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...

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.

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.

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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The second EMEA edition of Richard L. Daft's popular textbook, Management, has been fully updated to ensure that new European, Middle East and African content provides students with a practical approach to key concepts and theories with regional examples to enrich their learning. A wide range of inspiring real-world features are revealed as the student is guided through and prepared for the various challenges facing a modern manager.

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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 ...

• Sectorbreed inzetbaar voor studenten die kennismaken met internationaal ondernemen;

• aansprekende praktijkkaders en cijfers brengen de wereld van het internationaal ondernemen tot leven;

• geplaatst in de Europese context en in het Nederlands geschreven.

Internationaal ondernemen laat studenten kennismaken met de basisbeginselen van het internationaal ondernemen. Voorbeelden van onderwerpen die aanbod komen zijn blockchain, INCOterms 2020, de nieuwe zijderoute...

• Geeft een projectmatig stappenplan om zelfstandig een evenement op te zetten en uit te voeren;

• biedt achtergrondinformatie voor ervaren en onervaren organisatoren;

• behandelt actuele thema’s als de pandemie, diversiteit, Kunstmatige Intelligentie en arbeidskrapte.

Zo organiseer je een event leert lezers in acht praktische stappen hoe zij zelfstandig een evenement kunnen opzetten en uitvoeren. Het boek is geschikt voor zowel ervaren als onervaren organisato...