Author: Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351982117
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage. He has ninety days to save his plant - or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days - Jonah - to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done. Described by Fortune as a 'guru to industry' and by Businessweek as a 'genius', Eliyahu M. Goldratt was an internationally recognized leader in the development of new business management concepts and systems. This 20th anniversary edition includes a series of detailed case study interviews by David Whitford, Editor at Large, Fortune Small Business, which explore how organizations around the world have been transformed by Eli Goldratt's ideas. The story of Alex's fight to save his plant contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Eli Goldratt. Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world. It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry - even to your bosses - but not to your competitors!
The Goal
Author: Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351982117
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage. He has ninety days to save his plant - or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days - Jonah - to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done. Described by Fortune as a 'guru to industry' and by Businessweek as a 'genius', Eliyahu M. Goldratt was an internationally recognized leader in the development of new business management concepts and systems. This 20th anniversary edition includes a series of detailed case study interviews by David Whitford, Editor at Large, Fortune Small Business, which explore how organizations around the world have been transformed by Eli Goldratt's ideas. The story of Alex's fight to save his plant contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Eli Goldratt. Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world. It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry - even to your bosses - but not to your competitors!
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351982117
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage. He has ninety days to save his plant - or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days - Jonah - to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done. Described by Fortune as a 'guru to industry' and by Businessweek as a 'genius', Eliyahu M. Goldratt was an internationally recognized leader in the development of new business management concepts and systems. This 20th anniversary edition includes a series of detailed case study interviews by David Whitford, Editor at Large, Fortune Small Business, which explore how organizations around the world have been transformed by Eli Goldratt's ideas. The story of Alex's fight to save his plant contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Eli Goldratt. Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world. It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry - even to your bosses - but not to your competitors!
Compromise
Author: Jack Knight
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 147981802X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A distinguished group of scholars explores compromise in contemporary affairs Do lawmakers have a greater ethical responsibility to compromise than ordinary citizens? How does one rectify what is at stake when lawmakers concede to compromise for the sake of reaching resolution? Is compromise necessarily equalizing and is it a reasonable mode of problem solving and dispute resolution? In this latest installment from the NOMOS series, distinguished scholars across the fields of political science, law, and philosophy tackle the complex set of questions that relate to the practice of compromise and its implications for social and political life in modern societies. The volume, edited by Jack Knight, brings together a range of perspectives – in both disciplinary and substantive terms – on representation, political morality, disagreement, negotiation, and various forms of compromise. The ten essays reflect a variety of considerations across interdisciplinary lines, and provide a new and thought-provoking discussion of the policy, practice, and philosophy of compromise, covering a number of specific topics including alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and conscientious objection. Examining these issues and more, Compromise offers new and thought provoking insights into the pressing issue of the importance of compromise in social and political affairs.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 147981802X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A distinguished group of scholars explores compromise in contemporary affairs Do lawmakers have a greater ethical responsibility to compromise than ordinary citizens? How does one rectify what is at stake when lawmakers concede to compromise for the sake of reaching resolution? Is compromise necessarily equalizing and is it a reasonable mode of problem solving and dispute resolution? In this latest installment from the NOMOS series, distinguished scholars across the fields of political science, law, and philosophy tackle the complex set of questions that relate to the practice of compromise and its implications for social and political life in modern societies. The volume, edited by Jack Knight, brings together a range of perspectives – in both disciplinary and substantive terms – on representation, political morality, disagreement, negotiation, and various forms of compromise. The ten essays reflect a variety of considerations across interdisciplinary lines, and provide a new and thought-provoking discussion of the policy, practice, and philosophy of compromise, covering a number of specific topics including alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and conscientious objection. Examining these issues and more, Compromise offers new and thought provoking insights into the pressing issue of the importance of compromise in social and political affairs.
