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This book presents a variety of different themes related to risks and risk management. The book consists of research papers aimed at supplementing and updating the topics discussed previously in risk management literature. The articles cover the key concepts and essence of risk and risk management, basic issues of security construction, risk awareness in corporate decision-making, reputation risk and its impact on business operations, social risks, their significance and the dimensions of social risk management. The last article presents the freely available RiskDemo software, which allows the reader to test and illustrate a wide range of risk features. The book aims to respond to the recent changes in the risk management environment as well as to stimulate academic debate on the subject.
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It is widely accepted that technology is one of the forces driving economic growth. Although more and more new technologies have emerged, various evidence shows that their performances were not as high as expected. In both academia and practice, there are still many questions about what technologies to adopt and how to manage these technologies. The 15 articles in this book aim to look into these questions. There are quite many features in this book. Firstly, the articles are from both developed countries and developing countries in Asia, Africa and South and Middle America. Secondly, the articles cover a wide range of industries including telecommunication, sanitation, healthcare, entertainment, education, manufacturing, and financial. Thirdly, the analytical approaches are multi-disciplinary, ranging from mathematical, economic, analytical, empirical and strategic. Finally, the articles study both public and private organizations, including the service industry, manufacturing industry, and governmental organizations. Given its wide coverage and multi-disciplines, the book may be useful for both academic research and practical management.
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For over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada’s oil industry. From Petrolia to Turner Valley, Imperial was always nearby and ready to take charge. Their 1947 discovery of crude oil in Leduc, Alberta transformed the industry and the country. But from 1899 onwards, two-thirds of the company was owned by an American giant, making Imperial Oil one of the largest foreign-controlled multinationals in Canada. Imperial Standard is the first full-scale history of Imperial Oil. It illuminates Imperial’s longstanding connections to Standard Oil of New Jersey, also known as Exxon Mobil. Although this relationship was often beneficial to Imperial, allowing them access to technology and capital, it also came at a cost. During the energy crises of the 1970s and 80s, Imperial was assailed as the embodiment of foreign control of Canada’s natural resources, and in the 1990s it followed Exxon’s lead in resisting charges that the oil industry contributes to climate change. Graham D. Taylor draws on an extensive collection of primary sources, including both the Imperial Oil and Exxon Mobil archives, to explore the complex relationship between the two companies. This groundbreaking history provides unprecedented insight into one of Canada’s most influential oil companies as well as the industry itself.
Management of specific areas --- Economic history --- Development economics & emerging economies --- Industry --- Multinational --- Oil
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Resilienz ist in aller Munde. Egal, ob es sich um gesellschaftliche, wirtschaftliche, technologische oder ökologische Themen handelt: Der Begriff bestimmt zunehmend den Diskurs über die Zukunftsfähigkeit unserer Gesellschaft und den Zustand unseres Planeten. Der fünfte Open-Access Themenband des Instituts für Innovation und Technik (iit) gibt einen interdisziplinären Einblick in das Thema und zeigt auf, was unter Resilienz verstanden wird – und welche Konzepte in den vergangenen Jahren entstanden sind. In insgesamt zwölf Beiträgen beleuchten Expert:innen resiliente Pflegesettings und robuste KI-Technologien, die Anpassungsfähigkeit der Biosphäre sowie die Resilienz von Lieferketten, Infrastrukturen und kommunaler Daseinsvorsorge.
Production engineering --- Economics of industrial organisation --- Management of specific areas --- Resilienz --- Anpassungsstrategien --- Resilience --- Adaptation strategies --- Störungen in der Produktion --- Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
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Inventory Analytics provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the theory and practice of inventory control - a significant research area central to supply chain planning. The book outlines the foundations of inventory systems and surveys prescriptive analytics models for deterministic inventory control. It further discusses predictive analytics techniques for demand forecasting in inventory control and also examines prescriptive analytics models for stochastic inventory control.
Economic theory & philosophy --- Biography & True Stories --- Social research & statistics --- Economics, finance, business & management --- Stochastics --- Business & management --- Management of specific areas --- Probability & statistics --- demand forecasting; deterministic inventory control; inventory control; inventory systems; Python; stochastic inventory control; supply chain planning
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This open access book emphasizes that procuring goods at the expense of the environment and those who live there is no longer acceptable. Fortunately, there is now an unstoppable force, created by a collective of diverse stakeholders, driving the sustainability agenda. A company’s sustainability standards can only truly be as good as those along its entire supply chain. The purpose of this book is to encourage and inspire companies on their journey to transform into responsible and sustainable businesses by addressing the supply chain, which reflects a significant part of a company’s expenses and thus
Purchasing & supply management --- Sustainability --- Management of specific areas --- Sustainability and procurement --- Sustainable sourcing --- Responsible sourcing --- Purchasing --- Category management --- Operating models --- ESG initiatives --- SDG initiatives --- Organizational transformation --- Sustainable supplier selection --- Sustainability targets --- Practitioner's Guide --- Supply Chain Management
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Das vorliegende Open-Access-Buch umfasst Beiträge aus 29 Verbundvorhaben sowie dem begleitenden Verbundprojekt „TransWork“. Im Rahmen des Förderschwerpunkts „Arbeit in der digitalisierten Welt“ des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung wurden in den Projekten Entwicklungen im Transformationsprozess der Arbeitswelt analysiert, Lösungsansätze entwickelt und diese wissenschaftlich begleitet. In den Beiträgen werden Einblicke in die erarbeiteten Erkenntnisse und entwickelten Konzepte der Projekte gegeben. Hieraus lassen sich für Akteure aus Politik und Wirtschaft Handlungsempfehlungen ableiten und es ergeben sich neue Forschungsimpulse für die Wissenschaft.
