Search

Clark A. Campbell, author of a best-selling book on project management, has written a project management guide specifically for IT professionals who want to save time and work more efficiently. The One Page Project Manager for IT Projects:Communicate and Manage Any Project With A Single Sheet of Paper presents you with a winning formula for managing your complex IT projects using minimal resources. Coverage of vital topics like working with outside consultants, ERP project management, and ISO 9000 will be of special interest to IT managers and CIOs.

The book begins with an overview of automation history and followed by chapters on PLC, DCS, and SCADA –describing how such technologies have become synonymous in process instrumentation and control. The book then introduces the niche of Fieldbuses in process industries. It then goes on to discuss wireless communication in the automation sector and its applications in the industrial arena. The book also discusses theall-pervading IoT and its industrial cousin,IIoT, which is finding increasing applications in process automation and control domain. The last chapter introduces OPC technology which has strongly emerged as a defacto standard for interoperable data exchange between multi-vendor software applications and bridges the divide between heterogeneous automation worlds in a very effective way.Key features: Presents an overall industrial automation scenario as it evolved over the years Discusses the already established PLC, DCS, and SCADA in a thorough and lucid manner and their recent advancements Provides an insight into today's industrial automation field Reviews Fieldbus communication and WSNs in the context of industrial communication Explores IIoT in process automation and control fields Introduces OPC which has already carved out a niche among industrial communication technologies with its seamless connectivity in a heterogeneous automation world Dr. Chanchal Dey is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Physics, Instrumentation Engineering Section, University of Calcutta. He is a reviewer of IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Acta Press, Sage, and Taylor & Francis Publishers. He has more than 80 papers in international journals and conference publications. His research interests include intelligent process control using conventional, fuzzy, and neuro-fuzzy techniques. Dr. Sunit Kumar Sen is an ex-professor, Department of Applied Physics, Instrumentation Engineering Section, University of Calcutta. He was a coordinator of two projects sponsored by AICTE and UGC, Government of India. He has published around70 papers in international and national journals and conferences and has published three books – the last one was published by CRC Press in 2014. He is a reviewer of Measurement, Elsevier. His field of interest is new designs of ADCs and DACs.

In this paper we exploit a unique and rich dataset of patent applications and scientific publications in order to answer several questions concerned with two current phenomena on the way knowledge is produced and shared worldwide: its geographical spread at the international level and its spatial concentration in few worldwide geographical hotspots. We find that the production of patents and scientific publications has spread geographically to several countries, and has not kept within the traditional knowledge producing economies (Western Europe, Japan and the U.S.). We observe that part of this partial geographical spread of knowledge activities is due to the setting up of Global Innovation Networks, first toward more traditional innovative countries, and then towards emerging economies too. Yet, despite the increasing worldwide spread of knowledge production, we do not see the same spreading process within countries, and even we see some increased concentration in some of them. This may have, of course, important distributional consequences within countries. Moreover, these selected areas also concentrate a large and increasing connectivity, within their own country to other hotspots, and across countries through Global Innovation Networks.

The importance of data analytics in many different domains has given rise to the research on new approaches, methods and algorithms in utilizing data to gain insight into the domain. In this ebook, we have selected six interesting work from the iiWAS 2015 conference. The papers were selected based on its originality and significant contribution to the area of data analytics. The application coverage of the papers involves different domains such as recommender systems, robotics, medical, linked data and logistics.

This is the fourth of a series of research volume of papers from the Business and Information Technologies global research network. The BIT network comprises 21 partners from 17 countries, and conducts studies on the impact of new information and communication technologies on business practice, industry structure and economic change. This volume contains papers from BIT partners in Taiwan, New Zealand, Chile, USA, Italy, South Korea, and Switzerland. The papers address a range of subjects including the diffusion of mobile apps in the health area, role of trust in e-commerce, impact of digital technology in the role and practice of product management in technology intensive companies, new digital business practices in Taiwan, social media marketing, social activities of a B2B community with the case of BTicino, product-service system, and information diffusion in social networks.

The proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Information Management and Management Engineering (IMME 2014), held in Singapore. IMME 2014 was one of the most comprehensive conferences focused on the various aspects of advances in Information Management and Management Engineering. It provided a chance for academic and industry professionals to present their papers discussing recent progress in this fast-moving area. Bringing together the work of researchers and practitioners, the papers contained in these proceedings share ideas, problems and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of Information Management and Management Engineering. Topics covered include: Information Systems; Intelligent Systems; Manufacturing Systems; Information Management; E-Business and E-Commerce; Information Processing and Engineering; Systems Modelling and Simulation; Production Planning and Control; Management Engineering; Global Manufacturing and Management; Healthcare Systems and Management; Project Management; Quality Control and Management; Safety, Security and Risk Management; Service Innovation and Management; Supply Chain Management; Technology and Knowledge Management; Engineering Economy and Cost Analysis; Engineering Education and Training; Reliability and Maintenance Engineering; Decision Analysis and Methods; Human Factors; Operations Research.

​ Technology is the key driver of business. May it be airport, ICT, smart governance, manufacturing or plantations. Technology management opens up opportunities for the business and help achieve leadership positions. This collection of papers provides a glimpse of issues faced in different sectors. These papers also should inspire more researchers to expand the scope of the subject itself.

This volume contains some research papers from the International Conference on Information Technology and Management organized by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in conjunction with the Institute of Systems Management (ISM). It comprises 30 selected and refereed papers in the development of enabling technologies, electronic commerce and knowledge management, and IT systems and applications. These papers feature the results of the latest research in the areas of information systems, enabling technologies, and business management, as well as potential applications in industries including education, finance, logistics, medical tourism, and IT services.

Enterprise servers play a mission-critical role in modern computing environments, especially from a business continuity perspective. Several models of IT capability have been introduced over the last two decades. Enhancing Business Continuity and IT Capability: System Administration and Server Operating Platforms proposes a new model of IT capability. It presents a framework that establishes the relationship between downtime on one side and business continuity and IT capability on the other side, as well as how system administration and modern server operating platforms can help in improving business continuity and IT capability. This book begins by defining business continuity and IT capability and their importance in modern business, as well as by giving an overview of business continuity, disaster recovery planning, contingency planning, and business continuity maturity models. It then explores modern server environments and the role of system administration in ensuring higher levels of system availability, system scalability, and business continuity. Techniques for enhancing availability and business continuity also include Business impact analysis Assessing the downtime impact Designing an optimal business continuity solution IT auditing as a process of gathering data and evidence to evaluate whether the company's information systems infrastructure is efficient and effective and whether it meets business goals The book concludes with frameworks and guidelines on how to measure and assess IT capability and how IT capability affects a firm's performances. Cases and white papers describe real-world scenarios illustrating the concepts and techniques presented in the book.

Data governance looks deceptively simple on paper. In reality, it is complex. And it is increasingly recognized as a key foundational element necessary to advance analytics and improve operations for organizations of all types across industry. In this practical guide, data experts Uma Gupta and San Cannon look to demystify data governance through pragmatic advice based on real-world experience and cutting-edge academic research. Using case studies, the authors provide insight into how to address the myriad of data governance challenges facing organizations today, with useful and sensible actions and practices. The chapters focus on filling in the blanks of other data governance information, as well as providing both basic and forward-thinking suggestions for some of today's greatest challenges. It is peppered throughout with practical tips for data strategy, data literacy, and data quality. If you are new to data governance, or a seasoned practitioner looking to understand how to better address new issues, this book can help guide you through core elements such as communication, culture, and change management.

All around the world, information technology is evolving at an alarming rate, and it could be challenging keeping up with the growing changes that we are witnessing with it. This paper explored the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadershi

This book argues that “organizing” is a broader term than managing, as it entails understanding how people and machines interact with each other; how resources, data, goods are exchanged in complex and intertwined value chains; and how lines of action and activities can be articulated using flexible protocols and often ad-hoc processes in situated practices of use and production. The book presents a collection of research papers shedding new light on these phenomena and related practices from both academic and professional perspectives. Given the plurality of views that it offers, the book makes a relevant contribution to the understanding and appreciation of the complexity of the digital world at various levels of granularity. It focuses on how individuals, communities and the coopetitive societies of our new, global and hyperconnected world produce value and pursue their objectives and ideals in mutually dependent ways. The content of the book is based on a selection of the bestpapers - original double-blind peer-reviewed contributions - presented at the annual conference of the Italian chapter of the AIS, which was held in Milan, Italy in October 2017.

