Leadership Communication guides current and potential leaders in developing the communication capabilities needed to be transformational leaders. It brings together managerial communication and concepts of emotional intelligence to create a new model of communication skills and strategies for corporate leaders.
This book is unique among introductory texts because it provides substantial coverage of the major operations management (OM)topics and tools, and it extends the coverage to include core supply chain management (SCM) issues. The second edition now includes three chapters not included in other introductory OM texts. In addition to new and updated contents the book now includes a feature that all…
Russell and Taylor's Operations and Supply Chain Management, 8th Edition is designed to teach students how to analyze processes, ensure quality, create value, and manage the flow of information and products, while creating value along the supply chain in a global environment. Russell and Taylor explain and clearly demonstrate the skills needed to be a successful operations manager. Most importa…
Business: A Changing World carefully blends the right mix of coverage and applications to give students a firm grounding in business principles. Where other products have you sprinting through the semester to cover everything, Business: A Changing World allows breathing space to explore topics and incorporate additional activities to complement your teaching. Built from the ground up, Busine…
Strategic Staffing prepares all current and future managers to take a strategic and modern approach to the identification, attraction, selection, deployment, and retention of talent. Grounded in research but full of real world examples, this text describes how organizations can develop a staffing strategy that reinforces business strategy, leverages staffing technology, and evaluates and improv…
The latest thinking, strategies and technologies to stay current in supply chain management Presenting the core concepts and techniques of supply chain management in a clear, concise and easily readable style, the Third Edition of Essentials of Supply Chain Management outlines the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management. - Understand what supply chains are and how they wo…
When Yahoo hired star Google executive Marissa Mayer to be its CEO in 2012 employees rejoiced. They put posters on the walls throughout Yahoo's California's headquarters. On them, there was Mayer's face and one word: HOPE. But just more than a year later on November 4, 2013 Mayer sat in front those same employees in a huge cafeteria on Yahoo's campus and took the beating of her life. Her hair w…
COMMEMORATING THE 100th BIRTHDAY OF TAIICHI OHNO Businesses worldwide are successfully implementing the Toyota Production System to speed up processes, reduce waste, improve quality, and cut costs. While there is widespread adoption of TPS, there is still much to be learned about its fundamental principles. This unique volume delivers a clear, concise overview of the Toyota Production Sys…