The IPMA ICB4® is the international standard on competence for project, programme and portfolio managers. The competence needed for each of these domains is defined in the following competence areas: “People” (how do you interact with the people around you, and yourself); the “Practice” of our work (needed for Projects, Programmes and Portfolios); the “Perspective” of the intiatives you’re running (the context within which the initiative is run and the link to what needs to be ...

Wings of Change – Jan Jacob Stam

This book is about organisational development from a systemic perspective. It is about systemic principles. How do they work in organisations? And how do people in those organisations experience them? This book attempts to answer this and many more questions on working with the systemic phenomenological perspective in organisations and society at large.

From the same perspective, this book discusses a large amount of issues such as fraud, success, downturn...

More than ever before, companies are facing the challenge of developing a strategy that enables them to deal with changing geopolitical developments. The current geopolitical environment has become so complex that Dutch companies with international operations face the question of how they can adapt to it.

This book outlines how companies can respond to, and where possible anticipate, geopolitical developments: from higher commodity prices and export restrictions to cyber security and tensions...

This book takes the reader through the process to plan, deliver, and follow-up a one week long Lean Quality Improvement event, usually termed a ‘Rapid Improvement Event’ or ‘Rapid Process Improvement Workshop.’

This book addresses the challenge of focusing on, holding on to and acting on what we notice ‘in the middle of it all’. Maintaining a simultaneous focus on task and process – what we do and what we notice – is what I define as ‘double awareness’.

For undergraduate and graduate Principles of Management courses. This text connects theory with practice, incorporating the latest research findings to make management relevant and exciting to aspiring managers.

As the market-leading text for Management Control and performance measurement, this book will give you a thorough understanding of core concepts and key topics. Including a wide range of international case studies and real life examples means this is the ideal guide for understanding complex topics and bringing this subject to life.

Uncover the hidden challenges of digital transformation and learn from what often goes unsaid.

Change and digital transformation is now a constant in organisations, but how do you do it successfully? Going Digital helps leaders and managers navigate the fast pace of change in today's workplace by focusing on the real day-to-day challenges that organisations are facing.

Organised thematically and covering AI, diversity, crises, and other topics, each chapter covers the story arc of what busi...

Get ready to experience the Rules effect. Begin to get more out of life, shrug off adversity more easily and generally be a happier, calmer, more fulfilled person. You'll feel the benefits, and so will everyone around you.

Written by the scholars who first developed the theory of self-leadership, Self-Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence 3e offers powerful yet practical advice for leading yourself to personal excellence.