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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Antique Office Machines
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£31.44
HarperCollins Publishers Inc ONLY HUMANS NEED APPLY HB
Book SynopsisAn invigorating, thought-provoking, and positive look at the rise of automation that explores how professionals across industries can find sustainable careers in the near future.Nearly half of all working Americans could risk losing their jobs because of technology.Trade ReviewA fine call to action in the face of uncertainty. -- Financial Times The world the authors describe may be unsettling, but it is a world that we would all recognize and will likely live to see. -- Wall Street Journal This badly needed and well-researched book makes a convincing and inspiring case that the challenges ahead could be a catalyst to help us achieve far more of our potential and, in the process, become much more human. It is a powerful call to action and provides a roadmap that we ignore at our peril. It's not enough to read this book; we need to act on it, now! -- John Hagel, Chairman of the Deloitte Center for the Edge The winners in the analytics revolution won't simply replace human decision-making, they will augment it. The essential guide to this management revolution is Davenport and Kirby's remarkable new book. -- Erik Brynjolfsson, Professor at MIT and co-author of The Second Machine Age Individual knowledge workers, corporate executives, and government leaders all need to read this book. Smart machines are going to change our work and our lives, and the sooner we begin to augment their capabilities, the more successful our economy will be. Davenport and Kirby are correct: people will augment these tools, rather than be automated by them. The sooner you learn about augmentation, the more successful you'll be in the labor markets of the future. -- Manoj Saxena, Former General Manager, IBM Watson
£19.00
Pearson Technology in Action Complete 16e Mylab It 2019
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£174.86
Penguin Books Ltd Work Remotely
Book SynopsisRemote working makes us happier, more productive and more profitable, but it can bring its own set of challenges. How do we manage our work-life balance; communicate and collaborate effectively as teams; and ensure our technology is efficient?In Work Remotely, Penguin Business Experts Anastasia Tohmé and Martin Worner explain everything you need to know:- Set your own targets and monitor productivity- Establish boundaries between working hours and free time- Manage effective communication and decision-making at a distanceIncluding case studies from the companies around the world who are innovating and revolutionizing the way we work, Work Remotely shares useful advice and practical tips to ensure you get the most out of working away from the office environment.
£9.49
Pearson Education Windows 8 for the Over 50s In Simple Steps
Book SynopsisDiscover everything you want to know about Microsoft's newest version of Windows in this easy-to-use guide; from the most essential tasks that you'll want to perform, to solving the most common problems you'll encounter.Table of ContentsTop 10 Windows 8 Tips for the Over 50s 1. Shut Down Windows 2. Turn Live Tiles Off or On 3. Move Among Apps Quickly 4. Make icons easier to see in File Explorer 5. Back up data quickly and easily 6. Connect to a Free Wireless Hot Spot 7. Pin a Website to the Start Screen 8. Email a Photo 9. Install a digital camera, web cam, or smart phone 10. Install Anti-Virus Software 1 Learn Windows 8 Basics Know What Kind of Device you have Set up Windows 8 Consider a Microsoft Account Log In to Windows 8 Explore the Start Screen Open and Close an App Access Charms Understand Charms Access the Traditional Desktop Explore File Explorer Switch to a Microsoft Account Shut Down Windows 2 Make Windows 8 Easier to Use, See, and Navigate Change the Volume Change the Screen Resolution Personalize the Color of the Start Screen Background Turn Live Tiles Off or On Make App Tiles Larger or Smaller Reposition Apps on the Start Screen Add a Tile to the Start Screen Remove a Tile from the Start Screen Log In with Fewer Keystrokes Create Shortcuts on the Desktop Pin Items to the Taskbar Explore Accessibility Options Explore Touch Techniques 3 Use Apps to Be More Efficient Check Your Local Weather Throw Away your Physical Maps Travel without Leaving your Home Get the Latest Sports News and Follow a Team Switch to a Digital Personal Calendar Create a New Event in Calendar Explore your Piece of the Cloud Upload a File to Sky Drive Access Your Files on Sky Drive from Anywhere Shop the Windows Store Use your Free App Move among Open Apps Quickly 4 Use desktop Applications Find the desktop Applications Write a letter with Notepad Save a letter with Notepad Print a letter with Notepad Use the calculator Take a picture of what’s on the screen Share a screen shot Record and save a sound clip Play a sound clip Explore other desktop apps 5 Locate and Manage the Data you keep and Acquire Explore your Libraries Save data to a library Create a Folder or Subfolder Copy or Move a File or Folder Delete a File or Folder Explore your personal folders Search for a File Browse for a file from a desktop app Change the Size of an Open Window Use Snap, Peek, and Shake Make icons easier to see Move data to Public Folders Back up data quickl
£11.39
Pearson Education NVQSVQ Level 3 Business Administration Candidate
Book SynopsisFull-colour Candidate Handbook with accompanying website to support the latest Business & Administration standards at Level 3.
