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In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World
By: John Thackara
ISBN-10: 0262201577 ISBN-13: 9780262201575
Publisher: The MIT Press - 2005-04-01
Hardcover | 288 Pages

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From the Publisher:
We're filling up the world with technology and devices, but we've lost sight of an important question: What is this stuff for? What value does it add to our lives? So asks author John Thackara in his new book, In the Bubble: Designing for a Complex World.

These are tough questions for the pushers of technology to answer. Our economic system is centered on technology, so it would be no small matter if "tech" ceased to be an end-in-itself in our daily lives.

Technology is not going to go away, but the time to discuss the end it will serve is before we deploy it, not after. We need to ask what purpose will be served by the broadband communications, smart materials, wearable computing, and connected appliances that we're unleashing upon the world. We need to ask what impact all this stuff will have on our daily lives. Who will look after it, and how?

In the Bubble is about a world based less on stuff and more on people. Thackara describes a transformation that is taking place now -- not in a remote science fiction future; it's not about, as he puts it, "the schlock of the new" but about radical innovation already emerging in daily life. We are regaining respect for what people can do that technology can't. In the Bubble describes services designed to help people carry out daily activities in new ways. Many of these services involve technology -- ranging from body implants to wide-bodied jets. But objects and systems play a supporting role in a people-centered world. The design focus is on services, not things. And new principles -- above all, lightness -- inform the way these services are designed and used. At theheart of In the Bubble is a belief, informed by a wealth of real-world examples, that ethics and responsibility can inform design decisions without impeding social and technical innovation.


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Information Technology for Balanced Manufacturing Systems: IFIP TC 5, WG 5.5 Seventh International Conference on Information Technology for Balanced Automation ... Federation for Information Processing)
by Weiming Shen (Editor)

About this book
The manufacturing sector has been facing major challenges as it undergoes revolutionary changes fuelled by new and sophisticated demands from cutsomers, global competition, distribution of manufacturing and marketing activities, and technological advances. In order to address these challenges, manufacturing enterprises need to change the way they do business and adopt innovative technologies and solutions to increase their responsiveness and production efficiency. Information technology plays an essential role in this process.

Current manufacturing systems are collections of complex systems or subsystems operating in distributed collaborative environments involving software, hardware, humans, and organizations. It is crucial to keep a balance between the technical aspects of automation and the human and social facets when applying information technology in industrial applications, particularly with the rapid advancements in manufacturing systems. However, in order to create appropriate frameworks for exploring the best synergies between humans and automated systems, there are still numerous issues in terms of processes characterization, modeling, and development of adequate support tools. BASYS conferences have been developed and organized to promote the development of balanced automation systems in an attempt to address these issues.

The first BASYS conference was successfully launched in Victoria, Brazil (1995), and then the following conferences were held in Lisbon, Portugal (1996), Prague, Czech Republic( 1998), Berlin, Germany (2000), Cancun, Mexico (2002), and Vienna, Austria (2004).

BASYS'06 is the 7th edition in its series. This book contains three invited keynote papers and forty-nine regular papers accepted for presentation at the conference. All together, these papers will make significant contributions to the literature of Intelligent Technology for Balanced Manufacturing Systems.




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Table of contents

Agent Based Manufacturing.- An Agent-os for Autonomous Cooperative Systems.- A Holonoc Approach to Dynamic Manufacturing Scheduling.- Uncertain Temporal Support in Multiagent Medical Service.- Design Patterns for Distributed Control System Benchmarking.- Distributed Work Environments for Collaborative Engineering.- Managing Complexity in Industrial Collaborations Within Tool and Die Industry.- Towards a Reference Model for Collaborative Networked Organizations.- A Service Composability Model to Support Dynamic Cooperation of Cross-Enterprise Services.- An Integrated Approach to Multi-Attribute Decision Problem Through a Case Study.- On the Re-Configurability Design of Parallel Machine Tools.- Iterative Heuristics for Permutation Flow Shops With Total Flowtime Minimization.- Remote Monitoring and Control of Manufacturing System.- A Web-Based CSCW System for Remote Substation Fault Diagnosis.- Computational Representation, Heterogeneity and Integration of Production System Models.- NFC Technologies in Mobile Phones and Emergine Applications.- On Stability Analysis of Bearing-Rotor System.- Degeneration Methods in Intelligent Building Control System Design.- Modeling and On-Line Monitoring of Machined Surface in Turning Operations

Enhancing Organizational Performance: A Toolbox for Self-Assessment
by Charles Lusthaus, Marie-Hélène Adrien, Gary Anderson, Fred Carden
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Enhancing Organizational Performance: A Toolbox for Self-Assessment
By Charles Lusthaus, Marie-Hélène Adrien, Gary Anderson, Fred Carden

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Publisher: IDRC Books
Number Of Pages: 140
Publication Date: 1999-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0889368708
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780889368705
Binding: Spiral-bound


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Book Description:

Do you know if your organization is performing efficiently? If it isn't, do you know why?

