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Video

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

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

Others

The Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle

Students read how the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle is used in problem-solving and process improvement. In an interactive exercise, students organize process improvement steps following this model.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Process control Industrial management
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Building Relationships Through Active Listening

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

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Interpersonal communication Interpersonal relations Industrial management
Resource Type:: Others

Others

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

Others

Using Check Sheets

Learners read definitions of discrete, continuous, attribute and variable data and view examples of checklist, location and item check sheets.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management
Resource Type:: Others

Video

What Businesses Can Learn from Refugee Communities

As the child of Cambodian refugees resettled in the US, Christine Thach grew up in a tight-knit community of former refugees that taught her the value of collective success and interdependence. She credits her community's success to their readiness to embrace a team mentality and to creating a culture of empowerment. Thach argues that the collective success mindset so often seen in refugee communities, and today's competitive capitalist business culture are not at odds -- in fact, they are complementary.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

The Surprising Ingredient That Makes Businesses Work Better

What is it about unfairness? Whether it's not being invited to a friend's wedding or getting penalized for bad luck or an honest mistake, unfairness often makes us so upset that we can't think straight. And it's not just a personal issue -- it's also bad for business, says Marco Alverà. He explains how his company works to create a culture of fairness -- and how tapping into our innate sense of what's right and wrong makes for happier employees and better results.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Employee motivation Leadership Industrial management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

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

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

Want to Help Africa? Do Business Here

We know the negative images of Africa -- famine and disease, conflict and corruption. But, says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, there's another, less-told story happening in many African nations: one of reform, economic growth and business opportunity.

Keywords:: Businesswomen Africa Business enterprises Industrial management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

The Business Logic of Sustainability

At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional "take / make / waste" industrial system on its head. In a gentle, understated way, he shares a powerful vision for sustainable commerce.

Subjects:: Management and Marketing
Keywords:: Leadership Sustainable development Business -- Environmental aspects Industrial management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

The Global Business Next Door

When you think "global company," what do you imagine? A massive conglomerate? A far-reaching tech corporation? Scott Szwast reveals that our image of the global business is wrong – 98% of US exporters are in fact companies with less than fifty employees. And yet, this only includes 1% of all US businesses. He explains why so many companies hesitate to leap across the border - and why they need to make the jump.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: International business enterprises Industrial management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

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

Why Your Business Needs Dissenters

Dissenters are often dismissed as disruptive, disrespectful and annoying. But when it comes to business, challenging the status quo can bring much needed change to any organization. Andrew Millar defends the dissenters of the world, arguing that these stalwarts are arguing out of compassion with an aim to improve ideas. In this impassioned talk, Millar shares lessons that any company or loyal objector can use to work strengthen their organization.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Leadership Industrial management Business communication
Resource Type:: Video

Video

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

Video

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

Why It's Too Hard To Start A Business in Africa -- And How To Change It

Many African countries are poor for a simple reason, says entrepreneur Magatte Wade: governments have created far too many obstacles to starting and running a business. In this passionate talk, Wade breaks down the challenges of doing business on the continent and offers some solutions of her own -- while calling on leaders to do their part, too.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Africa Entrepreneurship Industrial management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

The Business Case for Working with Your Toughest Critics

As a "corporate suit" (his words) and former VP of sustainability at McDonald's, Bob Langert works with companies and their strongest critics to find solutions that are good for both business and society. In this actionable talk, he shares stories from the decades-long transition into corporate sustainability at McDonald's -- including his work with unlikely partners like the Environmental Defense Fund and Temple Grandin -- and shows why your adversaries can sometimes be your best allies.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Sustainable development Organizational change Industrial management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Management Lessons from Chinese Business And Philosophy

Business management in China is changing, says consultant Fang Ruan. Learn how Chinese entrepreneurs -- long guided by Confucianism's emphasis on authority and regulation -- are now looking to Taoist philosophy for a new, dynamic leadership style that believes things spontaneously transform and naturally achieve perfection when they're supported, not controlled.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Business enterprises Philosophy Confucian China Industrial management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

4 Myths and Misunderstandings about Doing Business in Africa

Business in Africa is booming -- but international companies are missing out, says emerging markets expert Nomava Zanazo. Rushing in without knowing their customers, businesses underestimate Africans and make costly assumptions about their diversity, preferences and buying power. Sharing the basics about what companies need to know to succeed on the continent, Zanazo debunks four myths and misunderstandings about Africa and its citizens -- and invites businesses from overseas to share in its wealth ... once they've done their research.

Keywords:: Africa Business enterprises Industrial management
Resource Type:: Video

e-journal

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-journal

Maxwell Scientific Publication Corp.

