Trends in the World-Wide Mining Industry (Current Issues of Global Resource Management, Vol. 2)

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Written with a broad-based approach to curriculum, this book includes processes of curriculum development, use, and evaluation. Clear descriptions of curriculum development processes. Provides a hands-on approach to needs assessment usable in any district. Shows how to implement a curriculum in school classrooms. Provide readable, down-to-earth information about curriculum evaluation. For Educators and school Administrators, including Principals, governing board members, and curriculum specialists.

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Boring, but then again what education book isn't?.......2007-05-15

If the professor says "buy this book," all the poor saps in the class say, "Yes, ma'am" (or sir, as the case may be). The graphic organizers in this book are massive and for that reason partially confusing, but I lived through the book, I imagine you will too.

Curriculum: An Integrative Introduction (2nd Edition)

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Curriculum: An Integrative Introduction (2nd Edition)
Evelyn J. Sowell
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIAMTM

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'Operations Management: policy, practices, performance improvement' is the latest state-of-the-art approach to operations management. It provides new cutting edge input into operations management theory and practice that cannot be found in any other text.

Discussing both strategic and tactical inputs it combines and balances service and manufacturing operations.

* Cutting edge techniques accompanied by brand new case studies
* Challenges standard approaches
* Comprehensive coverage of strategic supply management
* Critical sample questions to aid discussion
* Reading lists and articles to support learning
* Additional lecturer support material

This outstanding author team is from the Operations Management Group at the University of Bath. Their expertise and knowledge is apparent in the text, and they bring to it their original research and experience in the field of operations management.

Cutting edge techniques employed
New case study material to support points in the text
Critical sample questions to assist the learning process

Logistics and the Extended Enterprise: Benchmarks and Best Practices for the Manufacturing Professional

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Logistics and the Extended Enterprise: Benchmarks and Best Practices for the Manufacturing Professional
Sandor Boyson , Martin E. Dresner , Lisa Harrington , Thomas M. Corsi , and Elliot Rabinovich
Manufacturer: Wiley
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ASIN: 0471314307

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Logistics and the Extended Enterprise is the result of a four-year, $1 million research project devoted to the study of best practices in supply chain management—a necessity for companies that want to be competitive in a global business environment. Written by members of the University of Maryland's Supply Chain Management Center, this important book takes a first-of-its-kind look at supply chain and logistics/transportation management organization structure. It offers a paradigm for successfully implementing a global supply chain and explains the role logistics plays in enabling this approach.

The book answers the question of how organizations can best apply supply chain management practices to break down internal and external walls and become more effective extended enterprises, with a focus on lessons learned at some of the world's leading corporations. The authors gained first-hand insights into this subject through interviews, site visits, focus groups, and targeted surveys involving over 600 companies across a broad range of industries. This book summarizes their core research findings and conclusions, using case studies from such companies as Amoco, DuPont, Johnson & Johnson, UPS, Georgia Pacific, and others.

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David Glantz examines the Soviet study of war, the re-emergence of the operation level and its connection with deep battle, the evolution of the Soviet theory of operations in depth before 1941, and its refinement and application in the European theatre and the Far East between 1941 and 1945.

An action-research based instrument for monitoring continuous quality improvement [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]

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An action-research based instrument for monitoring continuous quality improvement [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]
V.R. Prybutok , and R. Ramasesh
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000RR66RC

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This digital document is a journal article from European Journal of Operational Research, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Despite containing an extensive body of normative or prescriptive studies, quality management literature offers little by way of generally applicable guidance concerning how to measure or monitor the critical factors underlying strategic quality management initiatives, such as total quality management and continuous quality improvement. Although several studies have relied on survey data from a multiple set of sources to unearth models of such factors, they do not offer general guidelines to select factors appropriate in a specific setting. In this paper, in contradistinction to the multiple-source survey methodology, we take an action-research approach and present the findings of a contextually specific, single-site empirical research that we carried out at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, in Fort Worth, Texas. We discuss the implications of our findings for extending our empirical understanding of the factors underlying strategic quality management programs and for the development of reliable and valid instruments to monitor them.

