|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
There are some fierce new
competitors on the block, ready to engage your company, and you
personally, in extreme competition. In this riveting new book, Peter
Fingar and his colleagues from around the globe sound a penetrating
wake-up call to governments, companies, organizations, and individuals
alike. Bringing great urgency to the book’s pages, Fingar makes it
crystal clear that we are not on the brink of a great transition --
we've already crossed the threshold to a new economic world order. This
thought-provoking book is the definitive guide to winning in the new age
of global competition. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
According to Jim
Sinur, Vice President of Gartner, ''To say that we are living in
interesting times is an understatement, and Peter has captured the
essence of how business will work going forward. Dot.Cloud is both
visionary and realistic in that each of the pieces of the vision have
working examples today, but not woven together like in this writing." Gregory Simpson, Chief Technology Officer of GE, remarked, ''Dot.Cloud isn't just about the Cloud; it's really about embracing change in the workplace. Peter's unique ability to pull all of these concepts together in an understandable fashion make this a business book for the future, and the future is now!'' [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
No one needs to know
more about the business implications of Cloud Computing than C-level
executives responsible for the future of their organizations, for the
wow isn't just about technology, it s about the promise of on-demand
business innovation. But even more than understanding this new wave,
they need to act, and act now. Written by industry veterans with a
combined leadership experience of over 100 years at the intersection of
business and technology, Enterprise Cloud Computing provides strategic
insights, describes the breakout business models and offers the planning
and implementation guidance business and technology leaders need to
chart their course ahead. [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
Visualizing a
business through architectural disciplines is not entirely new. Creating
a business-friendly framework that allows business professionals to
visualize and transform organizations, however, is a groundbreaking
achievement! Business architecture is a blueprint of the enterprise that
provides a common understanding of the organization and is used to align
strategic objectives and tactical demands. Whether you are actively
engaged in business architecture or just getting started, this book will
allow you to take your efforts to the next level. Either way, the 21st
century enterprise is about to take a new turn and this book leads the
way. [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
The facilitation of
knowledge work or what is increasingly known as "Case Management"
represents the next imperative in office automation. The desire to fully
support knowledge workers within the workplace is not new. What's new is
that recent advances in Information Technology now make the management
of unpredictable circumstances a practical reality. There's now a groundswell of interest in a more flexible, dynamic approach to supporting knowledge work. I think a sea change is coming in the process world. --Connie Moore, Research Vice President, Forrester [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
The Chinese phrase
for crisis consists of two words danger and opportunity. The current
economic crisis marks the end of an era, and the start of a new one.
During the current crisis we finally say goodbye to the 20th century and
transit into the new, post-industrial economy with new economic pillars
and the mixture with digital collaboration powered by ''cloud
computing,'' the next generation Internet. This transition period offers
tremendous opportunities for you! [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
This book is a guide
to building information systems at the edge of chaos, that sweet
spot for productive change, where front line workers have the capability
to pursue their own solutions with minimal central control. The advent
of "cloud computing" presents an unprecedented opportunity for
organizations to revolutionize the way in which they build information
systems, and in so doing, transform their business. This book focuses on
the role of information systems, how they are built and how they are
used to advance the well-being of an organization. [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
Houston, we've got a
problem. Business process management is clearly recognized as the key to
competitive advantage, especially during economic downturns. But the
needed tools and techniques for process modeling and design have been
arcane. Even worse, business people have been largely sidelined in
process improvement initiatives due to the technical obscurity of the
endeavors. This book uses a fast-paced novel format that is based on a
real company that the authors guided through the process modeling
process. In short, this book is about process thinking, and process
modeling as the path to business innovation. [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
BPM big wins have
been limited to a small cadre of process masters... but not anymore. Now
everyone is just 7 steps away from process mastery.This book draws out
the 7 steps that can help you master your processes. This book is your
insiders' guide to making BPM work for you. Whether you're seeking the insights to consistently achieve goals with BPM, looking to move yourself from moderate success to big wins, or wanting to keep hitting those process home runs, this book is for you. [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
After coauthoring
two definitive books on the practical implementation of business process
management, John Jeston is back. This time he provides insights
specifically for business managers and senior executives. Making your
business processes more efficient and effective does not mean your
organization will be managed any better, as process performance
advantages will dissipate over time. More is required. This book
explores this more and shows how adopting a process focus can
bring about a new way of managing that can help you meet the challenges
of unexpected change. This book is about developing your organization's
roadmap for the future - starting now! [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
To succeed in
today's dynamic, technology-enabled environment, you must be able to
function in and through teams. Bioteams offers a vision of what
successful teaming experiences look like in the interconnected world of
the 21st century. Arguing that nature offers the best inspiration for
creating effective teams, Bioteams offers solutions to the "command and
control" shortcomings of the traditional organizational teams approach.
