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Handbook of Business Data Communications: A Managerial Perspective

Author: Hossein Bidgoli | ISBN: 0120959763

The Handbook of Business Data Communications looks briefly at the major corporations working in each category. In addition to practical examples, short case studies and summaries of emerging issues in data communications, Professor Bidgoli discusses personal, social, organizational and legal issues surrounding the use of networks and business software. Easy to use, balanced and up-to-date, the Handbook has both answers and insights into future trends in business data communications.

Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management

Author: Peter Fingar, Harsha Kumar & Tarun Sharma | ISBN: 0875848818

The Harvard Business Review paperback series is designed to bring today's managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. Here are the landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious businesspeople in organizations around the globe. The eight articles in Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management highlight the leading-edge thinking and practical applications that are defining the field of knowledge management. Includes Peter Drucker's prophetic "The Coming of the New Organization" and Ikujiro Nonaka's "Knowledge-Creating Company."

How to be a Better Project Manager

Author: Trevor L. Young | ISBN: 0-7494-2182-7

Designed to give you guidance through the process of managing a project effectively, How to Be a Better Project Manager will help you to become better at the job.

How to Manage a Successful Software Project: Methodologies, Techniques, Tools, Including how to use Microsoft Project 4

Author: Sanjiv Purba, David R. Sawh, Bharat Shah | ISBN: 0-471-04401-6

Get solid advice on planning your project and getting it approved, as well as reviews and tips for implementing project management software.

How to Manage Complex Programs

Author: Calvert Kendrick | ISBN: 9780814436929

Large-scale programs involve many projects and countless jobs. As program manager, you’re charged with coordinating the thousands of distinct actions this requires—managing the deliverables, workflow and staff that comprise all the interconnected projects (possibly spread across the globe!). Whether you’re already managing a program—or looking ahead to filling that role—you need a repertoire of practical, dependable approaches to plan for and control the often competing demands you face every day. How to Manage Complex Programs delivers exactly what it promises: high-impact techniques for handling project workflow, deliverables and teams. These techniques will enable you and your program staff to convert large-scale undertakings into collections of smaller, well-managed projects. While the scope will remain complex and layered, the information and techniques presented here will allow you to manage them coherently and efficiently. These strategies can be applied to any program, and are especially well adapted to high-tech undertakings.