This book outlines how to conduct a complete environmental risk assessment. The first part documents the psychology and philosophy of risk perception and assessment, introducing a taxonomy of uncertainty and the importance of context. It provides a critical examination of the use and abuse of expert judgement and goes on to outline approaches to hazard identification and subjective ranking that…
All companies must grow to survive, but only one in five growth strategies succeeds. In Profit from the Core, strategy expert Chris Zook revealed how to grow profitably by focusing on and achieving full potential in the core business. But what happens when your core business provides insufficient new growth or even hits the wall? In Beyond the Core, Zook outlines an expansion strategy based on …
An edited collection of essays by a group of international experts and scholars that address the politics and policy of environmental change and sustainable development in East and Southeast Asia. The book pays particular attention to the ways in which foreign policy and international relations theories help explain eco-politics and sustainable development in the region. Case studies cover e…
The traditional annual budgeting process--characterized by fixed targets and performance incentives--is time consuming, overcentralized, and outdated. Worse, it often causes dysfunctional and unethical managerial behavior. Based on an intensive, international study into pioneering companies, Beyond Budgeting offers an alternative, coherent management model that overcomes the limitations of trad…
Contents: - "Financial savvy": How to invest smart so you will have the money you need when you need it 1. Putting together a winning investment portfolio 2. Advanced diversification and risk management 3. Prelude to long-term wealth-introduction to the stock market 4. Nothing succeeds like success 5. Worldwide opportunity etc.
There's management as it should be, and then there's management as it is. Thankfully, Management Stripped Bare narrows the gulf between theoretical solutions and workable practices, providing a bevy of real solutions for novice managers and seasoned veterans alike. Management Stripped Bare takes a serious look at business issues large and small, from leadership to accounting practices, perfo…
This book contains: 1. What is economic value management 2. The value management wheel 3. The performance measurement and management context 4. Economic value management: The measurement and management impacts 5. Economic value management: Demonstrating and assessing value measurement approaches 6. Has value been created? how much? 7. Evaluations of the past to strengthen the future: Pee…
In this landmark book, Kanter has integrated all her Harvard Business Review articles and the framing essays she wrote as Editor into a powerful new statement. This work contains pieces that span a variety of topics: strategy, innovation, customer focus, global trends, planning for change, strategic alliances, compensation systems, and community responsibility.
This book is a proceeding and has content: 1. Session 1: Pursuing growth objectives after the crisis 2. Session 2: Monetary policy trade-offs in an open economy 3. Session 3: Achieving financial stability in periods of monetary policy divergence
Dalam buku ini, Richard Branson memaparkan petualangannya membangun merek Virgin—yang dimulainya ketika ia mendirikan majalah Student di usia 16 tahun—dan berbagi pengalaman mengenai beberapa pencapaian terbesarnya selama kurun waktu lebih dari empat puluh tahun berbisnis, dan pelajaran yang telah dipetiknya dari kekeliruannya. - Karyawan: Cari Karyawan Terbaik dan Biarkan Mereka BEbas Ber…