Title: Operations Management : A Modern Approach Author: Rae Simons ISBN: 192669290X / 9781926692906 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 332 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Year: 2011 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
This book looks at a selection of important business management techniques from a variety of countries and types of businesses. It discusses interorganizational information systems development, organizational performance management, activity-based cost systems, financial decision-making processes, teleworking (or telecommuting), customer-focused process improvement, the communicative nature of innovation processes and the impact of this on innovation management, a model of ebusiness systems that allows for emergent factors, and much more.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Managing Innovation as Communicative Processes : A Case of Subsea Technology R&D Chapter 2 : Deferred Action : Theoretical Model of Process Architecture Design for Emergent Business Processes Chapter 3 : The Survey of the Political Costs and Firm Size : Case from Iran Chapter 4 : An Evaluation of Inter-Organisational Information Systems Development on Business Partnership Relations Chapter 5 : Rational Exuberance and Revival of the US Automotive Sector Chapter 6 : A Neuroanatomical Approach to Exploring Organizational Performance Chapter 7 : Neural Networks and Their Application to Finance Chapter 8 : Implementing the Activity Base Costing System : A Case Study on Dakota Office Supply Chapter 9 : Profitability of the Greek Football Clubs : Implications for Financial Decisions Making Chapter 10 : Teleworking in United Arab Emirates (UAE) : An Empirical Study of Influencing Factors, Facilitators, and Inhibitors Chapter 11 : The Role that Personality and Motivation Play in Consumer Behaviour : A Case Study on HSBC Chapter 12 : Mobile Technology and the Value Chain : Participants, Activities, and Value Creation Chapter 13 : Cost Effectiveness of Community-Based Therapeutic Care for Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in Zambia : Decision Tree Model Chapter 14 : Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net : A Practice Coaching Manual Chapter 15 : Customer Complaints as a Source of Customer-Focused Process Improvement : A Constructive Case Study