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Information retrieval: searching in the 21st century
This book is an essential reference to cutting-edge issues and future directions in information retrieval Information retrieval (IR) can be defined as the process of representing, managing, searching, retrieving, and presenting information. Good IR involves understanding information needs and interests, developing an effective search technique, system, presentation, distribution and delivery. …
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- 9780470027622
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- xxiii, 295 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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- [SIF-LIB-42]
Video basics 6
Herbert Zettl draws on his expertise and field experience to bring you the sixth edition of VIDEO BASICS, the handiest and most authoritative, current, and technically accurate student guide to video production available. Meeting the need for a briefer book, this text distills comprehensive video instruction so that it can be covered in a single semester. The book moves students from video conc…
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- 9780495569435
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- xxiv, 424 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
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- [KOM-LIB-102]
The week the world stood still : inside the secret Cuban Missile Crisis
a good bit about the crisis already but this book thanks to the fact it's based on real transcripts gives great insight. Hard not to respect Kennedy for what he did in facing down so many hawks in his administration who wanted a more hostile course of action that likely would have ended civilisation as we know it.
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- 0804750769
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- 238 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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- Stanford nuclear age series.
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- [POL-SSS-29]
Images of strategy
Images of Strategy develops an innovative and multi-faceted approach to strategic management which will enable students to use and develop interesting and wide-ranging applications alongside some of the latest ideas and analysis. It does so by asking if we really are looking in at the same static object when we look at strategy and suggesting approaches to strategy as fluid and complex. Images …
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- 0631226095
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- viii, 450 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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- [POL-SSS-28]
Hegemony : the new shape of global power
'Hegemony' explores the drive by the US to create comsumer capitalism abroad through political pressure & the promise of consumer goods.
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- 1592131522
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- xi, 284 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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- [POL-SSS-26]
Global instability and strategic crisis
The author seeks to bring new perspectives to current debates and argues that control of the missile threats cannot be achieved without addressing ecological, economic, social and cultural elements in a stable world order.
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- 041530413X
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- xix, 318 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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- Routledge advances in international relations and politics, 26.
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- [POL-SSS-25]
From resource allocation to strategy
Drawing on the work of leading experts in strategy, this collection provides a clear understanding of what strategy is and how it affects organizations. The work combines some of the latest thinking on resource allocation, with models designed for actually building the systems.
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- 0199277443
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- xvii, 482 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- [POL-SSS-23]
20/20 foresight : crafting strategy in an uncertain world
"In the midst of a changing economy, most executives continue to use a strategy toolkit designed for yesterday's more stable marketplace. As a result, strategies emerge that neither manage the risks nor take advantage of the opportunities that arise in highly uncertain times." "Now, McKinsey & Company consultant Hugh Courtney argues that managers must move beyond the outdated "all-or-nothing" v…
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- 1578512662
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- xi, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- Twenty/twenty foresight
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- [POL-SSS-22]
The evolution of strategic thought : classic Adelphi papers
The Evolution of Strategic Thought is an excellent collection. It is recommended for all those with an interest in the development of Western strategic thought over the last half century.
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- 0415459613
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- vi, 696 p. : ill., maps, plan ; 25 cm.
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- Adelphi papers
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- [POL-SSS-21]
Dynamic strategy-making : a real-time approach for the 21st century leader
Praise for Dynamic Strategy-Making. "An astonishingly timely, hopeful, and important book that recasts and freshly imagines strategy-making and integrates theory with practice in the field of strategic management. A must-read for all those who want to learn more about the future of strategy practice and become more skillful at it."--Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, University…
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- 1st ed
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- 9780787996635
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- 1 online resource (xii, 228 p.) : ill.
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- [POL-SSS-20]
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