Management Science Foundations and Innovations

This book presents the skills required in business and management careers. The management tools provided within this text can be very useful for beginners in the study of management area, as well as to those pursuing a managerial career in different types

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Carolina Machado J. Paulo Davim Editors

Management Science Foundations and Innovations

Management and Industrial Engineering Series editor J. Paulo Davim, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11690

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Management Science Foundations and Innovations

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Editors Carolina Machado Department of Management, School of Economics and Management University of Minho, Campus Gualtar Braga, Portugal

J. Paulo Davim Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Aveiro, Campus Santiago Aveiro, Portugal

ISSN 2365-0532 ISSN 2365-0540 (electronic) Management and Industrial Engineering ISBN 978-3-030-13228-6 ISBN 978-3-030-13229-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13229-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019931511 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Preface

In the current days, and more and more in the future, all professionals look to develop their abilities and competencies in order to more effectively answer to the growing demands of today’s competitive work market. How to manage competitive and successful organizations is a key question that nowadays professionals need to deal in their daily organizational activities. Conscious of this reality, it becomes quite normal that almost all professionals, from the different activity sectors, look to course in the management and business field which is seen as an opportunity for their need to obtain the necessary and critical knowledge and know-how to develop their organizations’ management. Based on these concerns, this book, entitled Managemen