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Agile Practice Guide By : Project Management Institute ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Agile Practice Guide ? First Edition has been developed as a resource to understand, evaluate, and use agile and hybrid agile approaches. This practice guide provides guidance on when, where, and how to apply agile approaches and provides practical tools for practitioners and organizations wanting to increase agility. This practice guide is aligned with other PMI standards, including A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK? Guide) ? Sixth Edition, and was developed as the result of collaboration between the Project Management Institute and the Agile Alliance. Book Detail : Author : Project Management Institute Pages : 210 pages Publisher : Project Management Institute Language : ISBN-10 : 1628251999 ISBN-13 : 9781628251999   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone...

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge PMBOK Guide By : Project Management Institute ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The PMBOK? Guide?Sixth Edition ? PMI?s flagship publication has been updated to reflect the latest good practices in project management. New to the Sixth Edition, each knowledge area will contain a section entitled Approaches for Agile, Iterative and Adaptive Environments, describing how these practices integrate in project settings. It will also contain more emphasis on strategic and business knowledge?including discussion of project management business documents?and information on the PMI Talent Triangle? and the essential skills for success in today?s market. Book Detail : Author : Project Management Institute Pages : 756 pages Publisher : Project Management Institute Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1628251840 ISBN-13 : 9781628251845   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : P...

The Facility Management Handbook By : Kathy O. Roper ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Facility management is a multidisciplinary function requiring a deep knowledge of the entire business and physical planning cycle, including the buildings, infrastructure, and people. Technology systems, disaster recovery planning, zoning compliance, furnishings, recycling programs, grounds maintenance--it all falls under the facility management umbrella. The sheer scope of duties requires a far-reaching reference for staying abreast of the latest innovations and best practices. "The Facility Management Handbook "is that one essential book. Insightful overviews, case studies, and practical guidelines pave the way for successful planning, budgeting, real estate transactions, construction, emergency preparedness, security, operations, maintenance, and more. This thoroughly revised fourth edition examines cutting-edge technologies and includes new inform...

Quantitative Analysis for Management By : Barry Render ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE For courses in management science and decision modeling. Foundational understanding of management science through real-world problems and solutions Quantitative Analysis for Management helps readers to develop a real-world understanding of business analytics, quantitative methods, and management science by emphasizing model building, tangible examples, and computer applications. The authors offer an accessible introduction to mathematical models and then readers apply those models using step-by-step, how-to instructions. For more intricate mathematical procedures, the 13th Edition offers a flexible approach, allowing readers to omit specific sections without interrupting the flow of the material. Book Detail : Author : Barry Render Pages : 608 pages Publisher : Pearson Language : ISBN-10 : 0134543165 ISBN-13 : 9780134543...

Operations Management for Dummies By : Geoffrey G. Parker ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Score your highest in Operations Management Operations management is an important skill for current and aspiring business leaders to develop and master. It deals with the design and management of products, processes, services, and supply chains. Operations management is a growing field and a required course for most undergraduate business majors and MBA candidates. Now, Operations Management For Dummies serves as an extremely resourceful aid for this difficult subject.Tracks to a typical course in operations management or operations strategy, and covers topics such as evaluating and measuring existing systems' performance and efficiency, materials management and product development, using tools like Six Sigma and Lean production, designing new, improved processes, and defining, planning, and controlling costs of projects.Clearly organizes and explains complex to...

Introduction to Materials Management By : J.R. Tony Arnold ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : KEY BENEFIT Introduction to Materials Management covers all the essentials of modern supply chain management, manufacturing planning and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. Clearly written and exceptionally user-friendly, it's content, examples, questions, and problems lead students step-by-step to mastery. Widely adopted by colleges and universities worldwide, this is the only APICS-listed reference text for the Basics of Supply Chain Management (BSCM) CPIM certification examination. KEY TOPICS Introduction to Materials Management; Production Planning System; Master Scheduling; Material Requirements Planning; Capacity Management; Production Activity Control; Purchasing; Forecasting and Demand Management; Inventory Fundamentals; Order Quantities; Independent Demand Ordering Systems; Physical Inventory and Warehouse Management; Phys...

Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management By : Jay Heizer ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : For courses in Operations Management. A broad, practical introduction to operations, reinforced with an extensive collection of practice problems Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management presents a broad introduction to the field of operations in a realistic and practical manner, while offering the largest and most diverse collection of issues on the market. Problems found in the Twelfth Edition contain ample support-found in the book's solved-problems and worked examples-to help readers better understand concepts important to today's operations management professionals. For a briefer version without the business analytic modules at the end of the text, see Heizer/Render/Munson's Principles of Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, 10e (0134181980 / 9780134181981). Also Avai...

Lean Six Sigma - Quick Study By : Craig Gygi ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Whether curious as to how Lean Six Sigma works, in training for certification or a very experienced champion, everyone will find this tool essential as the ultimate quick reference guide to the combined process improvement methods of Lean and Six Sigma. This amazingly thorough 6-page laminated guide was developed by Craig Gygi, best-selling author, trainer, consultant, and internationally recognized leader in operational excellence. Color-coded sections, diagrams, examples, definitions, equations, flow of the process and tools for improvement are organized and designed for ease of reading and referencing at a moments notice. See for yourself, and then order a set for your team or organization. Suggested uses: ? Introduction ? curious about Lean Six Sigma as a certification or for implementation within your business ? Training Tool ? certification for yourself, your com...

Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation By : Sunil Chopra ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : For MBA, engineering master, or senior-level undergraduate courses in supply chain management. A strategic framework for understanding supply chain management Supply Chain Management introduces high-level strategy and concepts while giving readers the practical tools necessary to solve supply chain problems. Using a strategic framework, readers are guided through all of the key drivers of supply chain performance, including facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing. The 7th Edition weaves in compelling case study examples to illustrate how good supply chain management offers a competitive advantage and how poor supply chain management can damage an organization's performance. With this text, readers gain a deeper understanding of supply chains and a firm grasp on the practical managerial levers th...

Set Lighting Technician's Handbook: Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution By : Harry Box ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A friendly, hands-on training manual and reference for lighting technicians in motion picture and television production, this handbook is the most comprehensive guide to set lighting available. It provides a unique combination of practical detail with a big-picture understanding of lighting, technology, safety, and professionalism, essential to anyone doing motion picture lighting.The fifth edition delves into every aspect of lighting and features vastly expanded sections on controlling LED lights, color science, lighting control systems, wireless systems, Ethernet-based control systems, battery power, and modern set protocol for productions small and large. With a generous number of original images, the book illustrates the use of soft light, the effect of lighting angles, and how the gaffer and ...

Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance By : Adolfo Paolini ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : With the ever increasing number of claims against directors and officers, this book provides a very welcome addition to the bookshelves which hitherto have lacked books on this important area - Alison Green, Chairman of the Trustees of the BILA Charitable Trust. This book scrutinises the origins and the rationale underlying D&O insurance, and provides answers to the question of protecting directors against the potential liabilities they may face. It provides clear understanding about D&O policies wording, exclusions and issues of misrepresentation. The information contained in this new book includes Nature and Legality of D&O Liability Insurance, D&O Exclusions, Directors and Officers Liability to Third Parties, Directors Liability at Civil Law, D&O: Defence Costs Cover and Allocation, Aggregation Principles and D&O C...

Alcohol incident log book: Simple layout for easy record keeping: Brown leather effect cover By : Ethna W Devenney ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Use this log book to record alcohol related incidents. Thoughtfully designed to capture all the key details in a simple and straightforward table style log sheet. Record incident date, time, location/site, people involved and their contact details, details of the incident, action taken, signature and date of the recorder.Features:Each sheet has room for a detailed record of alcohol related incidentsOver 100 incident log sheetsProfessional cover designSoft matte cover Book Detail : Author : Ethna W Devenney Pages : 110 pages Publisher : Independently Published Language : ISBN-10 : 1709870923 ISBN-13 : 9781709870927   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Introduction to Aviation Insurance and Risk Management By : Alexander T. Wells ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The third edition of Introduction to Aviation Insurance and Risk Management has provided the opportunity to improve the book and extend its life into the 21st Century. Old material has been deleted and newer, more timely material added. Unlike the previous editions, a number of industry professionals have contributed to the new version. Despite these changes the primary purpose of the book remains the same - to introduce the basic principles of insurance and risk with their special application to the aviation industry. It has been designed for several similar, yet distinct audiences: the college student, corporate pilots or fixed base operators, and individuals in the insurance business. Book Detail : Author : Alexander T. Wells Pages : 548 pages Publisher : Krieger Publishing Company Language : ISBN-10 : 1575242745 ISBN-13 : 978157524...

The Essentials of Risk Management By : Michel Crouhy ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The definitive guide to quantifying risk vs. return--fully updated to reveal the newest, most effective innovations in financial risk management since the 2008 financial crisisWritten for risk professionals and non-risk professionals alike, this easy-to-understand guide helps you meet the increasingly insistent demand to make sophisticated assessments of companies' risk exposure. It provides the latest methods for:Measuring and transferring credit riskIncreasing risk-management transparencyImplementing an organization-wide Enterprise risk Management (ERM) approachMichel Crouhy is head of research and development at NATIXIS and the founder and president of the NATIXIS Foundation for Quantitative Research. Dan Galai is the Abe Gray Professor of Finance and Business Administration at the School of Business Administration, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Ro...

Alcohol incident log book: Simple layout for easy record keeping: Tan leather effect cover By : Ethna W Devenney ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Use this log book to record alcohol related incidents. Thoughtfully designed to capture all the key details in a simple and straightforward table style log sheet. Record incident date, time, location/site, people involved and their contact details, details of the incident, action taken, signature and date of the recorder.Features:Each sheet has room for a detailed record of alcohol related incidentsOver 100 incident log sheetsProfessional cover designSoft matte cover Book Detail : Author : Ethna W Devenney Pages : 110 pages Publisher : Independently Published Language : ISBN-10 : 1709870788 ISBN-13 : 9781709870781   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

The Company That Solved Health Care: How Serigraph Dramatically Reduced Skyrocketing Costs While Providing Better Care, and How Every Company Can Do the Same By : John Torinus Jr. ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In 2003, Serigraph?s annual health care bill was its third largest expense and growing at a rate of 15% a year. Health care cost escalations were in danger of bankrupting their company. In order to significantly lower costs, company leaders knew they needed to take a radical approach.Serigraph focused its strategies on three areas?consumer responsibility, primary care, and centers of value. In concert with other management methods, these tactics slashed costs while improving the quality of employee care. Instead of double-digit inflation of its health care costs, the company?s average increase dropped to 2.8%, far below the national average. Serigraph?s cost per employee actually dropped!The Company That Solved Health Care offers effect...

Health Insurance Sucks - The Moral Case for Better Business Healthcare By : John Butler ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Health Insurance Sucks uncovers the sinister world of business healthcare and delivers new and powerful solutions that you can implement today. This book will literally shift your brain, provide you with an entirely new way of approaching healthcare for employees, and arm you with every weapon you need to fight against big insurance, big pharma, and the big government players that have controlled us all for decades. John Butler allows his readers to go on offense rather than play defense against skyrocketing premiums and deteriorating benefits. After finding out how to reduce your healthcare costs by 20% - 60%, John will even show you how to set and keep a steady budget for your business healthcare once and for all. In fact, he prides himself at taking all of the rules levied by insurance companies, pharmacy companies, and even our own...

Exposed: Why Our Health Insurance Is Incomplete and What Can Be Done about It By : Christopher T. Robertson ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A sharp expos? of the roots of the cost-exposure consensus in American health care that shows how the next wave of reform can secure real access and efficiency.The toxic battle over how to reshape American health care has overshadowed the underlying bipartisan agreement that health insurance coverage should be incomplete. Both Democrats and Republicans expect patients to bear a substantial portion of health care costs through deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance. In theory this strategy empowers patients to make cost-benefit tradeoffs, encourages thrift and efficiency in a system rife with waste, and defends against the moral hazard that can arise from insurance. But in fact, as Christopher T. Robertson reveals, this cost-exposure consensus keeps people from valuable care, causes widespread anxiety, and...

