Unlock the full potential of Microsoft® Power BI with this definitive guide for business professionals, analysts, and aspiring leaders. Microsoft® Power BI Essentials You Always Wanted to Know by Dr. Sini V. Pillai sheds light on how users can transform complex data concepts into actionable business intelligence skills that drive organizational success.

This comprehensive resource covers everything from fundamental data import techniques using Power Query Editor to advanced analytics with DAX expressions and AI-powered sentiment analysis. Learn to prepare and present data in ways that bring key insights to life, create interactive visualizations, and publish and manage reports and dashboards efficiently.

Key Learning Outcomes: 

• Discover how to import and transform data in Power BI.
• Learn to create accessible visualizations.
• Understand how to leverage advanced analytics.
• Learn to choose the right chart and apply smart filters.

Explore how to build compelling visual narratives with advanced storytelling tools and learn how to influence decision-making at every organizational level. Perfect for business analysts, data professionals, managers, consultants, entrepreneurs, and anyone preparing for leadership roles requiring data-driven decision-making abilities. Each chapter includes practical exercises, real-world case studies, and assessment quizzes to reinforce learning and ensure skill retention.

Part of the Self-Learning Management Series, this book is designed to help you learn essential management lessons. Read it, transform your approach to data analysis, and position yourself as an indispensable business intelligence leader in today's data-driven economy.

• Holistic view of Operational Excellence and Lean
• Practical guidance on Continuous Improvement, PDCA, and creating standards and SOPs
• Strong focus on culture, leadership, and employee motivation
• Integration of quality, KPIs, and tools and strategies

Operational Excellence Essentials You Always Wanted to Know offers a structured, real-world guide to designing processes, empowering people, and aligning day-to-day operations with your organization’s strategic vision.

Drawing from over two decades of hands-on experience, author Mike Hammann presents Operational Excellence (OpEx) as an integrated system that links customer value, culture, leadership, processes, and change management . Readers gain a clear understanding of Lean Management, continuous improvement, PDCA, Kaizen, and standardization, and how these elements combine to create a robust improvement engine.

The book explores cultural transformation, change management, and top-management commitment, showing how to build an environment where employees are trained, engaged, and encouraged to identify and solve problems. Dedicated chapters on quality management, the “magic triangle” of quality–time–cost, and the role of accounting and controlling help leaders connect operational improvements with financial impact.

Hammann also addresses visual management, KPIs, and the integration of technology and innovation into OpEx. Case studies, fun facts, pro tips, and a practical toolbox of methods make this book an ideal reference for entrepreneurs, operations and OpEx leaders, Lean managers, and students preparing for senior management roles.

After reading this book, readers will be able to design and sustain a culture of continuous improvement in any type of organization.

After reading this book, you will be able to answer the following questions:

• What is Operations and Supply Chain Management and why is it important?
• What are the key functions within this field, and how do they interact with one another and the broader business?
• What are the responsibilities and decisions that managers in each functional area think about?
• How will disruptions in the Supply Chain impact the business world and our lives going forward?
• What are the practical applications of the knowledge gained around Supply Chain Operations?

A practical understanding of the dynamic, expanding, and evolving Supply Chains that make our daily lives possible.

Have you ever wondered what your peers meant by “Supply Chain” or “Operations”, or why either of these fields matter?
What about people that work in these roles – what do they actually do?
In Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials, these questions and more will be answered.

This useful guide uses a hypothetical company and the consumer product they make, to explain how the various functions within the Supply Chain intertwine to bring a finished product to life for consumers in the market. You will understand the story of how new demands, changing preferences, and unforeseen circumstances force this fictional company to adapt in order to survive. Through this book, you will understand and appreciate how these activities, including logistics and warehouse management, make everyday products and services available at our disposal - and why this is increasingly important for companies to pay attention to. The simple format and non-technical language of this book will attract even laypersons looking for a quick, comprehensive overview of supply chain management.

• Grasp the intricacies of dynamic workplaces within a global context.
• Evaluate personal performance drivers such as motivation, decision-making, and problem-solving
• Cultivate essential group work skills like teamwork and effective communication
• Recognize that change is inevitable and polish your management skills
• Develop leadership capabilities to drive innovation

Improve your leadership and management skills by applying the core concepts of organizational behavior.

Navigating through the complexities of group dynamics in an organization can be daunting with challenges such as miscommunication and lack of cooperation often hindering individual performance. However, tackling and mastering these dynamics can lead to better outcomes. Organizational Behavior Essentials You Always Wanted to Know (2nd Edition) serves as a compass for creating successful, inclusive work communities that value diverse perspectives, experiences, and cultures, benefiting both individuals and organizations.

What's new – This edition, authored by Vic Clesceri, a specialist in organizational development and talent management, emphasizes the significance of change management in any organization. The book also provides a broad overview of different assessment methods, allowing organizations and individuals to better understand their personnel and set goals that would highlight their finest skills.

Additionally, this book includes chapter quizzes and keywords to reinforce concepts necessary for achieving high performance in the sphere of work.

Part of the Vibrant Publishers' Self-Learning Management Series, this book equips managers, business leaders, HR specialists, and students with a foundational understanding of essential concepts required for organizational development.