Presents a blueprint for organizational change, highlighting purpose, infrastructure, guidance, and resourcing. Describes and explains the mobilization process at companies including British Airways, Eurotunnel, and the BBC, offering advice on mobilizing organizations through privatization and change. Of interest to CEOs, managers, consultants, and students in management and organizational behavior. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Mobilizing the Organization: Bringing Strategy to Life

Business & Money

Bray, John

Litwin, George H.

Lusk-Brooke, Kathleen

Management & Leadership

Pearson P T R

This book describes the stage-by-stage creation, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, of one of the greatest human artifacts—the world communication, broadcasting, and information technology systems which are essential to modern life and which will transform the ways in which people live and work in the future. The significance of each innovative step is shown in terms of its impact—in scale and relevance on today's communication world. A final chapter looks to the future and considers the ability of information technology and information superhighways to improve rural, urban, and national economies. The author presents his account of the dramatic advances in telecommunications and broadcasting as essentially a human story.Bray takes a compelling look at the brilliant minds and personalities who helped launch the electronic revolution. He provides remarkable accounts of the early scientists and mathematicians such as Ampere, Faraday, Maxwell, Hertz, and Planck—exploring their backgrounds and motivations. In giving us this perspective, John Bray has a unique advantage. As a world-renowned scientist and pioneer in British telecommunication technology, he himself was a principal player in the subject of his narrative. It would be hard to find any person more qualified to undertake a task as monumental in scale and importance.

The Communications Miracle: The Telecommunication Pioneers from Morse to the Information Superhighway (Applications of Communications Theory)

Computers & Technology

Networking & Cloud Computing

Springer

Collaborative Inquiry in Practice: Action, Reflection, and Making Meaning

Collaborative Inquiry in Practice is an invitation and guide for people interested in pursuing a more imaginative and holistic approach to human inquiry. The reader is guided step-by-step through the theory and practice of collaborative inquiry: <ul>
<li>the key ideas from pragmatism and phenomenological traditions; </li> <li>the relationship of collaborative inquiry with other action-oriented methods of inquiry; </li> <li>the conduct of collaborative inquiry, from forming a group to constructing knowledge </li>
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The authors demonstrate how effective collaborative inquiry demystifies research and makes learning more accessible. The guidance provided is equally relevant to professional and academic settings.

Politics & Social Sciences

Smith, Linda L.

Yorks, Lyle

Lee, Joyce A.

Social Sciences

Sage Publications, Inc.

This book describes the stage-by-stage creation and development, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, of the remarkable global communications technologies that have profoundly transformed the way that people live and work. Written in a highly readable style, this book provides a fascinating account of the key innovators from Faraday, Maxwell and Hertz to the inventors of the transistor, microchip, optical fibre systems and the World Wide Web. The book explores the background and motivation of these pioneers and the social and economic environment in which they worked. The significance of each innovative step is shown in terms of the impact - in scale and relevance - on today's communications world. John Bray also looks to the future for innovations yet to come. This book will be interest to all those interested in the human thread running through the history of technological advances in telecommunications and broadcasting.

Innovation and the Communications Revolution: From the Victorian pioneers to broadband Internet (History and Management of Technology)

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

Playwrights have always demonstrated an incredible adaptability, able to nimbly adjust to new circumstances and media. This was never in greater evidence than during the coronavirus pandemic, when-with venues shuttered and stages darkened-writers and performers across the world scrambled to sustain the art of theater via remote video. Even today, it is clear that the experiences of 2020-21 have dramatically altered the landscape of theatermaking, as artists continually refine and deploy the lessons learned during a period of seat-of-the-pants experimentation. This groundbreaking anthology brings together new works from both emerging and established playwrights to explore the rich opportunities afforded by streaming theater. They reveal a range of styles and approaches to storytelling; encompass both traditional and experimental plays, from solo pieces to large-cast dramas; and take place within single settings, multiple settings, or even in a utopian "nowhere." Throughout, these selections all help to bring playwriting fully into our new era, embodying the sense of magic that comes from simple moments of human connection, even when we cannot be together. Includes plays by the following: Audrey Cefaly Joyce Miller J. Merrill Motz Arlene Hutton Greg Lam Vince Gatton Lindsay Adams Sharece M. Sellem Mrinalini Kamath Brendan Powers and Rachel Burttram Dana Hall Aly Kantor Kitt Lavoie Jenny Lyn Bader Ivam Cabral and Rodolfo García Vázquez Michael Hagins Trey Tatum with Jordan Trovillion Colette Mazunik Tory Parker Eric Eidson and Lauren Lynch-Eidson

Stage It and Stream It

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Applause

Review\n"Cleland's illustrations are ... a perfect fit for the playful, lively text that explains the good and bad elements of concluding things without ever talking down to its audience. 
An engaging book about accepting endings and celebrating beginnings." ― Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\n“An engaging book about accepting endings and celebrating beginnings “ – Kirkus Reviews (starred review) 
Start with THE END in mind with this playful and whimsical picture book that explores conclusions, transitions, and new beginnings – and how to have fun in the middle. This is THE END of endings as you know them. 
Endings can be hard, whether it’s the end of school or changes to daily routines and activities. With humor, heart, and a sense of childlike wonder, author John Bray reminds us that endings both big and small can be the start of something new and different. “THE END of one thing is the beginning of something else. And the beginning of one thing is THE END of something else. And that’s okay.” 
At once silly and smart, The End encourages kids to navigate beginnings, middles, and ends with curiosity and imagination. Perfect for fans of B.J. Novak’s The Book With No Pictures, this picture book is bound to entertain young readers who love to ask questions, read funny stories, build blanket forts, and complicate the passage of time. With vibrant illustrations by artist Josh Cleland, The End is just the beginning of a re-read!

The End

Children's Books

Humor

Starry Forest Books

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