Science in Action

Science in Action
Author: Bruno Latour
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674792913

From weaker to stronger rhetoric : literature - Laboratories - From weak points to strongholds : machines - Insiders out - From short to longer networks : tribunals of reason - Centres of calculation.

Realising Systems Thinking: Knowledge and Action in Management Science

Realising Systems Thinking: Knowledge and Action in Management Science
Author: John Mingers
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2006-09-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 038729841X

This book deals with the contribution of a systems approach to a range of disciplines from philosophy and biology to social theory and management. It weaves together material from some of the pre-eminent thinkers of the day. In doing so it creates a coherent path from fundamental work on philosophical issues of ontology and epistemology through specific domains of knowledge about the nature of information and meaning, human communication, and social intervention.

Process Mining

Process Mining
Author: Wil M. P. van der Aalst
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2016-04-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3662498510

This is the second edition of Wil van der Aalst’s seminal book on process mining, which now discusses the field also in the broader context of data science and big data approaches. It includes several additions and updates, e.g. on inductive mining techniques, the notion of alignments, a considerably expanded section on software tools and a completely new chapter of process mining in the large. It is self-contained, while at the same time covering the entire process-mining spectrum from process discovery to predictive analytics. After a general introduction to data science and process mining in Part I, Part II provides the basics of business process modeling and data mining necessary to understand the remainder of the book. Next, Part III focuses on process discovery as the most important process mining task, while Part IV moves beyond discovering the control flow of processes, highlighting conformance checking, and organizational and time perspectives. Part V offers a guide to successfully applying process mining in practice, including an introduction to the widely used open-source tool ProM and several commercial products. Lastly, Part VI takes a step back, reflecting on the material presented and the key open challenges. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in process mining. It is intended for business process analysts, business consultants, process managers, graduate students, and BPM researchers.

Lab Dynamics

Lab Dynamics
Author: Carl M. Cohen
Publisher: CSHL Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2005
Genre: Comportement organisationnel
ISBN: 0879698160

"Lab Dynamics is a book about the challenges to doing science and dealing with the individuals involved, including oneself. The authors, a scientist and a psychotherapist, draw on principles of group and behavioral psychology but speak to scientists in their own language about their own experiences. They offer in-depth, practical advice, real-life examples, and exercises tailored to scientific and technical workplaces on topics as diverse as conflict resolution, negotiation, dealing with supervision, working with competing peers, and making the transition from academia to industry." "This is a uniquely valuable contribution to the scientific literature, on a subject of direct importance to lab heads, postdocs, and students. It is also required reading for senior staff concerned about improving efficiency and effectiveness in academic and industrial research."--BOOK JACKET

Action Science

Action Science
Author: William H. Robertson
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2014-04-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 145225656X

This book provides an approach to physical science instruction in a way that is interesting and engaging to students featuring author-created action sports videos and classroom activities focused on physical science concepts.

Plants in Action

Plants in Action
Author: Brian James Atwell
Publisher: Macmillan Education AU
Total Pages: 712
Release: 1999
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780732944391

Accompanying CD-ROM includes 600 figures, tables and color plates from the book Plants in action which can be used for the production of color transparencies or for projections in lectures.

Action science

Action science
Author: Chris Argyris
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1985-11-28
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Business Analytics with Management Science Models and Methods

Business Analytics with Management Science Models and Methods
Author: Arben Asllani
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0133760359

This book is about prescriptive analytics. It provides business practitioners and students with a selected set of management science and optimization techniques and discusses the fundamental concepts, methods, and models needed to understand and implement these techniques in the era of Big Data. A large number of management science models exist in the body of literature today. These models include optimization techniques or heuristics, static or dynamic programming, and deterministic or stochastic modeling. The topics selected in this book, mathematical programming and simulation modeling, are believed to be among the most popular management science tools, as they can be used to solve a majority of business optimization problems. Over the years, these techniques have become the weapon of choice for decision makers and practitioners when dealing with complex business systems.

Industrial Engineering, Management Science and Applications 2015

Industrial Engineering, Management Science and Applications 2015
Author: Mitsuo Gen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1085
Release: 2015-05-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3662472007

This volume provides a complete record of presentations made at Industrial Engineering, Management Science and Applications 2015 (ICIMSA 2015), and provides the reader with a snapshot of current knowledge and state-of-the-art results in industrial engineering, management science and applications. The goal of ICIMSA is to provide an excellent international forum for researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry to share cutting-edge developments in the field and to exchange and distribute the latest research and theories from the international community. The conference is held every year, making it an ideal platform for people to share their views and experiences in industrial engineering, management science and applications related fields.

Behavioral Science in the Wild

Behavioral Science in the Wild
Author: Nina Mažar
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2022-04-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1487527535

Behavioral Science in the Wild helps managers understand how best to incorporate key research findings to solve their own behavior change challenges in the real world – from lab to field. Behavioral Science in the Wild helps managers to implement research findings on behavioral change in their own workplace operations and to apply them to business or policy problems. As the second book in the Behaviourally Informed Organizations series, Behavioral Science in the Wild takes a step back to address the "why" and "how" behind the origins of behavioral insights, and how best to translate and scale behavioral science from lab-based research findings. Governments, for-profit enterprises, and welfare organizations have increasingly started relying on findings from the behavioral sciences to develop more accessible and user-friendly products, processes, and experiences for their end-users. While there is a burgeoning science that helps us to understand why people act and make the decisions that they do, and how their actions can be influenced, we still lack a precise science and strategic insights into how some key theoretical findings can be successfully translated, scaled, and applied in the field. Nina Mažar and Dilip Soman are joined by leading figures from both the academic and applied behavioral sciences to develop a nuanced framework for how managers can best translate results from pilot studies into their own organizations and behavior change challenges using behavioral science.