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Software engineering : a programming approach / di Bell, Douglas

Sommario: “...453 (1) The real world of software engineering 454 (3) The question of skill 457 (1) The future of software engineering 457 (1) Summary 458 (5) Exercises 459 (1) Further reading 460 (3) Appendix: An introduction to Java 463 (4) A.1 Variables and assignment 463 (1) A.2 Control structures 464 (1) A.3 Methods 464 (1) A.4 Summary 465 (2) Index 467...”

Technological trends and employment /

Sommario: “...1. Basic consumer goods -- 2. Basic process industries -- 3. Electronics and communications -- 4. ...”

Project management : achieving project bottom-line succe / di Pinkerton, William J.

Sommario: “...Project-Related Training The Smaller Projects The Environmental Project The Re-Engineering Project Project Closeout: Make-Good Analysis Measuring Project Success...”
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Poverty and development into the 21st century /

Sommario: “...The global politics of development and exclusion in the new world order 345 (20) Anthony McGrew Democratization, `good governance' and development 365 (18) David Potter Rethinking gender matters in development 383 (20) Ruth Pearson Technology, poverty and development 403 (22) Gordon Wilson Richard Heeks Life in the cities 425 (18) Jo Beall Taking culture seriously 443 (26) Tim Allen THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT Genetic engineering of development? ...”
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OM / di Collier, David A.

