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Purchasing Contexts,Passnotes
by CIPS.
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Gower Handbook of Purchasing Management,
This handbook covers the entire spectrum of purchasing, from policy and organization to systems, procedures and techniques. This third edition reflects recent developments in purchasing Europe-wide and covers TQM, EDI and environmental issues.
by Marc Day
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Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: Strategies and Realities,Strategies and Realities
"This book shows readers how to develop supply chain strategy and implementation and use it gain an advantage in the 21st century competitive marketplace"--Provided by publisher.
by Quayle, Michael
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The Inclusion Imperative,How Real Inclusion Creates Better Business and Builds Better Societies
The Inclusion Imperative showcases the inspiring commitment to inclusion the London Olympic and Paralympic Games' organizing committee espoused, and details the techniques and frameworks that enabled it to truly deliver a 'Games for everyone' at London 2012. Diversity and inclusion expert, Stephen Frost, challenges preconceived ideas and strives to inspire professionals to tackle inclusion in their organizations with courage, creativity and talent. With highly relatable examples, The Inclusion Imperative constitutes the best argument to convince sceptics that real diversity and inclusion can deliver more engaged employees and customers, improved employee recruitment and retention, increase productivity and better group decision-making processes. Real inclusion saves money and improves efficiency in the systems of an organisation, making the world a better place as a by-product. Building on concepts that include Diversity 3.0, detailed process journeys, and procurement governance, this is a must-read for HR and diversity officers frustrated with the guidance currently available, as well as for anyone who recognizes the legacy of the 2012 Games in fostering a tolerant and diverse society.
by Stephen Frost
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Knowledge management,research and application
by Alex Koohang
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Commercial Management,Theory and Practice
Commercial Management: theory and practice defines therole of commercial management within project-orientedorganisations, providing a framework for and helping to develop acritical understanding of the factors that influence commercialmanagement practice. It also identifies generic aspects of thispractice and provides a theoretical foundation to these activities,by reference to existing and emergent theories and concepts, aswell as to relevant management best practice. The book is structured into four parts: Part 1 Introduction– Commercial Management in Project Environments exploresthe nature of commercial practice within project-orientedorganisations at the buyer-seller interface. It presents aCommercial Management framework, which illustrates the multipleinteractions and connections between the purchaser‘sprocurement cycle and a supplier‘s bidding and implementationcycles. Additionally, it outlines the principle activitiesundertaken by the commercial function, identifies the skills andabilities that support these activities and reviews the theoriesand concepts that underpin commercial practice. Finally, itidentifies areas of commonality of practice with other functionsfound within project-oriented organisations, plus sources ofpotential conflict and misunderstanding. Part 2 – Elements of Commercial Theory and Practicecovers commercial leadership; exploring strategy; risk anduncertainty management; financial decision-making; and key legalissues. Part 3 – Approaches to Commercial Practiceaddresses best practice management; and commercial and contractingstrategies and tactics. Finally, Part 4 – CaseStudies offers two extended case studies: Football Stadia (theMillennium Stadium, Cardiff; the Emirates Stadium, Islington; andWembley Stadium, London); and Heathrow Terminal 5. The book provides a one-stop-shop to the many topics thatunderpin commercial management practice from both a demand(buy-side) and a supply (sell-side) perspective. It will helpdevelop an understanding of the issues influencing commercialmanagement: leadership, strategy, risk, financial, legal, bestpractice management and commercial and contracting strategy andtactics. This book’s companion website is at ahref="http://www.wiley.com/go/lowecommercialmanagement"www.wiley.com/go/lowecommercialmanagement/aand offers invaluable resources for both students andlecturers: • PowerPoint slides for lecturers on each chapter • Sample exam questions for students to practice • Weblinks to key journals and relevant professionalbodies
by David Lowe
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Corporate Citizenship, Contractarianism and Ethical Theory,On Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics
This study provides a representation of the broad spectrum of theoretical work on topics related to business ethics, with a particular focus on corporate citizenship. It considers relations of business and society alongside social responsibility and moves on to examine the historical and systemic foundations of business ethics, focusing on the concepts of social and ethical responsibilities. The contributors explore established theories and concepts and their impact on moral behaviour. Together, the contributions offer varied philosophical theories in approaches to business ethics. The book will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers with an interest in the theoretical development of business ethics.
