Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.15 Organization1.15.1 Empowerment and Trust; 1.15.2 Organizations of the Future; 1.16 The Last Frontier: The Brain; 1.16.1 The Way the Brain Works; 1.16.2 Preparing your Brain; 1.16.3 Information Interpretation; 1.16.4 Speed; 1.17 Enterprise Information Management Bottom-Up; 1.17.1 EIM Is Insight, Information and Knowledge; Chapter 2: The Importance of an Enterprise Information Management Strategy; 2.1 Challenges; 2.2 What Is Strategy?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Creating a Diverse Workforce -- Looking at Case Alignment -- Legal Case: Following the Laws -- Moral Case: Being Right Isn't Enough -- Business Case: The Bottom Line -- Demonstrate Desire to Change Through Transparency -- Chapter 6 Diversity Is in the Data -- Define What You're Measuring -- Three Forms of Data Collection -- Starting with Surveys -- Getting One-on-One Information through Interviews -- Feedback with Group Forums -- Taking Up Issues with Town Hall Meetings -- Analyzing the Data -- Company Culture Can Guide Data -- Chapter 7 Leaders Listen -- Listening Exercise -- Improve Employee Engagement -- Listen to Let Ideas Soar -- Microaggressions. -- Microinequities -- Respond -to Micro messages -- Part 3 Action -- Chapter 8 Leaders Take Action -- Affirmative Action -- Equity at Work -- Leadership Development -- Going Beyond What's on Paper -- Making Development Ongoing -- Establish Employee Resource Groups as a Resource to the Business -- Creation of a D&I Council -- Equity Tools That Work -- Assembly Bill No. 979 -- Chapter 9 Inclusion Is Intentional -- Being Open to New Possibilities -- Practice Openness -- Inclusion Counts If You're Included -- Connections Matter: Not Everyone Is the Same and That's Okay -- Inclusion Can Be Learned -- Actively Work Towards Inclusion -- Pepsi Falls Short with Ad -- Tokenism and Inclusion -- Chapter 10 Belonging Makes an Impact -- Belonging Is Vital to Performance and Well-Being -- How to Educate Employees -- Putting Bias Education into Motion -- An Example of Not Having All the Facts -- Perspective and Belonging -- How Do You Create Belonging at Work? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Selecting the Right People-and the -- Right Projects -- Selecting Black Belt Resources -- Selecting Projects -- The Language of Project Selection -- Who Does What -- Diagnostic Processes for Project Identification -- Top-Down Project Identification -- Bottom-Up Project Identification -- Grouping and Screening Ideas -- Project Definition and Scoping -- Final Project Selections -- Projects Suitable for Lean Six Sigma -- Selecting the Right Resources and Projects -- 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.4 Bibliographic remarksChapter 5: Analysis of quantum programs; 5.1 Termination analysis of quantum while-loops; 5.1.1 Quantum while-Loops with Unitary Bodies; 5.1.2 General Quantum while-Loops; 5.1.3 An Example; 5.2 Quantum graph theory; 5.2.1 Basic Definitions; 5.2.2 Bottom Strongly Connected Components; 5.2.3 Decomposition of the State Hilbert Space; 5.3 Reachability analysis of quantum Markov chains; 5.3.1 Reachability Probability; 5.3.2 Repeated Reachability Probability; 5.3.3 Persistence Probability; 5.4 Proofs of technical lemmas; 5.5 Bibliographic remarks…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Top-down approach; 4.4.4. Bottom-up approach; 4.4.5. Mixed approach: left-corner; 4.4.6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…158 Societal Responsibility 160 Potential Pitfalls 163 Chapter 11: Overseeing Strategy and Risk Management 169 Strategy 169 Risk Management 173 Chapter 12: CEO Compensation, Succession Planning, and Crisis Management 185 CEO Compensation 185 Succession Planning 192 Crisis Management 196 Chapter 13: Performance Measurement and Reporting 201 Performance Measures 201 Financial Reporting 205 Chapter 14: Building an Effective Board 219 Looking Objectively 220 A Shift in Direction 221 Building a Better Board 223 Board Assessments 226 Bottom Line 230 Chapter 15: Avoiding Board Pitfalls 231 Following the Herd 231 Obtaining Critical Information 238 A Leaky HP Board 245 Another Leak-What Was He Thinking? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.1.8 Termination and Divorce6.1.9 Distribution Waterfall; 6.2 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; 6.3 FINDING THE BALANCE; CHAPTER 7 The Investment Process; 7.1 PROCESS DESCRIPTION; 7.1.1 Portfolio Objectives; 7.1.2 Portfolio Design; 7.1.3 Liquidity Management; 7.1.4 Fund Selection; 7.1.5 Monitoring; 7.1.6 Actions and Implementation; 7.2 RISK MANAGEMENT; 7.2.1 Risk-Measurement Framework; 7.2.2 Risk Control; 7.2.3 Risk Mitigation; CHAPTER 8 Private Equity Portfolio Design; 8.1 THREE APPROACHES TO PRIVATE EQUITY PORTFOLIO DESIGN; 8.1.1 Bottom-Up Approach; 8.1.2 Top-Down Approach; 8.1.3 Mixed Approach…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 42: Stakeholder management -- Part 5: Operations, supply chain management and procurement -- Chapter 43: Business process redesign -- Chapter 44: House of purchasing and supply -- Chapter 45: Kaizen/Gemba -- Chapter 46: Lean thinking/just-in-time -- Chapter 47: Purchasing model (Kraljic) -- Chapter 48: Root cause analysis/Pareto analysis -- Chapter 49: Six sigma -- Chapter 50: The EFQM model -- Chapter 51: Value stream mapping -- Part 6: Innovation, technology management and e-business -- Chapter 52: Diffusion model -- Chapter 53: Disruptive innovation -- Chapter 54: Hype cycle -- Chapter 55: Innovation circle -- Chapter 56: Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) -- Chapter 57: Stage-Gate model -- Chapter 58: Strategic IT-alignment model -- Chapter 59: The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF®) -- Part 7: Human resources (HR) and change management -- Chapter 60: Change quadrants -- Chapter 61: Compensation model -- Chapter 62: Eight phases of change (Kotter) -- Chapter 63: HR business roles -- Chapter 64: Motivational insights -- Chapter 65: Six thinking hats (De Bono) -- Chapter 66: Socially engineered change -- Chapter 67: Team roles (Belbin) -- Chapter 68: The Deming cycle: plan-do-check-act -- Part 8: Leadership and (inter)cultural management -- Chapter 69: Bottom of the pyramid -- Chapter 70: CAGE distance framework -- Chapter 71: Competing values -- Chapter 72: Core quadrants -- Chapter 73: Cultural dimensions (Hofstede) -- Chapter 74: Culture dimensions (Trompenaars) -- Chapter 75: Focus-energy matrix -- Chapter 76: Seven habits of highly effective people (Covey) -- Chapter 77: Situational leadership -- Appendix: Model matrix and categorisation -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction Building budgets Incremental budgeting Zero based budgeting Activity based budgeting Should budgets be top-down or bottom-up? Fixed v flexible budgets External comparison driven budgets VFM, outcome orientated and evidence based budgets The power of evidence in protecting budgets Good budgeting practice and ideas for constructing a budget Setting budgets for contingencies The challenge process Building budgets and performance measurement The budget game Presenting budgets 5 How should cash be budgeted and controlled? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Individual and Leadership Team Agility -- Endnotes -- Chapter 8 Leadership Team Strategies for Remaining Union-Free -- 10 Early Warning Signs -- 10 Reasons Employees Organize -- 12 Issues Targeted by Unions -- 12 Reasons for Union-Organizing Success -- Be Visible and Known and Build Relationships at All Levels -- Measure and Improve Your Organization's Connectivity Index -- Ensure Role Clarity for Management Positions -- Shore Up Management Fundamentals from Top to Bottom -- Endnotes -- Conclusion: A Manifesto About Love and Leadership -- Will You Go for the Gold? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.1.3 The new IT environment3.2 Alignment as a strategy; 3.2.1 IT as the analog of the business; Chapter 4 Design from the top-down; 4.1 Bottom up: past design decisions influence today's operations; 4.2 Top-down: aligning supply to demand; 4.3 The impact of fluctuating demand on rigid supply; 4.4 The tailored and dynamic environment; 4.4.1 Proposed solution: a Fit-for-Purpose Real Time Infrastructure (RTI); 4.4.2 What is Fit-for-Purpose?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Emerging Nanotechnologies for Manufacturing; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Nanotechnology to Nanomanufacturing; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Approaches to Nanotechnology; 1.3 Transition from Nanotechnology to Nanomanufacturing; 1.3.1 Top-down approach; 1.3.2 Bottom-up approach; 1.4 Conclusions; References; 2 Gas phase nanofication: a strategy to impart fast response in sensors; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Proposed Rationale; 2.3 Methods of Establishing the Desired Redox po2; 2.4 Sample Preparation; 2.4.1 Materials and processing; 2.4.2 Characterization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- About the Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Building Wealth Through Business Ownership -- Chapter 1 Own Good Businesses -- Business Ownership -- Active versus Passive Investing -- The Pitfalls of Investing -- Characteristics of a Good Business -- Own the Best and Leave the Rest -- Part II The Global Investment Opportunity -- Chapter 2 The GlobalEconomy -- Global Economic Evolution -- The Digital Economy -- Economic Growth Rates -- Wealth Creation -- Effects of Wealth Creation -- Global Scope Provides Flexibility -- Chapter 3 Global Trade -- Advancements in Global Shipping -- Air Freight -- Trends in Global Trade -- Global Trade Routes -- Trade Agreements -- Intergovernmental Organizations -- Supply