Sommario: “...Goods, Services, and Operations Management 2 (16) Operations Management 3 (1) OM in the Workplace 4 (2) Understanding Goods and Services 6 (2) Customer Benefit Packages 8 (3) Processes 11 (1) OM: A History of Change and Challenge 12 (2) A Focus on Efficiency 12 (1) The Quality Revolution 12 (1) Customization and Design 13 (1) Time-Based Competition 14 (1) The Service Revolution 14 (1) Current Challenges in OM 14 (4) Value Chains 18 (20) The Concept of Value 20 (1) Value Chain Perspectives 21 (4) An Example of a Value Chain: Buhrke Industries, Inc 23 (2) Supply Chains 25 (1) Value Chain Decisions 26 (3) Outsourcing and Vertical Integration 26 (1) The Economics of Outsourcing 27 (1) Value and Supply Chain Integration 28 (1) Offshoring 29 (3) Value Chains in a Global Business Environment 32 (6) A Global Value Chain: Rocky Shoes & Boots Company 32 (1) Issues in Global Value Chain Decisions 33 (1) Value Chains and Local Culture 34 (4) Measuring Performance in Operations 38 (20) Performance Measurement 39 (6) Financial Measures 40 (1) Customer and Market Measures 41 (1) Safety 42 (1) Quality 42 (1) Time 43 (1) Flexibility 44 (1) Innovation and Learning 44 (1) Productivity 45 (1) Linking Internal and External Measures 46 (1) The Value of a Loyal Customer 46 (1) Designing Measurement Systems in Operations 47 (1) Models of Organizational Performance 48 (10) Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Framework 48 (2) The Balanced Scorecard 50 (1) The Value Chain Model 51 (1) The Service-Profit Chain 52 (6) Operations Strategy 58 (18) Gaining Competitive Advantage 59 (1) Understanding Customer Requirements 60 (2) Evaluating Goods and Services 62 (1) Competitive Priorities 63 (4) Cost 64 (1) Quality 64 (2) Time 66 (1) Flexibility 66 (1) Innovation 66 (1) OM and Strategic Planning 67 (9) Operations Strategy at McDonald's 70 (6) Technology and Operations Management 76 (16) Understanding Technology in Operations 78 (2) Manufacturing Technology 78 (1) Service Technology 79 (1) Technology in Value Chains 80 (2) Integrated Operating Systems 82 (3) Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Systems (CIMS) 82 (1) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems 83 (1) Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems 84 (1) Revenue Management Systems (RMS) 84 (1) Benefits and Challenges of Technology 85 (2) Technology Development and Adoption 87 (5) Goods and Service Design 92 (20) Desigining Goods and Services 93 (3) Robust Design and the Taguchi Loss Function 96 (2) Reliability 98 (1) Quality Function Deployment 99 (2) Product and Process Design in Manufacturing 101 (2) Quality Engineering 102 (1) Product and Process Simplification 102 (1) Design for Environmental Quality 103 (1) Service Delivery System Design 103 (2) Facility Location and Layout 104 (1) Servicescape 104 (1) Service Process and Job Design 104 (1) Technology and Information Support Systems 105 (1) Organizational Structure 105 (1) Service Encounter Design 105 (2) Customer Contact Behavior and Skills 106 (1) Service-Provider Selection, Development, and Empowerment 106 (1) Recognition and Reward 107 (1) Service Recovery and Guarantees 107 (1) An Integrative Case Study of LensCrafters 107 (5) Process Selection, Design, and Analysis 112 (20) Process Choice Decisions 114 (1) The Product-Process Matrix 115 (2) The Service-Positioning Matrix 117 (3) Process Design 120 (4) Process and Value Stream Mapping 121 (3) Process Analysis and Improvement 124 (2) Process Design and Resource Utilization 126 (6) Little's Law 128 (4) Facility and Work Design 132 (20) Facility Layout 134 (4) Product Layout 134 (1) Process Layout 135 (1) Cellular Layout 135 (1) Fixed-Position Layout 136 (1) Facility Layout in Service Organizations 137 (1) Designing Product Layouts 138 (5) Assembly Line Balancing 139 (2) Line Balancing Approaches 141 (2) Designing Process Layouts 143 (1) Workplace Design 144 (2) The Human Side of Work 146 (6) Supply Chain Design 152 (18) Understanding Supply Chains 154 (4) The Value and Supply Chain at Dell, Inc 156 (2) Designing the Supply Chain 158 (5) Efficient and Responsive Supply Chains 158 (1) Push and Pull Systems 158 (3) Supply Chain Design for Multisite Services 161 (1) Supply Chain Metrics 161 (1) The Bullwhip Effect 161 (2) Location Decisions in Supply Chains 163 (3) Critical Factors in Location Decisions 164 (1) Location Decision Process 164 (1) The Center of Gravity Method 165 (1) Other Issues in Supply Chain Management 166 (4) Capacity Management 170 (16) Understanding Capacity 172 (2) Economies and Diseconomies of Scale 172 (2) Capacity Measurement 174 (3) Safety Capacity 174 (1) Capacity Measurement in Job Shops 174 (1) Using Capacity Measures for Operations Planning 175 (2) Long-Term Capacity Strategies 177 (3) Capacity Expansion 178 (2) Short-Term Capacity Management 180 (1) Managing Capacity by Adjusting Short-Term Capacity Levels 180 (1) Managing Capacity by Shifting and Stimulating Demand 180 (1) Theory of Constraints 181 (5) Forecasting and Demand Planning 186 (22) Forecasting and Demand Planning 188 (1) Basic Concepts in Forecasting 189 (5) Forecast Planning Horizon 189 (1) Data Patterns in Time Series 190 (2) Forecast Errors and Accuracy 192 (2) Statistical Forecasting Models 194 (5) Single Moving Average 194 (2) Single Exponential Smoothing 196 (3) Regression as a Forecasting Approach 199 (4) Excel's Add Trendline Option 200 (1) Causal Forecasting Models with Multiple Regression 201 (2) Judgmental Forecating 203 (1) Forecasting in Practice 204 (4) Managing Inventories 208 (20) Understanding Inventory 210 (3) Key Definitions and Concepts 210 (2) Inventory Management Decisions and Costs 212 (1) Inventory Characteristics 213 (2) ABC Inventory Analysis 215 (1) Fixed Quantity Systems 215 (4) The EOQ Model 219 (3) Fixed Period Systems 222 (2) Single-Period Inventory Model 224 (4) Resource Management 228 (24) Resource Planning Framework for Goods and Services 230 (3) Aggregate Planning Options 233 (1) Strategies for Aggregate Planning 234 (2) Disaggregation in Manufacturing 236 (9) Master Production Scheduling 237 (1) Materials Requirements Planning 238 (2) Time Phasing and Lot Sizing in MRP 240 (5) Capacity Requirements Planning 245 (7) Operations Scheduling and Sequencing 252 (18) Understanding Scheduling and Sequencing 254 (1) Scheduling Applications and Approaches 255 (4) Staff Scheduling 255 (2) Appointment Systems 257 (2) Sequencing 259 (1) Sequencing Performance Criteria 259 (1) Sequencing Rules 260 (1) Applications of Sequencing Rules 260 (6) Single-Resource Sequencing Problem 260 (2) Two-Resource Sequencing Problem 262 (4) Schedule Monitoring and Control 266 (4) Quality Management 270 (18) Understanding Quality 272 (2) Influential Leaders in Modern Quality Management 274 (2) W. ...”

Proactive purchasing in the supply chain : the key to world-class procurement / di Burt, David N.

