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  • The Boundaryless Enterprise

    Information, Organization & Leadership

    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book introduces readers to modern organizational concepts and their consequences for working people in the digital economy. Decentralization, networking, the merging of the physical and virtual worlds, and the ever-increasing interaction of human and artificial intelligence are (re) shaping organization and leadership. Digital technologies are changing the coordination of internal and ... Read more

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  • Social Interactions in Virtual Worlds

    An Interdisciplinary Perspective

    Within the rapidly-growing arena of 'virtual worlds', such as Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOs), individuals behave in particular ways, influence one another, and develop complex relationships. This setting can be a useful tool for modeling complex social systems, cognitive factors, and interactions between groups and within organizations. To study these worlds effectively requires a cross ... Read more

    $90.99 CAD

  • Online Collective Action

    Dynamics of the Crowd in Social Media

    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This work addresses the gap in the current collective action literature exposed by the new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) landscape by bringing together qualitative and quantitative studies from computational and social sciences. The book offers a rigorous and systematic investigation of both methodological and theoretical underpinnings and, thus, collectively promotes a ... Read more

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    Systematic Sales Management

    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book presents a very novel and strategic approach to Sales Management, an area that has suffered from a lack of sophistication in practice. This content-rich and thought-provoking book has a very unique positioning: It considers the sales performance of an organization at a very high, strategic level and offers specific guidance in managing not just a few direct reports but an entire ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • From Digital Twins to Digital Selves and Beyond

    Engineering and Social Models for a Trans-humanist World

    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This open access book aims at deepening the understanding of the relation between cyber-physical systems (CPSs) as socio-technical systems and their digital representations with intertwined artificial intelligence (AI). The authors describe why it is crucial for digital selves to be able to develop emotional behavior and why a humanity-inspired AI is necessary so that humans and humanoids can ... Read more

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  • Managing in a VUCA World

    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book examines volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) and addresses the need for broader knowledge and application of new concepts and frameworks to deal with unpredictable and rapid changing situations. The premises of VUCA can shape all aspects of an organization. To cover all areas, the book is divided into six sections. Section 1 acts as an introduction to VUCA and ... Read more

    $205.59 CAD

  • Serious Games

    Mechanisms and Effects

    Serious Games provides a thorough exploration of the claim that playing games can provide learning that is deep, sustained and transferable to the real world. "Serious games" is defined herein as any form of interactive computer-based game software for one or multiple players to be used on any platform and that has been developed to provide more than entertainment to players. With this volume, the ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • Digital Transformation of Learning Organizations

    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access volume provides insight into how organizations change through the adoption of digital technologies. Opportunities and challenges for individuals as well as the organization are addressed. It features four major themes: 1. Current research exploring the theoretical underpinnings of digital transformation of organizations. 2. Insights into available digital technologies as well as ... Read more

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  • Emotional AI

    The Rise of Empathic Media

    by Andrew McStay ...
    What happens when media technologies are able to interpret our feelings, emotions, moods, and intentions? In this cutting edge new book, Andrew McStay explores that very question and argues that these abilities result in a form of technological empathy. Offering a balanced and incisive overview of the issues raised by ‘Emotional AI’, this book:Provides a clear account of the social benefits and ... Read more

    $86.99 CAD

  • The Expert Career

    A New Approach to the Dual Ladder for highly specialized Experts

    The Expert Career is an attempt to better understand the nature of career paths for highly specialized experts who chose a non-managerial career.It analyzes past dual ladder career theories as well other existing career alternatives for experts and assesses their effectiveness to organizations and employees. It further includes an empirical study with unprecedented data of 140 companies that tests ... Read more

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  • The Video Game Debate

    Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video Games

    Do video games cause violent, aggressive behavior? Can online games help us learn? When it comes to video games, these are often the types of questions raised by popular media, policy makers, scholars, and the general public. In this collection, international experts review the latest research findings in the field of digital game studies and weigh in on the actual physical, social, and ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Resource Planning in Organisational Development Projects

    An Analytical and Conceptual Approach

    Corporate decisions have consequences, especially if they pertain to a company’s strategic advancement. These decisions are almost always implemented using an organizational development project. Understandably, members of the senior management and project management prefer to make the process as predictable and tangible as possible. Frequently, they rely on resource planning for (a subjective ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD