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Implementing World Class IT Strategy
by Peter A. HighThe actionable guide for driving organizational innovation through better IT strategyWith rare insight, expert technology strategist Peter High emphasizes the acute need for IT strategy to be developed not in a vacuum, but in concert with the broader organizational strategy. This approach focuses the development of technology tools and strategies in a way that is comprehensive in nature and designed with the concept of value in mind. The role of CIO is no longer "just" to manage IT strategy--instead, the successful executive will be firmly in tune with corporate strategy and a driver of a technology strategy that is woven into overall business objectives at the enterprise and business unit levels.High makes use of case examples from leading companies to illustrate the various ways that IT infrastructure strategy can be developed, not just to fall in line with business strategy, but to actually drive that strategy in a meaningful way. His ideas are designed to provide real, actionable steps for CIOs that both increase the executive's value to the organization and unite business and IT in a manner that produces highly-successful outcomes.Formulate clearer and better IT strategic plansWeave IT strategy into business strategy at the corporate and business unit levelsCraft an infrastructure that aligns with C-suite strategyClose the gap that exists between IT leaders and business leadersWhile function, innovation, and design remain key elements to the development and management of IT infrastructure and operations, CIOs must now think beyond their primary purview and recognize the value their strategies and initiatives will create for the organization. With Implementing World Class IT Strategy, the roadmap to strategic IT excellence awaits.
Implementing a Balanced Scorecard Management Program
by Robert S. Kaplan David P. NortonCompanies initially adopt the Balanced Scorecard for a variety of reasons, including clarifying and gaining consensus on strategy, focusing organizational change initiatives, developing leadership capabilities at strategic business units, and gaining coordination and economies across multiple business units. This chapter follows the evolutionary path followed by two organizations, National Insurance and Kenyon Stores, to build a new strategic management system, identifying the pitfalls some organizations have encountered in developing a Balanced Scorecard, and providing recommendations for organizing the development and implementation of a scorecard project. This chapter was originally published as chapter 12 of "The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action."
Implementing a Basic Income in Australia: Pathways Forward (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee)
by Elise Klein Jennifer Mays Tim DunlopThis book brings together scholars from the fields of politics, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and economics, to explore pathways towards implementing a Basic Income in Australia. It is the first book of its kind to outline avenues for implementation of a basic income specifically for Australia and responds to a gap in the existing basic income literature and published titles to provide a distinct standpoint in the exploration of basic income within the Australian contemporary policy landscape. The first section of the book outlines some of the continuing substantive and philosophical issues regarding BI implementation. In the second section of the book, authors offer practical strategies and models for progressing BI in Australia.
Implementing a US Carbon Tax: Challenges and Debates (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics)
by Ian Parry Adele Morris Roberton C. Williams IIIAlthough the future extent and effects of global climate change remain uncertain, the expected damages are not zero, and risks of serious environmental and macroeconomic consequences rise with increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Despite the uncertainties, reducing emissions now makes sense, and a carbon tax is the simplest, most effective, and least costly way to do this. At the same time, a carbon tax would provide substantial new revenues which may be badly needed, given historically high debt-to-GDP levels, pressures on social security and medical budgets, and calls to reform taxes on personal and corporate income. This book is about the practicalities of introducing a carbon tax, set against the broader fiscal context. It consists of thirteen chapters, written by leading experts, covering the full range of issues policymakers would need to understand, such as the revenue potential of a carbon tax, how the tax can be administered, the advantages of carbon taxes over other mitigation instruments and the environmental and macroeconomic impacts of the tax. A carbon tax can work in the United States. This volume shows how, by laying out sound design principles, opportunities for broader policy reforms, and feasible solutions to specific implementation challenges.
Implementing an Information Security Management System: Security Management Based on ISO 27001 Guidelines
by Mukund Chaudhary Abhishek ChopraDiscover the simple steps to implementing information security standards using ISO 27001, the most popular information security standard across the world. You’ll see how it offers best practices to be followed, including the roles of all the stakeholders at the time of security framework implementation, post-implementation, and during monitoring of the implemented controls. Implementing an Information Security Management System provides implementation guidelines for ISO 27001:2013 to protect your information assets and ensure a safer enterprise environment. This book is a step-by-step guide on implementing secure ISMS for your organization. It will change the way you interpret and implement information security in your work area or organization. What You Will LearnDiscover information safeguard methodsImplement end-to-end information securityManage risk associated with information securityPrepare for audit with associated roles and responsibilitiesIdentify your information riskProtect your information assetsWho This Book Is ForSecurity professionals who implement and manage a security framework or security controls within their organization. This book can also be used by developers with a basic knowledge of security concepts to gain a strong understanding of security standards for an enterprise.