Engineering: general --- Literature: history & criticism --- Occupational & industrial psychology --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing --- Digital Humanities --- Industrial and Organizational Psychology --- Industrial Management --- Work and Organizational Psychology --- Digitalisierung --- Soziale Innovation --- Zukunft der Arbeit --- Mensch-Technik Interaktion --- Arbeitsgestaltung --- Arbeit 4.0 --- Arbeitsorganisation --- Arbeitskultur --- Open Access --- Management of specific areas
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This open access book makes a case for a socially inclusive energy transition and illustrates how engineering and public policy professionals can contribute to shaping an inclusive energy transition, building on a socio-technical systems engineering approach. Accomplishing a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy in 2050 is a daunting challenge. This book explores the challenges of the energy transition from the perspectives of technological innovation, public policy, social values and ethics. It elaborates on two particular gaps in the design of public policy interventions focused on decarbonization of the energy system and discusses how both could be remedied. First, the siloed organization of public administration fails to account for the many interdependencies between the energy sector, the mobility system, digital infrastructure and the built environment. Cross-sector coordination of policies and policy instruments is needed to avoid potentially adverse effects upon society and the economy, which may hamper the energy transition rather than accelerate it. Second, energy and climate policies pay insufficient attention to the social values at stake in the energy transition. In addressing these gaps, this book intends to inspire decision makers engaged in the energy transition to embrace the transition as an opportunity to bring a more inclusive society into being.
Energy transition. --- Energy transition --- Social aspects. --- Global energy transition --- Transition, Energy --- Transition, Global energy --- Energy development --- Energy Systems --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing --- Public Policy --- Climate Change Management and Policy --- Energy Grids and Networks --- Industrial Management --- Earth System Sciences --- Energy Transition --- Smart Energy Systems --- Energy Poverty --- Social Inclusiveness --- Open Access --- Energy technology & engineering --- Engineering: general --- Management of specific areas --- Public administration --- The environment
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Big data are changing the way we work. This book conveys a theoretical understanding of big data and the related interactions on a socio-technological level as well as on the organizational level. Big data challenge the human resource department to take a new role. An organization’s new competitive advantage is its employees augmented by big data.
Economics, finance, business & management --- Knowledge management --- Business & management --- Business studies: general --- Business strategy --- Business innovation --- Business ethics & social responsibility --- Management & management techniques --- Management: leadership & motivation --- Management of specific areas --- new world of work --- socio-technological concurrence --- ethical data usage --- homeodynamic organization --- data constructivism --- human-data interaction --- Big data --- Human resource management
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Ein interdisziplinäres Open-Access-Buch für Wissenschaft und Praxis. Projekt- und Teamarbeit besitzen als Formen der Arbeitsorganisation eine hohe praktische Relevanz, die mit den Möglichkeiten der Digitalisierung und Vernetzung noch zunimmt. Der Fokus der öffentlichen Debatte um die Digitalisierung der Arbeit liegt auf technologischen und datentechnischen Innovationen. Dieses Sammelwerk ergänzt die Diskussion, indem es sowohl die Potenziale kooperativer Arbeitsformen für die Bewältigung aktueller Herausforderungen als auch die Auswirkungen digitaler Transformationsprozesse auf die Projekt- und Teamarbeit beleuchtet. Es diskutiert notwendige soziale Innovationen und liefert wichtige Impulse für die Humanisierung von Arbeit. Die Beiträge behandeln insgesamt ein breites Spektrum aktueller Fragen rund um die Gestaltung und Führung von digital unterstützter Arbeit in agilen, virtuellen oder hybriden Teams und Projekten. Jeder Beitrag schließt mit konkreten Empfehlungen für die Praxis. Die Herausgeber Prof. Dr. Susanne Mütze-Niewöhner verantwortet das Lehrgebiet Organisationsentwicklung und -gestaltung an der Fakultät für Maschinenwesen der RWTH Aachen University und leitet die Abteilung Arbeitsorganisation am dortigen Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft. Prof. Dr. Winfried Hacker leitet als Seniorprofessor die Arbeitsgruppe Wissen-Denken-Handeln der Fakultät Psychologie der TU Dresden. Dr. Thomas Hardwig ist Soziologe und Senior Researcher an der Kooperationsstelle Hochschulen und Gewerkschaften der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Prof. Dr. Simone Kauffeld leitet die Arbeits-, Organisations- und Sozialpsychologie an der TU Braunschweig. Dr. Erich Latniak ist Sozialwissenschaftler und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation (IAQ) der Universität Duisburg-Essen, Forschungsabteilung „Arbeitszeit und Arbeitsorganisation“. Dr. Manuel Nicklich ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Soziologie (Technik – Arbeit – Gesellschaft) der FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. Dr. Ulrike Pietrzyk ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin und stellvertretende Leiterin der Arbeitsgruppe Wissen-Denken-Handeln der Fakultät Psychologie der TU Dresden.
Engineering economics. --- Engineering economy. --- Industrial sociology. --- Industrial management—Environmental aspects. --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. --- Sociology of Work. --- Corporate Environmental Management. --- Sociology --- Industrial organization --- Industries --- Economy, Engineering --- Engineering economics --- Industrial engineering --- Social aspects --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing --- Sociology of Work --- Corporate Environmental Management --- Industrial Management --- Open Access --- Kooperativen Arbeitsformen --- Transformation der Arbeit --- Digitalisierte Arbeitssysteme --- Agile Projektarbeit --- Digitalisierung --- Standortübergreifende Produktentwicklung --- Engineering: general --- Management of specific areas --- Sociology: work & labour --- Business & the environment --- ‘green’ approaches to business
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