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InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.
InfoWorld
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.
Management Consulting
Author: Matthias KippingPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191588121
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
This volume makes an important contribution to the growing literature on management consulting. It brings together international contributors from a wide variety of backgrounds and draws on recent empirical research from a diverse range of countries, consultancy firms, and client companies. The analysis focuses on three key areas. The first part of the book looks at the emergence and development of the consulting industry in different countries and time periods. The interplay between national systemic context and outside influences is stressed, and the efforts of consultants to become recognized as 'legitimate' knowledge carriers by their clients is highlighted, in competition — and sometimes cooperation — with other suppliers of management knowledge, notably academia. The volume goes on to consider the generation, management, and validation of consulting knowledge by consultancy organizations and management gurus, showing how these activities are influenced not only by the consultancies' own characteristics in terms of size, structure, and national origin, but also by the (national and cultural) context in which they are operating, and by the role of 'gatekeepers', such as book publishers or journalists. The third part of the book focuses on the nature and dynamics of the consultancy-client relationship, focusing especially on the ways in which consultants convince managers of the need to hire outside advisors; on the reaction of those concerned in the client organization towards the consultants' recommendations; and on the methods used by the consultants to overcome the possible reluctance and resistance from within the organization. From a more theoretical point of view, the chapters in this volume also show that research on management consulting has to take into account different levels of analysis: the consulting industry as a whole and its position relative to other knowledge providers such as academia; the specific consultancy organization and its relationships with internal and external sources of knowledge; and the particular consultancy project and notably the interplay between the consultants and the various stakeholders within and outside the client organization.
The One Impossible Labyrinth
Author: Matthew ReillyPublisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN: 1761260367
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
THE END IS HERE Jack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth. Now he faces one last race-against multiple rivals, against time, against the collapse of the universe itself-a headlong race that will end at a throne inside the fabled labyrinth. AN IMPOSSIBLE MAZE But the road will be hard. For this is a maze like no other: a maze of mazes. Uncompromising and complex. Demanding and deadly. A CATACLYSMIC CONCLUSION It all comes down to this. For it ends here-now-in the most lethal and dangerous place Jack has encountered in all of his many adventures. And in the face of this indescribable peril, with everything on the line, there is only one thing he can do. Attempt the impossible.
Death Wears a Blue Cloak
Author: Mattilla the Pun PublishingPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0971271127
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Dragon Invasion of Nom
Author: William Lutz IIPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1430307765
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
George is lured back to the Realm of Firewood when his brother is kidnapped by Bartooke, the aide of Regent Darvous. With Marty the cat and his friend Kim, George returns to a land that is being invaded by Dragon Riders who appear out of nowhere. Challenges are faced and decisions are made that could affect the entire realm.
Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware
Author: Gregory S. HornbyPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540858563
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Evolvable Systems, ICES 2008, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in September 2008. The 28 revised full papers and 14 revised poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on evolution of analog circuits, evolution of digital circuits, hardware-software codesign and platforms for adaptive systems, evolutionary robotics, development, real-world applications, evolutionary networking, evolvable artificial neural networks, and transistor-level circuit evolution.
The Two Lost Mountains
Author: Matthew ReillyPublisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN: 1760984000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
No. 1 bestselling action author Matthew Reilly continues his explosive Jack West series. New novel The One Impossible Labyrinth is out now. AN INCREDIBLE VICTORY BUT AT A TERRIBLE PRICE... Against all the odds, Jack West Jr found the Three Secret Cities but at a heartbreaking cost. His beloved daughter Lily, it appeared, was slaughtered by Sphinx in a cruel ancient ritual. TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE FALL! With his rivals far ahead of him, Jack must now get to one of the five iron mountains-two of which have never been found-and perform a mysterious feat known only as 'The Fall'. Although what is this object on the moon that is connected to it? A NEW PLAYER ARRIVES Amid all this, Jack will discover that a new player has entered the race, a general so feared by the four legendary kingdoms they had him locked away in their deepest dungeon. Only now this general has escaped and he has a horrifying plan of his own...
Prisoner of Castle Windward
Author: William Lutz IIPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411692608
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
"I am originally from the Land of Winds, but over the past several years I have resided in the Realm of Firewood," spoke the cat quickly. "Now you might ask why one of feline lineage would live in the land of dra..."In a land of wonder, a boy must undertake an incredible journey. With a talking cat, a flying Noma, and a rough warrior for companionship, George's quest could end up in disaster for the realm.Are you ready for the adventure that is Firewood?
Scytheman
Author: Chris McMahonPublisher: Lanedd Press
ISBN: 0992299438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Following on from events in The Calvanni, the city of Raynor is now in turmoil. False-Scion Osterac has declared himself heir to the fallen Empire and his supporters riot on the streets. Legions of non-human Eathal advance across the continent, destroying all in their path. The future of Yos lies in the balance and only the Scion can unite the shattered fragments of the fallen Empire. Pursued by the renegade Sorcerer Raziin, Cedrin and Ellen struggle to stay alive on a lawless continent torn by war. They are drawn toward a lethal contest for the awesome power of the Spear of Carris, where the identity of the true Scion will be revealed.
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