to-date information technologies. However, the Ukrainian IT space is characterized with highly noticeable information gap between IT-saturated export-oriented software development companies and ordinary businesses or governmental agencies. The seminar has provided perfect platform for the interaction between local SMEs, communicating their IT needs, and IT service providers like Intellias, briefing on their enterprise-based IT offerings. The seminar has assembled insightful speakers from Ukrainian and international IT companies, as well as representatives from research institutions, consulting firms and IT experienced SMEs. The case studies from Western Ukrainian companies, possessing experience in implementation of IT solutions in industrial process, have illustrated emerging difficulties in aligning IT automated process with qualifications and professional level of the involved personnel. The practical aspects of introducing ERP systems for optimization of production process have been presented by Vitaly Pyasetsky (Lvivkholod public corporation) and Andriy Tsehelyk (Enzyme joint-stock company). The discussion has further focused on the international experience of the implementation of the information technologies as well as networking and partnership practices. Valuable contributions to the topic has been made by Maria-Luisa Sanseverino E4 Project Coordinator from Centro Ricerche Fiat and Patric Sitek from Bremen Institute of Industrial Technology and Applied Work Science. Particular emphasis has been placed on the E4 Project: Extended Enterprise Management in Enlarged Europe including collaboration initiatives and close involvement of the Eastern European enterprises within its framework. The discussion has been reinforced by the case study on Ivano Frankivsk business portal, assembling best practices from abroad business development agencies.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Business enterprises -- Data processing Manufacturing processes -- Automation Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Video 
    Interview with Dr. Josiah Chan

    Interview with Dr. Josiah Chan

    An interview with Dr. Josiah Chan, Senior Consultant of a large global IT organizations on process management

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    Interview with Mr. Ivan Cheung

    Interview with Mr. Ivan Cheung

    An interview with Mr. Ivan Chan, a global PBM director and his experience on rolling BPM in organizations

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Industrial management Workflow -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • e-book 
    Introduction to Business

    Introduction to Business

    Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Business Small business -- Management Industrial management Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Courseware 
    Introduction to Credit Risk Management

    Introduction to Credit Risk Management

    Imagine that you are a bank and a main part of your daily business is to lend money. Unfortunately, lending money is a risky business – there is no 100% guarantee that you will get all your money back. If the borrower defaults, you will face losses in your portfolio. Or, in a bit less extreme scenario, if the credit quality of your counterparty deteriorates according to some rating system, the loan will become more risky. These are typical situations in which credit risk manifests itself. According to the Basel Accord, a global regulation framework for financial institutions, credit risk is one of the three fundamental risks a bank or any other regulated financial institution has to face when operating in the markets (the two other risks being market risk and operational risk). As the 2008 financial crisis has shown us, a correct understanding of credit risk and the ability to manage it are fundamental in today’s world. This course offers you an introduction to credit risk modelling and hedging. We will approach credit risk from the point of view of banks, but most of the tools and models we will overview can be beneficial at the corporate level as well. At the end of the course, you will be able to understand and correctly use the basic tools of credit risk management, both from a theoretical and, most of all, a practical point of view. This will be a quite unconventional course. For each methodology, we will analyse its strengths as well as its weaknesses. We will do this in a rigorous way, but also with fun: there is no need to be boring.

    Subjects:
    Management and Finance
    Keywords:
    Risk management Financial institutions Asset-liability management Bank loans -- Management Banks banking Credit analysis
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Others 
    Introduction to Records Management: Types of Records

    Introduction to Records Management: Types of Records

    In this interactive object, learners read an overview of records management and then classify records as "vital," "important," "useful," or "nonessential" in a drag-and-drop exercise.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Records -- Management
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • e-book 
    Introduction to the Law of Property, Estate Planning and Insurance

    Introduction to the Law of Property, Estate Planning and Insurance

    Introduction to the Law of Property, Estate Planning and Insurance is an up-to-date textbook that covers legal issues that students must understand relating to real estate (an especially important business asset), as well as estate planning and insurance. The text is organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. The authors take special care to engage students by relating law to everyday events with their clear, concise and readable style. After introductory chapters covering the legal environment of business, Introduction to the Law of Property, Estate Planning and Insurance provides students with context and essential legal concepts relating to property rights and duties, estate planning, insurance, secured transactions, mortgages, and related topics. The text provides the vocabulary and legal savvy they will need when working with these concepts, which are critical to business planning and success.

    Subjects:
    Management, Law and Legislation, and Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    Real property Real estate business -- Law legislation Estate planning United States Insurance Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book