Two experienced HR communications consultants show how to dramatically improve the effectiveness of every HR message. HR professionals know their programs are pivotal to organizational success, but they also know how difficult it is to communicate those programs effectively. Hampered by legal restrictions, highly complex...
From its beginnings, the Internet has fostered communication, collaboration and
networking between users. However, the first boom at the turn of the millennium
was mainly driven by a rather one-sided interaction: e-commerce, portal sites and
the broadcast models of mainstream media were introduced to theWeb. Over the
last six or seven...
The objective of this book is to help financial planners improve
their spreadsheet skills by providing a structured approach to
developing spreadsheets for forecasting, financial planning and
budgeting.
The book assumes that the reader is familiar with the basic operation
of Excel and is not intended for beginners.
Welcome to the exciting world of Cisco certification! You have picked up this book because you want something better—namely, a better job with more satisfaction. Rest assured that you have made a good decision. Cisco certification can help you get your first networking job or more money and a...
Rainer, Cegielski Introduction to Information Systems will answer this question for you. In every chapter,
you will see how real global businesses use technology and information systems to increase their
profitability, gain market share, improve their customer service, and manage their daily operations.
In other words, information...
Management information systems produce the information that managers
use to make important strategic decisions. They formthe basis for management
reports, both financial and non-financial, and as such they are a vital
component of modern business management. Few managerial decisions
are taken without consulting the data captured by...
Competing in today's world requires a greater emphasis on strategy, long-range planning, and decision making, and this is why businesses are building data warehouses. Data warehouses are becoming more and more common as businesses have realized the need to mine the information that is stored in electronic form. Data warehouses provide...
Linear-quadratic optimization is one of the most exciting topics in the con trol engineering literature of recent decades. The interest in linear optimal dynamical systems, and especially in those with quadratic cost functional, can be explained by both the richness of properties these systems possess, and the pragmatic value and physical...
Ongoing economic challenges are affecting and impacting business and society in nearly every industry and geographical region. Taking decisive action to reprioritize the way we are doing business is a key focus for companies. Around the world, companies are taking the necessary measures that will enable us to adjust to today’s reality...
MongoDB is an open source, non-relational database system designed to meet the needs
of modern Web 2.0 applications. It is currently being used by some of the most popular
websites in the world. This book introduces MongoDB to the web developer who has some
background building web applications using PHP. This book teaches what MongoDB...
IRCDL is a yearly event for Italian researchersworking onDigital Libraries-related
topics. This year the focus of IRCDL was on information access and interoperability.
In fact Digital Library systems are starting to be mature, but it is time
to give a more effective and personalized access to information to users and to
improve...
Under mandate of Section 253, Study and Report on
Effectiveness of Air Force Science and Technology
Program Changes, of the Fiscal Year 2002 National
Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 107-107; U.S.
Congress, 2001), the U.S. Air Force contracted with
the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct the
present study. In response,...
