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Data protection : a practical guide to UK and EU law por Carey, Peter

Purchasing & supply chain management : analysis, strategy, planning and practice por Weele, Arjan. J. van

E-business and e-commerce management : strategy, implementation, and practice por Chaffey, Dave

Optimizing human capital with a strategic project office : select, train, measure, and reward people for organization success / por Crawford, J. Kent

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; On the Horizon: New Organizational Themes ; and Structures ; New Themes in Project Management Staffing; Beyond the Team: Community of Practice; Outsourcing: Project Management Expertise as a Commodity; New Opportunities and Visibility for Project Managers SECTION IV: APPENDICES ; Sample Role Descriptions for Project Office ; Personnel and Other Project-Management-Related Positions Excerpt from Project Management Maturity Model Sample Career Path Sample Questions from Knowledge Assessment Instrument ; Sample Questions from Multi-Rater Project Manager ; Competency Evaluation Sample Questions from the Caliper Profile ; PM Solutions Career Planning and Development ; Program Artifacts Value of Project Management Training Research Study Results Project Manager Support Survey Project Management Mentor’s Competency Scorecard ; PM Coaching Guidelines: Assisting Project Managers ; and Their Projects Project Management Performance Appraisal Form Service Level Agreement Tips for Better Outsourcing ; Relationships…”

Procurement principles and management /

Project risk management guidelines : managing risk in large projects and complex procurements

Services marketing : managing the service value chain / por Bruhn, Manfred

Roundtable viewpoints. International business por Robertson Christopher J.

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Drezner from ``Net Value: Legal Services Outsourcing Next Big Trend?'' The Edge Malaysia (February 20, 2006) 32 (7) Nevidta Sharma What Are the Standards and Practices Surrounding Sweatshops? …”

Managing change : a strategic approach to organisational dynamics por Bernard Burnes

