Management Science category: 4086 books

Ständiger Wandel, ungeklärte Situationen und eine unsichere Perspektive sind für Mitarbeiter demotivierend. Offenheit, Glaubwürdigkeit und Wahrhaftigkeit im Management sind deshalb in Umbruch- und Krisenzeiten entscheidend dafür, ob das Unternehmen seinen Erfolg weiterhin sichern kann. Jürgen...

Die Öffentliche Betriebswirtschaftslehre befasst sich mit Institutionen, die Güter für die Allgemeinheit bereitstellen und damit öffentliche Aufgaben erfüllen. Dieses Buch bietet einen anschaulichen und kompakten Einstieg in die Betriebswirtschaftslehre am Beispiel des öffentlichen Sektors....

Für Studenten ist der Einstieg in die Wirtschaftswissenschaften oft schwierig, weil auf den ersten Blick kein eindeutiger Untersuchungsgegenstand und keine allgemein akzeptierte Struktur erkennbar ist, anhand derer sich ein Fach wie Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Volkswirtschaftslehre im Sinne einer Lehre...

Il libro spiega il contenuto del processo di pianificazione strategica e valutazione delle performance nel contesto delle aziende sanitarie pubbliche. I primi capitoli sono dedicati agli aspetti definitori, all’evoluzione normativa nel settore della sanità pubblica in generale e alla disciplina...

Innovation. The word might make you think of Silicon Valley. But innovation isn’t the sole province of start-ups. They didn’t invent it, and they’re not always the ones from which we can best learn. As Matt Kingdon argues in The Science of Serendipity, it’s corporate innovators battling...

An exciting new edition of the popular introduction to game theory and its applications The thoroughly expanded Second Edition presents a unique, hands-on approach to game theory. While most books on the subject are too abstract or too basic for mathematicians, Game Theory: An Introduction,...

Distinguished cyberneticist Stafford Beer states the case for a new science of systems theory and cybernetics. His essays examine such issues as The Real Threat to All We Hold Most Dear, The Discarded Tools of Modern Man, A Liberty Machine in Prototype, Science in the Service of Man, The Future That...

This book presents the findings of the study, and offers analysis of both its methodological and policy-related implications. On the methodology side, it assesses and validates the valuation workshop approach; appraises the effect of distance on willingness to pay and the influence of the respondents’...

This volume is a practical guide that helps the reader build a quick, evidence-based understanding of green-growth strategies and challenges. Its cogent analysis of real-life case studies enables policy makers and company executives identify successful strategies they can adopt, and pitfalls they...

In Italy, the debate about the reform process, that has involved the water sector for several years, cannot be considered concluded. It seems exclusively ideological and often it does not consider the business administration perspective, which certainly could make a contribution to the solution of...

This volume is one outcome of a two-year study conducted by the Behavioral Studies Research Group of The Hastings 1 Center. It is divided into three parts to reflect the several facets of the interdisciplinary project from which it stems. In the opening chapter Willard Gaylin and Ruth Macklin, who...

Drawing on vast experience, the authors show how to apply state-of-the-art decision science, statistical modeling, benchmarking, and process modeling techniques together to create a robust analytical framework for better decision making. They integrate both new and time-tested techniques into a logical...

An increasing amount of data and information has indicated the need for effective knowledge modeling tools for extracting useful information and providing decision aids for various applications. Multidisciplinary Studies in Knowledge and Systems Science brings together valuable research on the adoption...

A number of arguments are made by an international group of authors in this though provoking book about an understudied and socially important context. A future in which financial wealth transfers across the North-South divide from richer to poorer countries is far from sufficient for the relief of...