Advances in Case-Based Reasoning
Author: Peter Funk
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540286314
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 835
Book Description
The 7th European Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ECCBR 2004) was held from August 30 through September 2, at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. ECCBR was born in Aberdeen, UK (2002), after a series of European workshops held in Trento, Italy(2000), Dublin, Ireland(1998), Lausanne, Switzerland (1996), Paris, France (1994), and Kaiserslautern, Germany (1993). ECCBR is the premier international forum for researchers and practitioners of case-based reasoning (CBR) in the years interleaving with the biennial international counterpart ICCBR, whose 5th edition was held in Trondheim, Norway in 2003. The CBR community has shown for years a deep interest in the application of its research to real-world problems. As a result, the first day of both ECCBR and ICCBR has been traditionally dedicated to presenting industrial CBR complications. ECCBR 2004 Industry Day was co-chaired by Mehmet Göker and Francisco Martín who invited professionals from different fields to describe their fielded CBR systems. The second day of the conference was dedicated to four workshops focusing on the following research interests: CBR in health sciences, explanation in CBR, computational creativity, and CBR applied to time series prediction. We are grateful to the Workshop Program co-chairs, Pablo Gervás and Kalyan Moy Gupta, for their efforts in coordinating these workshops, along with the individual workshop chairs and participants. Materials from the Ind- try Day and the workshops were published separately and can be obtained from the ECCBR 2004 website, http://www. idt. mdh. se/eccbr.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540286314
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 835
Book Description
The 7th European Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ECCBR 2004) was held from August 30 through September 2, at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. ECCBR was born in Aberdeen, UK (2002), after a series of European workshops held in Trento, Italy(2000), Dublin, Ireland(1998), Lausanne, Switzerland (1996), Paris, France (1994), and Kaiserslautern, Germany (1993). ECCBR is the premier international forum for researchers and practitioners of case-based reasoning (CBR) in the years interleaving with the biennial international counterpart ICCBR, whose 5th edition was held in Trondheim, Norway in 2003. The CBR community has shown for years a deep interest in the application of its research to real-world problems. As a result, the first day of both ECCBR and ICCBR has been traditionally dedicated to presenting industrial CBR complications. ECCBR 2004 Industry Day was co-chaired by Mehmet Göker and Francisco Martín who invited professionals from different fields to describe their fielded CBR systems. The second day of the conference was dedicated to four workshops focusing on the following research interests: CBR in health sciences, explanation in CBR, computational creativity, and CBR applied to time series prediction. We are grateful to the Workshop Program co-chairs, Pablo Gervás and Kalyan Moy Gupta, for their efforts in coordinating these workshops, along with the individual workshop chairs and participants. Materials from the Ind- try Day and the workshops were published separately and can be obtained from the ECCBR 2004 website, http://www. idt. mdh. se/eccbr.
Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning
Author: Jiming Liu
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540450807
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 1161
Book Description
This book constitutes the throughly refereed post-proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning, IDEAL 2003, held in Hong Kong, China in March 2003. The 164 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 321 submissions; for inclusion in this post-proceedings another round of revision was imposed. The papers are organized in topical sections an agents, automated learning, bioinformatics, data mining, multimedia information, and financial engineering.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540450807
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 1161
Book Description
This book constitutes the throughly refereed post-proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning, IDEAL 2003, held in Hong Kong, China in March 2003. The 164 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 321 submissions; for inclusion in this post-proceedings another round of revision was imposed. The papers are organized in topical sections an agents, automated learning, bioinformatics, data mining, multimedia information, and financial engineering.
Reputation and Judicial Tactics
Author: Shai Dothan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107031133
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This book argues that national and international courts seek to enhance their reputations through the strategic exercise of judicial power. Courts often cannot enforce their judgments and must rely on reputational sanctions to ensure compliance. One way to do this is for courts to improve their reputation for generating compliance with their judgments. When the court's reputation is increased, parties will be expected to comply with its judgments and the reputational sanction on a party that fails to comply will be higher. This strategy allows national and international courts, which cannot enforce their judgments against states and executives, to improve the likelihood that their judgments will be complied with over time. This book describes the judicial tactics that courts use to shape their judgments in ways that maximize their reputational gains.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107031133
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This book argues that national and international courts seek to enhance their reputations through the strategic exercise of judicial power. Courts often cannot enforce their judgments and must rely on reputational sanctions to ensure compliance. One way to do this is for courts to improve their reputation for generating compliance with their judgments. When the court's reputation is increased, parties will be expected to comply with its judgments and the reputational sanction on a party that fails to comply will be higher. This strategy allows national and international courts, which cannot enforce their judgments against states and executives, to improve the likelihood that their judgments will be complied with over time. This book describes the judicial tactics that courts use to shape their judgments in ways that maximize their reputational gains.
