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Business Model Transformation The AI & Cloud Technology Revolution

Business Model Transformation The AI & Cloud Technology Revolution

A large opportunity exists for Australian organisations to use new and powerful technologies (Artificial intelligence [AI] and Cloud technologies) to transform their businesses to keep pace with or ahead of the leading edge of competitiveness. This book showcases inspirational Australian case studies in order to inspire Australian (and non-Australian) organisations to undertake the challenge. This book synthesises the key learnings and contrasts those with the conventional wisdom on this topic. The book also defines what AI- and Cloud-based business transformations are and what they can do for businesses. Furthermore it explains why it is imperative that businesses should address the business opportunities of these technological advancements without going into the technical details any more than the ‘literacy’ that is necessary for business leaders. Finally it also includes international best practice case studies beyond the usual suspects. This book provides guidance and motivation for business executives managers and students interested in innovating and transforming their businesses through the use of the two critical new technologies. | Business Model Transformation The AI & Cloud Technology Revolution

GBP 39.99
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Leading School Change How to Overcome Resistance Increase Buy-In and Accomplish Your Goals

Leading School Change How to Overcome Resistance Increase Buy-In and Accomplish Your Goals

Being a cheerleader for innovation or change is great. Implementing specific strategies to increase the likelihood of success is essential. In this key book from bestselling author and speaker Todd Whitaker you’ll discover clear ways to lead and manage school change by setting realistic goals planning your approach and tracking your progress. You’ll also find out how to work effectively with others overcome resistance and gain widespread acceptance. Whether you are a district leader building leader instructional coach or teacher-leader you’ll come away from this book with all the tools and inspiration you need to make a positive immediate results-oriented change with the support of your staff. Bonus: This enhanced second edition includes a special Action Plan and Implementation Guide. The Action Plan will help you apply the ideas step by step to your own situation. The Implementation Guide can be used for independent reflection or as a study guide with book groups or professional learning communities. | Leading School Change How to Overcome Resistance Increase Buy-In and Accomplish Your Goals

GBP 22.99
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Biometric Technology Authentication Biocryptography and Cloud-Based Architecture

Biometric Technology Authentication Biocryptography and Cloud-Based Architecture

Most biometric books are either extraordinarily technical for technophiles or extremely elementary for the lay person. Striking a balance between the two Biometric Technology: Authentication Biocryptography and Cloud-Based Architecture is ideal for business IT or security managers that are faced with the task of making purchasing migration or adoption decisions. It brings biometrics down to an understandable level so that you can immediately begin to implement the concepts discussed. Exploring the technological and social implications of widespread biometric use the book considers the science and technology behind biometrics as well as how it can be made more affordable for small and medium-sized business. It also presents the results of recent research on how the principles of cryptography can make biometrics more secure. Covering biometric technologies in the cloud including security and privacy concerns the book includes a chapter that serves as a how-to manual on procuring and deploying any type of biometric system. It also includes specific examples and case studies of actual biometric deployments of localized and national implementations in the U. S. and other countries. The book provides readers with a technical background on the various biometric technologies and how they work. Examining optimal application in various settings and their respective strengths and weaknesses it considers ease of use false positives and negatives and privacy and security issues. It also covers emerging applications such as biocryptography. Although the text can be understood by just about anybody it is an ideal resource for corporate-level executives who are considering implementing biometric technologies in their organizations. | Biometric Technology Authentication Biocryptography and Cloud-Based Architecture

GBP 31.99
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Bear Cookin' The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods

Bear Cookin' The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods

Please DO feed the bears! Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods takes a good-natured approach to good eating presenting home-style recipes with a light-hearted touch. Aimed at husky hairy gay men—and their admirers—the book presents convenient and satisfying recipes for anyone who loves to cook—and eat! Bear Cookin' includes helpful hints “tributes” to favorite foods and meal suggestions for breakfast lunch dinner—and everything in between—that are guaranteed to please burly bears with big appetites. From lip-smacking snacks to belt-loosening main courses Bear Cookin’ is stuffed with easy-to-follow recipes for the hearty and delicious comfort foods bears crave: burgers meatloaf biscuits with sausage gravy pasta potatoes beans muffins and bread cheesecake puddings and pies and homemade ice cream. Collected from family and friends and perfect for summer picnic baskets or winter “hibernation” dinners these filling and flavorful recipes are presented with the love for good food that makes life worth living. Bear Cookin' includes recipes for: (Touch My) Monkey Bread What-A-Crock Pot Stew What’s It All About … Alfredo Polar Bear Chili Fur-ocious Pot Roast and odes to the wonders of Cool Whip® Bisquick® and Velveeta®! Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods also includes serving ideas and suggestions for making the best use of your cooking utensils. This book is a wonderful addition to any kitchen—bear or otherwise! | Bear Cookin' The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods

GBP 36.99
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Digital Enterprise Transformation A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT

Digital Enterprise Transformation A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT

The integration of technological innovations such as In-Memory Analytics Cloud Computing Mobile Connectivity and Social Media with business practice can enable significant competitive advantage. In order to embrace recent challenges and changes in the governance of IT strategies SAP and its think tank - the Business Transformation Academy (BTA) - have jointly developed the Digital Capability Framework (DCF). Digital Enterprise Transformation: A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT by Axel Uhl and Lars Alexander Gollenia outlines the DCF which comprises six specific capabilities: Innovation Management Transformation Management IT Excellence Customer Centricity Effective Knowledge Worker and Operational Excellence. In cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) Queensland University of Technology (Australia) University of Liechtenstein (Principality of Liechtenstein) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) SAP and the BTA have been validating each capability and the corresponding maturity models based on analyzing several ’lighthouse’ case studies comprising: SAMSUNG IBM Finanz Informatik The Walt Disney Company Google Inc. HILTI AG. Digital Enterprise Transformation presents how these companies take advantage of innovative IT and how they develop their digital capabilities. On top the authors also develop and present a range of novel yet hands-on Digital Use Cases for a number of different industries which have emerged from innovative technological trends such as: Big Data Cloud Computing 3D Printing and Internet of Things. | Digital Enterprise Transformation A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT

GBP 31.99
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The Stage Manager's Toolkit Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

The Stage Manager's Toolkit Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

The Stage Manager’s Toolkit Third Edition provides a comprehensive account of the role of the stage manager for live theatre with a focus on both written and verbal communication best practices. The book outlines the duties of the stage manager and assistant stage manager throughout a production discussing not only what to do but why. It also identifies communication objectives for each phase of production paperwork to be created and the necessary questions to be answered in order to ensure success. This third edition includes: an updated look at digital stage management tools including script apps cloud storage and social media practices; a new discussion on creating a healthy and safe rehearsal space; updated paperwork examples; new information on Equity practices for the student and early career stage managers. Written for the stage management student and early career stage manager this book is a perfect companion to any university Stage Management course. A companion website hosts customizable paperwork templates instructional video links to additional information teacher tools for each individual chapter and a bonus chapter on teaching stage management. | The Stage Manager's Toolkit Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

GBP 31.99
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Software Engineering Approaches to Enable Digital Transformation Technologies

Software Engineering Approaches to Enable Digital Transformation Technologies

Software Engineering Approaches to Enable Digital Transformation Technologies features contributions reflecting ideas and research in enabling digital transformation technologies through software engineering. To date multiple different approaches have been adopted to develop software solutions for a variety of different problems. Of all the available approaches the main approaches are level-oriented data flow-oriented data structure-oriented and object-oriented design approaches. The other focus of the book is digital transformation which can be defined as the adoption of digital technology to improve efficiency value and innovation Digitalization is more than just putting additional technological systems and services in place. Rather than improving conventional methods a true digital transformation initiative includes radically rethinking company structures and procedures. There are four types of digital transformation: business process business model domain and cultural and organizational. Companies are being challenged to develop new business models that consider and harness digitalization. From the standpoint of software engineering digital transformation alters how software is built. Current trends include the development of mobile applications cloud applications and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Emerging trends are the development of digital twins robotics artificial intelligence machine learning augmented reality and additive manufacturing. This book examines the challenges that arise due to digitization in society and presents plausible solutions that could be applied to counter these challenges and convert them into opportunities. These solutions may further be improvised and worked out for the software companies from the technological perspective organizational perspective and management perspective.