With contributions from over 20 leading scholars from across the globe, this new book brings together a number of papers that have been presented at the annual International Labour Process Conference, at which the conference theme'Working Revolutions: Revolutionising Work'provided the inspiration for many of the chapters included in this volume. Grounded in Labour Process Theory, the text examines how digital technologies impact on work and organisations and provides a rigorous account of the technological, organizational and work related changes in both the new digital industries and in the traditional service and manufacturing sectors. The book covers many of the most significant contemporary issues and subjects in the field, including the representation of women in IT, workplace cyberbulling, virtualisation and the video games industry.This book is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students studying modules related to technology and work, as well as modules in work sociology on sociology degree programmes.

This book examines the relationship between digital innovations on the one hand, and accounting and management information systems on the other. In particular it addresses topics including cloud computing, data mining, XBRL, and digital platforms. It presents an analysis of how new technologies can reshape accounting and management information systems, enhancing their information potentialities and their ability to support decision-making processes, as well as several studies that reveal how managerial information needs can affect and reshape the adoption of digital technologies. Focusing on the four major aspects data management, information system architecture, external and internal reporting, the book offers a valuable resource for CIOs, CFOs and more generally for business managers, as well as for researchers and scholars. It is mainly based on a selection of the best papers - original double blind reviewed contributions - presented at the 2015 Annual Conference of the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems (AIS).

This book explores a range of critical issues and emerging topics relevant to the linkages between information technologies and organizational systems. It encourages debate and opens up new avenues of inquiry in the fields of Information Systems, organization and management studies by investigating selected themes of growing research interest from multiple disciplinary perspectives such as organizational innovation and impact, information technology, innovation transfer, and knowledge management. The volume is divided into two sections, each of which focuses on a specific theme: ICT, organizational innovation and change; and ICT and knowledge management. The content of each section is based on a selection of the best papers (original double-blind peer-reviewed contributions) presented at the annual conference of the Italian chapter of the AIS, held in Genoa, Italy in November 2014.

This book explores the diversity of topics, views and perspectives focused on the relationship between information systems, organizations and managerial control. It brings together theories and practices by a diverse group of scholars working in different disciplines: organization, management, accounting, information systems development, human-computer interaction. The volume is divided into three sections, each one focusing on a specific theme: organizational change, innovation and information and communication technologies; organizational control, accounting and information systems; information, knowledge and project management practices. The book is based on a selection of the best research papers - original double blind peer reviewed contributions of the annual conference of the Italian chapter of AIS, held in Milan, Italy in December 2013.

There has never been a Portals Guide like this. Portals 61 Success Secrets is not about the ins and outs of Portals. Instead, it answers the top 61 questions that we are asked and those we come across in our forums, consultancy and education programs. It tells you exactly how to deal with those questions, with tips that have never before been offered in print. Get the information you need--fast! This comprehensive guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. This Guide introduces everything you want to know to be successful with Portals. A quick look inside of the subjects covered: Microsoft Office 2007, Special Features, The ECM Market will Continue to Move, ITIL Managers Case Inputs About ITIL Security Management, Using Drupal FeedAPI Aggregator: Ensuring Fresh Content Everyday, ECDL Login - They Key to Practice Exams, Lessons, and Courses to Help Applicants Prepare for ECDL, Does your Landing Page Pulling out Your Adwords Quality Score?, Avail of Free Drupal System, Network Addressing, Different Types of Enterprise Architect Review, Why Cloud Computing and Mobile devices are unavoidably connected, Preserve, The Uniqueness of Each Drupal Theme, Enterprise Management, Drupal News: Found in and our of Drupal POrtal, Best Features of a Business Intelligence Product, The Coverage of Openbravo ERP, Products Editions, Choosing the Right Drupal Books, ISO 20000 Free Downloads, Organizing Electronic Resources, Relieving Help Desks of Help Desk Security Burdens, Common features across most Help Desk tools, Common features across most Help Desk tools, Communities, Integration of Knowledge Management practices, Why Companies Worldwide Outsource To India, Must Know About Drupal Links, ECDL Portal: Providing Valuable Assistance for ECDL Certification, Vendor Approaches to the Management of Clouds, 3 Major Benefits of Integration Architecture, eFront is an open source eLearning platform., Server Virtualization: What's your ROI, The Battle Command Knowledge System, Private Cloud Computing, Where to Get the Latest Virtualization News, Security: An Essential ECM Feature, ECDL Practice Papers: Providing Practical Study Guides for the ECDL Test, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Making a WWW ECM Possible and Efficient, The Benefits of Free Help Desk Support Software, The Benefits of Knowledge Management Review, Cloud APaaS, Mobile Internet Devices and Secure Guest Access (SGA and MID), Enterprise Portals as a Service, Why is the use of repeater access points not recommended? - Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA) for XenApp, ECM Components, and much more...

