This
book covers the following topics: Introduction to Principles of
Management, Personality, Attitudes, and Work Behaviors, History, Globalization,
and Values-Based Leadership, Developing Mission, Vision, and Values,
Strategizing, Organizational Structure and Change, Organizational Culture,
Social Networks, Leading People and Organizations, Decision Making,
Communication in Organizations, Motivating Employees, Essentials of Control and
Strategic Human Resource Management.
This note is designed to introduce students
to the fundamental techniques of using data to make informed management
decisions. It will focus on various ways of modeling, or thinking structurally
about, decision problems in order to enhance decision-making skills.
Author(s): Jordan
University of Science and Technology
This book covers the following topics: Improving Operations
Performance with World Class Manufacturing Technique: A Case in Automotive
Industry, Managing OEE to Optimize Factory Performance, Using Overall Equipment
Effectiveness for Manufacturing System Design, Overall Equipment Effectiveness
for Manufacturing System, Reliability and Maintainability in Operations
Management, Production Scheduling Approaches for Operations Management,
Enterprise Risk Management to Drive Operations Performances, Important Role of
Packaging in Operations Management,An Overview of Human Reliability
Analysis Techniques in Manufacturing Operations.
The purpose of this note is to put quality management
into perspective, and to highlight its critical importance, as well as to
present in-depth ideas on different methodologies, tools and techniques proposed
for product and process improvement. This web course will help readers
understand opportunities for product or service or process improvement based on
quality management principals.
This note builds on conceptual frameworks and cases from a wide range of
service operations, selected from health care, hospitality, internet services,
supply chain, transportation, retailing, food service, entertainment, financial
services, humanitarian services, government services, and others.
This book covers the following topics: The World Of
E-Business, Business Models, e-Business Relationships, Governance Structures,
e-Business Technological Infrastructure, XML -The Enabling Technology,
e-Markets, e-Procurement, Business Networks, Intermediaries In The Value
Systems, e-Business Modeling, Approaches To Middleware, Enterprise Application
Integration, e-Business Integration and Loosely Coupled e-Business Solutions.
This note
focuses on theoretical work for studying operations planning and control
problems. Also reviews the quantitative models and theoretical tools underlying
some of the customer-driven operational practices of these cutting-edge
companies.
This book explains the following topics:
Evolution Of Management Thoughts, Functions Of Management, Planning, Deision-making,
Organising, Authority And Responsibility, Recruitment And Selection, Training
And Development, Interpersonal Behaviour, Stress Management, Conflict Management
And Organisatioanl Change.
Author(s): Guru Jambheshwar University of
Science and Technology, Hisar
This course note introduces students to the theory,
algorithms, and applications of optimization. The optimization methodologies
include linear programming, network optimization, integer programming, and
decision trees. Applications to logistics, manufacturing, transportation,
marketing, project management, and finance. Includes a team project in which
students select and solve a problem in practice.
Author(s): Prof. James Orlin and
Dr. Ebrahim Nasrabadi
The text provides
an overview of project management and uses the industry standard definitions of
the divisions of project management knowledge as described by the Project
Management Institute (PMI) to provide grounding in traditional project
management concepts. Topics covered includes: Project Profiling, Project Phases
and Organization, Understanding and Meeting Client Expectations, Working with
People on Projects, Communication Technologies, Starting a Project, Project Time
Management, Estimating and Managing Costs, Managing Project Quality, Managing
Project Risk, Project Procurement and Closure.
This lecture note focuses on
practical experience that blends theory and practice. Students reflect on prior
leadership experiences and then apply lessons learned to further develop their
leadership capabilities.