GBP 150.00
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Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

The combination of entrepreneurship innovation and technology has become the source of disruptive business models that transform industries and markets. The integrative understanding of these three drivers of today’s economy is fundamental to business. Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology aims to connect core models and tools that are already created by well-known authors and scholars in order to deliver a unique guide for building successful business models through the adoption of new technologies and the use of effective innovation methods. The book goes through the entrepreneurial lifecycle describing and applying core innovation models and tools such as the business model canvas lean startup design thinking customer development and open innovation while taking into consideration disruptive technologies such as mobile internet cloud computing internet of things and blockchain. Finally the book describes and analyzes how successful cases have been applying those models and technologies. With the mix of an academic and practitioner team this book aims to go against the grain by its positioning of entrepreneurship in the modern technology economy. This book will prove to be a vital text for any student specialist or practitioner looking to succeed in the field. | Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

GBP 49.99
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Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

The combination of entrepreneurship innovation and technology has become the source of disruptive business models that transform industries and markets. The integrative understanding of these three drivers of today’s economy is fundamental to business. Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology aims to connect core models and tools that are already created by well-known authors and scholars in order to deliver a unique guide for building successful business models through the adoption of new technologies and the use of effective innovation methods. The book goes through the entrepreneurial lifecycle describing and applying core innovation models and tools such as the business model canvas lean startup design thinking customer development and open innovation taking into consideration disruptive technologies such as mobile internet cloud computing internet of things and blockchain. Finally the book describes and analyses how successful cases have been applying those models and technologies. With the mix of an academic and practitioner team this book aims to go against the grain by its positioning of entrepreneurship in the modern technology economy. This book will prove to be a vital text for any student specialist or practitioner looking to succeed in the field. | Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

GBP 44.99
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Supply Chain Analytics Using Data to Optimise Supply Chain Processes

Supply Chain Analytics Using Data to Optimise Supply Chain Processes

Supply Chain Analytics introduces the reader to data analytics and demonstrates the value of their effective use in supply chain management. By describing the key supply chain processes through worked examples and the descriptive predictive and prescriptive analytic methods that can be applied to bring about improvements to those processes the book presents a more comprehensive learning experience for the reader than has been offered previously. Key topics are addressed including optimisation big data data mining and cloud computing. The author identifies four core supply chain processes – strategy design execution and people – to which the analytic techniques explained can be applied to ensure continuous improvement. Pedagogy to aid learning is incorporated throughout including an opening section for each chapter explaining the learnings designed for the chapter; worked examples illustrating how each analytic technique works how it is applied and what to be careful of; tables diagrams and equations to help ‘visualise’ the concepts and methods covered; chapter case studies; and end-of-chapter review questions and assignment tasks. Providing both management expertise and technical skills which are essential to decision-makers in the supply chain this textbook should be essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of supply chain analytics supply chain leadership and supply chain and operations management. Its practice-based and applied approach also makes it valuable for operating supply chain practitioners and those studying for professional qualifications. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides tutorial exercises written assignments and a test bank of exam questions. | Supply Chain Analytics Using Data to Optimise Supply Chain Processes

GBP 42.99
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Architectures of Care From the Intimate to the Common

Architectures of Care From the Intimate to the Common

Drawing from a diverse range of interdisciplinary voices this book explores how spaces of care shape our affective material and social forms from the most intimate scale of the body to our planetary commons. Typical definitions of care center around the maintenance of a livable life encompassing everything from shelter and welfare to health and safety. Architecture plays a fundamental role in these definitions inscribed in institutional archetypes such as the home the hospital the school and the nursery. However these spaces often structure modes of care that prescribe gender roles bodily norms and labor practices. How can architecture instead engage with an expanded definition of care that questions such roles and norms producing more hybrid entanglements between our bodies our collective lives and our environments? Chapters in this book explore issues ranging from disabled domesticities and nursing unbuilding whiteness in the built environment practices and pedagogies of environmental care and the solidarity networks within ‘The Cloud’. Case studies include Floating University Berlin commoning initiatives by the Black Panther party and hospitals for the United Mine Workers of America among many other sites and scales of care. Exploring architecture through the lenses of gender studies labor theory environmental justice and the medical humanities this book will engage students and academics from a wide range of disciplines. | Architectures of Care From the Intimate to the Common