Task Models and Diagrams for User Interface Design
Author: David England
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642117961
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams for User Interface Design, TAMODIA 2009, held in Brussels, Belgium, in September 2009. The 12 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions for inclusion in the book. The workshop features current research and gives some indication of the new directions in which task analysis theories, methods, techniques and tools are progressing. The papers are organized in topical sections on business process, design process, model driven approach, task modeling, and task models and UML.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642117961
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams for User Interface Design, TAMODIA 2009, held in Brussels, Belgium, in September 2009. The 12 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions for inclusion in the book. The workshop features current research and gives some indication of the new directions in which task analysis theories, methods, techniques and tools are progressing. The papers are organized in topical sections on business process, design process, model driven approach, task modeling, and task models and UML.
Compromise, Negotiation and Group Decision
Author: Bertrand Munier
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400940211
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Financial support from the following institutions, in addition to the personal contributions of the 200 parti cipants, made the conference an enjoyable event - Universite d' Aix-Narseille III - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - City of Aix-en-Provence - Faculte d'Economie Appliquee - G.R.A.S.C.E. Association Fran~aise de Science economique - Air France - Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Marseille - Chambre Regionale de Commerce et d'Industrie (Provence - Alpes - Cote d'Azur - Corse) - Compagnie Fran~aise des Petroles - Conseil General des Bouches-du-Rhone - Conseil Regional (Provence - Alpes - Cote d'Azur) - Electricite de France - Societe Lyonnaise de Banque - Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Fran~ais - Union des Assurances de Paris. Both before and during the conference, Hs. Daniele Durieu, Martine Harciano, Magali Orillard and Catherine pivot managed to avoid an always imminent chaos. P. Batteau, C. Jameux, J.L. Le Hoigne and J. de Montgolfier helped intensively in the organizing committee. The preparation of the manuscript owes much to Daniele Durieu and Isabelle ~1ichelot. J .A. Bartoli was most helpful in com~uterizing the preparation of the general index. He also benefited in this last respect of the help of our students I. Bouchet, R. Bout, P. de Cibeins, S. Delaye, C. Mallie, C. Martin, J-F. Morhain, J-C. Picton, N. Vock, all at the Faculte d'Economie Appliquee in Aix-en-Provence.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400940211
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Financial support from the following institutions, in addition to the personal contributions of the 200 parti cipants, made the conference an enjoyable event - Universite d' Aix-Narseille III - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - City of Aix-en-Provence - Faculte d'Economie Appliquee - G.R.A.S.C.E. Association Fran~aise de Science economique - Air France - Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Marseille - Chambre Regionale de Commerce et d'Industrie (Provence - Alpes - Cote d'Azur - Corse) - Compagnie Fran~aise des Petroles - Conseil General des Bouches-du-Rhone - Conseil Regional (Provence - Alpes - Cote d'Azur) - Electricite de France - Societe Lyonnaise de Banque - Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Fran~ais - Union des Assurances de Paris. Both before and during the conference, Hs. Daniele Durieu, Martine Harciano, Magali Orillard and Catherine pivot managed to avoid an always imminent chaos. P. Batteau, C. Jameux, J.L. Le Hoigne and J. de Montgolfier helped intensively in the organizing committee. The preparation of the manuscript owes much to Daniele Durieu and Isabelle ~1ichelot. J .A. Bartoli was most helpful in com~uterizing the preparation of the general index. He also benefited in this last respect of the help of our students I. Bouchet, R. Bout, P. de Cibeins, S. Delaye, C. Mallie, C. Martin, J-F. Morhain, J-C. Picton, N. Vock, all at the Faculte d'Economie Appliquee in Aix-en-Provence.
Multi-disciplinary Trends in Artificial Intelligence
Author: Chattrakul Sombattheera
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642257240
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Multi-disciplinary International Workshop On Artificial Intelligence, MIWAI 2011, held in Hyderabad, India, in December 2011. The 38 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions. The papers cover the multifarious nature of the Artificial Intelligence research domain, ranging from theoretical to real world applications and address topics such as agent-based simulation, agent-oriented software engineering, agents and Web services, agent-based electronic commerce, auctions and markets, AI in video games, computer vision, constraint satisfaction, data mining, decision theory, distributed AI, e-commerce and AI, game theory, internet/www intelligence, industrial applications of AI, intelligent tutoring, knowledge representation and reasoning, machine learning, multi-agent planning and learning, multi-agent systems and their applications, multi-agent systems and evolving intelligence, natural language processing, neural networks, planning and scheduling, robotics, uncertainty in AI, and Web services.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642257240
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Multi-disciplinary International Workshop On Artificial Intelligence, MIWAI 2011, held in Hyderabad, India, in December 2011. The 38 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions. The papers cover the multifarious nature of the Artificial Intelligence research domain, ranging from theoretical to real world applications and address topics such as agent-based simulation, agent-oriented software engineering, agents and Web services, agent-based electronic commerce, auctions and markets, AI in video games, computer vision, constraint satisfaction, data mining, decision theory, distributed AI, e-commerce and AI, game theory, internet/www intelligence, industrial applications of AI, intelligent tutoring, knowledge representation and reasoning, machine learning, multi-agent planning and learning, multi-agent systems and their applications, multi-agent systems and evolving intelligence, natural language processing, neural networks, planning and scheduling, robotics, uncertainty in AI, and Web services.
