This book presents recent advancements of research, new methods and techniques, applications and projects in decision making and decision support systems. It explores expert systems and neural networks, knowledge engineering and management, fuzzy sets and systems and computational methods for...

Vorwort -- 1. Grundlagen betriebswirtschaftlicher Prozesse -- 2. Planung von Unternehmensprozessen -- 3. Ablauforientiertes Prozessmanagement -- 4. Analytische Verfahren -- 5. Wissensbasierte Verfahren -- Literaturverzeichnis.

5th Werner Kern Award for Productivity Research 2005 Kanban control systems bear a great potential to significantly improve operations. A company may reap the full benefits of kanban control only after determining an optimal or near-optimal system configuration. To do that, methods are needed to...

This book presents in its first part the financial determinants of innovation processes considered in a macro-economic perspective, which are limited by short-term constraints, and studies in its second part the linkages existing between the necessity to innovate in order to survive and the...

Dieses Open-Access-Buch erläutert ein Handlungsmodell zur Gestaltung sozialer Versorgung. Das Modell beinhaltet 16 Gestaltungsaufgaben, die sich an den wesentlichen Planungs- und Steuerungsaufgaben sozialer Versorgung und den vier Phasen eines Managementkreislaufes (Analyse,...

Den Planungsprozess optimieren -- Bosch geht neue Wege in der Wirtschaftsplanung -- Budgetary Slack: Auf den Fokus kommt es an -- Budgetierung im Wandel -- Unsicherheiten effizient managen -- Wenn Budgetierung mehr als nur Mittel zur Planung ist -- Idee, Nutzen und Anwendung der Campus-Planung...

This book provides comprehensive guidance on leveraging SAP IBP technology to connect strategic, tactical and operational planning into one coherent process framework, presenting experience shared by practitioners in workshops, customer presentations, business, and IT transformation projects. It...

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the essential issues in effective entrepreneurial management. It first introduces readers to the fundamentals of entrepreneurial management, the nature of entrepreneurial managers and business planning, before exploring the specific topics of...

This textbook gives a clear and comprehensive overview of the process of strategic marketing planning. The authors provide a systematic framework that helps to structure the vast and complex marketing knowledge, thus making it more accessible and easier to use for strategic marketing planning....