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Transforming government and empowering communities the Sri lankan experience with e-development / by Hanna, Nagy

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- E-development as a holistic vision -- The eSri Lanka program -- Learning from eSri Lanka -- Developing e-leadership institutions -- An institutional innovation in e-leadership: the ICT Agency of Sri lanka -- The institutional model -- Evolution of the authorizing environment and governance model -- Mandate -- Paths to sustainability -- Core competencies -- Partnerships -- A learning organization -- Role of aid agencies -- Lessons and conclusions -- Annex 2.1 The ICT agency in search of a corporate identity -- Annex 2.2 The ICT policy framework & the organizational structure of the ICT agency -- Annex 2.3 Internal and external risks facing the ICT agency at inception -- Managing results -- Objectives of monitoring and evaluation for eSri Lanka -- Framework for monitoring and evaluation -- Arrangements for monitoring and evaluation -- Emerging lessons -- Annex 3.1 Results framework for monitoring and evaluation -- Outcome indicator -- ICT human resource development and industry promotion -- Transforming government -- Best practices and options for planning and implementing e-government -- Approaches to planning e-government -- Implementation of e-government: four phases -- Leadership, partnership, and change management -- Providing leadership, building partnerships -- Conclusions and implications -- Readiness for e-government: a historical perspective -- History of e-government in Sri Lanka -- Analysis of the situation -- Findings and recommendations -- A vision of e-government -- Motivations and aspirations -- Challenges to realizing the vision -- Lessons learned: a postscript -- A strategy for e-government: initial priorities and lessons -- Planning for e-services -- Building e-governance -- Implementation agenda -- Early experience and lessons -- Annex 7.1 Criteria for determining impact & feasibility of offering services online -- Determining impact -- Determining feasibility -- Empowering communities -- Innovation in ICT use for poverty reduction -- Bottom-up planning and participatory development -- Serving the bottom of the pyramid -- The user innovation revolution -- Demand-driven ICT-enabled development -- Financing ICT innovation: lessons from InfoDev -- Conditions for ensuring impact by small grants -- Strategies for soliciting and funding good proposals -- Evaluating proposals and making funding decisions -- Good practices in managing a small-grant program -- E-society: design and early experience -- Overview of the fund -- Practices in soliciting and funding proposals -- Arrangements for implementation and monitoring -- Early operation and lessons learned -- Key lessons of eSri Lanka -- Designing and implementing a holistic framework for e-development -- Developing e-leadership institutions -- Transforming government -- Empowering communities -- Appendix 1 Main program components of eSri Lanka -- ICT policy, leadership, and institutional development program -- Information infrastructure program -- Reengineering government program -- ICT human resource capacity-building program -- ICT investment and private sector development program -- E-society program -- Appendix 2 Selected indicators for Sri Lanka and comparators -- Bibliography -- About the author.…”
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Ageing, the Body and the Gender Regime : Health, Illness and Disease Across the Life Course.

Table of Contents: “…Key theory and the role of genderRecognising dementia, sustaining self; Talk and body talk; Making decisions, having a say; Conclusions; References; 7. …”
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The risk premium factor a new model for understanding the volatile forces that drive stock prices / by Hassett, Stephen D., 1961-

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Structural equation modeling for health and medicine / by Gunzler, Douglas D., Perzynski, Adam, Carle, Adam C.

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Leading Science and Technology-Based Organizations : Mastering the Fundamentals of Personal, Managerial, and Executive Leadership. by Graffeo, Anthony P.

