Platform Ecosystems: Aligning Architecture, Governance, and Strategy (Tiwana Amrit)(Paperback)

Platform Ecosystems: Aligning Architecture, Governance, and Strategy (Tiwana Amrit)(Paperback)

Platform Ecosystems is a hands-on guide that offers a complete roadmap for designing and orchestrating vibrant software platform ecosystems. Unlike software products that are managed, the evolution of ecosystems and their myriad participants must be orchestrated through a thoughtful alignment of

Prefabricated and Modular Architecture: Aligning Design with Manufacture and Assembly (Hogan-O'Neill William)(Paperback)

Prefabricated and Modular Architecture demystifies age-old perceptions surrounding prefabrication and modularization of buildings, offering a fresh approach to design and procurement. An experienced architect, William Hogan-O'Neill provides a unique insight into why architectural design,

Data Governance: Governing Data for Sustainable Business (Holt Alison)(Paperback)

This book is a guide to developing strategy and policy for data governance, in line with the developing ISO 38505 governance of data standards. It will assist an organisation wanting to become more of a data driven business by explaining how to assess the value, risks and constraints associated

Information Governance: Concepts, Strategies and Best Practices (Smallwood Robert F.)(Pevná vazba)

The essential guide to effective IG strategy and practice Information Governance is a highly practical and deeply informative handbook for the implementation of effective Information Governance (IG) procedures and strategies. A critical facet of any mid- to large-sized company, this

Technology Strategy Patterns: Architecture as Strategy (Hewitt Eben)(Paperback)

Software architects are often called upon to create an organization's technology strategy. But what constitutes a 'good' technology strategy? And what tools and patterns can you use to create one that's meaningful, impactful, executable, and operational? This book explains what the world's top

Architectures of Earth System Governance: Institutional Complexity and Structural Transformation (Biermann Frank)(Paperback)

International institutions are prevalent in world politics. More than a thousand multilateral treaties are in place just to protect the environment alone, and there are many more. And yet, it is also clear that these institutions do not operate in a void but are enmeshed in larger, highly complex

Controlling the Chaos: A Functional Framework for Enterprise Architecture and Governance (Fox Robert)(Paperback)

Controlling the Chaos uses a deceptively simple 'functional framework' approach that builds upon the groundwork laid down by Zachman, NIST, Spewack, TOGAF, COBIT, and ITIL, to create a vision of IT management that is easy to grasp and implement. Using this framework, the mind-numbing array of

Smart Landscape - Architecture of the 'Micro Smart Grid' as a Resilience Strategy for Landscape (Garbarini Giulia)(Paperback / softback)

Corporate Governance and Accountability (Solomon Jill)(Paperback / softback)

Public Management and Governance (Bovaird Tony)(Paperback)

Public Management and Governance examines the factors which make government critically important and the barriers which often stop it being effective. It questions what it means to have effective policies, efficient management and good quality public services, and it explores how the process of

Corporate Governance: Principles and Issues (Nordberg Donald)(Paperback)

Guiding the student through the principles and practices of contemporary corporate governance agenda, Corporate Governance provides coverage and discussion of the debates and considerations that define the discipline. This book offers a fresh look at the commonly accepted view of what constitutes

Amrita (Yoshimoto Banana)(Paperback / softback)

A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconventional extended family that includes an older sister, a woman in her twenties through whose eyes the story

Split (Linh Che Cathy)(Paperback)

Split crosses borders, exposing truths and dreams, violations of body and mind, aligning them until the deep push-pull of silence and song become a bridge. And here we cross over into a landscape where beauty interrogates, and we encounter a voice that refuses to let us off the hook.--Yusef

Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity: A Platform for Designing Business Architecture (Gharajedaghi Jamshid)(Paperback)

Systems Thinking, Third Edition combines systems theory and interactive design to provide an operational methodology for defining problems and designing solutions in an environment increasingly characterized by chaos and complexity. This new edition has been updated to include all new chapters on

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy - The difference and why it matters (Rumelt Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Corporate Governance Matters (Larcker David)(Paperback)

Corporate Governance Matters, 3rd Edition gives corporate board members, officers, directors, and other stakeholders all the knowledge they need to implement and sustain superior governance in today's challenging business environments. Authored by two leading experts, it fully addresses every

Mastering Endgame Strategy (Hellsten Johan)(Paperback)

Following his highly acclaimed Mastering Chess Strategy and Mastering Opening Strategy, this book completes a trilogy of strategy books by Grandmaster and renowned chess teacher Johan Hellsten. In his new work Hellsten focuses exclusively on endgame play and covers every type of endgame: pawn,

Architecture and Dystopia (Donetti Dario)(Paperback)

Architecture and Labor (Deamer Peggy)(Paperback)

Corporate Governance and Its Implications on Accounting and Finance (Alqatan Ahmad)(Paperback)

Presents research exploring the implications of a good corporate governance system after global financial crises. This book is devoted to all topics dealing with corporate governance including corporate governance characteristics, board diversity, CSR, big data governance, bitcoin governance, IT

Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader (Swaffield Simon)(Paperback)

Here, for students and practitioners of landscape architecture, architecture, and planning, is a single resource for seminal theoretical texts in the field. Essential for understanding the specific connections that have been made between landscape and social, cultural, and political structures,

Governance of Higher Education: Global Perspectives, Theories, and Practices (Austin Ian)(Paperback)

Governance of Higher Education explores the work of traditional and contemporary higher education scholarship worldwide, providing readers with an understanding of the assumptions, historical traditions, and paradigms that have shaped the scholarship on governance. Bringing together the vast and

Governance of Portfolios, Programs, and Projects: A Practice Guide (Project Management Institute)(Paperback)

Understanding governance as it applies to portfolios, programs, and projects is growing in importance to organizations, because appropriate governance is a factor in the success or failure of strategic initiatives and portfolios, as well as an organization's programs and projects. Implementing an

Materials and Meaning in Architecture: Essays on the Bodily Experience of Buildings (Coleman Nathaniel)(Paperback)

Interweaving architecture, philosophy and cultural history, Materials and Meaning in Architecture develops a rich and multi-dimensional exploration of materials and materiality, in an age when architectural practice seems otherwise preoccupied with image and visual representation. Arguing that