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Business Model Transformation The AI & Cloud Technology Revolution

Business Model Transformation The AI & Cloud Technology Revolution

A large opportunity exists for Australian organisations to use new and powerful technologies (Artificial intelligence [AI] and Cloud technologies) to transform their businesses to keep pace with or ahead of the leading edge of competitiveness. This book showcases inspirational Australian case studies in order to inspire Australian (and non-Australian) organisations to undertake the challenge. This book synthesises the key learnings and contrasts those with the conventional wisdom on this topic. The book also defines what AI- and Cloud-based business transformations are and what they can do for businesses. Furthermore it explains why it is imperative that businesses should address the business opportunities of these technological advancements without going into the technical details any more than the ‘literacy’ that is necessary for business leaders. Finally it also includes international best practice case studies beyond the usual suspects. This book provides guidance and motivation for business executives managers and students interested in innovating and transforming their businesses through the use of the two critical new technologies. | Business Model Transformation The AI & Cloud Technology Revolution

GBP 39.99
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Biometric Technology Authentication Biocryptography and Cloud-Based Architecture

Biometric Technology Authentication Biocryptography and Cloud-Based Architecture

Most biometric books are either extraordinarily technical for technophiles or extremely elementary for the lay person. Striking a balance between the two Biometric Technology: Authentication Biocryptography and Cloud-Based Architecture is ideal for business IT or security managers that are faced with the task of making purchasing migration or adoption decisions. It brings biometrics down to an understandable level so that you can immediately begin to implement the concepts discussed. Exploring the technological and social implications of widespread biometric use the book considers the science and technology behind biometrics as well as how it can be made more affordable for small and medium-sized business. It also presents the results of recent research on how the principles of cryptography can make biometrics more secure. Covering biometric technologies in the cloud including security and privacy concerns the book includes a chapter that serves as a how-to manual on procuring and deploying any type of biometric system. It also includes specific examples and case studies of actual biometric deployments of localized and national implementations in the U. S. and other countries. The book provides readers with a technical background on the various biometric technologies and how they work. Examining optimal application in various settings and their respective strengths and weaknesses it considers ease of use false positives and negatives and privacy and security issues. It also covers emerging applications such as biocryptography. Although the text can be understood by just about anybody it is an ideal resource for corporate-level executives who are considering implementing biometric technologies in their organizations. | Biometric Technology Authentication Biocryptography and Cloud-Based Architecture

GBP 31.99
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Adobe Photoshop 2020 for Photographers

Adobe Photoshop 2020 for Photographers

Adobe Photoshop 2020 for Photographers by acclaimed digital imaging professional Martin Evening has been revamped to include detailed instruction for all of the updates to Photoshop on Adobe’s Creative Cloud including significant new features such as Cloud document saving the new Content-Area Fill and the Texture slider and Depth Range Mask for Camera Raw. This guide covers all the tools and techniques photographers and professional image editors need to know when using Photoshop from workflow guidance to core skills to advanced techniques for professional results. Using clear succinct instruction and real world examples this guide is the essential reference for Photoshop users. The accompanying website has been updated with new sample images tutorial videos and bonus chapters. | Adobe Photoshop 2020 for Photographers

GBP 59.99
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Managing Information Technology Outsourcing

Managing Information Technology Outsourcing

For decades outsourcing has been a major international phenomenon in business. The areas of Technology Information Technology and Management represent a unique case for outsourcing both in terms of benefits and potential interorganisational problems. This fully updated text has been brought up to date with this new landscape including discussion of Robotic Process Automation Internet of Things cloud computing low code and DevOps and agile. With a range of new global case studies in manufacturing logistics chemical industry and cloud services this textbook offers a strong grounding in real-world industrial experience that effectively combines theory with practice. Uniquely this book focuses on both sides of the outsourcing relationship providing a balanced exploration of the ways in which these partnerships can be managed successfully. Accessible and cutting-edge the third edition of Managing Information Technology Outsourcing provides an in-depth practical perspective on this important and far-reaching challenge in information technology management. It is an ideal text for students academics and practitioners alike.

