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Review Focus on Facilitation for High-Level Decision-Making, V4 I4: Giga Research Digest / MarketResearch.com:eShop A decision that cannot be implemented within an agreed time frame is probably not a good one. Though there is a chance that execution may also be flawed, this also points back to a flawed decision-making process, where key players have been insufficiently mobilized to carry out decisions. Read Marla Ramirez' Research Digest cover story for actionable advice about organizing and implementing facilitated decision-making processes. Learn how to get better decisions, quicker results and faster implementation. Headline Research If the decision-making process works, it is difficult to make a bad decision. Facilitated decision-making is increasingly being brought to bear because it builds consensus around a win/win solution and can build a team from what was formerly only a group of people. It represents a significant evolution beyond prior approaches: 1. "Strong leader" or "executive" decision-making, in which a unilateral decision is communicated to all affected. Many of these decisions are never fully carried out or are executed imperfectly because of lack of a buy-in. 2. [+]"Participative" decision making, by a leader and key people. If the group can't reach consensus, it is done by majority vote, creating winners and losers — some inevitably are left to carry out decisions they disagree with. This Research Digest issue offers a wealth of articles by Giga's expert analysts, including comprehensive market overviews, purchasing criteria checklists, statistical analyses and definitional documents. Read collaborative research on privacy law, Microsoft. NET, development tools and outsourcing. This Research Digest also offers actionable advice from several research items on application development, communications and networking, computing infrastructures, e-business applications and strategies, information and knowledge management, IT management and services, mobile communications and security.
Creator: William J. Doyle
Publication date: 1990-01
Dewey code: 343.73078624
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Review Construction Bidding Law (Construction Law Library) / Aspen Publishers:
Publication date: 2001-05-15
Dewey code: 380
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Review The UK Residential Window & Door Market Development / Aktrin Furniture Info Ctr:This is an important publication for window & door companies, their suppliers and others who need to understand or follow the trends of this industry in the United Kingdom. It includes essential information about the industry and its structure, the end-use market and its segmentation, and external influences, including seasonal and regional information. It is presented in a clear, readable format with five years of historical data and a five year forecast.
Publication date: 1999-12-08
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Review Offshore Outsourcing: India an Oasis / Giga Information Group, Inc.:Giga's Research Digest is a terrific way to follow the key themes emerging from Giga's Research community. Published monthly, each issue includes an in depth cover story tackling a key issue, Giga Position statements taken right from recently published Planning Assumptions, a selection of relevant Ideabytes as well as a complete index of the Ideabytes published for the month. This month, our analysts take a close look at offshore development outsourcing, with a particular focus on India, which owns 80% of the market - some $6B this year. Our ongoing research shows that this emerging option can have a major impact on your development plans, while posing new questions in need of answers. What are the possibilities? How soon can you take advantage of this option? How much it will cost you? What are the critical decision variables? How do you organize, measure and engage suppliers? We address these concerns, by examining the issues of staffing, cost, quality, and speed. We also discuss the challenges that exist, such as project management, vendor selection and staffing the internal management function.
Publication date: 2007-01-15
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Publication date: 1982-12
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Review Accounting for Banks / International Institute of Technology, Incorp:
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- K. Bruce Friedman
- Charles G. Stephenson
- Nicholas S. Freud
Publication date: 1997-03-06
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Review International Estate Planning / Matthew Bender:
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Review Corporations Just Don't Understand: Why Some Products Fail While Social Networks Thrive for Teens:A well-known fact of teen life is that they generally spend more time online than adults, often participating in new online activities and online communities. This is a trend that the consumer electronics (CE) industry has picked up on, creating a new line of teen-targeted devices that are connected and ultra-portable, such as Sony’s mylo and T-Mobile’s Sidekick. These devices often feature preloaded IM clients, connections to social networking sites and the ability to store music, video and photos. But does a portable device with all the bells and whistles, such as connections to Skype and MySpace, inherently resonate with teens?.