The Compromise Trap
Author: Elizabeth Doty
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1605095818
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A detailed and inspiring strategy for staying true to yourself at work while contributing to your organization’s effectiveness and integrity • Based on over fifty candid interviews with businesspeople at all levels, including vivid firsthand accounts of compromise and courage • Eminently practical and constructive, with exercises and strategies you can apply wherever you work Healthy compromise is a fact of organizational life, part of accomplishing any meaningful goal with other people. But when it involves betraying your word, your principles, or other important commitments, it takes a bite out of your passion and vitality, trapping you in a web of nagging doubts and regrets or even dread and remorse. Sadly, certain common misconceptions about compromise mean we can fall into this trap unknowingly, making a sort of “devil’s bargain by degrees.” Even worse, this can happen while working for companies and leaders we otherwise respect and admire. So what can you do, short of sacrificing your career? In this unflinching but consistently constructive and timely look at concessions, double-binds, and contradictions of organizational life, Doty suggests the antidote is to “redefine the game” – expand your ability to be a positive force regardless of the setting. At the core of this strategy are six personal foundations that she illuminates with practical exercises and examples, including Reconnect to Your Strengths, See the Larger Playing Field, Define a Worthy Enough Win, Find Your Real Team, Make Positive Plays, and Keep Your Own Score. Full of candid firsthand stories from Doty’s interviews with over fifty businesspeople as well as her own experiences as a consultant and manager, The Compromise Trap offers sympathetic guidance for individuals striving to live with greater integrity, courage, and purpose at work, as well as the executives, coaches, consultants, and loved ones who support them and senior leaders who want to expand what it means for organizations to act with integrity in the world.
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1605095818
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A detailed and inspiring strategy for staying true to yourself at work while contributing to your organization’s effectiveness and integrity • Based on over fifty candid interviews with businesspeople at all levels, including vivid firsthand accounts of compromise and courage • Eminently practical and constructive, with exercises and strategies you can apply wherever you work Healthy compromise is a fact of organizational life, part of accomplishing any meaningful goal with other people. But when it involves betraying your word, your principles, or other important commitments, it takes a bite out of your passion and vitality, trapping you in a web of nagging doubts and regrets or even dread and remorse. Sadly, certain common misconceptions about compromise mean we can fall into this trap unknowingly, making a sort of “devil’s bargain by degrees.” Even worse, this can happen while working for companies and leaders we otherwise respect and admire. So what can you do, short of sacrificing your career? In this unflinching but consistently constructive and timely look at concessions, double-binds, and contradictions of organizational life, Doty suggests the antidote is to “redefine the game” – expand your ability to be a positive force regardless of the setting. At the core of this strategy are six personal foundations that she illuminates with practical exercises and examples, including Reconnect to Your Strengths, See the Larger Playing Field, Define a Worthy Enough Win, Find Your Real Team, Make Positive Plays, and Keep Your Own Score. Full of candid firsthand stories from Doty’s interviews with over fifty businesspeople as well as her own experiences as a consultant and manager, The Compromise Trap offers sympathetic guidance for individuals striving to live with greater integrity, courage, and purpose at work, as well as the executives, coaches, consultants, and loved ones who support them and senior leaders who want to expand what it means for organizations to act with integrity in the world.
Economic Crises and Policy Regimes
Author: Hideko Magara
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1782549927
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
In this innovative book, Hideko Magara brings together an expert team to explore both the possibilities and difficulties of transitioning from a neoliberal policy regime to an alternative regime through drastic policy innovations. The authors argue tha
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1782549927
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
In this innovative book, Hideko Magara brings together an expert team to explore both the possibilities and difficulties of transitioning from a neoliberal policy regime to an alternative regime through drastic policy innovations. The authors argue tha