Thompson describes key bioteaming implementation techniques based on
tested, real-life applications, from Fortune 500 companies, to sports
teams, to wikis. Bioteams is the innovative solution to your
organizational challenges. But don't just read it--use it! [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
This book is for two
audiences: huge multinational corporations (Big Fish) and small
innovative companies (small fish). Sounds paradoxical? Not really. When
you consider that innovation is the key to success in the 21st century,
and that huge corporations like P&G and IBM are going to the ends of the
earth seeking innovation, the picture comes into focus. Interestingly,
in many sectors, small companies are also responsible for driving
innovation and competition. The Virtual Enterprise Network creates a
symbiosis, a living, mutually beneficial relationship among dissimilar
organisms, where the participants, big and small, can thrive together in
the 21st century world of extreme competition. [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
 |
This book is the complete guide for
executives that want to win in the brave new world of total global
competition. The relentless pursuit of efficiency no longer yields the
profits it once did because it requires a level of business
predictability that no longer exists. In our high change, global economy
responsiveness now trumps efficiency. The agile enterprise is an
organization that uses responsiveness to make profits from a hundred
small adjustments every day and from occasional big wins as
opportunities arise. Soon, those companies that cannot make money from a
hundred small adjustments and some occasional big wins will hardly be
profitable at all. [Description] Click on book cover to learn more. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
Thomas Friedman's runaway bestseller, The World is Flat, is dangerous. By what it leaves out, it does nothing more than misinform the American people and our leaders. Aronica and Ramdoo show that the world isn't flat; it's tilted in favor of unfettered global corporations that exploit cheap labor in China, India and beyond. This concise monograph brings clarity to many of Friedman's misconceptions, and explores nine key issues that Friedman largely ignores, including the hollowing out of America's debt-ridden middle class. Refreshingly, you can now gain new insights into globalization without weeding through Friedman's almost 600 pages of ill-informed, grandiloquent prose and bafflegab. (Available in Simplified Chinese).[Read more...] |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
Not since Eliyahu Goldratt's 1984 breakaway book, The Goal (2 million in print), has such an intriguing business message been presented at the intersection of business and entertainment. Garimella separates the hype from the reality, arguing for the new mindset and corporate culture necessary to sustain a true process-oriented organization. Process management can enable innovation, address compliance, increase controllership, manage risk, improve customer-centricity, and ensure agility. He turns the inevitable alphabet soup of terms into a gourmet's delight with true business substance. Required reading for anyone wanting to succeed in the brave new world of total global competition. [Read more...] |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
What do your customers
really want? "More for less," of course! They want more value, more
service, more consistent delivery, more accuracy, and ever more
responsiveness. And, they want to pay "less" for this "more," along with
less hassle, less bureaucracy, and less sales pressure. There's no magic
to providing more for less, but it requires a management mindset that's
different from the norm --and that's precisely what this book is about.
With clarity and insight, Spanyi has penned the definitive guide for
business leaders who are determined to deliver more for less. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
This landmark book heralds a breakthrough that redefines competitive advantage for the next fifty years. Don't bridge the business-IT divide: Obliterate it! The book is the first authoritative analysis of how third-wave business process management (BPM) changes everything in business and what it portends. While the vision of process management is not new, existing theories and systems have not been able to cope with the reality of business processes--until now.
