Production, Operations & Information Management Books

New and Published Books

1. Eco-Innovation and Sustainability Management

   By Bart Bossink

   Series: Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology

   Sustainability is a phenomenon that must be pursued in a complex system of interrelated elements of business, society, and ecology. It is important to gain an understanding of these elements, the interplay between them, and the behavior of the system. This book explores the...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. Appraising and Exploring Organisations (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Shaun Tyson, K. F. Ackermann, Michel Domsch, Patrick Joynt

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1988, this book offers a comprehensive description of the functions and performance of organisational surveys from a wide range of European experts in the field. The book examines the utility of organisational surveys as a method of research for the social sciences and as a...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Frontiers in Nature-based Tourism

   Lessons from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden

   Edited by Peter Fredman, Liisa Tyrväinen

   Nature has been a key attraction factor for tourism in the Nordic countries for decades. The demand for nature-based tourism has steadily grown and is one of the most rapidly expanding sectors within tourism across Europe and elsewhere. This demand has created opportunities for nature-based tourism...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
4. Strategic Operations Management

   3rd Edition

   By Steve Brown, John Bessant, Richard Lamming

   This revitalized new edition of Strategic Operations Management focuses on the four core themes of operations strategy, a vital topic for any company's objectives: strategy, innovation, services, and supply. Expertly authored by a team of Europe's top scholars in the field, the text is enhanced by...

   Published December 3rd 2012 by Routledge
5. Introductory Regression Analysis

   with Computer Application for Business and Economics

   By Allen Webster

   This text is designed to help students fully understand regression analysis, its components, and its uses. Taking into consideration current statistical technology, it focuses on the use and interpretation of software, while also demonstrating the logic, reasoning, and calculations that lie behind...

   Published December 2nd 2012 by Routledge
6. The Art of Agile Practice

   A Composite Approach for Projects and Organizations

   By Bhuvan Unhelkar

   Series: Advanced & Emerging Communications Technologies

   The Art of Agile Practice: A Composite Approach for Projects and Organizations presents a consistent, integrated, and strategic approach to achieving "Agility" in your business. Transcending beyond Agile as a software development method, it covers the gamut of methods in an organization—including...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Auerbach Publications
7. Evolution and Design of Institutions

   By Christian Schubert, Georg Von Wangenheim

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   This book comprises nine papers approaching designed institutions and their interplay with spontaneous institutions from various angles. While the evolution of spontaneous institutions is quite well understood in economic thinking, the development of consciously designed institutions has been...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
8. Portfolio and Programme Management Demystified

   Managing Multiple Projects Successfully, 2nd Edition

   By Geoff Reiss, Paul Rayner

   You’re now responsible for a programme, or you’ve got a portfolio to manage? Where do you start? Right here! Projects are not simply the bread and butter of an organisation. Form them into programmes or portfolios and they can be prioritised and integrated to deliver change to your organization in...

   Published October 25th 2012 by Routledge
9. Topology of 2x2 Games

   By David Goforth, David Robinson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Game Theory

   Game theory has implications for all the social sciences and beyond. It now provides the theoretical basis for almost all teaching in economics, and 2x2 games provide the very basis of game theory. Here, Goforth and Robinson here have delivered a well-written and knowledgeable, 'periodic table' of...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
10. Patron-Driven Acquisitions

    Current Successes and Future Directions

    Edited by Judith Nixon, Robert Freeman, Suzanne Ward

    For over a decade, some academic libraries have been purchasing, rather than borrowing, recently published books requested by their patrons through interlibrary loan. These books had one circulation guaranteed and so appealed to librarians who were concerned about the large percentage of books...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge