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Small Business Management in the 21st Century
David Cadden; Sandra Lueder · Saylor Foundation · 2012
Small Business Management in the 21st Century offers a unique perspective and set of capabilities for instructors. The authors designed this book with a “less can be more” approach, and by treating small business management as a practical human activity rather than as an abstract theoretical concept. The text has a format and structure that will be familiar to you if you use other books on small business management. Yet it brings a fresh perspective by incorporating three distinctive and unique themes and an important new feature (Disaster Watch) which is embedded throughout the entire text. These themes assure that students see the material in an integrated context rather than a stream of separate and distinct topics. First, the authors incorporate the use of technology and e-business as a way to gain competitive advantage over larger rivals. Technology is omnipresent in today's business world. Small business must use it to its advantage. We provide practical discussions and examples of how a small business can use these technologies without having extensive expertise or expenditures. Second, they explicitly acknowledge the constant need to examine how decisions affect cash flow by incorporating cash flow impact content in several chapters. As the life blood of all organizations, cash flow implications must be a factor in all business decision-making. Third, they recognize the need to clearly identify sources of customer value and bring that understanding to every decision. Decisions that do not add to customer value should be seriously reconsidered. Small Business Management in 21st Century boasts a new feature called Disaster Watch scenarios. Few texts cover, in any detail, some of the major hazards that small business managers face. Disaster Watch scenarios, included in most chapters, cover topics that include financing, bankers, creditors, employees, customers who don't pay, economic downturns, and marketing mistakes.
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Leading with Cultural Intelligence
Mai Moua · Saylor Foundation · 2012
Organizations in the 21st century are in need of culturally intelligent managers and leaders. The pressure to build authentic global networks and to cultivate an appreciation and respect for cultural differences and similarities has driven cultural intelligence to the forefront of diversity and inclusion work. Preparing today's students to be effective leaders in their professional lives requires that they hone their cultural intelligence as it is vital to working inter- and intra-culturally in today's global economy. This unique ability to identify, recognize, and acknowledge the differences and similarities that exist between and among cultural groups and systems will set their leadership skills apart from the masses. And when applied, cultural intelligence can bridge the gap in cultural misunderstanding by creating awareness, knowledge, and patience of cultural norms and behaviors. The purpose of Leading With Cultural Intelligence by Mia Moua is to outline the important ideas of cultural intelligence and the steps that must be considered and then practiced to become a culturally intelligent leader. The most important aspect covered within this book is that cultural intelligence is both a strategy and a tool towards cultural competency and proficiency. This book outlines the importance of understanding culture and its impact on organizations, the strategic value of cultural intelligence, and the significance of integrating and practicing cultural intelligence in everyday business life. When all these aspects are properly integrated and applied in the leadership and management process, organizations are more innovative and adaptable to respond to cultural changes.
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Focusing on Organizational Change
William Judge · Saylor Foundation · 2012
Never before have strategic leaders been confronted with so much overwhelming change. The traditional approach is to teach the leader or leaders how to direct or control the organizations' reaction on a monthly, weekly, or even daily basis. This approach is stressful and overwhelming for executive leaders, makes middle managers feel torn between honoring their senior leaders and listening to the demands of front line employees, and is alienating for front line employees. Focusing on Organizational Change offers an alternative to the traditional approach by focusing on building the change capacity of the entire organization in anticipation of future pressures to change. Based on systematic research of more than 5,000 respondents working within more than 200 organization or organizational units conducted during the previous decade, this book offers a clear and proven method for diagnosing your organizational change capacity. While building organizational change capacity is not fast or easy, it is essential for effective leadership and organizational survival in the 21st century.
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Corporate Governance
Cornelis de Kluyver · Saylor Foundation · 2012
Corporate Governance by de Kluyver is a primer on corporate governance. It is designed to help students understand corporate governance by looking at the subject from both a macro- and micro-perspective. Historical data and examples including the recent scandals that have torn the fabric of capitalism pave a pathway to the principal challenges facing today's corporate boards, and how to successfully manage them. Topics Include: Clear coverage on why proper corporate governance has become a moral imperative and how to corporations achieve it. Discussions on recent governance reforms in the United States. Outlines of the roles that each individual in the corporate governance process must take on and how to effectively execute on those roles. Exploration on the future of corporate governance in the epilogue Take some time to review Corporate Governance by de Kluyver to see if it is a good fit for your strategy courses.
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Organizational Behavior
University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing · 2017
Organizational Behavior bridges the gap between theory and practice with a distinct "experiential" approach. On average, a worker in the USA will change jobs 10 times in 20 years. In order to succeed in this type of career situation, individuals need to be armed with the tools necessary to be life-long learners. To that end, this book is not be about giving students all the answers to every situation they may encounter when they start their first job or as they continue up the career ladder. Instead, this book gives students the vocabulary, framework, and critical thinking skills necessary to diagnose situations, ask tough questions, evaluate the answers received, and to act in an effective and ethical manner regardless of situational characteristics. Often, students taking OB either do not understand how important knowledge of OB can be to their professional careers, or they DO understand and they want to put that knowledge into practice. Organizational Behavior takes a more experiential angle to the material to meet both of those needs. The experiential approach can be incorporated in the classroom primarily through the "OB Toolbox." This feature brings life to the concepts and allows students to not only see how the OB theories unfold, but to practice them, as well.
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Análisis Científico de la Ética desde la Perspectiva Multidisciplinaria
Maybelline Herrera-Sánchez; Geovely Olmedo Jumbo; Yeska Quezada Valarezo · Editorial Grupo AEA · 2022
El presente manuscrito es resultado de investigaciones multidisciplinarias bajo diferentes perspectivas científicas-académicas, mediante la confrontación de criterios de diferentes autores bajo un enfoque descriptivo que señala la importancia de ética en varios escenarios actuales como son en la discriminación de la mujer en ambiente laboral, el manejo de los individuos dentro de las organizaciones, dentro de la agricultura al momento de producir y cultivar, como la ética afecta al clima organizacional y lagestión docente dentro del caso de estudio de una universidad, la ética y la responsabilidad social empresarial como reto de las empresas, la discriminación laboral como comportamiento poco ético en el área de recursos humanos, y por ultimo una contrastación de la ética en la publicidad de las empresas. Estos estudios se realizan desde una mirada científica y se la acerca a la realidad ecuatoriana.
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Fundamentals of Business
Stephen Skripak et al. · Virginia Tech
In the contents: 12: Managing Human Resources
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Principles of Management
Mabel Gehrett and Jamie Hammond · Western Technical College
In the contents: 2.2.07: Human Relations Movement · 2.07: WATCH- The Human Relations Movement · 5.08: WATCH - Resources and Capabilities Analysis
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BMT1010: Introduction to Business
L.P. Bassette, F.D. Gibson-Bailey, N. Park, C.L. Perry and D.M. Robinson · Prince George's Community College
In the contents: 08: Module Nine - Human Resources Theory · 09: Module Eight - Human Resources Management · 9.01: Why It Matters- Human Resource Management
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Information Systems for Business
Ly-Huong T. Pham, Tejal Desai-Naik, Laurie Hammond, & Wael Abdeljabbar · OERI
In the contents: 5.04: How has the Human Network Influenced you · 5.05: Providing Resources in a Network
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Leadership for Business
Jamie Hammond · Western Technical College
In the contents: 4.7.05: Additional Resources
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Business Fundamentals
Cornelius Brown and Hannah Wong · Cosumnes River College
In the contents: 08: Human Resources · 8.01: Human Resources and Law · 8.02: Human Resource Management
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Marine Law and Policy for Scientists and Managers
Holly V. Campbell · Oregon State University
In the contents: 10: Restoring Marine Environments - The Roles of Innovative Regulatory, Planning and Human Dimensions Tools · 12: Appendix of Unit Resources
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Organizational Health and Wellness
Andrew Paasch · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
In the contents: 11: Risks in Human Resources · 12: Managing Risk in Human Resources
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AI-Driven Entrepreneurial Management
Melissa Brooks · Hillsborough College
In the contents: 05: Human Resources Operations and Global Expansion · 5.01: Chapter 13. Human Resource Management for Entrepreneurs · 07: Additional Resources
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Principles of Management
Lumen Learning · LibreTexts
In the contents: 2.11: Introduction to Humanistic Management · 2.12: Humanistic Management · 07: Human Resource Management
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BUS 350: Small Business Management/Entrepreneurship
Buch · Folsom Lake College
In the contents: 1.1.10: Suggested Resources · 2.1.10: Suggested Resources · 3.1.10: Suggested Resources
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Information Strategies for Communicators
Kathleen A. Hansen and Nora Paul · University of Minnesota
In the contents: 1.05: Resources · 2.08: Resources · 3.04: Resources
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Business Math
Jean-Paul Olivier · Red River College of Applied Arts, Science, & Technology
In the contents: 04: Human Resources and Economic Applications (Its All about the People) · 4.0S: 4.S: Human Resources and Economic Applications (Summary) · 4.CS: 4.CS: Human Resources and Economic Applications (Case Study-Payroll Planning)
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Information Systems for Business (Revised 1st Edition, 2021)
Ly-Huong T. Pham, Tejal Desai-Naik, Laurie Hammond, & Wael Abdeljabbar · ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative
In the contents: 5.04: How has the Human Network Influenced you · 5.05: Providing Resources in a Network