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Workforce Analytics for the Services Economy

verfasst von : Aleksandra Mojsilović, Daniel Connors

Erschienen in: Handbook of Service Science

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Abstract

Central to the notion of services operation are concepts of labor and people – the deployment of knowledge, skills, and competences that one person or organization has for the benefit of another. In the new economics of services, the ability to manage skills and resources more effectively and efficiently is becoming the critical driver of success for any organization.

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Metadaten
Titel
Workforce Analytics for the Services Economy
verfasst von
Aleksandra Mojsilović
Daniel Connors
Copyright-Jahr
2010
Verlag
Springer US
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1628-0_19

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