Progress in Performance Management

Progress in Performance Management
Author: Marc Helmold
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2019-07-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030205347

This book provides a holistic and pragmatic approach to performance management throughout the business value chain, and demonstrates the optimal design and use of performance management in order to achieve competitive advantage. A wealth of best practices, case studies and real-world examples are used to reveal the diversity of performance measurement methods, methodologies and principles in practice. Readers will gain comprehensive insights into the status quo of performance management, including primary functions such as supply, operations and sales, and secondary functions like finance, human resources, and information systems. Focusing on ‘best-in-class’ performance excellence, the book offers the ideal guide for any organization pursuing competitive advantages across all corporate functions and focusing on value-adding activities.

Successful International Negotiations

Successful International Negotiations
Author: Marc Helmold
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2020-01-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 303033483X

This book describes how international negotiations can be conducted in a structured, professional and effective manner. It also offers recommendations based on examples of successful negotiations from both economically leading countries such as the USA, China and Japan, as well as smaller countries such as the Netherlands, Israel and Morocco. Providing practically relevant experiences from middle and top management positions in different business sectors, the contributors focus on all elements of negotiations, spanning from preparation, execution, strategies and tactics to non-verbal communication and psychological factors. Moreover, the chapters offer detailed introductions to more than 25 countries around the globe, which can be used as a reference guide to doing business in the specific contexts.

Legal Research and Writing

Legal Research and Writing
Author: Ted Tjaden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2010
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781552211762

"Legal Research and Writing, Third Edition" seeks to explain the practical skills needed for print and online legal research and for legal writing. It provides a current and comprehensive look at the topic, consolidating information on legal research and writing into one handy, easy-to-use resource. The book is written for both seasoned practitioners, seeking to add the latest sources and techniques to their research arsenals, and for beginning law students who face a bewildering array of information. It includes chapters on legal research malpractice, the acquisition of research resources, and knowledge management. In addition, it covers searching the new platforms of the major proprietary online legal databases, the increasing digitization of legal materials, and the Web 2.0. "Legal Research and Writing" is the most up-to-date book of its kind available in Canada today.

Successful Negotiations

Successful Negotiations
Author: Marc Helmold
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN: 9783658357030

This book provides a valuable overview of concrete negotiations in industry and business and shows ways to achieve successful negotiation breakthroughs. It brings together the aspects of negotiation preparation, negotiation execution, negotiation psychology, and negotiation success that have often been perceived separately until now. The authors provide helpful recommendations for effectively taking into account intercultural elements as well. This book is particularly interesting for employees in development, quality management, purchasing, production, marketing and sales who negotiate prices, performance characteristics of products and services and quality characteristics with customers or suppliers. In addition to the structured six-step approach, psychological and nonverbal tools are also explained in a practical and clear manner, leading negotiators to a successful negotiation conclusion. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Erfolgreiche Verhandlungen by Marc Helmold, Florian Hummel and Tracy Dathe published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors. From the Contents: Negotiation concepts Negotiation management and preparation Negotiation tools Analysis techniques of nonverbal communication Negotiations in an international context Negotiations in financial difficulties and threatened insolvency Negotiations in complex projects The Authors: Prof. Dr. Marc Helmold and Prof. Florian Hummel teach at the IUBH in Berlin. Dr. Tracy Dathe works as a management consultant and teaches as a freelance lecturer at various universities. The authors have gained profound experience in top positions of international companies in Germany and abroad.

Financial Accounting for Decision Makers

Financial Accounting for Decision Makers
Author: Peter Atrill
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780273712756

'Financial Accounting for Decision Makers' presents the key concepts of accounting without going into too much unnecessary technical detail. The book is aimed as 'users' of accounting information, not 'preparers' of accounts.

Evidence

Evidence
Author: R. J. Delisle
Publisher: Carswell Legal Publications
Total Pages: 1114
Release: 2010
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780779827077

Developing Renewable Energy Mini-Grids in Myanmar

Developing Renewable Energy Mini-Grids in Myanmar
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2017-12-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9292610619

This guidebook documents the experiences and lessons learned from developing 12 pilot mini-grid systems for off-grid energy access in Myanmar. Unelectrified rural communities typically located 10 kilometers from the national grid and without prospects of being connected to the grid in the next 5 to 10 years have been chosen for the project. This guidebook shares training materials and knowledge on the major aspects of minigrid development for rural electrification. Further, it highlights the importance of community participation and discusses the main renewable energy technologies that are suitable for mini-grid development in Myanmar including solar, hydro, and biomass. This guidebook is intended to serve government officials, renewable energy developers, and potential investors in the development of mini-grid projects in Myanmar.