Authors
- R. Scott Grabinger
- Brent W. Wilson
- David H. Jonassen
Dewey code: 371.334
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Review Building Expert Systems in Training and Education / Praeger Publishers:This volume presents a process for developing expert systems. As the field of instructional technology matures it is becoming clear that technological process, not technological devices, is the single most important factor in designing effective instruction. Computers as devices are helpful, but their primary advantage may be the discipline placed on thinking and design processes by using them. The process used when examining a problem determines the quality of information entered into a program and the ultimate effectiveness of the solution. The process in this volume is intended for small-scale expert system solutions that contribute to the solution of instructional problems. Hardware independent, the volume focuses on narrowly defined examples intended for small personal computer systems. Particular attention is paid to problems associated with education and training. Building Expert Systems in Training and Education has one primary function: to help instructional designers derive the components of a problem and enter it into an expert system shell. It is totally process-oriented and focuses on the front-end knowledge engineering process. It provides a repertoire of practical tools and processes that can be used to select, define, and structure problems. [+]Three types of examples are used to illustrate three ways to use expert systems: for instructional support, for instructional decision making, and for an instructional job aid. Each chapter is followed by a list of learning activities to facilitate practice and consolidation. When appropriate, answers or examples to the learning activities is given. This is a practical guide for instructional technology educators and students, and business and industrial training professionals.
Publication date: 2007-07-26
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Review Enterprises Heed the Roar of the Anywhere Consumer:Freedom of choice is at the heart of the Anywhere ConsumerTM revolution, and Web 2. 0 has given Anywhere Consumers the tools to voice their belief in this freedom. Consumers are speaking loudly and collectively through social networks, blogs, thirdparty distributor web sites (e. g. , Amazon), product review web sites (e. g. , CNET, Epinions. com) and vendor-hosted discussion platforms, and the enterprise world is listening. Enterprises take note—the balance of power has shifted.
Publication date: 2007-03-09
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Review Web 2.0: More Internet Phenomenon than Technology:YouTube, MySpace, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Digg. com, widgets as well as a flurry of other technologies and web sites are all under the umbrella of Web 2. 0. But what do these disparate sites and technologies have in common? How will they affect the internet? More importantly, how will household names such as YouTube and MySpace generate profit? To answer these questions requires an understanding of how Web 1. 0 differs from Web 2. 0 and what is driving adoption of the latter. Web 1. 0 was primarily dominated by traditional online business models predicated upon content moving one way from media organizations and web sites to individuals. Revenue was transactional, based on subscriptions or advertising.
Publication date: 2007-08-31
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Review Anywhere Enterprise--Large: 2007 US Mobility and Business Applications Survey:The Yankee Group Anywhere Enterprise— Large: 2007 US Mobility and Business Applications Survey provides an in-depth view of the use of enterprise applications and its evolution to new delivery models and mobility access. Specific topics covered include: Current and future adoption of enterprise applications, including Web 2. 0 disruptive technologies The use of software as a service Challenges and drivers of adopting Anywhere Applications Benefits of adopting mobile enterprise applications and newer Web 2. 0 applications This Yankee Group survey provides insight into large enterprises’ opinions around strategic use of enterprise applications, including views from IT versus line of business.
Publication date: 2000-12-03
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Review Better People = Better Business : Strategies for Getting Great Talent / Giga Information Group, Inc.:A business is only as good as its people. Achieving sustainable advantage in areas such as recruiting and retention requires the integration of best practices across the organization and across the entire talent value chain. Read this issue of the Research Digest for advice on recruiting, assimilating, developing and retaining top talent. Recruiting, assimilating, developing and retaining top talent remain critical success factors for companies around the globe. Read this issue of the Research Digest to learn how the global lack of talent restricts growth in major markets and limits organizations’ ability to attract new capital in emerging markets - and how smart organizations respond. During the past five years, the US economy has enjoyed historically low unemployment rates. Despite recent changes in the stock market, work-force reductions in Internet-related companies and an overall slowdown in economic development, growth in IT jobs and technology-dependent jobs will likely continue to outpace other sectors. Most estimates suggest that the number of openings will more than double within the next decade. The unemployment situation is more complex in Europe, with strong job growth and relatively low unemployment indicated for many countries.
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- Inc. Giga Information Group
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Review Key IT Trends for 2002: Project Payback, Increased Security, Mainstream Wireless Common Themes: Giga Research Digest / MarketResearch.com:For IT departments everywhere, 2002 could be a crucial year, with CIOS playing an important role in its outcome. To help CIOs, Giga has compiled more than 70 pieces of research about what may happen in 2002 and why and how it will effect IT. The cover story, which outlines all of the Giga research on the topic, also lays out an analysis of the overarching trends and drivers impacting IT in 2002. Each piece of research lists underlying business drivers and expected trends for 2002 in specific areas. You will find individual pieces or research focusing on performance and capacity management, integrated solutions, Web Services, offshore outsourcing, organizational design, secure e-mail, firewalls, global telecom, Linux, business continuity, and customer relationship management in Europe. Helpful, in-depth advice is provided on the following categories: Application development (12 pieces of research) Communications and networking (6 pieces of research) Computing infrastructures (6 pieces of research) E-business applications and strategies (18 pieces of research) Information and knowledge management (7 pieces of research) IT management and services (13 pieces of research) Mobile and security (8 pieces of research) In addition to the IT Trends pieces, this Research Digest also presents many more pieces of Giga’s research on a broad range topics across the breadth of IT. This issue contains 61 IdeaBytes, 35 Planning Assumption position statements, 5 Giga Collaboration pieces and other Giga research documents.
Publication date: 2007-09-21
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Review How IPTV Is Changing Advertising:Local Ads Go Interactive Thanks to IPTV Tired of watching the same old commercials from your local car salesman or furniture store dealer? Those days are on their way out with the new advertising promise that IPTV has brought to the forefront. Instead of sitting and being force-fed the 15- to 30- second questionably produced ad, it will be an interactive experience. See what cars are available on the lot, the dealer locations, or—if the audience is lucky—a banner ad that just requires consumers to click if they want to see more about Big Larry’s Auto Lot. Advertising is no longer about static one-way communication with the audience. The internet has revolutionized targeted advertisements, with the likes of Google and Yahoo! at the forefront of the viewing experience. Although traditional television advertising revenue has slowed down significantly in the past few years, recent investments (along with future advancements) will require additional revenue streams generated by new ad-supported business model dollars. Video service providers—whether MSO, satellite or telco—must improve relationships with content providers and advertisers while ensuring the network can handle interactive applications, providing an internet-type experience for the viewing audience. It’s advantageous to be an MSO right now because advertisers are looking for new and innovative means to reach an audience. Unlike their telco competition, MSOs have a well-established base of subscribers and can implement new technologies, such as switched digital video (SDV), which will enable targeted information for advertisers and more relevant content for customers. Although telcos have the greenfield infrastructure advantage, deployment delays and low subscriber counts will prevent any significant contracts for targeted or interactive advertising in the next 2 to 3 years.
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- Inc. Giga Information Group
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Review Preparing for Microsoft Licensing Program 6.0 — Are You Ready?: Giga Research Digest / MarketResearch.com:For most organizations, Microsoft Licensing 6. 0 means; pay now, or pay more later. Depending on current product inventory, many companies could find software costs rising from 20 percent to 100 percent. Giga can help you gather the knowledge you need to make appropriate decisions and negotiate with Microsoft. Read this Research Digest for information about optimizing your organization’s response, including: A comprehensive review of MS Licensing 6. 0 and the options available A detailed comparison of MS Licensing 5. 0 and MS Licensing 6. 0 A checklist to help you determine when and if to migrate Guidance about what information needs to be gathered to make an informed decision Also in this issue, a special section on The Future of Web Content Management, which thoroughly examines Web content management’s convergence with document management, enterprise content management, portals, software configuration management, the application server platform and Web catalog management. This 98-page Research Digest includes 61 IdeaBytes, 20 Planning Assumption position statements, six Giga Collaboration pieces and other actionable Giga research covering topics across the breadth of IT.
Creator: Alica Henson
Publication date: 2008-09-01
Dewey code: 346
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Review South East Europe: Commercial Law, Tax and Accounting / GMB Publishing:This accessible guide provides an invaluble up to date overview of the different legal regimes and the tax, accounting and auditing practices which frame commercial operations across South East Europe. Written by locally based professional firms, contributors include: members of the South East Europe Legal Group which consists of leading law firms based in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Montenegro, and Deloitte.
Publication date: 2007-01-22
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Review Building an Anywhere Enterprise Requires a Precise Focus on Human Capital:Controlling Costs While Supporting Business Imperatives Stymies HR Departments HR executives face a significant challenge as they attempt to realize the business impact of their efforts. Recent Yankee Group research suggests HR cost containment issues in areas such as health and welfare and benefits programs are conflicting HR executives. Consequently, they are distracted from focusing on more business-impacting initiatives such as talent acquisition, retention, and leadership development and succession planning. Similar to IT departments that spend approximately 70% to 85% of their operating budgets on maintenance and ongoing support, HR departments must devote resources to maintaining existing systems, processes and technology. This challenge constrains HR organizations to attain more focus, efficiency and value from their human capital. Companies are focusing on tactical efforts such as cost reduction because these strategies achieve an immediate financial impact. For organizations to demonstrate the value of more strategic HR functions, HR executives must prove the short-term financial impact as well as the measurable, continuous value to the business.