GBP 35.99
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Adobe Photoshop 2020 for Photographers

Adobe Photoshop 2020 for Photographers

Adobe Photoshop 2020 for Photographers by acclaimed digital imaging professional Martin Evening has been revamped to include detailed instruction for all of the updates to Photoshop on Adobe’s Creative Cloud including significant new features such as Cloud document saving the new Content-Area Fill and the Texture slider and Depth Range Mask for Camera Raw. This guide covers all the tools and techniques photographers and professional image editors need to know when using Photoshop from workflow guidance to core skills to advanced techniques for professional results. Using clear succinct instruction and real world examples this guide is the essential reference for Photoshop users. The accompanying website has been updated with new sample images tutorial videos and bonus chapters. | Adobe Photoshop 2020 for Photographers

GBP 59.99
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Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers 2014 Release A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers 2014 Release A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

Adobe Photoshop for Photographers 2014 Release by Photoshop hall-of-famer and acclaimed digital imaging professional Martin Evening has been fully updated to include detailed instruction for all of the updates to Photoshop CC 2014 on Adobe’s Creative Cloud including significant new features such as Focus Area selections enhanced Content-Aware filling and new Spin and Path blur gallery effects. This guide covers all the tools and techniques photographers and professional image editors need to know when using Photoshop from workflow guidance to core skills to advanced techniques for professional results. Using clear succinct instruction and real world examples this guide is the essential reference for Photoshop users of all levels. Accompanying the book is the photoshopforphotographers. com website with sample images tutorial videos and bonus chapters. | Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers 2014 Release A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

GBP 145.00
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Planning and Designing the IP Broadcast Facility A New Puzzle to Solve

Planning and Designing the IP Broadcast Facility A New Puzzle to Solve

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the technology architecture physical facility changes and – most importantly – the new media management workflows and business processes to support the entire lifecycle of the IP broadcast facility from an engineering and workflow perspective. Fully updated this second edition covers the technological evolutions and changes in the media broadcast industry including the new standards and specifications for live IP production the SMPTE ST2110 suite of standards the necessity of protecting against cyber threats and the expansion of cloud services in opening new possibilities. It provides users with the necessary information for planning organizing producing and distributing media for the modern broadcast facility. Key features of this text include: Strategies to implement a cost-effective live and file-based production and distribution system. A cohesive big-picture viewpoint that helps you identify how to overcome the challenges of upgrading your plant. The impact live production is having on the evolution to IP. Case studies serve as recommendations and examples of use. New considerations in engineering and maintenance of IP and file-based systems. Those in the fields of TV cable IT engineering and broadcast engineering will find this book an invaluable resource as will students learning how to set up modern broadcast facilities and the workflows of contemporary broadcasting. | Planning and Designing the IP Broadcast Facility A New Puzzle to Solve

GBP 29.99
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The Housing Design Handbook A Guide to Good Practice

The Housing Design Handbook A Guide to Good Practice

Everyone deserves a decent and affordable home a truth (almost) universally acknowledged. But housing in the UK has been in a state of crisis for decades with too few homes built too often of dubious quality and costing too much to buy rent or inhabit. It doesn’t have to be like this. Bringing together a wealth of experience from a wide range of housing experts this completely revised edition of The Housing Design Handbook provides an authoritative comprehensive and systematic guide to best practice in what is perhaps the most contentious and complex field of architectural design. This book sets out design principles for all the essential components of successful housing design – including placemaking typologies and density internal and external space privacy security tenure and community engagement – illustrated with case studies of schemes by architecture practices working across the UK and continental Europe. Written by David Levitt and Jo McCafferty – two recognised authorities in the field – and with contributions from more than twenty other leading practitioners The Housing Design Handbook is an essential reference for professionals and students in architecture and design as well as for government bodies housing associations and other agencies involved in housing. | The Housing Design Handbook A Guide to Good Practice

GBP 46.99
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Writing with Clarity and Style A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers

Writing with Clarity and Style A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers

Writing with Clarity and Style 2nd Edition will help you to improve your writing dramatically. The book shows you how to use dozens of classical rhetorical devices to bring power clarity and effectiveness to your writing. You will also learn about writing styles authorial personas and sentence syntax as tools to make your writing interesting and persuasive. If you want to improve the appeal and persuasion of your speeches this is also the book for you. From strategic techniques for keeping your readers engaged as you change focus down to the choice of just the right words and phrases for maximum impact this book will help you develop a flexible adaptable style for all the audiences you need to address. Each chapter now includes these sections: Style Check discussing many elements of style including some enhanced and revised sections Define Your Terms asking students to use their own words and examples in their definitions. It’s in the Cloud directing students to the Web to locate and respond to various rhetorically focused items including biographies and speeches. Salt and Pepper spicing up the study of rhetoric by stretching students’ thinking about how their writing can be improved sometimes by attending to details such as punctuation and sometimes by exploring the use of unusual techniques such as stylistic fragments. Review Questions providing an end-of-chapter quiz to help cement the chapter ideas in long-term memory. Questions for Thought and Discussion a set of questions designed for either in-class discussion or personal response. New to the Second Edition Additional examples of each device including from world personalities and the captains of industry More and longer exercises with a range of difficulty Advice from classical rhetoricians including Aristotle Horace Longinus Cicero and Quintilian. | Writing with Clarity and Style A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers

GBP 35.99
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Introduction to the Principalship Theory to Practice

Introduction to the Principalship Theory to Practice

The second edition of this textbook from respected author team Kaplan and Owings explores how principals can effectively build a culture around student achievement. Introduction to the Principalship a second edition closely aligned with NELP (2018) standards helps aspiring principals understand how to develop a vision for improvement make decisions and manage conflict build teachers’ capacity communicate monitor the organization’s performance and create a school climate of mutual respect. This important book provides readers with various leadership concepts to inform their practice as well as the cognitive and practical tools to evaluate and prioritize what leadership actions to take. Each chapter offers opportunities for readers to create personal meaning and explore new ways of doing leadership to advance a positive person-focused environment. Providing both the theoretical framework and skills for effective practice Introduction to the Principalship addresses the issues most urgent and relevant for educational leadership graduate students learning how to build a school culture that promotes every student’s success. Fully revised this second edition includes a new chapter on building your capacity for leadership expanded discussion of data-informed accountability equity considerations and crisis management and all chapters updated and revised throughout to reflect the latest developments in the field. Special Features: •Learning Objectives—chapter openers introduce the topic and initiate student thinking. •Reflections and Relevance—interactive exercises role plays class activities and assignments that can be used synchronously and asynchronously to deepen and extend student learning. •Key Takeaways—organized by learning objective these answer readers’ question What about this information is meaningful for me as an aspiring principal? •Suggested Readings—each chapter concludes with annotated suggested readings to extend and deepen discussion of key issues in chapter. •NELP Standards—each chapter is aligned to the latest school leadership licensure standards. •Companion Website—includes links to supplemental material additional readings video clips with related teaching and learning activities and PowerPoints for instructors. | Introduction to the Principalship Theory to Practice

GBP 64.99
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Investment Analysis An Introduction to Portfolio Theory and Management

Investment Analysis An Introduction to Portfolio Theory and Management

This textbook is designed as a core text for finance courses that cover market investments portfolio formation and the management of investment portfolios. As such the text seeks to convey insight and actual wisdom as to the nature of these activities. When combined with a commitment to thinking independently the text offers the student a rigorous preparation for entry to the funds management industry. The text is presented in three parts. In Part A the text introduces the fundamental techniques of investment analysis: a bottom-up and top-down analysis of the firm aimed at an evaluation of the underlying share as a buy hold or a sell recommendation. Part B offers the reader an intuitive grasp of the nature of investment growth both across time and across assets. Part C introduces the reader to the technicalities of portfolio construction and portfolio management. The text concludes with an assessment of the funds management industry. The text builds in step-by-step stages with Illustrative Examples that consolidate the student’s progress and understanding through each chapter. Each of parts A B and C (above) has sufficient material to justify a separate course. If the student has exposure to a more foundational course in finance Parts A and B can be covered as a single course. If from other courses the student is familiar with the essence of Parts A and B and with statistical concepts the text can be covered as a single course. The text can therefore be presented readily at either an undergraduate or postgraduate level at a pace appropriate to the student’s prior exposure to the concepts. | Investment Analysis An Introduction to Portfolio Theory and Management

