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Author Edward H. Ayres , Robert U. Ayres
This Element is an excerpt from Crossing the Energy Divide (ISBN: 9780137015443) by Robert U. Ayres and Edward H. Ayres. Available in print and digital formats.Finally: a coherent, integrated energy strategy based on techniques and technologies that have already bee....
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Being Design Driven: Why You Care
Author Stewart Emery , Robert Brunner , Russ Hall
This Element is an excerpt from Do You Matter?: How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company (ISBN: 9780137142446) by Robert Brunner and Stewart Emery. Available in print and digital formats.Getting there from here: how to build your momentum towards becoming....
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Building a Design-Driven Corporate Culture
Author Russ Hall , Stewart Emery , Robert Brunner
This Element is an excerpt from Do You Matter?: How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company (ISBN: 9780137142446) by Robert Brunner and Stewart Emery. Available in print and digital formats.Discover the six core elements of the sustainably design-driven comp....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Walking the Walk: Having Your Customers Love You
Author Stewart Emery , Robert Brunner , Russ Hall
This Element is an excerpt from Do You Matter?: How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company (ISBN: 9780137142446) by Robert Brunner and Stewart Emery. Available in print and digital formats.A process, not an event: achieving total commitment to building a de....
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How Being a Design-Driven Company Will Get You From Good to Great
Author Russ Hall , Stewart Emery , Robert Brunner
This Element is an excerpt from Do You Matter?: How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company (ISBN: 9780137142446) by Robert Brunner and Stewart Emery. Available in print and digital formats.Building the shared understandings, values, and commitments that mak....
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Profiting from the Clash of Ideas: Constructive Conflict Leads to Better Decisions and Results
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 (ISBN: 9780137000630) by Michael A. Roberto. Available in print and digital formats.Use constructive conflict to drive better decision-making, greate....
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Adaptive Project Framework: Managing Complexity in the Face of Uncertainty
Author Ph.D. Robert K. Wysocki
A Breakthrough Framework for Adaptive Project Management from Project Management Guru Robert K. WysockiFor an increasing number of critical projects, traditional project management models simply are not appropriate. In many cases, complete requirements and objective....
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Author Dr. Robert Edenborough
Most people will experience psychometric testing at some time or another when applying for a job and many fail to make the best of the opportunity to showcase their talents. Brilliant Psychometrics seeks to turn this around by providing practical help to anyone unde....
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NetBeans IDE Programmer Certified Expert Exam Guide (Exam 310-045)
Author Ryan Cuprak , Robert Liguori
The Best Fully Integrated Study System AvailableWith hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, NetBeans IDE Programmer Certified Expert Exam Guide covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for this challenging exam.
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Keeping Conflict Constructive: And Unleashing the Power of Divergent Thinking
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 (ISBN: 9780137000630) by Michael A. Roberto. Available in print and digital formats.Promoting constructive dialogue--and keeping it from degenerating....
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Handbook For Writing Proposals, Second Edition
Author L. Baugh , Robert Hamper
Proven techniques and invaluable advice for writing winning business proposals—revised and updated!What makes a winning business proposal? It highlights your skills and services, meets your client’s needs, and clearly sets you apart from the competition.Since 1995, ....
Release Date 2010/08 -
The Dynamics of Indecision: A Failure of Leadership
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 so many organizations fall into the trap of “endless talk and no ac....
Release Date 2010/08 -
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 -
Design Informed: Driving Innovation with Evidence-Based Design
Author W. Mike Martin , FAIA , PhD , Gordon H. Chong , FAIA , Robert M. Brandt , AIA
The Power of Evidence to Create Design ExcellenceThis practical, accessible book—for design professionals and students alike—is about design excellence and how to achieve it. The authors propose an evidence-based design approach that builds on design ingenuity with ....
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Operations Management: Creating Value Along the Supply Chain, 7th Edition
Author Bernard W. Taylor III , Roberta S. Russell
Known for its comprehensive approach, this text shows operations managers how to analyse processes, ensure quality, create value, and manage the flow of information, products and services. The seventh edition offers an extensive collection of exercises and solved pr....
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Author Antonino Sabetta , Sylvain Robert , Jöel Champeau , Mireille Blay-Fornarino , Jean-P
Model-based development methods, and supporting technologies, can provide the techniques and tools needed to address the dilemma between reducing system development costs and time, and developing increasingly complex systems. This book provides the information neede....