Publication date: 2007-06-13
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Review Will IPTV Usher New Revenue Opportunities?European incumbents have high hopes that IPTV will generate future revenue streams, recoup losses from eroding voice businesses and reduce broadband churn. But so far, consumer adoption is way below expectations. Neither the year-over-year growth rates nor the total subscriber numbers are that promising. Also, rival alternative networks such as FASTWEB are experiencing stalled growth of their video business. Even operators such as Free, which have given the IPTV set-top boxes away for free, have not been able to spur further pay-TV service adoption.
Publication date: 2007-08-31
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Review The Demise of the Disconnected DAP:The music industry is in disarray. The technology that brings the promise of saving the industry also has revealed that the old bundled CD model was inherently inefficient. Forcing buyers to purchase an entire CD for an inflated price worked in the nondigital world. Today, music purchases overall have not dipped as significantly as album sales have, as the digital world gave rise to the à la carte consumer.
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Focus on Facilitation for High-Level Decision-Making, V4 I4: Giga Research Digest, Construction Bidding Law (Construction Law Library), The UK Residential Window & Door Market Development, Offshore Outsourcing: India an Oasis, Internet Service Providers in Australia, Accounting for Banks, International Estate Planning, Corporations Just Don't Understand: Why Some Products Fail While Social Networks Thrive for Teens, Building Expert Systems in Training and Education, Enterprises Heed the Roar of the Anywhere Consumer, Web 2.0: More Internet Phenomenon than Technology, Anywhere Enterprise--Large: 2007 US Mobility and Business Applications Survey, Better People = Better Business : Strategies for Getting Great Talent, Key IT Trends for 2002: Project Payback, Increased Security, Mainstream Wireless Common Themes: Giga Research Digest, How IPTV Is Changing Advertising, Preparing for Microsoft Licensing Program 6.0 — Are You Ready?: Giga Research Digest, South East Europe: Commercial Law, Tax and Accounting, Building an Anywhere Enterprise Requires a Precise Focus on Human Capital, Will IPTV Usher New Revenue Opportunities?Top headlines: Amid crisis, automakers look green in L.A.: Even as the auto industry is engulfed in a crisis, automakers are showing off their greenest rides at the Los Angeles auto show. 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NBC's Mark Mullen reports.(Nightly News) ›00:12 2 Dec, Tue Study: Autism costs strain family finances: More than half a million U.S. children have autism with costly health care needs that often put an unprecedented financial strain on their families, national data show. ›14:08 Some doctors may stop vaccines because of cost: About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. ›16:17 China: 6 babies may have died from toxic milk: Chinas Health Ministry says six babies may have died from tainted milk, up from a previous official figure of three deaths. ›01:09 2 Dec, Tue New Yorker: Obama must face car talks: When it comes to the Big Three , the only compelling argument they can make at this late date-if a man strapped with explosives can be said to be making an argument-is they will not suffer alone. ›20:29 Weekly Wrap: Way to go, coach: Rookie coach Kevin McDonald rode his Hilltoppers to two big upsets, earning him a prime spot in Jeff Goodman's Weekly Wrap. ›02:14 02 Dec, Tue Floods leave Venice underwater: Residents and tourists in Venice waded through knee-deep water Monday as they navigated the city's narrow streets and alleys, and its historic St. Mark's Square was inundated. ›20:11 Newsweek: Cuba eagerly awaits Obama: Experts say the president-elect will move aggressively to improve the strained relationship with the Castros. ›12:40 Cost of 12 days of Christmas rises to $86,609: Given the economic downturn, even the most romantic might balk at the $86,609 price tag for the items in the carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas. ›05:07 Palin campaigning in Ga. for Sen. Chambliss: While the GOP's Chambliss enlisted the former vice presidential candidate, Democrat Jim Martin pushed to activate black voters, in the final day of campaigning for Tuesday's runoff election. ›19:52 Deal struck to protect Congo gorillas: A deal between Congo rebels and the government has paved the way for staff who fled to return to the gorilla sector of Virunga National Park for the first time in 15 months. ›22:22 28 Nov, Fri Mumbai attack puts focus on Pakistan: The militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks has roots in the disputed Kashmir region where Pakistan's military has faced off against India for decades. ›23:57 Asthma inhalers to go 'green' on Dec. 31: Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. ›20:50 Shoppers turn out, but hold on to their wallets: Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as Cyber Monday to get consumers to keep shopping. ›23:13 Bush, first lady mark World AIDS Day: President Bush says his presidential initiative has already met its goal of treating two million people with the deadly AIDS disease in sub-Saharan Africa. ›15:53 New hope on AIDS in Africa: In a sign of hope on a continent ravaged by AIDS, a South African fertility clinic has started a service allowing couples infected with the virus to have a healthy baby. ›12:20 |
