An emergent approach to organizational strategy making assumptions that few organizations actually realize the goal of deliberative, top-down strategic planning, and that effective strategy making occurs on a continual basis and is a shared activity of the entire organization. This innovative book provides the first in-depth look at how real...
In a previous publication, the authors attempted to cover not only topical
issues but also difficult problems that might confront recently appointed
trainees in the decisions they make that confront these individuals in their
future practices.
Since that time, much of the thrust of coloproctology and government...
Completely updated for its Fifth Edition, this comprehensive text presents a practical approach to the office evaluation and management of every problem seen by primary care practitioners. In 239 problem-oriented chapters, the book provides essential information on medical diagnosis, lab tests, treatment options, and health...
Organized for rapid access, focused on productivity, Eclipse Distilled brings together all the answers you need to make the most of today's most powerful Java development environment. David Carlson introduces proven best practices for working with Eclipse, and shows exactly how to integrate Eclipse into any Agile development...
This book is about making the choice for the customer, making a choice beyond the superficial slogans and choosing an operational, actionable strategy. Our experience has shown that although companies focus their customer programs on cross-selling and loyalty initiatives, the issue is much more fundamental. They fail in their...
The Spring Framework is a major open source application development framework that makes Java/J2EE™ development easier and more productive. This book shows you not only what Spring can do but why, explaining its functionality and motivation to help you use all parts of the framework to develop successful applications.
Learn hands-on antenna design from a leading expert
Modern Antenna Design, Second Edition continues the practical approach that marked the popular first edition by distilling theory to the essentials of antenna design without becoming buried in mathematics. Written by an expert antenna designer whose designs have been used on NASA missions to...
An introduction to RF propagation that spans all wireless applications
This book provides readers with a solid understanding of the concepts involved in the propagation of electromagnetic waves and of the commonly used modeling techniques. While many books cover RF propagation, most are geared to cellular telephone systems and, therefore, are...
In the SQL database community, Joe Celko is a well-known columnist and purveyor of valuable insights. In Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming, he picks up where basic SQL training and experience leaves many database professionals and offers tips, techniques, and explanations that help readers extend their capabilities to...
The book explores the current state of laser dynamics and provides reference data and basic experimental facts for old and new generation lasers. The most frequently used mathematical models are presented. The author discusses the reasons for spontaneous occurrence of pulsation of the intensity of the radiation of solid-state lasers, the influence...
There is no doubt that many of the readers of this book series wonder
how the research/computational facilities will look like in the near future.
It seems that the efficiency and compactness of the silicon-based
computers are almost exhausted, and for significant progress one has to
look for alternative solutions. A very...
It has long been my desire to contribute to a textbook that is solely devoted to the chemical analysis of textiles. Thus, when Woodhead Publishing contacted me about editing this book, I enthusiastically accepted the offer. Now, with the hard work of a team of contributors who are professors, material researchers and textile analysts from...
