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Enterprise Content Management - A Business and Technical Guide

British Informatics Society Ltd, 2011

Information is the lifeblood of knowledge, the flotsam of events and perspectives created in every second of history. There is so much to capture and yet so little time and so few resources to make sense of it all. Just as we get tantalisingly close, the holy grail of true knowledge slips further over the horizon.

To capture...

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: A Practical Guide to Anatomy and Techniques

Springer, 2009

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery is a beautifully illustrated atlas describing the 18 most widely accepted minimally invasive procedures in spine surgery. Written by leaders in both neurologic and orthopedic spine surgery, this book offers the most up-to-date material and the broadest perspective on the subject. Procedures range from...

Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11

Princeton Press, 2007

In this pathbreaking book, Amy Zegart provides the first scholarly examination of the intelligence failures that preceded September 11. Until now, those failures have been attributed largely to individual mistakes. But Zegart shows how and why the intelligence system itself left us vulnerable.

Zegart argues that after the Cold War...

Administrative Passages: Navigating the Transition from Teacher to Assistant Principal (Studies in Educational Leadership)

Springer, 2009

Within the educational system, the role of assistant principal is vital. Assistant principals are the face of administration in most school districts, they comprise the largest group of administrators and largely determine school effectiveness and success. Despite the critical nature of this position, this leadership and management role is not...

How to Manage People (Creating Success)

Kogan Page, 2008

How to Manage People is a practical new book from bestselling author Michael Armstrong. A distillation of all his knowledge and experience, it provides advice to managers and team leaders on how to manage people in their teams, getting the best results from them and dealing with any people problems that may arise.

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After Abu Ghraib: Exploring Human Rights in America and the Middle East (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)

Cambridge University Press, 2009

This book traverses three pivotal human rights struggles of the post-September 11th era: the American human rights campaign to challenge the Bush administration's "War on Terror" torture and detention policies, Middle Eastern efforts to challenge American human rights practices (reversing the traditional West to East flow of human rights...

Working with India: The Softer Aspects of a Successful Collaboration with the Indian IT & BPO Industry

Springer, 2008

Globalization requires effective international and cross-cultural collaboration. When project teams from Western cultures first come into contact with colleagues from the Indian IT and BPO industry, prejudices against the new and unknown are typically amplified. This book is a start on the journey of cultural appreciation for managers, project...

Understanding Human Motivation: What Makes People Tick

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

What makes people tick? Why do people do what they do? I set out to write a book on human motivation and found that those questions could not be satisfactorily answered by themselves. Homo sapiens is the most advanced, the most complex, most adaptable, and most intelligent of all biological species, but is still a biological species. One must...

Into the Networked Age: How IBM and Other Firms are Getting There Now

Oxford University Press, 1999

In this dynamic book, based on the most effective strategies of IBM and other market leaders, managers will learn to successfully transform their organizations into a business prepared to compete in a networked age.

Mainframes, client servers, PCs, networks, e-business, the Internet, databases, technical management--indeed, in the...

The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Powerful Problem-Solving Techniques to Ignite Your Team's Potential (Leaders Guide)

Kogan Page, 2003

* Do you want to unlock the creative potential of your team?

* Is innovation a core value for your organization?

* Do you have the skills to inspire new ideas?

* Do you know how lateral leadership can transform your organization?

Leadership is not just about command and control - it is about inspiring your team to...

Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects (Pragmatic Programmers)

Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2009

All of your projects and programs make up your portfolio. But how much time you actually spend on your projects, and how much time do you spend responding to emergencies?

This book will introduce you to different ways of ordering all of the projects you are working on now, and help you figure out how to staff...

Embracing Uncertainty: The Essence of Leadership

M.E. Sharpe, 2001

This book offers a radically different approach from the clever, but overly simplistic and frequently misleading formulas for success offered by most self-help business literature. The authors believe that in today's turbulent competitive environment it is necessary to embrace uncertainty and set more realistic expectations, while creating greater...

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