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Workplace Violence and the Facility Manager
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May 02, 2013
Author(s):
Joseph F. Gustin
This book contains practical, comprehensive, and effective guidance and advice on the issue of workplace violence. It is written in plain language and in a non-theoretical, reader-friendly format for quick and easy reference. Topics include the risk factors that contribute to workplace violence, as …
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The Product Wheel Handbook: Creating Balanced Flow in High-Mix Process Operations
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April 26, 2013
Author(s):
Peter L. King; Jennifer S. King
The Product Wheel (PW) design process has practical methods for finding the optimum sequence, minimizing changeover costs, and freeing up useful capacity. So much so, that the DuPont™ Company and Exxon Mobil are just a few companies that have used the product wheel concept to achieve and sustain a …
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Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design, Second Edition
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April 25, 2013
Author(s):
Manuel Laguna; Johan Marklund
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Most textbooks on business process management focus on either the nuts and bolts of computer simulation or the managerial aspects of business processes. Covering both technical and managerial aspects of business process management, Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design, Second Edition …
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Quality Tools for Managing Construction Projects
Published:
April 25, 2013
Author(s):
Abdul Razzak Rumane
Dealing with such a multi-layered and fungible intangible as quality during the design and construction process is difficult for all parties involved. To the architect, quality means an appealing and enduring design, but to the builder, it means understandable documents that, when acted upon, lead …
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Random Dynamical Systems in Finance
Published:
April 23, 2013
Author(s):
Anatoliy Swishchuk; Shafiqul Islam
The theory and applications of random dynamical systems (RDS) are at the cutting edge of research in mathematics and economics, particularly in modeling the long-run evolution of economic systems subject to exogenous random shocks. Despite this interest, there are no books available that solely …
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Making Multilevel Public Management Work: Stories of Success and Failure from Europe and North America
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April 23, 2013
Editor(s):
Denita Cepiku; David K. Jesuit; Ian Roberge
Public management increasingly takes place in multilevel settings, since most countries are decentralized to one degree or another and most problems transcend and cut across administrative and geographical borders. A collaboration of scholars in the Transnational Initiative on Governance Research …
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Lean Leadership for Healthcare: Approaches to Lean Transformation
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April 23, 2013
Author(s):
Ronald G. Bercaw
Healthcare organizations that have already applied Lean thinking to their processes, with the diligence of effective management and strong leadership support, are now realizing the benefits of their efforts. And, many of those benefits surpass what was thought possible just a few years ago. To be …
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People, Process, and Culture: Lean Manufacturing in the Real World
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April 23, 2013
Author(s):
Jeffrey P. Wincel; Thomas J. Kull, PhD
Examining Lean processes in the context of the authors’ academic research in-progress, People, Process, & Culture: Lean Manufacturing in the Real World illustrates the impact of culture on the implementation of Lean Manufacturing (LM) across various geographic and cultural areas. It …
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Big Data and Business Analytics
Published:
April 23, 2013
Editor(s):
Jay Liebowitz
"The chapters in this volume offer useful case studies, technical roadmaps, lessons learned, and a few prescriptions to ‘do this, avoid that.’"—From the Foreword by Joe LaCugna, Ph.D., Enterprise Analytics and Business Intelligence, Starbucks Coffee Company With the growing barrage of "big data," …
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The Objective is Quality: An Introduction to Performance and Sustainability Management Systems
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April 23, 2013
Author(s):
Michel Jaccard
This book offers a unique overview of Quality and its tools, thus filling an important gap in the quality-control literature. The emphasis is on the system approach and the stakes and the role of Quality in life and policies of an organization or company; the book also touches on how the world of …
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