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Book SynopsisCyber risk is the highest perceived business risk according to risk managers and corporate insurance experts. Cybersecurity typically is viewed as the boogeyman: it strikes fear into the hearts of non-technical employees. Enterprise Cybersecurity in Digital Business: Building a Cyber Resilient Organization provides a clear guide for companies to understand cyber from a business perspective rather than a technical perspective, and to build resilience for their business. Written by a world-renowned expert in the field, the book is based on three years of research with the Fortune 1000 and cyber insurance industry carriers, reinsurers, and brokers. It acts as a roadmap to understand cybersecurity maturity, set goals to increase resiliency, create new roles to fill business gaps related to cybersecurity, and make cyber inclusive for everyone in the business. It is unique since it provides strategies and learnings that have shown to lower risk and demystify cybeTable of ContentsPart I: The Evolution of Cybersecurity. 1. Cyber – A business Issue 2. ‘Cyber Risk’ 3. ‘The History of Cybersecurity’ 4. ‘Cyber Consequences’ 5. ‘Cyber Trends and Spending’ 6. ‘Cyber Roles’ Part II: Cybersecurity Basics. 7. ‘Cyber –Attack Surfaces and Digital Asset Inventories’ 8. ‘Cyber Terminology and Statistics’ 9. ‘Enterprise Threats of Today and Cybercriminals’ 10. ‘Cybersecurity Regulations, Standards and Frameworks’ 11. ‘Enterprise Cybersecurity Programs’ 12. ‘Organizational Cyber Maturities’ Part III: Cybersecurity Tools. 13. ‘Cyber Policies’ 14. ‘Cybersecurity Tools Part IV: Cybersecurity Regulation.15. ‘U.S. Federal Regulations’ 16. ‘U.S. State Regulations’ 17. ‘New York State Department of Financial Services Part 500’ 18. ‘Global, Industry or Other Types of Cybersecurity Regulations’ Part V: Incident Response, Forensics and Audit. 19. ‘Incident Response Plans’ 20. ‘Forensic Methods’ 21. ‘IT Audit’ Part VI: Cybersecurity Risk Management. 22. ‘Cybersecurity Financial Exposures’ 23. ‘Digital Asset Cyber Risk Modeling and Scoring’ 24. ‘Mitigating Cybersecurity Scores and Residual Cyber Risk Scores’ Part VII: GDPR and Privacy. 25. ‘GDPR Overview’ 26. ‘GDPR Articles’ 27. ‘GDRP Evidence’ 28. ‘GDPR Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)’ Part VIII: Cybersecurity Risk Management Strategy. 29. ‘CISO Strategies’ 30. ‘Cyber in the Board Room’ Part IX: Cybersecurity Insurance. 31. ‘Cyber Insurance Overview’ 32. ‘Calculating Limits Adequacy’ 33. ‘Ransomware Strategies’ Part X: Introduction to Cybersecurity Vendor Risk Management. 34. ‘Vendor Risk Overview’ 35. ‘Vendor Cybersecurity Regulations’

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Book SynopsisLike much of SMEs research, innovation studies of small enterprises have commenced later and are less numerous. The focus of such studies remains high-technology enterprises, which continue to attract both academic and popular interest, oblivious to the innovative endeavours of people in traditional low-tech industries. This book attempts to address this imbalance through a comprehensive analysis of innovation in this largely neglected area. Based on case studies of seven small innovative food companies, this book presents an in-depth analysis of innovation in the Scottish food and drinks industry and unravels a lesser-known approach to effective low-cost product innovation, which is simple and economical, yet elegant and successful. Using careful data collection and rigorous statistical testing, the analysis and findings in this book address a wide spectrum of interests: academics in business schools, policy makers in governments and executives and entreTrade Review'Vijay Vyas addresses the dearth of significant research on low tech SMEs. Drawing from case studies of seven small companies it throws light on effective low-cost product innovation in small innovative Scottish food companies. It will be an insightful resource for SMEs seeking to be innovative, including the non-innovative food companies. Its analysis and findings offers significant suggestions for Government policy makers.' - Sunil Shukla, Professor, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India'Vijay Vyas's book provides a unique blend of insights that should be of interest to both academics and managers in the food industry. The book is full of insights about the role of innovation within Low-Tech industries and we are treated to a deep and well thought through study of the role of product innovation, its antecedents and its consequences for small business innovation' - Luke Pittaway, Professor, Center for Entrepreneurship, Ohio University, USATable of Contents1. Innovation and New Product Development in the Food Industry: An overview of international research 2. Business Innovation: Meaning, antecedents, process and consequences 3. Methodology 4. Context of Study I 5. Context of Study II 6. Innovation in Case-study Companies 7. New Product Development in Scotland: A survey 8. Conclusions and Implications 9. Research Findings and Extant Literature: Congruence, conflict and implications

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a new model, the competency framework, for students, innovators, entrepreneurs, managers, and anyone who wants to better understand the dynamic world of innovation and entrepreneurship. Focused on both the individual and strategic organizational level, this book is about people and the competencies each person needs to learn to be successful in creating a more dynamic future. Matthews and Brueggemannâs framework for innovation and entrepreneurship competencies empowers individuals to excel at innovation and new venture creation. It provides a practical guide and clear and concise understanding of the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experiences that are needed to increase imagination, creativity, innovation and new venture creation capability. Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be attractive for students of entrepreneurship, innovation, management and cross-disciplinary classes, such as design thinking.Presented in a modular format, Trade Review"I was excited to learn that Chuck Matthews and Ralph Brueggermann teamed up to produce a book on entrepreneurship and innovation. They did not disappoint. The word ‘entrepreneurship’ conjures up different images in people's minds, but it has become evident that the critical contribution of entrepreneurs is through innovation. Innovation and Entrepreneurship introduces readers to actions they can take in creating new ventures, innovating within larger organizations, and even in making societies more competitive." - Frank Hoy, Director of Collaborative for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USATable of ContentsIntroduction1. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Importance2. The Elements of Innovation3. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competencies 4. Innovative Behaviors5. Innovation and Thinking 6. Problem Solving 7. Knowledge Building8. Creativity Insights9. Culture Building 10. Innovation Theory11. Entrepreneurship12. Innovation Strategy13. Catalytic Leadership14. Ecosystems Interdependencies 15. Technology Accelerators16. The Importance of Intellectual Property 17. Applying Innovation Process 18. Creating a Learning ArchitectureAbout the AuthorsIndex

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Book SynopsisWritten in partnership with SAP, this is the first IS book that provides the right introductory content and combines it with hands-on practice in the form of a simulated SAP environment. It also offers a unique perspective by discussing both the typical processes in organizations and the role of information systems in supporting these processes.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Organizations, Processes, and Information Systems. Chapter 2: Enterprise Systems. Chapter 3: The Procurement Process. Chapter 4: The Fulfillment Process. Chapter 5: The Production Process. Chapter 6: Integrated Processes.

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Book SynopsisDigitalizing Sustainability outlines why business as usual' isn''t working and sets out five Transformational Forces which can be used to innovate and scale sustainability solutions using digital means.This transformation will be powered by a range of digital technologies that have the potential to ideate, propel and scale sustainability solutions in an exponential manner over the next decade. This book introduces the Five Forces of Digital Transformation. These forces all share a common root they are powered by digital technologies that enable them to operate at the speed and scale that we need to achieve global transformation for people and planet. Working together, these forces help overcome many of the barriers and pitfalls that humanity has faced in trying to achieve sustainability 2.0 and will help you tackle these questions: Why has sustainability 1.0 failed us? What are the bugs and bad code in our operating systems that wTrade Review"It has reframed my thinking around what it means to scale sustainability globally, and I share Kathryn’s esteem for the common good of the planet as a lens for rewiring our systems and in turn, our behaviors, to achieve universal impact." Lindsey Peterson, Global President of Earthforce at Salesforce "Kathryn ably stares down the 'hard problem' of sustainability… bringing her pragmatic systems thinking to the challenge. The five transformational forces will re-shape the questions you ask in your business, in policy making, decision making and strategy setting. How might we harness these transformational forces to create a sustainable planet?" Meredith England, Director of Systems Innovation, Climate-KIC Australia "Kathryn has done an amazing job of not only sounding the climate alarm bells but she also intelligently processes how digital technologies and transformations are crucial solutions to scale the change needed." Eddie Listorti, CEO, Viridios Capital Global "Kathryn Sforcina is a force of nature! Her passion for sustainability and creating change in the world is breathtaking, this new book from her offers both a stark reality check and a way forward through the complex and challenging world and contribution of the digital reality in which we live today. Kathryn Sforcina’s work offers an invaluable contribution to the pathway to meet the United Nations Sustainability Goals. This work is insightful, challenging and deeply encouraging." Stephen Moss, Managing Director and Chair, Symon Capital "We’re all pretty clear on the why and the what, but we’re missing the how. 'HOW' do we fundamentally shift our approach to enterprise in a way that harnesses the power of technology to honour our humanity whilst recognising the urgency of the crisis we are facing? Never before have we needed the finely tuned minds of today’s thinkers pointed so directly to solve the crises we are facing, like we do now. Sforcina’s five forces has done just that, by taking the familiar and applying it to the wicked problem of sustainable growth.Sforcina’s approach to these five forces, takes a sustainability mindset and turns it from being an esoteric construct or worse, an after-thought to business or commercial strategy, and breaks it down into something clear, tangible and most importantly, 'followable'." Olivia Tyler, Managing Director AUS/NZ, Edge Environment Table of ContentsPart One: Understanding the "Hard Problem" for Sustainability Chapter One: Tracking the trajectory of Spaceship Earth Chapter Two: Re-coding the "operating systems" of Spaceship Earth Chapter Three: Introducing the five forces of digital transformation Part Two: The Five Forces of Digital Transformation Chapter Four: Transformational Force #1: Sense-Making Chapter Five: Transformational Force #2: Socializing Chapter Six: Transformational Force #3: Valuing Chapter Seven: Transformational Force #4: Embedding Chapter Eight: Transformational Force #5: Adapting Part Three: When These Forces Converge Chapter Nine: The dark side of the force Chapter Ten: Convergence by Design Chapter Eleven: May the transformational forces be with you Index

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Book SynopsisThe Remote Work Handbook: The Definitive Guide for Operationalizing Remote Work as a Competitive Business Strategy is for readers seeking to leverage the business benefits of a flexible, remote workforce. It is a practical guide for building and implementing remote work at any size organization. C-suite executives, operation leaders, business owners, or entrepreneurs who recognize the workplace is changing can use it to re-tool their operations for a strategic business advantage. Mari Anne Snow, the author, is a recognized remote work expert with over 20 years of experience leading remote teams and has re-written the rules of leadership to unlock the potential in remote and distributed teams. In this book, she shares all her secrets. The book explores the untapped potential of remote teams and lays out the business case for adopting a new, flexible workplace model to build organizational resilience and a competitive edge. It takes the reader through Table of ContentsChapter 1: Workplace flexibility is a smart business move Chapter 2: Build it right Chapter 3: The 5 organizational components of remote work Chapter 4: Component one: Infrastructure Chapter 5: Component two: Operational protocols Chapter 6: Component three: Performance accountability measures Chapter 7: Component four: Talent Management Systems Chapter 8: Component five: Remote workforce training Chapter 9: Operationalizing your remote work business model Chapter 10: Managing change Chapter 11: Multi-channel communications Chapter 12: Institutionalizing remote work Chapter 13: Build on team achievements

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Book SynopsisThe 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 beeTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Stages of the Entrepreneurial Lifecycle1.1 Introduction 1.2 Business Opportunities1.3 Ideation and Testing: Ideas, Products, and Customers1.4 Business Model Generation1.5 Resource Acquisition1.6 Management and ExecutionCase Study Nº1 The McDonald's Story: The FounderCase Study Nº2 Data-Driven Innovation: The Case of Luko1.7 Essential and Additional ResourcesChapter 2: Business Model Innovation Processes 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Business Models2.3 The Technological Basis of Disruption2.4 Disruptive Innovation2.5 Business Model Innovation 2.6 Application of Information Technology into the Innovation of Business ModelsCase Study Nº3 Disruptive Innovation of the Automotive IndustryCase Study Nº4 Tesla’s High-End Disruption Model2.7 Essential and Additional ResourcesChapter 3: Methods and Tools for Innovation3.1 Introduction3.2 Methods of Innovation3.3 Theories of Innovation 3.4 Tools for InnovationCase Study Nº 5 Disruptive Innovation in the Education SectorCase Study Nº 6 Insurtech Community Hub (ICH) and Bdeo3.5 Essential and Additional ResourcesChapter 4: Entrepreneurial Skills 4.1 Introduction4.2 Adaptability4.3 Find and Manage People4.4 Managing Cash Effectively4.5 Focus on Customers4.6 Selling4.7 Humility 4.8 Creating and Managing Alliances4.9 Creativity and Innovation4.10 Optimism and InspirationCase Study Nº 7: Imogen Heap – Will There Be a Blockchain Revolution?Case Study Nº 8: New Methods for Digital Skills Education in Developing Countries4.11 Essential and Additional ResourcesChapter 5: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, an Integrative Approach5.1 Introduction5.2 Managing the Entrepreneurial Journey 5.3 Business Model Innovation5.4 Innovation Methods and Tools5.5 Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur5.6 Final ReflectionCase Study Nº 9: The Entrepreneurial Journey of AirbnbCase Study Nº 10: Deki – A Charity, Evolving Over Time5.7 Essential and Additional ResourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe strategic journey taken by firms starts with entrepreneurial inception and can go all the way through adaptation to sustainable enterprise, exit or failure. This book charts how new ventures grow through co-evolution and adaptation to get past the initial problems of being new, connecting theories of strategic management and entrepreneurship.Conceptually, the author paints an integrated picture of the challenges arising from the enterprise life cycle. Based on research, the book is also accessible to practitioners and students, in that it provides practice-oriented takeaways about how enterprises can evolve and thrive in turbulent times.Together with executives, entrepreneurs and policy makers, the book is intended for scholars, and postgraduate students, interested in understanding strategic management and entrepreneurship from an evolutionary perspective.

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Book SynopsisThe Basics of Business Start-Up outlines the entrepreneurial journey from inception to start-up. Starting from the basic concepts and working through the start-up process step by step, the book is an indispensable guide both for would-be entrepreneurs and students on entrepreneurship / small business courses. Key features of this book include: A step-by-step, sequential approach, detailing the typical entrepreneurial journey Non-technical introduction to the basic business functions, including budgeting, accounting, marketing and more A readable and accessible beginnerâs guide to entrepreneurship and business start-up. Written in a refreshingly personal style, this concise guide is the perfect starting point for anyone seeking to put their entrepreneurial ambitions into action.

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Book SynopsisBased on real-world evidence from senior executives and successful entrepreneurs, this book argues that an effective leader must act like an ambivert: an introvert at times and an extrovert at others.Thanks to landmark books such as How to Win Friends and Influence People, many professionals think that only extroverts can be standout leaders, but Karl Mooreâs interviews with over 750 CEOs from around the world prove that introverts make excellent leaders too. These insights make clear that the optimal leadership style is ambivert, with senior leaders combining introversionâbeing excellent listeners and thinking before they speakâand extroversionâinspiring and connecting with their teams. This book teaches how introverts and extroverts work, manage, and lead effectively and how readers can be better leaders regardless of their natural communication style. It empowers leaders to celebrate the strengths of their personality type while being flexible and to understand when to incorporate the strengths of other types into their leadership approach to be more effective. While showing how to identify and utilize the approach that is best for a given situation, it also highlights the potential weaknesses of the ambivertâs chameleon nature and emphasizes the importance of leaders staying true to themselves in any situation.Current and aspiring leaders, as well as entrepreneurs and MBA and executive education students, will understand how to develop and maximize the perfect blend of introversion and extroversion as this book guides them through a range of potential situations encountered in the workplace.

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Book SynopsisThe world continues to ride a wave of turmoil, challenging leaders like never before. New laws, competitive markets and the need to respond to the demands of corporate boards and stockholders unnerve even the most senior of leaders resulting in progressively shorter tenures of those in leadership positions. The modern leader needs to be increasingly resilient and their leadership must be entirely relevant to their organizations and the industry.Phoenix Leadership for Business: An Executive''s Strategy for Relevance and Resilience provides a brand new, innovative concept, that of the Phoenix Leader, with proven strategies and approaches to evolve your leadership approach to one that is flexible, powerful and effective. This book utilizes the strong metaphor of a Phoenix and identifies all of the necessary techniques that leaders need to improve profitability, resource management and organizational success thus improving their relevance to the company.<Table of ContentsForeword. Dedication. About the Author. Chapter 1 Status of Organization Leadership in the United States. Chapter 2 The Phoenix Leader. Chapter 3 Attributes of the Phoenix Leader, a Strong Sense of Self. Chapter 4 Attributes of the Phoenix Leader, Effective Interpersonal Relationships. Chapter 5 Attributes of the Phoenix Leader: Building an Empowered Workforce. Chapter 6 Attributes of the Phoenix Leader: Interdisciplinary Team Leadership. Chapter 7 Attributes of the Phoenix Leader: Change Agency. Chapter 8 Virtues, Attributes and Competencies of the Phoenix Leader. Chapter 9 Foundational Behaviors of the Phoenix Leader. Chapter 10 Becoming a Phoenix Leader. References

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Book SynopsisMake some headway in the notoriously tough subject of business statistics Business Statistics For Dummies helps you understand the core concepts and principles of business statistics, and how they relate to the business world. This book tracks to a typical introductory course offered at the undergraduate, so you know you'll find all the content you need to pass your class and get your degree. You'll get an introduction to statistical problems and processes common to the world of global business and economics. Written in clear and simple language, Business Statistics For Dummies gives you an introduction to probability, sampling techniques and distributions, and drawing conclusions from data. You'll also discover how to use charts and graphs to visualize the most important properties of a data set. Grasp the core concepts, principles, and methods of business statistics Learn tricky concepts with simplified explanations and illustrative graphsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Business Statistics 5 Chapter 1: The Art and Science of Business Statistics 7 Chapter 2: Pictures Tell the Story: Graphical Representations of Data 21 Chapter 3: Identifying the Center of a Data Set 35 Chapter 4: Measuring Variation in a Data Set 53 Chapter 5: Measuring How Data Sets Are Related to Each Other 71 Part 2: Probability Theory and Probability Distributions 95 Chapter 6: Probability Theory: Measuring the Likelihood of Events 97 Chapter 7: Probability Distributions and Random Variables 115 Chapter 8: The Binomial and Poisson Distributions 127 Chapter 9: The Normal Distribution: So Many Possibilities! 145 Chapter 10: Sampling Techniques and Distributions 165 Part 3: Drawing Conclusions from Samples 185 Chapter 11: Confidence Intervals and the Student’s t-Distribution 187 Chapter 12: Testing Hypotheses about the Population Mean 205 Chapter 13: Applications of the Chi-Square Distribution 245 Chapter 14: Applications of the F-Distribution 273 Part 4: More Advanced Techniques: Regression Analysis and Spreadsheet Modeling 287 Chapter 15: Simple Regression Analysis 289 Chapter 16: Key Statistical Techniques in Excel 317 Part 5: The Part of Tens 343 Chapter 17: Ten Common Errors That Arise in Statistical Analysis 345 Chapter 18: (Almost) Ten Key Categories of Formulas for Business Statistics 353 Index 363

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Book SynopsisThe new fifth edition of Principles of Business Information Systems features new cases, new questions and assignments and the latest technologies, whilst retaining its comprehensive coverage of Information Systems issues. It also boasts a wealth of real-world examples from a broad range of countries and updated coverage of IT and technological issues, making it perfect for courses that prepare students for the modern corporate world.

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Book Synopsis Learn how to use Solidity and the Ethereum project - second only to Bitcoin in market capitalization. Blockchain protocols are taking the world by storm, and the Ethereum project, with its Turing-complete scripting language Solidity, has rapidly become a front-runner. This book presents the blockchain phenomenon in context; then situates Ethereum in a world pioneered by Bitcoin. See why professionals and non-professionals alike are honing their skills in smart contract patterns and distributed application development. You''ll review the fundamentals of programming and networking, alongside its introduction to the new discipline of crypto-economics. You''ll then deploy smart contracts of your own, and learn how they can serve as a back-end for JavaScript and HTML applications on the Web.Many Solidity tutorials out there today have the same flaw: they are written for advanced JavaScript developers who want to transfer their skills to a blockchain enviroTable of Contents1. Bridging the Blockchain Knowledge Gap 2. The Mist Browser 3. The EVM 4. Solidity Programming 5. Smart Contacts and Tokens 6. Mining Ether 7. Cryptoeconomics Survey 8. Dapp Deployment9. Creating Private Chains 10. Use Cases 11. Advanced Concepts

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Book SynopsisLearn how to build a data science technology stack and perform good data science with repeatable methods. You will learn how to turn data lakes into business assets.The data science technology stack demonstrated in Practical Data Science is built from components in general use in the industry. Data scientist Andreas Vermeulen demonstrates in detail how to build and provision a technology stack to yield repeatable results. He shows you how to apply practical methods to extract actionable business knowledge from data lakes consisting of data from a polyglot of data types and dimensions. What You''ll Learn Become fluent in the essential concepts and terminology of data science and data engineering  Build and use a technology stack that meets industry criteria Master the methods for retrieving actionable business knowledge Coordinate the handling ofTable of Contents

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Book SynopsisWritten from the perspective of a Technical Project Manager, this study presents a scenario for a complete shift left software development effort.  It brings considerations for Test and Support as early as the Inception Stage.  Based on an innovative model - Development Process Activity Cycles (DPAC) - this representation allows visualization of progress including recursive activities.  The model is based on an interpretation of the Deming quality cycle of Plan Do, Check Act (PDCA).   Periodic Management reports are generated using configuration management data generated during the Act phase of each iteration.  There is no Test stage in the DPAC model; Test is represented in the back swing Check Phase of each iteration.This approach allows the user or Subject Mater Expert (SME) to contemplate the face of the system through several iterations of design and development, using the triad principle (Power of Three) matching a programmer, tester and membeTable of ContentsIntroduction. Traditional vs. Agile ApproachReview of the best known traditional models - waterfall, spiral, V -model - and alternative agile models - Scrum, SAFe, DAD, RUP/UP, DSDM, XP and introduction to DPACChapter 1. The DPAC ModelPresents the DPAC Model in a static view describing the Stages and Activity Cycles in generalized form. Shows where Test is included in the model in the backswing of the PDCA overlay for each cycle. Continuous testing.1.1 Intent and purpose 1.2 Phases of the DPAC activity cycles1.3 DPAC is inherently a “shift left” model 1.4 DPAC Embraces Agile and DevOps1.5 Activities represented in the DPAC model 1.6 Roles and responsibilities 1.7 Stages of Application Development 1.8 The objective of this model Paradigms as a hindrance to understanding 1.9 SummaryChapter 2. Why Include Support in a Development Model? Offers quotes referring to the importance of including maintenance in the development cycles. Displays statistics regarding the cost of maintenance as a part of the overall lifecycle.Every project that succeeds, even if challenged becomes a Support project. Shows the consequences of types of error. Cites the top ten software development problems from the perspective of maintenance. Building political and social capital.2.1 Statement of the Problem 2.2 To put this in terms of total cost… 2.3 Putting Support in the Equation 2.4. Freeing the statue from the stone2.5 Factors supporting code reliability2.6 Measures during development to improve software system maintainability. 2.7 Ameliorative measures 2.8 Political and Social Capital What’s AheadChapter 3. InceptionStresses the importance of a Vision Statement as a project charter. The role of the charter as a first step in creating “conceptual integrity.” Introduces non-functional requirements. Planning for security including privacy concerns.3.1 Goal: Achieving Consensus 3.2 Nine Objectives 3.3 The importance of the Vision Statement 3.4 Introduction to the Traceability Matrix 3.5 Non-functional Requirements 3.6 Planning for Information Security and System Security 3.7 Privacy 3.7 Legacy data 3.8 Summary of Security requirements 3.9 Identification of security requirements is initiated in the Inception Stage SummaryChapter 4. ElaborationThe goal of Elaboration is to create an overall process model that will serve as a Functional Requirements Specification (FRS), the second step in preserving conceptual integrity. The FRS forms the basis of level of effort and cost estimation.Outlines the role of the system architecture and the system backbone. Introduces the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and the Traceability Matrix.4.1 The goal of the Elaboration Stage4.2 Objectives 4.3 Activities during Elaboration4.4 Ongoing Activities4.5 Implement Quality Engineering Plan4.6 Additional responsibilities:4.7 Data Flow Diagrams (DFD)4.8 Functional Requirements Specification (FRS)4.9 Design Review4.10 Following design approval4.11 Determine staffing, roles and responsibilities. 4.12 Rules of the Road (staffing)4.13 Design, develop and document the system architecture 4.14 Demonstrate an operating backbone4.15 Application Design Requirements4.16 Introduction to Configuration Management Data Base (CMDB)4.17 The CMDB includes tools4.18 The Traceability Matrix4.19 On Joint Application Development (JAD)4.20 On Workshops (in general)Chapter 5 ConstructionDescribes activities in the Process Detail and Unit Development Cycles. Introduces the practice of iterative development. Includes measures to assure the quality of the code as developed. Technical review subcycle. The triad principle.5.1 Process Detail Cycle5.1.1 Approach5.1.2 Phases5.1.3 Roles and responsibilities5.1.4 Business Rules Definition5.1.5 Form of Business Rules5.1.6 Business rule review5.1.7 Summation 5.2 Unit Development Cycle 5.2.1 Overview 5.2.2 Changing requirements 5.2.3 Processing Change Reports (CRpt) 5.2.4 Configuration Management 5.2.5 Advancement 5.2.6 Unit development5.3 “Mechanical” tests 5.4 Test plans5.5 Iterative development5.6 Code check5.7 Technical review sub-cycle5.8 Refactoring, Test driven development (TDD)5.9 True to requirements5.10 User review 5.11 Regarding tools 5.12 Automated testing 5.13 Power of three 5.14 Staffing 5.15 SummationChapter 6. Assembly“Service” assembly and system assembly. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. Role of the agile DBA. Role of automation.6.1 Definitions 6.2 Service Assembly6.3 Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment 6.4 When to use Automation tools6.5 Automation is suited to following types6.6 Roles and Responsibilities6.7 Systems of Record (SOR) and Systems of Engagement (SOE) 6.8 Test Data Management 6.9 The Agile DBA6.10 DevOps and the Database6.11 StaffingChapter 7. EvolutionSupport defined. Bureaucratic impediments. Types of support. Limited understanding. Lehman’s Laws. Software Support Lifecycle (SMLC). Tribal knowledge.7.1 Support Defined7.2 Processes, activities, and practices that are applicable to software Support:7.3 About software Support7.4 Support Personnel 7.5 Error Correction7.6 Bureaucratic Impediments 7.7 On the difficulty of correcting an error during Support:7.8 Types of Support7.9 Another View7.10 Software Support Effort7.11 Limited Understanding7.12 Technical Problems 7.13 Forces for evolution7.14 Lehman’s Laws 7.15 Model of the Software Support Lifecycle (SMLC) 7.16 The importance of ‘Tribal Knowledge’Chapter 8. Risk ManagementA personal accounting of risks encountered in 35 years of software development. “Man month” is a unit of cost, not progress. 8.1 General Mayhem 8.2 Loss of Key Personnel - Missing a window of opportunity 8.3 Software Development always has a political dimension 8.4. Unrealistic Expectations. 8.5 Lack of a competent Project “Champion.” 8.6 Missing Man 8.7 Keep documentation up to date. 8.8 Missing Tools - Loss of “Tribal Knowledge.” 8.9 Missing Overview. 8.10 Lack of Quality Engineering measures 8.11 Lack of proper tools. 8.12 Over optimistic level of effort 8.13 “Man Month” is a unit of cost, not progress. 8.14 No tool alone will “fix” gaps in the business model 8.15 Learning what a tool does NOT do 8.16 Lack of appropriate skills8.17 “Round Up the Usual Suspects!” 8.18 Necessary elementsChapter 9. Engineering Software QualitySoftware quality defined. Sofwware quality assurance (SQA) Configuration management. Test - continuous testing. Test driven development (TDD). The sum and intent of Software Quality Engineering.Software Quality defined9.1 Software Quality Assurance (SQA) 9.1.1 Ongoing Documentation 9.1.2 Data Flow Diagram (DFD)9.2 Configuration Management (CM) 9.2.1 Identification of Configuration Items 9.2.2 CMDB 9.2.3 Change Reports (CRpt) and Discrepancy Reports (DR) 9.2.4 The Hardware Configuration Inventory (HWCI) 9.2.5 Change Control 9.2.6 Status Accounting 9.3 Test 9.3.1 Test Driven Development (TDD) 9.3.2 Perform Test 9.3.3 Audits9.4 Data Related Quality Engineering 9.4.1 Conversion Plan9.5 Software Quality Engineering for Programming 9.6 The Sum and Intent of Software Quality EngineeringChapter 10. Final Remarks tbdAppendix 1. Attributes of Quality: International Organization for Standardization (ISO)Appendix 2. Summary of Standards, Guidelines and ProceduresAppendix 3. Data Flow Diagramming: Symbols and Rules, An example Resources

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Book Synopsis12% of people hold crypto assets, including your clients and suppliers. How can you manage the risks and reap the benefits of this new technology?Your clients, suppliers or employees may be among the one in eight adults worldwide who hold crypto assets. How can you ensure that crypto transactions are properly accounted for, legally and safely managed, and used to benefit your business?This book is a gateway to the language and applications of crypto and blockchain. It guides you through the opportunities for business improvement and the risks that need to be managed for corporations and private clients, including signposts to relevant legislation, regulation and security considerations. It helps you to make sense of the distinct properties of crypto assets and understand where they can be transformational and where they really aren't needed, for more effective strategic decision making.

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Book SynopsisA guide and exploration for newcomers and experienced Systems Thinkers alike. In Thinking Systems Robin Asby explores Systems Thinking from a process perspective and shows how this perspective generates new insights, particularly into the problems that we face in the stewardship of our planet. It explains how a process-based approach allows us to think differently and how it can be widely applied. Part 1 introduces Systems Thinking and the systemic process modelling of learning and managing. This is an up-to-date and accessible introduction for anyone interested in the theory and practice of Systems Thinking. Part 2 describes the effect of applying Systems Thinking in two key areas where problems of understanding exist: government and Quantum Mechanics. Whilst these two are far apart in the academic world, in each case surprising insights result from the systemic process approach.Trade Review"Stafford Beer commented 'I wish people would read my books'. I do hope people will read this one. Rooted in the timeline of his developing thinking, Robin Asby introduces and explains core concepts in systems thinking, cybernetics and, in particular the Viable System Model to great effect. He elaborates that model, its conception and rationale elegantly and with great clarity. The ideas of this book are challenging to conventional thinking, the language as complex as is necessary but not more so, and the philosophical shift required to realise the benefits is well indicated. For those new to the subject Robin offers an accessible, clearly articulated and well executed introduction to thinking in the field. For those familiar with the core material he offers a range of insights which create scope for conversation and the potential to provoke discussion and debate. It is rare to find such scope in one book! This work deserves shelf space from all those serious about exploring the world through the lens of cybernetics. Dr. John Beckford, President, The Cybernetics Society and Visiting Professor at University College London and Loughborough University, UKTable of ContentsPreface Part 1: The Journey 1. Sketching the Route 2. Modelling 3. Understanding system, process and relationship 4. Holding Steady: Structure 5. Holding Steady: Control and Coherence 6. Changing with the Flow: Learning 7. Recognising the Importance of Perspective Part 2: Applying the Approach 8. Modelling Governing 9. Modelling Quantum Systems 10. Looking Back Index

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Book SynopsisThis textbook reviews and systematically presents the use of the Internet in public administration and politics. Further, it employs a process-oriented layer model to define the opportunities for exchange and participation for all stakeholder groups, covering the following topics: eAssistance, eProcurement, eService, eContracting, eSettlement, eCollaboration, eDemocracy, and eCommunity. In turn, real-world case studies demonstrate the practical applications in industry, administration and research.The second edition of this book has been completely revised and extended, and includes several new case studies. It offers a valuable asset for students in Business, Economics and Political Sciences courses, as well as practitioners interested in emerging opportunities for digital exchange and participation in the knowledge society.Trade Review“The book is well written and well organized, and the style is light and easy to read. In addition, the many case studies make it a valuable reference for students and educators.” (Stefka Tzanova, Computing Reviews, February 10, 2021)Table of ContentseGovernment Framework.- eAssistance.- eProcurement.- eService.- eContracting.- eSettlement.- eCollaboration.- eDemocracy.- eCommunity.- Knowledge Society.

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Book SynopsisThis book describes process mining use cases and business impact along the value chain, from corporate to local applications, representing the state of the art in domain know-how. Providing a set of industrial case studies and best practices, it complements academic publications on the topic. Further the book reveals the challenges and failures in order to offer readers practical insights and guidance on how to avoid the pitfalls and ensure successful operational deployment.The book is divided into three parts: Part I provides an introduction to the topic from fundamental principles to key success factors, and an overview of operational use cases. As a holistic description of process mining in a business environment, this part is particularly useful for readers not yet familiar with the topic. Part II presents detailed use cases written by contributors from a variety of functions and industries. Lastly, Part III provides a brief overview of the future of process mining, both from academic and operational perspectives.Based on a solid academic foundation, process mining has received increasing interest from operational businesses, with many companies already reaping the benefits. As the first book to present an overview of successful industrial applications, it is of particular interest to professionals who want to learn more about the possibilities and opportunities this new technology offers. It is also a valuable resource for researchers looking for empirical results when considering requirements for enhancements and further developments.Trade Review“The book should interest academics, executives, and professionals with an interest in the topic.” (Anoop Malaviya, Computing Reviews, October 13, 2021)Table of ContentsPart I Principles and Value of Process Mining.- 1 Process Mining in a Nutshell.- 2 How to get Started.- 3 Purpose: Identifying the right Use Cases.- 4 People: The Human Factor.- 5 Processtraces: Technology.- 6 Challenges, Pitfalls and Failures.- 7 Process Mining, RPA, BPM and DTO.- 8 Key Learnings.- Part II Best Practice Use Cases.- 9 Siemens: Driving global change with the Digital Fit Rate in Order2Cash.- 10 Uber: Process Mining to optimize Customer experience and Business performance.- 11 BMW: Process Mining @ Production.- 12 Siemens: Process Mining for operational efficiency in Purchase2Pay.- 13 athenahealth: Process Mining for Service Integrity in Healthcare.- 14 EDP Comercial: Sales and Service Digitization.- 15 ABB: From Mining Processes towards Driving Processes.- 16 Bosch: Process Mining – a Corporate Consulting Perspective.- 17 Schukat: Process Mining enables Schukat electronic to reinvent itself.- 18 Siemens Healthineers: Process Mining as Innovation Driver in Product Management.- 19 Bayer: Process Mining supports Digital Transformation in Internal Audit.- 20 Telekom: Process Mining in Shared Services.- Part III Outlook: Future of Process Mining.- 21 Academic View: Development of the Process Mining Discipline.- 22 Business View: Towards a Digital Enabled Organization.

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates the significance of domain-specific conceptual modeling through new research and development approaches that are manifested in each of the chapters. They include novel modelling methods and tools that emphasize the recent results accomplished and their adequacy to assess specific aspects of a domain. Each chapter offers detailed instructions on how to build models in a particular domain, such as product-service engineering, enterprise engineering, digital business ecosystems, and enterprise modelling and capability management. All chapters are enriched with case studies, related information, and tool implementations. The tools are based on the ADOxx metamodelling platform and are provided free of charge via OMiLAB. Furthermore, the book emphasizes possible future developments and potential research directions. The collection of works presented here will benefit experts and practitioners from academia and industry alike, including members of the conceptual modeling community as well as lecturers and students.Table of ContentsPart I: Background.- 1. Conceptual Modelling Methods: The AMME Agile Engineering Approach.- 2. Development of Conceptual Models and Realization of Modelling Tools Within the ADOxx Meta-Modelling Environment: A Living Paper.- 3. Challenging Digital Innovation Through the OMiLAB Community of Practice.- Part II: Previous Volume: Synopsis.- 4. The Purpose-Specificity Framework for Domain-Specific Conceptual Modeling.- Part III: Enterprise Management.- 5. Enterprise Modeling with 4EM: Perspectives and Method.- 6. PGA 2.0: A Modeling Technique for the Alignment of the Organizational Strategy and Processes.- 7. The LiteStrat Modelling Method: Towards the Alignment of Strategy and Code.- 8. itsVALUE: Modelling and Analysing Value Streams for IT Services.- Part IV: Enterprise Information Systems.- 9. Enterprise Construction Modeling Method.- 10. Tool Support for Fractal Enterprise Modeling.- 11. The Integration of Risk Aspects into Business Process Management: The e-BPRIM Modeling Method.- 12. Modeling the Phenomenon of Capability Change: The KYKLOS Method.- 13. A Security Assessment Platform for Stochastic Petri Net (SPN) Modelling in the Internet of Things (IoT) Ecosystem.- Part V: Business Ecosystems and Services.- 14. A Modeling Tool for Exploring Business Ecosystems in a (Pre-)conceptual Phase.- 15. A Capability-Based Method for Modeling Resilient Data Ecosystems.- 16. Space of Services Method (SoS).- 17. Design and Engineering of Product-Service Systems (PSS): The SEEM Methodology and Modeling Toolkit.- Part VI: Knowledge Engineering.- 18. Model-Based Guide Toward Digitization in Digital Business Ecosystems.- 19. Generating ROS Codes from User-Level Workflow in PRINTEPS.- 20. ECAVI: An Assistant for Reasoning About Actions and Change with the Event Calculus.- Part VII: Technology Enhanced Education.- 21. Tree Diagrams and Unit Squares 4.0: Digitizing Stochastic Classes with the Didactic Modeling Tool PROVIS.- 22. Improving Student Mobility Through Automated Mapping of Similar Courses.- Part VIII: Digital Humanities.- 23. Aggregation and Curation of Historical Archive Information.- Part IX: Modelling Method Conceptualization.- 24. Conceptualization of Modelling Methods in the Context of Categorical Mechanisms.- 25. Conceptualizing Design Thinking Artefacts: The Scene2Model Storyboard Approach.- 26. An Approach to the Information System Conceptual Modeling Based on the Form Types.- Part X: Conceptual Modelling Language Extension.- 27. BPMN4MoPla: Mobility Planning Based on Business Decision-Making.- 28. BPMN Extension for Multi-Protocol Data Orchestration.

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Book SynopsisModern business relies heavily on information technology. This book presents a new “always-on” business model for the digital age, one based on three interrelated components: a business model, an IT capability model, and an always-on information system model. In addition, it develops an implementation framework for the new model by identifying business-critical continuous computing information technologies as implementation drivers.The model proposed in this book reveals the critical role of business continuity management in ensuring business continuity even when operations are unaffected by any disasters. Using empirical survey data, PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modeling) combined with mediation analysis are used to test the model and hypotheses.The book is chiefly intended for students in Business Administration/Management degree programs and business leaders whose work involves addressing issues such as organizational performance, IT capability, enterprise information systems, IT management, business continuity management, disaster recovery management, risk management, IT auditing, and compliance. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Digital Age, Business Strategy, and Firm's Performance.- Chapter 3. Downtime and Business Continuity.- Chapter 4. BCM, DRP - Compliance in Practice.- Chapter 5. Master Contingency Plans and IT Auditing.- Chapter 6. Business Models and The Concept of Always-On Business.- Chapter 7. BCM, BCP, IT Capability: A Framework for Always-On Business.- Chapter 8. Empirical Research.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook shows how to develop the functional requirements of (information) systems. It emphasizes the importance to consider the complete development path of a functional requirement, i.e. not only the individual development steps but also their proper combination and their alignment. The book consists of two parts: Part I presents the underlying theory while Part II contains various illustrative case studies. Part I starts with an introduction to the topic (Chapter 1). Then it explains how to develop functional requirements that represent the conceptual dynamics of an information system (Chapters 2 and 3). Chapters 4 and 5 explain how to model the conceptual statics of an information system. Chapter 6 gives some directions for implementation. Finally, Chapter 7 explains how a ‘technical manager’ can organize and manage the development process. As an illustration of the theory, Part II contains three substantial case studies. The first one (Chapter 8) presents a stepwise development starting from an informal situation sketch via a simple domain model towards a precisely specified, full-fledged conceptual data model, which finally is translated to an SQL database. In the second case study (Chapter 9) the author converts the well-known non-trivial use case Process Sale from Larman into a textual System Sequence Description (SSD). For validation purposes, that textual SSD is subsequently translated into natural language and into a graphical SSD. The third case study (Chapter 10) shows the applicability of the author’s approach to a control system and also illustrates the typical situation that the requirements are constantly changing during development. This book is written for (under)graduate students in software engineering or information systems who want to learn how to carry out adequate problem analysis, to make good system specifications, and/or to understand how to organize and manage an IS-development process. It also targets practitioners who want to improve their problem analysis abilities and/or their ability to make good system specifications. To this end, it includes more than 150 explanatory figures and is accompanied by a Web site which provides additional course material such as slides, additional exercises, solutions to exercises, and the code for the figures used in the book.Table of Contents- 1. Introduction. - Part I Theory. - 2. Developing a Functional Requirement. - 3. Development Patterns. - 4. Domain Modelling. - 5. Conceptual Data Models. - 6. Directions for Implementation. - 7. Organizing and Managing the Development Process. - Part II Case Studies. - 8. A Non-trivial University Example Worked Out. - 9. Converting a Large Use Case. - 10. Development Example Where Requirements Constantly Change.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book will give insights into global issues of work and work systems design from a wide range of perspectives. Topics like the impact of AI in the workplace as well as design for digital sovereignty at the workplace or foresight processes for digital work are covered. Practical cases, empirical results and theoretical considerations are not only taken from Germany and Europe, but also from Southeast Asia, South Africa, Middle America, and Australia. The book intends to expand the so far national view on the aspects of digital work (e.g. like in Ernst Hartmann’s immensely successful work “Zukunft der Arbeit in Industrie 4.0”) into an international context – thus showing not only common challenges, but also offering suggestions, best practice examples or thoughts from different global regions.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Global Issues of Work and Work Systems Design.-Measuring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics on the Workplace.- Digital Work in Smart Production Systems – Changes and Challenges in Manufacturing Planning and Operations.- Scenario-based Foresight.- Human-Machine-Interaction in Innovative Work.

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Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of new forms of working and new working arrangements largely enabled by technology. The Future of Work is a projection of how work, working, workers and the workplace will evolve in the years ahead from the perspective of different actors in society, influenced by technological, socio-economic, political, and demographic changes.This open access book is a timely exploration of some of the challenges and prospects for the future of work from two main perspectives: how work is changing and how to prepare for work in the future. An evidence-based assessment of these topics offers some critical perspectives that challenge old assumptions and opens up emerging trends and possibilities for work in the future. As part of the Palgrave Studies in Digital Business & Enabling Technologies series, this book is an essential resource for academics of Business, Human Resource Management, Organisational Psychology and Industrial Relations, as well as practitioners and policy makers.Table of ContentsChapter 1 – The Future of Work for Organisations, Jobs and Workers (Introduction) This chapter summarises many of the main challenges and prospects for the future of work. It establishes and summarises the themes to be addressed in the remainder of the book. Prof Edel Conway, Dr Lisa van der Werff (Dublin City University) Part One: The Challenges and Prospects for the Future of Work and Jobs Chapter 2 – Disrupted or Enhanced? The impact of new ways of working on individual and organizational well-being The COVID-19 pandemic has represented a catalyst for new ways of working. This has opened a wide range opportunities such as remote, hybrid, co-working, flexible working and work from anywhere (WFA) approaches. This chapter will consider the range of opportunities and challenges for both workers and organisations in terms of well-being and performance that are created by these new ways of working. Prof Kathy Monks, Prof Yseult Freeney and Prof Edel Conway (Dublin City University) Chapter 3 – Theorizing the Future of Work in Professional Services: An Institutional Perspective This chapter will use a theoretical lens framed in institutional theory to better understand the challenges facing professional services, specifically accounting, law and architecture from digital technologies and specifically machine learning and artificial intelligence. This theoretical exploration will provide a basis for re-imagining the future of work in these professions in the context of digital trends. Dr Brid Murphy and Dr Orla Feeney (Dublin City University) Chapter 4 – Algorithms, Apps & Uncertainty: Navigating Work in the Gig Economy Although some critics consider gig working as simply the latest development in non-standard labour arrangements, its most novel and distinguishing feature, ‘algorithmic management’, disrupts and challenges the most enduring contours of work and people management. This chapter traces the role of digitalisation in creating the gig economy by exploring how algorithmic technologies have replaced human managers in this novel, yet heavily fragmented working arrangement. Dr James Duggan and Dr Stefan Jooss (University College Cork) Chapter 5 – Trust juggling effects of datafication of work: Where are we at and where do we go? Datafication of work fundamentally changes the processes underlying workplace relationships. Our chapter takes perspective of both the technology and human on how datafication helps and hinders trust and collaboration in the workplace. Dr Xuchang Zheng (Dublin City University), Dr Simon Schafheitle (University of St Gallen) Lisa van der Werff (Dublin City University), Part Two: Looking to the Future Chapter 6 – Leadership in digital workplaces This chapter will provide an overview of research (its intellectual structure/past and current trends using bibliometrics) at the intersection of leadership and future of work. It will propose an integrative framework and future outlooks for research and practice. Prof Matej Černe, Amadeja Lamovšek (University of Ljubliana), Prof Irina Nikolova, Prof Sut I Wong (BI Norwegian Business School) Chapter 7 – Diversity and Inclusion in the future of work This chapter will present an overview of extant knowledge about diversity and inclusion at work, with a specific focus on age, gender and race. The chapter will discuss these issues by first explicating how demographic, economic, social, and technological projections will impact the workplace and, second, by examining what specific interventions may promote real change, beyond the rhetoric, toward a more diverse and inclusive future of work. Dr Jean McCarthy (University of Limerick), Prof Janine Bosak (Dublin City University), Prof Emma Parry (Cranfield University) and Prof Jeanette Cleveland (Colorado State University) Chapter 8 – Education and skills for the future of work The chapter will explore a macro-level emphasis on skills required for the future of work as detailed by global policy reports. Specifically, it will explore how these both impact on, and can be fostered/co-created, through education. Our focus is purposefully on skills for the future (not of the future) and on futures (plural). A key underpinning to our argument is the need for a narrative that moves away from an economic focus on skill development to a broader holistic view of human centered development. This is also reflected in the increase realization by organizations that human capital development (HCD) in FoW is linked to positive societal impacts. Dr Shirley Davey (Ulster University), Prof Brian Harney (Dublin City University) Chapter 9 - Learning and Development This chapter draws on the principles of congruence and adaptation in open systems theory to discuss the future of organizational learning and development and argue where the emphasis should be placed. We argue that the emphasis needs to be on learning and development processes at the individual level which are more learner-driven, informal, continuous and social; a focus on knowledge pull as opposed to knowledge push. In tandem at the organizational level this emphasis needs to position the learning and development function as focusing on processes to enable an environment for learner-driven learning and to focus on why and where and how learning enables a fluid business strategy as opposed to driving learning for learning sake. Prof Claire Gubbins (Dublin City University), Prof Thomas Garavan (University College Cork) Chapter 10 – Ethics in the Future of Work A general misunderstanding regarding the essence of the ethical analysis lead to a misconception of ethics as a set of principles that need to be integrated in the way machines are designed. This chapter reviews existing literature on the topic, highlighting the shortcomings of unclear definitions of ethics, and suggests a framework to analyze the emerging areas of research in the future of work in light of a holistic approach to ethics. Dr Marta Rocci (Dublin City University) and Dr Caleb M. Bernacchio, California State University Monterey Bay Chapter 11 – Outlook for Work in the Future Conclusion: This chapter provides a summary of some of the main issues raised, key learning points, and further avenues for research. Prof Theo Lynn and Dr Pierangelo Rosati (Dublin City University)

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Book SynopsisPart I: Fundamentals of ChatGPT, Web3, and Their Impact on Business.- Overview of ChatGPT, Web3, and New Business Landscape.- ChatGPT: Inside and Impact on Business Automation.- Part II: Applications of ChatGPT in Diverse Fields and Integration with Web3.- ChatGPT and Web3 Applications.- ChatGPT in Product Management.- ChatGPT and Gig Economy.- ChaptGPT in Nutrition Science.- ChatGPT in Finance and Banking.- ChatGPT in Real Estate.- ChatGPT in Gaming Industry.- ChatGPT in Government.- Part III: Ethical, Legal, and Security Considerations in ChatGPT.- Security and Privacy Concerns in ChatGPT.- Legal and Ethics Responsibility of ChatGPT.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: AI and Sustainable Development- A Comprehensive Framework.- Chapter 2: The Double-Edged Sword: AI’s Promise and Threat in Addressing Societal Challenges.- Chapter 3: AI Case Studies and Empirical Evidence.- Chapter 4: The Business Case for AI in Sustainable Development.- Chapter 5: AI Governance, Regulation, and Ethical Implementation.- Chapter 6: AI and Workforce Transformation- Opportunities and Challenges.- Chapter 7: AI and Sustainable Cities– Smart Urban Development for a Greener Future.- Chapter 8: AI and Biodiversity– Protecting Nature Through Technology.- Chapter 9: Conclusions– Charting a Responsible Path for AI in Sustainable Development.

