Author: Kevin C. Desouza
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Keywords: construction, management, conceptualization, systems, information, agile
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2006-09-13
List price: $51.95
ISBN-10: 0750682353
ISBN-13: 9780750682350

This book presents cutting-edge research and thinking on agile information systems. The concept of agile information systems has gained strength over the last 3 years, coming into the MIS world from manufacturing, where agile manufacturing systems has been an important concept for several years now. The idea of agility is powerful: with competition so fierce today and the speed of business so fast, a company’s ability to move with their customers and support constant changing business needs is more important than ever. Agile information systems:. have the ability to add, remove, modify,

Authors:Kevin C. Desouza, Yukika Awazu,
Publisher: Palgrave Macmilla
Keywords: new, realities, engagement, management, knowledge, engaged
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-08-20
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 1403945101
ISBN-13: 9781403945105

The authors contend that current knowledge management efforts in organizations need to be refocused so that they can be better poised for success. Topics discussed include: missing capabilities of knowledge management, knowledge management in strategic alliances, customer knowledge management, knowledge markets, and knowledge management systems, among others.Book DescriptionThe authors contend that current knowledge management efforts in organizations need to be refocused so that they can be better poised for success. Topics discussed include: missing capabilities of knowledge management, know

Authors:Mark J. Power, Kevin Desouza, Carlo Bonifazi,
Publisher: Kogan Page
Keywords: outsourcing, process, successful, implement, handbook
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 2006-02-28
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0749444304
ISBN-13: 9780749444303

Outsourcing is now increasingly used as a competitive weapon in today’s global economy. The Outsourcing Handbook is a step-by-step guide to the whole outsourcing process. It looks at key factors in the success of a project as well as problem areas and potential pitfalls. It provides an objective, repeatable process that allows organizations to maximize returns on outsourcing investments. Unlike most outsourcing books, The Outsourcing Handbook takes a process-oriented, actionable, and structured approach to understanding the intricacies of constructing, managing, and even terminating an o

Author: Patrick DeSouza
Publisher: Basic Books
Keywords: generation, approach, security, national, strategy, economic
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2000-04-14
List price: $37.00
ISBN-10: 0813368340
ISBN-13: 9780813368344

The years 1998 and 1999 were filled with economic events that illustrated the changing and complex agenda for American foreign policy inentering the new millennium. In this volume, former senior members of the Clinton and Bush Administrations and a "next generation" ofprivate sector voices set forth and analyze the new intersections between economic strategy and national security. Emerging markets areconsidered, as well as new threats and new opportunities that are changing our conception of American security.This book arises from a three-year project by the Council on Foreign Relations, one o

Author: Junior deSouza
Publisher: Xulon Press
Keywords: yourself
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2007-08-04
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1602668469
ISBN-13: 9781602668461

BE YOURSELF! What does it mean for the born-again Christian to...be themselves? In this book you will find the answer to that question, and many more. Since childhood, we learned to play certain "roles" in order to get our needs met. The more we played these roles, the less and less "authentic" we became. We lost our truer selves behind the games, masks, and personas. The good news is, God has a better plan in His Word. We don’t have to live life on the surface, play roles, and disown parts of our truer self. Come discover how to find and free your truest self biblically. Come disc

Authors:Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, Allyn Gibson, Kevin Killi
Publisher: Star Trek
Keywords: corps, engineers, starfleet, trek, designs, star, grand
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2007-07-03
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 1416544895
ISBN-13: 9781416544890

Corps of EngineersThese are the voyages of the U.S.S. da Vinci. Their mission: to solve the problems of the galaxy, one disaster at a time. Starfleet veteran Captain David Gold, along with his crack Starfleet Corps of Engineers team lead by former Starship Enterprise ™ engineer Commander Sonya Gomez, travel throughout the Federation and beyond to fix the unfixable, repair the irreparable, and solve the unsolvable.Whether it’s an artificial planetary ring that was damaged during the Dominion War, an out-of-control generation ship, a weapons inspection gone horribly wrong, shutting down

Authors:Kevin Ryan, Thomas Lickona, George F. McLean, Kevin R
Publisher: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy
Keywords: foundations, series, moral, education, vol, change, contemporary, development, schools, cultural, heritage, character
Number of Pages: 382
Published: 1992-05
List price: $17.50
ISBN-10: 1565180593
ISBN-13: 9781565180598