Combating Migraine Headaches: A New Management Approach to Severe Headaches

This book emphasizes the concepts of strategic innovation and entrepreneurship, which are quite prevalent in today's organizations. Going beyond traditional approach that follows strategic analysis, choice and implementation framework, and traditional theories based on industrial organization paradigm and resource-based view, the book considers current business environment, which is volatile, uncertain, complex, chaotic, conflicting, and ambiguous (VUCA). It takes the strategic flexibility view to cope with these strategic challenges.

This book explains a new, combined approach to optimizing processes in manufacturing companies. Building on well-known philosophies such as Lean Management, Six Sigma and Agile Methods/SCRUM as well as their methods and tools, it introduces the LEO-3D philosophy developed by the author and its versatile possibilities. LEO-3D combines the strengths of different philosophies and thus leads to optimal results.

This book draws on recent debate surrounding the emergence of cognitive intelligence in organizations, exploring the redefinition of the labor market and consequently, employment. With a particular focus on Human Resource Management (HRM), the authors analyse the socio-cultural transformation of traditional practices and methodologies that are ocurring in the workforce. Digital HR presents detailed case studies and interviews with HR managers of large multinational companies, providing comprehensive empirical evidence for academics and students interested in the development of HRM in today’s digital landscape. The book will also be valuable to practitioners and managers looking to adapt the role of HR in their own companies or organizations.