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Business can be complex, but we insist on making things complicated.The concept behind deComplify is to simplify: Overcome the human fascination with complicating nearly everything in business in the pursuit of making a great company. Great companies are places people want to work, buy from, and invest in.Align people and processes to simplify and focus on the right things and you will build a great organization that delivers for your customers, associates, and investors. It's simple, but simple doesn't mean easy!Gary S. Michel shares rich lessons, insights, and tools to deComplify business. Gary introduces the concept of process debt and illustrates how reactive shortcuts create long-term complexity. Doing the right thing is the only path to lasting success.Investing in associate development and alignment, strategic partnerships, and customer relationships are fundamental business drivers that deliver breakthrough performance and sustainable results. deComplify provides a practical roadmap from strategy to execution you can apply to simplify your business and create a culture of success.This brief but compelling read is a refreshing take on the fundamentals, emphasizing what can be done to create a better business. It empowers leaders to take concrete steps toward building a great company. Beyond the tools and practical tips, readers will take away a renewed sense of purpose and vision, for their organization and themselves, which will define the difference they can make.Gary is the former chair and CEO of JELD-WEN, Inc., and has nearly 40 years of strategy, business transformation, operations, and lean manufacturing experience leading iconic businesses and brands like Ingersoll Rand, Club Car, Trane, and Honeywell. Pulling from his leadership successes, Gary streamlines and distills valuable information into actionable insights.deComplify is a thought-provoking and action-inciting book that will inspire readers to simplify their approach to business and aspire to greatness for their careers and organizations.

Digital transformation is happening across all industries worldwide, including in Singapore. This book seeks to provide insights on how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can embark on their own journeys of digital transformation, while at the same time remaining agile in responding to industry and consumer needs. It will outline how firms can foster a culture of business transformation to improve efficiency and productivity; elaborate on how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation process, and how it has provided new opportunities; present a roadmap on how SMEs can navigate through the artificial and data analytics revolution; and provide recommendations on how SMEs can partner with institutes of higher learning. It concludes by elaborating on the skillsets and capabilities needed to drive digitalisation.

The primary purpose of this handbook is to clearly describe the current state of theories of systems sciences and to support their use and practice. There are many ways in which systems sciences can be described. This handbook takes a multifaceted view of systems sciences and describes them in terms of a relatively large number of dimensions, from natural and engineering science to social science and systems management perspectives. It is not the authors'intent, however, to produce a catalog of systems science concepts, methodologies, tools, or products. Instead, the focus is on the structural network of a variety of topics. Special emphasis is given to a cyclic–interrelated view; for example, when a theory of systems sciences is described, there is also discussion of how and why the theory is relevant to modeling or practice in reality. Such an interrelationship between theory and practice is also illustrated when an applied research field in systems sciences is explained. The chapters in the handbook present definitive discussions of systems sciences from a wide array of perspectives. The needs of practitioners in industry and government as well as students aspiring to careers in systems sciences provide the motivation for the majority of the chapters. The handbook begins with a comprehensive introduction to the coverage that follows. It provides not only an introduction to systems sciences but also a brief overview and integration of the succeeding chapters in terms of a knowledge map. The introduction is intended to be used as a field guide that indicates why, when, and how to use the materials or topics contained in the handbook.

Una edición reciente de un verdadero clásico sobre la administración de empresas, que cubre lo elemental que los gerentes necesitan para obtener el éxito. Este libro incluye temas tales como contratar y despedir, liderazgo, motivación y cómo manejar el tiempo y el estrés. Este libro ha sido actualizado y ampliado para satisfacer las nuevas necesidades en el lugar del trabajo. «Agradablemente sincero... Belker extrajo sus 30 años de experiencia como ejecutivo y los plasmó en un libro sencillo de leer y lleno de sabiduría. Vale la pena no tan solo para el gerente reciente, sino paracualquier gerente con experiencia». -The Miami Herald

Includes index.