The Ahmedabad Experiment: Technical Innovation, Work Organization and Management
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1958 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
tionships with other divisions. Whatever misgivings members of the division had
about accepting their appointments, their release from dayto-day manufacturing
had a marked effect on their productivity in deve— lopment and research work.
It is 5 years since the publication of the seminal paper on “Design Science in Information Systems Research” by Hevner, March, Park, and Ram in MIS Quarterly and the initiation of the Information Technology and Systems department of the Communications of AIS. These events in 2004 are markers in the move of design science to the forefront of information systems research. A suf cient interval has elapsed since then to allow assessment of from where the eld has come and where it should go. Design science research and behavioral science research started as dual tracks when IS was a young eld. By the 1990s, the in ux of behavioral scientists started to dominate the number of design scientists and the eld moved in that direction. By the early 2000s, design people were having dif culty publishing in mainline IS journals and in being tenured in many universities. Yes, an annual Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS) was established in 1991 in conju- tion with the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) and grew each year. But that was the extent of design science recognition. Fortunately, a revival is underway. By 2009, when this foreword was written, the fourth DESRIST c- ference has been held and plans are afoot for the 2010 meeting. Design scientists regained respect and recognition in many venues where they previously had little.
4.6 Conclusions Design work and design knowledge in information systems are
very important for both research and practice. There has been little effort paid to
date to the problem of specifying design theory so that it can be communicated, ...
Pentest em redes sem fio tem o intuito de capacitar o leitor a entender e realizar o pentest em redes sem fio. Como complemento da obra Introdução ao pentest, do mesmo autor, este livro é focado exclusivamente em redes sem fio, mostrando as principais formas de ataque que um indivíduo mal-intencionado pode utilizar para acessar a sua rede sem fio. Simulando o pensamento de um cracker, este livro apresenta os passos e as técnicas necessárias para se obter o acesso à rede sem fio: • Conhecer o funcionamento de uma rede sem fio na teoria e na prática: quais são os principais tipos de criptografia e como funcionam. • Testar laboratórios e ambientes simulados: vamos entender por que os principais sistemas criptográficos falham e por que é tão simples hackear uma rede sem fio. • Realizar o mapeamento de redes sem fio com softwares específicos para essa finalidade (GPS USB) e descobrir a localização física dos pontos de acesso. • Saber como se defender por meio dos softwares de monitoramento e de detecção de intruso (wIDS e wIPS). • Aprender a criar, de forma didática e explicativa, as redes sem fio mais seguras que existem: redes empresariais com certificados digitais autoassinados. • Com todo esse armamento em mãos, realizar uma simulação de pentest e, ao final, aprender como é feita a escrita de um relatório de pentest para redes sem fio. Esta obra aborda os testes de intrusão em redes sem fio em detalhes. Após a leitura, certamente as redes nunca mais serão as mesmas.
The number-one environmental threat to public health, air pollution remains a pressing problem-made even more complicated by the massive quantity and diversity of air pollution sources. Biofiltration technology (using micro-organisms growing on porous media) is being recognized as one of the most advantageous means to convert pollutants to harmless products. Done properly, biofiltration works at a reasonable cost-utilizing inexpensive components, without requiring fuel or generating hazardous by-products. Firmly established in Europe, biofiltration techniques are being increasingly applied in North America: Biofiltration for Air Pollution Control offers the necessary knowledge to "do it right."
Whether it is volatile organic compounds (VOCs) acting as catalysts for smog
formation, chlorinated compounds depleting the ozone layer, or odorous
compounds becoming a human nuisance, the need to control and treat air pollution has ...
Reliability engineering is a relatively new field. Although the term reliability has a
long history, it was not until the twentieth century that reliability began to take on a
quantitative meaning. In the early twentieth century, the concept of reliability ...
The author has taught the design and use of microprocessor systems to undergraduate and technician level students for over 25 years. *A core text for academic modules on microprocessors, embedded systems and computer architecture *A practical design-orientated approach *FREE CD-ROM features a unique microprocessor simulator, and accompanying website contains solutions, FAQs and updates to software
Taking a unique approach to systems analysis and design, this insightful book provides learners with a critical personal framework for considering and developing knowledge and practice of systems analysis and design. Each chapter begins by highlighting what can be learned on its completion and ends with a critical skills development section containing activities, tasks and discussion questions. Chapters cover: * systems analysis and design in concept and action * structured data modelling * making systems analysis and design inclusive. Although the discussion and examples in this text are drawn primarily from business information systems, the lessons apply to both government and healthcare information systems and to systems development in general. Critical Systems Analysis and Design makes a complex area of study accessible and relevant and as such is an indispensable textbook for both advanced students and professionals concerned with the innovation of information systems.
Teachers are concerned about the divergence between textbook knowledge of IS
and systems analysis and design and its practice in organizations. The formal
approaches that constitute knowledge seem atodds with the domainsin which ...
Importance of This Chapter Frequently, the new controller walks into a situation
where there is no consistently applied ratio analysis of any kind. If so, this is a
great opportunity to formulate a company-wide measurement system to use as
the ...
