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Achieving Maximum Value From Information Systems: A Process Approach
Dan Remeyni , and Michael Sherwood-Smith Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0471975001 |
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The effective use of information technology is seen by many as the key differentiator between the successful enterprise and the mediocre although it has always been difficult to demonstrate the actual value of IT investment. However, this situation is no longer acceptable. Today, as management faces increasing pressure to cut costs and increase margins, even the most essential IT investment comes under scrutiny. Achieving Maximum Value from Information Systems argues that to realise business benefits successfully, technology must be carefully integrated with the business strategy of the enterprise and its corporate culture. The book then proposes a unique approach to this crucial process called Active Benefit Realisation. This involves continuous participative evaluation to manage inevitable changes in the business, and a shifting of the focus of information systems to the shared responsibility of a group of the main information systems stakeholders.Customer Reviews:
Solid foundation for IS/IT Strategic Planning.......2001-08-16
The core of the approach is active benefit realization (ABR), which is a continuous assessment and management methodology that is characterized by: (1) self-calibration/continuous improvement, (2) IS/IT management by all stakeholders (technical and business), and comprehensive understanding of IS/IT and how it supports business functions and processes.
ABR is immediately introduced in the beginning of the book, as well as why the approach is critical to fully integrating IS/IT into the enterprise as a business enabler. The next part of the book discusses key factors for evaluating information systems. This part is rich with checklists, tables and other useful artifacts. Building upon this foundation is excellent material on evaluation techniques, outcomes and benefit modelling (taking an investment-oriented approach that is one of the best applications and services portfolio management approaches I have come across), and the details of micro modelling (the devil, they say, is in the details!)
Once the foundation has been built the book presents the ABR approach as a process. In simplistic terms this process entails three phases: (1) Setting the course (capturing and understanding the business, financial and project views), (2) Formative evaluation (stakeholder management of the project - this approach is nearly identical to the approach prescribed by PRINCE2, which is the U.K. project management standard), (3) Moving forward (continuous improvement and calibration. In other words, consolidating gains and improving upon them in a methodical manner.) The last part of the book is a collection of tips, tricks and traps - this is essential reading and contains the collective wisdom of the authors. Heed every word because there are some real gems here.
I learned a lot from the book, including many standalone techniques for analysis, evaluation and financial assessment that I can use on other projects. As a whole, the approach embodied in ABR is sound and one that I will use on my next engagement that requires an in-depth analysis and formulation of a strategy, assuming of course, that the next client has a strong commitment to follow the course of action set forth in the book. The benefits of ABR certainly will provide a handsome return on the investment and commitment required to make it a success. This book is invaluable and highly recommended for consultants, CIOs and upper IS/IT management. It is also highly recommended for any project team operating under PRINCE2.
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Achieving Maximum Value from Information Systems - A Process Approach
DAN SHERWOOD-SMITH, MICHAEL REMENYI Manufacturer: JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N5E6QQ |
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Achieving Maximum Value from Information Systems: A Process Approach
Dan and White, Terry Remeyni Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Ptr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OJ0NX6 |
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Handbook of Organizational Justice
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The Stockman's Handbook (7th Edition)
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The Stockman's Handbook
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Es-Library book. Hardcover with a few dings. Numbers and an underline written on the title page. A nice copy.
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M.E. Ensminger Manufacturer: Danville, Illinois: The Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc. 1963 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000LVDLCM |
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Computational Neuroanatomy: Principles and Methods
Manufacturer: Humana Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 158829000X |
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In Computational Neuroanatomy: Principles and Methods, the path-breaking investigators who founded the field review the principles and key techniques available to begin the creation of anatomically accurate and complete models of the brain. Combining the vast, data-rich field of anatomy with the computational power of novel hardware, software, and computer graphics, these pioneering investigators lead the reader from the subcellular details of dendritic branching and firing to system-level assemblies and models. A companion CD-ROM includes software used in computational neuroanatomy, sample data files animations of the results reported in the book, high-resolution color illustrations, and links to useful websites.