Implementing and Developing Cloud Computing Applications
by David E. SarnaFrom small start-ups to major corporations, companies of all sizes have embraced cloud computing for the scalability, reliability, and cost benefits it can provide. It has even been said that cloud computing may have a greater effect on our lives than the PC and dot-com revolutions combined.Filled with comparative charts and decision trees, Impleme
Implementing and Managing Collaborative Relationships: A Practical Guide for Managers
by Andrew Humphries Linda McComieIn today’s competitive, globalized marketplace, the provision of services and products is a result of teamwork between several organizations. Relationships between organizations of any size are strategically important. If your supplier falls down at a crucial moment, it can have survival implications for your company or for other members of your supply chain. The management of these strategic assets cannot be left to chance and the same attention that you devote to finance, operations, HR, etc. must be applied to business relationships. Despite this, very few organizations focus on this or are even aware that they need to do it. Those that do are unsure how to do it. This is not helped by business schools that focus on either customer relationship management (CRM) or supplier relationship management (SRM) rather than collaboration between partners (Enterprise Relationship Management). This book is a unique "go-to" guide for all managers who should be looking at collaboration with other organizations as a new way to attain outstanding results that would not be achieved on their own. Currently, there is nothing else of this nature on the market. The book identifies relationship management as a pivotal management function. It presents a comprehensive, flexible, end-to-end management process that can be easily incorporated into the existing management structures. Further, they describe the crucial role of the relationship manager who is at the heart of the system and provides the drive to achieve high performance. Any company can tailor this discipline to the needs of its organization – whether an SME or a multi-national company selecting a new partner or managing existing relationships. This book covers the decision of whether or not to partner and with whom, the creation of an appropriate system of governance, the transition to operations, managing performance for continuous improvement, and, finally, controlled wind-up of the partnership. Throughout, diagrams to signpost the sequence of activities, checklists of important actions, and job-related worksheets are provided. In addition, there are numerous case studies in a variety of industries and public sectors that will be used as illustrations. Altogether these make this book ideally suitable for experienced managers as well as for training and induction purposes. Essentially, Implementing and Managing Collaborative Relationships: A Practical Guide for Managers shows managers how they can create and operate a simple and effective system of Enterprise Relationship Management that will enable them to maximize efficiency, resilience, innovation, and profitability.
Implementing and Sustaining Your Strategic Plan: A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
by John M. Bryson Farnum K. Alston Sharon Roe AndersonThis workbook provides a step-by-step process, tools, techniques, and worksheets to help successfully implement, manage, and troubleshoot an organization's strategy over the long haul.
Implementing e-Government: An Executive Report for Civil Servants and their Advisors
by Gloria EvansThe Government's e-envoy promised in a recent FT article that 'public services will be on-line by 2005 target'. By the end of 2002 taking these services online will have cost £3 billion. The task involved is huge, both in terms of human and IT resources. Implementing e-Government is a 'must-have' guide to consultants and civil servants charged with the process. Gloria Evans provides advice and background for addressing the issues at hand and provides the key building blocks for planning, designing and implementing a workable strategy. The book includes: ¢ A comparison of the where we were, where we are now and where we need to get to; ¢ An explanation of each of the key drivers behind the process; ¢ A detailed model of the building blocks needed; ¢ Guidance on how to work across departments and agencies; ¢ An overview of the various sources of advice and influence; ¢ An explanation of the main e-Government technologies; ¢ A step-by-step blueprint for planning and implementing the process from scratch. The main text uses a working medical services case study to illustrate how the outcomes of the various stages might be seen and measured and there is a set of 11 scenarios which put the e-Government process into a range of contexts.
Implementing the Four Levels: A Practical Guide for Effective Evaluation of Training Programs
by Donald L. Kirkpatrick James D. KirkpatrickAs a companion to Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels, 3rd ed., this guide describes different approaches to measuring trainee reaction, knowledge acquisition, behavior change, and the ultimate results of business training programs. The final chapter offers advice on building a chain of evidence that demonstrates the value of learning to the bottom line. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Implementing the IT Balanced Scorecard: Aligning IT with Corporate Strategy
by Jessica KeyesThe goals of an IT balanced scorecard include the alignment of IT plans with business objectives, the establishment of measures of IT effectiveness, the directing of employee efforts toward IT objectives, the improved performance of technology, and the achievement of balanced results across stakeholder groups. CIOs, CTOs, and other technical manage
Implementing the Model: Taking a New Business Model into Action
by Mark W. JohnsonA great business model blueprint is a powerful first step in seizing your white space-the range of potential activities not defined or addressed by your company's current business model; in other words, the opportunities outside the company's core and beyond its adjacencies that require a different business model to exploit. But making the leap from the theoretical blueprint to the working business doesn't happen all at once. In this chapter, company transformation expert Mark Johnson shows how companies can implement the new business models they create. He explores the three stages of implementation-incubation, acceleration, and transition-using examples from Southwest Airlines and Zara to richly illustrate the process in action. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 7 of "Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal."
