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An introduction to Lean thinking Lean is a mindset rather than a methodology; it is a way of thinking based on practices, strategies, tools and methods that can be applied to maximise value and minimise waste while ensuring that processes achieve corporate goals. Lean helps organisations in all sectors achieve their objectives by facilitating a long-term culture shift focusing on three fundamental areas: waste , customer value and continuous incremental improvement. A good assurance review will ensure that resources are being applied efficiently and effectively to achieve these objectives. Product overview Fundamentals of Assurance for Lean Projects explains the fundamental concepts of Lean and how they can be applied to any project, including software development and organisational change. It explains the jargon and dispels the mystique that surrounds Lean, providing readers with guidance and tips on performing audits or assurance reviews for Lean projects. It also describes how Lean fits with Agile and Kanban, and how it can be combined with Six Sigma to create an efficient, high-quality approach. The book provides strong practical guidance for those tasked with providing assurance for Lean projects. Read this book to learn about the approach and principles of Lean, the governance of Lean projects, and Lean audit and review. Topics covered include: The five main Lean principles and their significance. Tools used for root-cause analysis (the five whys and fishbone analysis). Defining and modelling customer value, and innovative responses to customer needs (the Kano model). Common causes of waste and how to improve flow. Customer pull and Kanban mechanisms to manage the associated flow of processing and information. The pursuit of perfection (Kaikaku and Kaizen) and total quality management (TQM). The application of Lean principles to software development. Practical suggestions for approaches to auditing. As with all books in the Fundamentals Series, Fundamentals of Assurance for Lean Projects introduces the subject and includes references for those who would like to further investigate specific areas.

Project management. --- Lean manufacturing. --- Lean production --- Manufacturing processes --- Waste minimization --- Industrial project management --- Management --- Project management --- Lean manufacturing --- E-books --- agile methods. --- agile. --- kanban. --- lean projects. --- lean. --- project management.

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"Anthropology and Art Practice takes an innovative look at new experimental work informed by the newly-reconfigured relationship between the arts and anthropology. This practice-based and visual work can be characterised as 'art-ethnography'. In engaging with the concerns of both fields, this cutting-edge study tackles current issues such as the role of the artist in collaborative work, and the political uses of documentary. The book focuses on key works from artists and anthropologists that engage with 'art-ethnography' and investigates the processes and strategies behind their creation and exhibition. The book highlights the work of a new generation of practitioners in this hybrid field, such as Anthony Luvera, Kathryn Ramey, Brad Butler and Karen Mizra, Kate Hennessy and Jennifer Deger, who work in a diverse range of media - including film, photography, sound and performance. Anthropology and Art Practice suggests a series of radical challenges to assumptions made on both sides of the art/anthropology divide and is intended to inspire further dialogue and provide essential reading for a wide range of students and practitioners"--

kunstfilosofie --- culturele antropologie --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- philosophy of art --- kunst --- art [fine art] --- social anthropology --- Art --- Art et anthropologie --- Art and anthropology. --- Critique et interprétation --- kunst en antropologie --- documentaire --- kunst en politiek --- film --- Luvera Anthony --- Ramey Kathryn --- Butler Brad --- Mizra Karen --- Hennessey Kate --- Deger Jennifer --- 791.41 --- #SBIB:39A5 --- #SBIB:316.7C200 --- Anthropology and art --- Anthropology --- Kunst, habitat, materiële cultuur en ontspanning --- Sociologie van de cultuuruitingen: algemeen --- Art and anthropology --- Critique et interprétation. --- Art et anthropologie. --- Anthropology. --- Human beings --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences --- ART --- Antropologi. --- Konst. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Criticism & Theory. --- Cultural. --- Sociology --- General. --- art [discipline] --- Critique et interprétation.

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Reviewing IT in Due Diligence provides an introduction to IRM in due diligence, and outlines some of the key IT issues to consider as part of the due diligence process. For those new to the process, it explains how to conduct an IT due diligence review, from scoping to reporting, and includes information on post-merger integration.

Information technology --- Information technology. --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Technological innovations. --- Technological innovations --- E-books

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Fungi on Trees is a must have reference guide, featuring in-depth biographies of 100 species of fungi found on trees. Illustrated with more than 900 colour photographs.Each species biography includes a description of the fruit body, details of where it is usually found, its potential effects and impact, and a list of similar species. Introductory chapters examine mycorrhizal fungi and their mutualism with trees, wood decay and tools for understanding it, unusual forms and abnormal states of fungal fruit bodies, techniques for photographing fungi, and microscopy.Annual and perennial sections cover brackets, clubs and balls, coral fungi, crusts, cushions, jellies, mushrooms, polypores, slime moulds, toothed fungi.The book is aimed at arboricultural professionals, and others with an interest in the subject, who want to improve their knowledge and understanding of fungi on trees. To quote from the introduction, “The core purpose of this book is to provide the necessary information to assist with the identification of species…… this is primarily a visual reference guide, supplemented by anecdotal observations on the impact of the relationship between certain fungi and trees.”The species covered are primarily those of interest to those concerned with the management of trees. However, the quality of the high definition photographs which is exceptional by any standard, combined with the user friendly layout and useful information in the introductory chapters, make the book useful to a much wider audience.

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This book is rooted in the conviction that human biology plays a critical role in understanding drug abuse and antisocial behavior. In the same breath, however, it fundamentally affirms the importance of the many social and environmental factors that influence our behavior across the life course. The study begins with an overview of the scope of the problem of drug abuse and crime, and an examination of how these problems often feed into one another. Building upon that foundation, the focus shifts to a review of cutting-edge research on the genetics and neurobiology of addiction and antisocial behavior across the developmental periods of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. An exploration of the implications of a biosocial life course approach in terms of drug abuse prevention, and an examination of what lies ahead for drug abuse and criminological research conclude this detailed and timely book. Policy makers, practitioners and scholars of criminology and sociology will find this of particular interest. “Is there anything new under the sun on the topic of drug abuse? Yes! This must-read book brings together the latest science, biological, social, and life-course developmental, in one very readable package. I recommend it for experts and for students encountering the topic of drug abuse for the first time.” Terrie Moffitt, Professor, Duke University and King’s College London, UK < “A top-notch synthesis – with all the necessary nuances – of the present biosocial state of knowledge with regards to drug abuse and antisocial behavior across the life course.” Richard E. Tremblay Professor, University College Dublin, Ireland, and University of Montreal, Canada.

Criminology. --- Crime --- Study and teaching --- Social sciences --- Criminals --- Crime—Sociological aspects. --- Critical criminology. --- Social sciences-Philosophy. --- Criminology and Criminal Justice, general. --- Crime and Society. --- Critical Criminology. --- Criminological Theory. --- Social Theory. --- Radical criminology --- Criminology --- Social sciences—Philosophy.