Chains -- Chapter 4 The Global Financial Markets -- Global Financial Markets -- Global Equity Markets -- Initial Public Offerings -- Financial Market Interaction -- Credit Spreads -- Currency Markets -- Part III Risks of Investing Globally -- Chapter 5 Market Cycle Risk -- Economic Cycles -- Market Cycles -- Market Contagions -- Bear Market Warning Signs -- Bear Market Bottoms -- Managing Cycle Risk -- Chapter 6 Currency Risk -- Currency Market Overview -- Exchange Rate Dynamics -- How Currencies Affect Investment Returns -- Currency Debasement and Crashes -- Managing Currency Risk -- Chapter 7 Geopolitical Risk -- Types of Geopolitical Risk -- Geopolitical Hotspots -- Managing Geopolitical Risk -- Part IV Buying Global Businesses -- Chapter 8 Company Analysis -- Profitability -- Earnings Sustainability -- Balance Sheet Strength -- Growth Prospects -- Investment Risk -- Valuation -- Estimating Share Value -- Summary -- Part V Global Sectors and Industries -- Chapter 9 Communication Services -- Advertising -- Broadband Services…”

“…Our encounters with the physical world are filled with miraculous puzzles-wind appears from somewhere, heavy objects (like oil tankers) float on oceans, yet smaller objects go to the bottom of our water-filled buckets. As adults, instead of confronting a whole world, we are reduced to driving from one parking garage to another. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Glad, Mad, Sad in Japan -- Fun/Done/Learn: An Alternative for Sprint Retrospective Events19 -- How Building a Strong Product Community Put Astah on the Map23 -- Agile Community Event and Meetup -- Chapter 9: The Philippines -- History -- Asia Pacific College: Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry Through Information Technology -- Insights -- Getting On and Around -- Agile Community Events and Meetups -- Chapter 10: Singapore -- History -- Insights -- Eight DON'Ts in Agile Transformation -- PALO IT - Valuing Creativity, Positivism, Team Spirit, and the Capacity to Deliver -- Agile and Consciousness in Organizations -- Midlife Crisis -- The Consciousness Lens -- Agile: The Magic Recipe -- The Role of Leaders -- Fractality and the Role of Leaders -- Beyond Agile: The Dawn of Conscious Leaders -- Goals for Sustainable Development -- The Triple Bottom Line -- Conscious Leadership -- Where to Start? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Blank screen areas on the bottom are not displayed -- Figure 4.10 Eye tracking during reading. …”

“…The how-to guide for exceptional management from the bottom up The Effective Manager is a hands-on practical guide to great management at every level. …”

“…After reading this book, you'll come away with the skills and techniques for building a game app, top to bottom, that could perhaps even be sold on the Apple iTunes App Store. *** NOTE: This book is an update of Beginning iOS 5 Games Development (ISBN-13: 978-1430237105) and Beginning iPhone Games Development (ISBN-10: 1430225998)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Packt Upsell -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Vulnerability Management Governance -- Security basics -- The CIA triad -- Confidentiality -- Integrity -- Availability -- Identification -- Authentication -- Authorization -- Auditing -- Accounting -- Non-repudiation -- Vulnerability -- Threats -- Exposure -- Risk -- Safeguards -- Attack vectors -- Understanding the need for security assessments -- Types of security tests -- Security testing -- Vulnerability assessment versus penetration testing -- Security assessment -- Security audit -- Business drivers for vulnerability management -- Regulatory compliance -- Satisfying customer demands -- Response to some fraud/incident -- Gaining a competitive edge -- Safeguarding/protecting critical infrastructures -- Calculating ROIs -- Setting up the context -- Bottom-up -- Top-down -- Policy versus procedure versus standard versus guideline -- Vulnerability assessment policy template -- Penetration testing standards -- Penetration testing lifecycle -- Industry standards -- Open Web Application Security Project testing guide -- Benefits of the framework -- Penetration testing execution standard -- Benefits of the framework -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 2: Setting Up the Assessment Environment -- Setting up a Kali virtual machine -- Basics of Kali Linux -- Environment configuration and setup -- Web server -- Secure Shell (SSH) -- File Transfer Protocol (FTP) -- Software management -- List of tools to be used during assessment -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Security Assessment Prerequisites -- Target scoping and planning -- Gathering requirements -- Preparing a detailed checklist of test requirements -- Suitable time frame and testing hours -- Identifying stakeholders -- Deciding upon the type of vulnerability assessment…”