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How Leaders Delude Themselves About Disruption
Author Scott D. Anthony , Michael Putz
Why are companies still so vulnerable to disruptive threats? The problem isn’t that they don’t have the right playbook. It’s that well-intentioned leaders often downplay disruptive threats or overestimate the difficulty of response. In simple terms, they lie to themselves....
Release Date 2020/03 -
The 11 Sources of Disruption Every Company Must Monitor
Author Amy Webb
When faced with deep uncertainty, organizations often develop a habit of controlling for internal, known variables and fail to track external factors as potential disrupters. This practice lures decision-makers into a false sense of security, and it forces a narrow framin....
Release Date 2020/03 -
A Crisis of Ethics in Technology Innovation
Author Max Wessel , Nicole Helmer
Technology innovation has created a new ethical paradigm. As companies specialize in delivering single components of complex systems, value chains are being reshaped across industries. Product interfaces are becoming standardized, and companies are profiting by perfecting....
Release Date 2020/03 -
A Profile of the Furniture Manufacturing Industry, Second Edition
Author Susan M. Walcott
This book highlights the role of global networks, lean and green production methods, customized quality versus price competitiveness, online outreach along with showroom access, labor issues, and related factors that continue to compel location shifts and extensions of th....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Behind the Scenes of Health Care
Author Dr. Hesston L. Johnson
Behind the Scenes of Health Care presents an extensive review of motivation and commitment among health care workers in support and bedside care roles.The publication includes two research studies: (1) motivation and commitment of support services employees in a health ca....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Author Andreas Karaoulanis
This book gives us a holistic description of all paragons involved in small business operations during crisis years and suggests the necessary steps that need to be taken to help them overcome their problems.The author clearly demonstrates the crisis implications t....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Author Tom Guggino
PRESENT! CONNECT! combines a one -on-one conversational style with photos, cartoons and case studies that can improve your presentation skills quickly. Get ready to tap into your successful skills and start having fun presentingMost people have the skills needed to becom....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Risk Management for Nonprofit Organizations
Author Omer Livvarcin , Rick Nason
Risk Management for Nonprofit Organizations is a straightforward, yet comprehensive guide that can be used to easily communicate effective risk management ideas among the various stakeholders who comprise a nonprofit organization.This book positions risk management....
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Author Yassi Moghaddam , Heather Yurko , Dr. Haluk Demirkan
In this book, experts from industry and academia explore these trends and discuss how innovative companies are leveraging Artificial Intelligence and intelligent tools to make the workforce more inclusive, and enhance and augment the human worker rather than replace it.Jo....
Release Date 2020/02 -
How to Succeed as a Solo Consultant
Author Stephen D. Field
This book is written for the person who has gained workplace experience and is thinking about striking out on his or her own as a consultant or a service-based entrepreneur.The reader is taken through the steps of deciding on whether they have the tools to start a new bus....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Author Michel Borgeon , Claude Cellich
This book willenable the reader to develop global strategies based on trade information and trade flows analysis.Developing global business strategies in today’s competitive and disruptive environment calls for greater interaction between the business sector and governmen....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Projects, Programs, and Portfolios in Strategic Organizational Transformation
Author Wayne Huang , Gary Klein , James Jiang
This book illustrates how the traditional practice of project management advances to handle the more complex problems inherent to strategic organizational transformation.Projects are a part of everyday life in an organization. Tools and procedures for project manag....
