Trying to get the most out of the people you supervise, trying to get them to go that extra mile, isn't easy. But most employees will tell you that what affects their productivity more than anything else is their immediate supervisor. The video, "Would I Work For Me?" demonstrates a supervisor's behavior in realistic situations""first as a newly appointed supervisor, and then as a more experienced manager who has learned from his mistakes. Viewers...

This new edition of the Video Production Handbook walks students through the full video production process, from inception of idea to final distribution. Concentrating on the techniques and concepts behind the latest equipment, this book demonstrates the fundamental principles needed to create good video content on any kind of budget. Ideal for students, the new edition features a new chapter on directing and updated information on the latest DSLR...

Know how to design and use identity management to protect your application and the data it manages. At a time when security breaches result in increasingly onerous penalties, it is paramount that application developers and owners understand identity management and the value it provides when building applications. This book takes you from account provisioning to authentication to authorization, and covers troubleshooting and common problems to avoid....

Get the most out of this Open Access foundational reference and improve the productivity of your software teams. This open access book collects the wisdom of the 2017 "Dagstuhl" seminar on productivity in software engineering, a meeting of community leaders, who came together with the goal of rethinking traditional definitions and measures of productivity. The results of their work, Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering, includes chapters...

25 Need-to-Know MBA Models provides easy access to the most useful models, tools and concepts that are covered on MBA programmes. Whether you are a student about to embark on an MBA or a manager who wants to understand the ideas taught, this guide will help you to get ahead.

"When the skincare company Rodial launched its cult 'snake' serum, the press were quick to call the business an 'overnight success.' In fact, Rodial's founder, Maria Hatzistefanis, had been toiling for 18 years building the company from scratch. She started it in a bedroom at home, and today runs a business with products in 20,000 stores worldwide. Success of any kind takes time, patience and huge determination. Maria achieved it by thinking big,...

This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power Systems™ LC921 and LC922 (9006-12P and 9006-22P)) servers that use the current IBM POWER9™ processor-based technology and supports Linux operating systems (OSes). The objective of this paper is to introduce the offerings and their capacities and available features. These new Linux scale-out systems provide differentiated performance, scalability, and low acquisition...

"For the past three years, LinkedIn has listed User Experience design (UX) as a top 15 in-demand career. Unfortunately, many practitioners entering this profession are self-taught and lack the guidance needed to advance professionally. User Experience Design is the professional playbook for UX professionals. It teaches product leaders, managers, engineers, and designers that design is a business growth driver, and how to design customer-centered tech...

Transform team dynamics with practical, real-world tools for sustainable change Fix Your Team is the manager's essential and practical guide to diagnosis and intervention. Packed with expert insight acquired over decades of experience in workplace relations and conflict resolution, this book systematically addresses problems with team dynamics and provides a blueprint for moving forward. Authors Rose Bryant-Smith and Grevis Beard bring a unique combination...

The field of business ethics continues to expand intellectually and geographically. During the past five decades, scholars have developed and deepened their inquiries into the ethics of commercial and corporate conduct. This Companion provides a novel overview of the discipline of business ethics, covering the major areas of the field as well as new and emerging topics. The eight thematic units range over an extraordinary set of subjects and include...