Mapped to the CIPD Level 7 module of the same name, International Human Resource Management is a critical textbook for all HR students. Structured around the three core areas of cross-cultural HRM, comparative HRM and international HRM itself, this book provides students with a thorough grounding in the key approaches to international HRM. Packed with global examples and case studies to support learning, this book explores all aspects of international human resource management from global tal...

The answer is root cause analysis, a process that allows you to find the cause of single events/problems in the workplace. The Root Cause Analysis Handbook presents a walkthrough example that illustrates the method and shows how to implement it.

Because poor initial problem definition can (and often does) undermine the problem-solving process, Ammerman places special emphasis on this area to build a solid foundation for effective analysis. He also provides guidance on preparing the final report.

The need for clear documentation on dealing with problems makes this book especially valuable for quality managers, engineers, safety managers, and teams implementing the ISO or QS standards. Written in a simple, user-friendly style, you will grasp the core concepts quickly and begin applying them to your wo...

Develop a clear understanding of the concepts and best practices in public relations

Exploring Public Relations and Management Communication, 5th Edition, by Tench and Waddington is the definitive text on public relations. Blending theory with real-life applications, this book offers a critical analysis with updated case studies, exercises and discussion questions that provide students with a holistic subject understanding. It also engages students with the thought processes behind some of th...

A major new interpretation of European integration. Leading scholar, Neil Fligstein, provocatively argues that European integration has produced a truly transnational European society.

Business Analytics: Solving Business Problems with R offers a practical, hands-on introduction to analytical methods, including machine learning in real-world business scenarios. Connecting business decisions and analytical methods across multiple fields, this book guides readers through a wide range of business problems and their fitting analytical solutions, offering examples and implementation using R.

Teaching Entrepreneurship moves entrepreneurship education from the traditional process view to a practice-based approach and advocates teaching entrepreneurship using a portfolio of practices, which includes play, empathy, creation, experimentation, and reflection. Together these practices help students develop the competency to think and act entrepreneurially in order to create, find, and exploit opportunities of all kinds in a continuously changing and uncertain world. Divided into two par...

For many students writing an academic text can be challenging. However, with diligent practice, academic writing is a skill you can learn. The online writing course Academic Writing Skills for Economics and Business Administration offers students specific practice as to various ‘micro’ writing skills, including the structure of an academic text, the theoretical framework, data and methodology, results, as well as citing, paraphrasing and quoting, argumentation, cohesion and sentence struc...

Looks at the function of the air cargo business and its role in global supply chains and logistics. This book examines how carriers are coming up with new methods and technologies to improve ground handling and road transport, traceability systems and barcoding, security and screening, and safe delivery of perishable items.

Wat leidt tot succes bij grote orders? Waardoor zijn sommige verkopers voortdurend beter dan hun concurrenten? Waarom werken bepaalde afsluittechnieken wel bij kleine orders maar niet bij grote? Hoe kunnen verkopers hun omzet bij grote klanten aanzienlijk verhogen? Het antwoord op al deze vragen vindt u met behulp van de SPIN-strategie.

Twaalf jaar onderzoek heeft geleid tot de verkoopstrategie die bekend staat onder de naam SPIN: Situatie-, Probleem-, Implicatie- en Nuttig-effect-vragen. De ...