GBP 46.99
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Digital Enterprise Transformation A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT

Digital Enterprise Transformation A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT

The integration of technological innovations such as In-Memory Analytics Cloud Computing Mobile Connectivity and Social Media with business practice can enable significant competitive advantage. In order to embrace recent challenges and changes in the governance of IT strategies SAP and its think tank - the Business Transformation Academy (BTA) - have jointly developed the Digital Capability Framework (DCF). Digital Enterprise Transformation: A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT by Axel Uhl and Lars Alexander Gollenia outlines the DCF which comprises six specific capabilities: Innovation Management Transformation Management IT Excellence Customer Centricity Effective Knowledge Worker and Operational Excellence. In cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) Queensland University of Technology (Australia) University of Liechtenstein (Principality of Liechtenstein) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) SAP and the BTA have been validating each capability and the corresponding maturity models based on analyzing several ’lighthouse’ case studies comprising: SAMSUNG IBM Finanz Informatik The Walt Disney Company Google Inc. HILTI AG. Digital Enterprise Transformation presents how these companies take advantage of innovative IT and how they develop their digital capabilities. On top the authors also develop and present a range of novel yet hands-on Digital Use Cases for a number of different industries which have emerged from innovative technological trends such as: Big Data Cloud Computing 3D Printing and Internet of Things. | Digital Enterprise Transformation A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT

GBP 31.99
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Internet Finance in China Introduction and Practical Approaches

Internet Finance in China Introduction and Practical Approaches

This book is about internet finance a concept coined by the authors in 2012. Internet finance deals specifically with the impacts of internet based technologies such as mobile payments social networks search engines cloud computation and big data on the financial sector. Major types of internet finance include third-party payments and mobile payments internet currency P2P lending crowdfunding and the use of big data in financial activities. Internet finance is highly popular and heavily discussed in China. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made the healthy development of internet finance a policy priority in 2014 state-of-union address. This book as a detailed report on internet finance in China will help readers understand the status quo and development of China’s financial system. | Internet Finance in China Introduction and Practical Approaches

GBP 44.99
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Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers 2014 Release A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers 2014 Release A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

Adobe Photoshop for Photographers 2014 Release by Photoshop hall-of-famer and acclaimed digital imaging professional Martin Evening has been fully updated to include detailed instruction for all of the updates to Photoshop CC 2014 on Adobe’s Creative Cloud including significant new features such as Focus Area selections enhanced Content-Aware filling and new Spin and Path blur gallery effects. This guide covers all the tools and techniques photographers and professional image editors need to know when using Photoshop from workflow guidance to core skills to advanced techniques for professional results. Using clear succinct instruction and real world examples this guide is the essential reference for Photoshop users of all levels. Accompanying the book is the photoshopforphotographers. com website with sample images tutorial videos and bonus chapters. | Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers 2014 Release A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

GBP 145.00
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Digital Transformation in Healthcare An Ecosystem Approach

Digital Transformation in Healthcare An Ecosystem Approach

In an era of digital transformation within healthcare management this important book outlines an ecosystem perspective to illustrate how a range of actors can use digital technologies to offer better value within the provision of healthcare services. From mobile applications to point-of-care diagnostic devices from AI-enabled applications for data analysis to cloud models for service delivery and blockchain infrastructures it provides a roadmap for how healthcare organizations can leverage these digital technologies. The book is also illustrated with case studies from different areas including software for medical diagnostics blockchain infrastructures for use in pharmaceutical supply chains and clinical trials and federated learning platforms for genomics. Covering key issues such as patients’ rights to data and written in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic the book will be essential reading for researchers postgraduate students and professionals interested in how technology can support and enable healthcare service provision. | Digital Transformation in Healthcare An Ecosystem Approach

