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Book Review: Organisation Culture – Getting it Right
Author: Naomi Stanford This book on corporate culture is intended for managers and business people who are struggling to: a) Understand the culture of their organization b) Get a grip on why it matters c) Get their culture right for … Continue reading
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Viewpoint : Process Mentors for Startup Companies
Startup companies operate in very uncertain and rapidly changing business environment. Under such conditions delivering a high quality product in a timely and economical manner is crucial for obtaining tangible business benefits in terms of customer delight, revenue and profitability. … Continue reading
Book Review: People Analytics
Author: Ben Waber People Analytics involves measuring, collecting and analyzing the data which characterizes the people’s behavioral patterns. While the traditional methods of collecting such data has been through direct observations or through surveys, the emerging trend is the use … Continue reading
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Tagged Human Resource Management, People, People Analytics, Social Sensors, Sociometry, Team Dynamics
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Book Review: People CMM 2nd Edition
Authors: Bill Curtis, William E. Hefley & Sally A. Miller People Capability Maturity Model (P-CMM) is a Human Capital Management framework developed by Carnegie Mellon University. This framework is based on the best practices of diverse fields like human … Continue reading
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Book Review : The Professional – Defining the New Standards of Excellence at Work
Author: Subroto Bagchi Who is a true professional ? The author a well known business leader in Indian IT industry, redefines “professionalism” in this book. As per Bagchi, being professional is much more than accepting the responsibility and doing the … Continue reading
Book Review: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Authors: John Bessant and Joe Tidd The authors who are experienced academicians have written this book to provide an accessible and highly structured introduction to innovation and entrepreneurship for students of business and management. They have reviewed and synthesized the … Continue reading
Book Review: Practices of an Agile Developer
Authors: Venkat Subramaniam & Andy Hunt In this book the authors present 45 practices which a software developer need to follow to derive maximum benefit out of the Agile way of working. After an introductory first chapter – Agile Software … Continue reading
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Book Review: Game Writing Handbook
Author: Rafael Chandler The video game industry is booming. There are several game genres – first-person shooter, the racing game, real-time strategy, sports, flight simulation etc. I am not a game enthusiast, but I picked up this book on Game … Continue reading
Book Review: Head First – Software Development
Authors: Dan Pilone & Russ Miles The software development approach described in this book is primarily based on Agile development principles and the Scrum framework (though not explicitly mentioned as such). It also introduces the concepts underlying technical practices like … Continue reading
Book Review: Beautiful Teams
Editors: Andrew Stellman & Jennifer Greene This book provides deep insights into what makes a good team tick, and what one can do to make a mediocre team better. The editors of this book are well experienced in software development … Continue reading