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Managing Information in Complex Organizations

Semiotics and Signals, Complexity and Chaos

By: Kevin C. Desouza,Tobin Hensgen

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Managing Information in Complex Organizations

Semiotics and Signals, Complexity and Chaos

By: Kevin C. Desouza,Tobin Hensgen

This seminal work presents an effective design for processing information through five stages from data to actionable knowledge in order to influence behavior within organizations. The authors incorporate such concepts as evolution, semiotics, entropy, complexity, emergence, crisis, and chaos theory in an intriguing alternative to crisis management that can be applied to any organization. Their model shows how to evaluate and share information to enable the organization to avoid disaster rather than simply respond to it. Additionally, the text presents the first attempt at a multi-disciplinary view of information processing in organizations by tying associated disciplines to their respective impacts on the information process. Illustrations used in the text include an overlay that demonstrates how the non-use of information between agencies contributed to the 9/11 disaster, and an appendix addresses Organizing for Cyberterrorism.

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Routledge

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ISBN 10

1317465539

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Agile Information Systems

By: Kevin Desouza

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Agile Information Systems

By: Kevin Desouza

This book presents cutting-edge research and thinking on agile information systems. The concept of agile information systems has gained strength over the last 3 years, coming into the MIS world from manufacturing, where agile manufacturing systems has been an important concept for several years now. The idea of agility is powerful: with competition so fierce today and the speed of business so fast, a company’s ability to move with their customers and support constant changing business needs is more important than ever. Agile information systems: • have the ability to add, remove, modify, or extend functionalities with minimal penalties in terms of time, cost, and effort • have the ability to process information in a flexible manner • have the ability to accommodate and adjust to the changing needs of the end-users. This is the first book to bring together academic experts, researchers, and practitioners to discuss how companies can create and deploy agile information systems. Contributors are well-regarded academics known to be on the cutting-edge of their fields. The Editor, Kevin Desouza, has organized the chapters under three categories: • discussion of the concept of agile information systems (i.e. defining agile information management, its attributes, antecedents, consequences, etc.) • discussion of information systems within the context of agility (i.e., descriptions of agile information systems and their attributes, how to build agile information systems, etc.) • discussion of organizational management issues in the context of agile information systems (i.e., how to prepare the organization for agile information systems, management of agile information systems for improved organizational performance, etc.)

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Routledge

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1136430482

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Managing Knowledge with Artificial Intelligence

An Introduction with Guidelines for Nonspecialists

By: Kevin C. Desouza

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Managing Knowledge with Artificial Intelligence

An Introduction with Guidelines for Nonspecialists

By: Kevin C. Desouza

In clear, readable language, consultant and researcher Kevin Desouza accomplishes an unlikely feat: explaining artificial intelligence to nonspecialists, in a way that experts will recognize and accept as correct and immediately applicable. Workers in knowledge management are relatively isolated from each other, businesspeople are still unconvinced that artificial intelligence has much to offer, and engineers creating the latest algorithm or device seldom consider its value for businesspeople—Desouza seeks to change all that. He maintains that knowledge will be traded like physical goods, and that businesses must leverage knowledge resources within its organizations to survive in a highly competitive marketplace. Introducing us the concepts and significance of knowledge management, he shows that incorporating artificial intelligence computer-based techniques into business settings can provide truly significant gains in productivity. This book is among the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive one-stop guide to the basics of knowledge management, plus a lucid explanation of A.I., and how to use it in almost all types of organizational settings.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313011656

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9780313011658

Managing Knowledge Security

Strategies for Protecting Your Company's Intellectual Assets

By: Kevin C. Desouza

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Managing Knowledge Security

Strategies for Protecting Your Company's Intellectual Assets

By: Kevin C. Desouza

Citing international examples such as Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Google, Boeing, and Amazon, the author covers all aspects of knowledge protection, from employee retention strategies to physical security.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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0749449616

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9780749449612

Intrapreneurship

Managing Ideas Within Your Organization

By: Kevin C. Desouza

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Intrapreneurship

Managing Ideas Within Your Organization

By: Kevin C. Desouza

As an employee, you suspect that your best ideas are valuable and could greatly benefit your organization. Management also recognizes that a company's ability to compete is contingent on how well it leverages its employees' ideas. So, why are individuals at all levels of organizations typically poor advocates for ideas? Intrapreneurship provides an engaging guide for both managers and employees on how to direct the flow of ideas and foster a culture of entrepreneurship within their company's existing structure. Based on Kevin C. Desouza's research and experience consulting with thirty global organizations, Intrapreneurship outlines ways to mobilize all types of ideas including blockbusters with the potential to create radically new external products and services, and more incremental innovations for improving internal processes. With practical frameworks and real life examples for both employees and managers, Intrapreneurship will help you to identify the value in your own ideas and those of others to ultimately benefit your organization.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442641436

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9781442641433

Managing Knowledge with Artificial Intelligence

An Introduction with Guidelines for Nonspecialists

By: Kevin C. Desouza

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An Introduction with Guidelines for Nonspecialists

By: Kevin C. Desouza

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For the Love of Family

How a Knock on the Door Changed Everything

By: Kevin C. McCall

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For the Love of Family

How a Knock on the Door Changed Everything

By: Kevin C. McCall

In 2009, Kevin C. McCall, loving husband and proud father of three, experienced the unimaginable: His youngest son, Ryan, was murdered in a robbery attempt after leaving a college party in Tampa, Florida. In For the Love of Family, Kevin shares his personal journey through shock, horror, grief, anger, reconciliation, and healing. Over the course of more than six years, Kevin fought daily to escape the grip of depression and hate; he fought to center his life around love and faith. Encounters and events, sometimes curious yet ultimately enlightening, weave throughout his days and nights, guiding him forward. Although his story is harrowing and painful, it is also filled with love--love for his family and love for life.

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1640966897

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Book's by Kevin C. Desouza

Managing Information in Complex Organizations

Managing Information in Complex Organizations

Agile Information Systems

Agile Information Systems

Managing Knowledge with Artificial Intelligence

Managing Knowledge with Artificial Intelligence

Managing Knowledge Security

Managing Knowledge Security

Intrapreneurship

Intrapreneurship

Managing Knowledge with Artificial Intelligence

Managing Knowledge with Artificial Intelligence

For the Love of Family

For the Love of Family

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