As human capital is the source of innovation, one of the policy principles of the OECD Innovation Strategy is to "foster innovative workplaces". Education and training systems must rise to the challenge of providing people with the means to learn and re-train throughout their life. Companies and...

Dieses Buch beschreibt, wie Unternehmen durch kontinuierliche Verbesserungen (Kaizen) und Lean Management einen nachhaltigen Wettbewerbsvorteil erzielen können. Prozesse und Aktivitäten werden auf Kundenzufriedenheit fokussiert, sodass nur noch kundenrelevante und wertschöpfende Tätigkeiten...

Preface:Two life-changing moments --Learn the insider's secret --Understand workplace culture --Prepare for change --Diagnose the current culture --Reframe the roles --Take charge of the journey --Engage the entire organization --Align processes, policies, and procedures --Gather change momentum...

"Innovative firms outperform, in both employment and sales, firms that fail to innovate [1]. We know that those organizations that are consistently successful at managing innovation outperform their peers in terms of growth, financial performance, and employment and that the broader social...