GBP 35.99
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Digital Media Foundations An Introduction for Artists and Designers

Digital Media Foundations An Introduction for Artists and Designers

This book is a creative and practical introduction to the field of digital media for future designers artists and media professionals. It addresses the evolution of the field its connections with traditional media up-to-date developments and possibilities for future directions. Logically organized and thoughtfully illustrated it provides a welcoming guide to this emerging discipline. Describing each medium in detail chapters trace their history evolution and potential applications. The book also explains important relevant technologies—such as digitizing tablets cloud storage and 3-D printers—as well as new and emerging media like augmented and virtual reality. With a focus on concepts and creative possibilities the text’s software-neutral exercises provide hands-on experiences with each of the media. The book also examines legal ethical and technical issues in digital media explores career possibilities and features profiles of pioneers and digital media professionals. Digital Media Foundations is an ideal resource for students new professionals and instructors involved in fields of graphic and visual arts design and the history of art and design. | Digital Media Foundations An Introduction for Artists and Designers

GBP 48.99
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The Spectacle of Clouds 1439–1650 Italian Art and Theatre

The Spectacle of Clouds 1439–1650 Italian Art and Theatre

The studies in which history of art and theatre are considered together are few and none to date investigate the evolution of the representation of clouds from the early Renaissance to the Baroque period. This book reconsiders the origin of Italian Renaissance and Baroque cloud compositions while including the theatrical tradition as one of their most important sources. By examining visual sources such as paintings frescos and stage designs together with letters guild-ledgers descriptions of performances and relevant treatises a new methodology to approach the development of this early modern visuality is offered. The result is an historical reconstruction where multiple factors are seen as facets of a single process which led to the development of Italy’s visual culture. The book also offers new insights into Leonardo da Vinci’s theatrical works Raphael’s Disputa Vasari’s Lives and Pietro da Cortona’s fresco paintings. The Spectacle of Clouds 1439-1650 examines the different ways Heaven has been conceived imagined and represented from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century crossing over into the fields of history religion and philosophy. | The Spectacle of Clouds 1439–1650 Italian Art and Theatre

GBP 44.99
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The Stage Manager's Toolkit Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

The Stage Manager's Toolkit Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

The Stage Manager’s Toolkit Third Edition provides a comprehensive account of the role of the stage manager for live theatre with a focus on both written and verbal communication best practices. The book outlines the duties of the stage manager and assistant stage manager throughout a production discussing not only what to do but why. It also identifies communication objectives for each phase of production paperwork to be created and the necessary questions to be answered in order to ensure success. This third edition includes: an updated look at digital stage management tools including script apps cloud storage and social media practices; a new discussion on creating a healthy and safe rehearsal space; updated paperwork examples; new information on Equity practices for the student and early career stage managers. Written for the stage management student and early career stage manager this book is a perfect companion to any university Stage Management course. A companion website hosts customizable paperwork templates instructional video links to additional information teacher tools for each individual chapter and a bonus chapter on teaching stage management. | The Stage Manager's Toolkit Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

GBP 31.99
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Therapy and the Postpartum Woman Notes on Healing Postpartum Depression for Clinicians and the Women Who Seek their Help

Therapy and the Postpartum Woman Notes on Healing Postpartum Depression for Clinicians and the Women Who Seek their Help

Written by a pioneer and continuing advocate for perinatal health this book remains remains an enduring reference for any therapist working with pregnant or postpartum women and their families suffering from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. This Classic Edition includes a new preface by Hilary Waller that reflects on changes in the field since the book’s first publication. Using a blend of professional objectivity evidence-based research and personal straight-forward suggestions gathered from years of experience this book brings the reader into the private world of therapy with the postpartum woman. Based on psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral theories and on D. W. Winnicott's ‘good-enough mother’ and the ‘holding environment’ the book is written by a therapist who has specialized in the treatment of postpartum depression for over 30 years. Chapters address diagnosis medication depression psychosis suicidal thoughts bonding as well as finding meaning and the power to heal during recovery. Bringing further attention to under recognized illnesses which plague mothers and cloud the childbirth experience this Classic Edition serves as an accessible companion tool for clinicians and the women they treat. | Therapy and the Postpartum Woman Notes on Healing Postpartum Depression for Clinicians and the Women Who Seek their Help

GBP 31.99
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Strategic Operations Management

Strategic Operations Management

Strategic Operations Management 4th Edition shows how vital it is to have world-class operations management in any organisation. In the past where organisations tended to be more hierarchical than today the words strategy and operations were almost mutually exclusive. In today's highly competitive environment though strategic operations capabilities must be in place for organisations to provide goods and services that meet and exceed customer requirements. Key issues such as cost speed quality flexibility and constant innovation are all part of strategic operations. However achieving such capabilities does not come by chance - instead a range of factors need to be put in place. This new edition pays equal attention to manufacturing and service sectors. It includes numerous references to and discusses major changes taking place in the business world including 3-D printing; virtual organisations; Cloud – Big Data and the Internet of Things; Servitization global markets ongoing innovation and managing within complex supply networks. Cases are included from a range of settings across the globe. Students taking MBA MSc and MBM classes on operations management advanced operations management and strategic operations management will find this textbook fulfills all their requirements whilst advanced undergraduate classes in these areas will also find the book an essential read.

GBP 56.99
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Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

The combination of entrepreneurship innovation and technology has become the source of disruptive business models that transform industries and markets. The integrative understanding of these three drivers of today’s economy is fundamental to business. Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology aims to connect core models and tools that are already created by well-known authors and scholars in order to deliver a unique guide for building successful business models through the adoption of new technologies and the use of effective innovation methods. The book goes through the entrepreneurial lifecycle describing and applying core innovation models and tools such as the business model canvas lean startup design thinking customer development and open innovation while taking into consideration disruptive technologies such as mobile internet cloud computing internet of things and blockchain. Finally the book describes and analyzes how successful cases have been applying those models and technologies. With the mix of an academic and practitioner team this book aims to go against the grain by its positioning of entrepreneurship in the modern technology economy. This book will prove to be a vital text for any student specialist or practitioner looking to succeed in the field. | Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

GBP 49.99
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Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

The combination of entrepreneurship innovation and technology has become the source of disruptive business models that transform industries and markets. The integrative understanding of these three drivers of today’s economy is fundamental to business. Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology aims to connect core models and tools that are already created by well-known authors and scholars in order to deliver a unique guide for building successful business models through the adoption of new technologies and the use of effective innovation methods. The book goes through the entrepreneurial lifecycle describing and applying core innovation models and tools such as the business model canvas lean startup design thinking customer development and open innovation taking into consideration disruptive technologies such as mobile internet cloud computing internet of things and blockchain. Finally the book describes and analyses how successful cases have been applying those models and technologies. With the mix of an academic and practitioner team this book aims to go against the grain by its positioning of entrepreneurship in the modern technology economy. This book will prove to be a vital text for any student specialist or practitioner looking to succeed in the field. | Entrepreneurship Innovation and Technology A Guide to Core Models and Tools

GBP 44.99
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Planning and Designing the IP Broadcast Facility A New Puzzle to Solve

Planning and Designing the IP Broadcast Facility A New Puzzle to Solve

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the technology architecture physical facility changes and – most importantly – the new media management workflows and business processes to support the entire lifecycle of the IP broadcast facility from an engineering and workflow perspective. Fully updated this second edition covers the technological evolutions and changes in the media broadcast industry including the new standards and specifications for live IP production the SMPTE ST2110 suite of standards the necessity of protecting against cyber threats and the expansion of cloud services in opening new possibilities. It provides users with the necessary information for planning organizing producing and distributing media for the modern broadcast facility. Key features of this text include: Strategies to implement a cost-effective live and file-based production and distribution system. A cohesive big-picture viewpoint that helps you identify how to overcome the challenges of upgrading your plant. The impact live production is having on the evolution to IP. Case studies serve as recommendations and examples of use. New considerations in engineering and maintenance of IP and file-based systems. Those in the fields of TV cable IT engineering and broadcast engineering will find this book an invaluable resource as will students learning how to set up modern broadcast facilities and the workflows of contemporary broadcasting. | Planning and Designing the IP Broadcast Facility A New Puzzle to Solve

GBP 29.99
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Architectures of Care From the Intimate to the Common

Architectures of Care From the Intimate to the Common

Drawing from a diverse range of interdisciplinary voices this book explores how spaces of care shape our affective material and social forms from the most intimate scale of the body to our planetary commons. Typical definitions of care center around the maintenance of a livable life encompassing everything from shelter and welfare to health and safety. Architecture plays a fundamental role in these definitions inscribed in institutional archetypes such as the home the hospital the school and the nursery. However these spaces often structure modes of care that prescribe gender roles bodily norms and labor practices. How can architecture instead engage with an expanded definition of care that questions such roles and norms producing more hybrid entanglements between our bodies our collective lives and our environments? Chapters in this book explore issues ranging from disabled domesticities and nursing unbuilding whiteness in the built environment practices and pedagogies of environmental care and the solidarity networks within ‘The Cloud’. Case studies include Floating University Berlin commoning initiatives by the Black Panther party and hospitals for the United Mine Workers of America among many other sites and scales of care. Exploring architecture through the lenses of gender studies labor theory environmental justice and the medical humanities this book will engage students and academics from a wide range of disciplines. | Architectures of Care From the Intimate to the Common

GBP 35.99
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The Internet and Philosophy of Science

The Internet and Philosophy of Science

From the perspective of the philosophy of science this book analyzes the Internet conceived in a broad sense. It includes three layers that require philosophical attention: (1) the technological infrastructure (2) the Web and (3) cloud computing along with apps and mobile Internet. The study focuses on the network of networks from the viewpoint of complexity both structural and dynamic. In addition to the scientific side this volume considers the technological facet and the social dimension of the Internet as a novel design. There is a clear contribution of the Internet to science: first the very development of the network of networks requires the creation of new science; second the Internet empowers scientific disciplines such as communication sciences; and third the Internet has fostered a whole new emergent field of data and information. After the opening chapter which offers a series of keys to the book there are nine chapters grouped into four parts: (I) Configuration of the Internet and Its Future (II) Structural and Dynamic Complexity in the Design of the Internet (III) Internal and External Contributions of the Internet and (IV) The Internet and the Sciences. Following this framework The Internet and Philosophy of Science will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of science philosophy of technology as well as science and technology studies.

GBP 120.00
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Software Engineering Approaches to Enable Digital Transformation Technologies

Software Engineering Approaches to Enable Digital Transformation Technologies

Software Engineering Approaches to Enable Digital Transformation Technologies features contributions reflecting ideas and research in enabling digital transformation technologies through software engineering. To date multiple different approaches have been adopted to develop software solutions for a variety of different problems. Of all the available approaches the main approaches are level-oriented data flow-oriented data structure-oriented and object-oriented design approaches. The other focus of the book is digital transformation which can be defined as the adoption of digital technology to improve efficiency value and innovation Digitalization is more than just putting additional technological systems and services in place. Rather than improving conventional methods a true digital transformation initiative includes radically rethinking company structures and procedures. There are four types of digital transformation: business process business model domain and cultural and organizational. Companies are being challenged to develop new business models that consider and harness digitalization. From the standpoint of software engineering digital transformation alters how software is built. Current trends include the development of mobile applications cloud applications and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Emerging trends are the development of digital twins robotics artificial intelligence machine learning augmented reality and additive manufacturing. This book examines the challenges that arise due to digitization in society and presents plausible solutions that could be applied to counter these challenges and convert them into opportunities. These solutions may further be improvised and worked out for the software companies from the technological perspective organizational perspective and management perspective.

GBP 150.00
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Cybersecurity Protecting Critical Infrastructures from Cyber Attack and Cyber Warfare

Cybersecurity Protecting Critical Infrastructures from Cyber Attack and Cyber Warfare

The World Economic Forum regards the threat of cyber attack as one of the top five global risks confronting nations of the world today. Cyber attacks are increasingly targeting the core functions of the economies in nations throughout the world. The threat to attack critical infrastructures disrupt critical services and induce a wide range of damage is becoming more difficult to defend against. Cybersecurity: Protecting Critical Infrastructures from Cyber Attack and Cyber Warfare examines the current cyber threat landscape and discusses the strategies being used by governments and corporations to protect against these threats. The book first provides a historical reference detailing the emergence of viruses worms malware and other cyber threats that created the need for the cybersecurity field. It then discusses the vulnerabilities of our critical infrastructures the broad arsenal of cyber attack tools and the various engineering design issues involved in protecting our infrastructures. It goes on to cover cyber intelligence tactics recent examples of cyber conflict and warfare and the key issues in formulating a national strategy to defend against cyber warfare. The book also discusses how to assess and measure the cost of cybersecurity. It examines the many associated cost factors and presents the results of several important industry-based economic studies of security breaches that have occurred within many nations. The book concludes with a look at future trends in cybersecurity. It discusses the potential impact of industry-wide transformational changes such as virtualization social media cloud computing structured and unstructured data big data and data analytics. | Cybersecurity Protecting Critical Infrastructures from Cyber Attack and Cyber Warfare

GBP 38.99
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Supply Chain Analytics Using Data to Optimise Supply Chain Processes

Supply Chain Analytics Using Data to Optimise Supply Chain Processes

Supply Chain Analytics introduces the reader to data analytics and demonstrates the value of their effective use in supply chain management. By describing the key supply chain processes through worked examples and the descriptive predictive and prescriptive analytic methods that can be applied to bring about improvements to those processes the book presents a more comprehensive learning experience for the reader than has been offered previously. Key topics are addressed including optimisation big data data mining and cloud computing. The author identifies four core supply chain processes – strategy design execution and people – to which the analytic techniques explained can be applied to ensure continuous improvement. Pedagogy to aid learning is incorporated throughout including an opening section for each chapter explaining the learnings designed for the chapter; worked examples illustrating how each analytic technique works how it is applied and what to be careful of; tables diagrams and equations to help ‘visualise’ the concepts and methods covered; chapter case studies; and end-of-chapter review questions and assignment tasks. Providing both management expertise and technical skills which are essential to decision-makers in the supply chain this textbook should be essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of supply chain analytics supply chain leadership and supply chain and operations management. Its practice-based and applied approach also makes it valuable for operating supply chain practitioners and those studying for professional qualifications. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides tutorial exercises written assignments and a test bank of exam questions. | Supply Chain Analytics Using Data to Optimise Supply Chain Processes

GBP 42.99
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Writing with Clarity and Style A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers

Writing with Clarity and Style A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers

Writing with Clarity and Style 2nd Edition will help you to improve your writing dramatically. The book shows you how to use dozens of classical rhetorical devices to bring power clarity and effectiveness to your writing. You will also learn about writing styles authorial personas and sentence syntax as tools to make your writing interesting and persuasive. If you want to improve the appeal and persuasion of your speeches this is also the book for you. From strategic techniques for keeping your readers engaged as you change focus down to the choice of just the right words and phrases for maximum impact this book will help you develop a flexible adaptable style for all the audiences you need to address. Each chapter now includes these sections: Style Check discussing many elements of style including some enhanced and revised sections Define Your Terms asking students to use their own words and examples in their definitions. It’s in the Cloud directing students to the Web to locate and respond to various rhetorically focused items including biographies and speeches. Salt and Pepper spicing up the study of rhetoric by stretching students’ thinking about how their writing can be improved sometimes by attending to details such as punctuation and sometimes by exploring the use of unusual techniques such as stylistic fragments. Review Questions providing an end-of-chapter quiz to help cement the chapter ideas in long-term memory. Questions for Thought and Discussion a set of questions designed for either in-class discussion or personal response. New to the Second Edition Additional examples of each device including from world personalities and the captains of industry More and longer exercises with a range of difficulty Advice from classical rhetoricians including Aristotle Horace Longinus Cicero and Quintilian. | Writing with Clarity and Style A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers

GBP 35.99
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Air Cargo Management Air Freight and the Global Supply Chain

Air Cargo Management Air Freight and the Global Supply Chain

This is the third edition of a popular introductory guide to the function and future of the air cargo supply chain an industry which responded with remarkable efficiency when faced with the challenges and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book reviews the role and strategy of air cargo and its contribution to world trade and international economies. This industry which accounts for more than 35% of the world’s trade in value will be even more vital in the coming years. Building on the success of previous editions Air Cargo Management now puts the emphasis on basic functionality economics and historical precedents but most of all it focuses on how traditional legacy methods are being replaced by the adoption of technologies and cloud-based applications – new methods which are changing and streamlining the entire industry. The book reviews the supply chain process and the technology applications as well as the effects of the pandemic and the fundamental lack of cargo capacity hitherto supplied by passenger aircraft. It also explores the increased use of freighter aircraft and the need for faster and more efficient processing particularly on the ground and in road transport. The third edition features new content on: Security and crime including pharmaceutical counterfeiting and fraud The role of airports and road feeder services Typical air cargo products including the heavy-lift sector Regulations and treaties Aircraft in use historically and currently New technologies The book is illustrated with statistical evidence examples and photographs and is enriched with comments from industry leaders and experienced professionals. The style and breadth of content are designed to be easily readable and should be of practical interest to anyone either currently working in the logistics supply chain or transport industries or contemplating a career in this sector. | Air Cargo Management Air Freight and the Global Supply Chain

GBP 44.99
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Leading the eLearning Transformation of Higher Education Leadership Strategies for the Next Generation

Leading the eLearning Transformation of Higher Education Leadership Strategies for the Next Generation

Published in Association with eLearning has entered the mainstream of higher education as an agent of strategic change. This transformation requires eLearning leaders to develop the skills to innovate successfully at a time of heightened competition and rapid technological change. In this environment eLearning leaders must act within their institutions as much more than technology managers and assume the prime role of helping their institutions understand the opportunities that eLearning presents for faculty for students and for client organizations in the community. They need to prepare to participate in policy development around these opportunities. They must understand the multiple dimensions of practice in the field—operations administration and working within the complex culture of a higher education institution—while also functioning as scholars of the field who can bring the best ideas from other institutions to help shape policy around eLearning. The second edition builds on the success of the first edition and presents both the collective expertise of veterans who have pioneered the field for 20 years and of a rising generation of eLearning leaders that are transforming online programs at their own institutions to address these challenges. This edition has been updated and expanded to reflect the increasing complexity of the field with seven new chapters and the revision of eight chapters that appeared in the first edition. New and updated topics include:·The evolving role of the chief online learning officer·Issues of diversity as more women and minorities enter leadership roles in the field·The increasing role of learning analytics and data-based decisions·The potential tensions involved in cohort-based versus individualized instruction·The increasing need for faculty professional development·The affordances of cloud computing adaptive learning artificial intelligence the internet of things and mobile learning to the field·The open educational resources movement and the implications for institutional policy and practice·The challenges of an increasingly complex competitive environment·AccessibilityThere are few comparable positions in higher education than that of eLearning leaders who work across multiple academic and support units and whose work fundamentally affects the institution as a whole. This volume is written for them. | Leading the eLearning Transformation of Higher Education Leadership Strategies for the Next Generation

GBP 31.99
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