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A comprehensive introduction to water ethics, this book explores the common thread between debates in the allocation of water resources, the human right to water and the commodification and privatisation of water services, and fills the gap for alternatives to the predominantly consequentialist approach to dealing with these issues.
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"Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That's what makes this book a "must read." These are 10 seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers and leaders hungry for inspiration--and ready to run with big ideas to accelerate their own and their companies' success." "HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is...
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If you read nothing else on marketing that delivers competitive advantage, read these 10 articles. The publishers combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you reinvent your marketing by putting it, and your customers, at the centre of your business.
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"In light of increased attacks since 2002, Global Information Warfare: The New Digital Battlefield, Second Edition provides a critical update on the nature and approaches to global information warfare. It focuses on threats, vulnerabilities, attacks, and defenses from the perspectives of various players such as governments, corporations, terrorists, and private citizens. Upgrades to the Second Edition include: revised discussions of changes and impacts...
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"Lessons for Nonprofit and Start-Up Leaders: Tales from a Reluctant CEO uses the experiences of a real company, Community Connections, to bring to life the practical dilemmas that an organization founded on a mission and guided by a set of ideals must confront and solve if it is to thrive. With no business or financial background, Maxine Harris and her partner, Helen Bergman, grew a tiny startup into a business worth $35 million. Harris shares her...
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Is your company spending too much time on strategy development--with too little to show for it? If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire you to: Distinguish your company from rivals; Clarify what your company...
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Aligned to the latest AHIMA Core Competencies, offers a comprehensive, multimodal review of the RHIT and RHIA Exam content, arming students with the tools to pass the national examination for Registered Health Information Technicians (RHIT) and Registered Health Information Administrators (RHIA).
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"Read hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland. Many of the stories first appeared in primitive form in Lopp's perennially popular blog, Rands in Repose. The Third Edition of Managing Humans contains a whole new season of episodes from the ongoing saga of Lopp's adventures in Silicon Valley,...
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"How to speed up business processes, improve quality, and cut costs in any industry In factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, less on-hand inventory, and half the floor space of its competitors. The Toyota Way is the first book for a general audience that explains the management principles and business philosophy behind Toyota's...
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"Colleges nationwide are increasingly looking to harness data -- especially on their students -- to make strategic and cost-effective decisions. Using predictive analytics in advising, or data on students' needs, for example, can raise retention and graduation rates, close equity gaps, and bring in revenue. But colleges must weigh their ability to know more than ever about their students against potential ethical missteps and privacy risks. And they...
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"Business frameworks sit at the heart of every successful business. They add structure and clarity to business problems and can help practitioners overcome the everyday challenges they face. The Business Models Handbook brings together the most helpful and widely used templates and frameworks into a single, invaluable resource. Each chapter focuses on an individual business framework, giving an overview of 50 of the best known frameworks and how it...
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The Economist boldly claims that data are now 'the world's most valuable resource.' But, unlocking that value requires far more than technical excellence. The authors explore understanding the problems, dealing with quality issues, building trust with decision makers, putting data science teams in the right organizational spots, and helping companies become data-driven. This is the work that spells the difference between a good data scientist and...
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"Surviving climate chaos requires communities and ecosystems strong enough to cope with the near-random local impacts of climate change. Their strength depends upon resilience, resistance and flexibility, three consequences of system integrity. Preserving and restoring the integrity of communities and ecosystems is needed everywhere, and quickly since active Arctic, equatorial and oceanic tipping points threaten total climate breakdown. This might...
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The devastating impacts of natural disastersnot only directly affect humans and infrastructure, but also animals, which may be crucial to the livelihoods of many people. This bookconsiders the needs of animals in the aftermath of disasters and explains the importance of looking to their welfare in extreme events. The authors explore how animals are affected by specific disaster types, what their emergency and subsequent welfare needs are and the appropriate...
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Contains the proceedings of a meeting on a topic of the "virtual customer," held by the Management and Marketing Section of IFLA in Sao Paulo, Brazil in August 2004. Contains papers from more general points of views to more specific questions, and covers user and librarian education, web site design, more specialized information, etc. Papers are presented in the original language of their presentation with summaries in four languages.
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