GBP 51.99
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Style Bible What to Wear to Work

Style Bible What to Wear to Work

First impressions (and second ones!) count whether you are an intern or a CEO. Lauren A. Rothman addresses an age-old dilemma: how to be appropriate and stylish in the workplace. Based on a decade of experience in the fashion industry she addresses the basics of fashion and executive presence by offering advice anecdotes and style alerts that help readers avoid major fashion faux pas at the office. Style Bible: What to Wear to Work is the must-have resource for the modern professional male or female climbing the ladder of success. Lauren identifies the ultimate wardrobe essentials and reveals shopping strategies and destinations for the everyday person. Style Bible complete with helpful illustrations is the go-to manual on how to dress for every professional occasion and a valuable resource for understanding dress codes by industry city and gender so that your visual cues will make a strong impact. Make a commitment to being better dressed at work with Style Bible. | Style Bible What to Wear to Work

GBP 175.00
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How to Manage Project Stakeholders Effective Strategies for Successful Large Infrastructure Projects

How to Manage Project Stakeholders Effective Strategies for Successful Large Infrastructure Projects

This book outlines how to identify stakeholders analyse theirs stakes and plan and implement an engagement strategy to secure relevant input and dependable buy-in to assure the successful delivery of Large Infrastructure Projects. It also addresses common stakeholder management inadequacies and is supplemented with four extended practical exercises to help readers apply the principles to their own large complex projects and ensure project success. The project management industry particularly the Large Infrastructure Projects domain has only recently awakened to the reality that failed Stakeholder Management probably leads to a failure of the project altogether. Due to the complexities involved most traditional approaches to managing stakeholders have developed serious difficulties in dealing with large and complex projects. This book presents a Systems Thinking approach to managing stakeholders that accommodates these complexities and seeks to crystallise the notion that managing projects means managing stakeholders while also introducing an ethical perspective (i. e. stakeholders have legitimate rights regardless of their power to influence the project). This shifts the paradigm from Management of Stakeholders to Management for Stakeholders. It is essential reading for all those involved with managing large projects including project managers sponsors and executives. It will also be useful for advanced students of project management and systems engineering looking to understand and expand their knowledge of infrastructure projects and Systems Engineering. | How to Manage Project Stakeholders Effective Strategies for Successful Large Infrastructure Projects

GBP 26.99
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Why It's OK to Want to Be Rich

Why It's OK to Want to Be Rich

Finger-wagging moralizers say the love of money is the root of all evil. They assume that making a lot of money requires exploiting others and that the best way to wash off the resulting stain is to give a lot of it away. In Why It’s OK to Want to Be Rich Jason Brennan shows that the moralizers have it backwards. He argues that in general the more money you make the more you already do for others and that even an average wage earner is productively “giving back” to society just by doing her job. In addition wealth liberates us to have the best chance of leading a life that’s authentically our own. Brennan also demonstrates how money-based societies create nicer more trustworthy and more cooperative citizens. And in another chapter that takes on the new historians of capitalism Brennan argues that wealthy nations became wealthy because of their healthy institutions not from their horrific histories of slavery or colonialism. While writing that the more money one has the more one should help others Brennan also notes that we weren’t born into a perpetual debt to society. It’s OK to get rich and it’s OK to enjoy being rich too. Key Features Shows how the desire to become wealthy in an open and fair market helps maximize cooperation and lessens the chance of violence and war Argues that it is much easier for the average for-profit business to add value to the world than it is for the average non-profit Demonstrates that the kinds of virtues (e. g. conscientiousness thoughtfulness hard work) that lead to desirable personal and civic states (e. g. happy marriages stable families engaged citizens) also make people richer Argues that living in small clans for most of their history has given humans a negative attitude towards anyone acquiring more than her fair share an attitude that’s ill-suited for our market-driven globally connected world In a final provocative chapter maintains that ideal economic growth is infinite. | Why It's OK to Want to Be Rich

