And Dignity for All is about leading with values, leading by example, and - in so doing - unleashing the astonishing commitment and innovation that are buried within your organization right now. Discover how Jim Despain and his colleagues used values-based management to transform Caterpillar's Track-Type Tractors...
Interactive 3-D graphics is one of the most rapidly advancing technologies ever applied to entertainment. The clear trend of increasing entertainment richness and sophistication that started with the era of Pong shows no sign of slowing.
Over the next few years, the visual quality and realism of interactive 3-D graphics will grow to...
There’s a new buzz phrase in the air: Supplier Relationship Management (SRM). Corporate executives know it’s necessary, but there’s only one problem. Nobody yet knows how to do it. Or they think it’s all about bashing your vendors over the head until they reduce the price another 4%. Supplier Relationship...
In the practice of performance tuning, change is inevitable. New
techniques are created; old ones are updated. The volume of metrics,
especially those contained in Oracle’s Automatic Workload Repository
(AWR), is multiplying almost daily. Despite the autonomous database,
monitoring tools, and other similar tools, the level...
This report discusses the current status of international patent protection with regard to computer-implemented inventions, explains why relying on copyright is inadequate, and discusses how software patents promote innovation.
Strategic Patent Planning for Software Companies looks at the current patent and licensing strategies...
Managing Humans is a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopp's web site, Rands In Repose. Drawing on Lopp's management experiences at Apple, Netscape, Symantec, and Borland, this book is full of stories based on companies in the Silicon Valley where people have been known to yell at each other. It is a place full...
You receive an e-mail. It contains an offer for a complete personal computer system. It seems like the retailer read your mind since you were exploring computers on their web site just a few hours prior….
As you drive to the store to buy the computer bundle, you get an offer for a discounted coffee from the coffee shop you...
'Enterprise Information Portals and Knowledge Management' is the book on portals you've been waiting for. It is the only book that thoroughly considers, explores, and analyzes:
* The EIP orientation, outlook and evolution
* A new methodology for estimating EIP benefits and costs
The stories presented in Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture reflect the unique nature of Asian aquaculture, providing first-time insight into how and why it has become so successful. Overall, the book demonstrates how the resilience, adaptability, and innovation of small-scale aquaculture farmers have been crucial to this success. It...
While many companies are primarily defined by a business model, Thought- Works is primarily defined by a social model. We define three pillars to measure success in our business and to influence our business decisions.
This book was made possible by the exceptional support provided by the US Army
Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Construction Engineering
Research Laboratory (CERL), and University of the Pacific School of Engineering
and Computer Science.
The authors, as listed in this book, took the time to prepare...