Maxwell Scientific Publication Corp. operates as an independent science and technology publisher with a global reputation for quality products and services to contribute to the advancement of research knowledge. In this journal platform, you can find the articles which published under the open license. The journal including the disciplines:
Agricultural Sciences
Business Management & Economics Computer & Information Technology
Engineering
Food Science and Technology
Mathematics
Medicines
Social Sciences

e-journal

Scientific Research Publishing Inc

In this journal platform, you can find the articles which published under the open license. The journal including the disciplines:
Biomedical & Life Science
Business & Economics
Chemistry & Materials Science
Computer Science & Communication
Earth & Environmental Science
Engineering
Medicine & Healthcare
Physics & Mathematics
Social Science & Humanities

e-journal

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

e-book

Strategic Marketing in the Global Forest Industries - Third Edition

The forest industry is increasingly global and every marketer of forest products should have a global perspective. As a natural resource-based industry, the forest industry has an especially high profile role in environmental protection and is increasingly involved in climate change mitigation and management. Global forests are not only important because they provide a source of industrial raw material, but also because of the various other human needs they satisfy. A forest products marketer should have a basic understanding of the role that global forests play in society. Major societal trends are impacting the external environment within which the forest industry operates. We provide an overview of global forests and a brief description of the markets for the main categories of the forest industry.

Subjects:: Marketing
Keywords:: Forest products -- Marketing Industrial management Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Digital Accessibility as a Business Practice

Most business leaders would agree that reaching the broadest audience is good for a business’s bottom line. A good portion of that audience will be people with disabilities. How, though, would an organization go about ensuring it is as accessible as it can be to all its potential clients or customers, including people with disabilities? This book has been created to answer this question, and to demystify “digital accessibility” as a business practice. It brings together all the pieces of the digital accessibility picture, and provides strategies and resources that will help make digital accessibility a part of an organization’s business culture.

Keywords:: Barrier-free design Industrial management Textbooks Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

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

e-book

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

e-book

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

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

e-journal

Palgrave Communications

Palgrave Communications is a multi- and interdisciplinary, open access, academic journal publishing peer-reviewed research across the humanities and social sciences.

Keywords:: Business Humanities Finance Industrial management Social sciences
Resource Type:: e-journal

Courseware

Green Supply Chain Management

The half-semester graduate course in Green Supply Chain Management will focus on the fundamental strategies, tools and techniques required to analyze and design environmentally sustainable supply chain systems. Topics covered include: Closed-loop supply chains, reverse logistics systems, carbon footprinting, life-cycle analysis and supply chain sustainability strategy. Class sessions will combine presentations, case discussions and guest speakers. All students will work on a course-long team project that critically evaluates the environmental supply chain strategy of an industry or a publicly traded company. Grades will be based on class participation, case study assignments and the team project.

Subjects:: Logistics and Industrial and Systems Engineering
Keywords:: Business logistics Industrial management
Resource Type:: Courseware

e-book

Process Management

The content of the book has been structured into four technical research sections with total of 18 chapters written by well recognized researchers worldwide. These sections are: 1. process and performance management and their measurement methods, 2. management of manufacturing processes with the aim to be quickly adaptable after real situation demands and their control, 3. quality management information and communication systems, their integration and risk management, 4. management processes of healthcare and water, construction and demolition waste problems and integration of environmental processes into management decisions.

Subjects:: Management and Industrial and Systems Engineering
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

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

Courseware

Logistics and Supply Chain Management

This course surveys operations research models and techniques developed for a variety of problems arising in logistical planning of multi-echelon systems. There is a focus on planning models for production/inventory/distribution strategies in general multi-echelon multi-item systems. Topics include vehicle routing problems, dynamic lot sizing inventory models, stochastic and deterministic multi-echelon inventory systems, the bullwhip effect, pricing models, and integration problems arising in supply chain management. Probability and linear programming experience required.

Subjects:: Logistics and Industrial and Systems Engineering
Keywords:: Industrial management
Resource Type:: Courseware

Presentation

Publishing and Consuming Linked Sensor Data

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:: Computing
Keywords:: Crowd funding Technological innovations Industrial management
Resource Type:: Presentation

Presentation

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

MOOC

MOOC: Business Model Implementation | TU Delft Online

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. What you'll learn: How to create a business model roadmap. How to plan concrete actions to realize a new business model. How to find partners to realize 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. 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? 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.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Business planning Strategic planning Industrial management
Resource Type:: MOOC