£44.64
John Wiley & Sons Inc HighTech Personal Efficiency Program
Book SynopsisFor all their remarkable benefits, the arsenal of electronic technologies found in most offices can lose allure in the face of a disorganized environment. Now, efficiency expert Kerry Gleeson has adapted the techniques of his internationally acclaimed Personal Efficiency Program (PEP) to the electronic office.Table of ContentsPrinciples of Work. Organizing Your Work Space. Organizing the Computer. Organizing Yourself with a Computer: Time and Money. Road Warrior Wisdom. The Internet and World Wide Web. Groupware. Epilogue. Glossary. References. Index. About the Institute for Business Technology.
£18.39
John Wiley & Sons Inc Holistic Management
Book SynopsisThis book presents two recently developed knowledge areas that can significantly improve the management and the performance of business enterprise: System Science and Cybernetics and Key Performance Areas. Included in this book are advanced (and evolving) methods and technologies for planning and budgeting, creating and keeping customers, quality and productivity, innovation, improving organization capability, sustainability in the company''s social and ecological environments, and profitability-all integrated with this new viable systems model and system thinking.Trade Review"…recognized for its innovative and bold attempt to go beyond conventional theories of management." (Electric Review, June/July 2007)Table of ContentsForeword, Antoine D. Savary. Preface. Contributors for Chapter 3. 1. From System Science—A New Way to Structure and Manage the Company. 2. The Viable System Model (VSM). 3. How the Viable System Model Improves Performance — Reports on Five Applications. 4. Key Performance Areas That Determine Company Success. 5. The Viable System Model and Planning and Budgeting. 6. The Viable System Model and Creating and Keeping Customers. 7. The Viable System Model and Quality and Productivity. 8. The Viable System Model and Innovation. 9. The Viable System Model and Organization Capability. 10. The Viable System Model and Public and Environmental Responsibility. 11. The Viable System Model and Profitability. Index.
£121.46
University of California Press Organization Automation and Society
£42.00
University of California Press Organization Automation and Society
£85.32
Princeton University Press The New Division of Labor
Book SynopsisShows how computers are changing the employment landscape and how the right kinds of education can ease the transition to the new job market. This book tells stories of people at work - a high-end financial advisor, a customer service representative, a pair of successful chefs, a cardiologist, and an automotive mechanic.Trade Review"Behind all the angst about computers and outsourcing destroying American livelihoods lies a story about economic change and its effect on workers. With welcome clarity, brevity, and insight, Levy and Murnane tell us how to make sense of the time in which we live."--David Wessel, "Capital" columnist, Wall Street Journal "In their brilliant new book The New Division of Labor: How Computers Are Creating the Next Job Market, Frank Levy and Richard J. Murnane write that the future belongs to people who excel at expert thinking (solving problems for which there are no rules-based solutions) and complex communication (interacting with people to acquire information, understand what that information means and persuade others of its implications for action)."--ComputerWorld "A concise and easily accessible exploration of how the computer has shifted the demands for certain types of skills. Unlike the sky-is-falling commentators of the left and the technology-will-solve-all-problems cheerleaders of the right, Levy and Murnane use history, anecdotes and statistical analysis to delineate how technology will change the nature of work."--Washington Post "[A] fascinating book. Not since the mathematical economist Truman Bewley interviewed 300 business executives and labor leaders for Why Wages Don't Fall during a Recession have sophisticated economists waded so deeply into the real-world circumstances of the important problem they are seeking to understand."--David Warsh, economicprincipals.com "Remember that barely one-third of New York City's eighth-graders can read and do basic math. Then, read this book."--Nicole Gelinas, New York Post "Frank Levy and Richard J. Murnane have written a very readable introduction to some key issues facing US workers in an increasingly informational economy... [R]eaders exploring these ideas for the first time will find this an engaging and provocative introduction to an important set of political-economic processes that continue to bring information technology and human labor together, for better or for worse."--Greg Downey, International Review of Social HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii CHAPTER 1 New Divisions of Labor 1 PART I Computers and the Economy CHAPTER 2 Why People Still Matter 13 CHAPTER 3 How Computers Change Work and Pay 31 PART II The Skills Employers Value CHAPTER 4 Expert Thinking 57 CHAPTER 5 Complex Communication 76 PART III How Skills Are Taught CHAPTER 6 Enabling Skills 99 CHAPTER 7 Computers and the Teaching of Skills 109 CHAPTER 8 Standards-Based Education Reform in the Computer Age 131 CHAPTER 9 The Next Ten Years 149 Notes 159 Index 169
