Los mitos de Silvia / The myths of Silvia

Freight Transport and the Modern Economy adapts a well-known textbook by Michel Savy, revising, extending and updating it for British, European and international readers. It deals not only with the technical aspects of transport, logistics and supply chain management, but also the interactions between transport professionals and the public authorities in the modern social, political, economic and environmental context. The transport of freight is presented as a system, mixing empirics and theory, showing how transport itself functions and also its strong influence on the modern economy, with...

A través de una investigación realizada en varios países, culturas e industrias distintas, Liz Wiseman y Greg McKeown identificaron cinco comportamientos que distinguen a los líderes que logran desarrollar la inteligencia y el potencial de las personas, multiplicándolos dentro de sus organizaciones para maximizar el uso de los recursos existentes. Todos hemos conocido a dos tipos de líderes completamente distintos. Los del primer tipo drenan la inteligencia, la energía y las capacidades de quienes los rodean, y necesitan ser siempre los más inteligentes: se trata de líderes...

Paradigmatic shifts in the business landscape, known as inflection points, can either create new, entrepreneurial opportunities or they can lead to devastating consequences. Only those leaders who can "see around corners" are poised to succeed in this market. This innovative guide will teach you how to see inflection points before they happen.

Savall's insights into the complexity of organizational life were groundbreaking, articulating the need to examine both economic and social factors as part of the same analysis, assessing technical and behavioral patterns through the lens of an integrated framework. As he has argued, there is a double-loop interaction between "the quality of functioning and economic performance," and underestimating this socio-economic "tension" leads inevitably to reduced performance and losses, which he refers to as "hidden costs." This approach, referred to as the socio-economic approach to management...