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151 Quick Ideas for Delegating and Decision Making
Author Stephanie McFarland , Robert E. Dittmer
Research and experience demonstrate two areas with which many new managers are completely unfamiliar: delegating tasks and work, and making decisions. Some struggle with this for years.But it doesn’t have to be hard. 151 Quick Ideas for Delegating and Decision Makin....
Release Date 2007/10 -
The Virtual Project Management Office
Author Wanda Curlee , Robert L. Gordon
Successfully Launch and Operate a Virtual Project Management OfficeNew technology and global businesses and organizations are making virtual project management offices (VPMOs) more important and more prevalent than ever. Successfully operating a VPMO requires ....
Release Date 2011/06 -
Social Media and Civic Engagement
Author John M. Carroll , Scott P. Robertson
Social media platforms are the latest manifestation in a series of sociotechnical innovations designed to enhance civic engagement, political participation, and global activism. While many researchers started out as optimists about the promise of social media for b....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Author Ewerton Waki , Jaqueline Mourao , Paul Robert Hering , Wilson de Figueiredo , Jose G
This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you to become familiar with the technical changes that were introduced into the Operations areas with IBM z/OS® V2R2. This book includes the following chapters:- Chapter 1, “SMFLIMxx parmlib member” on page 1 describes how to s....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Incentive-Centric Semantic Web Application Engineering
Author Martin Stein , Roberta Cuel , Elena Simperl
Recent years have seen a dramatic growth of natural language text data, including web pages, news articles, scientific literature, emails, enterprise documents, and social media such as blog articles, forum posts, product reviews, and tweets. This has led to an incr....
Release Date 2013/01 -
About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
Author David Cronin , Robert Reimann , Alan Cooper
This completely updated volume presents the effective and practical tools you need to design great desktop applications, Web 2.0 sites, and mobile devices. You’ll learn the principles of good product behavior and gain an understanding of Cooper’s Goal-Directed Desig....
Release Date 2007/05 -
Human Memory Modeled with Standard Analog and Digital Circuits: Inspiration for Man-made Computers
Author John Robert Burger
Gain a new perspective on how the brain works and inspires new avenues for design in computer science and engineeringThis unique book is the first of its kind to introduce human memory and basic cognition in terms of physical circuits, beginning with the possibiliti....
Release Date 2009/07 -
The Nordstrom Way to Customer Experience Excellence, 3rd Edition
Author breAnne O. Reeves , Robert Spector
The fully revised and updated edition of the classic book about Nordstrom's extraordinary customer serviceIn this new edition of the management classic, the authors explore in-depth the core values of the culture that have made Nordstrom synonymous with legendary ....
Release Date 2017/09 -
The Adventures of an IT Leader, Updated Edition with a New Preface by the Authors
Author Richard L. Nolan , Shannon O'Donnell , Robert D. Austin
What does it take to lead and manage your company’s tech?Becoming an effective IT leader and manager presents a host of challengesfrom anticipating emerging technologies, to managing relationships with senior executives, vendors, and employees, to communicating wi....
Release Date 2016/07 -
HBR Women at Work Series Collection (3 Books)
Author Harvard Business Review , Amy C. Edmondson , Dorie Clark , Laura Morgan Roberts , Am
Inspiring conversations, advancing together.Women often face unique challenges in the workplace, from navigating the wage gap and facing unfair biases to coping with interrupting colleagues and worrying about imposter syndrome. How can you rise above it all and forge a clear path to success? The HBR....
Release Date 2022/05 -
Author Michael A. Roberto
This Element is an excerpt from Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus (9780131454392) by Michael A. Roberto. Available in print and digital formats.Why “take-charge” leadership requires surprising restraint: how to lead....
Release Date 2010/08 -
An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms, Second Edition
Author Philippe Flajolet , Robert Sedgewick
Despite growing interest, basic information on methods and models for mathematically analyzing algorithms has rarely been directly accessible to practitioners, researchers, or students. An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms, Second Edition, organizes and pre....
Release Date 2013/01 -
Software Security Engineering: A Guide for Project Managers
Author Nancy R. Mead , Gary McGraw , Robert J. Ellison , Sean Barnum , Julia H. Allen
“This book’s broad overview can help an organization choose a set of processes, policies, and techniques that are appropriate for its security maturity, risk tolerance, and development style. This book will help you understand how to incorporate practical security t....
Release Date 2008/05 -
Author William A. Adams , Robert J. Anderson
Is your leadership a competitive advantage, or is it costing you? How do you know? Are you developing your leadership effectiveness at the pace of change?For most leaders today, complexity is outpacing their personal and collective development. Most leaders are in ....
