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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of supply side economics and the trickle down myth as exemplified by Pittsburgh's declining steel industry. The Business of America... is the first film to probe one of our most treasured economic assumptions: that private corporations can be trusted to make the investments upon which all Americans depend. The film contrasts two Pittsburgh steelworkers conventional faith in private enterprise with the actual strategies and priorities...
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What do Brazil's top beauty brand, America's second-fastest-growing restaurant chain, and the world's third bestselling car have in common? They are shattering the myth that acting sustainably and building a billion-dollar business are mutually exclusive. Green Giants examines nine companies that are merging social responsibility with wild profitability - and reveals the six factors responsible for their success, including: iconoclastic leadership...
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Portfolio / Penguin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"With an empowering call to action, The Waste-Free World boldly invites us to end one of the greatest scams in history in order to achieve a bright, sustainable, and prosperous future. As microplastics collect in the ocean by the ton, natural resources are depleted, and cities face mounting landfill disposal bills, consumers and investors are becoming increasingly focused on the quality, durability and environmental footprint of products--yet many...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
What kind of leadership is needed when innovation is your competitive advantage? From her research on companies that have achieved breakthrough innovations, Professor Hill found a common leadership approach. Leaders at Pixar, eBay Germany, Google, HCL Technologies, and IBM, among others, build communities of people who are both "willing and able to innovate." They develop willing teams by pulling people together with a shared purpose, values, and...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
"5 Factories" provides a penetrating look at the Bolivarian socio-economic project designed to challenge the dominant neo-liberal development model. 5 Factories provides a penetrating look at the Bolivarian socio-economic project designed to challenge the dominant neo-liberal development model. Since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998, the Venezuelan government has implemented reforms to transform the nation into what Chávez and his supporters...
7) Clockwork
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
One hundred years ago American management faced many of the problems it confronts today - poor productivity, rapid technological change, and heightened competition. Clockwork shows how Frederick Taylor and his followers attempted to meet these challenges through "scientific management," a radical program to organize every aspect of production under a regime of quantitative measures and systematic planning. Clockwork is the only film on Taylor's work...
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Español
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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...
9) Administrador: Un Nuevo Y Avanzado Perfil Profesional Necesario, Acorde Al Mundo Globalizado De Hoy
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Español
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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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English
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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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English
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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...
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English
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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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Español
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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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Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
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English
Description
The former CEO of General Electric discusses how he led the corporation through the days immediately after 9/11 and the 2008-09 financial crisis and refocus it into a more diverse, globalized, and innovative company.
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Español
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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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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?
KEY RELATIONSHIPS CLARIFIED
- Higher Tech vs Lower...
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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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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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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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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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