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  • Organizational Structuralism

    A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Hypothesis for the Interpretation of Organizational Phenomena

    by Kostas Langas ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    In an era in which leadership and change management models, tools and development schemes based on soft skills constitute mainstream thought, it has become ever more necessary to develop a scientific and rigorous approach to the life of an organization that can overcome the challenges of different cultural approaches and socio-environmental limitations. In this ground-breaking new book, the author ... Read more

    $217.79 CAD

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  • The Sciences of the Artificial, third edition

    by Herbert A. Simon ...
    Continuing his exploration of the organization of complexity and the science of design, this new edition of Herbert Simon's classic work on artificial intelligence adds a chapter that sorts out the current themes and tools—chaos, adaptive systems, genetic algorithms—for analyzing complexity and complex systems. There are updates throughout the book as well. These take into account important ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Modern Mathematics Education for Engineering Curricula in Europe

    A Comparative Analysis of EU, Russia, Georgia and Armenia

    Edited by Seppo Pohjolainen, Tuomas Myllykoski, Christian Mercat, Sergey Sosnovsky ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the core subjects comprising mathematical curricula for engineering studies in five European countries and identifies differences between two strong traditions of teaching mathematics to engineers. The collective work of experts from a dozen universities critically examines various aspects of higher mathematical education.The two EU Tempus ... Read more

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  • In Search of Certainty

    The Science of Our Information Infrastructure

    by Mark Burgess ...
    Quite soon, the world’s information infrastructure is going to reach a level of scale and complexity that will force scientists and engineers to approach it in an entirely new way. The familiar notions of command and control are being thwarted by realities of a faster, denser world of communication where choice, variety, and indeterminism rule. The myth of the machine that does exactly what we ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Art of Being a Scientist

    A Guide for Graduate Students and their Mentors

    by Roel Snieder, Ken Larner ...
    This is a hands-on guide for graduate students and young researchers wishing to perfect the practical skills needed for a successful research career. By teaching junior scientists to develop effective research habits, the book helps to make the experience of graduate study a more efficient and rewarding one. The authors have taught a graduate course on the topics covered for many years, and ... Read more

    $40.79 CAD

  • Complexity, Learning and Organizations

    A Quantum Interpretation of Business

    by Walter R.J. Baets ...
    This fascinating book argues for a new way of looking at the world and at human systems, companies or (Western) society as a whole. Walter R.J. Baets argues that we should let go of our drive to control, manage and organize, in order to be able to create an ideal environment for continuous learning, both for ourselves and for our collaborators.Arguing in favour of a holistic management approach, ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • The Sciences of the Artificial, reissue of the third edition with a new introduction by John Laird

    by Herbert A. Simon ...
    Herbert Simon's classic work on artificial intelligence in the expanded and updated third edition from 1996, with a new introduction by John E. Laird.Herbert Simon's classic and influential The Sciences of the Artificial declares definitively that there can be a science not only of natural phenomena but also of what is artificial. Exploring the commonalities of artificial systems, including ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Rethinking University Teaching

    A Conversational Framework for the Effective Use of Learning Technologies

    by Diana Laurillard ...
    Teachers in higher education have had to become more professional in their approach to teaching, matching their professionalism in research. The first edition of this book prepares teachers to do and undergo quality audits and appraisals, and to achieve their personal aims of improving their teaching and their students' learning. The strength of this book is that it provides a sound theoretical ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • The Problem with Quality Management

    Process orientation, controllability and zero-defect processes as modern myths

    by Bettina Warzecha ...
    Series Book 1 - Philosophy in Practice
    Is the world predictable? Can we manage economic risks by using standards and indicators? Hardly any bank that got into the red in the aftermath of the US real estate crisis, was there without a differentiated quality management system. The book by Dr. Bettina Warzecha shows how quality management can not only reduce the quality of services and products of all kinds. With the help of quality ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Innovation in Industrial Research

    by Paulo de Souza ...
    Innovation in Industrial Research gives new and experienced researchers insight into how they can improve the quality of their industrial research. It discusses the methods currently available to researchers, from quality tools to the scientific method. Key aspects of research are covered, including: publications, patents, ethics and management of project teams. The book also examines responsible ... Read more

    $42.89 CAD

  • Knowledge Management

    The Creative Loop

    by Jean-Louis Ermine ...
    Knowledge management is a strategic issue for companies, and international standards such as ISO recently integrate it into its requirements. However, it is still an ill-defined concept, and methodologies to implement it are not very well known. This book is the result of over twenty years of research in different labs and application in a wide range of public or private companies around the world ... Read more

    $174.99 CAD

  • Disrupting Modern Science, Technology and Engineering

    by Azamat Abdoullaev ...
    The World is modeled as consisting of 4 major parts, the universe of Nature (World I), the domain of Mind (World II), the domain of Society and Human Culture (World III), and the realm of Technology and Engineering and Industry (World IV). Science and technology, the arts and philosophy are unified as a web of intellectual learning, scientific knowledge, and engineering sciences. A union of human ... Read more

    $1,017.69 CAD