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Book SynopsisThis is a complete update of the best-selling undergraduate textbook on Electronic Commerce (EC). New to this 4th Edition is the addition of material on Social Commerce (two chapters); a new tutorial on the major EC support technologies, including cloud computing, RFID, and EDI; ten new learning outcomes; and video exercises added to most chapters. Wherever appropriate, material on Social Commerce has been added to existing chapters. Supplementary material includes an Instructor’s Manual; Test Bank questions for each chapter; Powerpoint Lecture Notes; and a Companion Website that includes EC support technologies as well as online files.The book is organized into 12 chapters grouped into 6 parts. Part 1 is an Introduction to E-Commerce and E-Marketplaces. Part 2 focuses on EC Applications, while Part 3 looks at Emerging EC Platforms, with two new chapters on Social Commerce and Enterprise Social Networks. Part 4 examines EC Support Services, and Part 5 looks at E-Commerce Strategy and Implementation. Part 6 is a collection of online tutorials on Launching Online Businesses and EC Projects, with tutorials focusing on e-CRM; EC Technology; Business Intelligence, including Data-, Text-, and Web Mining; E-Collaboration; and Competition in Cyberspace.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Overview of Electronic Commerce.- Chapter 2. E-Commerce: Mechanisms, Platforms, and Tools.- Chapter 3. Retailing in Electronic Commerce: Products and Services.- Chapter 4. Business-to-Business E-Commerce.- Chapter 5. Innovative EC Systems: From E-Government to E-Learning, Knowledge Management, E-Health, and C2C Commerce.- Chapter 6. Mobile Commerce and the Internet of Things.- Chapter 7. Social Commerce: Foundations, Social Marketing, and Advertising.- Chapter 8. Social Enterprise and Other Social Commerce Topics.- Chapter 9. Marketing and Advertising in E-Commerce.- Chapter 10. E-Commerce Security and Fraud Issues and Protections.- Chapter 11. Electronic Commerce Payment Systems and Order Fulfillment.- Chapter 12. Implementation Issues: From Globalization to Justification, Privacy, and Regulation.

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Book SynopsisThis 2nd edition compendium contains and explains essential statistical formulas within an economic context. Expanded by more than 100 pages compared to the 1st edition, the compendium has been supplemented with numerous additional practical examples, which will help readers to better understand the formulas and their practical applications. This statistical formulary is presented in a practice-oriented, clear, and understandable manner, as it is needed for meaningful and relevant application in global business, as well as in the academic setting and economic practice.The topics presented include, but are not limited to: statistical signs and symbols, descriptive statistics, empirical distributions, ratios and index figures, correlation analysis, regression analysis, inferential statistics, probability calculation, probability distributions, theoretical distributions, statistical estimation methods, confidence intervals, statistical testing methods, the Peren-Clement index, and the usual statistical tables.Given its scope, the book offers an indispensable reference guide and is a must-read for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as managers, scholars, and lecturers in business, politics, and economics.Table of ContentsStatistical Signs and Symbols.- Descriptive Statistics.- Inferential Statistics.- Probability Calculation.- Statistical Tables.- Bibliography.- Index.

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Book SynopsisRoss Smith is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, Co-Founder of the Future World Alliance, the author of The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention and holds seven patents. He is a PhD scholar at University College Dublin's SMARTLab program, focused on AI, automation, worker displacement, and the future of work. To further this effort, he is a co-founder of the Future World Alliance, a nonprofit committed to responsible AI for the next generation. He has been part of the White House Champions of Change. He has worked at Microsoft for over 30 years. Emily McKeon is currently a Communication Director at Microsoft focused on global strategic business and executive communications designed to strengthen employee engagement and drive value for the Customer Service and Support business. Simplifying the complex is her superpower, developed over 25 years at Microsoft through a variety of roles across communications and HR disciplines. She has vas

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Book SynopsisBecome a self-sufficient citizen developer by learning the tools within the Microsoft Power Platform and how they can be used together to drive change and multiply your productivity. Learn about PowerApps for building applications, Power Automate for automating business processes across those applications, and Power BI for analyzing results and communicating business intelligence through compelling visuals. By understanding the purpose and capabilities of these tools, you will be able to enhance your organization's visibility into key areas and make informed business decisions in a timely matter. This book is divided into four parts and begins in Part I by showing you how to build applications through PowerApps. You will learn about screens and controls, application sharing and administration, and how to make your applications accessible from mobile devices such as phones and tablets. Part II is about creating workflows using Power Automate that implement business logic across your applications. Part III brings in dashboards and data analysis, showing you how to connect to a data source, cleanse the data from that source, and drive decision making through interactive reports and storytelling. Part IV brings together all the pieces by showing the integrations that are possible when all three tools are combined into a single solution.What You Will Learn Understand the need for the citizen developer in today's business environment Organize and plan the building of line-of-business applications with PowerApps solutions  Replace wasteful paper processes with automated applications built in PowerApps Automate workflows across processes with Power Automate Communicate analytical results through visualizations and storytelling Integrate PowerApps, Power Automate, and Power BI into solutions that multiply productivity Who This Book Is ForPower users and analysts with strong Excel skills who need a more comprehensive set of tools that can better help them accomplish their vision on projects, those familiar with one of the Power Platform tools who wish to learn how all three can fit together, and those who are seen as as rogue IT problem solvers who get things done when others have tried but failed Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I. Building Line of Business Applications with PowerApps1. Introduction to PowerApps2. Building Your First PowerApp3. Exploring PowerApps Screens and Controls4. Working with PowerApps Expressions5. Leveraging Variables and Collections6. Securing and Sharing Apps7. Managing Power Apps8. Common Data Services and Model-Driven AppsPart II. Task Automation with Microsoft Flow9. Introduction to Power Automate10. Building Your First Flow11. Exploring Different Trigger Types12. Working with Flow Expressions13. Building Conditional Flows14. Designing Approval Flows15. Administering Power AutomatePart III. Dashboards, Reporting, and Analytics with Power BI16. Introduction to Power BI17. Connecting to Data18. Defining Data Cleansing Business Rules with the Power Query Editor19. Data Model Design20. Extending Your Data Model with DAX Calculations21. Report Writing Basics22. Designing Interactive Reports23. Data Storytelling with Power BI24. Sharing Power BI Solutions25. Administering Power BIPart IV. Integrating the Power Platform Tools Together26. Power Platform Integration in PowerApps27. Power Platform Integration in Microsoft Flow28. Power Platform Integration in Power BI29. Designing a Fully Integrated Power Platform Solution

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Book SynopsisOver a decade ago, Tim Houlne wrote The New World of Work, suggesting that many businesses would shift from the cube to the cloud. Work wouldn't just be conducted in the office, and employees could work remotely. While this declaration was met with much resistance, two years of the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything, and many more companies embraced the concept of remote work.Today, Houlne believes we're at another pivotal moment in history where work is about to change again. As Houlne shares in The Intelligent Workforce, we live in a world where everything is digital, and the lines between humans and machines continue to blur at an unfathomable rate. The new world of work has fundamentally shifted how businesses operateproviding employees with a real-time, constant stream of emails, messages, and digital communications.Unfortunately, many executives are far behind the times. They think owning a smartphone or moving away from physical files to digital means they are current with technological trends. But entrepreneurs who plan to be in business for the long term must understand that the level of human and artificial intelligence interactions will increase at an even more rapid rate than digital transitions of the past. For managers, it is critical they adapt to this digital transformation and jobs reset. Work is changing, careers are shifting, and those long sought-after titles and levels of seniority once thought invaluable seemingly devalue by the day.While many fear the future and see machines as a replacement for humanity, Houlne is more optimistic and sees an opportunity for humans and machines to co-create the future. As he details in The Intelligent Workforce, machines are precise while humans have intuition. Combined, these make a powerful combination. There will always be jobs that humans do better than machines and jobs that machines do better than humans.Houlne believes that businesses that continue to invest in AI will accelerate and widen the gap between those that do not. He argues that for most organizations to survive in the coming decade, they must recognize the emerging patterns of the digital workforce, understand the impact these changes will have on their teams and customers, and then take proactive steps to work with rather than against these changes.