Presentation

Logic-based ad-hoc business process management: Concepts and challenges

This video was recorded at 7th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), Heraklion 2010. The mission of the Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2010) is to bring together researchers and practioners dealing with different aspects of semantics on the Web. ESWC2010 builds on the success of the former European Semantic Web Conference series, but seeks to extend its focus by engaging with other communities within and outside ICT, in which semantics can play an important role. At the same time, ESWC2010 is a truly international conference. Semantics of web content, enriched with domain theories (ontologies), data about web usage, natural language processing, etc. will enable a web that provides a qualitatively new level of functionality. It will weave together a large network of human knowledge and make this knowledge machine-processable. Various automated services, based on reasoning with metadata and ontologies, will help the users to achieve their goals by accessing and processing information in machine-understandable form. This network of knowledge systems will ultimately lead to truly intelligent systems, which will be employed for various complex decision-making tasks. Research about web semantics can benefit from ideas and cross-fertilization with many other areas: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Database and Information Systems, Information Retrieval, Multimedia, Distributed Systems, Social Networks, Web Engineering, and Web Science. ESWC2010 will present the latest results in research and applications in its field. The research program will be organised in targeted tracks. In addition, the conference will feature a tutorial program, system descriptions and demos, a posters track, a Ph.D. symposium and a number of collocated workshops. The calls for these events are separate and can be found on the conference Web site (http://www.eswc2010.org/).

Subjects:: Management and Computing
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Presentation

Presentation

Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management - A Toolkit for Business Process Owners to Capture Early System Requirements

This video was recorded at 5th Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), Tenerife 2008. The degree of automation in the management of the business process space of single enterprises and whole value chains is still unsatisfying. A key source of problems are representational heterogeneities between the various perspectives and the various stages in the life-cycles of business processes. Typical examples are incompatible representations of the managerial vs. the IT perspective, or the gap between normative modeling for compliance purposes and process execution log data. As early as in the 1990s, researchers have evaluated the potential of using ontologies for improving business process management in the context of the TOVE project; however, the impact of that work remained beyond initial expectations. Since 2005, there is now a renewed and growing interest in exploiting ontologies, of varying expressivity and focus, for advancing the state of the art in business process management, in particular in ERP-centric IT landscapes. The term "Semantic Business Process Management" has been suggested for the described branch of research in an early 2005 paper, which is now frequently cited as the first description of the overall vision. A flagship activity in the field is the European research project "SUPER", with more than a dozen premier industrial and academic partners, among them SAP, IDS Scheer, and IBM. In the past two years, substantial advancement has been made in investigating the theoretical and practical branches of this vision. However, the interdisciplinary nature of the topic requires a tight collaboration of researcher from multiple fields of, namely the BPM, SOA, Semantic Web, Semantic Web services, and Economics communities. There is a clear need for an annual event at which those communities meet, debate, challenge each others approaches, and eventually align their research efforts. Due to the strong involvement of Semantic Web researchers in the field, ESWC is the ideal target venue for this event. In this workshop, we want to bring together experts from the relevant communities and help reach agreement on a roadmap for SBPM research. We aim at bundling experiences and prototypes from the successful application of Semantic Web technology to BPM in various industries, like automotive, engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical, and services domains. The particular focus is on deriving reusable best-practices from such experiences, and to yield convincing showcases of semantic technology.

Subjects:: Management and Computing
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Presentation

Presentation

Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management - Organization Structure Description for the Needs of Semantic Business Process Management

This video was recorded at 5th Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), Tenerife 2008. The degree of automation in the management of the business process space of single enterprises and whole value chains is still unsatisfying. A key source of problems are representational heterogeneities between the various perspectives and the various stages in the life-cycles of business processes. Typical examples are incompatible representations of the managerial vs. the IT perspective, or the gap between normative modeling for compliance purposes and process execution log data. As early as in the 1990s, researchers have evaluated the potential of using ontologies for improving business process management in the context of the TOVE project; however, the impact of that work remained beyond initial expectations. Since 2005, there is now a renewed and growing interest in exploiting ontologies, of varying expressivity and focus, for advancing the state of the art in business process management, in particular in ERP-centric IT landscapes. The term "Semantic Business Process Management" has been suggested for the described branch of research in an early 2005 paper, which is now frequently cited as the first description of the overall vision. A flagship activity in the field is the European research project "SUPER", with more than a dozen premier industrial and academic partners, among them SAP, IDS Scheer, and IBM. In the past two years, substantial advancement has been made in investigating the theoretical and practical branches of this vision. However, the interdisciplinary nature of the topic requires a tight collaboration of researcher from multiple fields of, namely the BPM, SOA, Semantic Web, Semantic Web services, and Economics communities. There is a clear need for an annual event at which those communities meet, debate, challenge each others approaches, and eventually align their research efforts. Due to the strong involvement of Semantic Web researchers in the field, ESWC is the ideal target venue for this event. In this workshop, we want to bring together experts from the relevant communities and help reach agreement on a roadmap for SBPM research. We aim at bundling experiences and prototypes from the successful application of Semantic Web technology to BPM in various industries, like automotive, engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical, and services domains. The particular focus is on deriving reusable best-practices from such experiences, and to yield convincing showcases of semantic technology.

