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Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the worlds most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: 1.) Ralph E. Loura, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Symbol Technologies Inc. - "Change Management: A Contact Sport" 2.) Thomas H. Murphy, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, AmerisourceBergen - "Managing Technologys Impact on People and Processes" 3.) Michael OConnor, Chief Technology Officer, Novariant Inc. - "Understanding the Business and the Customer" 4.) Bob Kruger, Chief Technology Officer, NDCHealth Corporation - "A Balanced Approach: Technology and Business in the Role of a CTO" 5.) Basil Kanno, Chief Information Officer, PowerNet Global Communications - "Getting in Tune with the Business" 6.) Jeff Frederick, Chief Technology Officer, Excel Group - "Providing the Company with the Tools Necessary for Growth" 7.) Tom Bishop, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, BMC Software - "Adding Value and Solving Problems" 8.) Ian M. Marlow, President and Chief Information Officer, Global Facility Services - "Delivering the 'Wow' Factor" 9.) Wayne I. Thompson, Vice President, Information Services and Technologies, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - "The Technology Executive: No Longer a Back-Room Support Function" 10.) Scott A. Storrer, Executive Vice President, Service and Information Technology, CIGNA - "Generating Positive Results for the Business" 11.) Bill Chapman, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Avnet Inc. - "Going Beyond the Traditional Limits of Information Technology" 12.) Arpad G. Toth, Chief Technologist, GTSI Corp. - "Being at the Forefront to Search for the Next Technology Wave" 13.) Richard Toole, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, PharMerica - "Aligning Technology with the Goals, Objectives, and Strategy of the Business" Technology Decisions: 14.) Stephen H. Hess, Associate Vice President, Information Technology, University of Utah - "The View from a College Campus" 15.) James F. McDonnell, President, McDonnell Consulting Group LLC - "Corporate IT Governance"
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"Alignment is Key", but read this first..........2007-04-27
Understanding that the core alignment of your business goals with your technology decisions is important. However, this book will help explain to you the process and value of making technology decisions not as "nerdy/geeky" ones, but as cooperative business solutions.
The true value of this book from my position (as a "worker bee") comes from my understanding of how the leadership of the company derives their decisions for our ISV. While some decisions are clearly not "technologically superior," they are, indeed, quite "business superior."
Seeing these concrete examples and having this insight has yet again provided me with another foundational building block for moving my career upward.
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Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the worlds most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: 1. Carroll Rog, Corporate Director, Marketing, East Texas Medical Center, Regional Healthcare System - "The Quest for Improved ROI in Not-for-Profit Health Care Marketing"; 2. Holly Heckathorne, Vice President, Rewards Marketing, Advanta Bank Corp. - "A View from the Credit Card Industry"; 3. Ron Beck, Manager, Marketing, Wheeling-Nisshin Inc. - "Know Your Customer"; 4. Estreilla Jessica Zulch, Vice President, Marketing, PowerLight Corporation - "Marketing and the Art of Acceleration"; 5. Clara B. Boza, Chief Marketing Officer, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP - "Marketing Legal Services"; 6. Alan MacDonald, Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations, Click Wine Group - "Standing Out in a Crowded Marketplace"; 7. Beth Fisher, Former Managing Director, Tarragon Corporation - Creating Value for "Luxury Residential Real Estate Developments"; 8. Roseann Harrington, Vice President, Marketing, Communications, and Community Relations, Orlando Utilities Commission - "Marketing in a Dynamic Marketplace"; 9. J. Kevin Bokeno, Vice President, Public Relations and Marketing, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center - "Thoughts on the Evolution of Health Care Marketing"; 10. Cameron Gowans, Chief Marketing Officer, Flight Options LLC - "Safety, Service, and Profitability"; 11. Thomas M. Mills, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Severn Trent Services - "Maximizing Your B2B Marketing Program"; 12. Linda Hecht, Director of Marketing, ESRI - "Reaching the World with Your Message"; 13. David T. Scott, Chief Marketing Officer, Intermec Technologies Corporation - "Deciding Where You Are and Where You Want to Be"; 14. Michelle R. Davis, Vice President, Marketing and Public Affairs, Childrens Hospital Boston - "Improving Marketing Results in a Hospital"; 15. Howard Tong, Vice President, Marketing, Newegg Inc. - "Knowing and Effectively Communicating with Your Audience".
