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    Chapter 1: Introduction to Production and Operations Management Chapter 2: Strategic Operations Management Chapter 3: Production Processes, Manufacturing and Service Operations Chapter 4: Design of Production Systems Chapter 5: Manufacturing Technology Chapter 6: Long-Range Capacity Planning Chapter 7: Facility Location Chapter 8: Facility Layout Chapter 9: Design of Work Systems Chapter 10: Production/Operations Planning and Control Chapter 10: Aggregate Planning and Master Production Scheduling Chapter 11: Resource Requirement Planning Chapter 13: Shop Floor Planning and Control Chapter 14: Quality Management Chapter 15: Maintenance Management Chapter 16: Introduction to Materials Management Chapter 17: Inventory Management Chapter 18: JustlnTime Systems Chapter 19: Logistics and Supply Chain Management Index 557564

    But many times they've actually lost their grip on the very basic foundation of leadership. The business environment may change, but no management trend can displace the core laws, proven over centuries, of excellent leadership. Unusually Excellent is an essential resource for leaders that brings these fundamentals together in a new and comprehensive way. This book will help leaders at any level keep their focus on the bedrock principles that will make them extraordinary..Thoroughly practical, day-to-day primer for achieving and maintaining their highest level of leadership, for today and for a lifetime The author's Harvard Business Review articles are among the most highly read in the magazine's history Written for all leaders who need to develop and renew their leadership skills Using a sports analogy, the author breaks the work of leaders into three parts: pregame: a matter of character; game day: a matter of competence; and postgame: a matter of consequence.

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