£27.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Electronic HRM in Theory and Practice Advanced
Book SynopsisOrganizations have increasingly been introducing web-based applications for HRM purposes, and these are frequently labeled as electronic Human Resource Management (e-HRM). This title focuses on the theoretical developments within the field of e-HRM research and clarifies the need to crystallize a theoretical framework for e-HRM research.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Chapter 1 Theoretical Approaches to e-HRM Implementations. Chapter 2 Human Resource Information Systems: An Integrated Research Agenda. Chapter 3 “Web Mining” as a Novel Approachin e-HRM Research. Chapter 4 Linking HR Strategy, e-HR Goals, Architectures, and Outcomes: A Model and Case Study Evidence. Chapter 5 A Framework for the ComparativeAnalysis of HR Shared Services Models. Chapter 6 “Local Universe” and Uses of an HR Intranet: Discursive Results from the Case of Middle Management. Chapter 7 Language Issues in e-HRM Implementation in the Multinational Firm. Chapter 8 e-Recruitment: From Transaction-Based Practices to Relationship-Based Approaches. Chapter 9 Drivers of the Adoption of Online Recruitment — An Analysis using Innovation Attributes from Diffusion of Innovation Theory. Appendix: Definitions of Key Terms. Electronic HRM in Theory and Practice. Advanced Series in Management. Electronic HRM in Theory and Practice. Copyright page.
£90.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Automate Your Busywork
Book SynopsisWall Street Journal Bestseller Publisher's Weekly Bestseller Learn to automate your busywork and focus on what really matters In Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Jotform Aytekin Tank delivers a can't-miss blueprint to help you make the most of your most precious asset: time. You'll explore what's possible when you offload repetitive tasks, why automation has democratized innovation, and how you can use cheapor even completely freeno-code automation tools to transform your ability to focus on what truly matters in your business and life. In the book, you'll discover: Why the future of business is no-code, and how you can use an automation-first mindset to unlock your productivity potentialHow to move from busywork to less work, and finally to having the time you need to accomplish your most important workHow you can use delegation and automation to achieve timefulness, the state of having enough time A must-read handbook for every entrepreneur, founder, business owner, and freelancer who just doesn't have enough hours in the day, Automate Your Busywork will also earn a place in the libraries of managers, executives, and other business leaders looking to maximize their most valuable resource.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Revolution Will Be Automated 7 Chapter 1 | Automation Fundamentals 13 Identify Your Busywork, Define Your Meaningful Work 14 Trash Your To-Do Lists 17 Introducing the Automation Flywheel 20 Chapter 2 | Divide and Conquer 25 DIVIDE: Learning the Power of Workflows 30 Master Your Workflows, Master Your Work 32 Workflow Candidates 35 Workflow Models 36 Workflow Elements 38 Sorting Out the Steps 40 CONQUER: Spotting and Plotting Workflows 42 Developing an Automation-First Mindset 44 Corralling Your Workflow Candidates 48 Plotting Your Workflows 56 Chapter 3 | Design and Implement 59 DESIGN: The Power of Maps 60 Visualize Your Workflows 61 Workflow Design in Action 66 Two Design Tips 71 Breaking Down Complicated Workflows 74 Common Business Workflows 78 Choosing Workflow Software 87 Elements of a Good Workflow 89 IMPLEMENT: From Design to Deployment 92 Take It Step by Step 94 Start Where You Are 95 Consider the Cloud 96 Choose Recommended Products 98 Conduct a SWOT Analysis 101 Chapter 4 | Refine and Iterate 103 REFINE: Measure What Matters 105 Establish Your KPIs 106 Prioritize Your KPIs 107 Apply Systems Thinking 111 Improve the Outcome, Not the Output 113 Scale Your Expectations 115 ITERATE: Test, Change, and Innovate 117 Tools and Techniques of Process Improvement 117 Continuous Improvement 121 Iteration and Innovation 132 A Final Note About New Solutions 134 Chapter 5 | Design a Life Without Busywork 137 Automate Your Memory 138 Automate Your Peace of Mind 144 Automate Your Communication 150 Automate Your Creativity 157 Automate Your Growth 163 Automate Your Happiness 168 Conclusion 175 Appendix 179 Technology Review Platforms 180 To-Do Lists (Individuals and Teams) 180 Personal Development/Self-Management 181 Communication: Incoming 183 Communication: Outgoing 186 Alerts and Reminders 188 Meetings and Events 189 Managing People 191 HR Concerns 193 Money and Finances (Personal and Business) 194 Content Development and Information Management 196 Online Presence 200 Sales and Marketing 204 Order Fulfillment/Customer Service 207 Miscellaneous Management and Automation 209 Notes 213 About the Author 221 Index 223