Subjects:: Management and Computing
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Presentation

Presentation

Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management - Semantic business process validation

This video was recorded at 5th Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), Tenerife 2008. The degree of automation in the management of the business process space of single enterprises and whole value chains is still unsatisfying. A key source of problems are representational heterogeneities between the various perspectives and the various stages in the life-cycles of business processes. Typical examples are incompatible representations of the managerial vs. the IT perspective, or the gap between normative modeling for compliance purposes and process execution log data. As early as in the 1990s, researchers have evaluated the potential of using ontologies for improving business process management in the context of the TOVE project; however, the impact of that work remained beyond initial expectations. Since 2005, there is now a renewed and growing interest in exploiting ontologies, of varying expressivity and focus, for advancing the state of the art in business process management, in particular in ERP-centric IT landscapes. The term "Semantic Business Process Management" has been suggested for the described branch of research in an early 2005 paper, which is now frequently cited as the first description of the overall vision. A flagship activity in the field is the European research project "SUPER", with more than a dozen premier industrial and academic partners, among them SAP, IDS Scheer, and IBM. In the past two years, substantial advancement has been made in investigating the theoretical and practical branches of this vision. However, the interdisciplinary nature of the topic requires a tight collaboration of researcher from multiple fields of, namely the BPM, SOA, Semantic Web, Semantic Web services, and Economics communities. There is a clear need for an annual event at which those communities meet, debate, challenge each others approaches, and eventually align their research efforts. Due to the strong involvement of Semantic Web researchers in the field, ESWC is the ideal target venue for this event. In this workshop, we want to bring together experts from the relevant communities and help reach agreement on a roadmap for SBPM research. We aim at bundling experiences and prototypes from the successful application of Semantic Web technology to BPM in various industries, like automotive, engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical, and services domains. The particular focus is on deriving reusable best-practices from such experiences, and to yield convincing showcases of semantic technology.

Subjects:: Management and Computing
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Presentation

Video

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

Video

Organisational Structure and Business Process Management

In this lecture, we further study business process management in particular about how organizational structure or different types of organizational structure can support business process management.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

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

Video

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

Video

Process based organizations

This lecture covers the topic of process-based organizations

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

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

Why BPM is so IMPORTANT for Organizations?

To have a better understanding on the importance of BPM by watching a video about graduates of Industrial Systems Engineering at PolyU and the good work by Professor Devonport Tom Davenport.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

What’s in the name “BPM”

It covers the diversity on BPM and its derivative

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

The Reality of Processes

An animation which illustrates from a real story. 3 students went to a very large IT company in Shanghai for summer placement and they found how difficult it was to capture or rediscover the business process in reality.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Process Management - WHAT WHY HOW

A video about process management. It shows you precisely why processes are important in the operations for organizations, why transitions are so dependent on processes and why they cannot operate without it?

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Business Process Management

A basic introduction to Business Process Management

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

More about BPM

A more indepth on conventional and theoretical treatment about Business Process Management

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

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

Video

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

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

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

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

Courseware

The Value of Business Models

Does your business need a make-over? Are you unsure how to start? Having an innovative business model is key for a profitable business and growth. In this business and management course, you will learn how to design, test and implement new business models for sustainable success. This course introduces you to the main topics of business model innovation. You will learn what drives business model innovation and why it is valuable to you and your business. You will apply practical tools to (re)design and test a business model. Be inspired by real-life business model examples from fellow entrepreneurs and learn from leading experts who design business model innovations. By the end of this course, you will be able to structure your thinking and communicate your business model ideas and learn how to improve your own business.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Business planning Strategic planning Industrial management
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

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

Courseware

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

Courseware

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 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

e-book

Openstax CNX (Business)

Offers openly licensed college textbooks.

Keywords:: Economics Business ethics Finance Industrial management Administration Business
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

National Academies Press (Industry and Labor)

Covers over 5,000 reports published by the National Academies Press for the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council in the US.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Labor Technological innovations
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

OAPEN Library (Economics, Finance, Business & Management)

The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences.

Keywords:: Economics Business Finance Industrial management Accounting
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

InTechOpen (Business, Management & Economics)

Open access books in science, technology and medicine.

Keywords:: Economics Business Industrial management
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

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

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