Managing technological innovations and related policy and strategy issues have been a central focus of the new millennium. This book series presents an interdisciplinary scholarship and dialogue on the management of innovation and technological change in a global context from a variety of perspectives, including strategic, managerial, behavioral, and policy issues. Papers selected in this volume have four prominent themes: the wide spread interests and the global application of the technological innovation; the practicality of the research on technological innovation implementation to foster success and financial growth; the socio-technical challenges behind innovation and creativity that might outweigh the benefits; and the new principles/practices/perspectives on our understanding of the technological innovation. Contributed by prominent scholars and practitioners from around the world in innovation, management and policy area, this book will become a very useful read for anyone who is interested in learning the most contemporary perspectives on the subject.

There has never been a IT Service Management manual like this. IT Service Management 102 Success Secrets is not about the ins and outs of IT Service Management. Instead, it answers the top 102 questions that we are asked and those we come across in forums, our consultancy and education programs. It tells you exactly how to deal with those questions, with tips that have never before been offered in print. This guidebook is also not about IT Service Management best practice and standards details. Instead it introduces everything you want to know to be successful with IT Service Management. A quick look inside of the subjects covered: ITIL Service Support and Processes, Customize your ITIL Workflow, ITIL In Action: Service Delivery, Define ITIL, What Should I do To Earn an ITIL Certificate?, Specialist Training, For example, ITIL is not an IT Project Management methodology, BS15000 ITIL Material Training, Discover the new ITIL version 3, Levels of ITIL Certification, The Exam of ITIL Foundation, Project Management Professional Courses for Task's Overall Success, Your ITIL Certification Will Draw Your Career, What is so special about ITIL Service Management?, How to Effectively Use an ITIL Interactive Process Map, ITIL Salary Increases With Certification, Using ITIL as a Framework, Six Sigma and ITIL, Read ITIL through White paper ppt, What Is ITIL Change Management, IT Services Service Catalog Perspectives Process: Service Catalog Management, Tools to Aid ITIL Process, CV ITIL, Understanding the ITIL Foundations Live Demo, Best ITIL Practice, Good practices, Service Support Disciplines, A Short Description of ITIL History- The Best Way to Define ITIL, The Value of Staying Up to Date About Basic CCNA 1 Answers, Viewpoints to Creating a Service Catalog, How Do You Define Change Management ITIL?, ITIL V3 the Service-Life Cycle, Count on ITIL, Training for ITIL, Role of the ITIL CMDB, What are Services?, Business Process Management and ITIL, The True Meaning of ITIL, IT Services Service Agreements Processes: Service Level Management Supplier Management, Reasons Why You Should Take ITIL Foundation Course, Microsoft ITIL, Service Desk and Incident Management, Do My IT People Need to Be ITIL Certified?, Exin ITIL : With exams like ITIL Project Management PRINCE2 and ISPL EXIN…., How Does One Take the ITIL Input Output Managers Exam?, What is an ITIL V3 Lifecycle?, The Service Management of ITIL, The Skills That Should be Taught During IT Management Training, Service Delivery Principles, How ITIL software asset management can benefit you, CSIP: ITIL Planning To Implement Service Management, Simulating your ITIL, and much more...

Managing technological innovations and related policy and strategy issues have been a central focus of the new millennium. This book series presents an interdisciplinary scholarship and dialogue on the management of innovation and technological change in a global context from a variety of perspectives, including strategic, managerial, behavioral, and policy issues. Papers selected in this volume have four prominent themes: the wide spread interests and the global application of the technological innovation; the practicality of the research on technological innovation implementation to foster success and financial growth; the socio-technical challenges behind innovation and creativity that might outweigh the benefits; and the new principles/practices/perspectives on our understanding of the technological innovation. Contributed by prominent scholars and practitioners from around the world in innovation, management and policy area, this book will become a very useful read for anyone who is interested in learning the most contemporary perspectives on the subject.