£17.60
Shelly Cashman Series MicrosoftÂOffice 365
Book SynopsisIntroduce your students to the latest advancements that Microsoft Office and Excel 2016 have to offer with MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 & EXCEL 2016: COMPREHENSIVE -- the new edition in the acclaimed Shelly Cashman Series. For more than three decades, the Shelly Cashman Series has effectively introduced computer skills to millions. MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 & EXCEL 2016: COMPREHENSIVE continues the Series' strong history of innovation with a hallmark learning approach now enhanced to address the varied learning styles of today's students. A trademark, step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach provides a thorough understanding of Microsoft Excel 2016 through experimentation, critical thought, and personalization. This new edition and accompanying resources deliver effective educational materials specifically designed to engage readers, improve retention, and prepare students for future success in working with all aspects of Excel 2016.Table of ContentsFront Matter. Microsoft���s New Productivity Tools for School and Work. Office 2016 and Windows 10: Essential Concepts and Skills. 1. Creating a Worksheet and a Chart. 2. Formulas, Functions, and Formatting. 3. Working with Large Worksheets, Charting, and What-If Analysis. 4. Financial Functions, Data Tables, and Amortization Schedules. 5. Working with Multiple Worksheets and Workbooks. 6. Creating, Sorting, and Querying a Table. 7. Creating Templates, Importing Data, and Working with SmartArt, Images, and Screenshots. 8. Working with Trendlines, Pivot Table Reports, PivotChart Reports, and Slicers. 9. Formula Auditing, Data Validation, and Complex Problem Solving. 10. Using Macros and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) with Excel. 11. Collaboration Features for Workbooks. Index.
£184.62
Union Square & Co. Union Square Co. Ruled Hardcover Notebook
Book SynopsisA versatile notebook with a thoughtful, luxe design. With smooth, cream-colored paper and special features including a ribbon marker, elastic-band closure, and interior pocket, this notebook is a perfect companion for any writing adventure, big or small. Whether you want to make travel plans, record a stray thought, or jot down ideas for your next project, you don't need to look any further.
£13.49
University of Minnesota Press The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of
Book SynopsisThe history of how a deceptively ordinary piece of office furniture transformed our relationship with information The ubiquity of the filing cabinet in the twentieth-century office space, along with its noticeable absence of style, has obscured its transformative role in the histories of both information technology and work. In the first in-depth history of this neglected artifact, Craig Robertson explores how the filing cabinet profoundly shaped the way that information and data have been sorted, stored, retrieved, and used.Invented in the 1890s, the filing cabinet was a result of the nineteenth-century faith in efficiency. Previously, paper records were arranged haphazardly: bound into books, stacked in piles, curled into slots, or impaled on spindles. The filing cabinet organized loose papers in tabbed folders that could be sorted alphanumerically, radically changing how people accessed, circulated, and structured information.Robertson’s unconventional history of the origins of the information age posits the filing cabinet as an information storage container, an “automatic memory” machine that contributed to a new type of information labor privileging manual dexterity over mental deliberation. Gendered assumptions about women’s nimble fingers helped to naturalize the changes that brought women into the workforce as low-level clerical workers. The filing cabinet emerges from this unexpected account as a sophisticated piece of information technology and a site of gendered labor that with its folders, files, and tabs continues to shape how we interact with information and data in today’s digital world.Trade Review"How we store information reflects the aspirations we have about what to remember. Taking this idea to heart, Craig Robertson's essential history of the filing cabinet is the definitive account of verticality and efficiency as guiding principles for corporate capitalism."