Towards a Better Port Industry provides professionals in freight transport and maritime logistics, and specifically the port industry, as well as students in these fields, with a better conceptual understanding of the port industry. It includes key insights and best practices for port management and development, and an overview of new trends and developments relevant for developing winning strategies. After an introduction, Chapter 2 offers a new perspective on port governance, in which publi...

Leadership isn't complicated keep it simple and make it count. This new edition of Steve Radcliffe's uniquely powerful, successful and practical framework will show you how to develop faster as a more confident and capable leader. This compact, instantly-applicable guide to developing leadership skills contains practical insights, straightforward actions and plain guidelines to accelerate your growth as a leader.

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Operations Management provides a framework for addressing operational process and supply chain issues, in an easy-to-understand format. Using a systemized approach, the text focuses on real-life practices and issues of current interest. It also lets you experience the role of a manager through hands-on problems, cases and exercises.

The 14th Edition shows how businesses can respond when faced with the unexpected, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine–Russia war, and inflation, so you’re ...

Providing a rich and comprehensive resource for exploring the complexity of modern organizations internationally and translating leading-edge theory into leading-edge practice, this new Updated Edition preserves Morgan's renowned creative images and metaphors while refreshing the references and tables.

Read over 20 exclusive, in-depth interviews with chief sustainability officers (CSOs) of Fortune 500 companies such as Amazon, Coca-Cola, and Procter & Gamble and globally recognized brands such as IKEA and Netflix. These CSOs reveal how they deliver positive environmental and social impact through their companies' core products and services and generate revenue growth while tackling unique leadership, change management, regulatory and stakeholder challenges.

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In the quest for competitive advantage, navigating change can be daunting. Following a unique, four-part structure focussing on confronting strategic issues, sensing opportunities and threats, choosing strategies and transforming organizations, this essential textbook offers a fresh and provocative perspective on strategic management.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A revolutionary guide to fixing what’s not working—in systems and processes, organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives—by identifying leverage points and concentrating resources to achieve our goals.

Changing how we work can feel overwhelming. Like trying to budge an enormous boulder. We’re stifled by the gravity of the way we’ve always done things. And we spend so much time fighting fires—and fighting ...

Leidinggevenden hebben heel wat rollen op te nemen en verwachtingen in te lossen. Ze zijn de draaischijf van een goede teamwerking. Samen met medewerkers werken aan het grotere doel van de organisatie, samen richting geven, werk maken van zinvol werk, werkbaar werk, mensen goesting geven elke dag opnieuw het beste van zichzelf te geven. Het vraagt veel van leidinggevenden. Veel energie, moed, kracht, vertrouwen. Sterk leiderschap. Om dit sterk leiderschap te kunnen opnemen en blijven opnemen ...