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- Clearly written one of a kind book for understanding ROR
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"This is one of the best books dealing with performance measurement and performance presentation, and one that almost any interested investor can understand. NMichael Caccese, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, AIMR. Investors who are blinded by impressive short-term return figures, especially in todayOs go-go markets, may one day see a portfolio that is wholly inappropriate to their situations and circumstances. Measuring Investment Performance is the new bible for measuring performance in the money management industry. Working under the assumption that statistics used to measure performance should be appropriate, consistent, bias-free, and standardized, financial management consultant David Spaulding delivers an insightful (and often witty) resource for guaranteeing that you are acting appropriately and with the greatest chance of success as a financial advisor or, if you are an investor, that you or your company are in the correct investment every time. Highlights include ways to assess a managerOs style and verify that he or she is sticking to it, in-depth explanations of different types of risk and risk-based performance assessments, a comprehensive look at the SEC with appendixes that contain complete texts of notable SEC No-Action letters, an overview of the main performance measurement (BAI and ICAA) and reporting (AIMR and IMCA) standards, and case histories of actual companies, and how specific rulings and sanctions have clarified what investors can or canOt be told when it comes to performance measurement. Are you a money manager who needs complete information on measurement and reporting standards, or an investor or investment professional curious about how you can fairly and accurately compare investments with different approaches and goals? Measuring Investment Performance is the one book you need to demystify and clarify this rapidly-changing subject!
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Back to square one.......2001-01-10
Unless you have no clue about performance do not buy this book. This is not even "ABC" of performance, it is the TeleTubby of performance. Majority of the info is either in AIMR PPS or in basic Finance literature. Unless you can get this book for deep deep discount do not buy it.
Measuring Investment Performance.......2000-04-25
A good reference book for the basics. It covers rates of return and differences between calculation methodologies. There are some good examples (however, there are some mistakes in these, pages 32, 38 and maybe elsewhere) and the formulae for calculating the results. There doesn't appear to be that much on risk beyond the basic concept and introduction to the topic. In summary, a good general (and gentle) introduction to the glorious world of Performance Measurement, but after reading this you would probably need something more in-depth to expand on certain topics.
Clearly written one of a kind book for understanding ROR.......1999-07-03
A great reference book for any registered representative, or investment advisor who wants to understand rate or return (ROR), the difference between time and dollar weighted rates of return, and the different methods of calculating each. There are examples to demonstrate the concepts and the formulas for calculating the results. We were mainly interested in the first half of the book which dealt with producing the rates. The second half seemed to deal more with reporting requirements for investment companies (very important if it pertains to you.) The only thing that could be added to this publication would be Excel spreadsheets on a CD ROM. If you provide clients with Rate of Return information, this is a must read.
Good breadth, less depth.......1999-01-14
If you are curious about the general breadth of issues related to measurement of investment return, this is a good book. There is a little less on risk. I personally would have liked more examples and math, more depth in general.
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A Student's Quick Guide to Understanding and Calculating Time Value of Money and its Applications
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A STUDENT'S QUICK GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND CALCULATING TIME VALUE OF MONEY AND ITS APPLICATIONS will help you understand Time Value of Money Concepts as well as the underlying principles at work in the macroeconomy.
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A Model for Calculating Interconnection Costs in Telecommunications
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The liberalization of the telecommunications markets in Sub-Saharan Africa led to increased competition on the provision and pricing of communication services. But, due to the lack of appropriate regulatory tools, newly established regulators are poorly equipped to arbitrate increasing interconnection disputes between competing operators. This guidebook and its associated CD-ROM, including the cost model, were prepared to provide Sub-Saharan Africa regulators and operators with a sound regulatory tool allowing the determination of accurate interconnection costs, thus facilitating the settlement of lengthy and costly interconnection disputes between fixed and mobile operators. The cost model belongs to the family of 'Bottom-Up" models, which calculate interconnection cost incurred by an efficient operator using the Long Run Incremental Cost (LRIC) methodology. The proposed cost model takes into account most features characterizing the development stage of telecommunications networks in Sub-Saharan Africa (small size of fixed network, importance of rural telephony, excessive reliance on microwave technology, explosive demand for mobile service, and weak regulatory capacity). A Model for Calculating Interconnection Costs in Telecommunications offers telecom regulators and operators not only a decision support tool but also a stimulant to enhance an understanding of the logic of regulating a sector open to competition.