This book describes a radical, simplifying shift in process thinking and
technology that utterly transforms today's information systems and
reduces the lag between management intent and execution. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
This is a book
about new sources of competitive advantage. It’s about time-based competition, and flawless execution of business strategy.
In lieu of growth
markets, and faced with growing uncertainty and global
competition, companies must change,
or their competitors who reinvent the way they work will run
circles around them. Why is it that, given two companies with
approximately the same assets and number of skilled
employees, they achieve completely different results? One
struggles; the other grows profits. From where do those profits
come? It’s about how work gets done, how companies do what they
do. Though that may, at first glance, sound a little boring, Operational
Transformation is the next frontier of business
advantage. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
We are now witnessing a grand globalization of
white collar work, outsourcing, offshoring and other new forms of
extreme competition. Industry and national boundaries have become a
blur. All is changed, and no industry is exempt. Pioneering companies
have already disrupted incumbents and come from nowhere to dominate
their industries. Their secret sauce? Business process management (BPM).
This book brings together some of the best minds to explore the role and
value of BPM, and what it portends. In its pages you will find the
essential discussions and insights, straight from the thought leaders.
In Search of BPM Excellence is for those who want to sustain the
success of their businesses in the midst of the current sea of change.
Is your company ready for extreme competition? |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
British
Computer Society Fellow, Martyn Ould, has written the groundbreaking
book about a pioneering BPM approach and method. It provides a rigorous way of understanding the mass of concurrent, collaborative activity that goes on within an
organization, giving you a solid basis for developing IT systems that actually support your business processes.
It is about modeling organizational behavior in a way that is revealing and communicative, showing exactly what processes there are and how they interact. The architecture is derived from an understanding of what business the organization is in, rather than its current structure or culture. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
Despite advances in
business automation over the past fifty years, the heart and soul of
every organization is still its people—without whom the organization
will stop dead in its tracks. Yet there is presently no complete way to
manage the complex, continually changing work processes carried out by
humans—and current work support technologies treat people as if they
were cogs in a machine. Frankly, we need to do better. This landmark
book combines insights drawn from biology, psychology, social systems theory, and
learning theory with a deep understanding of business process analysis
to form a complete theory of human work. ... |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
You’ve no doubt seen or heard talk of "IT Doesn’t Matter" in the May 2003 issue of Harvard Business Review. It’s one of those rare pieces of Harvard-speak that will be heard around the
world. As Information Week reported, "Carr’s unshakable belief [that IT is now a commodity] leads him to a conclusion that’s no doubt provocative, but also profoundly short sighted and dangerous."
Has IT has reached the Winter of its life? Or is it Springtime, the season of growth for forward-thinking companies like GE, Dell, Wal-Mart and others determined to dominate their industries in the decade ahead? Read Smith & Fingar's critical analysis, and you decide.
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
The world's leading
companies now look outward to emphasize a deep understanding of their
customers, and what it takes to make their customers successful.
These leading companies are intent on achieving Successful Customer
Outcomes, everywhere, all the time. Thrive! discloses how you can learn
and deploy these new ideas --immediately. This concise monograph is
about realigning your organization for dramatic and immediate results in
order to maintain your competitive edge in the new world of total global
competition. Towers and McGregor show how you can hone your priorities
and strategies by shifting from the old way, with its bear traps and
cul-de-sacs, to the new mindset needed in the Age of the Customer. You
will never think about business in the same way again.
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
Seemingly simple ideas are often the most powerful,
and the hardest to uncover. In the 20th century, it was Peter Drucker's
Management by Objectives. In the 21st century, it's Management by
Expectation. Schurter reveals the simple, yet powerful, idea of
defining your business, not in terms of the goods and services you
provide, but in terms of "customer expectations." Providing clear
and actionable guidelines, along with examples from FedEx, Virgin
Mobile, Best Buy and a budget airline, he explains what companies can do
to increase the customer pipeline, convert higher percentages of that
pipeline to profitability, and extend the duration of the customer
relationship where profitability is at its peak. |
|||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