Release Date 2015/11 -
Microcontrollers, Second Edition
Author J. W. Bruce , Robert Reese , Bryan A. Jones
This completely updated second edition of MICROCONTROLLERS: FROM ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE TO C USING THE PIC24 FAMILY covers assembly language, C programming, and hardware interfacing for the Microchip PIC24 family, a recently updated microcontroller family from Microchip.....
Release Date 2014/08 -
Leadership in Action: An Evolutionary View: What Followers Want from Their Leaders
Author Robert Hogan , Robert B. Kaiser , David Winsborough
A look into the very distant past of human existence shows that some conditions are more conducive to leadership than others and that followers naturally prefer specific forms of leadership and resist other forms. By understanding and acting on the three fundamental....
Release Date 2009/08 -
Dialogic Organization Development
Author Gervase R. Bushe , Robert J. Marshak , Edgar H. Schein
A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created th....
Release Date 2015/05 -
SOA Policy, Service Gateway, and SLA Management
Author Peter Xu , Stephen Willough , David Shute , Robert Laird , Jayanthi Krishnamurthy , J
This IBM® Redbooks® publication teaches you how to automate your runtime policy by using a centralized policy management system. The SOA Policy Solution provides a centralized policy administration, enforcement, and monitoring for runtime policies that enable traffi....
Release Date 2013/04 -
OCA Java SE 7 Programmer I Study Guide (Exam 1Z0-803)
Author Liguori Robert , Finegan Edward
A Proven Study System for Oracle Certified Associate Exam 1Z0-803 - Prepare for the Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 7 Programmer I exam with help from this exclusive Oracle Press guide. In each chapter, you'll find challenging exercises, practice questions, a t....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Final Cut Pro 2 for FireWire DV Editing
Author Charles Roberts
Final Cut Pro 2 for FireWire DV Editing...the how and why of independent digital video editing. This guide is a comprehensive introduction to Apple Computer's Final Cut Pro editing system, and the digital video format in general. It provides relevant information ab....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Improving Healthcare Management at the Top
Author Milan Frankl , Sharon Roberts
In this book the authors explore the influence of gender on organizational performance in the health care sector. They argue that gender diversity of boards improves health care organizational performance when compared to homogeneous boards. The theoretical framewo....
Release Date 2015/11 -
C# and the .NET Framework: The C++ Perspective
Author Richard Weeks , Robert Powell
This book covers topics ranging from the general principles of .NET through the C# language and how its used in ASP.NET and Windows Forms. Written by programmers for programmers, the content of the book is intended to get readers over the hump of the .NET learning c....
Release Date 2001/09 -
Author Michael A. Roberto
This Element is an excerpt from Know What You Don't Know: How Great Leaders Prevent Problems Before They Happen (ISBN: 9780131568150) by Michael A. Roberto. Available in print and digital formats.You can’t solve a problem you don’t know exists! Learn how leaders ca....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Managing Technical Debt: Reducing Friction in Software Development
Author Ipek Ozkaya , Robert Nord , Philippe Kruchten
“This is an incredibly wise and useful book. The authors have considerable real-world experience in delivering quality systems that matter, and their expertise shines through in these pages. Here you will learn what technical debt is, what is it not, how to manage ....
Release Date 2019/04 -
The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies Are Honing Their Performance
Author Roland R. Cavanagh , Robert P. Neuman , Peter S. Pande
Six Sigma is a data-driven management system with near-perfect-performance objectives that has been employed to acclaim at leading corporations like General Electric. Its name is derived from the eye-catching statistical target of operating with no more than 3.4 def....
Release Date 2000/04 -
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Second Edition
Author Thomas W. Bates , David S. Kidwell , Robert Parrino
Parrino, Kidwell & Bates, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 2nd Edition is a balanced approach to the main theme of value creation balanced by risk management. The goal of this text is to provide both intuitive and calculation based- to master content. Material ....
Release Date 2011/10 -
Managing Electronic Records: Methods, Best Practices, and Technologies
Author Robert F. Williams , Robert F. Smallwood
The ultimate guide to electronic records management, featuring a collaboration of expert practitioners including over 400 cited references documenting today's global trends, standards, and best practicesNearly all business records created today are electronic, and ....
Release Date 2013/04 -
Author Wil Seabrook , Robert Cornish
Praise for What Works"What Works is essential reading for any businesspeople who want to improve their organizations and their own abilities. This is not a tome of pie-in-the-sky, fluffy how-to advice but is an easy read, crammed with great advice—from improving sal....
Release Date 2013/01 -
Author Juliet Memery , Robert J. Angell , Joelle Vanhamme , Adam Lindgreen , Francois Maon
Scholars from various disciplines have studied humor since antiquity. Yet, over the centuries, these researchers have also struggled to conceptualize a viable, well-accepted notion of humor. Beyond pleasure and amusement, people use humor for a variety of social fu....
Release Date 2018/02