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Featuring contributions from prominent thinkers and researchers,
this volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems"
series provides a rich set of conceptual, empirical, and
introspective studies that epitomize fundamental knowledge in the
area of Business Process Transformation. Processes are interpreted
broadly to include operational and managerial processes within and
between organizations, as well as those involved in knowledge
generation. Transformation includes radical and incremental change,
its conduct, management, and outcome. The editors and contributing
authors pay close attention to the role of IS organizations and
information technologies in facilitating business process
transformation. Each chapter places major emphasis on clearly
articulating the "knowledge" generated, both theoretical and
applied. The book incorporates case studies and tables throughout,
and provides fundamental grounding for any stakeholder of business
process transformation.
Featuring contributions from prominent thinkers and researchers,
this volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems"
series provides a rich set of conceptual, empirical, and
introspective studies that epitomize fundamental knowledge in the
area of Business Process Transformation. Processes are interpreted
broadly to include operational and managerial processes within and
between organizations, as well as those involved in knowledge
generation. Transformation includes radical and incremental change,
its conduct, management, and outcome. The editors and contributing
authors pay close attention to the role of IS organizations and
information technologies in facilitating business process
transformation. Each chapter places major emphasis on clearly
articulating the "knowledge" generated, both theoretical and
applied. The book incorporates case studies and tables throughout,
and provides fundamental grounding for any stakeholder of business
process transformation.
Exploring Information Systems Research Approaches is intended for
supervisors and research students in the information systems and
related fields. This collection of thought-provoking articles,
arranged in sections that reflect the broadening nature of the
field, provides examples of a range of research approaches. This
book focuses on different research approaches - their strengths,
limitations, and the conclusions which can be drawn from them - and
explores the impact of information and communication technologies
on groups, on organizations, between organizations, on markets, and
on society worldwide. The articles selected have been chosen to
represent an approach to research, or an alternative design within
an approach (e.g., single case versus multiple cases; survey within
industry versus survey across industries). Each section is preceded
by an editorial introduction that places the chosen articles in
context of other, similar research, and provides a summary of the
articles in terms of the: research method employed focus and
perspective of the research technology being employed findings and
overall contribution of the work. Each introduction also highlights
various issues and factors that the reader should consider when
studying each of the articles in the section and includes ideas for
further reading and discussion questions suitable for doctoral
research seminars.
Exploring Information Systems Research Approaches is intended for
supervisors and research students in the information systems and
related fields. This collection of thought-provoking articles,
arranged in sections that reflect the broadening nature of the
field, provides examples of a range of research approaches. This
book focuses on different research approaches - their strengths,
limitations, and the conclusions which can be drawn from them - and
explores the impact of information and communication technologies
on groups, on organizations, between organizations, on markets, and
on society worldwide. The articles selected have been chosen to
represent an approach to research, or an alternative design within
an approach (e.g., single case versus multiple cases; survey within
industry versus survey across industries). Each section is preceded
by an editorial introduction that places the chosen articles in
context of other, similar research, and provides a summary of the
articles in terms of the: research method employed focus and
perspective of the research technology being employed findings and
overall contribution of the work. Each introduction also highlights
various issues and factors that the reader should consider when
studying each of the articles in the section and includes ideas for
further reading and discussion questions suitable for doctoral
research seminars.
In 2001, Greece saw its application for membership into the
Eurozone accepted, and the country sat down to the greatest free
lunch in economic history. However, the coming years of global
economic prosperity would lead to unrestrained spending, cheap
borrowing, and a failure to implement financial reform, leaving the
country massively exposed to a financial crisis--which duly struck.
In "Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis,"
Bloomberg columnist Matthew Lynn explores Greece's spectacular rise
and fall from grace and the global repercussions of its financial
disaster. Page by page, he provides a thrilling account of the
Greek financial crisis, drawing out its origins, how it escalated,
and its implications for a fragile global economy. Along the way,
Lynn looks at how the Greek contagion has spread like wildfire
throughout Europe and explores how government ineptitude as well as
financial speculators compounded the problem.
Blending financial history, politics, and current affairs, Lynn
skillfully tells the story of how one nation rode the wave of
economic prosperity and brought a continent, a currency, and,
potentially, the global financial system to its knees. Lively,
engaging, and thought provoking, "Bust" reminds us just how
interconnected the world really is.
This collection of studies examines the history of the British
empire during the 1950s. This is a relatively neglected period in
the historiography of British decolonization, coming as it does
after the more well researched era of the late 1940s that saw the
start of moves to decolonize the empire. The papers in this volume
analyze imperial policy and the place of the empire in British
society during the 1950s and the degree to which these years
represented a period of continuing retreat or of imperial
re-assertion.
Organized by region, this text provides the fundamentals of
evaluation andexamination techniques of the musculoskeletal system.
Each region begins with step-by-step instructions for goniometry,
manual muscle testing, muscle length, joint accessory motions and
special orthopedic tests. Special discussions of posture and gait
analysis are also included. New in this edition is a chapter on
Assessment of Pain. The discussion on the Spine has been expanded
to three chapters -- Cervical, Thoracolumbar Spine and Sacroiliac
Joint.
Compatibility:
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/Palm OS 3.5 or higher / Palm Pre Classic / Symbian S60, 3rd
edition (Nokia) / Windows Mobile(TM) Pocket PC (all versions) /
Windows Mobile Smartphone / Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista/Tablet PC
On a sweltering June evening in 1937, American Juliet Stuart Poyntz
left her boardinghouse in Manhattan and walked toward Central Park,
three short blocks away. She was never seen or heard from again.
Seven months passed before a formal missing person's report was
made, since Poyntz worked for the Soviet Secret Police and her
friends (many of whom were anti-Stalinist radicals in the United
States) were scared to alert authorities. Her disappearance
coincided with Josef Stalin's purges of his political enemies in
the Soviet Union and it was feared that Poyntz was a casualty of
Soviet brutality.In Where Is Juliet Stuart Poyntz?, Denise M. Lynn
argues that Poyntz's sudden disappearance was the final straw for
many on the American political left, who then abandoned Marxism and
began to embrace anti-communism. In the years to follow, the left
crafted narratives of her disappearance that became central to the
Cold War. While scholars have thoroughly analyzed the influence of
the political right in the anti-communism of this era, this
captivating and compelling study is unique in exploring the
influence of the political left.
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