—Melissa Gregg, senior principal engineer, Client Computing Group, Intel"Craig Robertson’s book offers a fascinating account of how the humble file cabinet and the associated practice of filing shaped the emergence of modern conceptions of information. These influences continue to reverberate—from the organization of our computer desktops to our assumptions about ‘information’ as a discrete entity that can be stored, manipulated, and retrieved. A significant contribution to media studies and information studies."—Jennifer S. Light, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*"In this fascinating history, Craig Robertson shows how a seemingly mundane thing was central to the rise of modern bureaucracies, information society, and the gendered relations of office labor. Wonderfully researched and full of surprises, The Filing Cabinet explores an object and a system that orchestrated new ways of knowing, remembering, and experiencing the world."—Lynn Spigel, Northwestern University "[The filing cabinet] worked to blur the past into the present with active storage; and the future into the present by encouraging forethought. The Filing Cabinet would be particularly helpful for researchers who want to write about media materialism without getting lost in the minutiae of model numbers."—LSE Review of Books "[Robertson’s] prowess for raiding an archive is formidable, and he has a talent for cherry-picking unusual details."—Washington Examiner "Captivating . . . the filing cabinet, despite its deep roots in our contemporary information architecture, is just one step in our epistemological journey, not its end."—The Atlantic "Timely, incisive, and impressively imaginative."—The New Rambler "If you’re a reader who relishes the unconventional, if you’ve pondered arcane subjects at odd times, or if you want a conversation-breaker at the water cooler, find The Filing Cabinet. Yep, this is the book you need now."—Idaho Press "Robertson persuasively sets out the ways in which domestic furniture and organising practices were reshaped to mirror those found in offices."—Literary Review "A useful and thought-provoking text for those of us dependent on the filing cabinet and the subsequent technologies they inspire, this book deserves a wider readership in both the art historical and cultural studies fields."—College & Research Libraries "Robertson eloquently describes the historical account of the filing cabinet."—International Journal of Communication "Robertson deconstructs and situates the filing cabinet in its historical contexts of use, with the support of a rich apparatus of beautiful images."—H-Net Reviews Table of ContentsContentsPreface: Discovering the Power of the Filing CabinetIntroduction: Making Paper Work EfficientlyPart 1. The Cabinet1. Verticality: A Skyscraper for the Office2. Integrity: A Steel Container for Paper3. Cabinet Logic: A Structure for Efficiency and Information Part II. Filing4. Granular Certainty: Bringing System to the Office5. Automatic Filing: Delegating Memory to a Machine6. The Ideal File Clerk: Controlling Work in the Office7. Planned Storage: Domesticating Cabinet LogicAfterword: File Cabinets, Out of Time and Out of PlaceAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£80.00
University of Minnesota Press The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of
Book SynopsisThe history of how a deceptively ordinary piece of office furniture transformed our relationship with information The ubiquity of the filing cabinet in the twentieth-century office space, along with its noticeable absence of style, has obscured its transformative role in the histories of both information technology and work. In the first in-depth history of this neglected artifact, Craig Robertson explores how the filing cabinet profoundly shaped the way that information and data have been sorted, stored, retrieved, and used.Invented in the 1890s, the filing cabinet was a result of the nineteenth-century faith in efficiency. Previously, paper records were arranged haphazardly: bound into books, stacked in piles, curled into slots, or impaled on spindles. The filing cabinet organized loose papers in tabbed folders that could be sorted alphanumerically, radically changing how people accessed, circulated, and structured information.Robertson’s unconventional history of the origins of the information age posits the filing cabinet as an information storage container, an “automatic memory” machine that contributed to a new type of information labor