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Making decisions is certainly the most important task managers are
faced with, and it is often a very difficult one. This book offers
a procedure for solving complex decision problems step by step.
Unlike other texts, the book focuses on problem analysis, on
developing potential solutions, and on establishing a
decision-making matrix. In this fourth edition of the book,
published under a new title, the authors present simplified,
actionable guidelines that can be easily applied to the individual
steps in the heuristic process. The book is intended for
decision-makers at companies, non-profit organizations and in
public administration whose work involves complex problems. It will
also benefit students and participants in executive courses.
Developing future strategies for a company is an important and
complex task, and forms the core issue in this book. A company's
strategy defines its future direction, specifying its desired
market position and key competitive advantages both at the level of
market offers and of resources. This book provides clear,
straightforward advice for professionals: after a brief
introduction to strategic planning, a heuristic process for
determining future strategies is presented. It shows how to analyze
a company's current situation, develop and assess options for the
future, and define implementation projects. Throughout the book,
detailed recommendations are illustrated with the help of numerous
concrete examples. As a result of studying applications of the book
in practice, the second edition benefits from a simplified,
hands-on analysis and planning process at the business level.
Making decisions is certainly the most important task managers are
faced with, and it is often a very difficult one. This book offers
a procedure for solving complex decision problems step by step.
Unlike other texts, the book focuses on problem analysis, on
developing potential solutions, and on establishing a
decision-making matrix. In this fourth edition of the book,
published under a new title, the authors present simplified,
actionable guidelines that can be easily applied to the individual
steps in the heuristic process. The book is intended for
decision-makers at companies, non-profit organizations and in
public administration whose work involves complex problems. It will
also benefit students and participants in executive courses.
Combinatorial testing of software analyzes interactions among
variables using a very small number of tests. This advanced
approach has demonstrated success in providing strong, low-cost
testing in real-world situations. Introduction to Combinatorial
Testing presents a complete self-contained tutorial on advanced
combinatorial testing methods for real-world software. The book
introduces key concepts and procedures of combinatorial testing,
explains how to use software tools for generating combinatorial
tests, and shows how this approach can be integrated with existing
practice. Detailed explanations and examples clarify how and why to
use various techniques. Sections on cost and practical
considerations describe tradeoffs and limitations that may impact
resources or funding. While the authors introduce some of the
theory and mathematics of combinatorial methods, readers can use
the methods without in-depth knowledge of the underlying
mathematics. Accessible to undergraduate students and researchers
in computer science and engineering, this book illustrates the
practical application of combinatorial methods in software testing.
Giving pointers to freely available tools and offering resources on
a supplementary website, the book encourages readers to apply these
methods in their own testing projects.
Strategic planning is an essential task that helps companies adapt
to changes in the environment and to develop proactively.
Accordingly, the goal of strategic planning is to ensure companies'
survival and long-term success. The strategy-planning process
proposed in this book is based on the authors' many years of
experience as consultants and board members. The book shows how to
carry out sound analyses, how to define concrete strategic
objectives, how to develop and assess strategic options and how to
determine which implementation projects are necessary. Numerous
practical examples serve to illustrate the proposed approach. For
the third edition, the sections on corporate strategy and business
strategy development have been redesigned and expanded. Throughout
the book, many aspects have been clarified and simplified. The book
provides practitioners the knowledge they need to develop their own
strategies. In addition, it offers a valuable textbook on the
complex task of strategic planning.
A completely revised and updated version of this book was published
in 2015 under the title "The Strategy Planning Process". A
company's strategies define its future direction, specifying not
only target market positions for many years to come, but also the
key competitive advantages both at the level of market offers and
of resources. Developing future strategies is an important and
complex task, which is the core issue in this book. After a short
introduction to strategic planning, a heuristic process for
determining future strategies is presented. This process is divided
into eight steps, and for each of these steps, detailed
recommendations for problem-solving are provided and illustrated
through many concrete examples. The new edition is improved.
A completely revised and updated version of this book was published
in 2015 under the title "The Strategy Planning Process". A
company's strategies define its future direction, specifying not
only target market positions for many years to come, but also the
key competitive advantages both at the level of market offers and
of resources. Developing future strategies is an important and
complex task, which is the core issue in this book. After a short
introduction to strategic planning, a heuristic process for
determining future strategies is presented. This process is divided
into eight steps, and for each of these steps, detailed
recommendations for problem-solving are provided and illustrated
through many concrete examples. The new edition is improved.