Table of Contents: “…Strategy Synthesis-Collecting and Synthesizing Disparate Data and Information into Actionable Intelligence on Which to Make Decisions -- Mission, Vision, and Values -- Developing a Strategic Agenda -- Market Strategy -- Product Strategy -- Resource Strategy -- A Staffing Strategy That Ensures Sufcfiient Depth of Talented and Motivated Staff -- A Financial Strategy That Maximizes the Use of Available Funds -- A Strategy to Acquire Expensive Facilities and Equipment -- Regulatory Strategy -- Make the Regulatory Agency Your Partner, Not the Enemy -- A Regulatory Strategy Must Be Supported by Comprehensive and Unbiased Scientific Data Where the Potential Downside Risks Are Not Minimized -- Develop a Transparent Communications Strategy with the Public -- Stakeholder Strategy -- Client Strategy -- Supplier Strategy -- Community Strategy -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 10 Managing the Execution: Translating Your Strategic Agenda into Actionable Objectives and Managing to Achieve Those Objectives -- Ensuring That the Strategy Is Rigorously Translated into Performance Objectives That Are Actively Managed throughout the Organization -- Developing Annual IOs That Ensure Meeting Your Strategic Thrusts -- Establishing Key Performance Indicators and Milestones to Measure whether the IOs Are Being Met -- Cascading and Aligning the IOs to Every Level of the Organization -- Conducting Monthly and Quarterly Review Meetings at Each Management Level to Report on Progress versus Plan -- Strategic Performance Management.…”
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Safety insights : success and failure stories of practitioners /

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Introduction to logistics systems management by Ghiani, Gianpaolo

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Foreword Preface About the Authors Exercises and Website Acknowledgments 1 Introducing Logistics 1.1 Definition of Logistics 1.2 Logistics Systems 1.2.1 Logistics activities 1.2.2 Information flows and logistics network 1.2.3 Case of more products 1.3 Reverse Logistics 1.4 Integrated Logistics 1.5 Objectives of Logistics 1.5.1 Measures of the service level 1.6 Management of the Logistics System 1.6.1 Planning phase 1.6.2 Organisational phase 1.6.3 Control phase 1.7 Case Study: the Pfizer Logistics System 1.8 Questions and Problems 2 Forecasting Logistics Requirements 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Qualitative Methods 2.3 Quantitative Methods 2.3.1 Graphical representation of time series 2.3.2 Classification of time series 2.4 Data Preprocessing 2.4.1 Insertion of missing data 2.4.2 Detection of outliers 2.4.3 Data aggregation 2.4.4 Removing the calendar variations 2.4.5 Deflating monetary time series 2.4.6 Adjusting for population variations 2.4.7 Normalising the data 2.5 Choice of the Forecasting Method 2.5.1 Notation 2.5.2 Casual versus extrapolation methods 2.5.3 Decomposition method 2.5.4 Further time series extrapolation methods: the constant trend case 2.5.5 Further time series extrapolation methods: the linear trend case 2.5.6 Further time series extrapolation methods: the seasonal effect case 2.5.7 Further time series extrapolation methods: the irregular series case 2.5.8 Sporadic time series 2.6 Advanced Forecasting Method 2.7 Accuracy Measure and Forecasting Monitoring 2.7.1 Accuracy measures 2.7.2 Tuning of the forecasting methods 2.7.3 Forecast control 2.8 Interval Forecasts 2.9 Case Study: Forecasting Methods at Adriatica Accumulatori 2.10 Case Study: Sales Forecasting at Orlea 2.11 Questions and Problems 3 Designing the Logistics Network 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Qualitative Methods 3.3 Quantitative Methods 3.3.1 Single-commodity single-echelon continuous location problems 3.3.2 Single-commodity single-echelon discrete location problems 3.3.3 Single-commodity two-echelon discrete location problems 3.3.4 The multi-commodity case 3.3.5 Location-covering problems 3.3.6 p-centre problems 3.4 Hybrid Methods 3.5 Stochastic Location Models 3.6 Case Study: Container Warehouse Location at Hardcastle 3.7 Case Study: the Organ Transplantation Location-Allocation Policy of the Italian National Transplant Centre 3.8 Questions and Problems 4 Selecting the Suppliers 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Definition of the Set of Potential Suppliers 4.3 Definition of the Selection Criteria 4.4 Supplier Selection 4.5 Case Study: the System for the Selection of Suppliers at Baxter 4.6 Questions and Problems 5 Managing a Warehouse 5.1 Introduction 5.1.1 Performance parameters 5.1.2 Decision-making problems 5.2 Warehouse Design 5.2.1 Choice of warehouse systems 5.2.2 Choice of warehouse layout 5.2.3 Sizing of the storage zone 5.2.4 Sizing of the receiving zone 5.2.5 Sizing of the shipping zone 5.3 Tactical Decisions for Warehouse Logistics Planning 5.3.1 Product allocation to the storage points 5.3.2 Inventory management 5.4 Operational Decisions for Warehouse Logistics Management 5.4.1 Package picking from the storage zone 5.4.2 Package consolidation in load units 5.5 Case Study: Performance Evaluation of an AS/RS System conducted by Wert Consulting 5.6 Case Study: Inventory Management at Wolferine 5.7 Case Study: Airplane Loading at FedEx 5.8 Questions and Problems 6 Managing Freight Transport 6.1 Introduction 6.1.1 Modes of transport 6.1.2 Classification of transport problems 6.2 Freight Traffic Assignment Problems 6.2.1 Minimum cost flow formulation 6.2.2 Linear single commodity minimum cost flow problems 6.2.3 Linear multicommodity minimum cost flow problems 6.3 Service Network Design Problems 6.3.1 The linear fixed charge network design model 6.4 Vehicle Allocation Problems 6.5 A Dynamic Driver Assignment Problem 6.6 Fleet Composition 6.7 Shipment Consolidation 6.8 Vehicle Routing Problems 6.8.1 The travelling salesman problem 6.8.2 The node routing problem with capacity and length constraints 6.8.3 The node routing and scheduling problem with time windows 6.8.4 Arc routing problems 6.8.5 Route sequencing 6.9 Real-Time Vehicle Routing Problems 6.10 Integrated Location and Routing Problems 6.11 Vendor Managed Inventory-Routing 6.12 Case Study: Air Network Design at Intexpress 6.13 Case Study: Meter Reader Routing and Scheduling at Socal 6.14 Case Study: Dynamic Vehicle Dispatching Problem with pickups and Deliveries at eCourier 6.15 Questions and Problems Index .…”
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LEAN CONSTRUCTION core concepts and new frontiers.