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgements xi Introduction 1 (10) Part One The rise and fall of the rational organisation From trial and error to the science of management 11 (42) The rise of organisation theory 11 (42) Learning objectives 11 (1) Introduction 12 (2) The rise of commerce and the birth of the factory 14 (19) Organisation theory: the Classical approach 33 (14) Conclusions 47 (4) Test your learning 51 (1) Suggested further reading 52 (1) Developments in organisation theory 53 (30) From certainty to contingency 53 (30) Learning objectives 53 (1) Introduction 54 (1) The Human Relations approach 55 (15) The Contingency Theory approach 70 (10) Conclusions 80 (2) Test your learning 82 (1) Suggested further reading 82 (1) In search of new paradigms 83 (58) Learning objectives 83 (1) Introduction 84 (4) The Culture--Excellence approach 88 (27) The Japanese approach to management 115 (11) Organisational learning 126 (9) Conclusions 135 (4) Test your learning 139 (1) Suggested further reading 140 (1) Critical perspectives on organisation theory 141 (25) Postmodernism, realism and complexity 141 (25) Learning objectives 141 (1) Introduction 142 (2) The postmodern perspective 144 (10) The realist perspective 154 (3) The complexity perspective 157 (6) Conclusions 163 (1) Test your learning 164 (1) Suggested further reading 165 (1) Culture, power, politics and choice 166 (37) Learning objectives 166 (1) Introduction 167 (2) The cultural perspective 169 (14) The power--politics perspective 183 (10) Managing and changing organisations: bringing back choice 193 (4) Conclusions 197 (2) Test your learning 199 (1) Suggested further reading 199 (4) Part Two Strategy development and change management: past, present and future Approaches to strategy 203 (29) Managerial choice and constraints 203 (29) Learning objectives 203 (2) Introduction 205 (2) Understanding strategy: origins, definitions and approaches 207 (13) Understanding strategy: choices and constraints 220 (8) Conclusions 228 (2) Test your learning 230 (1) Suggested further reading 231 (1) Applying strategy 232 (27) Models, levels and tools 232 (27) Learning objectives 232 (1) Introduction 233 (1) Types of strategies 234 (4) Levels of strategy 238 (8) Strategic planning tools 246 (10) Conclusions 256 (1) Test your learning 257 (1) Suggested further reading 258 (1) Approaches to change management 259 (28) Learning objectives 259 (1) Introduction 260 (1) Theoretical foundations 261 (6) The Planned approach to organisational change 267 (14) The frequency and magnitude of organisational change 281 (3) Conclusions 284 (1) Test your learning 285 (1) Suggested further reading 286 (1) Developments in change management 287 (31) The Emergent approach and beyond 287 (31) Learning objectives 287 (1) Introduction 288 (1) The case against the Planned approach to organisational change 289 (2) The Emergent approach to change 291 (21) Emergent change: summary and criticisms 312 (4) Conclusions 316 (1) Test your learning 317 (1) Suggested further reading 317 (1) A framework for change 318 (17) Approaches and choices 318 (17) Learning objectives 318 (2) Introduction 320 (1) Varieties of change 321 (4) A framework for change 325 (3) A framework for choice 328 (1) Conclusions 329 (3) Test your learning 332 (1) Suggested further reading 332 (3) Part Three Case studies in strategy development and change management Case studies in strategic change 335 (30) Learning objectives 335 (1) Introduction 335 (2) Case Study 1: The Internet and the P2P Revolution in the music industry 337 (6) Case Study 2: The rise and fall of Marconi 343 (4) Case Study 3: Oticon - the disorganised organisation 347 (8) Case Study 4: Privatisation and the European Union: the case of the Public Power Corporation of Greece 355 (7) Conclusions 362 (2) Test your learning 364 (1) Case studies in changing internal relationships and attitudes 365 (33) Learning objectives 365 (1) Introduction 365 (3) Case Study 5: Volvo's approach to Job Design 368 (9) Case Study 6: XYZ Construction 377 (6) Case Study 7: GK Printers Limited - changing systems and attitudes 383 (13) Conclusions 396 (1) Test your learning 397 (1) Case studies in changing external relationships 398 (29) Learning objectives 398 (1) Introduction 398 (3) Case Study 8: Rover-TRW - operational integration 401 (6) Case Study 9: Speedy Stationers Ltd and UTL (Turbines) Ltd - supplier-driven change 407 (7) Case Study 10: PoliceCo - outsourcing in the public sector 414 (6) Conclusions 420 (3) Test your learning 423 (4) Part Four Managing choice Managing change 427 (25) Lessons from theory and practice 427 (25) Learning objectives 427 (1) Introduction 427 (2) Lessons from theory and practice 429 (15) Employee involvement and organisational transformation 444 (3) Conclusions: merging theory and practice 447 (3) Test your learning 450 (2) Organisational change and managerial choice 452 (34) Learning objectives 452 (1) Introduction 452 (3) The Choice Management-Change Management model 455 (29) Conclusions 484 (1) Test your learning 485 (1) Management - roles and responsibilities 486 (51) Learning objectives 486 (1) Introduction 487 (2) Globalisation and the challenge of change 489 (9) The manager's role 498 (5) Management and leadership 503 (11) Management and leadership in action 514 (5) Managerial development 519 (8) Management, leadership and change 527 (3) Summary and conclusions 530 (4) Test your learning 534 (1) Suggested further reading 535 (2) Bibliography 537 (58) Glossary 595 (12) Index 607…”

Managing information technology

Proactive purchasing in the supply chain : the key to world-class procurement / por Burt, David N.