Anhand einer branchenunabhangigen empirischen Studie identifiziert
Micha Trachsel praktisch relevante Arten von Nischenstrategien und
untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen ihnen und dem
Unternehmenserfolg. Er entwickelt eine Taxonomie mit sechs
Nischenstrategiearten, die unter anderem zeigt, dass die bisher
proklamierte nischenbezogene Kostenfuhrerschaft als realer
Nischenstrategietyp nicht existiert."
Benjamin Muller erarbeitet Vorschlage zur konzeptionellen
Prazisierung der generischen Wettbewerbsstrategien und entwickelt
ein neuartiges Instrument zur Messung von Porters Strategietypen
mittels Kauferbefragung. Dessen Qualitat wird durch eine empirische
Pilotstudie bestatigt. Die erhobenen Daten nutzt der Autor zur
Uberprufung eines klar definierten Ausschnitts von Porters
Argumentationskette. Die Ergebnisse stutzen Porters Thesen zum
uberdurchschnittlichen Erfolg reiner generischer
Wettbewerbsstrategien.
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In this creative and engaging reading, Richard Kuhns explores
the ways in which "Decameron's"sexual themes lead into
philosophical inquiry, moral argument, and aesthetic and literary
criticism. As he reveals the stories' many philosophical insights
and literary pleasures, Kuhns also examines "Decameron"in the
context of the nature of storytelling, its relationship to other
classic works of literature, and the culture of trecento Italy.
Stories and storytelling are to be interpreted in terms of a
wider cultural context that includes masks, metamorphosis, mythic
themes, and character analysis, all of which Boccaccio explores
with wit and subtlety. As a storyteller, Boccaccio represents
himself as literary pimp, conceiving the relationship between
storyteller and audience in sexual terms within a tradition that
goes back as far as Socrates' conversations with the young
Athenians.
As a whole, Boccaccio's great collection of stories creates a
trenchant criticism of the ideas that dominated his social and
cultural world. Addressed as it is to women who were denied
opportunities for education, the author's stories create a
university of wise and culturally observant texts. He teaches that
comic, religious, sexual, and artistic themes can be seen to
function as metaphors for hidden and often dangerous unorthodox
thoughts.
Kuhns suggests that "Decameron"is one of the first
self-conscious creations of what we today call "a total work of
art." Throughout the stories, Boccaccio creates a detailed picture
of the Florentine trecento cultural world. Giotto, Buffalmacco, and
other great painters of Boccaccio's time appear in the stories.
Their works and the paintings that surround the characters as they
prepare to leave the plague-ridden city, with their representations
of Dante, Aquinas, and other thinkers, are essential to
understanding the ways the stories work with other works of art and
illuminate and enlarge interpretations of Boccaccio's book.
Das vorliegende Buch wurde fur die Ausbildung des Funkpersonals und
der Funk- techniker in der kommerziellen Technik und in anderen
Fachgebieten ausserhalb der Unterhaltungstechnik geschrieben.
Besonderer Wert wurde auf die Erarbeitung der Grundlagen gelegt,
auf die heute weniger denn je verzichtet werden kann. Es wird
jedoch vorausgesetzt, dass der Leser mit den einfachen
Grundgesetzen der Elektrotechnik bereits vertraut ist. Unter
weitgehendem Verzicht auf mathematische Hilfsmittel werden alle z.
Z. in der Funktechnik angewendeten Prinzipien erlautert, sofern
deren Kennmis fur die Praxis nutzlich erschien. Unter anderem wird
gezeigt, dass sich die Vielfalt der physikalischen Vorgange auf
verhalmismassig wenig grundsatzliche Erscheinungen zuruckfuhren
lasst, die uberall in der Elektrotechnik zu finden sind. Neben der
Vermittlung der Grundlagen werden viele praktische Hinweise fur das
Arbeiten mit Funkanlagen gegeben. Diese Teile des Buches werden
auch von dem bereits in der Praxis stehenden Funk- personal mit
Gewinn gelesen werden, zumal die neuesten Erkenntnisse und Er-
fahrungen ausgewertet wurden. In einer weiteren Veroeffentlichung
sollen geratekundliehe Themen behandelt werden.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer
Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags
von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv
Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche
Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext
betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor
1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen
Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
This is a new release of the original 1962 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1962 edition.
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rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
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rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
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Role-based access control (RBAC) is a security mechanism that has
gained wide acceptance in the field because it can greatly lower
the cost and complexity of securing large networked and Web-based
systems. Written by leading experts, this newly revised edition of
the Artech House bestseller, "Role-Based Access Control", offers
practitioners the very latest details on this popular network
security model.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
This book places the contribution of psychoanalysis to the
understanding of art within a philosophical framework and seeks to
show by argument and example the potential and unrealized power of
psychoanalytic theory for a philosophy of art and culture.
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