Prestaties van mensen hebben steeds meer invloed op de bedrijfsstrategie. Die prestaties moeten dan wel gemeten kunnen worden. Op basis van de succesvolle Balanced Scorecard hebben de auteurs van dit boek een nieuwe methodiek ontwikkeld, de HR-scorecard. Daarmee kan human resources management ingepast worden in de algemene strategie van bedrijven en kan men human resources managen als een onderdeel van het bedrijfskapitaal. Bovendien wordt het mogelijk om met de HR-scorecard een koppeling te ...

Er zijn al vele goede boeken over het ontwikkelen van effectieve financiële vaardigheden geschreven, maar de praktijk laat steeds weer zien dat lezers hooguit in staat zijn om 25% van de goede raad en technieken toe te passen. Alhoewel ze het volledig eens zijn met de overige 75% van de informatie vallen ze toch steeds weer in hun oude saboterende gedrag terug.

Voor hetzelfde geld rijk laat je de recentelijk ontdekte oorzaak van deze saboterende overtuigingen zien en hoe je deze, diep in je ...

Good governance is essential to the success of start-ups and scale-ups. In this book, Luc Sterckx, an expert in internal governance and general management, provides firsthand advice on how early-stage companies can be governed in an efficient and workable manner, regardless of their limited financial resources. The book combines legal and regulatory information with practical advice on implementation, including guidance on how to set priorities. As a company transitions from a startup to a sc...

Develop your strategic thinking, tackle real-world challenges and develop the skills to think and behave like a manager. With over a million copies sold worldwide, Exploring Strategy by Whittington, Angwin, Regner, Johnson, and Scholes is the essential introduction to strategy for managers of today and tomorrow, tackling the hottest and most up-to-date issues regarding the operation of organisations. The latest 13th edition is renewed and revised according to the latest developments in the fi...

A comprehensive and current introduction to key topics in fundraising that balances theory and practice.

For courses in Hospitality Marketing, Tourism Marketing, Restaurant Marketing, or Hotel Marketing. Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism, 8e is the definitive source for hospitality marketing courses. Taking an integrative approach, this highly visual, four-color book discusses hospitality marketing from a team perspective, examining each hospitality department and its role in the marketing mechanism. These best-selling authors are known as leading marketing educators and their book, a glob...

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Mastering the fundamental concepts of financial operations

Using tools, making connections, and studying for success, are the three learning skills that students will gain in Financial Management: Core Concepts. An ideal resource for non-finance students, this book discusses the key elements of financial operations. The book and support materials encourage students to build their skills and test their knowledge by forging connections between ideas and appl...

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.

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...