Table of Contents: “…Alves and William Lichtig</P><P>10</P><P>Choosing By Advantages and Collaborative Decision Making</P><P>Paz Arroyo</P><P>11</P><P>Lean Construction: A Management Model for Interdependencies in Detailed Design</P><P>Bo Terje Kalsaas</P><P>12</P><P>Lean as an Appropriate Approach for Managing Production in Refurbishment Projects</P><P>Sergio Kemmer and Lauri Koskela</P><P>13</P><P>Extended Roles of Construction Supply Chain Management for Improved Logistics and Environmental Performance</P><P>Ruben Vrijhoef</P><P>14</P><P>Location-Based Management System now and in the Future</P><P>Olli Seppänen</P><P>15</P><P>Relating Construction Production Design and Planning Activities with Location-based Scheduling Techniques</P><P>Clarissa Biotto and Mike Kagioglou</P><P>16</P><P>The Last Planner System as an Approach for Coping with the Complexity of Construction Projects</P><P>Tarcisio Abreu Saurin and John Rooke</P><P>17</P><P>Framework to Manage Project Structural Complexity: Representation of the Lean Project Delivery System using a Multi-Domain Matrix</P><P>Audrey Bascoul, Iris D. …”
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Business Intelligence for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises : an Agile Roadmap Toward Business Sustainability. by Rao-Graham, Lila

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Dating buildings and landscapes with tree-ring analysis : an introduction with case studies / by Rubino, Darrin L., Baas, Christopher

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Advances in Social Media for Travel, Tourism and Hospitality : New Perspectives, Practice and Cases /

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Practical Manual of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic and Robotic Surgery : A Clinical Cook Book 3E /

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When the art of perfect timing / by Albert, Stuart, 1941-

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100 cases in clinical pharmacology, therapeutics and prescribing / by Layne, Kerry, Ferro, Albert

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Accelerating sustainable energy transition(s) in developing countries : the challenges of climate change and sustainable development / by Delina, Laurence L.

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Applied ethics in mental health care : an interdisciplinary reader /

Table of Contents: “…Gunn Jr -- "Personality disorder" and capacity to make treatment decisions / George Szmukler -- Sanctity of human life in war : ethics and post traumatic stress disorder / James A. …”
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