This guidebook presents an innovative and thoroughly tested model for organizational self-assessment. The tools and tips in Enhancing Organizational Performance go beyond measuring the impact of programs, products, and services. They integrate techniques of formative assessment, in which the assessment team becomes involved in helping its organization become more effective in meeting its goals. The tools and techniques are flexible, and the model can be adapted to any type or size of organization. Worksheets and hands-on exercises are included.

The book will be of use to any organization that is initiating a process of self-assessment, internal change, or strategic planning. It will particularly appeal to heads and staff of research and non-profit organizations, university administrators, staff of research-granting agencies, and academics and professionals in organizational development and evaluation.

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Outcome Mapping: Building Learning and Reflection into Development Programs
by Sarah Earl, Fred Carden, Terry Smutylo,

Book Description:

"Outcome Mapping provides not only a guide to essential evaluation map-making, but also a guide to learning and increased effectiveness, and affirmation that being attentive along the journey is as important as, and critical to, arriving at a destination." - Michael Quinn Patton


More and more, development organizations are under pressure to demonstrate that their programs result in significant and lasting changes in the well-being of their intended beneficiaries. However, such "impacts" are often the product of a confluence of events for which no single agency or group of agencies can realistically claim full credit. As a result, assessing development impacts is problematic, yet many organizations continue to struggle to measure results far beyond the reach of their programs. "Outcome Mapping" recognizes that development is essentially about people relating to each other and their environment. The originality of this approach lies in its shift away from assessing the products of a program to focus on changes in behaviour, relationships, actions, and activities in the people, groups, and organizations it works with directly. In doing so, "Outcome Mapping" debunks many of the myths about measuring impact. It will help a program be specific about the actors it targets, the changes it expects to see, and the strategies it employs and, as a result, be more effective in terms of the results it achieves. This publication explains the various steps in the outcome mapping approach and provides detailed information on workshop design and facilitation. It includes numerous worksheets and examples

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Influencer: The Power to Change Anything
By Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler


Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2007-09-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 007148499X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071484992
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:



An INFLUENCER motivates others to change.

An INFLUENCER replaces bad behaviors with powerful new skills.

An INFLUENCER makes things happen.

This is what it takes to be an INFLUENCER.

Whether you're a CEO, a parent, or merely a person who wants to make a difference, you probably wish you had more influence with the people in your life. But most of us stop trying to make change happen because we believe it is too difficult, if not impossible. We develop complicated coping strategies when we should be learning the tools and techniques of the world's most influential people.

But this is about to change. From the bestselling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes Influencer, a thought-provoking book that combines the remarkable insights of behavioral scientists and business leaders with the astonishing stories of high-powered influencers from all walks of life. You'll be taught each and every step of the influence process-including robust strategies for making change inevitable in your personal life, your business, and your world. You'll learn how to:
Identify a handful of high-leverage behaviors that lead to rapid and profound change.
Apply strategies for changing both thoughts and actions.
Marshall six sources of influence to make change inevitable.

Influencer takes you on a fascinating journey from San Francisco to Thailand where you'll see how seemingly “insignificant” people are making incredibly significant improvements in solving problems others would think impossible. You'll learn how savvy folks make change not only achievable and sustainable, but inevitable. You'll discover why some managers have increased productivity repeatedly and significantly-while others have failed miserably.

No matter who you are, or what you do, you'll never learn a more valuable or important set of principles and skills. Once you tap into the power of influence, you can reach out and help others work smarter, grow faster, live, look, and feel better, even save lives. The sky is the limit…for an Influencer.

Are you an Influencer ?

Find out at www.influencerbook.com

”You don't have to be a manager to realize that no one likes being told what to do. Yet lectures are still the main way we try to get people to change their behavior. Fortunately, social learning academics have been studying alternatives for decades. Patterson and his fellow consultants have now collected their findings in this engaging, example-rich book. The key message is hardly new, but it has gotten more sophisticated: Managers need to get out of the way and facilitate, not manage, the process of change for employees. They can do this by offering vicarious experiences, restructured environments, peer pressure, and frequent tests-all geared so that people embrace the change as authentic to them, not imposed by an outsider. Missing are only success stories of organizations that persuaded managers to drop their controlling habits and choose to be mere facilitators.”-John T. Landry, Harvard Business Review

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Management Tools 2007; An Executive's Guide
by Darrel K. Rigby
pongito, 134 days ago
Bain & Company launched a multiyear research project in 1993 to gather facts about the use and performance of management tools. Our objective was to help inform managers about the tools available to them and provide them with:
An understanding of how their current application of these tools and subsequent results compare with those of other organizations across industries and around the globe;
The information they need to identify, select, implement and integrate the right tools to improve their company's performance.
Over the past 14 years, we have completed 11 surveys, assembling a database that now includes 8,504 respondents from more than 70 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.