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents Review of Algebra Applications and More Algebra Functions and Graphs Lines, Parabolas, and Systems Exponential and Logarithmic Functions Mathematics of Finance Matrix Algebra Linear Programming Introduction to Probability and Statistics Additional Topics in Probability Limits and Continuity Differentiation Additional Differentiation Topics Curve Sketching Integration Applications of Integration Continuous Random Variables Multivariable Calculus

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Book SynopsisUnderstand the principles and practical elements of BI Choose the right technology and implement a successful BI environment You're intelligent, right? So you've already figured out that Business Intelligence can be pretty valuable in making the right decisions about your business.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Introduction and Basics. Chapter 1: Understanding Business Intelligence. Chapter 2: Fitting BI with Other Technology Disciplines. Chapter 3: Meeting the BI Challenge. Part II: Business Intelligence User Models. Chapter 4: Basic Reporting and Querying. Chapter 5: OLAP: Online Analytical Processing. Chapter 6: Dashboards and Briefing Books. Chapter 7: Advanced / Emerging BI Technologies. Part III: The BI Lifecycle. Chapter 8: The BI Big Picture. Chapter 9: Human Factors in BI Implementations. Chapter 10: Taking a Closer Look at BI Strategy. Chapter 11: Building a Solid BI Architecture and Roadmap. Part IV: Implementing BI. Chapter 12: Building the BI Project Plan. Chapter 13: Collecting User Requirements. Chapter 14: BI Design and Development. Chapter 15: The Day After: Maintenance and Enhancement. Part V: BI and Technology. Chapter 16: BI Target Databases: Data Warehouses, Marts, and Stores. Chapter 17: BI Products and Vendors. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Ten Keys to BI Success. Chapter 19: Ten BI Risks (and How to Overcome Them). Chapter 20: Ten Keys to Gathering Good BI Requirements. Chapter 21: Ten Secrets to a Successful BI Deployment. Chapter 22: Ten Secrets to a Healthy BI Environment. Chapter 23: Ten Signs That Your BI Environment Is at Risk. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis practical book takes you through many commonly encountered visualization problems, and it provides guidelines on how to turn large datasets into clear and compelling figures.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsI. Systems Analysis Fundamentals 1. Systems, Roles, and Development Methodologies 2. Understanding and Modeling Organization Systems 3. Project Management II. Information Requirements Analysis 4. Information Gathering: Interactive Methods 5. Information Gathering: Unobtrusive Methods 6. Agile Modeling, Prototyping, and Scrum III. The Analysis Process 7. Using Data Flow Diagrams 8. Analyzing Systems Using Data Dictionaries 9. Process Specifications and Structured Decisions 10. Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design Using UML IV. The Essentials of Design 11. Designing Effective Output 12. Designing Effective Input 13. Designing Databases 14. Human-Computer Interaction and UX Design V. Quality Assurance and Implementation 15. Designing Accurate Data Entry Procedures16. Quality Assurance and Implementation

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Book SynopsisThe hands-on STUDY GUIDE to Martin Pring's TECHNICAL ANALYSIS classicTechnical Analysis Explained is the definitive guide for mastering technical analysis. In this hands-on companion, technical analysis wizard Martin Pring serves as your personal investing coach, taking you step-by-step through his long-proven methods.Packed with hundreds of questions that correspond to chapters and sections throughout the book, Study Guide for Technical Analysis Explained, Fifth Edition, features: Charts and graphs to help you visually digest the concepts presented Full text answers to guarantee your complete understanding of each important idea Fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice, and matching question formats The straightforward, no-nonsense style that made Technical Analysis Explained a classic Technical analysis mastery isn't easy, but its financial rewards make it indispensable. Use Study Guide for Technical Analysis ExplainedTable of ContentsHow to Use This Study Guide 11 The Definition and Interaction of Trends 32 Financial Markets and the Business Cycle 93 Dow Theory 154 Typical Parameters for Intermediate Trends 215 How to Identify Support and Resistance Zones 276 Trendlines 337 Basic Characteristics of Volume 418 Classic Price Patterns 499 Smaller Price Patterns and Gaps 5910 One- and Two-Bar Price Patterns 6511 Moving Averages 7112 Envelopes and Bollinger Bands 7713 Momentum I: Basic Principles 8314 Momentum II: Individual Indicators 9115 Momentum III: Individual Indicators 9716 Candlestick Charting 10717 Point and Figure Charting 11518 Miscellaneous Techniques for Determining Trends 11919 The Concept of Relative Strength 12721 Price: The Major Averages 13322 Price: Sector Rotation 13923 Time: Analyzing Secular Trends for Stocks,Bonds, and Commodities 14524 Time: Cycles and Seasonal Patterns 15125 Practical Identification of Cycles 15726 Volume II: Volume Indicators 16127 Market Breadth 16928 Indicators and Relationships That Measure Confidence 17529 The Importance of Sentiment 18130 Integrating Contrary Opinion and Technical Analysis 18731 Why Interest Rates Affect the Stock Market 19332 Using Technical Analysis to Select Individual Stocks 19733 Technical Analysis of International Stock Markets 20334 Automated Trading Systems 209Index 214

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsI. Expectations Elicitation 1. Household surveys and probabilistic questions 2. Firm surveys 3. Surveys of professionals 4. Expectations in lab experiments 5. Field experiments in surveys 6. Market data II. Expectations as Data 7. Inflation expectations 8. Housing market expectations 9. Expectations in education 10. Expectations in development 11. Expectations of older households (retirement, demographics) 12. Expectations of financial market participants 13. Expectations of firms about macroeconomic variables 14. Expectations of firms about their own variables III. Expectations Data and Theory 15. Expectations data, term structure and monetary policy 16. Expectations data and DSGE models 17. Expectations data in structural micro models 18. Expectations data and asset pricing 19. Expectations data, labor market and job search IV. Theory of Expectations 20. Sentiment and confidence in macro models 21. Expectations in incomplete market models 22. Heterogeneous beliefs 23. Ambiguity and Uncertainty 24. Learning V. Open Issues 26. The Epidemiology of Expectations and the Media 27. Neuroeconomics and Expectations 28. Health Expectations

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a shortform definitive reference text on the landscape and features of Aotearoa New Zealand that underpin its familiar, though country-specific, ways of caring for the dead. It provides an account of diverse funerary practices that have taken shape through the various cultures that have settled here.In the backdrop of the colonising history of Aotearoa New Zealand, the book examines the complex legislative framework that separates MÄori and non-MÄori funerary legislation and practices. Examining the mixed model of provision spanning municipal, commercial, and private organisations, the book outlines various aspects of funerals, such as the care of the body, funeral arrangements, costs, and what state support is available. It also delves into the two legal ways to manage the dead: burial or cremation, with cremation now the majority option. The book explores the numbers, ownership and locations of crematoria and cemeteries before identifying the new trends influencing death care including sustainability. It then looks at how death is memorialised in Aotearoa New Zealand, including in cemeteries, for war memorialisation, and other public commemoration and memorialisation.This book will be of interest to the growing body of local authority planners, researchers, and funeral professionals who must be responsive to and provide their services in complex multi-cultural contexts. As the scope of the book is historical and contemporary death practices, it will also appeal to social historians.

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