Book review: M.Pidd (Ed.), Systems Modelling, Theory and Practice, Wiley, Chichester, 2004, xiii + 223 pages, 24.95, ISBN 0-470-86731-0 [A book review from: European Journal of Operational Research]

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Book review: M.Pidd (Ed.), Systems Modelling, Theory and Practice, Wiley, Chichester, 2004, xiii + 223 pages, 24.95, ISBN 0-470-86731-0 [A book review from: European Journal of Operational Research]
R.V.V. Vidal
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000RR650K

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Business Statistics in Practice
Bruce L. Bowerman , and Richard T. O'Connell
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education Singapore
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0071261184

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The new edition of Business Statistics in Practice delivers clear and understandable explanations of business statistics concepts through the use of continuing case studies and examples. These cases and examples show real applications of statistics relevant to today's business students. The authors motivate students by showing persuasively how the use of statistical techniques in support of business decision-making helps to improve business processes. A variety of computer-based examples and exercises, unparalleled internet coverage, and a robust, technology-based ancillary package are designed to help students master their subject. Acknowledging the importance of spreadsheets and statistical softwawre in their statistical instruction, the authors continue to integrate Excel and Minitab output throughout the text. In addition, a new enhanced version of MegaStat, an Excel add-in program designed to optimize Excel for statistical application, is available free on the student CD. For students and instructors who want to explore statistical concepts from a graphical perspective, Visual Statistics is again available on the student CD. Icons in the text margins identify areas that are further explored and enhanced through the use of Visual Statistics.

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confusing.......2007-01-11

my sister got this for her stats class and said it was very confusing.

Good Stats Information.......2005-10-14

I used this book for a Business Statistics gradute class. While the book was sometimes tough to get through, I found the chapter summaries and online quizzes (via the CD-Rom) extremely helpful. In fact, I studied the online quizzes and pulled a B+ on my midterm. I would recommend this book to any student of statistics.

Excellent service.......2005-09-02

It arrived exactly as it ws expected. On time and according to its description.

Cases in Systems Analysis and Design: Best Practices

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Very Good Cases in Systems Analysis and design

Cases in Systems Analysis and Design: Best Practices
Nicholas P. Vitalari , and James C. Wetherbe
Manufacturer: West Group
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0314028773

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Very Good Cases in Systems Analysis and design.......2001-11-30

There is not much I can say about this book. The book speaks far better for itself than ever I could hope to. I congratulate the author. I had read lectures on Systems Analysis and Design to Graduate Students (not on informatics)and my reference book was this one. Obviously, authors applied their past experience to present a complex task in a very amenous and readable way. Of course, I will use it again in my next courses. Some years ago, I used several times in my courses, with good results, the book "Systems Analysis and Design. Best Practices" by the same authors.

Executive views concerning decision support tools [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]

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Executive views concerning decision support tools [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]
S. Stenfors , L. Tanner , M. Syrjanen , T. Seppala , and H
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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ASIN: B000PDYHBU

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This digital document is a journal article from European Journal of Operational Research, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Support tools for strategic-level decision-making have become increasingly popular. This study investigates the role of OR/MS tools in today's strategic-level decision support tool market. Executives working in Finland's 500 largest companies were asked about the decision support tools they use when making major decisions. The responses received indicated that executives actively use a variety of tools, and an average of five different strategic-level tools. Approximately 10% of the tools used could be identified as OR/MS type, these often suit the needs of larger companies with strategic logistical or production functions and compared to other tools, have a specific profile. Executives see advantages in using tools that provide cognitive, collaboration and communication possibilities, and also in using tools that make processes more efficient. OR methodologies have influenced some of the other tools on the market, but 'soft OR' tool usage could not be identified. Tools which support creativity are needed.