This year, we received 1,221 completed surveys from a broad range of international executives. We also conducted personal follow-up interviews to further probe the circumstances under which tools are most likely to produce desired results.

We focused on 25 of the most popular tools and techniques. To qualify for inclusion, a tool had to be:
Relevant to senior management
Topical (as evidenced by coverage in the business press)
Measurable
We defined these tools in a booklet entitled Management Tools 2007, An Executive's Guide and mailed the booklets and surveys to senior executives around the world. Surveys were also conducted online in partnership with EIU.com.

Project Management Step by Step: The Proven, Practical Guide to Running a Successful Project, Every Time (Step By Step)
by Richard Newton

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Publisher: Prentice Hall
Number Of Pages: 168
Publication Date: 2006-08-30
Sales Rank: 1952215
ISBN / ASIN: 0273707884
EAN: 9780273707882
Binding: Paperback
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Studio: Prentice Hall
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You've been given a project to run. You know you need to get it right, but you don't know what you need to do and in what order to make sure it all runs smoothly and you come out of it looking great. You need Project Management Step by Step.

Almost every manager and businessperson finds at some time that he or she has to complete a task that has sufficient complexity and importance that an ad-hoc approach to getting it done is just not enough. Managers in this common situation need the structure and rigour of a project management approach, yet very few managers are formally trained in project management or have the inclination, time or finances to become trained. They need an approach they can feel confidant is sufficiently robust to ensure their success, but also simple enough to be immediately applicable. Project Management Step by Step provides the solution to this problem; a practical and immediate way to become a competent project manager.

This is a comprehensive and authoritative guide written and structured in a practical and rapidly applicable style.

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Complexity Management: Optimizing Product Architecture of Industrial Products
By Marti, Michael


Publisher: duv
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: 2007-09-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3835008668
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783835008663
Binding: Paperback


Product Description:

The task of managing complexity in enterprises receives special attention from theorists and practitioners alike. Creating products that fulfill the market requirements but do not cause excessive complexity costs poses a major challege to managers. Michael Marti presents a complexity management model that is based on the reasoning that product architecture determines to a considerable extent how external complexity is translated into physical products. The model demonstrates a procedure to optimize a product's architecture and is applied to several industrial products. It is able to shed light on the sources of complexity within a product's architecture, and the same or even increased customer benefit can be delivered while causing less internal complexity.

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Information Management and Market Engineering
By Thomas Dreier, Rudi Studer, Christof Weinhardt


Publisher: Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe
Number Of Pages: 206
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3866440596
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783866440593
Binding: Broschiert

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An Update Algorithm for Restricted Random Walk Clusters
by Markus Franke
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The Know-It-All's Guide to Life: How to Climb Mount Everest, Cure Hiccups, Live to 100, and Dozens of Other Practical, Unusual, or Just Plain Fantastical Things
By John T. Walbaum


Publisher: Career Press
Number Of Pages: 254
Publication Date: 2003-03
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1564146731
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781564146731
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

With wit and brevity this book contains useful advice on personal finance, health, sports, travel, automobiles, careers, and food. For example, in just six pages you will learn how to negotiate with a contractor. Consider some of the other facts brought to light in The Know-it-all's Guide to Life: o Eating chocolate before bedtime can disrupt your sleep. o 40 percent of totaled cars are fixed up and resold to unsuspecting buyers. o You can acquire a genuine British title of nobility for as little as $5,000. o By writing just one letter, you can eliminate most of the junk mail you receive. o You can lose weight by chewing sugarless gum. o You need to own at least 20 different stocks to have a well-diversified portfolio. o You will improve your recall if you skim written material first, then read it through completely. o Mashed potatoes and gravy are a healthier fast food choice than french fries. Whether you are a do-it-yourselfer or just intellectually curious, this book is the ultimate guide to modern life.



Summary: Know It All's Guide to Life by Walbaum
Rating: 5

This is an excellent purchase if you are interested in social
details; such as, formal titles, losing weight and notable
public events. Would like to purchase an English title? Details
are described in the section on Burke's Title & Manorial Auctions.

A section describes how to measure your body masse with the BMI
factor (body mass index). The author describes how to lose weight by chewing more gum. There is a NASA site entitled
888-85 SPACE for viewing important launches and space events.
The book is perfect for a student project.

BusinessWeek - December 31, 2007
by BusinessWeek Magazine



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Surviving a Corporate Crisis: 100 Things You Need to Know (Thorogood Professional Insights)
By Paul Batchelor


Publisher: Thorogood
Number Of Pages: 150
Publication Date: 2005-06
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1854182080
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781854182081
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

This timely report covers remedial action after the event but it also offers expert advice on preparation and planning so that, should a crisis occur, damage of every kind is limited as far as possible. It guides you through the various stages of setting up a viable crisis response capability and provides answers to key questions that every CEO should want to ask--and that every Corporate Crisis Manager should be able to answer.

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