Release Date 2010/09 -
Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms
Author Richard Professor Vietor , Robert Professor Stavins , Bruce Professor Hay
Everyone agrees that firms should obey the law. But beyond what the law requires-beyond bare compliance with regulations-do firms have additional social responsibilities to commit resources voluntarily to environmental protection? How should we think about firms sac....
Release Date 2010/09 -
Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond, Second Edition
Author Judith Stafford , Robert Nord , Paulo Merson , Reed Little , James Ivers , David Garl
“This new edition is brighter, shinier, more complete, more pragmatic, more focused than the previous one, and I wouldn’t have thought it possible to improve on the original. As the field of software architecture has grown over these past decades, there is much more....
Release Date 2010/10 -
Becoming a Master Manager: A Competing Values Approach, Fifth Edition
Author Lynda S. St. Clair , Michael McGrath , Michael P. Thompson , Sue R. Faerman , Robert
This fifth edition emphasizes the importance of developing management skills or admitted that learning about management concepts was not the same as learning how to apply those concepts in practice. It is built on a solid foundation of theory and empirical evidence ....
Release Date 2010/10 -
Security Policies and Implementation Issues
Author Mark Merkow , Robert Johnson
PART OF THE NEW JONES & BARTLETT LEARNING INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY & ASSURANCE SERIES! The study of information system security concepts and domains is an essential part of the education of computer science students and professionals alike. Security Polic....
Release Date 2010/10 -
Discovering the Leader in You: A Guide to Realizing Your Personal Leadership Potential
Author Sara N. King , Robert J. Lee
This book is based on a simple, obvious point: leadership roles should be filled by people who deliberately decide they want to be in them. Yet many executives and managers find that they have become leaders by default rather than as a result of a personal choice. I....
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Author ALEXANDRA REED LAJOUX , ROBERT A. G. MONKS
A detailed guide to the discipline of corporate valuationDesigned for the professional investor who is building an investment portfolio that includes equity, Corporate Valuation for Portfolio Investment takes you through a range of approaches, including those primar....
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Near-Capacity Variable-Length Coding: Regular and EXIT-Chart-Aided Irregular Designs
Author Jin Wang , Lajos L. Hanzo , Robert G. Maunder , Lie-Liang Yang
Recent developments such as the invention of powerful turbo-decoding and irregular designs, together with the increase in the number of potential applications to multimedia signal compression, have increased the importance of variable length coding (VLC). Providing ....
Release Date 2010/11 -
Building the Perfect PC, Third Edition
Author Barbara Fritchman Thompson , Robert Bruce Thompson
Want to build a PC that perfectly meets your needs? This up-to-date guide has precisely what you need to know. You'll learn about PC fundamentals, how to plan your project using the latest components, where and how to buy the parts you need, and how to assemble eve....
Release Date 2010/11 -
Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists
Author Dustyn Roberts
Get Your Move On!In Making Things Move: DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists, you'll learn how to successfully build moving mechanisms through non-technical explanations, examples, and do-it-yourself projects--from kinetic art installations to creat....
Release Date 2010/12 -
Data Structures and Algorithms in C++, Second Edition
Author David M. Mount , Roberto Tamassia , Michael T. Goodrich
An updated, innovative approach to data structures and algorithmsWritten by an author team of experts in their fields, this authoritative guide demystifies even the most difficult mathematical concepts so that you can gain a clear understanding of data structures an....
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Author Kevin Wayne , Robert Sedgewick
This fourth edition of Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne’s Algorithms is the leading textbook on algorithms today and is widely used in colleges and universities worldwide. This book surveys the most important computer algorithms currently in use and provides a full ....
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Financial Accounting: A User Perspective 6th Canadian Edition
Author Donald C. Cherry , Maureen R. Fizzell , Robert E. Hoskin
Financial Accounting: A User Perspective, Sixth Canadian Edition maintains its unique focus on the users of accounting information while presenting accounting concepts in a traditional framework. Students learn about underlying accounting concepts and accounting sys....
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SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud
Author Filippos Santas , Chris Venable , Andre Tost , Leo Shuster , Robert Schneider , Rober
“Accenture sees this book as a milestone that will support the rationale behind selling and delivering SOA governance projects around the world.”--Dr. Matthias Ziegler, Accenture / Dr. Jure Zakotnik, Accenture / Thomas M. Michelbach, Accenture“We are using this book....
Release Date 2011/04