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The "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table. Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a diverse array of business sectors, In Search of Excellence describes eight basic principles of management -- action-stimulating, people-oriented, profit-maximizing practices -- that made these organizations successful....
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"Reduce, reuse, recycle," urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in their provocative, visionary book, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human...
3) The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion New Customers
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Right now, the number of people living on $2 or less a day is more than the entire population of the world in 1950. These 2.7 billion people are not just the world's greatest challenge; they represent an extraordinary market opportunity. By learning how to serve them ethically and effectively, businesses can earn handsome profits while helping to solve one of the world's most intractable problems. The key is what Paul Polak and Mal Warwick call Zero-Based...
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En esta nueva década, viviremos la Cuarta Revolución Industrial, un entorno sin precedentes, acelerado por la pandemia del COVID-19. Según el Foro Económico Mundial, esta transformación hará desaparecer, aproximadamente, el 50 % de los puestos de trabajo actuales; esto obliga a los profesionales a desarrollar nuevas habilidades y características si quieren sobrevivir en este entorno altamente cambiante. En este libro, lleno de historias, anécdotas...
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Times are fundamentally changed. Hierarchical management according the Taylorian model is outdated. Companies can no longer survive by going on with what they've always done. There is a great need to answer the question how it should go on with our companies and industries. This book offers such an answer. It goes deep into the Monozukuri philosophy and explains how people in production and management, can achieve mastery. It covers a wide range of...
6) Administrador: Un Nuevo Y Avanzado Perfil Profesional Necesario, Acorde Al Mundo Globalizado De Hoy
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El profesional de la Administracin tiene hoy la enorme oportunidad y el reto de modernizar, ampliar y elevar la importancia de su disciplina, para con ello acceder a dirigir organismos pblicos y empresariales al ms alto nivel local, nacional e internacional. Competencias en Investigacin y Desarrollo, Comercio Exterior, Cuidado Ambiental, Idiomas y, sobre todo, una acentuada formacin Internacionalista, ampliarn drsticamente las oportunidades a las...
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We all want to get the best out of any relationship we have be it at work or at home. Just trying hard does not guarantee results. To be successful we need to clear approach and plan. This book uses a unique relationship MAP that helps you identify the current state of your relationship and then offers help to move through the three key stages. The book can be used as a complete set of chapters that offer an overall view of employee relations or you...
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¿Una industria manufacturera sexy? Quizá alguien piense que esto parece contradictorio, pero en realidad, toda organización necesita contar con algún elemento de sensualidad. El diccionario de la Real Academia Española define sexy como algo "que tiene atractivo físico y sexual", pero en un sentido más amplio, podríamos decir que significa "interesante, emocionante, atrayente o de moda". Se trata de la creación de un interés inicial por algo....
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Dead Fish and Fats Cats is a lively, no holds barred account of the experiences and entanglements of Eric Wickham, a commercial fisherman who fished for salmon, halibut and sablefish for over fifty years. It describes the unpredictable life of independent commercial fishermen and chastises the fishing bureaucrats for their mismanagement of the fishing industry. Dead Fish and Fat Cats provides a firsthand look at the world of coastal fishing, describing...
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Este libro presenta el estudio de los obstáculos técnicos al comercio internacional (OTC) en cuatro sectores productivos estratégicos y prioritarios de Bogotá: cuero, calzado y marroquinería; textiles y confecciones; envases de plástico; y muebles de madera. Estos sectores fueron seleccionados con base en estudios previos, según su tamaño y oportunidades de exportación, así como su exposición a los OTC. El estudio se concentró, además,...
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La presente obra es el resultado de tres diferentes procesos de investigación que convergen en un punto central: la gestión logística en diferentes cadenas de suministro en la región Caribe. Esta obra sintetiza tres proyectos de investigación regional enfocados en los problemas asociados a la competitividad de las cadenas de suministro. El primero, analiza la baja competitividad de las cadenas agroindustriales del departamento del Magdalena y...
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED
- How can an engineering driven company develop a market based strategy?
- Why develop a strategy if environment and opportunities change faster than that strategy can be executed?
- How can opportunities be chased if resources are not available to address them rapidly?
- How can resources be built and opportunities pursued if the weight of matrix organizations crushes initiative?
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Este libro constituye una reedición actualizada y ampliada de Análisis organizacional y empresa unipersonal. Despues de haberse agotado varias ediciones anteriores del libro, en esta nueva versión se lo ha rebautizado como Análisis organizacional en PYMES y empresas de familia. El modelo organizacional se aplica a un sector empresarial muy importante cuya incidencia estratégica se destaca como factor para el desarrollo de la economía y de la...
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The best engineers are often highly effective managers and leaders. If you are ambitious and aim to advance your career, obtaining these skills is crucial. Perhaps you've been promoted to a management position because of your performance as a technical expert. If so, what you now need are the new, complementary skills to survive and thrive in this brave new world. Likewise, for small manufacturing businesses, strong inspirational leadership and effective...
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Are you tired of following the rules and playing it safe in your business?Do you want to break free from the status quo and create something truly remarkable?If so, you are a rebel entrepreneur.Rebel entrepreneurs are not afraid to challenge the norms and disrupt their industries. They are innovators, visionaries, and game-changers who dare to do things differently. They are the ones who build businesses that last.In this book, you will learn how...
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Bangladesh has transformed its economy over the last 2 decades, graduating to middle-income status as average annual growth remained strong at 5%–6%. The country's goal to become an upper-middle-income country by 2021 will require even stronger annual growth of 7.5%–8%. This study finds that the most critical constraints to growth are (i) insufficient reliable energy supply, (ii) policies that indirectly stunt development of economic activities...
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Genchi genbutsu is the Toyota way of thoroughly understanding a situation by personally observing and confirming information or data at the place where the situation is happening. For instance, when someone in charge is trying to figure out a problem, they will go to where the work is being done and watch how it's being done. They will also talk to the people doing the work to make sure the information is correct and to understand what's going on....
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La discusión sobre cómo generar calidad en la reflexión y la práctica prospectiva no es un asunto resuelto, es un tema necesario para brindarle seriedad y estructura conceptual y metodológica profunda a esta disciplina. Es un reto abordar esta discusión, puesto que éste es un momento histórico propicio, en la medida en que la humanidad requiere pensamiento de largo plazo y soluciones innovadores para afrontar con éxito macroproblemas como...
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Management has the important job of teaching and helping people get better. But they also need to give support, listen, motivate, give power, and give challenges. If you want people to do what you want them to do and do it well and passionately, you have to find the way to encourage and motivate them.Management has the important job of teaching and helping people get better. But they also need to give support, listen, motivate, give power, and give...
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Building on robust economic growth since the end of a civil war in 1997, Tajikistan has transformed itself into a service economy driven by consumer spending fueled by strong remittance inflow. Yet the transfer of resources to high value-added sectors has been restrained, and structural change has generated few new jobs. Without sufficient employment opportunities in the services and industrial sectors, agriculture became the fallback for most of...
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