Knowledge-Driven Work: Unexpected Lessons from Japanese and United States Work Practices

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Linking Lean Manufacturing & Labor Relations

Knowledge-Driven Work: Unexpected Lessons from Japanese and United States Work Practices
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld , Michio Nitta , Betty Barret , Betty Barrett , Nejib Belhedi , Simon Sai-Chung Chow , Takashi Inaba , Iwao Ishino , Wen-Jeng Lin , William Mothersell , Jennifer Palthe , and Shobha Ramananad
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 019511454X

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Knowledge-Driven Work is a pioneering study of the cross-cultural iffusion of ideas about the organization of work. These ideas, linked with the knowledge of the workforce, are rapidly becoming the primary source of competitive advantage in the world economy. The book provides an in-depth look at eight Japanese-affiliated manufacturing facilities operating in the United States, combined with examinations of their sister facilities in Japan. The authors offer their insights into the complex process by which elements of work systems in one country interact with those in another. They trace the flow of ideas from Japan to the US and other nations, and the beginnings of a reverse diffusion of innovation back to Japan. The authors organize their findings into six categories: the cross-cultural diffusion of work practices, team-based work systems, kaizen and employee involvement, employment security, human resource management, and labor-management relations. Their study of team-based work systems yields a taxonomy of teams and reveals some conflicts between the desire for self-management and the existence of interdependencies. Investigations into kaizen (ongoing incremental improvement) indicate that its emphasis on employee-driven, systematic problem solving makes it a strong counterpoint to the idea of top-down "re-engineering." Looking at employment security, the authors note that while most US managers believe that it restrains managerial flexibility, managers at the firms they observed see it as essential to the flexibility associated with teamwork and kaizen. The study of human resource management practices suggests competitive advantages in diverse, older, unionized, and urban work forces, and emphasizes the importance of wide-ranging training programs in a work system premised on a long-term perspective. The "wildcard" in the work places observed is labor-management relations, the area in which Japanese managers have been least likely to import their ideas. The authors report on several situations in which existing labor-management structures remained untouched, with mixed results: greater labor-management consultation, for example, but also increased ambiguity of roles. The thread running through all of these areas of work is "virtual knowledge," an ephemeral form of knowledge derived from a particular combination of people focused on a given issue. The authors point out that this powerful form of knowledge is only effectively harnessed in environments that are free of fear, that have established procedures for collective problem-solving, and that have some stability in group composition. They claim that too often companies allow virtual knowledge to dissipate, squandering opportunities to create more competitive workplaces. For those organizations that have succeeded in anticipating and channeling it, however, virtual knowledge leads to a knowledge-driven workplace and continuous improvement.

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Linking Lean Manufacturing & Labor Relations.......2001-01-18

This book is an invaluable source of perspective on understanding the subtle linkage between driving world class manufacturing and human relations. Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld is clearly one of the pre-eminent scholars in the field of labor relations today and this book demonstrates his ability to diagnose and explain complex scenarios and relationships with ease and clarity.

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For business and environmental professionals looking to sort through the latest trends in environmental management systems.

Sustaining Environmental Management Success is the essential guide to the latest practices and trends driving environmental management in business today. The authors, experts in this field, provide a thorough explanation of the many issues of environmental management, discussing its relationship to sustainability and value-based management. By offering real-world examples from leading companies who are pushing the envelope on environmental management practices, this book clearly lays out ways for you and your company to find and sustain success with your own initiatives. The profiles woven throughout the book emphasize key concepts and applications, as well as provide measures for assessing performance. The book also covers such key topics as writing an environmental policy, identifying environmental aspects, integrating business goals with environmental management systems, achieving sustainability, and integrating quality management initiatives.

Sustaining Environmental Management Success includes real-world examples from many U.S. and international businesses leading the way with new and effective environmental management practices, such as Chrysler, Gillette, Digital Equipment, Baxter Polaroid, Northern Telecom, Georgia-Pacific, and numerous smaller enterprises.

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