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Initiate Lease or Contract Post-Award Activities Summary Endnotes Suggested Reading Chapter 9 Purchasing Services Introduction Hidden Opportunities The Statement of Work Four Formats for Statements of Work Planning the Statement of Work Writing the Statement of Work Artificial Intelligence Tips on Writing an Effective Statement of Work Selecting Service Contractors Tips from a Professional The Ideal Services Supplier Pricing Service Contracts Professional Services Technical Services Operating Services Third Party Contracts So, Your Services Contract Is About to Expire Contract Administration Services Purchases and the Internet Construction Services Conventional Method Design and Build, Firm Agreed Price Method Design and Build, Cost-Reimbursable Method Building Team The Owner as a Contractor Construction Purchasing Entails Unique Problems Performance Contracting The Special Case of Contracting Consultants Qualifying the Consultants Summary Endnotes Suggested Reading Chapter 10 Production and Inventory Control Part I: The Fundamentals of Production Planning Modern Production Planning Systems Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling Material Requirements Planning Capacity Requirements Planning Control of Production Activities Two Management Considerations Evolution of MRP and MRP II Systems Impact on Purchasing and Supply Just-in-Time Production Planning A JIT Illustration JIT's Impact on Purchasing and Supply ERP Systems Radio Frequency Identification System (RFID) Summary Part II: The Functions of Inventories Definition of Inventories Inventory Analysis Inventory Catalog ABC Analysis-The 80-20 Concept Dependent and Independent Demand Costs Associated with Inventories Carrying Costs Acquisition Costs Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) Concept Other Uses of the EOQ Concept The Weaknesses of the EOQ Formula Types of Inventory Control Systems Cyclical or Fixed Order Interval System The Just-in-Time (JIT) Approach Material Requirements Planning (MRP) System Order Point or Fixed Order Quantity System Summary Appendix: The Fundamentals of Inbound Transportation Endnotes Suggested Reading Chapter 11 Demand Management and Logistics The Key to Supply Chain Management The SCM Triangle Evolution to Strategic SCM Strategic Demand Management The Bullwhip Effect Evolution of Strategic Demand Forecasting Demand Forecasting Fundamentals Planning with Time Fences Implications for Supply Management Strategic Logistics Management Logistics Defined The Role of Logistics in Supply Chain Management Eliminate the Warehouse, If Possible Summary Endnotes Suggested Reading Chapter 12 Outsourcing Outsourcing: A Growth Industry Strategic Issues Core Competencies Supplier Dominance The Creation of Strategic Vulnerabilities The Dangers of Vertical Integration Horizontal Integration New Product Development and Outsourcing Lean Manufacturing Tactical Decisions Factors Influencing Make-or-Buy Decisions Cost Considerations Control of Production or Quality Technology Risk and Maturity Unreliable Suppliers Suppliers' Specialized Knowledge and Research Small-Volume Requirements Limited Facilities Work Force Stability Multiple-Source Policy Managerial Control Considerations Procurement and Inventory Considerations Netsourcing The Volatile Nature of the Make-or-Buy Decision Insourcing Dangers of Outsourcing Administration of Make-or-Buy Activities Chief Resource Officer Framework for Outsourcing Executive Level Involvement The Special Disadvantages of Outsourcing Business Processes Summary Endnotes Suggested Reading Chapter 13 Sourcing The Strategic Sourcing Plan Discovering Potential Suppliers Evaluating Potential Suppliers Selecting Suppliers Bidding vs. …”

OM / por Collier, David A.

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Crosby 275 (1) The GAP Model 276 (1) ISO 9000:2000 276 (2) Six Sigma 278 (3) Implementing Six Sigma 279 (2) Cost of Quality Measurement 281 (1) The ``Seven QC Tools'' 282 (3) Other Quality Improvement Strategies 285 (3) Kaizen 285 (1) Poka-Yoke (Mistake-Proofing) 286 (2) Quality Control and SPC 288 (20) Quality Control Systems 290 (3) Quality Control Practices in Manufacturing 290 (1) Quality Control Practices in Services 291 (2) Statistical Process Control and Variation 293 (1) Constructing Control Charts 294 (5) Constructing X-and R-Charts 294 (1) Interpreting Patterns in Control Charts 295 (2) Constructing p-Charts 297 (1) Constructing c-Charts 298 (1) Practical Issues in SPC Implementation 299 (3) Controlling Six Sigma Processes 300 (2) Process Capability 302 (6) Process Capability Index 302 (6) Lean Operating Systems 308 (16) Principle of Lean Operating Systems 310 (1) Lean Tools and Approaches 311 (3) The 5Ss 311 (1) Visual Controls 312 (1) Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) 312 (1) Small Batch and Single-Piece Flow 312 (1) Quality and Continuous Improvement 313 (1) Total Productive Maintenance 313 (1) Manufactured Good Recovery 313 (1) Lean Manufacturing and Service Tours 314 (3) Timken Company 314 (2) Southwest Airlines 316 (1) Just-in-Time Systems 317 (7) Operation of a JIT System 318 (2) JIT in Service Organizations 320 (4) Project Management 324 (27) The Scope of Project Management 327 (2) Roles of the Project Manager and Team Members 327 (1) Organizational Structure 327 (1) Factors for Successful Projects 328 (1) Techniques for Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling Projects 329 (6) Project Definition 329 (1) Resource Planning 330 (1) Project Scheduling with the Critical Path Method 330 (3) Project Control 333 (2) Time/Cost Trade-Offs 335 (3) Uncertainty in Project Management 338 (13) Appendix A: Areas for the Standard Normal Distribution 351 (2) Appendix B: Factors for Control Charts 353 (4) Endnotes 357 (8) Index 365…”

Cost and management accounting : an introduction

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preface xiii Part One Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting 1 (38) Introduction to management accounting 3 (16) The users of accounting information 4 (1) Differences between management accounting and financial accounting 5 (1) The decision-making process 5 (5) Changing competitive environment 10 (1) Focus on customer satisfaction and new management approaches 10 (3) The impact of the changing environment of management accounting systems 13 (1) Functions of management accounting 14 (2) Summary of the contents of this book 16 (3) An introduction to cost terms and concepts 19 (20) Cost objects 19 (1) Direct and indirect costs 20 (2) Period and product costs 22 (1) Cost behaviour 22 (5) Relevant and irrelevant costs and revenues 27 (1) Avoidable and unavoidable costs 28 (1) Sunk costs 28 (1) Opportunity costs 28 (1) Incremental and marginal costs 29 (1) Job costing and process costing systems 30 (1) Maintaining a cost database 30 (9) Part Two Cost Accumulation for Inventory Valuation and Profit Measurement 39 (158) Accounting for labour and materials 41 (30) Accounting for labour costs 42 (2) Accounting treatment of various labour cost items 44 (1) Materials recording procedure 45 (2) Pricing the issues of materials 47 (4) Issues relating to accounting for materials 51 (2) Quantitative models for the planning and control of stocks 53 (1) Relevant costs for quantitative models under conditions of certainty 53 (1) Determining the economic order quantity 54 (3) Assumptions of the EOQ formula 57 (1) Determining when to place the order 57 (1) Control of stocks through classification 58 (1) Materials requirement planning 59 (1) Just-in-time systems 60 (11) Cost assignment 71 (36) Assignment of direct and indirect costs 72 (1) Different costs for different purposes 72 (2) Cost-benefit issues and cost systems design 74 (1) Assigning direct costs to objects 75 (1) Plant-wide (blanket) overhead rates 75 (2) The two-stage allocation process 77 (1) An illustration of the two-stage process for a traditional costing system 78 (7) Extracting relevant costs for decision-making 85 (1) Budgeted overhead rates 85 (1) Under-and over-recovery of overheads 86 (1) Maintaining the database at standard costs 87 (1) Non-manufacturing overheads 88 (4) Appendix 4.1: Inter-service department reallocations 92 (4) Appendix 4.2: Other allocation bases used by traditional systems 96 (11) Accounting entries for a job costing system 107 (24) Control accounts 108 (1) Recording the purchase of raw materials 109 (1) Recording the issue of materials 109 (3) Accounting procedure for labour costs 112 (1) Accounting procedure for manufacturing overheads 113 (2) Non-manufacturing overheads 115 (1) Accounting procedures for jobs completed and products sold 115 (1) Costing profit and loss account 116 (1) Interlocking accounting 116 (1) Contract costing 117 (5) Work in progress valuation and amounts recoverable on contracts 122 (9) Process costing 131 (32) Flow of production and costs in a process costing system 132 (1) Process costing when all output is fully complete 133 (6) Process costing with ending work in progress partially complete 139 (3) Beginning and ending work in progress of uncompleted units 142 (5) Partially completed output and losses in process 147 (1) Process costing for decision-making and control 147 (1) Batch/operating costing 148 (1) Surveys of practice 149 (3) Appendix 6.1: Losses in process and partially completed units 152 (11) Joint and by-product costing 163 (16) Distinguishing between joint products and by-products 163 (2) Methods of allocating joint costs 165 (7) Irrelevance of joint cost allocations for decision-making 172 (1) Accounting for by-products 173 (1) By-products, scrap and waste 174 (5) Income effects of alternative cost accumulation systems 179 (18) External and internal reporting 180 (1) Variable costing 181 (1) Absorption costing 182 (1) Variable costing and absorption costing: a comparison of their impact on profit 183 (3) A mathematical model of the profit functions 186 (1) Some arguments in support of variable costing 187 (1) Some arguments in support of absorption costing 188 (1) Surveys of company practice 189 (2) Appendix 8.1: Derivation of the profit function for an absorption costing system 191 (6) Part Three Information for Decision-making 197 (112) Cost-volume--profit analysis 199 (30) The economist's model 200 (2) The accountant's cost--volume--profit model 202 (2) A mathematical approach