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Ethics and Governance in Project Management Small Sins Allowed and the Line of Impunity

Ethics and Governance in Project Management Small Sins Allowed and the Line of Impunity

This book shows executive project program and portfolio managers how ethical behavior can ensure that an organization has proper governance. Improper governance and unethical behavior have led to such well-known financial disasters as Enron and Madoff Investments. The book arms managers with two important tools: Small Sins Allowed (SSA) and Line of Impunity (LoI) which together can be the foundation for renewed and vigorous corporate governance. SSA is a powerful tool that helps managers establish a level above which adherence to ethical standards is expected. LoI aids managers in identifying ethical fault lines that may exist in a company and helps to keep unethical behavior in check. | Ethics and Governance in Project Management Small Sins Allowed and the Line of Impunity

GBP 42.99
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Making Your Data Center Energy Efficient

Making Your Data Center Energy Efficient

Detailing powerful methods for reducing the energy costs associated with operating a data center Making Your Data Center Energy Efficient examines both equipment and building facilities. It reviews the rationale for conserving energy and demonstrates how conservation and careful equipment selection can lead to significant improvements to your bottom line. For those not well-versed in financial or energy terms the first two chapters provide a detailed discussion of the terms associated with different types of energy as well as how to compute the return on investment for energy conservation efforts. The text includes tables of monthly expenses associated with operating equipment that will help you convert problems into simple table lookup processes. Among the money-saving topics discussed it considers: How to minimize the energy consumption of a wide range of devices A little-understood topic that can make a big impact on energy costs general heating and cooling Techniques required to effectively monitor different types of meters Phantom energy usage and methods for minimizing its cost to your organization Recognizing that most readers may not have direct control over the selection of a furnace or hot water heater the book provides you with the ability to recognize the efficiencies and inefficiencies of various types of devices so you can provide input into the decision-making process. From replacing lighting to consolidation and virtualization it provides you with the well-rounded understanding needed to properly manage all aspects of the energy consumed in your data center.

GBP 160.00
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How to Complete a Risk Assessment in 5 Days or Less

How to Complete a Risk Assessment in 5 Days or Less

Successful security professionals have had to modify the process of responding to new threats in the high-profile ultra-connected business environment. But just because a threat exists does not mean that your organization is at risk. This is what risk assessment is all about. How to Complete a Risk Assessment in 5 Days or Less demonstrates how to identify threats your company faces and then determine if those threats pose a real risk to the organization. To help you determine the best way to mitigate risk levels in any given situation How to Complete a Risk Assessment in 5 Days or Less includes more than 350 pages of user-friendly checklists forms questionnaires and sample assessments. Presents Case Studies and Examples of all Risk Management ComponentsBased on the seminars of information security expert Tom Peltier this volume provides the processes that you can easily employ in your organization to assess risk. Answers such FAQs as:Why should a risk analysis be conducted?Who should review the results?How is the success measured?Always conscious of the bottom line Peltier discusses the cost-benefit of risk mitigation and looks at specific ways to manage costs. He supports his conclusions with numerous case studies and diagrams that show you how to apply risk management skills in your organization—and it’s not limited to information security risk assessment. You can apply these techniques to any area of your business. This step-by-step guide to conducting risk assessments gives you the knowledgebase and the skill set you need to achieve a speedy and highly-effective risk analysis assessment in a matter of days.

GBP 56.99
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Driving Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion

Driving Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion

Navigating the volatility uncertainty complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) characterizing the business world in the 21st century requires a new paradigm focused on an integrated bottom line – planet people and profit (PPP). Global trends include resource scarcity and growing inequities in income wealth education and healthcare. Stakeholders are demanding that organizations address systemic barriers to promote justice and equity within organizations and across broader social systems. Transformational change requires leadership to analyze internal and external systems through a social and environmental justice lens. Despite a growing focus on justice equity diversity and inclusion the imbalance of power remains within our institutions organizations and social systems. To move the needle leaders can turn to Driving Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion which explains developing a North Star vision and creating a strategy to redesign organizational process and systems as well as leveraging tools for data-driven decision-making. It presents a framework to build an inclusive organization as well as a model to engage and support senior and middle management beginning the process of capacity building and systemic change. By layering in AI and other technologies to support data-driven decision-making the book guides leaders in navigating their organization’s journey along the maturity continuum to achieve their North Star vision of becoming a just and equitable organization. The book also helps managers to: Assess ecosystems and organizational systems that justice equity diversity and inclusion impact Take a deeper dive into transformational and operational components to gain insights on the deep systemic realignment of the North Star vision Identify and engage with diverse stakeholders to gain perspective and understand issues crucial for transformative change Leverage people-centered design to create a process promoting diversity of voices and to better align outcomes with shared organizational vision Use data to drive decision-making and reduce bias by removing intuition from the decision-making process Leverage the book's frameworks to drive collaborative systemic change Adapt insights highlighted in multiple interviews with DEI practitioners Benefit from lessons learned and best practices featured in the book's case studies This book features a primer which is a quick reference guide to key terms concepts and definitions. It helps to define justice equity diversity inclusion and other key terms such as unconscious bias stereotypes and microaggressions. It also features a toolkit which includes checklists to help managers lead organizations to realize their own North Star vision.

GBP 44.99
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