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Now, mastery of calculation is just 30 hours away with this brand new text. Use of this text will enable users to acquire proficiency the touch-method of calculating and prepare payroll records, manage bank records, prepare invoices, track inventory, calculate interest rates, and perform 9 other procedures vital in today's business world.
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Calculating Risks? The Spatial and Political Dimensions of Hazardous Waste Policy (Regulation of Economic Activity)
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Hazardous wastes often head the public's list of environmental concerns. Exaggerated estimates of cancer epidemics arising from waste sites generate a sense of alarm, but little is known about the real extent of the health threats. In this book James T. Hamilton and W. Kip Viscusi present the first comprehensive analysis of the magnitude of hazardous waste risks and of the efficacy of the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program.
By matching agency decision data to detailed census information using geographic information systems (GIS) technology, the authors show that most hazardous waste sites do not pose sufficient risk to merit the most stringent cleanup options. Those sites that do pose considerable risk to exposed populations often receive inadequate attention, because government decisions to target cleanups are based more on political factors than on actual risks. The authors propose policy reforms that could significantly reduce cleanup costs without sacrificing the protection of human health. Beyond its analysis of a particular risk policy, the book serves as a general model for comprehensive risk analysis.
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by Price V. Fishback.......2001-02-27
If you want to find out what can be learned about environmental policy from excellent fundamental research, read Calculating Risks by James T. Hamilton and W. Kip Viscusi. In contrast, the debates over environmental policy are often muddled by poor empirical work; politicians and newspapers use the "telling" anecdote; and many public policy writers on environmental topics throw together bits of data from some standard sources and then perform statistical analysis, much of which suffers from aggregation biases and inadequate data.
Hamilton and Viscusi decided to dig deep and collect the kind of data needed to make an assessment of the effectiveness of environmental policy. They study the Superfund, which has been established to clean up hazardous-waste sites around the country. They start with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) documents that describe the hazardous waste and the nature of the dangers in more than two hundred sites around the country. They then match that information with data on socioeconomic factors in the same areas. In some case studies, they collect housing prices to allow them to examine the impact of the Superfund sites on housing values. Finally, they develop information about the political and economic forces that might influence EPA decisions about cleaning up various sites. Originally a series of articles that went through the peer-review process and were published in some of the leading economics and public-policy journals, Calculating Risks can be understood by policymakers, yet it contains enough dense material to ensure that strong-willed and avid students of political economy can examine exactly how Hamilton and Viscusi came to their conclusions. The result is an excellent political-economic analysis of Superfund.
One caveat is necessary. The discussions of the compensating differentials in labor and real-estate markets seem to assume that the full value that people place on avoiding risk is reflected in the estimated compensating differentials. That assumption is problematic because it presumes that information costs are low and that markets are essentially frictionless. More likely, the compensating differentials give a lower-bound estimate on how people evaluate the risks. My best guess is that in most cases the compensating differentials may understate the buyer's actual value of a statistical life by about 20 to 30 percent. Even if understated as much as 75 percent by the compensating differentials, however, the true value of a life would still be only in the $20 million range. Still, in many cases, the Superfund is paying far more than $20 million to reduce the risk of a statistical death.
Anyone interested in environmental policy needs to take a long, hard look at Calculating Risks. In places, the analysis is somewhat dense for the noneconomist, but in both the introduction and the conclusion of each chapter, the authors do a good job of explaining their results and the significance of what they have discovered. Some readers might quibble with certain specific interpretations, but my sense is that such quibbles will not influence the overall effect of the book. Hamilton and Viscusi have put together a truly impressive set of evidence, and they have painstakingly analyzed the operation of the Superfund. I doubt that one could find a better analysis in any other source.
The analysis is also fair-minded. The authors are not cranks tilting the data and the analysis to conclude that the Superfund should be eliminated. Instead, they focus on trying to find ways to make the program more effective. The EPA could save a similar number of lives at much lower cost if the EPA were allowed to follow an alternative strategy for choosing where and when to clean up hazardous waste. Further, the funds saved by the change in EPA policy could be used to save more lives in other areas. Of course, there is no guarantee that reducing the spending on the Superfund would lead to greater risk-reduction spending elsewhere. After all, one of the key lessons of the book is that political pressures can sway agency decisions in ways that are not always consistent with the stated goals of their projects.