privileging manual dexterity over mental deliberation. Gendered assumptions about women’s nimble fingers helped to naturalize the changes that brought women into the workforce as low-level clerical workers. The filing cabinet emerges from this unexpected account as a sophisticated piece of information technology and a site of gendered labor that with its folders, files, and tabs continues to shape how we interact with information and data in today’s digital world.Trade Review"How we store information reflects the aspirations we have about what to remember. Taking this idea to heart, Craig Robertson's essential history of the filing cabinet is the definitive account of verticality and efficiency as guiding principles for corporate capitalism."—Melissa Gregg, senior principal engineer, Client Computing Group, Intel"Craig Robertson’s book offers a fascinating account of how the humble file cabinet and the associated practice of filing shaped the emergence of modern conceptions of information. These influences continue to reverberate—from the organization of our computer desktops to our assumptions about ‘information’ as a discrete entity that can be stored, manipulated, and retrieved. A significant contribution to media studies and information studies."—Jennifer S. Light, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*"In this fascinating history, Craig Robertson shows how a seemingly mundane thing was central to the rise of modern bureaucracies, information society, and the gendered relations of office labor. Wonderfully researched and full of surprises, The Filing Cabinet explores an object and a system that orchestrated new ways of knowing, remembering, and experiencing the world."—Lynn Spigel, Northwestern University "[The filing cabinet] worked to blur the past into the present with active storage; and the future into the present by encouraging forethought. The Filing Cabinet would be particularly helpful for researchers who want to write about media materialism without getting lost in the minutiae of model numbers."—LSE Review of Books "[Robertson’s] prowess for raiding an archive is formidable, and he has a talent for cherry-picking unusual details."—Washington Examiner "Captivating . . . the filing cabinet, despite its deep roots in our contemporary information architecture, is just one step in our epistemological journey, not its end."—The Atlantic "Timely, incisive, and impressively imaginative."—The New Rambler "If you’re a reader who relishes the unconventional, if you’ve pondered arcane subjects at odd times, or if you want a conversation-breaker at the water cooler, find The Filing Cabinet. Yep, this is the book you need now."—Idaho Press "Robertson persuasively sets out the ways in which domestic furniture and organising practices were reshaped to mirror those found in offices."—Literary Review "A useful and thought-provoking text for those of us dependent on the filing cabinet and the subsequent technologies they inspire, this book deserves a wider readership in both the art historical and cultural studies fields."—College & Research Libraries "Robertson eloquently describes the historical account of the filing cabinet."—International Journal of Communication "Robertson deconstructs and situates the filing cabinet in its historical contexts of use, with the support of a rich apparatus of beautiful images."—H-Net Reviews Table of ContentsContentsPreface: Discovering the Power of the Filing CabinetIntroduction: Making Paper Work EfficientlyPart 1. The Cabinet1. Verticality: A Skyscraper for the Office2. Integrity: A Steel Container for Paper3. Cabinet Logic: A Structure for Efficiency and Information Part II. Filing4. Granular Certainty: Bringing System to the Office5. Automatic Filing: Delegating Memory to a Machine6. The Ideal File Clerk: Controlling Work in the Office7. Planned Storage: Domesticating Cabinet LogicAfterword: File Cabinets, Out of Time and Out of PlaceAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£21.59
Basic Books Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence
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£22.50
John Wiley & Sons Inc Investing for Business Value: How to Maximize the
Book SynopsisGuidelines for Improving Your Return on Investments Learn how to lower financial risk with these strategies for benefits-based information technology (IT) investment planning. The authors provide a centralized framework for establishing IT requirements and making sound IT investment decisions. The book also leads you in identifying objectives and focusing on the middle steps of IT planning--from formulating investment guidelines to determining return on investment expectations. With case studies and a useful glossary, this easy-to-understand tool is ideal for the expert and novice alike.