Implementing the Nissan Renewal Plan
by Michael Y. Yoshino Masako EgawaCarlos Ghosn, a former executive vice-president of Renault, became the COO of Nissan Motor Co., a troubled auto company in Japan when Renault bought 38% of the company in 1999. This case deals with how Ghosn turned the company around. Examines in considerable detail how he went about successfully energizing and mobilizing the demoralized employees after a decade of failed efforts. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
Implementing the Project Management Balanced Scorecard
by Jessica KeyesBusiness managers have long known the power of the Balanced Scorecard in executing corporate strategy. Implementing the Project Management Balanced Scorecard shows project managers how they too can use this framework to meet strategic objectives. It supplies valuable insight into the project management process as a whole and provides detailed expla
Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria: Barriers, Prospects and Strategies (Routledge Contemporary Africa)
by Eghosa O. Ekhator Servel Miller Etinosa IgbinosaThis book explores Nigeria’s progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, presenting key country-specific lessons, as well as providing innovative solutions and practices which are transferrable to other emerging economies. Despite all of Nigeria’s potential, and substantial oil revenues, poverty remains widespread and the country faces many challenges. The contributors to this book provide comparative historical and contemporary analysis of the main challenges for achieving progress in the SDGs, and make recommendations for the most effectives ways of developing, adopting, disseminating and scaling them. Starting with the conceptualisation and evolution of the SDGs, the book goes on to consider the goal on ending poverty, and the urgent need to combat climate change and its impacts. The book also reflects on the role of business and taxation, and the cultural and societal dimensions of the SDGs, including education, gender, and the role of the church. Overall, the book focuses on knowledge/implementation gaps and the role of collaborative partnerships and disruptive technologies in implementing the framework in general. This book will be of interest to scholars, policy makers and practitioners of sustainable development and African studies, as well as those with a particular interest in Nigeria.
Implementing the Wealth Management Index
by Ross LevinThe gold standard for measuring financial progress, updated for today's marketFrom Ross Levin, a trusted financial planner, comes Implementing the Wealth Management Index. The new edition of the book Investment Advisor called a "landmark opus," this revised and updated volume expands upon his legendary Wealth Management Index tool. A benchmark system that, through a series of questions and evaluations, enables advisors to score their performance for individual clients, the tool is used by firms around the world. In this new edition, the index looks at asset protection, disability and income protection, debt management, investment planning, and estate planning. The new edition adds more how-to information, as well as actual client examples and case studies to show how Levin's firm successfully uses the index as a daily strategy.Asks the important questions, like "Did you use all reasonable means to reduce your taxes?" and "Have you established and funded all the necessary trusts? Have you made your desired gifts for this year?Newly revised and expanded for the first time since 1997Essential guidance from a top man in the game, Implementing the Wealth Management Index is the one-stop resource for measuring client financial progress.
Implicating Empire: Globalization and Resistance in the 21st Century World Order
by Stanley Aronowitz Heather GautneyOver the past several years, while visible protests against the World Bank and the I. M. F. made front-page news, there has been a growing field of scholarship that looks at the role of globalization for national and international state identities. The first truism of globalization--that we live in an increasingly interconnected world, one in which it is impossible to separate the fate of one nation from that of the others--was dramatically illustrated on September 11, 2001, when the seemingly distant effects of a civil war in Afghanistan so murderously interrupted life in the United States. Implicating Empire is the first book to look at four crucial dimensions of globalization: first, its role vis-à-vis the current war; second, the impact of globalization on domestic U. S. policy; third, how globalization will necessarily alter national security, both in its definition as well as how it is pursued, and, finally, the future of globalization. Including original essays by Stanley Aronowitz, Ahmed Rashid, Tariq Ali, Manning Marable, Michael Hardt, and Ellen Willis, among others, Implicating Empire will set the agenda for how globalization is debated--and resisted--in the future.
Implications for Suppliers, Consumers, and Employers: Moving to Value-Based Competition in the U.S. Health Care System
by Michael E. Porter Elizabeth Olmsted TeisbergSuppliers, consumers, and employers have an important role in catalyzing and supporting value-based competition in health care. By moving to value-based thinking themselves, these parties will benefit while speeding systemic transformation. There is no need to wait for regulatory reform or for other system participants to act. This chapter takes a high-level look at how suppliers as a group can better enable and support such competition; describes the roles that consumers should play in a value-based system, and the expectations they should set for health plans and providers; and discusses why employers have missed the opportunity to drive value improvement in the health care system, and how they can reinforce the shift to value-based competition.