Health Care Finance and the Mechanics of Insurance and Reimbursement By : Michael K. Harrington ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Health Care Finance and the Mechanics of Insurance and Reimbursement stands apart from other texts on health care finance or health insurance, in that it combines financial principles unique to the health care setting with the methods and process for reimbursement (including coding, reimbursement strategies, compliance, financial reporting, case mix index, and external auditing). It explains the revenue cycle in detail, correlating it with regular management functions; and covers reimbursement from the initial point of care through claim submission and reconciliation. Thoroughly updated for its second edition, this text reflects changes to the Affordable Care Act, Managed Care Organizations, new coding initiatives, new components of the revenue cycle (from reimbursement to compliance), updates to regulations surroundin...

The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage By : Jonathan Cohn ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Jonathan Cohn's The Ten Year War is the definitive account of the battle over Obamacare, based on interviews with sources who were in the room, from the nation's foremost healthcare journalist. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as "Obamacare," was the most sweeping and consequential piece of legislation to become law in modern American history. It has touched nearly every American in one way or another, for better or worse, and it continues to cost people elections--or win them--ten years later.In The Ten Year War, veteran journalist Jonathan Cohn offers the compelling story of the defining political battle of our time, one that will shape political conversations for decades. At the heart of the book is the decades-old argument over what's wrong with American health care and how to fix it--but i...

Influencer: Building Your Personal Brand in the Age of Social Media By : Brittany Hennessy ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : "I highly advise anyone who has an interest in life online to get this book, sit down, and take notes because you're going to want to hear what Brittany has to say." -Iskra Lawrence, Aerie Model and Instagram star (@iskra) If you've ever scrolled through your Instagram feed and thought, I wear clothes, eat avocado toast and like sunsets, why can't someone pay me to live my best life? this book is for you . . .Every one of your favorite influencers started with zero followers and had to make a lot of mistakes to get where they are today--earning more money each year than their parents made in the last decade. But to become a top creator, you need to understand the strategies behind the Insta-ready lifestyle . . .As nightlife blogger, then social media strategist, and now Senior Director of Influencer...

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World By : Gary Vaynerchuk ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The New York Times bestselling author and social media expert returns with hard-won advice on how to connect with customers and beat the competition by mastering social media marketingWhen managers and marketers outline their social media strategies, they often plan for the "right hook"-their next highly anticipated sale or campaign that's going to put the competition out for the count. Even companies committed to jabbing-patiently engaging with customers to build the relationships so crucial to successful social media campaigns-still yearn to land the powerful, bruising swing that will knock out their opponent or their customer's resistance in one tooth-spritzing, killer blow. Right hooks, after all, convert traffic to sales. They easily show results and ROI. Except when they don't.In the same pas...

The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career By : Reid Hoffman ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A blueprint for thriving in your job and building a career by applying the lessons of Silicon Valley?s most innovative entrepreneurs.The career escalator is jammed at every level. Unemployment rates are sky-high. Creative disruption is shaking every industry. Global competition for jobs is fierce. The employer-employee pact is over and traditional job security is a thing of the past.Here, LinkedIn cofounder and chairman Reid Hoffman and author Ben Casnocha show how to accelerate your career in today?s competitive world. The key is to manage your career as if it were a start-up business: a living, breathing, growing start-up of you.Why? Start-ups?and the entrepreneurs who run them?are nimble. They invest in themselves. They build their professional networks. They take intelligent risks. They make uncertainty a...

Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets By : Al Ramadan ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companies and reveal a groundbreaking discipline called category design.Winning today isn?t about beating the competition at the old game. It?s about inventing a whole new game?defining a new market category, developing it, and dominating it over time. You can?t build a legendary company without building a legendary category. If you think that having the best product is all it takes to win, you?re going to lose. In this farsighted, pioneering guide, the founders of Silicon Valley advisory firm Play Bigger rely on data analysis and interviews to understand the inner workings of ?category kings?? companies such as Amazon, Salesforce, Uber and IKEA that give us new ways of living, thinking or doing business, often solving problems we...

Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns, Revised and Updated By : Michael J. Mauboussin ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Most investment books try to assess the attractiveness of a stock price by estimating the value of the company. Expectations Investing provides a powerful and insightful alternative to identifying gaps between price and value.Michael J. Mauboussin and Alfred Rappaport suggest that an investor start with a known quantity, the stock price, and ask what it implies for future financial results. After showing how to read expectations, Mauboussin and Rappaport provide a guide to rigorous strategic and financial analysis to help investors assess the likelihood of revisions to these expectations. Their framework traces value creation from the triggers that shape a company's performance to the impact on the value drivers. This allows a practitioner of expectations investing to determine whether a stock is an...

Be 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0): Turning Your Business Into an Enduring Great Company By : Jim Collins ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : From Jim Collins, the most influential business thinker of our era, comes an ambitious upgrade of his classic, Beyond Entrepreneurship, that includes all-new findings and world-changing insights.What's the roadmap to create a company that not only survives its infancy but thrives, changing the world for decades to come?Nine years before the publication of his epochal bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins and his mentor, Bill Lazier, answered this question in their bestselling book, Beyond Entrepreneurship.Beyond Entrepreneurship left a definitive mark on the business community, influencing the young pioneers who were, at that time, creating the technology revolution that was birthing in Silicon Valley. Decades later, successive generations of entrepreneurs still turn to the strategies outlined in Bey...

How to Be a Great Boss By : Gino Wickman ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Book Detail : Author : Gino Wickman Pages : pages Publisher : Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1942952848 ISBN-13 : 9781942952848   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires By : Dennis Kimbro ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : It?s no secret that these hard times have been even harder for the Black community.Approximately 35 percent of African Americans had no measurable assets in 2009, and 24 percent of these same households had only a motor vehicle. Dennis Kimbro, observing how the weight of the continuing housing and credit crises disproportionately?impacts the African-American community, takes a sharp look at a carefully cultivated group of individuals who?ve scaled the heights of success and how others can emulate them. Based on a seven year study of 1,000 of the wealthiest African Americans, The Wealth Choice offers a?trove of sound and surprising advice about climbing the economic ladder, even when the odds seem stacked against you. Readers will learn about how business leaders, entrepreneurs, and celebrities like Bob Johnson, Spike Lee, L. A. Reid, Herm...

Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You By : John Warrillow ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Run your company. Don?t let it run you.Most business owners started their company because they wanted more freedom?to work on their own schedules, make the kind of money they deserve, and eventually retire on the fruits of their labor.Unfortunately, according to John Warrillow, most owners find that stepping out of the picture is extremely difficult because their business relies too heavily on their personal involvement. Without them, their company?no matter how big or profitable?is essentially worthless.But the good news is that entrepreneurs can take specific steps?no matter what stage a business is in?to create a valuable, sellable company. Warrillow shows exactly what it takes to create a solid business that can thrive long into the future. Book Detail : Author : John Warrillow Pages : 176 pages Publisher : Penguin Language : ISBN-10 : 1...

Launch (Updated & Expanded Edition): How to Sell Almost Anything Online, Build a Business You Love, and Live the Life of Your Dreams By : Jeff Walker ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : From the creator of Product Launch Formula: A new edition of the #1 New York Times best-selling guide that's redefined online marketing and helped countless entrepreneurs make millions. The revised and updated edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller Launch will build your business - fast. Whether you've already got an online business or you're itching to start one, this is a recipe for getting more traction and a fast start.Think about it: What if you could launch like Apple or the big Hollywood studios? What if your prospects eagerly counted down the days until they could buy your product? And you could do it no matter how humble your business or budget?Since 1996, Jeff Walker has been creating hugely successful online launches. After bootstrapping his...