Tabla de Contenidos: “…Choosing an Image File Format -- Alpha Channel Transparency -- Image File Size -- The Versatility of PNGs -- Importing an Image as an Image Object -- Gluing Image Objects-Signage -- Placing Free-Floating Images-Backgrounds -- Plans and Elevations -- Importing an Image as a Texture -- Projected Versus Tiled Textures -- Creating and Importing Cropped Textures -- Working with Perspective Photos in SketchUp -- Importing Street View Imagery as a Photo Texture -- Importing an Image as a Matched Photo -- Additional Resources -- Chapter Seven: Mastering Materials -- Materials and Textures -- Creating and Managing Your Material Libraries -- Creating a New Library from Scratch -- Duplicating an Existing Library -- Creating New Materials -- Creating a New Color -- Sampling Onscreen Colors -- Creating a New Texture -- Editing SketchUp Materials -- Editing Colors -- Editing Texture Images -- Swapping Black-and-White Satellite Imagery from Google Earth with Color Imagery -- Additional Resources -- Chapter Eight: Mastering Components -- Creating Basic Components -- Assigning a Name and Description -- Determining the Component Origin -- Setting a Gluing Plane -- Creating Nested Groups and Components -- Creating Face-Me Components -- Creating Dynamic Components -- Creating a Dynamic Door Component -- Generating Reports -- Additional Resources -- Advanced Component Uses -- Select Instances -- Make Unique -- Save As and Reload -- Upload Component -- Chapter Nine: Mastering Scenes -- Creating a Scene -- Setting Up a Camera Fly-Through -- Positioning a Standard Camera -- Positioning a Target Camera -- Playing an Animation -- Reordering Scenes -- Creating Shadow Animations -- Updating Shadows -- Using Scenes to Improve Performance with Large Files -- Setting Up Animated Section Cuts -- Chapter Ten: Exporting Graphics from SketchUp -- Preparing Your Model for Presentations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Put it into play -- Secret nine How to play full time -- The Job 2.0 -- Going freestyle -- Create your portfolio career -- Collaborate for speed -- Do the numbers work? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Practice more on your own : Diversity hiring ; Sales by region ; Revenue forecast ; Adverse events ; Reasons for leaving ; Accounts over time ; Errors & complaints ; Taste test data ; Encounters by type ; Store traffic -- Chapter nine. Practice more at work : Create your plan of attack ; Set good goals ; Give & receive effective feedback ; Cultivate a feedback culture ; Refer to the SWD process ; Make use of an assessment rubric ; Facilitate a big idea practice session ; Conduct an SWD working session ; Set yourself up for successful data stories ; Let's discuss -- Chapter ten. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Consistency is Key -- Establishing a Routine -- Speaking and Reaching Out -- Going Live -- Monetising Speaking -- Chapter Nine: Who is Your Secret Army? -- Understanding What the Audience Wants -- But Why is This Not Happening? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cognitive Biases -- Developing Self-Control -- Rise Above Emotion and Choose Your Behaviors -- Notes -- Chapter 12: Shaping Win Probability Begins with Qualification -- Chasing Ugly Deals -- Define the Strike Zone -- Qualifying Methodologies and Shortcuts -- Nine-Frame Qualification Matrix -- Measure Every Prospect against Your Ideal Qualified Prospect Profile -- Murder Boarding -- Note -- Chapter 13: Engagement and Micro-Commitments -- Testing Engagement -- Tune In to Emotions -- Micro-Commitments -- Leveraging the Value Bias and Consistency Principle -- Getting Caught Up in Emotion -- Chapter 14: Stalled Deals and Next Steps -- The Bane of Sales Organizations -- The Cardinal Rule of Sales Conversations -- Getting Past the Next-Step Brush-Off -- Ledge -- Disrupt -- Ask -- Chapter 15: Sales Process -- Disruptive Emotions Disrupt the Sales Process -- Winging It -- Complexity Is the Enemy of Execution -- No Sales Process -- Aligning the Three Processes of Sales -- Chapter 16: Buying Process -- Mapping the Buying Process -- The Danger of Getting Out of Sync -- Average Salespeople Dance -- Shaping the Buying Process -- Get There First -- Leverage -- Average Salespeople Become Buying Process Puppets -- Chapter 17: The Five Stakeholders You Meet in a Deal -- The Higher the Risk, the More Stakeholders Involved -- Know Your Audience -- Hearts Before Minds -- BASIC -- The One Question Ultra-High Performers Never Ask -- BASIC Mapping -- Chapter 18: Decision Process -- Influencing the Decision Process -- Aligning the Three Processes of Sales -- The Five Questions That Matter Most in Sales -- Aligning Decision Making with Social Proof -- Notes -- Chapter 19: Do I Like You? …”

“…The following six chapters discuss hazards (drought, intense precipitations, sea level rise, sea water intrusion) and early warning systems. Nine chapters enlarge on flood risk analysis and preliminary mapping, climate change vulnerability, comparing contingency plans in various scales and presenting experiences centred on adaptation planning. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.3.1.1 Designation of nine auto groups -- 4.3.1.2 Attraction of foreign investors -- 4.3.1.3 Revised policy approach after WTO accession -- 4.3.2 Trade policy for the auto sector -- 4.3.2.1 Import substitution -- 4.3.2.1.1 Infant-industry protection of the auto sector through tariff barriers until 2001 -- 4.3.2.1.2 Reduction of tariff barriers and introduction of non-tariff barriers since 2001 -- 4.3.2.2 Export promotion -- 4.3.3 Localism in the auto industry -- 4.3.3.1 Incentives to boost the development of the auto sector -- 4.3.3.2 Protectionist measures to safeguard local auto companies -- 4.3.3.3 Different development approaches for the auto sector - Beijing and Shanghai -- 4.4 Financial system as an instrument to regulate the auto sector's growth -- 4.5 Government-business cooperation and information sharing in the auto sector -- 4.6 Two decades of state-promotion in the auto sector -- 4.6.1 Achievements -- 4.6.2 Shortcomings -- 4.6.2.1 Fragmentation of the auto market -- 4.6.2.2 Limited market share and technology know-how -- 4.6.2.3 International competitiveness -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5 Evaluation and lessons from China's model of economic development -- 5.1 China - the new developmental state -- 5.2 Uniqueness of the Chinese development approach -- 5.3 Lessons from China's new model of economic development -- Appendix -- Appendix I: List of experts interviewed in China -- Appendix II: Experts' affiliation -- Appendix III: Topic overview for interviewees -- Appendix IV: Questionnaire for company representatives -- Appendix V: Statistics of the 2001 World Bank survey…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The gene, domain and cultural bias -- 1.2. Nine DNA segments of rare importance -- Chapter 2: On Risk Taking -- 2.1 Where is the gap? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Kareem's selflessness -- Miracles -- Nine promises that can bring happiness -- Losing and winning -- Sage advice -- Fame -- On talent -- Unhappiness today -- Make the most of what you've got -- Is my Ford better than your Cadillac? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- REFINING AN INITIAL PROCESS DESCRIPTION -- CREATING A BUSINESS CASE FOR A PROCESS CHANGE PROJECT -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- Chapter Nine - Modeling Business Processes -- PROCESS FLOW PROBLEMS -- DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS -- PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAMS -- FLOW DIAGRAMMING BASICS -- MORE PROCESS NOTATION -- AS-IS, COULD-BE, AND TO-BE PROCESS DIAGRAMS -- CASE MANAGEMENT -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- Chapter Ten - Human Performance Analysis, Automation, and Decision Management -- ANALYZING A SPECIFIC ACTIVITY -- ANALYZING HUMAN PERFORMANCE -- MANAGING THE PERFORMANCE OF ACTIVITIES -- AUTOMATING THE ENTER EXPENSE REPORTS ACTIVITY -- EMPOWERING EMPLOYEES -- ANALYZING A COMPLETELY AUTOMATED ACTIVITY -- DECISION MANAGEMENT -- KNOWLEDGE WORKERS, COGNITIVE MAPS, AND DECISION MANAGEMENT -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- Chapter Eleven - Managing and Measuring a Specific Business Process -- REPRESENTING MANAGEMENT PROCESSES -- THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS -- PLAN WORK -- ORGANIZE WORK -- COMMUNICATE -- CONTROL WORK -- EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PROCESS MANAGER -- CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT AND IMPROVEMENT -- MANAGEMENT REDESIGN AT CHEVRON -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- Chapter Twelve - Incremental Improvement with Lean and Six Sigma -- SIX SIGMA -- THE SIX SIGMA CONCEPT -- THE SIX SIGMA APPROACH TO PROCESS IMPROVEMENT -- PHASES IN A SIX SIGMA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT -- LEAN -- SUMMARY -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- Chapter Thirteen - The BPTrends Process: Redesign Methodology -- WHY HAVE A METHODOLOGY? …”

“…Interoperability of a GPFS cluster and file sharing applications for Windows clients are discussed. This book presents a nine-step approach for configuring a GPFS cluster, and also presents various tools and techniques that make it easier for a systems administrator in GPFS implementation and day-to-day management tasks…”

“…Statistics from around the world support the authors' claims. The nine chapters in this short book have not been previously published. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 8 Step 6: Make Content Engaging and Efficient for the Busy Customer -- Creating Learning Objectives -- Personalizing Objectives for Personas -- Auditing and Categorizing Content -- Merrill's First Principles of Instruction -- Introducing Gagné's Nine Events of Instruction -- Making Learning Efficient, Effective, and Engaging -- Leave Space for Rabbit Trails! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A Proactive Approach to Culture and Change -- Summary -- Case Study: A Fortune 500 Financial Service Company Supported by Offshore Services in India -- Case study: "Globax" A High-tech Start-up Company -- Review Questions -- Concept of Change -- Introduction -- Meaning of Organisational Change -- Nature of Organisational Change -- Evolutionary Change -- Revolutionary Change -- Proactive vs Reactive Change -- Pressure For Change -- Nine Winds of Change -- Planned Change -- Types of Planned Change -- Levels of Change -- Change Cycle -- Participative Change Cycle -- Directive Change Cycle -- Is there a "Best" Strategy for Change? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Multi-Disciplinary approach with variable chairs -- Self-managed teams and self-organising systems -- The executive constellation -- The doughnut organisation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Future of Work Megatrends -- The megatrends -- Globalisation -- Digitalisation -- Automation (including AI) -- Sustainability and decarbonisation -- Demographic changes (including ageing) -- Responses to the megatrends -- Covid-19 and the new normal -- Remote and hybrid working -- The Great Resignation -- Quiet Quitting -- Meaning in and at work -- The three shifts -- Executive freedom -- The dark side of the gig economy -- Future-proofing our careers -- The nine paradoxes -- References -- Part II: Access to the C-Suite through Psychological Ownership -- Chapter 3: The Rise of the Access Economy -- The access economy -- Owning a vinyl record or streaming music -- Cars still provide status -- Development of an access economy ecosystem - Airbnb -- The Uber of the C-suite? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Certain Uncertainty -- An Unpredictable World -- About Thinkers50 -- Notes -- Part I Future Thinking -- Chapter 1 Resilient, Net Positive Leadership -- Diversity and Redundancy -- Networks of Support -- Purpose and Mission -- Conclusion -- Biography -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Leading Like a Futurist -- Seeing Bold Futures and the Big, Long Picture -- Shaping Potential Futures: Investing in Sustainable and Equitable Outcomes -- Share Futures That Make Us Feel -- We Can All Lead Like Futurists -- Biography -- Notes -- Chapter 3 The Privilege of Leadership: A Constant in an Uncertain World -- Self-Awareness Is Key -- The Weight of Leadership -- Embedding Friction Before Decision-Making -- Leadership Will Always Be Necessary: Let's Make It Equitable -- Manifesting of Privilege: One of Life's Constants -- Biography -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Leading from the Future (Not the Past) -- In Futures, We Grow -- New Beginnings -- The Wisdom Gap -- Future-Focused, We Grow -- Uncertain Times Require Future-Makers -- Biography -- Chapter 5 Toward Uncertainty Ability: Leading Self and Others to Possibility Beyond the Unknown -- Reframing -- Priming -- Doing -- Sustaining -- Biographies -- Notes -- Part II Transformational Leadership -- Chapter 6 Leading with the Head and Heart: The Modern Leader Our World Needs Today -- Modern Leaders Among Us -- The Eight Attributes of a Head and Heart Leader -- Head-Based Leadership Attributes -- Heart-Based Leadership Attributes -- The Art of Modern Leadership -- Biography -- Note -- Chapter 7 The Nine Derailers of Strategy -- Dealing with VUCA -- Strategic Problems -- Tactical Problems -- Intangible Problems -- Summary Recommendations -- Biography -- Notes -- Chapter 8 Radical Empathy: How to Craft Effective Communications About Change -- Making the Case…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Think And Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill) -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Chapter Twenty-One -- Chapter Twenty-Two -- Chapter Twenty-Three -- Chapter Twenty-Four -- Chapter Twenty-Five -- Chapter Twenty-Six -- Chapter Twenty-Seven -- Chapter Twenty-Eight -- Chapter Twenty-Nine -- Chapter Thirty -- Chapter Thirty-One -- Chapter Thirty-Two -- Chapter Thirty-Three -- Chapter Thirty-Four -- Chapter Thirty-Five -- Chapter Thirty-Six -- Chapter Thirty-Seven -- Chapter Thirty-Eight -- 3. …”

“…Fully updated to capture the latest Windows 10 releases through Spring 2018, this is the comprehensive guide to setting up, managing, and securing a successful network. Inside, nine minibooks cover essential, up-to-date information for networking in systems such as Windows 10 and Linux, as well as best practices for security, mobile and cloud-based networking, and much more…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- About the Authors -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Eight Steps for PMI-ACP® Exam Preparation -- Tips and Tricks for PMI-ACP® Exam -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management -- Introduction -- Project Management Body of Knowledge -- Process -- Project -- Definition -- The Temporary Nature of a Project -- The Unique Nature of a Project -- Outcome of a Project -- Progressive Elaboration: Integrating the Unique and the Temporary -- Projects Versus Operations -- Projects and Strategic Planning -- Environmental Factors that Mandate Projects in Organizations -- Project Management -- The Nine Knowledge Areas of Project Management as Applied to a Training Course -- Discussion Points -- Why do Project Managers Need Interpersonal Relationship Skills? …”