£49.46
Monthly Review Press,U.S. Windows on the Workplace
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£68.99
Harvard Business Review Press Reinventing Jobs: A 4-Step Approach for Applying
Book SynopsisHow to Optimize Human-Machine Work CombinationsYour organization has made the decision to adopt automation and artificial intelligence technologies. Now, you face difficult and stubborn questions about how to implement that decision: How, when, and where should we apply automation in our organization? Is it a stark choice between humans versus machines? How do we stay on top of these technological trends as work and automation continue to evolve?Work and human capital experts Ravin Jesuthasan and John Boudreau present leaders with a new set of tools to answer these daunting questions. Transcending the endless debate about humans being replaced by machines, Jesuthasan and Boudreau show how smart leaders instead are optimizing human-automation combinations that are not only more efficient but also generate higher returns on improved performance.Based on groundbreaking primary research, Reinventing Jobs provides an original, structured approach of four distinct steps--deconstruct, optimize, automate, and reconfigure--to help leaders reinvent how work gets bundled into jobs and create optimal human-machine combinations. Jesuthasan and Boudreau show leaders how to continuously reexamine what a job really is, and they provide the tools for identifying the pivotal performance value of tasks within jobs and how these tasks should be reconstructed into new, more optimal combinations.With numerous examples and practical advice for applying the four-step process, Reinventing Jobs gives leaders a more precise, planful, and actionable way to decide how, when, and where to apply and optimize work automation.Trade ReviewAdvance Praise for Reinventing Jobs:Daniel H. Pink, author, Drive and When--"Reinventing Jobs cuts through the hype and hysteria and shows leaders how to apply automation and artificial intelligence in their organizations. Jesuthasan and Boudreau are the clear-eyed guides every organization needs."Zhang Ruimin, Chairman and CEO, Haier Group--"In the age of the Internet of Things (IoT) and AI . . . Reinventing Jobs is a book ahead of its time and points the way to the 'humanization' of the enterprise."Jim Whitehurst, President and CEO, Red Hat--"Jesuthasan and Boudreau help us ask the right questions when we're considering where and when to automate. They recognize that automation is not a simple 'rip and replace' of certain jobs and tasks, but rather something that requires a layered approach."Ralph W. Brown, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Research & Development, CableLabs--"This book provides an excellent, much-needed framework to guide the collaboration necessary among CIOs, CHROs, and other functional leaders to optimize work and the application of automation in today's rapidly changing environment."Anthony G. Petrello, Chairman, President, and CEO, Nabors Industries--"A must-read for every CEO. A most thoughtful approach with examples from numerous industries that illustrate that automation and workflow optimization are critical to competing effectively."Diana McKenzie, Senior Vice President and CIO, Workday--"Reinventing Jobs is a book that CIOs, CHROs, and all C-suite leaders should read together. This four-step framework takes the guesswork out of building your digital strategy and a future-ready, engaged, and agile workforce."Saadia Zahidi, Head of Education, Gender and Work and member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum--"Jesuthasan and Boudreau bring an insightful and practical approach to dealing with one of the most significant challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution."Alan May, Chief People Officer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise--"Jesuthasan and Boudreau offer a comprehensive approach to transforming work while enabling organizations--and individuals--to adapt and thrive."
£20.70
Speedy Publishing LLC Mileage Log, Expense Record Book
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£10.44
Morgan James Publishing llc Alexa is Stealing Your Job: The Impact of
Book SynopsisAlexa is Stealing Your Job is a guided tour of where the world has been with artificial intelligence and how it affects the future of work. Artificial intelligence is taking over. Ask Alexa to call a client or confirm your schedule for the day and she does just that immediately. Ask her a question, give her a command, or just share a joke together, and she becomes your new best employee. A conversation with Alexa can nix the need for millions of front-line workers. Today’s companies must keep up with artificial intelligence to keep their customers, and today’s employees must find new ways to provide value to their companies if they want to keep their job. Author and speaker Rhonda Scharf shows readers how a willingness to adapt to the new normal keeps both businesses and their employees relevant in these changing times. Alexa Is Stealing Your Job reveals what the future entails by diving into the world of AI and exploring how it impacts lives, careers, and the future.
£12.34
Amy Newton Temperature Log: Record Book, Monitor Details,
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£15.19
Healthy for Life Diet and Fitness Journals Address Book
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Practical Inspiration Publishing SORTED!: Essential systems for successful small
Book SynopsisAre you running your business or is it running you? Running a small business can take over your life but it doesn’t have to be that way. Choosing and using the right technology and systems can transform the way your business works and this book shows you how! No matter how technophobic you are, Sorted! will quickly help you find the small changes that will make a big difference to your business. If you’re more tech savvy, you’ll love the ninja tips to take your business to the next level. Feel more confident in your choice of technology and systems for the future, because whatever your plans are, you need the right systems in place to help you achieve them. Trade ReviewI am half way through this book and I am finding it so useful. The advice that is given, along with the free downloads, actions and checklists are invaluable as a review of my business. I am sure that any new business owner would find it just as valuable.There are lots of free systems that "Sorted" can help you with, alternatives to paid versions to start you off when cash is tight. I am looking forward to reading the rest! * amazon.co.uk *Table of ContentsIn the beginning ..........................................................1 How to get the most from this book ............................ 1 1. Be realistic .................................................................... 1 2. Be committed .............................................................. 2 3. Be kind .......................................................................... 2 Systems vs tools .............................................................. 4 How to use this book ..................................................... 4 1. To solve a specifi c problem ....................................... 4 2. To help you plan your ideal business and then carry out the steps required to get there. ........... 5 Chapter 1: Getting started ........................................7 The SORTED Framework ................................................ 9 Rule 1. All businesses have three departments ......... 10 Rule 2. There are three stages of business.................. 11 Before you start choosing your systems and tools ... 14 How will you do your work? ........................................ 15 What is your business? ................................................. 17 Chapter 1 checklist ..................................................... 