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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device in China face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device vary from one country of origin to another in China? On the supply side, China also exports cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device. Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device in China. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where China fits into the world market for imported and exported cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for China in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that China is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize China compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes.
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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device in India face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device to India? How important is India compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device vary from one country of origin to another in India? On the supply side, India also exports cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device. Which countries receive the most exports from India? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device in India. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device for those countries serving India via exports, or supplying from India via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where India fits into the world market for imported and exported cash registers and calculating, accounting, postage-franking, ticket-issuing, and similar machines incorporating a calculating device. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for India in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that India is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize India compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes.
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- A must for first time manager
- Excellent advice for leaders and potential leaders
- Short, to the point and filled with info
- Fundamental aspects of software management
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Creating High Performance Software Development Teams
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A must for first time manager.......2002-01-07
This is definitely a book for first time tech manager. I was hoping to get a lot more techniques to become a successful tech leader instead of just a manager.
Excellent advice for leaders and potential leaders.......2001-07-13
There are two potential audiences for this book - those who have scars earned from projects and jobs and will get the message the author is conveying and those who are looking for easy answers and just won't get it.
For the first group this book will reinforce past experiences because the author distills all of what's best in the way of practices into a slim, well written book. What's nice is the wisdom is tied to life cycle stages so you can relate the team building practices to past experiences at a particular point in a project or the functional area in which you participated.
The second group won't get it because they are the people who are destined to remain second tier professionals. You can spot them because they are always looking for a silver bullet or waiting for someone to tell them what to do next. This book will go over their heads because the answers that the author provides requires reasoning and thought.
If you're in the first group you'll find this book to be a wonderful read and an inspiring text that will motivate you to continually improve. You're either a leader of have definite leadership material. If you are the type who expects a book to spell it out for you, stick with coding, doing moves/adds/changes or whatever it is you do and buy "101" and "For Dummies" books. This one will go right over your head.
Short, to the point and filled with info.......2001-07-08
This is the second book I've read (and reviewed) by Mr. Ginac. He is a master at packing a maximum amount of information and wisdom into books with minimal page counts. This requires real talent on the author's part and I, for one, appreciate it when I can improve my professional knowledge with a book that can be read in one sitting.
This book is about project management, development processes and leadership, all of which are interwoven into seven succinct chapters. The parts of this book that I especially liked are: (1) The sensible and business-oriented approach to requirements in Chapter 1. This is a recipe for success and encapsulates some of the best practices I've come across in a single short chapter. (2) The focus on team building and leadership that is given in Chapters 2 through 4 and 6. I've endured poor leadership and have had the pleasure of working for some of the best in my 25 years of experience, so I have a good feel for what works and what doesn't. These three chapters capture all of the good examples that have taken me a quarter of a century to discover, and provides some of the best advice and guidance you'll find in any book. (4) The chapter on planning, like the others, distills into a few short pages some of the best advice a project manager or team leader should carefully heed. Like the body of the book, the appendix is rich with information that is crammed into a short page count.
I'm obviously a fan of Mr. Ginac, due in no small part to this book. If you read this one and want more I highly recommend that you read Customer Oriented Software Quality Assurance, which is also short, informative and well written. 5 stars for this one!
Fundamental aspects of software management.......2001-03-09
123 pages. A refreshing and quick read covering the fundamental aspects of software management. Guidance on building a high performance team through hiring qualified developers, matching skills with positions, training, and harnessing individual strengths. Discusses software developers as people instead of as resources. Presents hierarchical, flat, and matrix organization structures. Illustrates the importance of requirements gathering, return on investment (ROI) calculations, and planning. Distinguishes between management and leadership. Explains how to execute with passion and keep the project on track by managing the critical path. The author uses relevant analogies and personal stories in a few places to illustrate the points. Watch out for the "chasing the shiny coin syndrome."
A very good look at the right things to do..........2000-07-14
I found the points raised in the book almost painful - I've made many of the mistakes Mr. Ginac illustraits. While the book does not offer the detail you might find in a 1000 page book, it does focus on the aspects of software development that are often overlooked by developers, especially those in small organizations. By adopting many of the methods and ideas presented, I've improved the software development process in a very real and practical way at our office.
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