GBP 19.99
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The Path to Successful Community School Policy Adoption A Comparative Analysis of District-Level Policy Reform Processes

The Path to Successful Community School Policy Adoption A Comparative Analysis of District-Level Policy Reform Processes

Drawing on rich case studies of Baltimore City and Boston this volume identifies policy factors and processes critical to the successful district-wide adoption of community schools. By applying the Multiple Streams Model (Kingdon) to comparative analysis of policy determination and the narratives of local stakeholders across a 16-year period chapters illustrate the role of federal legislation funding and buy-in from coalitions community leaders and local advocates in ensuring policy adoption in Baltimore City. In contrast Boston’s more limited reforms are explained in light of local challenges and hindering dynamics. Ultimately the volume offers key recommendations for stakeholders to drive successful policy uptake in urban school districts. Offering a new analysis of policy for community schools this volume will be of interest to students scholars and researchers with an interest in school reform as well as urban education. | The Path to Successful Community School Policy Adoption A Comparative Analysis of District-Level Policy Reform Processes

GBP 38.99
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Introduction to Air Transport Economics From Theory to Applications

Introduction to Air Transport Economics From Theory to Applications

Introduction to Air Transport Economics: From Theory to Applications uniquely merges the institutional and technical aspects of the aviation industry with their theoretical economic underpinnings. Its integrative approach offers a fresh point of view that will find favor with many students of aviation. This third edition has been extensively updated throughout. It features new material that stresses the dynamic aspects of demand and supply and the ongoing competitive aspects of the marketplace. It now features an introductory chapter and specific examples to more directly relate management decisions to the economic theory. Also in addition to an expanded coverage of revenue management and pricing decisions the third edition includes case studies that give real-world examples to reflect actual industry practice as well as a discussion of the more up-to-date computer applications that make the new techniques so effective. This book offers a self-contained theory and applications-oriented text for any individual intent on entering the aviation industry as a practicing professional in the management area. It will be of greatest relevance to undergraduate and graduate students interested in obtaining a more complete understanding of the economics of the aviation industry. It will also appeal to many professionals who seek an accessible and practical explanation of the underlying economic forces that shape the industry. | Introduction to Air Transport Economics From Theory to Applications

GBP 59.99
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From Networks to Netflix A Guide to Changing Channels

From Networks to Netflix A Guide to Changing Channels

Now in a second edition this textbook surveys the channels platforms and programming through which television distribution operates with a diverse selection of contributors providing thorough explorations of global media industries in flux. Even as legacy media industries experience significant disruption in the face of streaming and online delivery the power of the television channel persists. Far from disappearing television channels have multiplied and adapted to meet the needs of old and new industry players alike. Television viewers now navigate complex choices among broadcast cable and streaming services across a host of different devices. From Networks to Netflix guides students instructors and scholars through that complex and transformed channel landscape to reveal how these industry changes unfold and why they matter. This second edition features new players like Disney+ HBO Max Crunchyroll Hotstar and more increasing attention to TV services across the world. An ideal resource for students and scholars of media criticism media theory and media industries this book continues to offer a concrete tangible way to grasp the foundations of television—and television studies—even as they continue to be rewritten. | From Networks to Netflix A Guide to Changing Channels

GBP 44.99
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Preface to Action

Preface to Action

First published in 1934 Preface to Action was written to provoke thought on society and its structure and to enable readers to make a considered judgement at election particularly those with less time to make their decision. The book discusses the conflict between wanting to make an informed political decision and not having the time or all the information to do so. In light of this Catlin brings together what he considers useful points to help guide readers towards a decision. He outlines his personal opinions and explains his reasons for them. Divided into three parts the book first explores psychology and considers what institutional forms would best satisfy what he identifies as the major human instincts or impulses. The second part considers the community whether it is state or nation and what the best form of it is. The third part is a detailed exploration of the religions of Catholicism Toryism Fascism and Communism. Preface to Action will be of great appeal to those with an interest in twentieth century British and European history the history of politics the history of political thought and political psychology.

GBP 29.99
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