This handbook is designed to help you and every person in your organization to improve daily the procedures, systems, quality, cost and yields related to your job. This continuous improvement process is the focus of this book, sharing the philosophy and tools that are fundamenta…
Explores the work practices of experienced photocopier maintenance technicians working for the Xerox Corporation. Examines the triangular relationship between the technician, the customer and the machine. Highlights the narrative process used by technicians in the diagnosis of m…
"A behind-the-scenes look at the firm behind WordPress.com and the unique work culture that contributes to its phenomenal success50 million websites, or twenty percent of the entire web, use WordPress software. The force behind WordPress.com is a convention-defying company calle…
"While providing a complete overview of remote work's challenges, [the authors] ... argue that, often, the advantages of working 'off-site' far outweigh the drawbacks"--Dust jacket flap.
4e de couv.: The financial industry's invention of complex products such as credit default swaps and other derivatives has been widely blamed for triggering the global financial crisis of 2008. Codes of Finance takes readers behind the scenes of the equity derivatives business a…
With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, 'Rework' is the perfect playbook for anyone who's ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs who want to get out, and artists who don't want to starve anymor…
With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, 'Rework' is the perfect playbook for anyone who's ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs who want to get out, and artists who don't want to starve anymor…
"In this book, Pozen reveals the secrets to workplace productivity and high performance. His book is for anyone feeling overwhelmed by an existing workload - facing myriad competing demands and multiple time-sensitive projects. Offering antidotes to a calendar full of boring mee…
A reader for a sociology course, reprinting 23 articles from professional journals. They cover work as social interaction, socialization and identity, experiencing work, work cultures and social structure, and deviance at work.
A thesis which argues that societies created by Fordism have been falling apart and have given way to non-societal behaviour in which the dominant stratum has grabbed most of the surplus wealth. The author suggests a programme to remedy the problem.
A practical guide to getting organized, beating procrastination, and working more efficiently, the Fourth Edition of The Personal Efficiency Program continues the book's long tradition of helping overwhelmed professionals get their work lives organized to become more effective a…
As a manager, you aren't truly successful unless your employees are as well. Helping them establish compelling, actionable performance goals is the first and most important step, and 2600 phrases for setting effective performance goals is there to lend a hand.