Release Date 2020/02 -
The Economics of Online Gaming
Author Andrew Wagner
The Economics of Online Gaming covers basic economic concepts, unique economic issues, and general economic themes. This book is made from the connections that the author saw when he compared his experience inside a video game with what he learned through a formal study o....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Author Stephen Amos
Successful Recruitment provides the practical guidance and knowledge needed to recruit the right people, avoiding the many pitfalls that can arise in the recruitment process.It begins by identifying why recruitment is so often unsuccessful, leading to time, money, ....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Accelerated Software Trace Analysis, Revised Edition, Part 1: Fundamentals and Basic Patterns
Author Software Diagnostics Services , Dmitry Vostokov
This book is a revised edition of the original Accelerated Windows Software Trace Analysis training course. General trace and log analysis pattern language covers any execution artifact from a small debugging trace to a distributed log with billions of messages fro....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Cyber Warfare - Truth, Tactics, and Strategies
Author Dr. Chase Cunningham , Gregory J. Touhill
Insights into the true history of cyber warfare, and the strategies, tactics, and cybersecurity tools that can be used to better defend yourself and your organization against cyber threat.Key FeaturesDefine and determine a cyber-defence strategy based on current and past ....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Author Shaun Ross Mitchell , Kurt Guntheroth , Dale Green
Cut through the noise and get real results with a step-by-step approach to learning C++ developmentKey FeaturesIdeal for the C++ beginner who is getting started for the first time A C++ tutorial with step-by-step exercises and activities that help build key skills ....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Hands-On Linux Administration on Azure
Author Kamesh Ganesan , Rithin Skaria , Frederik Vos
Develop a solid understanding of cloud computing, Linux virtual machine, container virtualization, and other fundamental concepts to create and manage your Linux workload in AzureKey FeaturesDeploy and manage virtual machines in the Azure environment Explore open source ....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Author Matt Harrison , Theodore Petrou
Use the power of pandas to solve most complex scientific computing problems with ease. Revised for pandas 1.x.Key FeaturesThis is the first book on pandas 1.x Practical, easy to implement recipes for quick solutions to common problems in data using pandas Master the fu....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Artificial Intelligence By Example - Second Edition
Author Denis Rothman
Understand the fundamentals and develop your own AI solutions in this updated edition packed with many new examplesKey FeaturesAI-based examples to guide you in designing and implementing machine intelligence Build machine intelligence from scratch using artificial intel....
Release Date 2020/02 -
PostgreSQL 12 High Availability Cookbook
Author Shaun Thomas
A comprehensive guide to understanding key techniques for architecture and hardware planning, monitoring, replication, backups, and decouplingKey FeaturesNewly updated edition, covering the latest PostgreSQL 12 features with hands-on industry-driven recipes Create a Post....
Release Date 2020/02 -
SAP on Azure Implementation Guide
Author Nick Morgan , Bartosz Jarkowski
Learn how to migrate your SAP data to Azure simply and successfully.Key FeaturesLearn why Azure is suitable for business-critical systems Understand how to migrate your SAP infrastructure to Azure Use Lift & shift migration, Lift & migrate, Lift & migrate to....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Microsoft 365 Certified Fundamentals MS-900 Exam Guide
Author Aaron Guilmette , Marcos Zanre , Yura Lee
An up-to-date study guide to help you learn MS-900 exam concepts and objectives and get hands-on with Microsoft 365 essentialsKey FeaturesLearn effectively with self-assessment questions, exam tips, and mock tests with detailed explanations Get to grips with Microsoft Of....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition
Author Donald A. Tevault
A comprehensive guide to securing your Linux system against cyberattacks and intrudersKey FeaturesDeliver a system that reduces the risk of being hacked Explore a variety of advanced Linux security techniques with the help of hands-on labs Master the art of securing a L....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Hands-On Serverless Computing with Google Cloud
Author Richard Rose
Effectively deploy fully managed workloads using Google Cloud's serverless servicesKey FeaturesUse real-world use cases to understand the core functionalities of Functions as a Service Explore the potential of Cloud Run, Knative, Cloud Build, Google Kubernetes Engine, a....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Author Heartin Kanikathottu
Secure your Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure with permission policies, key management, and network security, along with following cloud security best practicesKey FeaturesExplore useful recipes for implementing robust cloud security solutions on AWS Monitor your ....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Advanced Deep Learning with TensorFlow 2 and Keras - Second Edition
Author Rowel Atienza
Updated and revised second edition of the bestselling guide to advanced deep learning with TensorFlow 2 and KerasKey FeaturesExplore the most advanced deep learning techniques that drive modern AI results New coverage of unsupervised deep learning using mutual informatio....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Hands-On JavaScript High Performance
Author Justin Scherer
An example-driven guide covering modern web app development techniques and emerging technologies such as WebAssembly, Service Workers, and Svelte.js to build faster, secure, and scalable appsKey FeaturesDiscover effective techniques for accessing DOM, minimizing painting,....
Release Date 2020/02 -
C++ System Programming Cookbook
Author Onorato Vaticone
A problem-solution-based guide to help you overcome hurdles effectively while working with kernel APIs, filesystems, networks, threads, and process communicationsKey FeaturesLearn to apply the latest C++ features (from C++11, 14, 17, and 20) to facilitate systems programm....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Hands-On RESTful Web Services with Go - Second Edition
Author Naren Yellavula
Design production-ready, testable, and maintainable RESTful web services for the modern web that scale easilyKey FeaturesEmploy a combination of custom and open source solutions for application program interface (API) development Discover asynchronous API and API securit....
Release Date 2020/02