to cost-volume--profit analysis 204 (4) Margin of safety 208 (1) Constructing the break-even chart 208 (1) Alternative presentation of cost--volume--profit analysis 208 (2) Multi-product cost--volume--profit analysis 210 (3) Cost--volume--profit analysis assumptions 213 (3) Cost--volume--profit analysis and computer applications 216 (1) Separation of semi-variable costs 216 (13) Measuring relevant costs and revenues for decision-making 229 (28) The meaning of relevance 230 (1) Importance of qualitative factors 230 (1) Special pricing decisions 231 (4) Product-mix decisions when capacity constraints exist 235 (2) Replacement of equipment -- the irrelevance of past costs 237 (2) Outsourcing and make or buy decisions 239 (4) Discontinuation decisions 243 (2) Determining the relevant costs of direct materials 245 (1) Determining the relevant costs of direct labour 245 (12) Activity-based costing 257 (28) The role of a cost accumulation system in generating relevant cost information for decision-making 258 (1) Types of cost systems 259 (1) A comparison of traditional and ABC systems 260 (2) The emergence of ABC systems 262 (1) Volume-based and non-volume-based cost drivers 262 (3) An illustration of the two-stage process for an ABC system 265 (4) Designing ABC systems 269 (3) Activity hierarchies 272 (1) Cost versus benefits considerations 273 (1) Periodic review of an ABC data base 274 (1) ABC in service organizations 274 (1) ABC cost management applications 275 (10) Capital investment decisions 285 (24) The opportunity cost of an investment 286 (1) Compounding and discounting 286 (2) The concept of net present value 288 (2) Calculating net present values 290 (1) The internal rate of return 291 (3) Relevant cash flows 294 (1) Timing of cash flows 294 (1) Techniques that ignore the time value of money 295 (1) Payback method 295 (3) Accounting rate of return 298 (1) Qualitative factors 299 (2) Appendix 12.1: Taxation and investment decisions 301 (8) Part Four Information for Planning, Control and Performance Measurement 309 (106) The budgeting process 311 (28) Relationship between budgeting and long-term planning 312 (1) The multiple functions of budgets 312 (2) Conflicting roles of budgets 314 (1) The budget period 314 (1) Administration of the budgeting process 315 (1) Stages in the budgeting process 316 (4) A detailed illustration 320 (1) Sales budget 320 (3) Production budget and budgeted stock levels 323 (1) Direct materials usage budget 324 (1) Direct materials purchase budget 324 (1) Direct labour budget 325 (1) Factory overhead budget 325 (1) Selling and administration budget 326 (1) Departmental budgets 327 (1) Master budget 327 (2) Cash budgets 329 (1) Final review 329 (1) Computerized budgeting 330 (9) Management control systems 339 (28) Different types of controls 340 (3) Cybernetic control systems 343 (1) Feedback and feed-forward controls 343 (1) Management accounting control systems 344 (1) Responsibility centres 344 (2) The nature of management accounting control systems 346 (1) The controllability principle 347 (4) Setting financial performance targets 351 (1) Participation in the budgeting and target setting process 352 (2) Non-financial performance measures 354 (1) Activity-based cost management 355 (12) Standard costing and variance analysis 367 (48) Operation of a standard costing system 368 (3) Establishing cost standards 371 (3) Types of cost standards 374 (4) Variance analysis 378 (1) Material variances 378 (1) Material price variances 379 (2) Material usage variance 381 (1) Total material variance 382 (1) Labour variances 382 (1) Wage rate variance 382 (1) Labour efficiency variance 383 (1) Total labour variance 384 (1) Variable overhead variances 384 (1) Variable overhead expenditure variance 384 (1) Variable overhead efficiency variance 385 (1) Similarities between materials, labour and overhead variances 386 (1) Fixed overhead expenditure or spending variance 386 (1) Sales variances 387 (1) Total sales margin variance 387 (1) Sales margin price variance 388 (1) Sales margin volume variance 389 (1) Reconciling budgeted profit and actual profit 389 (1) Standard absorption costing 389 (2) Volume variance 391 (1) Volume efficiency variance 392 (1) Volume capacity variance 393 (1) Summary of fixed overhead variances 393 (1) Reconciliation of budgeted and actual profit for a standard absorption costing system 393 (2) Performance reports 395 (3) Recording standard costs in the accounts 398 (17) Questions 415 (126) Bibliography 541 (4) Appendices 545 (4) Appendix A 546 (1) Appendix B 547 (2) Index 549…”