22 Chapter 2: Client attraction: getting customers ...25 Word of mouth ............................................................. 26 Offl ine advertising ........................................................ 26 Email marketing ........................................................... 27 What is email marketing? ............................................. 27 The rules of email marketing ........................................ 28 What does an email marketing tool do? ................... 31 Which system to use? ................................................... 35 Moving on from free tools ............................................ 36 Websites ........................................................................ 38 Domain names and web hosting ............................... 39 What do you want from a website? ........................... 40 What is the simplest way to get a website? .............. 44 Wordpress.com vs Wordpress.org ............................... 44 Measuring ...................................................................... 46 Google Analytics .......................................................... 47 Landing pages .............................................................. 48 What are the options? .................................................. 48 Social media ................................................................ 49 Facebook ....................................................................... 50 Twitter ............................................................................. 53 Instagram ....................................................................... 54 LinkedIn .......................................................................... 55 Social media scheduling ............................................ 56 What are the options? .................................................. 56 Chapter 2 checklist ..................................................... 57 Chapter 3: Delivery: great customer service .........59 How to consistently deliver above expectations .... 59 Standardisation: over-delivering’s best friend .......... 60 What are the options? .................................................. 62 Presenting your process diagrams .............................. 64 Standardisation tools .................................................... 65 Checklist tools ................................................................ 65 How to get started ........................................................ 67 What to do with all this information ............................ 68 Templates ..................................................................... 69 Customer Relationship Management Tools ............. 69 So what does a CRM tool do? .................................... 70 Why use a CRM tool? ................................................... 71 What are the options? .................................................. 73 HubSpot .......................................................................... 75 Keap ............................................................................... 75 Client communication ................................................ 76 What are the options? .................................................. 76 Creating content ......................................................... 77 Written content ............................................................. 78 Audio content ............................................................... 79 Video content ............................................................... 80 Webinars ........................................................................ 82 Online programmes and memberships ..................... 82 What are the ways of delivering an online course or membership programme?........................................... 83 Events ............................................................................ 85 Publicity .......................................................................... 85 Booking systems ............................................................ 85 Chapter 3 checklist ..................................................... 87 Chapter 4: Behind the scenes: make your life easier ................................................89 Keeping it all above board ........................................ 89 Things to think about ................................................... 89 Registering your business .............................................. 89 Insurance ....................................................................... 90 Data protection ............................................................ 90 Finance ......................................................................... 91 Bookkeeping vs accounting ........................................ 92 Accounting .................................................................... 93 The fi nance information you need to keep track of ........................................................................... 93 Accounting tools ........................................................... 95 Getting paid .................................................................. 98 Information storage ................................................... 102 Physical storage .......................................................... 103 Cloud storage.............................................................. 104 The internet and computers ..................................... 107 Internet ......................................................................... 110 Browsers ........................................................................ 113 Extensions ..................................................................... 117 Email ............................................................................ 118 What sort of email do you want? .............................. 118 Choice of email address – webmail or domain-based ............................................................. 118 Where to get a domain ............................................. 119 Email hosting ................................................................ 120 Email client ................................................................... 121 Calendars ................................................................... 131 Calendar options ........................................................ 132 Booking systems .......................................................... 139 Time and task management .................................... 141 Time management tools ............................................ 141 Time tracking ............................................................... 141 Task management ...................................................... 143 Simple tools .................................................................. 144 Offi ce tools ................................................................. 149 Word processing ......................................................... 151 Spreadsheets are cool ............................................... 152 Presentations ............................................................... 154 Cool tools .................................................................... 156 Make some space in your brain! Use a note tool ... 156 Make your business beautiful: design tools .............. 158 Capturing information: surveys and feedback ....... 159 Keep it safe… ............................................................. 165 What can you do? ...................................................... 166 Chapter 4 checklist ................................................... 168 Chapter 5: Bringing it all together .........................173 Choosing a new tool ................................................. 173 Requirements defi nition .............................................. 174 The ‘suck it and see’ method .................................... 175 Creating your action plan ........................................ 176
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