Going beyond the usual how-to guide, Lean Six Sigma Secrets for the CIO supplies proven tips and valuable case studies that illustrate how to combine Six Sigma rigorous quality principles with Lean methods for uncovering and eliminating waste in IT processes. Using these methods, the text explains how to take an approach that is all about improving IT performance, productivity, and security much as it is about cutting costs. Savvy IT veterans describe how to use Lean Six Sigma with IT governa...

We need strategy. The world is changing, the future uncertain. What is required is vision: What might the future bring? Where is our business going? What are our fundamental business values? This book is a manual for all those who want to apply strategy in organisations.

It is intended for everyone who wants to put the future on the agenda, to look beyond the short term and beyond mere profit. It describes in practical terms the eight questions we must continually discuss in order to pursue a...

Taking a truly international approach, Strategic Management offers you comprehensive coverage of all the core areas of business strategy in a reader-friendly way. Thoroughly updated and with the addition of four brand-new authors, the tenth edition features: Balanced treatment of prescriptive and emergent models of strategic management. Application of strategic theory to key areas such as technology and innovation, sustainability, entrepreneurial and public sector strategy.

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A crucial read.' Marshall Goldsmith'A must-read.' Marcus BuckinghamChange and innovation are the cornerstones of dynamic and modern business. Or so we are told. Whether it’s a merger or re-org; a new process, policy, or IT “solution”; or reconfiguring the office layout, change has become the ultimate easy button for leaders, who pursue it with abandon and thereby unleash an endless torrent of disruption on employees.

The result is life in the blender: a perpetual state of upheaval, unce...

Dit boek behandelt hoe familie- en andere MKB-bedrijven met Governance dienen om te gaan. Het doel van Governance is om een optimaal en transparant stelsel van ‘checks and balances’ te waarborgen voor ondernemingen. Governance betreft diverse issues zoals integriteit, toezicht, verantwoordelijkheden, zeggenschap, cultuur en bestuur teneinde het bedrijf deugdelijk te laten functioneren.Tot dusverre is het onderwerp Corporate Governance – zoals het eerste woord al zegt – voorbehouden a...

This is an exciting and innovative core textbook that focuses on the micro-level analysis of TM as a dynamic capability. Now in its second edition and fully updated throughout, it systematically addresses the major tools and techniques needed for businesses to successfully conduct TM activities. Arguing that there is no single best way to manage technology in a company and there is no mechanistic route to success, this accessible handbook provides a wealth of resources designed to increase th...

This book focuses on the tactical planning level for spare parts management. It describes a series of multi-item inventory models and presents exact and heuristic optimization methods, including greedy heuristics that work well for real, life-sized problems. The intended audience consists of graduate students, starting scholars in the field of spare parts inventory control, and spare parts planning specialists in the industry.

In individual chapters the authors consider topics includ...

Hét praktijkboek voor de maintenance engineer!

Maak jezelf van onschatbare waarde voor jouw organisatie.

Starten als maintenance engineer kan best een worsteling en zoektocht zijn. Want wat zijn nu precies jouw rollen, taken en verantwoordelijkheden? Welke tools en technieken heb je tot jouw beschikking en hoe maak je een goede start? Dit boek is speciaal geschreven om jou hierbij te helpen, zodat je van onschatbare waarde wordt voor jouw organisatie, en bevat vele praktische tips en inzich...