Learn IT - Books tags managerial

Internet and Intranet Security Management: Risks and Solutions

IGI Global, 2000

In the last 12 years we have observed amazing growth of electronic communication. From typical local networks through country-wide systems and business-based distributed processing, we have witnessed widespread implementation of computer-controlled transmissions encompassing almost every aspect of our business and private lives.

Internet and...

Expert CAD Management: The Complete Guide

Sybex, 2007

You probably started out as a practicing architect, an electrical engineer, or an industrial designer and somehow found yourself in a CAD management position. You may be struggling with dual questions: “How did I get here?” and “What do I do now?” These are reasonable questions and not uncommon for those who find themselves...

Agent and Web Service Technologies in Virtual Enterprises (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2007

Use of Internet technologies for the interest of individuals and organizations is becoming more contextrelated and the center of gravity is correctly placed to the utility and the value that all involved parties are getting from a business transaction, a business venture or a collaborative service.

Therefore, both aspects that are...

Managing Corporate Information Systems Evolution and Maintenance

Idea Group Publishing, 2004

Managing Corporate Information Systems Evolution and Maintenance addresses the recent developments of systems maintenance research and practices ranging from technicality of systems evolution to managerial aspects of the topic. It includes very contemporary issues such as evolving legacy systems to e-business, applying patterns for reengineering...

Software Metrics: A Guide to Planning, Analysis, and Application

Auerbach Publications, 2003

The modern field of software metrics emerged from the computer modeling and "statistical thinking" services of the 1980s. As the field evolved, metrics programs were integrated with project management, and metrics grew to be a major tool in the managerial decision-making process of software companies. Now practitioners in the software...

Personal Web Usage in the Workplace: A Guide to Effective Human Resources Management

Information Science Publishing, 2003

An important aspect of managing human capital in the 21st century workplace is managing the interface between humans and information technology, particularly the World Wide Web. The Web has changed not only how and where business is conducted, but also how and where work is done. Personal web usage has created many desirable organizational...

The Economic and Social Impacts of E-Commerce

IGI Global, 2003

E-commerce is not new, though the interest shown in it is of relatively recent origin. Academics have applied their skill in seeking to maintain or improve business efficiency for years past, but they have concerned themselves mainly with obtaining facts of a historical nature – that is, by analyzing past papers, they have sought to...

Accounting for Managers: Interpreting Accounting Information for Decision-Making

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Accounting for Managers explains how accounting information is used by non-financial managers. The book emphasizes the interpretation, rather than the construction, of accounting information and encourages a critical, rather than unthinking acceptance, of the underlying assumptions behind accounting. It links theory with practical examples...

The New Workplace: A Guide to the Human Impact of Modern Working Practices

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

We are all increasingly familiar with modern business terms such as total quality management, just-in-time production, e-business, lean manufacturing and teleworking. But what really lies behind these terms and what effect do these and other new practices have on productivity and performance and, crucially, what is their social and psychological...

Multiagent System Technologies: 5th German Conference, MATES 2007, Leipzig, Germany, September 24-26, 2007, Proceedings

Springer, 2007

The German conference on Multi-Agent System Technologies (MATES) provides an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, users, and developers to present and discuss the latest advances in research work as well as prototyped or fielded systems of intelligent agents and multi-agent systems. The conference aims to promote theory and applications and...

Ten Questions About Human Error: A New View of Human Factors and System Safety (Human Factors in Transportation)

CRC Press, 2004

The text is extremely straightforward....it will be a valuable read for anyone interested in system safety-no matter what their field. Interesting reading and thought provoking discussions.

—IEEE EMBS Journal

Ten Questions About Human Error asks the type of questions frequently posed in...

The Making of Information Systems: Software Engineering and Management in a Globalized World

Springer, 2008

Information systems (IS) are the backbone of any organization today, supporting all major business processes.

This book deals with the question: how do these systems come into existence? It gives a comprehensive coverage of managerial, methodological and technological aspects including:

* Management...

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