Sommario: “...The Supplier's Perspective Questions to Be Addressed Before Proceeding Developing and Managing Collaborative and Alliance Relationships Situations Wherein Alliances May Not Be Appropriate The Role of Power A Portfolio Approach New Skills and Attitudes Required e-Commerce and the "Right" Type of Relationship Relationships of the Future Summary Appendix Institutional Trust Supply Management in Action Endnotes Suggested Reading Chapter 5 New Product Development Overview The Design Process The Investigation or Concept Formation Phase The Development Phase Value Engineering vis-a-vis Value Analysis The Production Phase Engineering Change Management How to Expand Supply Management's Contributions Design or Project Teams Materials Engineers Co-Location Supply Management Professionals Who Interface Successfully with Engineers Appendix Endnotes Suggested Reading Chapter 6 Purchasing Descriptions and Specifications Specifications and Standardization Purposes of Specifications Collaborative Development Categories of Specifications Simple Specifications Complex Specifications Combination of Methods Development of Specifications Organizational Approaches Supply Management Research Writing Specifications Common Problems Standardization History of Standardization Types and Sources of Standards Benefits of Standardization Simplification Developing a Standardization Program Standards Team Importance of Supply Management Materials Catalog Electronic Materials Catalog Summary Endnotes Suggested Reading Chapter 7 Managing for Quality Evolution of Quality Management Philosophies of the Gurus W. ...”

Fluency with information technology : skills, concepts & capabilities / di Snyder, Lawrence

Sommario: “...Improving the Effectiveness of Email.Expect the Unexpected.Creating Good Passwords.Viruses and Worms.Protecting Intellectual Property.Ensuring the Reliability of Software.13. ...”