Implications of Integrating Women into the Marine Corps Infantry
by Agnes Gereben Schaefer Jennifer Kavanagh Todd Nichols Thomas E. Trail Gillian S. Oak Jennie W. Wenger Jonathan P. WongThis study for the U.S. Marine Corps presents a historical overview of the integration of women into the U.S. military and explores the importance of cohesion and what influences it. The gender integration experiences of foreign militaries, as well as the gender integration efforts of domestic police and fire departments, are analyzed for insights into effective policies. The potential costs of integration are analyzed as well.
Implications of the Euro: A Critical Perspective from the Left
by Mark Baimbridge Philip Whyman Brian BurkittTo date, critical analysis of the EMU project has largely been advanced from the centre-right spectrum of British politics. Comparable questions from the centre-left have failed to find a coherent voice. Although, the European fault-line cannot be characterized as a neat Left-Right issue there are noticeable divisions in opinion across British business, the trade union movement and within the Labour Party. Offering a unique insight into this key debate from the ‘centre-left’, eurosceptic view point, this book provides a rigorous analysis of all the salient economic and political issues of concern, such as: * the economics of a single currency* employment and social implications* sovereignty* political determination. The arguments presented in this volume highlight the emergence of a coherent alternative to deepening economic integration as a platform to build a just and equitable society. Contributions are drawn from leading academics, trade union leaders and prominent politicians, both from the Labour Party and the wider progressive Left in British politics. This informative and thought provoking book will be indispensable reading for students and practitioners in economics, politics and international relations, as well as those interested in this highly contentious topic.
Implicative Marketing: For a Sustainable Economy (Routledge Focus on Business and Management)
by Florence TouzéThis book is a manifesto for responsible marketing. It looks critically at the marketing practices of the last 50 years and explains why they have led to an ethical stalemate and sometimes even a business impasse. These practices have tired the consumer with meaningless offers and destroyed value by driving prices down. Today, this inheritance weighs heavily on marketing professionals who do not know how to respond to the demand for greater social responsibility and environmental sustainability. The author addresses new ways of understanding the consumer and branding that suggest ways to overcome this situation. Thanks to the presentation of experiences, studies and concrete cases, the book provides a tangible new perspective on marketing. Specifically, it proposes a new global model for responsible, creative, collaborative marketing that can contribute to more sustainable consumption. Implicative Marketing presents a paradigm shift that will be of considerable interest to academics and their students as well as marketing practitioners.
Implicit Embedded Options in Life Insurance Contracts: A Market Consistent Valuation Framework
by Nils RüfenachtThis book presents a market-consistent valuation framework for implicit embedded options in life insurance contracts. This framework is used to perform an empirical analysis based on more than 110,000 actual and in-force life insurance policies and with a focus on the modeling of interest rates. Its results are the answer to the central question posed in the objectives: What value do the embedded options and guarantees considered have? This question is answered both absolutely and relative to the current policy reserves, from the perspective of the insurer, the policyholder and the shareholder respectively
Implicit Predictors of Consumer Behavior
by Gerald Zaltman Nancy Puccinelli Kathryn Braun Fred MastAn important distinction is drawn in psychology between explicit and implicit knowledge. Explicit knowledge refers to consciously held beliefs about an individual or object that often draws on the remembering of experiences in the past. In contrast, implicit knowledge refers to the cognitive associations a consumer holds between two constructs that exist outside his or her conscious awareness. Although it is possible that explicit and implicit knowledge correspond, the exciting opportunity for marketers is that often there is a discrepancy; that is, what a consumer believes explicitly may have no bearing on his or her actual behavior.
Import / Export Kit For Dummies
by John J. CapelaAn easy-to-understand primer on the exciting world of import/exportWith significant changes in technology, expanding economies, and international trade agreements, the global marketplace continues to grow and change rapidly. The United States imports approximately $1.2 trillion and exports $772 billion in goods per year. Import/Export Kit For Dummies provides entrepreneurs and small- to mid-sized businesses with the critical, entry-point information they need to begin exporting their products around the world and importing goods to sell in the U.S.The bonus CD includes: a printable dictionary of international business and internet terms to help students and business people understand the international marketplace; sample distributor and agent agreement outlines; guidelines and checklists for developing a successful business and marketing plan; and the most up-to-date templates for pricing models, licensing, and shipping.New edition features an increased focus on global tradeDetails America's top ten trading partners and how to conduct business abroadCovers the most up-to-date trade regulations A bonus CD-ROM is filled with forms and tools to help make starting an import/export business easier and more efficientIf you're an entrepreneur or small- to mid-sized business owner, Import/Export Kit For Dummies provides you with everything you need to know to ensure your business' growth and success.