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Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet
Fritz Redlich Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0195136314 |
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Many theorists in psychology have attempted to understand Adolf Hitler, but no analyst has put the Führer on the couch with more throrough results than Fritz Redlich. In Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet, the Yale psychiatrist considers whether physical illness and mental disorder affected the dictator's state of mind. In this matter, Redlich allows no simplistic labels or easy explanations. Keenly aware of the limits that historical sources impose on medical and psychological approaches, he overturns many diagnostic assessments of Hitler, arguing that "precise and subtle description is superior" to often inaccurate generalizations about personality.While there have been hundreds of biographies of Hitler, Redlich's stands out for its extensive use of the Führer's medical records, and an exhaustive survey of the relationship between Hitler and his personal physician, the controversial Theodor Morrel. Redlich also approaches more enduring issues, such as the Führer's sex life, vegetarianism, rumored genital deformity, possible syphilis, Parkinson's disease, and amphetamine addiction with fresh insight. Out of Redlich's absorbing account emerges a mercurial, paranoid fanatic who went to any lengths to maintain his popularity. --James Highfill
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Adolf Hitler unleashed a nightmare of terror in Europe that changed the course of history and forever altered our conception of human nature. But how is it possible to understand Hitler? Hitler: Diagnosis of Destruction begins to answer that question by providing the first analysis of Hitler's life by a trained MD and practicing psychiatrist. Fritz Redlich, MD, provides a full-length biography of Hitler, focusing especially on his medical and mental history and showing us precisely how Hitler's physical and mental health influenced his beliefs and behavior. Redlich engages a host of fascinating questions. Was there a history of mental illness in Hitler's family? Did he suffer from congenital abnormalities? Did he contract syphilis as a young man? What bizarre role did that disease play in his anti-Semitism? What is the history of Hitler's amphetamine abuse? Did he suffer from Parkinson's disease? Drawing upon medical records of Hitler's World War I injuries and subsequent illnesses, combined with a penetrating exploration of Hitler's writings, Redlich offers new insight into Hitler's vision of himself as a prophetic leader. The final chapter offers a psychiatric portrait of Hitler, and it is here that Redlich's analysis reveals the highly combustible mixture of denial, projection, sexual repression, paranoid delusion, and narcissistic rage that transformed Hitler from an aimless, friendless, and vaguely resentful youth into the most destructive force of the twentieth century. Complete with illustrations, critical medical reports by Hitler's personal physicians, and a medical glossary, this book brings to light the darkest recesses of one of the world's most impenetrable minds.Customer Reviews:
Not significant but has moments of interest.......2004-11-08
Gripping account of the world's most notorious patient!.......2002-10-19
Fritz Redlich: Diagnostician of Tyranny.......2001-03-05
Hitler on the couch, yet again.......2000-12-31
The main problem is that Hitler is dead and putting him through psychoanalysis is problematic, to say the least. I have an innate distrust of non-Germans (or non-German speakers) writing biographies of Hitler, so Redlich has a leg up in this department. The vast majority of Hitlerian documents have never been translated and a non-German speaker tackles the project with a severe disadvantage. But does Redlich use his innate advantage? No, he relies on discredited information, outdated sources and throws in some psychological treatises of his own, which lack credibility.
Hitler was an extraordinarily complex, complicated personality and the vast majority of historians have missed the mark in interpreting him or understanding him. Redlich utterly misses the mark in explaining Hitler's relationships with women. He was hardly a sexual pervert and maintained a monogamous, though neurotic, relationship with Eva Braun for the last thirteen years of his life.
If you want a steady, readable and reliable biography of Hitler, I urge you to consult John Toland's masterful 1976 book. Nothing has surpassed it in the 25 years since its publication.
more than you wanted to know.......2000-08-23
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HITLER: DIAGNOSIS OF A DESTRUCTIVE PROPHET
Fritz Redlich Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OKP9P2 |
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Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet
Fritz Redlich Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OKBIK2 |
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Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet
Fritz Redlich Manufacturer: Oxford Univ ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GRAV6U |
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And the Sun Still Rises: A Mother's Inspiring Story of Living with ADD in the Family
Deborah Renzi Manufacturer: Writers Club Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0595208150 |
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Anyone who is familiar with Attention Deficit Disorder knows the problems it can cause. In And the Sun Still Rises you will learn how one family took the seemingly negative characteristics of the disorder and, by turning them inside out, made them work toward a positive end by finding the positive attributes deep within.Books:
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