by Jesús Conill
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Glossary of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management,
by Bhardwaj
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Economic and Fiscal Outlook,
The Office for Budget Responsibility was established to provide independent and authoritative analysis of the UK's public finances. Part of this role includes producing the official economic and fiscal forecasts. This report sets out forecasts for the period to 2015-16. The report also assesses whether the Government is on course to meet the medium-term fiscal objectives and presents preliminary observations on the long-run sustainability of the public finances. Since the June forecast, the UK economy has recovered more strongly than initially expected. The GDP growth was greater than expected in both the 2nd and 3rd quarters, but that unemployment levels have risen to levels that the June forecast did not anticipate until the middle of 2012. In general the world economy has also grown more strongly. CPI inflation has remained slightly higher than expected in June, whilst public finances have performed as forecast. The interest rates on UK debt are lower than in June. The OBR forecasts that the economy will continue to recover from the recession, but at a slower pace than the recoveries of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. The publication is divided into 5 chapters with two annexes.
by Office for Budget Responsibility
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Best Practice Procurement,Public and Private Sector Perspectives
This book presents a range of cutting edge perspectives on subjects which are central to improving purchasing performance, including supply chain management, outsourcing and partnership, professional development, IT and e-commerce, and performance evaluation.
by Andrew Erridge
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Total Quality Management and Operational Excellence,Text with Cases
The notion of "Quality" in business performance has exploded since the publication of the first edition of this classic text in 1989. Today there is a plethora of performance improvement frameworks including Baldrige, EFQM, Lean, Six Sigma and ISO 9001, offering a potentially confusing variety of ways to achieve business excellence. Quality guru John Oakland’s famous TQM model, in many ways a precursor to these frameworks, has evolved to become the ultimate holistic overview of performance improvement strategy. Incorporating the frameworks that succeeded it, the revised model redefines Quality by: Accelerating change Reducing cost Protecting reputation Oakland’s popular, practical, jargon-free style, along with ten case studies eight of which are brand new, effortlessly ties the model to its real-life applications, making it easy to understand how to apply what you’ve learned to your practices and a achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Total Quality Management and Operational Excellence: Text with Cases (Fourth Edition) is supplemented for the first time with a suite of online teaching aids for busy tutors. This exciting update of a classic text is perfect for all students studying for professional qualifications in the management of quality, or those studying science, engineering or business and management who need to understand the part TQM may play in their subjects.
by John S. Oakland
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Marketing Strategy and Management,
The fifth edition of Marketing Strategy and Management builds upon Michael Baker's reputation for academic rigor. It retains the traditional, functional (4Ps) approach to marketing but incorporates current research, topical examples and case studies, encouraging students to apply theoretical principles and frameworks to real-world situations.
by Michael J. Baker
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Service Industries Marketing,New Approaches
This collection examines a wide range of topics and methodologies in a variety of services including the legal and health care industries, education and the financial services. It provides an eclectic overview of services marketing which demonstrates the depth and breadth of current innovative research.
by Gillian Hogg
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Greening the Supply Chain,
Since the 1992 Rio summit, corporate environmental responsibility has grown beyond complying with increasingly stringent environmental regulation and taking up proactive initiatives. The business and financial performance of companies may depend on being socially and environmentally responsible. Customers do not distinguish between a company and its suppliers. Thus, greening the supply chain is an innovative idea which is attracting attention. This book incorporates the following perspectives: - conceptual development and principles of green supply chain management; - empirical studies showing the practices and concerns of industries in Asia, Europe and North America; - quantitative and analytical tools for use in environmental supply chain design and development, and; - case studies of green supply chain practices which describe the complexities faced and their resolution. Industry practitioners, policy makers, students and researchers in this field will read this book for the insights it provides.
by Joseph Sarkis
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Strategic Management of the Manufacturing Value Chain,
The fundamental reason for the existence of any manufacturing organization is to generate wealth by adding value to the products and services it offers. In this new global industrial environment, value is generated from many sources, such as rapid and flexible fulfillment of orders, developing new innovative products and services, providing rapid and responsive product and service support, delivering innovative turn-key solutions to customers, and so on. In the 21st century most manufacturing organizations will have to respond to these challenges through innovative partnerships, by creating virtual enterprises, by operating in agile networks to generate value by exploiting their existing competencies in design, manufacturing, distribution and customer service, whilst building new competencies in information systems, communications and knowledge management. Just as no man is an island, so no business can operate without being part of a network of businesses, which we call the manufacturing value chain. This book brings together the works of leading researchers to present state-of-the-art research and development on `the strategic management of the manufacturing value chain' in the broadest sense. The objectives of Strategic Management of the Manufacturing Value Chain are: To provide insights into potential strategies, methods, tools and techniques which could facilitate competitiveness through innovation agility and partnership. To explore the use of enabling technologies, such as IT, in meeting the challenges of the 21st century. To provide practical case studies which demonstrate the use of new approaches to the generation and management of value in manufacturing. Strategic Management of the Manufacturing Value Chain is suitable as a secondary text for graduate-level courses of management and manufacturing, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry, commerce and government.
by Umit S. Bititci
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