Mass Customization examines the business opportunities, considerations, and challenges manufacturers in various industries must weigh before committing to the significant investment in machinery and software needed to go to mass customization. For manufacturers who decide that it’s time to take the plunge, the author describes the proven methods and latest technologies for making mass customization work seamlessly and profitably on the factory floor.Mass customization—the ...

**NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERBlue Ocean Shift is the essential follow up to Blue Ocean Strategy, the classic and over 4 million copy global bestseller by world-renowned professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne."Groundbreaking." ―Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human**Drawing on more than a decade of new work, Kim and Mauborgne show y...

The effective business, Peter Drucker observes, focuses on opportunities rather than problems. How this focus is achieved in order to make the organization prosper and grow is the subject of this companion to his classic work, The Practice of Management. Managing for Results shows what the executive decision maker must do to move his enterprise forward. Drucker again employs his particular genius for breaking through conventional outlooks and opening up new perspectives for profits and gro...

Three complete Drucker management books in one volume — Managing for Results, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and The Effective Executive with a new preface by the author.In his preface, Peter F. Drucker says: "These three books should enable executives — whether high up in the organization or just beginning their career— to know the right things to do;— to know how to do them; and— to do them effectively.Together, these three books provide The Toolkit for Exe...

Proven methods for diagnosing problems, improving processes, and increasing profitsIn Strategic Lean Mapping, continuous improvement expert Steven Borris reveals how to visually document your organization's processes and identify problematic issues. Find out how to blend and then apply select techniques from Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, RCM (Reliability-Centered Maintenance), TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency), and other ...

Building and maintaining a strong and effective teamIf two heads are better than one, how about a team of heads? An effective team can be more innovative than an individual. But how do you get there? Building and managing a strong, productive team is difficult and the Mining Group Gold gives you the proven tools, techniques and processes that you must use and practice al all levels of your organization to build and maintain a strong collaborative team.Based...

Lean Agile Marketing explains how to apply agile methodologies to marketing. The book contains a realistic and actionable guide to starting agile in marketing, including practical examples and more detailed case studies of different types of agile marketing teams which illustrate the application of agile within marketing teams from start to finish. You will learn how to apply lean and agile principles to marketing planning and execution on a very practical level, including how to: 1. Reduc...

The mission of healthcare organizations has undergone a remarkable transformation from curing disease to caring for the well-being of populations. While health care policy has explored this domain before, notably in Health Maintenance Organizations, the current efforts to create Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) represent a broader effort to move organizational responsibilities towards population health and care management. Volume 16 of AHCM p...

This book presents the findings of the study, and offers analysis of both its methodological and policy-related implications. On the methodology side, it assesses and validates the valuation workshop approach; appraises the effect of distance on willingness to pay and the influence of the respondents’ ability to pay. From a policy perspective, the book examines the attitudes and preference of respondents on trade-offs between economic growth and ecological use.

Significant variations in the quality of health care management practices are present both within and across local, regional, and international health systems. With increasing globalization of health services, both quality and efficiency of care can benefit from shared learning on a regional and global basis. Although systems and quality of health care delivery differ across the world, empirical research has found that people involved in health care, whether in the role of patients or heal...

WALL STREET JOURNAL AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERIs your team thriving in a world of relentless and rapid change?From the New York Times bestselling author of SmartTribes and Rules for Renegades comes a potent set of neuroscience-based tools to empower your team in uncertain times.Whether it’s diminished sales, increased competition, or corporate restructuring, change is a natural part of doin...

Healthcare is changing and you need to know how—and what to do about it.Getting good medical care shouldn’t be so confusing—or so costly. Healthcare, Insurance, and You simplifies the many confusing details about our healthcare system so you can make informed decisions. Result? Better health at lower cost.With the advent of healthcare reform, things are changing—especially when it comes to insurance. Most people will now have to buy insurance. Do you know where to ...