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For Introductory Computer courses in Microsoft Office 2000 or courses in Computer Concepts with a lab component for Microsoft Office 2000 applications. Master the How and Why of Office 2000!  Students master the "How and Why" of performing tasks in Office and gain a greater understanding of how to use the individual applications together to solve business problems.

This textbook describes the theory and the pragmatics of using and engineering high-level software languages – also known as modeling or domain-specific languages (DSLs) – for creating quality software. This includes methods, design patterns, guidelines, and testing practices for defining the syntax and the semantics of languages. While remaining close to technology, the book covers multiple paradigms and solutions, avoiding a particular technological silo. It unifies the modeling, the object-or...

This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings of Operations Research/Management Science applied to Internet of Things. This book identifies and describes ways in which OR and MS have been applied and influenced the development of IoT. Examples are from smart industry; city; transportation; home and smart devices. It discusses future applications, trends, and potential benefits of this new discipline. It is written for professionals who want to imp...

Managing Information - Avoiding Overload suggests that the value of information is directly related to its decision-making relevance. It therefore follows that managers need to know and understand their decision-making role before they can define their information needs with any accuracy. The book is structured in three parts: Part 1 covers the impact of the information revolution on society, organizations and individuals as well as including a section on the importance of 'getting connected' Pa...

In order to keep up with the constant changes in technology, business have adopted supply chain management to improve competitive strategies on a strategic and operational level. Supply Chain Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a reference collection which highlights the major concepts and issues in the application and advancements of supply chain management. Including research from leading scholars, this resource will be useful for academics, students, and practiti...

Guilherme Morbey erlautert Entscheidern und angehenden Spezialisten die Einfuhrung eines Datenqualitats-Management-Systems in Dialogform.

This book constitutes the revised selected papers from the 12th International Conference on Formal Aspects of Component Software, FACS 2015, held in Niterói, Brazil, in October 2015. The 15 full papers and 2 invited papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. They are organized in topical sections, namely quality of service to withstand faults, component-based software development through research on mathematical models for components, compositi...

Various socio-demographic, medical, technological, and managerial trends determine the emergence and development of the concept of the “Smart Hospital”, as well as the development and implementation of appropriate complex architectural models in the management practice of medical organizations. In turn, such medical organizations require an innovative health care ecosystem to provide medically and economically efficient healthcare services. This book examines various approaches to the modern h...

Learn how to make the right technical decisions to achieve your organization's business objectives. This book is a guide for software engineers who are responsible for making technical decisions that impact the business objectives of their organization.  You'll start by reviewing business priorities, technical decision-making, and see how to overcome common challenges. Using real world case studies, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the skills and strategies required for senior engin...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, ICISC 2014, held in Seoul, South Korea in December 2014. The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 91 submissions during two rounds of reviewing. The papers provide the latest results in research, development and applications in the field of information security and cryptology. They are organized in topical sections on RSA...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Security for Information Technology and Communications, SECITC 2016, held in Bucharest, Romania, in June 2016. The 16 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. In addition with 4 invited talks the papers cover topics such as Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols, and Security Technologies for ITC.

* What do 'managerialism' and 'professionalism' mean in today's public sector? * How do managers and professionals relate to each other? * What are the implications of changing notions of managerialism and professionalism? And of changing relations between managers and professionals? Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, there have been substantial changes to public sector organization and management. A key aspect of this change has been the emergence of a 'new managerialism' which appears to have...

Dive deep inside the architecture of SQL Server 2012 Explore the core engine of Microsoft SQL Server 2012-and put that practical knowledge to work. Led by a team of SQL Server experts, you'll learn the skills you need to exploit key architectural features. Go behind the scenes to understand internal operations for creating, expanding, shrinking, and moving databases-whether you're a database developer, architect, or administrator. Discover how to: Dig into SQL Server 2012 architecture and config...

Microfinance is a double bottom line sector which is growing fast, making money and doing well in a variety of socially interesting ways. The growth of its institutions requires good strategies, good control systems and informed decision-making, all of which require an appropriate Management Information System (MIS). While a good MIS is needed in any sector, the management of a double bottom line requires systems which yield information on economic, financial and social metrics. The essays in th...

This is a guide to using the Internet for business advantage. The authors examine the capabilities of the Internet in conjunction with strategic business principles. Aimed at business, marketing and IT managers, the book outlines the business steps essential to developing an effective strategy. It addresses such questions as how can the Internet change my business, what is the right Internet strategy for my business, and should I develop Internet and Intranet systems. The book also presents Inte...

This guide provides information on data governance, data architecture, data development, database operations, data security, reference & master data, data warehousing & business intelligence, document & content management, meta data management, data quality and professional development--

This volume contains the proceedings of the scienti?c workshops that were held inconjunctionwiththe 2009InternationalConferenceonServiceOrientedC- puting/ServiceWave,heldonNovember24-25,2009inStockholm,Sweden. Such satellite events traditionally play a key role in stimulating active exchange and interaction related to the conference topics. This year, the scienti?c program was particularly rich and addressed va- ous challenging researchissues. The selected scienti?c workshopswere organized aroun...

This book presents a new approach to the issue of project management, showing how it can be approached through the lens of sustainability. The nature of sustainable project management is not only to achieve economic goals, but also environmental and social ones. Considering project management from the perspective of sustainability is very important because sustainable development cannot keep up with the pace and scale of accumulation of ecological and social problems. The natural potential of th...

Data stewards in business and IT are the backbone of a successful data governance implementation because they do the work to make a company's data trusted, dependable, and high quality. Data Stewardship explains everything you need to know to successfully implement the stewardship portion of data governance, including how to organize, train, and work with data stewards, get high-quality business definitions and other metadata, and perform the day-to-day tasks using a minimum of the steward's tim...