Building and Managing High-Performance Distributed Teams: Navigating the Future of Work (Silveira Jr Alberto S.)(Paperback)

Manufacturing Advantage: Why High Performance Work Systems Pay Off (Appelbaum Eileen)(Paperback)

Much of the hoopla surrounding quality circles, teams, and high-performance work systems has been based on anecdotes and very thin evidence. It has not been established that those employee involvement strategies amount to anything more than another series of management fads or ruses designed to get

The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization (Katzenbach Jon R.)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive classic on high-performance teams The Wisdom of Teams is the definitive work on how to create high-performance teams in any organization. Having sold nearly a half million copies and been translated into more than fifteen languages, the authors' clarion call that teams should be the

A Manager's Guide to the New World of Work: The Most Effective Strategies for Managing People, Teams, and Organizations (Mit Sloan Management Review)(Paperback)

Insights from organizations that are navigating the novel challenges of the digital workplace.How can technology and analytics help companies manage people? Why do teams working remotely still need leaders? When should organizations use digital assessment tools for gauging talent and potential?

The Adaptation Advantage: Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work (McGowan Heather E.)(Paperback)

A guide for individuals and organizations navigating the complex and ambiguous Future of Work Foreword by New York Times columnist and best-selling author Thomas L. Friedman Technology is changing work as we know it. Cultural norms are undergoing tectonic shifts. A global pandemic proves that we

Effective Akka: Patterns and Best Practices (Allen Jamie)(Paperback)

Avoid common mistakes when building distributed, asynchronous, high-performance software with the Akka toolkit and runtime. With this concise guide, author Jamie Allen provides a collection of best practices based on several years of using the actor model. The book also includes examples of actor

Building a Future-Proof Cloud Infrastructure: A Unified Architecture for Network, Security, and Storage Services (Gai Silvano)(Paperback)

Prepare for the future of cloud infrastructure: Distributed Services Platforms By moving service modules closer to applications, Distributed Services (DS) Platforms will future-proof cloud architectures-improving performance, responsiveness, observability, and troubleshooting. Network pioneer

Beyond Team Building: How to Build High Performing Teams and the Culture to Support Them (Dyer Jeffrey H.)(Pevná vazba)

Understand the dynamics of all different types of teams Beyond Team Building: How to Build High Performing Teams and the Culture to Support Them represents the latest in thinking about creating effective teams. The authors present a new 'Five C' framework that focuses on the core aspects of team

Managing Teams for Dummies (Brounstein Marty)(Paperback)

In the ever-changing world of work, the idea of spending some orall of your time working in teams is becoming more and more common.From solving problems, to tackling projects, to providingorganizational leadership, the roles and importance of teamscontinue to grow. Leading a team is no easy job,

Visual Teams: Graphic Tools for Commitment, Innovation, & High Performance (Sibbet David)(Paperback)

Graphic tools and visual solutions for team building and development Visual Teams uses visual tools and methods to help teams--both face-to-face and virtual--reach high performance in today's work environment. As teams become more and more global and distributed, visualization provides an important

Managing Media Work (Deuze Mark)(Paperback)

Managing Media Work provides a comprehensive, cross-national overview of the theory and practice of working in the media in the digital age. Focusing on three key areas--new media work, media professions, and media management--this text prepares students to effectively manage their own media

Creating High Performance Teams: Applied Strategies and Tools for Managers and Team Members (Aldag Ray)(Paperback)

Creating High Performance Teams is an accessible and thorough new introduction to this key area of business education. Written by teams experts Ray Aldag and Loren Kuzuhara, this book provides students with both a firm grounding in the key concepts of the field and the practical tools to become

The Leadership of Teams: How to Develop and Inspire High-Performance Teamwork (Brent Mike)(Paperback)

Teams are everywhere - business, industry, schools, hospitals and government. There are executive, management and cross-functional teams, as well as teams formed for specific tasks and projects. But when a team can succeed or fail on the quality and effectiveness of its leader, everyone will have a

Managing Successful Teams: Establish Team Objectives and Identity; Manage Performance and Under-Performance; Develop Team Creativity (Wellington Pat)(Paperback)

There are many different types of teams that a person may be asked to lead: a functional team, a cross-functional team, a virtual team or even heading a team-based project. The team might be new, or it might be an existing team. In each of these circumstances, there will be classic team management

Promote Yourself - The new rules for building an outstanding career (Schawbel Dan)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive guide for navigating the new world of work and making yourself indispensable to your

Wisdom of Teams (European version) - Creating the High Performance Organisation (Katzenbach Jon)(Paperback / softback)

Org Design for Design Orgs: Building and Managing In-House Design Teams (Merholz Peter)(Paperback)

Design has become the key link between users and today's complex and rapidly evolving digital experiences, and designers are starting to be included in strategic conversations about the products and services that enterprises ultimately deliver. This has led to companies building in-house

The Program: Lessons from Elite Military Units for Creating and Sustaining High Performance Leaders and Teams (Kapitulik Eric)(Pevná vazba)

Discover the military's keys to excellent leadership and team building training The Program: Lessons From Elite Military Units for Creating and Sustaining High Performing Leaders and Teams offers a hands-on guide to the winning techniques and tactics of The Program, the acclaimed team building and

Future Proofing: Strategy 03.10 (Birchall David)(Paperback)

Fast track route to understanding and managing the future. Covers all the key aspects of future proofing, from identifying alternative scenarios and tracking technology change to developing a blueprint for action and communicating it within the organization Examples and lessons from benchmark

Managing Employee Performance and Reward: Systems, Practices and Prospects (Shields John)(Paperback)

The third edition of Managing Employee Performance and Reward: Systems, Practices and Prospects has been thoroughly revised and updated by a new four-member author team. The text introduces a new conceptual framework based on systems thinking and a dual model of strategic alignment and

Teams Unleashed: How to Release the Power and Human Potential of Work Teams (Sandahl Phillip)(Paperback)

FROM THE CO-AUTHOR OF THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER, Co-Active Coaching, Fourth Edition: The proven framework for transformative conversations at work and in life Teams Unleashed provides a map and compass for engaged, sustainable, and improved team performance. This practical approach uses the everyday

Working in Teams: Moving from High Potential to High Performance (Griffith Brian A.)(Paperback)

An engaging, relevant text, Working in Teams explores the major concepts related to team success and prepares students to lead and work in and lead collaborative, interdependent environments. Authors Brian A. Griffith, PhD, and Ethan B. Dunham EdM, MBA, teach readers to accomplish specific goals in

Work in the Future: The Automation Revolution (Skidelsky Robert)(Paperback)

This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated society brings with it new challenges and a

The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change (Fournier Camille)(Paperback)

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal--especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned

History of the Arab Peoples - Updated Edition (Hourani Albert)(Paperback / softback)

In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the present