“…Today, organizations have achieved an overall failure rate above 80 percent with Lean, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, and continuous improvement in general. …”

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“…So what's the secret weapon that will boost your business over and above the competition? Creativity! But far too often creativity is sidelined and the energy and excitement that go along side it are subdued. …”

“…Filled with insights from leading Australian CEOs, Master CEOs taps into the thoughts of Australia's leading chief executive officers or managing directors in an effort to understand why they are such outstanding leaders, and why the companies they run have delivered above-average results. Master CEOs is not only about management - it also delivers a very strong message on leadership.To be interviewed for the book, the CEO had to be in charge of their company for at least 10 years and delivered shareholders a return greater than the share market in that period.…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…- Lewis Wolpert -- Chapter 3: "The cosmos above me, and the moral maze within me: Astrophysics and base research - some reflections" - Lucio Piccirillo -- Chapter 4: "Can freedom help to tackle global climate warming? …”

“…Focusing on the mechanisms and psychological consequences of propaganda on Soviet children, as well as their combat deployment, Kucherenko adopts a three-tier approach to writing the history of childhood: 'from above', 'from below', and 'from within'. A wide variety of new sources provide insight into young soldiers' combat motivations and the roles they played in the field, as well as their routine experiences and relationship with older comrades. …”

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“…In this wide-ranging account of American and French understandings of merit, talent, and intelligence over the past two centuries, John Carson tells the fascinating story of how two nations wrestled scientifically with human inequalities and their social and political implications.Surveying a broad array of political tracts, philosophical treatises, scientific works, and journalistic writings, Carson chronicles the gradual embrace of the IQ version of intelligence in the United States, while in France, the birthplace of the modern intelligence test, expert judgment was consistently prized above such quantitative measures. He also reveals the crucial role that determinations of, and contests over, merit have played in both societies—they have helped to organize educational systems, justify racial hierarchies, classify army recruits, and direct individuals onto particular educational and career paths.A contribution to both the history of science and intellectual history, The Measure of Merit illuminates the shadow languages of inequality that have haunted the American and French republics since their inceptions --…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Chapter 1: Communism, Myth and Memory; Collective Memory, Memory Groups and Myths of War under Communism; Agents: Veterans, Victims and the Nation State; Structures: Organizations in the Communist System; Sources Consulted; Chapter 2: The Communist Post-war: Organizing Life and Memory; Challenges of Demobilization; Communist Legislation and the ex-Combatants and Prisoners, 1945-48: A View From Above; Memory Groups: A View from Below; Commemoration: 'I can still smell that putrid stench'…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1 Introduction to "Mobility" -- Mobility Market -- Consumption Trends -- Mobile Challenges -- Summary -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2 Internet "Sessions" -- The Internet and Communication -- TCP/IP Five-Layer Model -- Sessions and Mobility -- Summary -- Endnotes -- Part II: Mobility Approaches -- Chapter 3 Nomadicity -- Authentication and Authorization -- Federated Identity -- Location Information and Context Awareness -- Privacy and Security -- DynDNS -- Summary -- Endnotes -- Chapter 4 Data Link Layer Mobility -- Mobility Across an Ethernet-Bridged Domain -- Mobility Using Wireless LAN Technology -- Wireless LANs and Mobility Across a Layer 3 Domain -- GPRS Tunneling Protocol -- Proxy Mobile IPv6-Based Mobility -- Data Link Layer Solutions to Providing Mobility Across Heterogeneous Access Networks -- Summary -- Endnotes -- Chapter 5 Network Layer Mobility -- Mobile IPv4 -- Mobile IPv6 Technology Overview -- Dual-Stack Mobile IP -- MOBIKE Technology Overview -- Summary -- Endnotes -- Chapter 6 Transport/Session Layer Mobility -- Lower-Layer Mobility Implications to the Transport Layer -- Solving Mobility Above the Network Layer -- SCTP -- Multipath TCP -- MSOCKS: An Architecture for Transport Layer Mobility -- Other Transport Layer Mobility Approaches -- Session Layer Mobility Approaches -- Summary -- Endnotes -- Chapter 7 Application Mobility -- User-Centric Mobility -- Application Mobility Using the Domain Name System -- Application Mobility Using the Session Initiation Protocol -- Summary -- Endnotes -- Chapter 8 Locator-Identifier Separation -- Approaches to Locator-Identifier Separation -- HIP -- Locator-Identifier Separation Protocol - Mobile Node (LISP-MN) -- NAT66 -- Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) -- Summary -- Parting Thoughts -- Endnotes -- Index -- A -- B -- C.…”