1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463580203321

Autore

Volgenau Ernst

Titolo

Geeks, Mush Heads and the IT Revolution [[electronic resource] ] : How SRA International Achieved Success over Nearly Four Decades

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Blue Ridge Summit, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014

ISBN

1-4422-4281-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

338.7/610040973

338.7610040973

Soggetti

Electronic industries -- United States -- History

Information technology -- United States -- History

SRA International, Inc. -- History

Volgenau, Ernst

Electronic industries - History - United States

Information technology - History - United States

Business & Economics

Industries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Geeks, Mush Heads And The IT Revolution""; ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""1 Idealism and Information Technology""; ""2 Prologue""; ""3 Countdown and . . . Delay Launch""; ""4 Liftoff! Building a Business Based on Ethics and Performance""; ""5 Fiscal Prudence and the Search for Leg Room and Talent""; ""6 Planning for Emergencies""; ""7 Competing for Weapons Work""; ""8 Growing Culturally and Administratively""; ""9 Artificial Intelligence: A Tortuous Path Forward""; ""10 Game-Changers and Legacies""; ""11 Innovations in Contracting and Health Care""

""12 Ethics, Vision, and People""""13 Investments That Always Pay Off""; ""14 Commercial�A New Course for a While""; ""15 Going Public""; ""16 Growth through Acquisitions""; ""17 Big Bids, Big Wins""; ""18 A Time of Troubles""; ""19 The Board Faces Challenges""; ""20 The Big Decision""; ""21 The Grind""; ""22 A New Beginning under Uncertain



Conditions""; ""23 Painful Decisions as the Market Declines""; ""24 Epilogue""; ""Appendix A: Business Lessons Learned in More Than Fifty Years of Leadership""; ""Appendix B: SRA Awards Recipients""; ""Appendix C: SRA Milestones""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

SRA International grew from one person in his home basement to more than 7,000 people and nearly 2 billion in revenue in thirty years. The firm was profitable, revenue increased every year, and it became highly admired for its values and culture. SRA was on the Fortune list of 100 Best Places to Work in America for ten consecutive years. The company's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange was the sixth most successful in 2002, and the price of its stock soared. Then, at the height of success, the top management team changed twice, growth declined, the firm made a bad acquisiti

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463333603321

Autore

Riding R. J.

Titolo

School learning and cognitive styles / / Richard Riding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : David Fulton Publishers, , 2002

ISBN

0-203-82198-X

1-299-05445-5

1-136-76126-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Disciplina

371.1/02

Soggetti

Learning

Cognitive styles

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; School Learning and Cognitive Style; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction and overview; Effective learning; 1.Starting where you are; What the teacher sees - observable classroom behaviours; The factors affecting school performance; Changing the changeable - what the teacher can affect; 2.Working memory and



processing capacity; Meaningful learning and working memory; The features of working memory; Working memory assessment and learning performance; 3.Cognitive style; Cognitive style dimensions; The nature of cognitive style; 4.Cognitive style and learning

Style and learning performanceLearning and representational preferences; Working memory capacity, cognitive style and learning; 5.Style and pupil behaviour; Style and behaviour problems; Style and the types of problem behaviour; Pupil management; 6.Long-term memory; Building a structure of knowledge; Integration of new information into the structure; Maintaining the availability of knowledge; 7.Learning design and behaviour management; Style of teaching delivery; Planning a topic and its delivery; Managing behaviour; 8.Developing pupil learning strategies

The distinction between style and strategyThe formation of learning strategies; Facilitating the development of learning strategies; Resources; References; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an accessible approach to teaching strategies that will improve the quality of student learning and behavior. The author advocates that the key to effective learning, and therefore the key to a successful school, is not complex management systems but good quality teaching. With this aim clearly in sight he incorporates recent psychological developments on individual learning differences with practical classroom applications. He presents new approaches in three key areas: processing capacity, cognitive style and understanding the structure of knowledge. These



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910532874203321

Titolo

Oncology board review : blueprint study guide and Q&A / / editors Francis P. Worden [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Demos, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-61705-292-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (494 pages)

Disciplina

616.99/40076

Soggetti

Tumors

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.