There has never been a Brainstorming Guide like this. Brainstorming 26 Success Secrets is not about the ins and outs of Brainstorming. Instead, it answers the top 26 questions that we are asked and those we come across in our forums, consultancy and education programs. It tells you exactly how to deal with those questions, with tips that have never before been offered in print. Get the information you need--fast! This comprehensive guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. This Guide introduces everything you want to know to be successful with Brainstorming. A quick look inside of the subjects covered: Your Complete ITIL Tips Guide, Conflict Management: THE FOUR STEPS IN INTEREST BASED PROBLEM SOLVING, Take the Challenge: Learn Web 2.0, Four Important Areas of the HR Balanced Scorecard, How to Implement Balanced Scorecard Step by Step Planning, IT Services Costs of Service and Pricing Processes: Financial Management for IT and Service Catalog Management, The PMBOK Lifecycle--The Core of PMP, SAP Project Management Tips, The Benefits Of Being A Microsoft Certified Professional MCP, Creating a Supportive Environment, Why Attend the Web Analytics London?, Project Manager's Project Management For Senior Management, Types of Knowledge Management Products, How to Create a Balanced Scorecard, The value add of education programs, Why Does My Organization Need To Buy a Management Training Video?, Starbursting—Understanding New Ideas by Brainstorming Questions, Getting Thoughts on Paper, A Legal Discussion of Risk Management, Creating the Stake, Reasons Why You Need ITIL Capacity Management, Starbursting—Understanding New Ideas by Brainstorming Questions, Seven Steps to Good Decision Making, Benefits of MCP Certification, Seven Steps to Good Decision Making, The Crisis Management Training Process, and much more...

Organizational Semiotics occupies an important niche in the research community of human communication and information systems. It opens up new ways of understanding the functioning of information and information resources in organised behaviour. In recent years, a numberof workshops and conferences have provided researchers and practitioners opportunities to discuss their theories, methods and practices and to assess the benefits and potential of this approach. Literature in this field is much in demand but still difficult to find, so we are pleased to offer a third volume in the miniseries of Studies in Organizational Semiotics. This book is based on the papers and discussions of the fifth workshop on Organizational Semiotics held in Delft, June 13-15, 2002, hosted by Groningen University and Delft Technical University in the Netherlands. The topic of this workshop was the dynamics and change in organizations. The chapters in this book reflect recent developments in theory and applications and demonstrate the significance of Organizational Semiotics to information systems, human communication and coordination, organizational analysis and modelling. In particular, it provides a framework that accommodates both the technical and social aspects of information systems. The mini-series presents the frontier of the research in this area and shows how the theory and techniques enhance the quality of work on information systems.

This is the third of a series of research volume of papers from the Business and Information Technologies global research network. The group includes 20 partners from 16 countries, who conduct studies on the impact of new information and communication technologies on business practice, industry structure, and economic change. The book presents a unique longitudinal and cross-sectional view of technology adoption and business practice across a diverse set of countries and economies. It appears that there are some commonalities with respect to patterns of technology adoption, but also significant differences across countries. Furthermore, innovative practices can arise in every country, and have the potential to be applied in other countries. The identical survey carried out in different countries enables benchmarking and accurate comparisons across those markets. It is also extremely broad in its coverage of business practice in terms of functions and performance.

Managing in the Information Economy: Current Research Issues presents the recent research directions that address the issue of management in this economy. The contributors include leading researchers with interests in a diverse set of topics. While the volume cannot give a complete and comprehensive picture, it can provide introductions to important areas, and point to some important topics for future research. Therefore the book begins with perspectives at the level of the economy as a whole and then progressively addresses industrial structure, sectors, functions (e-commerce) and business practices. Introductions to the main sections and the papers in each section are provided. The volume is organized around six sections: The Information Economy; Structure and the Organization of the Information Economy; Marketing and Ecommerce; Emerging Issues in the Information Economy; Operations in the Information Economy; and Empirical Studies of Business Practices. Please see the Table of Contents and Editor's Introduction for further details.

The author draws on his experience and expertise as a Senior Global Executive, CIO, Strategist, Scientist, and Inventor, to provide an in-depth look at the'learning layer'a new business phenomenon that merges people and systems into a whole new operation and how it will transform the performance of any organization.