Database systems : an application-oriented approach di Kifer, Michael

Sommario: “...Embedded SQLMore on Integrity ConstraintsDynamic SQLJDBC and SQLJODBCComparisonBibliographic NotesExercises PART THREE Optimizing DBMS Performance Chapter 9 Physical Data Organization and IndexingDisk OrganizationHeap FilesSorted FilesIndicesMultilevel IndexingHash IndexingSpecial-Purpose IndicesTuning Issues: Choosing Indices for an ApplicationBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 10 The Basics of Query ProcessingOverview of Query ProcessingExternal SortingComputing Projection, Union, and Set DifferenceComputing SelectionComputing JoinsMultirelational JoinsComputing Aggregate FunctionsBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 11 An Overview of Query OptimizationQuery Processing ArchitectureHeuristic Optimization Based on Algebraic EquivalencesEstimating the Cost of a Query Execution PlanEstimating the Size of the OutputChoosing a PlanBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 12 Database TuningDisk CachesTuning the SchemaTuning the Data Manipulation LanguageToolsManaging Physical ResourcesInfluencing the OptimizerBibliographic NotesExercises PART FOUR Advanced Topics in Databases Chapter 13 Relational Calculus, Visual Query Languages, and Deductive DatabasesTuple Relational CalculusUnderstanding SQL through Tuple Relational CalculusDomain Relational Calculus and Visual Query LanguagesVisual Query Languages: QBE and PC DatabasesThe Relationship between Relational Algebra and the CalculiDeductive DatabasesBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 14 Object DatabasesLimitations of the Relational Data ModelObject Databases versus Relational DatabasesThe Conceptual Object Data ModelObjects in SQL:1999 and SQL:2003The ODMG StandardCommon Object Request Broker ArchitectureBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 15 XML and Web DataSemistructured Data Overview of XMLXML SchemaXML Query LanguagesBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 16 Distributed DatabasesThe Application Designer's View of the DatabaseDistributing Data among Different DatabasesQuery Planning StrategiesBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 17 OLAP and Data MiningOLAP and Data Warehouses-Old and NewA Multidimensional Model for OLAP ApplicationsAggregationROLAP and MOLAPImplementation IssuesPopulating a Data WarehouseData Mining TasksMining AssociationsClassification and Prediction Using Decision TreesClassification and Prediction Using Neural NetsClusteringBibliographic NotesExercises PART FIVE Transaction Processing Chapter 18 ACID Properties of TransactionsConsistencyAtomicityDurabilityIsolationThe ACID PropertiesBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 19 Models of TransactionsFlat TransactionsProviding Structure within a TransactionStructuring an Application as Multiple TransactionsBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 20 Implementing IsolationSchedules and Schedule EquivalenceRecoverability, Cascaded Aborts, and StrictnessModels for Concurrency ControlA Strategy for Immediate-Update Pessimistic Concurrency ControlsDesign of an Immediate-Update Pessimistic Concurrency ControlObjects and Semantic CommutativityAtomicity, Recoverability, and Compensating OperationsIsolation in Structured Transaction ModelsOther Concurrency ControlsBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 21 Isolation in Relational DatabasesConflicts in a Relational DatabaseLocking and the SQL Isolation LevelsGranular Locking: Intention Locks and Index LocksTuning TransactionsMultiversion Concurrency ControlsBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 22 Atomicity and DurabilityCrash, Abort, and Media FailureImmediate-Update Systems and Write-Ahead LogsRecovery in Deferred-Update SystemsRecovery from Media FailureBibliographic NotesExercises PART SIX Distributed Applications and the Web Chapter 23 Architecture of Transaction Processing SystemsTransaction Processing in a Centralized SystemTransaction Processing in a Distributed SystemThe TP Monitor: An OverviewThe TP Monitor: Global Atomicity and the Transaction ManagerThe TP Monitor: Remote Procedure CallThe TP Monitor: Peer-to-Peer CommunicationThe TP Monitor: Event CommunicationStorage ArchitecturesTransaction Processing on the InternetWeb Application Servers-J2EEBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 24 Implementing Distributed TransactionsImplementing the ACID PropertiesAtomic TerminationTransfer of CoordinationDistributed DeadlockGlobal SerializationWhen Global Atomicity Cannot Be GuaranteedReplicated DatabasesDistributed Transactions in the Real WorldBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 25 Web ServicesThe Basic IdeaWeb BasicsHypertext Transfer ProtocolSOAP: Message PassingWSDL: Specifying Web ServicesBPEL: Specifying Business ProcessesUDDI: Publishing and Discovering Information about ServicesWS-Coordination: Transactional Web ServicesBibliographic NotesExercises Chapter 26 Security and Electronic CommerceAuthentication, Authorization, and EncryptionEncryptionDigital SignaturesKey Distribution and AuthenticationAuthorizationAuthenticated Remote Procedure CallElectronic CommerceThe Secure Sockets Layer Protocol: CertificatesPassport: Single Sign-OnKeeping Credit Card Numbers PrivateThe Secure Electronic Transaction Protocol: Dual SignaturesGoods Atomicity, Certified Delivery, and EscrowElectronic Cash: Blind SignaturesSecurity in XML-Based Web ServicesBibliographic NotesExercises BibliographyIndexAppendices, available on the Web A An Overview of Transaction ProcessingIsolationAtomicity and DurabilityImplementing Distributed TransactionsBibliographic NotesExercises B Requirements and SpecificationsSoftware Engineering MethodologyThe Requirements Document for the Student Registration SystemRequirements Analysis-New IssuesSpecifying the Student Registration SystemThe Specification Document for the Student Registration System: Section IIIThe Next Step in the Software Engineering ProcessBibliographic NotesExercises C Design, Coding, and TestingThe Design ProcessTest PlanProject PlanningCodingIncremental DevelopmentThe Project Management PlanDesign and Code for the Student Registration SystemBibliographic NotesExercises...”

The science of psychology : an appreciative view / di King, Laura A.

Sommario: “...Health psychology Biopsychosocial model Relationship between the mind and body Positive life changes Theoretical models of change Stages of change model Tools for effective life change Self-efficacy Motivation Religious faith Cultivating good habits Controlling stress Becoming physically active Eating right Quitting smoking Practicing safe sex Integrating psychology and health and wellness...”

Services management : an integrated approach

Sommario: “...28 (1) How to define the service concept 29 (2) Implementing the service concept 31 (4) The service concept as a guiding framework: an overview of its main ingredients 35 (2) Why not all service concepts are alike 37 (1) Conclusion 38 (1) Review and discussion questions 38 (1) Notes and references 39 (1) Suggested further reading 39 (1) 3 Servitization: or why services management is relevant for manufacturing environments 40 (13) Steven Desmet, Roland Van Dierdonck, Bart Van Looy Introduction 40 (1) Objectives 41 (9) From goods to services 41 (1) Why servitization? 42 (2) Making the transition 44 (5) Conclusion 49 (1) Review and discussion questions 50 (1) Notes and references 50 (1) Suggested further reading 51 (2) Part Two: CUSTOMER LOGIC 53 (126) 4 Relationship marketing 55 (19) Kristof De Wulf Introduction 55 (1) Objectives 55 (17) Relationship marketing: new words to an old tune? ...”